NEWSLETTER NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, INC. FT SAM HOUSTON CHAPTER #17 ALAMO CAMP HEROES OF ‘76 SEE OUR WEBSITE AT http://www.ftsamhoustonsojourners.txmasons.org Editor: Thomas J. Griffy Email: [email protected]Minutes of Business Meeting 4 March 2015 The Monthly Business Meeting of the Chapter was held 4 March 2015 at The Barn Door. The meeting was preceded by lunch which was ordered from the menu provided. 1 st Vice President, Broth- er H. Nelson Dunn opened the meeting in the ab- sence of the President at 1200 hours. The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was led by Vice President. Dunn; Toast to the Flag was given by Brother PNP Elliott Samuels, and the prayer by Chaplain Brother Freddie Freeland. Bro Dunn introduced Bro Charles Poole who is a member of Ft Bragg Chapter and now residing in San Antonio. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes were ap- proved as published in the Newsletter. TREASURER’S REPORT: Treasurer’s report was approved as presented. CORRESPONDENCE: Bro Art Polsey submit- ted for an MIP and his number has been received. Email from Anson Jones secretary dealing with the April Encampment in Austin was read to the mem- bers present. REFERRAL OF APPLICATIONS: None. APPLICATIONS VOTED ON: None. INITIATION OF NEW MEMBERS: None. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES: AMERICANISM: Bro Elliott Samuels deferred to the committee chairs. ROTC: Everything is on track. Roster available to sign up to present the awards. Some ISSUE 15-04 April 2015 schools have not responded at this time. Help is needed in presenting these awards. FREEDOM FOUNDATION: The 2015 Trifold is now available and will be given out to the Rainbow Girls and Demolay Boys on 9 March. . Instructions on the MOWW YLC’s have been re- ceived. Received three quotas for Freedom Founda- tion of which the Chapter will cover the cost of two and a member will cover the cost of the third one. Two quotas for the MOWW YLC on the Lexington second session have been received for June 2015. ESSAY: Completed for 2015 and will await the flyer for 2016. FLAG PROGRAM: Next flag program will be on 7 March with the Grand Masters march to the Alamo. We will be the Color Guard. Bro Lafferty stated the next one after that is on 27 April 2015, possibly one on 27 June 2015. . BY LAWS: Nothing new. FINANCE COMMITTEE: Nothing MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Bro Sid Shaen- field again encouraged members to replace them- selves and contribute to the 3-6-5 program if they have not done so. We need to talk to individuals instead of waiting for them to talk to us. EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEE: None presented this month. PROGRAMS: The next dinner meeting is on 11 March at the Barn Door. Guest speaker, R:W: Gower. SICKNESS AND DISTRESS: Bro Samuels had his surgery and is progressing quite well. His wife Elizabeth is still having problems. Bro Donald Gar- (continued on page 2) President 1 st Vice President Secretary / Treasurer Commander Adjutant T.K. Anthony H. Nelson Dunn J. R. “Bob” McConnell George H. Cheney J. R. “Bob” McConnell 345 West Mally Blvd 4411 Talullaw 134 Rhonda Dr 13422 Blackstone 134 Rhonda Dr San Antonio, TX 78221 San Antonio, TX 78128 Universal City, TX 78148 Universal City, TX 78148 Universal City, TX 78148 (210)922-0863 (210)656-8466 (210) 659-6813 (210)566-9957 (210) 659-6813 [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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NEWSLETTER
NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, INC. FT SAM HOUSTON CHAPTER #17
from the menu provided. 1st Vice President, Broth-
er H. Nelson Dunn opened the meeting in the ab-
sence of the President at 1200 hours. The Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag was led by Vice President.
Dunn; Toast to the Flag was given by Brother PNP
Elliott Samuels, and the prayer by Chaplain Brother
Freddie Freeland. Bro Dunn introduced Bro
Charles Poole who is a member of Ft Bragg Chapter
and now residing in San Antonio.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes were ap-
proved as published in the Newsletter.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Treasurer’s report
was approved as presented.
CORRESPONDENCE: Bro Art Polsey submit-
ted for an MIP and his number has been received.
Email from Anson Jones secretary dealing with the
April Encampment in Austin was read to the mem-
bers present.
REFERRAL OF APPLICATIONS: None.
APPLICATIONS VOTED ON: None.
INITIATION OF NEW MEMBERS: None.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:
AMERICANISM: Bro Elliott Samuels deferred to
the committee chairs.
ROTC: Everything is on track. Roster
available to sign up to present the awards. Some
ISSUE 15-04 April 2015
schools have not responded at this time. Help is
needed in presenting these awards.
FREEDOM FOUNDATION: The 2015
Trifold is now available and will be given out to the
Rainbow Girls and Demolay Boys on 9 March. .
Instructions on the MOWW YLC’s have been re-
ceived. Received three quotas for Freedom Founda-
tion of which the Chapter will cover the cost of two
and a member will cover the cost of the third one.
Two quotas for the MOWW YLC on the Lexington
second session have been received for June 2015.
ESSAY: Completed for 2015 and will
await the flyer for 2016.
FLAG PROGRAM: Next flag program
will be on 7 March with the Grand Masters march
to the Alamo. We will be the Color Guard. Bro
Lafferty stated the next one after that is on 27 April
2015, possibly one on 27 June 2015. .
BY LAWS: Nothing new.
FINANCE COMMITTEE: Nothing
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Bro Sid Shaen-
field again encouraged members to replace them-
selves and contribute to the 3-6-5 program if they
have not done so. We need to talk to individuals
instead of waiting for them to talk to us.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEE:
None presented this month.
PROGRAMS: The next dinner meeting is on 11
March at the Barn Door. Guest speaker, R:W:
Gower.
SICKNESS AND DISTRESS: Bro Samuels had
his surgery and is progressing quite well. His wife
Elizabeth is still having problems. Bro Donald Gar-
(continued on page 2)
President 1st Vice President Secretary / Treasurer Commander Adjutant
T.K. Anthony H. Nelson Dunn J. R. “Bob” McConnell George H. Cheney J. R. “Bob” McConnell 345 West Mally Blvd 4411 Talullaw 134 Rhonda Dr 13422 Blackstone 134 Rhonda Dr San Antonio, TX 78221 San Antonio, TX 78128 Universal City, TX 78148 Universal City, TX 78148 Universal City, TX 78148 (210)922-0863 (210)656-8466 (210) 659-6813 (210)566-9957 (210) 659-6813 [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
National Sojourners, Inc. Ft Sam Houston Chapter #17 Alamo Camp Heroes of 76
APRIL 2015 | Page 5
This Month in History
(Chronological by day of the month)
April 1, 1948 – Cold War: Berlin Airlift — Military
forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled gov-
ernment in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of
West Berlin.
April 2, 1865 – American Civil War: The Siege of
Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the
trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Con-
federate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
April 4, 1818 – The United States Congress adopts
the flag of the United States with 13 red and white
stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
April 5, 1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Ci-
vilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the
Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Cer-
tificates" by U.S. citizens.
April 7, 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story
Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space
shuttle spacewalk.
April 8, 1918 – World War I: Actors Douglas Fair-
banks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the
streets of New York City's financial district.
April 10, 1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt
to thaw relations with the United States, the People's
Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team
for a week-long visit.
April 11, 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs
the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimina-
tion in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
April 13, 1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio
Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
April 14, 1986 – In retaliation for the April 5 bomb-
ing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen,
U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing
raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
This Month in History(cont.)
April 16, 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of
Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David
Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate ar-
tillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
April 17, 2014 – NASA's Kepler confirms the dis-
covery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable
zone of another star.
April 19, 1951 – General Douglas MacArthur re-
tires from the military.
April 20, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the
Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at
Lexington and Concord.
April 22, 1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the
Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General
Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio
López de Santa Anna among the captives of the bat-
tle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly
gives away his identity.
April 24, 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of
the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a
lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the
Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-
trapped ship Endurance.
April 26, 1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs
at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet
Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst
nuclear disaster.
April 28, 1986 – The United States Navy aircraft
carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-
powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal,
navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
April 30, 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly
scheduled television service in New York City,
broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
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NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, INC. Ft Sam Houston Chapter #17
Alamo Camp Heroes Of 76 Bob McConnell
134 Rhonda Dr
Universal City, TX 78148
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