Show PAID UP membership COUNTS to conventions are chosen on the basis badi of number in good standing figures nt at nat national bonat hend headquarters quarters of the tic american legion show n vast number of posts throughout it tho a country have enrolled considerably in excess or of tit their air art present ent actual paid up mem bera lill delegates from posts to th the state conventions and from states stalls to the national nat lonal convention are chosen on oll tile lie basis of paid up membership without regard to enrollment tho the state legislature of massachusetts has ins enacted a law prohibiting the wearing of 0 the legion insignia by any save actual bonn fade members of tile tho organization which Is construed av ai barring those whose membership has been allowed to lapse from enjoying tills this privilege individual legionnaires are being urged to assist in n preventing the lie wearing atthe the legion button by persons who are not paid up legion members mern bers A few stat santo conventions already havo been held field tho the daes of tile the others and places where held field are given in the following list indiana at vincennes jono jno 28 and 29 montana at livingston juno jun 0 28 and 29 20 t wisconsin at green xay june julle 29 0 0 and 1 30 nevada nt at lovelock july 3 island nt at newport J july I 1 ily 2 23 and 21 24 oregon nt at astoria july 30 an and 31 wyoming nt at sheridan Sherl dnn augi august st 3 4 and G r arkansas at helena august 10 and 17 minnesota at duluth august 10 16 1 17 I 1 and 18 connecticut at bridgeport august I 1 20 0 and 21 nt at now new lyerla august 20 21 and 22 ohio nt youngstown youngs town august 23 and 21 24 texas nt houston august 23 mid and 24 kansas august 23 24 and 25 mississippi at vicksburg august 24 ani 25 2 south dakota Dal cota at watertown august 21 25 anil 20 north dakota at melnot alenot august 25 and 20 26 new hampshire nt at weirs august 20 25 20 and at 27 massachusetts at springfield august 9 I 1 20 16 2 27 and 28 Ner nka nt at hastings august 2 aa 20 27 and IS 23 kentucky Tell tucky itt it louisville august 27 illinois nt at Cli chicago lengo september 2 and 3 lowa iowa at codar cedar rapids september 2 and rid 3 1 new mexico nt at roswell no swell september 2 3 nil 4 I 1 virginia nt at nich riamond mond september septa ber 2 3 and 4 Al maryland aryland tit at cumberland Sept september eill lie he 0 6 and 7 michigan at saginaw september 7 new jel jersey sey at atlantic city september tell ber 10 and 11 new york at a albany september 10 rind and 11 north carolinn nt at wilmington september 12 W west est virginia at Parkers bui g september i |