VOL. 57 - ISSUE 4

 LEBANON, OREGON     PHONE: 451-1351    SANTIAM POST & UNIT #51    JUNE & JULY 2005

THE PREAMBLE OF THE
"CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION"

For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; To maintain law and order: To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars; To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; To combat the autocracy of both the classes and masses; To make right the master of might; To promote peace and good will on earth; To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.

This bulletin will be for the months of June and July 2005. There will be no general meetings June through August. The next general meeting will be in September.

A new slate of officers were elected at April's general meeting. Please read the Post Examiner for the list of names of new officers.

I'll mention Memorial Day because it is special for the Post. If you didn't attend the ceremony at the Odd Fellows Cemetery, you missed a grand display of National Flags.

 The Oregon Dept. Convention is coming up in the middle of June. The city of Pendleton is the location. I'm sure the meeting will be educational. Our membership has reached a milepost: 1000 paid up member. It will not reach the Department's goal, but I am please with 1000.

Remember the Post and the Club will be open during the summer. The dinners, dances, bingo and the bar will all be open for business. A new air conditioner will make the Post coo.  So take advantage of the Post facilities. They're well worth it.

Jack LaFranchise, Commander

Hurray! I had my last dinner meeting May 17th. I would like to thank everyone for the gifts and support given me. Elections to date: President, Judy Matz; 1st Vice, Lynette White; Recording Secretary, Nancy Juhnke; Corresponding Secretary, Carol Standley; Treasurer, Kalei Williams; Chaplain, Marge Patton; Historian, Lucille Mitchell; E-board members, Mary Lou Chewning, Louise Steward and Dorothy McCarthy.

Swiss Steak: I want to thank the following for the hard work putting on the Swiss Steak Dinners: Ethel Earhart, Arlene Minter, Frankie Gray, Virginia Horsley, Virginia Sherman, Carol Rissell, Lucile Mitchell, Mary Lou Chewning, Steve Thompson, Jerry (you know who you are), Bud and Jean Stenbert, Rich Weirich, and Val and Len Blanshan. Sounds like a lot of people, it does take a lot of work. Also a great big thank to our patrons. Your are the greatest.

Thanks to all who saved Betty Crocker 10 cent for school coupons, Campbell's soup labels, Lebanon Shop and Kart cash register slips, Western family UPC codes, Yoplait yogurt tops (for breast cancer research), and Santiam Flavor Pac labels.

They are used for the schools, cycstric fibrosis research and asthmatic children

Lillian Booze, President

Article IV Section 4. Will be deleted.

Members may be suspended or expelled from the American Legion only upon proper showing of cause, and upon proceedings as provided for in the Officer's Guide, "Practice and procedure in the Expulsion or Suspension of a Member of the American Legion." Any appeal shall be take to the Department Executive Committee, and the case shall be tired anew. The decision of the Department Executive Committee in such cases shall be final.

The Auxiliary had three scholarship applicants that went on to the Department level.

Nicole Patton, one of the Junior members won the department Junior Scholarship.

Nancy Juhnke, Education & Scholarship Chairman

WWII Bombers, a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Flying Fortress will be arriving a the Corvallis Airport at approximately 3:00pm on Friday June 10, 1005.

For a donation of $8.00 ($4.00 under 12) the planes can be boarded for walking through tem until 7:00 pm Friday and again on Saturday June 12th from 9:00am until 7:00pm.

Corvallis Airport Day is Saturday, June 11th from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast and Grill lunch will be available.

For a tax deductible donation of $400, one can fly on either of the big WWII bombers. For a  reservation, call the non-profit, educational Collings Foundation at 978-562-9182.

The tour will also include stops in Oregon at North Bend, June 9th & 10th, Redmond June 13th to 15th, The Dalles, June 15th to 17th and Aurora June 17th to 20th.

For further information, call Carl Gustafson at 541-753-8543 or 541-554-9043 or Corvallis Aero Service at 541-753-4466.

Our Auxiliary would like to send a get-well, thinking of you or appropriate card to ailing members.

If you know of anyone who needs a card of cheer, please let me know.

If you have friends who are living in a care home, please find time to give them a call, or drop by for a visit; 24 hours a day is a long time to be away from friends and loved ones and family.

Frankie Gray. Cheer Chairman

Commander - Jack LaFranchise
1st Vice - Dave Roe
2nd Vice - Don Eggert
Adjutant - Dave Stanley
Chaplain - Howard Gabel
Finance - Ron Weston
Service Officer - Mike Warren
Sgt at Arms - Taunesha Tisinger
Trustee - Ron Matz (2nd Term)
E-Board - Clint Stewart, Lee Kasson,  & Paul Lindsey
Historian - Jimmie Young

Please!! If you have not mailed in a poppy donation and you see a way to send in a small amount it would be appreciated. We have had les than a 10% return and are behind last year.

the auxiliary realizes that everything is more expensive: groceries, medicines, gas, etc. But, so is it for the veterans and their families.

Please help if you can!

Carol Rissell, Poppy Chairman

Our membership is now at 1000. We are still 85 members short of our goal of 1085. We still have about 37 days until Department Convention, so please pay your dues to help the Post out.

I have heard people say "I don't go to the Post that much so I am not going to pay my dues." Your membership helps with our programs such as Children and Welfare and also helps the Veterans. So please reconsider and pay your 2005 dues. Thank you.

Dave Standley, Post #51 Adjutant
adjutant@santiampost51.org

Due to the Key Cards cost of $6.00 each, we will be raising the cost of the Key Card for the Auxiliary and S.A.L. members to $6.00 for a new card and $6.00 for replacement cards. (Lost or damaged). Your card will still be good for life at this cost to you as long as your current dues are paid.

This has been a "Great" year for our coupon gathering for our Servicemen and women overseas. The year 2004-2005 finished wit a grand total of $248,540.60 worth mailed to the overseas bases.

A new year is now starting. Leg's see if we can beat this year's total. members that want to help with this project but can't cut and total the coupons, can bring the pepers into the Post and leave them in the coupon box. My "Coupon Angels" will do the cutting and totaling for you.

 I would like to give BIG THANK YOUs to my "ANGELS". They are also Life Savers.

Carol Standley, Chairman

Have you forgotten to pay your 2004-2005 dues? membership is at 703. That puts our Unit at 86% of goal set by National Headquarters. We only need 116 to make our goal of 819 members. Your dues helps us with the many projects that we do for the Veterans, Children & Youth and our Community. Please if you haven't paid your dues, please do so soon. We still can make goal by Department Convention in June.
Thank You.

Welcome to our new members: Elsie Cummings, Brandy Thogmartin, Martha Thompson, Dorothy Brown, Sharon Ricke, Loretta Trahan, Jacqualyn Pendleton, Melba Buzzard, Dani Anderlik and Kay Wilkerson. Hope to see you all at the Post.

Carol Standley, Membership Chairman