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Voiture Officers



Chef de Gare:
Robert Smith
Chef de Train:
Frank Larkin
Sous Chef de Train:

Conducteur:
JJ Kremm
Sous Conducteur:
Nick Houvener
Correspondant:
PC Paul DeVaul
Sous Correspondant:
PC John T. Digilio Jr.
Commissaire Intendant:
Howard Ryan
Sous Commissaire Intendant:
PC Bob Marcus
Commis Voyaguer:
Bill Ness
Garde de la Porte:
Ed Lane
Sous Garde de la Porte:
Willie Affelt
Lampiste:
Bob F Smith
Sous Lampiste:
Barney Crivelli
Aumonier:
PC Ray Jankowski
Sous Aumonier:
PC Gerry Mignon
Historien:
Bob Bruggerman
Advocat:
PC Charlie Rand
Sous Advocat:
PC Abe Abrahamsen
Medicin:
Lenny Ward
Cheminot:
PC Bob Shadler
Howard Ryan
John Walpole
10th Dist. Cheminot:
PC Paul DeVaul

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VOITURE NATIONALE

JOSEPH LOEFFLER POST #1006

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Welcome to Voiture #713

    

 
A Brief History of the 40/8  The Forty and Eight draws its beginnings from World War I when we had a few million young Americans in France to fight the "war to end all wars".

The narrow gauge railroads in France had boxcars(voitures)that were half the size of our boxcars. They could hold 40 men (Quarante Hommes) and 8 horses(Huit Chevaux), so 40/8 was stenciled on their sides.

At the end of WWI, the American Legion was organized and began its long fight for fair treatment of veterans. It was rough going and hard work, so they needed a place to blow off some steam, some place to have a laugh together. The young Legionnaires remembered the close brotherhood they had in those boxcars & decided to reproduce it as an inner organization of chosen Legion comrades.

Joseph W. Breen and a group of Legionnaires got together in Philadelphia in 1920 & came up with "Voiture #1 of La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux" or Boxcar #1 of the Society of 40 Men and 8 Horses.

Programs
In 1923, a Child Welfare program was started for veteran's children and it was turned over to the American Legion two years later with $50,000.
In the 1930's, a program of free inoculation for diphtheria was startd for children.
During WWII, the 40/8 sent thousands of playing cards to our troops. This program was re-established in 1967 for the Vietnam conflict.
In 1946 the Voyaguers started a Nurse's Training program. In 1955, it became a National program. An average of over 500 Registered Nurses graduate each year because of this program.
The "Carville Star" is printed in Carville, Louisiana. It is a magazine sent to 109 countries to carry info on Hansen's Disease (commonly & erroneously called leprosy). This also started in 1946. Voyaguers pay for 90% of the total circulation costs of the "Carville Star".
In 1982, the AAU Junior Olympics projects was brought into our Child Welfare Program. We provide funds and volunteers to help manpower the AAU to conduct its youth sports programs.

EXTRA !!
................Prom Nationale in Rochester, NY...see below............
 
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck and ..........
The 2009 dates for the camp will be August 9th and August 23rd. Chem will start at 10:30 AM.

Voiture Picnic
The picnic was at the Riverhead Post on August 15th.

  Membership Report
We made a 100%!! Way to go Bob!
We now have new membership requirements!! You do not have to belong to ANY veterans orgainization(s) to join our "Honor Society of Veterans".
Send your $14.50 dues to: Frank Larkin.
The dues have been lowered to encourage you guys to become PUFLS...
40-44 $401
45-49 $360
50-54 $319
55-59 $277
60-64 $234
65-69 $201
70-74 $168
75-79 $137
80-84 $110
85+ $88
All you need is a DD214.
Our Chems will be held on the second Wednesday of the month at the American Legion Post in Brentwood. We meet at 8:00 PM.
Our Proms will be held at the post in Ronkonkoma, on the fourth Friday of the month and they start at 8:00 PM. also.
NOTE:
November Prom will be in Babylon.
 
Sick and Distressed
We are sorry to announce the passing of PC Dick Calvert.
We are sorry to announce the passing of Ben Dickerson.
Abe and Barney are on the mend..
If you are sick or hospitalized, please inform our Aumonier, PC Ray Jankowski, at 271-4830 or jjankowski3@optonline.net

$$$ 100 Club $$$ The 100 Club is back again. You buy a lot of ten dollar tickets, Then for TEN weeks we pick a winner every week. Your ticket goes BACK into the pot. On the tenth week we pick a $25 and a $100 dollar winner!
It starts on December 12th, and ends on February 14th.
Sous Conducteur Nick Houvener has the tickets. Mail the stubs and checks to him at: PO Box 564, Sound Beach NY 11789.
Winners
Dec. 12:$25-
Dec. 19:$25-
Dec. 26:$25-
Jan. 2:$25-
Jan. 9:$25-
Jan. 16:$25-
Jan. 23:25-
Jan. 30:$25-
Feb. 6:$25-
Feb. 13:$25-
Feb. 14:$100-

        Dis 'n Dat

Loco News
New Loco Chairman: Voyaguer JJ Kremm.
The loco is up and running. It needs a paint job and new interior. Thank you Orion. Check out the pictures. The loco is located at 302 Wading River Road, next to the Petting Zoo in Center Moriches.

 

Who We Are......
We are former Presidents, Past National Commanders, Department Commanders and Adjutants. We are Senators, Congressmen, Governors and Mayors. We are All veterans. We only ask to serve our fellow human beings & to provide our children with a safe, free land of opportunity and to further provide for the adequate defense of the greatest system of government ever devised by the mind of man.

We do not have membership drives. Membership in the Forty and Eight comes by invitation only. Legionnaires are selected because of their hard work in veteran and community programs.

For more information, comments, or donations:
Voiture #713
P O Box 5616
Bay Shore NY 11706-5616

THANK YOU


 
 VOITURE #713. LA SOCIETE DES QUARANTE HOMMES ET HUIT CHEVAUX.(40/8)
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