American
Legion
Notes
Bursts arc Dud> of In
terest to Buddies
and Comrades
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Niiw v. ha* do you say, soldiers?
VV'c are '<? have a column or
squad a \vt- . filled with n w- i?f
interest t ? all ex-service men -sol
diers. sailor* and irarines- -who *ook
part in th rap that s?*nt tin- Kai -
? r M'ut^linir ' >a fety at I> >orn and
threw th<* Himienburg' litt hack
across tihe Rhine.
Thi^ new will sometime- but
"burst. " and -ometimes it will :e on- j
ly "dud ". Nevertheless, it will be. ;
we hope. ??f inter st to every soldier
who saw ? i vice at home or abroad. ;
And. say you Bucks, Dojjrabbers I
and 1^ hshsl hirers! Snap out <>f it j
and help us t?> make thi column
worth while. All of you can eontrib- !
ute your bit by sending in ail the
news of yourself and your comrades j
From tinu? Co time you can triv your
impressions of "great life" then
and m^^^Siylninu tjust so it's
about service men and1 wrun they do. 1
want or like. Fall in. Right face!
Forward, march!
The followi/iu: letter was sent to ?
every x-service man in the county
this week ? that is. every man whose
.am?' and addres* was available. The
ma'ling li. t ??f the local Legion post
is not complete, and if you did not
eceive a copy of this U*wfc:r it was
>eiause the officers did not have
/our name and add re s. Send your
? hum* and address to either Com
::.;.!id?-r Mclver of Adjutant Simonds.
1?. this without further urging.
There will be much information sent
tiie ex-service men of the county
r i unless your name and address
p; tars on the mailing list you will
r? ceive this information. You
arc not obligating yourself in any
way. V- u don't even have to join
1 ?? Legion ? although if you should
desire to take this -tep. the local
Legion post would be mighty glad
to welcome >'<)U as a member.
The letter follow
March 10, 1931.
Dear Comrade:
, All World War Veterans are ur
? en Jy l equcsted to be present at a
Mas- Meeting to be held in the court
hoifse at Murphy. Saturday night,
.liar ch 14th, at ??:??'? i\ M. Mi. Wal
ter Coleman, radio dealer of Mur
phy, lias generously agreed to install
a radio set in the court house -o
that every veteran in Cherokee coun
ty will have an >pp>-it initv t<? hear
Tim C. Johnson, Department Com
? !.?!sd? r of the American Legion, who
' v.'i!! br;.:;dca.-t aa av!uK '> through
Station *VBT, Charlotte, N. C.
Imm ediately following the Depart
ment Commander's address. Col. l)on
Withersnoon will addres- our local
; meeting. Col. Withcrspoon will have
a message that will be of interest to
every veteran of the World War.
TIm* purpose of this meeting is t??
.-ecu re members to the American
Legion. If you are no* a member al
ready. come prepared to join now. if
possible. If you do no' wish to join
at this time, do not let that keep
you away from the meeting but come
and enjoy the program that has been
arranged for you. Don't forget the
time: Promptly at 0:30 P. M., Sat
urday, March 14th.
A. W. Mclver, Post Commander!
Attest :
A. M. Simonds, Post Adjutant.
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The fifty per cent, bonus loan pass
ed recently by Congress is already
benefitting Cherokee county vete- ,
ran-. A number of checks have be n
received and cashed by the local
bankx, just how much or who is hard
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Women To Play
Golf Free On
Midway This Year
The contingent ? ! golfers will
have the run of the < -mr ?? at Mid
way Lake this year fr? ? of cost, ac- j
cording to announci merit this week J
by Hampton brother^. nwners and op
erators of the Midway recreation 1
park.
Several changes a\- been made
in the -re ns and fairways and the
greens have been put in good shape
for playing. Already a number of
golfer-* hav left hibernation and ven
tured forth to conquer lower scores
? or attempt to do so.
to tell. Maybe we'll be able to check
up on the situation next week.
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No'v come on, soldi rs! Let's come
out Saturday night to the court
house and hear what Commander
?lohnson has to say from Charlotte,
then hear a good adddc. s from our
town-man and citizen, (VI. Wither
spoon- why, we'll just chuck a pock
et full of grenades into the dugout
just to s? e you lousy bums scatter!
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