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Texas Marine” Is a Quarterly Newsletter Published by the Department of Texas Marine Corps League and Posted to the Internet at Website Robert “Bob” Way Department of TEXAS Commandant Marine Corps League Edition August 2017 The “Texas Marine” is a quarterly newsletter published by the Department of Texas Marine Corps League and posted to the Internet at website www.texasmcl.org Editor/Publisher - Bernie & Juanita O’Dell 515 Hall Street ~ Graham, TX 76450 ~ (940) 549-3944 ~ [email protected] Commandant Robert “Bob” Way Bob Way, Department of Texas Commandant [email protected] (915) 593-9370 (H) • (915) 227-8617 (C) Sr. Vice Commandant [email protected] Charles “Chuck” Bones [email protected] FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO Jr. Vice Commandant John Grafflin thank everyone for their support in electing me [email protected] as their Commandant for the Department of Texas. Judge Advocate We have an interesting and challenging year ahead of us. At Paula Land this year’s National Convention, the membership will be voting on [email protected] proposed new changes to the National Bylaws. If you have not taken the time to read them, then you should. They Adjutant/Paymaster are on the National and Department websites. This Polly Weidenkopf [email protected] is your Marine Corps League and you have a voice and responsibility in how it will be run. This does not Chaplain just apply at the National level; it applies at all levels Melody Bronson in the Marine Corps League. [email protected] You have been hearing for years that the League Sergeant-At-Arms was going to be doing everything online. Well it is here. Chris Borel Detachments have to get online and start [email protected] using computers. Everyone needs to have Jr. Past Commandant a working knowledge of what is Charles Ynman required of them as a Marine Corps [email protected] League member. Go to the Depart- Webmaster ment’s website - there is a lot of Felix Salmeron information there that will help [email protected] you. The Fall Staff Conference will be 19–21 Octo- Detachments to submit an Activity Report. Some ber 2017 at the Marriott South Houston, 9100 Gulf don’t and that’s ok; this is a voluntary organiza- Fwy., Houston. The Galveston Detachment #668 tion and this is a voluntary report. The Activity will be the hosting Detachment. Check the Depart- Report helps the Department of Texas recognize ment website for more information. your hard work. Remember you have to fill out a The conference is a training session and I high- 990 with the IRS and the Life Member Report ly recommend all helps get your Detachment income. Detachments send a representative to it. Awards… This way they can One of my jobs is awards, and every Detach- provide their Detach- ment or Member that excels should be recognized. ment membership with The Department level awards are to show the ap- the latest changes and updates. preciation and gratitude for your hard work. It’s Hope to see you all at the Fall not a contest… well, we are Marines. The Awards Conference. Committee can’t recognize what we don’t know about, so please submit the appropriate forms correctly filled out. The Awards Committee will consist of the Board of Trustees. I will consult with them MCL and respect their recommendations, but I am ultimately the one Charles “Chuck” Bones responsible. Department of Texas This year I am working on an Sr. Vice Commandant award for Detachments that provide (903) 721-1277 (C) the highest honor members can give… [email protected] Honors for our fallen Veterans. If your Detach- ment provides, in MCL uniform, any type of Hon- HELLO BROTHERS AND sisters... ors for a fallen Veteran, then your Detachment will qualify. Please send me a letter explaining I would like to thank you your involvement in Honors. Also, on your Activ- for your vote at the 2017 ity Report be sure to indicate Honor Guard in the State Convention and activity field. congratulations to the other elected Officers. The My mission is to protect the Detachment/ membership was involved Members. If it does not help the Detachment/ in discussions, debate and Members then why do it? I am proud to be a questioned suggested Marine Corps League Member and proud you bylaw changes. I have elected me as your Sr. Vice. believe that it is healthy for Marines to debate. The Activity Reports… Some Detachments have problems submitting them and some do not. Felix is working hard to try and streamline and simplify the report. Please re- member, if you submit an Activity Report I will John Grafflin reply with “received” Department of Texas within two business Jr. Vice Commandant days. If you do not (469) 474-6872 (C) hear from me after two days, please call or email [email protected] me asking what my problem is. Lol. I work for you, the Detachment, and if I can make your job easier, then that’s what I will do. I encourage all AS YOUR NEW JR. VICE Com- mandant, I thank each of you who were in Texas Marine Summer Edition - 2 - August 2017 attendance at the State Convention in I moved to Dallas in 1979 and have since Beaumont and I pledge my loyalty to earned a masters and you, the Red Hats. doctorate in Audiology. We had a great State Convention. I have raised two families And, for a Cajun food lover like (two children born in the 70s myself, the banquet was and two in the 90s) and, wonderful, the bread pudding leaving my profession in fabulous. For the cigar crowd, we 1998, homeschooled the even received free cigars from the younger two through high management. The weather was great, too. No severe school. I returned to my audiology storms, just a little rain. career in 2009 and am the founder and owner of We all know the problems faced in recruiting The Hearing and Tinnitus Center of Dallas-Fort and retention of members. It’s an endless task. Worth, working with people with hearing loss, tin- Chuck Bones, your previous Jr. Vice and now Sr. nitus and sound sensitivities. Vice, introduced or started work on some innova- In 2015 I saw a new patient who had made an tion programs to support this effort. With his sup- appointment with me because I am a Marine. He port, I will continue in his footsteps invited me to attend his Marine Corps League and work closely with your District Detachment meeting. I found family at that first Vices to strengthen our member- ship meeting. I found heroes once again. I don’t ever and shore up those Detachments that want to lose them again and I am thrilled to work are struggling. with them and for them in any capacity. Our Next stop: Overland Park, KS, Detachment has had a re-organization and is for the National Convention in rebuilding. I am thrilled to be a part of that. We’re August. Hope to see many of you doing it like only Marines can. I have been honored there. by them to be their Judge Advocate and am now honored by the Department of Texas to be its Judge Advocate. I am new to this position and working at the Department level, but promise to do all that I can to serve the Marine Corps League, the Department of Texas and the Capt. John Yancey Detachment. Thank you for your confidence in me. Paula Land During the second quarter of 2017, Department Department of Texas of Texas Convention was held in Beaumont, TX.: Judge Advocate • Bylaw changes to Section 120 #3 (elected (214) 616-2764 (C) office nominations regarding absent members), [email protected] Section 300 (2) (Cam Posey Memorial Scholarship distribution), and Administrative Procedure 300 (Recruiter of the Year) were passed. Bylaw change LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF to Section 130 (term limits for Department Com- to the Marine Corps League Department of Texas. mandant) failed to pass. I was born to a Marine hero, was raised in the • Paula Land was elected as Corps, and was commissioned at my college gradu- Judge Advocate, replacing ation by my father, Col. Richard D. Humphreys, Jim Gulley. All records and USMC (Ret). I became the second woman aviation correspondence have been supply officer in the Corps (1974 through 1976) transferred to Paula Land. and served at SOES, Quantico. After release from • A question has been raised active duty after the birth of my first child in 1976, I regarding the notification of served in the Marine Corps Reserve for four more these changes to the years until my discharge from the Reserves. Detachments as per Department Bylaws prior to the state convention. The JA and Department Commandant are research- ing this question. Texas Marine Summer Edition - 3 - August 2017 The Commandant and Adjutant should sign the roster. I must have the roster by Polly Weidenkopf Department of Texas Adjutant/Paymaster (972) 480-0309 (H) Please do not wait until the last minute to submit (214) 232-0976 (C) your roster to me. [email protected] AT ThE NATIONAL Convention a new database system will be presented to the membership, which will be used to process transmittals, get reports, Melody Bronson and submit Officer Department of Texas Chaplain Installation Reports. (469) 853-7681 (H) Predicated on the [email protected] membership’s approval, the new system should be released to the Detachments before the first of next year. GREETINGS MARINES! At the Department Convention, we touched Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! It briefly on the fact that changes was great seeing everyone at the State Convention.
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