The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1944, Page 8

PAGE TWO GREETINGS LEGIONNAIRES and AUXIL I ARY ;@a_ Hayes Shop 301 Seward St. = | Good Luck ~=- We appreciate all the things you do Especially our work in’ Child Welfare . . . Garnick’s Grocery Phone 174 Welcome Comrades Let Us Always Keep Up the Good Work X< Steve YVukovich To the Legion and Auxiliary Go Qur Best Wishes for Their 1944 Convention! A Channel Apparel Shop Ladies’ Apparel Phone 203 WELCOME LEGIONNAIRES!!! You strive to serve in many ways while we only strive to serve you the Best Meals in Town!!! THE VICTORY COFFEE SHOP Ordway’s “"Photography”’ Extends Greetings and Wishes You Well at Your Convention THE ROYAL CAFE **House of Good Foods> EXTENDS GREETINGS AUXILIARY During Its 1944 Convention in Juneau [ the boys say one of those club- are thinking of us” Goodbye | CLUBMOBILE FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN. I5 NOW DISCUSSED mobiles just drove up. now.” In a day or -two a letter, writ- ten the day following the first, ar. rived. It said and I quote: . “After you.” some other boy to feel 3. I. brother of mine f “Thank you, and God for |stutfing your letter inio the envei- 55 05 MR pe, I joined the rush from the Total of $3]]70 Sent to:gl:\_v»x‘oom and hurried out to see the clubmobile, still clutching your National Organizafion | letter * There it was, manned by two pretty American girls and from Northland |smelling of real American dough- nuts and. strong coffee. But that EEE |wasn’t what stopped me with a {lump in my throat and my eyes Iblinking There I was thousands of miles from you up there in Alaska, which will always be home |to me, and what do you suppose {was the name of that clubmobile? | Yes, it was ‘The Alaska’ A be- ve it or not he thought came to me that perhaps the dollars from you and {all my friends in Alaska had gone linto that machine just to bring |me closer to home in a far off . |land. And I blessed all of you for ¥ |making it possible for me to fesl your love and kindness half way' |round the world. “It's a swell them at home that it is the little| |things like seeing the name of! your home written on a clubmobile | iclear over here where you are |bound to be homesick and lonely, that makes a soldier's life easier| idea, Sis, and tell THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA VERSATILE — A musical and magical entertainer is Joan | Brandon (above), magician and clarinetist. She formed an or- chestra and now offers her audi- ences two divertissements. | More new wood is grown in the So -to you units, who by your South each year than cotton contributions, will make it possible what | elt, 1 bless £ 'to bear for it is just a little con- [tact with those we love and who By MYRA F. RANK | Past President Dept. of Alaska One of the projects carried out |by the Department this past year of which I, as Department Chair- | man of War Activities and National | Defense, am very proud, was the Clubmobile fund raising campaign. | The National orga ion asked leach unit in each department to jeontribute to a National Fund that would equip ind maintain club- mobiles in the field in the name jof the American Legion Auxiliary. This money was to be raised in some manner and was not tq he taken fectly from unit funds In our d i it, some units were already ir ession ‘of funds that they had aside Hurrah for the Legion! May Your GREETINGS to the AMERICAN LEGION 25th Annual Convention PAe Juneau Insurance § z N ? | for just some Other units collected sums of monky by asking members for personal con- tributions, and others gave dances ) § N N 3 ) ; N N N N ! N | H \ N \ ! N \ \ { { and held food sales. | And to date, from a membership Onel of not quite 600 members, we have . sent a grand total of $317.70 to —— the National Fund. At first glance, ! that might not look like 3 great achievement but when compared with amounts sent from other de- partments, it is something to talk about. i i In a recent issue of National|{ News, the official publication of| the American Legion Auxiliary, one department with a membership Agency PHONE 253 Valentine Building BAR el | Enjoyable OCCIDENTAL of 3,000 members was given high: praise and special mention for sending fn a total of $500 to the fund. Alaska with one fifth the membership and many, many less units, is accredited with an amount little short of this state’s contribution and money is still coming in. { Perhaps, it will not be noted by, National, but I want the units to know how happy it has made your Department Chairman and the' other officers of the department. When we all get behind a project as we did on this one, it is hard; to beat the record of the Alaska' Department for going over the top. | Let me tell you an interesting ' sidelight to my part of the cam- | paign. When I first sent the in- formation to the units, I wrote my brother, then stationed in England, | about it and asked if he had had; any first hand experience with clubmobiles and if so what his opinions and those of the other boys were concerning them. ‘ | A short time later, I received a| letter from him saying that he| {had not as yet encountered one ibut that all the boys had heard |about them and were anxiousiy awaiting the arrival of one. Three pages later there was a break in| his writing and then HOME GROCERY AMERICAN MEAT COMPANY HOME GROCERY LIQUOR STORE High Quality FOODS for Juneau Welcome American Legion PHONE US FOR YOUR WANTS 82 - 146 — 699 ot ettt 'Gosh, Sis, | SUCCESS i and a SO GOOD TIME | at Your l)eimrtméni Convention Isthe Wish of the | | FLORENCE | | BeautyShop | L omoE | § | | | PHONE Black 427 NORTHER THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944 We Wish the Legidn and the Auxiliary the Best for Their Silver Anniversary " Department Convention * | The Reefless 1 Bakery | PHONE 222 GREETINGS to the AMERICAN ‘ LEGION § andits, | AUXILIARY : | SRS Juneau | Water | Co. t WE WELCOMEYOU . . . LEGION and AUXILIARY May Your 1944 Convention Be Successful "ALASKAN HOTEL PHONE SINGLE 0 We Welcome the Legion and the Auxiliary lo ifs Annual Convention . . . We join you in your work and it is our sincere wish that you carry on your good work for God and Country as youhaveinthe past . . . . Butler - Mauro Drug Ce. H. R. VANDERLEEST PAUL MONROE ¥ N SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET Welcome to Juneau and May Your Time Be KTAIL BAR (Y