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NEWSLETTER FOR Mid-Winter
VFW Conference The
Pos Wow at Nashville for the state VFW’s Mid-Winter Conference will be
well represented by officers and members of Post 4848.
It will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, at the Downtown
Sheraton.
Post 4848 Commander Bill Tickle will lead the group attending.
State VFW Commander John Scott, who is also a member and officer
of Post 4848, will be the central figure.
The post is paying the registration for any member wishing to
attend, providing that member attend the meetings. Orange
Grove Dance Feb. 14 Two
of Post 4848’s most popular community services are the dance party for
Orange Grove residents for Valentines Day and for Halloween. This month the treat enjoyed by members as much as their
guests will be held on Thursday, Feb. 14, beginning at 5 PM. Commander
Bill Tickle urged members to help in the preparations and participate in
the event. “It
is a heartwarming experience,” the commander said.
“It’s one we always enjoy and never forget.” Quartermaster
Mac McGuffey was expected to order some 600 hot dogs which will be
cooked and served. Dance
band for the post, Mill Wee Hollow Band, will play.
Jr. Vice Commander Bob Blair is in charge of the event. Veterans Dock
survives
Post
4848’s Veterans Dock survived the rapid rise of the Tennessee River
from heavy rainfalls the end of January.
Other docks went under water. The
city dock at Ross’s Landing was completer submerged. Rushing
waters covered the landing to the dock and rose over the bottom five
steps leading to the landing. The
dock floated above it all. It
did become a dam, catching debris, branches and even large tree limbs
and logs. When the water
receded, a volunteer crew of members cleared it away. Ted Bedoit resigns, election
planned for Judge Advocate A
vacancy in the staff of Post 4848 officers will be filled at the
February membership meeting. Ted
Bedoit, who has served many years in different positions, resigned his
job as Judge Advocate at the January meeting.
He cited family obligations as the reason. Commander
Bill Tickle announced that nominations for the post and an election will
be held at the February meeting. Jim
Harmon’s name has been suggested. Cooties to
nominate officers
Nominations for officers to serve for the next year in the
Military Order of Cooties will be nominated at the February meeting on
Sunday, Feb. 10, at 4 PM.
Commander Bob Blair said the election will be held at the March
meeting.
Currently serving are:
Commander Bob Blair, Sr. Vice Commander Tommy
Duckworth, Jr. Vice Commander Fred Kizer, Quartermaster-Adjutant Doug
Gallant, Judge Advocate Carl Harveston, Chaplain Davie H. Wilson,
Historian John Scott, Surgeon Bill Tickle, Trustee Tom Warmouth, Trustee
Jack Thomas and Trustee Bill Bordwine. Sunday dinner The
monthly Sunday dinner sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of Post 4848 is
back. Next one will be Feb.
24 from 1 to 3 PM. Charge
is $4.50 for adults and $1.50 for children under 12. “We
would like for everyone to come out to enjoy themselves and support our
post,” Auxiliary President Alice Scott said. Newsletter
continues At
the January E-Board meeting, made the motion seconded by John Scott that
the newsletter be produced every other instead of monthly.
Included was the motion that wives of members in the auxiliary
not get the newsletters This
was tabled for 30 days at the membership meeting on a move by Pete
Chaney. Anna Kizer asks members pay auxiliary dues Membership
chairman of the Ladies Auxiliary Anna Kizer is urging members to be sure
to continue their membership uninterrupted. “With
the number of women suffering cancer,” she declared, “it is urgent
that the cancer insurance that comes with membership not be lost. “At
least four members have that dread disease.” Cost
of coverage is $4.95 per member and may be sent to Anna. Comment
. . . Pete Chaney Like
they say, time flies when you’re having fun.
It’s hard to realize that it was ten years ago when I began
doing the newsletter for Post 4848.
Before then, it was done on a irregular basis.
But it’s not hard to realize when I look back at old issues of
The Flag in my computer. There
are names there that live only in our memories. Acts
they did for the post are listed there and only the results of their
work are visible at the post.
Names like Frank Cloud, Jack Rickett, Paul Sorrick, Guss Howe are
there, members we will not see at our meetings again.
But we will remember them. When
I started doing the newsletter, I figured it was a contribution
especially for member who can’t attend all the meetings or be here in
person. It lets them stay
in touch. Notes . . . The death of HAROLD RUSSELL was a personal loss to our Honor Guard Commander RALPH WILSON. Ralph served in WWII with the double amputee who won the Academy Award for “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Harold lost both hands diffusing a land mine and went on to hold national offices in the VA and DAV.
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