NEW HARTFORD POST 1376 THE AMERICAN LEGION The AH1 Cobra Gunship The Snake 8616 Clinton St. New Hartford, NY 13413-3400 (315) 736-7041 FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER 2018 DATES 6th-Auxiliary Meeting-6:30 PM 7th-Executive Board Meeting-6:30 PM 7th SAL Meeting-7:00 PM 13th-Tuesday Night Dinner Serving 4:00 7:30 PM 14th-Valentines Day 17th-Oneida County Auxiliary Meeting @ New Hartford Post 1376-11:30 AM 18th-Sunday Morning Breakfast-8:00 AM-12:00 PM 19th-Oneida County Legion Meeting @ Utica Post 229-7:00 PM 21st-Post Membership Meeting-7:00 PM 22nd-Post Color Guard Meeting-6:00 PM THE FRIENDLY POST Lunches Served Daily Monday-Friday 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Hours of Operation: Monday-Saturday 11:00 AM-12:00 AM Sunday 12:00 PM-12:00 AM Friday Night Fish Fry Served Weekly 4:00 PM-7:30 PM ******* PROUDLY SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS *******
COMMANDER S MESSAGE As always things slow down after the first of the new year. We did attend the Mid-Winter Conference in Albany on January 19-21 and will report back to the membership this month. As we enter the month of February we have been busy with the plans for our new LED sign we plan to dedicate on Memorial Day. Our current sign out front of the Post is in very bad shape and in dire need of replacement. With the technology that is available today, LED is the best choice, but that comes at a cost. As reported later in this newsletter we need a lot of help to defray some of the total cost that is needed to complete the installation of the sign. If you haven t made a donation as yet please consider helping your Post. Details of all the advantages of our new sign are listed in the appeal flyer in this newsletter. We are accepting any donations until Memorial Day. We thank you for your consideration in this matter. The Sunday Breakfast continues to be going well and our next breakfast is scheduled for February 18th. With April around the corner, now is the time to think of elections and any office that you may want to seek. Letters of intent to run for office will be accepted until the April 18th membership meeting. You can be nominated from the floor at this meeting but you must be present to accept the nomination. Any Legion member in good standing may run for office. For the Good of the Legion, Rand Kennedy, Post Commander AUXILIARY NEWS The next meeting of the Auxiliary will be on Tuesday, February 6th starting at 6:30 PM. We would love to have some new faces attend our meetings and bring new ideas for our fundraisers to help us support our veterans. We are also looking for projects for our youths and community. Please come and share your ideas at our meeting. Remember the 2018 membership cards are in and you can pay your dues anytime. Dues remain the same this year at $25.00. They can be sent to Janice Hurley at 1904 Redfield Ave, Utica, NY 13502 or dropped off at the Post in the Auxiliary mail box located in the Lounge. Any questions call Janice @ 315-735-2366. Talk with friends and relatives and encourage them join our membership. In December we adopted a veteran and his 2 children. They were extremely grateful for all that we did to make their Christmas memorable. The Oneida County Auxiliary Meeting will be Saturday, February 17 from 11:30 AM-3:00 PM. We need volunteers to help with the meeting to make it a success. We encourage our members to attend. If you would like to attend and volunteer please call Monica Lawendrowski at 315-723-0504. Ladies please let us know if any Auxiliary members are sick or in nursing homes. Please contact Mary Rogalski @ 315-797-9250 with any information. The New Hartford Auxiliary Unit 1376 would like to welcome the following new members to our Unit. Please Welcome: ELLEN VALERIANO and WENDY O TOOLE. Please pray for our service men and women and continue to support our veterans. Joanne Fountain, President SAL NEWS The next meeting of the Son s of Post 1376 will be held on Wednesday, February 7th starting at 7:00 PM. If you have not renewed your membership in the Sons, please get your dues in as soon as possible. The 2018 cards have been in for some time now. If you are not sure you have paid your dues, just check your membership card, if it says 2018 on it you are paid. if not, your dues are due. Thank You. Dues are now $25.00 and can be mailed to: Bob Byrd, 4 Foxcroft Rd., New Hartford, NY 13413 or put them in the SAL mailbox at the Post. Checks for dues can be made payable to SAL Post 1376. PLEASE NOTE; If you pay by cash, ask for a re-
ceipt and make sure your name is on the envelope. Also, if your address has changed please let me know so we can be sure you will receive your newsletter. We thank all our members for their support of our Post, State and our Veterans. Robert Byrd, Adjutant The New Hartford American Legion will host our Sunday Morning Breakfast on February 18th from 8 AM to 12 PM at the Post. The menu will be: Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage Hash, Sausage Gravy, Home Fries Pancakes, French Toast Toast, Coffee, Tea, Orange Juice Fruit Cocktail Donation: Adults: $10.00 Children 5-12: $5.00 Children under 5-Free Congratulations to Megan Casey, daughter of Post member, Kevin Casey and his wife, Mary Ann. Megan was selected as the winner of the SAL Scholarship. ***FEBRUARY S*** **TUESDAY NIGHT DINNER** CHICKEN & BISCUITS Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Serving from 4:00 7:30 pm Donation $11.00 Inside Dining & Take Out Available Call (315) 736-7041 or Visit us @ www.newhartfordamericanlegionpost 1376.com NEW BY-LAW REVISIONS We have just received a letter of approval of our By-Law revisions that were submitted to American Legion, Department of New York. These By-Law Revisions were voted on and approved by a twothirds vote of the members present at our September 20, 2017 Membership Meeting in which a quorum was present. These approved By-Law Revisions take effect as of January 11, 2018 the date of the letter of approval. Any member of New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 may request a copy by showing an up-todate membership card. Contact any member of the Executive Board to request a copy. New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 Executive Board USS FRANKLIN CV 13 THIS DATE IN MILITARY HISTORY On March 19, 1945, 724 people were killed when a Japanese dive bomber attacked the carrier USS Franklin off Japan; the ship however, was saved. The stabbing sound the knife makes in Psycho is in fact the sound of a knife stabbing a melon.
The worst-tempered people I ve met were people who knew they were wrong. WILSON MIZNER American playwright (1876-1933) As usual things slow down after the 1st of the new year. We had no events or services to attend in the month of January. At this time we have taken part in 57 Functions with 460 hours of service. As always we are very proud of this. As always we would welcome any new members who may be interested in joining our Color Guard. Membership is open to any member in good standing in the Legion, Auxiliary or the Sons. If interested in joining please see any member of our Guard. All of our events are under the direction of Capt. Nelson Pohoreskey, Rd. Cdr. Larry Winfield, Lt. Duane Clark. Donald Wisnoski, Historian LEGION RIDERS REPORT The next meeting of the Riders will be held in the Spring. Riders / Supporters: the 2018 membership dues are now due; please make your check out to the American Legion Riders Post #1376 or drop off dues in an envelope in our mailbox with your name on it and address it to Tom Liesch. Your 2018 ALR ID cards and receipt will be returned. Please visit our face-book site New Hartford American Legion Riders... or browse the website: www.americanlegionriders.net, or National at www.legion.org/riders. Ride to Live - Live to Ride! For the Good of the Legion, Tim Converse, President COLOR GUARD REPORT The next meeting of the Color Guard will be held on Thursday, February 15th starting at 6:00 PM. If there are any changes you will be notified by Janice Hurley. POST LOTTERY REPORT DECEMBER 2017 LOTTERY NUMBERS DATE/NUMBER 1/558 2/237 3/444 4/322 5/064 6/797 7/129 8/497 9/816 10/443 11/938 12/159 13/727 14/040 15/523 16/444 17/885 18/231 19/216 20/978 21/165 22/179 23/475 24/866 25-Post Closed 26/754 27/858 28/576 29/028 30/286 31/630 Disclaimer: Every effort is made to accurately report these numbers. The official numbers are those recorded on the Post Lottery Payment Log Book by the Fund Raiser Chairman. The Post will not be responsible for typos in the newsletter. Lottery News: The 2017 Lottery is over, and the post earned a bit over $3600 for our baseball and children and youth programs. We sold 554 tickets in 2017 and paid out 229 winners totaling $5850. 2018 tickets are still available at the bar and will play from when they are received. To date, 2018 ticket sales are behind last year, so if you have not gotten your ticket in, please do so ASAP. Every little bit helps. Thank you. Terry Johnson PC, Lottery Chairman
NEW HARTFORD AMERICAN LEGION NEW LED SIGN APPEAL FUND UPDATE MONTHLY HUMOR $32,000 $15,300 Your sweetie says, 'Let's go upstairs and make love,' and you answer, 'Pick one; I can't do both!' Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot. A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door, 'OLD' I S WHEN... Going braless pulls all the wrinkles out of your face. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along. You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police 'Getting a little action' means you don't need to take any fiber today. 'Getting lucky' means you find your car in the parking lot. An 'all-nighter' means not getting up to use the bathroom. AND You are not sure these are jokes? Our Appeal Fund Drive for our new LED Sign that will be erected in front of our Post is still on going. So far we have raised $15,300 or 47% of our goal of $32,000. Of the $15,300 we have raised to date, $12,600 is what the Post has put in to start the construction on the sign. We really need your help with this fund drive. If you have not committed to a donation, please reconsider and help us meet our goal. We plan on dedicating our new sign on Memorial Day 2018. Anyone making a donation of $50.00 or more will receive a beautiful 3 x 5 ft. American Flag compliments of our friends at Adirondack Bank. We will continue to receive donations until Memorial Day. Any amount you can spare will be greatly appreciated. For those who have made a donation we THANK YOU!! Checks can be made payable to New Hartford American Legion Post 1376. Please mail or drop off your donation to New Hartford American Legion, 8616 Clinton St. New Hartford, NY 13413. Any questions please contact TERRY TESAK @ (315) 794-7211. There are many benefits that go with the purchase of the new sign for our Post and the community that we serve. Please read the flyer on the next page for details. New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 Executive Board
Legionnaires, Sons of the Legion, Ladies Auxiliary and Legion Riders, if you would like to have a photo or news release published in the Utica OD or the New Hartford Town Crier, please contact Bob Rothdiener @ (315) 768-1315. Bob is the appointed Director of Public Relations for the New Hartford American Legion and will assist you in every way he can to have your articles published. Bob Rothdiener, Post PR Chairman QUEEN OF HEARTS UPDATE The Search for the Queen continues. The drawing for the Queen is held every Wednesday at 8:15 PM. As of January 18th the pot for Queen is now at $14,514 with 16 cards left. You can purchase tickets any day at the Bar and at the SAL table Wednesdays in the Lounge. All Post 1376 members and bona fide guests over the age of 18 may play The Queen of Hearts. One ticket will be drawn each week; except the first and twenty-sixth week, when three will be drawn, until the Queen of Hearts is found. Tickets will be a series of two part-sequentially numbered raffle tickets. TICKETS WILL COST $1.00 EACH, and you may purchase as many tickets as you want. Each player shall write their name and phone number and card number you would like selected on the Posts part of the ticket, which shall be deposited into the raffle box. The purchasing player shall retain the other portion of the ticket as a receipt for verification purposes. If you are not present at the drawing the card you selected will be drawn for you and if you did not select a card a random one will be drawn for you by the person in charge. The player holding the winning ticket stub shall be declared the winner of the drawing and shall be entitled to Search for the Queen of Hearts. Each winner shall select one of the facedown playing cards, which shall be turned over by the member in charge. If the card turned over is the Queen of Hearts, the player shall be declared the winner and receive 60% of the pot. If the holder of the winning ticket selecting a card that is not the Queen of Hearts, the card shall be defaced and be returned to the game board face up. Bill Brucato, Manager MEMBERSHIP REPORT Our next membership meetings will take place on Wednesday, February 21st starting at 7:00 PM. Please plan on attending our meeting and voice any concerns that you may have. As always, there will be refreshments served after the meeting. We currently have 641 members paid so far, which includes 20 new members. This gives us 83% of our quota of 810. NOTICE PLEASE READ!! "If you pay your Legion membership online, you will have to send the Post membership person proof that you paid your dues. There is a receipt at the bottom of your online confirmation to send to the Post. I cannot send your membership card until I receive this confirmation. Please send this in as soon as possible." This is a reminder that the new 2018 Membership Cards have been in for sometime now. Also please be reminded that our dues will remain at $40.00. Please note that if you receive a renewal notice from National and you have paid your 2018 dues, just disregard the notice and throw it away. If you are not sure you have paid your dues, just check your membership card, if it says 2018 on it, you are paid. Thank You. New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 would like to welcome the following new members to our Post. Please welcome: James Cahill, Jon K. Pardee, Donald Bailey and Kevin R. Thompson. As always we truly appreciate your continued support of our Post and we look forward to your continued support in the future. Janet Keesler & Dick Fountain Post Membership Chairpersons
NEW HARTFORD AMERICAN LEGION POST 1376 Rand Kennedy, Legion Commander Joanne Fountain, Auxiliary President Don Wisnowski, SAL Commander Tim Converse, Riders President TAPS New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 regrets to report that the following members have left us: WILLIAM D. RUHM ROGER J. KIEFER GRANT THEM ETERNAL REST O LORD