News Advocate | 1922-12-14 | Page 3 | Legion Steadily Gains in Numbers Section

LEGION STEADILY GAINS IN NUMBERS tea ten new members were accepted by price poat post of the american leg lesion glon in its it december meeting it at masonic hall last evening and ana the elect tun of leer tern for the new year was completed no opposition being presented to the late state as nominated at the previous meeting the rules were impended to allow the elate slate to bo be elected by acela mation from the seven no for or member members of the executive commit tee four our were chosen by ballot as fol 01 ol iowa perry ebitt L it fullmer don anderon ander on and asa roberts the new corps of officer officers will be at the january meeting A report was made upon the progress of plans for the charity ball to be given saturday night and tea ten dollars was voted by the legion to the community christmas fund albert kirkparick department vice vita commander was present and made a splendid plea for or more thorough to operation of the men and suit the new now off eera cers and urged a higher attendance av lie ile abat on to speak of the merits of the universal draft me measure asuree being fostered by the legion setting forth the fact tha while the legion is after the hides of 0 the war profiteers it is not opposing capital neither is it upholding labor he ile declared that the thee legion ia the balance of power between capital and labor politics and ethics and favors none of these only to 10 far as is consistent with the great groat american legion principle of true arnerich nini if m 11 and the abuse of this principle ae is the only means by which the legion as a whole can be called into montro controversy ersy commander II 11 if jones of the sunnyside Sunny side post was also present ami 1 made ad a hort short talk in which he pledged 1 the of bis his post to the entertainment of the contention in car bon county next text year it waa was voted to issue a challenge to the hiawatha and poets posts for a membership drive to begin next mon day and ana to continue nue until january 13 the two posts having the smallest unal test scores to unite in to extending a dinner to the other the dinner is i to be held in price es as a more central point within ten das da after the close of the contest it wa wo agreed that the price and ilia watha post posts will send delegation to sunnyside Sunny side within the next few days to help put the post over there back on its running legs in time for the me contest