october/november 2005

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PATRIOT BULLETIN VOL 6-3—OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2005 YOUR NEXT PURPLE HEART EVENT DATES

19 OCT — STAFF MEETING, 12 NOON, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM 22 OCT — REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, 10 AM, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM 7 NOV — 6:30AM, “BREAKFAST AT JIM’S, HWY 183 AT BURNET RD 9 NOV — STAFF MEETING, 12 NOON, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM 11 NOV — VETERANS DAY PARADE, ASSEMBLE 8AM, CONGRESS AVE BRIDGE

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LUKE A.P. CONNALLY

LUKE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR LOCAL MARINE CORPS RESERVE UNIT THAT WAS RECENTLY WOUNDED IN IRAQ AND MEDEVAC’ED BACK HOME. HE IS TAKING CLASSES AT A&M WHILE STILL ON CONVALESCENT LEAVE. HE HAS RECENTLY MARRIED AND HE AND HIS NEW WIFE ARE BOTH McNEIL HIGH SCHOOL GRADS.

LEADER BOARD 2-3

NEW MEMBERS 4

ADJUTANTS CALL 5

NEWS / FEATURE / PHOTOS 6 - 12

BIRTHDAYS / BOOSTERS 12 - 13

TRIBUTES / MEMORIALS 14 - 15

CHAPTER CALENDAR 16

INSIDE:

COME TO THE NEXT REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING !

10AM, SAT, OCT 22nd

CAMP MABRY MUSEUM

October’s business will be followed by guest speaker Lt Col Mike Dye, Texas Army National Guard, who will report on his recent experiences. After the meeting, all inclined to do so are welcome to adjourn and then go for an informal lunch together at: Luby’s Cafeteria, 8176 N MOPAC, that’s MOPAC at Steck

VETERANS DAY Parade & Ceremony

FRIDAY, NOV 11th, Parade FORMS UP ON THE CONGRESS AVE BRIDGE. PLAN TO FIND OUR MARCH UNIT THERE BY 8AM.

PARADE UP CONGRESS AV—9AM CEREMONY AT CAPITOL BLDG-11AM

COME, WEAR PURPLE, AND MARCH WITH OUR PURPLE HEART BANNER, OR FOR THOSE WHO PREFER, WE HAVE VEHICLES AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SPACE TO RIDE. THIS GETS BIGGER EVERY YEAR !

NOTICE: BIG CHANGE ! The October meeting date has just been shifted from the 15th to the 22nd, due to unavoidable change by our host meeting facility. NOTICE: There is not much time between the October regular monthly meeting and Veterans Day, so the info above is the last you will see from us before Friday November 11th—So, Come and be in the Parade ! Also, make your plans now to be involved in the upcoming OPERATION PURPLE SANTA—Details on page11.

COMMANDERS MESSAGE

T his year is moving right along and it will soon be gone. Chapter 1919 has several projects that

are still not completed. One of those is our chapter’s share of the funding for the Purple Heart Trail. The state requires $11,000 to pay for the cost of the signs marking the trail and Harvey Webb, our MOPH Department of Texas Commander is asking each of us Patriots to send in a contribution of $5.00 dollars (or more) in a special fund raising effort to pay those costs. Patriots contributing to this fund, please send a check or money order payable to “Chapter 1919, MOPH” and designated “for Purple Heart Trail.” Mail to: Raymond Diaz, Finance Officer

Chapter 1919, Military Order of the Purple Heart

612 W Annie St

Austin, TX 78704

We had a great meeting in September, with a fine presentation by retired Captain Renaldo Gallardo of the Air Force of Mexico who served in that nation’s 201st Fighter Squadron that fought along side the United States Air Force in the Philippines during WWII. His presentation about the squadron was short, but his inspirational address about America’s youth was also very informative. Captain Gallardo has been a resident of Austin and a US citizen for the past 30 years.

THE PATRIOT BULLETIN IS PUBLISHED, NORMALLY MONTHLY, BY THE TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919, The MILITARY ORDER of the PURPLE HEART of the U.S.A., Inc., 5701 PAINTED VALLEY DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759, FOR ITS MEMBERS. TO SUBMIT MATERIAL, OR COMMENTS, OR TO REPORT CHANGES OF ADDRESS, NOTIFY EDITOR, MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940, OR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, DON BOSSERMAN, (512) 238-1040. NEWSLETTER IN COLOR: www.purpleheartaustin.org

Our guest speaker in October will be Lieutenant Colonel Micheal Dye, Texas Army National Guard, the son of Patriot Rufus Dye, and an Associate Member of Chapter 1919. His presentation will be about the Apache Helicopter and what its mission in combat will be. I will try to set up an excursion with “Austin Duck Adventures” on the lake for our Patriots and Ladies soon. I am looking at prices and dates now and will send out the information when things are decided. We are joining Chapter 1876 in Killeen, in “adopting a unit” in Iraq. We will help by sending some basic items that soldiers need that are not available there from unit supply. Elaine and I will be meeting with the command group of the 17th Artillery based at Fort Hood, that will be deploying to Iraq in October, to determine how we can best support them. We will send items to Batteries A & B, and the Killeen Chapter will support the rest of the battalion. Friday, Nov 11th is Veterans Day. We are planning to have a passenger van to help Patriots get to the Congress Bridge. Park between 15th and 17th St. on the north side of the Capitol on Congress Ave. Please be there about 7:00 AM in order for the van to make several trips. We also expect “Austin Duck Adventures” to furnish us a “Duck” again this year for Patriots and Ladies to ride behind our march unit.

This month I want to thank Ruth and Sam Bier for their help with the Coffee Bar this year. Both work at the Clinic running the Volunteers program. They are this month’s “for the good of the Order people.” The Coffee Bar still needs help, please call me if you can spare the time, (339-8034). To Ruth and Sam, a big thanks and a respectful salute.

Chapter Notes

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THIS ISSUE HAS PICTURES OF THE LAST MEETING AND LOTS OF INFO ON VETERANS DAY AND PURPLE SANTA, BUT NOW, FOCUSING ON THIS MONTH…...

Yours in Patriotism, Federico Rey

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I have great news! We passed our Department of Texas inspection with flying colors at our meeting on September 17th. Thanks goes out to all that helped with this inspection, and a special thanks go out to Department of Texas President, Carolyn Cooper, for taking her time to visit us and giving us the benefit of her experience.

Fred and I had the privilege to be asked by the Killeen Chapter and Unit 1876, to “adopt a unit.” Batteries A and B of the 17th Artillery are getting ready to leave Fort Hood and go back to Iraq again. We had a meeting with the men and got a list of personal items that soldiers need, but that are not issued by the supply system. The thing that I was most impressed with was not what they want for themselves, but how worried they are for their families. We need to help keep up the spirits of the families so they can keep up the morale of their soldiers overseas. We will be meeting with the family representatives on October 5th and I will have more to report on this project next month.

On Friday, November 11th we will be participating in the Veterans Day Parade. We will have our new Unit Banner for the Parade. The theme of

this parade will be honoring World War II Veterans. I hope to ride with you in the Parade.

We expect the tickets for Purple Santa Outback Luncheon to be available for sale ($15 per person) at our next meeting. The meal choices will be either steak or chicken, caesar salad, bread, garlic mashed potatoes, coffee or tea, and cheesecake for dessert. The benefit luncheon will be on Saturday, December the 10th. There will be two seatings 11:30AM – 12:30PM or 12:30PM – 1:30PM. You will have a choice. They will not be open to the public for lunch. We only have 200 tickets to sell, so buy your tickets early, then enjoy a great lunch and help the Chapter.

Our next meeting is Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 10:00AM at Camp Mabry. Our speaker will be Lt Col Micheal Dye. We are now starting a tradition of going to Luby’s (at Steck and MoPac) for lunch after our meetings at Camp Mabry.

Please keep a look-out for “trick or treaters” on Halloween, October 31st. Remember little kids get excited and will step out in the street without looking, so we need to look out for them.

Please keep our soldiers and their families in your thoughts and prayers. God Bless,

Elaine

COMMAND AND PRINCIPAL STAFF

CHAPTER / UNIT

1919

OFFICERS, MOPH CHAPT 1919 NOTE: ALL AREA CODES ARE ( 512 ) COMMANDER FRED REY 339-8034

SENIOR VICE COMMANDER ARMANDO YBARRA 444-5932

JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER JAMES L. BROWN 773-8274

ADJUTANT MILT CARR 343-7940

FINANCE OFFICER RAY DIAZ 444-6342

SERVICE OFFICER TONY MOORE 389-6543

PUBLIC RELATIONS TONY GEISHAUSER 527-8495

JUDGE ADVOCATE MARTIN L. ALLDAY, J.D. 206-0633

SURGEON ROBERT BERNSTEIN,M.D.345-5988

CHAPLAIN PAUL S. CHAPA 247-9680

WELFARE OFFICER ARMANDO YBARRA 444-5932

SERGEANT AT ARMS HOWARD McKINNEY 248-0766

OFFICERS, LAMOPH UNIT 1919

PRESIDENT ELAINE REY 339-8034

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT DENISE YBARRA 444-5932

JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT ROSALIE DYE CASTILLO 272-4582

SECRETARY BETTY CEPEDA 388-9083

TREASURER DENISE YBARRA 444-5932

TRUSTEES, 3-2-1 ELIZABETH LARSON 418-1342 JENNYNE BILSKY 338-1999 YOLANDA FRAZIER 982-8079

Unit Notes

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.…. THE REST OF THE

YEAR’S DATES ARE IN THIS ISSUE, BUT DON’T MISS THE NEXT

MEETING ON OCT 22nd...

National Headquarters has added two new members to the rolls of Chapter 1919 since publication of last month’s PATRIOT BULLETIN. Welcome and Congratulations to:

WALLACE E. DOWNEY is an Army Korean War veteran. Wally was serving in the I & R Platoon, HHC, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team when wounded July 9, 1953 during a fire fight at an outpost near Kumhwa in the Iron Triangle in North Korea. BILLY H. HUGHES is a Marine Corps Korean War veteran. Billy was wounded May 9, 1952 when assigned to Co A, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. At “press-time” there were two additional applications in processing at National Headquarters. DEVIN D. GATES, Army, Iraq WALTER HALE, Army, Vietnam

NEW MEMBERS

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READ YOUR “PATRIOT BULLETIN” ON THE INTERNET

This newsletter can be viewed on the internet at our chapter’s website. Go to: purpleheartaustin.org and click on October-November 2005 Newsletter to open it up and read it. It was posted there about 10 days before you received this paper version in your mailbox. The numbers just keep growing among our members and friends of the chapter who tell the editor to stop wasting money printing and mailing newsletters. They say it looks better in color on their home computers. The chapter is now realizing significant savings on newsletter printing and postage costs, but it will help if even more sign up. Upon your request, Chapter 1919 will inform you by e-mail each month as soon as PATRIOT BULLETIN is available for viewing and we will suspend mailing this paper copy (until such future time that you may want us to re-start mailings). To make sure we get your e-mail address correct, please direct all such requests to your editor at : [email protected]

ADJUTANTS CALL

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A LERTNESS TEST ! Did you notice, on page 1, that the date of this month’s meeting has been slipped by one week ? Our calendar for October had previously carried the

date for this chapter meeting as the 15th. An unavoidable, last-minute conflict has required us to reschedule to Saturday, October 22nd. I hope to see you there.

Remember last month’s feature story on Patriot David Tosh ? Dave reports that his new son, Ryan Matthew Tosh was born Sept 23rd, weighing in at 8 lbs, he and Anne-Marie are fine !

Since this next regular chapter meeting date has slipped, there is not much time between the meeting and Veterans Day, so this issue of PATRIOT BULLETIN covers both those events. However, the brief details on page 1 about the Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony do not quite capture everything that deserves to be said about that very special nationwide patriotic observance. If you are one among that big majority of veterans that always intended to participate in a Veterans Day Parade but, just never got around to actually doing so—make up your mind to join us this year. Austin, Texas does Veterans Day right and you will enjoy the experience. The parade begins at 9AM, but there is always a lot of congestion in the area so you should plan to arrive and link up with us on the Congress Avenue Bridge by 8AM (look for our banner and a lot of people wearing purple). As our parade entry, led by our Purple Heart Banner, moves up Congress Avenue to the State Capitol, without fail the spectators that line the streets and look on passively as other veterans groups pass by, will suddenly show more excitement and respond with an obvious show of respect for combat wounded veterans that they do not display for any other veterans group. It is a good feeling for all of us who participate. If you feel unable to be a part of our lead walking unit (calling us a “marching unit” would be a bit presumptive), you can’t use that as an excuse, come on down anyway, because we will have plenty of vehicle transportation for our elderly and disabled members. The various groups giving out coffee, donuts, and maybe breakfast tacos ahead of time make it even nicer. Following the parade, you also do not want to miss the inspirational ceremony on the south Capitol steps, beginning precisely at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Remember, America used to call this Armistice Day in celebration of the moment in history that the guns fell silent ending the Great War in 1918.

Patriot, if you are an Annual Member with a membership card that says it is good through December 2005, be advised that you will be receiving your first dues renewal notice in the mail from National Headquarters later this month, probably within a few days of your receipt of this newsletter. Please make things easy for us by taking a few moments of your time to send in your check and renew promptly. Better yet, why not do what almost 90 percent of the membership has already done and convert now to LIFE MEMBER. Rather than pay twenty bucks year after year, pay life member dues once, and never get another dues notice again, ever. You can call National Headquarters on their toll free number, (888) 668-1656, and convert to LIFE MEMBER while you are on the phone by charging your life dues payment in full using your credit card. ...MILT CARR, Adjutant, (512) 343-7940

MEMBERS BY STATE TX 3,440 CA 2,848 PA 2,593 FL 2,519 NJ 2,489 M I 2,057 NY 1,872 OH 1,358 VA 972 AZ 882 CT 841 GA 820 W I 812 I L 799 NC 766 WV 714 OK 671 TN 650 MN 648 NM 639 LA 635 SC 614 MO 573 MA 559 KY 544 MD 543 MS 506 I N 501 WA 500 AL 485 AR 478 CO 399 ME 386 NE 339 OR 333 H I 280 I A 277 KS 256 I D 214 MT 202 NV 202 DE 192 AK 186 R I 163 NH 141 VT 126 UT 125 GU 56 SD 54 WY 50 ND 25 TOTAL 38,126

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...Scenes From The…

LAST CHAPTER 1919 MEETING ...Sat., Sept 17th, Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry...

GUEST SPEAKER, CAPTAIN REYNALDO PEREZ GALLARDO, MEXICAN AIR FORCE, RETIRED, TOLD OF HIS EXPERIENCES; HAVING ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AT AGE 14, HIS ROLE AS A TEENAGED CAVALRYMAN IN QUELLING A REVOLUTION IN SAN LUIS POTOSI PRIOR TO WWII, HIS ENTRY INTO MEXICO’S AIR FORCE AND TRAINING AT VARIOUS U.S. AIRFIELDS IN TEXAS, HIS DEPLOYMENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATRE WITH MEXICO’S 201ST FIGHTER SQUADRON WHICH BECAME A PART OF THE 58TH FIGHTER GROUP OF THE 5TH AIR FORCE UNDER GENERAL KINNEY, AND OF THEIR OPERATIONAL MISSIONS ON LUZON IN THE PHILIPPINES. IF YOU WERE NOT PRESENT, YOU MISSED AN INSPIRATIONAL PRESENTATION AS WELL AS AN INTERESTING HISTORY LESSON

CHAPTER 1919 RECEIVED AN AWARD IN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE AMERICANISM PROGRAM AND COMMANDER FRED REY IS SHOWN HERE GIVING THE AWARD CERTIFICATE TO ADJUTANT MIILT CARR TO MAINTAIN WITH THE CHAPTER RECORDS

COMMANDER REY REPORTED ON ATTENDING CEREMONIES IN LAREDO ON SEPTEMBER 3RD OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING THE PURPLE HEART TRAIL IN TEXAS. IT IS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF IH-35 FROM THE RIO GRANDE TO RED RIVER.

OUR LADIES AUXILIARY UNIT 1919 IN THIS MEETING RECEIVED ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION FROM DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT CAROLYN COOPER AND PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. PRESIDENT ELAINE REY AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT DENISE YBARRA ARE SHOWN HERE BEFORE THE MEETING PREPARING THEIR RECORDS FOR INSPECTION

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...Again This Year… GOLDEN CORRAL

...Salutes Veterans On Monday After Veterans Day. On Monday, November 14th, from 5 til 9PM, every Golden Corral restaurant in America will provide a free meal to any veteran who comes in. This is a continuing tradition for this nationwide restaurant chain and it is drawing large crowds of customers everywhere. Veterans do not need to bring proof of military service in order to claim a free supper, Golden Corral takes the customers word for it. Naturally, they are hoping you will bring paying guests, family and friends along with you; and that it will encourage return visits. It is great to see such an expression of good will from a major national corporation like this. There are two Golden Corral Restaurants in Austin that are located at: 9710 North Lamar Blvd, and 3607 South Lamar Blvd

...Every Day… GENIE CAR WASH

...Half-Price Car Wash For Purple Heart Veterans.. This is for Purple Heart Veterans only. Regional Manager, Gerry Kammer, reported this policy to our Americanism Officer, Ernie Banasau. It is easy to get your half-price car wash if you come in with Purple Heart plates on your car, but; if you do not have Purple Heart license plates you can still claim the benefit by showing your documentation of the award. These are the three Genie Car Wash locations in Austin: 1311 South Lamar Blvd, 7320 Burnet Rd, and 1021 West William Cannon

LOCAL AREA SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES ...One is Once A Year, and the Other Is All Year Long...

“….With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

--closing words of President, Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, Saturday, March 4, 1865

...from the historian…

LINCOLN’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS AND THE VA’s MOTTO The motto of the VA, made official in 1959 with the dedication of a plaque at VA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., reads, TO CARE FOR HIM WHO SHALL HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE AND FOR HIS WIDOW AND HIS ORPHAN. These words came from Lincoln’s second inaugural address, nearing the end of the war. These were the closing words of his address containing the part adopted by the VA.

WWII MONUMENT DEDICATION IN THE TEXAS STATE CEMETERY On Veterans Day, November 11th, a monument will be unveiled in the Texas State Cemetery to commemorate VE Day and VJ Day. Governor Rick Perry and Senator Kaye Bailey Hutchinson are expected to speak at the event and details of the event, including the time of the ceremony, have not yet been finalized. Look for announcements in the local news media in the days just prior to the event

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LUKE A.P. CONNALLY Patriot, Chapter 1919 Marine Corps, Iraq

Luke A.P. Connally was born November 2, 1982 in Maryland, at which time his father, a career Marine Corps officer, was serving at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. In fact, Luke’s extended family had always been Marine Corps. His Elementary School years were spent in Quantico, Virginia where his father retired in 1995. The family then moved to Round Rock, Texas where Luke attended Middle School and then McNeil High School where he graduated with the class of 2002. He had enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 2001 and immediately after graduation from High School he was sent to California where he went through training at the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot. He completed training August 23, 2002, and returned home where he was assigned to a mortar crew in Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, United States Marine Corps Reserve, located at Camp Mabry in Austin. Luke was promoted to Lance Corporal on February 2, 2003. He had been in the Boy Scouts of America from an early age and he has attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

Luke attended Texas A&M University at Galveston for three semesters during which time he was selected for Officer Candidate School and, during the Summer of 2003 he completed the six-week Platoon Leaders Course in Quantico (under that program, graduates are commissioned upon completion of a bachelors degree). But, Luke’s college career was interrupted when his battalion was activated on June 1, 2004.

The 1st Bn, 23rd Marines were sent to Twenty-Nine Palms, California where they rapidly went through their “work-up” for deployment. On August 9, 2004 the battalion deployed by air to Kuwait and from there was immediately airlifted into Iraq to Al Asad in Al Anbar Province by C-130 aircraft. By mid-

August they were already at work patrolling roads in the area, principally along the Euphrates River.

Luke’s mortar section had been integrated into a Combined Anti-Armor Platoon (CAP), and he was in a four-man team that made up the crew of a Humvee that mounted a Mark-19 Grenade Launcher. After about a month at Al Asad the unit moved further north, establishing camp at the Hadytha Dam on the Euphrates. For the next several months they continued patrolling the main supply routes and conducted other types of operational or humanitarian missions.

On the morning of December 1st, Luke’s Humvee had gone out on patrol of the main road to secure the movement of supply convoys. About noon they observed a car that aroused their suspicion, so they pulled it over out of the traffic. Luke and the commander of his Humvee dismounted and started to approach the vehicle to question the driver. The suicide bomber detonated his car bomb when they were about thirty feet away.

CORPORAL LUKE A.P. CONNALLY PHOTO JULY 29, 2005

MARINE CORPS SEAL

LUKE CONNALLY (ON THE LEFT) AND CREW OF HIS HUMVEE PRIOR TO THE PATROL IN WHICH HE WAS WOUNDED.

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Luke says, “My vehicle commander was killed. It maimed me pretty good, it should have killed me too, and; I know I am fortunate to have survived. Our other two men were with the Humvee about fifteen feet further away and they were unhurt.

This all happened at a place that was only about five minutes outside the perimeter wire of our base at Hadytha Dam and the Medics there got the bleeding stopped and put me on a Blackhawk medevac helicopter that flew me into Balad Air Base, just north of Baghdad where they had a large airstrip and a major trauma center. From there I was flown to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for a couple of days and on December 7, 2004, I arrived at Balboa Naval Medical Center in San Diego.”

Luke Connally had sustained massive wounds to the top of his left foot and left ankle, large fragments from the car bomb were in the calf of his left leg, another had entered by the left kneecap and fractured the tibia, another entered his left side and lodged in the buttock. Smaller fragments were in the right leg and his right hand had been cut nearly separating the thumb from the hand. He required multiple operations and weeks of rehabilitation treatments at Balboa. Finally, two and one-half months after being wounded, on February 15, 2005, Luke arrived back home in Texas, as a hospital patient on convalescent leave. He was promoted to Corporal on July 2, 2005.

Luke was married July 29, 2005 and since Mary is a full-time student at Texas A&M University, they are living in College Station. Luke takes physical therapy, but still has time to also keep up with classes at A&M as a part time student. At this writing, Luke Connally remains on active duty, assigned to the Medical Holding Detachment, awaiting Medical Board action.

THE CONNALLY FAMILY ASSEMBLED AT LUKE’S BEDSIDE SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT BALBOA NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN DIEGO

FAMILY PHOTO WITH LUKE ON THE RIGHT AND HIS PROUD PARENTS PATRICK AND ANGELA CONNALLY FRONT CENTER. YOUNGER BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL DANIEL CONNALLY, FAR LEFT.

LUKE AND MARY CONNALLY AFTER THEIR WEDDING CEREMONY, JULY 29, 2005 HELLO - THIS WAS JUST TWO MONTHS AGO !

BG WILLIAMS, 2ND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE COMMANDER, PINNING ON LUKE’S PURPLE HEART AT BALBOA

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...The Biggest And Proudest Service Project That We Do,...

CHAPTER 1919’s VA CLINIC COFFEE BAR ...HAS A WORSENING LABOR SHORTAGE…

Each day, Chapter 1919 serves, free of charge, refreshments and snacks to the disabled veteran patients at the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic. Normally, we have about 25 chapter volunteers that take turns in serving, and they annually work about 7,000 hours while dispensing 16,000 cups of coffee, 15,000 servings of orange juice, and 14,000 snack packets. We also provide other volunteer service work and donate funds to fill in gaps where our local VA medical facilities have unmet needs—however, our free “coffee bar” is the biggest and best thing that we do, and it continually attracts favorable attention to our chapter and to MOPH.

NOW WE HAVE A NEED FOR NEW VOLUNTEER SERVERS

PICTURED HERE ARE VOLUNTEERS, L.C. AND SALLIE CASTRO WHO WORKED THE COFFEE BAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. L.C. IS A WWII VET WHO LIKE MANY OTHERS, NOW HAS AGE RELATED INFIRMITIES THAT NO LONGER PERMIT HIM TO SERVE.

Our Goal Is To Keep 25 Trained Volunteers, Each Of Whom Work Two Morning Shifts Each Month. Our Original Volunteers Were Predominantly World War Two Veterans And Like The Castros (above), Many Of Our Volunteers Were Husband-Wife Teams. Also Like The Castros, Most Of Those Are No Longer Able To Serve Because Of Declining Health. As A Result, Last Month Several Of The Remaining Volunteers Worked Five Or More Turns. We Have Found That Workload Cannot Be Sustained Over The Long Term And Consideration Was Given (very briefly) To Close One Day Each Week. We Are Determined Not To Give In To That Easy Way Out. We Will Succeed If More Patriots & Ladies Step Forward. The WWII vets have done their part. Vietnam vets are retiring now in increasing numbers and we need new volunteers to come fill in the ranks at the VA Clinic Coffee Bar. All involved truly enjoy this work.

New Volunteers are scheduled for a brief training session with VA Volunteer Services prior to being placed on shift rotation. If you can help, call Commander, Fred Rey, 339-8034.

OPERATION PURPLE SANTA 2005

Christmas and New Year’s holidays may seem like a long time off, but you shouldn’t wait until the December issue of PATRIOT BULLETIN to plan your participation in our Purple Heart activities. Chapter 1919 closes out the year with a lot of things going on, we need your involvement and you need to make your plans early.

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PURPLE SANTA AND HIS HELPER, RUFUS DYE, ARE SHOWN HERE DELIVERING A VAN-LOAD OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO THE STAFF AT AUSTIN “SAFEPLACE” LAST YEAR. WE ARE NOW GEARING UP FOR OUR FOURTH YEAR OF “OPERATION PURPLE SANTA. “ TOGETHER WITH THE PFLUGERVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITED CHRISTIAN CHURCH, PURPLE SANTA COLLECTS CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR USE ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. THIS PROJECT HAS COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 3,500 DONATED ITEMS IN THE LAST 3 YEARS.

PURPLE SANTA’S HOLIDAY GIVING PROGRAM will begin gathering items for the women and children who will be living in “Safeplace” during the holidays. To participate, bring a gift item (unwrapped) to the October 22nd chapter meeting and put it in our Christmas Barrel—we will also have the barrel at our Christmas Party on December 18th for last minute donations. Suggested Items: FOR CHILDREN FOR TEENS AND WOMEN BOARD GAMES, SCIENCE/ CRAFT KITS / PLAY DOUGH BOOKS-FICTION & NONFICTION, WALKMANS, CD PLAYERS, RADIOS BOOKS, SPORTS EQUIPMENT & BALLS, ART SUPPLIES PERFUME, BATH PRODUCTS, GIFT CARDS IN $5 INCREMENTS, DOLLS, TOY CARS & TRUCKS, NEW CLOTHES SEASONAL MUSIC TAPES & CD’s, PURSES/ WALLETS, DATE BOOK PLANNERS TODDLERS TOYS BLOCKS ETC., BATTERIES AA, AAA, 9v JEWELRY/ WATCHES, NIGHTGOWNS (ONE SIZE FITS ALL), CAMERAS

PURPLE SANTA’S BENEFIT LUNCHEON is scheduled for Saturday, Dec 10, 2005. There will be two seatings, the first at 11:30AM and the second at 12:30PM at the Ourback Steakhouse, 713 E Huntland Dr (the one near Highland Mall). This is the only fund raiser of the year for Purple Santa, so put it on your calendar now, bring your family and guests. Suggest to your friends that this would be a good Christmas luncheon for their office staff, social clubs, or church groups and sell them the tickets. The cost is $15 per ticket all of which goes to Purple Santa. Tickets are available from Rufus Dye, phone 926-5691. The entrée is your choice of an 8 oz. Sirloin steak or 8 oz. Chicken plus salad, bread, tea, coffee and dessert.

PURPLE SANTA’S CHILDRENS PARTY will be on Sunday, Dec 11th, from 3—5PM in the Odd Fellows Lodge, 6809 Guadalupe (that’s at the corner of Airport Blvd). Patriots, do you have children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, or do you know of other children that might need Purple Santa’s attention at a Christmas party? If you do, plan now to bring them to a wonderful party where Santa will feature a clown, magicians, holiday music, ice cream and refreshments, and presents for all the girls and boys. Santa’s helpers are Elaine Rey, 339-8034 and Rufus Dye, 926-5691, and they need you to call them and give them the names, ages (and gender) of each child that you plan to bring to the party, and please do so not later than November 26th .

BIRTHDAYS FOR THE LADIES AUXILIARY

“Happy Birthday” to our Unit 1919 ladies that are celebrating during these two months !

OCTOBER 21 ROSALIE DYE CASTILLO 24 NETTY MALMQUIST 31 VALERIE DYE NOVEMBER 17 SUE LICHTENBERGER 26 PAULINE HUTH 28 CLAUDINE FARMER

—ELAINE REY, President

PATRIOT BULLET IN

PATRIOT BIRTHDAYS Of the TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER

OCTOBER 2 JOSEPH ZORNICK 2 CHARLES E. BONNEY 3 DANA M. BECKER 3 ARMANDO R. GARCIA 4 FRED E. LORD 4 ARNOLD E. (A.E.) KAUFFMAN 5 THOMAS A. LYKE 6 JOHNNIE L. MATL 6 CARL H. KLEIN 6 ORMEL I. (JACK) BOYD 7 JOHN A. HENNEN 7 ALVIN LANGHAMER 7 ROBERT E. WILSON 8 JOHN T. (JACK) HODES 8 HENRY MONCADA 8 JOHN E. (JACK) ESHELMAN 9 RAYMOND T. (TOM) HARP 9 CLARENCE F. SEIDL

10 STANLEY B. WILLBANKS 12 CHARLES H. McCOY

14 ANTHONY W. (TONY) MOORE JR. 16 SAMUEL (SAM) BIER 17 EDWARD (ED) GARR 17 JAMES R. (J.R.) RICHIE 18 JOHN E. PRICE 18 ARTHUR W. (ART) TRANTHAM SR. 19 GEORGE C. CARRUTHERS 22 DONALD W. SLOAN 23 LARRY C. ADDY 23 RAYMOND L. (RAY) McKEE, SR. 23 LESLIE D. GOEBEL 23 JOHN W. MORRISSETT 23 SERVANDO C. VARELA 24 LARRY D. BARBEE 25 MAXIMO (MAX) VASQUEZ 26 BUREN H. (LEW) LEDBETTER 26 FRANCISCO RENE (FRANK) CORTEZ 26 CRAIG GREENBAUM 27 ARTHUR (ART) RICE 27 CLEBURNE A. MEDLOCK 27 JAMES A. GORDON 27 ALFREDO, (AL) GARCIA JR. 28 EDWARD A. DAY 28 CLIFFORD H. ESTES 28 PEDRO, (PETE) ESPINOZA JR. 29 ROY D. McCOY 29 SHERMAN W. BRAND 29 JONATHAN L. (DOC) MONNICH 30 PAUL F. BARBUTO 31 MILTON B. (MILT) CARR 31 JUAN A. GAUNA 31 LYNN E. HICKS 31 MICHAEL E. (MIKE) MOORE 1 JOHN P. BLACKWELL 2 LUKE A.P. CONNALLY 2 WILLIAM H. (BILL) DECKER JR. 3 CHARLES A. CAVANAUGH JR. 5 JOSEPH D. HARTNESS 5 BOBBY R. BRISCOE

NOVEMBER

PATRIOT BIRTHDAYS (Cont’d) 6 JOHN EVAN 6 WAYNE S. HOTALING 7 ELLIS L. QUIETT 7 FRANK 3/04 PLUMMER 7 JOE M. TAFOYA 8 ALBERTO BOSQUEZ, JR. 8 DAVID W. (DAVE) SCHELLENGER 8 WILLIAM J. (SMOKEY) LEE 9 GEORGE J. COMBS 10 SETH R. ORELL 10 CRAIG A. SMITH

13 RONALD L. (R.L.) ALLEN 14 DENNIS M. BIGGS

18 WILLIAM H. BRAUN 19 EMILIO CASTRO-RIVERA 23 WILFRED TIMMERMANN 23 JACK D. FISCHER 24 MICHAEL E. WYANT 25 ELTON G. JOCHEN 26 JAMES T. (JIM) TRAMEL 26 JOHN D. ELI 27 JOHN (PETE) TOWNLEY 27 JIMMIE S. SALAZAR 28 CLINTON M. EVETTS 28 PONCIANO MORALES III 28 RAYMOND E. MALMQUIST 29 HENRY F. (HANK) NEWKIRK JR. 29 LLOYD DELAHORNE 29 LLOYD D. KINDLE 29 RUSSELL D. HOLLOWAY 30 JOHN M. BRYANT 30 RONALD R. HUGHES 30 OSCAR J. GUZMAN

INDIVIDUALS MARTIN ALLDAY 3/05 LESLIE ALLEN 1/05 JOHN ALVARADO, JR. 8/05 LATRELL BELLARD 8/05 ROBERT BERNSTEIN 3/05 JENNYNE BILSKY 4/05 STEPHEN BODNAR 5/05 DON & BETTY BOSSERMAN 10/04 JACK & LUCILLE BOWEN 3/05 JOHN BRAND 1/05 BILL & KATHRYN BRANT 11/04 JOHN BRATTEN 1/05 JAMES L. BROWN 1/05 MILT CARR 3/05 SEAN CARR 12/04 JOE CASTRO 10/04 L.C. CASTRO 10/04 BETTY CEPEDA 5/05 JIM & ELAINE CHAMBERS 6/05 JACK CHAVEZ 3/05 MARCUS COHEN 12/04 BOB COOK 3/05 JOE CRUZ 3/05 HARRY DAVES 8/05 MACK & FAY DERRICK 5/05 RAYMOND DIAZ 8/05 PHILIP DREISESZUN 9/05 RUFUS DYE 6/05 JOHN ELI 9/05 VIRGIL ELLIS 12/04 JAMES W. FARMER, SR. MEMORIAL 8/05 JESS & NELL FARMER 12/04 FORD FREEMAN 1/05 VIC FRYSINGER 1/05 GONZALO GARZA 3/05 TONY GONZALES 1/05 MR&MRS ELTON GOODALL 6/05 RANDY & VIOLA GREENE 8/04 JACK HADSELL 3/05 LEE HAGAN 9/05

RICHARD HARGARTEN 3/05 FLETCHER HARRIS 8/05 BOB HARWOOD 5/05 CARLOS & ANN HAYDEN 9/05 HERMAN HAYDON 4/05 ERIC & SOOK HEBBE 1/05 BOB HEFFORD 8/04

CHARLES KELLEY 4/05 THE KERR FAMILY 3/05 MR.& MRS. CARL KLEIN 10/04 LEW LEDBETTER 6/05 HAROLD & MAUREEN LEWIS 10/04 BOB LICHTENBERGER 6/05 HAROLD MARBURGER 7/05 "PAPPY," MASCOT 11/04 JOHNNIE & JOHNNIE MATL 3/05 WILLIAM MAYS 8/04 RAY MCKEE 6/05 ALICE & JERRY MEEK, WDM, IA 4/05 GEORGE MIGL 12/04 ROY MILLER 9/05 DONALD MORRISON 5/05 BILL NEWBERRY 3/05 CHAPTER 1919 OFFICERS 10/05 HENRY & DELORES PAPKE 7/05 EDGAR PARKER 11/04 FRANK & KATHY PLUMMER 3/05 DOUG RAYMOND 1/05 FRED & HARRIETTE RETTIG 6/05 FRED & ELAINE REY 1/05 ART & MINNIE RICE 12/04 MARLIEN RICE 12/04 HAROLD ROSE 8/05 JACK SALTER 9/05 ED SCHMALREID 6/05 CLARENCE SEIDL 1/05 JAMES D. SEYMOUR, JR. 5/05 CARLOS SOZA 8/05 R. LOUIE SPINELLI 2/05 JOHN STAVAST MEMORIAL 02/05

BOOSTERS Help support Chapter 1919’s programs by becoming a “Booster” and adding your name to this distinguished list. Send check contribution of $10 or more payable to Chapter 1919, MOPH and designate for “Boosters” to: Adjutant, Milt Carr, 5114 Balcones Woods Drive Suite 307 #175, Austin, TX 78759-5212.

PATRIOT BULLET IN

HARRY & MARILYN SWAN 1/05 GABRIEL TAMAYO 11/04 CHARLES TARVER 6/05 W.R. TIMMERMAN 3/05 VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC DONATIONS, Daily SERVANDO & MARY VARELA 3/05 WALTER WALDON 2/05 CHARLIE WALLACE 10/04 JACK WARDEN 9/05 ROBERT & JUNE WHITMAN 12/04 MAUREEN YETT 4/05 JOE ZORNICK 3/05

BUSINESSES AUSTIN DUCK ADVENTURES 11/04 CAPITOL BEVERAGE 8/05 EL AZTECA RESTAURANT 12/04

HEB FOOD STORE #2 6/05 HILL'S CAFÉ 5/05 INSTY-PRINTS S [ELLER FAMILY] 4360 S CONGRESS AVE THE KYLE FAMILY LONE STAR SUPPLIES 2/05 MCKINNEY E-SYSTEMS & ASSOC., INC. 5/05 MIKE'S PRINT SHOP 6448 HWY 290E MORALES & ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, INC 5/05 OLGA'S BEAUTY SPA 9/04 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE IH-35 N 12/04 RANDALLS FOOD MKTS, INC, QTRLY SYSCO FOOD SVC OF AUSTIN, QTRLY

ORGANIZATIONS ACES 4/05

MOPH SERVICE FOUNDATION

ODD FELLOWS LODGE 23 12/04 TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM, Monthly VFW POST 3377 9/04 VFW POST 856, Monthly

ALL-STAR DONORS SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS DUE TO EACH OF OUR SUPER BOOSTERS, INDIVIDUALS WHOSE GIFTS HAVE TOTALED $100 OR MORE — AND CORPORATE DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN $1,000 OR MORE DURING THE PAST YEAR. PATRIOT BULLETIN SALUTES

— Martin L. Allday, J.D. -- John Alvarado, Jr. -- Robert Bernstein, M.D. — Don & Betty Bosserman — — James L. Brown — Jim & Elaine Chambers — Raymond Diaz — Rufus Dye —

—Mr.& Mrs. Elton Goodall — Fletcher Harris — Robert H. Harwood — Carlos & Ann Hayden — — Henry & Delores Papke — Harold Rose — Walter B. Waldon —

CORPORATE LEVEL Harold & Maureen Lewis— Odd Fellows Lodge#23 — Olga’s Beauty Spa— Outback Steakhouse

For a donation of $25, or more, we will place your message in twelve subsequent publications of the bulletin. Special Note: Your contribution may be tax-deductible to the extent of the law prescribed in the Internal Revenue Code. —MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940

This is in Memory and Gratitude For the Many Members of

All Services Who Passed On While

They Fought for Our Nation BOB BERNSTEIN, MD MG USA, RET 3/05

In Tribute To Our Sons: MAJOR JACK E. BOWEN, USAF USAF Acad Class ‘68, FAC, Vietnam

CHIEF RONALD R. BOWEN, USN Nuclear Sub U.S.S. SAM HOUSTON

JACK & LUCILLE BOWEN 3/05

IN MEMORY Of my fellow Aviators of the

4th Air Commando Sqdn AC-47s “Spooky”

Those who answered the final call in Vietnam

JERRY L. MEEK 4/05

TO THOSE WHO SERVED

Semper Fidelis

WILLIAM NEWBERRY 4/05

IN HONOR OF THE 36 MEN CO K, 333rd INF, 84th INF DIV

Who helped preserve our freedoms by Losing their lives within 6 months time In Belgium, Germany 1944-1945. PFC JOHN E. BRATTEN 1/05

To those who gave their lives 103rd Infantry Division

Europe, 1944-45 JOHN BRAND 1/05

The Aerial Artillerymen of “BLUE MAX”

And The 101st Airborne Who gave it their all in Vietnam

BOB LICHTENBERGER “BLUE MAX 4” 6/05

HANG IN THERE MEN OF MOPH 1919

“HAVE A GREAT YEAR” RAY McKEE 6/05

For Fallen Comrades 1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides)

From FORT KNOX To BRENNER PASS; Via ENGLAND, AFRICA, and

ITALY’s APENNINES, ANZIO, PO CARLOS HAYDEN 9/05

In Memory of Members of MACV Advisory Team 79

who were killed or wounded, and to those who survived the conflict

Vietnam —1964 - 1965 HAL HUTH 9/05

IN MEMORY Of the 27 crew chiefs and pilots Who died in a single plane crash

In England during WWII 439th Troop Carrier Group

JACK HADSELL 3/05

IN MEMORY Staff Sgt JOHN J. BROWN

A Good Soldier, A Great Father

JIM BROWN 1/05

In Memory of the Pilots of the 18th Fighter / Bomber Group

Who Lost Their Lives During The

KOREAN WAR RUFUS DYE 6/05

This is in Memory of LtCol, USAF, Retired, M.C. Quillen

Ex-POW “With Whom I Flew Many Hundreds of

Hours With for the State of Texas” “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”

JACK BOWEN, EX-POW, WWII 4/05

TO ALL OF THE OFFICERS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHOSE EFFORTS AND DEDICATION HAVE MADE

MOPH CHAPTER 1919 THE BEST IN THE NATION !

HAROLD [TEX-HOSS-HAL] LEWIS 3/05

To The Greatest Soldier I Have Ever Known And Loved,

My Father

JAMES W. FARMER, SR. Lt Col (U.S. Army, Retired)

CAROLYN FARMER DOUGLAS 6/05

Tributes PATRIOT BULLET IN

In Memory of the pilots of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing

VIETNAM WAR That Made the Supreme Sacrifice

RUFUS DYE 6/05

In Memory and Gratitude CPL BENNY MATIAS, JR.

9th Infantry Division 12-11-68-RVN CPL JOE GARCIA

173rd Airborne Brigade 6-4-69-RVN Who gave their all to their country and will

never be forgotten RAYMOND DIAZ 4/05

In Reverent Memory Of The 1,534 “Sky Soldiers” Who Died in Vietnam

1965—1971 173rd AIRBORNE BRIGADE

MILT CARR 3/05

In Memory of those pilots of the 367th Fighter Group

—WWII Europe That made the supreme sacrifice

RUFUS DYE 6/05

In Memory and Honor of the Heroes of ADVISOR TEAM 1, I CORPS, VIETNAM-1971

And Of The Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom Thank You For Sacrificing Your All To Ensure

Peace and Freedom for all Mankind JOE HARTNESS 9/05

TAPS

PATRIOT BULLET IN

Patriot EDMOND G. DEBERRY passed away on August 12, 2005, aged 78 years. Ed was a “Sea Bee” serving in Vietnam as a senior electrician in Naval Construction Battalion #62 (NCB-62) at Dong Ha Marine Combat Base when he was wounded on October 4, 1969. He is survived by daughter Cheryl DeBerry Gore of Goose Creek, South Carolina. Patriot FRANCIS T. EYRE of Mission, Texas, formerly of Austin, died last year and we have just recently received notification. Frank was 82 years old and had served on continuous active duty in the Army from May 1942 through June 1969. He was wounded at Long Binh, in Vietnam while serving in U.S. Army Support Command in April 1969. He is survived by daughter Pamela Eyre of Mission, Texas. Patriot CHARLES L. FRIZZELL, a life-long resident of Austin excepting for his Army service, passed away on September 25, 2005, aged 64 years. He served ten years active duty and was wounded in Vietnam in November 1967 when he was a member of MACV Advisory Team #75. He was medically retired from the resulting disabilities. Charles was preceeded in death by his wife, Deanna. He is survived by two sons, Mark of Austin, and Scott of Carrollton, TX; and daughter Shannon Frizzell of Houston, Texas.

Deceased Chapter 1919 Patriots and Ladies FY-2006

EDMOND G. DEBERRY

FRANCIS T. EYRE

CHARLES L. FRIZZELL

JAMES W. FARMER, SR.

CATHERINE YOUNG

“On a green and distant hill A line of troopers standing still Their heads held high – yet all eyes weep Another friend is now asleep He rests in God’s eternal care He stood with us in days long gone Days of laughter – or fear – of dreaming of home We’ll meet again – we troopers all We each but wait the bugle’s call” FIDDLERS GREEN ADAPTATION By Ben Moody

FY-2006 TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919 EVENTS CALENDAR

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID

AUSTIN, TX PERMIT NO. 504

The MILITARY ORDER of the PURPLE HEART of the U.S.A. TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919 5701 PAINTED VALLEY DR AUSTIN, TEXAS 78759-5527

“ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED”

VETERANS DAY PARADE

Friday, November 11th

JULY ’05 AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

NO MEETINGS

SUMMER BREAK !

1ST BREAKFAST 3RD STAFF NOON SAT, 6TH, 12 NOON PURPLE HEART DAY

CELEBRATION “The 223rd Anniversary

Of the Purple Heart” FOOD AND DRINKS FREE FOR PATRIOTS, FAMILY &

GUESTS

CAMP MABRY MUSEUM

5TH BREAKFAST 14TH STAFF NOON

SAT, 17TH, 10AM

MONTHLY MEETING CAMP MABRY

MUSEUM, Bldg # 6

Lunch Afterward at Luby’s Cafeteria

MOPAC at Steck

3RD BREAKFAST ALSO 3RD 6PM OUTBACK APPRECIATION NITE

19TH STAFF NOON SAT, 22ND, 10AM


MUSEUM, Bldg # 6 Lunch Afterward at Luby’s

MOPAC at Steck

7TH BREAKFAST 9TH STAFF NOON

FRI, 11TH, 9AM VETERAN’S DAY

PARADE up Congress Ave, then

CEREMONY FOLLOWS AT 11AM

SOUTH STEPS OF THE CAPITOL BLDG

5TH BREAKFAST 10th OUTBACK PURPLE

SANTA LUNCHEON 11:30AM — 1:30PM

SUN 11TH -CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

3-5PM SUN, 18TH, 1—5 PM

CHAPTER / UNIT HOLIDAY PARTY

BOTH PARTYS ARE AT ODD FELLOWS LODGE 23

6809 GUADALUPE

JANUARY ’06 FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE

2ND, BREAKFAST 12TH —STAFF NOON

SAT., 21ST, 10AM MONTHLY MEETING

CAMP MABRY MUSEUM

Lunch Afterward at Luby’s Cafeteria

MOPAC at Steck

6TH BREAKFAST 15TH —STAFF NOON

FRI, 17TH, 6PM GEORGE

WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

DINNER PARTY At “The Austin Club” Great Entertainment, Great Food, and, a

Great Time at a Great Party

6TH BREAKFAST 15TH —STAFF NOON

SAT, 18TH, 10AM


MUSEUM Lunch Afterward at

LUBY’S CAFETERIA MOPAC at Steck

3rd BREAKFAST 12TH —STAFF NOON

SAT, 15TH, 10AM MONTHLY MEETING CAMP MABRY MUSEUM

Lunch Afterward at

Luby’s Cafeteria MOPAC at Steck

2ND BREAKFAST 4TH — STAFF NOON

SAT, 6TH, 10AM ANNUAL ELECTION

HILL’S CAFÉ 4700 S Congress Ave

TBA—MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES

PFLUGERVILLE COOK-WALDEN CAPITAL PARK 14619 N IH-35

5TH BREAKFAST 8TH—STAFF NOON

SAT, 10TH, 11AM

Chapter ANNUAL PICNIC FULL COOKOUT MENU

CAMP MABRY PICNIC GROUNDS

october/november 2005

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