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| Hansen, Nels Martin | Madison, Ingvald S. |
| Tisdale, Julius Ray | Smith, Donald M. |
| Deaver, David Keith | Reese, Wilton Loy |
| Greenberg, Clifford J. | Bump, Otis A. |
| Cheatum, Carl Manford | Smith, James Lawrence |
| Ingledue, Leslie Merle | Bailey, Carlton E. |
| Easterday, Claude George | Shultz, Winferd F. |
| Bailey, Lyle Chester | |
In the early days of Post 116, meetings were held at the lumber yard with Lyle C. Bailey, at Ray Tisdale's jewelry store, Lee E. Moore's barber shop, at The Tri County News office, and the Clift building.
On the night of October 8, 1920, a committee was appointed to investigate the possibility of buying the Buxton school house.
The Ruxton school house was purchased on December 10, 1920, for the sum of $200. School district consolidation closed the Buxton school. The school house was moved northeast of the intersection of Main Street and Pearl Street. It was moved to a lot owned by Edward R. Fry. Post 116 rented the lot for $25 per year. On December 18, 1920, Ella Renner Bailey and Emma Benjamin Laycock sponsored a bazaar at Armstrong's store. The proceeds of the bazaar were used to pay the moving expenses and to purchase furnishings for the new post home.
Post 116 purchased the first radio sold in Zearing on July 20, 1922. It cost almost $500. Zearing people flocked to the hall to see and hear this marvel of the age.
Legionnaires Louis L. Bowie and Lyle C. Bailey drove to Colo, Iowa, in August, 1923, to see the funeral train of President Warren G. Harding.
Guy W. Clatterbuck purchased the Howard Chance barber shop on April 8, 1925. Guy moved his family from Eldora to the Burkhart house in northwest Zearing.
Ingvald S. Madison purchased the Bartine grocery store on April 29, 1930. Ing became a charter member of the Jack Sprat group operating under the trade name of Rite-Way.
Legionnaire Boyd D. Stone was held up at his filling station on Highway 65 by masked bandits on November 18, 1930. The bandits took the money in the cash register. They did not get the money Boyd had in his pocket. The bandits shot at Boyd while they were driving away but missed.
Post 116 collected a car load of corn on February 25, 1932, for shipment to South Dakota. South Dakota livestock had been starving because of the severe blizzards.
Dr. L. Paul Sterling kept some of his serums in the Holverk ice house in 1936. On June 8, 1936, he went in to get a supply. The