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Show A FAMILY OF LEGIONNAIRES Grandfather, Mother and Two Sons Connected With Organization at Redwood Falls, Minn. "Grandpa Is a Legionnaire, so are the kids Legionnaires, and "Ma" Is a , , Legionnaire, too or rather a raem-ifit&sb, raem-ifit&sb, " ber of the Minne-VV2:: Minne-VV2:: J sota American Le-Mi Le-Mi f glon Auxiliary. "Ma" is Mrs. "yw 'fL Maude G. Winter I 1 of Redwood Falls, ffT'J' V f Minn., and, be- J I sldes being a " i t member of the 1 i Ji s ' a ' e execut've ? coramlt,;ee of ner fej tednasbjir" o r g a nizatlon, Is Mrs. Maude G. noted for her ef-Winter. ef-Winter. forts throughout the state on behalf of the former service serv-ice men, particularly the disabled. And "Grandpa" is Mrs. Winter's father, fa-ther, the oldest Legionnaire in the state. He is seventy-three years old and his name Is Dr. G. P. Gibson of Redwood Falls. He served Uncle Sam during the war at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Har-rison. And the "kids" are Mrs. Gibson's two sons, who were under twenty-one years when the United States entered the war, but they enlisted, anyhow. They are John and Leigh Winter. "It is mighty proud I am to have two sons members of the American Legion, Le-gion, and my father a member, and that I am eligible to be a member of the American Legion Auxiliary," Mrs. Winter said. "It Is an organization, the American Legion, that has been found to stand for all that is worth while In our country, and the Implacable Implaca-ble enemy of all that Is bad. And we know that it always will be so. "It was hard to give up my boys mighty hard. And, as every mother does who went through that agony, I pray that never again will mothers have to give up their sons to war. The American Legion and the women who make up its auxiliary are building against war every day, all the tlm. We are educating, Americanizing all against future war and for permanent peace." |
