Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1920 — ATTENDED STATE MEETING OF AMERICAN LEGION [ARTICLE]

ATTENDED STATE MEETING OF AMERICAN LEGION

Nelson Shafer, as a delegate from the local post of the American Legion, attended the meeting of the Legion which was held in Vincennes Monday and Tuesday, and states that he was greatly impressed with the work that the Legion is doing and the advancement it is making. Mr. Shafer was late in arriving and upon his arrival found that the various committees had already been selected. However, he arrived in time to vote on many of the important Legion questions and to enjoy many of the features which had been placed on the program. • Mr. Shafer states that the Legion is undoubtedly here to stay and that it bids fair to become one of the greatest organizations in America. Although still in its infancy, Mr. Shafer says that the interest being manifested by its members is gaining in volume daily and that it is making itself felt in state and city movements and in a social way. In many of the larger cities practically all of the social movements are centered about the Legion. Mr. Shafer is an enthusiastic Legion' member and . keenly regrets that more interest is not manifested by the ex-soldiers of this county and that the membership of the local post is not larger. Mr. Shafer feels that Jasper county soldiers are entirely too backward in this matter and that if they only realized the worth and pleasure derived from such an organization that more interest would be shown. It is probable that a Legion meeting will be held here in the near future at which time Mr. Shafer will make a report of the state meeting and plans will be perfected for a membership drive.