The Adak sun., June 09, 1958, Image 1

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^yOL. Ill No, 23.
U. S. NAVAL.STATION
Monday 9. June 1958
"HOW
| TO
j REGISTER
j The office of Armed Forces Information
|and Education and the States have joined
[forces to help persons who, by virtue of
jtheir service in the Armed Forces, will
■ [be absent from their legal voting places
, jin this general election year.
This voting seriefl will guide you as
.to your state’s particular "Absentee
4 ;voting lawsl' Space limintations pro
hibit detailed information and the eer
^ies will be general in this respectj it
for guidance only.
Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,Mla*
isouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio,
| Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
:Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Alaska.
There are no registration laws in the
.•above listed state OR, members of the
[Armed Forces may vote in general elec
tions without being registered. Use a
Federal Post Card Application to apply—
for an absentee ballot, following your
[particular statels laws regarding absen
tee voting,
i
Consult your voting officer for g'vl
Idance.
| - - (AFRS) - -
•'WELL DONE TO ALL HANDS'*
; The American Legion and Auxiliary thank j
j all of you most sincerely for your gen-j '
| erous support and donations during our j
I Poppy Day sales. You have made it pos-j ;
| sible for us to be proud of our Post ancj. 1
| our check to the Poppy Day Chairman,
Auxiliary Officers for the ensuingj
| year were elected at the last meeting atj
i the home of Mrs. Francis Eischens. Mrs.;
| Leona Harris was re-elected President;i
Francis Eischens, Vice President; Inezj ■
! Marquad, Past President; Evelyn Reeves,i •
Sect, Treas.; Ila Moore, Chaplain and \
Sgt.- at Arms; and Pearl Stewart as his-j
j torian for her second term. j
The aim of the incoming officers is j
| to be able to send to the Veterans Hosp-I
\ ital at Anchorage, a box of gifts fromj
which Veterans in the hospital may cho-f
ose an item to send to each member ofj
: his family as a Christmas Gift. Veterans j
j are not charged for any item; they are!
| hospital inmates who are unable to shop I
| and whose families would have no remem-I
; brances from the husband, father or son;
| whichever the case may be, were it not!
for these gift boxes supplied each yearj
by Units all over the .world.
What might be a "White Elephant" to;
you could very well be a very much app-j
; reciated gift item to some veteran fori t
his family. Don't throw it away; give':
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