Reunions

Mon., Sept. 28, 1998

School

Lakes (Lakewood, Wash.) High School Class of 1968 Lakes High School, Friday and Saturday; for information contact Becky (Sweet) Gonzales, 9014 Newgrove SW, Lakewood, WA 98498; (253) 589-7720.

Lewis and Clark High School Golden Grads Oct. 11 from 2-5 p.m. at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, 4000 W. Randolph Road; for more information call Phyllis Brooks, 448-1078; Pat Adams, 534-4270; or LouAnn Gassman, 456-6906.

Military

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 Frank Knox (DDR-742) Oct. 14-18, San Antonio; contact Bob O’Kon, 20 Washington Square, Doylestown, PA, 18901; (215) 345-7571.

USS Preston (DD-379) Oct. 15-18, Baton Rouge, La.; contact G.R. Nealis, 502 S. Pine, Roswell, NM 88201; (505) 623-2879.

USS Bexar (APA-237) Oct. 15-18 in San Diego; contact James Redding, 221 S. Joaquim St., Coalings, CA 93210; (209) 935-1439.

USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) Oct. 15-18 in Wilmington, N.C.; contact Michael Geata, 151 Edgemont Terrace, Sanford, NC 27330; (919) 499-6706.

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 Richmond (CL-9) Oct. 21-25, San Antonio; contact William D. Shumway, 306 Woodland Circle, Madison, WI 53704; (608) 244-6717.

USS San Marcos (LSD-25) Oct. 29-Nov. 1, Pensacola, Fla.; contact Mike Rushin, 7351 Veazey Lane, Mabelvale, AR 72103; (501) 888-7859.

USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) Nov. 4-7, San Francisco; contact Mike Baker, 109 Dunton Ave., Holland, MI 49424; (616) 392-3547.

USS Kenton (APA-122) Nov. 5-8, Biloxi, Miss.; contact Maurice Treacy, 100 W. University Parkway, Apt. 6G, Baltimore, MD 21210; (410) 235-4109.

USS Mississippi (EAG-128) Nov. 5-8, Biloxi, Miss.; contact Jack Heffernan, L63 Shawn’s Hideaway, Millboro, DE 19966; (302) 947-1896.

5th Army Veterans of the 1943-45 Italian Campaign will return to Italy from Nov. 8-17, veterans of the 3rd division, 34th, 36th, 45th, 91st, 10th Mt., and the 88th should contact Sy Canton for more information at (516) 432-3022.

USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) Nov. 13-16 in Pensacola, Fla.; contact Richard Balt, 1430 Catamount Road, Fairfield, CT 06430; (203) 259-5479.

USS Arcadia (AD-23) May 20-23, Norfolk, Va.; contact Ernest Wisyanski, 65 Willow Drive, Monessen, PA 15062; (724) 684-7409.

USS Marias (AO-57) May 20-23, Norfolk, Va.; contact Paul Harold, 18 Maupin Ave., Portsmouth, VA 23702-1028; (757) 393-2445.

USS Nantahala (AO-60) May 20-23, Norfolk, Va.; contact Jack Gibbs, 40695 Newport Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170-4742; (313) 455-9306.

USS Gurke (DD-783) April 15-18; contact Wilbur and Helen Heslop, P.O. Box 438, Cambridge, IA 50046; (515) 383-2269.

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