Ten-Hut
September 2011
Coming Events
9-06
9-09
9-09
9-13
9-13
9-20
9-27
Board of Dir.
Buddy Fish Fry
Getaway
Post Meeting
Burger night
Auxiliary Meeting
Burger night
Commander’s Corner
Greetings,
Many of you may have
noticed some activity around
the
post
building.
Hollis Donehower and a
volunteer crew
have
undertaken the project of
tuck pointing the outside
walls of the building and
painting them. Significant
progress has been made and
the building should be ready
for paint at the end of
August.
Other
projects
approved by the post and
hopefully
completed
by
October are repair of the
roof and installation of a new
rear entry door.
Congratulations to the
VFW Buddies
for
their
outstanding tournament
play. They epitomized team
play in their quest for a state
title. They came up just
short, but represented the
community
and
Winona
youth baseball extremely
well. A fund raiser to offset
expenses incurred while at
the state tournament is
scheduled for September
1930
4:30-7pm
8-12pm
1930
5-8pm
7pm
5-8pm
4th Friday
Fish Fry
9th. One of our outstanding
fish fries will be the fund
raiser. Many of the volunteer
fish fry crew will be assisted
by parents of the players.
The cost will be the same
as our regular monthly fish
fry. Tickets are available
from players and parents.
Walk ins will be welcome so
our regular customers are
encouraged to take in the
extra fry. Our regularly
scheduled fish fry will be held
in September as usual.
I attended the District
meeting in Owatonna a
couple of Saturdays ago,
August 5th in fact. As a post
we are doing reasonably well
where our responsibilities are
concerned. (On that note,
please check your membership cards to make sure
your dues are current and
paid up.) The next district
meeting is October 1st in
Rochester.
In closing we are nearing
the fall season. Several
significant
projects
are
coming up so keep in mind
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Chaplain’s
Corner
So far this month, nobody has
left our ranks for heaven. Weʼre
very thankful for that.
Sick Call
for sick call visits, call
Service Officer Al Stampka
at 459.3785
Alʼs visits this month:
Lake View Home
Charles Krause - Army
(Europe 3 yrs);
Robert Brown - Air Force (22
yrs, Maj);
Ed Lang - Army (S. Pac.&
Japan);
Allen Brugger - Army
(Bronze Star rec.);
Walter Hinds - Air Force
(B24 Europe, POW
some volunteer help may be
needed. Anyone willing to
assist
will
be
greatly
appreciated. Also keep in
mind the Veterans Vigil on
11/11/11. Be sure to sign
up for a watch when the time
comes.
Regards,
Jim Lukaszewski,
Commander
Remember … if you want your Ten-Hut sent
by e-mail, you must send your address to
Mel Bailey at [email protected] .
Auxiliary News
The Ladies Auxiliary met on
August 16 with 17 members
present. A special welcome
to Mary Anne Olson who is a
recent transfer from Preston.
The ladies decided to
appointed a committee of
Linda Reed and Ann
Schwanke to be the liason
with the other club
organizations concerning
repairs and additions to the
Post building. Dollars were
set aside for this purpose.
Pins, books, and hats are
available to all new
members.
Cakes for the August fish fry
will be donated by Betty,
Jean, Jane, Lou, and Dorrie.
The VFW Buddies went to
t h e S t a t e To u r n a m e n t
recently.
They will be
sponsoring a special fish fry
on September 9th.
The
ladies signed up to bake for
this event and donate sales
to the buddies.
If anyone knows of a
military family that would be
interested in attending and
starting a support group of
“Beyond the Yellow Ribbon,”
please contact Ann
Schwanke.
Ladies, itʼs time to pay
our $20.00 dues.
Next meeting will be
September 20 at 7pm.
Inspection will take place at 6
pm.
Jean Bellman
Secretary
The website has moved to it's
permanent location on the Internet.
www.vfwpost1287.org
England Trivia
England is old and small
and the local folks started
running out of places to
bury people. So, they
would dig up coffins and
would take the bones to a
bone-house and reuse the
grave.
When reopening these
coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins
were found to have
scratch marks on the
inside and they realized
they had been burying
people alive.
So they would tie a string
on the wrist of the corpse,
thread it through the coffin
and up through the ground
and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to
sit out in the graveyard all
night, (the graveyard shift)
to listen for the bell; thus,
someone could be,
''Saved by the Bell '' or
was considered a ''Dead
Ringer'' And that's the
truth.
Now, whoever said
History was boring ! ! !
So get out there and
educate someone!
More English Trivia
Sometimes they could
obtain pork, which made
them feel quite special.
When visitors came over,
they would hang up their
bacon, to show off. It was
a sign of wealth that a
man could, "Bring home
the Bacon." They would
cut off a little, to share with
guests and would all sit
around talking and ''Chew
the fat''.
The results of the July
drawing
at the Club are in: Mike and
Maggie Stalka were the
winners of the cash prizes
($50 - Mike, $20 - Mike, $10 Maggie) Ruthie Cordes won
the bar tab, and an
unidentified guest won the
other bar tab.
Gun Raffle Prizes
1st - Remington 1187 auto
2nd - 12 Gauge Auto
3rd - Thompson/Center Black
Powder
4th - $25 bar tab
5th - $25 bar tab
6th - $25 bar tab
7th - $25 bar tab
Drawing will be October 2.
Buy tickets at the bar.
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Know where your
sayings come
from . . .
Juvenile
For those of you Court to Try
who still enjoy using Shooting
the far reaches of the Defendant
brain.
See if that works any
Honor Guard
1. Johnny's mother had three
children. The first child was
named April. The second
child was named May. What
was the third Child's' name?
..... Johnny, of course
2. There is a clerk at the
butcher shop, he is five feet
Ten inches tall and he wears
size 13 sneakers. What
does he weigh?.........
Meat
better than a fair trial!
You do not need a
parachute to skydive. . . . . You only
need a parachute to
skydive twice.
More Brain Teasers
3. Before Mt. Everest was
discovered, what was the
highest mountain in the
world?.......
Mt. Everest, it just wasnʼt
discovered
4. How much dirt is there in a
hole that measures two feet
by three feet by four feet?.....
None, itʼs a hole
5. What word in the English
Language is always spelled
incorrectly?.........
Incorrectly, of course
6. B i l l y w a s b o r n o n
December 28th, yet his
birthday is always in the
s u m m e r. H o w i s t h i s
possible?......
Billy lives in the southern
hemisphere
Special fish fry
to pay expenses for the Buddies trip to the state baseball
tourney.
September 9th at the regular time. Tickets are available from
Buddies players.
Please help congratulate the Buddies for a very successful
season, one of the best we’ve witnessed in recent years.
They’re a very special group of young men.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US
Neville-Lien Post 1287
208 East Third Street
Winona, Minnesota 55987
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID PERMIT
NO.118
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
Post meeting room available free to non-profit groups for use in approved non-profit activities.
Know your Club
Remember: Post meeting
room available free to nonprofit groups for use in
approved non-profit activities.
Remember: The Club is here
to serve your needs, even when
another activity is in progress
in the Post meeting room.
Know
the
Bartender
Lindsy
Tracy
Michelle
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Katy
Sean
Meet
Sean
he’s
new