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Show Local Legionaires Boost Endowment Have you done your mite for the $5,000,000 endowment fund for dis-j abled veterans and war orphans that; is being sponsored by the American' Legion? And do you realize that i next Saturday evening the campaign for the big drive closes ? If you have j not already contributed something j and are planning to help the great j cause, you will have a chance to aid! by seeing one of the greatest pictures i exhibited here for some time: The title of the picture that is to be shown at the Casino Theatre is entitled "The Lost Battallion," one of the greatest war pictures ever screened. It has to do with the late war and there are thrilling, pathetic and laughable scenes. The price of admission has been set at 35 cents and the fund derived are to be added to the county's coun-ty's allotment of $350. Throughout the entire nation the , drive for the big endowment fund is being waged this week and press dispatches indicate that the drive will go "over the top" with a swing. Utah is going to make a record and San pete county, in keeping with its past record for the worthy war measures, cannot afford to be a ''slacker" and - for this reason every American in the valley should not fail to attend the show Saturday night and help the great cause. The picture will be worth several times the price of admission ad-mission and then the mite you will give will do wonders in helping the disabled war veterans and the orphaned orphan-ed war children. Friday night the picture will be shown at the Kinema theatre at Cen-terfield. Cen-terfield. The presentation of the "Lost Battalion" is being sponsored by the American Legion of the county coun-ty and the boys are putting forth every effort to reach the goal of $350 by Saturday night help them by being be-ing present both" at Centerfield and Gunnison. |