August 2013 Stans Color Newsletter
August 2013 Stans Color Newsletter
August 2013 Stans Color Newsletter
STANS STATEMENT: What a great start we had to our new year with the July meeting and our own Bill Burleigh giving an update on Operation Stand Down. Due to both recent and planned membership growth and an expected increase in attendance, August 6th will be our last meeting at Neros. We have simply outgrown their available space. Please note that there will be no regular meeting in September. Dont fret, however, as some extra special opportunities will be available during the rest of the year. Those opportunities begin with a District 6 August meeting in Clarksville & a meeting at the Nashville Police West Precinct Tuesday October 1. Many of your officers and fellow members have been busy helping in the office, making hospital and home visits to the sick and elderly, working on veterans issues, volunteering at various places and just continuing to be all-around good citizens and Legionnaires. I am enjoying representing all of you as Commander and feel honored and humbled to have this opportunity. Lets all keep up the good work! Hope to see you 6 August. Our speaker Alan Griggs is a long time personal friend whom you will enjoy hearing from. You may remember when he was News Director at WSMV Channel 4 or watch him now on Public Television Programs. He is a national awardwinning communicator. Stan Melton, Commander
LADIES LETTER:
Being a volunteer is a rewarding experience. As I grow older, I realize that I cannot do everything I once did. This fact of life has affected the ways I continue as a volunteer. Why volunteer your time, talent, skills and knowledge as a member of Post 5 Womens Auxiliary? For me, as a retired military member, volunteering is also about service. As a volunteer, and a member of the Post and Auxiliary, I believe service is the key component of our membership.There are a variety of ways we can continue our commitment to our members, and to the Post 5 membership. We have many members who would like to participate but cant for a variety of reasons. We will do a survey to determine where we can best be of service. Please share your ideas with us! Call me at 615-766-7479. Online you can e-mail me at [email protected]. I welcome all of your ideas and things youd like to see done as a member of Post 5 and the Auxiliary. No feedback is too small! The Post and Piccadillys have accepted our recommendation to change our meeting dates. Well now meet the third Monday after the luncheon at Piccadillys. Our next meeting will be 19 August. Come join us!
Paula Prevost, President American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Nashville Unit 5
ADJUTANTS ARTICLE:
Welcome to the 2013-2014 membership year! We have already completed the process of converting the files to the new year. Although your 2013 membership cards are good until 31 December, the Legion membership year actually runs from 1 July through 30 June. We completed the 2013 membership year with 1240 members (124% of the assigned goal of 1000). Last year, we met the 20 October national deadline and received GOLD status. You can help us meet this goal by sending your $35 dues now if you havent already done so. You can also help by becoming a member of the 2014 New Member Sponsor Honor Roll. For each contribution of $25, a membership for active duty military, police academy graduate, or hardship may be sponsored. The first Post 5 members and friends to accept the honor roll challenge are: Richard L Ashburn, Lytle Brown, Benjamin Ernst, Duncan Eve, Frank Forbes, John Furgess, Em Ghianni, Charles Harrison, Douglas Henry, Vaden Lackey, Martin Levy, Phil McGovern, Donna Melton, Stan Melton, Stuart Nicholson, Nancy H. Reed, Sara Jane Williams, Tandy Wilson and John Wray.
Frank Forbes, Adjutant
AUGUST
IN
HISTORY
1914
-
1st
seaworthy
ship
through
Panama
Canal
;
Germany
invades
Belgium
&
declares
war
on
France
in
WW
I;
Great
Britain
declares
war
on
Germany;
Turkey
signs
military
pact
with
Germany
1925
-
Last
US
troops
leave
Nicaragua
(there
since
1912)
1944
-
During
WWII,
Gestapo
captured
Anne
Frank,
her
family
and
others,
in
Holland
1945
-The
United
States
dropped
an
Atomic
Bomb
on
Hiroshima,
Japan
1782
-
George
Washington
created
the
"Purple
Heart,"
decoration
medal
1958
-
USS
Nautilus
reaches
North
Pole,
1st
submarine
to
achieve
submarine
transit
of
North
Pole
1967
-
45,000
US
soldiers
sent
to
Vietnam
1990
-
US
announces
commitment
of
Naval
forces
to
Gulf
regions
UPCOMING EVENTS:
August 5, Monday, 11 a.m. Lunch Club at Piccadilly -- Program: Membership Madness-Going for the Gold. Executive Committee meeting follows Last Regular meeting at Nero's Yellow Ribbon Event (Information forthcoming) Lunch Club at Piccadillys - Program: Dr. Chad McClellan, "My sport is your punishment" Meet at Nashville VA Hospital for Visitation Trip to Clarksville, Steak Dinner at Post 143 RSVP withFrank Forbes 615/254-0644 or Stan Melton 615/646-5957 Lunch Club program to be announced Lunch Club Member Tom Meredith speaking On his Vietnam experiences Labor Day - NO LUNCH CLUB NO REGULAR MEETING (Enjoy the holiday safely) Operation Stand Down Hero's Breakfast Meet 7:30 a.m. Eat 8:30 a.m. Details & reservations with Em Ghianni 615/373-1359 Information Table Tennessee State Fair Memorial Service at Vietnam Veterans Memorial, War Memorial Plaza on Union between 6th & 7th. Service by Rev. Michael O'Bryan in connection with US Army Americal Division Reunion. All veterans and friends invited. Field trip to Kentucky by bus. (See separate article) Meet at Nashville VA Hospital for Visitation Executive Committee Piccadilly Regular monthly dinner meeting 5 p.m. West Police Precinct 5500 Charlotte Pike
August 6, Tuesday, 5 p.m. August 10 & 11 Sat. & Sun. August 12, Monday, 11 a.m. August 16, Friday 1:15 p.m. August 17, Saturday, 2 p.m.
August 19, Monday 11 a.m. August 26, Monday 11 a.m. September 2, Monday September 3, Tuesday September 6, Friday
September 18, Wednesday September 20, Friday 1:15 p.m. September 23, Monday, 12:30 p.m. October 1, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Shred on the Run Elmington Park 3531 West End at Bowling. Val Brooks for information 615/383-0533 Meet at Nashville VA Hospital for Visitation Operation Stand Down Annual Event Post 5 & Unit 5 handle Friday night dinner. Location to be announced.
ATTENTION EVERYONE: THERE WILL NOT BE A MONTHLY DINNER MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. Upcoming regular monthly dinner
meetings will be on Tuesday 6 August at Neros and then Tuesday 1 October at the Nashville Police Department West Precinct at 5500 Charlotte Pike near White Bridge Road. A special opportunity to meet will take place on Saturday afternoon 17 August at Clarksville Post 143.
RECENT PHOTOS:
New Fisher House next door to Alvin York Medical Center Murfreesboro Dedication expected to be November, 2013
Dept. of Tennessee Convention June, 2013 Outgoing State Commander Mike Hammer Installs Incoming State Commander George Harper while Dept. Adjutant Dean Tuttle looks on
Incoming Commander Stan Melton facilitates a Sunday afternoon Leadership and Orientation Session June, 2013 at West Police Precinct Community Room
Senior Chaplain Ray Henson helps Unit 5 Auxiliary Officers & Post 5 Executive Committee Members Paula Prevost & Shawn Wilson set up refreshments for the Leadership & Orientation Session
Outgoing Commander 2013-14 Charles Harrison serving as grill master extraordinaire and hosting a party for Post 5 leadership at his beautiful home June, 2013
Members & guests enjoying the party of Charles & Janice Harrison
Harrison party left to right Norm Nuismer, John Furgess, Val Brooks, Stan Melton & Em Ghianni
Chapter Member Bill Burleigh, Executive Director of Operation Stand Down gives an update at the July, 2013 meeting
Outgoing Auxiliary Unit 5 President Sandra Curtis presents an award for outstanding volunteerism to Unit 5 member Wanda Snoddy at the July, 2013 meeting
Commander Stan Melton presides over his first meeting July, 2013