Stayton Named Missouri Legion Chief for 1925 1926
Edward M Stayton elected department commander of the Missouri American Legion for 1925 1926 at Springfield. A veteran officer and civil engineer from Independence, Stayton served as a colonel in World War I with the One Hundred and Tenth Engineers, earning praise from the governor for his readiness to answer the call of duty.
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France
Missouri
American Legion of Missouri
Springfield
Edward M Stayton
One Hundred and Tenth Engineers
Ed Slayton
Stayton
Independence
American Society of Civil Engineers
Slayton
Legionnaires Guard Shenandoah Crash Scene in Ohio
Caldwell and Belle Valley American Legion posts organized relief and patrols after the Shenandoah crash near Caldwell Ohio. Fourteen bodies were transported by Legion ambulance to Belle Valley and survivors to Cambridge. Legionnaires guarded the scene and provided care for victims awaiting official disposition as looting and tribute to Lt Commander Zachary Lansdowne drew responses from local posts.
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Shenandoah
Caldwell
Ohio
Belle Valley
American Legion
Cambridge
Legion Post
Ava
Jerome Williamson
Cormander
American Oeposit
Zachary Lansdowne
Legion
Zach
Lansdowne
Arlington National
Phy
The New Year Comes With Bells and Hope
Poem lines praise the arrival of a new year with bells and music. It speaks of leaving the old year behind and embracing hope, guidance, and a brighter path. The speaker asks for steadfast support and for vision to keep the dream bright as the year begins.
New Year's resolutions and first footing customs
A family shares resolutions at breakfast with Ben promising hard work and his parents resolving not to complain. The scene shifts to notes on First-Footing, a Scottish New Year custom in Edinburgh where the first visitor brings luck, dawns with dark-haired entrants favored.
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Florence Harris Wellgell
Berham
Holidary
Xamiled Gayly
Ben
Grandmother
Mater
Wether
Mike
Crother
Dad
Western Newspaper Union
Scotland
Edinburgh Tron
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Kean A Legion
Missouri Legion
Edward M. Stayton
Siare
Oura
Divine
Chas. Snyder, Prop
Rittman, Ohio
H. Weiss
Rittman’s Big Store
Wadsworth Savings & Tru Company
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