LAST NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA VFW
O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER POST 3633 AND AUXILIARY HELD THEIR
CHRISTMAS DINNER AND AWARDS NIGHT. HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING
WAS THE "VOICE OF DEMOCRACY" RADIO TALK GIVEN BY THE POST 3633
LOCAL WINNER, ERICA DRAKE. ERICA'S 4-MINUTE SPEACH IS NOW
GOING ON THE DISTRICT COMPETITION. LAST NIGHT SHE WAS PRESENTED
A CERTIFICATE BY ROGER SCHNOOR, POST QUARTERMASTER AND A CHECK
FOR $150.00. ERICA IS A JUNIOR AT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
DAUGHTER OF MARK AND LINDA DRAKE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW FOR HER TO BE THE WINNER.
SHOWN IN PHOTO, LEFT TO RIGHT: ROGER SCHNOOR...LINDA DRAKE...ERICA....
HER FATHER MARK BEHIND HER AND TOM WATTERS, POST COMMANDER.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE POST WELCOMED NEW MEMBER OF THE VFW,
ROBERT LAUGHLIN OF MAQUKETAQ. ROBERT WAS IN THE AIRFORCE FOR 4 YEARS AND DID DUTY IN "DESERT STORM" IN 1963. THE VFW POST MEETS THE
THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, AT 7 P.M. AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON
EAST PLATT STREET. ANYONE WHO SERVED OVERSEAS IN A U.S. WAR CAN
JOIN THE VFW.... VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.
DENNIS VOY (VFW MEMBER TOO)