Comrades,

Summer went fast. Thank you to everyone who marched on the Fourth, and a special thank you to the Honor Guard, who stood out on the courthouse lawn in ninety-four degrees and did not so much as sway. Thanks also to the three new members who signed up at the county fair booth. Welcome to Post 5871, Rick, Tony and Darnell. The coffee is free and the advice is worth what you pay for it.

Two things coming up this month. The Labor Day chicken barbecue is Monday, September 6, starting at 11 until they're gone. We need men on the pits at 6 a.m. Talk to Dennis. And National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Friday, September 17. We will hold a short ceremony at the flagpole at 6:00 p.m. and set the empty table in the hall. I ask every member who can to be there. We still have men who never came home, and we don't forget them.

The Post roof is fixed. It only took three bids, two meetings and one very long argument. Thank you to Gil for riding herd on the contractor.

In comradeship,
Roy Albaugh, Commander

Meeting called to order at 7:32 by Commander Albaugh with 31 members present. Minutes of the July meeting read and approved. Quartermaster reported the canteen is in the black for the summer and the new cooler is paid for. Motion carried to donate $250 to the high school band for new uniforms, since they march with us every Memorial Day. Motion carried to buy two new flags for the cemetery detail. Adjutant reported that The Reveille on-line got an e-mail from a Navy veteran on Guam who found it by accident. Welcome aboard, Chief. Meeting closed in due form at 8:51.