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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thu., Oct. 21,8:00 p.m. Bremer County Legion, Waverly Sat., Oct. 30, Third District Fall Conference, Ackley Mon., Nov. 1, 6:45 p.m. Auxiliary Executive Board meeting 7:30 p.m. Post and Unit meetings Thu., Nov. 11, 11:00 a.m. Veterans Day Service at Tribute Sat., Nov. 13, 6:00 p.m. Membership Dinner Mon., Dec. 6, 6:45 p.m. Auxiliary Executive Board meeting 7:30 p.m. Post and Unit meetings Mon., Jan. 3, 6:45 p.m. Auxiliary Executive Board meeting 7:30 p.m. Post and Unit meetings Thu., Jan. 20, 8:00 p.m. Bremer County Legion, Denver |
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FLAGS ARE AVAILABLE We have United States and Iowa flags available in several sizes and materials. The first price after each flag is for non-members and the second price is for members.
United States Flags 3 X 5 COTTON $12.00 $12.00 12” X 18” NYLON $ 8.00 $ 6.00 3 X 5 NYLON 100% $20.00 $17.00 4 X 6 NYLON 100% $32.00 $28.00 3 X 5 KORALEX II $31.00 $26.00 4 X 6 KORALEX II $39.00 $32.00 Iowa Flags 2 X 3 NYLON $18.00 $16.00 3 X 5 NYLON $26.00 $23.00 4 X 6 NYLON $30.00 $27.00 3 X 5 DURALITE $26.00 $23.00
All above flags have canvas headings and brass grommets. All flags are individually boxed. To get one of the above flags, contact Vern Oberheu at 319-352-4617. |
| Bi-monthly newsletter, November-December, 2010 |
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************************************************** BREMER COUNTY LEGION MEETING--OCTOBER The next meeting of the Bremer County Association of American Legion Posts is Thursday, October 21, 8:00 p.m., at the Waverly Post 176 Legion Hall, 208 Eighth Avenue Southwest, Waverly. All members of this Post are encouraged to attend. THIRD DISTRICT AMERICAN LEGION AND The Third District Fall, 2010, Conference will be in Ackley, Saturday, October 30, 2010. The Elliot-Keninger Post and Unit 252, Ackley, are the hosts for the Conference. The events begin with registration and coffee at 7:30 a.m. The Legion meetings will be in the Legion Hall, 640 Main Street, and the Auxiliary meetings and the noon luncheon will be at the Ackley Country Club, 902 Eighth Avenue. Noon luncheon reservation deadline was Tuesday, October 19, 2010. The Lunch tickets are $8.00 each. District Commander Bill Scallon will host a hospitality at the Legion Hall, 640 Main Street, Ackley, Friday evening, October 29, 2010, 4:00-8:30 p.m. Friday night lodging is available at Super 8 839 South Oak Street, Iowa Falls, 641-648-4618, or AmericInn, 810 South Oak Street, 641-648-4600. VETERANS DAY SERVICE Veterans Day Service at the Waverly Area Veterans Tribute will begin at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 11. Our Legion Post is in charge this year. All veterans organizations have a part in the service. In case of inclement weather, the service will be in the Junior High auditorium. A guest speaker is invited every year. MEMBERSHIP DINNER Our Membership Dinner will be no charge to members who have paid their dues for 2011 prior to the dinner. If you have not paid your dues yet, pay them now or send them along with the reservation. Nonmembers are asked to pay $8.00 each to attend the dinner. The dinner will be at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, November 13 at the Legion Hall, 208 8th Avenue Southwest, Waverly. Our participants in Boys State and Oratorical will be our guests and report on their experiences. Their parents are also invited to accompany them. In addition, Third District leaders and Department leaders are invited as our guests. Please follow the instructions at the top of this printable PDF version of the newsletter and use the reservation form to attend the dinner. The reservation form can be filled in and removed from the top of this newsletter without losing other important information. MEMBERSHIP DINNER SETUP Since the Membership Dinner will be in our Legion Hall, we will need volunteers for set up and clean up. Legionnaires, that includes many of us. Arrangements will be made at our November meetings. “Many hands make light work!” POST ORATORICAL CONTEST The Post Oratorical contest is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Monday, December 6, preceding the regular Post and Unit meetings. BREMER COUNTY LEGION MEETING--JANUARY The January meeting of the Bremer County Association of American Legion Posts is Thursday, January 20, 8:00 p.m., at the Acker-Matthias Post 653 Legion Hall, 161 East Main Street Denver. All members of this Post are encouraged to attend. POST MEMBERSHIP The target for our post for 2011 is 156. On October 15 our membership was 93, 59.62% of target. Dues are $30.00 per year. Please pay yours as soon as possible.
DEPARTMENT SYMBOLS, SLOGANS
AND The Auxiliary symbol is the Lighthouse. The Legion slogan for the year is "Service Before Self" The Auxiliary theme is "Our Light Shines For Veterans.” Department Commander Jerry Sebben’s projects are (1) Iowa American Legion Foundation, and (2) Operation Comfort Warriors. Department Auxiliary President Marilyn Block’s projects are (1) needs at the Iowa Veterans Home, (2) a special activity at Junior Camp, and (3) the Auxiliary Emergency Fund. |
************************************************** AUXILIARY NOTES Membership Membership for 2011 (reported locally) is 55 as of October 4, 47.00% of goal. Membership goal for our unit is 117. Auxiliary Projects 1. Save grocery coupons. They must be national coupons, but most cannot be used more than six (6) months beyond the expiration date. They should be for food, household, and baby items. They are sent to various military installations for use by military personnel. These coupons can be used in the commissary on double coupon days and are a tremendous help to supplement allotments. 2.Canceled postage stamps are again being collected and sent to a veterans' treatment facility where processing them is part of a therapy program. 3.Save soda (pop) can tabs for the Ronald McDonald houses in our area.
************************************************** IOWA VETERANS HOME HOLIDAY GIFT SHOP Two days are dedicated to wrapping gifts for the residents of Iowa Veterans Home to give to relatives and friends. The American Legion Auxiliary purchases a supply of gifts for each resident to choose two (2) gifts to give to two others for the holiday. During two work days, after the gifts are chosen, a crew of Auxiliary members and Legionnaires wraps the gifts to give or ship to the recipients. Gifts will be selected and wrapped Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each day. Call 641-753-4371 for dinner reservations. Locally you may call Lois Slaba at 352-3734 for more information. Men are also welcome to help. WAVP UPDATE The following was presented to us at our October meeting: A generous offer was made to the WAVP fundraising committee recently. Milora Johanns’ grandfather has offered to build a grandfather clock to be used to help raise funds for the new Veterans building. If the four Veterans groups will provide funding for the mechanical workings of the clock, he will provide the wood and the all important “labor” to build it. If the Veterans groups approve the proposal at their business meetings this month, we will shortly know that he can go ahead with the plan. Thank you in advance to the Johanns family for their generosity in helping us in our endeavors to construct a building all of Waverly will be proud of. The request is for $150.00 from each of the four Veterans organizations. We responded by committing $150.00. If you want to make a gift to offset part of this amount, give it to Martin Heering in a clearly marked envelope or check indicating it is for this project. Your donation will be tax deductible and will offset our Post commitment. At the present time a fundraising drive is focused on the membership of our four veterans service organizations. The next phase will expand it to all identified veterans in Bremer County before expanding it to the surrounding community at large. If you are interested in more information, I would like to give you a clearly identified telephone number, but none is provided. You may try Jim Beam at 319-939-3507. Jim is chairman of WAVP. The latest report can be found on the home page of the website www.waverlyvets.us . Scroll down to the lower part of the page.
__________________________________________________ Marvin Behrens, Post Commander 352-0798 Vern Oberheu, Post Adjutant 352-4617 Donna Kay Oberheu , Auxiliary President 352-4617 Marvin Behrens, Newsletter Editor 352-0798 |