Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol., No., Ed. 1, September 1989 Page: 18 of 38
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Page 18 HELLCAT NEWS September 1989
"Bud" and Toby Kalish (A/92) at a grand gathering of
fine people.
"Something funny. Who were
the gunner and loader who
always had to put the camou-
flage net over the tank when
we stopped for the night? Guess
where in Texas there were only
two places by the tank where
you could sleep and not be on
rocks? Guess which tank ser-
geant and driver grabbed those
two places while some one else
was working? Guess who never
unrolled their bed rolls when it
got dark? They just sat on them
and started talking loudly
about six foot rattle snakes and
those hairy tarantula spiders
that lived in the ground and
had trap doors that they would
open and crawl out of. Guess
who decided it might be a good
idea to sleep on the tank that
night, without camouflage net
for snakes and hairy spiders to
crawl up on? Any idea who
finally unrolled their bedrolls
and got a good nights sleep on
the only spot in Texas? Don't
you dare tell Pony! The gunner
and loader didn't know that the
sarge and driver would climb
the wall if someone threw a
string over their shoulders and
hollered: 'Snake'."
F Company: "Buttsy" Mos-
ser (From a news article for-
warded by Mel Farrand (B/
493): "Let "Buttsy" Mosser,
W3206 Highway C use his im-
agination and he'll keep him-
self busy with a variety of pro-
jects. His current project is
hunting down metal or wooden
frames from lawn chairs and
transforming them into a
woven and macrame design
anyone would be pleased to set
on their porch or deck.
Each chair takes five to seven
hours to complete depending on
the difficulty of the pattern. An
average size chair uses at least
200 yards of macrame cord.
Much of Mosser's cord comes
from out of state. He says it's
difficult to find cord in this
area and when you do its quite
expensive. During the winter
months when Mosser and his
wife are out traveling in their
fifth wheeler through southern
and western U. S., "Buttsy"
usually manages to pick up
several cases of macrame cord
at a much better price.
Mosser uses the leftover cord
on a reel to make children's
chairs, footstools and tables.
On his trip to Arizona and
California this year, Mosser
plans to do further study on
chairmaking. 'I've been doing
this since I retired three years
ago, but there're lots of designs
and patterns I'd like to learn
yet.'
Mosser first became interest-
ed in the macrame craft when
he went to a class with his wife,
Evelyn. "Buttsy" tells the story,
'I went to church with my wife
once and came home married
to her. I went to dance class
with her in Hawaii because she
wanted to learn hula. I came
home a hula dancer. I went to
a macrame class with Evie in
Port Richey, Florida 'cuz she
was interested in the craft and
now I'm macraming chairs.'
Quite a craftsman, "Buttsy"
also gets his hands into other
projects like making lights from
wheel hubs and fold down pic-
nic tables from one sheet of ply-
wood. Even though Mosser re-
tired from Hartwig Manufac-
turing and hauling oversized
bridge beams he always keeps
himself busy. If he's not work-
ing on a craft project, he's do-
ing seasonal work driving truck
for bean and cranberry pro-
ducers." (Our thanks to Mel
Farrand for being our eyes out
in Wisconsin. What we really
want to know is how Clifford
got the nickname "Buttsy".)
NOTES AND STUFF
It is time to consider that
membership dues will be due
on or before 1 Jan 1990 for the
year 1990. Many of you are pro-
crastinators who come through
with dues payments long after
the due date. I solved this prob-
lem by taking a life member-
ship.
For several years now I've
thought it would be nice if the
92nd gave Norb a New Year's
present by having all of our
dues paid no later than 1 Jan-
uary. With your cooperation we
can do it.
Have you ordered Vol. II of
our history yet? It's time to do
that also.
Millie and Frank DeGenero
(Sv/495) furnished me a copy
of Ray C. Horn's obituary. The
information I furnished last
month was incomplete. Ray
was the Scoutmaster of Troop
286 in Kirtland, Ohio and was
a member of Old South Church.
The family suggests contribu-
tions be made to the American
Cancer Society, 125 East Erie
St., Painesville, OH 44077.
I want to thank all of those
who responded to my telephone
calls for representation at Ray's
funeral.
Looking through the 19 May
45 issue of the HCN I noted tht
the 12th captured 7 German
soldiers for every one man in
the Division.
I also noted that: "Buddies of
PFC Bernard Bombasaro (C/
92) of Joliet, Illinois had to look
twice to find him when he
marched a German prisoner
into the 92nd Cavalry area.
Bombasaro, who is just a mite
over five feet tall, was herding
in six and one half feet of
"Superman"."
The most reliable source of
information in Texas tells me
that as of 14 July 89 we have
64 people registered in the 92nd
contingent to San Antonio. 42%
are from "A" Troop followed
by 21.9% from "D" and 14.1%
from "E". 9.4% are from "C",
7.8% from "B", 3.1% from "F"
and 1.5% from "Hq". Looks like
"A" Troop is really showing us
how to take over the point.
The following additional peo-
ple will be in San Antonio:
Barb and Charlie Comingore
(A), Cecil and Daisy Jones (A),
Frank J. Bauer (E), Ralph and
Charlene Johnson (E), Len
Dooley (Hq) and Jim and Ruth
Worth (C).
We won't have to go to the
Scotch Gourmet restaurant Fri-
day night. The hotel and I have
compromised and we will
gather for cocktails at 1830
hours on 8 Sept 89 in the Live
Oak Room. This will be follow-
ed by a very tempting buffet at
1900 hours.
See you in San Antonio,
Ernie
The great 92nd Cavalry Squadron Maintenance Platoon
at Taxis, Germany in June '45. (Wish that guy on the right
of the front row would keep his hat on. Glare you know.)
Courtesy of John Stoner, (Hq/92).
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