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E-Bulletin forApril 8th, 2019 (Issue 247)
""Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat" (Theodore Roosevelt)
Attendance on April 4, 2019
Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Beverly Crumley, Garry White, John Polk, Glen Rydl, Ronda Young (16)
Can You Believe it? Chester Bank's name was drawn again for Big Bucks. Congratulations Chester (and he kept it too.
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of APRIL 2019
April 11..…….John Polk
April 18...…...Merwin Richards
April 25...……Glen Rydl
Birthdays during the month of April 2019
April 11th...…….Moe Johnson
April 12th...…...Gary Strunk
April 9th...……...Rhonda White
Anniversaries celebrated in April 2019
April 24...…...Andrew & Carol Gary
April 26...…...Frederick & Margo Case
Our program for this coming week.
Kelli Whigham will be bringing the program for this coming Thursday. Her program will consist information about The American Legion Auxilliary, which will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary this year.
The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.
The American Legion is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization with great political influence perpetuated by its grass-roots involvement in the legislation process from local districts to Capitol Hill. Legionnaires' sense of obligation to community, state and nation drives an honest advocacy for veterans in Washington. The Legion stands behind the issues most important to the nation's veterans community, backed by resolutions passed by volunteer leadership.
From April 5 to April 11th
April 5,1986 - -A bomb exploded at a popular discotheque frequented by American military personnel in West Berlin, killing two U.S. soldiers and a Turkish woman. American intelligence analysts attributed the attack to Muammar Quaddafi of Libya. Nine days later, President Ronald Reagan ordered a retaliatory air strike against Libya.
April 6, 1917 - - Following a vote by Congress approving a declaration of war, the U.S. entered World War I in Europe.
April 7, 1712 - - In New York City, 27 black slaves rebelled, shooting nine whites as they attempted to put out a fire started by the slaves. The state militia was called out to capture the rebels. Twenty-one of the slaves wee executed and six committed suicide.
April 8, 1952 - - President Harry S. Truman seized control of America's steel mills to prevent a shutdown by strikers. However, on April 29th, the seizure was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court. Workers immediately began a strike lasting 53 days, ending it when they received a 16-cents per-hour wage increase and additional benefits.
April 9, 1865 - - After over 500,000 American deaths, the Civil War effectively ended as General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in the village of Appomattox Court House. The surrender occurred in the home of Wilmer McLean. Terms of the surrender, written by General Grant, allowed Confederates to keep their horses and return home. Officers were allowed to keep their swords and side arms.
April 10, 1942 - - During World War II in the Pacific, the Bataan Death March began as American and Filipino prisoners were forced on a six day march from an airfield on Bataan to a camp near Cabanatuan. Some 76,000 Allied POW's including 12,000 Americans were forced to walk 60 miles under a blazing sun without food or water to the POW camp, resulting in over 5,000 American deaths.
April 11, 1970 - - Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Kennedy at 2:13pm. Fifty six hours into the flight an oxygen tank exploded in the service module. Astronaut John L. Swigert saw a warning light that accompanied the bang and said, 'Houston, we've had a problem here.' Swigert, James A. Lovell and Fred W. Haise then transferred into the lunar module, using it as a 'lifeboat' and began a perilous return trip to Earth, splashing down safely on April 17th.
"The truck driver stopped at a roadside diner. His waitress brought him a hamburger, a cup of coffee, and a piece of pie.
As the trucker was about to start eating, three men in leather jackets pulled up on motorcycles and came inside. One grabbed the man's hamburger, the second one drank his coffee, and the other one took his pie. The truck driver didn't say a word. He got up, put on his jacket, paid the cashier and left.
One of the bikers said to the cashier, 'Not much of a man, is he?' 'He's not much of a driver either,' she replied. 'He just ran his truck over three motorcycles.'"
"Have You Ever Heard the Phrase, "Not to Care a Straw?"
"To be completely and utterly indifferent, or to regard as of no value whatever; not to care a tinker's dam. Stone floors were cold, back in the days when carpets or rugs had not yet come into general use, or when, as among the peasantry, none could afford or were permitted to own such luxuries. Hence, in the halls of the gentry, it was the custom in winter to spread straw rather thickly over the stone floors or, in the hovels of the common people, over the dirt floors. In summer, green rushes were used. But, such straw soon became trampled, broken and filthy dirty. More straw scattered over the top might improve appearances briefly, but not for long. Scraps of food, bones tossed to the dogs, did nothing to improve sanitary conditions either. Obviously, straw placed to such use soon lost what little value it had ever had, becoming wholly worthless, as indicated by our common saying. But the trifling value of straw after the grain has been separated from it had also been recognized from earliest times."
History of the Missouri State Flag
"The Missouri flag has a red, white, and blue background (representing Missouri's French heritage; it was part of the Louisiana Purchase from France) The circular center is surrounded by 24 white stars (the number of states when Missouri entered the Union). Two grizzly bears represent bravery and strength. A knight's helmet and another 24 stars are above the bears. The motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL" is around the inner circle. The motto, "SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX ESTA", (meaning 'Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law') is on a yellow ribbon under the bears. The inner circle has an eagle holding the olive branch of peace and the arrows of war (representing the federal government), a crescent moon, and another grizzly bear. The Roman Numeral MDCCCXX is under the two bears (1820 was the date of the Missouri Compromise)."
1...Are you telling the truth if you lie in bed?
2...Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawnshop?
3...What do you call a bedroom with no bed in it?
4...Do clowns wear really big socks?
5...What is a refried bean? Why do they have to fry it twice?
6...Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?
7...What is the diameter of a square?
8...Do steam rollers really roll steam?
9...What is the speed of dark?
10..Do witches run spell checkers?
" A Parting Word "
"All nature observes law. If it did not, life would not be possible. If it did not, we could not reasonably know that the seasons move in succession, that there would be sufficient light or heat, that we could plan with any reasonable assurance of having a harvest. Nor would there be reasonable assurance to prepare for the future. Life is possible, and all that pertains to it, because God and nature administer and move within law, from cause to consequence. Not only life, but living with others is possible because of law. Without law, no man could be assured of the fruits of his labors. Without law, brute force would prevail, the weak would be destroyed by the strong, and the strong would destroy themselves in their struggles for ascendancy. Without law there would be no peace or privacy, no protection of persons or of property, public or private; no foreseeable future, no assurance of anything we could count on." (Richard L. Evans)
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