The official publication of the
7th Bomb Wing B-36 Association

XXIII NO. 2     MAY 2002

Email address: b36asn7bw@aol.com Web site: www.7bwb-36assn.org

MINI REUNION 2002

Mini Reunion 2002 is history. And it was a great chapter. Your Officers and members of the Board finally did something right, they decided to have a reunion EVERY year. This one went off without a hitch and it was great to see all the old ones again. Too bad that some of you did not take advantage of this quickie. Some of you are so old that it’s the only kind you’ll ever get.

We did some things different this time. There were no extra curricular activities, such as bus tours, ladies’& men’s lunches, table wine and freebies (except for two barrels of beer at each happy hours before the welcome dinner and the banquet.) As we noted on the reservation form, all meals for member and spouse (or one guest) were half price. This amounted to a subsidy (freebie) of about 20 bucks per person and now each could go out and buy a freebie of their choice (my wife still hasn’t given me my $20 rebate).

We plan to do the half-price bit at all future reunions until the treasury runs dry. BUGS WARNER, our treasurer, says we can probably keep this up for the next 4-5 reunions. Let’s all get together and pull a fast one on BUGS. Only about 300 came to the MINI and usually we have about 400 at the reunions. Next time lets really try to make it to this gala event and make BUGS run out of money sooner than he said. (He just hates it when somebody says he goofed. Actually, we never said he goofed, we just said he was goofy).

I guess it is only proper that we give credit to those who made this affair work. TOM REDWINE and DICK GEORGE did a great job setting up the schedules and talking the hotel out of lots of comps, like coffee and donuts. BEN WHITAKER created a miracle when poor old DICK decided to visit a local hospital and somebody had to sneak into his computer and pull out all the attendance info. (We all missed DICK who couldn’t make it to the reunion but he is giving it his best shot to make it to the next one and we are all praying for his complete recovery, so the rest of us don’t have to do all that work). WARREN ARTHUR did a bang-up job on table reservations for the banquet. For the first time, everybody had a reserved seat and NOBODY came in and sat in it! GLENN LOVEALL and his harem were outstanding in their registration efforts. They weren’t just a bunch of pretty faces!! All except GLENN, that is. AL LEFERINK did his usual bit for the golfers even though it was a very windy day. But wind and AL are usually together. BILL MINELLI came up with another great memorial service. But then, he better come up with a good one because it will take a lot to save the bunch in this outfit. Finally, your Editor, GEORGE SAVAGE, gave his usual performance of standing around trying to look important.

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(I’ve got enough money saved for the rest of my life unless I want to buy something)

BUGS WARNER tells me that he hasn’t finished figuring out what our financial status is what with all the rucus at Reunion 2002 but his financial report isn’t due until the next board meeting which is in July. Nevertheless, he says we have a bit over $29,000 still in our kitty even though we spent over $6,500 more than we took in for the reunion. So much for all those who took advantage of half-price dinners.

DICK GEORGE says that his books are in a mess because so many people gave him a check for reunion goodies AND dues, all in one sum. Then, since he wasn’t able to spend time at the reunion but in a hospital, his stand-in for taking last minute payments, one GEORGE SAVAGE, really messed things up and he doesn’t know who paid what for what. Anyway, if the number 2001 is on your address label, it means you owe dues for 2002 and this is the last SCANNER you’re gonna get.. Now if you already paid for 2002 and the problem is because somebody (GS?) messed up, DICK says to send in a notarized statement that you have paid along with a copy of your returned check or receipt and he will give you credit. Otherwise, just give him a note, email or phone call and tell him you already paid and he will get you up to date.

"Earth to earth and dust to dust," Calmly now the words we say.
Left behind, we wait in trust, For the resurrection day.
Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servant sleeping.

CMS GORDON L ALLEN
LOUISE, wife of LTC WILLIAM A ANDERSON
C0L BOBBIE JOE CAVNAR
SGT ALLAN E HALE
BETTY widow of COL ROBERT W JOHNSON
ANNA wife of CMS TILLMAN N KAUFMAN
SSG ANDREW A MACASEVICH
MAJ JOSEPH J MURTAUGH
LTC KENNETH W PRIEN
LTC JOHN B SHAW
CMS THELSTON L STEELE
DON WILSON

EXPECT THE BEST, THAT’S ALL WE HAVE AROUND HERE.

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