POST HISTORY(continued)
Affiliated Organizations
History of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 76
Unit 76 was formed on March 11, 1920.
In the 1950s each year there would be a citywide picnic at Barton Springs on the Fourth of July. American Legion Post 76 would have a Bingo Booth. The ladies of Unit 76 would help with food and "goodies" and with the Bingo Booth, thus acquiring some money for their Unit to help with expenses.
At least once a month, the ladies prepared and sold fried chicken dinners at the courthouse to the public. The workers and people on jury duty really appreciated this as there were not many good food establishments nearby.
Once a month. the ladies served supper to the Forty and Eight meetings, receiving just payment for their services.
Once a year they served a semi-formal banquet for the Forty and Eight Convention, using formal dinnerware. They had a lot of dishes to wash afterwards with only one small sink to work in, but with a lot of hard work the dishes all came out clean.
When Post 76 had special dances, the ladies had a refreshment stand to serve drinks and goodies to everyone.
The ladies did lots of volunteer work also. Some of the work was at the Temple Veterans Hospital, and the Unit donated many gifts such as TV sets and radios, and lots of special foods.
They prepared food and took it to families when there was sickness, or a death in the family, and served food to the bereaved on the day of the funeral. The Legion presented the flag to the wives of the one that had passed on, and the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps was present also.
Unit 76 served refreshments to the Girls State participants who were housed at the Institute for the Blind and Deaf in South Austin.
