Ken Hageman also played in the Post 326 Marching Band (See Band and Colors). Bill Britt, USA, WWII, Phillipines, Mr. Britt was owner operator of Ben Franklin Store in Shelby, 1948 and working until he passed in 2002. Joe Miller in hardware sales, became the owner of Mansfield Hardware & Supply Co., now owned by his children. Joe Black, USN, WWII, Trained at Great Lakes, stationed at Pearl Harbor after the Attack. Retired from the Shelby Mutual Insurance Company. Gene Gates, Army WWII, served as a First Lieutenant, was a member of Post 326, moving to Florida in 1959 where he was co-owner of G&D Printing.
The American Legion Magazine, April 2019
THE GENESIS OF SHELBY BASEBALL Compiled by John R. Warden 1996 - 1997
1955 JUNIOR LEGION BASEBALL TEAM FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: MANAGER HARLEY YARMAN, DON LOVELESS, ELDON CRAWFORD, AL YETZER, BOB SHEDENHELM, LARRY BARND, JAY WENT, BUSINESS MANAGER. SECOND ROW: DON CLADY, LOWELL, JARRELL, JAN FICHTER, GEORGE POFFENBAUGH, BILL DAMRON AND NORM DAY. BACK ROW: JOHN R. WARDEN, DIRECTOR OF LEGION ATHLETICS, RUSS HEPNER, STEVE RHODES, TOM LASER, KENNY SEIB AND NICK DAVIS. BOB RHODES IS THE BATBOY. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN.
@ 1997 2nd Place Legion Team front row; Josh Calver, Scott Alt, Chad Young, Cory Arnold, Carl Jackson, Justin Mathews. second row; Cody Albert, Pete Chamber, Justin Armintrout, Jake Clabaugh and Abe Little. Coaches; Denny Arnold, Matt Albert and Todd Albert.
2021 Shelby Girls Softball Legion Team
2010 Team. Top Right Post 326 member coaches Merlin King and Rich Huff
2008 Team. Top left Legion Coaches Rich Huff and Merlin King. Top Right, Legion SAL Coaches Kevin King and John Weaver.
2019. Babe Ruth League. Merlin G. King Courage Award Presentations.
Post 326 Dart Team. TJ Harding and Carol Ryman. 2020
