Morell Smith Post 440, Newtown, PA

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∆ - Due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus Covid_19, we will not have a General meeting on April 21, 2020.

∆ - And . . . our 100th Anniversary plans have come to naught - there will be none.

∆ - Our Memorial Day parade is also cancelled.

∆ - Check on your family, your friends, your neighbors and your brothers & sisters - often.

----- Stay safe, stay strong but stay home -----

Welcome to American Legion Post 440 in Newtown, PA. We are a progressive post, actively involved in our community and committed to Veterans from ALL conflicts & their family. Since we've been around for 100 years, we have collected a huge quantity of resources.

We are over 250 members strong, and of course, we are always seeking new members. If you are a Veteran who wants to hang out or chat with your brothers and sisters who were there - or even if you are just interested, please contact us – ask a question or better yet – come down to one of our meetings - ALL Veterans are welcome.

We also have a few positions open within the Post as well.

We’re at 41 Linden Ave. in Newtown, PA.

“We are still serving our country”

Today is Thursday, June 4, 2020.
The website was last updated on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

Hall Rental	All Photos
Contact Us	Memorial Day	Leadership
Directions	Membership	POW-MIA Chair
ASVAB Armed Svcs. Vocational Aptitude Battery	NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: Post440Newtown @gmail.com	100th Anniversary of Morell Smith Post 440
VA News Releases Updated Benefits 2019!	Site Map
District 9 Newsletter Updated w/Dec. 2019	History	Obituaries

Letter from the Commander

Post Bulletin

Taps: In Memoriam

20/20 Fundraiser
UPDATED 5/5/2020

Get your DD-214

Legion Baseball

PA Veterans
License Plate

IMPORTANT!
Get your email on the Mailing List

Here is where you can get your military service records including your medical records.

Here is where you can get started, apply for benefits
or manage your VA Benefits

DROP OFF YOUR USED, WORN OUT AND TATTERED AMERICAN FLAGS AT OUR NEW DROP BOX IN FRONT OF THE LEGION HALL. PASS IT ON!

There are still some outstanding membership dues.
If you have any questions about your status, please contact me.

Post440Newtown@gmail.com

On the plus side, click here for some good news regarding membership.

Get Your Veteran's
Discount Card!

PHOTOS/PICTURES/VIDEOS

Memorial Day Parade - 2019

Newtown Advance Coverage of Parade

New Oak Cabinet

Story of Mr. Smith's Donation

Jr. Prep Baseball Team

Removing the Tree

Painting the Interior

Memorial Day Parade 2018

CRHS Memorial Day 2018

Color Guard

Bill Harper at Normandy Beach

More . . .

Please Note: When you are finished viewing pictures, simply close the tab or window they are in and you will be back at our web site.

A New Chair Lift has been installed on the stairs leading down to our meeting area. This is for the convenience of our elderly or disabled members.
Please be aware that there MUST be a member with you if you use the Lift. Thanks. - The Commander

Don't forget to notify our Service Officer if you know
of any post member who is sick, ill or otherwise indisposed.

Click Here if you want to opt out of the paper version of the Post Bulletin and go paperless. Read it on the Website and help keep us green! Saves the post postage & printing costs, too.

Morell Smith Post 440 Bulletin
May 2020

MAY 1	SILVER STAR SERVICE BANNER DAY
MAY 5	EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (ON LINE)	7:30 PM
MAY 8	VE DAY (VICTORY IN EUROPE)
MAY 12	MOTHER’S DAY
MAY 18	ARMED FORCES DAY
MAY 19	GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (Conference Call - Check back for details)	7:30 PM
MAY 27	MEMORIAL DAY (NO PARADE)

Letter from the Commander

The CoVid_19 quarantine continues! Governor Wolf has set a target date of May 8 to end it, however, as we have seen in other states, those “target dates” can change, so please keep your eyes and ears open for changes. Until the CoVid_19 quarantine is lifted, we will not have any activities at our Post.

On a sad note, longtime members Jerry DeYoung and Joe Lamplugh passed away earlier this month. Gerry was our Historian and spent much time helping maintain our hall, as well as working on the Memorial Day Parade. Joe Lamplugh was our Membership Chairman for many years. Also, earlier this month, the brother of past Senior Vice Commander Vic Teat passed away.

As we all know by now, we are in the midst of a Worldwide/National Crisis with the CoVid_19. The Federal Government and the Governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey have put out guidelines to deal with CoVid_19. Please check the news outlets for frequent updates and go to the various Local, County, State and Federal Websites for detailed information. Please check frequently for updates on this deadly virus, as new information is coming out by the hour! Let’s all take care of ourselves, our loved ones and our fellow Post Members. As I said in our Emergency Email Blast, if you or a loved one is in distress as a result of CoVid_19, please call 911 first and call one of our Post Officers as well, just to let us know what’s happening.

Rob Boysen, Commander
267-278-0827
Freedomwatcher1949@comcast.net

It’s your flag. Honor it, defend it, love it and fly it!!

LEADERSHIP
OFFICERS

Commander:
Rob Boysen

Sr. Vice Commander:
Bill Harper

Jr. Vice Commander:
Dick Bowes

Adjutant:
Mike Errico

Finance Officer:
Tom Morris

Judge Advocate:
Don Marshall

Sergeant-At-Arms:
Larry Kerwood

Historian:
Norm Moorhead

Chaplain:
Chuck Resch

Service Officer:
John Houck

Membership Chairman
Jim Gieseke
Webmaster/Parade Coordinator/IT guy
and general information:
Jim Gieseke
215.631.2895
Email

PLEASE NOTE: If you get a kickback or your email to Jean doesn't go through, copy and paste the email address into your normal email program or call her. Not everyone's default email will work via the web site. JFVG55@YAHOO.COM

ALL HALL RENTALS AND APPOINTMENTS MUST BE CLEARED THRU JEAN.

~ NO EXCEPTIONS ~

GET YOUR VETERAN'S DISCOUNT CARD!

You will need to go to Doylestown to the Registrar of Deeds to get your card.

You must bring a copy of your DD214.

The card is good for discounts at many businesses in Bucks County. If the date sounds familiar it the date to sign up for the Bucks County Honor Flight (will start at 10:30).

This is not something you want to miss out on!

POST 440 SUPPORTS 3 LEGION BASEBALL TEAMS.

American Legion 2019 Baseball

Contacts:

Brian Mills: Post 440 Representative. brian_a_mills @yahoo.com

Paul Jones: president@crnewtown.org

Joe Anhalt: travelcommissioner@crnewtown.org

PA Veterans License Plates

PennDOT will begin issuing a new series of military-themed license plates to honor and remember the sacrifices of our service members and veterans. These license plates will include special designations for a variety of combat-related decorations and expand the criteria to qualify for the Merchant Marines plate. The license plates were authorized by Act 109 of 2014 and are now available for qualifying service members and veterans.

PennDOT now offers 34 different types of registration plates recognizing veterans. For a full list, click on the web link below. The fees for these special plates vary.

Click here to go to the PennDOT website.

2020 MEMBERSHIP IS $35

MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS

GOOD NEWS!

The state has decided to allow you to opt out of receiving those nasty dues reminders. You know, the blue ones, the red ones the pink ones, etc. The procedure for getting yourself opted out is this:

- Get your name (as it appears on your membership card) and your membership number,
- Send an email directly to me: james.gieseke@verizon.net

- OR you may write it down and hand it to me or mail it to the post
ATTN: Membership (no scraps of paper, please)

- I will then opt you out of receiving membership renewal notices FOREVER.

If you should decide you would like to receive them again, simply do the same as above only say you want to reactivate.

NOTE: You may still get a reminder from National.

Membership requirements have recently been changed.

Click here to learn more . . .

You will be required to provide a copy of your DD-214.

STOP BY ANY MEETING ON THE 3RD TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 7:30 PM

20/20 RESULTS
WEEK 1	#103	Jerry DeYoung
WEEK 2	#119	Linda Goll
WEEK 3	#857	Ralph Bye
WEEK 4	#962	Dick Lima
WEEK 5	#165	Dave Callahan
WEEK 6	#2	George Dutton
WEEK 7	#361	James Keller
WEEK 8	#44	Jim Anderson
WEEK 9	#449	Sandy White
WEEK 10	#884	Jill McManus
WEEK 11	#391	Dave Parry
WEEK 12	#362	Frank Murden
WEEK 13	#99	Ed Hackett
WEEK 14	#833	James Rowley
WEEK 15	#45	Jim Anderson
WEEK 16	#576	Michael Harvey
WEEK 17
WEEK 18
WEEK 19
WEEK 20
GRAND PRIZE
Tickets for the next drawing are now available.
New tickets are now available. The proceeds from the 20/20 fundraiser go directly into our building fund to maintain our Legion hall.

******** DD-214 NOTICE ********

Get your FREE DD-214 replacement forms from the government's National Archives.

Click here to go to the web site to request your DD-214's.

******** DD-214 NOTICE ********

Get your official veteran's discount picture ID card!

Go down to the Doylestown Court House, go to the "Recorder of Deeds" on the 2nd floor of the main courthouse bring your DD-214 with you and a photo ID.

You can use your new ID card to get discounts at many stores and businesses.

COMMUNITY

9-11 Bucks County Memorial Garden

Lower Makefield Veterans Monument

County Veterans Office

Official Page Bucks County

Newtown Borough

Newtown Township

Newtown American Legion Ambulance Squad

Newtown Historic Association

Joint Downtown Newtown Corporation

Newtown Business & Professional Association

AREA BUSINESSES

Businesses are listed only as a courtesy to local merchants.
Post 440 does not receive compensation for listing websites. If you would like to add your site, Click here.

Meglio - Wood Fired Pizzeria

Shady Brook Farm

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from Kyle.

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Jerry DeYoung

Joe Lamplugh

Don Isleib

Costic F. "Ike" Borsavage

Henry Conroy

Robert Kenderdine

Robert Brodie

William Craighead

Joseph Watts

Merwyn Claar

Bruce Mitchell

Mike Donovan

Robert Novotney

Charles F. Schattler Jr.

Costic Borsavage

Albert M. DiGregorio

Charles Morell Brown

Joe Carr

Robert J. Forsyth

Taps in Perpetuity

Morell Smith

VA Regional Office:
1-800-827-1000

Benefits Counselor:
215-842-2000

Philadelphia VAMC:
1-800-949-1001

Willow Grove Clinic:
215-823-6050

Burlington County VA Clinic
3000 Lincoln Drive E,
Marlton, NJ 08053
844-441-5499

Pharmacy Automated Refills:
1-888-338-5525

Pharmacy Customer Service:
215-823-6361

Appointment Confirmation:
1-888-338-5525

Patient Advocate:
1-800-949-1001

Click the map for detailed directions from Google^®.

Our mailing address is:

American Legion

Morell Smith Post 440

41 Linden Ave.

Newtown, PA 18940

We will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Morell Smith Post 440.

Officially, it is August, 1, 2020. Next year, we will be celebrating our Centennial.
We will be getting challenge coins for the occasion and
there will be a ceremony and maybe an event or 2.

Please stay tuned and check back often as you will have the
opportunity to view & vote on the design of our challenge coin.

The official text for the naming of Morell Smith Post 440

Newtown Enterprise	December 1919
Whereas, Lieutenant Morell Smith, having been an honored citizen of Newtown, and having entered the war against Germany in support of the highest ideals of justice and freedom, and with a keen sense of their meaning to his beloved country; and Whereas, Lieutenant Morell Smith, having nobly fought, and having proven his deep devotion to his lofty principles by the supreme sacrifice upon the field of battle: be it therefore Resolved, in recognition of this single-minded devotion, that this post be named The Morell Smith Post, Number 440, of Pennsylvania, of the American Legion; and be it Resolved, As a token of our deep sense of loss and of our sincere sympathy with them, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the parents of the late lamented Lieutenant Morell Smith.
The above resolution was proposed by Dr. G.A. Parker, Jr. and Morris Savidge
This is a grave marker circa WW1. It is made from brass.