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Again, thank you to all shipmates that have sent 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 $20.00 a year, are tax deductible, and are strictly voluntary. All dues are applied to the year they are received unless designated otherwise. We recognize that not all are able to support the Association, but we welcome support from whomever is able. Dues received to date for 2004 are listed below. An asterisk designates dues paid for additional year(s). If anyone has paid and your name is not listed, please accept our apology. Please contact Kay Goble at 6200 Emerald Pines Cir, Ft. Myers, FL 33912, (239)768-1449, or e-mail: president@usswhetstone.net. Please use this list as your receipt.
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SKSN 1958-60 Cox, Billy E. El Dorado
MM2 1960-62 Crider, Walter Salina
QM2 1958-60 Dey, Jerold Derby
SF3 1967-68 Farley, David Wellington
EMFM 1965-67 Follick, Larry P. Kansas City
MM1 1963-66 Fulghem, Richard Manhattan
LT 1963-65 Hanson, David Lawrence
RD3 1965 Hininger, Jr., Delmar W. Lansing
BM3 1947-48 Leat, Bill Shawnee
RD2 1965 McVicker, Eugene Ashland
DC3 1969 Meis, Michael J. Catharine
BT 1959-61 Shields, George Ellinwood
ET2 1951-55 Stewart, Lowell Wichita
SK2 1966-68 Wisong, James Misson
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Arstill, William H.
Auwen, Bryan
Barnett, Kenneth
Berg, Alfred S.
Bisping, Neil A.
Boren, Ben
Boswell, Robert G.
Brown, James E.*
Brown, Kenneth L.
Buchanan, Kenneth
Butler, Eugene F.
Caldwell, William
Cickavage, Joseph*
Coakley, Bill
Coleman, Richard*
Conover, J. W.
Cooke, J. Bleecker
Cox, Millard A.
Crawford, F. Slaton
Croxton, Mike
Cunningham, Mike
Doerr, Gary T.
Draper, Rusty
Dunn, Jim
Edwards, Sonny
Feathers, Paul J.
Fortine, Archie
Frans, Jack
Fry, Steve
Goble, Marion
Hager, Robert W.*
Hall, Charles L.
Hall, Leroy*
Halvorson, Hal *
Harman, David*
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Harrelson, Glenn
Hickman, Bernard
Hitt, John W.*
Hoover, Frederick
Kirby, Joe
Kircher, Vincent
Loudermilk, John*
Maphet, Steve*
McNitt, Russell D.
Meismer, J. C.
Mitchell, Burley
Mueller, James W.
Ogletree, Ron
Oremus, Vern C.
Parris, Eddie R.
Pearson, Raymond
Peters, Lester R.
Pierce, Charles
Pilgreen, Vincie*
Pitts, John W.
Proft, Gerald *
Schulze, Ed
Smith, Clinton
Stene, Larry A.
Stief, Bernard D.
Thomson, John S.
Ulrich, Walter
Van Atta, Keith A.
Vydra, David
Ward, Robert H.
Watson, Marvin*
Weigt, Earl E.*
Wright, Paul
Young, Lucius E.
Young, Robert A.
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BUNDLES OF MANURE
Interesting. I have no idea if this is true or not, but it seems to make sense??!!
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship. It was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it no only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "Ship High in Transit" on them which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T." which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
You probably did not know the true history of this word. Neither, did I. I always thought it was a golf term…..Oh! SHIT).
Submitted by Tom Lucas (MM3--1963-67)
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