Show 1 national committeeman Ire as I from Utah department Is Wil- I nam is I mc to Atlantic DISTRICT COMMANDER Another delegate to the national convention at Atlantic City is Jack District Nine Two Legionnaires Leave for National meetings Roosevelt American Legion Basin Post 64 for the second consecutive year has been honored with two of the thirteen delegates who will represent the Department of Ulah at the national convention in Atlantic N. J. The local post has been Si honored three times in the past four Leaving- this week for the service organization convention of thc nation are William national from and Jack commander cf district He and his left Wednesday and takes off on While at Atlantic City who is a past Utah will serve on national commanders constitution amendment Harmston will also rate a committee assignment after he arrives the convention Will Hear Reports Delegates and visitors to The American Legion's streamlined 1957 National Convention will hear reports on national and international affairs from who have made modern Alfred M. former commander and now president of The American Red will make keynote address at the opening session of the He is scheduled to speak at September At National Commander Dan Daniel's banquet to distinguished guests on Tuesday on Classified A- TWO LEGIONNAIRES LEAVE from Page W. Clark who was commanding general of all U.N. forces in will be the National Commander Daniel will present the coveted American Legion Distinguished Son-ice to General Clark at that Since his from active military General Clark has been president of the military academy at S. C. At the convention session on Wednesday award-winning radio Paul Harvey of the ABC will address delegates and on two previous occasions has been granted American Legion awards for his contributions to will receive a special citation from the National On closing day of the the convention will hear two of most recognized figures in American Bishop Fulton J Sheen and FBI Director J. Edgar Bishop Sheen is also scheduled to receive The American Legion Distinguished Service Medal at that A bishop of the Roman Catholic he is national director of Society for the Propagation of the FBI Chief Hoover was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in Top Entertainment Promised The entertainment program for the convention leaves little to be The famous instrument of will be installed atop the huge Atlantic City Convention Hall and will be heard daily playing Ray Bloch and his popular orchestra will play for dancing at the huge party which the U.S. Brewers Foundation will give for delegates on the night September following the annual Grand Gil Turner and Virgil Akins have been signed to appear in a welterweight boxing match in the big Convention Hall on Wednesday September It will be televised national contests by American Legion uniformed groups and junior units will start competing on September 14 in a series of sparkling The contest will continue September The national junior and senior drum corps finals will be spectacular exhibits appearing before sell-out To Sec Largest Parade The annual grand parade will the 1957 convention at 10 on September The huge procession will pass in review all day along the historic The greatest crowd ever seen in New Jersey is expected to turn out to watch this gigantic which will take from 12 to 14 hours to Top brass of the five armed services will be to the reviewing stand where National Commander Dan Daniel will take the salute of the marching The Armed Forces will have big contingents in the Included will be units of the U.S. Air Corps and Coast Grand Marshal of the parade will be B. M. Commanding General of the U.S. 1st Army at Fort N. Air Force units from Mitchell N. Y and the McGuire Air Force N. will The Marine Corps will be represented by four units including its famous drum bugle corps from D. C. Television will carry the stirring spectacle to millions of American Scores of fishing and sightseeing trips have and Clifton Hardman were the The Joseph are moving into the home of LaVar Pace and family have moved to Salt Lake where they recently purchased a The have lived in Tabiona for the past NEW BABY GIRL The Phil Harmons are the proud parents of a now baby girl born 28 at the The wee Miss weighed in at 6 14 and will answer to the name of The Harmons have one other Carol Proud grandparents are and Monroe Michie of Hanna and and Wesley Harmon of and Albert Atwood and girls of Maude Atwood of Heber and Craig Wilcken and family of and Ed Curry and family of and Andrew Johnson and family of Orem were Labor Day visitors at the Oran Curry Oran Curry and Joe Curry went to Orem one day last week to get tomatoes for Lena Giles and baby and Joy Allred and children were last week visitors at the Leo S. Defa Geno Defa has been home on a ten-day He returned to his base in California on Monday of this Viola Florence Smith and Sharon Defa went to Roosevelt on Monday of this and Glenn Lewis have moved to Heber City for a few days while Glenn is working on the oil line near LeRoy Roberts is in the Heber hospital suffering from quinsy at this and Dick Wilcken went to Salt Lake City Monday of this week where Dick will receive medical attention for an injured and Hal Wilcken accompanied Patsy Curry and Marilyn Lee went ito Salt Lake City Sunday of this week where they will seek employment Viola Curry and Stella Kohler of Midway visited with their Hilda Loader in who has been Oran Curry attended a foreman's meeting for ithe State Road at Strawberry Valley this and Boyd Williams and family spent the Labor Day weekend visiting with and Leo B. |