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Text Box: Voluntary Dues Text Box: Recently Located Shipmates Text Box:          Again, thank you to all shipmates sending dues and donations to the Association.  Without your support, it would be impossible to publish "The Rolling Stone", maintain the Website, find lost shipmates and have our reunions.          Dues are $25.00 a year, are voluntary and are tax deductible.  All dues are applied to the year they are received unless designated otherwise.  Dues received to date for 2004 are listed below.  An asterisk designates dues paid for additional year(s).           If anyone has paid dues and your name is not listed, please accept our apology and contact Kay Goble, 6200 Emerald Pines Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33912, (239)768-1449, or e-mail: sectreas@usswhetstone.net          Checks for dues should be made payable to the USS Whetstone Association.    Please use the following list  as your receipt.

Text Box: SM       1960-62       Hank Bussey                                     North  Fort Myers, FL RD3     1946            Thomas Eshelman                                    East Stroudsburg, PA WO1    1969-70       Shriver, John                                    Pataskala OH  QM3    1965-66       Herman D. Williams                                    Marion, IN

Text Box: Adams, Richard H. Alleman, Gerald L.* Alsleben, Keith L. Arata, Sil* Arstill, William H. Auwen, Bryan Barnett, Kenneth Berg, Alfred S. Bisping, Neil A. Blenkhorn, Charles* Bogusch, William* Boren, Ben Boso, Donald L. Boswell, Robert G. Breedlove, James E.* Brewer, Melvin L.* Brondel, David Brown, James E.* Brown, Kenneth L. Brown, William Buchanan, Kenneth Butler, Eugene F. Caffey, Irby Caldwell, William Carney, Thomas P. Chidester, David L. Cickavage, Joseph* Clark, Richard* Coakley, Bill Coldren, Wayne Coleman, Richard* Conover, J. W. Cooke, J. Bleecker Cox, Millard A. Crawford, F. Slaton Crowder, Frank

Text Box: Croxton, Mike Cunningham, Mike Daniel, Walter F. Dewalt, Gary B.* Dinda, Gerald* Doerr, Gary T. Dover, Fred Draper, L. E. "Rusty" Dunn, Jim Edney, Edward* Edwards, Sonny Edwards, Millard (Ed) Elder, Robert Erath, Gerald W. Eshelman, Thomas Espointour, Maurice Fayard, Gary Feathers, Paul J. Finlayson, Leonard Flowerree, Robert D.* Fortine, Archie Fraser, Douglas F.* Fry, Steve* Gamradt, Max Getman, Donald G. Goble, Marion Goodrich, Jesse Gordon, Ed* Graves, Darrell Green, Kenneth* Gregory, Carroll Grubb, Jack Hager, Robert W.* Hall, Charles L.* Hall, Leroy* Halvorson, Hal *

Text Box: Hammons, Willis* Hanson, Dave Harman, David* Harrelson, Glenn* Hickman, Bernard Hitt, John W.* Hnatovic, Ronald Hoover, Frederick R. Johnson, Kermit Johnson, Orville* Jones, Dale H. Julian, Frank Kirby, Joe Kircher, Vincent Klebacher, Gene* Krueger, Bill* Larocque, Leo Lee, Romaine* Leopold, Vincent Lonnon, Larry* Loudermilk, John D.* Lucas, Tom Mackall, Terry L. Maculaitis, Vinny Mahoney, David Malroy, Stephen R. Maness, Jack Maphet, Steve* Matsuyama, James T. McClellan, G. A. McCray, David McGrew, Joseph McManus III, Peter J.* McNitt, Russell D. Meismer, J. C. Mezzanotti, Paul Mitchell, Burley* Mueller, James W. Navis, Arc Neighbors, Patrick Nichelson, JosephOremus, Vern C. Parris, Eddie R. Pearson, Raymond H. Pennal, Floyd* Petefish, Dennis

Text Box: Peters, Lester R. Petersen, Richard L.* Pierce, Charles Pilgreen, Vincie* Pineda, Jamie* Pitts, John W. Proft, Gerald P*. Raymie, Jerry* Reid, James P. Remington, Richard Richter, Herbert B.* Rowe, Horace Royseth, Raymond* Rudnick, Robert J. Sandrock, John E. Sandwisch, Larry F. Savala, Manuel Schulze, Ed Seabaugh, Raymond* Siggers, Jack J. Skelley, Jr., Daniel D. Smith, Clinton Solari, Frank V.* Stanford, Roy S.* Stene, Larry A. Stief, Bernard D. Stout, William Thomson, John S. Tucker, George Ulrich, Walter Van Atta, Keith A. VanGuilder, David* Vaughan, Joe* Vydra, David Ward, Everett* Ward, Robert H. Watson, Marvin* Weigt, Earl E.* Weston, Keith* Wiesemann, Donald Wilkins, John R. Will, Howard L.* Wood, Gerald Wright, Paul Young, Lou* Young, Robert A.  

Text Box: WHETSTONE MODEL   Shortly after the 2002 Hampton, Virginia reunion, Don Czech (RM 1969-70) called me regarding a plastic model of an LSD (produced in the late 1960s) that was being auctioned on e-bay.  Since his hobby is putting models together, he thought the Association might be interested in obtaining one for display at reunions.  I told him if he could purchase at a reasonable price and if he was willing to put it together, we would go for it.  He received the model and opened the box and the hull had twisted from years of storage.  A friend of his told him about a technique for straightening the hull; however, the total process was well over a year before the model was in a condition to put together.  During the building process, Don chose to have the model incorporate design from 1945 to various upgrades added to the ship through 1969.  The goal was to have the model complete prior to the Seattle reunion, but things didn’t go that way.  I picked up the model this week from Don and wanted to share a couple pictures of the completed project.  Don did a wonderful job and even though our pictures don’t do it justice, it is something to see and we will have it at the Corpus Christi reunion.  Thanks Don.  We all appreciate your unselfish effort and time involved  for this project.    Marion Goble  (BT 1963-66)

Text Box: Marion Goble  and Don Czech

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