The Flag
December 1998
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The Flag |
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Newsletter for
Wilkes T. Thrasher VFW Post 4848 |
Happy Holidays
from Post 4848
The commander, officers and staff of VFW Post 4848 wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To celebrate the season, the post has a busy schedule: Best wishes to everyone come from: |
"Mister Lloyd" |
A familiar greeter for Post 4848 dances for many years, Lloyd Shepard won’t be at the cash register any more. He’s retiring. Over his service years for the VFW, he has served a variety of posts and jobs., most notably as post surgeon. |
Furgess Dec. speaker; talk open to public The Number Two man in the Tennessee Veterans
Administration will visit Post 4848 for the Dec. 3 meeting and will speak to a gathering
open to the public. |
Xmas schedule will be busy for everyone December will be a busy, busy month for Post 4848 members, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Cooties. Delivery of Christmas baskets to the needy, the annual Christmas dinner, the New Years Eve party and dance and the MOC-MOCA Christmas party are coming up. |
COOTIES First event will be the MOC-MOCA Christmas party Sunday, Dec. 13 beginning at 2 PM. |
CHRISTMAS BASKETS Names for the baskets for the needy must be submitted in writing by Dec. 15 and only a member can submit a name. No phone calls will be accepted and the member will be expected to deliver to the person submitted. Preparation begins Saturday, Dec. 19, at 9 AM with coffee and doughnuts for volunteers. A $1500 cost was approved for 75 baskets. Donations of non perishable items are needed. Bill Bordwine is in charge. |
CHRISTMAS DINNER The annual Christmas dinner will be Sunday, Dec. 20, from 3 to 5 PM for members and their families. |
Bill Bordwine will be in charge of the New Years Eve dance again this year. The $15 charge, same as last year, will include the dance, refreshments and party favors.
Seating will be sold on reservations only, with no phone reservations taken. Regular dance participants may make reservations for their usual tables.
Other reservations will be taken 15 minutes after close of the Dec. 3 membership meeting. There will be no refunds.
Doors to the ballroom will open at 8 PM.
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Comment . . . Pete Chaney
Christmas is always a sad time, a happy time. As we get older, those we have seen outnumber the ones we will see. Nostalgia brings back visions of Christmas past clearly vivid in our memories.
The first one for that son or daughter. The wide eyed wonderment of young eyes scanning the tree, ears listing for Santa on the roof, the deliciously tempting unopened packages. Then there are the remembered faces. the faint recollection of familiar voices. All those that are gone and we will never see or hear again.
We remember happy Christmases, and unhappy ones. We remember the times we sat down for family dinner at grandmother’s where men ate first, then the wives and the children had a table in the kitchen to accommodate the large family gathering. And we remember the sad Christmases overshadowed by death .
It’s easy to sink into depression when we use the day as a gauge to decided if we have made our lives better or worse than on previous Christmases.
But all the sadness, all the self guilt and depression can be washed away with one memory—why we celebrate this day.
Nearly 2,000 years ago there was a birth in a manger and the Prince of Peace brought us hope and faith, a meaning to life to look forward to the future—where we can try to make this a better world through love of our neighbor.
MOC, MOCA plan Christmas party
The annual Cooties Christmas Party will replace the December meeting on Sunday, Dec. 13. It begins at 2 PM, according to Seam Squirrel Jack Thomas.
On the menu will be turkey and ham with all the trimmings. The MOCA will bring covered dishes.
A limit of $15 is set on gift exchanges.
The MOCA invited the MOC to accompany them to Cumberland Hall on Standifer Gap Rd. Nov. 20 to a party.
And the MOC and MOCA joined forces Oct. 22 for the Halloween and hot dog party given residents at Pine Bridge Moccasin Bend.
SHOTGUN OFFEREDA Remington 870 shotgun will be given Dec. 20. See Fred Kizer for the $1 tickets.
VFW Post 4848 in cyberspace, now on internet
Post 4848 is on the internet now.
It can reach veterans and friends around the world. Anyone can take a look at the post on the internet by looking at ipspress.com.
Information can be sent to the post and its officers at pop@ipspress.com. Comments, contributions and opinions are welcomed.
Issues of The Flag are also being made available. This service is provided at no cost to the post by IPS—International Press Service.
Other veteran organizations are also being offered the same service without charge.
Take a look.
Notes . . .
The e-board position of TOMMY McDOWELL was declared vacant at the Nov. meeting. His work schedule has prevented his attending meetings. Election to the board will be held at the December meeting.
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Doing a great job organizing the Salvation Army post bellringers, FRED KIZER will find himself with more assignments. When you get a good man . . .
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The Honor Guard’s halftime appearance at the UTC Nov. 14 game was cancelled due to the small time slot allowed. The band from MTSU needed all the time at the half.
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Has DOUG GALLANT fallen in love with the Puerto Rico sunshine? Not really. His work with FEMA to aid hurricane victims won’t be over until mid-December when he will return home.
Post 4848 Calendar Dec. 1998
E-Board meeting Tuesday, Dec. 1, 6:30 PM.
Membership meeting Thursday, Dec. 3, 7 PM, with food and refreshments to follow.
Ladies Auxiliary meeting, Thursday, Dec. 3, 7 PM.
MOC-MOCA Christmas party, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2 PM
CHRISTMAS BASKET preparation and delivery Saturday, Dec. 19, 9 AM
CHRISTMAS DINNER Sunday, Dec. 20, 3 to 5 PM.
NEW YEARS EVE party and dance Thursday, Dec. 31, doors opening at 8 PM and band at 9 PM
KARAOKE
Each Sunday night.
DANCE NIGHTS
Next of Kin—Friday’s 9 PM to 1 AM;
Saturdays, 9 PM to 1 AM.
If you have items of interest to Post 4848 members, please turn them in to the quartermaster or any bartender by the 20th of the month prior to publication of The Flag. You can FAX items to 698-7803 or e-mail them to ipspress.com.
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| Everybody got into the fun when VFW Post 4848 held its annual Halloween Party for Orange Grove residents --including Rep. Zach Wamp who dropped by. The post hosts the group each year for a Halloween and for a Valentine dance party. |
