At the meeting of November 21, 1944, the first building committee was appointed by Commander Fowler. The committee was instructed to "draw up plans and get cost of building".
It is doubtful that Gordon Fowler or members of that committee ever envisioned anything as magnificent as the Post home at that time.
At the same meeting, a Fish Fry was planned for December 8, 1944, to start the fund raising campaign for the building program. The Fish Fry committee as named in the minutes consisted of Zelan Wills, M.J. Thompson, Jimmie Pierce, Ernest Jones, and J.T.Gardner.
