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Show American Legion State Meet Slated for Provo June 23, 24, 25 Legionaires from the 137 posts from over the Beehive State will converge on Provo Thursday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday, June 23, 21, and 25 for the annual American Legion Department of Utah convention. con-vention. In charge of the three- day event will be Department Commander Bill Christoffersrm. Joining with the Legionaires the Auxiliary members headed by Department president Mrs. El-va El-va Wignall, will attend the general gen-eral sessions and conduct their own business in separate meetings. meet-ings. Highlight of the conclave will be the address of National Commander Com-mander Martin B. McKnrally. He will speak at 6 p.m. Friday evening ev-ening at the banquet scheduled for the Joseph Smith Building, BYU campus. At 10 a.m. Thursday morning, the annual Memorial Service, honoring the dead Servicemen of all America's wars will be held in the Provo High School auditorium. audi-torium. Department Chaplain Rev. Louis Kern will offer the prayer and a patriotic pageant will follow. This meeting is open to the public. Saturday's concluding events will include the election of Department De-partment officers for both the Legion and the Auxiliary. These separate meetings will begin at 9 a.m. at the Provo High School. Campaigning for Department Commander are Don Mack Dal-ton Dal-ton of Pleasant Grove and Glen-don Glen-don Peysar of Delta. Mr. Dalton is currently Department of Utah Second Vice Commander and a member of Post 70 and Mr. Peysar Pey-sar is the present commander of District 8. Other candidates for tire top Utah office may be nominated nom-inated from the floor. Delegates from Pleasant Grove according to Post 70 Commander Command-er Ted Jones and Auxiliary Unit President Venice Fugal include the following: Past Commander J. Milton Ad-amson, Ad-amson, Adjutant William C. Smith, Lowell Duvall, Virgil H. Turner, Don Mack Dalton, Glen Newman, Viron Washburn, Glen Matthews, Lela R. Banks, Eva Adams, Geneve Dalton and Thel-ma Thel-ma Adamson. |