4 March 2011
NEWSLETTER

 

 CALENDARS

If you are looking for additional 16 month calendars,
you can purchase these calendars for $6.00, including postage.
Checks or money orders need to be made payable to the USS Wisconsin Association
 and mailed to, PO BOX 227 Marion, MS  3942.  

    This offer is available to non members also.

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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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I have decided that after two plus years, it was time to stop listing the ships
movement from my personal log. I hope it brought back some good memories.
Dom
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APRIL BADGER DEADLINE

 "The deadline is March 11, 2011 for your articles in the April 2011 Badger.  Your articles are wanted, needed and appreciated.  Send them by email to mcpressgraphics@gmail.com or by regular mail to Carol Sippel, McPress Graphics, 4500 Virginia Ave., St. Louis, MO 63111.  Thanks!"

 Carol

SICKBAY
We have been informed that Ray Berube, 1951-1955 FA / EX Divisions, has had a real tough year or two, but is gaining strength. His wife Elaine, has asked us to please keep Ray and his family in our prayers.
Shipmate Ray, I missed seeing you at our last reunion. Hope to see you and your lovely wife at our 2012 reunion in Norfolk, VA,

Nautical Terms and Phrases - Their Meaning and Origin

Fathom
Fathom was originally a land measuring term derived from the Ango-Saxon word "faetm" meaning to embrace. In those days, most measurements were based on average size of parts of the body, such as the hand (horses are still measured this way) or the foot (that's why 12 inches are so named). A fathom is the average distance from fingertip to fingertip of the outstretched arms of a man &emdash; about six feet. Since a man stretches out his arms to embrace his sweetheart, Britain's Parliament declared that distance be called a "fathom" and it be a unit of measure. A fathom remains six feet. The word was also used to describe taking the measure or "to fathom" something. Today, of course, when one is trying to figure something out, they are trying to "fathom" it. Even today, in our nuclear Navy, Sailors can be seen "guess-timating" the length of line by using the Anglo-Saxon fingertip method.

 

 

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