Website www.517prct.org
Mail Call Ben517@aol.com
517TH ST. LOUIS REUNION BEGINS:THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 THRU MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008THE BANQUET WILL BE ON SUNDAY JUNE 29
Information and Registration Forms:
Recent website additions:
Major John "Boom Boom" Alicki, Reg. HQ
Leo Dean's 109th jump at the Palm Springs Reunion
Blue Book Magazine articles - 1947-1948
Paras en Provence: Le 517th PRCT Dans Les Alpes
Maritime
from Armes Militaria
Magazine (cover, article)
Hi, Ben -
I just read on Mail Call that registrations for the reunion aren't where they should be.
I must confess that I still haven't sent mine in, and I just talked with my dad (Allan Johnson , 596). He hadn't sent his, either. We've both been planning to come all along, and yet we're still not counted. We will get ours out in the morning mail.
Chris Lindner and her sister Bev Strothkamp have been working so hard on this reunion, and those of us who have hosted know what they're going through: what if we give a party and no one comes?
I am pleading to all vets and Auxiliary members - register today! Help us make this 64th anniversary reunion a success! People who have brought families along to previous reunions will vouch for us: it is a great, great time!
Some of us might be holding back. Maybe you're not as young as you used to be. Well, who is? But if you can still put one foot in front of the other, or be wheeled along to the hospitality suite, we want to see you!!!
Please, don't let this precious opportunity pass you by! Send in your registration today!
Hugs to all my favorite vets and their fabulous families -
Claire Giblin
Patricia and Roland Orengo
Hi Ben
could you check if our room is
booked in St Louis because we have sent the register form from France
?
thanks.
we are very excited to see all of you again.
Patricia
and Roland Orengo
Ben,
Mine, and Tim's registrations are sent in for the
reunion. I hope more will come.
See ya in St Louie!
Lory
and Tim Curtis, sons of Bud Curtis, HQ, 1st BN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._Sturgeon
Sturgeon was in the 3rd Battalion demo platoon with Boom Boom. He’s mentioned by Boom Boom in MailCall 98, 644, 645, and 610.
Boom Boom must have kept up with him because he knew his address and when he died. (MailCall 957)
And he’s in one of Alicki’s pictures:
http://www.517prct.org/bios/john_alicki.htm
I added Hal Jeffcoat to the Wikipedia entry.
Note: Hal just died in 2007. He should be added to the list of recently deceased. (Also Boom Boom Alicki)
See: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hal_Jeffcoat
BB
517 prct By-Laws Page 4
ARTICLE VIII.
COMMITTEES
Section 1.
Executive
and Other Committees. The Directors may elect an Executive
Committee from their number, at any regular or special meeting of the Directors,
provided that the President and the Treasurer of the Association shall, for
their respective terms of office, be members of any Executive Committee and
shall be entitled to vote equally with the other members of such Executive
Committee.
The
Directors may, from time to time, appoint one or more other committees, such as
an Advisory Committee, for such special purposes and, consisting of such
Directors, Members or other persons, as the Directors shall determine. The
Directors may delegate such authority and duties to such
committee not in excess of those required for it to function for the special
purpose it was created.
Section 2.
HISTORIC COMMITTEE. The President shall appoint the
chairman of the Historic Committee who shall be the official Historian of the
Association and may select other members to serve with him on the committee. The
committee shall gather and preserve statistical data, records, publications,
archival items, artifacts, narratives, photographs, historical information, and
other memorabilia. With the approval of the Board of Directors, the Historical
Committee may publish, display and otherwise disseminate information thought to
be of interest to our members or to the public at large. This committee may make
recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning memorial markers,
monuments, or special recognitions that they deem worthy of consideration.
ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section 1.
Fiscal
Year. Except as otherwise determined by the
Directors, the fiscal year of the Association shall begin on January 1, and end
on December 31.
Section 2.
Corporate
Records. The original,
or attested copies, of the Articles of Organization, By-Laws and records of all
meetings of the Members shall be at the office of the Association's Clerk.
Copies shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any Member
for any proper purpose, but not to secure a list of Members for a purpose other
than those which are relevant to the affairs, purposes and objectives of the
Association.
Section 3.
Evidence of
Authority. A certificate by the
Clerk or an Assistant Clerk, or a temporary Clerk, as to any action taken by the
Members, Board of Directors or any officer or representative of the Association
shall as to all persons who rely thereon in good faith be conclusive evidence of
such action.
Section 4.
Articles of
Organization. All references in these By Laws to the
Articles of Organization shall be deemed to refer to the Articles of
Organization of the Association, as amended and in effect from time to
time.
Section 5. Tax Exemption. It is intended that the Association be treated as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and notice shall be given to the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate as provided in Section 508(a) of said Code. Notwithstanding any other provision in these By-Laws to the contrary, for so long as the Association constitutes a private foundation as defined under Section 509 of said Code, all requirements and prohibitions described in Section 508(e)(1) of said Code are incorporated herein by reference and hereby made applicable to the Association, and, without limitation of the foregoing, the Association shall act or refrain from acting so as not to subject itself to the taxes imposed by the following sections of the Code, to wit: 4941 (relating to taxes on self dealing), 4942 (relating to taxes on failure to distribute income), 4943 (relating to taxes on excess business holdings), 4944 (relating to taxes on investments which jeopardize charitable purpose), and 4945 (relating to taxable expenditures).