NANATICOKE POST #6

THE AMERICAN LEGION

P.O. BOX 781

SEAFORD, DE 19973

Web: www.delegion.org/depost6

Email: Nanticoke_post_6@verizon.net

March/April 2017 Live, Laugh & Love

COMMANDERS REPORT

Greetings to everybody, I hope your holiday season went well. Now we need to get down to business, our membership is down from last year. If you haven't paid your dues please do so now, you can do it on line at legion.org.

The National Commander, Charles Schmidt, will be visiting our Post on Wednesday March 15th. We will be having a dinner for him starting between 7:00 and 7:30PM. If you would like to attend, please sign up at the canteen so that we can have a head count on at-tendance, we only have room for 40 people from our post.

Due to a resignation, we will be holding a special elec-tion for 1 person for the Post Activities Committee at the March Meeting on Monday March 13th. Also at the March and April meetings, we will have nomination for all the Post Officers. The election will be on Saturday

after the regular meeting in the post home from 12noon till 3:00pm.

Bob Michael

Issue Highlights: 1st Vice Commander 2

Membership Report 2

2nd Vice Commander 2

SAL Commanders Report 3

AL Auxiliary Report 3

AL Auxiliary Membership 3

Bar Committee Report 4

Legion Officers

Commander Bob Michael

Past Cmdr. Bob McClain

1st. Vice Cmdr. Charles Michel

2nd. Vice Cmdr. Ben Wheatley

Adjutant Bill Miller

Finance Officer Roy Lamberton

Chaplin Norman Poole

Judge Adv. Rich Jefferson

Service Officer Bob McClain

Sgt. At Arms Rich Jefferson

Post Activities Committee

Chairman—Ben Wheatley (3yrs.)

Barry Sauers (2yrs.) Bob McClain (1yr.)

John Weldon (1yr.)

Did you

make it out

for our Su-

per Bowl

party? It was such a success

that we are going to try to do a

Daytona 500 Party, February

26, with happy hour prices from

2:00-6:00 (just bring a side dish

for people to enjoy during the

race). Did you know that you

can have a dual membership at

the American Legion? For only

$10 more a year, if your father

was a military member in good

standing, you can join the Sons

of the American Legion

(SAL)! Do you ride a motorcy-

cle? Have you heard that Nanti-

coke Post 6 now has a Legion

Riders membership (sorry Rich-

ard, your 50CC Moped won't get

you into this group!). Anyway,

those veterans with a plan can

find a home here at Nanticoke

Post 6, are you one of them who

will encourage new member-

ship? The first Saturday in May

(5/6/17), we will be sending a

group to the Veteran's Hospital

in Elsmere to give goodie bags

and serve hot dogs to the veter-

ans and staff there. Do you

think you can put that in your

plans, let me know ASAP if you

can help this very worthwhile

endeavor. Finally, I tell people I

am honored and proud to play

Taps live at our meetings, when

necessary. At this months

membership meeting, it was

truly an honor to play Taps for

four members, including one of

our own past Commanders, Bob

McBride. He went through life

with a plan, to help anyone he

saw that needed it. Let him be

an inspiration to us all, to follow

through with our own plans, or

make some that will truly inspire

those left after us.

Charles Michel

The Super Bowl Party in the Canteen was

a great Success and was well attended by

the members, looking forward to seeing

you at next years party. I want to thank all

who helped make this a success. The

Post Activities Committee members are

looking forward to seeing you on Nascar

Sunday for the Daytona 500 and on St.

Patricts day. Don’t forget that the Easter

Holiday is just around the corner in April.

There will be more details to follow and a

sign up sheet behind the Bar, so please

stop by and look for them in the Canteen.

Ben Wheatley

1st Vice Commander

Membership Report This quote is quite profound, we all need

a plan to stay focused on our objectives,

and work hard until those plans are

met. Our plan for our post, is success and

we need you to help make that hap-

pen. Do you know somebody who hasn't

paid their dues yet this year, and may be

thinking of letting their membership

lapse? Don't sit or stand idly by, and let

that happen, we need all members to

make our goal of 100% membership. So

far this year, we have 440 members paid,

which is 90.6% of our members in good

standing, and only 44 members shy of our

goal of 100%!!

Charles Michel

2nd Vice Commander

I hope everyone is staying

warm and dry. Our last din-

ner turned out pretty good,

and we are planning on hav-

ing more, so keep an eye on

the marquee. If you have

not paid your 2017 dues yet

please do so and if you

have, thank you very much.

We now have our own Post

#6 Legion Riders, their

meetings will be the last

Saturday of the month. If

you think you are eligible

and wish to join, please see

Dennis Baldwin. SAL meet-

ings are the first Wednes-

day of the month. Hope to

see you there. We will be

having election soon, so if

your interested , please

come to our meetings and

get yourself nominated. I

want to thank everyone

who helped me this past

year and let you all know,

the S.A.L. helped contribute

to the success of the

American Legion Post #6

the last couple years.

George Keim

Sons of the American Legion

OFFICERS Commander George Kein

Past Cmdr Chris Walker

1st Vice Cmdr Tom Peters

2nd Vice Cmdr Curtis Davidson

Adjutant Bill Miller

Finance Ofc Bill Long

Chaplain Scott Perdue

Judge Adv John Miller

Sgt at Arms Greg Hurley

SAL Commander

OFFICERS President Dolores Taylor

Past President Susan Patten-

Lorenzo

Vice President Maureen Murray

Secretary Bev Buchanan

Treasurer Nancy King

Chaplain Lee McClain

Historian Debbie Walker

Sgt at Arms Mary Patten

No man has a good enough memory to be a suc-

cessful liar. Abraham Lincoln

Beer and Wine is constant proof that God loves us

and loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy

now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to

make you happy in the future. Think how really pre-

cious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at

work or with your family. Every minute should be en-

joyed and savored.

Earl Nightingale

Hopefully this is my last newsletter publication, we need someone to step forward to take over the gathering and edit-ing of the newsletter. If you are interested in taking over the newsletter, please contact Commander Michael at the Post, 302-629-9915.

MORNING CAFÉ

Breakfast

Fresh Hot Coffee

Monday - Friday

5:00 am to 10:00

TUESDAY FOOD SPECIALS

2ND TUESDAY $.50 OFF HOT DOGS

3RD TUESDAY $.50 OFF BURGERS

4TH TUESDAY $.50 OFF PIZZA

ALL ARE BUILD YOUR OWN

I hope everyone had a joyous Holiday Season. With winter upon us please stay warm and be careful driving. "As my term of President will be over in just a few months, there are no words to express my gratitude for all the aid I have re-ceived from the Unit officers, committee chairmen, and members.

The search for officers for 2017-2018 will begin in March with elections being

held in May. I know there are many able and talented members who would be an

asset in these offices. If you are interested in filling an office, please contact me.

Remember, we need your assistance in making the Auxiliary a successful Unit,

so please attend our meetings.

Deloris Taylor

American Legion Auxiliary

Membership

We are now accepting membership dues for the new year, many thanks to those

who have already paid. Our membership stands at 63% of our goal of 220 mem-

bers. Let’s get our dues paid so we can give our Dept. President Maureen a

good showing from her own Unit. Please come on out and support your Ladies

Auxiliary by attending our meetings and contribute to our many successes. I

want to thank all who have helped the Auxiliary be a successful organization

and don’t forget that the Legion’s National Commander will be visiting our Post.

God Bless our Veterans.

Nancy King

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Ash Wednesday

S.A.L. Meeting

2 3 4

5

Open Pool

6

Auxiliary Meeting

7

Legion Ex. Board

Meeting

8

AM Vets Meeting

9 10 11

12

Daylight Savings

Open pool

13 Legion Meeting

Nomination of Offi-

cers

14 15 16 17

St. Patrick's Day

18

19

Open Pool

20

Spring Begins

21 22 23

24 25

Riders meeting

26

Open pool

27 28 29 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

April Fools Day

S.A.L. Meeting

2

Autism Awareness

3 1

2

Open Pool

3

Ladies Meeting

4

Legion Ex. Board

Meeting

5

AM Vets Meeting

6 7 8

9

Palm Sunday

Open pool

10 Legion Meeting

Nomination of Offi-

cers, & Election of

Delegates

11

Passover Starts

12 13 14 Good Friday 15

Post Elections

Noon till 3PM

16

Easter Sunday

Open pool

17

Federal Taxes Due

18 19 20 21 22

23

Pass Over

Open pool

24 25 26 27 28

Arbor Day

29

Riders Meeting

30

Open Pool

March 2017

April 2017

Nanticoke Post #6

THE AMERICAN LEGION

P.O. BOX 781

SEAFORD, DE 19973

OR CURRENT RESIDENT

Non-Profit

U.S. Postage Paid

Georgetown, DE

PERMIT NO 112

Post Activities Report

On January 14, 2017, we held the election for the newly formed Post Activities Committee.

I was elected to a 3 year term, Barry Sauers 2 years, Bob McClain, John Weldon and Guy

Daubach 1 year terms respectively. Since the election Guy has resigned his position, a

special election will be held on Monday March 13th at our regular meeting to fill his va-

cancy. Our Canteen Rules have been updated and approved by the membership, so take a

look, the rules will be posted in the Canteen. Just a minor change in the operating hours

of the Canteen, on Thursday evenings we extended the Post hours to reflect that we will

close at 12 midnight instead of 11 PM so as to accommodate our shuffleboard league.

Nascar begins it’s season on Feb. 26 with the running of the Daytona 500 and we are plan-

ning a small party in the Canteen, so stop by and check out the festivities. March 17th is

St. Patrick’s day so don’t forget to wear your green clothing or pin on’s. Remember, our

Bartenders are looking forward to serving you your favorite cocktails, so come on out and

enjoy great friendship with other patrons.

Ben Wheatley