The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1944, Page 12

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA LEGIONNAIRES WELCOME to JUNEAU MIDGET COCKTAIL BAR South Franklin Street May Your Visit to the 25th Annual Dept. Convention Be a Bright and Cherry One! Murphy and Murphy Public Accountants WELECOME . LEGIONNAIRES OF THE 25th ANNUAL AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION SABIN’S “The Store for Men" Triangle Building Front Street Best Wishes for a Successful Convention G.E.AL ""Custom Tailor” confronted in our traffic problem [the wheels of government go around t ] I"le Ame"(an leg“m !wn.h a situation as serious as in|by setting up a mythical 49th ! Seffi(e |o comm"n"y {war in thé number of killed and State. During the summer of 1939 | L ‘wo\mded. A national safety pro-ja total of 24 states provided this | lgram for the reduction of street|type of training for young men. | |and highway fatalities has been| These and many other activities | |worked out in cooperation with make up the community service |other nationally recognized safety work of The American Legion. In the field of safety, Playgrounds have been built; frac- To Neighbor fo Home {Continued from Page One) i progress. Wherever you go, whether it be in the rural districts or in the metropolitan centers, you will find a group of men wearing the American Legion button, coming from every walk of life in the| community, who stand ready gnd willing to tackle any project of a civic nature. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944 MISS TOBIN TELLS OF HER VISIT IN WASHINGTON,D.C. Best of Wishes - BEST WISHES TO THE LEGION! Thompson Optical Co. 214 Second Street Broken Lenses Replaced Frames Repaired WELCOME TO LEGIONNAIRES! e GASTINEAU LIQUOR STORE 247 South Franklin Street GREETINGS ... sire to translate that pledge |inculcate a sense of individual ob- ligation to the community, state; and nation” into practical service | |found outlets in many different ways. It may have been in giving an| opportunity to one-half million ‘boys each summer to play Am-: |erica’s game on the diamond in| the Legion's Junior Baseball pro- gram. This activity started in 1926 | by thé Legion, has not only fur-| | nished a well supervised school va-| cation recreation program, but has} |proved to be a training ground and| stepping stone to fame and fortune in the big leagues of baseball. | | Relationship | Then there is the relationship be- | |tween the Legion &nd the Boy| Scouts of America. For 25 years| the Legion has worked in close co- |operation with the Scout movement Ithrough organizing troops and fur- inishing troop leadership and spon- |sorship. As high as 3,000 Scout! |troops have been supervised or| ‘equipped by Legion Posts. i Early in the life of the organiza-| ition, the Legion believed it import-| lant that the attention of all of| Ithe citizens of the nation be called | /to the menace of illiteracy. The| \need was here for a plan to focus public attention upon the schools| {of America. Accordingly, partner-| iship was set up with the National |Education Association and the U.| |S. Office of Education to set aside| jone week each year to be known| |as American Education Week. Since {1921 the Legion has, through its Departments and Posts, worked to| "make this observance a success. | In fire, earthquake, flood and |famine, The American Legion has 'always been in the front line ren- |dering service to disaster-stricken 1c0mmunm’es. The national organi- !zation has worked out a plan for |disaster relief with the American |Red Cross. Several thousand posts {now have disaster relief units |which practice regularly and many ismlo departments of the Legion in the past have held annual test |mobilizations for these relief units. |A dramatic history has already |been written of the work of the {Legion in floods in the Middlewest, |earthquakes on the West coast, and ihux'ricanes in the Southeastern part ‘c{ the country. { | Traffic Problem | Having a first-hand knowledge fof the maimed and killed in World War I, the Legion has long rec- jognized that we in America are LEGION and AUXILIARY We Welcome You! May the Years Bring You Continued Success! JONES- STEVENS Ladies’ and Misses’ Ready-to-Wear SEWARD STREET .ATongcncles. |Legion Posts have organized hun-|ture tables and iron lungs have dreds of school boy safety patrols, erected safety posters and signs along the highways, sponsored mass meetings, provided innumerable speakers, and distributed thousands of pieces of safety material. As a means of giving widespread publicity to patriotic ideas and to encourage a study of the Consti- tution of the United States of Am- erica, a National High School Ora- torical Contest is conducted by the Americanism Commission of The American Legion each year. In 1940 approximately 20,000 students in 20 states too part in this activ- ity. And to the national winner is warded a $4,000 college or univer- sity scholarship. Study of Government To further a more intensive study of government, the Legion inaug- urated a plan nown as Boys' State in 1935. In this activity boys of high school age learns the functions of the various branches of munic- | ipal and state government by ac- tually participating in the work of the various offices. They learn for themselves what actually makes been presented to hospitals; swim-| \ming pools have been built; com-| munity recreation centers have been provided; more than 10,000 Ameri- can Legion School Award medals |have been presented to outstand- ing students in one year; 353,700 copies of the Flag Code have been distributed in one year’s time to further flag respect. More than 200 different types of community ervice activities have been de- veloped and carried out by Legion| Posts. Field Unlimited The community service phase of the Legion’s national Americanism program provides an unlimited field | for Legion endeavor, and for the past 25 years Legion Posts over the country have been hard at work sponsoring and promoting various projects for the betterment of their home towns. In carrying out the different types of projects Legion Posts have had the wholehearted support and cooperation of other civic groups and they have worked hand in hand toward bringing about a_real, concrete community| [ To The 'American LEGION and Iis AUXILIARY — We Extend Greetings and Best Wishes DURING YOUR 1944 TERRITORIAL CONVENTION FLOWERS For Every Occasion Corsages. .. Bouquets Potted Plants Juneau Telephone 311 Florists 311 Seward St. We Wish Success and a Good Time to the LEGION and AUXILIARY During Its 1944 Convention Alaska Laundry We Are Always Ready to Serve GREETINGS-—-LEGIONNAIRES And success in all your undertakings . . . Your 25 years of work for Justice. Freedom and Good Luck tothe LEGION tinued from Page One) As former service men of the b ’. 2 present War join the ranks of the Legion, it can be expected that the organization will carry on its high traditions and to multiply its ac- tivities in behalf of “the commun- ity, state and nation.” of the highlights of my trip. I am sorry I did not have time to visit any Auxiliary units, or any other former Alaska Legionnaires. How- ever, I was very fortunate to spend | many hours with Dwight and Ruth, | iwho sent their best wishes to their many friends in Alaska. UY WAR BONDS Three Cheers to the Legion Convention May It Be a Happy One Y THEDREAMLAND | | | | South Franklin Street J [ | | [ | Transfer | "CURLY" and "ERNIE" HOORAY TO THE LEGION Weare always proud of the Legionnaires and the work they do in WAR as well as in PEACE. Bailey’s Cocktail Bar "Where All Oldtimers Meet” Phone 288 162 South Franklin St. GREETINGS ===-- == BEST WISHES Depart;lcent of Alaska 25¢th ANNUAL CONVENTION and Democracy have .not been in vain, and may the Future yield the harvest you should reap. * Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assn. Valentine Building and ~ September 2-3-4, 1944 - THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Juneau Meotors Juneau, Alaska