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LEGION EDITION' FREEPORT. N.T.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1953
LEGION EDITION
Annual Veterans Day Dance Saturday
..-Post and Airaliaiy
I f to InstaU Officers
Saturday, Nov. 19
Howard Larsen Namedl'
^astelp;of Qereaittniesi.
. Stember Is Ji^pectedl
Plnnl frrBngemezits hove ^er. i
made lor the Installation of William
Clinton Story Post and Auxiliary
Officers, to be held to Araerican
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Leplon Dugout on Saturday, No- j
vember 19, at 8:30 o'clock Co-i
,"''4- chairmen for the affair are Past- j
,^f /,. commander E. -Blair Licence and '
' y | ' Past County Commander C. Howard
t*t i Larseji, who will be master of
. /' ceremonies also. ;
, Among the distinguished guests- i
•-,'_ invited to attend are State Adjutant i
>_ ; Maurice Stember, Thomas E. Para- i
; -,•' dJiie, Past National Vice Commaii- !
' • " dor: Charles p; Lynch, State Vice i
, , Coniuisinder; Congressman Prank J. '
- ^ Beckei', Harvey F, Birck. 10th Disl. i
Vice ComiTiander. I
o r i u r i i rjt Posi to be nil, <illcd In
Cou.l \ C'jtiiiijaiider .T ^tiliii: i'ctlj '
and Jiii t-catf aie listed heiiea'.li tiac
pictui-f aboVo, The atiiceis ot the
AuxUlaiy to he Installed by Mrs
Florence Kura and Mrs. May-Lar-
'"£611 are :Misr'l&tf5ill<5'TTlcblich" presi­dent,
IVIii, .Esther .Kusli, Ilrpt .yicc':-
president;- Miss Hosemary Redfleid.
BECoiid vice-president; _ Mrs. BIta
-Stiegelmaier, treasurer; Mrs. Carrie
Harjes, correspondinB secretary;
Mrs. Iiouise Raynor, secretary;
Mrs. Martha Walls, Mre. Marie
2?itcovloh, and Mrs. Cynthia Mc-
Kennn, executive coinniita.Be; Mis.
Florence Kurz and Mre. Alice Oon-noud.
county committee; Mrs. Made­line
Gray, historian; Mrs. Florence
Moore, Chaplain.
HeMlria^lgi ^
At Regular Meetinif
Frank MdfCeiuia Headb
36lh Y^irly Event of
American Legion Post
WlHtam OllnlMn. story Post. No,
342. American Legion, will hold Ila
3flth annual Vetei-an's Day f(Ai'-
iMlstice Day) dance in the Dugout,
Sunruse highway, Satm^ay alght
at B o'clock. Entertainment Chftlr-
. man Prank MoKenna promises aa
I enjoyable evening for members and
• friends of the Legion. Everyone Is
j welcome, Admis.slon will cost $1.50
j a couple, including refre.shmenls.
; Second vice-commander Prank
' McKenna is genprnl chairman of the
affair: . Anthony Metz. refresh­ments;
and Fred Ba-tchcr. an-ange-nwuLs.
Ill the piLst yeur.s, nctivify at this
affair wnn inieri-iipieri at u PM
<\l'.il. ,1 ,li.jf si-'viir wii.s hp\d 111
'iicnidM (,i Ci,. jiieii M)i() i),ud L!ie
•-upictiio .--.u'lifKf tor Uicii I'ouiiiiy
«* .h. .te^t . . ^w-iTMii l i x \ net
Isidore Zvitcovlcsh, executive commUteei John Carlin, "execiitlve committee; Fred Batcher, tmste; Robert
Bush, treasurer; Frank Mam, corresgoiidin^r adjatowt. Officers not in photo: Kenneth E. Vought, pereomnel
officer; Aanthony Metz, ssrt.-at-airnis; Walter Morse, historian; Allen•'Cmickshaip:, executive committee.
—^arson's Studio
Left lu rijflit scntca, Irpd (jilberl, trustee
Wolff, recordlni; a<IJutant
Benedict <'i.ira\in(>, third
I>a<tt-raintnan(Icr- E."Bltt|r Xlccm^e,
ChipUln. Standing; P. c . Jo'siarPult*, eVecVllvB corAmiltec, vast •C..™m,i,„a« WMiiiSiii' u.™, M « « I , , . i .v .,
tru.5tceMJTEffory-XampasoiiS;-eicrfi{«53i,omW.'itteer-P»rf-^i»l?^
President's Proclamitioii
PiT.sidcul ITtwighl D. Mi-si'iilmwer liu.s is.siied Hie foilcnv-iij^'
p i o f h i m i i t i u i i u.skji)|» Hit' f i l i z t i i s <»f llie UiiHctl S t a l e s Jo
uli.servti F i i d n v , Noveinbi*r 11, aw VeU'ruijs Dnv:
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First Legion Parade
Fired On By IWW's
Freeport Post Promotes
Display of Flag Pn
Ail Mationsil Holidays
i n November, 1M9, a group of
a»jrohist-.led-afWWs- to Centralia,
Washington, shot and-killed fjc«n
a«bu(>h_ fom* Legionnalies-mareliing
in the fiist 'Amjistlcs Day-paiaile,
It was a burst of left-wing Klanism.
At the same time, the Legion's first
Matioual Convention was meeting
Iq Minneapolis. It adopted an
AniBrioanLsm resolution that read:
"We recommend the establishment
of a National Amferleaiilsm Commis­sion
of The American Legion, whose
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Drum and Bugle Corps
Pride of Legion Post "~
since Veterans" _Dajr last year, the
post has organized otfd built 115 a
drum iBiid, htigla corps whteh has
already inade a wmB for itself..
-To aate i t M s carried oil top
honors fa* ttoee #ai_coiiipetitlons
In which It was entered, and con­sequently
Is ijiilldlnB np .a reputa­tion
for its musical ability.
There is stlfl room for more
members. Any person who csti blow
a bugle or'beat a drunt maj^flpply
for an audition any Monday night
WHEREAS it is altogether fitting
that a grateful nation should set
aside on day each year to pay
special homage to the veterans who
have fought so valiantly In all of
its wars to preserve our heritage oi
freedom; and
WHEREAS the Congress passed a
.concurrent; resolution on June 4,
1926 (M Stat. 1982), caUing'for the
observance of Novetnber 11- thp an­niversary
o| the ending of hostili­ties
.to World War' I, with appro­priate
cErcmonies, - and latex-pro-.
Vlded to aCtTa^prSVed May 13. 1938
<62--Stat, 35IT, that-November 11
shoidd be a legaLhoUday and should
be known as Aj*mlstice D a y ; ^ n d •
VfjAsRM'AS the Congress Sy an
act ipptmed June 1; 19S4 (68~Stat.
168 f, eKpanded the signiftcance of
that holiday bji changing Its name
to "Veterans Day;
NOW, THEaEPOBi,-j:, DWIGHT
D. EISENHOWER, President of the
Dnlted States of America, do hereby
call upon all cff "our citizens to ob­serve
Friday. November 11, 195S,
as yeterans' Day^r-a day of com­memoration
of (those who "sacrificed
to preserve our'Nation and of.i-e-dedicatlon
to ^the task of achieving
and enduring peace. - . •
I also Slreot the appropriate offi­cials
of the Government to arrange'
for the di^lay of the" flag of the
United Staes on all-^ptiWic build­ings,
on Veerans Bay.
IN JWXNESg ."WHEREOF, I havfr
her(»int0- set tiny hand ' a n d caused,
the Seal of, the United States of
America to be affixed,
DONE a the Citi^ ttf Washington
on this asth day of Augtist, in the
year of our Lord nineteen • hundred
and fifty-five, and of the Indepen­dence
of America the one hundred
and) eightieth.
Prize Speaking Contest
Dates Are Announced
The • annual prize speaking con­test
sponsored • by the William
Clinton Story Post, American Le&ion,
will be held in toe Pi^eport Hlgli
School "fludltorlum. The finalists of
Ihe -Elementary Schools-' contest will
give their speeches on Thursday,
January: 26, "igsS^and. the Junior-
Senior High contest 'will be held on
February 9, 1956.
In cooperation with the Board of
Education, the Legion sponsors
these conte.sts which have as their
theme "Atnericanlsm." The teaching
of young Americans the duties as
weU as the privileges of citizens and
practical patriotism as weU as demo­cratic
Ideals has always been stressed
by the Legion.
1956 Membership Drive On
Quota Five Hundred
First vice-commander John B16-
zotti, membership officer of the
p o ^ urges all veterans of this
'cbmiwiDiity to join the post now and
associate themselves with their ema-r
istAda of the waif years' I'reeport'fi
<quota for 195Q is SOO .members,-Has-fau'
Coiiiity's "erHroihnenit 'J^is' over
lOiSOO. Veterans teiring tpember-shlp
may apply to any member of
tb6 post.
Legion Post, Auxiliary
Aid Ciuldren s Drive
Village-wide Campaign
Will Sl&rt* oh Sunday;
Coin. Boxes Distributed
Wllllnm Clinton- Story Post and
.its Auxiliary are participating in the
campaign to raise funds for the
support and development center
conducted by the Association for the
Help of Retarded" Children, Past
Commander Edward Blair Licence,
Freeport village chalrmar^' an­nounced
thia week. Members are
asBisting In placing coin boxes In
•plflG&g--coln boxes in- stores and
other public places and will con­duct
a house-to-house canvass start­ing
Sunday, and continuing through
Thursday, November 24, Thanksgiv­ing
Day.
Mr. Licence said at present there
weje approximately 4,000 mentally
retard* ..children 'in Nas,mu County,
most of whom are in vital need of
special help. Funds are needed, he
added, to iiiainlain the present pro-gi'ftm
and to expand existing facul­ties,
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District captains have been named
by Ohairmati Licence as foUows:
Mesdames. Thomas Daly, Philip
Manesca, Agnes Egelund, Percival
.Vooris, Anthony Maresca, E^Jf Lar­son,
Peter Cattabo, Max Goldstein,
Robert' "warfleld, Charlotte fean-^
dow|ky^ Jtpeph. Matsmka,- Jsadore
2?vlt«ivkh) Jean/ Barter and .Agnes
Mcetmfi -,' ;. ..,--,,,-^ ••" -J ,-•; -...- -.?{
' Also Walter Mdiols, Charles Hel-bert.'.
W'.rRusser ite^iefd aiid 'Oscai
PultZr the/last twobeHiglpaSst icom-i
n a n t e s of the post. - __
the 1 egulai Post meeting on Novem- !
ber ,4 All members soJeninl?jid the
occasion In silent tribute to their '
I departed comrads."
Commander George H. Maynes
has named the following chairmen
of Post committees for 19SS-50: Or.
John Dodd, Amoricanlsm; Fied
Batcher, Bouse; Oscar Pultz, civies;
C. Howard Larsen, Drum corps and
flag.(sales; Henry N e ^ w b e r g e r,
awards; W. ftuss ftedfield, member-ship;
Benedict Ciarvlno, publicity;
Maurice Horn, blood banfe.
2 Children Adopted
By Legittn AnxiUary
^ Patients at Farniingdale- ,
Are Given New Outfits;
-Plane Spotters Hohored-
Tli« WiUam Clinton Stoi^y Auxil­iary,
No. 342, has adopted two ohlla:
dren at FaTiningdale Sanitarium,
Tjjese children are aged S end ?,
The Unit will pu^hase two complete
outfits for the children.
Mrs. Buth lifontross, Child Wel­fare
Chairman, gave a Hallowe'en '
p a r ^ for 12 children, patients at
Faitnlngdale Sanitarium.
A donation of $10 wps made to the
Community Hallowe'en Fund, Free-port,
New York, *
Two Auxiliary members, Mrs. •
Rita, Stiegelmaier and Mi;s. Lucile
Nlcolich are airplane spotters and
will be awarded pins for taieir serv-^
fees, Mrs. Stiegelmaler for 250 hours
and Mrs. Nicollch for SOO hours.
At a recent luncheon giviin at tbs
Freeport Elks-Club when all Units
in Sassau County were present, .
freeport Unit received five awards
for outstanding work during t3i*
years 19S4-SS. Three awards for
memhership, one for publicity'and_
one" for legislation were given.
'Fast Commander. Edward S.
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