Bangor VFW Post 739

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History

The post received its charter on July 26th 1934 due to the efforts of the first commander A.A. Smith, Clayton Smith and thirty five other signatories. They selected to name the post after Dyle E Bray after a thorough investigation.

Dyle was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert H. Bray. He had a sister Ethel and two brothers Herman and Russell. He attended school in Bangor. He was well liked and employed as a highly skilled textile worker prior to his enlistment in the US Army Infantry. He received high honors and medals for bravery under fire on the battlefields of France during the First World War. He was killed by enemy machine gun fire on October 23rd, 1918. He was the first man from Bangor killed in action during World War I. Mr. Bray lies in rest with the rest of his family in St. Johns Cemetery.

The first meetings of the new post were held in the Republican Club hall and then Steinmetz Hall. In June of 1937 it was decided place a bid of $510 for the Myers Crossing School House. The school house is the small white building on the south of our driveway. The bid was accepted and the school house became the first permanent VFW Post 739 home.

The home association was incorporated on December 13th, 1937 and the ladies auxiliary was founded on October 22nd 1935.

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