Last Updated June 25, 2009

   "For God and Country"    

The American Legion
Memorial Highway Post 352

   Blanco, Texas    

Post Office Box 301 Blanco, TX 78606-0301

US 281, which runs through Blanco, was designated The American Legion Memorial Highway from the Mexican border to the Canadian border by the U.S. Congress in 1935.   Hence the Post name as first chartered in 1937.  US 281 was designated The American Legion Memorial Highway by the Texas Legislature in 2005. 

   

Regular meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the 4th Thursday of each month at 803 13th street  (South side of 13th street about 200 yards West of US 281 -- on school district grounds)  Auxiliary Unit 352 serves a pot-luck dinner after 6:30 PM.  Wartime vets and spouses are always welcome!

For a Google map to our Legion Hall, click: Map. (Contrary to Google map, we are on the South side of 13th street.)

NEXT REGULAR MEETING:

Thursday, June 25, 7:30 PM

Pot Luck 6:30 PM;  Sandwiches

Program: Community Emergency Response Team

WARTIME VETS -- JOIN THE LEGION:

Present and former wartime service members CLICK for American Legion membership eligibility dates or join as a booster or sponsor

CLICK for membership form. Complete and mail to American Legion Memorial Highway Post 352, P.O. Box 301, Blanco, Texas 78606-0301.  Current annual Post dues are $40.

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POST NEWS:

(6-13-09)  We have lost new member Charles Rothenbach-Ludolf.

(5-16-09)  Past Commander Jack Prindable Sr. has died.  His ashes will be scattered at sea.

(5-14-09)  Newly transferred member David Key has died; no remembrance is planned for the near future.

(4-23-09)  Post members are eligible to join the Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union as members of select group number 1549.

(11-6-08)  Veterans and active-duty service members not in uniform can now render the hand salute during the playing of our national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect this month. 

COMMANDERS CALL: June
 by Mike Simon

It is my pleasure to serve as your new Post Commander. The Memorial Highway Post 352 is a historic post with a long and proud history. We have the honor of having a past President of the United States as a life-member. Our Post home was built by returning WWII veterans to train them for new jobs. Yet, with all of our Post’s great accomplishments, our future is still uncertain.

A post is only as strong as its members, and we need your help in our continued future. We have a strong core of members, but always more is needed. More help with manpower, more new ideas, more help in giving back to the veterans who have served and given so much to the community, state, and nation. If you think about it, you belong to a selective, exclusive organization. Not everyone can join, and not every veteran can join.

Your service during a recognized time of military conflict and having served on active duty during that time is what qualifies you to be a member of the American Legion. I am proud of my military service; I am proud of my membership in the American Legion; and I am proud of my country. The American Legion needs you! Please do it again and answer the call. Come join us at a Post meeting, the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM for a delicious home-cooked meal always provided by our hard-working Auxiliary Unit and 7:30 PM for the regular meeting
 

AUXILIARY UNIT 352 NEWS:

The link to the to the Unit 352 Auxiliary web site is: http://blancoala352.i8.com/

REMINDERS:

(10-11-07)  The Post is using the American Legion AutoBlast telephone system to notify members of meetings, events, member needs, membership issues etc.  If you DO NOT wish to be called, please notify the Post Webmaster.  If you are not getting called it is because we could not find your number.

For the Good of the Legion:

(5-30-08)  Legislation is pending concerning Army Combat Action Badges.  See http://www.legion.org/whatsnew/publications/newsletter/story?id=599

(2-1-08)  The following 1903 Springfield rifles were issued to Post 352 by the army in 1948.  Please check your closet and return any rifles to the Post.  Rifles not returned soon will be reported as missing. 

19303 1510115 3224321
40243 3006063 3229015
169749 3026119 3267479
620937    

The I.C.E. campaign:  Put "in case of emergency" numbers (I.C.E.1 etc.) in your cell phone so that appropriate people can be notified by emergency responders if there is a problem.

(10-11-07)  Oral histories of veterans are being collected.  E-mail Louis Sandoval or call 210-227-9373x11 for an appointment for a 45 minute interview.

Recruiting new members for the Post involves raising awareness about the Post and its activities.  We have been putting articles in the newspapers and we have been distributing this bulletin outside of Legion circles, but we need people to recognize a Legionnaire in public so that the Legionnaire can answer questions about the Legion and the Post and can invite wartime vets to our meetings.  Some officers have unofficially adopted the hat that you see pictured and wear it often in public.  If you would like to help our recruiting, you can order a cap directly from Legion emblem sales (item 708.137 @ $13.95) and wear it as much as possible.  The legion does not embroider this particular style, but you can have Post 352 Blanco, Texas put on your hat locally by Digital Expressions (located by Spring Branch gasoline station) 830-228-5084 for $8.00 (or less if we can get a bulk order).  By the way, this baseball hat can not replace the official dark blue overseas cap that is required for official Legion meetings.

    NEWS PUBLICATIONS:

NEW! CLICK to subscribe to the American Legion Online Update (current week articles & archives)

CLICK to see American Legion Magazine articles (current month issue & archives)

CLICK to subscribe to the monthly paper American Legion Dispatch (or read it at the Post)

CLICK to see Department Legion Times (current month issue & archives)

FOR THE RECORD:

CLICK for minutes of latest Post meeting

CLICK for minutes of latest Post executive committee meeting

CLICK for latest Post financial report

CLICK for latest IRS form 990-N required notice

POST 352 CONTACTS: (Click underlined names to send e-mail)

Commander Michael Simon 830-833-4460
Adjutant Donnea Simon 830-833-4460
1st Vice-Commander Tom Avants 830-833-2562
2nd Vice-Commander Dale Spreen 830-935-3086
Service Officer Herman (Will) Tammen 830-885-2493
Chaplain Open  
Sergeant-at-arms Oscar Segura 830-833-4565
Historian Open  
Judge Advocate Fred Kerschus 830-228-4970
Past Commander Bruce C. Huguelet 830-833-5211
Newsletter Publisher Donnea Simon 830-833-4460
Webmaster Bruce C. Huguelet 830-833-5211

CLICK for current Post membership roster

Auxiliary

 UNIT 352 CONTACTS: (Click underlined names to send e-mail)

President Christine L. Huguelet 830-833-5211
Vice-President Donnea Simon 830-833-4460
Secretary Erika Fickle 830-833-2735
Treasurer Erika Fickle 830-885-2735
Chaplain Roxanna Avants 830-833-2562
Historian Bobbie Jean Pratt 830-833-5047
Sergeant-at-arms Roxanna Avants 830-833-2562

Visit Blanco-Texas.com

        INFORMATION LINKS:               

Blanco Events Calendar                                    Hill Country Portal

Get connected -- register your E-mail address with each:
National   Department of Texas   Post 352

Purchase Legion caps and other emblem related items.

Whittington's Jerky troop support programs

Donate automotive equipment & supplies for BAMC rehabilitation.

Donate to Operation Comfort Warriors which provides zip up sweat suits for wounded service personnel.

 

Operation Comfort (.com) provides free counseling for military family members.

Operation Comfort (.org) has many programs including Automotivation which seeks to set up auto body training for disabled vets.  Tools, equipment and supplies donations are needed.

The American Legion has partnered with Avue Technologies to provide vets with more, better federal jobs.
 http://www.americasupportsyou.mil. Other organizations that offer means of showing your support for our troops or assist wounded service members and their families include:
 - http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers/
 - http://www.redcross.org
 - http://www.usocares.org/

Patriot Express  SBA loans for vets

Texas Military Family Access Project -- Call 2-1-1

Family Support Network                                
24 hour hotline 1-800-504-4098

Send needed personal items to the troops.

Donate morale items to the troops.

Donate or Donate frequent flyer miles to the troops.               

Donate coffee to the troops.

CHAIN OF COMMAND:

National American Legion Commander David K. Rehbein
91st National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky - August 21-27, 2009

 
Department of Texas Commander James "Jim" McNair Department Calendar  Legion Times
91st Department Convention June 24-28, 2009 in the Convention Center in McAllen, TX  


Texas Division Three Commander Rosa Cavazos

Fall Convention TBA
(Districts 9, 10, 14,15, 20 & 23)

 

 
Texas District Ten Commander  Walter W. Ivie
Fall Convention Lulling, TX (27 Posts in Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Hayes, Milam, Travis, Washington, and Williamson counties)

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