OCR Text |
Show UTAH LEADS DALLAS PARADE The Utah American Legion has been designated the lead-off Department for this year's big National American Amer-ican Legion Convention Parade on Monday, Sept. 21, in Dallas, Texas. By posting a total membership of 6866 or 99.32 per cent of their previous four-year average of 6,913 by May 1, Utah Legionnaires have earned the "pole positicn" for the 1964 convention parade. The Beehive State is also the winner of the Bodenham-er Bodenham-er Trophy, awarded annually to the department, other than foreign departments, which achieves first place in the Convention Parade position. posi-tion. Foreign departments (Canada, (Can-ada, Panama, Mexico, Italy, Philippines and France) will be in a block ahead of the continental department. Host department, Texas, will march last. Of the other Intermountain departments, Idaho is in 17th place, Arizona 32nd, Colorado 37th, Montana 41st, Wyoming 50th and Nevada 52nd. |