Here we are at the 2006 Armed Forces Day Parade in St. Peters, MO.
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Hello All,
Several of us will be meeting at the Marriot Airport in St. Louis at 8:00 am 16 February 2008. We will be meeting in the Lincoln Room.
Hope to see many of you there. We are meeting to do planning for the 2009 Reunion to be in St. Louis.
Cliff
Ciff, Excellent job on our new blog. The will open the avenue of communication and provide valid responses from our members. It should help in getting opinions from some of our members who, either could not be at our meetings, or who have a difficult time in expressing their thoughts in an open forum.
The Midwest blog will surely contribute greatly as we continue on the road of improvement and success as a chapter.
Thanx Landis,
Wish I had cable/satellite. Be curious to hear how much “airtime” the 4th gets. I’m going to ask to see if there is a way to have newer comments, like your’s, put at the top. So, anyone checking for the latest will see the latest. Bear with me.
Cliff
Gentlemen: Re: Avatars
Thats that little symbol you see next to mine. I’ve already selfishly absconded with the 4ID patch. I’ll try to determine the step by step process to attach one of those for you. You’ll just need to find a picture or symbol somewhere that you think represents you, to save as a jpeg or gif and set it as your Avatar.
We have been working on preparations for the upcoming 2009 reunion to be held here in St. Louis. We had a meeting with our reunion committee on February 16, 2008. In attendance were: Chris and Don Kelby, Dick Sullivan, Tom and Jo Greene, Don and Ladonna Nelson, Elmer and Arlene Wischmeier, Carl and Jeannie Jones, Jerry and Donna Bumpus, Landis and Elaine Bargatze, Wally Arnowitz, Cliff and Ruth Amos and Special Guest stars National President and First Lady Bruce and Sue Gass. We discussed many things. The Reunion Brats are taking care of everything as far as the handling of the reunion for registration, negotiations etc. We discussed the handling of the hospitality rooms, the raffle items, the goody bag items, and other things. One thing we all agreed on was that it will be a reunion to remember. We have decided to have Rebecca Dawn as the entertainment on Friday night for the R&R reception along with a DJ for additional entertainment. Thanks to Elmer and Arlene and Jeannie and Carl for the Rebecca Dawn information and to Don and Ladonna Nelson for the DJ information.
Thanks to Cliff for this page, it looks great
Had a good day at the PX for the 4th ID. Got two neww recruites. Bruce Gass the National President spent the day with me. Cliff Amos stopped by also. Talked to others something may turn up on them.
Jerry, missed you at the parade. Best wishes to Donna and we hope her knee is better. See you next time my friend. There was a nice size crowd at the parade. Everyone was attentive and very respecful to all of the participants. It’s always a special event for me and being there with the Midwest Chapter members makes me very proud of our veterans. Our core group pf members were there, Don and Christine Kelby, Tom and Jo Greene, Cliff and Ruth Amos, Elmer and Arlene Wischmeier, Jeanine and Carl Jones, Alan and Glorine Bahl, John Harris, and myself and Elaine. Alan Bahl also drove his truck in the parade with a 4/42nd banner on it. We were standing tall and looking good! Landis
Landis, I’ll get back to you as soon as I figure it out. Its been a while since I’ve looked at this, and memory isn’t what it used to be. Wish I’d have thought of the CIB as a avatar. By the way, thats what its called, so what were looking for is a way to attach an avatar to each post. Got some updating to do to the chapter website also. With VFW activities gearing up seem to be running short of time a lot. Great seeing you all this past weekend. Its always a great time.
C
I want to thank everyone for attending the parade and meeting on the 17th. I am working on a letter synopsis of the meeting. Jerry, tell Donna that we are all thinking of her.
Anyone that wants to attend the fall mini-reunion at LORA, start thinking about who you want to share the cabin with.
More later, thanks Cliff for your work on this website
To all in the mid-west chapter, if you have seen the Spring 2008 Ivy Leaves and read the report you probably thinging this guy sure likes himself. I did not write the article, Don wrote it and some one up the change of command put the wrong name as writer. Have a nice day and will see you all in July.
I want to warn everyone that is going to attend the reunion that I have shaved my beard off so don’t be surprised.
Last Thursday June 19, I received an updated list of registrants for the reunion next month. At that time, there were 131 total folks registered. Of that 131, 18 are from our chapter. I think that once again, we will have the largest turnout of chapter members. I want to get together sometime during the reunion to go to dinner like we did at Colorado Springs last year. I look forward to seeing all of you again. We are going to have a table set up at the reunion advertising our reunion. I received a tourism DVD from the Stl Louis Convention and Visitors bureau and we will have my portable player there to play it.
Chris and I were honored to be invited to the Engineers reunion in Branson earlier this month. I want to thank Carl and Jeannie Jones and Elmer (no phone) and Arlene Wischmeier for their hospitality. We had a great time and are looking forward to next year (if we are invited back).
Things on this end of the state are getting pretty dicey with the flooding that is going on. I hope that everyone is OK, the water is not too far from here depending on which way you go but we won’t see any of it (famous last words).
Anyway, please keep in touch and let us know how you all are doing with it.
Hi to everybody, Donna and myself are looking forward to seeing everyone in a few days. Thought I would pass on some information, we have two of are chapter members in Afghanistan serving this great country. Please remember them. They both are doing good and will let me know if we can do anything for them. For those not going to the reunion I hope to see you at LORA in October.
Chris and I (the disfunctional Veteran) just got home from the National Reunion in Indianapolis. We had a great time.
I want to thank:
Alan and Glorine Bahl
Landis and Elaine Bargatze
Jerry and Donna Bumpus
Tom and Jo Greene
Carl and Jeanie Jones
Elmer (no phone) and Arlene Wischmeier
We missed Don and Ladonna Nelson. Please say a prayer for the Nelson family on the loss of a loved one.
I opened my big mouth at the reunion and said that the reunion in St. Louis will be better than the one in Indianapolis. Well will it? It all depends on the help we get. I know we can do it.
I hope to see as many folks as we can at the October mini-reunion at LORA. Please contact Jerry Bumpus for reservations and details.
February 14, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Hello All,
Several of us will be meeting at the Marriot Airport in St. Louis at 8:00 am 16 February 2008. We will be meeting in the Lincoln Room.
Hope to see many of you there. We are meeting to do planning for the 2009 Reunion to be in St. Louis.
Cliff
February 17, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Cliff, looks great, had a great time at the meeting. See you and Ruth later. Jerry
February 18, 2008 at 2:05 am
Ciff, Excellent job on our new blog. The will open the avenue of communication and provide valid responses from our members. It should help in getting opinions from some of our members who, either could not be at our meetings, or who have a difficult time in expressing their thoughts in an open forum.
The Midwest blog will surely contribute greatly as we continue on the road of improvement and success as a chapter.
Patriae Fidelitas,
Landis
February 18, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Hello everyone. FYI the NGC will be airing a VietNam War Documentary tonight, 18 Feb ‘08. The 4ID should get some air time.
Landis
February 19, 2008 at 12:16 am
Thanx Landis,
Wish I had cable/satellite. Be curious to hear how much “airtime” the 4th gets. I’m going to ask to see if there is a way to have newer comments, like your’s, put at the top. So, anyone checking for the latest will see the latest. Bear with me.
Cliff
Gentlemen: Re: Avatars
Thats that little symbol you see next to mine. I’ve already selfishly absconded with the 4ID patch. I’ll try to determine the step by step process to attach one of those for you. You’ll just need to find a picture or symbol somewhere that you think represents you, to save as a jpeg or gif and set it as your Avatar.
Great seeing all of you this weekend.
C
February 25, 2008 at 7:45 pm
We have been working on preparations for the upcoming 2009 reunion to be held here in St. Louis. We had a meeting with our reunion committee on February 16, 2008. In attendance were: Chris and Don Kelby, Dick Sullivan, Tom and Jo Greene, Don and Ladonna Nelson, Elmer and Arlene Wischmeier, Carl and Jeannie Jones, Jerry and Donna Bumpus, Landis and Elaine Bargatze, Wally Arnowitz, Cliff and Ruth Amos and Special Guest stars National President and First Lady Bruce and Sue Gass. We discussed many things. The Reunion Brats are taking care of everything as far as the handling of the reunion for registration, negotiations etc. We discussed the handling of the hospitality rooms, the raffle items, the goody bag items, and other things. One thing we all agreed on was that it will be a reunion to remember. We have decided to have Rebecca Dawn as the entertainment on Friday night for the R&R reception along with a DJ for additional entertainment. Thanks to Elmer and Arlene and Jeannie and Carl for the Rebecca Dawn information and to Don and Ladonna Nelson for the DJ information.
Thanks to Cliff for this page, it looks great
March 2, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I left out Alan and Glorine Bahl. Sorry folks, old timers kicking in
March 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Just checking in. Cliff on the 17th I will have my table at the PX for the 4ID, Bruce Gass will be there if possible. Stop by at lunch.
March 6, 2008 at 2:57 am
Jerry,
I will be there also, what time?
March 9, 2008 at 11:09 pm
DON, we will be at the PX at 0900 hrs.
March 20, 2008 at 12:09 am
Had a good day at the PX for the 4th ID. Got two neww recruites. Bruce Gass the National President spent the day with me. Cliff Amos stopped by also. Talked to others something may turn up on them.
April 7, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I will be at the PX on 11 April from 0900-1600 recruiting for the 4ID if anybody is on post stop by. Jerry
May 8, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Cliff see you tomorrow at the PX, is anybody looking at this site?
May 15, 2008 at 11:24 am
Hope to see everyone on Saturday May 17 for the St. Peters parade and meeting at my house afterwords.
May 20, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Cliff heard you had a good turn out. Wish we could have made it, Donna is doing much better with her knee. Talk later. Jerry
May 21, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Jerry, missed you at the parade. Best wishes to Donna and we hope her knee is better. See you next time my friend. There was a nice size crowd at the parade. Everyone was attentive and very respecful to all of the participants. It’s always a special event for me and being there with the Midwest Chapter members makes me very proud of our veterans. Our core group pf members were there, Don and Christine Kelby, Tom and Jo Greene, Cliff and Ruth Amos, Elmer and Arlene Wischmeier, Jeanine and Carl Jones, Alan and Glorine Bahl, John Harris, and myself and Elaine. Alan Bahl also drove his truck in the parade with a 4/42nd banner on it. We were standing tall and looking good! Landis
May 21, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Cliff, I would like a CIB as the icon on the right side of my name.
Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication.
Landis
May 21, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Landis, I’ll get back to you as soon as I figure it out. Its been a while since I’ve looked at this, and memory isn’t what it used to be. Wish I’d have thought of the CIB as a avatar. By the way, thats what its called, so what were looking for is a way to attach an avatar to each post. Got some updating to do to the chapter website also. With VFW activities gearing up seem to be running short of time a lot. Great seeing you all this past weekend. Its always a great time.
C
May 24, 2008 at 11:17 am
I want to thank everyone for attending the parade and meeting on the 17th. I am working on a letter synopsis of the meeting. Jerry, tell Donna that we are all thinking of her.
Anyone that wants to attend the fall mini-reunion at LORA, start thinking about who you want to share the cabin with.
More later, thanks Cliff for your work on this website
June 13, 2008 at 1:29 am
To all in the mid-west chapter, if you have seen the Spring 2008 Ivy Leaves and read the report you probably thinging this guy sure likes himself. I did not write the article, Don wrote it and some one up the change of command put the wrong name as writer. Have a nice day and will see you all in July.
June 24, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I want to warn everyone that is going to attend the reunion that I have shaved my beard off so don’t be surprised.
Last Thursday June 19, I received an updated list of registrants for the reunion next month. At that time, there were 131 total folks registered. Of that 131, 18 are from our chapter. I think that once again, we will have the largest turnout of chapter members. I want to get together sometime during the reunion to go to dinner like we did at Colorado Springs last year. I look forward to seeing all of you again. We are going to have a table set up at the reunion advertising our reunion. I received a tourism DVD from the Stl Louis Convention and Visitors bureau and we will have my portable player there to play it.
Chris and I were honored to be invited to the Engineers reunion in Branson earlier this month. I want to thank Carl and Jeannie Jones and Elmer (no phone) and Arlene Wischmeier for their hospitality. We had a great time and are looking forward to next year (if we are invited back).
Things on this end of the state are getting pretty dicey with the flooding that is going on. I hope that everyone is OK, the water is not too far from here depending on which way you go but we won’t see any of it (famous last words).
Anyway, please keep in touch and let us know how you all are doing with it.
July 2, 2008 at 1:02 am
Hi to everybody, Donna and myself are looking forward to seeing everyone in a few days. Thought I would pass on some information, we have two of are chapter members in Afghanistan serving this great country. Please remember them. They both are doing good and will let me know if we can do anything for them. For those not going to the reunion I hope to see you at LORA in October.
July 20, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Chris and I (the disfunctional Veteran) just got home from the National Reunion in Indianapolis. We had a great time.
I want to thank:
Alan and Glorine Bahl
Landis and Elaine Bargatze
Jerry and Donna Bumpus
Tom and Jo Greene
Carl and Jeanie Jones
Elmer (no phone) and Arlene Wischmeier
We missed Don and Ladonna Nelson. Please say a prayer for the Nelson family on the loss of a loved one.
I opened my big mouth at the reunion and said that the reunion in St. Louis will be better than the one in Indianapolis. Well will it? It all depends on the help we get. I know we can do it.
I hope to see as many folks as we can at the October mini-reunion at LORA. Please contact Jerry Bumpus for reservations and details.
Thanks again
Your humble, Disfunctional Veteran.