January 2010 The American Legion ▪ Argonne Post 56 ▪ Sherwood, Oregon
Legion Officers
Commander:
Greg
Holts
503-997-5647
First Vice:
Don Dahl
503-473-1946
Second Vice:
Mel Spencer
503-625-1042
Adjutant:
Woody Dahl
503-380-7625
Finance:
Terry Reasor
503-590-0668
Chaplain:
Ken Sandquist
503-625-7569
Sgt. At Arms:
Bob Neville
503-638-6080
Service Officer:
Don Dahl
503-473-1946
E-board Members: Gary Gibbons Jerry Smith Les Schuller
Editor: Don Dahl 503-473-1946
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From The Adjutant . . .
Please welcome new members to Argonne
Post 56; Steve Biles, Cary Gideon, Louis Canale, Stephen Marshall,
William McCormick and a transfer from New Mexico, James
Lacy. With these new members and renewals we're at 280 paid
members for 2010. 50 members till we reach our goal of 330 for the year.
Let's keep up the good work and get those renewals and new members into
our ranks. Woody Dahl
The Service Officer reports Post 56 member Herbert Mayer, a Korean war veteran, has answered the final call.
Sherwood Post #56 officers Don Dahl and Woody Dahl, on Friday, November 19, 2009, presented and raised a new 5' by 8' outdoor American flag to Archer Glen Grade School and to the Edy Ridge Elementary and Laurel Ridge Middle School complex . Also, Dave Kaufman and Joe Martin raised a new 5' by 8' outdoor American flag at our Post home.
Bob Neville plans to serve corn beef hash, salad, rolls, and cake on Saturday January 16th from 5 PM to 7 PM. He requests two people for serving, two people for cleaning, and two to wash the dishes in the kitchen. The price of the dinner is $7.00. Any questions, call Bob at 503-638-6080.
SAL Adjutants Notes . . . John Hohnstein, Stacy, along with Steve Patterson have been serving hot meals during Monday night football in an effort to raise funds for our charities.
Some Squadron members (Brian Berryhill and his crew) are going to re-model the Post kitchen with money provided by our Squadron, Auxiliary and Legion Post. This will begin shortly after the new year.
Our SAL membership is at 55 paid. SAL members not renewed, please do so now to retain your SAL Benefits and club privileges. Steve Patterson
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The American Legion Auxiliary wishes everyone the best in 2010! we are expecting a great year also. thanks to all that donated food and presents for our needy families this past Christmas. You out did yourselves again. We served 24 families with not only food for the Christmas dinner, but to help fill their pantry and presents for the kids.
We really could use your ideas for the new year. Why not come to a meeting and tell us what you would like to see us do for our veterans, families and our community. We meet with The Legion on the first Monday of each month.
If you haven't, please pay your dues. We need 37 more members or new members to pay the dues of $20.00. We would encourage all Legionnaires to have their wives, daughters, mothers, any woman in your family to join. with more members we could do more for our vets.
There are still some programs that we have not had anyone interested in doing, Girls State is one of them. We need one or more of our members to take on this task. It is a fun one, you get to interview, select a Junior in High School to go to Girls State in June. The girls do learn so much about how our government works. As has been said before, it is a life changing experience and we, as Argonne Unit 56 need to get involved.
On that note, please get involved in your Unit.
