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It has been over a year
since our wonderful reunion in Washington, DC.
It is now time to focus our attention on our reunion in Indianapolis next
August. It will be great to see the
changes at Fort Benjamin Harrison and the old “Home of the Army Dollar”.
Indianapolis is a great city and I am sure our reunion committee will
have plenty of activities for our viewing pleasure.
But of course the biggest element will be to see each other again and
update the old war stories.
Recently, I had the
pleasure of being one of the attendees at the retirement dinner at the Fort
Jackson Officers Club in honor of BG Hugh TANT and his family.
It was a great event and fitting testimonial to send off one of our own
after thirty years of devoted service. During
the dinner there was a very interesting slide presentation spanning the period
of BG Tant’s service with various uniforms, the General with a full head of
hair, and yes-even bicep poses. COL
Bill LANDRUM and I were privileged to sit at the table with some of Hugh’s
Citadel classmates and friends. Bill
certainly did not let on he was a VMI grad until he actually had too.
It is very evident that Hugh will miss the Army and especially soldiers,
but he will still have all of us. Hugh
and Chris are moving back to the Charleston area, so look them up when you visit
the great state of South Carolina.
Bon Voyage, to our members, spouses, and guests who will be roughing it on the upcoming cruise. Hope the weather is great and the activities memorable. We look forward to the stories on this one. I am sure Claud will capture all of the details with his digital camera and that we may have an opportunity to view the candid shots at reunion 2002.
I have been your
President for a year now and I am pleased to be in that position.
One of my goals was to maintain and increase our membership.
I find that we do not have the right answer to ensure our membership is
maintained, because it seems our informal individual dependent method of dues
payment does not result in an automatic payment and membership renewal.
The Photo Book of the reunion 2000 that was mailed to every member last
week had a code for unpaid dues on the label. (A $ is worth $10 and a $$ is
worth $15.) That book is in the
mail, so check the label when you get your copy.
We will continue our quest to increase membership and current members
please insure that you have sent your dues payment to Dave Mikkelson.
WE need to hear more
from our membership! My email
address is: MoDenny99@aol.com
Don’t become our WEAKEST LINK, pay your dues and obtain another member! Have a great fall season everyone.
Mo
August 18 – 21 in Indianapolis
Functions and schedule
are listed on the yellow “Intent to Attend” form in the center of the
roster. Fill it out and mail it now
please:
Committee
chairs are:
Ralph DIXON - Reunion 2002 head man
Pete PEDERSEN - Commo/Ralph's Deputy
Bruce HALL - Hospitality
Bob WITHINGTON - Welcoming
Russ DELANEY - Bridge Master
Bill NELSON & Leo MANSI - Activities
Al LaBARBARA & Hugh RAMEY - Banquet
Dave MIKKELSON - Reception
Ron GIFFORD - Transportation
Latham BROWN and Dick PEDERSEN - Golf