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Domestic News August 28, 1940

The Key West Citizen

Key West, Monroe County, Florida

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Key West American Legion post prepares for tonight's meeting to discuss Forty and Eight conclave next Saturday, including visitor entertainment, reports on Boys' State, junior baseball, Sons of the Legion formation, and auxiliary plans for April state convention. Conclave will install new Voiture 728 with 21 initiations.

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Legion Post
Prepares For
Forty-Eight's
Meeting Tonight At Headquarters

Arrangements for the Forty and Eight Societe conclave to be held in Key West next Saturday will be discussed, including entertainment of the visiting voiture members coming from three upstate 40 and 8 groups.

Three activities of the local post will be reported on at this meeting. They are:

1. A report from the post's delegate to Boys' State this year. He is Robert V. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smith.

2. A report from Aurelio Lastres, manager of the post's American Legion Junior baseball team, on progress being made by the boys.

3. Progress being made in the formation of a Sons of the Legion organization for Key West.

Also coming up for discussion and action at tonight's meeting will be plans for membership formation of the post's auxiliary. This subject was considered of importance in that the auxiliary will have various duties during the coming state convention to be held in this city next April.

The 40 and 8 conclave to be staged in Key West next Saturday will be held to install this city's new Voiture, No. 728. Twenty-one candidates, members of Arthur Sawyer Post, will be initiated into the order.

Voiture 492 of Dade county, 290 of West Palm Beach and 890 of Fort Lauderdale will send a motorcade to Key West, leaving the

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Social Event

What keywords are associated?

American Legion Forty And Eight Key West Conclave Boys State Junior Baseball Sons Of The Legion

What entities or persons were involved?

Robert V. Smith Charles E. Smith Aurelio Lastres

Where did it happen?

Key West

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Key West

Event Date

Tonight

Key Persons

Robert V. Smith Charles E. Smith Aurelio Lastres

Event Details

Arrangements for the Forty and Eight Societe conclave next Saturday in Key West, including entertainment for visiting voiture members from Dade county, West Palm Beach, and Fort Lauderdale. Meeting to report on: delegate to Boys' State (Robert V. Smith), progress of American Legion Junior baseball team (Aurelio Lastres), formation of Sons of the Legion. Plans for post's auxiliary membership for state convention in April. Conclave to install Voiture No. 728 and initiate 21 candidates from Arthur Sawyer Post.

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