The Green Legion on Fox 29

On Monday, Dec. 29th, the Green Legion was featured on the 10PM newscast on Fox 29, the infamous "Quimby" is featured, look for the "Spokesmodel" next to the Grim Reaper.

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January '09 Brimmer

January’s Brimmer

2009, where does the time go? First of all, I want to thank Frank Gallagher for his service as President of AOH 87, personally, it was a pleasure working with you, thanks, Frank.

The newly elected President, Tom Healey has been my boss on the police department, I know that a lot of guys don’t know who he is, he will be a good leader, has experience, he was being considered for a Deputy Commissioner post in the police dept., he was the President of Penn Academy, A.A., if he could deal with the soccer Mom’s and Dad’, then this should be easy, congratulations Tom!

Okay, enough being nice, don’t want to hear from Bobby Murphy, left over from the last newsletter, Tigger when he was in Baltimore for the ND vs. Navy game, got into a cab for the ride back to the bus, he being this mathematical genius, think of rain man, but more on the partly cloudy side, anyway, he gets in to the cab and tells the cab driver, not to turn on the meter and he would give him $20. for the ride, the driver obliges, we get to the bus and driver leaves with Tigger’s $20., we found out later that everyone else paid $8. for the same ride, again, congratulations Mrs. Kiger, all of that money that you spend on his education is definitely paying off, for me, anyway!





Tom Wenger the Jr. leaves Atlantic City and exceeds the speed limit and gets stopped by a New Jersey State Trooper, Tommy tells the nice Officer that the reason he was speeding was because he was the God Father at a Christening and was running late, the Police Office, obviously, full of Christian Charity himself, tells Tommy that he will write the ticket as fast as he can, you can’t make up this kind of stuff!

On Thanksgiving, I went to a tail gate party with the Green Legion for my Thanksgiving dinner, just picture this, I am standing in McFadden’s backyard, bundled up with hat and gloves in place, eating my dinner with about 75 other people, the Brotherhood Mission on Girard Ave. has nothing on me, thanks, Quimby, you still are the best, speaking of him, he has a few ski trips upcoming, if you are interested, go to www.phillytrips.com.

On Sunday, Jan. 18th, our annual Beef and Beer fun/fundraiser will be held at Finnigan’s Wake, from 3P – 7P, the cost is $30. in advance and $35. at the door, I have tickets, if you are interested, if you would like to be a seller, that would be appreciated as well. Paddy’s Well with Paul Moore will be the entertainment, they will also be selling their new CD, “First Friday” where in the liner notes, AOH Division 87 is mentioned for being a big supporter of the band, also, for your entertainment pleasure, the famous “Door Matt” will be working the door, last year, we had over 300 people, this year, we are hoping to improve on that number, give me a call at 215 570 7385 or call Obie at 215 300 6332, I am aware of the Degrees that day, but you should be out of there in time to make Finnigan’s and enjoy the afternoon with AOH Division #87.




Thanks, as always, for reading my column, hopefully with the new administration, I will get a raise, it was always tough negotiating with Frank, I never received a raise from “no pay” job, I even joined Obie’s union to try to get help, but I guess having Tigger as my spokesman wasn’t such a good idea.

December's Brimmer

December’s Brimmer

November was another busy month in and around Binlids,
first of all congratulations to everyone that got elected to the Executive Board for the next 2 years and hope to see everyone at the election for President on December 9th.

The “Comedy Night” on Thurs. Nov. 13th was a blast in front of a sold out room, good job by Tommy Wenger, our illustrious Steward who put it all together, our very own, Tommy Healey was his normal, abnormal self, Nicky Attytude, a former classmate of Pat Dever, was hilarious, but Joe Conklin stole the show, he did a solid hour of his comedy and impressions, the “man of a thousand voices” was very entertaining, great job by all! A brief infomercial shall follow, Joe Conklin did us a favor by appearing, I think a nice gesture would be for us to go to www.2funnyphillyguys.com and order the DVD featuring Joe and Big Daddy Graham, a great Christmas gift, but not for me, I already ordered it.




A group of us went to Baltimore on Nov. 15th for the ND vs. Navy football game, Billy Gibbons was in rare form, enough said about that, but Obie, Mo and Harvey’s stepson, Matty E. was in his glory at the Green Turtle, a watering hole in Fell’s Point, our bellies were full and we all got a new tee shirt to wear, thanks to Matty’s visa, not the one that got him to Fell’s, but the credit card, oh, Matty E., you’ve done it again! We went over to Notre Dame Harvey’s tail gate party in Lot J, ran into a lot of old friends, Harvey gave Billy G., the “T” and ejected him from the party. Harvey will be the referee at the North Catholic vs. Bonner basketball game at North on Fri. Dec. 19th, Kieran is getting a bus together to go cheer on the ref, not since Tim Donaghy has a ref had a cheering section, give Kieran a call if you are interested. Speaking of the trip to Baltimore, Freddy Mac became a Big Brother and took his little brother, Tigger with him, unfortunately there are no Tigger stories, Fred, you must have done a great job, I am sure that Tigger’s Mom appreciates that fine work.





Time for another commercial, on Sunday, Jan. 18th, our Annual Beef and Beer at Finnigan’s Wake, 3P – 7P, starring again our very own “Paddy’s Well” featuring Paul Moore, last year, we had over 300 people there, we are looking to improve on that number, if you were there, the last 2 years, you know how good it was, pass the word, the cost will be $30. in advance and $35. at the door, I have tickets, if you want to be a seller, give me a call, they will make great Christmas gifts. I spoke with Jimmy at Finnigan’s and he assured me that both bars will be open and his great staff will ready to serve us.

That’s All Folk…………………………..

Merry Christmas to All and to All, a Good Night!