SEPTEMBER 15-19
Tour of
For Friday Morning
The USS Shelton,
DD790 2010
Some of us will be arriving by Wednesday, but the reunion officially starts on a Thursday. Let me know if you want to golf on Wednesday. We can have a two-man scramble with blind draws for partners. We can always try something else, if this does not work best.
Thursday will be for registration and having a gathering in the hospitality room to greet old friends, make new friends, and enlarge our old sea stories. We will pick out a nice restaurant in the area and for those who wish to do so, we can eat dinner together. Then back to the hospitality room for more entertainment. Remember, this time can also be used for those who want to sightsee to do just that.
2010 Dues
Annual dues are payable any time. Just send a $10.00 check made out to USS Shelton dues to Richard Petrowich, 308 S. Jackson, New Athens, IL 62264. These dues help to pay for mailing expenses.
Friday Tour
Friday morning we
board a bus at the hotel and travel to the
at the Academy. After lunch, we will be met by a guide (in
costume) to give us a historical walking tour of downtown
The
please let us know when you send in your registration entry.
Saturday Tour
Saturday morning
we board the bus again and this time travel to
Banquet Saturday Evening
The banquet will be a buffet this year. It will include both pork and chicken. We have tried to vary the menus over time. Last year we had beef and fish. These banquet meals are always more costly than ordering the same thing in a restaurant, but we are paying for the banquet room, the sound system and the service. We get reduced room rates and free hospitality rooms based on using the hotel for the banquet. Plus we do not have to leave the hotel. If we can discuss most of our business Friday evening and just have to pick a Central Time Zone location, we can plan more banquet entertainment.
Sunday—Take a Cruise
Sunday morning many of us will be leaving to head home or to see other sights in the Baltimore-D.C. area.
We will eat and say our good-byes; some will hang around
another day. Last year a group went to
We have a great idea—let’s cruise out of
What are the advantages of going on this cruise? Well, 1. We get to spend time together in a relaxed environment. 2. We do not have to fly to a cruise port and pay transportation. 3. The hotel will shuttle us free to the cruise ship. 4. We can park at the hotel free if charge. Look at the money saved and a seven day cruise. I have told Stryker that if anyone books this cruise, he is to let me know and then Muriel and I will book the cruise. We will go on it if any others from the group go. We do not plan to go alone. Several couples have said they are interested. Muriel and I will have been on three different cruises between now and the reunion. The only reason we would go on this cruise is to be with you. We have put the ball in your court.
2011
The 2011
We will vote on the year 2012 at our next reunion, so be thinking of central time-zone locations. Do you want
Sad News about a Grand Lady
We were sorry to
hear from Candy Nelson, that her “Aunt Cissy”, Loretta Shelton Lemire passed away on
USS SHELTON
SEPTEMBER, 16-19, 2010
RESERVATIONS
Please send to:
DICK PETROWICH
308 S.
Phone: 618-475-3248
No. Total Cost
Registration fee $15.00/
person
Dues (if not already paid)
$10.00/ sailor
Friday tour $68.00/ person
Includes: bus,
(Choose: 1. Tuna Salad
2.
3.
Ham
Walking tour of
And
Saturday,
Includes: bus,
Memorials, etc. (There could be a shuttle fee to
pay if you
don’t want to walk at
Saturday evening Banquet $32.00/ person
(includes tax and service charge)
Pork Loin Medallions, Chicken Marsala buffet
Grand total (tours and meals) $
* Sunday, Sept. 19, some will be leaving on a cruise that afternoon, those not cruising can make plans for Sunday on Friday evening.
* You might want to make a copy of this to keep for yourself.
* * Remember to make your hotel reservations with the
Thanks, Muriel & Dick