Gunnison Valley News | 1927-03-10 | Page 6 | Legion Wedding Feature of Welcome to R. R. Rand

Legion Wedding Feature of Welcome to R. R. Rand When State Commander Rufus R. Rand of the American Legion of Minnesota Min-nesota recently made a tour of the Second district of that state he was welcomed in Fairmont by 200 Legionnaires Legion-naires as guests of Lee C. Prentice post of Fairmont, and entertained with a Legion "wedding" in which the bridegroom was held to the ceremony at the point of a bayonet, after suddenly sud-denly disappearing once. The "bride" was dressed in lace curtains and wore a six-shooter. The wedding notes of Hinkey Dinkey Parley Voo were followed with the Shakopee funeral dirge. The "flower girls," two husky Legionnaires, tripped along behind the padre, strewing onion peel nosegays and carrying Dani.-di red cabbage roses, cigarettes and matches. A big ring was carried on a mattress and when the padre asked if there were any objections to the "marriage." one Legionnaire insisted that the "bridegroom's" "bride-groom's" check for the ring had been returned marked "no funds."