From the 21 July 1983 edition of the Northwest Alabamian:
Double Springs - A large number of veterans met in the courthouse of Double Springs Wednesday , Nov. 6, 1946 for the purpose of organizing a local American Legion Post.
Legionnaires Homer Scott of Jasper and Paul Porter of Florence attended and helped for form the organization.
Tolbert Farris was elected adjutant of the new post by the 25 charter members. Soon the [sic] roles swelled to 109 members and in 1976 had grown to 165.
The permanent charter for Garrison-Bonds Post 184 was obtained in 1966. The post home was built in 1947 and 1948. The building was paid for through various fund-raising events, including selling chances on two cars, sponsoring several programs and several members loaned the Post money, interest-free, for two or three years. The balance for the initial purchase was borrowed from a bank.
In 1964, a $5,000 addition was added to the side of the original building for a concession stand, ticket sales area and rest rooms, thus allowing for expansion of the auditorium to permit more room for skating and for the Saturday night dances.
In 1966, central heating and air conditioning was added at an additional cost of $5,000.
The Saturday night round and square dances have been a main source of income for the Post in order to carry out their many worthwhile programs. The dance has been held for more than 30 years and is well known over a wide area with people attending from 100 miles away or more.
The Garrison-Bonds Post have become widely known in the Double Springs area for their willingness to help out in various community projects.
These include Boy Scout and Cub Scout programs, Little League, Christmas gifts for the needy, gifts for veterans in hospitals at Christmas, sponsoring boys to attend Boys' State each summer, helping out with college tuition for worthy students, helping with purchase of ambulance for use by the Double Springs Rescue Team and buying school softball uniforms.
The Post has also helped out with various other school projects, including paying $12,000 for concrete bleachers to be constructed at the new high school football stadium, and $5,000 for tennis courts on the high school campus, $1,100 for new band uniforms and $1,000 for softball fields on the high school campus.
They also help out with many other local worthwhile projects.
In conjunction with the Post Auxiliary, the group hosts two free suppers each year for Legion members and their families and also hosts some district suppers and serves grilled steaks and barbeque.
This post is represented at most district meetings , mid-winter conferences and state conventions. Two members of this post, Elmo Robinson, Sr. and Hoyett Wolfe have served as district commanders and on the department executive committee. Comrade Edd Snoddy also served as district Judge Advocate.
Two members from this post served as Winston County Commander. They are Eldon Curtis and Hoyett Wolfe.
The Post officials continue to welcome, as they did when organizing in 1946, all veterans of the area to join their organization to make a strong and active Legion organization.
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Thanks to the Winston County Archives for sharing this artifact!
