Uintah Basin Standard | 1964-04-23 | Page 11 | District Nine Legion News

District Nine Legion News by Elden R. Duchesne District Public Relations Chairman BOYS' STATE Counselors from District Nine were chosen for Annual Boys' State at the April meeting of district American Legion officers at Jensen Post in These counselors are Gordon Jack Len-artz and Ralph The Jensen Post is having an orientation meeting for their Boy This year's delegates and the boys from the area who have attended Boys' State will be Invited to the orientation along with their parents From this 35 boys are expected to be delegates to the 1964 Boys State at Logan on June Roosevelt and Vernal are expected to send 12 Fort My A bus is to be chartered for the transportation of these boys from Duchesne and Uintah STATE CONVENTION Dates set for the Department Convention of The American Legion are June at Hotel Townhouse has been designated headquarters for the DISTRICT SPRING CONVENTION The District Nine spring convention of The American Legion will be held at Roosevelt May with Post Commander Roy Hall in charge of the convention The meeting will open at p.m. as a joint meeting with Auxiliary Registration will begin at 11 a.m. Cost of registration is 50 and includes the evening The first business session begins following the 1 p.m. joint MEMBERSHIP AWARD An award will be made to the District Nine American Post that has the most members its 1964 quota by the May 3rd Roosevelt reports eight over the Duchesne and both two members over their assigned Lowell E. District 9 reports the district is in third place in the state In the membership race that this district lacks 17 more members to meet the district membership