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The American Legion Warrington Post 240 8666 Gulf
Beach Highway Pensacola FL 32507-2639 ADDRESS
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Nonprofit org. U.S. Postage PAID Pensacola,
FL Permit No. 385
The Victors Voice
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY MARCH 2011
Post 240 website www.americanlegion240.org
COMMANDER Jimmy Martin 982-1947 ADJUTANT Michael
Munoz 292-1464 1ST VICE COMMANDER Marsha Martin
982-5750 2ND VICE COMMANDER Vacant 3RD VICE
COMMANDER Jake Taffaro 251-987-5848 FINANCE
OFFICER Hal Eyerly 944-7741 HISTORIAN Chuck Krahn
458-0530 SERGEANT-AT-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
Commanders Corner At the General Membership
Meeting on March 8, we will start taking
nominations for Post Officers for 2011 2012. As
the Legion Convention is on Jun 23, 2011, we must
hold our elections at least 10 days before the
Convention. So our Post elections will be held on
May 10, 2011. Holding office at the Post is not
just about filling the position which you are
elected for, its about volunteering your time
and energy to support/help with all of the
functions/events held at the Post. Attendance at
the meetings are falling off, please try to
attend General Meetings to see what your Post is
doing in support of the Veterans. We tried a
Friday night Dance in Feb. It didnt turn out as
well as I would have liked it to, but at least we
tried. We may look at a Saturday night dance in
three months or so. Im still working on a Poker
Run to Repair the Sign. It will be held on
Saturday April 30, 2011. I will be Chairman of
that committee, so if you want to help please let
me know as I need help with all aspects of this
charity endeavor. Come support the American
Legion Birthday/St. Pattys Day in the Lounge on
Sunday March 13 at noon. Please support the
Ladies of Unit 240. For God and Country Jimmy
Lee Martin
1st Vice Commander I would like to extend a big
WELCOME to all of our new members. We are
currently at 92 and only need 15 new members to
reach 100 membership for the year. As a
reminder of American Legion policy, our
membership year runs from 01Jul to 30Jun. If you
wait to January 1st to pay your dues, your next
years card may not reflect your years of
continued membership. That is the way National
does membership. So please pay your dues. Thanks
to everyone who came out for our Membership
Appreciation Day the next one will be in
April. For God and Country Marsha Martin
Bingo Chairman I would like to give a very
hardy THANKS to the Bingo Volunteers Hal, Phil,
John W., John F., Peter, Anita, Debbie, Bill, Jim
and D.J. who kept the Bingo going while I was
recovering from neck surgery. Thank you all
again. Bingo turned over 1000.00 to the Post.
For God and Country, Jimmy Lee Martin
LADIES AUXILIARY PRESIDENT Mary Taffaro
251-978-0420 CHAPLAIN Mary Fahrforth 261-7040
Auxiliary President
Congratulations ladies! We have reached out
103 membership as of January 15th. I want to
thank all of you for your support. Our
Valentine campaign for Favor House has been a
huge success with 487being collected in
donations and a 100 donation from the Post for
a total of 587. Thank you for your generous
contributions for the most worthy organization
and a big Thank You to Ginny Hippard for
selling the hearts. On March 8th we will start
taking nominations for Unit officers for the
upcoming year. We must hold elections at least 10
days before Convention and it is on June 23rd
therefore elections will be held on May 10th.
March 19th is the Auxiliary District meeting at
Post 75 in Crestview with registration starting
at 930am and meeting at 10am. Please attend if
at all possible as these are very informative
meetings. April 9th is our Bunny Hop in the
hall with Bobby Bixby as DJ for only 5 per
person at the door. The dress will be 50s
60s so break out those poodle skirts ladies
and all those petticoats for a fun filled evening
of dance. April 23rd will be the Easter Egg Hunt
for the children starting at 2pm in the pavilion.
We need volunteers to help hide eggs and
decorate we are also looking for a volunteer to
be Mr. Bunny. For God and Country Mary Taffaro
3rd Vice Commander Your fish fries are back in
full swing and your cook/ serving staff looks
forward to providing you with a good meal on
each first Sunday of the month. So, come on out
and join us for some good food, family time and
friendship. Serving starts at 200 pm until gone.
I would like to take a moment to thank the Oar
House Rest for donating the jalapeno hushpuppy
mix for our fish fry. They provide us with the
base ingredients and we finish the preparations
here in the cook shack For God and Country
Jake Taffaro