The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1988 Page: 12 of 27
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The reunion was held at the Red
Lion Inn in Costa Mesa, California.
April 5, 6 and 7. After checking in to
the hotel, a meeting was held in the
hospitality room for the crew mem-
bers. This meeting was filled with
emotion as these men reminisced
about their experiences on board the
Calhoun. The oldest member at the
reunion was 76 and the youngest was
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Wednesday, April 6, the group
boarded a chartered bus for the
naval station at Long Beach, Califor-
nia. On their arrival at the Naval
Station, they were greeted and
escorted aboard the USS Antietam
(CG54). Officers greeted the survi-
vors and their families.
The memorial service was held on
the helicopter landing deck on the
ship. Chaplain Carles R. Eis conduc-
ted the service with prayer, songs,
scripture reading, after which the
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The sale area will be located behind
the Arts and Crafts building under
the live oak trees.
A fee of $5 per day will be charged.
One will need to provide his or her
own table and chair. Trash disposals
will be available. Make plans to visit
the event.
LUBE•OILCNANGE
STATE INSPEcTONS
NEW AND USED TIRES
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the sinking of the USS Calhoun got together fee a reuniop. Another Is planned
for next year in Seattle, Washington.
Howard Moore, Ermeet Ameral, F.F. Ayers, Carl Spurlock, Stott
Vinaem nd Richard G. Van Horn.
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13 and Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m.
until noon and will continue each
Friday and Saturday through the
growing season. .
KERRVILLE — The Kerr County
4-H Horse Club is sponsoring a
Lester Meier Youth Rodeo, Satur-
day, April 30. Peewees and juniors
will perform beginning at 2 p.m. and
seniors at 7 p.m. The event will be
held in the 4-H Horse Arena on
Highway 27 in Kerrville.
Prizes include belt buckles for first
and second places in each age group
and ribbons for places three through
six. All-around prizes of $100, for
seniors, $50 for juniors and $25 for
peewees will be given to each boy
and girl in each age group. To
qualify, they must enter a minimum
of three events. Entry fees can be
obtained by calling 512/997-4558.
Pointed Info
The spines of many cactuses, such
as the hedgehog variety, help the
plants shade themselves. According
to International Wildlife magazine,
most cactuses have very thick skin
that helps keep life-giving water
inside. But this tick skin also means
the plants have a hard time keeping
cool, that's where the spines come
in.
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Zeke smashed into the port side of
the ship and his bomb exploded in
the after fireroom with a tremendous
blast.
Calhoun’s men scrambled to put
out the fires as gunners continued
the defense, but three minutes later,
two more Vais and a Zeke attacked.
Calhoun got one. Bush got another,
but the third smashed into Calhoun’s
forward fireroom. The bomb ex-
ploded, breaking the Calhoun’s keel
and the USS Calhoun was now also
dead in the water.
Charlie Scott survived all of this and
was standing on the fantail when a.
Navy landing craft pulled along side
to take on survivors. The signal was
given to abandon ship. The rescue
• ried the story of the USS Calhoun
reunion. It recorded the pleasure of
crew members getting together after
fm so many years; the shock of greeting
A a friend they had believed to have
EP been dead — but most of all to share
■ the companionship, retell the stories
AS of their exploits and for a short time,
3% to be back together again.
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SECTION B
Thursday, April 28,1968
The Kingsland House of Arts and
Crafts will present a “Great Garde-
ners" event for those wishing to sell
produce, plants, and/or vegetables.
The event will begin on Friday, May
The USS Bush lay dead in the water E
and was smoking badly. Charlie’s E
job was to direct the firing of two 40 |
millimeter cannons aft of the No. 2
smokestack and near the fantail of
the ship. A Japanese Zero (called
Zeke by the crew) peeled off in the
direction of the USS Calhoun to make A
a strafing run. The report reads — 217
“Calhoun’s concentrated batteries
junked him.” Four minutes later, (V
two more Zekes attacked along with \
a Val (a fighter bomber carrying a \V
Don’t forget to sign the petition for
bus service that can be found at the
Senior Center and businesses in
Kingsland. If you would like a
petition placed in your business, call
the chamber office at 388-6211.
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Charlie saw of the USS Calhoun was
another US Navy destroyer “holing”
the USS Calhoun and watching it
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By Sarahbelle Parker
Our farmers market plans are
getting in high gear. The committee
is calling this “Great Gardeners" so
watch for the flyers and posters. This
will be every Friday and Saturday
mornings from 8 a.m. until noon,
beginning May 13-14. You may get
any information you want from one
of the committee members: Sonia
Arvin 512/598-8932. Jean Everett
512/598-8588 or Deanie Nunley,
915/388-4420. All you wonderful
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Highland Lakes Senior Center,
hosted three guest speakers at a
meeting eApril 19. District Attorney
Sam Oatman of Llano spoke on the
“Protection of the Elders,” a subject
of vital interest to members of the
center.
Georgiana Erna Noland gave a
report on the services she offers. She
to employed with the Department of
Human Resources with an office in
Burnet.
Morris Clark of Clark’s Travel
Service in Austin spoke on the
subject of getting bus service for the
Highland Lakes area. Work is in
progress toward this and petitions
are available at the Senior Center
have a man on the place helped
keep thieves from taking the Widow
Wolfs cattle.
In honor of Confederate Hero’s
Day. the UDC placed Confederate
flags on the graves of Thomas
Standifer. William J. Standifer.
William O’Hair, and William E. ,
Sims, also buried in the Dobyville
Cemtery, along with the other
approximately 135 Confederate vet-
erans buried in Burnet County —
Edna Cheatham, reporter.
are the antibodies
color guard was presented. Admiral
Higginson welcomed the group
aboard and spoke in admiration of
the men who had fought and died in
the wars to help keep this country
free.
Next was Captain "Swede” Jernon
of the Calhoun. This part of the
service is called the "Tolling of the
Bells." As Captain Jenson read the
names of the men who were killed in
combat, also those who have since
died, the ship’s bells were rung. Out
of a crew of 327 enlisted men and
officers, 199 are known to have died.
After the benediction, the colors
were retired. The group was given a
tour of the ship.
On Thursday, April 7, the group
took the bus to New Port Beach for a
cruise in New Port Beach harbour.
The crewman piped Captain Jenson
aboard a 60-foot, two-masted schoo-
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Now that the 1968 Bluebonnet
Festival to behind us, our attention
has turned to the Aqua-Boom
Fesitval to be held July 2, 3 and 4.
Neal and Belle Norris are working
diligently to get things in order for
this event.
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ner, “The Spike Africa.” The cruise
was enlivened by a round of
champagne, with toasts being made
to the lost crew members and one to
the remaining crew and their fami-
lies.
Friday, the 8th was check-out
time, and many tearful goodbyes.
“The next reunion will include a
lot more of the survivors,” Charlie
said. “Many of them just couldn’t
make it to California because they
had attended a reunion for other
ship’s crews they had also served. I
am looking forward to the Seattle
reunion.”
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PROTOCOL — Reliving the tradidlon at the past, the ragtato is piped aboard
not the USS Cn"—. on which they shared duties during World War II, but
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and several business establishments The chamber would like to thank
in Kingsland. Anyone wanting to see Scoutmaster John Beal and Scouts
this type of service will want to sign Cari and Norman Thomas, and Brian
one of the petitions. Robinson of Boy Scout Troup 303 for
Don’t forget birthday Friday at the helping with the highway clean-up
center, April 29 at noon. Bring a last Saturday morning. — Odell
covered dish and join the fun. Wilkes, reporter.
people with these beautiful gardens sheriff of Burnet County in 1884 and
— this is a good place to sell some of was killed in the line of duty on May
your handy work. Booth space will be 12, 1892. Thomas Springs Wolf
$5 per day. Come and join us. served as a private in the Confeder-
One of our new members. Ellen ate army, having enlisted January
Trout, is in St. Davids Hospital, 29, 1864, at the age of 17. He served
Austin, for surgery. We hope she is only 31 days and his commanding
home and feeling better soon. Rue officer was Captain G.C. Bettie.
Holders’ husband, Glen, lost his Wolf married Arinda Standifer of
mother recently. Our sympathy to Bastrop, the daughter of James W.
them. Standifer, on December 15, 1875. To
We are now proud owners of a this union, three children were born:
much larger desk in our club home. Leila, T.S. and Sallie Leta, Betty
Lenora Terrell sold a glass display Joe’s mother. Thomas Springs Wolf
case for $50 and gave the money to was killed in a handdug well October
the club to use for something. This is 7, 1879. He had gone down into the
what we purchased the desk with, well to see if there was enough water
Our thanks to her for this gift. Also for the men to quit digging. He left
we want to thank Carl Ricketson for his widow with three babies to raise
letting us have the desk at that price out in the wilderness on their ranch,
as he was asking more, but said for west of Dobyville. The widow raised
our club, he would come down, the children with the help of a black
Thanks to both. friend. Lady Ann. Later her father.
May 11 at 1:30 is our business after his wife died, came to live with
meeting, and May 25 is our picnic, her. Even though he was old and
Be sure to put these dates down. could only sit by the fireplace, to
On Sunday, April 24, in celebra-
tion of Confederate Hero’s Day,
members of the Adam R. Johnson
Chapter 2498 of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy held a
special memorial service at Dobyville
Cemetery. The service was in
memory of member Betty Jo Kleen’s
grandfather Thomas Springs Wolf
who is buried at Dobyville.
Thomas Springs Wolf was born in
Warren County, Tennessee, August
12,1845. to Jacob Wolf and Adeline
Faulkner, who were farmers. Jacob
Wolf, his wife, and seven children
came to Rusk County, Texas, in
1850, where two more children were
born. The family later moved to
Burnet County. One son, George C.
Wolf became sheriff of Lampasas
County, November 7, 1882. Another
son, John W. Wolf was elected
"That had to be done,” Charlie
said. "We didn’t want the Japanese
to know how much success they
might have had.”
Survivors of a sunken ship got 30
days survival leave and so Charlie
was on a troop transport heading
home. He never had to go back, for
in a few short months the war had
ended, but the memories never did.
Forty-three years later. Captain
William Jenson decided he wanted
to hold a reunion of the crew
members who survived the ordeal.
He searched Naval records, put ads
in newspapers and magazines and
did everything he could to find the
survivors of the USS Calhoun.
Carolyn Scott, who married Char-
les after the war, picks up the story
from here. The wives were invited
and 18 of the original 327 crewmem-
bers gathered at Costa Mesa,
California. She writes:
Editor’s note: Charlie Scott, who
lives in Greenwood Acres, on the
west shore of Lake Buchanan,
recently had the opportunity to travel
to Costa Mesa, California, to visit
with his shipmates who survived the
sinking of the USS Calhoun near the
end of the war with Japan in the
South Pacific. After 43 years.
Captain William Jensen decided it
wss time for a reunion. A search was
made for all of the survivors and the
following is Charlie and his wife
Carolyn's rememberance of the
event. — FT.
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By Fred Taylor
The day was April 6, 1945. The
destroyer, the USS Calhoun, the
second ship to bear that name, was
on “picket duty” around a South
Pacific Island near Okinowa. With
327 men aboard, the USS Calhoun
was one of several ships surrounding
the island. It was to be a day that
Charlie Scott and his shipmates
would never forget.
World War II was fast coming to a
dose. The Japanese, seeing their
power and authority being destroyed
by the leap-frogging of American
forces, turned to desperation kauri
kaze attacks against the advancing
American forces.
“We were on picket duty,” Charite
said as he recalled that fateful day
when two-thirds of his shipmates
would die. “The airplanes overhead
were swarming around us like flies.
The USS Bush, another destroyer on
the picket line, had been hit and we
were moving in to assist in the
rescue.”
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1988, newspaper, April 28, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585903/m1/12/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.