reunions

Tue., Jan. 19, 2010

New listings

Spangle All-School Reunion – June 26-27. Contact Verla (Helmer) Rigsby at (509) 466-3579 orverlar@q.com; or Tom Jones at (509) 328-1885 or tjnrjones@msn.com.

Council High School Classes of 1960-1970 – July 9-11, at Starkey Hot Springs in Valley County, Idaho; (208) 642-4019; or e-mail batarter@cableone.net.

Schools

Annual All Spokane Area High School Reunion – Feb. 22, at Fortuna d’Oro RV Park Recreation Hall, 13650 N. Frontage Road, Yuma, Ariz. Contact Bobbie Anders at (509) 863-3097, (928) 276-4134 or abarbara11@yahoo.com for more information.

Rogers High School Class of 1960 – September 2010. Requesting updated information on classmates and faculty. Contact Dora-Faye (Schmidt) at dora-faye@comcast.net, Grace (Ward) at grammagrace1@comcast.net, or Lloyd Apitz at lloapi@juno.com; or visit www.rogers60.com.

Lewis and Clark High School Class of 1960 – Requesting updated information on classmates. Contact Carol Ealy Capra at carolcapra@windermere.com; or Carol Rigsby Wendle at (509) 535-2211 or cawendle@aol.com.

Pullman High School Class of 1971 – June 25, 2011, in Pullman. Looking for class members and faculty and administration from that era. Contact Fred K. Lange, 8994 Scott St., Springfield, VA 22153; (703) 401-7873; or langefk@aol.com.

Stevens Elementary Class of 1956 – Contact Karine Poutre (Koch) at (509) 466-5773; e-mail steveandkarine@comcast.net.

Shadle Park High School Class of 1960 – Need to update addresses. Contact Cathy Reuter Stohs at (509) 466-4780; Carol Swett Cooper at carolsroom@q.com; or Don Howland at donpam4142@msn.com.

Military

Waves National Organization Unit 140 – Sea Service organization of women veterans. Meets the third Saturday of October, November and April. Welcoming new members. Call Naomi at (509) 747-8383 or Pat at (509) 456-8612.

USS Gurke (DD-783) – April 8-11 in Washington, D.C. Contact Thomas Stephenson at 2030 Lockwood Drive, San Jose, CA 95132; (408) 263-2836; dd783_reunion@ tstephenson.com; or www.ussgurke.org.

USS Cambria (APA-36) – April 15-18 in the Boston area. Contact Andrew Henry Jr., 4412 Flintstone Road, Alexandria, VA 22306; (703) 660-8602; usscambria@gmail.com; or www.mlrsinc.com/cambria.

USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40) – April 15-18 in Philadelphia. Contact Cliff Gardner at 465 Gardiner Road, Lot 35, W. Kingston, RI 02892; (401) 539-1149; www.mlrsinc.com/Tarawa or www.usstarawavets.org.

USS Purdy (DD-734) – April 21-24 in Savannah, Ga. Contact Larry DiPasquale, 3744 Surrey Drive, Allentown, PA 18103-5329; (610) 433-4787; chiefdi@juno.com; or www.mlrsinc.com/purdy.

USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) – April 22-25 in Jacksonville, Fla. Contact Frank Taylor, P.O. Box 668, Steinhatchee, FL 32359; usskalamazoo@gmail.com; or www.mlrsinc.com/kalamazoo.

USS Muliphen (AKA-61) – April 22-25 in Baltimore. Contact Ron Wiant, 105 Sonat Drive, Newark, DE 19713; (302) 737-1751; rwiant@ussmuliphen.com; or www.ussmuliphen.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.

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