Surprising Coincidence is Found Among. Members As Two "Buddies" Meet A large attendance turned out for the meeting of the American Legion on Wednesday night at which Messrs Paul S. Hopkins, President of the Shanghai Power Company, Roger R. Quinn and William B. Meaks were initiated and disposed of a heavy agenda of Legion affairs. During the course of the meeting Post Commander T. R. Hyde made a gift of $500 to the Legion treasury in memory of his sister who passed away recently and a fitting acknowledgement was made by Commander Mark L. Moody.
The Legion authorized the expenditure by Finance Officer Wilber Judd of $100 for a silver shield to be known as the "American Legion Shield" and to be competed for an-unally at the Army and Navy Y.M. C.A. by the American services. The Legion also authorized a contribution of $200 to the depleted treasury of American Boy Scouts, of Shang-
The Legion Commander's report to the meeting regarding the gift of a 1940 Columbia radio to the American Legion charity benefit raffle was warmly applauded by the assembled Legionnaires as a tribute to Director R. Degoy of the Electric & Musical Industries (China) Ltd., donor of the radio.
Various members and officers of the Legion reported numerous quiries for tickets for the raffle and it was announced at the meeting that the tickets would be available as from. Monday, January 22, and a list published on the notices page of all newspapers informing the public where the tickets can be purchased. Details regarding the place where the Legion party and drawing of prizes will be held will be decided and announced by the Executive Committee in the next few days. At the meet-jing, it was decided to strictly limit the number of guests, the tickets for the dinner dance to be available only through members of the Legion. Although not finally decided, it was announced that the affair would be informal and that it is probable that "chow" would be served "army style" following which dancing will commence, with one of the 30 prizes to be drawn for between each dance or about every ten minutes.
The complete list of 30 prizes, will be announced shortly. The first four prizes, already decided upon, include a 1940 Deluxe Plymouth touring sedan, two radios and a super mini ture camera, the Kodak Bantam Special.
Together Again After the close of the meeting, while the Legionnaires were sitting around enjoying liquid refreshments and swapping yarns, an interesting coincidence was brought to light to prove again how small the world is becoming. To have been members of the same unit nearly 25 years ago, on the other side of the world, without knowing it, and then to join up in Shanghai was the unusual experience and discovery made by Legionnaires Paul S. Hopkins and L. M. Pharis, president and vice-president respectively of the Shanghai Power Company, for whom it would appear that fate had decreed that they should follow each other around the world. They were both members of the same outfit at Camp Hum-phues, \Virginia, when the United States entered the world war, but they did not know it then or even when, many years later they came together in the Shanghai Power Company- It was only when they became members of the same outfit for the third time, this time the American Legion in Shanghai, that they became aware of the chain of coincidences, and the discovery came about by "swapping yarns" and examining a group photo made at Camp Humphries so it is now the boast of the Shanghai American Legion that it has two "really inseparable buddies."
Post Adjutant Frank D. Mortimer of the Legion announced that he had received an anonymous contribution of $200 to the Legion treasury.
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