Disabled
American Veterans
Blind
Veterans National Chapter #1
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Editor: Dennis O’Connell
"IF I CANNOT SPEAK GOOD
OF MY COMRADE,
I WILL NOT SPEAK ILL OF HIM
OR HER."
OFFICERS
OF THE BLIND CHAPTER
Commander
Richard Bugbee (AZ)
Phone 480 986-0304
Email:
dadbug37@gmail.com
Senior
Vice Commander Dave May (OH)
1st Junior Vice Commander Carroll Prosser (SC)
2nd
Junior Vice Commander Gary Traynor (WI)
3rd Vice Commander James Hogan (CA)
4th
Junior Vice Commander Stephen Moffitt (RI)
Judge
Advocate & Immediate Past Commander Dennis O’Connell (NY)
Chaplain Rev. Tony Martino (IL)
Phone
847 736 2111
email: Deaconmart@wi.rr.com
Phone
904 291-0576
email: pkjax@kaminsky.com
If
you know of any member who is sick or deceased please inform one of the
officers whose contact information is listed above.
WELCOME ABOARD TO THE NEW MEMBER
Robert D. Casto Akron, OH
R I
P
James
H. Fox, Toms River, NJ
MEMORY
of JAMES H. FOX
Disabled
American Veterans (DAV) Blind Veterans National Chapter has lost someone very
special. Our Supreme Commander has seen fit to call another of our comrades to
answer the final Roll Call. Our Comrade and friend, James H. Fox, passed away
on October 15. Over the years, we were blessed to have known him. Jim was a
dual DAV member, belonging to the Blind Veterans National Chapter, as well as,
his local DAV Chapter 24 in Toms River, NJ. As a Blind Chapter member he
touched many hearts because Jim believed in the DAV Mission, Service to Veterans.
I hope
that you can find comfort in your many special memories you may have of Jim’s
leadership and the success of the blind chapter. Jim was elected 4th Jr. Vice
Commander in 1994. The following year, 1995, he was elected as
Adjutant/Treasurer and served 14 dedicated years for the Blind Chapter. After
stepping down in August 2008, due to health issues, Jim was always available to assist our chapter
officers when they had questions about conducting chapter business. On the local level Jim served as Commander of
DAV Chapter 24 in Toms River, and served on several committees for the DAV
Department of New Jersey. Jim was a
member of the DAV Commanders and Adjutant Association and was a very active
member in the C&A. He encouraged our
Blind Chapter Commanders to get involved with C&A. You could say that
“Camaraderie” was Jim’s middle name.
Jim
was a proud Navy veteran serving 22 years.
In
his community of Toms River he was active in many organizations; the Lions
Club, and was a progressive Melvin Jones Fellow and was a former Trustee of the
District 16-B Board Charitable Foundation; Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
serving 15 years as their treasurer; the VFW Post 6063; the Eye Openers, and also the National Church
Conference of the Blind. Jim, being a leader, served as President of the Blind
Veterans Association Regional Group of New Jersey and over the years he served
in several other offices as needed. Also, he was a life-member of the Hines
Bind Center Alumni. As a member of the Toms River Community Church, he was the
head of the men's ministry and the ushering staff, worked on the building
committee, and was the recipient of the 2011 Excellent Ministry Award.
May
I share (in part) the words of our DAV Chapel Service Ritual?
“Perhaps
we members of the Disabled American Veterans Blind Veterans National Chapter,
from our own experiences and close, constants with the sufferings of our
comrades, can best understand a philosophy of death that brings us a large
measure of consolation. For surely, a Merciful and Just God could not do other
than provide a life of future happiness for our departed comrade, as a
recompense for the many trials and tribulations he endured here on earth. It is
the thought that gives us the courage to mark our comrade’s passing without
tears, secure in the knowledge that he is not dead, but rather, he gone on to
something infinitely better than his happiest moments on earth: that he has
been discharged from this earthy army and accepted for service in that glorious
army of the hosts of heaven, where we may hope eventually to join him in
eternal peace.”
“Comrades,
ATTENTION! Please join me in a Final
Salute to our fallen comrade, James H. Fox. By the numbers, Hand Salute! .....
Two! May Jim Rest in Peace.
I
feel privileged to have counted Jim as a friend especially when I was serving
as Commander of the Blind Veterans National Chapter.
s/David
May, Past Chapter Commander
DAV
Blind Veterans National Chapter
Disabled
American Veterans National Service Foundation
Mission
Statement: The DAV National Service Foundation
develops financial resources for the
assistance, aid, maintenance, care, support and rehabilitation of disabled
veterans and their dependents, either directly or by contributions to the
service programs of the Disabled American Veterans national organization or its
Departments and Chapters.
If
you would like to donate “In Memory of James H. Fox” to the DAV Blind Veterans National Chapter,
we can combine all donations into one large donation to the DAV National
Service Foundation (NSF). I honestly feel this would be a great honor to
recognized Jim for all he did for the Blind Chapter. FYI: DAV NSF fiscal year is January-December.
We need to make Jim’s donation before the end of the year to have Jim’s name
added to the NSF 2012 Honor Roll Annual Report. Thank you for your consideration.
Please submit your James H. Fox donation to our ADJUTANT PAUL KAMINSKY, DAV BLIND VETERANS NATIONAL
CHAPTER, 4295 POWDERHORN
CT, MIDDLEBURG FL 32068
no later than December 15, 2012. Donations received after December 15
will still be submitted in Memory of James Fox but the donation will not show
up in the NSF Annual Report until 2013 (report given in 2014).
NEWS FROM PAUL KAMINSKY
When I got home from the BVA National Convention, I immediately
went to the Prosthetics webpage. What I found real helpful was one of the
links is to the "staff directory" which list the
VISN prosthetic representatives such as:
Rhonda Shipman Arlington, TX 615-225-3646. She is the nice
lady who gave the lecture at the convention.
Also there is a link to download a copy of the
PSAS National Staff Directory (http://www.prosthetics.va.gov/Docs/PSAS_National_Directory_updated_Revised_04242012.pdf).
Here is the PSAS home page:
http://www.prosthetics.va.gov/
PAST COMMANDERS TO PRESENT
BLIND CHAPTER (51001)
Wayne Wimberly 1991 – 1992, 1992 -
1993
Theodore
Romig 1993
–1994, 1994 –1995
Robert Williams 1995 – 1996, 1996
– 1997
David
May
1997– 1998, 1998 –1999
Rubin
Martinez
1999 –2000
Terry
Livingston
2000 –2001, 2001 –2002
Harold
E. Humphrey 2002
–2003, 2003 –2004
Joseph
B. Link
2004 –2005
Stephen
C. Moffitt Sr. 2005 –2006, 2006 –2007
Harold
E. Humphrey 2007
–2008, 2008 –2009
Dennis
J. O'Connell 2009
–2010, 2010 –2011
Richard Bugbee 2011 –2012
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
May your Christmas, Hanukah and New Year bring to all of you and your families
the Blessings and Good Health that you richly deserve.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!