USS WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

1 June 2007

Sickbay

Received a note from George Matthai as follows:

Dom, I just received word that one of our shipmates is having medical problems. His name is Captain Francis "Skip" Crawford he served 1952-1954, he was a LTJG then and was in quite a few divisions. His daughter informs me he has had a heart attack and developed a Staph infection in his leg due to Diabetis (Discoverd while in Hospital) which that would not heal and they had to amputate his leg. I'm not sure how much detail I should put in the deck log so I am writing to you so you could put in the proper thing. I'm sure he would appreciate a card or letter from his shipmates. He also has a website about his life and the Wisconsin. it is

www.sailorstale.homestead.com

George Matthai "E" division 1953-55

Will furnish address for Skip upon request.

Skip, our prayers are with you.

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Good News:

Hello everyone,

Cal had his appointment today.  He is "stable".

 Labs were better than last time.  His CT scan was good.  There are no new growths and what is there has been stable.  His right lung has remained stable at this point also.

 It's hard to believe, but it has been a whole year since Cal had his last treatment.  

 Thank you all for your continued prayers.

Brenda Miller

Cal Miller, HN, H Div. 1988-1990

Brenda, we are so happy to hear the Good News!!

Email/Pictures Updates

NEW MEMBER
Bennett, James	SHSN Supply	1987-1991
PENDING APPLICATION
Krajek, James	PNSA Personnel	1987-1989
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Zentmyer, Paul	OS1 OI	1988-1990

The Bermuda Cruise page has now been added. There are 138 pictures. I want to thank Bob Simpson, Don Coveleski and Mike Rigdon for their contributions. I had to sort through 1000+ pictures to come up with the 138 that have been posted. If you find any errors in my captions, names, etc. please let me know.

In Memoriam

Bill Lewis informed us of the following:

Culbertson, Gary, PFC Marine 1955-1957 Date of Death 1998?

Misc

We have had to remove 58 members from our Members Roster for non-payment of dues.

1940- 19

1950- 22

1980- 17

We really can’t afford to lose any members. Please, if you have not paid your dues, please contact me and we can work it out.

I have been getting about 300 SP*AM on a daily basis in our DeckLog. That’s the reason you can’t see your entry immediately. I scan through it daily, dump the garbage, then answer your entry in a day or two. It’s getting to be a hassle deleting them.

I have added an extra line below the comment box. You need to enter the numbers and letters shown. This may work for a while, we’ll see.

The Sp*ammers are entering their garbage via a robot system. Hopefully this deters them.

Stay tuned.