October 2015 Scuttlebutt - Fleet Reserve Association Branch #269
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October 2015 Scuttlebutt - Fleet Reserve Association Branch #269
Branch 269 99 Wisteria Road October 2015 Goose Creek Scuttlebutt South Carolina Fleet Reserve Association, Low Country Branch 269 http://www.fra269.org Branch President’s Corner The leaves are falling like crazy at my house and the air is certainly cooler so it must be fall! I love this time of year with having so much to look forward to like Octoberfest. Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have a lot of things to look forward to here at the Fleet so keep checking our website. Facebook page and your e-mail for advertisements announcing the events. The south East Regional Convention held here in North Charleston st went well and Branch 269 received three 1 place ribbons in Public Relations, Youth Activities, and Hospital Welfare and Rehabilitation. Congratulations to these committees for a job well done! Also, congratulations to the convention committee for putting on a great convention! Everyone had a wonderful time and welcomed the shipmates from across the region with open arms. The Veteran’s Day parade has been announced and will be on th Saturday, November 7 at 1030. If you want to come and ride our float, please get to the VA Medical Center by 0930 to get a van that will take you to the float. Hope you can make it. It is quite a moving experience. Last thing, please login the FRA National website at fra.org and check your profile to make sure your information is correct. E-mails are the biggest thing missing. We at the branch need your e-mail to send out all hands information that is important to you. Well, that’s all for now. Have a great month and keep safe on the roads! Yours in Loyalty, Protection and Service, Laurie Bailey, Branch President LAFRA UNIT 269 UNIT OFFICERS President – Theresa Milligan Vice President – Roz Mathis Secretary – Marilyn Tharp Treasurer – Mary Lopez Jr. Past President – Gail Bolz Linda Cox RPSE Pat Suckow Tyler Malmgren UNIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kathy Sorenson Maggie Morrin Annie Bain Trish Chilton Gail Bolz APPOINTEES & COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMEN Chaplain – Kathy Sorenson Amer/Pat – Linda Cox Membership – Roz Mathis VAVS – Gail Bolz Sergeant-at-Arms–Tyler Malmgren Parliamentarian-Gail Bolz Welfare – Tyler Malmgren Merry Widows-Esther Ellisor Youth Activities – Vacant Unit Activities – Linda Cox and Mary Lopez Audit – RPSE Pat Suckow and Hospital – Gail Bolz and Gale Nathan Kathy Sorenson Publicity – Amanda Reid and Jackie Verheyen BRANCH OFFICERS President – Laurie Bailey Vice-President - Randy Riley Treasurer - Gerald Korinek Secretary - John Tharp Jr. Past President – Fred Bolz BRANCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS PNP Don Mucheck Tim Bailey Bill Farmer John Lookabill Dave Rein RPSE Larry Cox Cindy Bryan Elmer Feesler Bob Lopez Mike Sparks Chaplain-Bobbi Sutton Master-at-Arms-Bruce Seltzer Amer/Pat-Randy Riley Membership-Laurie Bailey By-Laws-Chuck Hines Public Relations-Bill Hunnell VAVS-PRPSE Fred Bolz PRPSE Fred Bolz Patricia Gallagher Chuck Hines Melody Phillips Bobbi Sutton Ways & Means-Cindy Bryant Historian-Mike Sparks Youth Activities-Patricia Gallagher Essay Contest-RPSE Larry Cox Parliamentarian-Chuck Hines Legislative Affairs-PRPSE Fred Bolz WEB Master- Mike Sparks LOW COUNTRY HOME, INC. 99 Wisteria Road, Goose Creek, SC (843) 569-2692 Home Chairman – Nate Nathan Bobbi Sutton - Admin Secretary Gerald Korinek - Financial Secretary RPSE Larry Cox – Vice Chairman Linda Cox – Special Events John Tharp – Membership/Sec Jim Williams – Director Dave Rein – Director Rick Sparger – Director Mary Lopez and Kathy Sorenson – Cash Audit Trustees: Darlene Hines - 1st Year nd Chuck Hines - 2 Year PNP Don Mucheck - 3rd Year Home Manager – Crystal Boyd Hours of Operation Mon-Thur 1000-2200 * Fri 1000-2400 * Sat 1000- 2000* Sun 1000 – 2000 Happy Hour – 1600 – 1900 Monday - Friday Email Addresses This newsletter will be sent by mail to all members. The next newsletter will be sent by email to all members who have email addresses on file with the FRA. Currently over 300 members do not have emails on file. You must notify the Branch at the Home on a list if you want Snail Mail copies each month. If you would like to get the newsletter by email next month please contact the Secretary at [email protected]. You may also get the newsletter from the Branch website at www.fra269.com WELCOME ABOARD SHIPMATES MADAM PREZ’S TIDBIT New, Reinstated & Transferred Members Hoke Booth Thomas Brown Mark Erwin Jerry Lepley Winfield E. Meadows, Jr. Ralph Rohrssen BRANCH MEMBERSHIP REPORT New or Reinstated Members Transferred into Low County Branch 269 Transferred to the Staff of the Supreme Commander Suspended members Members past due Transferred from Branch 269 TOTAL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING AS OF 8 APR, 2015 3 0 1 6 14 1 927 BRANCH 269 MENTORING PROGRAM The FRA Low Country Branch 269 Mentoring Program desperately needs volunteers to be mentors for new shipmates and would need to be available for the new member throughout the first year to provide answers to any questions that they might have about the FRA and Branch 269. This program does not take up a lot of time so if you want to find something to start with to get involved with the Branch, this is it! To sign up for this program, please contact Laurie Bailey at [email protected] or leave a message in the pass down log with name, e-mail and phone number if you want to provide it. BRANCH 269’s DINK LIST Past due: Maurice Brodeur, Ray Brown, Michael Carter, James Doman, Patrick Evans, Charles Gains, Robert Grabowski, Joseph Hardin, Jr., Lynn Haynes, Prayuth Komenkul, Roger Shepherd, Kamrin Singletary, Robert Sowards, Craig Wold Suspended: Caesar Acosta, Thomas Byers, Julian Czeiszperger, Gregory W. Herrod, John Middlebrooks, Mason Montgomery BRANCH TREASURER’S REPORT Operations Savings Certificate of Deposit Total Reserved for Honor Flight $ 5,382.72 $ 4,575.77 $10,057.29 $20,018.59 $ 60.00 FRA HOME TREASURER’S REPORT Building Fund $20,851.54 Savings $ 19.58 Checking $ 747.46 Credit Card Receipts $ 444.96 MERRY WIDOWS LUNCHEON The Merry Widows will meet October 13, at 11:30 a.m. at the FRA Home. Our guest speaker will be from H2U Travel Agency about plans for 2016. President Ester Ellisor UNIT 269 LUNCHEON Unit 269 will have their luncheon on October 20, at 11:30 a.m. at Olive Garden 2156 Northwoods Boulevard, North Charleston. Hope everyone had a good Labor Day. The Southeast Regional Convention went well. Received a lot of positive comments from the other Branches and Units. Wish to thank all of the Auxiliary Members who helped make it a success. Special thanks to those who did the centerpieces for the Ladies Luncheon and to the members who made and donated crafts for our craft table. RPSE Pat Suckow was reelected as President, and Mary Lopez was elected Treasure. Kathy Sorenson has been appointed as the Southeast Chaplain. Happy birthday and congrats on anniversaries for all members celebrating during October. Next Merry Widow’s Luncheon is October 13 at 11:30, at the FRA Low Country Home. Next Unit Luncheon will be October 20 at 11:30 at Olive Garden, 2156 Northwoods Boulevard, North Charleston. The Unit regularly scheduled General Assembly meeting will be October 13, at 7:00 p.m. In Loyalty, Protection and Service Theresa Milligan – President – Unit 269 BRANCH & UNIT CHAPLAINS’ PEW Deepest Sympathy is extended to the family of TMCM(SS) Robert Deschaine Who transferred to the Staff of the Supreme Commander. PRP Don Mucheck – Recovering from leg surgery Anyone knowing of any illness or death among our Shipmates or Unit members please contact: Branch Chaplain Bobbi Sutton @ 879-9473 or Unit Chaplain Kathy Sorenson @ 568-7668. UP COMING EVENTS Mark your calendar, watch for details, watch for additions. Friday nights – 1930 hrs – Scotch Doubles. Come on out and enjoy an evening of pool with friends. Wednesday nights – Trivia Plus & Karaoke with Becky (7 p.m. – 10 p.m.) October 4 - Remember When Breakfast. Men do all the cooking so the ladies can sit back and relax and enjoy a $5.00 breakfast. October 10 - The King & Friends. A Tribute to Elvis, Garth Brooks, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson & Dolly Parton. Tickets on sale for $20.00. October 17 - Octoberfest beginning at 1900 with Cotton Blue Band. Wienerschnitzel will be on the menu. October 31 - Halloween party. Prizes for best costume. Cake Walk and more Surprises. November 7 - Veteran’s Day Parade (Charleston – 1030) The Branch has a float for members to ride on. More information at the next meeting on location and time to meet to carpool to the parade. November 11 – Veteran’s Day Indoor Picnic. Bring your favorite dessert. HOME COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Hello Shipmates and Ladies, Another month in the books and we’re getting into the Holiday Season. I would like to take this moment to talk about some important things happening at the Home. First off, we have started the Wednesday Night Trivia and Karaoke contest from 7:00 till 10:00 PM. Participation looks good, but we may need more members to show up to unseat a certain player who seems determined to win every sesssion and then sing silly karaoke songs. I won’t spill any names, but you know who I’m talking about Pepper. We also have some things lined up for the Ballroom on a couple of Saturdays, including The Vegas Show on October 10th and we’ll be having Wienersnitchel in October too. And please, don’t forget our anual Halloween Party on Saturday the 31st. Till next month Shipmates & Ladies, let’s get out there and have fun. In Loyalty, Protection and Service Nat Nathan FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK [email protected] Motion: S/M Sutton, seconded by S/M T. Bailey to sponsor to purchase a FRA flag and POW/MIA flag for the flag pole in front of the FRA Home. Voice vote and carried. Motion: S/M Lookabill, seconded by S/M Farmer, to donate $150 to the Wreaths Across America for wreaths on a Veteran’s graves. Voice vote and carried. Motion: S/M Gallagher, seconded by S/M Sutton, to donate $150 to the Goose Creek Recreation for the children’s Halloween Carnival. Voice vote and carried. WEEKLY DRAWING at THE HOME Names drawn lately: 9/1 – William Farmer, signed and present; 9/8 – Robert Shober, not signed; 9/15 – Rober Shober, not signed. You must be a member of the Branch or Unit in good standing and you must be signed in the log. You can sign up until 1800 hours, the day of the drawing. The drawing is held every Tuesday night at 2030 hours. In Loyalty, Protection and Service Nat Nathan – Home Committee Chairman Branch Continuous Memberships – October, 2015 John A. Lemieux James F. McDonough Norman D. Walker Billy H. Buntin Frederick R. Koenig John M. Potter Robert L. Edmonds Rocco J. Losito Kenneth A. Wallace James M. Bolyn Robert Beilstein Gerald C. Fraser Thomas M. Veneziano Marvin A. Brigman Alan W. Dempster Wilmer C. Shirey Samuel P. Wright Robert D. Steele Johnny W. Logan David M. Morrin John C. Paul Don M. Pace Daniel C. Poling Francis S. Blaszak Oscar J. Diano 48 yrs 48 yrs 47 yrs 46 yrs 45 yrs 45 yrs 41 yrs 41 yrs 41 yrs 38 yrs 35 yrs 35 yrs 34 yrs 30 yrs 29 yrs 27 yrs 26 yrs 25 yrs 22 yrs 22 yrs 22 yrs 20 yrs 20 yrs 17 yrs 16 yrs Richard W. Malhie Gary L. Samples Betty Hilliard William D. Jenkins R. Wayne Ott Charles Rein Thomas E. Hall Sr. Jeffrey Muniz Kenneth A. Pilcher Carey D. Baxley Jr Verne Merrill Mitchell W. McCain William H. Patton Timothy Bailey Robert W. Call William D. Campbell Lawrence D. Coates Teresa J. Gray Terrell J. Heath Stephen L. Jackson Christian L. LaForce Leonard W. Monnig Glennan Reeves Robert L. Shoecraft Roberta M. Sutton Gale Nathan Elizabeth Worthy Pearl Korbish Edith Weaver Rosalie Lawrence 35 yrs 28 yrs 19 yrs 16 yrs 15 yrs Barbara Bohannan Yvonne Wallace Carolyn Rose Cynthia Young Doris Stuhr 16 yrs 16 yrs 15 yrs 15 yrs 15 yrs 15 yrs 14 yrs 14 yrs 13 yrs 12 yrs 12 yrs 11 yrs 11 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs James E. Finney James H. Gregory William M. Hunter Donald E. Kalkreuth Jr. Brian Masterson Robert J. Mastion Phillip Nunnally William C. Reed George A. Thiebaud Leroy P. Werley George E. Barton, Jr. Melvin R. Harper Donald Lozen John E. Newby Richard A. Nolan D.J. (Jack) Nyhart Brandon Pruett Guy Travaglio William Campbell Samuel J. Cosimano, Sr. David E. Suchand Edward young Roger I. Gibson Kim Hamilton Robert S. Jett 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 7 yrs 7 yrs 7 yrs 7 yrs 6 yrs 6 yrs 6 yrs James E. Nelson Gene Verch, Sr. Daniel G. Wall Darryl L. Watson Kathryn L. Abelli Wendy Holman Ken Anderson Bruce Bailey Clifton G. Carr III David C. Clemmons Salvatore Beneventano Ronnie Kerstetter Jean-Claude Davidson Jeff Elliot George F. Fuchs Robert W.J. Hoffman Peter H. Joy Frank Kappler Mark R. Tomkins Eugene N. Bovino Jr Gilbert H. Downer Susan K. Larson Stephen P. Lloyd Michael P. McGinn Burton Williams 6 yrs 6 yrs 6 yrs 6 yrs 5 yrs 5 yrs 4 yrs 4 yrs 4 yrs 4 yrs 3 yrs 3 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 1 yr 1 yr 1 yr 1 yr 1 yr 1 yr 7 yrs 4 yrs 3 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs Chun Stanfield Patricia Scoggins Kimberly Bailey Shirley Bostic Allyson McDermott 2 yrs 2 yrs 1 yr 1 yr 1 yr Unit Continuous Memberships – October, 2015 15 yrs 12 yrs 11 yrs 11 yrs 8 yrs Elsie Sexton Ann Sabo Rhonda McNally Mary Harrington Jody Oliver FRA BRANCH BY-LAWS REVIEW ARTICLE X – AWARDS/MEDALLIONS Section 1001 - Each of the elected outgoing Officers shall be presented with appropriate pins, in recognition for their services to the Branch, provided they have properly fulfilled the duties of office to which elected. Cost of pins and necessary engraving to be defrayed by the Branch. Section 1002 - Any member of the Branch who successfully completes 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 continuous years in the FRA shall be presented with the applicable pin at the Branch meeting in their anniversary month or mailed to them. Cost of the pin and mailing to be defrayed by the Branch. Any member of the Branch who successfully completes 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 and 65 continuous years in the FRA shall be presented with the applicable pin at the Branch meeting in their anniversary month. Cost of the pin to be defrayed by the Branch. Members not in atrtendance to receive 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 and 65 year pin may obtain pin from the Branch at member’s expense. Section 1003 - Any new member joining and initiated by the Branch shall receive the FRA lapel pin. Cost of pin to be defrayed by the Branch. Section 1004 - Any member of the Branch will have one year of dues paid by the Branch for each group of ten paid new or reinstated members recruited for the Branch. If new or reinstated member join under free or discount promotion, recruiters will be credited when such new or reinstated member renews. Section 1005 - Gold lapel button award, silver pendant award, and silver anchor squadron award will be awarded in accordance with Section 312, C&BL of the FRA to any member of the Branch. Cost of pin/pendant to be defrayed by the Branch. Section 1006 - The spouse of any deceased Branch member shall receive the FRA Widow’s/Widower’s Medallion. The cost of the medallion and it’s engraving to be defrayed by the Branch. Section 1007 - Americanism and Patriotism essay awards shall be in the form of “I Bonds”. There shall be up to six third place in the amount of $75, six second place in the amount of $100, five first place in the amount of $200, and one overall winner in the amount of $500. NATIONAL MAILING LIST Shipmates, if you do not want any mailings from our National Office either by regular mail or electronic mail, you can call National Headquarters and they will check the block on your profile to stop these mailings. YOU SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY IN SEPTEMBER! If you are a Branch 269 or Unit 269 member, stop by the FRA, Low Country Home on your birthday for a FREE BIRTHDAY LUNCH. It’s your choice from the lunch specials of the day. If your birthday falls on a weekend, stop by Friday or Monday. Tim Esch Brendan G. Goff Mark A. Heck Carl D. Moulden Sandra Rader William A. Roup David Adams Richard Alkire Robert S. Jett Robert Traynor Verne L. Merrill Eric P. Bourgeois Margaret Campbell Joseph B. Dick Peggy Byrd Sharon Cherry David C. Markyvech Brian J. Masterson Carl A. Farley William H. Farmer Bill B. Gussler 10/01 10/01 10/01 10/01 10/01 10/01 10/02 10/02 10/02 10/02 10/03 10/04 10/04 10/04 10/04 10/05 10/05 10/06 10/06 10/06 10/06 Dennis Pierce Amanda Reid Todd R. Baker Thomas Corbett Jody Oliver Ira Monnig Arthur P. Pittman Charles E. Walker Joseph Von Brincken Richard G. Dougherty Stephen E. Schultz Ken Anderson Thomas J. Lindberg Mark R. Chapman Charles A. Hines James Miller Maria Luisa Gulick Lonnie Kenney Bryan Kopczynski John Lookabill Brian Marrale 10/06 10/06 10/07 10/07 10/07 10/08 10/08 10/08 10/09 10/09 10/09 10/10 10/10 10/11 10/11 10/11 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/13 Barbara Muth Patrick B. Scott Louise Wells Robert A. Clements Michael P. McGinn Dwynne P. Ashline Edmund B. Collins Marvin F. Flanagan Sydney A. Nunez John J. Casner Jr. Craig S. Wold Thomas L. Skorepa Richard M. Brownell Michael D. Sutton Gene Verch J. Philip Balem Leslie Hunnell Gerald L. Korinek Doris Rash John Aguilera Jr. Conrado G. Celestial 10/13 10/13 10/13 10/14 10/14 10/15 10/15 10/15 10/15 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/17 10/17 10/17 10/18 10/18 10/18 10/18 10/19 10/19 Norris L. Nathan Maurice J. Brodeur Leonard O. Chilton Robin McKeown Lee Barkley Samuel E. Jenkins Jr. Joseph P. Wiehl Loretta Dailey Michael L. Payne Luther R. Ussery Gary L. Gander Ralph Rohrssen William E. Hall Robert E. Koscianski Lawrence D. Kramer Richard Bellemare Dennis R. Hazel PRPSE Susan Cattell Winfield E. Meadows Jr. Margaret Henshall Herbert P. Harden 10/19 10/20 10/20 10/20 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/23 10/24 10/26 10/26 10/28 10/28 10/28 10/29 10/29 10/29 10/29 10/30 10/31 Submarine Veterans All Marines FMF Corpsmen & Navy Chaplains To all Marines, FMF Corpsmen or U. S. Navy Chaplains that If you have been qualified with duty aboard Submarines and would like to join the U. S. Submarine Veterans, Charleston Base & National USSVI please contact Rick Sparger at 843-345-5595 or email at [email protected]. rd Meetings are the 2 Thursday beginning at 1900 at the Fleet Reserve Association, 99 Wisteria Road, Goose Creek, SC. Chapter 780 Vietnam Veterans Chapter 780 Anyone who served on active duty (for other than training purposes) in the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975 in the Republic of Vietnam (“incountry”), or in any duty location between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975 are eligible to join the Vietnam Veteran’s of America. The local Chapter 780 holds meetings beginning at 1800 on nd the 2 Monday of each month at the Fleet Reserve Association, 99 Wisteria Road, Goose Creek, SC. For more information contact John Tharp at 843-709-8520 or email at [email protected]. have earned the FMF Badge serving with Marines. The Marine Corps League is an opportunity for you to meet up with members that have been in the Marine Corps as Veterans, Retired, Officer or Enlisted. Meetings are the 4th Thursday, beginning at 1900 at the Fleet Reserve Association, 99 Wisteria Road, Goose Creek. Contact Gary Dobson at 843-884-5658 or email at [email protected]. Ladies Auxiliary of the FRA If you are the family member of someone who belongs to the Fleet Reserve Association you are eligible to join the Auxiliary of the FRA. rd Meetings begin at 1900 on the 3 Tuesday of each month at the Fleet Reserve Association, 99 Wisteria Road, Goose Creek, SC. For more information contact Marilyn Tharp at 843-860-5980 or email at [email protected]. WELCOME ABOARD AUXILIARY MEMBERS Kelly Hines New, Reinstated & Transferred Members Leslie M. Hunnell Janet M. Lepley UNIT 269’s DINK LIST Past due: Dean Johnson, Marlene Ray, Amanda Tulppo, Patricia Day, Richard Droze, John W. Johnson, Carol Moore, Patricia Parks, Charette Gaynell, Julia Farmer, Naomi Fortner, John Giannetto, Diane Herron, Barbara Muth, Brandy Rein Suspended: Drew Johnson, Michael Reynolds, Cameron Webber DO YOU HAVE A SEA STORY OR FIELD STORY TO TELL? Every Sailor, Marine or Coastie has a memorable event or two that they love to tell to another shipmate at the bar or dinner table and we would love to hear those stories if you wish to tell them. Please send us a story or two of your best memories and we will print them in our newsletter and read one at a monthly meeting. Write a short paragraph or two and e-mail them to [email protected] with the subject line SEA/FIELD STORY FROM (NAME). You can also mail the stories to our home address (FRA Low Country Branch 269, Attn: Laurie Bailey, 99 Wisteria Road, Goose Creek, SC 29445) or leave in the pass down log at the FRA Home in an envelope marked Attn: Laurie Bailey. These stories are history and we want to honor your memories by preserving them. SEA STORY BY SHIPMATE BILL FARMER “LIBERTY NIGHTMARES” In June 1959, my ship, USS Safeguard (ARS 25) pulled into Midway Island. About the only liberty on Midway was the EM/Acey Ducey Club. A bunch of us on the ship went there. A medium size glass of Old Granddad and water cost 15 cents. I got drunk for about 75 cents. The mode of transportation on Midway was an English bicycle. When we left the club, there was about 25-30 of them at the club. Our plan was if we rode a bicycle to the ship and threw it off the pier, no one would know we took them, so we all mounted up and rode off. I tried to “shift great” on mine and locked the rear wheel up and I went over the handle bar. It was dark and took a few minutes for me to find my wallet and get my bicycle unlocked. When I got to the pier, there had been a fight with a group of CB’s but it was over. Couldn’t have been much of a fight. They were all standing around talking when I got there. There were also two or three Seaman Guard there. Midway didn’t have shore patrol but the Seaman Guard was all petty officer’s. Not wanting to be left out, I picked one CB about 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide and tried to fight him. The Seaman Guard stopped me, thank the Lord! More Seaman Guard showed up and took all of us to the brig. We were all in a room with us on one side and the CB’s across the room. st The 1 class petty officer behind the desk ask what ship we were on. Someone replied “USS Safeguard”. He then ask st what we had for a captain. Someone replied a Lt. Cmdr. The 1 class replied we have got them all over the place, must be 2 dozen or more. I asked “Are any of them qualified to take command of a row boat?” Everybody laughed except the st 1 class behind the desk. He let my shipmates and the CB’s go and I spent the night in the brig for fighting. When I got to the ship the next morning, “my joke” was all over the ship. The captain also thought it was funny. While at Midway Island all “heads” onboard ship are secured. There was one at the head of the pier we had to use, which I did. When I came out to the “wash area” the CB I wanted to fight the night before has seen me go in and he was waiting for me. He was smiling, thank goodness. He said the day before we pulled in, the CB’s had a fight with a group of sailor’s on a destroyer. They ran them down to the ship and they all ran aboard. The CB’s were on the pier cussing the sailors and the ship - - - “Here they come!” One of them must have been a gunner’s mate. They all had a rifle, a carbine or something. They were trying to kill us, but were too drunk to shot straight. We were jumping into the water, a dumpster, anywhere to get away. Bullets were flying everywhere for a minute before a few man on the ship stopped them. He said the destroyer got underway the morning we pulled in and when they saw us at the club they thought we were the other sailors and were waiting for us. I went to captain’s mast for this on the day before arriving at Pearl Harbor and got one day’s restriction. I had duty the day we arrived, the captain probably knew it. Nothing was never said about stealing the bicycles. TH HAPPY 240 BIRTHDAY U.S. NAVY October 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 Friday 2 1900-Sub Vets Board Mtg Saturday 3 2000 Karaoke with Red Farley 4 Remember When Breakfast 0900-1130 Free pool 1000 – 2000 5 11 12 1000 – 2000 Free pool 6 7 Wing Night VVA Meeting 1800 Home Committee 1900 18 1000 – 2000 Free pool 19 25 1000 – 2000 free pool 26 13 Wing Night Merry Widows Luncheon 11:30 FRA Home 1830 UNIT BOD 1900 UNIT Gen. Assembly Mtg. 20 Wing Night Unit Lunch (11:30) Olive Garden, North Charleston 27 Sojourners 1830 WING Night RVPSE Chuck Hines being sworn in by National Vice President Virgil Courneya. 8 Trivia Plus Karaoke Night w/Becky 1900 – 2200 Pizza Night 14 Trivia Plus Karaoke Night w/Becky 1900 – 2200 Pizza Night 15 21 Trivia Plus Karaoke Night w/Becky 1900 – 2200 Pizza Night 28 Trivia Plus Karaoke Night w/Becky 1900 – 2200 Pizza Night 22 10 9 1900 Sub Vets Meeting BRANCH BOD 1800 BRANCH Gen. Assembly Mtg. 1900 Marine Corps League Meeting 1900 29 Auxiliary RPSE Pat Suckow (elected for another term) and RPSE Dave Davis 2000 Karaoke with Red Farley 16 2000 Karaoke with Red Farley The King & Friends Vegas Show Band Tickets $20.00 7:00 pm 17 7:00 p.m Octoberfest Weinerschnitzel Night with Cotton Blue Band 23 24 2000 Karaoke with Red Farley 30 2000 Karaoke with Red Farley 31 6:30 p.m. Halloween Party Wear your costume Shipmate RPSE Larry Cox presiding over his last meeting as the SE President at the Southeast Convention Low Country Scuttlebutt Vol. 18, No. 9, October, 2015 202 Towhee Drive Summerville, SC 29485 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED WE’VE GONE GREEN!!!! NEWSLETTERS ARE ONLY MAILED IN APRIL & OCTOBER UNLESS YOU REQUEST YEAR ROUND MAILING Shipmates AND auxiliary members, If you WISH or MUST have the monthly newsletter by “snail mail” you MUST request it. The Branch has voted to cut printing and mailing expenses. Our monthly newsletter is available online at www.fra269.org. If you don’t own a computer, you obviously cannot see the newsletter online. To receive it via “snail mail”, you MUST submit IN WRITING your request to have it mailed. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board at The Home or mail your request to the Branch Secretary