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The American Legion Warrington Post 240 8666 Gulf
Beach Highway Pensacola FL 32507-2639 ADDRESS
SERVICE REQUESTED
Nonprofit org. U.S. Postage PAID Pensacola,
FL Permit No. 385
The Victors Voice
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY JANUARY 2011
COMMANDER Jimmy Martin 982-1947 ADJUTANT Michael
Munoz 292-1464 1ST VICE COMMANDER Marsha Martin
982-5750 2ND VICE COMMANDER Cecil Russell
457-1153 3RD VICE COMMANDER Jake Taffaro
251-987-5848 FINANCE OFFICER Hal Eyerly
944-7741 HISTORIAN Chuck Krahn 458-0530 SERGEANT-A
T-ARMS John Gilkerson 455-3740 CHAPLAIN Delbert
Murray 429-9836 Cell 404-729-7972 SERVICE
OFFICER Greg Grover 450-3702 ALR DIRECTOR J.D.
Ellis 554-5257 SAL COMMANDER Mark Seaman
453-4357 HOUSE COMMITTEE Phil Gist 456-2914 Al
Rogers 455-2741 Bill Eastman 457-8419 Ken
Shepherd 457-7238 Frank ONeal 910-0326 LOUNGE
MANAGER John Mille 455-6111
Post 240 website www.americanlegion240.org
Commanders Corner I would like to thank everyone
who helped me make the Christmas Dinner a success
for our members who didnt have anywhere to go on
Christmas. A big thanks to Debra Ellis for
coordinating the Wreaths Across America last
month and all the Post, Aux, SAL and Riders who
helped place over 2400 wreaths on grave sites of
our Post members and other Veterans buried at
Barrancas. We need a 2nd Vice Cdr to handle the
inside activities of the Post ie Dances. Cecil
Russells health hasnt been good enough to
attend meetings. Thanks for your help Cecil.
With it late in the year I will appoint someone
to fill this position. You must be able to attend
the Executive Board and General Membership
meetings and other Post functions. I am hoping
to do a Friday dance at least once a month. If
you are interested in this position, please let
me know. Our Post sign out front is looking
dismal. Im working on a fund raiser to get
money to pay to have the sign repaired. It is
what people see driving down Gulf Beach Hwy and I
feel it reflects on us and our American Legion. I
will probably be the Chairman of that committee,
so if you have any ideas please let me know. If
you havent paid your 2011 dues yet, please come
to the Post and pay them. Post 240 hasnt
reached 100 membership in a lot of years. Im
hoping this is the year. Please support the
Ladies of Unit 240. For God and Country Jimmy
lee Martin
Post Chaplain I want to clear up a few things
about my duties as Chaplain. Our Chaplains
Handbook says that we are to participate in
funerals for Legionnaires, and it gives a formal
service for participation. As we all know the
WWII veterans are passing away quickly and the
Korean and even Vietnam vets are not faring much
better. Consequently, I am called upon frequently
to attend the funerals of Legionnaires. However,
a dilemma is introduced into this responsibility.
If you walk up to almost anyone on the street,
particularly in the South, and ask, Are you a
Christian ?, they will invariably respond, Yes,
of course. If you then ask them where they
attend church, you will, for the most part, draw
a blank stare. It is a fact that the number of
church going veterans is shrinking at an alarming
rate. Some of that is the churchs fault and the
purpose of this brief article is not to make
comment on that fact or their lack of attendance,
I will do that later. However, when that non
church going veteran dies, his family is placed
in a difficult position about what to do for a
proper funeral service. The deceased said he was
a Christian, they want a proper Christian burial,
but he has no regular minister and left no
instructions as to what he wanted done when he
dies. Most ministers are not willing to do a
funeral service for people who do not attend
their church. I am. Hence, when I call upon the
family as Chaplain to express our condolences,
and they discover that I am a Bishop in the
Protestant Episcopal Church, they immediately ask
me to give the man a proper Christian burial.
This means that I must of a necessity take off my
Legionnaires hat, and put on my Episcopal robes.
So, we will all have to make some adjustments in
our perception of what is the proper role of the
Chaplain in these funerals. There are 2 things we
can learn from all this. 1. Sometimes I will be
there on behalf of the Legion and some times I
will be there on behalf of the family as a
Christian minister. 2. Make a will and leave
instruction as to what you want done upon your
death so that your family does not have to make
that decision. For God and Country Del Murray
LADIES AUXILIARY PRESIDENT Mary Taffaro
251-978-0420 CHAPLAIN Mary Fahrforth 261-7040
1st Vice Commander We are currently at 81 and
need 87 members to meet our goal of 90 by Feb11.
Please welcome our new members Robert McElroy,
Geoffrey Bostwick, Alan Egebrecht, Harry Scruggs,
Bobby Williamson and Rex Wyers. Happy New Year to
everyone! For God and Country Marsha Martin
Auxiliary President
December has been a very busy month on the 11th
we had a Christmas Party for the
children and it was a huge success. We had 27
children attend along with their moms, dads,
aunts, uncles of course the grandparents.
There are pictures on the Post 240 website for
you to see. We are also taking care of 6
children with the Angel Tree donations. Thank
you so much for your donations! Remember to
renew your membership as we are almost at our
goal of 95 and we want to make 100 real soon.
February 26th is our Mardi Gras Ball and we will
have tickets on sale real soon at 15 per person
which includes dinner, show and dance. I would
also like to welcome two new members Zenaida Rees
and Mary Lou Platt and a transfer Kim Edens. For
God and Country Mary Taffaro
3rd Vice Commander Many thanks to all of you for
supporting Post 240s fish fry this past year. It
has been rewarding to each member of your cooking
staff to provide you with a good quality meal
each first Sunday of the month. Now, that 2010 is
about to end and the start of another new year,
right around the corner, we look forward to
returning to the cook shack in February. There
will NOT be a fish fry for the month of January
because of the holidays and family time. For God
and Country Jake Taffaro