Newsletter Volume 11, No. 1 February 2000
Committee:
John Reynolds, President; Jack Timmons, Secretary/Treasurer; Al
Jefferis, Assistant Secretary; Dudley Cass, Reunion 00 Chairman; Jack
Connery, Newsletter Editor; Ken Noble, Web Master
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From the President
The Y2K bug is now dead, but the Topeka Reunion Association lives on.
The committee, consisting of Ruth and Dudley Cass, has wasted no time, and
things are already in place for another great reunion. It's fitting that
the year 2000 reunion comes back to where it all started.
San Diego is awaiting our return, and it puts a new meaning to the old
saying "what goes around comes around."
What will make the reunion great is you. As you have probably figured
out by now it's not the fancy programs, nice facilities, or even the
expense of the reunion that makes it great. It is that magic ingredient,
the friends and members of the association coming together as a family to
share memorieys and ideas that make it all a success. That is why our past
reunions have been so successful and why reunion 2000 will also be a great
one. So let's all come together in August and make this one a real
barnburner.
John Reynolds
Taps
John Hojaboom, GMG1 (60-68); September 18, 1999,
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Frank L. Pinney, Jr., Commanding Officer, (1959-60); October 20, 1999,
Kilmarnock, Virginia.
Fred Godwin, GMG 2 (1959-62); December 1998, Vancouver, Washington.
Binnacle List
James Bond, YN3 (64-67), recovering from a severe auto-pedestrian
accident.
Dick Jolliffe, LT (64-66); recovering from surgery, San Diego.
Don Cameron, LT (60-62), San Diego CA
Carol Buse, LTJG (64-66), Reedsport, OR
New Members (Since October 1999)
Raymond McHugh, MM2 (59-63), Glenshaw, PA
Clarence Cyr, RDSN,(61-64), La Marque, TX
John Mann, RD1 (67-69), San Antonio, TX
Fred Willson,,Jr. MM2 (59-63), Nova Scotia, Canada
Gary Dungan, SN (62-64), Jackson, NJ
Cecil Hankins, FN (61-65), Reeds Spring, MO
Michael Hight, RD2 (60-62), Avon Park, FL
Tony Allocca, DK2 (68-69), Bristol, CT
Gene Mann, RDCS (60-63), Brandon, MS
Richard Nicholas, IC2 (68-69), Pompton Lakes, NJ
Ransford Begin, GMG3 (63-66), Allagash, ME
Jim (James), Stanton LTJG (67-68), Mercer Island, WA
Raymond Lane, YN3 (61-62), Carpinteria, CA
Lawrence Granback, GS3 (59-60), Midlothian, VA
Paul Anderson, LCDR (61-63), King George, VA
Larry Baxter, SN (67-68), North Las Vegas, NV
Carlton Leslie BTC, Hattieville, AR
Charlie Marsh, ET2 (60-63), Marietta, GA.
2000 Dues are Due
Dues for 2000 are $15.00 and should be sent to Jack Timmons. Checks
should be made payable to the USS Topeka Reunion Association. If you have
not paid them, please take care of this matter. Dues are used to pay for
printing and mailing of this newsletter four times a year, the annual
directory, and other administrative expenses. A 2000 directory will be
sent after dues payment is received.
To save a little, you can pay $60 to cover dues for the next five
years.
Should you want to send a little extra, it will be included in a
donation to the Navy Home in Pascagoula, Miss., at the end of the year. In
1999, the Association donated $562.40 to the Navy Home. Should you want,
you may also pay ahead. Some have paid through 2000.
This is the only dues reminder you will see in this newsletter. The
address label on this newsletter will indicate whether or not you have
paid.
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