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. . BALDWIN COUNTY , INSTITUTION . WLlh Over O.. Hundred • y t in Devotion la Public 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.