Next Meeting will be April 16, 1930

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1 FORWARDING AND ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED TO: ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE All annual dues expire on August 31st of each year. Our membership dues are $40.00 a year and are due prior to August 31st. Please make your check payable to "Pvt. George Phillips Detachment" and send to the Detachment address. This newsletter and previous issues can be obtained from the new Detachment Website. Please contact the Editor to receive future issues electronically. As a suggestion, anyone wishing to provide material should try to have it to the editor no later than the fourth Friday of previous month. (This doesn t mean don t t is a submit anything at all if you need more time, instead please contact the editor.) If sent via , please note that newsletter submission should appear the subject line. Next Meeting will be April 16, 1930

2 Commandant: Ed Rau: Sr. Vice-Commandant/ Public Information Officer: Hugh Smith Jr. Vice-Commandant/ Mike Moss Adjutant/Paymaster: Dennis Simpson Judge Advocate/ Benevolence: John (Jack) Bickerton Sgt at Arms: Gerald Gerling Chaplain: Larry Schwartz Web Sgt: Brad McNeil April 2019 Volume XV Issue 4 PvtGeoPhillips@gmail.com Detachment Webpage bmcneil@sbcglobal.net Mail: Pvt George Phillips Detachment Marine Corps League P.O. Box #1 Ballwin, MO Meeting Location: 225 Old Sulphur Springs Road Ballwin, MO Trustee 3Yr: John Cooper Trustee 2Yr: Elliot Glassman Trustee 1Yr: James Grgurich Jr. Past Commandant Gerald Gerling Ways & Means: Elliot Glassman Quartermaster: Rick Shelton Eagle Scout Liaison: Vacant Editor/Historian: Carl E. Ramsey Meetings 3 rd Tuesday of Every Month :30 PM Detachment Membership as of March Meetings 3 rd Tuesday of Every Month :15 PM

3 Commandant s Corner ATTENTION ON DECK It s springtime again and all that means Collection Time. We need all members to sign up for one of the collection locations. See Gerry Gerling, Lyle McFarlin, or Mike Moss to sign up. (The Following is an extract from March). I invite you to contact me by phone, or , thermalflyr@yahoo.com, to share your ideas as to how we can make your experience with the detachment more meaningful. Ed Rau Commandant Pvt. George Phillips Detachment 1214 Marine Corps League Military Humor: On April 8, 1968, I enlisted in the Marine Corps during Easter Vacation of my senior year at Lutheran High School North in St. Louis, Missouri. After vacation when I shared my news with my high school speech class, one wise-cracking class-mate sang the first line of the Marine Corps Hymn to the tune, Oh my darling Clementine. Strange but true, From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli does work. Sometime later, along the same line I noticed that the letters M-I-C- K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E in the Mickey Mouse Club March could be substituted with the letters M-A-R-I- N-E-C-O-R-P-S. Which only goes to show how great family values icons and themes can march to the same tune Carl Ramsey, newsletter, editor. April POW MIA Honor Day at Baseball Stadium 1315 (See Brochure from Bill Kiefer) 9 Staff Meeting 1900 Post # Membership Meeting 1930 Post # Last Auxiliary Meeting 1915 Post #208 May Staff Meeting 1900 Post # Membership Meeting 1930 Post # Collections 30 Collections June Collections 11 Staff Meeting 1900 Post # Membership Meeting 1930 Post #208 July Staff Meeting 1900 Post # Pvt George Phillips Birthday 16 Membership Meeting 1930 Post #208

4 MEMBERS MATTER Richard, Rick Shelton by Lyle McFarlin I was born on 15 May 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri. I have two older sisters. I went to Cleveland High School in St. Louis. l dropped out and joined the Marine Corps in April, I went to Boot Camp in San Diego, California. I then went to Refueling School in San Diego and was then sent to Cherry Point, North Carolina to the 2nd Marine Corps Air Wing where I refueled aircraft. I refueled C-130s, AV8A Harriers, F-14 Tomcats and once I refueled Air Force One, 1 when it came to Cherry Point. I came out of the Corps after two and a half years. 2 I picked up jobs here and there. I had married my first wife, Karen while I was in the Corps. We had three kids and later were divorced. I married my wife Debbie forty-two years ago and we had four kids. My first wife, Karen, remarried and was later killed by her second husband, pushed down concrete steps when she threatened divorce. Debbie and I then took the three kids from my earlier marriage, have four of our own, and we now have seven kids between us. I was working for a member of the Busch family in Santa Barbara, California. And then we returned to St. Louis to be near our kids as they began giving us grandchildren. I worked at Grants Farm for twenty-three years and currently manage an estate for a private individual. As for our grandkids, we have seven boys and two girls. I have no special hobbies. I joined Private George Phillips Detachment of the Marine Corps League, when I found them on the internet. I enjoy my association with Marines and their families and currently serve as the Detachment Quartermaster. I joined the Marine Corps when I was seventeen and essentially grew up in the Corps. I believe I joined to get away from the crowd of kids I was growing up with. Most of them are now dead or in prison. I am Richard Rick Shelton Rick Shelton, September 20, 2016, currently serving as quartermaster. 11 One of two Boeing 707s in the 1960s and 1970s. 2 Two and half years after April 1970, would be October 1972.

5 Detachment Activity since last Meeting. Lady s Auxiliary St. Patrick s Day Party, March 9, One last generous event before going inactive after April Meeting. I learned most ML detachments aren t blessed with an auxiliary. The word auxiliary comes from the ancient Roman Army and meant helps. It referred to soldiers with special skills such as Marines, archers, slingers, engineers, light infantry, and cavalry. So, our ladies sprang into service from a great tradition and will be greatly missed. Thank you card that arrived in response to our support of the O Neill Open Golf Tournament that took place, Friday, September 28, See below. On March 23, 2019, newsletter editor Carl Ramsey was invited to receive historical magazines from Iwo Jima veteran Deward Terry. Deward was on Iwo, from February 19, 1945, until 2-3 days before the end, on March 26.

6 March Meeting Candid s Mike Moss, our new Jr. Vice Commandant Mike Moss being sworn in by Gerry Gerling. Mike Moss recognized for Toys for Tots by Commandant Ed Rau. Mike Cicchese recognized for Toys For Tots Rick Shelton recognized for Toys For Tots Elliot Glassman recognized for Toys For Tots

7 March Candid s Continued Meantime here are some of the other officers; date indicates when picture taken. Larry Schwartz, Chaplain, March 19, 2019 Hugh Smith, Sr Vice Commandant January 16, 2018 Jack Bickerton, Judge advocate, Benevolence January 16, 2018 Brad McNeil, Web Sergeant March 19, 2019 Gerald Gerling, Sergeant at Arms, March 15, 2016 John Cooper, March 19, Year Trustee Elliott Glassman, December 20, 2016, 2 year Trustee James Grgurich, December 20, 2016, 1 Year Trustee.

8 April Birthday Scroll John Bickerton Charles Corpening, Jr. Theodore Eberley, Jr. Elliot Glassman James Grgurich Jerry Kisner Steven Lind Auxiliary Sheila Grgurich Arleen Jackson

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11 The Above Article by Butch Baynes, which appeared on Page 58 of Spring 2019 Semper Fi Magazine, was recommended reading for our detachment by Dennis Simpson at our Tuesday, April 9, 2019 staff meeting. Carl Ramsey Newsletter Editor

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