a new important activity of the American Legion Auxiliary has been undertaken in the state under the president, Mrs. J. Renwick Wilkes, of which work Mrs. D.B. Desbriere Irwin is chairman. The veterans serving time in prisons and confined in county and city jails will be cared for. This is in accord with National Past President, Dr. Kate Baret’s report last year.
The Raleigh Post No. 1 Auxiliary on the occasion of last Armistice Day, forwarded packages of gifts to each of 160 veterans in the State’s Prison Camps. These gifts were inexpensive, consisting of candy, cigarettes, fruit and cigars, but included all that was necessary in the way of expense, time and effort, unless it be an occasional visit to a jail or county or city. This originated the work.
From the editorial page of The Enfield Progress, Friday, May 2, 1924; Theo M. Cooper, editor and proprietor.
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