American Legion Wins Awards

At the recent department convention for the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary held at the Stamford Sheraton, the George A. Powell Unit #202 from Newtown won top honors in the education, Americanism, poppies, and membership categories.

The unit also won highest average amount contributed per each member to the auxiliary scholarship program.

Also at the convention Boyd Saxton of Post #202 was installed as department historian and Alice Saxton of Unit #202 was installed as department junior vice president serving Fairfield County.