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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
NINETY-FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
P. O. Box 1274 Chicago 90, lllinois
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
The sixth annual reunion was perhaps one of the most successful reunions that was
had during the association's history. _.%Lile numerically or financially it did
not surpass those of several other reunions, its success was had because of the
spirit of friendliness that prevailed throughout the three day affair and was
enjoyed by everyone.
As usual there were the many familiar faces that attend every reunion and of
course it would not be fair to list the names of some and not others but our re-
unions are becoming more successful every year only because of the spirit that
prevails throughout these 95ere.
We had many new faces also which is what we like to see. One of the purposes of
having the reunions in various cities in different parts of the country is to
make it easier for all to attend and also so its members can enjoy the sights
that other cities have to Offer.
The Hotel Statler cooperate d with the association in making our reunion a suc-
cess. An early start was had Friday morning with registrations and there was a
line formed to register when we opened at 8:30 A.M.
The complete program is published in the Journal but we might point out some of
the highlights of the reunion. The trip to Stroh's Brewery was perhaps the most
complete and interesting thet could be had. The association was not taken en
masse but was broken into small groups and taken to parts of the brewery that .
revealed the "hidden secrets" of how beer is made, Everything from cleaning and
filling the barrels to actually tasting the finished product. Transportation to .
and from the brewery from the hotel was furnished by the association (no charge)
by chartered busses,
Friday an innovation was had insofar as the men's affair was concerned. In the
past we had dinner and entertainment but thought the fellows might like some-
thing new so we had a buffet supper with draught beer and other refreshments
plus an excellent entertainment program. The program was an extreme success and
received many favorable compliments from those attending.
Saturday morning's business meeting was a spirited one and several constructive
suggestions were received from the floor. The meeting was very well attended.
Dick Perlish, 26 Himlock Road, Manhasset, Long Island, New York, Co I, 377th "
Infantry, assumed temporary chairmanship daring the election of officers.
Saturday afternoon's trip to Canada was a sellout and such a success that an
extra bus had to be chartered to acconmDdate all. Souvenirs were purchased by
many and the trip to Belle Island, various motor buildings and civic buildings
and their history will be remembered by all who attended.
Saturday evening's affair is that gala event that everyone waits for. The gals
dressed is their best and never looked better. Practically all stayed for the
dancing and entertainment after the dinner and enjoyed themselves so much that
the orchestra had to be engaged for a half hour overtime. The affair wound up
at i:00 A.M. only because of the hotel regulations that the ballroom be closed
at that hour. Each group however broke into various private parties or retired
to celebrate the activities for the following day.
The Metz Hour was sincerely enjoyed by all who attended. The organ music added
to the solemnity of the occasion and Col. Shawhan's talk was most appropriate.
The farewells afterward could be heard throughout the various parts of the hotel.
"See you next year" and "It was swell seeing you and the Mrs. again" could he
heard as various members and their wives and families got into taxis, automobiles,
etc. bound for home again.
11:40 A.M.
Two-hour tnur of Downtown Detroit includincj
General Motors, and Fisher Building and Art
Center.
12:00 Noon
Tour of Stroh's Brewery.
2:30 P.M.
Three-hour four of Belie Island, Detroit's play-
ground: with e side trip to Windsor, Canada. SECOND DAY
SATURDAY. OCTOBER I, 1955
7:00 P.M.
Men's Smoker Grand Ballroom 9:00 A.M.
(Buffet Supper- Refrelhmentt- Entertainment) Coffee Hour Ivory Room
To help you wake up.
Compliments of the 95th IDA
10:00 A.M.
Business Meeting Grand Ballroom
(Agenda)
Call to order Walter 4eskowski, President
Invocetion Chaplain
Business Reports on Past Year
(President's Report)
(Treasurer's Report)
(Secretary's Report)
New Buslr.ess of the Day
Election of Officers
Selection of 1956 Reunion City
Metz Hour Wayne Room Three-hour tour of Belle Island, Detroit's play-
ground, with a side.trlp to Windsor, Canada.
Memorial Service for our Heroic Dead
7:00 P.M.
Conducted by Chaplain -Dinner Dance (informal) Grand Ballroom
(Music by WARNEY RUHL
11:30 A.M. and his orchestra)
Final Business Meeting Wayne Room
Jnsta[lation of OR_cers
1:30 P.M.
BUSIneSS U_TING
The Sixth business meeting of the 95th Infa_ry Division Association was opened
by its National President Walter Lasko_skl at i000 hours on Saturday, October i,
1955 in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Statler, Detroit, Michigan.
SECRETARY,S REPCRT s
The Secretary, J. Gerard Sitter, gave the secretary's report of last year's busi-
ness meeting and a sumnary of membership statistics, etc. which are published
elsewhere in this issue of the J3urnal.
The Treasurer, Francis Safarik, gave the treasurer's report of the division
Association's financial status.
WELCO_ ADDreSS:
P_esident Walter Laskowski reported on the successful progress during the past
year. As a result of contacting 10,500 prospective members from old rosters,
and names furnished us durinE the past year, 31D new members were added to our
rolls. While this indicated considerable progress, your association does not
feel it has reached its peak. Delinquencies in dues do exist and it is sincere-
ly hoped that members who are delinquent will bring their dues to a current .....
status. Our cash balance is good but there is also room for improvement.
In accordance with the a_eting charter and bylaws of the 95th Infantry Division •
Association that there be a National Headquarters established, an amendment was
passed that Chicago become the National Headquarters of the Association.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS:
Chicago, Illinois 88
: New York, New York 51
Minneapolis, St. Paul 6
Nilwaukee, Wisconsin 2
New Orleans, Louisiana i
September 72
August 52
October 9
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ADJOUR_NT :
_tion was made at, 1230 hours to adjourn the Sixth Business _eting of the 95th
Infantry Division Association. SECONDED. PASSED. Meeting adjourned.
Lifetime membership i
CASH RECEIPTS
Membership dues -
For the year 1953 2 @ $ 3.00 $ 6.00
For the year 1954 314 @ 3.00 642.00
For the year 1955 988 @ 3.00 2,964.00
For the year 1956 22 @ 3.00 66.00
For the year 1957 I @ 3.00 3.00
For the year 1958 2 @ 3.00 6.00
TOTAL DUES COLLECTED $3,687.00
Other receipts -
Donatio_ 93.00
Division InSignia decals 13.95
TOTAL OTHER RECEIPTS 106.95
TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS $3,793.95
CASH DIS_URSEMENTS
TOTAL DISBURSE_.NTS
EXCESS DISBURSEUR_S OVER RECEIPTS )
ADD|
August 31, 1954 balances -
Cash on deposit 4,279.13
Secretary's petty cash fund i00.00
Advance 1954 reunion expense 42.50 4,381.63
CASH BALANCE, September 30, 1955 $4_228.97
TICKET SALES
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156 @ $5.00 .$780.00
357 @ 6.00
TOTAL TICKET SALES _ $2,142._
2_m2.oo $2.922.oo
LESS DIRECT COSTS
Cost of buffet luncheon and beer,
including cost of cook, bartender,
taxes and gratuities 662.13
350 dinners @ $4.50 including
taxes and gratuities (minimum
guarantee ) i_779.75
Public
address
andspotlight 25.OO
Flo_mrs for speakers table 20.60
Orchestra and vaudville acts 375.00
Orchestra and singer (including
1/2 hour overtime-) 440.00
Printing of Tickets 15.80 14.50
TOTALDIKECT
GROSS PROFIT COSTS
OR (LOSS) " _ ) _. ) _ )
GENERAL EXPE_ES
Printing -
Programs 88.50
Identification inserts 9.50
Cellophane Jackets 43.77 141.77
Signs, etc. - painting of 24.75
Railroad transportation 351.O0
Less amount collected from members 351.OO -O-
Bus for brewery tour (Stroh's) 35.00
Coffee hour -
Do-nuts and coffee 84.75
Memorial service -
Rental of Organ 50.00
Floral wreath 20.60
Chaplain gratuity iO.OO
Organist gratuity . 5.00
Color guard gratuity I0.00 95.60
Miscellaneous expenses, such as
telephone, gratuities, etc. 43°55
•TOTA'_RAL ZXPE_SES 425.42
OPEraTING
LOSS _)
DEDUCT"
REGISTRATION FEES
291 @ $2.00 582.00
Cash over 5.00 587.00
EXCESS OF EXPENSE OVER INCOW_. _)
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We _-ow %here are many members who would like to know how representation at the
sixth annual reunion was and what units were there so we are publishing the
members by organization:
Division Headquarters 12
377th Infantry Regiment 86
378th Infantry Regiment 62
379th Infantry Regiment 74
Division Artillery
358th Field Artillery Battalion 2
359th Field Artillery Battalion 5
36Oth Field Artillery Battalion Ii
92Oth Field Artillery Battalion 3
320th Engineer Battalion 12
795th Ordinance Company 4
320th Medic_al Battalion 4
95th Reconnaissance Troop 3
95th quartermaster Company 2
547th AAA AW Battalion 2
95th Signal Company 2
No organization indicated 7
Total 293
The Me%z memorial services were unusually well attended. Organ n_sic was pro-
vided by a special organ brought in for the occasion. Colonel Shawhan, ?95th
Ordinance Compa_, perhaps one of the closest friends of General Twaddle, was
kind enough to deliver the memorial talk on this occasion. Since his talk was
centered around our late General,it _s most appropriate that we publish his talk
- in full, with his kind permission:
We meet here today to observe the Metz Hour, that time we have set apart, during
our annual reunion, %0 honor the heroic dead of the 95%h Division.
Ton years have passed Since the Division returned to the United States from the
battlefields of Europe. Again we are meeting in reunion to co_nemorate the
history our con_ades wrote on the fields of the Old World, and to freshen the
friendships formed during our service in the Division. The memories of Metz_
Uckange, Thionville, the Saar River towns, the crossing of the Lippe River,
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Dortmund, and the many other places, all constitute a bond of comradeship that
grows stronger with the passing of the years. The living have a great pride in
service. But, in their minds there is another ,mmory, that of the still, _hite
crosses marking the resti_ places of those comrades vlno did not return. We
recognize that they rendered the greater service. They gave their lives.
It is the force of all those memories that has impelled the men of the 95th to
form this association so that they may preserve the glorious traditions which
their comrades founded.
As you know, our Division Association was revived a little more than five years
ago largely through the efforts of our beloved Division Con_mnder, NaJor General
Harry L. Twaddle. The General said that his interest in reviving the Associa-
tion lay in the fact that he wanted to see in existence a 95th Infantry Division
Association as a living reality before he was carried off on a caisson to Arling- C
ton. He said that continued association with the officers and men who served
loyally with him was the greatest of his w_rldly desires, and that he knew of
nothing that would add more happiness to his retired life. He further said that !
by assisting in getting the Association hack on its feet that he could offer a
•easure of proof that loyalty, after all, does work both waya, from the top down,
as well as from the bottom up.
Last Decembsr 12th, the General ar_red the final roll call. Now he sleeps in
Arlington. Today, the 95th Infantry Division Association, a living reality9
honors the General°
Our thoughts of the General are usually msmaries of his qualities of leadership,
a most important attribute of a military co_ndero I should llke to talk about
that leadership. But before going further I will define the word° The most ap-
propriate definition that I know of is one that I heard a speaker on leadership
use many years ago. He said:
The principal quality of leadership is character. The speaker that I have Just
mentioned suggested that there were five cardinal virtues at the basis of char-
acter. They are honor, courage, justice, fidelity, and self-discipline°
Military men accept those five cardinal virtues as the basis of character. When
they say that a commander is a man of high character they mean that he is a man
of his word; a man of honors a man to be trusted; a man who will choose to do
that which is right, and avoid doing that which is wrong.
I believe that these remarks on leadership may be properly applied to the leader-
ship of General Twaddle. He had a fine appreciation of human nature, and he held
in high esteem the man who tried to do his part to the heat of bls ability. I
am sure that the men of the 95th will testify that the General was a man of high
character.
The General's code of conduct was simple and reasonable. He discussed this code
in a letter I received from him in July, 1948, shortly after his retiremsnt from
active military service. I kept that letter and have read it many timss for i_
it the General has condensed in a few sentences the characteristics of success-
ful leadership. ! should like to read an extract from that letter to you° " I
think you will find it of interest. I quote:
"Now that I have been relegated to the catagory of 'has beens', I am able
to scan the thirty-six years of active service in retrospect with a cer-
tain degree of pride for having been given the privilege of serving my
Country unfettered, and uninfluenced by motives for personal advancement.
• Honesty, fair dealing, and loyalty, coupled with a willingness to serve,
have constituted the principal elements of my Code, _nd anyons who demon-
strated those traits was the k_nd of a man whith whom I wanted to serve.
His background or whatever component he cams from made no difference
+ whatever ."
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"The high point of my career was the honor extended to me when General
Marshall gave me the command of the 95th Division. I shall never forget
the occasion in his office when he informed me. It was several minutes
afterwards before complete composure was regained. Later the same day he
met with a half dozen newly appointed division corn,renders and charged us
with our great responsibility. Among other things he emphasized the char-
acteristics which he demanded from his top leaders :
Military skill
Physical stamina
r
Strength of character
Flexibility of _ind
I Jotted those points down in my notebook at the time, and referred to them more
than once during .combat operations when the going was not so good. I recommend
them to all leaders from the squad on up as an excellent guide toward accomplish-
ment of any mission in war or peace."
"To have had the honor of commanding the 95th, I shall cherish to my dying day,
and as I watch the water in upstream, I shall recall the feats of the greatest
group of officers and men ever assembled into a fighting organization. There
was no pulling back in the harness; all did their Jobs willingly, to the best of
their ability, and with an ever present display of icr/alty which was most remark-
able. I believe that you will agree With me that the cooperative spirit which
existed among unit co,mmnders and staff was of such sincere quality as to make
the division an unusually happy family, which condition did not exist in all
combat divisions. _ith the high standard of service which the officers and men
set up themselves, it was unnecessary for me to exercise hard-fisted command; I
merely had to suggest, and it was done before I visited the next time." End of
quotation.
Those were the words of a sincere man, a modest man who eternally appreciated
the opportunity he had to serve his country. And, they express eloquently his
feelings for the members of the 95th Division.
A few days after General Twaddle's death I received a letter from Colonel lhlen-
feld in which he wrote of his admiration and respect for the General. Colonel
lhlenfeld quoted the author, Hilaire Belloc, who said:
"It is our solemo duty to help preserve this beloved nation of ours; other-
Wise our honored dead will have died in vain. What they gained for us may
one day be lost, unless we remain alert, strong and ready on short notice
to take up arms again and fight, as we once did, for the preservation of
all those things we hold most dear."
One thousand three hundred and ninety of our comrades made the supreme sacrifice.
Our memories of their feats of valor can never be dimmed. Across the fields,
the forests, the streams, and through the towns gloriously they fought, and
gloriously they fell. General Patton told us that their achievements have added
lustre to the glorious history of American arms. Their sacrifices have inspired
us to higher achievement, to a greater patriotism, and to the unceasing support
of the principles of liberty and right for which they died.
Now we are met to remember. Let us firmly resolve that we shall accept the
heritage bequeathed to us by General Twaddle and our comrades who fell in actien,
that we shall not forget, but that we Will carry on and keep the faith.
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To affirm that resolution may we stand, facing the colors, and while Taps is be-
ing sounded, Join in a salute to our honored dead.
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NEW MEMHERS IN THE ASSOCIATION SINCE AUGUST 1955 ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL
Otis E. Smith, Jr., Medical Detachment, 378th Infantry, 135 Gordon St., Rockmart,
Georgia
Floyd Ganski, Co I, 379th Infantry, Route #1, _kwonago, Wisconsin
Sa_,sl Jacob Guiler, Co E, 378th Infantry, 4205 Queensbury Road, Hyattsville, Nd.
Richard A. Lewis, Co D, 378th Infantry, 2204 Perrine Street, Lafayette, Indiana
Robert Tats, Co I, 379th Infantry, 212 S. Hears Avenue, Whitehall, Michigan
Michael Takacs, Headquarters Co, 378th Infantry, 429 West Main St., Geneva, Ohio
John J. Gallagher, Signal Company, 4 Arthur Road, East Haven, Connecticut
Richard H. Ramsay, Co A, 32Oth Medical Battalion, 26 High St., Dexter, Maine
Arthur L. Wasescha, Co C, 320 Engineer Battalion, 2211 E. Maryland Ave., St. Paul,
Minnesota
Earl L. Gray, Co A, 32Oth Medical Battalion, 3724 S. 48th St., Milwaukee 15, Wis.
John L. Stegman, Btry B, 359th Field Artillery, 3900 White Ave., Baltimore, Md.
George H. Towner, Headquarters Co, 377th Infantry, 2435 Marilouise Way, San
Diego, California
C. G. Trevino, Co I, 379th Infantry, Box 18_-Alice, Texas
John F. Shaw, 95th Quartermaster, 530 Bingham Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Ervin A. Tesky, Division Headquarters, 1017 6th Ave. S.W., Tesky Motel, Aberdeen,
South Dakota
Raymond L. Wall, Co F, 377th Infantry, Route #i, Richmond, Missouri
Robert J. Malvaney, Signal Co, Quarters H-24-C, Fort Lewis, Washington
Clarence E. Busta, Co D, 377th Infantry, Route #2, Box 185, New Prague, Minn.
Warren H. Winter, 95th Recon Troop, 28 Court Street, Newport, New Hampshire
• Jerome Zimmerman, 95th Quartermaster, 3144 Wood Valley Rd., N.W., Atlanta, @a.
Raymond Deving, Co F, 377th Infantry, Box 43, Avondale, Missouri
William F. Buck, Division Headquarters, G-2, 99 Oak Ridg_ Dr., Haddonfield,
New Jersey
Robert S. Blaski, Co I, 379th Infantry, RFD #I, Bax 13A, Charleroi, Pennsylvar_a
John C. Muldoon, Co F, 88 Lafayette Street, Stamford, Connecticut
Jonathan S. Hoyer, 379th Infantry, 1023 Nanhattan St., Pittsburgh 33, Pa.
Charles C. Schlom, 2136 N. Lincoln Park Viest, Chicago 14, lllinois
Verl. E. Moody, Co L, 378th Infantry, Plains, Kansas
Dr. Edward Lauvstad, Co D, 32Oth Medical Detachment, Osceola, Iowa
Gerald Wertz, Btry B, 359th F. A., 724 East Front Street, Dover, Ohio
John W. Carruthers, Division Headquarters, 402 West 6th St., Dover 4, Ohio
Fern Sevey, 378th Medical Det., 2610 Ernst Florence Br_, Tucson, Arizona
C. L. 1"ilcoxson, 377th Medical Def., 759 Marcilene Terrace, Wichita 18, Kansas
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John Kara, Co. K, 378th Infantry, 6122 S. McVickers Ave_ Chicago 38, Illinois
John M. Smith, Hqs. Btry, Div. Arty., Glyndon, Minnesota
John Batko, 95th Quartermasters Co., 130 Englewood Ave., Bellwood, ILlinois
Elmer Grosskopf, 95th Car., Rcn. Troop, 924 Harrison Blvd., _ausau, Wisconsin
Norvell Langhorne, Jr., Hqs. Co., 3rd Bn., 379th Infantry, 5032 Pine St.,
Wilmington, North Carolina
John Cach, Co. I, 379th Infantry, 4287 Firestone, Dearborn 2, Michigan
Werner Schmid, 95th Div. M. P.'s, 143 Vermont St., Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Henry Juchno, Co. B, 32Obh Engr. Bn., 15 Nearwood Lane, Levittown, Fa.
Frederick Becket, Med. Detachment, 378th Infantry, Ist Bn., 360 Arlington Ave.,
Brooklyn 8, New York
Floyd Bender, Co. H, 378th Infantry, New England, North DaMota
Chester Warendziak, Co. H, 379th Infantry, 3322 Halleck, Detroit 12, Michigan
Orlin Kearns, Co. I. 378th Infantry, 7112 Mr. View Ave., Huntington Park, Calif.
_inford Dennis, Co. K, 378_h Infantry, 566 CommmmslpawAvenue, Jersey City 4,
New Jersey
Robert Renshaw, III, Cannon Co., 379th Infantry, New Windsor, Maryland
Philip Zeigler, Co. I, 379%h Infantry, 317 East 87th Street, New York 28, N. Y.
Thomas Craig, Btry. Bin,358th FA Bn., 105-20 131 Street, Richmond Hill 19p
queens, New York, New York
Lewis Price, Co. D, 378th Infantry, FO Bax 621, Andalusia, Alabama
Donald Kincade, Co. C, 378th Infantry, 72 Hillcrest Ave., Manhasset, Long Isla_d_
New York
Robert Stockelman, Medical Detachment, 378thlnfantry, 1074 Beechmeadow Land,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Thomas Cronin, Co. A, 378th Infantry, 349 Indianwood Blvd., Park Forest, ILl.
John Bozovsky, 547th AAA AW Bn., Btry C, 3707 West 79%h Place, Chicago, lllinc_s
Angelc Tolla, Co. A, 379th Infantry, 274 West Broad Street, Stamford, Conn.
Roberb Watkin, 379th Medical Detachment, 2514 Broadway, Huntington Park, Calif.
Earl Rohrer, Medical Det., 378th Infantry, 14 Sadye Court, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Gens Tommerdahl, Hqs. Co.# 379th Infantry, P.O. Box 521, Norton, Virginia
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The girl who swears she's never been kissed has a right to swear.
Boss: "You are thirty minutes late again. Don't you know what time we start
work around here?"
New Employee: "No sir, they're always at it when I get here."
Fred: "The psychologists say that you can often quiet a hysterical girl by
kissing her."
Flare: '_ine, but how do they say you can make her hysterical2"
A Jockey who had just booted home a long-shot was greeted excitedly by the
horse's owner: "Tell me please what it was that you whispered in my horse's ear
to make him run so fast."
"Oh," said the Jockey, "all I did was recite poetry to him."
"Poetry?", screamed the owner in disbelief.
"Sure," answered the jockey. "Roses are red, violets are blue, horses
that lose are made into glue.
Driving through a dense fog, a motorist decided to play it safe and Just follow
the taillight of the car ahead of him. He drove for a full hour without worry.
Suddenly the taillight disappeared and the two cars bumped.
"Hey," yelled the man in the rear. '_Svydidn't you put out your hand
when you stopped?"
"Why should I?" _ the calm reply. "I'm home - in my own garageL"
Si_ in a North Carolina restaurant: "Our _lives and forks are not medicine.
Please do not take after meals."
Old Fashioned way: "_e do not tear your laundry with machinery. We do it
csrefully by hand._'
Sign in a local laundry: "Don't kill your wife by letting her do the wash.
Let us do your dirty work."
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Asked the mother in a toy shop, "Isn't this a rather complicated toy.for a small
child?"
"Perhaps," replied the salesman, "But it's a perfect toy guaranteed to
teach any child how to live in the world of today. No matter how he puts it
together, it's wrong."
A faithful employee had just celebrated his 3Oth anniversary with his company
and in recognition of his service _ms to select a gift of his own choice at the
expense of the company. He selected a shotgun. His local newspaper wanted to
recognize the employee's service by an appropriate article in its new_paper so
wrote the folle_kng: "Mr. Hanson has just completed 30 years of faithful ser-
vice with the X Company. In recognition of his service the company presented
him with a shotgun. He has two daughters."
1956 DUES
1956 dues are now in order. Your association
needs your dues to keep your organization on a
business like basis. This is the onlymeans of
income we have' and it is the means by which all
current expenses are paid. Send in your three
dollars to keep your membership dues up to da_e.
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