Legion news - Branch No. 75: Nov 11, 2015
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- Published on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
By Warren Smallwood
Publicity
The Nov. 9 meeting of Rivers Legion was called to order by Comrade Darryl Childerhose at 1930 hours; 12 members were present. Much of the meeting was taken up with a final review of the Remembrance Day services. Besides the main service on Nov. 11, a number of members will be involved in three services on Nov. 10. The Rivers Collegiate service is at 10:30 a.m., Riverdale Personal Care Home at 1 p.m. and the final one is at Rivers Elementary School at 2:20 p.m.
Last year the main service could not be held at the high school because of renovations to the gym floor. Being back there this year makes things less hectic since a lot of the set up is done for the collegiate service the day before. The gym also has better accessibility for the seniors and easy use of PowerPoint projection on the stage.
Other business included a report that the Halloween party was a success. All those present thought the band, Plan B, was very good. The Legion bonspiel was changed to Nov. 28 from Nov. 21. A $100 donation was approved for the RCI Rams volleyball tournament.
The latest Legion magazine has an insert called Last Post. This feature is printed twice a year; it lists veterans who have died in the last year. The listing is reserved for ordinary and life members of Royal Canadian Legion at the time of their death, and Canadian war veterans (Second World War, Korean War, Gulf War, Afghanistan) who were not Legion members at the time of their death. Names can be submitted for Last Post through your local legion branch. A complete database of all names is available online at www.legionmagazine.com. Only those reported within a year of death will appear in the magazine, but any others will be still published on the database.
Rivers Legion believes in recycling. This was very evident when nominations were made for some executive positions; each position was acclaimed, but there are changes. There were seven executive positions up for grabs, so it was impossible to have an even number of males and females; however, we did come close. More news will be available when they are sworn in next month.
