AMERICAN LEGION POST 397

of Creve Coeur, Missouri, 63141

IN Saint Louis County

POST 397 AUXILIARY

MAY & JUNE 2016

OFFICERS FOR 2016

PRESIDENT Marilyn Edzol 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Marsha Hunter
1ST VICE PRESIDENT Betty Altnether HISTORIAN Betty Jo Kieffer
CHAPLAIN Marilyn Fink RECORDING SECRETARY Margie Ross
CORRES. SECY. Marilyn Fink SGT AT ARMS Lois Schneider
TREASURER Evelyn Cox
AUXILIARY WEBSITE ADVISOR:  Marilyn Fink
 

NEWS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY


CLICK HERE FOR LEGION AUXILIARY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
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  • MAY 2016
  • MAY 2  -- BASEBALL MEETING
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  • MAY  3 -- LEGION RIDERS MEETING
  • MAY 5 -- POST MEETING
  • MAY 6 -- EVENING FISH FRYS CANCELLED UNTIL SEPTEMBER
  • MAY 8 -- MOTHERS' DAY
  • MAY 9 -- AUXILIARY MEETING, 7:30PM
  • MAY 10 -- TACO TUESDAY, 5:00PM at the Post
  • MAY 11 -- AUXILIARY QUILTERS
  • MAY 14 -- 16 ST LOUIS AIR SHOW AT SPIRIT AIRPORT.  We are asking for help at our Beer Booth!!!
  • MAY 16 -- DISTRICT SAL MEETING, POST 397, 7:00PM
  • MAY 18 -- SAL MEETING POST 397, 7:00PM
  • MAY  24 -- HOUSE COMMITTEE MEETING23
  • MAY 30 -- MEMORIAL DAY;  please help us raise all of our flags ! 
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  • JUNE 2016
  • JUNE 2   -- POST MEETING,
  • JUNE 13 -- AUXILIARY MEETING
  • JUNE 14 -- FLAG DAY... (please come out and help us put up our flags)
  • JUNE 15 -- LEGION RIDERS MEETING, 6:00PM
  • JUNE 15 -- SAL MEETING, 7:00PM
  • JUNE 18 -- SAL BBQ, 11:00AM
  • JUNE 19 -- FATHERS' DAY
  • JUNE 22 -- AUXILIARY QUILTERS
  • JUNE 23-26 CREVE COEUR DAYS
  • JUNE 28 -- HOUSE COMMITTEE MEETING, 7:00PM
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    THANKS to the Quilters for all of their donations over the years.  Dates for quilters in June are 8th and 22nd.

     

     NEWS FOR OUR AUXILIARY
    Remember Fish Fry will only be April 1 & the 15
    Quilters will be working every other Wednesday, May 11th and 25th.
    Next Auxiliary meeting is Monday May 9th, 7:30 pm
    Salon 116 meeting is Tuesday, May 24th at 7:30pm.

    "A special Thanks to the SAL and the Ladies Auxiliary for their help with the Past Commanders Dinner. We still need volunteers for the Thursday Wing Night and Evening Friday Fish Fry resuming September 16

    CHAIRMEN FOR 2016

    AMERICANISM Joan Althaus CHILDREN & YOUTH Margie Ross
    COMMUNITY SERVICE Evelyn Cox CONST. & BY-LAWS Mary Jane Young
    ED. & SCHOLARSHIP Lois Schneider GIRLS STATE Betty Altnether
    LEGISLATION Marylin Potter MAJOR EVENTS Mary Jo Kieffer
    MEMBERSHIP Betty Altnether MORTUARY & SICK Marilyn Fink
    MUSIC All Members USO Jean Kieffer
    PAST PRESIDENT PARLEY Mary Jane Young POPPY Marsha Hunter
    v A & R Marsha Hunter WAYS & MEANS Dorothy Busch & All Members

    EXECUTIVE BOARD 2016
    .Mary Jane Young

    DELEGATES FOR 2016
     Jean Kieffer, Evelyn Cox & Joan Althaus

    CHAIRMAN:  Betty Jo Kieffer

    10th DISTRICT OFFICERS:  PRESIDENT, Evelyn Cox; TREASURER, Betty Jo Kieffer.

    TAPS:  We lost recent members: Pauline Johnson, Betty Rolley, Arline Meyer, LaVerne Gifford, Marietta "Jo" Fleshman and Melba Gass.  We extend our sympathy to their families.

    AUXILIARY PRESIDENT NEWS:
    Our new membership Chairman is: Betty Altnether, mail your dues to her at: 12235 Winrock Drive Creve Coeur MO 63141-6627.  Senior dues $20.00 & Junior dues $5.00 314-453-0170
    Tenth District Auxiliary will continue to collect "Birthday in the Bag" for our Military at Jefferson Barracks food pantry; this has been a fun project and is much appreciated. For more information contact Tenth District Children & Youth Chairman Carol Albert 314-225-7508 or caa19361@aol.com

    Don’t forget Auxiliary members if you do any community service projects keep track of your time, mileage & cost (donation) and turn it in so we can get credit. 

    GIRLS STATE:  All 5 of the girls we interviewed for Girls State will be able to attend.

    OUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE:  Those nominated are: President Coretta Schroer, 1st. V.P. Betty Altnether, 2nd. V.P. none, Rec. Secy. Marsha Hunter, Corr. Secy. Marilyn Fink, Treasurer Evelyn Cox, Chaplain Mary Jane Young, Historian Betty Jo Kieffer, Sgt. at arms Lois Schneider.  Executive Committee Joan Althaus, Marilyn Etzold, Jean Kieffer & Marylin Potter

    CDR RICK MCGEE visited our meeting and thanked the Auxiliary for the awesome Birthday party. Food was great & the Bingo was lots of fun.

    CREVE COEUR DAYS JUNE 23-26.  The SAL will once again be working a food tent at Creve Coeur Days. Volunteers are needed! Come out and support the SAL and enjoy Creve Coeur Days. Contact Marc Knapp for more information. A Sign Up Sheet will be posted at the Post Home

    BE SURE to continue to save Soup Labels & Box Tops for schools and also save Soda & Beer can tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Bring them to a meeting or contact a member and leave them at the Post, marked Auxiliary. Continue to use your Schnucks E-Script card. YOU DON”T HAVE ONE; contact a member for the information. This is FREE money for our programs. Anyone can help, relatives, friends, ladies & men any one that shops at Schnucks.

    QUILTERS:  Wednesdays every month from 9 to noon.  Our ladies have made over 1,000 quilts for our veterans at JB Hospital and Veterans Home.  Our quilters continue to make beautiful quilts to share with our veterans who always show gratitude for this warm gift.  MILITARY MAIL:  In the future we will be sending out packages and will need everyone's help in getting the many items needed.  If you have a family member or friend overseas, please call and give me their name and address so I can get things rolling.  Thanks,  Marilyn Edzel   314-878-6475.  WAYS & MEANS:  Continue to use the Schnuck's Script Cards.  It is free money to be used for our programs. VA&R:  Some of our members volunteer at J.B. Hospital.  If you are able or interested in helping, contact Evelyn Cox.  We can always use extra help.  Can you sew???? The group that is working on quilts needs people that sew. You can sew at the Legion hall or take material home whichever is convenient for you. Give Mary Jane Young (636-940-9212) or Marilyn Etzold (314-878-6475) a call.

    QUILTS: Our Auxiliary Quilters gave out 15 quilts to the Lady Veterans at the St. Louis Veterans home they also served cookies, cupcakes & punch. They also gave a quilt to Art Johnson one of the Veterans from our Post.

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    POPPY LETTERS: Have been sent out.  Please help us with this program!

    POPPY QUEEN:
    The Poppy honors the men and women who have served in the US Armed Services.  It is usually celebrated before Memorial Day.  Our Auxiliary provides poppies for the benefit of disabled and needy Veterans.  The money collected is used for medical and educational services.  After WWI, the poppy became the symbol of the tragedy of war and the renewal of life.  Support the Auxiliary Unit 397 poppy fund and wear your poppy proudly.

    POPPY CHAIRMAN:  Marsha Hunter announced our Miss Poppy, her name is Peyton Greenslate, she is the daughter of Melissa & Gary, Granddaughter of Nancy & Glen Norfleet and Great Granddaughter of Hortense Mueller.

    MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN: Betty Altnether stated not everyone paid their dues for this year and our new year will start in August. If you are going to stay as a member please send it in now. Thank you.  Don’t forget to send your membership dues to: Betty Altnether   12235 Winrock Drive      Creve Coeur MO 63141-6627.  Our membership is only at 85% and the year will soon be over.

    BE SURE to continue to save Soup Labels & Box Tops for schools and also save Soda & Beer can tabs for
    Ronald McDonald House. Bring them to a meeting or contact a member and leave them at the Post, marked
    Auxiliary. Continue to use your Schnucks E-Script card. YOU DON”T HAVE ONE; contact a member for the information.
    This is FREE money for our programs. Anyone can help, relatives, friends, ladies & men any one that shops at
    Schnucks

     

    *****Auxiliary Members Important dates to remember*****

    NATIONAL has changed the wording for the eligibility to the membership of the American Legion Auxiliary. The words direct and adopted were added to read as follows: direct and adopted female descendants of members of the American
    Legion, and to the grandmothers, mothers, sisters, wives and direct and adopted female descendants.

     National changed the wording for the eligibility to the membership of the American Legion Auxiliary. The words direct and adopted were added to read as follows: direct and adopted female descendants of members of the American Legion, and to the grandmothers, mothers, sisters, wives and direct and adopted female descendants.

    The change to the Standing Rule # 2, deals with memorials and their family. If a memorial is not specified by the family, the donation can be sent to “Spirit of Youth Fund”, “Memorial Fund of Creve Coeur Post 397”, or“Creve Coeur Unit 397 Poppy Fund”.

     The change to the Standing Rule # 14 on Dues for the 2016-2017 year, National raised the dues. Our dues next year will also be raised to $25.00 for Senior and Juniors will stay the same $5.00.

    Don’t forget to send your membership dues to: Betty Altnether 12235 Winrock Drive Creve Coeur MO 63141-6627

    Community Service Chairman Evelyn Cox will be collecting non-essential items for Jefferson Barracks food pantry, bring them to one of our meetings, these items are needed all year. The following are yearly projects, so keep saving Box Tops for Education, Tabs for the Ronald McDonald House & use your Schnucks E-Script card, free money for our programs. If you don’t have a card contact Dorothy Busch 636-386-0702

    OUR ORIGINAL MEMORIAL PLAQUES: View images of our American Legion Post397 Plaques that were recently restored. These plaques will soon be erected in our Legion hall for all to see. They had been outside in front for these many years and were in bad shape. Now they are like new.

    Next Auxiliary meeting is Monday, June 13, 7:30 pm.

    GIRLS STATE. Any Junior Auxiliary member that is currently a junior in high school can be interviewed for Girls State. If you want to be interviewed contact Betty Altnether Chairman 314-453-0170

    NEWS LETTER:
    If you would like to have the newsletter e-mailed to you, please send your e-mail address to Chuck Martinez at crmtz1@gmail.com. By doing so you will receive the newsletter faster and help keep the cost of mailing it down.

     OLD PHONES FOR OUR SERVICEMEN: We are collecting old cell phones to be refurbished. Then they are sent to our military personal who are serving in Afghanistan. Please bring your old cell phones to the meeting. Evelyn Cox will be collecting them. Let’s support this effort.

    A MILLION MEMBERS BY 2019. This is the goal that National set for American Legion Auxiliary. Our goal this year is 14 new members and we need ALL of your help with this. Don’t wait for your letter from National to send in your dues, send them in now.

    HONOR FLIGHT:
    A virtual tour is being offered for veterans who are not able to travel on the Honor Flight. A volunteer brings a laptop to the veteran. During the virtual tour, they can talk with fellow veterans, see their memorials, and ask questions. This service is free and open to any veteran of any conflict who is not able to participate in an Honor Flight. Please contact Virtual Photo Walks at www.virtualphotowalks.org or contact Veterans United, at Sarah Hill, 20 Southhampton Drive, Unit 101, Columbia, MO 65203      

    10th DISTRICT OFFICERS:
    President Evelyn Cox, and Treasurer Betty Jo Kieffer.

    VA REPRESENTATIVE DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI:
    Betty Jo Kiefer is retiring after 30 years as the VA Representative for the Department of Missouri. Special thanks goes out to for her for dedication and caring for our Veterans. The new VA Representative for the Department of Missouri is Evelyn Cox. Congratulations!

    WINNER:
     

    NEXT MEETING:  Monday June 13th, 2016 . 

    SALON 116 meeting on June 28 at 7:30PM

    President, Marilyn Edzold
    Corresponding Secretary, Marilyn Fink

    ITEMS OF LASTING INTEREST

     

    AMERICANISM:

    In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity,
    we should remember England's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview.
    When asked by one of his parliament members why he believes so much in America he said:
    A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in...and how many
    want out. Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you.
    1.Jesus Christ     2 The American G. I.
    One died for your soul, the other died for your freedom.
     
     
    GIRLS STATE
    To learn more about the Girls State program go to their web site:
     
    LEGISLATION
    Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations and other information
    will be coming out soon and also how to get future details.
     
    U. S. O.
    The St. Louis U. S. O. is situated at Lambert Field and is perceived as a Home away
    from Home for our Military. There is no cost to our troops. All items for their comfort
    and enjoyment are donated. Donations of Money, used Mystery paperbacks & Readers Digest, Individual packaged Snacks, Juices & Fresh Fruits are welcome.
     
     
     

    Eligibility     

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    Eligibility Dates