Post Reunion 7

Reunion Number 7 has come and gone. I had a really enjoyable time. It was really good to see all my old friends and make new ones. I hope that all of you had as good a time as I did.

The next Air Force Reunion is No. 8

The next reunion is August 14^th, 2009. This is giving you plenty of planning time and I hope those who were there for number 7 will be back for number 8 and those who were unable to attend number 7 will be able to attend number 8.

August 10^th—Friday Evening Reunion Social/Dinner

The festivities began at 6:00pm with a re-acquaintance social hour. Serving of dinner started at 7:00pm until all were served. There was a short program by John Hauck from 8:00pm until 8:30pm. The deceased were honored by a moment of silence. The ex-members introduced themselves and talked about there life on the hill. There was a no-host bar. The dinner was a sit down diner. The main entrée’s were Baked Chicken or Prime Rib catered by Claire Menard. A cake with USA flags and the wording, “The 764^th Radar Squadron.” There were several door prizes donated by ex-members. The reunion evening was at the American Legion Post #1, 100 Parah Drive, St Albans Town, VT.

List of those who attended the dinner

Gene and Marge Boren

Tom Bowler and Susan Sledge

Sargent Cathrall

Reita Brooks (wife of Allen Brooks, Deceased) and Bonnie Mongeon

Charles Clark and Lori Ladd Brown

Henry and Louise Doyle

William Elliott and Moranda and Mark Balterth

George Freeman and son Michael Freeman

James and Jean Groseclose and Charlotte Blum (Roger Schwarzman, Deceased)

John and Deborah Hauck

Anthony and Laurel Heinlein

Martin and Anne Hewson

James and Ruby Huston

Allen and Joyce Jenkins

Richard and Gladys LeTendra

Russell and Joan Luce

Robert and Connie Mahaney

Fred and Sally Ann Michaud

Jerry and Francis Morong and Joann Davis (Wife of Raleigh Davis, Deceased) and Jerry Morong’s Mother

Michael and Barbara O’Toole and James Langlois

Michael and Linda Pfau

Leo and Dianne Pillsbury

Oswald and Jane Powers

Edward and Carol Robinson

Garrie and Laurie Skelton

Roger and Wanda Spaulding

Ewing [Joe] and Irene Stidham and Kay Mitchell

Chuck and Anne Thweat

Edward and Edna Wunsch

Richard and Concetta Cornforth

Stanley Beauregard and Jackie

Schedule of addition events for Reunion 2007

St Albans Historical Museum Tour

Saturday Afternoon August 11^th the St Albans Historical Museum on Church Street was open from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. James Murphy was available to answer any questions.

Lake Champlain Cruise’s on board the Spirit of Ethan Allen III

August 12^th—Sunday Brunch-on-the-Bay Cruise— This was a 1½-hour Captain’s Narrated Lake Champlain cruise with a Famously Bountiful Buffet.

list of those who went on the brunch cruise

Name__________________________________________________________________________________________

James and Ruby Huston

Michael and Linda Pfau

Oswald and Jane Powers

August 12^th—Sunday Evening Swinging Big Band Cruise—This was a 2½-hour (6:30pm to 9:00pm)Sunset Lake Champlain cruise, with Joe Lesque 18-Piece Big Band, and a Plated Dinner Service.

List of those who went on the evening cruise

Name____________________________________________________________________________________________

William Elliott

George Freeman and son Michael Freeman

Howard and Joan Parish

Chuck and Anne Thweatt

William and Veronica Weber

Please come join us on “August 14^th, 15^th, and 16^th, 2009”

For Air Force Reunion #8

For those whom might be interested

The Bellows Free Academy (BFA) and St Mary’s classes of 1957 had their 50th class reunion, Saturday night, August 11th with a buffet dinner, short program, and dancing at the Elks Club, St Albans, VT. Group photos were taken.

Web Sites of interest to visit;

Directory of Personnel and History – by: Garrie R Skelton – http://mysite.verizon.net/grsk764/

St Albans Historical Museum – Curator: Dale Powers – http://stamuseum.com/

764^th Web Page – by: James Langlois (web host) -http://members.fortunecity.com/764thradar/

Radar Sites Museum – http://radomes.org/museum/

For best results copy and paste/or type the web site address in the main address box of the navigator.

Status of Radar Site

All of the buildings are gone except for a portion of one here and there. Nature has taken over the site and it is overgrown. The land has been surveyed and staked for development of 39 homes. The old housing units are being remodeled with up grades to be sold. The NCO club is still standing and I have been told some one has bought it and is going to turn it into a private home. The access road is overgrown and really rough. There is one radar tower still in existence and it is owned and operated by FAA.

Dinner Attendies Group Photo of 764^th ex-Members---Reunion 7, 2007

Group Photo – 1949 thru 1979

Photo by: GRSkelton

Left to Right

Back row: Ewing (Joe) Stidham-Richard LeTendre-John Hauck-Henry Doyle-Tom Bowler-Dave Campbell-Charles Clark-James Huston-Allen Jenkins-Anthony Heinlien-Roger Spaulding-Garrie Skelton-Marty Hewson-Sargent Cathrall-Fred Michaud-Oswald Powers.

Front Row: Edward Wunsch-Michael Pfau-Charles Thweatt-James Groseclose-Leo Pillsbury-Robert Mahaney-Gene Boren-William Elliott-Richard Cornforth-Gene Freeman

Hidden: Michael O’Toole behind Fred Michaud. Missing from photo: Russell Luce.