AMERICAN LEGION POST 3

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1 AMERICAN LEGION POST 3 THE COFFEY CUP JUL 2018 YOUR OFFICERS Commander John York Sr. Vice Bob Courtemanche Jr. Vice Vacant Adjutant Don Vincent Finance Ofc. Barney Barbera Chaplain - Ron Poirier SGT-at-Arms Peter Hart SAL Commander Bill Tennant AUX President Harriet Lemery coffeypost3@comcast.net Office Phone (603) Bar Phone (603) FROM THE COMMANDER Dear Members: First let wish everyone a safe and Happy 4th of July. Our next Monthly meeting will be held on 3 July 2018 at 19:00 at the Post Home. The construction of the bar continues. We still have a number of positions open: Jr. Vice, Sergeant-at- Arms. All committees need seats filled. The State convention went well. I have appointed a committee to look at the by-laws. I would like to thank everyone who helped at the flag burning ceremony, especially the Ladies Auxiliary who made up the color guard. All members need to think about that. Anyone needing to see me or wants to visit the post can contact me by phone or . This Newsletter is published monthly If you have anything to be inserted, please send them to me before the 25 th of each month. Send to sokeetay@comcast.net BARNEY BARBERA PC/LM Commander John E York. Cell Phone ujsarge@comcast.net The Post web site has now been updated to include the Coffey Cup newsletters for the current year. There have been some cosmetic changes to the look of the site including the addition of another page, Around the Legion. Look for more additions and changes in the future. Don Dillaby has assumed the responsibilities of web master.

2 Chaplain Report - Post Everlasting Louis Prince 98 years old Passed away on 26 May he was a member of Post 3 for 73 years, also member of the VFW Post 483. Served WW11 US Army. LAWRENCE CROSS VIETNAM WAR ARMY VETERAN MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE Ron Poirier PC POST 3 CHAPLAIN SERVICE OFFICER s REPORT - Thanks to the many members,friends and relatives we again have a lot of clothing, kitchen items and nonperishable items tha were taken up to the liberty house this month. As always they welcome all donations from the post. They currently have a shortage of non-perishable on there shelves if all our members could bring a

3 few canned item to the next meeting or any meeting we could realy help fill there shelves. Remember we are Veterans helping Veterans If you know of a veteran who is in need of help contract me ASAP Bob Courtemanche or Senior Vice Report ATTENTION MEMBERS- If you paid your dues and receive a renewal notice from Natonal, DO NOT pay your dues again. We have renewals from 236 members which were forwarded to Concord. Our Goal for 2018 is 393 Members, we now have % At the convention on 23 June we received our 2019 membership cards we will be working to get them to you soon. Bob Courtemanche Post Historian Report This month I digitally archived the post history folders for and added stories of the post officer elections and other related articles and photos to the Post 3 history on the Legion Centennial web page. In May of 1990, John Lemery was elected commander of the James E. Coffey Post 3.

4 In June 1990, The American Legion James E. Coffey Post 3 annual Dennis Drumm scholarship award was presented to Stacie Lynn Poper of Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH. She is the daughter of then NH Department Commander Harry Poper. In July 1990 the Post 3 Legion baseball team won the District 2 championship for the second year in a row. You can reach the Post 3 history page on-line at There is also link to the history on the Post 3 web site. Anyone that has a story or event that they feel For God and Country, Donald P. Vincent donpvincent@hotmail.com cell:

5 James E. Coffee Squadron Post #3 No Inputs this Month SAL Commander William M. Tennant Jr Post Positions that are open and looking for your support If you are a member in good standings and would like to hold one of the following positions contact the Commander. Elected Position - Jr. Vice Commander - Ass t Trust Officer Appointed Positions Available Executive Committee (2) - Judge Adocate - SGT at ARMS House Committee - (2) - Budget Committee - Americanism Oratorical - Jr. Oratorical

6 Flag Day at the ELKS 10 June 2018

7 AUXILIARY Membership Chairman Just a note to say THANK YOU to all who have renewed their membership for So far we have 66 members who have renewed and their memberships have been sent to Deparment. Our Goal for this year is 70 members. we now have 94%. If you have not paid your dues yet Please pay as soon as possible so that we can achieve our goal of 100%. Priscille Barbera