Volume 8 - Issue 1 PERMIT #141 PAID NON-PROFIT MELBOURNE, FL ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE

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1 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID MELBOURNE, FL PERMIT #141 Volume 8 - Issue 1 August 2013

2 FROM THE COMMANDER Well, we get to start a new year with a new outlook on what we are going to do. The post yearly scheduling of events meeting has been held and we are off and running with several new and fun events throughout the year. Check your monthly bulletin's upcoming events section, calendar and the post bulletin boards, for all the times and events for each month. To start off, I would like to see everyone bring in a new member. Let s see if we can get back to the days when we were at 1250 members. Know someone? Bring them in and show them how proud you are of our Legion Post! We have an easy couple of months ahead with not many things on the agenda; we only have one meeting for the month of August. September, we ll get back on schedule with two meetings per month - the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Once again, we need new bids on the contracts for our janitorial and yard maintenance services. Please turn in your bid by September 1st, Not much more to say except we ll see you at the Post. For God and Country Your Commander Eddie Weber FROM THE 1st VICE COMMANDER The 2014 Membership year is getting off to very good start. We recently transferred, into our Post, over 16 Florida at large members. Welcome to you all. We start off our year with 827 Legion members, around 350 Auxiliary, 90 Sons of the Legion, and 55 Legion Riders. Let us all do our best to sign up at least one new member. We have about 129 Life/80 post-paid members which is around $2800. The Post pays around $ for Boys/Girls State yearly and $ for Jr ROTC. These are just a few of our expenses for community projects. Please be an Early Bird with your dues for Stop by the Post Aug 9th around 3:30 and meet personnel from Patrick AFB and the AFTAC. For God and Country and our Members Dave "Digger" O'Dell 1st Vice/Membership Chairman All Members of Post 163, Come to a Meet and Greet With AFTAC Personnel Aug 9th 3:30PM, Post 163 Canteen Patrick Air Force Base Active Duty Personnel are wanting to meet you, wanting to know all about you

3 FROM THE PRESIDENT I am so excited to have the honor of serving as Unit 163 Auxiliary President for the year! Department President Gerrie Bailey has chosen Cruising for Unity as her theme for the upcoming year and I know Unit 163 will be a unified group, working toward a common goal of making life better for our veterans, their families and our community. We will be starting off the year with some new projects that we can all participate in. The following items are on our wish list of things we need to make these projects succeed. Used magazines Stuffed animals (gently worn and clean) Colored pencils Jigsaw puzzles Adult diapers and pads Patriotic themed fabric (1-1/2 yard per pattern) Worsted yarn (red, white or blue preferred) Coupons to send to troops overseas Collection boxes for these items will be in the Auxiliary room. We also need volunteers to knit, crochet and clip coupons. A sincere thanks to President Pauline Nees for her hard work and dedication during the past year. Although her shoes will be hard to fill, I am committed to working with each of you so that we can reach many goals. For God and Country Ann King-Smith MONTHLY 50 / 50 CASH RAFFLE Have you gotten your August Raffle Tickets Yet??? 1 DOLLAR Drawing September. 1, 2013 Proceeds to Legion programs & equipment

4 Augu Sun Mon Tue We 8/22/13 Auxiliary Dinner- Salisbury Steak $7.00-5:30 8:00 PM 8/31/13 Island Day- Island Food $7.00 / plate-5:00 PM W/ Music "Once B4" 5:30 9/2/13 Labor Day Lunch - 1:00-4 PM $2.00 9/7/13 Dist. Auxiliary School of Instruction Unit #189 Sebastian 4 SAL MEETING 4PM BAR BINGO 6PM 5 LUNCH 11-1 FUN POOL LEAGUE 7PM ALL WELCOME BUCKETS OF BEER (6 Domestic Beer) $ :00-CLOSE 6 LUNCH 11-1 FREE TEXAS HOLDEM 6-11 PM KITCHEN OPEN 5 to 8 PM 7 LUNCH LEGION R Meeting WINGS & BAR BINGO 6PM 12 LUNCH 11-1 FUN POOL LEAGUE 7PM ALL WELCOME BUCKETS OF BEER (6 Domestic Beer) $ :00-CLOSE 13 LUNCH 11-1 FREE TEXAS HOLDEM 6-11 PM KITCHEN OPEN 5 to 8 PM 14 LUNCH "WING & T $6.50 PER O 6-9 P 18 BAR BINGO 6PM 19 LUNCH 11-1 FUN POOL LEAGUE 7PM ALL WELCOME BUCKETS OF BEER (6 Domestic Beer) $ :00-CLOSE 20 LUNCH 11-1 FREE TEXAS HOLDEM 6-11 PM KITCHEN OPEN 5 to 8 PM 21 LUNCH "WING & T $6.50 PER O 6-9 P LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH BAR BINGO 6PM FUN POOL LEAGUE 7PM ALL WELCOME BUCKETS OF BEER (6 Domestic Beer) $ :00-CLOSE FREE TEXAS HOLDEM 6-11 PM KITCHEN OPEN 5 to 8 PM "WING & T $6.50 PER O 6-9 P

5 ust 2013 ed Thu Fri Sat TO 10 PM 1 LUNCH 11-1 Lunch 12-3:00 PM MARINE CORPS LEAGUE 7 PM 2 LABOR DAY LUNCH 1-4 PM $2.00 Yesteryear 3 WAF Space Coast Chapter One 10 AM BREAKFAST 8-11AM LEGION MEAT SHOOT 1PM KARAOKE 7-11 PM Tall Paul H 11-1 RIDERS g 7 PM THINGS" PM 8 LUNCH 11-1 LEGION MTG E.C 6:30pm GENERAL 7:30pm AUXILIARY E.C. 7:00pm GENERAL 7:30pm 9 LUNCH 11-1 Nite Fire 10 BREAKFAST 8-11am Chicks Cooking AUX STEAK SHOOT 1PM KARAOKE 7-11 PM Tall Paul 11-1 THINGS" ORDER PM 15 LUNCH LUNCH 11-1 Yesteryear 17 BREAKFAST 8-11am S.A.L. STEAK SHOOT 1PM KARAOKE 7-11 PM Tall Paul 11-1 THINGS" ORDER PM 22 LUNCH 11-1 AUX Salisbury Steak $7.00 5:30-8:00PM 23 LUNCH 11-1 Guitar Dan 24 BREAKFAST 8-11am ALR MEAT SHOOT 1PM KARAOKE 7-11 PM Tall Paul 11-1 THINGS" ORDER PM 29 LUNCH LUNCH 11-1 Yesteryear 31 BREAKFAST 8-11am S.A.L MEAT SHOOT 1PM ONCE B4 5:30-10 PM ISLAND DAY PARTY!! ISLAND FOOD $7.00/Plate 5:00 PM

6 FROM THE S. A. L. COMMANDER August! Well, I hope everyone had a good time at the "Christmas in July Party. Don't forget the annual ISLAND DAY PARTY" coming up. Please if you have time, (I know I sound like a broken record) but we always need some help with these events. Don t forget membership. As of this writing we are at %. A good start but keep it up please. We need it. Starting this year please renew as soon as possible. We want to be 100 % by December. I know we can do it. Just put it in your mind NOT TO WAIT. Check the newsletter for upcoming events. We are only coming out with them 6 times a year. Please remember our meetings. BE THERE OR BE UNIN- FORMED Any questions or comments i can always be reached by SALCOMMANDER@LEGIONPOST163.COM See ya around the post. For God and Country Your S.A.L. Commander Jerry Larson ISLAND DAY PARTY!!! STEAK SHOOT 1:00-3:00PM FOLLOWED BY ISLAND DAY!!! LOTS OF FUN FOR ALL, WITH CONTESTS & RAFFLES Delicious Island Dishes 5 PM $7.00 PER PLATE by Once B 4 5:30 TO 10:00 PM TAPS Harold E. Shofner, Edward Antos, Walter A. Lambert

7 Houses - Mobile Homes Vinyl Siding Driveways - Sidewalks Pool Decks Eddie Weber Come on out for Meat Shoot Every Saturday from 1-3pm. The steaks, chicken, pork and more are the best ever, we have great raffles and food is served each week. Have fun, win prizes and support the Legion, S.A.L., Auxiliary and Legion Riders functions. See the board for who s calling & what s being raffled!!! IDENTIFICATION STATEMENT American Legion Post 163 Newsletter is published monthly as Mathers Member Link by the J.W. Mathers, Jr., American Legion Post 163, 1795 N. Harbor City Blvd, Melbourne, FL The contents do not necessarily reflect the views or the opinions of the membership, the Post Officers, or the State or National parent organizations; nor does the mention of a product or organizations imply endorsement.

8 BULLETIN BOOSTER (Date is Expiration) BE A BOOSTER FOR ONLY $10.00 PER YEAR, YOU LL HELP THE POST SAVE ON THE EVER GROWING COST OF PRINTING & POSTAGE. FORGIVE ANY OMISSIONS AND/OR ERRORS. 8/13 DR. MARK HOFFMAN, DSR IN MEMORY OF STAISLAUS A. ANTOS 9/13 IN MEMORY OF ELSIE & BOB CHILCOTT SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION BUD MILLER IN MEMORY OF BETTY MILLER 10/13 ANTON MARTH EDDIE WEBER IN MEMEORY OF DEE WEBER 12/13 NINA & ROY MOORE IN MEMORY OF RON MOORE JOEL & PAT BLATT RALPH K. PERRY IN MEMORY OF CLAIRE E PERRY 1/14 FREN & MICHAEL MATTHEWS IN MEMORY OF CARMIE ED ANTOS IN MEMORY OF JIM McGEE CHARLES DURHAM 3/14 BARBARA & ROBERT TAYLOR 4/14 IN MEMEORY OF FRANK A. WARNER FRANK & ANN BROCKERMAN SR. RIP & NANCY COLLINS KAY BIRD & ROCK 5/14 DICK & DORINDA LOWERY WILLIAM R EDWARDS 6/14 LOUIS GRODOUSKY IN MEMORY OF JACK PRUDE 7/14 WAYNE O. SMITH 8/14 FRANCIS & SUSAN E. CIRCOSTA 9/14 DOROTHY KEYSER 10/14 JONI MANCUSO IN MEMORY OF JOHN J.J. MANCUSO 12/14 TOM PECHACEK IN MEMORY OF MARIE HILL 3/15 MIKE O NEAL 7/15 ROBERT T. & KATHLEEN K. VEAUDRY 8/15 SHELDON E. KELLEY 9/15 CHERI & JERRY HARTMAN 1/16 JEROME H. PORTER 4/16 JIM & SHASTA - THE GREENS 5/16 DIGGER O DELL IN MEMORY OF RALPH & MARSHALL VEST 12/16 LOREN & ALMA VON RIESEN 3/17 IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANTHONY & CARRIE LA MARCA 5/18 BOBBY WENDRZYK IN MEMORY OF CHET WENDRZYK 12/21 LEGION RIDERS CHAPTER 163 1/23 STAR & JACK LUCIEN & PAT WEGNER IN MEMORY OF GEORGE & TERRY WEGNER You can view this Newsletter on line early, along with more information on upcoming events at our site at Printed by Mike Roebuck, Legion Member / Legion Rider Good Impression Printing Aurora Road, Melbourne FL *