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oratorical contest for hign school students that netted
$200 for the local winner and a trip to the state
I competition. A $16,000 scholarship goes to the national
champion.
Five scouts in a local troupe who could not afford
uniforms are sporting new outfits courtsey of Post
220. A letter from their leader explaining the need
was all it took to get a check in the mail for the
boys' new duds.
Nicole Bell, a member of Twin City Track Club,
is going to out-of-state meets on a tab picked up by
Post 220. And, every Christmas, money is sent to
the Veterans Hospital in Asheville to buy gifts for
30 to 50 patients. Their Santa Claus resides at 2332
North Liberty St.
Area grocery stores know the generosity of Post
220. Whenever necessary, arrangements are made
with local food vendors tr> let someone needy shop
for groceries and send the bill to the Legionaires.
Every winter, the organization's checks find their
way to fuel companies to pay heating bills for people
in danger of going cold.
Elderly citizens receive free lawn care, errand
trips and general clean-up chores from the SAL.
Disabled veterans who belong to Post 220 are pro1
vided with rides to veterans' hosDitals bv their
fellow members.
At Halloweei , about 300 youngsters from across
the city gatfivr f >r a party at Post 220 headquarters.
Costume* aK- judged in various categories and
calculators, watches", and radlosare given as prizes.
All kin3s of edible goodies are provided for the
trick-or-treaters.
"Halloween is a dangerous time now you know,"
says McWillis, adding that the organization wanted
to offer the kids a safe alternative to the traditional
door-to-door candy campaign of the past.
Another holiday project is the auxiliary's annual
Christmas party at the veterans' hospital in
Salisbury, says Mary Thomas, chapter president.
They serve cake and punch, sing caroles and pass
out books of coupons redeemable in the hospital's
gift shop.
The women's group also contributes to a President's
Project selected by the state auxiliary presi
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WASHINGTON - The expan- and Control, a
ding 24-member Congressional bid to become
Black Caucus is assuming new top post. Rep.
strength and influence in the Texas, past CI
100th Congress as its members chairman of th
take command of 25 committees tee on Hungei
aimong the 435 seats in the House seeking more
of Representatives this year. This funds to co
empowerment reflects a record poverty and hu
number of black members serving
on congressional committees. Subcommittc
the CBC rani
The Congressional Black ;L?hn Conyer
Caucus, or CBC, membership Cnminal Jusoc
now includes chairmen of five ' ,ssouri, a
full stand;ng committees, two nt; Ran8eI
select or temporary committees Select
and 18 subcommittees in the *roy ? \ e ls
Democratic-controlled Congress. AnJfr.nallOI\ ?
Among the full committees, Affairs and He
Rep. Louis Stokes heads the new- !n? ,? ~Sl
ly formed Intelligence Commit- tivities an r?
tee, currently involved in the in- lstrict
vestigation of Irangate and the
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reported diversion ui uuMagc Leland, Postal
? funds to Niearaguan rebels, Services, ahd E
and Education
Subcommittee chairmen in- sonnel and M
elude Reps. Mervyn Dymally, Rep. Alan Wh<
D-Calif., Census and Popula- Subcommittee
tion; George Crockett, Operations and
D-Detroit, Foreign Affairs fairs. Fauntroy
Western Hemisphere; Gus Subcommittee
Savage, D-Chicago, Public Monetary Poli
Works and Economic Develop- interest in dev
ment, and Major Owens, f?r Africa.
D-N.Y., Educational. Institutions.
Dymally is the new CBC Reps. John
chairman. Mike Espy oi
Kwame Mfun
Other full committee chairmen freshmen in- C
are Reps. Augustus Hawkins of been considen
California, Education and ships.
Labor: Ron Dellums of Califor
nia, District of Columbia (and c .
the Subcommittee on Military In- o SIS Cn J
stallations); Julian Dixon of . Jirrn?T?^C
California, Standards of Official * . ns. 1I5.S
Conduct, and William H. Gray
III of Pennsylvania, the Budget *
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< Committee, one of the most in- ^
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fluential committees in Congress. i 4
system, but th
the better we li
Rep. Charles Rangel of New ring to the tra<
. York is chairman of the Select chairman acco
Committee on Narcotic Abuse of service.
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dent. This year they raised money for an
Alzheimer's disease fund set up to educate, fund
research and help families of victims of the disease.
"There is no color barrier in helping people,"
says Jackson. Several,times, white veterans have
been stranded while traveling through WinstonSalem.
Post 220 paid to get them to their destinations.
Anyone calling and showing they need aid is considered
by the group McWillis says. But they do
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follows up to make sure that any money is spent in
the way it was requested. Whenever possible, bills
are paid by check for the services or goods
rendered.
Quarterly the Legionaires and their auxiliary attend
church as a group. Different members invite
the organization to visit their place of worship. The
Post donates $100 and the auxiliary $50 to the Sunday
School of the host church.
A service officer from 220 visits weekly in a
veterans' hospital and makes the rounds of shut-in
veterans in Winston-Salem.
About five schools a year recieve gifts of
American flags from the post.
On Veterans Day, auxiliary members cook a pot
luck dinner for any veteran who wants <o drop by
for fellowship and a meal. Usually representatives
of the city's other four posts gather at the North
Liberty Street location to share a meal of fried
chicken, ham, Swedish meat balls, potato salad, string
and pinto beans, maccaronie and cheese, corn
bread, pies, cakes and cookies.
When a member of Post 220 dies, his fellow
veterans attend the wake and funeral as a group. At
the families request, a nine man-team of two flag
bearers, two color guards, a four-man firing squad
and a bugler are available to carry the flag with the
casket and to give the deceased a 21-gun salute.
Taps are also blown at the end of the service.
"We try to do our best in helping the veterans,
their families, and the people of the community,"
Mrs. Thomas says. "It's a rewarding experience,
knowing that you've accomplished helping
somebody."
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