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Shipmates Association Newsletter
June 2007 Editor: Dick Barber
dicbarber@aol.com 706-245-6110Web Site: www.ussnoxubee.org
Association Officers: President Gary Hall: Treasurer Bob Ahlersmeyer: Secretary Dick Barber
Board of Directors: Lenny Abramowitz; Dick Bland; Dudley Cass; Jim Gabrisch; Paul Gryniewicz;
Tom Mize; Sid Sidebottom; Don Spence.
Shipmates we are coming down to the wire for reunion number six
in Chattanooga, TN 30 September - 3 October 2007.
Your Reunion Registration form is attached, don’t set it aside with the
intention that I will fill it out later. Sit down now fill it out, send the
registration on to
Make your hotel reservation now by calling The Holiday Inn Choo
Choo at 1-800-872-2529 . You must mention USS Noxubee for the rate$79.00 per
night. If you go on line to make your reservation you must use the code letters
"USN
* The motel has a deadline on rooms blocked for the
Noxubee reunion; therefore, reservations must be made by
30 August 2007.
Here is a reunion note from Don Andress, Noxubee’s Poet
Laureate
"Reunion!! Come one come all,
Now liberty call, now liberty call.
Join fellow shipmates of USS Noxubee
Sept 30th through Oct. 3rd, in Chattanooga,
Tennessee".
It has come to my attention that some have already made their reservations but checking out on 3 October. Our Farewell banquet is scheduled for the evening of 3 October. If you are one of those you may want to extend your stay to include the 3rd and check out on the fourth.
Events for the reunion: A daily breakfast Brunch is available at the Choo Choo for $6.95 ea.
Sunday 30 September 2007 Check-in and registration Choo Choo
Hospitality Room 12 noon till?
Sunday 30 September 2007 6:30 pm Welcome Buffet
Tossed Garden Greens
With Croutons, Grated Cheddar Cheese,
Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Olives and Assorted Dressings
Baked New Potato Salad with Sour Cream and Chives
Creamy Cole Slaw
Catfish and Southern Fried Chicken, Southern Style green Beans,
Honey Glazed Baby Carrots, Dinner rolls, Bourbon Street
Pecan Pie, Apple
Dumplings w/ Cinnamon Sauce, Red Velvet Cake, Coffee and IcedTea
Monday 1 October: City tour of Chattanooga, Rock City, Ruby
Falls, Point Park, Chickamauga Battlefield.
Cost $37.00 per person. Lunch not included but you will have
time for lunch at Rock City. The tour requires a minimum of thirty persons. The
event takes about six and a half hours
Evening free time.
Tuesday 2 October: Daytime free to search out various points of
interest in Chattanooga
Entertainment, requires a 40 person minimum.
Wednesday 3 October: Board of Directors meet (T/location TBA)
Group pictures, for website, informal.
6:30 PM Farewell Banquet at 6:30 PM
Choice of one:
Breast of Chicken Marsala
Tossed Garden Greens served with Ranch & Italian dressing.
Marsala wine sauce which includes julienned pancetta, portabella
mushrooms, tomato and scallion garni
Mashed Parmesan New Potatoes
Chefs Seasonal Vegetable
Fresh Rolls and Butter
Cheesecake Supreme: A rich blend of cream cheese and sour
cream in a graham cracker crust, topped with fresh strawberries
Coffee, Tea, & Decaf.
Roast Sirloin of Beef
Tossed Garden Greens served with Ranch& Italian dressing.
Roast Sirloin of Beef: Tender slices of sirloin topped with a
Cabernet Sauvignon mushroom sauce.
Roasted Garlic Mashed Red Skin Potatoes
Chefs Seasonal Vegetable
Fresh Rolls and Butter
Cheesecake Supreme: A rich blend of cream cheese and sour
cream in a graham cracker crust, topped with fresh strawberries
Coffee, Tea, & Decaf.
In June of 2006 I printed a note From Barbara (McCall) Mitchell. She was informing us of former Commanding Officer of the Noxubee Lt James McCall’s (her father) health. Since placing the note in the newsletter several members have tried to contact Barbara, her e-mail address had been changed? I attempted to locate her son David Mitchell and also attempted to call LT McCall’s home but the number has been disconnected. If any one has information on how to contact the family please forward the information on to me.
The following shipmates have crossed the Quarterdeck
Howard L Pabst LCDR 10-27-1965 to 08-01-1967 10-21-2006
I think it would be appropriate to put in the next newsletter that Howard Pabst passed away last October. As you will recall Howard was the first CO of the Noxubee after she was brought out of mothballs. I believe it was 1965, or it could have been 1966. She was refitted in Norfolk and we the sailed to Pearl Harbor where she was home ported. Then, of course, we were off to Viet Nam. Howard was a career officer, having graduated from the Academy. He held several commands subsequent to the Noxubee (the last as Commanding Officer of the Naval Training Station in Orlando), retiring as a Captain. His wife Jean still lives in Orlando
He was buried in Arlington the past Monday. My wife, Barbara, and I were fortunately able to attend. As you might imagine it was a very moving experience. Vic Cavanaugh
Billy Westerfield
Joseph Piscioneri Ens 1951-1952 Date unknown
From Jim Gabrisch
of a radio-space restoration project on the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.
Any info you may have, please contact Jim Gabrisch at cpgarbanzo@sbcglobal.net
or 858-505-9480."
Another reminder from Don Andress "If on the ocean you did sail,
The grand reunion you should not fail.
Come gather with shipmates of good ship Noxubee,
Sept 30th through Oct. 3rd, in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Another shipmate located by Al Alaimo, Ens Bill Gardiner 1951 - 1952
