From the Telegraph pg. 10, Feb 29, 1980
James E. Coffey American Legion Post awarded life memberships to Royal E. Miller Jr. and John P. Bisset at a dinner recently.
More than 120 members and guests feted the two men who have each served as post commanders; Bisset in 1969 and Miller in 1972.
The gold card of life membership is given only to those who, in the eyes of the post membership, have served the Legion, the city and the country as Legionnaires and as citizens.
Pictured in the photo are from left, Miller and his wife Vera; Gary Johnson, post commander, and Bisset and his wife, Madeliene.
Bisset, a Navy veteran of the Korean conflict, joined the Legion in 1962. He rose to post commander. Continuing his work with veterans, and youth, he was elected District Two commander in 1972.
In 1973, he was elected state commander and serving as the leader of more than 20,000 Legionnaires in New Hampshire.
Miller served with the Third Emergency Rescue Squadron of the Fifth Air Force in the South Pacific during World War II. After his discharge, he joined the Rusy-Bohm Post in Islip, N.Y. and served as adjutant and junior and senior vice commander.
In 1957, he transferred the Bohm Dodd Post in Palenville, N.Y. and was junior and senior commander.
He joined the James E. Coffey Post in 1963 when he began work for Sanders Associates. He has been adjutant, senior vice commander and commander of the post and is now department treasurer for the state Legion.
Both men have been active in community affairs. Bisset has devoted many years as coach and sponsor for Nashua's Youth Hockey.
Miller has served as coach with the first three Bishop Guertin High School football teams and was the second president of the B. G. Men's Club.
Royal Miller III, junior vice commander, was in charge of the life membership ceremony, with Gary Johnson, post commander, as the master of ceremonies. Also participating were Roger Rist, vice commander.
Among the guests were Congressman James Cleveland; Lawrence Spaulding, national vice commander; Joseph Couette, department commander; Ray Olmstead, national executive committeeman, and many past commanders of the state, district, and post.
The auxiliary was represented by Mary Perham, eastern area vice president; Robin Rist, post senior vice president; Kathy Miller, junior vice president, and many pas presidents of the state, district and unit.
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