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The American Legion Henry J. Sweeney Post 2 – 251 Maple Street – Manchester, NH 03103 - (603) 623-9145 For God and Country www.nhlegionpost2.org POST 2 FAMILY NEWSLETTER NO. 44 ISSUE: November 2010 COMMANDER'S MESSAGE arrangements with the Veterans' Cemetery in Boscawen. Greetings to the Legion family, If you are interested in being interred at the New MEMBERSHIP - MEMBERSHIP Hampshire Veterans' Cemetery in Boscawen you Guess what this article is about!!! We as a team are may apply by contacting them at their web site reaching out to the current Legion members to step www.nhsvc.com for a burial application. If you are up to the plate and help out. It is no secret that the also-in need of a copy of your.DD-214 you can success of any fraternal organization is only as apply by contacting the following website at good as its membership base. As our WW II www.archives.gov. members continue to reduce at a rapid rate we need everyone's help in replenishing our numbers. Anyone needing assistance is encouraged to With that said, we are offering to all our current contact me a 315-5829. members this deal. Bring in 5, new members and 2 In comradeship, re-instatement members by December, 31, 2010 Bill Roy PDC and your membership for 2011 will be FREE. Service Officer A new member ceremony will be held on TABLE OF CONTENTS Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 18:00. This will include the Auxiliary and SAL. A light lunch will Auxiliary Report …………………………………………. Page 2 be served. Website / Newsletter ……………………………………. Page 2 Chaplain’s Comments ………. ………………………….. Page 3 Respectfully Yours, Publishing Newsletter .. …………………………………. Page 3 My First Christmas …. …………………………………… Page 3 Bill Whitmore - Commander Member Profile………………….……………………….. Page 3 Dave Jobin – Sr. Vice Commander Annual Scholarship Award …….. ……………………….. Page 4 Greg Hunt – Jr. Vice Commander Entertainment Committee Report ….……………………. Page 5 Post 2 Needs Your Help ……………..……………….….. Page 5 Old Fogies ………………….……………………………. Page 5 SERVICE OFFICERS REPORT Support NH Troops ……………………………………….. Page 6 We have had several deaths and every effort has National Guard Band ……………………………………… Page 6 been made to keep the membership posted on our Baseball Committee ………………………………………. Page 6 Karaoke ……………………………………………..…… Page 7 announcement board. Unfortunately one of those Sweeney Webpage …………………..…………………… Page 7 deaths that had to be reported was my father and he Turkey Shoot ……………………………………………. Page 7 is deeply missed along with my mother, who Film Review – Battle of the Bulge .…………………….. Page 8 passed away fifty-seven days before him, but on Burn Pit – PTSD ………………………………………… Page 9 the other hand I had my parents for sixty-one years Quiz ………………………………………………………. Page 9 and for that I am eternally grateful. Burn Pit – Military Benefits ……………………………… Page 9 Member Updates ………………………………………….. Page 10 We have sent out fruit baskets and cards to our Membership ……………………………………………… Page 10 members who are and were hospitalized. We make Thank you for your Service ……………………………… Page 11 every effort to keep the members aware of our Ask for your Discounts …………………………………… Page 11 members in distress and those who have transferred to the "Eternal Post", but we need your Membership is important for the continued success help in keeping us informed. of the post. Four members have been assisted with obtaining Please pay your dues today their DD-214's and three with burial “You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich. ” Isabel Allende (1942 –) Chilean-American novelist WWW.NHLEGIONP2.ORG POST 2 FAMILY NEWSLETTER NO. 44 ISSUE: November 2010 AUXILIARY UPDATES December 17th from 6:00 PM gift wrapping, bring Scotch tape and scissors. Let the Auxiliary construction of their trophy case commence! Thanks to the reports of several chairman the Auxiliary returned from the convention with several trophies. Your hard work and services were included in these reports. Thank you all. Special thanks to Eileen Byrne who received the Veterans trophy, Pat Bryan the public relations trophy, Marilyn Cashin for the community services trophy and Ann Trembly for the veteran’s volunteer trophy. They exemplify the Auxiliary motto ―Service not Self‖. Thanks for a great job. A new year begins and our programs start anew. Membership chairman Elaine Smith has been working continuously and hopes to achieve 100% renewals this year. Dues remain at $15 and $4 for juniors (birth to 18 years old.) Pay now and enjoy December 18th from 1:00 – 4:00 PM Children’s the ―Early Bird‖ dinner served Saturday October Christmas Party. 23rd. With your continued support we will have another Sue Bessette and the kitchen crew are serving successful year. Thanks again yours in service breakfasts the second Sunday of each month from Jan Michon ―Work is love made visible – Kahlil Gibran 7:30 – 11:00 AM. Sunday November 14 and Auxiliary President December 12th. This is becoming one of the best breakfasts in town based on the turnout. A good deal – enjoy a delicious breakfast, visit with friends, and contribute to the annual children’s Christmas party all at the same time. Enjoy the Sweeney Post has a new website! great service too. www.nhlegionpost2.org - We need your email address. Why? - Savings for the post on printing and mailing - The online newsletter will be in color - The online newsletter will have additional content - You will receive the online newsletter 10 days before the mailed version - Send your email address right now to We have a Thanksgiving basket for the veterans at [email protected] or logon to the Liberty House in progress and we will be the website and go to the contact deciding on the restaurant for the Auxiliary section and enter your information. Christmas dinner. All members are welcome to - Thank you for aiding the post to save attend. newsletter production cost. Our next Auxiliary meeting will be Tuesday November 16th at 7:00 PM. There will be a sign-up posted for the children’s names (ages up to 8) who will attend the Christmas party. ― My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something... ‖ Francis Ford Coppola (1939 – ) American film director, writer, and entrepreneur 2 WWW.NHLEGIONP2.ORG POST 2 FAMILY NEWSLETTER NO. 44 ISSUE: November 2010 For it's beyond description, to hear the angels sing. I know how much you miss me. I see pain inside your heart. But am not so for away We really aren't apart. So be happy for me dear ones. You know I hold you dear. And be glad I'm spending Christmas CHAPLAIN’S COMMENTS: with Jesus Christ this year. I send you each a special gift A couple of years ago during the Christmas Season from my heavenly home above the Forever Young Chorus was performing at a I send you each a memory retirement home with a variety of appropriate of my undying love. songs of the Holiday period. An elderly gentleman approached me and asked if I would read something and that it would mean a lot to him and perhaps to a few others in attendance as well. I agreed and proceeded to do so without first reading over his request. Less than half way through I realized that it was turning out to be difficult to say the least, but I somehow managed to get through it and as I looked around the room there were few, if any dry eyes to be found. He then came up and thanked me and walked slowly away. As our group was leaving the premises, an After all; love is a gift employee informed me that the gentleman had just more precious than pure gold. recently lost his wife of over 60 years. This poem it was always most important has become part of our Christmas shows ever since in the stories Jesus told. and even if you have heard it before I want to Please love, and keep each other again share it with you. as my Father said to do. For I can't count the blessings Merry Christmas Everyone! or love He has for you Alan Heidenreich So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear MY FIRST CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN Remember, I am spending Christmas I see the countless Christmas Trees with Jesus Christ this year. around the world below. Please let your hearts be joyful, With tiny lights, like Heaven's stars and let your spirits sing. reflecting on the snow. For I'm spending Christmas in Heaven, The sight is so spectacular, And I'm walking with the king- please wipe away that tear. For I am spending Christmas MEMBER PROFILE with Jesus Christ this year. I hear the many Christmas songs Sweeney Post 2 Judge Advocate David L Nixon that people hold so dear. has served our organization in a number of But the sounds of music can't compare capacities over the years, including post with the Christmas choir up here. commander and executive board. He certainly I have no words to tell you makes us all proud of our association as fellow the joy their voices bring post members. But did you know that David was ―Life is a challenge, meet it.‖ - Mother Teresa (1910–1997) - Albanian missionary - Nobel Peace Prize winner 3 WWW.NHLEGIONP2.ORG POST 2 FAMILY NEWSLETTER NO. 44 ISSUE: November 2010 Applicants must be a bonafide resident of the State of New Hampshire. Applications may be obtained at any local high school or at Henry J. Sweeney Post, 251 Maple Street, Manchester New Hampshire anytime after January 1, 2011. If you have any questions feel free to contact Joe Dutile, Scholarship Chairman at 603-622-2285. recently honored by induction into the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual The Henry J.