Show Rose among gang of Commander Jay who presides over District American with posts in the Uintah officially welcomes Myra Mitchell of as the first woman to join the Legion in the An ex-Marine in World War she Is affiliated With the Post at where she is now serving as post service Only woman member She joined American Legion ALTONAH Being like rose among the thorns isn't strictly for the Myra Mitchell of Upalco likens J to her experience as the first and only lady member of the American Legion in the Uintah Basin MYRA JOINED the Altonah Post 53 American Legion after a long debate with during the post's 1961 membership While trying to make the Myra tossed about the idea of joining the Auxiliary or the but decided that I would join the Legion on my own right instead of the whose membership is made up of the sisters or mothers of a mother of five sons and and now a nurse's served during World War II in the Lady Marines as an electrician and stationed at Camp North No longer does she feel so much like lonely petunia in the onion The male contingent of the Legion at Altonah accepted her as a full- fledged member and assigned her to the important post of service in the company of her Roy Lynn a member of the Altonah Myra attends the post meetings at Altonah and the District 9 meetings with other Legionnaires from Fort Jensen and Vernal MITCHELL find the work of service in the American Legion very gratifying and urge every eligible veteran service woman to join this What do the male veterans of the wars think of Myra's apparent of the heretofore man's The ex-Marine members of the American Legion in District Nine tease the other we keep telling you fly-boys and foot the Marines are long on Even our women have the brave heart to join a man's |