Show Legion 1 y Youth oJ th Appeal At Duchesne By Eldon R Wilcken Duchesne District Nine Public Relations ons Chairman The American Legion Seventy five members of the American Legion and the Auxiliary of District Nine met metat at Duchesne for a fall conven Lion tion Sept 22 Seven Utah De De- Department officers were in at ten dance at the afternoon bus iness sessions and tile the dinner including James F Yardley Panguitch Utah Department Commander of the American Legion Convention speakers in- in in-I in eluded first vice commander commander I Ted Johnson Jr Salt Lake City who had this to tell members from Duchesne and Ii l Counties FOR THE PAST 10 years there has been no adverse publicity of the American Le- Le Legion Legion gion at any convention convention- convention whether district department or national The thinking of the Ameri- Ameri American American can Legion eventually be- be becomes becomes comes the nations nation's policies policies- a a high percentage of the reo re- resolutions solutions of the American Le- Le Legion Legion gion passed in national con con- conventions has become the law of of the land The rhe American Legion owes a debt to those who have gone before to make our freedom Our responsibility is isto isto to those to come concluded Mr 1 Johnson There is no bad program in the American Legion There are too many programs for anyone any one post to attempt said Quin Plowman second vice president of the Utah De- De Department Department American Legion WHATEVER program you do do it well he ends He listed ways to im- im improve improve prove the Boys State orator orator- oratorical oratorical ical contest and welfare pro pro- programs programs grams to make them more suc- suc successful successful William E I national executive committee committee- committeeman committeeman man about the Ameri- Ameri American can Legion The Utah De De- Department Reb- Reb Rebels Rebels is called The els from the West at National Conventions because they have opposed some policies that were contrary to individual dual posts post's freedoms The Am Am- American people are getting too much into the rut of always back a winner and are becom- becom becoming becoming ing a group of followers in stead of asserting themselves in-I in as leaders and individuals Most American people are too complacent on their views I on Communism with the idea It cant can't happen here One I can walk the streets of bf Miami for Cuban refugees I the people it happened to Youth of other countries cause the turmoil and vie vio- violence I lence and student riots arel are given headlines that point it out Our duty and responsibility ity is to the youth of America to o teach them thEin Americanism in inI I youth programs so i our many the he riots and violence will be I prevented in our own coun- coun country country try THE TIIE AMERICAN Legion I is the forerunner of our ur na na- na nation's tion's security I Lowell E Horton Vernal District Nine American Le Le- Le I gion Commander urged every member to consider en en- en enrolling rolling in the American Le- Le Legion Legion gion Extension Course More information on history poli- poli policies des cies and programs of the Am Am- American Legion can be gained through that course than one I can gain in a lifetime of active membership without it I Commander Horton led the group of Legionnaires at the convention in a memorial II tribute to members who have joined The Post Everlasting Everlasting ing I Dean C Hall Ball Utah Depart mont ment adjutant gave this mes- mes mesi message message i sage at the convention Ask any Legion member why he belongs to the Ameri Amer- I can Legion The answers you receive will probably be var- var led and each worded a little varl differently but each will con can dense to the phase dedicated to the Legion programs IS YOUR POST cheating the youth of the nation It is i ithe the Legions Legion's responsibility to get the information make ar- ar arrangements ar- ar arrangements and follow through ough on the Oratorical Con Con- Contest Contest test Boys State Flag pro pro- programs programs grams baseball sons of the American Legion and all oth other oth- oth other er youth programs in hi the Am- Am American American Legion to train our youth Youth is what perpetuates America Your duty first is to your children to know what toI I they are arc doing where they are who they are with and raise them to be decent Amer- Amer American Jean ican citizens and secondly j Amer-j to aid all other youth where help is needed and can be given given en Service a must This was emphasized to the war veterans at Duchesne by Mal Mal Mal- Maloy oy Bills Utah Department Service Officer We are dedicated to serve any honorably discharged veteran is proud of his service I Ito to his country and is still de do- do to serve particularly the youth and the aged THERE WERE boys enrolled in 1963 Boys State Stater Those boys were the best in Utah and also Ill I'll say the best lit in the nation Every boy is to be congratulated on his behavior There was no dam dam- damages I ages at all to any of the Utah i i State University's facilities I and the president of the Uni Uni- Uni University wa was proud of the boys accomplishments Dr Chase had said When any of those Boys Doys S Sate ate candidates want help to go to the University direct them to me and aid will be provided Counselors are arc still in great demand for Boys Doys State Mr Bills asked all who can to take takeI I a week of their vacation and be a counselor to a group of Utah's most outstanding boys those who attend Boys State E E Mathews Utah De- De Department Department Chaplain American Legion explained Our Back to God pro pro- program program gram is tied in with tile the story of the tour Four Chaplains dur ing World War II NO MATTER to which church or sect you belong be active in your church As Jes- Jes Jesus Jesus us said in defining the true true I church Help the widows and I orphans and be unspotted with the sins of the world Our program has had a top aim to helping the widows and orphans and like all re- re religions re- re religions we as individuals must strive to keep the last part of that definition The next convention of Dis- Dis District District Nine American Legion is to be held in Roosevelt in May 1964 At that time elec elec- elec election tion of district officers is held |