Reunions

Fri., Feb. 27, 1998

New Listings

John Rogers High School Class of 1948 Sept. 11-12; contact Leon Horton, 921-1502, or Donna (Armitage) Taylor, 328-7334.

Mead High School All-Alumni Reunion Picnic Aug. 2, Franklin Park, 11 a.m.; call 276-2550 or 276-5489.

USS Albany (CL 23/CA 123/CG10 and SSN 753) Sept. 27-Oct. 1, Las Vegas; contact Richard “Pete” Peterson, 12627 Camp Rock Road, Lucerne Valley, CA 92356; (760) 248-6197.

USS Forrestal (CVA/CV/AVT-59) Aug. 18-23, Charleston, S.C.; contact Jim Stewart, 21 Viburnum Lane, Levittown, PA 19054; (215) 943-7626.

Coeur d’Alene High School Class of 1948 Sept. 10, cruising Lake Coeur d’Alene; contact Shirley Hart (208) 772-0921.

Military

USS Wilkinson (DL-4) Sept. 10-13; contact John Manley, 353 E. 228th St., Carson, CA 90745-4935; (704) 256-6008.

USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4) Sept. 10-13, Lancaster, Pa.; contact Bernard Thorne, 8437 E. McNelly Road, Bentonville, AR 72712-8815; (501) 273-3041.

USS Pollux (AKS-s/AKS-4) Fourth reunion, Sept. 16-20, San Antonio; contact Dudley Crawford, (888) 765-5897, or Glen Broxson, (888) 765-5899.

USS Salamaua (CVE 96) and Squadrons VC 70 and VC 87 Sept. 23-26, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; contact John Smith, 7268 NW 16th St., Ankeny, IA, 50021-8823; (515) 289-1467.

USS Uhlmann (DD-687) Oct. 1-4, Nashville, Tenn.; contact Jeff Jeffra, 2901 SW 154 Lane, Davie, FL 33331; (304) 473-1938.

USS Huntington (CL-107) Oct. 1-4, San Antonio; contact Ed Pendleton, 3977 Lees Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808; (562) 425-8196.

301st SeaBees Oct. 1-4, Nashville, Tenn.; contact William Lyon, 629 Cecil Way, Lexington, KY 40503; (606) 278-9692.

USS Prometheus (AR-3) Oct. 2-5, St. Louis; contact Arne and Joy Brinwall, 13013 Jane Lane, Minnetonka, MN 55343; (612) 933-0616.

USS Springfield Bluejackets CL66/CLG7/ SSN761 Oct. 6-9, Sheraton Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S.C.; contact John Adams, (603) 598-2806.

USS Sperry (AS-12) Submarine Tender, 1942-82 Oct. 13-15, San Diego; contact Jim Taylor, 4109 Shore Line Circle, Apt. 81, Virginia Beach, VA 23452; (757) 463-2804.

USS Newman K. Perry (DD/DDR-883) Oct. 15-18, Pensacola, Fla.; contact Anthony Horman, Box 3307, North Attleboro, MA 02761; (508) 643-9453.

USS Ernest G. Small (DD/DDR-838) former crewmen, October, San Antonio; contact Donald Wayman, 18 Asselin Ave., Webster, MA 01570; (508) 943-3206.

If your group has a reunion coming up, please send us the details at: Reunions, Editorial Department, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210.

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