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September 1989
HELLCAT NEWS
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Second from right is Don Kiser. in a box car in Paris,
France. Going to camp Lucky Strike, to be shipped to the
U.S.A. 1945. Picture from Don Kiser Co. B. 43rd Tk. Bn.
Others not identified.
firmed update, and there is al-
ways a bonus or suprise mem-
ber or two that makes it at the
last minute.
Our Hospitality room should
be one busy, busy place. It's
become a place to relax in and
visit with buddies and friends.
The right place between plan-
ned events. If any of you ladies
or men would like to bring any-
thing for snacking, or that
special treat that everyone
likes, please do so. It would be
most welcome.
This year we can look for-
ward to pictures of Alsace-Lor-
raine, and the general area of
Herrlisheim which Ralph Cas-
sey (B) has promised to bring.
We hope that we can set up a
VCR for this. We don't have
any confirmed registration on
Ralph, but there are a number
of hotels in the area, and many
people stay with friends and
relatives. One last thing about
San Antonio and this our 43rd
reunion. We just hope you're this
closetobeingthere. You'll enjoy.
"Charlie" Comingore (A-
92nd) writes - Dear Jim, Just a
note to say thanks to Melvin
and Kathryn Knack, 43rd Sv.
They were the first registrants
for the Smoky Mountain Meet-
ing. We hope to have about 98
more anyway. Tell all your Hell-
cats and Kittens we hope to see
them in San Antonio in Sept-
ember and Columbia, SC in
October. Please get your registra-
tions in with payment by 28
September 1989. Thanks, Char-
lie. Note/All of the local Chap-
ter Meetings are special and
worthwhile. Hope you have a
great turnout.
Ralph Casper (A) called - He
and his wife Mildred will be
traveling in style to San
Antonio in an air conditioned
motor home, and they will have
another couple with them as
traveling companions and re-
union guests. They are lucky to
have relatives close by to stay
with.
Ralph talked about the exper-
ience of being a P.O.W. and
some of the hardships he endur-
ed. Of being kept in cellars or
basements for the first week or
so after capture. Of having his
shoes and helmet taken away.
A very, very bad train trip and
of being separated from most
of the others and of his confine-
ment in a camp with many
Russians. (An experience he
shared with Luther Bennett
(A).) Health problems - many
of the P.O.W.'s. are left with
reminders of the ordeal, and
Ralph is one of them. Today he
still is active and kept busy
with farming. Ralph, I'm going
to try to get you to talk with
Mike Gorman the Assn. Service
Officer. The two of you have a
common bond, Mike Gorman
was also a P.O.W., and Mike
would like to get your story.
Raymond Christy (D) wife
Ruth writes - Dear Jim and
Bette, Welcome to Iowa, home
of the Hawkeyes at Iowa City,
University of Iowa. Have good
basketball and football teams.
We received your letter this
morning Sat. July 15th. We
have been waiting to hear from
CONGRATULATIONS
FOR ALL THOSE BORN
BEFORE 1945
We are survivors!!! Consider
the changes we have witnessed.
We were before television, be-
fore penicillin, before polio
shots, frozen foods, Xerox, con-
tact lenses, Frisbees and the
PILL.
We were before radar, credit
cards, split atoms, laser beams
and ball point pens; before
pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes
dryers, electric blankets, air
conditioners, drip-dry clothes
and before man walked on the
moon.
We got married first and then
lived together. How quaint can
you be?
In our time, closets were for
clothes, not for "coming out of."
Bunnies were small rabbits and
rabbits were not Volkswagons.
Designer Jeans were scheming
girls named Jean or Jeanne,
and having a meaningful rela-
tionship meant getting along
with our cousins.
We thought fast food was
what we ate during Lent, and
Outer Space was the back of
the Rivoli Theatre.
We were before house hus-
bands, gay rights, computer
dating, dual careers and com-
puter marriages. We were before
day-care centers, group therapy
and nursing homes. We never
heard of FM radio, tape decks,
electric typewriters, artificial
hearts, word processors, yogurt,
and guys wearing earrings. For
us, time sharing meant together-
ness - not computers or condo-
miniums; a "chip" meant a
piece of wood; hardware meant
hardware and software wasn't
even a word!
In 1940, "made in Japan"
meant junk and the term "mak-
ing out" referred to how you
did on an exam. Pizzas, "Mc
Donalds" and instant coffee
were unheard of.
We hit the scene when there
were 5 and 10 cent stores where
you bought things for five and
ten cents. Sanders or Wilsons
sold ice cream cones for a nickel
or a dime. For one nickel you
could ride a street car, make a
phone call, buy a Pepsi or
enough stamps to mail one
letter and two post cards. You
could buy a new Chevy Coupe
for $600, but who could afford
one?; a pity too, because gas
was only 11 cents a gallon!
In our day, cigarette smoking
was fashionable, GRASS was
mowed, COKE was a cold drink
and POT was something you
cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was
a Grandma's lullaby and AIDS
were helpers in the Principal's
office.
We were certainly not before
the difference between the sexes
was discovered but we were
surely before the sex change;
we made do with what we had.
And we were the last genera-
tion that was so dumb as to
think you needed a husband to
have a baby!
No wonder we are so confus-
ed and there is such a genera-
tion gap today!
BUT WE SURVIVED!!
WHAT BETTER REASON TO
CELEBRATE?
NEW/REJUVENATED
MEMBERS
JOSEPH A. MAZZELLA, B/56
270 Chestnut Drive
Bricktown, NJ 08724
JOHN A. PARKER, B/43
4311 Bayou Blvd. R-185
Pensacola, FL 32503
JOHN J. KORSUN, C/66
P. O. Box 333
Oxford, FL 32684
FREDERICK A. PAYNE, B/56
601 W. Hollum Street
Breckenridge, TX 76024
ADDITIONAL LIFETIME
MEMBERSHIPS
Three more individuals took
out lifetime memberships, by in-
cluding the $100.00 fee on their
reunion registration forms.
They are:
491 - Louis B. Walton, Sr., A/92
496 - Alva L. White, Hq/66
497 - Donald L. Coombes, B/494
With Lifetime Membership
#500 issued out of sequence (at
a member's request), we have
issued a total of 498 of these
type memberships to date.
Norbert H. Bruemmer
Exec. Sec'y.
Your IBuddies
are waiting to
hear about you!
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