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Show ALL fn'JD OF HER SUCCESS Mrs. Jcsrph Fischer Directed Social Activities of decent Auxiliary National Meeting. For excellent services rendered as on1 irinnn of the American Legion Aux- I v I 1 Mary's recent national na-tional convention in Hew Orleans, Mrs. Joseph L. Fischer was asked to accept a high office in that organization or-ganization but refused re-fused because she felt that the success suc-cess of the convention con-vention was ample am-ple reward for her endeavors. Mrs. Fischer directed di-rected the activl- Mrs. Jos. Fischer, ties of scores of New Orelans society so-ciety leaders who put their shoulders to the wheel to entertain the thousands of women visitors to the national gathering. gath-ering. A daughter of the late Judge Frederick Fred-erick Hooker of Minneapolis, Mrs. Fischer spent the early part of her life in that city. She was educated in a private school at Washington and In the University of Minnesota. Following Fol-lowing her marriage she went to New Orleans where she became a leader In women's clubs and social activities. She was elected vice president of the Louisiana League of Women Voters. During the war Mrs. Fischer raised a large sum of money In Louisiana for the American Red Cross. Her only son served with the American forces in Italy. Mrs. Fischer is a lineal descendant of Fighting Joe Hooker, the famous Civil war hero. |