Eryca Bartlett and Tessa Jones represented the Unit at Girls State this year.

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 44, Elephant Butte is so proud of Eryca Bartlett and Tessa Jones. These young ladies represented the Unit at Girls State this year. Eryca and Tessa shared their experiences with the Unit and sang an traditional awesome song from Girls State…regarding men or the lack thereof! Continue reading →

Auxiliary President – Sharon Pierson
AUXILIARY SEPTEMBER EVENTS

General Membership Meeting:
· Drape the Charter: Once again our unit had the sad task of draping our charter for Mary Williams. Our hearts sympathize with her family, she will be greatly missed.
· Blue/Gold Star Banners: We have reinstated the tradition of presenting these banners to families who have members serving in active military duty. We were pleased to present a Blue Star Banner to Barbara & Chester Anderson in honor of their grandson, Paul Ellis Anderson; and to Leona & Frank Wagner in honor of their son Beau Rhys Wagner. If you know any families in our area who are qualified to receive one of these banners please let us know.
· Soup & Sandwiches: Many of our members stayed on after our meeting to enjoy a BLT or Grilled Cheese sandwich with a choice from a variety of soups. Our new kitchen manager, Elaine Garlow, intends to offer similar fare after each of our monthly meetings at a minimal cost so plan to join us next month!

Flea Market & Bake Sale: We had a great turnout on September 1st for this annual event. It was a lot of hard work and we owe a big “Thank You” to the SAL’s for turning out and cooking Hot Dogs and Burgers – they were very popular. The bake sale made $484 and the flea market brought in nearly $1000! Thanks to EVERYONE who put in so many long hard hours to make the flea market happen and to all those who baked for the bake sale.

Our Float in the Elephant Days Parade

Elephant Butte Days Parade: We may have gotten rained on but that didn’t stop us! Jerry and Elaine Garlow allowed us to use their Pontoon boat as our float and Jerry even pulled it for us in the parade – what a trooper that man is, pulling a pontoon boat on a trailer in a parade with 5, very wet, very cold women on the float. The Nikiforow’s were there to give us “Rider” escort. Amazingly, a lot of people showed up to cheer the parade on and all the smiling faces and waving flags made all the work (and misery) worthwhile.

State Poppy Poster Winner: On September 19th Unit 44 was proud to present Megan Mansur with her trophy and check for $10 as the state winner of the 2012 Poppy Poster contest. Megan,… Continue reading →