Newsletter

WELCOM ABOARD

John Novak

Thomas L. Fowler

Carroll E. Prosser

TAPS

Charles Koch of Kansas

May he Rest in Peace

CHAPLAIN

Please let the Blind Chapter Chaplain know if you are sick, hospitalized or you know of one of our members who is.

Contact Reverend Anthony Martino

25016 87th Street, Unit 2

Salem Wisconsin 53168.

847 736 2111

Deaconmart@wi.rr.com .

“DAV NATIONAL CONVENTION”

REPORT FROM THE DAV NATIONAL CONVENTION”

The Blind Chapter elected officers for the current year at the 2^nd chapter meeting with the installation being conducted at the Annual Blind Chapter Breakfast.

Meet your new officers

Commander Eddie Humphrey

Senior Vice Commander Steve Moffit

1^st Junior Vice Commander Dan Holden

2^nd Junior Vice Commander Gerard Boucher

3^rd Junior Vice Commander Floyd Britting

4^th Junior Vice Commander Joe Link

Judge Advocate Buddy Spivey

Chaplain Tony Martino

Delegates elected by the membership of The Blind Veterans National Chapter have a busy schedule while at the convention. In addition to Blind Chapter meetings there are DAV National Business Sessions, Work Shops, special events and finally the delegates are all assigned to DAV National Convention Committees. The delegates have to attend all of the meetings held for the committee they are serving on.

Committee Assignments

Constitution & Bylaws	Dan Holden	Clyde Wyant
VAVS	Floyd Britting	Gerard Boucher
Legislative & Veterans Rights	Eddie Humphrey	Buddy Spivey
Nominations	Tony Martino	Joe Link

NEW MEMBERS

At the 1^st Chapter meeting we had several guests who came to find out what the Blind Chapter was all about.

Two of the guests were Thomas L. Fowler and Carroll E. Prosser. During the meeting they filled out and presented a membership application.

The Blind Chapter has been losing members and we need to keep recruiting members to replace our departed comrades. More important we need to reach out to those who need to be informed of blind rehabilitation and get the training and equipment they need to improve their life.

BLIND VETERANS NATIONAL CHAPTER WEB SITE

DAV National has come out with a new setup for Department and Chapter websites that are provided free of charge. These sites are great and DAV National updates a lot of National information on them. I am sorry to report that they will not be providing the Blind Veterans National Chapter with this service. The Blind Veterans National Chapter will continue with our current website at http://www.davbvnc.com. So please bookmark or keep this site as one of your favorites and check it on a regular basis. Blind Veterans National Chapter Newsletters are posted on this website.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Years of Membership	Name
62	Ted Romig
62	Ken Toombs
55	Melvin Adams
53	Ken Davis
44	George Bianculli
44	George Pilz
44	James Strong
43	Rogelio Hernandez
42	Arnold Schrock
40	Walter Baker
40	Percy Barfield
40	John Fales
39	George McGrath
38	Joseph Carosella
37	Robert Dawson
37	Carl Foley
37	Robert Gabe
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