The 1223’er Newsletter

Specials for July 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th - Cod Dinner $7.25

3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st - Steak Dinner $8.50 4th 11th 18th 25th - Walleye Dinner $10.50 5th 12th 19th 26th - Spaghetti Dinner $6.50

Dates to Remember 28 JUN 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated 28 JUL 1914 – Austria fires first shots leading to the invasion of Serbia 4 AUG 1914 – Germany declares war on Belgium and invades

From the Office of the President of the Men’s Auxiliary

From the Office of the Quartermaster

Josh is on leave this month and will be back next month. Everyone have a great 4th of July!

Comrades, Summer has started, but it is still quite wet. Hopefully you are all staying dry. As a reminder if you are a continuous member, which means you pay every year, we have went to subscription dues so you will not get your membership payment letter from National until later this fall at the earliest. Thank you for keeping your membership with our Post. Quartermaster John Lopez

"This is not peace. It is an armistice for 20 years" - Marshal Ferdinand Foch upon reading the Treaty of Versailles

1223 Officers Commander Joe Butler Sr Vice Cdr Ray Pizzaro Jr Vice Cdr MK Lentz Quartermaster John Lopez Post Phone 218-233-6100 Bingo Hotline 218-233-4786 Membership 2013 2014 Post…………….639…..619 Auxiliary…….....795..…726

VFW Post 1223 1505 West Center Avenue Dilworth MN 56529

The 1223’er

A Monthly Publication Issue Date: July 2014

Veterans of Foreign Wars & Auxiliary of

Albert E. Johnson Post 1223 1505 West Center Avenue

Dilworth MN 56529

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PERMIT No. 371 MOORHEAD MN

Volume 43 Issue 7 Current Membership for 2014: 619 Membership Total for 2013: 639

From the Office of the Junior Vice Commander MK Lentz

From the Office of the Ladies Auxiliary President Joann Lien

Comrades, At Ease! This month marks a new beginning for the 1223’er. You will notice a slightly new look and coming up some new features. One of the things I would like to bring to your attention is the 100th Anniversary of World War I. If you have stories about World War I, I would like to put them in the newsletter. We’ve been archiving the newsletter for almost 3 years now and this is a great way to preserve some of the stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. Including them here will help preserve them for future generations. I also encourage everyone to give me a story of their war. There are numerous anniversaries that should be preserved. Finally, those of you who have been studying the details of military history have many interesting facts to share. I’ll throw one out there: I want some information about railway artillery used in the wars and some were built for defense but never used. Some of you know this topic well so let’s get some submissions! All right get to work! Jr. Vice Commander MK Lentz

Dear sister's It is a pleasure and a privilege to be your president again this year. I know it will be a great year. Karen did a fantastic job and I can only say I hope I can do just as good. I hope you all are having a good summer! I want to take this opportunity to invite you to the VFW for our meeting our meeting they are at 6 o'clock on the first Monday of the month the meetings are not that long because we have no floor work and it's a chance to get out and meet and after the meeting we sit and visit. The state conversation was in St cloud this year .it was very impressive and we all learned allot and had the honor of meeting one of our sisters from National and she was very nice. It also gave us the opportunity to visit with sisters all over the state. Our auxiliary got awards. Our auxiliary got a total of 14 between awards between district and state I was very proud of our ladies. Hope to see you at our next meeting. Enjoy your summer! Joann Lien