Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1926 — Page 16

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AMERICAN LEGION IS ACTIVE GROUP ' OFCIVJCWORKERS Unselfish Work Makes True Citizens of the Coming Generations. „ Stuart A. Bishop, Aen th District Executive Committeeman, American Legion. The greatest outstanding accomplishment of the local Legion organization during 1926 was the substan'lal increase In membership of 21 Per cent. The mandate of the maha convention for the Legion’s big accomplishment was Nation-wide membership and the Seventh District devoted Its energy almost entirely to this end and turned the tide

of membership losses over the previous years. Every one of the fifteen posts in the Seventh District showed a substantial Increase with the exception of three posts, these three were very close to their previous records. The second accomplishment was the growth of a healthy spirit denoting closer organization and

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cooperation between the posts which heretofore had been more or less inclined to follow Individual lines of endeavor. The post commander’s Luncheon Club served to knit the relationship of the individual posts closer together, with the realization that combined strength and numbers was necessary for any accomplishment of merit in a city of this size. The perpetuation of this unity into a stronger district organization will be one of the ideals of Ben A. Wieneke, the district commander of 1927. One of the American Legion’s alms is to do some bit of distinctive civic work each year and another is to take an active interest in the boys of the community. The Legion feels that the hero worship of a boy turned toward an ex-soldier gives the Le-

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gion an opportunity to interest itself in these boys and to do a big work impressing upon them high ideals of patriotism and citizenship. The Seventh District group of legion posts is Joining with the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the United States Naval Reserves in sponsoring and working for the success of the United States Naval Summer Camp for Boys at Camp Gridley at Riverside Park. Many of the posts paid the expenses of boys picked to represent those posts. The American Legion monthly carried a lengthy story of this camp In its October, 1926, issue as the only one of its kind in America. The Legion also conducted an elimination baseball tournament for young lands between 12 and 17. The winners then won the State-wide, but were defeated by Louisville In the national tournament. This team will be practically Intact next year and are expected to annex the Legion's national championship. Work Over the State Outstanding accomplishments of the Indiana Department of the American Legion during the year 1926 included a 30 per cent membership increase, the wiping out of the department's old indebtedness, organization of a department child welfare service and launching of a child welfare program on a Statewide basis, reorganization of the rehabilitation service with a trebling of the relief work for disabled Indiana veterans of the World War and their families and the launching of a department newspaper to be published monthly under the name of “The Hoosier Legionnaire.” Indiana’s percentage of gain in membership was double that shown by the Legion as a whole throughout the" country. Plans are now under way to increase the membership considerably for 1927 above that of 1926. Reorganization of the Legion's rehabilitation work in Indiana was accomplished under the direction of Dr. Charles R. Bird of Greensburg, department chairman. Asa result of this reorganization, the rehabilitation work done by the department through Mrß. Ethele L. Tierney, State service officer, has been treble during the past year what it has been in preceding years. In some 8,500 cases disabled Indiana veterans of the war and dependent families of veterans have benefited by the rehabilitation work of the department. More than SBOO,000 has been obtained in the way of claims for compensation, hospitalization, Insurance, burial allowances and the like. Direot relief was furnished by the department and the Indiana Legion Auxiliary to fiftyfive families and meals and lodging to 125 men.

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FEDERATION HAS HUNDRED AND ONE CLUBS IN GROUP Women Take Great Interest in Welfare of Home City. By Mrs. H. K. Fatout, Chairman Seventh District Federation of Clubs The Seventh District Federation of clubs is composed of 101 clubs in the city of Indianapolis with the exception of one, the Book Lovers Club. This club, ten miles south of Indianapolis, has been organized fourteen years, but only recently became federated with the district. The Seventh District has held two meetings so far in the current year. Oeorge Buck, principal of Shortrldge High School, spoke at the October meeting on "Character Building. At the November meeting, Edmund Albertson, executive secretary of the Indiana Sunday School Council, spoke on “International Relations.” It would have been difficult to have chosen more able speakers for the presentation of these subjects. Mrs. Frank H. Stretghtoff, who is chairman of this department, won a prize for writing the best essay on international relations. No December Meeting It has always been the custom of the Seventh District not to hold a December meeting, so the next meeting will be held the third Friday morning in January and will feature the American home. Mrs. B. W. Gillespie is chairman

of this department. The Rev. H. B. Hostetter will be the speaker. The Rev. Hostetter is an Interesting speaker, a graduate of both Wabash end Princeton. At the October meeti.ig, the district voted ten dollars .o the maintenance fund of the Oil Fauntleroy home, and aside from this although almost every club in the district had given its share, many of the

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clubs are giving a silver offering to this fund. Perhaps our greatest object of the year is to acquire the Sarah T. Bolton home. Mrs. David Ross is chairman of the finance committee. The committee is busy making plans for a campaign to raise funds to purcashe several acres near Beech Grove known as “Beech Bank." This site presents a natural beauty

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The Seventh District desires to save this home of Sarah T. Bolton in honor of Indiana’s first noted writer, who brought honor and wide recognition to its people. We know of no better way to do honor to one who was the embodiment of the highest Ideals and whose poems never failed to inspire the noblest in mankind.

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