Auxiliary President

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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,
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The Victors Voice
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY MAY 2011
Post 240 website www.americanlegion240.org
Commanders Corner At the General Membership
Meeting on April 12, I opened nominations for
Post Officers for 2011 2012 again. Commander
NONE, 1st Vice NONE, 2nd Vice NONE, 3rd Vice
Bill Eastman, Chaplain NONE, Finance Officer
NONE, Sgt-at-Arms Richard Rayborn, Historian
NONE, House Committee Al Rogers, Richard
Rayborn, Phil Gist, Shawn Jufcak. Nominations
will be held the day of elections on May 10,
2011. People running for office are like Post
Volunteers, whenever we do either, we are over
worked and burned out. Please volunteer to help
the Post. I want to thank Mike Holdener for his
300.00 donation to pay for burgers and dogs for
the Cleanup crew we had on April 16. Speaking of
that, a special thanks to the 12 people from the
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts (and their parents) for
their help in cleaning/clearing/repairing the
Horse Shoe Pits and Volleyball Court and Pavilion
area. Another thanks to the 14 Post and
Auxiliary members who helped. We didnt get all
the things done I wanted to, but you cant
overwork volunteers. The front of the Post looks
really good now. The New Post signs are up and
look really great. Stop by the Post and check
them out. To date we have raised about 7500.00
towards the Replacement/repair of the Fire Alarm
System. We have received one Bid to fix it for
about 20,000. So you see, we need more fund
raisers. Please support the Ladies of Unit 240.
Please come and join us for our Memorial Day
Ceremony at 1230 on 30 May. We must remember
those who paid the ultimate price for Americas
freedom. For God and Country Jimmy Lee Martin
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
1st Vice Commander - I would like to extend a
big WELCOME to all of our new members. We are
currently at 97 and only need 27 new members to
reach 100 membership plus one for the year.
Please come out and join us for our Membership
Appreciation Day on Sunday 15 May see details
on back. For God and Country Marsha Martin
Hello Riders,      First of all I would like to
welcome new members Jimmy Young, Mike Busby, and
Kevin Houghton to the Post and the Riders,
welcome aboard! April has been a busy month at
the Post and all the charity rides, and it looks
like May will be just as busy. On May 7th ALR
Chapter 382 will be hosting the Chris Rapp
Memorial poker run in Navarre. On May 14th is
the Save a Baby poker run at Bobbi J's in
Pensacola, also on the 14th Southern Cruisers
Dice Run for St. Judes Childrens Hospital at
Knuckleheads. May 21st Amvets Post 12 poker run
for Florida Veterans Home. May 27th-30th
Memorial Day Weekend Post 340 has camping and
rides all week-end long and May 30th is Post
240s Open House at 1230.  Since our ALR ride
has been cancelled we can support other charity
rides in our area, but don't forget to plan ahead
for our next Poker Run on September 3rd. We can
use the extra time as a group to get those
idea's, donations and support rolling.  As always
support our Post, Auxiliary and Son's of the
American Legion. Ride and Be Safe.
J.D. Ellis, Director
LADIES AUXILIARY PRESIDENT Mary Taffaro
251-978-0420 CHAPLAIN Mary Fahrforth 261-7040
Happy Mother's Day
To all of our wonderful Moms!!
Auxiliary President Elections-May 10th - We
need volunteers for the upcoming year Officers.
Make sure to have your membership card so that
you will be able to vote. Poppy Day-May 27 28
Debbie Cianci will be at Wal-Mart on Mobile Hwy
for Poppy Day starting at 9AM. Come out and
support our veterans with a donation and support
your Auxiliary by being there. Our delegate for
Girls State is Marissa Frangione. Marissa will be
representing our Unit in Tallahassee from July
8th July 16th. We all wish her great success as
one of our future leaders. I want to welcome
three new members Jennifer Hattayer, Tina
Chadwick and Anna Posada. We are looking forward
meeting and working with you in the Auxiliary. At
the April meeting the 50/50 was won by Beck Krahn
who donated it back to the Auxiliary and the
Incentive Drawing name was Suzie Cooper for 80
who was not present therefore, the next
Incentive Drawing will be for 90. I want to
thank our membership chairman, DJ Jones, for her
fantastic job in helping the Auxiliary reach 113
membership this year. For God and Country Mary
Taffaro
3rd Vice Commander We welcome spring with open
arms and the turn out for our April Fish Fry
reflects just that. The plastic wrap around
the cook shack is being removed for air flow
while, preparations are being made for a deep
cleaning that will be done during the Post
cleanup on April 16th. There will be quite a few
activities at the Post during the month of April
and May so, we look forward to seeing you there
and welcome your support. As always, we look
forward to seeing you the first Sunday in May, so
brings some friends with you and join us for some
good food, family time and friendship. Serving
starts at 200 pm until gone. Again, thanks to
our fish fry staff for volunteering their
personal time to provide you with a great meal.
For God and Country Jake Taffaro