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Left to right: Fred Stahl, 62 years;
Phil Bertoni,
Post 447 commander; Ron Matheny,
17th District commander.
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Mount
Pulaski Legion celebrates longevity,
senior members
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[December 14, 2010]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- At their recent December
meeting night, veterans from Mount
Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten
Post 447, accompanied by their
spouses, along with members of
Ladies Auxiliary Unit 447 and Sons
of the American Legion Squadron 447,
dined on homemade chili, vegetable
soup and desserts. |
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 The
highlight of the evening was the awarding of
certificates for 50-plus and 60-plus years
of membership. Ron Matheny, Illinois
American Legion 17th District commander, was
on hand to assist with the awards.
Matheny also gave an inspiring talk on
the importance of all three organizations
that make up the American Legion. He was
impressed with the Mount Pulaski facility
and was especially awed by the fact that the
post is currently celebrating its 90th year,
having been organized and chartered in 1920
-- only one year after the U.S. American
Legion was organized and then chartered by
Congress.
It was pointed out that Lt. Col. Ted
Roosevelt Jr. helped organize the American
Legion with some fellow officers and troops
in Paris following the World War I
armistice.
Paris Post 1 is one of these posts,
organized in March 1919. The meeting, known
as the Paris Caucus, adopted a temporary
constitution and the name American Legion.
The Legion had a second organizing caucus in
St. Louis, Mo., in May 1919.
American Legion George Washington Post 1,
which is in Washington, D.C., received its
charter on May 19, 1919.
The Mount Pulaski Ryman-Fuiten Post 447
was organized on Jan. 12, 1920, and received
its charter later that same year. Their
American Legion Auxiliary was established
and chartered in 1923, and the SAL was
established and chartered in 1984.
The American Legion now numbers nearly 3
million members, men and women, in nearly
15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.
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The following award recipients were
recognized, with families of the deceased
(D) to receive the certificate as a
posthumous recognition.
50-plus
years:
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Kenneth Brooker
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Sheldon Copeland
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Harold E. Donnan
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William A. Duhs (D)
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Robert F. Fuiten (D)
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Vernon Hassebrock
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Jame A. Horn
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Harry E. Manes
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Billy J. Mason
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Robert G. May
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G. Loren Meister (D)
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William A. Rentmeister
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Tom Romer
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Alan R. Roos
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Julian J. Schmidt
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Everett M.
Streenz (D)
60-plus
years:
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Charles L. Bohn
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Paul E. Fuhrer
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Walter E. Hagenbuch Jr.
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Earl Jackson
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Carl S. Patterson
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Fredrick W. Stahl
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Keith H. Wilham Sr.
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Everett R.
Howe (D)
[Text from file received]
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