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Legion Enjoys Watermelons at Post Meeting
The September meeting of Van Veen Van Hemert Post The American Legion was moved to the third Monday to address business. Members from Otley and nearby areas attended. plans for a fall home talent play directed by Professor G F Sadler were announced, with a likely date soon. A post entertainment featured Miss Claire Jewell and others. Committee work on the Legion endowment fund proceeded, with fundraising assigned to Otley and surrounding districts. The gathering closed with watermelons arranged by Pete Bloem, and talk of growing melons with Gerard Van Houweling sparked approval though mainly for fruit gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Veen-Van Hemert
American Legion
Otley
G. F. Sadler
Central College
Claire Jewell
Dorothy Sybenga
Marion Frush
Bessie Vander Pioeg
George Ver Steeg
Thirty- Third Iowa Infantry
Pella
Larkin Martin
Oklahoma
Thirty- Third
Iowa Legion
Council Bluffs
George M. Derbyshire
Martin Paardekooper
Omaha
Legion Endowment Fund
Ella Post
Lake Prairie
Summit Townships
Pete Bloem
Pete
Gerard van Houweling