Commanders Corner
December 2025
Commander’s Corner
Greetings Fellow Legionnaires,
All are invited to our Post meeting which is on December 1st where we have a social hour prior to the meeting with meals served, so please plan on attending. There are also the usual District-wide events like Monday chess at Post 858, Vet to Vet Café at Post 419 on Thursdays. Post 419 is also hosting a First Sunday Breakfast on the 7th. Check the District 13 Calendar for information. We also have the Post Christmas Dinner on the 5th at the Blue Pheasant. We host our Boys/Girls State representatives at the dinner with talks from each that are always interesting. I will be in Hawaii for the Pearl Harbor Day Parade this year. Remember that we have the Wreaths Across America on the 13th the Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Get your orders in for Wreaths by the 28th of November. There is also the 2025 Season of Service Country Store & Silent Auction Fundraiser at the Palo Alto VA.
Remember that we generally meet at the Odd Fellows Lodge #70 on Homestead Road on the first Monday of the Month at 1800 for socializing and a light meal and refreshments then check out the meeting at 1900.
We really want to get more people attending the Post meetings and events and to be more social, so let us know your ideas by coming to our meetings. Do give us a heads-up, so that we can requisition extra rations versus our regular contingent. The next person on the meals roster (on the Adjutant’s Corner)will have to get the cooler with drinks, etc. If additional drinks are required, it will be reimbursed above the normal meal amount. I have it for this coming meeting, so we will have to adjust the roster.
We need a Finance Officer to step up as our longtime Finance Officer Mike O’Meara needs to step down for personal reasons. If you have questions about the position, please reach out to Mike O’Meara at (408) 691-8277 or momeara47@yahoo.com. In our Post ByLaws Section 5. Duties of the Finance Officer. The Finance Officer shall be charged with custody of the funds of the Post. He shall keep its accounts and report thereon at regular meeting of the Post. They shall receive all funds of the Post and pay all bills approved by the Post. The office of Finance Officer and any other officers and/or positions charged by the Post Constitution and/or Bylaws, with the responsibility of handling Post funds, should be bonded and must pass a credit check. This position is very important for maintaining the Post Charter and eligibility in the District.
Please remember that if you have Post or Veterans events that you would like on the calendar get them to Arturo. Please include pertinent information like event information, contacts, address, where to meet, etc. https://www.americanlegionpost642.com/site/eventscalendar.php?y=2023&m=3
If you know of deceased members during the past few months either bring their name and share with our District Chaplain, (currently vacant) so contact the Adjutant at wheimsoth@aol.com with information or if you would like to volunteer for the District 13 Chaplain position.
To Comradeship!
Vincent Guinnane, MSME, P.E.
CW4, 881A2, USAR (Retired)
Cell: +1 (408) 219-0191
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