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Frontier Days starts Saturday with a bang... The annual Frontier Days Parade! Here the Legion leads the way....
The Annual Frontier Days Pow Wow brings us a rainbow of color and a festival of sounds as the bells, jingle dresses,
and drums joined the voices of the many different drum groups and singers
to bring us that unique sound found only at the Wacipi.
Here is the Grand Entry which signals the start of the festivities....
History of American Legion Otterman Post 94
Several people have asked for the history behind the name, and thanks to a history book tucked away in a local
library we can now offer an answer:
Otterman Post No. 94, the American Legion, was formed by veterans of Wold War I at a meeting held in September, 1919,
in the old post office building at White River.
At this meeting the name Otterman was selected for the name of the post in memory of the two Otterman boys,
Tom and Allen, who were killed overseas in France during WWI.
They were the first two casualties from the White River Community during World War One.
Also at this meeting the first officers of the post were elected, as follows:
Alfred R. Dendy as post commander and C. E. Kell as post adjutant.
The request for a charter was made to the American legion from the temporary headquarters at 19 West 44th Street, NY NY
and a temporary charter was issued October 13, 1919, with the following as charter members:
- Wilfred R Wilder
- Alba W. Anderson
- Archie Pearsall
- Bob Pearsall
- Paul E. Gapen
- Benjamin H Smith
- Herman R Pole
- William H Marshall
- A. E. Miller
- Cecil E. Kell
- Charles W Findler
- Charles Leonard
- Francis E Bouza
- Alfred R Dendy
- Walter Knudson
- Emma D Bush
- Clarence H Hight
On March 5, 1926, the permanent charter was issued to the Otterman Post No 94 of White River.
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