517th Annual Florida Mini-Reunion January 17,18,19, 20, 2009
Banquet on the 20th (Tuesday) and Departing on the 21st (Wednesday)
Hosted by: Leila Webb, Location: Ramada Hotel & Inn Gateway
7470 Highway 192 West
Kissimmee, Florida 34747
Tele: 1(800)327-9170 FAX 1(407)396-4320
web site: WWW.ramadagateway.com
Contact: Leila Webb, Helen Beddow and Lou Darden
4155 Kissimmee Park Road
St. Cloud, Florida 34772
Tele:(407)892-3595
Room Rate -
$65.00
Registration Fee - $40.00
National Reunion Palm
Springs, CA Salt Lake City West
Coast Party July 8-13 2009 April 20-24, 2009
This is currently on sale on eBay. http://tinyurl.com/8yvpno
It appears to be an original photo of a training session of the 517th near Joigny France in June, 1945.
Pvt. Leo Perisian of Aldrich, Minn, giving a class on Electricity for Beginners.
See full description below.
Helen Beddow
OK, OK............Here are the names that I know or think I
know: Please fill in the blanks.
Back row: Bob Hart, Bob
Christman, Alan Johnson, Phil McSpadden, Herb Reichwald, Ralph Manley, Les
Perkins, Hal Beddow, _________, John Strojan, Bob Vaught, ______________,
_____________, Gen Seitz, Hunter McDonald, Hal Roberts,, Lud Gibbons, Al Sperry,
Darrell Egner, Ben Barrett, Alex
Sierra
Front Row: Dutch Walbridge, Mel
Dahlberg, Richard Wheeler, ______________, Merle Traver, Gene Frice, Leo Dean,
_________________. Earl Ehly, _____________.
Actually, I think I did
pretty good remembering these names, but your help is needed for the rest.
Maybe if they didn't have their hats on, I would remember them,
too.
Helen
A bureaucrat is a
Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
Harry S.
Truman
A
leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a
leader.
Harry S.
Truman
A
pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is
one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry S.
Truman
A
politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician
who's been dead for 15 years.
Harry S.
Truman