1Joe Carson Post News_v_o_L._1_. _______ T_U_LS_A_, _o_K_L_A_H_o_�_1A_._ e JANUARY 9, 1942. NO. 18

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:fu,st District Mid-Winter Convention U. S. Arn1y

Recruiting Service

cclr , I-..1 " \eep em "ying

Major W'I D. S · 1 ey J. Adams, Assistant OkJaj10

Army _Recruiting Officer forthe p· llla, will make a trip throuo-h

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Janua 1stnct, starti,ng Thursday,

ficer ry 15th, and will meet with of -tecru\�nd members of all Posts in a

Ing campaign.

ITINERARY

1' �lJRSDAY, JANUARY 15TH:�� teakfast 7 :00 a. m., at Bish­and 12 South Main. All officers Post lllembers of Tulsa County

Clar s are urgecl to be present.

Pryocin�e, 10:00 a. m.

\rinit' loon, Luncheon.�'I· a, 3:oo p IUIJli 6 , m.

' :00 p. m. , Supper.

BartrlllDAY, JANUARY 16TH

P esvill 7 pa'"hus

k e, :00 a. m., Breakfast.

·airfa)( a, 10:00 a. m.J,

la1vne

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3N.oon, Luncheon.

'- cv I , .oo p. m. e and 6 00 \

' : p. m., Supper.

1\1! Important

I() Le�ionn ·. ·1 • Com · · a11es WI l be welcom0

ll)R e to all . , 'J

0 s. Each

• or any of these meet-ht\ the b

Post which is not listed tJ�e a ; ove schedule is urged to1:�:

ley an�Pr�sentative meet Ma ror�

o it. his party at the stop near-

t�o e ,vill1. �e Le . greatly appreciate havin.,.ve �ton · r,

Ill Ute ll.l1 b

nmres in the towns whichto aee coin�

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le _to arrange a stoppingYour Po

g 111�0 the nearest pointA.t

st. Will be seeing you!n��T EOWARD GALLOWAY,istrict Vice Commander.

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Saturday a11d S11ndalJ Ja1111ary 17th a11d 18th

AT BARTLF.SVILLE

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17th

10 :00 A.l\1.-Registration begins. Burlingame Hotel and Legion Rooms, Civic Center.

2 :00 P.M.-Convention called to order. By .fames R. Meeks, Commander, Bartlesville Post. Committee reports.

7 :00 P.M.-Legion-Auxiliary banquet. Civic Center-Legion rooms. Program and entertainment in charge of L. P. Martin and Henry Hall,

Bartlesville Post. Address ---------------------------------1-Ion. W. M. Ostenberg

Dean, Junior College, Coffeyville, Kansas. Past Americanism Chairman, Dep,rrtment of Kansas.

9: 30 P .M.-Dance-Legion ballroom. (Largest dance floor in the northwest.)

Music by Hal Brown's Famous Dance Orchestra.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18th 6:00 A.M.-S-w1imming in Ross Taylor's noted Bar-Dew lake.

E. R. Christopher will be Master of Ceremonies and break the ice.

9 :00 A.lVI.-Tourad�Woolrock Lodge. Headed by Fred Mills.

1 :30 P.'M.-Convention called to orrder.By R. E. Chandler, First District Commander.

Address of Welcome-------------------------------Ross TaylorResponse ___ -----------------------------------Dode McIntoshRoll Call, District Posts _________________________ J. Earl SimpsonIntroduction of Department Officers.Address ______________________ Max Fife, Department Commander

"The Legion's Place In National Defense."

Address ________________ Fred Tillman, Department Jud?;e Advocate"Membership and Its Effect On Our National Defe.nse."

Address ______________________ Milt Phillips, Department Adjutant"The Civilian Defense Progra.1n and Its Operation"

Fornm - Questions Amswer.; Report of ResoJutions Conunitt�e.Unfinished business. New busmess.Adjournmf'!nt-Homewar<l Bound.

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JOE CARSON POST NEWS PUBLISHED BY

01/icial Publication CARSON POST NO. I. AMERICAN LEGION101:.

TULSA. OKLAHOMA Execu:ir;e Boord

WM. L. EAGLETON C E. MARSHALL C. C. McCllARYALBERT EDWARD GALLOWAY, EDITOR Membtrr National Auociation Legum Editors

Entc1cd As Se-.ond Clu, Mauer Septcn,bcr 25, 1936 at the Post OfCico at Tulsa, Ok.fohoma.

SUBSCIUPTION PRICE With Le;;ion Dues, per year __________________ $ .SO Sir.gJc. Subscription, per year _______________ 1.00

LEGION HUT ll20 EAST 8TH PHONE 3-07:!3 OFFICE nouns: 9 :00 A.M. TO 5 :00 P.�t. MEETS EVERY TUESDAY EVENING, 8 O'CLOCKPOST OFFICERSJOSEPH F. HE!L'v!AN, COMMANDER GLENN 11. CODDINGTON C. E. MARSHALLJst Vice Conim.ioder 2oJ Vice Commander L. V. LUKENBLLL ARTHUR ANDERSON 3rd Vico Com�nder

Adjutant WM. I. RAINWATER LON MARKHAM Finance O!ficer Ch.apbin EVEHETT A. WOOD EUGENE PRALL Hi1Jtorian

Sgt.-at.Arma DR. J. H. NEAL JOHN soun1W1c'K Post Surgeon Judge .Advocate

Exccutiue Committee J. EARL SIMPSON, CHAIRMANALEX FAULKNER JOSEPH W. LYNNC. C. McCI\ARY T. D. MURRAY E. D. BREWER LESLIE L. SPAIN

· COMMIITEE CHAIRMENFor Legion Year 1941-42

Membership ________ GJenn Coddington National Defense ------H. L. S. HalleyPublic Relations ------A. E. GallowayAmericanism ____________ Qras A. ShawLiaison CounciL ________ Jos. W. LynnAide-de-Camp to Mrs. Carson __ _ ------------------Everett A. WoodCommunity Service ___ Hubert A. SmithSpeakers Bureau.. ______ c. 0. Gittinger Resolutions ________ J\forrill' S. BernardHouse and Grounds-----Henry HaydenEntertainmenL _____________ Jim HuntPOPPY------------------T. D. Murr�vChild Welfare _________ Geo. Thompson Canteens ______________ L. S. McCaslinDisaster and RelieL ____ c, E. Marsha][f

Emplqyrnent ________ �-------Roy LindGreeting::------------J. Ear! SimpsonUn-Amencan Inv·-------Harold Bea)Sick and Visitatlon ________ Jim BewleyFuneraL _________________ L, A. BurnsBand----------------------C. A. SoltSafety ____________________ J. B. StreckJunior BasebalL ________ Jno. B. AllredAthletics ________________ Ed. WienickeSons ,of the Legion ____ James L. Sartin Boys1

State----------Pau] C, WheelerEmb em __ ·---------------D. V DossGraves Decoration _____ Charles Dickson BUDGET COMMJ'I'fEE Leslie A. Wilcox Wm, I. Rainwater T. D. Murray .T. Ear! Sim • E. w. M:ul!er Pvon

For National Defense

The Red Cross In appreciation of the fine work theAmerican Red Cross has always done and in view of the tremendous taskil now has before it, the members ofJoe Carson Post in regular meetingnssembled, voted to send a check forSJ 01.00 lo the local chapter of LhcRed Cross.

Buys Defense BondsThe Post voted to purchase a $100Defense Saving Bond at once and lobuy more as they were able to do so,in order to back up the boys in. uni­form now serving on tJ1e "front line"of. our Country's armed forc�s.

Signs Voorhis BillWashington, D. C.-The VoorhisBill (HR 4905) to liberalize the de­termination o f service connection fora disability, was signed by the Pres­ident December pO and is now Public361 of the 77th Congress. Both houses of Congress have alsopassed HR 4,787, which makes sevenyears unexplained absence by a vet­eran the basis for allowing death ·compensations; H R 4692 dealingwith the disposition of personal ef­fects of veterans dyiing in Veterans Aclmi,n,ist:ration facilities; and H R4,853 permitting hospitalization ofcertain retired officers and enlistedmen on the same basis -as other vet-er ans.

Membership RankingsIndianapolis, Ind.-The last week­ly report of menibership rankings inThe American Legion for the calen.dar year 1941, showed 657,090 ad­v:nce i_nemherships had been received�- National_ headquarters here. This

ho. 43,139 more lllernbers than the Le­gion has ever had at a similar date The huo-e total f d

'"' 0 a vance enroll.�ents represents 64.84 Per cent of the final

! 1942 quota established some

mont 1s ago. Five departments, Alabama, Ar­tansa�, Canada, Mexico, and Northarohna, have done over the 1942 quota;

CLAllENCE E. IJBOWN •·Pro.s1,erity"' Rnnt;c-&

HAI.PH E. TllE�IA YNE,, l1•di•• I ··p,011,p,•rit)'" Raui::.c-s-''Sil\'<'rtonc JOS. SLAUF So.Jes and Ad\•('rtisin� �1:i.oo�cr

All J1tcmbcr, of Jo,: Ctuson PtJSI __. I I

-LTGERTY COAL CO.-:A�Or. r.w :\ 01\ \f:C-:ON 1.1-:CION:- ·\ II( E I,. I\'i".\1.1.·\CE :\0:\\IS0:'-1. S.A. !llOll ADA�ISON. �.·\.J..

2,�1:lil r-.:n1n11 Y,\I E Pl�j IHA oo:,m, 1.1'(;(0"\':'UlllF.

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DODGE & BOND: C L O T H I N G C O. :

s6S� 5 EAST SECOND-PHONE 2::.:.::...-,- ij

S. G. I-lol1nes & Sori�jj ----CLOTHIERS___......

MEN•s F"URNISHINGS 9/305 S MAIN PHONE 3-461, .

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"ALL WORK GU,IR,INTEED'' j BR��L!'.t!lI,?,})·.��f� I210 \Vest Archer-Tulsa �!PHONE 5-1086- Res. PHONE 8�,jArrangement, Co,, Oc Made for�

WINTERRINcEF F U N E R A L H O lV1 f 1JEF"F AND LUELLA WHISENIIUN'f �12211 EAST 6TH PHONE 4.Zl -

_.// Southern Mill & Mf f -- C OMP ANY -­SPEctAL MILLWORK AND CURTIS WOODWORK 1�i; JOHNS.MANVILLE BUILDING MAT£1l f!J525 SO. TROOST PHONE 2-� -----

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TULSA PAPER CO,- PAPER MERCHANTS/FINE WR/TING PA.PERS WRAl'PINC - BAGS - CORD1JG£

IAN1ron SUPLIES ' ,;/ A. N. JOCHEM. Pres. O. P. ERJCKSOl'f,Legion.naire.s

Michaelis Cafeteri8-·r� Lee Fuller, Manager-Legio!lJl�j- 507 SOUTH BOULDER V1Free Parking on the Sears Parkifl.i

JOE CARSON POST NEWS PAGE THREE

Asks Pick-Up RidesFor Unifonned lVIen

ii lndia-napolis, lnd.-As a parL of

/ program of promoling individual f �!Stance to the men in tl te armed orces th N . 1 D f of Th'

e a�1ona e e11se Divisionth Pc Amenc

.an Le"'ion i'- uro·in(Yat f n - ,� ,.,

lllemb osts o the Legion ask theirers t · · k fo o give p1c '-up rides to uni·rmed me n. at every opportunity.

This s . · die eivice to the unrformecl sol-

rs and ·1 . I era[ . sai ors 1s a parl of t 1c gen-the �'.o�ram fol' posts as adopLcd byits . ational Defense Commitlcc inD. C.

eccnt meeting in Washinp;ton,

Instru r <lepar

c Ions to posts, issued thruthat �bne�t headquarters, following cli l'ect·

eetmg, carried the followingIVe:

''P

rear ;a�e ltpon the windshield and Arn.e �ind.ow of row· car a legal sized , . ncan L . z l . . . . Pr,qce egwn < eca insigma ui of t� Jfl<:t will not hinder the view Cate t

river, This emblem is to incli­driver° �ll men in uniform that the

l 11uizz · . , · z 1 iu,i0 a · give pic,c-up ru es to t iosc the P:k

on �egal leave. Be snre that

D ·np lS on legal leave."

coin:�1. of the Legion emh l em decal­

hee11 ia _under these conditions has Safety

approved by proper nationalauthorities. ------

Service Officer

fuJf°

t� Johnston has been appointedSon p0

e s�rvice officer for Joe Car­tant A. s

dt, 1n cooperation with Aclju-

lf n ersOin., h e ·asks h i;na.fid t �t an veteran who has a <l gion lf clau� contact him at the · n1, to

ut during the hours of 10:00 ln h·6:00p. m.

!1hnsto� 117W Position, Legionnaireailns th

will be able to follow all(: Oongra�oug� to completion.

· C. ulations and best wishes,

Q Iii �i • • • • Ill Iii • El B • I

psoN PRINTING GO., ING._B_INTING

325 ALBERT EDWARD GALLOWAY

1111 £A.$ LEGl'ONNAIR(

II Ill \�TH PHONE 3-0904 ,.. • • • • fl • II •

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TULSA COUNTY HEADQUARTERS

The A1nerican Legion SAND SPHINGS, OKLAIIO:'.lA

January 7, )9-1-2.

Dear Comrades: There will be a Tuls:i County meet­

inf, of the Tulsa County Leµ:io11 al Broken Arrow Le:,!ion Hut, on fri<lay evening, 8 o'clock. January lei, 19-J.2.

Let's all take a good crowd of our post Legionnaires over and f!Ct ac­quainled witli the membership of that fine Post.

Yours in comradeship, C. W. ·'Cull y" CARLSON,

Tulsa C()1111ty Comm:mdcr. B . .\r. 1usr�crn

'·Urad'' Tulsa County :\cljutnnl

Heads _A1nericanis1n Club

Col. Fred Damman, a past com­mander of Frank Frantz Camp, U. S. W. V., was elected president of the Veterans Americanism Club, at their regular monthly meeting held last ·Wednesday night. He succeeds Jos­eph W. Lynn, retiring president.

"Red" Pettis was elected Yice pres­ident and T. D. Murray secretary­treasurer. • An executive committee will be appointed immediately.

Colonel Damman was principQI speaker at the meeLing and approxi­mately 175 persons were present for the dinner, including members of tl1e Legion Auxili-ary, VFW Aux;liary, Army Mothers Club, and Navy Moth­ers Club. This was the first time Lhat women had been invited to attend.

When you patronize one of our advertisers, let him know you appre­ciate his patronage.

TONIGHT

Saturday, Dec. 10th REGULAR

Saturday Nite Dance 40-8 CLUB ROOM

Legion HutNo Admission Charge

DANCING STARTS AT 10:00 P. M,.

40-8

Leslie L. Spa:n, Chef de Gare

WEDNESDAY, JANruARY HTH nEGl'LAR lWEETTNG Tulsa County Voilure

LEGION HUT 8:00 P. M.

All Voyageurs Militaire Are Urged To Be Present

Important Notice!

PERSONAL TAX EXEMPTION Due to an act passed by the Okla­

homa legislature at its last session, the amount of personal tax exemp­Lion for ex-service men in Okla11oma was reduced from $300.00 to $200.00. � • V ¥ + ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ + + y ¥ + + + V +

The Season's Greetings

Robert (Bob) Yoder

"Azithorizecl Bondsman"

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A + +

JP e Extend Our Sincere Thanks and Appreciation to the M'e,nbers of Joe Carson

i�ost arl(l Auxiliary j'or Thar Fine Spirit of Co-operation

BILL SATfER!fIELD, DISTRIBUTOR ChrisLine Satterfield, Office

Morris E. Watson - Jack Meadows - Sam Clements Frank Stine - Fred P,ayne - Floyd Gaddy

CANTEEN SERVIOE COMPANY OF TULSA

627 South Lewis Phone 3-6778

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UNCLE SAM IS CALLING US!

We need members to answer h_is call. Members who have not pt�1d their 194,2 clues will become delm­quenl January 3�st. \Ye cannot an­swer this call with delmquent mem­bership. In order to complete our National Defense program, we must have our membership quota in, to aive us the ability and strength lo ear-n I N . 1 D ry out our part of t 1e at1ona1 e-fense emergency. We need YOU. \Von't you please respond?

Mrs. M. C. Roberts, Membership Chairman. • • • • •

There was an enthusiastic group of nineteen ladies responded to the call to work on Red Cross knilling and sewing last Tuesday at the Hut. Tues­day, January 13th, 10 a. m., is the elate of the next meeting and Mrs. Walter A. Jacobs, Community Serv­ice Chairman is looking forward toa much larger attendance. The Unit ,needs three more sewing machines to be used in this work. Any one who has a machine they would be willing to loan, kindly get in touch with Mrs. Jacobs, 4-8562. The plan is for ev­erybody to take a sandwich or cov­ered dish for lunch, and hot coffee will be served by the Unit.

So many members have expressed a desire to learn First Aid work that Mrs. M. C. Roberts has consented to be at Tuesday's meeting at 2 p. m., to discuss the organization of a class in that work. This is an opportunity that should not be passed up by any

':Iufsa's Quality flJ.,pa,t111c11I Sto,e FIFTH AND BOSTON

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ARCH D. WlLLIAMS I CHAS. J. CLINE Mn..na,er-Sccond Floor Manatcr-)1en', S1ore

E. C. RITZ Appllanc-Fifth Floor

£RD!£ CLARK Supt. Delivery Dept.

All Alombers of Joe Carson Po11 No. J

one who has not had first aid instruc-tions.

• • • • •Saturday and Sunday,. January

17th and 18th is the date of the First District Mid-Winter Convention, to be l1eld in Bartlesville. The meeting will begin with a business ses.sion at . 10a. m., with Mrs. Bcrth:1 Scudder, FirstDistrict President presiding. Mrs. E. B. Benton, Department First VicePresident, wiil represent the Depart­ment, as Mrs. Edward M. Box, De­partment President, will be in Wash­ington, D. C., attending a National Defense con fercnce.

Our President, l\lrs. Paul C. Wheel­er, requests that any one who wants to make reservations for the noonday luncheon, kindly call her at 9-3871.

There will be a banquet al night, followed by a dance.

• • • • •Mrs. Paul C. Wheeler and Mrs.

Walter A. Jacobs have received cita­tions from the Red Cross for the splendid work they did on the annual Reel Cross Roll Call, and from the Community Fund for work on their drive. The Auxiliary shares in the credit.

Junior Auxiliary There will be a regular business meetin!! of the Juniors Monday, 7 :30

p. m., at the Hut. • • • • •

Now that the holidays are over, Mrs. Elmer Orr requests that the Ju­nior members concen,trate on mem­be:rship, as the drive will be endedFebruary 14th, with the losinO' teamgiving a valentine party for ti; win­ti 111g team.

Eight and Forty By Mrs. H. Blain Lacy

. Tuesday, January 13th, 8 p. m.,:s the date of the next business meet­ing of Tulsa County Solon 214, Eiahtd.F

' ,., an •orty, with Mrs. Cora N. Bates,Le Petit Chapeau, presiding. Themeeting will be held at the Hut.

Indianapolis. lnd.-In reply to hi, message to Department Commander Robert Clarke of the Hawaiian Amer· ican Lcrrion "ivin"' the National or·

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' 10 ianizaLion's tJledac of full suppoil . • · · J e1rmembers of that dcpartmenl 111 t d war efforts, National Commun er

. S I I I .. d tl1e Lynn L. tum )aug 1 ms rccenc followin"' cablc«ram from Clarke:

"Lcgio7i Posts �1t Wake Island, Midjway Island.,

Johnsl?n Island, Pea�Harbor. H1ckmn field, enga�cd the dercnsc of America. Too busyi reporl. Three thousand mainland. ,; . . I ] f )I'(IIPC• g1onna1res 1crl' on r1" f:'f'S" l ... 'i. .. and in service join with our menwet:0• I . . I in every effort of the aut 10nties . care for the helpless and homcle.:.:; Every Legionnaire in this de{?!ll'tllle�is engaged in some form of defen { work and has responded to the call \ our country. Need mo aid at prese11 ·hut ask ten thousand dollars be e!lff marked against future needs �wounded Legionnaires, their wido11�

'f' n!IO and orphans, to be drawn on 1 ' whf"n needed."

Here's 117ishing All My Friends A Happy and Victorious New Ye0'

Ralsa F. Morley JCounty Com missioner, District J\1°·