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Show KUii-l V.f.t IN I tit i-fVICt Dr. William C. Speakman and H ib Wife, Department Head;, Continue Work for Legion. When the war call came. Dr. William Wil-liam ". Speokniun of Wilmington, Del., told Mrs. Speak-- Speak-- man that he r - A couldn't stay at fa home. i sssl ?J JIrs- Speakman tjEf said: "All right, $ ' I'll find plenty of X t ' war work to do wT" ' at honie-" . v And when the J war was over i ' Doet01' Speakman " I jt 2 retu'rne1 to uis SUi J!alfl& home, and be and Dr. William C. M r s- Speakman Speakman. tok UP a work of peace the care of war's disabled, the furtherance of the ideals and purposes for which the American Legion stands. And now both are working side by side in the cause, Doctor Speakman, who was a major in the army, as department commander of Delaware, and Mrs. Speakman as department president of the American Legion Auxiliary of the department of Delaware. During Doctor Speakmnn's absence Mrs. Speakman headed numerous organizations or-ganizations for y soldier welfare, v and won fame for ' her labors. Born . in Keufchatel, j " ? Switzerland, and 3 speaking several t languages, her ef- ! forts were par- " ' ticularly valuable tV among the sol- ''t ' diers who had not s i v learned English 1 1 N&S well. She was ti l J fU&i&'l known as an in- . Mr- William C. defatigable work- Speakman. er, and after the war was ended she was one of the first to Join in the organization or-ganization of the American Legion Auxiliary, as Dr. Speakman was one of the first to realize the value of the American Legion. "And we find it mutually advantageous advanta-geous to be department heads at the same time," Dr. Speakman says. "We have a constant interchange of ideas and plans, which we try to make of value to our organizations." |