We had a great turnout at our Tractor Raffle on Friday night May 11th, with appoximately 100 guests attending who had bought tickets. Wonderful food was served and JT of HD Rockers and the bartenders did a great job of keeping everyone's beverage cups filled. We would like to thank all 400 of you that bought Raffle tickets. We had a number of winners present which made it even more exciting.

Thank you again and please join our mailing list by clicking the newsletter link on the left. 

Maple Park, Post 312 Officer Elections were held at the Post during the regular meeting on Tuesday May 8th. Members present voted in the following members to hold Officer positions for the 2012 - 2013 year.

Commander: Don Grillo of Campton Hills
1st Vice Commander: John Quillman of Cortland
2nd Vice Commander: Bob Neisendorf of Virgil
Sergearnt at Arms: Dick Hedland of Campton Hills
Toby Reynolds of Sycamore will hold the position of Post Adjutant
and
Tom Dowd of Campton Hills will remain on as Finance Officer

We had a great turnout of members at our meeting, some that we haven't seen in awhile. Thank you for your support of our Post and coming out to vote for your new Officers.

Memorial Day Services Provided by American Legion Post 312 of Maple Park.

Each year during the Memorial Day weekend, American Legion members from Post 312 in Maple Park place American flags on the graves of service members at 6 Maple Park cemeteries. They also perform a memorial service consisting of an Honor Guard and Rifle Squad with a 21 gun salute for our fallen and deceased Veterans.

In full Legion dress, the Honor Guard will assemble at each cemetery for this short but impressive service.  The Post Chaplain will recite a Veterans prayer, and then the Rifle Squad will fire 3 volleys of 7 rifles over the graves of the Veterans. The bugler will play taps after which the squad will exit the cemetery. Memorial Day services start at 9 a.m. Monday.

2012 Memorial Day Honor Guard Schedule:

• 9: 15 - Pierce Cemetery - Pritchard & Owens Rd. - Troxel
• 9:30 - St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery - County Line Road Maple Park
• 9:45 - Gardner Methodist Cemetery - Rt. 38 Maple Park
• 10:00 - Van Vlak Cemetery on McNulty Road
• 10: 15 - St Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery on Meredith Road
• 10:30 - South Burlington Cemetery on Ramm Road

• 11: 15 - Ceremony at the Post Home, downtown Maple Park on Main St.

This year our guest speaker will be Grahame Wilkin, who was the designer of the POW/MIA flag. Also, on Memorial Day afternoon we have a request for our squad to participate in an Honor Guard and 21 gun salute to honor SPC Christopher Alexander Patterson of North Aurora, and Alex Martinez, of Elgin. They will have their names engraved on the Wall of Honor which is located in front of the Kane County Government Center.

The Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 3 p.m. May 28 at the County Veterans Memorial.

The ceremony will honor fallen soldiers Christopher Alexander Patterson, of North Aurora, and Alex Martinez, of Elgin.

Both soldiers’ names will be enshrined on the County Veterans Memorial Wall of Honor.

The ceremony will also include guest speaker Ty Simmons, a retired U.S. helicopter pilot and Silver Star recipient. Simmons served in the Vietnam and Iraq wars.

Handicapped parking and shuttle services will be available to ceremony attendees.

The County Veterans Memorial is located at the Kane County Government Center at 719 S. Batavia Ave., in Geneva.

Help Send a WWII Veteran to Washington D.C. to visit the WWII Memorial. Make a donation or plan on attending the Made In America Tour.

 So far this year the following have won the $100.00 for the monthly drawing at the fish fry.

• January -Comrade Chuck Feltes - Aurora,IL
• February - Randy Reiter - Cortland, IL
• March -Diane Biane - Sycamore
• April- Jen Berringer - Maple Park

Congratulations and keep on buying and selling those 100 Club tickets!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE.

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