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News Letter #26
Shipmates,
Our recent reunion that took place in St Louis was a huge success thanks to Vic and Lisa Turvey. They did an outstanding job of setting up activities for the event. The tour of the Gate- way Arch was extremely interesting. The view from the top of the 630 ft arch was truly impres- sive and, for some of us, heart stopping. The Missouri Botanical Gardens tour was especially informative. On Friday evening the drive to the Defiance Ridge Winery was scenic with the win- ery located on a hill overlooking a picturesque rural setting. The dinner was excellent as was the BBQ at Vic and Lisa’s house on Saturday evening,
There were 33 shipmates and 17 spouses/guests at the reunion. For 9 shipmates this was their 1st reunion:
ST1 Wayne Adreas 70-71 ST1_STCS Terry Bushore 69-70_75-78
STC John Dickerson 70-75 RD3 Vern Fannan 67-70
YN2 George Howard 75-79 ETN2 Phil Keller 74-77
SN Glenn McVey 74-75 IC1 Don Miller 77-79
MM2 Gary Runnells 77-81
There were 6 Plank Owners in attendance:
STG3 Ray Boutz 67-69 GMCS Jim Caylor 67-71
GMM2 Floyd Edmisten 67-69 RD3 Vern Fannan 67-70
FTM2 Milton Roberts 67-70 BT2_BTCS Dave Sadis 67-70_77-79
Four attendees have been to all 9 reunions:
BTC George Creswell 72-78 FTM2 Milton Roberts 67-70
ETC Dale Kerkman 73-76 Peggy Kerkman
GMCS Jim Caylor (67-71) is the oldest, at 85, at the reunion. SN Gary Korzac (83-89) is the youngest at 54.
Last |
First |
Rate | Years on Board |
Adams | Robert | STG2 | 69-73 |
Albia | Don & Mary Jane Johnson | SN | 74-76 |
Andreas | Wayne | ST1 | 70-72 | Berry | Robin | STG2 | 71-74 |
Boutz | Ray & Cathy | STG3 | 67-69 |
Bushore | Terry | ST1 STGCS | 69-70_75-78 |
Caylor | Jim & Johanna | GMCS | 67-71 |
Creswell | George | BTC | 72-78 |
Dennis | Chuck & Laura | STG2 | 68-70_72-74 |
DeRose | Carl | YN3 | 71-73 |
Dickerson | John & Jacki Boston | STC | 70-75 |
Donaldson | Daniel | MM1 | 76-80 |
Easley | Don & Sharon | FTG1 | 72-74 |
Edmisten | Floyd & Frankie | GMM2 | 67-69 |
Fannan | Vern | RD3 | 67-70 |
Howard | George & Blanch | YN2 | 75-79 |
Hutchinson | Jack & Tecia | BT3 | 71-74 |
Justice | Tom & Pauline | STG2 | 71-72 |
Keller | Phillip | ETN2 | 74-77 |
Kerkman | Dale & Peggy | ETC | 73-76 |
Korzec | Gary | SN | 83-86 |
Lewis | Glenn & Sandy | STG2 | 72-73 |
Lonkey | John | HT3 | 72-74 |
McLain | Kirby | STG3 | 70-73 |
McVey Glenn SN 74-75
Miller | Don | IC1 | 77-79 |
Perkins | Pat & Cindy | SM2 | 81-85 |
Roberts | Milton | FTM2 | 67-70 |
Runnells | Gary & Shari | MM2 | 77-81 |
Sadis | David & Sandy | BT2/BTCS | 67-70_77-79 |
Sande | Rich | STG2 | 71-76 |
Smida | Jim & Mary Ann | STG3 | 69-72 |
Turvey | Vic & Lisa | STG2 | 70-73 |
Mary Jane Johnson and Don Albia have volunteered to host the next reunion in Charleston, SC with George Creswell and George Howard assisting. Since Charleston is a high volume tourist area, it was agreed that the reunion dates will be moved from the usual end of September to March 18-21, 2021. This again should be an exciting reunion with all of the naval history that is in the Charleston area .
Thanks to everyone that brought mementos from their years on the Page. Terry Bushore brought cruise books for everyone to see. Rich Sande, the ships photographer, brought hun- dreds of pictures for all of us to remember the good old days on the Dicky P. He also brought en- larged group photos from previous reunions. Rich has donated all of the photos to the Associa- tion with the understanding that they be brought to the future reunions. He has put a tremendous amount of time and effort in putting this collection together. Rich uploaded hundreds of pictures on to the “Richard L. Page DEG-5 and FFG-5” Facebook page. This page has over 300 former crewmembers listed and is another way to reconnect with your shipmates. I encourage all Page shipmates to logon to this site.
I’d like to especially thank Johanna Caylor, the Association Supply Officer ,for her outstanding sales work and keeping an up-to-date inventory of the Ships Store items.
Dale Kerkman
President
USS Richard L Page Crew Members Association
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