Show Legion Auxiliary 74 Receives Honor Mrs Claude Edwards president of District No 7 of the American Legion Auxiliary returned to Cedar City Sunday after spending the week end in Salt Lake City where she went to attend a meeting of Auxiliary offIcers officers of officers of- of of the st state te and to Join with ith them in welcoming the National President Mrs Rae E. E Biester Mrs Edwards was given the honorof honor honorof of being one of the ladles ladies in the re receiving receiving receiving re- re line Une to greet the national president and other visitors She also also al also al- al so received from President Biester a National citation for the cedar City Auxiliary Auxiliary unit No 74 for exceeding the previous years year's m members one of the few units in the state to receive this honor She Bhe presented the certificate to the Cedar auxiliary at the Memorial Day services yesterday afternoon Mrs Diester Biester pointed out that membership membership membership mem mem- I was not the big objective of the auxiliary but that the members of the organization are the tools with which they work to accomplish obJectives objectives tives and a large membership is vitally vitally vitally vital vital- ly important to the success of the or or- or She also pointed out that the national membership membership- is members in excess of last year The National president presented five new charters to units organized this year one of them in Hurricane which is in lit the district over which Mrs Edwards is president At the luncheon held in her honor Mrs Biester called the American LegIon Legion Legion Le Le- gion one of the greatest organizations in the world fraternally because it is the greatest brotherhood working forthe forthe for forthe the benefits of those who cannot fight their own battles patriotic because it is 15 an organization one million strong ready to uphold law and order j andas and andas as a service organization It is known service to th the the world orld over for its helpless and to the children a of d dead ad heros |