October 2006 - Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 1919

YOUR NEXT PURPLE HEART EVENT DATES
VOL 7-3
— OCTOBER
PATRIOT
BULLETIN2006
9 OCT — 6PM, “OUTBACK APPRECIATION NITE,” 713 E HUNTLAND DR
18 OCT — EXECUTIVE STAFF MEETING, 12 NOON, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
21 OCT — 10AM, CHAPTER MEETING, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
PATRIOT BULLETIN
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE U.S.A.
TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919
6 NOV — 6:30AM, “BREAKFAST AT JIM’S,” HWY 183 AT BURNET RD
OCTOBER
... NOTICE — MEETING DATE IS CHANGED TO…
10AM, SATURDAY, OCT 21st
CAMP MABRY, MUSEUM (Bldg. #6)
This meeting will be really different. We will be
sharing the meeting hall with the NAUS (veterans
group) in order that we both can enjoy the guest
speaker presentation of Austin Bay; a nationally
syndicated columnist and radio commentator. Austin
Bay is a retired Colonel who was recalled to active
AUSTIN BAY
duty in Iraq where he served as Chief of Strategy
Initiatives for the Multi-National Corps in 2004. You can preview
some of what he does at websites: www.StrategyPage.com and at
www.austinbay.net; but, make sure you come and hear him in person.
THE ENTRANCE TO CAMP MABRY IS WEST OF MOPAC ON 35TH STREET AT
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INSTALLATION.
COME PREPARED
TO SHOW DRIVER’S LICENSE PICTURE ID AT ENTRANCE GUARD POST.
...This Month’s Feature, See Page 8...
HENRY A. PAPKE
HENRY HAD A GOOD JOB AS A SHIPYARD WORKER IN
WWII AND COULD HAVE SAT OUT THE WAR, BUT HE
CHOSE TO GO INTO THE SERVICE INSTEAD. HE
SURVIVED A BANZAI ATTACK IN THE PACIFIC AND IS
ONE OF ONLY TWO CHAPTER PATRIOTS THAT WE
KNOW OF WHO WAS WOUNDED BY BAYONET IN HAND
TO HAND COMBAT. EVERYBODY KNOWS HENRY, HE
VOLUNTEERS AT THE VA CLINIC, RARELY MISSES A
CHAPTER MEETING, AND HE AND DELORES HAVE JUST
CELEBRATED THEIR 60th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
INSIDE:
LEADER BOARD
2-3
NEW MEMBERS
4
ADJUTANTS CALL
5
NEWS / FEATURE / PHOTOS
4 - 12
BIRTHDAYS / BOOSTERS
12 - 13
TRIBUTES / TAPS
14 - 15
CHAPTER CALENDAR
16
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Chapter Notes
AS USUAL, WE HAVE
A LOT OF NEW
MATERIAL THAT
SHOULD BE OF
INTEREST TO ALL
PATRIOTS AND
LADIES IN THIS
ISSUE…..
COMMANDER’S MESSAGE
T
he cooler weather is coming to Austin.
I for one like to see that cooler weather.
I don’t like cold temperatures, but I’ve had
enough summer heat for this year.
We had a great meeting last month, with a
fine presentation by Col Magness about what
is happening in Iraq, and current trends in the
Army. Col Magness is an Army Engineer who
is also very knowledgeable on the
construction of Improvised Explosive Devices
(IED) and how to defeat them.
I’m trying to set up a trip with “Austin Duck
Adventures” on the lake for Patriots. I’m
getting prices and dates and will soon send
out the information. I believe we can have a
very good time taking the tour on the Duck,
and their cruise out on the lake.
Please, remember, coming up soon, on
November 11th is the annual Veterans Day
Parade; more on this next month, but make
your plans to attend now. If you are like me
and cannot walk very far, you can ride the
“Austin Duck.” We will also have other
vehicles available so there will be plenty of
transportation for anyone preferring to ride.
The Family Readiness Group (FRG) at Fort
Hood is getting ready for the return of the 4th
Infantry Division from Iraq, with all troops
expected back by the end of December. Our
Chapter will help the FRG of 3rd Bn, 16th
Artillery with items for “welcome home
baskets” for the soldiers that live in the
barracks. That unit will not be back before
we have started helping with another unit
leaving for Iraq, this time it will be an
Aviation unit from Camp Mabry.
We have a great speaker lined up for our
October meeting. Austin Bay is a well known
speaker and we will have a joint meeting with
the NAUS veterans organization. Everyone
please come on the 21st, our Chapter should
have as many members as possible at this
meeting.
This month I want to thank Scott Johnson,
John Wilkins, and Joe Trevino for their help
with the Coffee Bar this year. They work in
our Clinic Volunteer project and they are this
month’s “for the good of the Order people”.
The Coffee Bar still needs help, please call
me if you can spare the time. (339-8034).
Scott, John, and Joe a big thanks for the work
that you do, you have my respectful salute.
THE PATRIOT BULLETIN IS PUBLISHED, NORMALLY MONTHLY, BY THE TEXAS
CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919, The MILITARY ORDER of the PURPLE HEART of the U.S.A.,
Inc., 5701 PAINTED VALLEY DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759, FOR ITS MEMBERS.
TO SUBMIT MATERIAL, OR COMMENTS, OR TO REPORT CHANGES OF ADDRESS,
NOTIFY EDITOR, MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940. YOU CAN VIEW OUR NEWSLETTER
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Yours in Patriotism,
Federico Rey
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
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Unit Notes
…. BUT,
WHAT’S
COMING UP
NEXT IS OUR
MEETING ON
SAT., OCT
21ST, PLEASE
DON’T MISS !...
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
F
all has arrived and the cool
weather is not far behind.
Hopefully as the temperature drops, so
will our electric bills.
remember that the ages for the party
are newborn to 12 years of age. I
would like to thank Pasty and Jim
Farmer for helping Santa get the
presents we will be using. Fred and I
have done this job and it is a big job.
We will need ladies to volunteer to
make three dozen cookies for the
party. If you would like to make
cookies for the party, please call me
at 339-8034. I would appreciate your
help with the cookies.
December 9th is our annual fundraiser
at Outback Steakhouse. Rufus Dye
has the tickets for this event. Fred
and I are purchasing these tickets and
As we start the next three months,
giving them out to family and friends
things get very busy for the Unit and
Chapter. At our meeting in October we for Christmas. The tickets make great
will be hearing a wonderful speaker. In gifts. Please help the Chapter and the
Unit by purchasing these tickets and
November we have the Veterans Day
make this a great fundraiser.
Parade. We meet on the Congress
Street Bridge about 8AM. There will
be different kinds of breakfast tacos and On Sunday, December 10th we will
orange juice. The “Duck” will be there have the Adult Christmas Party for
the Chapter and Unit. It will start at
to ride, or you can walk the parade
1:00PM and goes through 5:00PM.
route and carry our banner. It is your
choice. There will be a ceremony at the It will be at the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Capitol at 11:00AM. More details next We will have ham, and all the fixings.
It is a great time to visit with all the
month.
other Ladies and Purple Heart
members.
Take note below ! The dates of our
events in December have been changed
Please remember to have your tire
recently by our host, the Odd Fellows
Lodge, and the calendar and articles in pressure checked as we get into the
cooler weather. It is normal to slowly
this newsletter show these changes in
lose a little pressure over a long
writing for the first time.
period of time and you could be
rd
driving on a very low tire without
On December 3 we will have the
Purple Santa party for our children and being aware of it. Please take care.
grandchildren. We will need the ages
God Bless,
of the children you are bringing to the
party so that each child will receive a
Elaine
present from Purple Santa. Please
COMMAND AND
PRINCIPAL STAFF
CHAPTER / UNIT
1919
OFFICERS, MOPH CHAPT 1919
NOTE: ALL AREA CODES ARE ( 512 )
COMMANDER
FRED REY
339-8034
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
ARMANDO YBARRA
444-5932
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
JOE HARTNESS
964-1146
ADJUTANT
MILT CARR
343-7940
FINANCE OFFICER
RAY DIAZ
444-6342
SERVICE OFFICER
TONY MOORE
389-6543
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TONY GEISHAUSER
527-8495
JUDGE ADVOCATE
MARTIN L. ALLDAY, J.D.
206-0633
SURGEON
ROBERT BERNSTEIN,M.D. 345-5988
CHAPLAIN
SCOTT JOHNSON
301-7413
WELFARE OFFICER
RUFUS DYE
926-5691
SERGEANT AT ARMS
LESLIE ALLEN
892-3864
OFFICERS, LAMOPH UNIT 1919
PRESIDENT
ELAINE REY
339-8034
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
DENISE YBARRA
444-5932
JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT
ROSALIE DYE CASTILLO
272-4582
SECRETARY
BETTY CEPEDA
388-9083
TREASURER
BETTY CEPEDA
388-9083
TRUSTEES, 3-2-1
JULIE BRIDGEWATER (972) 488-9973
ELIZABETH LARSON
418-1342
JENNYNE BILSKY
338-1999
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NEW MEMBERS
National Headquarters added two new members to the rolls of Chapter 1919 since publication
of last month’s PATRIOT BULLETIN. Welcome and Congratulations to:
JOHN C. BURKHARDT is an Army Vietnam veteran. John was wounded twice in January
1968 while serving in 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta.
JOHN E. LAW is a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran. He was in Company K, 3rd Battalion,
26th Marines, wounded in the DMZ in September 1967, and wounded twice again in February
and April 1968 on Hill 861 at Khe Sahn
...A Pre-View Of The Rest Of The Year...
AUTHOR, AUTHOR !
When we announced Patriot Mark Woodruff
as a new member in the space above in last
month’s PATRIOT BULLETIN we were not
aware at the time that Mark has distinguished
himself as an author with two highly
acclaimed books to his credit.
Foxtrot Ridge: A Battle Remembered, from
Vandamere Press, ISBN 0-918339-58-8, is
described as a moving account in vivid detail
of that May 1968 battle and as a candid look
at the face of war itself; a highly prized
addition to the growing library of Vietnam
War histories and combatant memoirs.
Unheralded Victory, also by Vandamere Press
ISBN 0-918339-51-0, challenges many
popular portraits of the allied conduct of the
war and the performance of American forces.
Our guest speaker for this coming meeting,
the commentator, Austin Bay, named this
book in one of his recent columns and spoke
favorably of newly revealed information in it.
SPECIAL EVENTS
After this regular chapter meeting coming up on
Oct 21st, then for the rest of the year we focus on
special events — enter them now on your personal
calendar so you don’t become overbooked and have
to miss out on anything. They are:
Saturday, November 11th, Veterans Day Parade.
Chapter 1919 assembles on the Congress Avenue
Bridge at 8AM, parades up Congress Avenue around
9AM, then participates in the ceremony on the
South steps of the State Capitol starting promptly at
the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month .
Sunday, December 3rd, Purple Santa’s
Children’s Christmas Party, 3 — 5 PM. This is
our annual Christmas Party for Purple Heart Kids,
Grandkids, and nieces, nephews or any other special
children — the best holiday party in town, bar none.
Saturday, December 9th, Purple Santa’s Benefit
Luncheon, Outback Steakhouse 713 E Huntland
11:30AM — 1:30PM. Santa’s Fund Raiser for the
entire year. Look for information on ticket sales.
Sunday, December 10th, Chapter Christmas
Party, 1 — 5PM at Odd Fellows Lodge #23. This
is a fun event, everyone’s best party opportunity of
the holiday season, a great way to close out the year.
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ADJUTANTS CALL
I
t is that time of year again. If you are a dues-paying Annual Member and
you have a membership card with an expiration date of December 31, 2006,
then later this month you will receive a renewal notice from National
Headquarters asking you to remit next year’s dues. Send in the $20 if
ANNUAL Membership is really what you prefer. But, I highly recommend
that you consider converting to LIFE Membership at this time because now,
when you get your dues notice is the most convenient time to do so.
It is a fact that LIFE Membership in MOPH hasn’t been increased in years,
but, the ANNUAL dues rate has been. So, converting to Life has become a
very attractive alternative when compared to paying twenty bucks year after
year. Notice the nationwide membership statistics (as of last month) in the
adjacent column provided by our National Adjutant. Nearly nine out of ten
Patriots have chosen to become Life members, simply because it makes
economic sense to do so. As a word to the wise, it may not stay that way much
longer. There was a move made at this year’s National Convention to raise
Life Membership dues, but it failed, partly because our Chapter and
Department Commander, Fred Rey, voted against it. You can bet that if
pressure was being brought to raise the dues this year, then the question will
continue to be brought to a vote in future years until it finally passes. That’s
how those things always seem to work.
You can convert to Life by choosing that option when mailing your dues notice
back to National Headquarters; or, more simply, you can phone in to National
Headquarters right now and, even if their toll free number (888) 668-1656
happens to be busy, their regular line, (703) 642-5360 is always open. You can
have them charge your Life Member conversion on your credit card. It will all
be completed while you are on the phone, and you will never receive another
MOPH dues notice again.
All the above notwithstanding, ANNUAL Membership or LIFE, whichever
you prefer is fine with us. The important thing is to retain our membership
strength. At the beginning of last Fiscal Year there were an estimated 24.4
million of us veterans in America. Look again at the bottom of the statistics
column, only 38,936 are members of MOPH. There just aren’t that many of us
Purple Hearters, and each member is precious to our organization We do not
want to lose a single one from non-payment of dues.
..
—MILT CARR, Adjutant, (512) 343-7940
NATIONWIDE
MEMBERSHIP
BY STATE
TX
CA
PA
FL
NJ
MI
NY
OH
VA
NC
AZ
WI
CT
GA
IL
WV
MN
TN
OK
SC
NM
LA
MO
MA
KY
WA
MD
IN
MS
AL
AR
CO
OR
NE
HI
IA
KS
ID
NV
MT
DE
AK
RI
WY
NH
VT
UT
GU
SD
PR
ND
3,443
2,941
2,617
2,540
2,474
2,089
2,005
1,336
1,035
947
903
834
829
815
793
715
672
663
654
644
639
631
590
565
564
547
541
540
534
508
478
443
349
338
284
277
276
223
215
201
195
186
162
125
141
127
120
94
61
29
25
TOTAL = 38,936
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SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED
...We now have a“Promotional Display” to help us tell the Chapter 1919 story…
It was used for the first time on September 14th when one of our Corporate “Boosters,” BAE Systems,
invited us to set up a booth at their “kick-off” event launching this year’s annual fund drive, and explain to
their employees exactly what it is that we do that is deserving of their support. We were happy to participate.
FRED REY SETS UP THE DISPLAY
RAY DIAZ TALKS TO A BAE EMPLOYEE
SALESMAN FRED IN ACTION
BENEFITS
...The Latest On...
CONCURRENT RETIREMENT and DISABILITY PAYMENTS (CRDP)
THIS ARTICLE APPLIES ONLY TO RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO
ALSO RECEIVE VA DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND ARE NOW RECEIVING
CONCURRENT RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS (CRDP)
In 2005, all non-disability military retirees with 20 or more years service who also received VA disability
compensation for 100 percent disability ratings, began receiving the full amount of their concurrent receipt of
both entitlements (CRDP). The question immediately arose whether or not the full CRDP would apply to an
additional 28,000 military retirees who were rated by the VA at less than 100 percent disability, but were
drawing compensation at the 100 percent rate because of unemployability. The question, after long delay,
has only recently been ruled upon and that answer is at the end of the news release, immediately following,
that is quoted from Army Echoes, Issue 3, Sep-Dec 2006.
“FULL CONCURRENT RECEIPT DATE MOVES UP FOR THOSE RATED 100% UNEMPLOYABLE
Retirees rated 50% or more disabled by the VA receive CRDP from the Defense Finance and Accounting
System’s Cleveland Center. Congress granted this payment in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2004 which provided for phased-in restoration of the retired pay deducted from eligible retirees’ accounts
because of receipt of VA disability compensation. For most eligible retirees, that phase-in period will end in
2014 with receipt of full retired pay and disability compensation. However, retirees rated 100% disabled by
the VA reached full concurrent receipt in 2005. Retirees rated 100% service-connected by the VA as a result
of combining your disability rating with your unemployability status have also had their full concurrent
receipt date moved up by Congress, from 2014 to Oct 1, 2009.”
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...Scenes From The…
LAST CHAPTER 1919 MEETING
...Saturday, Sept 16th, In The Museum At Camp Mabry…
COMMANDER FRED REY OPENS THE MEETING.
PHOTO OF THE GUEST SPEAKER, LT COL THOMAS MAGNESS
LT COL MAGNESS DELIVERS INSPIRATIONAL
PRESENTATION ON THE US ARMY, HIS ROLE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND THE
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
HENRY PAPKE
SEAN CARR
AND RAYMOND DIAZ
RECEIVED AWARDS
FOR VA VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
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HENRY A. PAPKE
Army, WWII, Pacific
Patriot, Chapter 1919
Henry A. Papke was born in Kenney, Texas (Austin County) in 1923. He
attended Sempronious School and New Wehdem School, but; as the oldest
son in the family he left school to help provide a livelihood on their farm.
After his father died in 1942, Henry trained as a welder and took a job in
the Brown Ship Yard in Houston in order to send money home to support
the family. When his draft notice came, he took a deferment as the family’s
oldest child and only wage earner. However, he wanted to do his part in the
war and, after six months, when the time came to renew his status, Henry
turned down the deferment and was sworn into service in the Army at the
Induction Station in Houston on June 2, 1943.
6TH INFANTRY
DIVISION
“SIGHT-SEEING SIXTH”
SHOULDER PATCH
CORPORAL HENRY PAPKE
1945
He went through training at Camp Roberts, California and was given five days
furlough at home plus travel time required to make the trip by train. During the short
visit back home, he met a girl in Brenham, Delores Newsom. He then reported as
ordered to Fort Ord, California and from there was sent to Camp Stoneman, the
primary troop staging center for the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. His time at
Camp Stoneman was extended because he had an operation to relieve difficulty in
breathing and it took time for him to heal. He sailed from San Francisco on March 19,
1944 with a shipload of other replacements and arrived at the replacement center on
Goodenough Island just off the coast of New Guinea on April 14th. After about a
month there, Henry was flown to Milne Bay in New Guinea by C-47 transport and
was quickly assigned to the 6th Infantry Division that was then engaged in combat in
the Toem-Wakde area of the island.
Henry had been trained on the 37mm anti-tank gun so he was further assigned to the anti-tank platoon in the
6th Infantry Division Special Troops. But, since Japanese armored vehicles did not present a significant
threat, Henry’s unit was not equipped with the 37mm guns. They were instead given the mission of
providing security for the division headquarters. Henry was personally armed with a Thompson submachine gun and a .45 cal pistol.
After securing hard fought objectives the 6th Infantry Division occupied the coast of New Guinea from Cape
Waimak to the Mega River until December 1944, following which they participated in the invasion landing
on Luzon, at Lingayen Gulf. Henry was part of the second wave going in on D-Day, January 9, 1945. The
division pursued the Japanese troops into the Cabanatuan Hills and it remained in combat until the war ended
seven months later.
Although the platoon Henry Papke was in normally provided a protective perimeter around the division
headquarters, they were frequently pulled out and used as a rapid reaction force, sent to reinforce any point in
the division area that might come under attack. Of one such mission Henry says, “The Japanese sent a
banzai attack against us that nearly succeeded. One of the enemy soldiers headed in my direction with fixed
bayonet and he just kept coming after being shot. Fortunately for me, he finally dropped and fell dead right
at my feet. That was the only experience that I had where we were hit with a large force coming at us like
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that, but the banzai attack was a common occurrence during the fighting in the Philippines and throughout
the war in the Pacific. On another mission, we had been sent out to the 20th Infantry Regiment’s area where
a company had come under attack by Japanese tanks. We were there as infantry support but the Japanese
sent no infantry with the tank force; so we watched as the 51st Field Artillery Battalion set up guns in the
middle of the highway and picked off the enemy tanks by direct fire, shooting straight down the roadway and
turning back the attack, that was January 31, 1945.
Henry Papke was wounded on the night of April 6, 1945 when guarding the perimeter of the division
headquarters. A single enemy soldier came at Pvt Nick from out of the darkness and Henry rushed to Nick’s
defense. In an instant, both Papke and Nick had bayonet wounds and the Japanese soldier had several bullets
from Henry’s Thompson SMG in his abdomen, but still fought hard as the three combatants grappled. At
one point Nick had gotten hold of the rifle and bayonet and its former owner had possession of the
Thompson gun, before realizing it had jammed and was useless. The Japanese soldier was shot and killed.
Henry’s jungle boot had been sliced through and the bayonet had cut away part of the ball of his right foot.
He was treated at the aid station and put on light duty for a few days.
After continuous combat to eliminate the Japanese in the hills northeast of Manila, the 6th Infantry Division
was in the Cagayan Valley and the Cordilleras Mountains when V-J Day came in August 1945. The division
was then moved from the Philippines to Korea where they occupied the southern half of the U.S. Zone of
Occupation. Henry and the division’s Special Troops were at Inchon, and Henry observed, “It was a real
climate shock coming from the tropics, I remember how cold it was and most of the troops stayed sick most
of the time.” The division was inactivated in Korea and Henry Papke shipped out for home on November
30, 1945. He arrived back in the United States at Seattle, Washington on December 16, 1945 and then went
by train to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He arrived at the Separation Center on Christmas Eve 1945 and was
told to go away for a few days if he wanted to, so he went home. He then returned to San Antonio and was
discharged from the Army on New Year’s Day 1946.
Henry looked for work as a welder near his home. There was a machine shop in Brenham but they needed a
machinist, not a welder; so he took that VA training course and went to work as a skilled machinist. Later
that year, Henry Papke and Delores Newsom were married in Brenham.
Fifty-six years later, Henry Papke retired as a precision machine operator with LaCoste and Romberg in
Austin, Texas in 2002, after having spent thirty-three years with that firm. Henry is a Life Member of the
Military Order of the Purple Heart who devotes much time in volunteer service for Chapter 1919 in the
Austin VA Outpatient Clinic. He and Delores have recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
BASIC TRAINING GRADUATION, CAMP ROBERTS
HENRY IS 2ND MAN ON INSIDE AT RIGHT TABLE
37mm ANTI-TANK GUN
TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS
BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS
HENRY & HIS M-1 RIFLE
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DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS NEWS
...For Every MOPH Chapter & LAMOPH Unit…
FOR AUXILIARY UNITS:
FOR MOPH CHAPTERS:
For any monies needed for
your chapter’s VAVS programs,
I will need a formal letter sent
to me in the mail. The letter is
needed for Department records.
The money can only be spent
under VAVS guidelines. You
may apply 10% of the funds to
your operating account, as long
as it is not a special grant. We
have to have receipts for VAVS
money spent before you may
ask for more.
Please see the Auxiliary
President’s notes in the
adjacent column for
information on the Region V
Conference in San Antonio.
—Fred Rey, Commander
MOPH
PHONE NUMBERS
COMMANDER
FEDERICO REY (512) 339-8034
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
VIRGIL ALDAG (940) 321-5852
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
JOSE MORALES (254) 224-6982
ADJUTANT, JOHN FOOTMAN (254) 699-0079
FINANCE OFFICER, RAY DIAZ (512) 444-6342
SERVICE OFFICER
ROCKY HERNANDEZ (254) 628-1326
LAMOPH
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
ELAINE REY (512) 339-8034
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
BETTY CEPEDA (512) 278-0292
JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT
MARTHA CHANEY (254) 575-8762
TREASURER
DORIS WARD (817) 556-0091
NATIONAL UPDATE
The MILITARY ORDER of the PURPLE HEART
The only nationwide veterans organization
chartered by the Congress of the United States
exclusively for Combat Wounded Veterans
CURRENTLY HAS
487 ACTIVE LOCAL CHAPTERS, AND
18 NEW CHAPTERS BEING FORMED
THAT ARE ORGANIZED IN
47 DEPARTMENTS, AND IN
3 OTHER STATES, PUERTO RICO AND IN
GUAM, THAT ARE NOT LARGE ENOUGH
TO QUALIFY AS DEPARTMENTS
Ladies, the Region V Conference
will be held in San Antonio on
October 14th. It will be held at the
Holiday Inn Select, 77 NE Loop
410. Reservations are being taken
and you must call the hotel at
(210) 349-9900. Please remember
to mention Purple Heart when you
are making your reservation.
Our National President Nancy Lee
E. Birschbach will be attending
Region V Conference. Please
come and meet our National
President. She always has great
information for use in our Units.
—Elaine Rey, President
NOTE FOR THE WIDOWS WHO
KEEP PURPLE HEART PLATES
Most everybody knows that when the Purple Heart veteran
dies, the widow can retain his Purple Heart License Plates if
she so chooses (and she should because of the low $3
annual registration cost). The question is, does the
surviving widow have the free parking privileges that had
been enjoyed by the Purple Heart veteran ? Yes, she does.
This answer is from the reading of the state Transportation
Code, SECTION 1, Section 681.008 which is the authority
for the exemption of parking fees for Purple Heart plated
vehicles (we aren’t alone, this privilege also applies to Pearl
Harbor Survivor, Prisoner of War, Disabled Veteran and
the other Texas veterans special plates), and it was provided
by the TxDOT representative at (512) 374-5010.
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
...It Really Is Happening…
TEXAS PURPLE HEART TRAIL
...Signs Are Going Up All Along IH-35…
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BIRTHDAYS FOR THE
LADIES AUXILIARY
Three of our Unit 1919 ladies celebrate this
month. Happy Birthday wishes to all !
OCTOBER
21 ROSALIE CASTILLO
24 NETTY MALMQUIST
31 VALERIE DYE
The Department of Public Safety hosted a ceremony
on September 9th publicizing the placement of the
signs in Central Texas between Belton and Temple
and between Belton and Salado. Signs also appear
between Buda and San Marcos, both north bound and
south bound.
Earlier ceremonies in Laredo and Sherman had
already marked the unveiling of the signs at either
end of IH-35 in Texas
—ELAINE REY, Unit President
A NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER
...Christening, October 7th...
USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH
...and Patriot Martin Allday was invited...
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and friends are helping us save on printing and
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them the paper copy. You can do so also.
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you by e-mail each month as soon as PATRIOT
BULLETIN is available for viewing and we
will suspend mailings to you. To make sure we
get your e-mail address correctly, direct your
request to: [email protected].
MARTIN ALLDAY AT PURPLE HEART STAMP
FIRST-DAY-OF-ISSUE CEREMONY IN 2003
The Navy christens a new Aircraft Carrier at
Newport News, Virginia on Oct 7th. It will be our
tenth Nimitz-Class Supercarrier and if you are
getting this news before it happens and in time to
see the ceremony on the national news, look close
and you may see Chapter 1919’s own, Patriot
Martin Allday, and wife Patricia, among the
assembled crowd. That’s because the carrier is the
USS George H.W. Bush, (CVN-77), and since the
former president’s family has been friends with the
Allday’s since the two men were both in the oil and
gas business in Midland years ago, the Allday’s
received a special invitation to the ship christening.
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WHAT CHAPTER 1919 DOES
AUSTIN VA OUTPATIENT
CLINIC PROJECT
The biggest and best thing that Chapter 1919 does is
to serve, free of charge, refreshments and snacks to
the disabled veteran patients at the Austin VA
Outpatient Clinic, starting each day when the clinic
doors open. And the volume of what is provided
just keeps inching up every year. Currently, we are
serving about 45,000 cups of coffee, 6,000 servings
of orange juice, and 19,000 snack packets annually.
But, that’s not all that we do for the clinic, we do
other things as well; and two of those initiatives are
described here now. Chapter 1919, with some help
from VFW Post 856, purchased 13 closed-caption
TV sets which have been installed throughout the
waiting areas in the Clinic. It wasn’t easy and it
took nearly a year for us to complete that
acquisition, but the last of them were installed last
year. This is what they look like.
Emergency travel and incidental expenses: The
Social Work staff at the clinic periodically
encounters needy disabled veteran patients that
require treatment in distant VA medical facilities.
Chapter 1919 has donated $3,600 to the staff to
provide emergency travel and incidental expenses
for needy patients that would otherwise be unable to
travel to medical appointments in distant locations.
—Ray Diaz, VA Volunteer Coord., 444-6342
PATRIOT BULLETIN
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JOSEPH ZORNICK
OCTOBER
DANA M. BECKER
ARMANDO R. GARCIA
ARNOLD E. (A.E.) KAUFFMAN
FRED E. LORD
THOMAS A. LYKE
ORMEL I. (JACK) BOYD
CARL H. KLEIN
JOHNNIE L. MATL
ROBERT E. WILSON
ALVIN LANGHAMER
JOHN A. HENNEN
FOY W. WATSON
JOHN T. (JACK) HODES
HENRY MONCADA
JOHN E. (JACK) ESHELMAN
CLARENCE F. SEIDL
RAYMOND T. (TOM) HARP
STANLEY B. WILLBANKS
CHARLES H. McCOY
ANTHONY W. (TONY) MOORE JR.
SAMUEL (SAM) BIER
EDWARD (ED) GARR
JAMES R. (J.R.) RICHIE
ARTHUR W. (ART) TRANTHAM SR.
JOHN E. PRICE
GEORGE C. CARRUTHERS
DONALD W. SLOAN
RAYMOND L. (RAY) McKEE, SR.
SERVANDO C. VARELA
LESLIE D. GOEBEL
LARRY C. ADDY
JOHN W. MORRISSETT
LARRY D. BARBEE
MAXIMO (MAX) VASQUEZ
BUREN H. (LEW) LEDBETTER
CRAIG GREENBAUM
FRANCISCO RENE (FRANK) CORTEZ
JAMES A. GORDON
ALFREDO, (AL) GARCIA JR.
CLEBURNE A. MEDLOCK
PEDRO, (PETE) ESPINOZA JR.
CLIFFORD H. ESTES
EDWARD A. DAY
SHERMAN W. BRAND
JOHN E. LAW
JONATHAN L. (DOC) MONNICH
ROY D. McCOY
JAMES P. BRYANT
PAUL F. BARBUTO
MILTON B. (MILT) CARR
LYNN E. HICKS
MICHAEL E. (MIKE) MOORE
JUAN A. GAUNA
JOHN P. BLACKWELL
NOVEMBER
LUKE A.P. CONNALLY
KENNETH R. KASSNER
WILLIAM H. (BILL) DECKER JR.
CHARLES A. CAVANAUGH JR.
BOBBY R. BRISCOE
JOSEPH D. (JOE) HARTNESS
JOHN EVAN
WAYNE S. HOTALING
ELLIS L. QUIETT
JOE M. TAFOYA
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BOOSTERS
Help support Chapter 1919’s programs by becoming a “Booster” and adding your name to this distinguished list. Send
check contribution of $10 or more payable to Chapter 1919, MOPH and designate for “Boosters” to: Adjutant, Milt Carr,
5114 Balcones Woods Drive Suite 307 #175, Austin, TX 78759-5212.
INDIVIDUALS
MARTIN ALLDAY 3/06
LESLIE ALLEN 1/06
JOHN ALVARADO, JR. 9/06
ANNONYMOUS 8/06
LATRELL BELLARD 8/05
ROBERT BERNSTEIN 6/06
JENNYNE BILSKY 4/06
STEPHEN BODNAR 5/06
DON & BETTY BOSSERMAN 2/06
JOHN BRAND, D.Min., J.D. 9/06
BILL & KATHRYN BRANT 11/05
JOHN BRATTEN 1/06
JAMES L. BROWN 1/06
JOHN BURKHARDT 8/06
MILT CARR 3/06
SEAN CARR 12/05
JOE CASTRO 10/05
L.C. CASTRO 3/06
BETTY CEPEDA 5/06
JIM & ELAINE CHAMBERS 10/05
FLETCHER HARRIS 8/06
BOB HARWOOD 5/06
CARLOS & ANN HAYDEN 9/06
HERMAN HAYDON 5/06
BOB HEFFORD 10/05
MARV & PEG HEIN 11/05
B.H. HUGHES 8/06
CHARLES KELLEY 5/06
MARY KELSO MEMORIAL 2/06
THE KERR FAMILY 4/06
CARL & BESS KLEIN 11/05
LEW LEDBETTER 6/06
HAROLD & MAUREEN LEWIS 10/05
HAROLD MARBURGER 8/06
ARTHUR MASUR, JR. 6/06
"PAPPY," MASCOT MEMORIAL 11/05
JOHNNIE & JOHNNIE MATL 3/06
MASCOT'S FUND RAISING 8/06
RAY MCKEE 7/06
ALICE & JERRY MEEK, WDM, IA 5/06
GEORGE MIGL 12/05
GABRIEL TAMAYO 11/05
CHARLES TARVER 7/06
ARTHUR & GWEN TATE 12/05
GWEN & ARTHUR TATE 8/06
W.R. TIMMERMANN 3/06
VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC DONATIONS, Daily
SERVANDO & MARY VARELA 3/06
WALTER WALDON MEMORIAL 4/06
JACK WARDEN 9/05
ROBERT & JUNE WHITMAN 12/05
MAUREEN YETT 4/06
JOE ZORNICK 3/06
ORGANIZATIONS
ACES 2/06
MOPH SERVICE FOUNDATION
ODD FELLOWS LODGE 23 12/05
RAV - REGULAR AMERICAN VETERANS 3/06
TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM, Monthly
VFW POST 3377 1/06
VFW POST 856 1/06
ALL-STAR DONORS
SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS DUE TO EACH OF OUR SUPER BOOSTERS, INDIVIDUALS WHOSE GIFTS HAVE TOTALED
$100 OR MORE — AND CORPORATE DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN $1,000 OR MORE DURING THE PAST YEAR.
PATRIOT BULLETIN SALUTES
— Martin L. Allday, J.D. — John Alvarado, Jr. — Robert Bernstein, M.D. — Don & Betty Bosserman —
-- John Brand, Dmin, J.D. —John Bratten —James L. Brown — John Burkhardt —Jim & Elaine Chambers — Raymond Diaz — Wallace Downey — Rufus Dye — John Eli — Mr.& Mrs. Elton Goodall —
— Jack Hadsell — Fletcher Harris — Robert Harwood — Carlos & Ann Hayden — Carl Klein —
— Lew Ledbetter — Harold & Maureen Lewis — Jerry & Alice Meek — Ponciano Morales,III —
— Henry & Delores Papke — E.L. Parker — Fred & Elaine Rey — Harold Rose — Walter Waldon Mem.—
CORPORATE LEVEL
— Odd Fellows Lodge #23 — Olga’s Beauty Spa — Outback Steakhouse —
JACK CHAVEZ 4/06
MARCUS COHEN 12/05
BOB COOK 3/06
JOE CRUZ 3/06
HARRY DAVES 8/06
RAYMOND DIAZ 6/06
WALLACE DOWNEY 10/05
PHILIP DREISESZUN 9/06
RUFUS DYE 7/06
JOHN ELI 8/06
VIRGIL L. ELLIS MEMORIAL 1/06
VIC FRYSINGER 1/06
GONZALO GARZA 3/06
TONY GONZALES 4/06
RANDY & VIOLA GREENE 9/06
JACK HADSELL 3/06
LEE HAGAN 3/06
BARBARA HANSON 8/06
RICHARD HARGARTEN 4/06
DONALD MORRISON 5/06
BILL NEWBERRY 3/06
CHAPTER 1919 OFFICERS 10/05
HENRY & DELORES PAPKE 9/06
EDGAR PARKER 11/05
FRANK & KATHY PLUMMER 8/06
FRED & HARRIETTE RETTIG 7/06
FRED & ELAINE REY 7/06
ARTHUR RICE MEMORIAL 4/06
MARLIEN RICE 12/05
MINNIE RICE 12/05
HAROLD ROSE 8/06
JACK SALTER MEMORIAL 9/06
ED SCHMALREID 7/06
CLARENCE SEIDL 1/06
JAMES D. SEYMOUR, JR. 5/06
CARLOS SOZA 8/06
R. LOUIE SPINELLI 2/06
HARRY & MARILYN SWAN 1/06
BUSINESSES
AUSTIN DUCK ADVENTURES 11/05
BAE SYSTEMS 4/06
EL AZTECA RESTAURANT 12/05
HILL'S CAFÉ 5/06
INSTY-PRINTS S [ELLER FAMILY] 4360 S CONG
THE KYLE FAMILY
LONE STAR SUPPLIES 2/06
MCKINNEY E-SYSTEMS & ASSOC., INC. 5/06
MIKE'S PRINT SHOP 6448 HWY 290E
MORALES & ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, INC 5/06
OLGA'S BEAUTY SPA 10/05
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE IH-35 N 12/05
RANDALLS FOOD MKTS, INC, QTRLY
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4/06
SYSCO FOOD SVC OF AUSTIN, QTRLY
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PATRIOT BULLETIN
Tributes
For a donation of $25, or more, we will place your message in twelve subsequent
publications of the bulletin. Special Note: Your contribution may be tax-deductible to the
extent of the law prescribed in the Internal Revenue Code.
—MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940
In Honor of our Grandfather
And Great-Grandfather
CURTIS WASHINGTON
This is in Memory and Gratitude
For the Many Members of
173rd Airborne Brigade 6-4-69-RVN
Who gave their all to their country and will
never be forgotten
RAYMOND DIAZ 6/06
And in memory of his Tank Crew, 11th Armored Division
who fought in the BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Who Passed On While
They Fought for Our Nation
In Memory Of Departed LAMOPH Officers
BETTY DYE - ROBERTA HARWOOD
SHIRLEY CAVANAUGH -BILLIE ELLIS
MARIA ELISA RODRIGUEZ
Good Officers & Great Ladies
“Thanks for the Memories”
In Tribute To Our Sons:
MAJOR JACK E. BOWEN, USAF
USAF Acad Class ‘68, FAC, Vietnam
CHIEF RONALD R. BOWEN, USN
Nuclear Sub U.S.S. SAM HOUSTON
In Memory and Gratitude
CPL BENNY MATIAS, JR.
9th Infantry Division 12-11-68-RVN
CPL JOE GARCIA
ANN LINGO 4/06
IN MEMORY
Of my fellow Aviators of the
4th Air Commando Sqdn
AC-47s “Spooky”
Those who answered the final call in Vietnam
MAJOR/USAF (Ret) JERRY L. MEEK 5/06
In Memory of those pilots of the
367th Fighter Group
—WWII Europe
That made the supreme sacrifice
RUFUS DYE 7/06
All Services
1/06
RICHARD, BETH, ELISE, HALEY, JULIA & PAIGE
JACK & LUCILLE BOWEN 3/06
In Memory of the Pilots of the
18th Fighter / Bomber Group
Who Lost Their Lives
During The
KOREAN WAR
RUFUS DYE 7/06
IN MEMORY
Staff Sgt JOHN J. BROWN
A Good Soldier,
A Great Father
JIM BROWN 1/06
IN MEMORY
HANG IN THERE
MEN OF MOPH 1919
“HAVE A GREAT YEAR”
RAY McKEE 7/06
Of the 27 crew chiefs and pilots
Who died in a single plane crash
In England during WWII
439th Troop Carrier Group
JACK HADSELL 3/06
This is in Memory of
In Memory of Members of
LtCol, USAF, Retired, M.C. Quillen
Ex-POW
MACV Advisory Team 79
“With Whom I Flew Many Hundreds of
Hours With for the State of Texas”
who were killed or wounded, and
to those who survived the conflict
“GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
JACK BOWEN, EX-POW, WWII 4/06
In Memory of the pilots of the
Vietnam —1964 - 1965
HAL HUTH 9/05
TO ALL OF THE OFFICERS, PAST
AND PRESENT, WHOSE EFFORTS
AND DEDICATION HAVE MADE
MOPH CHAPTER 1919
THE BEST IN THE NATION !
HAROLD [TEX-HOSS-HAL] LEWIS 3/06
TO THOSE
WHO SERVED
Semper Fidelis
WILLIAM NEWBERRY 4/06
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES W. FARMER, SR.
Lt Col, U.S. Army, Retired
CAROLYN FARMER DOUGLAS 7/06
In Memory and Honor of the Heroes of
ADVISOR TEAM 1, I CORPS, VIETNAM-1971
And Of The
Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom
Thank You For Sacrificing Your All To Ensure
Peace and Freedom for all Mankind
JOE HARTNESS 9/05
IN HONOR OF THE 36 MEN
CO K, 333rd INF, 84th INF DIV
Who helped preserve our freedoms by
Losing their lives within 6 months time
In Belgium, Germany 1944-1945.
PFC JOHN E. BRATTEN 1/06
For Fallen Comrades
1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides)
388th Tactical Fighter Wing
VIETNAM WAR
From FORT KNOX To BRENNER PASS;
Via ENGLAND, AFRICA, and
That Made the Supreme Sacrifice
ITALY’s APENNINES, ANZIO, PO
RUFUS DYE 7/06
BOB BERNSTEIN, MD MG USA, RET 3/06
CARLOS HAYDEN 9/05
To those who gave their lives
103rd Infantry Division
Europe, 1944-45
JOHN BRAND, D.Min., J.D. 1/06
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
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More Tributes
TAPS
Chaplain CHARLIE WATTERS
K.I.A.— Vietnam, Nov 19, 1967
Died Serving God, and his
Fellow “Sky Soldiers”
173rd AIRBORNE BRIGADE
MILT CARR 3/06
In Memory of Patriot
ARTHUR RICE
JENNYNE BILSKY 5/06
Deceased Chapter 1919
Patriots and Ladies
FY– 2007
JACK SALTER
Patriot Jack Salter passed from this life,
aged 82, on September 13, 2006. He was
a retired Colonel in the United States
Marine Corps Reserve who had received
the Purple Heart in World War Two while
serving as one of the famed “Marine
Raiders” in the Pacific.
Jack enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on June 4, 1942 in
Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 17. Early in the war when the
Japanese had seized large expanses of the Pacific, the
Marines hastily organized a force of “raiders” to conduct
strikes behind enemy lines and hit-and-run raids against
Japanese shore installations. Jack answered the call for
volunteers and he was accepted and assigned to a unit that
would be designated Company Q, 4th Marine Raider
Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment. He was with his unit
on several raids and was wounded on July 20, 1943 during
one of the largest operations mounted by the raiders, the
“Battle of Bairoko,” on New Georgia Island in the Solomons
chain. Jack once told us that as he and a planeload of
casualties were being flown out on a Navy PBY, a flight of
Japanese Zero fighter planes flew right past them and went
on to strafe another PBY that was in Bairoko harbor loading
on casualties. After two weeks hospitalization, Jack returned
to his unit. As the war progressed and the island-hopping
campaign succeeded, raider tactics were no longer needed.
The raiders passed into history, but that history was
celebrated in film with a wartime Hollywood movie starring
Randolph Scott that was titled, “Gung Ho.”
The Raider Regiment was reorganized and re-designated as
the 4th Marine Regiment and Jack’s company became
Company F, 2nd Bn, 4th Marines. He was with them in
combat during the recapture of Guam. He remained in the
reserves after WWII, was commissioned and retired in June
1977 in grade of Colonel. Jack Salter was the only one of
Chapter 1919’s members wounded as a “Raider” in WWII.
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SUMMER
BREAK !
JANUARY ’07
1ST, BREAKFAST
17TH —STAFF NOON
SAT., 20TH, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
CAMP MABRY
MUSEUM
Lunch Afterward at
Luby’s Cafeteria
MOPAC at Steck
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
7TH BREAKFAST
4TH BREAKFAST
3RD STAFF NOON
13TH STAFF NOON
SAT, 5TH, 11AM
PURPLE HEART DAY
CELEBRATION
“The 224th Anniversary
Of the Purple Heart”
SAT, 16TH, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
CAMP MABRY
OCTOBER
2ND BREAKFAST
NOVEMBER
6TH BREAKFAST
8TH STAFF NOON
18TH STAFF NOON
SAT, 21ST, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
SAT, 11TH, 9AM
VETERAN’S DAY
PARADE
4TH BREAKFAST
SUN 3RD -CHILDREN’S
CHRISTMAS PARTY
3-5PM
SAT 9TH-OUTBACK
PURPLE SANTA BENEFIT
SEATINGS AT 11:30AM & 12:30PM
FOOD AND DRINKS FREE
FOR PATRIOTS, FAMILY &
GUESTS
Luby’s Cafeteria
CAMP MABRY
CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
MOPAC at Steck
MUSEUM, Bldg # 6
SOUTH STEPS OF THE
CAPITOL BLDG
SUN, 10TH, 1—5 PM
CHAPTER / UNIT
HOLIDAY PARTY
BOTH PARTYS ARE AT ODD
FELLOWS LODGE #23
6809 GUADALUPE
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
5TH BREAKFAST
21ST —STAFF NOON
FRI, 23RD, 6PM
GEORGE
WASHINGTON’S
BIRTHDAY
DINNER PARTY
At “The Austin Club”
Great Entertainment,
Great Food, and, a
Great Time at a Great Party
MUSEUM, Bldg # 6
Lunch Afterward at
5TH BREAKFAST
GUEST SPEAKER:
AUSTIN BAY
2ND BREAKFAST
up Congress Ave, then
DECEMBER
CEREMONY
FOLLOWS AT 11AM
7TH BREAKFAST
9TH - STAFF NOON
SAT, 12TH, 10AM
21ST —STAFF NOON
18TH —STAFF NOON
SAT, 24TH, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
CAMP MABRY
MUSEUM
SAT, 21ST, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
ANNUAL ELECTION
OFFICERS INSTALLATION
HILL’S CAFÉ
CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
Lunch Afterward at
Lunch Afterward at
TBA—MEMORIAL
DAY ACTIVITIES
LUBY’S CAFETERIA
Luby’s Cafeteria
MOPAC at Steck
MOPAC at Steck
MONTHLY MEETING, AND
4700 S Congress Ave
PFLUGERVILLE
COOK-WALDEN
CAPITAL PARK
14619 N IH-35
4TH BREAKFAST
14TH—STAFF NOON
SAT, 16TH, 11AM
Chapter
ANNUAL PICNIC
FULL COOKOUT MENU
CAMP MABRY
PICNIC GROUNDS
Free For Members,
Family, And Guests
FY-2007 TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919 EVENTS CALENDAR