Volume 2019, Issue 3 Disney-Bell Family News The American Legion — Disney-Bell Post 66 — Bowie, MD G'day all. This will be my last newsletter of this Legion year. The year has gone fast and slow at the same time. This is the end of my Commandership of Post 66 and the end of my Maryland American Legion career. By October my family and I will be in Florida with the other retirees. I will miss my Legion family of 34 years here at Post 66 but life moves on for all of us. I want to thank you all for the support you’ve given me over this past year and I hope you will give my successor Warren Bradley the same. Okay enough of the tear jerky stuff and on to business. July is a busy month for the Post. We have the Independence Day Picnic on the July 4th. The picnic is from 2 to 5pm. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs and beer supplied by the Post. We will also have a D.J. for music. The Auxiliary will also be doing some food as well. We ask everyone to bring a side or desert to share. We will be having the Jackson Dean concert on Saturday July 13th. Please see the ad in this newsletter for more information. Tickets bought before the concert are $25 at the bar or $30 at the gate. July 15 to 19 is the Department of Maryland and Auxiliary Conventions in Ocean City. Consult the Post Calendar for Legion events at convention. Post Family Installation will be July 24 on the normal meeting night. Installation Social Hour will begin at 6pm and Installation and Dinner will begin at 7pm. The new Legion County Commander William Speight will be installing the Legion Officers. The S.A.L. and Auxiliary will each have their own installing officers. Sign up at the bar by July 22 to attend. Come out and support your new 2019 - 2020 Officers and enjoy a good meal as well. Please remember Brian Frye, our Post adjutant, just had neck surgery. He should be home recuperating by the time you read this. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery. Don’t forget the Post dinner nights and come out and support our Legion Family events. Dinners will be starting up again in September. Always remember to check the Post calendar! Once again I welcome our new Post Commander elect Warren Bradley. He will be taking the reins over on July 24 after installation. Give him support in getting his new administration off to a great start. As I complete my final Newsletter I want to thank you all again for a getting us though this past year and topping out to what has become a great year with meeting our 100% membership goal. Hope we get it off to a great start for the new Legion year. Please pay your dues when you get the renewal notice in the mail. I hope you all have a great summer. So long and farewell my friends, For Community, State and Nation, Commander Brian Goldman Commander’s Corner July-August 2019
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Volume 2019, Issue 3
Disney-Bell Family News
The American Legion — Disney-Bel l Post 66 — Bowie , MD
G'day all. This will be my last newsletter of this Legion year. The year has gone fast and slow at the same time. This is the end of my Commandership of Post 66 and the end of my Maryland American Legion career. By October my family and I will be in Florida with the other retirees. I will miss my Legion family of 34 years here at Post 66 but life moves on for all of us. I want to thank you all for the support you’ve given me over this past year and I hope you will give my successor Warren Bradley the same. Okay enough of the tear jerky stuff and on to business. July is a busy month for the Post. We have the Independence Day Picnic on the July 4th. The picnic is from 2 to 5pm. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs and beer supplied by the Post. We will also have a D.J. for music. The Auxiliary will also be doing some food as well. We ask everyone to bring a side or desert to share. We will be having the Jackson Dean concert on Saturday July 13th. Please see the ad in this newsletter for more information. Tickets bought before the concert are $25 at the bar or $30 at the gate. July 15 to 19 is the Department of Maryland and Auxiliary Conventions in Ocean City. Consult the Post Calendar for Legion events at convention. Post Family Installation will be July 24 on the normal meeting night. Installation Social Hour will begin at 6pm and Installation and Dinner will begin at 7pm. The new Legion County Commander William Speight will be installing the Legion Officers. The S.A.L. and Auxiliary will each have their own installing officers. Sign up at the bar by July 22 to attend. Come out and support your new 2019 - 2020 Officers and enjoy a good meal as well. Please remember Brian Frye, our Post adjutant, just had neck surgery. He should be home recuperating by the time you read this. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery. Don’t forget the Post dinner nights and come out and support our Legion Family events. Dinners will be starting up again in September. Always remember to check the Post calendar! Once again I welcome our new Post Commander elect Warren Bradley. He will be taking the reins over on July 24 after installation. Give him support in getting his new administration off to a great start. As I complete my final Newsletter I want to thank you all again for a getting us though this past year and topping out to what has become a great year with meeting our 100% membership goal. Hope we get it off to a great start for the new Legion year. Please pay your dues when you get the renewal notice in the mail. I hope you all have a great summer. So long and farewell my friends, For Community, State and Nation, Commander Brian Goldman
Commander’s Corner
July-August 2019
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Sons of the American Legion,
Hope everyone is having a great summer and enjoying the warm weather and vacations with the family.
The S.A.L. is still picking up new members all the time; it certainly makes all of us feel good seeing new faces coming in and how they feel after the warm welcoming they get from everyone on their first time visiting our post.
We are always sad to hear the passing of any member of our great post but recently have lost Buzzy Lancaster, David Knight and Larry Merkel. They have transferred to the S.A.L. Post Everlasting. They are all still missed badly, and we continue to pray for all the families and extremely glad to see them at the Legion.
The 46th Annual Convention of the Sons of the American Legion Detachment of Maryland was held on June 21st -24th in Hunt Valley, MD where Squadron 66 won a few awards: TOP DONOR FOR TOYS FOR TOTS, AN AWARD FOR AMERICANISM AND THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND DISTRICT COMMAND-ERS CHOICE FOR BEST SQUADRON.
I know this makes all of us proud…
Elections have been held for our Officers and the Installation of Officers will be on July 24th.
The Officers are:
Commander: Kevin McMeans
First Vice: Joe Clark
Finance Officer: Del Billings
Adjutant: Joe Weik
Chaplain: Bill Milligan
Sergeant of Arms: Josh Chambers
Historian: Vacant
Future events are coming up fast so please come out and bring your families, friends and neighbors. The 24th Annual Car Show will be held on September 21, 2019. We are certainly looking forward to making this bigger than last year and could use some help from others. Please email me and let me know if you can help: [email protected]
Also, the Annual Crab Feast will be held on October 5, 2019.
Kevin McMeans Commander, Squadron 66
S.A.L. Squadron 66
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Well here it is...our summer newsletter. Most newsletters start off with a weather report of some kind; I don’t have to tell you it’s hot, hot, hot.
Let’s start off with election of officers. Our officers for this year are: Debbie McMeans, President; Lois VanSickle, Vice President; Cindy Morvant, Secretary; Anselma Obremski, Treasurer; Bonnie Bradley, Sargent at Arms; Agnes Bowersox, Chaplain. The position of Historian is still vacant. If you have a desire to become active in the auxiliary this is a great place to volunteer.
With the Convention just ahead July 16th through the 19
th in Ocean City, it is our privi-
lege and we are so proud to nominate Linda Green for President of the Department of Maryland. You so deserve this Linda, and you have our full support for this upcoming year. Congratulations.
The Auxiliary has planned a “Past Commanders and Presidents Dinner” August 17th.
We have invited all past Commanders and Presidents of Post 66 to be our guests at a celebration dinner. Invitations are in the mail. This is the 100
th Anniversary for the Le-
gion and begins the 100th Anniversary for the Auxiliary. Tickets for our members will be
on sale starting Saturday, July 27th. Ticket cost for this dinner will be $10. Get your
tickets early, there are a limited number of seats. The tickets will be available at the bar or see Debbie McMeans. We are collecting old photos, along with yearbooks, or other memorabilia to display. Come welcome home our alumni. The evening begins at 5 pm with appetizers and a roast beef dinner, but does not end there, we will be having mu-sic after dinner by our resident musician, Kevin McMeans.
The next regular meeting for the Auxiliary will be Wednesday September 18th at 7pm. It
is the beginning of a new year. Come out and be a part of the planning of another great year with Unit 66.
Membership for 2020 will begin after convention; we already have renewals waiting and new members anxious to become a part of our great organization. You may know someone who would like to become a member; many are not members just because no one has asked. This year we need to be the first unit to reach our goal in the De-partment of Maryland. Let’s go ladies, get those renewals in early!
Have a healthy and wonderful summer.
God Bless America,
Debbie McMeans, President
Auxiliary Unit 66
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Community
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Troop 1688 swears in three more Eagle Scouts in May
Disney-Bell Post 66 Awards to Bowie High School NJROTC
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Memorial Day Ceremony
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Memorial Day Parade
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Flag Retirement Ceremony June 14, 2019
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Crab Feast!
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Request for pictures, year books, memorabilia...
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Please help us honor our Past Commanders and Past Presidents as a part of the 100th Anniversary of the American Legion. We will be hosting a dinner in their honor and would like your help in setting up a slide show and display of the history of Disney-Bell Post 66. Send your pic-tures, articles and stories to [email protected] no later than Satur-day, August 10, 2019. If you have memorabilia or articles that you need photographed or scanned, please contact Patty to make those arrange-ments. Thank you!
The American Legion Disney-Bell Post 66 9605 Old Laurel-Bowie Road Bowie, MD 20720
Auxiliary Chaplain’s Notes
Please contact me with information regarding hospitalizations, births, illnesses, deaths or other needs relating to Auxiliary mem-bers. I will be happy to send cards on behalf of our unit.
If you know of anyone needing long term contacts such as nursing home residents and those with long term illnesses, please let me know so we can keep in touch with them.
