The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 257 Langenburg Branch #250 received its charter on December 7,1945 with twenty charter members. R.A. Popp was elected as the first President. On May 28, 1946, the Ladies’Auxiliary received their charter, with Barb Berger becoming first President. After several years of meeting in members’ homes, a hall was built in the sixties. Within a few years, as money allowed, the basement was finished and turned into a lounge. The lounge was very popular until the early 1990s. It finally shut down in the mid 1990s. Funding for the Legion and the Ladies’ Auxiliary was primarily raised through bingos and Nevada ticket sales. The Legion helped form support for a local Air Cadet Squadron for many years. In 1999, the Ladies’ Auxiliary folded. Legion membership was up to nearly one hundred members in the 1970s and 1980s. However, as of July 2006, there are only thirteen members remaining. LANGENBURG BRANCH 250 About 1921, after the end of the First World War, the Branch was formed. Sam Jack and Harry McDougal were among the first members. Manley and Milan Wankel joined soon after the formation. On November 11,1945, a meeting was held to re-organize the Branch in Lorebum. This was to be comprised of Elbow and Loreburn Veterans. The meeting was held in Elbow and A.A. Minty chaired the meeting. J. Welykochi acted as Secretary. Present at the meeting were: Comrades Lamb, N. Ganes, W. Low, A. Knutson, Schram, G. Medby, I. Hundeby, J. Welykochi, and A. Minty of Elbow. Attending from Loreburn were Comrades J. Middlemiss, M. Wankel, Fields, and D. Book. It was decided to form a Branch and another meeting was held in Elbow. Present at this meeting were Comrades K. Miller, J. Willoughby, J. Middlemiss, G. Brown, C. Hans, J. Lennox, A. Stewart, G. Hans, D. Book, M. Wankel, J. Ashworth, W. Low, A. Minty, A. Knutson, N. Tastad, G. Medby, L. Rowley, A. Spencer and R. Buckley. The first executive for the Branch was: President, Comrade A. Minty; Vice-President Comrade K. Miller; Secretary/Treasurer Comrade J. Welykochi, and Sergeant-at-Arms Comrade W. Low. The Legion continued to meet at Elbow and Lorebum in the Council Chambers, both free-of-charge. It was decided to call this Branch the Lorebum/Elbow Branch. Comrade Manley Wankel and Comrade Bob Hazel were made Life members - both were Veterans of World War I. To raise money for the Branch, they held an annual turkey shoot, raffles, progressive auctions and bingo. In 1956, the Legion purchased the old Bonnie View School and moved it to Loreburn. In 1977, they purchased the pool hall, formally Stafford School, and remodeled it. All work was done by local members. On May 5, 1976, a meeting was held to organize a Ladies’Auxiliary. District Representative Mrs. Niven conducted the meeting and installation. Mrs. Cox, Zone Representative from Craik, and a member of Craik Branch, Mrs. Howarth, also attended. The Charter members were: Betty Aldous, Nellie Anderson, Anne Ashworth, Olga Kerney, Dorothy Brown, Lona Davidson, Lois Forrest, Ruth Forrest, Eva Forster (who served in the C.W.A.C. during World War II), Vera Gall, Ellen Hayden, Joanne Hritzik Mildred Joel, Irene Taylor, Patti Taylor, Ruth Kelman, Ruth Knutson, Sylvia McLean, Kay Middlemiss, Evelyn Pederson, Lucille Perry, Darlene Ruuth, Hilda Seltenrich, Margaret Stone, Louise Stromberg, June Stronski, Muriel Stronski, and Nona Stronski. The Executive was formed at this meeting: President Evelyn Pederson; Vice-President Hilda Seltenrich, and Secretary/Treasurer June Stronski. In 1999, the Ladies’ Auxiliary dissolved and eighteen members joined the Legion. To date, the Branch has forty-three members, and with the ever-growing costs to maintain the "Hut," they have managed to keep their heads above water with yearly fundraisers - Mother's Day Tea, Poppy Day Tea and Turkey Bingo. The Branch is very supportive of the Literary and Poster program at the local school each year. LOREBURN/ELBOW BRANCH 251 Box 154 Conquest, SK S0L 0L0 Secretary: Debbie Lemon Phone: 306-856-2210 President: Doug Lemon Phone: 306-856-210 Branch Charter Date: 08 February 1946 Current Membership: 13 Auxiliary Charter Date: 03 May 1954 Closed: 1973 FERTILE VALLEY BRANCH 255
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