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From the Ipswich Tribune September 4, 1930 edition

Legion is Subject of Lions Club Meeting

Monday September 1 was the date of the scheduled meeting of the Lions Club at the C & C Café.

Club songs were sung, with Mrs. Sam McCleary as pianist.

Lloyd Cronholm addressed the club on the subject of the American Legion. He related its history since the organization of the first post in Paris; told about the first convention in 1919 at Minneapolis when the constitution and by-laws were drawn up.

Today the Legion numbers a membership of two million people.

He spoke of their interest in developing civic...

 

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