Show san juan and grand county join hands will unite in the Formati formation om of one strong post of tle the american legion in eastern utah t last week thursday evening paul sieber ralph bailey horace allred and ivan christensen representing the Legion aires of monticello accepted an invitation to meet mee with the newly formed grand county post of the american legion and became members of than organization and since there here have two or three unsuccessful attempts tempts al to form and maintain separate county units in grand and san juan counties they decided to assist in the forming of one strong organization for the two counties with the stipulation that during the summer season all meetings meeting of tre post be held in this county the first of these projected meetings will be held in monticello on march the when there will be a vigorous drive for membership and some worth while entertainment forest Supervisor supervisor heywood ia e y wod h has been elected commander an d e r of th the e grand county post and one of the objectives for the coming summer is the erection of a substantial summer lodge on blue mountain as a recreational retreat it appears a to be the consensus of opinion among the Legion aires of southeastern southeast orn utah that it wilt will be better to have one strong active post than to divide the membership into two small inefficient organizations and the members mentioned are wholeheartedly whole heartedly in favor of the above program the matter of the blue mountain lodge is assured of the assistance and support of the entire group another objective that will be pushed is the securing of heat headstones for all deceased members under a provision of the federal government which provides for the furnishing of such markers delivered at the terminus of the rail road free of charge on presentation of proper credentials for tle the deceased the newly formed post will get squarely behind the movement and attempt that each soldier entitled be provided with one of thesel head stones regardless of whether lies be is a veteran of the world war or of any of the previous wars in tee service of this country watch these columns for further particulars next issue |