MEETING 15, MAY 2025; With a quoram present Commander McCauley opened the meeting.The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. SICK CALL; Nothing to report. POST SERVICE OFFICERS REPORT; Nothing to report. NEW BUSINESS & CORRESPONDANCE; With the loss of James Bell , John McCrae has been appointed Jr. Vice Commander until the upcoming election. It was suggested that the Adjutant purchace 2 rolls of 'forever' stamps before the price gos up, and pproved. Flags will be assembled on Tuesday 20, May at 6 pm so the city can pick them up on Wednesday.Still no word on flags on the South side? Commander McCauley will pick up materials to do the cleanup from Penn Dot. POST EVERLASTING; James Bell has gone to post everlasting to be with the great commander of us all.The post service was heald and the charter will be draped in his honor for the next 30 days.A Post Everlasting service will be held on Sunday 18, May at the Morrison Funeral Home in Oil City at 4 pm. OLD BUSINESS; Flags will be placed at Cavaly cemetary this Monday 19, May at 6 pm at the cemetery. FOR THE GOOD OF THE LEGION; Nothing to report. Commander McCauley closed the meeting the 50/50 was won by Bill Morris[kitchen] and the the $113.00 pot would have been won by Oron Merdock if he had attended.
MEETING 1, MAY 2025; With a quram present Commander McCauley opened the meeting.The minutes of ther last meeting were read and approved with one correction. Flags will be placed on 19, May 2025 as Memorial Day is early this year. Financial Report was given and approved. SICK CALL; No news regarding Jim Bell, your adjutant was in the hospital with viral pneumonie and is back with limited duties [could not miss a meeting]. POST SERVICE OFFICERS REPORT; Nothing to report.; NEWE BUSINESS AND CORRESPONDANCE; A request was made from Pheasents forever for a donation be given for the upcoming Veterans hunt that they have each year. A $100.00 donation was requested, seconded and approved. Commander McCauley advised us that the highway clean up progam has assigned our post the area from Petrolim street along the river side for about one mile. Since the post only received $1.00 from dues payment to the post and with costs increasing each year. A check box will be on this years ballot to raise the dues to $45.00. FOR THE GOOD OF THE LEGION; Nothing to report. The Commander closed the meeting. The 50/50 was won by Jim Maier and the 'pot' would have been won by Larry Deal Jr. if he had attended the meeting. The pot is up to $102.00.
MEETING 3, APRIL 2025; With a quoram present Commander McCauley opened the meeting. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The financial report was given and approved. SICK CALL; Jim Bell is in the hospital and had to have a toe removed. George Silvis had to miss the meeting due to illness in the family & Todd Shott had cataracts removed.. POST SERVICE OFFICERS REPORT; Nothing to report. CORRESPONDANCE; Aletter was received that at a Pirates game sponcered by the American Legion cost $52.00 per person, entry to the game, all the hot dogs, popcorn & pop you can drink. For more info please contact the post. The yearly insurance bill was received and paid in full. NEW BUSINESS; Commander McCauley suggested that the post sponser a 'clean up' road through Penn Dot. Motion approved. More info to follow. Contact has been made with the city, south side business ass. & Penelec regarding to putting flags up on the south side poles. This is something we have been trying to get done since 9/11. Poppy days were discussed and we need help now more than ever to to meet our goals for our Veterans, youth & community projects. The dates this year are, Memorial Day May 23rd & 24th, Veterans Day Nov. 7th & 8th. GOOD OF THE LEGION; Flags will be placed at Cavelry Cemetery may 24th, the Monday before Memorial Day at 6 pm. The Commander closed the meeting. The 50/50 was won by our newest member & Rev. Boor would have won the pot if he had attended, the pot is up to $90.00 with donations. Remember, if your name is drawn you have to be at the meeting.
The second meeting in March was canceled due to members being absent. Both the Commander & I were not present.
MEETING 6, MARCH 2025;With a quoram present Commander McCauley opened the meeting with the Essay Contest winners and guests present.The Middle School & High School winners read their essays.The meeting was paused and refrishments were enjoyed by the guests and members present. The meeting was called back to order by the Commander. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.SICK CALL; Jim Bell was able to attend the meeting and John McCrea advised us that Lou Betterman would love to hear from the members. NOTE: Phone number & email addresses are not posted on line. If, you would like to call Lou, email me & I'll give you his numbeer. POST EVERLASDTING; Nothing to report. POST SERVICE OFFICER; It has been noted that a large number of VA employees were discharged to bring the employment level back to 2019? None localy to date.NEW BUSINESS; Nothing to report. GOOD OF THE LEGION; Nothing to report. The meeting was closed by Commander McCauley & John McCrea won the 50/50. Dave Goodman would have won the "pot" if he had attended the meeting. Please note, once again the post has changed from $.25 per meeting to #1.00 per meeting.Total 45.75. Attend the meeting, it will get bigger each meeting you attend.
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On a quick note, those members who have not paid their dues please send them in or come to the next meeting. Due to space limitations I will only have the past month and the current months newsletter posted.
TO OUR COMRADES THAT USE THE VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; We have been advised that the Erie VA will be closing the "intensive care unit" on 17, September. Also, the Emergency room will be closed and be an "Urgnt Care Center" and will only be open 0800 hrs. [8 am] to 2000 hrs. [8 pm]. Emergency Room treatment will be handled by your local hospitals. In an EMERGENCY call 911! Advise the EMT that YOU are a VA patient and to bill the VA. Tell the hospital ER admitting staff the same thing! Please let your next of kin know this information. It is important that they are informed to keep you from getting billed for the ambulance and hospital.
For those Comrades that are out of town and live in the area, keep coming back to the newsletter and web page for up to date "scuttlebutt" on whats happening. To those that live in the area, come to the meetings! Our first meeting of each month on the first Thursday, is a light dinner meeting for our members and their prospective member guests. Dinner is at 1800 HRS with the meeting to follow at 1900 HRS. Our second meeting is on the third Thursday at 1900 HRS.
The Flag program is a great sucess due to the generosity of our Comrades, Friends,Neighbors and the local Businesses.The list of donors is now on line. New Flags were installed on the bridges and downtown areas with more to follow each year. The Flag Program is an ongoing program so, keep the donations coming.