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Show AMERICAN LEGION. (Copy fur Thin iJflpartmnt Hui.plld by th Amr-rl. an i.Ki;un Tsowu h'-rvlce.) NEW SECRETARY OF LEGION AUXILIARY Mri. I.ney .P. Boyd of Indianapolis has ln'cii appointed uh national .secretary .secre-tary i!' I lie American Legion auxiliary by Mrs. I London Sliciiiird, n:i- I tiniial president. iMr.s. Boyd, who lias been cciMiicricd with llir; Legion anil tin; auxiliary since succeeds Miss Bess Welhorholl of Gallipolis, Ohio, who resigned to resume work In tin; business world. Airs. Boyd began her work with the Legion when ollicos of the national organization or-ganization wen; first established In In-(llanapoliH In-(llanapoliH In I r 1 0. Upon the formn-tlon formn-tlon of the auxiliary In 1021, she at once became affiliated with It. She Inter began work nt the national headquarters head-quarters of the auxiliary. She was chief of administration and later assistant national secretary for three years. During the World war Mrs. Boyd was In the bureau of war risk Insurance In i ' V ' t 'i : i." " - . ' xxxi xo ' .- . .-.. X ' V w " ) - ,x. '-. -:s -f '- l . ;XX: . " '. X ' , i: ' Q-S.Si.VX, y. JrSWW .teVatf'.. .-jwv Jt-rrfafc'Jj Mrs. Lucy P. Boyd. Washington. Her eligibility as a member mem-ber of the auxiliary is through her husband's hus-band's military service. Her appointment appoint-ment to the national secretaryship is a promotion in recognition of her faithful faith-ful and etlicient service at auxiliary headquarters. Miss Wetherholt was president of Lafayette La-fayette unit of the auxiliary at Gallipo-11s, Gallipo-11s, one of the first units organized in Ohio. In 102! she was elected department depart-ment secretary. The year following site was appointed national secretary by the late Or. Kate Waller Barrett, then national president of the organization. |