The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command Commemorative History Booklet 286 to Remembrance Day and the schools and local businesses assist the Branch in selling poppies each November. Remembrance Day ceremonies are always very well attended and the Legion thanks the local clergy and choirs that assist in honoring our fallen Comrades. The Glentworth Branch has given many large donations to all sports buildings in Glentworth, including two outdoor rinks, the Legion sports grounds, the Glentworth curling rink, the Waverley Sports Gardens and the community hall. Many local and national veterans and their dependents have received Legion assistance from Branch 342, and the veteran Gurkhas from WWII requiring nursing care have received an annual donation from our Branch. In 1959, the Glentworth Legion sponsored an ATC amateur hour that was broadcast over the CHAB Radio station in Moose Jaw. The hall couldn’t hold half the audience. Several records were set that night. It was the longest amateur hour yet held, going until 2:30 am. It raised the most money ever, both in the hall and from the broadcast; and it had the most contestants of any amateur hour they had ever held. Our Branch donated the entire proceeds to a project in India to teach their citizens how to preserve foods, saving many lives in that country. The entire Legion membership worked to make this event such a huge success, working with the Travellers’ Association and CHAB Radio, which stayed on the air until 2:30 a.m., soliciting donations and broadcasting the contestants. The Branch has at the present time 36 members. LADIES’AUXILIARY TO GLENTWORTH BRANCH 342 The Ladies’ Auxiliary to The Royal Canadian Legion was formed as part of the British Empire Service League on June 22, 1948. The first President was Eva Kuffner and the first Secretary was Lillian Barber. Early meetings were held in the school, the RM office or members’ homes, until 1957 when the Legion rooms were built at the north end of the curling rink in Glentworth. The purpose of the group was to assist the Legion, mostly with food, financial help and good advice. Since 1956, the ladies have been serving a banquet on Remembrance Day, alternating, after 1959, with the Woodrow and Lafleche Branches. In 1984, they began providing a community lunch after the service. They host a Christmas social for their husbands, the Legionnaires and their wives. They have provided visits and parcels to Veterans and seniors. The Ladies’Auxiliary has contributed to youth sport groups and to area building projects. The local Auxiliary provides its own bursary to Glentworth Central School and sponsors students to attend track and field camps. In 1956, the Auxiliary started canvassing for the Red Cross and in 1972 for the Cancer Society, eventually joining with the church groups in 1984 to form Donor’s Choice. The Ladies’ Auxiliary celebrated a Golden Anniversary with a banquet on June 22, 1998. Zone representative Helene Curran presented Eva Kuffner, Phyllis Nelson and Evelyn Nelson, original charter members, with fifty-year service pins. In 2000, the Provincial Ladies’ Auxiliary office dissolved. We remain an Auxiliary to the Glentworth Legion continuing our local activities. Auxiliary members at present stand at 18. GLENTWORTH BRANCH 342 (Cont’d...) On December 3, 1947, the Frobisher Branch was formed. Some years later the BESL part of the title was dropped and it became The Royal Canadian Legion, Frobisher Branch 343. The old Standard Church building, which had been made into a community hall during the war, was turned over to the Legion with the only stipulation that they keep as good or a better hall in Frobisher. They built a new hall in the fall of 1963-64, and held their first meeting in the new hall in March 1964. Then in 1973, an expansion to the size of the hall was completed with an addition being added to both the north and south sides. This greatly increased the capacity of the hall for community functions. The Legion had wonderful support of an outstanding Ladies’ Auxiliary who actively and co-operatively supported the Legion, also hosting a great many fundraisers. Right up until 2002, they arranged for the Colour Party from the Estevan Legion and the pipe band, whenever possible, to march in the Threshermen’s parade. They also hosted a dance for Threshermen’s Days up until 1990. Over the years, there was always a November 11th service held, followed by a pot-luck meal and a time of singing and fellowship. This continued until 1997, when dwindling numbers in membership made it difficult to organize, so the Legion voted to attend and take part in the services at the school who very ably have been conducting a community service. The Legion also sponsors the annual Literary and Poster contest at the school and now continues to do this through our neighboring Branch at Alameda. FROBISHER BRANCH 343 ~ Closed (Cont’d...)
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