Reunions

General

Pacific Southwest Airlines Reunions – 20th year reunion: next Friday, 7 p.m., Bali Hai on Shelter Island, San Diego. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and music; cost is $27 per person. Call Ted Fritzges at (619) 463-7849 to reserve a spot and for more information. 27th Annual Reunion: Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the San Diego Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego. Cost is $8 per person, registration at the front door – includes admission to the entire Museum’s facilities. Those wishing to participate in the potluck at 12:30 p.m. should bring a dish to share, water and soft drinks will be provided. Tables will be available for those wishing to display or sell PSA Memorabilia – a percentage of the profit will be donated to the PSA Reunion Fund. Volunteers needed for setup and cleanup at the Museum. Contact Patty Miller at (760) 782-9070 or Bueck Hewitt at (619) 234-1240, e-mail picnic@psa-oldtimers.org, or visit www.psa-oldtimers.org for more information or to volunteer to help.

Schools

Stevens Elementary Class of 1956 – Please contact Karine Poutre (Koch) at (509) 466-5773 or e-mail steveandkarine@comcast.net for more information.

Ephrata All School Employees Reunion – Sept. 27. Need to update addresses for registration. Call (509) 754-3401 or (509) 246-1339. E-mail gsmethers@homenetnw.net or Hikers99@hotmail.com.

North Central High School Classes of 1950-1952 Joint Reunion – Sept. 27 at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, 4000 W. Randolph Road; reception at 4 p.m. dinner and entertainment at 6. For more information, contact LaVonne Teal Edwards (for the class of 1950) at (509) 838-8715 or xbeerman@icehouse.net; Dolores Coleman Engle (1951) at (509) 924-3611 or dmetengle@q.com; or Lynne Fackenthall Wells at (509) 467-2571 or lynnfwells@juno.com.

Shadle Park High School Class of 1978 Reunion – Sept. 27, 6 p.m.-midnight at Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Road. Cost is $40. E-mail spreunion@hotmail.com or visit http://home.comcast.net/~mr.bruce/ 30reunion/sphs78.html to register and for more information.

Havermale All-Class Reunion – Open house for alumni students, Oct. 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Havermale High School, 1300 W. Knox Ave. Contact Jennifer Goodin at (509) 354-6524 for more information.

Military

USS Courtney (DE-1014); USS Cromwell (DE-1021); USS Lester (DE-1022); USS John Willis (DE-1027); USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028); USS Hartley (DE-1029); USS Joseph K Taussig (DE-1030) – Thursday-Sept. 28 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Marc Arsenault, 98 Oxbow Road, Charlton, MA 01507; (508) 248-5072; e-mail marc-a@charter.net; or visit www.mlrsinc.com/courtney or www.newportdealeys.org.

USS Kearsarge (CV, CVA, CVS-33, LHD-3) – Sept. 28-Oct. 2, at Silver Beach Hotel, 3073 N.W. Bucklin Hill Road, Silverdale, Wash. Contact John Work, Kearsarge Association Treasurer, at (330) 894-2660 or 24611 Sandy Springs Road, Minerva, Ohio, 44657-9442 for more information.

USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12/SSN-762 – Oct. 1-4 in Dayton, Ohio. Contact Allan Hope, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-4505; (260) 486-2221; e-mail hope4391@comcast.net.

USS Prometheus (AR-3) – Oct. 3-6 in Branson, Mo. Contact Pete Koppin, 1120D W. 18th St. South, Newton, IA 50208; (641) 792-5619; e-mail pvpnavyreunion@gmail.com, or visit www.mlrsinc.com/prometheus.

USS Vestal (AR-4) – Oct. 3-6 in Branson, Mo. Contact Pete Koppin, 1120D W. 18th St. South, Newton, IA 50208; (641) 792-5619; e-mail pvpnavyreunion@gmail.com, or visit www.mlrsinc.com/vestal.

USS Puget Sound (AD-38) – Oct. 3-6 in Branson, Mo. Contact John Seymour, 114 E. Valleywood Drive, Collierville, TN 38017; (901) 853-1450; e-mail rebels45@yahoo.com, or visit www.mlrsinc.com/pugetsound.

The Combat Infantrymens Association – Oct. 9-12 in Colorado Springs. Contact Larry Eckard, P.O. Drawer 11399, Hickory, NC 28603; (828) 256-6008; e-mail combatinfantrymenassoc@yahoo.com, or visit www.cianathq.org or www.mlrsinc.com/cia.

USS Iwo Jima (LPH2/LHD7), USS Okinawa (LPH3), USS Tripoli (LPH10/CVE64), USS New Orleans (LPH11) – Oct. 15-19 in Chesapeake, Va. Contact Robert McAnally, 152 Frissell St., Hampton, VA 23663; (866) 237-3137; e-mail yujack@megalink.net.

USS Newman K Perry (DD/DDR-883) – Oct. 23-26 in Gettysburg, Pa. Contact Vernon Vance, 1136 Terrace Park Drive, Bettendorf, IA 52722; (563) 355-3638; e-mail v_vance@yahoo.com, or visit www.nkperry.com or www.mlrsinc.com/nkperry.

USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36) – October in Portland. Contact Mike Nesbit, 9605 Derald Road, Santee, CA 92701; (619) 562-5690; e-mail thenezz@cox.net, or visit www.mlrsinc.com/brycecanyon.

USS Ernest G Small (DD/DDR-838) – October in Washington, D.C. Contact Ron Palinkas, 3867 E. Phillips Blvd., Pomona, CA 91766; (909) 465-1460; e-mail ronpalinkas@aol.com, or visit www.mlrsinc.com/egsmall or www.ussernestgsmall.org.

USS Yancey (AKA-93) – October in Seattle. Contact George Clifton, 9620 Mansfield Ave., Oak Lawn, IL 60453; (708) 425-8531; e-mail clifs@ameritech.net, or visit www.mlrsinc.com/yancey.

USS Mississippi (EAG-128) – This fall in Chattanooga, Tenn. Contact Paul Shepley, 2015 MacCumber Lane, Wilmington, NC 28403; (910) 256-6173; e-mail eag128reunion@yahoo.com; or visit www.mlrsinc.com/eag128.

USS Simon Lake (AS-33) – This fall in Norfolk, Va. Contact Gordon Sanders, 3330 Ridgefield Court, Norfolk, VA 23518-2338; (757) 588-2023; e-mail usn3030@cox.net; or visit www.mlrsinc.com/simonlake or www.simonlake.org.

USS Truxtun (CGN-35) – This fall in Charleston, S.C. Contact Jordan Gmach, 182 Buffalo Ridge Road, Amherst, VA 24521; (434) 946-5563; e-mail knightsmarefarm@aol.com.

For more information on military reunions, write to: Military Locator and Reunion Service Inc., 3330 Springs Road NE, Hickory, NC 28601; (828) 256-6008 or fax (828) 256-6559.