Articles found in archives about our First Commander

 

 

Lists McElwain elected as Second District Commander 30 years ago

 

April 18, 1919 - Mustered out from hospital

 

Sept. 29, 1969 - Obituary

 

Jan 23, 1919 - Recovering from Spanish Flu

 

High School Debate - 1914

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marion High School, 1914

 

Graduation Picture?

 

 

Bess, Allen's wife

 

Allen worked at Penick & Ford now Penford

 

 

His home in Marion

 

Boys State 6/1-8/1940 Back Row: Legionnaires De Lancey Butler, Edward Boyanovsky, Robert Toms, A.R. McElwain Front Row, Attendees: Eugene Stick of Alburnette, Jack Ray Butler of Viola, Duane Barnhart of Springville, Robert Edward Boyanovsky of Marion, Duane Arthur Nollsch of Marion.

 

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