Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 52, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 December 1949 — AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 440 [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 440

The Auxiliary will sponsor a home baked good sale on Saturday, December 10, to be held in Deßock’s store. We would greatly appreciate donations of home baked goods by auxiliary members and ladies of the community. The proceeds will go entirely for veterans hospitals to buy gifts for the hospitalized veterans. Your donation of baked goods will help bring the real spirit of Christmas to the hospitalized veteran and his family. Sei’vice Sales will be held in V connection with the Bake Sale. There will be a fine display of service sales articles which will make lovely Christmas gifts. These articles are made by hospitalized veterans. The auxiliary derives no profit on Service Sales —we handle the articles for the veteran—thereby helping him financially to retain his self respect. At the regular meeting of the Auxiliary Tuesday evening, November 22, the turkey raffle drawing was held. Dessie Beanblossom drew the winning ticket and the lucky winner w r as Mrs. Neola True. The Auxiliary wishes to thank the public for their cooperation in the turkey raffle.

Christmas Shopping Begun By DeMotte Unit 440 Legion Auxiliary With each day bringing Christmas closer, the women of the American Legion Auxiliary are now at work on one of the longest Christmas shopping lists in the world, according to Mrs. Irene Sekema, rehabilitation chairman of DeMotte Unit of the Auxiliary here. “On the Auxiliary’s Christmas list are the more than 100,000 war veterans who will be forced to spend Christmas in Veterans Administration hospitals,” Mrs. Sekema explained. “Each one will receive a gift from the Auxiliary. In addition, Auxiliary sponsored Christmas parties and ments will help to bring Christmas cheer into many of the hospitals. “The Auxiliary also will make it possible for the hospitalized veterans to do Christmas shopping themselves.” “In nearly every veterans hospital throughout the country Christmas gift shops will be established and operated by the Auxiliary. Here the veterans will be able to select gifts for their families at home, and lack of money will be no drawback because the gift articles are donated by the Auxiliary and everything is free to the veterans.” The local Auxiliary Unit is taking part in the Auxiliary’s Christmas preparations. It is cooperating with the Indiana Department of the Auxiliary in providing Christmas gifts for the veterans in Marion, Billings and Cold Springs and in stocking the gift shops to be operated at the above hospitals.