Legion News
The Friday night social on March 18th was an enormous success with over one hundred members and guests enjoying dinner and great entertainment from local artist Monty Greig. People are hungry for the next Friday social event.
This month the Wednesday nights darts league along with the Thursday night men’s cribbage league.
Tuesday night darts will end May 17th. I understand that the Friday night euchre league is ready to resume on April 22nd and will continue year-round. The new coordinator is Angela Mercer. If you are interested in playing euchre, you can contact Angela on her cell phone at 416-302-7421
Angela is also looking for a volunteer to assist her by coordinating whenever she is not available.
Still on sports. We have been notified of two Zone B sports events coming up as follows:
WASHER TOSS will be hosted by Br.442 Erin on Saturday May14th . Cut-off date for entries is April 30.
GOLF will be hosted by Br. 609 Bramalea (at Acton Golf Course) on Saturday June 11th. Cut-off date for entries is May 28th.
Br. 612 Beamsville will host the District B Seniors and Ladies HORSESHOES on Saturday June 25th. Cut-off date for entries is May 28th.
Entry form for all district and Zone sports have been posted on the notice board in the games room.
We plan to celebrate our lady’s auxiliary with an appreciation dinner in the main hall, on Saturday April 23d. The ladies will arrive at 5:30pm for aperitifs and sit down for dinner at 6:30pm. After dinner, service awards will be presented followed by entertainment. Spouses and guests are invited to join the ladies on completion of the awards event. We are looking for volunteers to help serve the dinner.
The date set for our Annual General Meeting and elections, is Monday May 9th. The Ladies Auxiliary will be catering dinner, to be served prior to the meeting. Dinner tickets will be available at the bar, and the cut off date is April 24th.Ballot slips for the election can be obtained at the bar.
Please check the webpage at legion197.com, and in addition we will be posting information on Social- Media.
David Maloney is the public relations officer for the Acton Legion, Branch 197. He can be reached at rclbr197@cogeco.net.
DAVID MALONEY
PRO BRANCH 197. ACTON
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