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NEW HARTFORD
AMERICAN LEGION
POST 1376
AH1 Cobra Gunship
“The Snake” 8616 Clinton St
New Hartford, NY 13413-3400 (315)736-7041
Lunches Served Daily Monday-Friday
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Hours of Operation: Monday-Saturday 11:00 AM-12:00 AM Sunday 12:00 PM-12:00 AM
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER 2015
COMMANDER’S MESSAGE If you have been coming to the Legion you will
notice that we are trying a few more ideas.
We had two very successful Cans and Clams
nights. We plan on having them again starting in
the spring. We have expanded the menu and hours
of the kitchen on Sunday and will have two bar-
tenders to make your service faster. Come on out
and watch the football games with your
friends. There are other plans coming in the near
future.
I conducted my first membership meeting on
September 16th. I was very disappointed at the
turnout. We barely had a quorum and if we do not
have a quorum we cannot pass any business. It is
very important for our members to attend these
meetings. This is your legion! Do not sit at the bar
and complain about what is happening. Come to
the meetings and have your voice heard. The
meetings start at 7PM with refreshments at the
conclusion. I look forward to seeing more of you at
the next meeting on October 21st.
For the Good of the Legion,
Gary Fountain, Post Commander
DATES 1st-”Early Bird” Party Sign Up Begins
6th-Board of Directors Meeting-6:30 PM
6th-Auxiliary Meeting-6:30 PM 7th-Executive Board Meeting-6:30 PM
7th-SAL Meeting-7:30 PM
10th-Vietnam Veterans Recognition Dinner
5:30-8:00 PM
12th-Columbus Day
13th-U.S. Navy Birthday-1775
13th-Tuesday Night Dinner
Serving 4:00-7:00 PM
15th-Post Color Guard Meeting-6:00 PM
18th-Legion Riders Meeting-12:15 PM
19th Oneida County Legion Meeting@
Leon Roberts Post 161 Holland Patent-7:00 PM
21st-Post Membership Meeting-7:00 PM
31st-Holloween
31st-Last Day to Sign Up for “Early Bird” Party
QUOTE OF THE MONTH "There are men running our government
that shouldn't be allowed to play with matches"
WILL ROGERS American humorist
(1879-1935)
AUXILIARY NEWS The next meeting of the Auxiliary will be on
Tuesday, October 6th, starting at 6:30 PM.
We welcome new and current members to attend
a few minutes early so we may have refreshments
and get acquainted. Please join us.
The 2016 membership dues are due now so please
get them in as soon as possible.
Dues remain at $25.00 and they can be sent to
Janice Hurley at 1904 Redfield Ave, Utica, NY
13501, or dropped off at the Post in the Auxiliary
mailbox in the Lounge area. Help us attain 100%
of our quota again this year. If you pay your dues
by October 30th you can attend the early bird din-
ner at no charge. Any questions, call Janice @ 735-
2366. Thank You.
The bottle/can drive was a huge success. Thank
you to all who contributed and donated. Feed Our
Vets is such a great program that helps Veterans,
their spouses and children whose circumstances
have left them in a situation of hunger and also to
involve the public in fighting Veteran hunger.
There are two pantries, located in Utica and Wa-
tertown. Feed Our Vets Founder, Rich Synek, was
so pleased to see the trailer filled with bottles &
cans and two shelves filled with food. We seem to
grow bigger every year thanks to all the members
of our Legion. A special thank you to our Com-
mander for getting the Auxiliary a sign for the
event.
We had seven members volunteer for the Stars &
Stripes Walk that benefits the Sitrin Military Re-
hab Program held on Sept 12. We participated in
registration, walk and Color Guard. All these
hours will be recorded for our Community Service.
Also, the annual Wine Tasting Event proceeds go
towards the Auxiliary Team.
We have a full schedule the next couple of
months. Starting in October we are holding a His
& Her basket raffle. Ticket donations are $1/1,
$2/3 or $5/15. Tickets can be acquired Friday
nights in the Lounge and at the Tuesday night din-
ner at the bake sale.
Also coming up is a Holiday Seafood Sale in No-
vember. We will be taking orders for your Christ-
mas seafood needs. Orders will be placed in No-
vember with a pick up at the Legion one week be-
fore Christmas. More details to follow will be in
the next newsletter.
Ladies, our bake sales at the Tuesday night din-
ners are starting Oct 13th. We need bake goods to
make this a successful venture. Please drop off
your donations of bake goods between 3:30 and
5:00 upstairs.
Ladies, let us know of any Auxiliary Members
who are sick or in nursing homes. Please contact
Janice Keesler at 724-5693 with any information.
The New Hartford Auxiliary Unit 1376 would like
to welcome the following new members to our Unit.
Please Welcome: Patrica Stanton, Alyssa Abulen-
cia, Dara Hotaling, and Constance Gazzilli.
Please pray for our service men and women and
continue to support our veterans.
Respectfully Submitted,
Monica Lawendowski, President
SAL NEWS The next meeting of the Son’s of Post 1376 will be
held on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 starting at
7:00 PM.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION It is renewal time for the Sons. As you know,
membership is the lifeblood of any organization.
Your membership contributes to the overall pro-
grams of the S.A.L. and keeps us strong and grow-
ing. You are important to us. Your promptness in
forwarding your dues at this time will be deeply
appreciated. Lets keep us the largest squadron in
the Department of New York.
I am now accepting dues for 2016. If you pay by
October 30th, you will be able to attend the free
Early Bird Party on November 7th.
Dues remain at $20.00 and can be mailed to: Bob
Byrd, 4 Foxcroft Rd., New Hartford, NY 13413 or
put them in the SAL mailbox at the Post. Checks
for dues can be made payable to SAL Post 1376.
PLEASE NOTE; If you pay by cash, ask for a re-
ceipt and make sure your name is on the envelope.
Also, if your address has changed please let me
know so we can be sure you will receive your news-
letter.
I will be at the Post on Wednesday nights from
4:00 to 8:00 PM. if any S.A.L. Members wish to
pay their dues.
To all of our loyal members, we thank you for
your support of our veterans and our Post.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Byrd, Adjutant
NEW HARTFORD POST 1376
LEGION RIDERS REPORT The next meeting of the Riders will be held on
October 18, 2015, starting @ 12:15 PM at our Post.
The Post 1376 American Legion Riders is wrap-
ping up it’s seventh great season serving the
American Legion Family.
The Riders would like to thank all of the Veter-
ans, the Sons of the American Legion and the La-
dies Auxiliary for all of their support throughout
the year. We also must thank the many supporters
of the riders for all of their contributions.
The New Hartford American Legion Riders will
continue their seven year history of service to
American Legion’s Veterans and their interests.
We do have a couple more rides coming up for
this season, one parade and of course our Christ-
mas party at the Post.
Please be reminded that your 2016 Riders dues
are due. You can pay your dues by dropping them
off in an envelope with your name on them in our
Riders mail box in the lounge and address it to
Tom Liesch. Your 2016 ALR ID cards and a re-
ceipt will be returned to you ASAP.
Feel free to visit our facebook site… New Hart-
ford American Legion Riders … or the State at
www.AmericanLegionRiders.net …or National at
… www.legion.org/riders …
For the Good of the Legion:
Timothy Converse, President
QUEEN OF HEARTS UPDATE
The Queen of Hearts will be approximately
$5732.00 as of Wednesday September 16th. Tickets
are $1.00 each, and you can purchase as many as
you like during the week at the Bar, or on Wednes-
day night at our Hearts Table. The tickets are de-
posited in the Queen of Hearts Box and on
Wednesday night at 8:15 PM one ticket is drawn
from the box by a patron in the Post. A member of
our staff will then take the ticket to the Queen of
Hearts board and remove the card from the sealed
envelope that was chosen. If the Queen of Hearts is
in the envelope, that person wins 60% of the Pot.
The player drawing a card other than the Queen
of Hearts shall be awarded a cash prize valued ac-
cording to the following schedule:
CARD DRAWN PAYOUT
ANY 2,3,4, OR 5 $5.00
ANY 6,7,8, OR 9 $6.00
ANY 10, Jack or King $8.00
ANY Ace $10.00
ANY Joker $20.00
ANY Queen other than Hearts $25.00
Rules that are set by the New York State Gaming
Commission on “The Search for the Queen” are
available at the Bar which we will follow in order
to be in compliance.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bill Brucato, Manager
NEWSLETTER ON LINE Please help us in controlling our mailing expenses.
Most of you have a computer and you can get your
newsletter online and it is VERY easy to do.
Search for New Hartford American Legion Post
1376. The search should give 2 results, the Facebook
Book link, the other is the website …it will say New
Hartford American Legion Post 1376 the Friendly
Post. Click on that and it will bring you to the Le-
gion’s website. In the options section click on news-
letter and the month. That’s all there is to it. You
don’t even have to print it as it is there to refer to
whenever you want.
By doing this you will be saving the Post the major
expense of printing and mailing.
Give it a try and see how easy it is! If you need help
don’t be afraid to ask or call me @ 723-6686 Cell or
732-8148 Home
Gary Fountain, Post Commander
NEWSLETTER VIA E-MAIL For those that would like to receive their newslet-
ter via e-mail, send your name and your e-mail
address to [email protected].
In order to read the newsletter when it is sent to
you, you will have to have Adobe Acrobat Reader
installed on your computer. If you do not have Acro-
bat Reader installed, please visit http:/
get.adobe.com/reader to download. There is no
charge to download this.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mike Williams, SAL Member
Banks are commonly shaped like pigs because
in the eighteenth century frugal people saved
their money in earthenware jars made of dense
orange clay known as pygg.
THE FOUR CHAPLAINS
FROM THE CHAPLAIN’S CORNER
This is a reminder that if there are any mem-
bers who would like to attend any services that
we offer to our members and would like to be on
our call list, let me know by calling me @ 736-
7419.
This means so much to the family and friends
of members who have left us.
In Service to Our Post,
Don Gossin, Chaplain
LADIES AUXILIARY
HIS & HERS BASKET RAFFLE
Starting in October we are holding a His & Her
Basket Raffle. Ticket donations are $1/1, $2/3 or
$5/15. Tickets can be acquired Friday nights in
the Lounge and at the Tuesday night dinner at
the bake sale. Proceeds will benefit the Post 1375
Auxiliary Unit. Thank You.
POST LOTTERY REPORT
AUGUST 2015
LOTTERY NUMBERS DATE/NUMBER
1/301 2/043 3/014 4/606 5/023 6/695 7/839 8/982
9/608 10/413 11/762 12/493 13/036 14/849 15/194
16/832 17/402 18/799 19/063 20/145 21/252 22/622
23/381 24/017 25/896 26/189 27/497 28/952 29/174
30/438 31/707
Disclaimer: Every effort is made to accurately
report these numbers. The official numbers are
those recorded on the Post Lottery Payment Log
Book by the Fund Raiser Chairman. The Post
will not be responsible for typos in the newsletter.
Lottery News: The 2016 Post Lottery takes off
on January 1st. Tickets for the 2016 Post Lottery
will be mailed out in a few weeks. Each ticket
plays every day and can win multiple
times. Remember too, that you can earn a free
2017 membership by selling 10 or more tick-
ets. Sell five or more and earn a free 2017 Tues-
day night dinner.
The proceeds of the Lottery benefit the Legion
Baseball program and other children and youth
activities. Please support this fund raiser. Thank
you.
Respectfully Submitted,
Terry Johnson PC, Lottery Chairman
ATTENTION POKER PLAYERS
Anyone interested in playing a friendly game of
Poker? If so, our Past Post Caterer, Luke Raiano
would like to hear from you.
We play every Tuesday in the downstairs Meet-
ing Room off of the Lounge.
You can contact me @ 724-5868. Thank You.
THE ARMED FORCES THE REPUBLIC
OF OF
THE UNITED STATES VIETNAM
On Saturday, October 10, 2015 the Daughters of
the American Revolution along with the Oneida and
Fort Stanwix Chapters, NSDAR as Commemorative
Partners of the USA Vietnam War 50th Anniversary
Commemoration Committee will sponsor a wreath
laying service and dinner honoring our Vietnam Vet-
erans.
HONORING OUR VIETNAM VETERANS Saturday, October 10th
MEMORIAL WREATH LAYING 12 NOON
ROME VETERAN’S PARK
A COMMEMORATIVE BENEFIT DINNER 5:30pm- 8:00pm
American Legion Post 1376 8616 Clinton St., New Hartford $20 per person (Cash Bar) Speaker: John Harrison, Purple Heart Recipient
Proceeds benefit the CNY Veterans Outreach Center in Utica Gift Baskets
For Reservations: call Suzanne Bellinger 829-4754 or email
bellingerDAR @Yahoo.com Send checks to: Oneida Chapter, NSDAR, P.O.
Box 222, Vernon, NY 13476 Reservation Deadline: October 2nd.
COLOR GUARD REPORT The next meeting of the Color Guard will be held
on Thursday, October 15, 2015, starting at 6:00
PM. If there are any changes you will be notified
by Janice Hurley.
Over the past month we did Wakes and Funerals
for the Crouse, Baker and Waldron families. Our
sympathies are extended to their families.
Over the past month the Unit took part in honor-
ing the Post's WW II Veterans at the Post. This
was a great honor for us. We also participated at
the Sitrin's Veterans Run and Walk.
At this time we have given back to our commu-
nity over 700 hours of service while participating
in 40 events. As always we are very proud of this.
All of our events are under the direction of Capt.
Nelson Pohoreskey, Rd. Cdr. Larry Winfield, Lt.
Duane Clark and Ladies Capt. Barb Lints.
As always a special Thank You goes to the Girls
at the Bar who take care of us when we come back
from a function and the support we get from our
Legion and the Community.
Respectfully Submitted,
Donald Wisnoski, Historian
MONTHLY HUMOR “AN IRISH TALE”
As only the Irish can tell a story!
Paddy had long heard the stories of an amazing
family tradition.
It seems that his father, grandfather and great-
grandfather had all been able to walk on water on
their 18th birthday.
On that special day, they'd each walked across
the lake to the pub on the far side for their first
legal drink.
So when Paddy's 18th birthday came around, he
and his pal Mick, took a boat out to the middle of
the lake,
Paddy stepped out of the boat ....and nearly
drowned! Mick just barely managed to pull him to
safety.
Furious and confused, Paddy went to see
his grandmother.
"Grandma," he asked, "Tis me 18th birthday,
so why can't I walk across the lake like me father,
his father and his father before him?"
Granny looked deeply into Paddy's, troubled
blue eyes and said, "Because ye father, ye grandfa-
ther and ye great-grandfather....were all born in
December, when the lake is frozen, and ye were
born in August, ya bloomin’ idiot!"
On Saturday August 22, 2015 a recognition din-
ner for the World War II Veterans of New Hart-
ford American Legion took place at our Post.
38 World War II Veterans were able to attend
and the evening was a resounding success.
All of our veterans received a welcoming salute
by our Post Color Guard as each one entered the
Post and were escorted to their tables.
A cocktail hour was followed by a Roast Turkey
Dinner with all the trimmings and a beautiful cake
was served for dessert.
During dinner our veterans were entertained by
the “New Horizon Quartet” whose members, Dave
Nicholson, Peter Blieberg, Rich Schlaegel, and
Rusty Rosen performed songs from the World
War II era.
The evenings program started with an introduc-
tion of invited guests by Post Commander Gary
Fountain and the presentation of Colors by our
Post Color Guard. The playing of our National An-
them was followed by the playing of the service
hymns of the US Military in which representatives
of each branch in uniform came out as each hymn
was played.
Commander Fountain gave his opening remarks
and welcomed everyone and introduced the speak-
ers for the evening.
Our Post Chaplain, Don Gossin gave the Invoca-
tion.
After remarks by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Terry Tesak and Past Commander,
Fred Williams, our main speaker, former news an-
chor of WKTV, Bill Worden gave a heartfelt trib-
ute to our Veterans and thanked them for their
service. Bill then made the presentation of gifts by
reading the name and branch of service of each
veteran present and a representative of their
branch of service placed their medallion around
their neck and rendered a hand salute. It was very
moving to say the least.
The following Veterans with their branch of ser-
vice were present:
US ARMY
Myron C. Allbright, John M. Buckley, Leonard A.
Dzlekowicz Sr., Joseph T. Hammond, Harold B.
Hanes, David F. Murphy, Reginald E. Rahn, John
F. Ruffrage, and Philip Schaeffer.
US ARMY AIR CORP
Austin J. Casey, Joseph A. Rositano, Richard
(Rick) C. Simons, and William Wilson.
US ARMY NURSES CORP
Lillian Randall
US MARINE CORP
Raymond (Stubby) Haggas, Edward Masel, Edwin
P. Olejarczyk, Luke A. Raiano, and Edgar Ruf-
frage.
US NAVY
Gordon R. Anderson, Guy E. Bomono, William M.
Burns, Raymond F. Cardinale, Alex P. Dudajek,
Richard J. Dunn, Frederick W. Dutcher, Raymond
J. Gardner, Henry (Jack) Irving, Earl A. Leach,
Joseph L. Lelio, Eugene W. Penner, Stanley J.
Potrzeba, John F. Pryor, and Edward Wojnas.
We have a total of 114 World War II Veterans
here at New Hartford and all of them will receive
their medallion as soon as we can get them to them.
After the Benediction by Chaplain Gossin, “God
Bless America” was played and then Colors were
retired to end the evening.
We wish to thank all of the committee members
who put in a lot of time and planning to make this
a great event.
We also want to thank Curtis 1000 for their do-
nation of the printing of the invitations that were
sent out to our veterans and to Speedy Awards for
their work in making the medallions.
We also thank our Post Caterer John Dooley
and his staff for the delicious dinner that was
served along with Diane Rolchigo for making the
beautiful cake, and our Post 1376 Color Guard.
Last, but certainly not least, our heartfelt thanks
and gratitude to all of our World War II Veterans,
you are “The Greatest Generation.” God Bless You
All!!!
The New Hartford American Legion World War II Committee
Our Post Caterer, John Dooley will cater all Le-
gion functions as well as Friday’s and the 2nd
Tuesday night of the month dinners. He also will
cater all private functions, and a menu is available
at the Bar with several options to choose from.
Please stop in at the Bar or give him a call @
(315) 527-6575 to book your special event.
John will provide specials each Friday night. His
specials are special so stop by on Friday night and
check it out.
***OCTOBER’S***
**TUESDAY NIGHT DINNER**
Kielbasa, Home Made Pierogi (4), Sauerkraut,
Salad, Rolls, Coffee & Tea
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 2015
Serving from 4:00—7:00 pm
Donation—$9.00
PROPOSED BY-LAW CHANGE
The following amendment to our By-Laws was
presented to members present at the September
16, 2015 Membership Meeting at which a quorum
was present. This proposed change to our By-
Laws will be published in the October and No-
vember newsletters and posted in the Legion 15
days prior to voting on this By-Law change at the
November 18, 2015 Membership Meeting:
Article II-Administration: Changed by the
addition of a new Section 11 to read as follows:
Section 11. Employees of the Post (Full Time,
Part Time or Temporary) are not eligible to be
Elective Officers, Executive Committeeman or
Members of the Board of Directors as specified
under Article V- Officers, of the Constitution and
By-Laws and Article III-Post Executive Board,
Article IV Duties of Legion Officers and Article
XIV-Board of Directors. In addition, Post Em-
ployees shall serve in an advisory role as required
or requested at scheduled Post Membership, Ex-
ecutive Board, Board of a Directors or Appointed
Standing Committee Meetings in accordance with
the By-Laws and Job Description.
This was proposed to avoid any conflict of inter-
est.
For the Good of the Legion,
Gary Fountain, Post Commander
THIS DATE IN MILITARY HISTORY On May 5, 1945, in the only fatal attack of its
kind during World War II, a Japanese balloon
bomb exploded on Gearhhart Mountain in Ore-
gon, killing Elsie Mitchell, the 26-year-old preg-
nant wife of a minister, and five children.
Also on this date Denmark and the Netherlands
were liberated as a German surrender went into
effect.
OBTAING DD-214 FORMS We have had several inquires about how to get a
copy of service records, namely the DD-214 form
(discharge papers) that is required when joining the
American Legion.
Below is one way to obtain a DD-214.
The DD-214 can now be requested online, but
ONLY BY: A military veteran, or next of kin of a
deceased, former member of the military. The next
of kin can be any of the following: surviving spouse
that has not remarried, father, mother, son, daugh-
ter, sister, or brother. Persons fitting one of these
two categories can request military records online
from the eVetRecs Website. Be sure to read all in-
structions before beginning the request process.
If you are not the veteran or next of kin, you must
complete the Standard Form 180 (SF 180). You
must then mail it or fax it to the appropriate ad-
dress on the form.
The Defense Department issues to each veteran a
DD-214, identifying the veteran's condition of dis-
charge - honorable, general, other than honorable,
dishonorable or bad conduct.
For complete instructions on how to apply for a
copy of your DD-214, see Veterans' Service Records
from the National Archives and Records Admini-
stration.
To apply for a copy of your DD-214, you will need
to submit a form SF-180 Request Pertaining to Mili-
tary Records, which you can download from: http://
www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/
standard_form_180.pdf
Be sure to download and complete BOTH SIDES
of the SF-180. The back of the form contains impor-
tant mailing addresses and instructions.
You will need the free Adobe Acrobat .pdf file
viewer to print the SF-180. Download Adobe Acro-
bat. The Standard Form 180 is formatted for legal
size paper (8.5" x 14"). Please print that way if your
printer can accommodate that. If your printer can
only print on letter size paper (8.5" x 11"), select
"shrink to fit" when the Adobe Acrobat Reader
"Print" dialog box appears.
The American Legion
Post 1376 8616 Clinton St.
New Hartford, NY 13413-3400
MEMBERSHIP REPORT Our next membership meeting will take place on
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 starting at 7:00 PM.
Please plan on attending our meeting and voice any
concerns that you may have. As always, there will
be refreshments served after the meeting.
We currently have 501 members paid so far,
which includes 9 new members. This gives us 54%
of our quota of 911. If you have not renewed your
dues for 2016 please do so soon, so that you will not
remain in arrears and still be continuous.
NOTICE PLEASE READ!!
"If you pay your Legion membership online, you
will have to send the Post membership chairperson
proof that you paid your dues. There is a receipt at
the bottom of your online confirmation to send to
the Post. I cannot send your membership card until
I receive this confirmation. Please send this in as
soon as possible."
This is a reminder that the new 2016 Membership
Cards are now available and can be paid at any
time. Also, please be reminded that our dues will
remain at $35.00. Please note that if you receive a
renewal notice from National and you have paid
your 2016 dues, just disregard the notice and
throw it away. If you are not sure you have paid
your dues, just check your membership card, if it
says 2016 on it, you are paid. Thank You.
New Hartford American Legion Post 1376
would like to welcome the following new member
to our Post. Please welcome: Guy J. Sheridan
As always, we truly appreciate your continued
support of our Post and we look forward to your
continued support in the future.
Respectfully Submitted,
Janet Keesler & Rand Kennedy Post Membership Chairpersons
TAPS New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 re-
grets to report that the following members have
left us:
KENNETH L. GEORGE
DANIEL J. ROSATO
GRANT THEM ETERNAL REST O’LORD
