USS BELL
ASSOCIATION (DD587)
JUNE,
2002
IN THIS ISSUE:
REUNION NEWS
Plans for the reunion have now been
completed. I think it is going to be
a great reunion and everyone should have a super time. The plans are as follows:
After the service, we will board
the bus for a fifteen-minute drive to
IN MEMORY
Mr. Frank Bernier passed away July
31, 2001.
Mrs. Helen
Geneste, wife of E. A. (Bud) Geneste passed
away March 28, 2002. A celebration
of the life of Helen Ann Geneste was held April 4,
2002, at the Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church.
Memorial donations may be made to the Medical Center Guild, P.O. Box 2172,
Friday Harbor, WA 98250.
Mr. R. B.
Glisson, a World War II Navy veteran, died Thursday, April 4, 2002.
He was 77. Mr. Glisson worked at Carnation Milk Company in Oakland for 30
years and was the assistant manager of the Eden Roc apartment complex in San Leandro for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife Dolores, 3 children, 4 stepchildren, 18
grandchildren, and 27 great-grandchildren.
Services at Redwood Chapel.
I wish to advise you that my
father, Howard J. Sheffer passed away on January 16,
2002. He had lung cancer and he went
very fast. He went peacefully at his
home and all seven of his children were with him. His wife had passed away four years ago
of breast cancer. They had been
married fifty-one years the year my mother passed away.
I am sending a copy of a story of my Dad and my Uncle while they were on
their ships. Maybe someone will
remember my Dad and some stories. If
they do, I would really appreciate it if they would send me any information or
stories of my Father. Warmest
regards. Maly Linkiewicz, 9525 169th Court, N. Jupiter, FL
33478 (561-741-8660)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you
for your thoughtful sympathy card.
Helen treasured her USS BELL gatherings and thoroughly enjoyed her many
USS BELL friends. I hope to make the
next reunion. Fondly, Bud
MAILBAG
Mail has been returned from Conrad
& Mildred Theiss, Mrs. Emile (Stella) Verbois, Mrs. Barbara Hare, Mrs. Ralph (Esther) Russell.
If you have any information on these members please let me know.
…..Just received this note
4/29/02, which should clear things up a little about the other “Hatch”. Well….I was right about him being an
Electrician’s Mate. s/Clyde Hatch
Hello Shipmate, I just received
the last issue of the Moore Memories and see that you are looking for an
electrician’s mate named Hatch. I
also was an electrician on the Bell from March 1943 until April 1945, and knew
Owen Hatch. In fact, we exchanged
Christmas greetings every year through 1978.
The last card we received advised us that Owen had passed away. I believe his wife’s name was Helen, but
we have not had any contact since 1978. They last lived in New Albany, Indiana
and had a son named Leslie. Upon
checking on the US Quest Dex listing on the computer,
I see there is a Leslie Hatch located at 550 North Street, W, Crawfordsville,
Indiana – phone #765-359-0855.
That’s about all I know, but good luck in your search if you contact Leslie. s/Clifford F. Wallace.
This is the article from Maly Linkiewicz about her father
Howard Sheffer.
…..Howard James
Sheffer, gunner’s mate 3/c, home on a 30-day leave after a year of
continuous action in the South Pacific, recalls his happy and unexpected meeting
with his twin brother, Harold J. Sheffer, fireman 2/c,
in May 1944 on an island in the South Pacific.
Until a sailor transferring from Harold’s to Howard’s ship informed him, Howard
had no idea that his brother had left the United States for overseas duty. Since the two ships were anchored in the
same harbor, the 22-year-old sons of Mrs. Lucy Sheffer
were able to spend an afternoon together.
Howard entered the Navy November 1942 and trained at the U.S. Naval
Training Station, Great Lakes, IL.
From there he was transferred to Charleston, SC for five months additional
training. In the latter part of
1942, he was assigned to a destroyer and remained on the ship until his present
leave. After a short trip to
England, the destroyer returned to the United States and was sent immediately to
the South Pacific where it took part in several invasions, including the
Marshall Islands, Truk and Saipan. After his leave, Howard will attend a
school for advanced gunners’ mates in San Diego, CA.
Harold entered the service February 1, 1944 and trained at Navy pier, New
York. A third brother, George D. Sheffer, is attending a technical for radio mechanic at Truax Field, Madison, WI.
Howard James Sheffer, 20, has returned to U.S.
Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL. After spending a nine-day leave here
with his mother.
Sheffer, who worked for the Lake Huron Dairy, enlisted in the Naval
Reserve in November.
“Laisse Le Bon Temps Roule in Red Stick!”
(Let the good times
roll in Baton Rouge!)
HAPPY TRAILS TO
YOU ALL AND REMEMBER TO THINK BIG THOUGHTS BUT RELISH SMALL PLEASURES!
RESERVATION FORM FOR REUNION ACTIVITIES
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Round trip to New Orleans
and D-Day Museum
Price
includes bus and admission to D-Day Museum - $24.00 per person
Number of Persons:____________________@ $24.00 – Total________________
Friday, October 25, 2002
Round trip to USS Kidd for Memorial
Service and lunch in Rosedale
Price includes admission to USS Kidd - lunch and bus - $38.00 per person
Number of
Persons:____________________@ $38.00 –Total_________________
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Farewell Banquet at hotel
- $35.00 per person
Number of Persons:____________________@ $35.00 – Total_________________
Grand Total_________________
Please submit reservations and payment to:
Ann
Poole
Tucker, Georgia 30084