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Volume 8 Issue 13

Membership Meetings:

2nd Tuesday of the Month

Dinner 6:30pm

Meeting 7:00pm

American Legion Post 13 24741 W Renwick Road Plainfield, Illinois 60544 (815) 436-9231

Board of Officers

Gary Taylor

Commander

Remon Knowlton

Senior Vice-Commander

630-917-0139

Bob Schiavo

Junior Vice Commander

815-378-7762

Skip Simons

Adjutant

815-439-3577

Ron Allan

Finance Officer

815-293-2018

Greg Dole

Chaplain

815-519-0959

Derrick Docks

Historian

815-341-2057

Thomas Mlynek

Service Officer

815-630-0727

Chris Stomper

Sergeant-at-Arms

847-269-8550

www. plainfieldlegion.com

December 2019

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

We had a very nice Veterans program held at Plainfield South High

School by Charles Reed Elementary School and at Heritage Grove

Elementary School. The Children put on a great program, the Teach-

ers must have worked hard on the presentation.

We hope that our Legion Families can attend our Christmas party on

December 14th. We will have Mr. and Mrs. Santa for all Children un-

der age 13. There will be dancing for the older children and adults

after Santa.

Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy

New Year.

Gary Taylor

Commander

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Jr. Vice Report Christmas Party Itinerary for December 14 2019

1600 - Kids

1700—-Santa

1700 - 1800 - Cocktails

1800 - 1930 -Dinner

1930 - 2230 - Adult Dancing

Music by D/J

Jaydee the Muzik Xpert

Call office @ 815-436-9231 to RSVP no later then 12/06/2019 BEFORE 1200

Robert A. Schiavo Jr. Vice

Chaplain’s Report:

Chaplain Newsletter – December 2019

TAPS – No Marne Post member was promoted to Post Eternal during September 2019.

SICK CALL - Peggy Arends, Doug Flagg, Ralph Sweat, Frank Uher, Jim Wrath

Greg Dole, Chaplain

Service Officer Report

Believe it or not, I passed some incorrect info in the last Newsletter.

1st. Flu shots are still being given at the Joliet CBOC.

2nd, Wreaths Across America will begin at 11am on Dec 14th at Abraham Lincoln Cemetery not 7am.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgving!

Tom Mlynek, Service Officer

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Auxiliary

Officers

Alba Jensen

President

815-919-1448

Jennifer Roach

Vice President

815-222-3766

Jennifer Roach

Treasurer

815-222-3766

Marge Taylor

Secretary

Chaplain

815-524-4946

Val Prueter

Sgt.-at-Arms

815-436-7382

Sharon Levally

Historian

847-942-9565

Dear Auxiliary Members,

November’s dinner was delicious and thanks to Doc for always making sure we have some-

thing good to eat. Thanks to all that brought delicious desserts and celebrated our ALA 100

years with a little bubbly! It was “Pie” overload!!

A few highlights:

We welcomed new member Linda Hale.

We handed out Auxiliary 100 year pins and challenge coins.

We donated $1000 to the Honor Flight program.

We reminded everyone to pay up their dues by Nov 30th, so they will be eligible to en-

ter the drawing for a 3 year PAID membership.

Remember to call the post and sign up for the Christmas Party, Dec 14th. This year we

will be honoring our service members Killed in Action since 9/11 with a Gold Star

Christmas Tree. All attending the Christmas Party or visiting the Post during the hol-

iday season are asked to take a “Gold Star Ornament” and remember those who

paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

We are hosting a Toilet Paper Drive in January to benefit Hope Manor in Joliet.

We collected 965 pounds of goods and $2900 to donate to Operation Care Package in

October. Great job everyone!

Member Jordan H. reached her goal of 5000 Christmas cards to send to troops. Also,

the 2nd edition of her book, Heart of a Veteran, will be released in 2020.

December is around the corner - so remember - take time to breathe deeply, “Remember

the Reason for the Season”, be nice to people ringing “The Bell” and remember our service

members who will not be with their families this Christmas. .

At the December 10th meeting we will enjoy our yearly Gift Exchange ($10 suggested) and

we will write out Christmas Cards to our members. Hope to see you all.

Remember, NO January meeting, but Jennifer will be asking for dessert donations for the

Post dinner.

Merry Christmas and Stay warm.

Sincerely, Alba

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Riders Officers

Director

Remon "Rev" Knowlton

630-917-0139

Asst. Director/SGT of Arms

James Grier

219-929-8245

Secretary/Finance Officer/ Historian

Penny Knowlton

630-917-0298

Communications

Bob "Boots" Tosch

815-557-8316

Chaplain

Joe "Hammer" Manno

815-600-6413

Membership Chairman

Pablo "Chino" Esqueda

815-953-4695

Hello Riders. Hopefully everyone had a great Thanksgiving holi-day. We were fortunate enough to provide four families with gift cards to help pay for their Thanksgiving dinner. Leaving us with the opportunity to help more families next year. This is also your final reminder for post dues and rider dues. Pub crawl committee meeting will be this month. Please consider being one of our representa-tives. Have a safe and Merry Christmas as well as a Happy New Year!

Remon Knowlton,

Director

Americanism

Comrades,

Thank you to all who represented our Post at the numerous Veteran’s Day events. It is so heart warming to

see our community take this very important day seriously and reverently. That will only continue as long as

we participate, mentor, and support the community in this regard.

Congratulations to Eagle Scout candidate Colin Meehan of Plainfield Central High School. He led a moving

flag retirement ceremony at our Post on November 9th for his Eagle Project. I look forward to hearing that

he earned his new rank soon.

Remember our essay and speech contests for middle and high school students. See the flyers at the back

of the newsletter (electronic only) for more info.

E. Pluribus Unum,

Greg

Americanism Officer

https://plainfieldlegionalr.com/

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Son’s Officers

Ralph Sweat

Commander

815-530-9445

Greg Roach

Sr. Vice Commander

John Gould

Jr. Vice Commander

630-205-2300

Gary Taylor

Adjutant & Historian

815-524-4441

William Schneider

Finance Officer

Joseph Manno

Chaplin

James Grier

Sgt-at-Arms

Sons,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I want to thank those Sons

who assisted the Legion Auxiliary with a very successful Operation Care

Package collection. I know our deployed service personnel greatly ap-

preciate an extra taste of home at the holidays.

We have a very important task to accomplish during our December

meeting. With Ralph focused on getting healthy again, we are in need

of an interim Commander to fulfill the duties of the position for the re-

mainder of the year. Anyone interested will be given an opportunity to

state their case with voting to take place to follow. The selected mem-

ber will have close mentorship from Ralph and the strong support of

Boots and myself as your Vice Commanders. We look forward to hear-

ing from anyone interested.

In service and support,

Greg

Senior Vice Commander

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What’s Next? Lightning Bingo: Every Wed @6:30pm Jackpot $10,000

Bingo every Thursday: Doors open at 4:30PM, first game at

7:00PM

Queen of Hearts every Wednesday at 8pm Jackpot $8100

Dec 3rd: Post Officer’s Meeting

Dec 9th SAL Meeting 6pm

Dec 10th: Post and Auxiliary Meetings, Dinner at 6:30 Meeting

to follow

Dec 14th: Post Christmas Party

Dec 22nd: Hanukkah Begins

Dec 25th: Merry Christmas

Dec 30th : Hanukkah Ends

Help is needed for Thursday night Bingo!! Can you help for a few hours?

Contact the post at 815 436-9231 for more details

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