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CHIVO's Binnacle List A binnacle was the stand on which the ship's compass was mounted. The binnacle list gets its name from the ancient nautical practice of posting the ship's sick list on the binnacle each morning for the captain. Remember - a card, letter, email, or phone call would do wonders to cheer up your friends and shipmates. Contact me at Justan2@earthlink.net for their addresses. |
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And be sure to let me know if any of our shipmates need to be included on the CHIVO binnacle list.
Earl has dementia and has had for a few years. This year he had a good part of his colon removed, and that really set him back. There was a tumor in the colon that could not be removed during a colonoscopy. It was benign but questionable, so the surgery was necessary. He is a good deal better now and can be out some.Earl would like to receive E-Mail from shipmates. He can not respond but would if he could. He particularly remembers the Northern Run and going to Cuba early on. He speaks of the warheads not being armed and someone, John Clark I think, working 30 some hours to make them ready. I will pass along any mail that he gets.
Thanks to you and all his shipmates. God Bless.
Ann Kelley
You can email Earl and Ann at SaltandBoss (at) aol.com
Stan,
Joanne is doing better, but a long way from being her old self. With the medicine and physical therapy 3 times a week the neurologist says she will get there. She is getting around without the walker now and able to stand to take a shower by herself. We have gone out to eat a couple of times, she is careful about what she orders so as not to "embaress" me. I still do most of the cooking and housework but she is helping more all the time.
We hope to be able to attend the next reunion, but first we are trying to get to Texas this fall to see our new and only Great-Grandchild, a girl born 4/22/08.
John
You can email John and Joanne at jnjhedum (at) bellsouth.net
Stan,
Thanks for your concern. I'm doing very well considering I had my 68th birthday Saturday. I was having some difficulty walking up stairs and hills, so I went to see a lung doctor. He sent me to pulmonary rehab. I have been going 2 times a week. Mostly what I do is walk on a treadmill, do 25 reps of about 10 exercises with 5 pound weights and ride on a stationary bicycle. I could do the same thing at home, but I wouldn't get around to it. The rehab makes me actually do something.
Also, I have been playing golf twice a week and working one day a week at the golf course so that I can play for free.
Sandy and I are going to Springfield Ohio, this weekend for my 50th reunion. They have a full weekend planned for us. I will be the MC at the Saturday evening dinner/dance. I have to give a twenty minute talk mostly about what the committee needs from the other attendees. I will talk a little about all the things that have changed or disappeared since 1958. I haven't even started to write my speech yet. I have a lot of info, and all I have to do is put it in some kind of format. Of course, if need be, I could just ramble on for 20 minutes extemporaneously.
Then in October Sandy and I are going to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji for almost a month. We are really excited about that.
Again, thanks for your concern. See you in Myrtle Beach.
Bill
You can email Bill at Billrader (at) aol.com
Hello Everyone,
Here's my new E-mail address: jamestownsend1 (at) verizon.net - just got it today. I'm doing better, but still going to therapy 3 times a week yet. My left arm is still very weak, but I'm getting better everyday as long as I keep working out. Take Care,
Jim T
Stan,
Just wanted to let you know that I had a stroke on the 20th of Nov. I was at my place, alone but was able to get a call out for help. I'm getting usage back in my left arm, but it's coming along very slow and is very weak yet. So my typing is very slow. I'm going to therapy three time's a week and staying up in Virginia Beach, VA at my friends place. She and her daughter won't let me go back down to my home by myself anymore, but that's ok as I'm still not driving. Take Care,
Jim Townsend