American Legion Post 735

Editor:   Al Szaras 824-3054	E-Mail Address:   cateringal@msn.com
Chaplain:   Ken Herkey 897-4578	Service Officer:   Tony Drzyzga 674-3224

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Commander's Message:

Commander Wohlfeil reports:

Our Color Guard is doing a great job this season, taking first and second place in all the parades we have participated in so far. The Auxiliary is in the prize money also. Great Job and congratulations to all. You make our Post proud. The memorial on July 17th was well attended. The family picnic on the 18th. Was a great success.

The Queen of Hearts tickets are selling well. The jackpot is increasing daily. Get your tickets at the bar. In August we will be going to Veterans Day at the Fair, come out and cheer for your Color Guard. God Bless our Troops, God Bless America.

Sick Call & Relief:

Chaplain Ken Herkey reports:

Everyone is well. God Bless our Troops.

1st. Vice Commander PC

Ron Puckett reports:

The new membership year is off to a good start. The renewal notices have only been out for a couple of weeks and are coming in strong. As of this writing 7/20 I have received 172 of them! I haven’t been told what our goal is as of yet, but with this good response so far I am very optimistic that we will reach it this year. Thank you everyone who has paid his or her dues thus far. Have a great summer everybody and keep up the good work.

2nd Vice-Commander

Michael McMahon reports:

As the summer quickly passes us by I would like to thank all the volunteers for their help at the “Stets Memorial”. The Family picnic was a great success and the next event we have will be the Erie County Fair. Instead of having a dugout at the Fair Grounds we will have our dugout back at the Post Home that afternoon. Enjoy the Fair. The baseball team is doing extremely well and we look forward to them representing us at the State Tournament.

S.A.L.

Commander Dennis Kessler Reports:

New cards are in for 2010-2011 send in your dues or stop in at the Post to drop them off catch up with all the Post activates up coming. Thank you to everyone that helped to run the Staff Sgt. Mark Stets memorial and everyone who attended this great event. We could not have done this with out your help and support, thank you again. Saw some new faces at our family picnic and that was great, hope you had a great time. Enjoy a safe summer see you in September for the meeting. God Bless Our troops and God Bless America.

Color Guard:

Commander Pat Curtin reports:

We marched in the Cheektowaga Independence Day Parade and the Strykersville Parade taking prizes at both! We will be marching in the Eden Corn Festival Parade on Sunday, August 8rd at noon. We will also be parading at Veteran's Day at the Erie County Fair on Sunday, August 15th at 1:00PM. Come out and cheer us on!

Board of Directors:

Chairman Pat Curtin reports:

We lost the compressor for the walk-in cooler at the Post Home and had to struggle for a few days while the new unit was being installed. Sorry for any inconvenience! There will be no Board of Directors meeting in August. Don't forget to Play the "Queen of Hearts" game and the Bell Jar tickets to support our Post Home!

Auxilary President

Maureen Curtin reports:

Our July Ice Cream Social was a blast! We had 27 members eating ice cream and playing games. Our August meeting is a Hot Dog Roast! Members have volunteered to bring macaroni salad, chef salad, chips, condiments and desserts, too. There will be pirate Bingo (yay!) and a raffle. All our members are welcome! Our Marching Unit and Post Color Guard won prizes for the Cheektowaga parade and the Strykersville parade. Congratulations to our marchers, and to our support team who come and cheer us on! In August we will participate at the Eden Corn Festival and the Erie County Fair. 1st Vice Toni Kruger is accepting dues, and new members are always welcome! Sgt @ Arms Mary Ann Kessler will be ordering new Post attire soon. There's a wide variety of items available at pretty reasonable prices. (Remember, money is due at the time you place your order.) We sent several cartons of books to the VA hospital and next month we are sending books to the homeless Veterans shelter. Donations of books, jackets and denim jeans are needed for the homeless, and we will collect these items all year. Chaplain Jeanne Radder reminds us to let her know of any illness within our Post Home Family, and she asks that we continue to pray for all our troops. God Bless America!

IMPORTANT AUGUST 2010 DATES:

3rd  -  Color Guard. Meeting

10th  -  General Meeting

12th  -  S.A.L. Meeting

17th  -  Board of Directors Meeting

24th   -  Exececutive Board Meeting.

Next Auxiliary Meeting
August 4th at  7:00 PM

VETERANS DAY AT THE FAIR

AUGUST 15TH

DUGOUT AT THE POST HOME THAT AFTERNOON