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:

A 50/60 Dance will be held on February 4th at Vigilant Fire Hall, you can get your tickets at the bar. This is a fund Raiser to support out troops. If you have not paid your dues, please do. We are at 95%. God Bless Our Troops bring them home safe. God Bless America.

Sick Call & Relief:

Chaplain Ken Herkey reports:

Hospital– George McCoy, Ron Burger, Harry Johnson. Home Jim Brock. God Bless Our Troops!

1st. Vice Commander PC

Ron Puckett reports:

February is here and we are still few members who have not paid their dues for 2012. The list of delinquent members is posted in the bar room. If you know anyone on the list please try to contact them and urge them to renew! According to the Constitution of The American Legion you are considered suspended after February 1st and could lose your post privileges until dues are paid. Please make every effort to submit your payment A.S.A.P. As of this writing, January 16th our membership stands at 512 or 95% of our assigned goal of 539. Thank you and let’s strive to reach our goal by the end of the month.

2nd Vice-Commander

Michael McMahon reports:

Sat. Feb 4th no entertainment at the Post Home. Super Bowl Party Feb. 5th drink specials. Sat. Feb 11th SAL members Eric Stets and Lou Croce with their Band “100 Proof” will be performing at the Post Home from 9pm till 1 am. Open Feb 22th Ash Wednesday for Fish fries, NEW every Monday we are open for dinner. Szaras Family Catering is having a Buffet Dinner for $9.95 from 3pm till 7pm.

S.A.L.

Commander Frank Sandor Reports:

Remember the upcoming 50-60’s Dance on Feb. 4th to help support Our Troops! Ticket’s are available at the bar.. Please volunteer your time to help make this event a success. There will be a Super Bowl Party on Feb. 5th and a Daytona 500 Party on Feb. 26th. Which will also help Fund Support Our troops. If you have a name of a soldier that has been deployed and could use our support please get their name to us. Great Job on 2012 membership dues we made our 100% goal! God Bless our Troops!

S.A.L.

First Vice Dennis Kessler Reports:

Our membership dues we have 120 paid, 13 outstanding, and 12 new members. Thank you for sending in your dues on time. Meatloaf cook off was a Blast! We also had a first time Hamburger and Hotdog Meatloaf! 1st. T. Kruger, 2nd. L.Little, 3rd. J. Furmanti with Honorable mention to L. Croce. Thanks for the delicious meatloaf's!

Color Guard Captain

Pat Curtin Reports:

We are pleased to welcome two new members to our Post Color Guard. Walt Harrison and Jim Manley have joined the unit and we look forward to marching and participating in ceremonies with them. We are always delighted to accept new members! There will be no Color Guard meetings in February or March.

Board of Directors:

Pat Curtin Reports:

Join us on Mondays from 3PM until 7PM for our dinner buffet presented by Al and his crew from Szaras Family Catering. It is "all you can eat" for $9.95! The menu changes every week and is posted at the bar. Why cook? Let Al do all the work!

Walt Sez:

At The Legion General Meeting you missed a guest speaker on 911 Calls. Next Month remember the Four Chaplains who died. On Feb. 15th the Library of Congress will enact a program of respect to the deceased Chaplains. On Feb 16 they will enact a special Tribute to Present Chaplains. Join us at the Next Meeting.

Auxilary President

Maureen Curtin reports:

On Tuesday, February 7th we are hosting a Valentine Party for People Inc's Southgate Plaza Program from 10:00AM to 1:00PM. We will play shuffleboard, and make Valentine Cards for the Vets in the nursing homes in West Seneca. Lunch will be pizza and snacks! We want this to be a fun time for our guests, and we need the support of our members to make it a success.

If you are able to help please let me know (675-2241). We are also in charge of the Basket Raffle at the 50's dance and we are looking for donations to raffle. If you can help out contact an Auxiliary member or leave a donation at the Post Home. All the money that is raised at the raffle will go to "Support our Troops". Let's do all that we can to support this worthy cause. 1st Vice Toni Kruger reports we are at 87% of our membership goal. We have 179 members paid and our goal is 205. Help us to make100% again this year! 2nd Vice Phyllis Kordos would like to pay tribute to all the wonderful volunteers (from the Legion, Sons and Aux) for the superb work you do at our Post. This Christmas you made our Post beautiful and a fun place to visit! Easter, the Spaghetti Dinner and Family Picnic are all a success due to our volunteers. Thank you!

We really appreciate you! God Bless America and our Post Home Family!

IMPORTANT February 2012 DATES:

9th  -  S.A.L. Meeting

14th  -  General Meeting

21st  -  Board of Directors Meeting

28th   -  Exececutive Board Meeting.

Next Auxiliary Meeting
February 1st at  7:00 PM

February 4th- 50’s Dance By SAL at Vigilant Fire Hall

Veterans Bricks for the Walkway of Freedom are again being offered for Spring 2012

Bricks are $60.00/each and orders will be taken until April 1, 2012

Order Forms are available at the Post

If you have any questions, contact Jim at 674-4224