BINGO SCHEDULE: AMERICAN LEGION POST 264 CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010 COCKTAILS- 6:00PM DINNER- 7:00PM PROGRAM- 8:00PM ENTERTAINMENT- 9:00pm Click to join georgialegionpost264 Click to join galegiondist5
SUNDAY - 4:30 PM; MONDAY, TUESDAY & FRIDAY- 8PM; SATURDAY- 5PM
THURSDAY NITES--COOKOUT NIGHT--YOU BRING IT, WE'LL COOK IT!
POOL TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAYS AT 8PM
KARAOKE IN THE BACK BAR ON SATURDAYS 8:30PM TIL CLOSING
SAL MEETINGS- FIRST TUESDAYS @ 7:00PM
LEGION & AUXILIARY MEETINGS--3RD WEDNESDAYS @ 7:30PM (DINNER AT 6:30PM)
CONGRATULATIONS TO JERRY HALLMAN- 5TH DISTRICT SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
HAM RADIO LICENSE CLASSES SATURDAY, JUNE 5 & 12. CONTACT ELDEN MORRIS AT eldenmorris@gmail.com or 770-713-4403 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ENROLL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE LEGION TO PARTICIPATE.
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WE SUPPORT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL AND THE BUDDY PROGRAM
JOHN R. DODGEN POST
PO BOX 265
6251 Ivey Road
Mableton, Georgia 30126-3688
770-944-8099
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.
JOHN R. DODGEN was born on December 1st, 1895 in Mount Harmony, Georgia now called Mableton. He was the son of Newton W. B. Dodgen and Georgia V. Dodgen who settled in Mount Harmony after being evacuated from Atlanta during General Sherman's March.
Dodgen was married to the late Annie Bell Medlock and had one daughter, Johnnie.
He served in World War I with the 6th Company S. A. R. D. Infantry and lost his life in Brest, France onOctober 5th, 1918. His remains are interred at Mount Harmony Cemetary in Mableton, Georgia.
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Legion Officers (Elected May 19, 2010)
COMMANDER.........Harry Ray
SR VICE..................Tony Bennett HISTORIAN....................
JR VICE.................. Paul Wiley SGT-AT-ARMS................Willis Conn
ADJUTANT.............Elden Morris EXECUTIVE AT LARGE...Bruce Woods
FINANCE OFFICER.. Melissa Banks EXECUTIVE AT LARGE...Neil Price
JUDGE ADVOCATE..Joe Simms EXECUTIVE AT LARGE...Bill Hatcher
CHAPLAIN..............Donald Bushgen
