Reunions

Tue., Nov. 28, 2000

School

Third Annual John Rogers High School Reunion Feb. 7, in Yuma, Ariz. Contact Gary or Noreen Brown, 13650 N. Frontage Road No. 453, Yuma, AZ 85367; (520) 342-4827.

Shadle Park Class of 1981 Aug. 3 at Mukogawa Fort Wright and Aug. 4 at Mardi Gras at the Bayou. Contact Carrie Welch VanKoten, 448-5306; e-mail jeanne6229@home.com.

Pasadena (Calif.) High School Class of 1961 Aug. 18. Contact Muriel, (626) 447-3357; e-mail callrc@earthlink.net.

Central Valley Class of 1971 Aug. 25. Interested in helping? Call Claudia Swanson Wilkenson, (208) 773-2658 or Jan Thayer Frisch, 928-7034.

Military

US Navy Asiatic Fleet Combined Forces Feb. 27-March 4 in Baton Rouge, La. For all Naval and Marine personnel who were assigned to any ship, station or unit from 1910-1942 and those of the Army and Army Air Force and the Allied Military who operated with or became POWs with personnel in the fleet during 1941-1942. Contact Charles Ankerberg, P.O. Box 15698, St. Petersburg, FL 33733; (727) 906-9334 or (727) 867-3891.

USS Amphion (AR-13) Spring in Baltimore, Md. Contact Henry Miller, 387 Lake Road, Oneida, NY 13421; (315) 363-7326; e-mail marge@millersonline.net.

USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD/DDR-713) Spring in Indianapolis, Ind. Contact Robert Levine, 439 Weld St., West Roxbury, MA 02132-1109; (617) 327-3286; e-mail rhl713@aol.com.

USS Roanoke (CL-145) Spring in Charleston, S.C. Contact Forrest Doucette, 4701 W. Placita de Suerte, Tuscon, AZ 85745; (520) 743-7383; e-mail FHDoucette@aol.com.

USS Vicksburg (CL-86) March 29-April 1 in San Antonio. Contact John Desiderio, 22 Greenbriar Road, Turnersville, NJ 08012-2114; (609) 589-5461.

USS Cambria (APA-36)/Navy April 19-22 in New Orleans, La. Contact David Stoll, 508 West Pearl St., Wapakoneta, OH 45895; (419) 783-3786; e-mail destoll@mail.bright.net.

USS Cambria (APA-36)/Coast Guard April 19-22 in New Orleans, La. Contact Mike Neumann, 1411 SW Greens Pointe Way, Palm City, FL 34990-7772; (561) 288-0545.

USS Pawcatuck (AO-108) April 26-29 in Phoenix, Ariz. Contact David Willis, 1016 N. 59th Ln, Phoenix, AZ 85043-1503; (602) 233-0827; e-mail dwshs53@aol.com.

USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40) April 26-29 in Jacksonville, Fla. Contact Frank Grosy, 14430 Amethyst Road, Victorville, CA 92392; (760) 241-7472; e-mail cjr00@banet.net.

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

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