New! 23 August 2004 - - - Newsletter III

USS HULL (DD-945) ASSOCIATION
c/o JOHN J. McKECHNIE
540 ALAMEDA BLVD CORONADO, CA 92118
945HULL@SAN.RR.COM

Welcome to the third newsletter for the USS HULL DD945 ASSOCIATION.

Hulls

Shipmates,

Here are a few items of business as we fast approach our FIRST USS HULL DD-945 REUNION:

ATTENDANCE --- we now have 62 shipmates who have sent in their $20 registration fee and 10 spouses who will be attending our FIRST EVER REUNION. With the fee paid a reunion badge will be issued at our Registration Desk, which will admit you to our Hospitality Suite and to the Suite of the USS HULL DD-350 (at the Queens). Attendee list is below.
LUNCHEON - MEETING --- 1100 WEDNESDAY 9/15---$19.00---We have outgrown our Hospitality Suite as the site for our 1^st business meeting. Arrangements have been made to hold the meeting in conjunction with a buffet lunch. Since there is no free lunch and no treasury we need to cover the cost of our Luncheon meeting. Send to me THE $19.00 now or at least tell me you will attend - 945HULL@SAN.RR.COM - and see me at check-in. I NEED A HEAD COUNT AND THE HOTEL WANTS PAYMENT. (I know Las Vegas has $5.00 buffets but that is not the going rate for private meeting room lunches - I did my best.)
REGISTRATION FEE --- The fee covers the costs printing, mailing, and setting up the reunion with a program booklet containing HULL history, an original poem by shipmate Dave Henkle, the entire data base of shipmates names, addresses, telephone and email addresses and the Hospitality Suite refreshments. We estimated that we might have 15 attendees, but here we are with 62 plus spouses - wow!
ORGANIZATION --- If we are going to become a Reunion group (USS HULL ASSOCIATION) and if we decide we are going to hold periodic Reunions we need an organization. We will then need nominations for a slate of officers'-Nominate yourself - it's OK. We need a President, 2 Vice Presidents, and a Secretary. We will need to make decisions on when, where and who will hold the next Reunion. Do we charge dues? How much? And, whatever else you think is important to our success. Give it some thought.
MEMORIAL--- Do we have a Chaplain among us? We should hold a Memorial service for our departed shipmates. If you know of any shipmates that have passed on - Please send me the names.
DON'T FORGET --- Bring your pictures, Cruise books and memories.
GUEST BOOK --- Any shipmate that would like to send a greeting to the Reunion attendees - send me the note and I will publish.

John McKechnie & George Tomek.
USS HULL (DD-945) ASSOCIATION
c/o John J. McKECHNIE
540 ALAMEDA BLVD
CORONADO, CA 92118
(619) 435-3978 OR (405) 348-0455
HULLDD945@YAHOO.COM

PAID ATTENDEE LIST AS OF 22 AUGUST 2004

This is the name we will put on the Name Badges
Please send me any corrections.

$ Fee	Hotel	Rank/Rate	First Name	Last Name	City	State	Start
x	YES	Tug Crew	Gene	Anstett
20		BT3	Terry	Barentsen	Salem	AR	10/59--07/63
NO	YES	UNK	UNK	Bates
x	n/a	RMC	Lester	Benafield	Henderson	AZ
20	ok	EWCS/RD1	Dominic	Bisesi	Las Vegas	NV	1966 - 1967
20	YES	BMC	Gerald D.Jerry	Boehm	Bloomfield	IN
20		FTG 2	Steven	Bradow	Watertown	MN	1971-75
20	ok	FTG 2	Ken	Breen	Blue Earth	MN	6/62-5/65
?	not yet	BT 2	Evan	Caffrey	New Orleans	LA	6/79-4/83
40	YES	LTJG, SC	Tom	Christensen	Ramona	CA	1960 - 1962
	YES		Colleen	Christensen
20	YES	QM 2	Billy	Clair	Vista	CA
20	YES	GMG 2	Carl	Decker	Chester	IL	1960 - 1964
NO	YES	UNK	UNK	DILLARD
20	YES	SM 2	Nick L.	Dimel	San Gabriel	CA	10/59-10/62
60		FTG 1	Rick	Dorsha	San Diego	CA	5/65-12/68
			Diana	Dorsha
			GUEST	Dorsha
	YES	SN	Mark B.	Dougherty	Lakeside	CA	1970-1972
	YES		Marilyn	Dougherty
20		FT 2	David	Draper	Glendate	AZ	1958 - 1960
20	YES	SK 1	Richard	Dunaway	South Pasadena
x	YES	GM 2	Jim	Ericson	Tustin	CA	1958 - 1962
20	YES	SN	Mark	Felton	Reynoldsburg	OH	12/80-7/83
20	YES	CO/CDR	George T.	Flanagan	Covington	LA	5/77-8/79
40	YES	BMCS	Harve	Fortin	Chula Vista	CA
	YES		Betty	Fortin
x +	YES	MM 1	Michael	Gallegos	Rio	NM	01/78 - 05/79
20	YES	MM 2	Martin	Givins	Lakewood	WA	1983
20	YES	BTFN	Mark	Hammonds	Prairieville	LA	2/74-4/78
x	YES	SO 2	Bill	Hatch
20 +	confirmed	GMG 3	David	Hathcoat	Arkadelphia	AR	1962-1965
40	Other	ET 1	David L.	Henkel	Escondido	CA	11/74-7/77
	Other		Helen	Henkel
x	7/30 email	MM 3		Holloway
20	YES	LT	Ken	Holtel	Alexandria	VA	1/61-5/64
20	YES	BT 1	Aubrey S.	Horton	Chattanooga	TN	1960-62
20		BM 3	Gary	John	Hemet	CA	1958-59
20		ETR 2	Chuck	Johnson	Placerville	CA	12/59-7/62
x	na		Gary	Line
20	YES	LT, SC	John	McKechnie	Coronado	CA	10/64-10/66
20	YES	SK 2	David	Meisenheimer	Mukwonago	WI	1/61 - 8/63
20	YES	LTJG, SC	Robert	Modell	Northridge	CA	22439
x	YES	ET 3	Fred	Moya	Hemet	CA	1964-67
20	YES	BM 3	Jack	Mueller	West Allis	WI	81-83
?	YES	LT, SC	Art	O'Connell	Siasconset	MA	1-Aug-60
20	YES	DK 3	Carl	Olsen	Deming	NM	4/58-2/61
20+	LUXOR	SO 2	Jim	Parsons	Corona	CA	69
20	YES	GMG 2	Albert	Paul	Pensacola	FL	1959-63
x	YES	LTJG	Jim	Prochaska	College Station	TX
20	YES		Dennis	Reese	Cleveland	OH	24442
20	YES	FT 1	George	Richards	Ojai	CA	1958-60
20	YES		John	Rucki	Vermillion	OH	1971-74
20	ORLEANS	BT 2	Bill	Rudolph	El Cajon	CA
20	YES	EN 3	Ted	Snyder	Gilbert	AZ	1972 - 1975
40	YES	YN 3	Frank	Solosky	Leesburg	VA	7/63-11/65
	YES		Regina	Solosky
20+		CDR	Rex	Tallent	Temecula	CA	64-65
			Ann	Tallent		v
20	YES	BT 3	David L.	Tate	Dade	FL <

New! 23 August 2004 - - - Newsletter III

Shipmates,

PAID ATTENDEE LIST AS OF 22 AUGUST 2004

This is the name we will put on the Name Badges Please send me any corrections.

This is the name we will put on the Name Badges
Please send me any corrections.