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Post 60th Anniversary Dinner
January 12, 2009 | 
Author This Saturday January 10, over 700 mailings went out for the Post 60th Anniversary Dinner.
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Past County Commander’s Dinner
Some tickets are still available for the Past County Commaner’s dinner on February 8, 2009, at El Caribe Caterers. The cost is $35. If you are interested come down to the post on any Friday night (6p.m. to 12a.m.), Saturday (12p.m. to 1a.m.) or Sunday (12p.m. to 6p.m.) to make your reservation.
Post 60th Anniverary Preparations
Come down to the post on January 10, 2009 and help us mail out the invitations for the 60th. We will be starting at 1p.m. We will be mailing out approximately 1,000 invitations.
Tony O’s Rockin’ New Year’ s Eve
December 31th 2008 the annual Tony O’s Rockin’ New Year’s eve was held. This annual event may soon eclipse Dick Clark’ s Rockin New Year’s Eve held in Times Square. With an over capacity crowd of about 14 members a good time was had by all. A hot buffet was provided that consisted of Baked Ziti, Meatballs, Fried Chicken, Rice and Cooked Salad (The salad was put in the oven by mistake).
Until next year……….
2008 Newsletter
St. Stanislaus Memorial Post #1771 Newsletter October 2008
Here we are again starting off another year at St. Stan’s post. Rest assured we are doing better than ever. We are still the third largest Post in King’s County and growing. Let me introduce you to your Executive board.
John Pieprzak – Commander.
Rick Kenney – Adjutant.
Jim Feith – Financial Officer.
Carl Licht – Vice Commander.
Jim Hesse – Vice Commander.
Ray Smith – Vice Commander.
Robert Conlon -Vice Commander.
Henrique Frett – Chaplain.
Bob Pieprzak – Sgt.-at-Arms.I
Fred! Schwally.- Service Officer.
Ed Bizinsk i- Judge Advocate.
Ed Wizbicki – Compliance Off.
Sal Azzinnari – Executive Officer.
Pat Sparano – Executive Officer.
Angel Valentin – Executive Officer.
Louis Frasco – Executive Officer.
Philip Ras – Post Historian.
Most of these men have been on the job for the last few years and continue to do a great Job. Welcome to the new one’s and Thanks for stepping up.
Big News.
March 14th, 2009 we will be celebrating our Post’s 60th Anniversary. It will be held at Rovnak’s Hall on Nassau Ave. Invitations will be mailed out shortly with all the details. Hope to see you all there.
Kid’s Christmas Party.
Enclosed you will find the invite to the Party. Please get your responses in by the cut-off date to insure the child will get a gift.
Here’s to the Ladies.
Our Auxiliary is a force to be reckoned with. They are instituting new programs to help troops & community. As well as adding new members to their ranks. Paula Sahraoui is still on board as the President. Paula and her ladies have been a great help by working with the Legion in our endeavors.
A Legion Family Again.
We are truly a legion family. Thanks to the dedication of a few of our members, the Sons of the Legion Squadron is up and running. We have 36 sons on roster led by Commander Martin Olszewski. They have already been a great help to the Post. We look forward to working with them in the years to come.
Membership.
Last year we missed getting 100% paid by a few members. If you have already paid your dues, I thank you. If not, please try to get them in ASAP so we can get 100% for this year. We have 260 of our 347 quota already paid.
Keep In Touch.
Thanks to our Historian, Phil Ras’s hard work, our Post website has pictures & histories from 1949 when we were first chartered. Check it out at: www.ststanspost1771.org. There is also a message board where you can keep in touch with other members as well as a calendar of upcoming events.
Departed Comrades.
We mourn the passing of our last charter member, Henry Bulakowski, a WWII vet with 59 years in the Legion. A sad ending to a great era.
Upcoming Events.
11/15/08 – Veteran Day Ceremony & Awards Night. 8 p.m., no charge.
12/07/08 – Kid’s Christmas Party. 2 to 5 p.m., no charge.
12/13/08 – Toys for tots. Starts at 6 p.m.,Bring any unwrapped toy for entry fee (NO-cash).
12/20/08 – Commanders Christmas Party. 8 p.m., $25.
12/31/08 – Tony O’s Rockin’ New Years Eve. 8 p.m.
03/14/09 – Post’s 60th Anniversary Celebration.
Regular meetings are still on the first Wednesday of the month, 7:30 p.m. start. See you there.
Semper Fi, The Commander
Tags: Commander’s Christmast Party December 20, 2008
On Saturday December 20, 2008 St. Stan’ s Post Celebrated Christmas with the annual Commander’s Christmas Party. A DJ Provided the entertainment an hot buffet was served. Some of the members also provided some entertainment of their own.
Carlie Babe keep your day job!
Children’s Christmas Party December 7, 2008
On Sunday, December 7, 2009 St. Stan’s Post held it’s annual Children s Christmas party. The event was attended by about 40 children and of course Santa Claus. Hot dogs and soda was the bill of fare and entertainment was provided by a magician.
To see more pictures go to the post website and check the entry in the photo album.
Next Post Meeting
The next post meeting will be held on January 7, 2009, at 7:30p.m at the post headquaters 519 Leonard St.
St. Stans’ s Post Celebrates 60th Anniversary
On March 14, 2009 the post will celebrate it’s 60th anniversary at Rovank’ Princess Manor. Invitations will be going out soon. Check back here for details.
St. Stanislaus Memorial Post #1771 Newsletter Sept/Oct 2006
Call in the Big Guns…
It is St. Stan’s Post honor, for Legion year 2006-2007, to have one of our own as Kings County Commander. That man is Ed Bizinski. We wish him well in his upcoming year. It is a title well deserved and long over due. Henrique Frett will be Ed’s Aide and Robert ‘Bo’ Conlon has a seat on the Executive Board for Boy Scout Affairs.
Congratulations also go out to Paula Sahaoui, as the incoming President of our Ladies Auxiliary. Our thanks and best wishes go with Rose Cutler, who steps down after three terms in that position.
The Post Executive board is as follows:
John Pieprzak-Commander.
Henrique Frett-Adjutant.
Jim Feith-Financial Officer.
Fred Schwally-Service Officer.
Ed Bizinski- Judge Advocate.
Ed Wizbicki..:Chaplain & Compliance
Carl Licht-1st Vice Commander.
Jim Hesse-Vice Commander.
Ray Smith-Vice Commander.
Marion Daverin-Vice Commander.
Sal Azzinnari-Executive Officer.
Robert Conlon-Executive Officer.
Tony Olszewski-Post Historian.
Philip Ras-Assistant Historian.
What’s New?
The Post is stepping into the computer age. We now have our own web site. We can all thank Phil Ras, who joined our Post and came in like a man on a mission. He designed and maintains the site. There are hundreds of pictures from the past and present on it already, with more to come. We are also talking about making DVD’s of those pictures for members that don’t have computers but want to reminisce about the good old days. There will be more to follow on that. The web site address is: ststanspost1771.org. Check it out, it will be well worth it. Thanks Phil!!!
Membership
Our roster has diminished a little over the last few years. But we are still a strong Post. We currently have 391 members in our ranks, and we are still the third largest Post in Kings County. Unfortunately I have some bad news on this subject. We were just informed that as of January 1st the dues are going up again. Last year they went up because, Department wanted an increase, this year they are going up again because National wants their piece of the pie too. Our Post is not getting any of the increase in monies, but we are forced to increase dues none the less. The- –new cost of dues will be $30. This is effective starting January 1st. If you get your payment in before that deadline you will only pay $25. So try to get it in as soon as possible. Remember this is NOT our Posts fault, this comes straight from National.
Departed Comrades.
We mourn the loss recently of: Richard Haines, PC & John ‘The Banker’ Jadaszewski, Executive Officer. Our prayers go out to their families.
Special Notes:
Enclosed in this newsletter you will find the meeting schedule for the 2006/2007 year. Please try to make them if you are able. Also enclosed is the form for the Children’s Christmas Party. You must send this in by the cut-off date to ensure that gifts will be available for the children and to avoid any last minute running around by the committee.
In closing, I look forward to the start of my 4th year as the Commander of our Post. I will do whatever I can to keep us strong in the future.
Semper Fi’!
The Commander