Graybeards - Korean War Veterans Association
Graybeards - Korean War Veterans Association
Graybeards - Korean War Veterans Association
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Dixon Line.<br />
Significantly, 100% of our members are also KWVA members,<br />
and we show how to build chapter membership while following<br />
KWVA bylaws.<br />
Don Score, Mrs. and Mr. Bob Witfield (L-R) at Ch 264’s 4th of July picnic<br />
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<strong>Veterans</strong>, friends, and family members enjoy the Ch 264 4th of July picnic<br />
at the gazebo near the new <strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> Memorial<br />
270 SAM JOHNSON [TX]<br />
CID 270 Recognizes 2009 Membership<br />
Drive Winners<br />
During our March 13 chapter meeting, we recognized our<br />
members who sponsored fourteen new KWVA members in 2009.<br />
Chapter members who sponsored new KWVA members in 2009<br />
were Doyle Dykes (8), Dick Bové (1), Tilford Jones (1), Cliff<br />
Platt (1), Thomas Phelps (1), Richard Sanchez (1), and Bob (Ski)<br />
Wojciechowski (1).<br />
Doyle Dykes has led the chapter in recruiting new KWVA<br />
members for eight consecutive years.<br />
New members sponsored by Doyle Dykes were Carnel<br />
Brown, Eldon Gentry, Wedsel Groom, LeRoy Jones, Robert<br />
Morgan, Charles Organ, Harry Sutton, and Raymond T. Carrio.<br />
Dick Bové sponsored Bill Fox, Tilford Jones sponsored Bill<br />
Brister, Thomas Phelps recruited Virgil Malone, Cliff Platt sponsored<br />
Richard Rogers, Richard Sanchez recruited Nicholas<br />
Weidenkoph, and Robert Wojciechowski signed up Ernest<br />
Bousque.<br />
Because Doyle Dykes and other chapter members actively<br />
seek out new KWVA members, Chapter 270 now has more active<br />
KWVA members than any other chapter south of the Mason-<br />
Doyle Dykes holds a plaque showing he has won Ch 270’s membership<br />
drive for eight consecutive years. He recruited eight new members in<br />
2009.<br />
289 Glen Thompson, gthomp@tx.rr.com<br />
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE [TN]<br />
We participated in our local high school junior ROTC awards<br />
night. Past Commander Robert E. Shelton presented two medallions,<br />
each of which was accompanied by a short speech about<br />
the <strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong>.<br />
Chapter member Bill Reed, also a member of the Military<br />
Order of the Purple Heart, presented an award, along with an<br />
explanation of the Purple Heart.<br />
Robert Shelton, 109 White Hawk Way, Kingsport, TN<br />
Robert Shelton of Ch 289 presents medallions to JROTC recipients<br />
September – October 2010<br />
The <strong>Graybeards</strong>
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