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. . BALDWIN COUNTY
, INSTITUTION
. WLlh Over O.. Hundred
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23jc llnion-llfcortsfr
VOLUME Cl
Miled(evtll«, G»., November 27, 1930
NUMBER 15
Legionaires Stage Membership Drive
[ecion membership must
grow SAYS POST COMMANDER
There are more than 300 world
wur ’ etc runs in Baldwin county. Lets
than 100 of these belong to the local
American Legion Post.
The American Legion is a patriotic
organization that is making every
ejYort in an organized way to pro
tect the interest of the world war
veterans and their loved ones and to
MORRIS-LITTLE POST WANTS
EVERY EX-SERVICE MAN AS
MEMBER
'«»l CoRimandei
Telit of Legion
Hei
Stewart Wootten
LEGION MEMORIAL
The American Legion was brought
into existence by an act of Congress
Sept 10, 1!> 19, and has as its i
bership world war veterans who
gm service to the country, state and ed honorably in the armed forces of
not' 011, the United States.
As Commander of the Morris Lit-1 For any patriotic organization
tie Post No. 0. I do earnestly urge j liv<? it must have some do f in u e goal
all world win veterans who live inj to a ttajn, and the American Legion
this county r<» join the Legion, for has primarily interested itself in
the more members we have in the | cur jng proper legislation for the
post the belter sendee we can give the . lief of disabled world war veterans.
For the membership drive which
began Thursday Nov. 20th, and ends
Dec. 18th, we have devided the post
into i wo teams—the Reds and the
Blues. Past Commander Charles E.
Smith, Captain the Reds—R. H. Rey
nolds Captain the Blues. The team
that fails to get the most members
will buy the winners a supper—
Now gang the die is cast and its up
to us to get busy—Go to it—Lets
carry Morris Little Post over the
Top!
J. F. BELL, Commander.
BE FAIR TO YOURSELF AND
BUDDIES, BY JOINING THE
LEGION SAYS DR. LITTLE
The drive for membership in the
American Legion is on! Everywhere,
there abounds that enthusiasm and
“push that put things over the top”
as in 1918. The Morris-Little Post
No. 8, under the leadership of men
of tried and true experience, has
established its observation posts, Ba
ton is complete with the various
units, infantry, artillery, engineers,
trench mortor*, with their belching
crunch—the dashing cavalry and even
the hindmost outfit in the bunch—
the poor medicos—one ar.d all, are
imbued with keen rivalry to see
which organization will outshine in
securing the greatest number of men
for membership in the present drive.
Remember! The American Legion
is not local, not provincial, not for
the soldier, per se;—but its princi
ples are world-wide. It stands, not
only for the highest ideals of citizen
ship in our native land, but it goes
even further—it fosters every sincere
desire for world-wide peace
part of the other civilized nations of
the world.
Y. A. LITTLE,
Past Commander
I 11
This in itself required organized ef
fort, but there has been far
work done in assisting disabled vet
erans to get the benefits which the
legislation had provided for them.
The American Legion works in close
co-operation with the United States
Veterans Bureau, a government
ganlzation handling matters of hos
pitalization, compensation, rehabili
tation and war risk insurance.
In addition to the Legion’s main
effort in assisting disabled veterans,
the majority of posts foster
civic undertaking in the towns they
located in. The Morris-Little
Post in Milledgcville gave out of
treasury and raised by public
subscription the money to build the
tile fence and Memorial gate around
the G. M. C. athletic field, which is
SiO.OOO.OO project. This work is
almost paid for, and as toon as it is,
it is likely that some other civic im
provement will be undertaken.
The Morris Little Post wants every
:-service man as a member, it will
help us, it will help him, and the
larger the Post is .the more help it
will be to the community.
H. S. WOOTTEN,
Past Commander
Morris-Little Post No. 6.
WAR VETERANS
URGED TO JOIN
Two Team* Working to Get Every
Ex-service Man in County on
Roll of Morris-Little Post
MEMBERSHIP MORRIS-LITTLE POST
CORRECTED LIST OF AMERICAN LEGION, NOVEMBER 20, 1930 J. F. BELL, COMMANDER
REV. A. G. HARRIS URGES EX-
SERVICE MEN TO JOIN LEGION
PAST COMMANDER BINION
URGES EX-SERVICE MEN
TO JOIN THE LEGION
Th<- American Legion is a Demo
cratic organization with only one
requirement for membership, an hon
orable ili^charge from your branch
of service. The Legion knows no
clas, or rank and welcomes with open
arm all i -ibles.
ur. organization by
As Chaplain of the Morris-Little
Post of the American Legion of Mil-
ledgevillc, I heartily join hands
r Post Commander in urging t
service man in Baldwin county
join at once the Legion and help
every way our present membership
drive. There are several ’
every ex-service man should join the
Legion:
First, because of what the Legion
ha- done and will do f r our disabl-
comrades and the widows
orphans of veterans. When the Ar-1
mistice was signed in Franc: 1 , our, other cities and communities.
ot end. There were Legionaires we serve in peace as
thousand- uf our comrade- who were war . hl , r „ r< , hen . , hm
Clifton Adams.
W. D. Adams.
Dr. J. C. Adcock.
Edwin W. Allen.
W. L. Allen.
W. H. Arnoll.
Robert Lee Atchinson.
A. A. Barclay.
S. J. Beck.
J. F. Bell, Jr.
W. P. Berry.
Richard Binion.
P. N. Bivins .
W. M .BlackwelL
Russell Bone.
Sam J. Bland. *
D. V. Brake.
Stacey D. Bristow.
Alexander Britt.
Jake Brookins
R. P. Brown.
J. N. Bryant.
George S. Carpenter.
T. C. Carr.
S. M. Chandler.
C. W. Clegg.
Dr. C. G. Cox.
M. L. Curry.
H. E. Davis.
T .B. Dennard.
V. O. Devereux.
W. R. Dunham.
Paul Durden.
W. R. Fraley.
L. B. Garland.
W. L. Gholson.
C. A. Gilbert.
J. B. Glnddin.
H. S. Glass.
Joe Grant.
Dr. J. F. Hall.
Derwood Harden.
J. P. Hardy.
F. R. Hargrove.
Rev. A. G. Harris.
W. L. Harrison.
B. W. Hartley.
R. L. Hayes.
G. L. Hodges.
I. H. Hodges.
J. P .Hogan.
J. H .Holloway.
E. R. Hoot ten.
Joe Hough.
Jno. W. Ivey.
E. W. Jackson.
W. S. Jett, Jr.
G. M. Johnson.
J. y. Johnson.
W. R. Johnson.
Murry King.
R. H. Lawrence.
B. L. Layfield.
W. F. L. Layfield.
Dr. Y. A. kittle.
CApt. F. S. Mansfield.
C. F. Martin.
J. N. Martin.
Jno. W •.Matthews.
H. J. Mays.
E. R. Medlin.
H. G. Medlin.
W. P. Middlebrooks.
C. C. Miller.
G. H. Mobley.
Roger Montgomery.
G?orge Morris.
J. F. Muldrnw.
J. J. McCoy.
I. . R. McCoy.
C. B. McCullar.
R. II. McElrnth.
S. L. McGee.
W B. McKinnon.
K. G. McMillan.
G. E. McWhorter.
L. B. New ton.
Z. D. Neighbors.
J. P. Overman.
J. T. Ozborn.
A. H. Paschal.
L. E. Patrick.
J. C. Pennington.
J. E. Prttie.
N. F. Prosser.
D. T. Raley.
T. A. Reese.
T. H. Rentz.
R. H. Reynolds.
R. L. Richardson.
W. B. Richardson, Jr.
J. 'O. Sallee.
W. M. Scott
Erwin Sibley.
T. L. Simpson.
W. P. Simpson.
C. E. Smith.
F. L. Smith.
P. W. Smith.
M. F. Stembridge.
M. W. Stembridge.
A. H. Stripling.
C. S. Stubbs.
A. T. Swann.
E. D. Taylor.
J .T. Terry.
S. I- Teny.
V. V. Underwood.
G. W. Villyard.
A. William .
Daws Wood.
W. B. Wood.
II. S. Wootten.
O. H. Wootten.
Fred W. Wright
Walter Zackary.
Jno. D. Wiley.
The Lt ;
and for
stands for
us, and b»
country, si
•■''i-dience
flag and i
erve the nation along the lines of
rmmunity service as the American
Legion. Every ex-so!dier of the grent
ROLL CALL SHOWS 237,8791 DR w - M SCOTT SAYS EX SE "-
LEGI0N MEMBERS FOR 1931 V,CE MEN SHOULD JO,N LEC,ON
diuahhM and thousand of widows and I and opc „ door of ( , ommunilJ . servi< . e
orphan- to bo considered. and in or-, No othl , r oronniration in tho countv
dor that thoy might bo provided for. j, „ ell , )n , ition< , d at thi , tinln t '„
! the American Legion was born, that
those souls who had given all in
I time of war might not suffer in times
j of peace, and whatever benefits hav
ex-service man. come j n the way of hospitalization, . ... , . a . .
I! that is good in any of | . .. , . , nen | 1 n * a oI< * ,er °f P®*®*- Let us join)
eves in love of God and . ,, . • tf,p Legion and help our great organ-
; have come because the American •
port of the Constitution, | j v t , m j U j n x hj|a , - atlon make to the community and I
law-, respect of ourl ~ 1 n / duty to’ ourl^* “?" n Pre-Uat contribution
defense irom all ene- : —a ... .. 1 service. Join the Legion
Indianapolis, Ind.—The national!
telegraphic roll call of American
Legion membership, conducted at
the annual conference of department
commanders and adjutants held at
National Headquarters here, showed
i member* -for
11s of November
Thi
Mori
U-Lii -b. post welcomes all ex-
men to its ranks.- Those who
out of the Legion are neg-
an opportunity to carry on
country and our Buddy,
me a man who regret* being
r.aire and I will show you u
and disabled i
on. " Therefor*
nan should join
h* rship
is the
Lcgi<
rates'
history, according
LionnI Headquarters, and is 83-,
head of the tola! reported nt
t plr.ee goes to the department
; -< >nrin which reported 87.78
As a Past Commander of Morris-
Little Post and one actively engaged
in Legion work, I urge every ex-
service man in Baldwin county to
join the Legion, and I am sure they
will find the benefits directly to
them anu the avenues for sendee to
their community worth a great deal
more than the small membership fee.
The Legion is the organization of
men in civil life who stood should
er to shoulder in army life. We
must keep alive the principles for
which we fought, we must hold high
the torch of true- Americanism,
assi-t those r
and help <
Again ;
join the
; this vita! work.
has
i love foi
try > '-i mires have
RICHARD BINION
C* 1 ’'i wander 1921-2:
to help perpetuate
e the ideals and
liich we fought in
luu "’ jthe World War. The ideals of De-
regrets J mocracy, Equality, and Freedom, for
which under our great commander-in-
chief we entered the wur, are the
foundaton principles upon which the
i the importance of the ex-service
n of this country joining the Mor-
*-LittIe Post of the American Leg-1
i I-eg’C
THE BLUES
p H Reynolds, c. P um
• E., Bristow, 3. D.,
Ison, W .L., Scott,
■ R. I... Hall, J. F.,
• P., Terry. S. L.,
H. S.. Villyard. G. W.,
1 0.. Johnson, J. F., Rich-
n - V; - B. f McCullar, C. B.,
'• E. F„ Arnall, W. H.,
lWi ‘- A. Q.
Those principles and ideals were
never more needed in our American
life than today, and if they are to
be k*pt alive a priceless legacy
for our children of the present and
the future, they must be Kept alive
through the organized effort of ex-
service men in the Legion.
Fit-ally, every rx-wrvfce. man
-houid join the Lrgion l.erause of j "'' n * t ' n J,1 “ "
the opportunity it affords for com- need the Legion,
munity sen ice. The American Leg- line-up with the organization that
ion ha- already rendered a great ser-; tendering the greatest aon-ice to o
vice in the communities in which country.
posts are located. That is true herej M. v - STEMBRIDGE,
in Milledgcville and iu thousands of | Post Commander,
per cent of its 1931 membership un f,. rt i, na
; quota aire’hdy enrolled. A chick for
$20,282 repre-enting that many paid-
up members for 1931 fr.om that,
state was pre ented by Austin A.
Petersen, Wisconsin department ad-1
j, jutant^ In winning first honors the
^ j Wisconsin partment head.- the
_!‘‘Big on" in Legion membership
sendee man We, •. Legionalr. ., s, snding for v.hieh there is slway-1
are striving ,u keep alive those ideal,'; cw^prlif-n among the vmdou, J0IN THE LECION SAYS JOHN
and American principles for which opart merit. HOLLOWAY
we offered ourselves in the service of j The ten d-partment which report., Ev „ rv mll „ wa . ln
our country during the war. We arc' 1 ! ll11 ' high.-t per eentage of
striving to help our buddies who have j - l 'rship attained as id Novcmbi
come out of that war sick andivrl receive special citations
wounded, we are striving .n render National Headriuartcrs. The
a sen-ice to our community, we arejtions will he awarded after the
striving to carry the spirit of the | he rship card,-, accompanied by the
Dough Boy, thus keeping it alive. | checks, have be n received and labu.
W«* need you in the Legion. You! lated at National Headquarters.
today and The other “Big Ten” winner*. a< per cent; Fifth. Louisiana, 52.00 per
reported in the telegraphic roll call cent; Sixth, West Virginia, 45.78 per
and their per cen*age of member- cent; Seventh, Alabama, m5.64 per
ship, follows: Second. Kama , 63.93 cent; Eighth. Florida, 45.55 percent;
nt; Third, Hawaii, 59.88 per Ninth. Mississippi, 44.99 per ^ent
• buddies r-f ours who are
ick and wounded and need our aid.
Join the Morris-Little Post today,
'o not put it off longer and ! am
ire it will mean much to you ami
u mean much to the organization.
W. M. SCOTT, Past Com.
Morris-Little Post No. 6,
American Legion.
, j during the world war should be i
I member of the American Legion. Foi
the help he can be to his Luddiei
who arc less fortunate than himsell
and the good that it will do him.
‘ JOHN' HOLLOWAY,
Past Commander
! “Every Ex-service man in Bald-
I win county a member of the Amer-
Scan Legion. ’ i« the >logan that has
j been adopted by the Morris-Little
• Dost as the membership drive which
opened last week gets into full force
this week.
•‘There are about three hundred,
world war veterans in the county,
Ccmmandcr J. F. Bell, Jr., declared,
and It is the hope oC every member
of Morris-Little post that not »
single one of these men will be out
side the Legion when our member
ship drive close* on December 18th.”
“We have organized into two teams.
Commander Pell stated, and the
teams are going out after non-legion
war veterans.”
The team plan that has been adopt
ed has put into the drive competitive
forces. C. E. Smith is the captain
of the Blues and R. H. Reynolds is
leading the Reds. Ths team secur-
curing the largest number of new
member* will be the guests of the
other team at a supper in the Legion
hall. All new members will also be
honor guests at this supper.
The American Legion was organis
ed in Milledgevillc shortly "after the
young men who had served in the
irmed forces of the United States
had returned to civic life. One of
their first projects was to do some
thing for their comrades who were
in hospitals and those who had not
been admitted but were wounded or
sick. They furnished food and
clothing to many unfortunate vet
erans and this has been their princi
pal work since that time.
The Legion immediately began its
rvice to the community. In every
effort of a civic nature that was un
dertaken, the Legion joined hand in
hand with other organization-, and
did much to make the undertaking
success.
The outstanding achievement of
the Legion is the erection of the
Athletic field at G. M. C. The mag
nificent tile wall and gate stand as
memorial to their Luddies who died
in the service. It is one of the most
beautiful memorials in the South
and it has contributed in a great
measure to the 'development of the
physical make-up of Georgia youths.
The memorial was dedicated on Ar
mistice day and each Armistice day
the Legion has put on splendid pro
grams in celebration of the end of
the war.
Many othrr projects are already
in the minds ol the Legion. They
expect to continue their unselfish
service to their unfortunate buddies
und to the community in which they
live. In order that the best might
be accomplished u large membership
is necessary and so the present offi
cers have determined to get all ex-
service men on the rolls of the Leg
ion. Oigtoized eflort means real
r 'complishnier.ts, and uh- appeals
'that are being made nre done in
order that the Morris-Little Post
.will be one of the best in the state
and that their era of u efuinem Nvill
I continue.
The
nbership drive comp, t
December 18th and al
e urged to join now.
’JOIN THE AMERICAN LEGION
[cent; Fourth, Rhode Island, 54.95 |Tenth, Minncsotr, 41.40 per cent
THE REUS
C. E. SMITH. c*.pti
Adcock, J. C., Bell, J.
Bone, Russell., Curry,
Dunham, W. R.,
Rentz, T. H., Holloway.
Hargrove, F. R., Swanr
Wood, D. W., Mulilrow,
Davis, H. E., Barclay,
Richard on, R. L.. Cox, C.
Gee, S. L., Pottle J. E.,
non, W. B..* Wood, W. B.
bridge, M. F., Britt, A!i
G., Mc-
McKin-
, Stcm-
xander.