Post 149 namesake Roy H. Lieder is buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery #1232 Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Pvt 1cl Roy Herman Leader Co A 362nd Inf was killed in action on September 29th 1918.
All his Army records spell his name as Leader. For reasons unknown, the old world spelling of Lieder was used when our Post was named.
Post 149 was chartered in 1919 with 23 members. Charter members were Clark Smith, Dean Kanne,
George Adams, Martin Schwichtenberg, Harry Calkeus, Jesse Miller, James Thayer, George Gudridge, H.L. Bunges, M.A. Murphy, William Coon, Dr. Chester Dargavel, Leo Goar, Ralph Meehl, Harry Downhour, William Hansen, Hilliard Gergen, William Farrington, Harry Molm, Ralph Soule, Earl Dean,
James Pappas, and Ed McMachales.
Originally the Post met in various members nomes. After WW2, There were about 5 active members and they started signing up new members. They met in Mike Murphy's barber shop and in the back room of Roy Meehl's bar.
In January of 1946, the shoe store of Herb Plaisance was purchased from E. Taylor and that was the first Legion Hall. On February 8, 1954 it was sold to Frank Thraen for $125.00 and moved to his farm 2 miles west of town. The Legion then purchased the Dargavel property, and moved the Post home into the North portion that survived the fire of 1953. This is the present location of our social hall, and was used until 1969. Then the building was demolished and the building that is our present kitchen and social hall was built at a cost of $47 thousand dollars. The Schwartz hatchery was then purchased and in 1980 the addition that is our present bar was constructed at a cost of 55 thousand dollars.
In 2008, the south two thirds of the Reysack building was purchased and will be used for further expansion.
The above information is compiled from research on Roy Lieder by SAL Commander Keith Nelson and from a short history written in 1985 by Vern Moldenhauer.
V/R Leon Dahle - Adjutant
