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| AMERICAN LEGION-CONVENTION
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Committee chairmen were appoint
ed for the convention. Russell Cli
thero was put in charge of the Cre
dentials Committee, Herald E. String
er of Anchorage, Resolutions Committee
[William H. Sanders, also of Anchorage,
(Nominations Committee, Russell Huber,
(Quota Committee, Sydney Raynor and
I John Kessel for the Budget and Finance
(Committee, Floyd R. Johnson and Waino
(Hendrickson for the Constitution and
(By-Laws.
i Following this, a memorial ser
vice was held in honor of departed
(comrades. Father Lunney presided for
jthe Legion and Agnes Zaborac, Depart
ment Chaplain, for the Auxiliary.
On Wednesday evening, the 40/8
;had a dinner at the Legion Hall fol
lowed by a mixer party,
i Business sessions continued
(throughout the following day. Annual
(reports were given by all the Depart
ment committee chairmen. At noon the
(annual Child Welfare luncheon was
(given at which Isols Sims presided in
(the absence of her husband, Dr. Foster
|R. Sims. A number of donations were
(presented and it was resolved to
(dedicate the Child Welfare Direct Fund
jto Ed Van Horn, Sr. of Sitka Post ft 13,
;deceased. Speaker for the luncheon
(meeting was Capt. James D. Fulp, Chief
|of Staff of the Alaska Sea Frontier.
Principal speaker of the after
jnoon session was the Hon. Morgan W.
jReed, House of Representatives, who
I came from Skagway in honor of the
(occasion. He spoke on the coordinatio:
|of the legislative program so as not
jto pose problems in the future. Com
jmunications were read from Senator
(Bartlett, Rep. Ralph J. Rivers, Donald
IE. Johnson, candidate for National
(Commander, PDC Floyd Johnson, Dave
iAdler, PDC Robert Druxman and from
(Don Folley, also candidate for
(National Commander. The afternoon
(session concluded with a talk by
(Harvey Mutch of the Internal Revenue
■ Service on tax free organizations._
Ju*st as the meeting' was aboph to re- j
js, Jim Johnson of Alaska ^ .astal- I
Alls Airlines arrived. He made the
| trip in order to accept, on behalf of
his employer, a certificate of appre
ciation for the airline’s policy of
employing handicapped persons.
After the Past President’s and
Past Commander’s dinners, stunt night
was held at the Legion Hall which was
a hilarious affair. The most popular!
act of the evening was that of the
Haines Can-Can Girls .who entered into
several acts. Everyone wanted to have:
their picture taken with them.
Guest speaker,of Friday’s session
was Lt. Col. Frederic E. Johnson,
Chief of USARAL Petroleum Distribution
Division, who addressed the Convention
in place of Ma;j. Gen. N. D. Moore
previously scheduled. Robert G. Blair,
Department Americanism Chairman, pre
sided at lunch-. Ketchikan Post #3
and Sitka Post if 13 tied for the
Americanism award with 390 points
each. The main address was given by j
'John P. Mull, Assistant Special Agent I
in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investirj
gation.
A joint Rehabilitation Conference
for Service Officers and Rehabilitation
Chairmen followed the luncheon. An
interesting panel of guest speakers j
included John C. Denny, Manager VA
Regional Office, James J. Brunette,
Director, Division of Veterans Affairs,
Lee R. Christensen, District Manager, j
Social Security Administration,
Robert M. Potter, Veterans Employment
Representative, George Reid, Regional
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That ’ evening. the Legion Auxili
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Ground at Port Chilkoot, after which j
guests returned to the Legion Hall
for open house given by Anchorage Postj
#1 and Sitka Post1 #13*
Highlights of the final day were |
the election and installation of of- j
ficers of both the Legion and Auxili- i
ary. ( Please turn to page /O