POST 40 DISPATCH AMERICAN LEGION POST 40

“Your Friendly Post On The Treasure Coast” 801 South US Highway 1 Fort Pierce, Florida 34950

(772) 461-1480 Phone (772) 461-4876 Fax

Webpage: http://www.post40fl.org

January 2013

From Our Commander:

By the time you read this the Holi-days will be over. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Holiday Season. I also would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

Our dinners are doing very well, although we could use some addi-tional support for our Saturday din-

ners. The kitchen crew is trying very hard to bring you a variety of great tasting meal ideas, but if you have an idea for a meal please let the Kitchen crew or I know about it. Remember the dinners are here for you, the members.

I would like to welcome Dan Kenney back as our 2nd Vice Commander. Dan is our Legionnaire of the month and is doing a great job with the hall rentals, since returning as 2nd Vice.

In Closing, I want to remind you that I am always available to you at the Post. If you have any ques-tions or concerns, please stop by or call me at the Post.

Thank You and God Bless.

For God and Country Tom James

From Our Adjutant:

I would like to start, by wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and pros-perous new year. Over the holidays, Sharon and I went to South Carolina to be with our family, and, yes chil-dren do make Christmas a happier time for us.

Now 2013 is upon us, and I am pleased to report that our paid membership is at 83%. I want to thank all of you who have paid your dues in a timely man-ner. We are now within sight of our 100% goal for 2013-thank you so very much!!! If you are aware of some of our legionnaires who are having a hard time paying their yearly dues, please tell them to come to the post and see me we will only get ahead by all of us working together

I would like to thank Pat Kettering and her helpers on the Children’s Christmas party. It was a joy to see the happy, smiling faces of all of the children. It was another job well done.

For God and Country John Reiff

USMVMC From Ken Kettering:

USMVMC MEETINGS

SUNDAY, JANUARY 6th & 20th, 10 AM

TEXAS HOLD’EM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 7:00 PM

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From The Auxiliary Unit 40 Chaplain:

Please, let us know of any members who are ill, hospi-talized or may just need cheering up. We do the best we can to send a card and or flowers in such circum-stances, but we need your help to identify these indi-viduals.

Thank You For Your Help,

Joan Smith

The Post 40 Dispatch is published monthly by

Stephen N. Gladwin Post 40 American Legion

810 South US 1, Fort Pierce, Florida 34950

Commander Tom James

First Vice Joe Schwartz

Second Vice Dan Kenney

Third Vice

Adjutant John Reiff

Finance Officer Albert Porter

Chaplain Marty Krause

Judge Advocate Mike Watford

Service Officer Chuck Brooks

Historian John Reiff

Sergeant At Arms Charlie Martens

Past Commander Roger Rhodes

Executive Board John DiMenna

Executive Board Robert Green

Executive Board John Hornby

Executive Board Ken Kettering

Executive Board George Lodowski

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From Our S.A.L. First Vice

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hopefully, Santa didn’t leave anybody a lump of Coal this year.

The January SAL dinner will be ALL You Can Eat - Spaghetti with Meatballs and Sausage, a salad and dessert. Dinner will be served on January 1st at 5:30 PM.

Our February SAL dinner will be Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans, Salad and Dessert. Dinner will be served on February 5th at 5:30 PM.

Thank you, Fred

S.A.L. Squadron 40 Officers Commander Steve Poutier

First Vice Fred Butler

Second Vice Roger Rhodes

Finance / Adjutant Fred Butler

Sergeant At Arms Keith Conn

Past Commander Fred Butler

Judge Advocate Ed Sheubrooks

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American Legion Auxiliary Auxiliary Unit 40 Officers

President Billie Pierce

First Vice Connie Schwartz

Second Vice Sharon Allas

Secretary Pat Kettering

Treasurer Lorraine Dienes

Chaplain Joan Smith

Historian Patty Kafka

Sergeant At Arms Megan Elam

Asst. Sgt At Arms Robin Martens

Executive Board Maggie Casterlin

Executive Board Judi Harrison

Executive Board Brenda Willis

From Auxiliary Unit 40 President Ladies a new year has begun and there is a lot of work ahead of us to be done. First of all there are a lot of thanks to go around for all the hard work that has been done so far. Our Children's Christmas Party was quite a success, thanks to the organiza-tion by Chairman Pat Kettering. A lot of

wonderful children are receiving a great Christmas they will not forget, nor will we. Of course Megan Elam and her group of volunteers did a great job at getting the holiday decorations in place. I would like to thank Eileen Cotler and Dottie McFadden for all the great help they gave me in the kitchen and those individuals who gave a hand in working the buffet table. A very special thank you goes to Babs Wood-White who shared her talent and provided the wonderful entertainment for the chil-dren. I know they enjoyed every minute of it. We cannot forget our Mrs. Clause (Barbara Watford) and Santa Clause (Michael Bean) better known as Moby. Thanks to all those who gave of their time and money to ensure that no one was left out or forgotten. This holiday season the unit was able to provide as-sistance to Rochelle Ferrell's elementary class at Fort Pierce Magnet school, by providing a few toys for the children. We also helped 3 families by providing toys, food, and gift cards to help them provide a nice Christ-mas for their children and grandchildren. We also do-nated our annual monetary donations to Mustard Seed, the Salvation Army and food cards to the St. Lucie Coun-ty Veterans Council in Port St. Lucie. Due to the resignation of Executive Board member Judi Harrison, I am pleased to announce that Melody Horwitz has accepted the appointment as the new Exec-utive Board member. Welcome aboard Melody. Our December Tuesday night dinner went well. Un-fortunately, the turn out wasn't as big as we would have liked it. It would be really nice to see a lot more of you ladies supporting our dinners each month or even get-ting some of you to donate your time and volunteer to cook a meal. The January meal will be BBQ Country Ribs, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, coleslaw, rolls & butter. The desert will be cherry or blueberry cheese-cake. Hope to see you there. We have two big projects coming up. In February Unit 40 has been given the honor of hosting the 12th District program to honor our WWll Veterans with a din-ner on February 9, 2013. The other project will be our

4th Annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down in March. Both of these projects will need a lot of assistance from volunteers. Please step up to the plate and help out. I would like to thank Commander James for the me-morial service that was held for our friend Joseph Wil-liam Yanick (Marlboro), who was the Post First Vice-Commander. He will be missed. It was nice to see and visit with his daughter Georgia McCoy, who came in from West Virginia. As I am writing this I want to wish Pat Kettering's mother a speedy recovery from a heart attack. Pat is in Orlando with her Mother at this time. To others who have been ill and in the hospital, we wish you a speedy recovery. To all those who are celebrating a birthday or anniversary, congratulations. I am only a phone call away if there is something I can assist you with. I wish all of you a blessed New Year. May the good Lord watch over you and yours and keep our soldiers out of harm’s way.

For God And Country,

Billie Pierce

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ROBERT E. JAKOVICH MEMBER AMERICAN LEGION POST #40

REGISTERED TAX RETURN PREPARER

Member: American Institute Of Certified Public Account

Ohio Society Of CPA’s

National Association Of Tax Professionals

“Designated As A Registered Tax Return Preparer With The Internal Revenue Service”*

Tax Services:

Individual - Corporate (C&S Corps) - LLC’s - Partnerships - Sole Proprietorships - Estate - Gift

Accounting & Bookkeeping Payroll Tax Returns Personal Cash Management

email: jakovich4@comcast.net

Phone: (772) 785-9729 Cell: (216) 225-0867 Fax: (772) 785-9729

261 SW Coconut Key Way Port St. Lucie, FL. 34986

*”The IRS does not endorse any particular individual tax return preparer.”

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Post 40 Dispatch A La Carte Menu

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Hamburger Cheeseburger

Bacon Cheeseburger Chicken Breast Sandwich

Hot Dog Chili n Cheese Hotdog

French Fries Onion Rings

Chili n Cheese Fries Chicken Strip Basket

Shrimp Basket Bowl of Chili

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Medicine Shoppe

WWWDWOA? (what would we do without acronyms?)

* "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geogra-

phy." (Paul Rodriguez)

* “When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our

friend.” (U.S. Marine Corps)

* “Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't

ever volunteer to do anything.” (US Navy Seaman)

* “Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The

bombs always hit the ground.” (U.S. Air Force)

* “No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.”

(Joe Gay)

* “If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mis-

sion properly.” (David Hackworth)

* “If the enemy is in range, so are you.” (Infantry Journal)

Post 40 Volunteers

Thank You, We Appreciate Your Help…...

Ken Kettering

Pat Kettering

Marty Krause

George Lodowski

Charlie Martens

Robin Martens

Dottie McFadden

Eugena Moulton

Gary Moulton

Joan Perkins

Billie Pierce

Libby Piersall

Albert Porter

Edie Porter

Steve Poutier

Mike Powers

Tina Powers

Helen Raiman

John Reiff

Don Reitmeyer

JR Remington

Judy Remington

Roger Rhodes Sr.

Connie Schwartz

Dee Sheppard

Joan Smith

Henry Stone

Roxanna Stlutz

Marilyn Tagliaferri

Babs Wood-White

Robert “Lefty” Woshnick

Jerry Zalben

John Albert

Danielle Aievoli

Sharon Allas

Peter Bauer

Jack Bowman

Chuck Brooks

Fred Butler

Bill Casterlin

Maggie Casterlin

Pam Cecilio

Eileen Cotler

Cathy Dane

Lynn Davey

Brenda DeLong-Benary

Lorraine Dienes

John DiMenna

Megan Elam

Al Fleming

Gina Francalancia

Cassandra Freer

Holly Freer

Dorothy Galeone

Bob Green

Judy Hardiman

Vickie Hartlaub

Marion Hall

Cathy Hornby

Joe Hornby

John Hornby

Rich Johnson

Chris Kafka

Patty Kafka

January 2013 February 2012 March 2012 April 2012

Dan Simcox Larry Esham *** Harold & Carol Spurlock *** Robert A. VanNatta ***

Dorothy Stefanovich (Memory, Husband Ed) Al Koeberlin Charles Hatherhill

Joan M. Cox (Memory, Husband Tom) C.H. “Chuck” Thiess Russell K. Osbaldeston Jean & Bob Knapp

Bob Solitro Irma Lefkovitz Larry & June Bresnahan (04/14)

May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012

Anne Eliassen Chester White

Larry Burns (11/2014) Dean Barbare (Memory, Irv Sentz)

Dorothy Stefanovich (Memory, Son Larry)

September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012

Larry L. Flickinger Patricia Ankiel A. Coeberlin

Judi Harrison (Memory, Daughter Rhonda) William McMahon George MacArthur (02/2013)

Tom James & Brenda Willis *** Marion O’Brien (03/13) Thomas L. Taylor *** Thomas O. Taylor ***

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Stephen N. Gladwin

American Legion Post #40

810 S. US Hwy 1

Ft. Pierce, FL 34950

UPCOMING EVENTS

Breakfast Every Sunday, 8:30 to 11:30 AM

Tuesday Night Dinner 5:00 to 6:30 PM 1st Tues.by S.A.L. - 2nd Tues. by Ladies Auxiliary

King Of Diamonds - Every Wednesday 7:00 PM. Kitchen OPEN

Texas Hold’em - 4th and 5th Friday Of Each Month, 7:00 PM

Friday Fish Fry 5:00 to 6:30 PM. Bingo 6:30 PM

Tuesday Night Dance Music 6:30 to 10:30 PM.

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January 16 General Membership Meeting 7:00 PM

January 8 & 22 M E A T O 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Weekdays Canteen Happy Hour 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

January 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day