09 January 2009

NEWSLETTER
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 Elected officers for 2009-2010 are as follows;

PRESIDENT   TOM BRADSHAW    VICE PRESIDENT   BILL RIDINGS
   TREASURER   JOHN FOX         SECRETARY   DICK HAMANN

RANZY WESTON WAS SELECTED AS 2ND VICE PRESIDENT                                              

Our 2010 reunion will be held in, OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN.

Additional information will follow at a later date.   City of Oconomowoc Home Page        ______________________________________________________________________

REMINDER
If you have not paid your dues, the “M” (for member) next to your name on the website membership roster list has been removed. You will have to submit another application in order to reinstate the “M” indicator. If you believe this was done in error, please contact LaDonna Bradshaw, bb64members@aol.com 
Membership Application

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Please keep your email address up to date with LaDonna even if you don’t want it posted online.
  Please contact LaDonna Bradshaw, bb64members@aol.com. Or (601) 693-4614
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FROM MY PERSONAL LOG

On This Day, January 2nd

1953   Portsmouth, Virginia December 23, 1952 to February 11, 1953

1954   Sasebo, Japan from January 6, 1954 to January 14, 1954

1955   Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 7, 1955 to January 14, 1955

1956   Bayonne, NJ. December 9, 1955 to January 10, 1956

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EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE

Percy Sussex

QM2              Q                           Division

1951-1955

Phil Vierela

BT2               B                           Division

1956-1958

Charles Van Tornhout

EMP3            E                           Division

1946-1947

 

 

 

IN MEMORIAM

MEMBER                                                                                                           DATE OF DEATH

William (Bill) Walther

PFC    Marine Detachment     1945-1947

01/05/2009

 

 

 

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

 

DATE OF DEATH

Donald McGeary

 

12/27/2008

 

 

 


A MESSAGE FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

If your label reads “THIS IS YOUR LAST BADGER”, it means that your membership expires before the next issue of the Badger
  Since not all memberships expire in December, please look at your membership card to determine your membership expiration date.  Since we used bulk mail for the December Badger to save money on postage, every issue has a dues envelope.  So please check your label since some members pay their dues up to 3 years at a time.

The new bylaws state that any member whose dues are more than 30 days past due will be removed from the roster so please mail your dues today.  If you are an active duty member, you need to confirm your mailing address and active duty status with me so that you can receive your new membership card.  Last year several Badgers were returned to me because several active duty members either retired and moved or got orders and failed to notify me of the change.

If you do not notify me or leave a forwarding address with the post office, your Badger will be returned to me as undeliverable and you will be removed from the mailing list since we cannot keep sending mail out that is returned.

Any question contact   bb64members@aol.com

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2009-2010 CALENDAR’S

We did not produce a calendar for this time period.
Perhaps we can resume in the future.

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  USS WISCONSIN 10TH BI-ANNUAL CRUISE
Even though we will have a short article on our next cruise in the Badger, I thought I might remind members that deadlines for signing up are getting closer.  Our cruise on Carnival Glory will sail from Port Canaveral on the 25th of April.  It is a 7 night cruise with port calls at Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten.  Cruise prices range from$370 per person for an inside cabin (no windows) to $500 per person for a cabin with a picture window and $670 per person for a cabin with a balcony.    Port taxes and Federal Fees are extra.  We want to remind all hands that this cruise has been designated "The Lil Menta Memorial Cruise "in honor of the tremendous amount of work that she did for our association.  All funds earned from this cruise will be donated to the Association in Lil's Memory.
If you have any questions, e-mail Dick Hamann at dickbb64@aol.com  or call him at 804-265-5417

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N O T I C E

The email address for Dominic Menta is dombb64@ptd.net  
 Please delete
dom@usswisconsin.org  from your address book.

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PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PRAYERS,
OUR SICK AND DEPARTED SHIPMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS