FROM ELDRIDGE...WELCOME TO THE MAQUOKETA
AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 BLOG
AT AUGUST 5TH 2020 MEETING, THE NEW OFFICERS
WERE INSTALLED BY THE DISTRICT COMMANDER
FROM ELDRIDGE LEGION.
VIC McLAUGHLIN, REX SANGER, AND RICK ADLER.
POST MEMBER WAYNE FRANTZEN WAS NOT PRESENT AT MEETING AND MISSED WINNING $50.
THE NEW COMMANDER OF POST 75...ASSUMES COMMAND 7-1-20
REPLACES RETIRING COMMANDER (AFTER RECORD 5 TERMS) JERRY WEIS,
FAR LEFT. IN CENDER, BOB WINEGAR, NEW VICE-COMMANDER.
AT THE JUNE 3, 2020 MEETING, THE 4 RAFFLE WINNERS OF $25...,KATHY SHILLING,
ETHAN SMALL, CHAD SHELDON AND ETHAN WINEGAR.
THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING WINNER WAS NOT PRESENT, GERALD FELTES.
MEMBERSHIP PLAQUE TO CLIFF MERRICK, AT LEFT. AND BELOW, A PHOTO
OF MEMBERS AT THE JUNE 3RD MEETING. THERE WERE 13...NOT IN PHOTO,
CLIFF AND JERRY AND DENNIS VOY WHO TOOK PHOTO. GOOD TURNOUT
NOTICE IN PHOTO... COUPLE BEER DRINKERS DURING MEETING. NO PROBLEM
WITH THAT, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 12, 2019 AT THE TIMBER CENTER NEXT TO
BOWLING LANES IN MAQUOKETA. AROUND 150 LEGIONAIRES,
AND VETERANS AND SPOUSES ATTENDED THE EVENT FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M. THE FREE HAM/CHICKEN DINNER WAS SERVED AND THEN
THE PROGRAM STARTED.
SHE WAS A MILITARY WIFE FOR 34 YEARS, WIFE OF THE LATE BRIG. GEN. CHARLES MITCHELL. AT MERRICK'S LEFT, POST 75 COMMANDER GERALD WEISS. MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY AN EAST DUBUQUE
SINGER WHO SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, LATER GOD BLESS
AMERICAN AND AT END OF PROGRAM, LEE GREENWOOD'S POPULAR
"GOD BLESS THE U.S.A."
A DELICIOUS FREE DINNER, GOOD PROGRAM AND MUSIC....A VERY
NICE NIGHT FOR POST 75. THANKS TO GERALD AND CLIFF AND
COMMITTEE FOR DUTY WELL DOWN. PHOTOGRAPHS BY
LEGONAIRE DENNIS VOY, OWNER OF KMAQ AND VOY THEATRES.
ANY ENTRY HERE TO ENLARGE IT. I AM NOW
LOOKING FOR COMMANDERS FROM 1984 TO PRESENT. IF YOU CAN FILL IN A YEAR(S), EMAIL ME ..kmaq@kmaq.com
THANKS. DENNIS VOY, POST 75 WEB
BLOG EDITOR. 3/15/2018
MARCH 2020 RAFFLE WINNERS: GALEN SAUNDERS, PEG COSTELLO, HOPE SWARTZ, AND EUGENE BLOCK
HARRY HUEBBE MISSED WINNING THE $60 MEMBER
ATTENDANCE DRAWING AS HE WAS NOT PRESENT. FEBRUARY RAFFLE WINNERS: PAT O'DONNELL, CHAD SHELDON AND LANA FLAGEL ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND CALE WINEGAR OF ARIZONA.
THE ATTENDANCE NAME DRAWN, COMMANDER
JERRY WEIS, AND OF COURSE HE WAS PRESENT
AND RECEIVED $60. NEXT MONTH, THE AMOUNT
STARTS OVER AT $50.
JANUARY 2020 .. NO MEETING AS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH WAS NEW YEARS DAY. THE
NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 5. AT THE
DECEMBER MEETING, 4 ADDITIONAL REFFLE DRAWINGS WERE HELD FOR JANAURY 2020.
THOSE WINNERS OF $25 WERE: PHYLIS GILMORE,
DAN HOLDGRAFER, DENNIS VOY, AND WARREN WINEGAR.
DECEMBER 4 RAFFLE WINNERS: J C COX...GLEN CLARK AND MARVIN WEIS
ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND CLARA HERMISTON OF DAVENPORT. LEGIONAIRE
BILL HERTENSEN WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED WINNING $50.00.
NOVEMBER 6, 2019 RAFFLE WINNERS, ALL FROM MAQUOKETA...LARRY EVEN, RICH CURRENT, DENNIS BECK AND DALE CARAWAY. THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING
WAS FOR $150 AND TOM CROUCH'S NAME WAS DRAWN AND HE WAS THERE
AND CLAIMED THE MONEY. HE GOES TO ALMOST EVERY MEETING.
CONGRATULATIONS TOM.
OCTOBER 2, 2019 RAFFLE WINNERS OF $25. LAURA DANIELS, ZWINGLE AND FROM
MAQUOKETA, BILL MAYBERRY, DAVID HAYES AND MAC McLAUGHLIN.
RED HENTON WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED GETTING THE $140 MEMBER
ATTENDANCE DRAWING. NEXT MONTH, $150.00
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019, RAFFLE WINNERS: ETHAN WINEGAR, CRAIG WINEGAR,
ERICK WINEGAR AND NANCY (SUNSHINE) MOORE.
AUGUST 7, 2019 RAFFLE WINNERS OF $25: BRENDA BEHRENS, JIM PETERMAN, PEG
COSTELLO AND JC COX ALL OF MAQUOKETA. MAYOR, LEGIONAIRE DON SCHWENKER WAS NOT PRESENT AND THEREFORE DOES NOT GET THE $120 ATTENDANCE CASH. NEXT MONTH, THE AMOUNT WILL BE $130.
JULY 3RD (2019) RAFFLE WINNERS: WENDY WINEGAR, DAVE CRAWFORD, GAYLE HART ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND PAT FULLER OF WYOMING. MARVIN JORGENSEN
LOST OUT ON MEMBER PRESENT OR NOT DRAWING...WAS ABSENT AND MISSED
WINNING $110. AUGUST WILL BE UP TO $120.
THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY,
MAY 27TH AT 10:30 A.M. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND THAT SAME 2019 DAY, THE NEW VETERANS
MEMORIAL WILL BE DEDICATED NEAR THE
TWO MAQUOKETA CEMETERIES, AT 1 P.M.
JUNE 2019 RAFFLE WINNERS: ALL FROM MAQUOKETA....JACOB BILLINGS, DANI WELLS,
EMRIK WINEGAR AND DICK WILD. LEGIONAIRE
BILL DUNNE'S NAME WAS DRAWN FOR $100 ATTENDANCE PRIZE, BUT HE WAS NOT PRESENT.
THE MAY 1ST 2019 MEETING OF POST 75 HAD 4 MORE RAFFLE
WINNERS: DIANE BLOCK, BRIAN MANDERSCHED, AND MARY JO
WEISS ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND LARRY YOERGER OF CHARLOTTE.
THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE NAME DRAWN....BILL DUNNE....AND HE
WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED WINNING $90.
APRIL 3RD 2019 MEETING: $25 RAFFLE WINNERS: JIM CURRENT,
DON KILBURG, CLARE HERMISTON OF DAVENPORT AND SUE WILD
THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING NAME WAS LEGIONAIRE BRUCE VON SPRECKEN AND HE WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED GETTING $80.
NEXT MONTH, IT WILL BE FOR $90.
FEBRUARY 5TH MEETING RAFFLE WINNERS: DEB WINEGAR,
AND MICHELLE ATIENZA 0F MAQUOKETA AND MADONNA FEENEY OF
NEVADA, IOWA AND SHANE MERRICK OF SOLON. LEGIONAIRE DALE EGGERS WAS NOT AT MEETING AND MISSED WINNING $70. IN MARCH
THE ATTENDANCE JACKPOT WILL BE $80...BECAUSE OF WEATHER,
NO MEETING IN MARCH.
AT JAN 2, 2019 MEETING, A DOUBLE RAFFLE DRAWING...FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY WINNERS: THE 8 WINNERS: FROM MAQUOKETA,
JEANE MANNING, DIANE RENIKER, JANE SMITH, ANDIE BEHRENS,
GLEN CRAWFORD, AND JANET SAUNTERS, ALL FROM MAQUOKETA AND JEAN WEISE OF DAVENPORT AND REX SANGER OF DEWITT. THE ATTENDANCE NAME, MILO SCHOENTHALER. HE WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED GETTING $60 AND SO THE FEBRUARY JACKPOT WILL BE $70 .THERE WERE 9 MEMBERS AT THE JAN 2 MEETING, VERY GOOD.
NO MEETING IN DECEMBER AND NO RAFFLE DRAWING.
RAFFLE WINNERS NOV 7: BOB WINIGAR, MARVIN WEIS, DOUG OWEN ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND GENE LARY OF DELMAR. LEGIONAIRE
GERALD ROCKWELL WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED GETTING $50.
AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, IT WILL BE $60.
VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM IS AT 8:45 THIS FRIDAY, NOV 9, 2018 AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE OCTOBER '18 RAFFLE WINNERS: DAVE SCHILLING, ANDREA JONES, SUE WILD, AND LINDSAY GELLY. ATTENDANCE WINNER OF $60 WAS
TOM CROUCH. NOVEMBER WILL START OVER AGAIN AT $50.
THE SEPTEMBER $25 '18 RAFFLE WINNERS: JACK WILLEY, MIKE WALSH, CRAIG MARKLE AND MARVIN WEIS, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
RICHARD SCHWENKER DIS NOT WIN THE $50 ATTENDANCE DRAWING, WHICH
GOES UP TO $60 AT THE OCTOBER 2018 MEETING.
THE JULY RAFFLE WINNERS, 2018, LURA DANIELS, ZWINGLE....
BILL DURST, SAVANNA....JOYCE MILLER AND ANN OSTERHAUS, BOTH
OF MAQUOKETA. FELLOW MEMBER JOHN SCHMIDT WAS PRESENT
AND GOT THE ATTENDANCE $50.
AT THE JUNE 6, 2018 MEETING, ADJUTANT CLIFF MERRICK WAS
THE WINNER OF THE MEMBER DRAWING. HE WAS PRESENT, HIS NAME WAS DRAWN BY GUEST AT THE MEETING, WAYNE YAROLEM, AND
HE WON $130. IN JULY, THE JACKPOT STARTS OVER AGAIN AT $50.
WAYNE IS A 1962 ANDREW GRADUATE AND HE RETIRED AS A LT. COLONEL IN THE AIRFORCE AND NOW IS IN THE OIL BUSINESS WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS IN SAUDI ARABIA. AFTER A FEW WEEKS VISIT
TO IOWA, HE WILL RETURN TO WORK THERE. HIS WIFE DIED IN
DECEMBER. THE FOUR $25 RAFFLE WINNERS JUNE 6TH: JOE EBERHART OF DELMAR, JOE IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA (ALSO WAS A
WINNER LAST MONTH), D. J. KNICKREHM OF MAQUOKETA AND MARY
CREEGAN OF MAQUOKETA. YES, YOU CAN WIN MORE THAN ONCE
IN THE RAFFLE. THANKS TO MARVIN JORGENSON, WHO INSTEAD OF
BUYING RAFFLE TICKETS THIS MONTH, GAVE A $150 DONATION TO
THE POST. AND.. SATURDAY JUNE 16TH, OUR POST WILL RUN THE
BRAT STAND AT THE EAGLES. HELP WILL BE NEEDED STARTING AT
8 A.M....BUT COME WHEN YOU CAN. WE WILL SELL UNTIL 2 P.M.
WE HAD 8 PRESENT, BETTER THAN NORMAL, INCLUDING DON
KILBURG, RETIRED FARMER. NEXT GOAL, 10 MEMBERS AT A MEETING.
APRIL 4TH '18 RAFFLE WINNERS: DENNIS BECK, PAT FULLER,
TOM CROUCH, AND LUCAS IHRIG. HUGH BOWMAN WAS ABSENT
AND MISSED WINNING $110.00
MARCH 2018 MEETING: FOUR RAFFLE WINNERS OF $25.....GERALD ROCKWELL, DICK DAVISON, JERRE FEY, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN SCHMIDT OF
MONMOUTH. DAVID FELDERMAN WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED OUT ON GETTING THE $100 ATTENDANCE
JACKPOT, WHICH GOES UP TO $110 IN APRIL.
THE AMERICAN LEGION SPRING COUNTY MEETING
WILL BE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 17TH, AT THE
SENIOR CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, STARTING AT
6:00 P.M.
FEBRUARY 2018 MEETING: SINCE THERE WAS NOT A JANUARY MEETING, AT THIS MEETING,
THERE WAS A DOUBLE DRAWING FOR THE FOUR
MONTHLY $25 RAFFLE WINNING NAMES.
JANUARY WINNERS OF $25 .. JIM MANDERSCHEID
AND JIM KINRADE BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ALSO, COKE ROWAN OF BELLEVUE AND MIKE
DUHME OF ZWINGLE.
AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, THE FEBRUARY
RAFFLE WINNERS WERE: JOHN CAMPBELL AND
WAYNE FRANZEN, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND
EUGENE WEIS OF DAVENPORT AND ETHAN SMALL OF BERNARD.
THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING NAME FOR $90
WAS JIM CURRENT JR. HE WAS NOT PRESENT,
SO THE MARCH ATTENDANCE DRAWING WILL
BE WORTH $100.
THE SPRING JACKSON COUNTY VFW MEETING WILL BE HELD HERE IN MAQUOKETA, AT THE
SENIOR CENTER.
THERE WAS NOT A JAN. 2018 MEETING.
PAM SCHMIDT AND TOM WATTERS. TOM BOLLINGER LOST OUT ON GETTING
$80 BECAUSE HE WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETIN
AT THE NOV 1-'17 MEETING: $25 RAFFLE WINNERS:
RUSS LONG, MARTI WALSH, SHANE MERRICK,
AND DENNY KNIGHT. LEGIONAIRE DON KILBURG DID NOT ATTEND MEETING AND SO, DID NOT GET
THE ATTENDANCE PRIZE DRAWING OF $70
AT THE SEPT. 6TH MEETING, THE $25 RAFFLE WINNERS WERE: D.J.
KNICKREHM OF MAQUOKETA...HANK FELLER OF SPRAGUEVILLE....
TYREE TURMAS OF MAQUOKETA AND GENE LARY OF DELMAR.
THE ATTENDANCE NAME DRAWN WAS CARL McNAMEE AND HE WAS
NOT THER AND MISSED $50. NEXT WEEK, IT WILL BE AT $60.
THE FALL COUNTY CONFERENCE WILL BE SAT. SEPT 16 AT BELLEVUE.
DINNER AT 6 AND CONFERENCE AT 7.
THE 2ND DIST. CONF. WILL BE SEPT 23 AT MARION.
AUGUST 2017 MEETING...TOM CROUCH WAS PRESENT (AS HE IS MOST MEETINGS) AND HIS
NAME WAS DRAWN FOR THE MEMBER
ATTENDANCE JACKPOT AND HE WON $380.
THE $25 RAFFLE WINNERS WERE: BILL BURKE,
PHYLLIS GILMORE AND LINDA ANDERSEN
ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND SHANE MERRICK
OF SOLON.
JULY 5TH 2007 MEETING...PATRICK CAVANAGH
NAME AGAIN DRAWN FOR ATTENDANCE JACKPOT.
NOT PRESENT AND HE MISSED GETTING $370.
AUGUST DRAWING WILL BE WORTH $380.
$25 RAFFLE NAMES DRAWN: JIM MANDERSHEID,
AUDREY WINEGAR, MARY ELLEN KIRK, DAVE GRAVES.
AT THE MAR. 8TH-17 MEETING, THE RAFFLE WINNERS WERE JIM KINRADE, ANDREW SCHMIDT, AND PAT O'DONNELL ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND
SHELI JANDURA OF ST. CHARLES, ILLINOIS.
LEGION MEMBER PATRICK CAVANAUGH WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED ATTENDANCE DRAWING FOR $330. POST 75 VOTED TO DONATE
$600 TO THE MAQUOKETA TRAP SHOOT TEAM. IT WAS NOTED THAT
67 MEMORIAL DAY FLAGS WERE REPAIRED BY THE LEGION AUXILIARY AND 25 NEW FLAGS WERE PURCHASED TO REPLACE DAMAGED ONES. AND
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGION AND AUXILIARY
SPRING CONFERENCE WILL BE SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH AT SPRAGUEVILLE, STARTING AT 6 P.M.
AT THE FEB 1, 2017 MEETING,THE FOUR $25 RAFFLE WINNERS WERE: WENDY WINEGAR, CHAD SHELDON, DAVID NISSEN AND ANDREA JONES, ALL OF MAQUOKETA. LEGION MEMBER ROCCO RUDD AT 7326 - 116TH AVENUE, RURAL MAQUOKETA, WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND MISSED
WINNING $320. NEXT MONTH, THE MEMERSHIP ATTENDANCE JACKPOT
WILL BE $330.
FAMILY DINNER AT THE DECKER HOTEL ON JANUARY 28, 2017. ON JANUARY 28, 1967 THEY WERE MARRIED AT THE OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AND LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, CLIFF WAS IN VIETNAM STARTING HIS ONE-YEAR TOUR THERE. THAT OCTOBER, THEY HAD ONE-
WEEK R & R IN HAWAII....THEIR HONEYMOON. LEGIONAIRE DENNIS VOY
TOOK 3 PHOTOS OF THE COUPLE AND ON ALL 3, BARB HAD HER EYES
CLOSED...BUT GREAT PICTURE ANYWAY. CONGRATULATIONS.
DATE: JAN. 4. 2017 MEETING. PRESENT ..
WEIS, MERRICK, VOY, CROUCH, WINEGAR.
RAFFLE WINNERS: DAVID SCHMIDT, BALDWIN...
DAVE OLSON, DAVE VASQUEZ AND ED SEEBERGER ALL OF MAQUOKETA. POST 75 MEMBER WILLIAM HERTENSEN WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED WINNING $300. FEBRUARY ATTENDANCE JACKPOT WILL BE $310. POST VOTED TO GIVE
$250 FOR THE VALOR QUILT PROGRAM IN MAQUOKETA....FREE QUILT PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO LOCAL VETERANS. THIS NOTE: SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTES $255.00 UPON DEATH OF
A VETERAN AND POST 75 BURIAL FUND CONTRIBUTES $200. CHECK IS MAILED DIRECT TO
THE SPOUSE OR FAMILY AND CAN BE USED FOR
BURIAL EXPENSE OR WHATEVER. POST 75 IS ONE OF (OR ONLY?) POST TO HAVE A BURIAL FUND. AT THIS MEETING, THREE MEMBERS OF POST 75 DIED DURING DECEMBER 2016. MEMBERSHIP OF POST 75 STILL REMAINS OVER 100 MEMBERS.
DATE: DECEMBER 7, 2016: AT THIS MEETING,
THE POST VOTED TO GIVE $100 TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
THE FOUR RAFFLE WINNERS WERE: RICH CURRENT, JIM MANDERSCHEID, MARY COOK, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND SCOTT BORMANN OF PRESTON. $300 WAS FOR ATTENDANCE DRAWING AND DAVE SCHILLING WAS NOT PRESENT AND
MISSED THE JACKPOT, WHICH GOES TO $310 FOR
THE JANUARY DRAWING.
NOV 2-16 MEETING...4 RAFFLE WINNERS...D.J. KNICKREHM, PAT O'DONNEL, TOM SIMPSON ALL
OF MAQUOKETA AND TOM MILLER OF BALDWIN.
LOOSING $290 BECAUSE NOT BEING PRESENT, CARL McNAMEE OF DELMAR. DECEMBER
ATTENDANCE POT WILL BE AT $300.
NOV 11-16 FREE VET DINNER AT SR. CENTER AT
11:30 AND DEC 1-16, AUXILIARY XMAS POTLUCK
AT 6 P.M. AT EAGLES, SAYS AUX PREZ, PATTY JOHNSEN.
VIETNAM ANNIVERSARY PIN ON 11-2-2016
OCTOBER 5, 2016 MEETING:
FOUR $25 RAFFLE WINNERS: ANDREA JONES,
JOHN REGAN, MARK BECK, ROXANNE PORTZ.
LEGIONAIRE MAYOR DON SCHWENKER WAS NOT
AT MEETING AND DID NOT GET THE ATTENDANCE
JACKPOT OF $280. NEXT MONTH, IT WILL BE
$290. AT THE OCT 5 MEETING, THE POST VOTED TO
PURCHASE A "PAVER" FOR THE NEW MEMORIAL ROCK VETERAN'S MEMORIAL IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE, JUST NORTH OF THE SUBWAY RESTAURANT.
SEPTEMBER 7,2016 MEETING: $25 RAFFLE WINNERS: BILL TWIGG, DEWITT...W.D.CROUCH,
VAYDA SCHMIDT, AND RANDY GOBIN ALL OF
MAQUOKETA. NEALE BOWMAN WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED GETTING $270 IN THE
ATTENDANCE DRAWING. IN OCTOBER, POT WILL
BE UP TO $280.
COUNTY CONVENTION WILL BE SEPT 17 AT 7 P.M. AT PRESTON, SUPPER BEFORE AT 6.
DISTRICT CONVENTION OCT 8 IN DAVENPORT,
STARTING AT 10 A.M.
AUGUST 3RD MEETING...
JUST 4 PRESENT AGAIN.
4 $25 RAFFLE WINNERS: TOM MILLER, BALDWIN...
JIM KINRADE, MAQUOKETA...LEROY ANDERSON,
MAQUOKETA AND CRAIG MARKLE, MAQUOKETA.
LEGIONAIRE BOB MOTTET WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED $260 CASH PRIZE. NEXT MONTH THE
MEMBER ATTENDANCE JACKPOT WILL BE $270.
JULY 6, 2016 MEETING. FOR 2ND MONTH IN A ROW
THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH AT MEETING FOR A QUORUM. POST 75 HAS JUST OVER 100 MEMBERS AND ONLY 4 SHOWED UP FOR MEETING.
MEMBER JIM CURRENT DID NOT ATTEND AND
MISSED GETTING THE ATTENDANCE JACKPOT OF $250. AT THE NEXT MEETING, AUGUST 3RD, IT WILL BE AT $260. THE 4 WINNERS OF THE $25 POST 75 RAFFLE WERE: ANDREA JONES, RICHARD CURRENT, DAN TIMMONS, AND VERL HOWELL.
JUNE 1ST MEETING: 4 RAFFLE WINNERS WERE
JC COX, MAQUOKETA....DAVID NISSEN, MAQUOKETA....CARL McNAMEE DELMAR AND
ANDY McKEAN, ANAMOSA.
LEGIONAIRE JOHN DYAS MISSED OUT ON $240 CASH. NEXT MONTH, $250 IN THE ATTENDANCE
DRAWING. COMMANDER WEIS SAYS THAT
90 FLAGS THAT WERE FLOWN THIS PAST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT BOTH CEMETERIES
WERE DAMAGED BY WIND AND RAIN AND SOME
MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
MAY 4TH 2016 MEETING: RAFFLE WINNERS: MOE FELTES, OXFORD JUNCTION....JERRE FEY, MAQUOKETA....TOD ROEDER, MAQUOKETA....
MARY JO WEIS, MAQUOKETA (WINNING TWO MONTHS IN A ROW).
LEGIONAIRE ATTENDANCE DRAWING: TED SHADY NOT PRESENT, MISSED
$230. IN JUNE, THE POT WILL BE AT $240 OF THE MEMBER IS PRESENT.
NEWS:
FLAGS WILL BE PUT UP AT MT. HOPE AND SACRED HEART CEMETERIES
ON FRIDAY, MAY 27TH (2016) AT 5 P.M. WEATHER PERMITTING. THEY WILL
BE TAKEN DOWN MONDAY, MAY 30TH AT 5:30 P.M.
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE 10:30 A.M. MAY 30TH AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
RAFFLE SALES HAVE BEEN GOING SLOW SO FAR. SELL YOUR
TICKETS SOON AND IF YOU NEED MORE, CONTACT COMMANDER JERRY WEIS.
AND YOU HAVE 48 CHANCES TO WIN $25 IN THE
12 MONTH PERIOD. YOU CAN WIN MORE THAN
ONCE ALSO. BELOW, YOU WILL SEE WHO MANY
OF THE WINNERS WERE THIS PAST YEAR. ANY LEGIONAIRE IN PHOTOS BELOW CAN SELL YOU ONE OR MORE. ALSO AVAILABLE AT KMAQ. THEY WILL BE SOLD DURING APRIL AND MAY 2016.
AT THE APRIL 6, 2016 MEETING OF THE POST, AT THE EAGLES CLUB,
WE MET A NEW MEMBER WHO TRANSFERRED TO POST 75. HE IS LARRY
EVEN. LOOK FOR HIS PHOTO BELOW.
ALSO AT THE MEETING APRIL 6TH, THE FOLLOWING WON $25 IN THE VFW RAFFLE. THEY ARE: MARY JO WIESE, JEFF MORITZ AND ETHAN WINEGAR ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DOUG CAIN OF DELMAR. THEY WILL GET THE
CHECK IN THE MAIL. JERRY HEINZEL'S NAME WAS DRAWN FOR $220 IN THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING AND HE WAS NOT PRESENT TO COLLECT, SO THE JACKPOT GOES UP TO $230 FOR THE MAY 4TH DRAWING.
AND AT THE MEETING, DR. LEO BIEHL AND ROY WILHELM BOTH
TRANSFERRED FROM POST 729 TO POST 75, MAQUOKETA. POST 729 IS
THE "HOLDING POST" AND IS FOR MEMBERS WAITING TO TRANSFER TO
ANOTHER POST IF THEY WANT TO. GLAD BOTH WILL BE OFFICIALLY
MEMBERS OF POST 75.
MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF THE FEW LEGION POSTS WITH A "BURIAL FUND".
WHEN SOMEONE JOINS POST 75, THE FIRST YEAR, THEY ARE IN THE
"BURIAL FUND" BUT NO MONEY FOR BURIAL. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR $100 BURIAL PAYMENT TO SPOUSE OR HIS/HER FAMILY. STARTING THE SECOND YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THEY LIKE ALL
MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE $200 FROM THE BURIAL FUND AFTER THEIR
FUNERAL. IT AUTOMATICALY IS PAID TO THE FAMILY, OR TO THE FUNERAL
HOME.
THE MARCH 2, 2016 MEETING WAS HELD WITH 6 PRESENT, INCLUDING LEGIONAIRE MAYOR DON. THE MAYOR ASKED FOR A DONATION AGAIN THIS YEAR BY THE POST FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STUDENT TRAP SHOOTING PROGRAM IN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA HAS SOME OF THE BEST SHOOTERS IN IOWA. THE POST VOTED TO DONATE $500 AGAIN THIS YEAR. SINCE THERE WAS NO MEETING IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A DOUBLE DRAWING FOR POST RAFFLE WINNERS, 8 INSTEAD OF THE USUAL MONTHY 4. EACH GETS $25 CASH. NAMES DRAWN: FROM MAQUOKETA, DUANE KAZINSKI, DAVE NISSEN, LUCAS IHRIG, JANET SAUNDERS, PICKLE EDWARDS, AND RUTH JORGENSEN AND FROM WILD WOOD ACRES, JOHN SCHMIDT. THE NAME DRAWN FOR THE ATTENDANCE JACKPOT ($210) WAS EDWIN YOUNG AND SINCE HE WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, NEXT MONTH THE JACKPOT WILL BE AT $220.
THERE WAS NO FEB 3, 2016 MEETING. NO FEBRUARY MEETING.
NEW TIME FOR MEETINGS STARTING FEB 3RD, 2016....6:30 P.M. SPREAD THE WORD!
JAN. 6, 2016 MEETING...PRESENT: COMMANDER JERRY WEIS, ADJ. CLIFF
MERRICK, DENNIS VOY, TOM CROUCH AND BILL DELARM...JUST ENOUGH
FOR A QUARUM.
HUGH BOWMAN WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED WINNING $200. THE
ATTENDANCE JACKPOT IN FEBRUARY
WILL BE $210.
RAFFLE $25 WINNERS WERE: LARRY
STANTON, BUD BERNARD, SACRED HEART CHURCH, AND JOE IHRIG.
COMING SOON....A MONTHLY MEETING WITH FREE SOUP AND SANDWICH SUPPER AHEAD OF MEETING. KEEP CHECKING HERE FOR DATE.
AT THE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND MEETING,
THE FOUR $25 MONTHLY RAFFLE WINNERS WERE:
JIM KINRADE, RYAN MURPHY, RICK DECKER AND
EMRIK WINEGAR, ALL OF MAQUOKETA. THEY WILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL.
IN THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING FOR $190,
MAQUOKETA LEGIONAIRE LYNN KIFER OF MAQUOKETA WAS NOT AT THE MEETING AND
MISSED WINNING $190. IN JANUARY, THE
DRAWING WILL BE WORTH $200.
THE 2015 LEGION AUXILIARY CHRISTMAS POTLUCK
DINNER IS THURSDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 3RD,
AT 6 P.M. AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
ALL LEGIONAIRES AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS ARE
INVITED.
NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING....SAD AGAIN....ONLY 5 MEMBERS, FROM THE POST WITH OVER 100 MEMBERS. MEMBER LEROY ANDERSON WAS NOT PRESENT AND MISSED GETTING THE ATTENDANCE
JACKPOT OF $180. NEXT MONTH IT WILL BE AT
$190. THE FOUR $25 RAFFLE WINNERS IN THE DRAWING WERE: JEAN MANNING OF MAQUOKETA, DOUG COLLINS OF BELLEVUE, HAROLD LUBBEN OF MAQUOKETA AND KEVAN BROWN OF MAQUOKETA. THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR CHECK IN THE MAIL SOON.
THERE WILL BE A "VETERAN'S DAY" PROGRAM AT 8:45 AM NOVEMBER 11TH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND THERE WILL BE A FREE ROAST BEEF DINNER NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:15 A.M. AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER ON EAST QUARRY STREET IN MAQUOKETA. THE DINNER FREE TO EVERY VETERAN.
AT THE MEETING, IT WAS DISCUSSED MOVING THE
MEETING UP 30 MINUTES TO 6:30 P.M. THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH (AT THE EAGLES) WITH THE HOPE IT MIGHT RESULT IN BETTER ATTENDANCE. OR MAYBE A DIFFERENT NIGHT
WOULD BE BETTER? OR SATURDAY MORNING? YOUR THOUGHTS! LET ANY MEMBER HERE ON THIS SITE KNOW. OR EMAIL: kmaq@kmaq.com
AT THE OCTOBER 7TH MEETING, THE ATTENDANCE MEMBER DRAWING WAS HELD FOR $170 AND LEGIONAIRE DON MCDONALD WAS NOT PRESENT
TO WIN THE MONEY, SO NEXT MONTH, THE JACKPOT GOT UP TO $180.00. THE LEGION RAFFLE DRAWING FOR OCTOBER'S FOUR $25 CASH AWARDS WAS ALSO HELD AND THE FOLLOWING WON $25 AND WILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL.....VAYDA SCHMIDT, ED SEEBERGER, AND DUANE KACZINSKI ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND KATHY COX OF CLINTON.
IF YOU SERVED ON THE GROUND IN FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR 2, CONTACT COMMANDER JERRY WEIS IMMEDIATELY.
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WAS ON SEPTEMBER 2ND(2015) AND TWO SPECIAL GUESTS WERE PRESENT....2ND DISTRICT COMMANDER JOHN RICHARDSON OF DUBUQUE (PHOTO BELOW) AND 2ND DISTRICT HISTORIAN GARY KIRCHER OF DUBUQUE (2ND PHOTO BELOW).
MEMBER (OF 48 POSTS IN DISTRICT) IN EACH POST BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST. NATIONAL LEGION
HAS VOTED TO RAISE DUES $5 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2016. THAT WILL RAISE MAQUOKETA'S DUES FROM 35 TO 40 DOLLARS A YEAR. HE ALSO STRESSED ATTENDANCE.
MAQUOKETA HAS AROUND 125 MEMBERS AND
AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 7 ATTEND A MEETING AND
DUBUQUE HAS OVER 700 MEMBERS AND AN
AVERAGE OF ONLY 25 ATTEND A MONTHLY MEETING. HE SAID THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT
CONVENTION WILL BE ON SATURDAY ONLY, OCTOBER 3RD AT COGGON. IT WAS NICE HAVING
THESE TWO FINE GENTLEMEN AT OUR MEETING
LAST NIGHT.
THE $25 RAFFLE WINNERS WERE: CODY ROCKWELL, DR. BUD BERNARD, DAVE STOCKHAM,
AND ELIZABETH OBERBROECKLING. A CHECK WILL BE SENT TO THEM.
MAQUOKETA LEGIONAIRE GLENN MILLER WAS
NOT PRESENT AND MISSED WINNING $160.
NEXT MONTH THE ATTENDANCE JACKPOT WILL
BE WORTH $170.
CHECK THIS WEB SITE SOME TIME...,
WWW.MYLEGION.ORG
THE WINNERS WERE: CRAIG MARKEL...JAKE BICKFORD...JANE HEISTER... AND SHERRY CAMPBELL. THE ATTENDANCE JACKPOT WAS AT $150. LEGIONAIRE DONALD "BURTON" ROMER WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND THEREFORE DID NOT WIN THE CASH. THE JACKPOT GOES UP $10 EACH MONTH UNTIL WON. NEXT MONTH, THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 2ND, AT 7 P.M. AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
AT THE JUNE 3RD REGULAR MEETING...THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WON
$25 IN THE MONTHLY POST 75 RAFFLE DRAWING: ETHAN SMALL OF BERNARD, GLEN HOLDGRAFER OF SPRAGUEVILLE, CHRISTINA EHRIG OF MAQUOKETA AND DAVE "PICKLE" EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA. THE ANNUAL SALE OF RAFFLE TICKETS ENDED JUNE 2ND AND THIS WAS THE FIRST DRAWING FROM THE NEW HAT FULL OF NAMES. THEY WILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL. THE RAFFLE TICKET SALE WAS A SUCCESS AND POST 75 THANKS EVERYONE THAT BOUGHT ONE. THERE WILL BE A DRAWING OF MORE NAMES BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 2016.
WIN OR LOOSE, YOUR NAME ALWAYS GOES BACK IN THE HAT FOR THE NEXT DRAWING. YOU COULD BE A REPEAT WINNER.
NEXT TIME YOU SEE POST 75 MEMBER EARL STEVENS, MENTION TO HIM THAT IF HE HAD BEEN AT THE JUNE 3RD MEETING, HE WOULD HAVE WON $130 IN THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING, BUT HE WAS NOT AT THE MEETING. IN JULY THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING WILL BE UP $10 AND WORTH $140.
EVERY MONTH A MEMBER IS NOT PRESENT IF HIS NAME IS DRAWN, THE
JACKPOT GOES UP $10.
POST 75 LEGION NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR TO ATTEND THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGION MEETING, HOSTED BY MAQUOKETA. IT INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE 7 POSTS WHO GET
TOGETHER IN THE SPRING AND FALL FOR A COUNTY MEETING. IT
WILL START AT 6 P.M. WITH DINNER AND THE MEETING AT 7.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON EAST QUARRY STREET.
IT IS FOR AUXILIARY MEMBERS TOO AND BOTH THE LEGION AND AUXILIARY
WILL HAVE A MEETING SEPARATELY AT 7.
MEET OUR COMMANDER
was in the Army in 1971 and 72, serving mostly at
Ft. Carson. His wife is Mary and they three children, 2 sons and a daughter.
His email address: jerryweis96@gmail.com
his wife is Barb. His email: cmerrick3014@msn.com
POST 75'S BIGGEST FUND RAISER IS THE ANNUAL
RAFFLE! Legionaires each year sell the $12 raffle tickets
to Maquoketa area citizens and at each meeting, four names are drawn (need not be present) for four cash prizes of $25.
MARCH WINNERS: Renee Owen, Ron Paulsen, Keith
Burns, Keith Diltz
APRIL WINNERS: Erica Barker, Maquoketa....Deb Winegar, Fairbury,Illinois....John Williams, Andrew and
Hilda Fedderson, Maquoketa.
CHECKS ARE MAILED TO THE WINNERS AND THEIR
NAME IS PUT BACK INTO THE HAT AND THEY ARE
ELIGIBLE TO WIN AGAIN. SO, THE $12 TICKET
GIVES YOU 48 CHANCES A YEAR TO WIN.
TICKETS FOR THE COMING YEAR ARE ON SALE NOW FROM LEGION MEMBERS AND AT KMAQ.
ABOVE, JOHN SCHMIDT, OUR LEGION CHAPLAIN. HIS WIFE IS PAM AND
HE WORKS FOR WARTHAN BROTHERS MAQUOKETA FORD. HIS EMAIL ADDRESS: jpkaas@hotmail.com
THE POST 75 MAILING ADDRESS IS BOX 757, MAQUOKETA, IA. 52060
POST 75 NEWS:
THE POST IS HEALTHY FINANCIALLY. NEARLY $35,000 IN FOUR
ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING $10,000 IN THE BURIAL FUND.
THE DISTRICT MEETING WILL BE APRIL 11 T DUBUQUE AND ANYONE IS WELCOME, AT 1306 DELHI STREET. IT START AT 8 A.M. AND ENDS
AT 4 P.M. CLIFF (MAYBE OTHERS) IS GOING AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EMAIL HIM.
AT APRIL 1 MEETING, THE POST VOTED TO GIVE $300 TO THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TRAP TEAM, CONSISTING OF ABOUT 25 KIDS. THEY
WERE THE 2013 AND 2014 STATE CHAMPS AND PLACED UP ON TOP
NATIONALLY ALSO IN 2014. THEY ARE AN OFFICIALY HIGH SCHOOL
SPORT, BUT MUST FINANCE THEMSELVES. JOHN KAAS IS INVOLVED
AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
PLANS ARE SET FOR MEMORIAL DAY 2015. THE FLAGS WILL BE PUT UP AT THE CEMETERIES ON FRIDAY, MAY 22 AT 5 P.M. LEGION MEMBERS AND
THE PUBLIC ARE BEING ASKED TO HELP, SO SPREAD THE WORD. THE MORE THE MERRIER AND THE FASTER IT GOES. THE MEMORIAL
DAY PROGRAM WILL BE AT 10:30 MONDAY MORNING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH SHORT PROGRAM AFTER AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY AND
THAN RIGHT AFTER IT, FLAG BURNING AT THE CEMETERY. IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON WHO THE MEMORIAL DAY SPEAKER WILL BE.
POST 75 WILL HOST THE FALL COUNTY MEETING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER ON SATURDAY, OCTBER 3, 2015, STARTING AT 6 P.M.
POST AND AUXILIARIES FROM 7 TOWNS WILL BE THERE. IN JACKSON COUNTY WE HAVE 8 LEGION POSTS: MAQUOKETA, BELLEVUE, PRESTON,
SABULA, BALDWIN, SPRAGUEVILLE, MILES AND ANDREW. MORE ON IT LATER.
HIS EMAIL ADDRESS: tncrouch@q.com
KEEP CHECKING THIS BLOG FOR VFW NEWS, COMING EVENTS, RAFFLE WINNERS, MEETING ATTENDANCE WINNERS AND PHOTOS.
AT EACH MONTHLY MEETING (7 P.M. FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH AT THE EAGLES) THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING IS HELD AT THE END OF THE
MEETING. THE AT THE APRIL 1 MEETING, POST MEMBER JOE COX NAME WAS DRAWN AND HE WAS NOT PRESENT, SO HE MISSED OUT GETTING
$110 CASH. HIS NAME IS BACK IN THE HAT THOUGH.
ALSO ON THIS BLOG WE WILL LIST HERE, ITEMS AND PHOTOS REGARDING THE LEGION AUXILIARY!
THE LADIES MEET THE 1ST THURSDAY OF EVERY
MONTH, AT 2 P.M. AT THE UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST ON EAST PLATT STREET.
THERE ARE 63 MEMBERS. THE CLUB PRESIDENT
IS ANN KNIGHT.
VELMA WITT IS VICE-PRESIDENT.
MARY COOK IS SECRETARY.
PHYLLIS ROCKWELL IS TREASURER.
GLATHA WINCHIP IS CHAPLAIN AND CHAIRPERSON FOR WREATHS.
KAREN GARIEN, IS IN CHARGE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND POPPY SALES.
THE AUXILIARY GIVES 2 OR 3 $200 SCHOLARSHIPS
EACH YEAR.
BETTY MILLER IS HISTORIAN
MARY ELLEN KIRK IS A PAST OFFICER.
CAROL DAVIS IS ONE OF NEWEST MEMBERS.
THE PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN AT THE MAY 7, 2015 MEETING. VELMA WITT WAS THE ONLY OFFICER NOT PRESENT.
AT THE APRIL MEETING, THEY HAD TWO FOREIGN
EXCHANGE STUDENTS AS GUESTS.
THEY HAVE REFRESHMENTS AFTER EACH
MEETING.
CAROL....ANN AND MARY ELLEN.
BETTY HAS EMAIL (bettydarlene49@hotmail.com)
and WILL KEEP ME ME POSTED (THROUGH EMAIL)
OF AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF EITHER ORGANIZATION, EMAIL TO kmaq@kmaq.com ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE PUT ON THIS WORLD WIDE SITE. SEND US LOCAL LEGION AND AUXILIARY PHOTOS TOO...
AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
SCOTT HANSEN WILL GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS ON MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY) MAY
25, 2015....AT 10:30 AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SHORT SERVICE AFTER AT 11:30 A.M. AT MT. HOPE. AND AT ABOUT 12 NOON, THE FLAG BURNING BEGINS AT A SITE AT MT. HOPE. BRING YOUR
OLD FLAGS.
THE AVENUE OF FLAGS WILL BE PUT UP BY VETERANS AND ANYONE ELSE THAT CAN HELP, ON FRIDAY, MAY 22ND AT MT. HOPE, AT 5 P.M.
AND THE FLAGS WILL BE TAKEN DOWN AT A5:30 P.M. ON MONDAY, MAY 25TH AND HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.
AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS NEW INTERNET SITE THAT ANYONE CAN BRING UP BY FIRST GOING TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE WWW.KMAQ.COM.....THEN A CLICK ON THE LEGION SQUARE.
..... COMING SOON, INCLUDING A LIST OF MEMBERS OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.
LEGION MEEINGS ARE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, AT 7 P.M AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. IF YOU
EVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY, ATTEND A MEETING AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHEN AND WHERE YOU SERVED.
SMALL LEGION POSTS MAKE MAKE UP 50% OF IOWA'S MEMBERSHIP.
HONOR FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FROM CEDAR RAPIDS THIS YEAR WILL BE
HELD APRIL 21, MAY 19, SEPTEMBER 15, AND OCTOBER 20, 2015. THEY BEGIN AT 7 A.M. AND END AT 10:30 P.M. ANY WWII OR KOREAN VETERAN INTERESTED SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL VETERANS GROUP OR CALL BILL GOODMAN AT LEGION POST 13 IN ANAMOSA. PHONE 319-462-2472.
AT THE MAY 6, 2015 MEETING, THESE FOUR NAMES WERE DRAWN FOR $25 CASH EACH. CHECKS WILL BE IN THE MAIL TO THEM.
JONI WINEGAR....JOHN SCHMIDT....STEVE THORSON....BOB WINEGAR.
MEMBER BILL DELARM WAS NOT PRESENT FOR
THE MEETING. HIS NAME WAS DRAWN IN THE
ATTENDANCE DRAWING AND HAD HE BEEN THERE, HE WOULD BE $120 RICHER TODAY. SO, AT THE NEXT JUNE MEETING, THE JACKPOT WILL BE AT $130
MT HOPE CEMETERY ON MEMORIAL DAY.
ROBERT LAUGHLIN (VFW), JERRY WEIS (LEGION), SHANE MERRICK (LEGION)
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!
THIS BLOG EDITOR....
POST 75 MEMBER, DENNIS VOY
