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Veterans leader Ray Soden to speak at Sandpoint event Friday
Ray R. Soden, Jr. Vice Commander in Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and public relations rep for Illinois Bell, will headline a statewide VEW convention banquet June 9 at Sandpoint High School. Soden, a 1940s Navy veteran with seven battle stars, has chaired national VFW bodies and local boards in Illinois. He and his wife Shirley have three children and three grandchildren.
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Veterans “of Foreign
Wars
Ray R. Soden
Bensenville
Til
VEW
Sandpoint High School
Soden
Clinois Bell
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dallas
Texas
Steinmetz High School
Chicago
U. S. Navy
Claxton
Arleigh Burke
Ilinois
Department of Sinois
V.F.W
National Voice of Democracy
V.F.W National Convention Corporation
DuPage County Boy Scouts Council
Oak Park
Lions Club
Bensenville Community Chest
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Committee For Higher Education
Franklin Park Chamber-of-Commerce
Oak Park Community Chest
Suburban Cancer Crusade
USC
Chicago Committee For
American Legion
Polish Legion of American Veterans USA
Veterans Press Club
Moose
MOC
Veterans Press Club of Chicago
Illinois State Press Association
Telephone Pioneers of America
Sons of the
Freedom Foundation
Shirley
Raylene
Kirk
Patricia