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Press Release (Dec., 2010) Mt. Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 At their recent December meeting night, veterans of Mt. Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447, accompanied by their spouses, along with members of Ladies Auxiliary Unit 447 and SAL Squadron 447, dined on homemade chili, vegetable soup and desserts. The highlight of the evening was the awarding of 50+ and 60+ membership certificates. Ron Matheny, Illinois American Legion 17th District Commander, was on hand to assist with the awards. Ron also gave an inspiring talk on the importance of all three organizations that make up the American Legion. He was impressed with our facility and was especially awed by the fact that our Mt. Pulaski Post is currently celebrating its 90th year, having been organized and chartered in 1920 – only one year after the United States American Legion was organized and then chartered by the United States Congress. It was pointed out that Lt. Colonel Ted Roosevelt Jr. helped organize the American Legion with some fellow officers and troops in Paris following the World War I armistice. Paris Post 1 is one of these posts, organized in March, 1919. The meeting, known as the Paris Caucus, adopted a temporary constitution and the name - The American Legion. The Legion held a second organizing caucus in St. Louis, Missouri, in May 1919. The American Legion George Washington Post 1 is at Washington D.C., having received its charger on May 19, 1919. The Mt. Pulaski Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 was organized on Jan. 12, 1920 and received its charter later that same year. Our local American Legion Auxiliary was established and chartered in 1923 and our SAL (Sons of American Legion) was established and chartered in 1984. The American Legion now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide. The following award recipients were recognized, with families of the deceased (D) to receive the certificate as a posthumous recognition.
1920 American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 charter members were: Ray Tribbet, Welby Moore, Oscar Curtis, Walter E. Hagenbuch Sr., Wallace Kautz, James Neiley, Walter Drobisch, Elmer Meister, Sr., Emmet Baker, Earl Holmes, Oscar Hahn, Clarence Hahn, Elmer Waddell, Hershel Shrader, Charles Spenler, Donald Moore, Wm. Ray, Cecil Merriman, Ross Cooper, Harry Leapley, Rodman Duboce, Merel Watson, Louie Gobleman, Harold Tomlinson. 1923 Auxiliary Unit 447 charter members were: Marie Hahn, Leona Moore, T. W. Moore, H. C. Gruber, Mrs. Wm Holmes, Ida Scroggin, Louise Drobisch, Florence Meister, Mino Gruber, Lola Hahn, Margaret Hahn, Martha Lucas, Araminda Ryan, Cora Ryman, Blanche Harrison, Etta Baker, Josie Sanborn, Jessie Turley, Ruth Long, Dessie Crow, Alvada Crowe, Forrest Crowe, Rose Gulso, Ida Gordon, Bernice Moore, Lela Downing, Nora Hagenbuch, Ruby Hagenbuch, Lucia Wagner, Laura Fuiten, Delilah Duboce, Flo Handlin, Georgia Horn, Hazel Meister, Minnie Scroggin, Marguerite Anderson, Lida Rupp, Lena Silky, Lydia Hatfield, Lela Wilham, Pauline Bertoni, Helen Buckles, Jennie Buckles, Nell Merriman, Viola Cox, Clara Kautz, Grace Barnes, Emma Schrader, Angeline Wacaser, Borothy Holmes and Augusta Duboce. 1984 SAL Squadron 447 charter members were: David Meister, Michael Toohey, Gary Meister, Darren Kent Anderson, William Copeland, Jeff Laatsch, Charles Kent Anderson, Jerry Maxheimer, Doug Maxheimer, Jeff Meister, Jeff Beccue, Mark Geradot, Jim Fuhrer, Greg Howe, Michael Durst and Kenneth Durst.
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