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ANNOUNCING AN AWARD!
of $250 to the honor student
of the Kodiak High School graduating clacs!
. . . to be awarded this year by the V. F. W. Post Commander.
The honor student to be selected by a board of judges
KATMaI POST 7056
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
KODIAK, ALASKA
To the Veterans of Foreign Wars and to all veterans
eligible for membership
Comrades:
1 am taking the medium of this letter to inform you of cer
tain ambitions which I have for our veterans’ post here in Kod
iak. To be a successful and strong veteran’s post, we must
have a program which interests itself in helping to solve some of
the difficult problems that confront us as a community.
It is not the purpose of this letter to go into a harangue of
fault-finding and trying to lay the blame of present conditions
upon any particular individuals or groups of individuals in our
rnidst. I state to you frankly that the common fault of our citizen
ry in being lethargic in the matter of interest in elections and
shouldering the personal responsibility of casting our individual
ballots at an election is a problem that is not only peculiar to
Kodiak but is nationwide in its scope and significance
What can we as a group of veterans do to improve this situation?
We did our bit towards winning the war, and now it is up to us to
win the peace, and there is no surer way of winning the peace
than by us as a group bringing about as an accomplished facta
one hundred per cent registration and balloting of all legal qual
ified voters in our community at elections of the future. In order
to make us really effective in bringing about an improvement in
this situation, we must build up a strong and powerful organiz
ation; I do not mean a political organization, because our national
constitution prohibits us from becoming a political unit but I
mean an organization which has for its aim the advancement of
American citizenship with its stabilizing influences on our political
life brought about by the casting of a heavy ballot ot the body
politic of this community. The question is not how you vote, nor
whom you vote for, but who vote.
On the eve of our coming membership drive for the new year, I.
as your commander, desire that we all gather in a great member
ship rally to be held at our post headquarters on the first Tuesday
of December December 2, 1947 At that time 1 desire to present
for your'approval matters concerning the future program of this
post which are covered by the following subject heads:
1. What can we do to improve the sehool system?
2. Shall we make our cash award of $250.00 to the valedictory
ian of Kodiak High School an annual award?
3 What can we do to arouse interest in our membership drive
and to increase attendance at our meetings?
4. How caa we make our Post a motive force in our community?
5. Plans for our children’s Christmas party.
6. What steps should be taken in the way of dedicatory cere
monies for our new post home.
7. Gathering of data and setting of date for distribution of ser
vice medals.
8 Setting of date for distribution of marble championship med
als and plans for next year’s contest for children.
9 Possibility of having a degree team come from Anchorage,
for the dedicatory ceremonies for the new post headquarters, and
to confer degrees upon new members.
10. Best plan by which to more effectively handle membership
drive for the coming year.
You will realize that your commander can not of his own initia
tive plan and outline provisions that will involve the expenditure
of money from our treasury without your approval in meeting as
sembled and the same bemg recorded in minutes of said meeting
and being approved; with this in mind I am asking you to reserve
8 o'clock on the first Tuesday of Decepaber, December 2, i947,<a8
your appointment with our post and that you be there and give
us your suggestions on the various things you think should be
brought in that would be relative to the welfare of the community
or the veterans themselves It is my earnest wish that you back
me individually in our mutual effort to make Katmai Post 7056
really a bright star in the national escutcheon of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
I shall expect to see you then next Tuesday, December 2, 1947,
at 8 o’clock at our post headquarters.
tours in comradeship,
Ta.lma.gt L. Smith
Commander, Kttmai Post, 7056,
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Kodiak, Alaska
Membership Rally 8 pm Dec. 2 VFW Post
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VETERANS & AUXILIARY
Watch for the OPENING DATE of
your beautiful
NEW POST HEADQUARTERS
To be announced in this newspaper next issue.
V.F. W. Club, Steward