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CALENDER OF UPCOMING POST 61 EVENTS Updated ASAP! |
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Post Officers
Links Section
Commander:
James Burke
Sr. Vice-Commander:
Les Miller
Jr. Vice-Commander:
Joe Byassee Jr.
Finance Officer:
Rick Dollahan
Adjutant:
Bob Gilore
Service Officer:
Don Fortner
Chaplain:
Don Fortner
Sgt. at Arms:
Marvin Courtright
Past Commander:
Skip Hicks
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-EXECUTIVE BOARD-
Joe Byassee Sr.
Al Ashburn
Dan Moulton
Rick Jackson
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-ALL OTHERS-
Site Administrator:
Burt Moulton
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American Legion Crandall-Palmer Post 61 is located in Avondale, Arizona just 15 miles southwest of Phoenix and serves members from across the Greater Southwest Valley.
The whole American Legion Family gets involved including the hard working Auxiliary Unit 61 and SAL Squadron 61 (Check out their webpages by clicking on their links under the Legion Emblem in the upper left hand corner of the page)
A young post compared to some, Post 61 is a Community Post.
Crandall-Palmer Post 61 offers a full service bar and kitchen, with weekly Fish Frys and monthly Steak Frys.
The Post Honor Guard is available for public ceremonies, parades and local veterans funerals.
Post 61 has a Meeting Hall for hire, which can seat 200 people.
Contact the Club Manager at 623-932-4960 for availability and rates on the Meeting Hall and information about the Honor Guard.
We also have weekly Post Bingo every Tuesday,VFW Bingo every Wednesday and Knights of Columbus Bingo every Sunday.
Post 61 celebrated its Golden Anniversary in 2000.
On August 15,1949 Post 61 received their temporary charter with 65 members and their permanent charter in 1950. The first Commander was Jim Reily and the first Adjutant was E. G. Gage. There are seven members living from the original charter.
Member James Cagle was the last World War One veteran to pass away. He was born on March 26, 1896 in Warren County, Tennessee and moved to Goodyear, Arizona in 1970.
Post 61 and Unit 61 have co-sponsored over 900 students to Boy's and Girl's State since 1950.
The Post has presented school awards to the six primary schools in the Greater Southwest Valley of the Sun for the last 50 years. Recently, they started an Americanism sholarship award program in lieu of the medallion awards they given at those schools. They have also presented JROTC and Commanders Trophy awards to Agua Fria and Tolleson High Schools since 1970 and to Westview High School when it started its JROTC program.
Crandall-Palmer has sponsored American Legion Baseball Teams (A & B) for 35 years.
The Post has had three Ladies as Post Commanders Helen Daley, Marian Black and Patricia Thompson. Three other Post 61 members have gone on to be Department of Arizona Area “B” Vice Commanders, George Jefferies, James Flannery and Frank Whitten.
Historical information provided by past Post Commander and Adjutant Joe Solano.
Post 61 has a Meeting Hall for hire, which can seat 200 people.
Contact the Club Manager at 623-932-6916 for availability and rates.
The Post Honor Guard is available for public ceremonies, parades and local veterans funerals.
In order to encourage membership you can request copies of military personnel records from the federal government through the Internet.
The National Archives has a web page set up that will allow you to request free copies of your DD Form 214(Report of Separation) and other military records.
Go to our Links Section and click on Military Service Records Request
or Copy and Paste this address into your browser
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html
Post 61 has a Fish Fry each and every Friday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
We also have a Steak Fry on the first and third Saturdays of the month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
Come on down to Dorman's Kitchen for fantastic fried fish and mouth watering steaks with all the fixings.
American Legion Riders Chapter 61
Check out the link in the upper left hand corner of this page
Post 61 has Bingo every Tuesday at 6:45pm.
It is open to the public.
We have 17 games lasting until approximately 9:15 PM at a cost of $ 17.00 and this includes a power ball ticket good for the night.
We have regular, quickie and a coverall game of $ 1,000.00 every Tuesday night.
Come Down and Check it out!
More About Us, Directions to the Post and How to Contact Us
Please check underneath the American Legion Emblem in the upper left hand corner of the page. There you will find our Post Links, a Calender of our up coming events, Post Officers, and Links to other American Legion sites across the Internet. Just below here is our physical address, Email, and a link for driving directions to the Post.
