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Show District Legionnaires Meet in Cedar City The executive committe of District 7, American Legion, held a pre - membership drive meeting at the Airport Cafe in Cedar City Saturday evening, and mapped plans for both their fall membership drive and community com-munity service activities for the coming year. William Low of Beaver, district dis-trict commander, was in charge. At 'the same time the ladies of the Auxiliary met in the Airport Air-port dining room under direction direc-tion of District President Mrs. Janell Farrer, also of Beaver. Eight posts were represented by 21 Legionnaires. The membership planning emphasized em-phasized methods of convincing eligible veterans that they need The American Legion and that by enrolling in their hometown posts they can help assure a better bet-ter America and greater protection protec-tion for their families and their communities in the future. Department Commander Dick Manzione illustrated his talk with instances in which The Legion Le-gion has been of service to veterans vet-erans or their families when assistance as-sistance 'from other groups or organizations could not be obtained. ob-tained. Also addressing the Legionnaires Legion-naires were Past District Commander Com-mander Jim Yardley of Pan-guitch, Pan-guitch, District Vice Commander Command-er Lyle Leigh of Cedar City, and other Legionnaires. |