From 1956 through 1960, Sisters Rodeo was an amateur event sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Their profit built a small theater in the night-life-starved town, but dwindling interest in amateur rodeo led the VFW to step aside after five years. It appeared that Sisters Rodeo had sent it...
becoming the Family Guidance Clinic and then the Carlisle Counseling Service in 1977, Helen maintained her high level of interest and involvement. In 1979, the organization was named the Helen H. Stevens Community Mental Health Center in recognition of her great influence; the name has since been...
This manner of identifying fire company officers paralleled that which was used for supervision in industry and on large agricultural operations. The military type organization (Battalion Chief, Captain and Lieutenant) developed after the Civil War had not yet been widely accepted. The officers, ...
JANIE DYHOUSE
the 1st and 3rd daytime 15 minute program of 11/10 and 12/52, and a VFW special of 4/4/49. No Jack Benny at all. Perhaps there were Hope and Benny discs that disappeared from WMAQ before the collection was donated in 1964, but we were never given any finding aids for the collectio...
Of course, to get to Marble Hill from Cape, you have to pass North park, so I had to pull in there, too. It wasn’t the greatest day for pictures. Unlike some of the other times I’ve shot the flags, the sky was mostly overcast and the wind wasn’t whipping the flags very muc...
This combined with the stories they make-up out of whole cloth need to be balanced. This book is an attempt to provide that balance. We have labored in the darkness of the Obamanation. We have waited for a light at the end of the tunnel that was not another progressive steamroller ...
Bloomingdale VFW Post 7539 is especially excited about this year's Family Fest celebration.That's because the post will finally host the "Vietnam Wall Experience," on the Family Fest site today through Sunday.The wall is a portable replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C....
Instructor Carmie Woods offers a six week series of one-hour sessions. Take mat, block, and strap. Cost: $40 (residents) and $45 (nonresidents).Singles dance: 8 p.m.-midnight Sept. 29, West View VFW, 386 Perry Highway, West View. Sock hop dance featuring music from the era and ...
The mission of the VFW, in its own words, is to “foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts”; to “serve our veterans, the military and our communities”; and to “advocate on behalf of all veterans.” The organization also works to “[e]nsure that veterans ar...