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Show IS Electrical Displays to Be Made; Stores Decorated for Soldiers' Convention Ogden streets, stores and public buildings will be bright with many colors, flags and banners during the American Legion annual convention, which will be held here May 31, June 1 and 2, if the plans of the convention decoration committee aro carried out. Announcement was made this morning morn-ing by Norman Sims, chairman of the decoration committee, that overy merchant mer-chant in Ogden will be asked to furnish fur-nish window displays and store decorations deco-rations while the sessions are in progress. In addition to the individual dis-nLis dis-nLis by stores and business institutions, institu-tions, street decorations ami electrical decoration features arc planned by the city. Principal among these will he the installation of a huge electrical ign, which will stretch across Washington Wash-ington avenue, and will contain words ofelcomo to the delegates and visitors. visit-ors. Owen Sherwood, former lieutenant lieuten-ant of artillery and a local electrician, is preparing the electrical displays. A canvqs of the entire city will be made within the next few days by the decorations' committee members in an endeavor to gain the co-operation of storekeepers and business men in kc matter of display. Each will be td-rwi in nlnno banners and flags on I the store fronts and instnll window displays containing messages of welcome wel-come to the former soldiers. John IS. Holdcn, state secretary of the American legion of Utah, visited Ogden this , morning and conferred with J. nay Ward and Mr. Sims In ro-' gard to the convention and to the-American the-American Legion membership "push" which will bo held throughout the three days, beginning next Tuesday. Mr. Holdcn said tho state officors hoped to double the present membership member-ship of tho legion in the membership campaign. The state secretary expressed approval ap-proval of the manner in whic,h preparations prep-arations are being mauo here for the campaign, and declared that Ogden will need little aid from state headquarters. head-quarters. Every present member of the legion will be asked to bring In at least one new member during tho big "push." no |