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. http://www.pvtgeophillips.org/ 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 email, please note that newsletter submission should appear the subject line. Next Meeting will be April 16, 2019 @ 1930
Commandant: Ed Rau: 636-978-3522 Sr. Vice-Commandant/ Public Information Officer: Hugh Smith 636-536-7040 Jr. Vice-Commandant/ Mike Moss 818-652-9700 Adjutant/Paymaster: Dennis Simpson 636-230-5976 Judge Advocate/ Benevolence: John (Jack) Bickerton 314-304-4360 Sgt at Arms: Gerald Gerling 636-271-3778 Chaplain: Larry Schwartz 314-780-3710 Web Sgt: Brad McNeil 636-225-2866 April 2019 Volume XV Issue 4 Email PvtGeoPhillips@gmail.com Detachment Webpage http://www.pvtgeophillips.org/ bmcneil@sbcglobal.net Mail: Pvt George Phillips Detachment Marine Corps League P.O. Box #1 Ballwin, MO 63022 Meeting Location: 225 Old Sulphur Springs Road Ballwin, MO 63021-5356 Trustee 3Yr: John Cooper 314-712-0738 Trustee 2Yr: Elliot Glassman 314-434-4868 Trustee 1Yr: James Grgurich 314-852-9511 Jr. Past Commandant Gerald Gerling 636-271-3778 Ways & Means: Elliot Glassman 314-434-4868 Quartermaster: Rick Shelton 314-677-0087 Eagle Scout Liaison: Vacant Editor/Historian: Carl E. Ramsey 314-304-7915 Meetings 3 rd Tuesday of Every Month 1930 7:30 PM Detachment Membership as of March 31 96 Meetings 3 rd Tuesday of Every Month 1915 7:15 PM
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, 636-978- 3522 or email, 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 2019 6 POW MIA Honor Day at Baseball Stadium 1315 (See Brochure from Bill Kiefer) 9 Staff Meeting 1900 Post #208 16 Membership Meeting 1930 Post #208 16 Last Auxiliary Meeting 1915 Post #208 May 2019 14 Staff Meeting 1900 Post #208 21 Membership Meeting 1930 Post #208 24-25 Collections 30 Collections June 2019 1 Collections 11 Staff Meeting 1900 Post #208 18 Membership Meeting 1930 Post #208 July 2019 9 Staff Meeting 1900 Post #208 14 Pvt George Phillips Birthday 16 Membership Meeting 1930 Post #208
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, 1970. 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.
Detachment Activity since last Meeting. Lady s Auxiliary St. Patrick s Day Party, March 9, 2019. 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, 2018. 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.
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
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, 2019 3 Year Trustee Elliott Glassman, December 20, 2016, 2 year Trustee James Grgurich, December 20, 2016, 1 Year Trustee.
April Birthday Scroll John Bickerton Charles Corpening, Jr. Theodore Eberley, Jr. Elliot Glassman James Grgurich Jerry Kisner Steven Lind Auxiliary Sheila Grgurich Arleen Jackson
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