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Thurmont American legion Thurmont American legion Veterans
8 Park Lane, Thurmont Guest Readers at Primary School
Ed Gravatt, Past Commander On November Courtesy Photo
National Turkey Day has come breakfast is only $5.00 (children age 12, 2015, several
and gone; winter officially begins on twelve and under eat for free). Veterans from the
December 21, so get out your winter More freebies: Ham and Turkey Thurmont American
hat, gloves, and coats. night will be the Friday before Legion where invited
Last month, in honor of Veterans Christmas, December 18. Hams, to be “guest readers”
Day, the Thurmont Primary School turkeys, wings, meat packs, and for the kindergarten,
asked if we could provide four Ralph Gann. Sure sounds like a fun first, and second
Veterans to be guest readers to their evening to me. Grades at Thurmont
students; Jeff Geyer, Steve Lawrence, The other Fridays this month, Primary School.
Mac Maguire, and Ed Gravatt. They we will be having entertainment
read from a book entitled, very with Big Al on December 4, and DJ Pictured from left are Ed
appropriately, Veterans Day. Jake will be here on the December Gravatt, Mac Maguire, Amy
Sweeny from Thurmont
Following the reading with 11. On Thursday, December 31, Primary School, Steve
each class, there was a question New Years Eve, we will be having a Lawrence, and Jeff Geyer.
and answer time for the students pot luck party; anybody can bring
to express their thanks and to ask a dish or snack to share. There will Sons of the American legion
some very interesting questions. be music and the Ball will Drop. We
Many thanks to the Thurmont will be closed on Christmas Eve and Squadron 121
Primary School for honoring us in on Christmas. The Sons of the American Legion Emmitsburg is holding a Turkey and
this way. Also for Veterans Day, At the time of writing this, there
we—in partnership with Thurmont are more then $3,900 in our Ace Ham Give-a-Way on December 5, 2015, from 6:00-10:00 p.m. Alternating
AMVETS—sponsored a bus trip of Hearts game. Tickets for the each half hour, a turkey or ham will be given away free to one lucky person.
to Arlington National Cemetery. drawing are only $5.00 for ten To be in the drawings just show up, and you will receive a free ticket at
The SAL provided sandwiches and tickets; the cut-off for ticket sales is the door that will go into the drawing jar. Light fare will be served free of
soup at the Legion and, on the 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, and the charge (hot dogs, sauerkraut, cheese tray, chips, pretzels, etc.). Raffles will be
following Saturday, the Auxiliary drawing is at 7:30 p.m. The kitchen run between drawings for meat trays, pints of oysters, bacon, and so on. The
had a luncheon for all Vets and their is open for your enjoyment. public is welcome.
families. Our kitchen is open every
In honor of Santa Claus, we are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday VFW Men’s Auxiliary unit 6658
inviting him to join us, along with evening, from 5:00-8:00 p.m., and The VFW Men’s Auxiliary Unit 6658 in Emmitsburg will be holding a
all the children, and adult believers, from 1:00-6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Turkey and Ham Give-a-Way on Saturday, December 12, 2015, from 6:00-
for breakfast on Saturday, December Don’t forget, we have bingo on 10:00 p.m. Drawings will be every half hour. Free light fare will be served.
5, from 8:00-11:00 a.m. The cost for Thursday evenings, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Free ticket will be given to everyone at the door. Raffles will take place in
between drawings for pints of oysters, meat trays, and 10# box of bacon. The
Emmitsburg Heritage Valentine’s Day Wing Feed public is welcome and will need to sign the guest book.
Get your tickets now for the Emmitsburg Heritage Day Wing Feed fundraiser,
from 3:00-11:00 p.m., on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at the Emmitsburg AMVETS Post 172 Fairfield
Ambulance Building in Emmitsburg. Proceeds benefit Community Heritage Day The 74 anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be marked Sunday,
th
Festival on June 25, 2016. This feed is one of the fundraisers that will help to December 6, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., with an observance to be held at the Fairfield
keep this great event alive. Tickets are $20.00 each, available at Zurgable Bros. AMVETS Post 172 in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. Lt. Col. Kristofer W. Gifford,
Hardware (Mark 301-447-2020), Mountain Liquors (Gary 301-447-2342), Deputy Director for Intelligence, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Shaw
Cliff Sweeney at 301-447-1712, Jennifer Joy at 301-447-6467, and Jim Houck AFB, South Carolina will be the guest speaker.
Jr. at 717-451-1741 or [email protected]. For more info go to www. The program is designed to commemorate the attack by the Japanese on
EmmitsburgEvents.com. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, which put the United States into
World War II. Veterans organizations in Adams, Franklin, York counties, and
several Maryland posts plan to join the AMVETS for the program.
This will mark forty-two years that the Fairfield AMVETS has been
holding this observance. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
Thurmont American legion Thurmont American legion Veterans
8 Park Lane, Thurmont Guest Readers at Primary School
Ed Gravatt, Past Commander On November Courtesy Photo
National Turkey Day has come breakfast is only $5.00 (children age 12, 2015, several
and gone; winter officially begins on twelve and under eat for free). Veterans from the
December 21, so get out your winter More freebies: Ham and Turkey Thurmont American
hat, gloves, and coats. night will be the Friday before Legion where invited
Last month, in honor of Veterans Christmas, December 18. Hams, to be “guest readers”
Day, the Thurmont Primary School turkeys, wings, meat packs, and for the kindergarten,
asked if we could provide four Ralph Gann. Sure sounds like a fun first, and second
Veterans to be guest readers to their evening to me. Grades at Thurmont
students; Jeff Geyer, Steve Lawrence, The other Fridays this month, Primary School.
Mac Maguire, and Ed Gravatt. They we will be having entertainment
read from a book entitled, very with Big Al on December 4, and DJ Pictured from left are Ed
appropriately, Veterans Day. Jake will be here on the December Gravatt, Mac Maguire, Amy
Sweeny from Thurmont
Following the reading with 11. On Thursday, December 31, Primary School, Steve
each class, there was a question New Years Eve, we will be having a Lawrence, and Jeff Geyer.
and answer time for the students pot luck party; anybody can bring
to express their thanks and to ask a dish or snack to share. There will Sons of the American legion
some very interesting questions. be music and the Ball will Drop. We
Many thanks to the Thurmont will be closed on Christmas Eve and Squadron 121
Primary School for honoring us in on Christmas. The Sons of the American Legion Emmitsburg is holding a Turkey and
this way. Also for Veterans Day, At the time of writing this, there
we—in partnership with Thurmont are more then $3,900 in our Ace Ham Give-a-Way on December 5, 2015, from 6:00-10:00 p.m. Alternating
AMVETS—sponsored a bus trip of Hearts game. Tickets for the each half hour, a turkey or ham will be given away free to one lucky person.
to Arlington National Cemetery. drawing are only $5.00 for ten To be in the drawings just show up, and you will receive a free ticket at
The SAL provided sandwiches and tickets; the cut-off for ticket sales is the door that will go into the drawing jar. Light fare will be served free of
soup at the Legion and, on the 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, and the charge (hot dogs, sauerkraut, cheese tray, chips, pretzels, etc.). Raffles will be
following Saturday, the Auxiliary drawing is at 7:30 p.m. The kitchen run between drawings for meat trays, pints of oysters, bacon, and so on. The
had a luncheon for all Vets and their is open for your enjoyment. public is welcome.
families. Our kitchen is open every
In honor of Santa Claus, we are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday VFW Men’s Auxiliary unit 6658
inviting him to join us, along with evening, from 5:00-8:00 p.m., and The VFW Men’s Auxiliary Unit 6658 in Emmitsburg will be holding a
all the children, and adult believers, from 1:00-6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Turkey and Ham Give-a-Way on Saturday, December 12, 2015, from 6:00-
for breakfast on Saturday, December Don’t forget, we have bingo on 10:00 p.m. Drawings will be every half hour. Free light fare will be served.
5, from 8:00-11:00 a.m. The cost for Thursday evenings, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Free ticket will be given to everyone at the door. Raffles will take place in
between drawings for pints of oysters, meat trays, and 10# box of bacon. The
Emmitsburg Heritage Valentine’s Day Wing Feed public is welcome and will need to sign the guest book.
Get your tickets now for the Emmitsburg Heritage Day Wing Feed fundraiser,
from 3:00-11:00 p.m., on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at the Emmitsburg AMVETS Post 172 Fairfield
Ambulance Building in Emmitsburg. Proceeds benefit Community Heritage Day The 74 anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be marked Sunday,
th
Festival on June 25, 2016. This feed is one of the fundraisers that will help to December 6, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., with an observance to be held at the Fairfield
keep this great event alive. Tickets are $20.00 each, available at Zurgable Bros. AMVETS Post 172 in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. Lt. Col. Kristofer W. Gifford,
Hardware (Mark 301-447-2020), Mountain Liquors (Gary 301-447-2342), Deputy Director for Intelligence, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Shaw
Cliff Sweeney at 301-447-1712, Jennifer Joy at 301-447-6467, and Jim Houck AFB, South Carolina will be the guest speaker.
Jr. at 717-451-1741 or [email protected]. For more info go to www. The program is designed to commemorate the attack by the Japanese on
EmmitsburgEvents.com. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, which put the United States into
World War II. Veterans organizations in Adams, Franklin, York counties, and
several Maryland posts plan to join the AMVETS for the program.
This will mark forty-two years that the Fairfield AMVETS has been
holding this observance. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
