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AMVETS DEPARTMENT ELECTS NEW COMMANDER, LADIES AUXILIARY PRESIDENT and WHITE CLOVER PRINCESS 2014-2015 Chartered by The Congress of the United States of America AMVETS ★ DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN VOLUME 26 ISSUE 1 – FALL 2014 AMVETS DEPARTMENT ELECTS NEW COMMANDER, LADIES AUXILIARY PRESIDENT and WHITE CLOVER PRINCESS 2014-2015 Commander President White Clover Princess Mark Reiling Robin Sterletske Kylie Morris Inside This Issue 2013-2014 Officers & Reports . 6 AT EASE Program . 17 National News . 6-8 Department Officers . 18-19 State News . 8-9 Women Who Served . 21 Ladies Auxiliary News . 10-11 Candid Convention . 22-23 White Clover Princess . 12 Hollywood Veterans . 25 Post News . 13-17 More Convention Photos . 28 AMVETS Department of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE COUNTY HAVE YOU WAR MEMORIAL PAID YOUR MOVING? CENTER, INC. LET US KNOW “TO HONOR THE DEAD BY DUES? EIGHT WEEKS SERVING THE LIVING” BEFORE YOU MOVE We acknowledge the continuing support of Milwaukee County in making this facility Mail to: available under the auspices of the AMVETS War Memorial Corporation. Department of Wisconsin Attach your address/label 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive from current issue here Milwaukee, WI 53202 * A National minimum amount that may vary from state to state or Post to Post. New Address: Yes! Enclosed is my $20.00* annual mem­ Name_________________________________ bership dues for AMVETS. I certify that I have met the minimum membership require­ Address_______________________________ ments – that I have served actively and honorably (since September 15, 1940) or am City__________________________________ currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard or Reserves. State _________________________________ 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive Milwaukee, WI 53202 Name______________________________ Zip___________________________________ M ______________ F________________ Hold Your Next Veteran or Family Event Then fill in your new address and mail to: in our convenient rental facilities. Address ___________________________ AMVETS Dept. of WI MEMORIAL HALL – 5,100 sq. ft. City, State, Zip ______________________ War Memorial Center Room 306 Walnut wood paneling, wood parquet floor, colorful display of United States flags Telephone ( )_____________________ 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive adaptable for different events Milwaukee, WI 53202 D.O.B. _____________________________ MEETING ROOMS – 415-564 sq. ft. Branch of Service ____________________ all with lake views, some with service kitchens *SPECIAL RATES FOR Entered Service ______________________ VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS* Discharged _________________________ Convenient Parking Lot Sound Off For More Information Call: Type of Discharge ____________________ 414-273-5533 Material Due Dates in 2014-15: (Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Signature ___________________________ Winter Issue: October 15th, 2014 Dedicated to the Principles of Peace. Date _______________________________ “In tribute to those who did their duty as God gave them the light to see that duty .” 2014-15 Due Dates History of AMVETS – General Douglas MacArthur In 1944, while World War II was still rag­ Spring Issue........................ January 15th (2015) ing in Europe and in the Pacific, thousands 71st Convention Issue.....……….April 15th (2015) of young men were being sent home with Fall Issue .............................. July 15th (2015) battle wounds and medical discharges. These Get Involved with veterans had a desire and felt a need to stick together; therefore, they began forming AMVETS clubs which they called American Veterans Announce Your Post and District of World War II. Soon, representatives of in dividual clubs united to help veterans help Events on Our Department Website themselves; thus AMVETS was born. at www.amvets-wi.org On July 23, 1947, President Harry S. and then visit the site often. Truman signed the Congressional Charter and since then, AMVETS has amended its Contact our Webmaster, charter in 1953, 1966 and 1984 so that Jim Ruppel, today! today, AMVETS is the only Congressionally Chartered veterans organization open to all honorably discharged veterans who served honorably after September 15, 1940, plus Sound Off News is an official publication of the those personnel presently serving on active Department of Wisconsin AMVETS and is pub­ duty or in the reserve component. lished as a service to members and other interested Through the years, AMVETS has proven individuals and organizations. to be the most progressive veterans organi­ Views expressed herein are those of individual zation through exhibits of volunteer work, writers and do not necessarily reflect the positions programs and service to veterans, their fami­ of AMVETS, as a whole. lies and communities throughout America. All AMVETS members are urged to submit mate­ Your membership fee entitles you to each rials for publication. The Editor reserves the right and every issue of Wisconsin AMVETS to edit any materials for length, clarity, brevity, etc. ‘Sound Off,’ published quarterly. Howie Pegelow, Editor 2 AMVETS Department of Wisconsin AMVETS Sound Off Greetings from Your Official Publication of the AMVETS Department of Wisconsin 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive, Suite 306, Department Officers… Milwaukee, WI 53202 Published quarterly at American Graphics & Design, 720 W. Virginia St., Milwaukee, WI 53204 Graphic Designer: Emily McKenna Commander’s Welcome AMVETS Sound Off is created under the Direction of the Executive Director of AMVETS, Department I want to start by saying thanks to everyone who was at the Convention and elected of Wisconsin, a Congressionally Chartered me as your new Commander. I will give you my best. I am looking forward to traveling nonprofit organization. around the state and meeting each and every one of you. If you would like me to attend an event, I will do my best to make it work. I am very excited to be involved Subscription Fee: Annually, which is paid through in helping veterans in your area and community. Send me an invitation or give a call membership dues. with the time, date and location. So far, I have had the honor of installing Post 1032’s officers and attending their Sound Off Staff parade. At the same time, I also had the pleasure of installing Post 51’s officers. For the Howie Pegelow, Editor remainder of July, my visits will be attending the Price County Welcome Home Picnic, Jane Pegelow, Co-Editor Post 1051’s picnic and the Pow­Wow in which Post 1998 is involved in. In August, I am Bob Dessort, Photographer looking forward to going to National Convention down in Memphis, Tennessee. I am asking that everyone please put in your programs each and every month so we Editorial Office can be at 100% reporting again this year. AMVETS Department of Wisconsin Mark Reiling 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive, Suite 306 I have received some ideas from some of our members on things that they would like Milwaukee, WI 53202 to see changed. Please keep ideas coming in and we will run them by my officers and see if we can make it work. 414-273-5288 or 414-273-5240 Fax: 414-273-1270 If you have the time, please attend one of the Commander’s hospital tours. The dates are set and will be posted E-mail: [email protected] in the Sound Off. The attendance has been down the last couple of times and we are hoping to make a better showing for our veterans. These tours are not just for the Commander, they are for all to attend. If it is not possible Department Officer Hours: for you to attend these, please stop in at one of the veterans’ homes and visit. Monday through Friday - 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. My Commander’s program this year will be a combined effort with our Auxiliary President Robin Sterletske. It is called At Ease – A Therapeutic Equine Assisted Self­confidence Experience. At Ease is located at the Freedom Stables in Deerfield, Wisconsin, 3989 Oak Park Road. If you’re in the area, stop in and see what they do. All donations to our project will be gratefully accepted. Editorial Criteria God Bless each and every one of you. Looking forward to an exciting year. “Keep smiling with Reiling”. The following are guidelines to aid you in pre­ Mark Reiling Department Commander paring your articles for publication. 1 Typewritten, double­spaced, on one side of standard white paper. Typewritten, double­ spaced, on one side of standard white paper; e­mail preferred. 1st Vice Commander Report 2. Normal rules of capitalization and punctua­ tion should be followed. I would like to thank all of you for your continued support and I will do my best to 3. Each photograph should identify the person(s) perform the duties of your Department’s 1st Vice Commander at the level expected by or group(s) in the photo and the activity in you and all my fellow officers. which they are involved. Please indicate the At the State Convention it was voted on and approved that the Department 1st Vice article the photo(s) accompany. Commander will now chair the New Post Committee. I understand that it will be more responsibility for me and future 1st Vice Commanders; however, I feel it is the perfect 4. Captions can be written on the back of photos choice of a person to chair the committee. My reasoning for that is I feel membership (please do not use felt­tipped pens as they retention and Post retention is, and should be, the responsibility of the New Post smear), on a separate piece of paper and Committee. The new 1st Vice just spent a year as your 2nd Vice looking at the Programs attach to their respective photo or at the bot­ Reports for every Post in the state and understands which Posts are struggling. tom of articles with the number of the caption As the 1st Vice Commander they will be looking at membership numbers for every corresponding to the number on the back of Post in the state and will know where to concentrate their efforts. We can start new the photo.
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