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Alumni Sandstorm Archive ~ July, 2021
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/01/21
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
George "Pappy" SWAN ('59)
Bob Craens ('60_)
Cindy OATES ('66)
Karl FECHT ('66)
Richland Bombers on Facebook
MAREN's MALARKEY:
Get ahead of yourself. Send Sandstorm Stuff early.
Please put the "save for" date in the subject line...
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Taking a moment to wish George "Pappy" SWAN ('59) a "Happy
Birthday!" Hope all is well with you, your dogs and the fabled
mud puddle. Wait a minute! Didn't Springsteen write a song
about being born on the First of July? Or was that Neil Sadaka?
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
slightly cooler weather is prevailing and plans for
Oktoberfest are moving right along.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/02/21
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Dick PIERCE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Lyman CHRISTOPHER ('63)
Jamie WORLEY ('64)
David SHERRARD ('71)
Joan Donogh (Adopted '71 - '71 webmaster)
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>>From: Dick PIERCE ('67)
Thought some Bombers might find this interesting with, or
without, the WWII references. It IS a paradise.
https://youtu.be/uzZBBDvADPE
-Dick PIERCE ('67)
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>From: Shirley ARMSTRONG Dvorak ('61)
RRe: Track Houses
My family the Armstrongs:'Ron ('56-RIP), Gary ('57-RIP), Dean
('59), myself ('61), and younger sister Linda ('63), lived in
the track house on Gillespie, the one that had the big open
field for a back yard. I cannot remember exactly when we moved
from a Prefab on Duane to this house, I think it was when I was
in the 3rd or 4th grade. My older brothers and parents bought
Ice Cream scooters and my brothers sold the ice cream in
Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. We had a good time living
there, all the big trees, being close to school and the movie
theaters. My brothers played football in the field with their
friends.
The house was originally a 2 bedroom house and then someone
made part of the front screened in porch into a small bedroom
off the master bedroom, my sister and I shared that room, we
had a large living room/dining room and a large kitchen and
bathroom.
When I was going into the 7th grade my parents moved us to a 4
bedroom ranch house on Basswood. I was not happy about that,
because all my friends were in the south end and now I had to
walk to School by myself.
All this talk about the different houses has brought back some
good memories.
-Shirley ARMSTRONG Dvorak ('61)
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
To: Dick PIERCE ('67)
Re: https://youtu.be/uzZBBDvADPE
The video of fishing the Mariana Islands with the WWII history
was interesting. I've been to Truk Lagoon and dived many of
the WWII sunken ships and planes. The diving was great and the
reefs are beautiful. That was in 1977. Over the two weeks that
we were there I visited with a man who was a young boy living
on an Island that had many tunnels with many antiaircraft guns,
some were still there. He was a delight to visit with over the
two weeks that were there. The people on the islands had very
little. Many of the kids had no shoes. They lived in shacks,
but they were always smiling and they were happy. Many very
fond memories.
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/04/21 ~ 4th of July
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Nancy MALLORY ('64)
HOLIDAY ~ 4th of July
John Wayne's God Bless America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFv-fqQ9D_Y
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Penny MITCHELL ('71)
Gale WALDKOETTER ('72)
Jim RICE ('75)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To the Country and some Bombers who happened to be born on this
day: Happy Birthday!
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
Oktoberfest will be celebrated this September; and over
in Silverton, Homer Davenport Family Celebration will
happen this August.
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: Mariana Is.
https://youtu.be/uzZBBDvADPE
The piece about the Mariana Is. reminded me of a trip my
husband took years ago. He worked for the CORE in Vicksburg as
an engineer. He went to Quadaleen (sp?) Is. once to work on
some kind of problem. If I remember correctly access was still
restricted. He did bring back some souvenirs. While I went with
him (usually before kids) on trips, they were stateside.
We've had some hot days (W TN) here with lots of rain. My
sister (in Kennewick) asked me to send some of it her way. My
in laws live in the Tacoma area -- so many have no a/c. They
are suffering.
Is anyone going to see fireworks tomorrow? We used to go every
year. I think there will be one out at the airport, but we will
watch one from home.
Sure do love to read the Sandstorm every morning with my cereal
and on (no coffee -- that would be my sister).
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/05/21
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Doreen HALLENBECK ('51)
Class of '56 Reunion Committee (4 Bombers)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Sharon PANTHER ('57)
Mike HUSKE ('64)
Paul TAMPIEN ('64)
Danny WALKER ('71)
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>>From: Doreen HALLENBECK Waldkoetter ('51)
Thanks, Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54).
One of the lovely persons born on Independence Day was my
daughter, Gale Ann WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72). Of course you
realize this is also the celebration of my Labor Day. And yes,
she is a true Bomber ('72), as well as her mother who graduated
in 1951. While Fairbanks, AK has too much daylight to have
fireworks on this day, they do make up for it later in the
year. Glad to be living closer to her now.
-Doreen HALLENBECK Waldkoetter ('51) ~ Fairbanks, AK
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>>From: Class of '56 Reunion Committee
Re: Class of '56 in '21 ~ 65 Years
Class of 1956. Can you believe it has been 65 years since our
graduation from Col High? We are going to celebrate with a
brunch September 11, 2021 in conjunction with the Club 40
meeting. Our brunch will be held at Best Western Plus, 1515
George Washington Way. We will start at 10:30 AM in the
conference room, then eat a buffet brunch at 11am. The menu is
frittatas, pastries, fruit, ham, potatoes, coffee and orange
juice. After brunch, we will have our picture taken in the pool
area (paid for by class funds). We will be able to socialize
until 2pm. Please pass this information on to any classmates
you are in contact with. Please try to make it as this will be
the last Class of '56 organized reunion.
You can find the registration form at the Club 40 web site:
RichlandClub40.org
[I can't get any registration forms on the
Club40 website... I've asked for a fix. -Maren]
Registration needs to be submitted by August 28th. We hope to
see you in September.
Submitted by Ron HOLEMAN ('56) for the
Class of '56 Reunion Committee:
-Lois WEYERTS Harrold ('56)
-Karol BRIMHALL Smith ('56)
-Annette VERELLEN Parnell ('56)
-Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Mr. Gil Lujan, Retired RHS Spanish Teacher
Many Bombers who took Spanish in high school may have had Mr.
Lujan as their teacher. Sadly he passed away June 30, 2021 at
the age of 97. Please join us in remembering Gil's life at a
memorial service on July 9, 2021, at 11:00 AM, at Central
United Protestant Church, 1124 Stevens Drive, Richland. In lieu
of flowers, please donate to Chaplaincy Health Care (Hospice
House), 2108 W. Entiat, Kennewick, WA 99336.
Bomber tears,
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/06/21
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Jim BRUNELLE ('66)
Marian HENNINGS ('67)
David BARGER ('72)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Vonda Kay (Green) Hammer (KHS-'65-RIP)
My wife of 51 years has said, "I have been at death's door many
times." Last night, July 5, at 2:50am she passed thru that
door. She has had many health problems over the years starting
from gestational diabetes, which went away when our daughter
was born, but came back to stay by the time she was in second
grade. That probably lead to the heart attacks, and maybe the
kidney disease. Then sleep apnea and cancer--twice. She has
been in the hospital times when the doctors did not expect she
would make it, but she always did. This time the doctor said
she would not survive heart operation she needed. Said she
would continue going into the hospital ever few days and needed
to choose either long-term health care or home Hospice. She
chose to be at home. That was at least two months ago.
Yesterday (July 4th) my daughter did not think she would last
much longer and called my wife's twin, Wanda, to see if she
wanted to come over.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/07/21
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Steve CARSON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie PIETZ ('76_)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Sorry to hear of your loss, Dennis... 51 years together is a
lot of years to be married and makes your loss magnified many
times over... it sounds like she was a fighter, and it was good
that you opted for home care... the trials and tribulations of
modern medicine are now behind her... she can rest in peace...
Bomber love,
-Jim McKEOWN ('53)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Can't pass up the opportunity to wish a "Merry Un-birthday!"
to all those listed on today's Bomber Birthday list.
[There weren't any birthdays on today's
calendar. I JUST now added one. -Maren]
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Sincere condolences on the loss of Vomda.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/08/21
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Betty RUSSELL ('54)
Pam DeVRIES ('67)
Tammy JANES ('78)
Deanna Sue LUKINS ('79)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
A "Happy Birthday!" to Betty RUSSELL ('54), who's name I
know is on the list.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: A Ye Olde Richland slice in time-July of Yesteryear
1943, July 30: The first house occupied was a "B" House
(duplex), by J.C. Lang. The gummint provided water, electric
services, furniture, lawn mower etc. (What lawn?)
1944, July 2: Richland Hospital named Kadlec in memory of Lt.
Col. H.R. Kadlec, deputy engineer assigned to the Project, and
the first patient to pass away in the new hospital. July 7:
Richland Park swimming pool opened. July 10: The beginning of
mail service announced. July 17: Free coal to all residents
begins.
1945, July 16: The first atomic bomb was exploded near
Alamogordo, New Mexico, at 5:30 a.m.
1947, July 31: Kadlec Hospital and the Richland Medical
Department received the American College of Surgeons
commendation. Those on the hospital staff were Norwood,
Harville, Scudder, Nicola, Strongman, Brockman, Brone, Sachs,
Albertowitz, Miller, Davis, De Lang, Pollock, Egleston, Fuqua,
Frazee (Jr), Berry, Eckles, Lih, Peterson, Thaler, and Hulsman.
1948, July 3: Jaycees sponsored a "Turtle Derby" as part of the
4th Celebration weekend with profits going to the new municipal
swimming pool ($450). July 8: Richland Day Celebration was
renamed "Atomic Frontier Days," sponsored by the Richland
Junior Chamber of Commerce. July 26: Richland's Master Plan
established a second business district a mile north of the
downtown. July 26: Permanent "Richland Community Council"
decided upon. July 29: Contract awarded to build Richland Bell
Furniture (on George Washington Way).
1951, July: Operation of the new swimming pool began, started
by Community effort and completed by the Atomic Energy
Commission, and later named George R. Proute Memorial Pool.
July 26: U.S. Congressional disposal legislation introduced by
Representative Hal Holmes, R-Washington. A first step toward
self-government and home ownership, etc.
1952, July 15: W.E. Johnson named general manager, Hanford
Atomic Products operation, General Electric Co., succeeding
George Proute.
1953, July 1: Neal McClure named Superintendent of Richland
Schools. (Served until 1960). July 20: Community Council
granted authority to appoint a Planning Board which had
previously been controlled by General Electric Company and the
Atomic Energy Commission. The group drew up the first citizen
Master Plan for the city.
1955, July 5: Congressional hearings on Disposal held with U.S.
Senator Henry Jackson, chairman, and Congressman Hal Holmes
present. July 18: Delegation sent to D.C. recommending changes
in the pending legislation. July 29: Disposal Bill passed by
U.S. Senate; July 30: passed by U.S. House.
1957, July 28: Joint seminar meeting held in Richland on
problems of incorporating Richland and Oak Ridge (Tenn.).
1958, July 15: Incorporation Election conducted (certified July
21 with a vote of 2,932 yes, and 724 no).
1959, July 1: Finance and Personnel Departments begin
operations.
1960, July 1: Robert Chisholm named Superintendent of Richland
School District 400. (Served until 1966.)
1965, July 1: Computer Sciences Corporation took over the data
processing operation for the Hanford Works; leased a new $3.5
million computer to be installed in Richland.
1966, July 20: W.E. Johnson resigned from the Richland City
Council (having filled a vacancy from April 7 by Harry Kramer
who resigned) to accept the position as commissioner, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission.
1967, July 1: General Electric Company completed 21 years of
operations as prime contractor for the Atomic Energy Commission
(had replaced the duPont Company on Sept. 1, 1946). Douglas
United Nuclear, Inc., took over the operation of the "N"
Reactor complex.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA on July 22 born at the
Hanford townsite-since the Richland maternity ward was
not yet complete in July of 1944 (above). The family
lore includes an ambulance ride from the unequipped
Richland maternity wing, north through the Hanford
barricade (almost literally), with military jeep escort
and sirens blaring, and immediate delivery without
anesthetic, in 105°. Great entry, I and my identical
twin brother. My dear mother wrote later to her sister
in Illinois: "It was very exciting. We must have been
doing 60!")
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/09/21
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Nancy MALLORY ('64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
Vicki OWENS ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
My thoughts and prayers are with you old friend. (many
memories from HS). Hold your happy memories close.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Marilyn HERIFORD Perkins ('66RIP)
For those of you who were not able to attend the Celebration of
Life for Marilyn on July 3 the link to her memorial slideshow
is
https://www.dougstuff.click/slideshow
May you rest in peace, Marilyn.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: July of Yesteryear
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Thank you for sharing those memories! Where did you get that
great historical information?
My youngest son has become fascinated with the history of
Richland, & is full of questions, most of which I can only
answer vaguely.
I am delighted with his interest. I grieves me to think that
"our Richland" would be forgotten after just the 3 generations
(and for many families, only 2) who lived in "our Richland". So
his questions make me hopeful that all will not be forgotten.
But I need a solid source for good answers, not just MY
answers. Are you willing to share from where you got your
information?
Oh my goodness, your poor mother pregnant with twins in a
Richland summer back then! And that 60mph ambulance ride -
definitely something of note back in the day!!
Anyway, I have a ton of historical questions I need to have
answered. So any sources you (or anyone) can offer would be
great! Thanks in advance.
BTW, who remembers going to look at the house-for-sale listings
when the government started selling them? I was a little - went
with me parents on Daddy's days off. The listings were on
small, typed pieces of paper. They were individual pieces, as I
recall. They were posted on a glass-enclosed, wood encased
double-sided bulletin board, mounted into the ground on wooden
legs on the south side of a building that was south of the
original Richland Public Library. (The building may always have
been or at least eventually became the Public Health
Department, and functioned as such into at least 1996, when I
went there for some required vaccinations).
Hope to read more such memories and get some sources.
Thanks, all!
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ In Richland - where it's
"cooled down" to only a high of 96 predicted for today.
It truly was at 117-118 last week. Ugh!!
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>>From: Vicki OWENS ('72)
Re: A Ye Olde Richland slice in time-July of Yesteryear
Thanks to Pete BEAULIEU ('62), for all of that very old news!
Most of it preceded my birth in Kadlec Hospital, so was still
news to me.
I was especially intrigued by the list of Richland doctors who
were already serving the community in 1947. At least four were
names I recognized from my school years a couple of decades
later. Perhaps there were more than four who stuck around, but
thankfully I was a pretty healthy kid so didn't see much of our
local doctors. (That and, as I found out later, we didn't have
health insurance back in those days!) Yet another reminder of
what an unusual town Richland was. So few of our families
originated from anywhere nearby, but it became home to a really
diverse and wonderful group of families. And I'm certainly
grateful for that!
-Vicki OWENS ('72) ~ Kampala, Uganda. Africa where we're
halfway through a six-week lockdown due to COVID's 2nd
wave, much nastier than the first.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/10/21
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Donna NELSON ('63)
Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Dale McLEAN ('63
Keith BEIERS ('63)
Bill RULON ('64)
Jim HODGSON ('64)
Judy SCOTT ('64)
Susie DILL ('64)
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
Re: Pete BEAULIEU ('62) 7/8/21 Sandstorm entry.
I recognize a hospital staff doctor. According to my mom, I had
viral pneumonia at 3 and needed a blood transfusion. I am AB
negative and Dr. Albertowicz was, too, and he's the one who
gave his blood. He didn't ever mention it when I was at their
house and friends with his daughter Ann ('63).
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Sid SAMORA ('67-RIP)
Sorry to see Sid (#63) has passed. An honors student and one of
the good guys from our class.
My mother saved this photo. No idea where or how she procured
it.
I will leave the naming and/or fixing my mistakes to anyone
that wants to do that. I know the faces, but cannot recall all
the names. The '67 annual helped.
http://richlandbombers.com/sports/Foot/1963-64CarFootball.html
Phil "Not That Phil Collins" COLLINS ('67) is missing in this
photo. During the first week, or so, of practice Phil
dislocated his left elbow. No ambulance. They threw him in a
car and drove away to the hospital. Phil never played sports
again. Too bad. He was going to be one of our running backs and
he would have been one of the greats IMHO.
Pretty good photo op of our prison in the background.
[Oops! I cropped.... -Maren]
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Mad/210710-Willow-Prison.jpg
And the Weeping Willow tree (L) I ran into coming off 'The
Hill' on a toboggan with Rudy RUIZ ('66) and three others.
I only recall one slightly wounded as we all bailed seconds
before a potentially worse winter accident occurred. And we were
moving.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/11/21
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Burt PIERARD ('59)
Missy KEENEY ('59)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Rex HUNT ('53_)
Pete CARROLL ('65)
John HEFFNER ('66)
Barbara GILE ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Lyle LAUGHERY ('66)& Pam DeVRIES ('67)
BOMBER/NAB ANNIVERSARY Today:
Rex DAVIS ('49) and Alice Davis
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Today would have been a birthday for Roger MIKULECKY ('54
R.I.P.), so let us remember him in our private thoughts.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: July Historical Happenings
Not much to add to your excellent account but two items could
be expanded.
First, the July 16, 1945, mention of the Trinity Test. To me,
the real significance was not that an atomic bomb had been
exploded, but this was the first Plutonium Bomb (our bomb). Not
to get too technical, but the Plutonium core was surrounded
with conventional explosive material (TNT) which was exploded
to squeeze the core into Critical Mass, which then exploded. An
absolutely, incredible engineering achievement!
Second, in your telling of your birthday ride to the Hanford
Hospital, your mother wrote later, "It was very exciting. We
must have been doing 60!" It would have certainly been so, the
Wartime Highway Speed Limit was 35 MPH! (The pre-war Highway
Speed Limit was 45 MPH.) As an aside, whatever time was
recorded for your birth was PWT (Pacific War Time - year-round
Daylight Savings Time).
To: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Richland Housing
When DuPont assigned housing, they used somewhat of a caste
system. Generally, A's, B's & Pre-Fabs were for General
Operations' workers, F's & H's were for Supervisors, D's, E's,
G's & L's were for Management & Army Brass. When G.E. came in
1946, they opened all the houses to first-come, first-served
Waiting Lists. The lists were kept in glass enclosed window
boxes which, as I recall, were mounted on the south and east
outside walls of the Housing Office (an abutment to the old
Goethals Fire Station). The lists were metal-framed with
individual bamboo strips for each name. In my family's
experience, we started out in a trailer in Hanford, moved to an
A House on Swift, Dec. 1,1944, and to a B House on Thayer (mom
couldn't take living with the bathroom upstairs at the A House
- Sciatica problems) on Dec. 1,1945. After G.E. came, Mom and
Dad wanted to get a single story, one unit place which left a
choice of an E or H. I don't know what procedure G.E. used to
start the lists (I was only 6 years old) but my Dad was,
initially, over a hundred on both lists. I remember going with
him once as he checked the lists every week or so for 10 years.
Then, in 1956 (less than a year before the houses were to go on
sale), he got the call for an H House.
PS I bought back into the house in 2002.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Missy KEENEY ('59)
To: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Burton PIERARD ('59) lives and breathes Hanford and Richland
history. He has an article in the current BRMA (B Reactor
Museum Association) newsletter about "Hanford Camp" and "Camp
Hanford." He is an awesome resource.
-Missy KEENEY ('59)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
You are the only other person I know of besides myself who
admits to hitting a tree while sledding on Carmichael Hill In
Richland.
I did it in about 1956, and couldn't walk for a few days. I now
have a deformed hip bone, and wonder if that is why. No X-Rays,
no doctor's visit; just bed rest till I could walk. I also have
no recall of what kind of tree it was. I just remember my
friends were very concerned when a "stranger" who was sledding
with his kids, offered to drive me home; not enough worried for
one of them to give up sledding and go with me. Sadly, I don't
remember that kind "stranger's name, to thank him.
And I can't really complain, I can still walk and swim, even
run when I have to, and get up and down on the floor with my
young grandkids when I have to.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in SE Indiana where we've had a
lovely cool day in the 70s with rain off and on to
keep our lawns green, by the little lake.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Richland Bicentennial Info
The question has been asked by loyal SS readers why I'm not
serializing the definitive Hanford history, instead of
offering monthly entries from (and limited to) the very scarce
"Richland-The Long Road to Self-Government, 1943-68" (Paul P.
Beardsley, et al). My goal (June and July, and more if there
is an interest) has been simply to add memory-joggers to SS,
especially when other entries seem to be lagging.
While I'm flattered, I readily confess that the suggested
history is beyond my depth. One SS reader has suggested a
vastly broadened scope (beyond Richland) for my monthly
entries/sources, to add other important dates such as for
Hanford Reactors. There's nothing in July, but from a much
earlier posting let me at least repeat this, here:
START-UP SHUT-DOWN
B-Reactor Sept. 1944 Feb. 1968
D-Reactor Dec. 1944 June 1967
F-Reactor Feb. 1945 June 1965
H-Reactor Oct. 1949 Apr. 1965
DR-Reactor Oct. 1950 Dec. 1964
C-Reactor Nov. 1952 Apr. 1969
KW-Reactor Jan. 1955 Feb. 1970
KE-Reactor Apr. 1955 Jan. 1971
N-Reactor Dec. 1963 Jan. 1987
WPPSS 1984
For another reader who wonders, yes, it was on July 13, 1970
(after 1968) that Leslie Groves passed away, at the age of 74
(I think from heart failure). And, regarding the end of the
Cold War (related to Hanford's earlier plutonium production),
the date December 25, 1991 is given when the hammer and sickle
was lowered from the Kremlin.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA. In the interests of full
disclosure, not name-dropping, the above table is
abbreviated from very long-time friend Max S. Power,
author of "America's Nuclear Wastelands: Politics,
Accountability, and Cleanup" (Pullman: WSU Press, 2008).
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: Art In The Park
For those who are interested: After a 2 year absence, there
will be an Art In the Park this month - July 23 and 24. Y'all
come on down!
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Sandra MILLER ('66)
Trudy SPILMAN ('66)
Debra BELLISTON ('74)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I just want to wish Rex HUNT ('53), Happy Birthday yesterday.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from SE Indiana where we've had a
lot more rain in the last 24 hours, and cool, under
80° weather.
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
I was pleased to see that '62 classmate Pete BEAULIEU is using
the book my Dad, Paul Beardsley, put together in the mid '60s.
He spent a long time and much energy gathering all the
information in that book. I can remember his desk covered with
notes, pictures and bits of information for a couple of years
as he worked on it. He loved this city and was proud to serve
on the Freeholders and the first city council and again in
1967-1971. This rights to reprint this wonderful 50 page book
were purchased from our family by the B Reactor Museum thru
Burt PIERARD ('59) several years ago. I understand the museum
is closed currently but I hope they will continue to sell it as
it contains a lot of wonderful information to jog our memories
about times gone by and educate newcomers to the rich history
of our hometown. He instilled a love of this community in his
kids as well although none of us chose to serve as publicly.
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-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Jack ALEXANDER ('55)
Gary LAWRENCE ('56)
Glen ROSE ('58)
Terry KLUTE ('63)
Paul BLAZINE ('65)
Katie VACHÉ ('66)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY;
Ken FORTUNE ('66) & Paulette KRAJCIK ('67) '68
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Blue collar stuff
In restitution for my past omission regarding the blue-collar
role in Hanford-and borrowing a term from an early-retiree
President-"let me say this about that!"...
For openers, the Manhattan Project is touted as the first big
example of the "critical path method" (CPM) for project
management. Meaning that all of the steps from A to Z are
clearly identified and then organized and compressed into the
shortest time-span possible, by figuring out task connections
and what can be done simultaneously. (CPM was perfected later
in the 1950s by Morgan Walker of DuPont-DuPont, so surely one
of the Manhattan Project folks-and James Kelly of Remington
Rand, and then applied to ICBM submarine production, a project
completed two years ahead of schedule.)
So, HOW does one go from sagebrush at Hanford to "Trinity" on
July 16, 1945 at Alamogordo, in just two years? Related to
which, I've been looking for a 1960ish book for some time-a
hard thing to do when I couldn't remember either the title or
the author. But I got lucky last week and will be ordering a
copy of Richard Rhodes' reprinted "The Making of the Atomic
Bomb."
Three blue-collar details from Rhodes, not yet forgotten:
FIRST, in building the reactors and chemicals separation
structures, it was not known exactly where the holes in
compartment walls should be located to accommodate pipe
networks that had not yet been figured out. So, intuition and
guess work at the drafting boards and construction sites were
good enough. Simultaneity.
SECOND, these pipe systems had to deal with serious and
discontinuous temperature variations without any microscopic
leaks (contamination) within the complex fittings. On the run,
the only expert was found in an overalls mechanic for Chicago
hotels, who had perfected leak-proof hot water piping for
basement boiler systems.
THIRD, uranium production requires a step involving "gaseous
diffusion" (definition below). Needed was a nozzle capable of
producing tiny bubbles all exactly the same size. The only go-
to guy for this was a lowly interior decorator in New York
City, who had perfected a wall-surface spray applicator for
very ordinary residential apartment units. (Definition:
"Gaseous diffusion is a technology used to produce enriched
uranium by forcing gaseous uranium hexafluoride (UF6) through
semipermeable membranes. This produces a slight separation
between the molecules containing uranium-235 (235U) and
uranium-238 (238U).")
I think I recall these things right. Key blue-collar stuff
mingled together with white-collar stuff, not just in the later
construction or gadget operation phases but every step of the
way.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA. Wet-collar guy who still
mows his own lawn.
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Burt PIERARD ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Shirley STREGE ('54)
Thora METCALF ('59)
Bonnie FOSTER ('66)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
A moment to wish Shirley STREGE ('54) a "Happy Birthday!", with
the thought we might see each other come this Se[tember.
To those of you who may be French or Francophiles; have a
"Happy Bastille Day!"
And for Messer's PIERARD ('59) and BEAULIEU ('62); technically
speaking it was not a bomb that lit up the sky at the Trinity
Site, but more a device or warhead affectionately known as "The
gadget."
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Your Dad's Book
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/BRMA/00.htm
As you mentioned, Paul Beardsley wrote the definitive History
of Richland, in "diary format," in the '60s. Here are some
additional details about the book and it's availability for
purchase.
The official title was "The Long Road to Self-Government" and
was sub-titled "The History of Richland, Washington, 1943 -
1968." The book was written in honor of the 25th Anniversary of
Richland held in 1968. There was even an official 25 - 10 Logo
(25 years from the start of construction of the Richland
Village and 10 years from the Incorporation of Richland as a
1st class city).
When the B Reactor Museum Association (BRMA) was negotiating a
reprinting agreement with the Beardsley Family in 2016, Paula
produced Paul's original copy to use for the reprint. The
windfall to BRMA was that Paul had shepherded his copy around
to many of the notables at the celebration for autographs. The
names of Leslie Groves, Frank Matthias, Dale Babcock, and John
Wheeler jumped out at me.
As far as availability for purchase ($15) our BRMA Gift Shop
is in a holding period due to COVID. The Octopus Garden is
presently sold out but the BRMA Store Manager has assured me
they will be restocked by this Friday. We are probably going
into our 3rd printing this year.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD ('59) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/15/21
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Karen COLE ('55)
Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Burt PIERARD ('59)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Twins: Judie and Jackie COLE ('63)
Rick DENNIS ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Gary DAVIS ('77) & Karen WHITNEY ('76)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Just joining in with the Cole family to wish Jackie and Judy
(both (63) a Happy Birthday!
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
To: Jackie and Judie COLE ('63)
Happy birthday you two. Patti ('52) and I have so many memories
of you and your antics that stemmed from you being so identical
in appearance. You are such unique individuals, even though you
are always lumped as "Twins." Your special connection to each
other is baffling to all of us who witness strange events, such
as one getting hurt and the other feeling it when you're a
thousand miles apart. Anyway you two strange people, we love
you and wish you a very special happy birthday today.
-The Cole kids
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Re: Club 40 Annual Meeting and Reunion
Our 2021 Annual Meeting and Reunion will be held at the Best
Western Plus hotel (formerly the "M") on George Washington Way
in Richland, Washington on Friday and Saturday, September 10-
11, 2021. I will be meeting with Sara Davis, Best Western Plus
Director of Sales, on July 20th to make the final arrangements
and sign a contract. We do not yet know what the special room
rate will be for those of you wishing to stay at the hotel, but
if you do plan to call and request reservations please ask for
the special room rate for attending the Club 40 event. The
local telephone number for the Best Western Plus hotel is (509)
946-4121.
Of the three catering companies provided to us by the Best
Western (Fat Olives Restaurant and Catering, Castle Event
Catering, and CG (Country Gentleman) Catering)), we chose CG
Catering. At this time, all three companies only offer buffet
style service and not the sit-down meals we have enjoyed the
last few years. The menu for Friday night will include: baby
back ribs, BBQ salmon halves, corn bread muffins, scalloped
potatoes, seasonal grilled vegetables, green salad, iced tea,
lemonade and water. The menu for Saturday night will include:
chicken cordon bleu, oven roasted pork loin, garlic mashed
potatoes, wild rice pilaf, fresh green bean with bacon and
onion, Caesar salad, fresh Baked rolls and coffee service.
You can find updated information about the Reunion and a
registration form on the Club 40 web site, richlandclub40.org
This information will also be posted in the Club 40 newsletter,
the Dust Storm which will be mailed to members soon. We need to
receive your registration not later than Wednesday, August 25,
2021. Thank you. The Reunion Info page also includes any
information we currently have regarding planned Bomber Class
reunions.
One last comment: we included an entry on the back page of the
Club 40 registration form asking that you check the box if you
have been fully vaccinated. Checking the box is not a
requirement to attend the function, but it would be helpful
information for the hotel to know regarding room setup in case
any lingering COVID-19 issues still need to be considered for
group gatherings. Thank you.
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56) ~ Richland
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Your Dad's Book
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/BRMA/00.htm
As you mentioned, Paul Beardsley wrote the definitive History
of Richland, in "diary format," in the '60s. Here are some
additional details about the book and it's availability for
purchase.
The official title was "The Long Road to Self-Government" and
was sub-titled "The History of Richland, Washington, 1943 -
1968." The book was written in honor of the 25th Anniversary of
Richland held in 1968. There was even an official 25 - 10 Logo
(25 years from the start of construction of the Richland
Village and 10 years from the Incorporation of Richland as a
1st class city).
When the B Reactor Museum Association (BRMA) was negotiating a
reprinting agreement with the Beardsley Family in 2016, Paula
produced Paul's original copy to use for the reprint. The
windfall to BRMA was that Paul had shepherded his copy around
to many of the notables at the celebration for autographs. The
names of Leslie Groves, Frank Matthias, Dale Babcock, and John
Wheeler jumped out at me.
For purchase ($15) our BRMA Gift Shop, The Octopus Garden is
restocked and ready for sale this Friday.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: the "gadget"
About the code name "gadget" which, yes, was not a complete
bomb... Surely a top-security label, and after which the Manhattan
Project's laboratory weapon physics division, "G Division",
took its name in August 1944.
Such project branding leads us to others. Take, for example,
the term "Trinity" for the Alamogordo test implosion...
Oppenheimer was either referring to something in Hindu
scripture, or as he also explained when later asked, was
graffitiing onto the gadget/bomb the Christian Trinity as
referenced in a poem by John Donne: "Batter my heart, three
person'd God.
Take also a phrase oft-used today, and mouthed not by
Oppenheimer, but by a close colleague at the test
site... Illuminated by the test blast, Oppenheimer blurted a
possibly rehearsed line from the Hindu Bhagavad Gita: "Now I
have become death, the destroyer of worlds." (The brilliant
Oppenheimer earlier had taught himself Sanskrit "just for the
fun of it.")
To which his colleague, Kenneth Bainbridge, the physicist in
charge of the actual test, then brightened up: "Well, Oppie,
now we're all sons of bitches!"
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA, trying not to be one of
Bainbridge's "all".
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
So I'm talking with some friends and was wondering how much of
the $1.65 I collected each month for delivering the Tri-City
Herald I got to keep. I remember there was some extra juice for
paying your "bill" early, but can't remember, how much I would
have made a month for delivering the goods six days a week. -
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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Just me today:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Barbara ISACKSON ('58)
Scott HARTCORN ('67)
Janet BENNETT ('71)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Lost some "essential stuff" to get my contacts in and out
of my eyes. Have to hit a Wal*Mart today and see if I can find replacements..
Long story... stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike RAGLAND ('57)
Pat HARTNETT ('59)
"JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Dean ANSON ('62)
Denny LYTLE ('66)
Stephanie MACAK ('71)
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>>From: Mike RAGLAND ('57)
I am curious as to when the TCH became a daily paper? In 1948
when I was selling Seattle Times at the Richland Bus terminal
just north of Wilson Street, it was a weekly and came out on
Thursday afternoon. I never sold many papers that day.
-Mike RAGLAND ('57)
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>>From: Pat HARTNETT ('59)
Re: Newspapers
I delivered the Columbia Basin News, as I recall I received
about a dollar a month for each customer on my route, being a
union member I paid a monthly fee for insurance, probably dues.
Thought it was a great job.
-Pat HARTNETT ('59)
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
In response to Jim HAMILTON's ('63) query on 7/15 regarding how
much the newspaper delivery person received, I can provide an
answer from a much later time period: 1977-1982, when I
delivered the Tri-City Herald.
In 1982, I was receiving $.06 per paper delivered. This was
shortly before the Saturday AM delivery started, so it was 6
days per week. So for each subscriber, I was making $1.50 per
month. My number of subscribers varied from a low of 39 to a
high of 53. My younger brother took over the route from 1982-
1987, and he had to get up early on Saturday mornings as well,
which I was thankful that I didn't have to do while I was
delivering (one day per week to sleep in, yay!).
When I started the route in 1977, based upon my recollection of
how much I was making per month, I back-calculated that they
were paying in the $.03 - .04 per-delivery range.
This money, along with the much more lucrative (but seasonal)
lawn-mowing business that I had, enabled me to shop for bicycle
and lawn mower parts at the uptown Western Auto store, and buy
$.69-.99 1960s rock records from the downtown Payless Drug
Store bargain bins. I never had a backpack or used the bicycle
rack which I did have (looking back, no idea why), so I
remember several LPs swinging wildly inside the plastic bag
hanging onto the front handlebars of my bicycle, causing a
significant reduction in my ability to steer straight on my
ride home! My mom never drove us kids anywhere unless it was to
the doctor's office or to the store. We were on our own to get
around town, which was just fine with me.
Oh, one other funny recollection from doing the paper route -
at 5am on Sunday mornings, when I was sitting on the living
room floor stuffing the comics into the rest of the paper (the
comics were printed in color and were dropped off in a separate
bundle, often tearing the comics on the outside which would be
the one that I kept for our own house), I had sneezing fits due
to being allergic to something in the colored inks. I would
deliver the Sunday morning papers typically before 6am, always
amazed that people were already up and sometimes impatiently
waiting for me, and then would crash back into bed until about
11am.
-John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: All Bombers
Another product, besides Plutonium, was manufactured at Hanford
to ensure proper detonation of the Gadget. 4 inch Bismuth slugs
were irradiated by neutrons in B reactor to make Polonium 210
which was perfect for creating additional neutrons required to
ensure the Gadget would not fizzle at the moment of prompt
criticality or the full compression of the Plutonium core. The
additional neutrons were produced by the very strong Po 210
alpha emissions interaction with light elements, this is called
an Alpha N. Beryllium is a great light element to produce this
reaction. Polonium also produces heat, from Wiki, "Because of
intense alpha radiation, a one-gram sample of 210Po will
spontaneously heat up to above 500°C (932°F) generating about
140 watts of power".
How much Po 210 was in the initiator (code name Urchin) is
unknown to me, however since it does produce heat Pu metal will
swell because of it. Which could explain why they used ice to
help place the Pu core. Since everything inside the gadget was
machined to very close tolerances you can understand why core
insertion was painstaking. These close tolerances also
prevented shifting of critical parts during flight or ground
transportation. Going back to Urchin, its unknown if Be was
mixed with the Po 210 or if it was layered is probably still
classified. I do know it was covered with Gold to prevent
contamination of personnel and equipment.
An interesting story about Trinity, a number of years ago I was
visiting with Monty Stratton, who was in charge of radiation
instrument calibration at Hanford, showed me a letter from a
former colleague with a small news paper article talking about
this ammo dump that blew up in southern New Mexico with the
note "this is related to your work at Hanford"
In closing the unleashing of the atom has been a fantastic
influence ever since the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad
Röntgen discovered x rays. In my opinion it really has been for
better or worse.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Burt PIERARD ('59)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Judy LAWSON ('62)
Mike LANGE ('67)
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Newspapers
I delivered the Oregonian. Seems the profit was about $35-$40
per month for 25 or 35 customers. I also delivered the TCH as
a substitute paper boy for Ron NEILSON ('56) (spelling of last
name?). I seem to remember 5 cents or so per paper but at the
fire station at Symons and Thayer dr I would give them the
paper then get an orange pop from the refrigerator to drink
as I finished the route!
I remember one time the route manager came to get the money
while I was not home and took most of my profit also! My first
lesson in how not to run a business.
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ from my home in cool Martha Lake/Mill
Creek/Bothell/Lynnwood, WA where we have our house on the
market getting ready to hit the road to new adventures!
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Tri City Herald
I don't remember now just when it was but would guess around
1950.
I told my dad I'd like a new bicycle. His typical response was
"If you want a bike get a job"..
As luck would have it I got a job delivering the TCH.
We went to Sears and I bought a JC Higgins bike with all the
fancy stuff like duel headlights, etc.
I don't recall how much it cost but with no cash, I bought it
on time.
This all took place in what is now West Richland.
And as I recall where we actually lived had not been named yet.
Enterprise was there, but we lived east of the irrigation ditch
which was the boundary for Enterprise.
Anyway, long story short, I peddled that bike over 6 miles
every day for 26 customers, give or take, which was probably
about half of the total spread out population at the time.
I don't remember now how much I made but it apparently covered
the bike payment.
By the time I got the bike paid for it was totally wore out.
The finishing touch happened one day when I went to swim in the
irrigation ditch and laid what was left of my bike in the grass
(most likely it was tall cheat grass)
A friend of mine pulled her car into the grass and not seeing
it, ran over my bike.
I don't remember now who if anybody took over the route.
I later got a job at the new Star View Drive in Theater, making
50 cents an hr. It later increased to 55 cents an hr.
If there are any out there that went to the Star view in its
early days, I was the one that announced the intermission over
the car speakers.
-Ken HEMINGER ('56wb)
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: All
Re: Paul Beardsley's "History of Richland" book availability
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/BRMA/00.htm
Good News! Today, I had a conservation with Gus at The Octopus
Garden (the only, presently active vendor of Paul's book due to
COVID). They do not normally do a mail-order business on any of
their wares, but for this item only, will accept phone orders
with credit card. Check out the above link to look at some
sample pages.
Price: $15.00 plus tax (free shipping)
Ph. No. (509) 946-0077
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Mike RAGLAND ('57) and Don Sorensen (NAB)
Re: Tri-City Herald
On the question when the TCH began, we do have this clue:
"March 2, 1950: Richland Villager quits! Publication was
suspended with Volume 5, No. 53" (Beardsley, Richland: The Long
Road to Self-Government, 1968).
Re: Trinity
On the Trinity implosion/explosion, and the cover-story "ammo
dump" explosion in New Mexico, this from General Leslie Groves:
"There were tremendous blast effects. For a brief period there
was a lightning effect within a radius of 20 miles equal to
several suns in midday; a huge ball of fire was formed which
lasted for several seconds. This ball mushroomed and rose to a
height of over ten thousand feet before it dimmed [topping out
at 25,000 feet]. The light from the explosion was seen clearly
at Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Silver City, El Paso and other points
generally to about 180 miles away [...] While complete reports
have not yet been received, I now know that no persons were
injured nor was there any real property damage outside our
Government area" (Dept. of Army, excerpt: "The Commanding
General, Manhattan District Project (Groves) to the Secretary
of War (Stimson)," Washington, 18 July 1945, Top Secret
declassified).
Regarding injuries, the radiation danger was better understood
later: "Stafford Warren, the Manhattan District's chief
medical officer, reported to Groves that "while no house area
investigated received a dangerous amount, the dust outfall
from the various portions of the cloud was potentially a very
dangerous hazard over a band almost 30 miles wide extending
almost 90 miles northeast of the site" [e.g., documented much
later was a sharp uptick-56%--in New Mexico infant mortality
rates in the few months following Trinity].
https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/trinity_safety.htm
https://thebulletin.org/2019/07/trinity-the-most-significant-hazard-of-the-entire-manhattan-project/
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Paper routes,,,
I had a route as a boy and as an adult. The scariest incident
was during my adult route.
As I came down one street, there was a Doberman across the
street from me, growling. I kept walking. After I passed the
dog, I heard the scratching of its claws on the asphalt.
Knowing I couldn't outrun it, I turned and faced it. I squatted
down, stuck one arm out in front of me with a fist. The dog
stopped about 10 feet away from me. He looked me over and then
turned and walked away.
My guess is that my rather unexpected response was sufficiently
different that he decided I might not be worth it.
I've been trained in the concept of "Make yourself bigger"
and have seen that move stop a horse at a near full gallop.
I Wonder if that would have had a bad outcome with the dog,
though.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Rod PETERSON ('63)
Karla SNYDER ('69)
Fred GRAZZINI ('71)
Mandy WALTMAN ('71)
Mollie RUTT ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
A reminder to all who may be interested; today would have been
Skippy's ('54 R/I/P/) birthday. Think kind thoughts.
Re: Herald goes daily
I would imagine that sometime before the fall of 1949, the Tri-
City Herald went daily. I took over an established route in the
area we were living in Kennewick at the time. It lasted until
the snow and cold weather in December of that year.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Ken and I took a job with his dad as bouncers at his dad's
night club in Heminger City, WA one summer -- probably 1954 or
1955. As I remember we had to throw Wayne Moss and a few of his
equally tall and intimidating friends out for being too rough
and rowdy! We were most Likely 16 at the time and maybe 5'9".
Note: on that night Ken, his younger sister Rosalie Heminger
(58) (sang with the band) and myself were all way under age to
be at the night club.
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ Preparing to move to Virginia once the
house sells.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/20/21
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Only ME today:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
07/20 ~ first Walk on the Moon - 1969
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Barry DILL ('57)
Terry WERNER ('65)
Geoffrey ROTHWELL ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today
Ned BARKER & Susan BIRGE ('59)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
44 days till 2021 LSU kickoff
Re: 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
226 days till start of 2022 Iditarod: March 5, 2022.
Re: Coffee Shop History Lesson
by Terrie Hanke ~ 3/11/13
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/1980-3rd_Place.jpg
There's a coffee shop located in the McGrath B&B. It's a
favorite stop of many volunteers as they work in or pass
through McGrath. Myself included. You can purchase a Mackey
Mocha, Frappe, Smoothie, Latte, Breve, Americano or Tea.
When ordering a Mackey Mocha yesterday, I noticed a very
large trophy displayed between the fireplace and a pair of
huge snowshoes on the wall. With Mackey Mocha in hand, I
went over to take a closer look.
The gold trophy was about three feet tall with a little sled
dog standing on top of a winner's cup. Half way up or down,
there was a pedestal holding a little sled with a pair of
eagles standing one on each side of the sled. On the base
next to the inscription plate stood another pair of little
sled dogs. The inscription read, "1980 Iditarod Trail
International Sled Dog Race 1,049 miles Anchorage to Nome
3rd place". My initial thought was if this trophy for 3rd
place is three foot tall, I wonder how big the champion's
trophy was.
Hanging on the Trophy was a yellow dog harness with large
letters penned with a ballpoint reading "Iditarod 1982 Lead
Dog. The hardware on display didn't give any hint as to who
might have earned the trophy or the harness.
There was only one available resource, the barista. Upon
asking who won the trophy, she proudly replied, "My
Grandfather, Ernie Baumgartner." Ernie lived in McGrath and
ran Iditarod a total of six times. As a rookie in '78 he
finished in 24th place. In "'79 he improved to 15th then in
1980 is when he crossed the finish line in 15 days, 9 hours
and 9 minutes to earn the 3rd place trophy.
Ernie's granddaughter filled me in on the story about the
yellow harness hanging off the trophy. Ernie was a front-
runner in the race but stopped to aid a fellow musher in
need. There was a ground blizzard and visibility was
seriously limited. Ernie ended up carrying the second musher
in his sled. While proceeding toward Nome in blowing snow
with zero visibility, they lost the trail. Ernie's leader,
Brandy got them back on the trail and safely into Nome. Thus
Ernie's leader and faithful friend, Brandy, earned the
Golden Harness Award and the team finished in 6th place.
Lolly Medley, a gifted harness maker and musher, convinced
the Iditarod Trail Committee to sanction an award to
recognize the best lead dog in the race as voted upon by the
mushers. The prize consists of a custom embroidered dog
harness and cash. Lolly Medley and Mary Shields entered the
second race run in 1974. Twenty-nine minutes behind Mary,
Lolly was the second woman to ever finish Iditarod. You
could say the Golden Harness Award was literally created by
Medley. Not only did she suggest the award, she also created
the first several harnesses.
Wouldn't it be fun to learn all of the stories about the
Golden Harness Award since it was first established in 1976
by Lolly Medley?
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gonzales, LA ~ 77° at 1am
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Just Me again today::
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Phil GROFF ('58)
Janet VOORHIES ('61)
Jackie HANSON ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today
Bud HOLDEN ('72) & Helen JACKSON ('72)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
43 days till 2021 LSU kickoff on 9/4/21
Re: 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
225 days till start of 2022 Iditarod: March 5, 2022.
Not much happening with Iditarod right now... LOTS of kennels
have brand new puppies...
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 77° at 3am
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/22/21
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Only ME again today (3rd day in a row!):
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Twins: John & Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Mary GREER ('66)
Chuck CRAWLEY ('67)
Paula VINTHER ('69)
BOMBER ANIVERSARY Today:
Ryan DODD ('84) and Leslie SCHILDKNECHT ('79)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
42 days till 2021 LSU kickoff on 9/4/21
Re: 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
224 days till start of 2022 Iditarod: March 5, 2022.
Not much happening with Iditarod right now.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 87° at 4:30am
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/23/21
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Bill MURRAY ('54)
Keith GOSNEY ('66)
Peggy ADAIR ('72)
Mickey JANES ('75)
Aric BUCK ('95)
Agnes Hughes ('02BBA)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY:
Mike CALDWELL ('63) and Barb MILLER ('65)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Sorry to interrupt Maren's LSU football/Iditarod monologue,
bur I must take this time to wish the "real" Bill MURRAY ('54)
a "Happy Birthday!" Yes, boys and girls, he is the real one,
not that movie actor escapee from SNL.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
just signed the sales documents on our house so we will be
officially homeless on the 26th of August. We will then start
our journey to a new adventure in Bedford, Virginia we will be
taking about three months zig-zagging across the country
visiting friends and family on our way!
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ from our home soon to be someone
else's home in Lynnwood, Martha lake, Mill Creek,
Bothell, WA
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
How disappointing to open the SS and find nobody writing in
except Maren. Hope this isn't the beginning of the end, if you
know what I mean. Summer is in full session now with all sorts
of activities going on, like the boat races this weekend and
the Sidewalk Art Show. Lot of people are taking to the sky and
going on vacation. I'm almost wanting it to become Autumn and
forget all this hot hot summer weather. My flowers all died in
their containers. Am waiting to it to cool down so that I can
dig them up and perhaps start over. I've really just lost
interest in planting this year.
I hope that you all have gotten your shots and have stayed
away from the covid virus. This new variant is rather scary,
but I just hope the doctors are correct that so long as you've
gotten all your shots, you'll be safe.
Well, here's to hoping that the next time I open up the SS,
there will be lots of classmates writing in and telling us
about their summer so far.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick We're
to get a bit of cooler weather for the next couple days.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/24/21
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
Steve HUNTINGTON ('73)
07/24 ~ National Cousins Day
https://nationaltoday.com/national-cousins-day/
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Gay EDWARDS ('64)
David DERBY ('66)
Bob PEARSON ('67)
Rick ALLEN ('67)
Kathy HARTNETT ('69)
Bill AYOTTE ('71)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
To: Carol CONVERSE Maurer's ('64)
Carol,
I too wish the COVID-19 gone. But with a sizable portion of
society, (the ones dumber than a used anvil) too freaking dumb
to think at all, will always be the ones sucking humanity into
a pit of ignorance. I said "Hello!" to one yesterday and he
was stuck for an answer. From what I have seen, they lack an
ability to think.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from beautiful sun scorched Downtown
Hanford, CA where its hotter than a 3 dollar pistol
at a Chicago tea party!
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Big Move
My youngest daughter moved to Virginia couple years ago and
called last fall and suggested I retire a year ahead of plan
and move back with her and the two grand kids so we took her
up on it. I retired this March and put all our house and
rental property on the market; got rid of most of our
belongings in preparation for the move
We flew back there to look it over and were impressed with the
beauty of the area! I hope to visit close by history sights.
One of the civil war battle sites is the site of my grandson's
grade school!
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ from an empty house in Martha Lake,
Mill Creek, Bothell, Lynnwood, WA
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: No Entries - Poor Maren!!
I was surprised to see a third day of no submissions was on my
computer screen this morning. Surely there must be something
happening out in Bomberland we can share. I'll throw this out
and hopefully others will also add their posts and we can give
Maren a break although it is always fun to read about the
Iditarod especially when it is 100+ outside.
We are waiting impatiently for the roar or maybe the whine of
the boats to fill the air around the mighty Columbia. It's not
quite as loud as it used to be but exciting none the less to
see those guys screaming down the river at 200 mph. Hubby and
I are working on the Pasco side with the Kiwanis manning the
gates and checking coolers---don't bring alcohol or anything
in glass containers-as we have for several years. Hubby is
working two days but I slacked off and took only one shift on
Sunday. We may or may not stay for the rest of the day
depending on how hot it gets. I think the prediction is 104°
so unless we can find some shade, probably will head home and
watch the rest of the racing on SWX.
This will be my about my 50th race to attend. I have only
missed 4 that I can remember and have many great memories of
meeting friends, partying hard and chilling on the riverbank
over the years. The last 5 or 6 years we have working with
Pasco Kiwanis but before that we were always on the Kennewick
side.
Also looking forward to Art in the Park at Howard Amon (or
Riverside Park to us old folks). There is a gal from Idaho
that I have been buying Christmas ornaments from since my son
who turns 40 this year was in grade school. Now between his
collection and those I have gotten for his two boys and wife,
they can pretty much cover a 7 foot tree. She has even made
some special order ones over the years for us.
Today would have been my sweet Mother's 104th birthday. I
can't believe she has been gone for 40 years... I sure miss
her! I'm sure there are a few of you who had their wedding
cake or baby shower cake made By my talented Mom. That was a
job she could do and stay home with her kids while Dad worked
two jobs to support us. I'm sure other mothers found a way to
help the family finances... did yours?
Off to my Kiwanis meeting now and then maybe go see if the
boats are on the river for a bit. It's only supposed to hit
97° today so may hit Art in the Park too.
Hope to see more entries in the next Sandstorm.
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: Steve HUNTINGTON ('73)
To: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Virginia
Grover,
Read your Sandstorm entry on your upcoming move to Bedford,
Virginia. Best of wishes to you on your adventure. Bedford
County is a beautiful place.
My wife Juli and I moved to Lynchburg, VA in 2000 and spent
eight wonderful years in Virginia. Life had allowed me to
enjoy travelling to many areas of the world and I felt the
area was one of the few that rivaled the natural beauty of our
home state of Washington, albeit in a very different way. I
hope you will also and enjoy your life in Bedford and also
enjoy the Blue Ridge mountain forests, Smith Mountain Lake,
and the Virginia country side. The people of Virginia have a
unique and solid way of life. More churches and banks than
bars.
Are you related to Robin Shegrude? I went to school with Robin
in Richland in the late '60s and early '70s and although I
didn't know him for a long time, we got along well. He had
some challenges in those years, but then I think we all did in
our own way.
Safe travels, and I hope you enjoy your new home. My wife and
I get back to that area regularly as my son lives in Roanoke
now but is also looking to buy a home in Bedford. Juli and I
are considering a retirement home on Smith Mountain Lake,
depending on where our other children decide to settle. Both
of our girls attended UVA in Charlottesville and we are hoping
they choose to return to the area allowing us to enjoy a
proximity to as many of our children as life may allow in the
years we have left.
Best regards,
-Steve HUNTINGTON ('73)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
Earl BENNETT ('63)
Tedd CADD ('66)
Anita FRAVALA ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Deanna CASE ('55)
Pam BUCKNER ('62)
Betty NOBLE ('63)
Lynn DAVENPORT ('63)
Steve PORTER ('69)
Mark McALLISTER ('74)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I was saddened to see the names of younger siblings in the
obituary of today's Sandstorm, as I was saddened to read Al
Leavitt's ('62) name in the obituary of the Sandstorm a few
days ago.
However, we who are still among the living need to carry on as
best we can doing as much as we can. A few years ago I went on
a Safari trip to Tanzania with a group from UW and one of our
group was a single lady (on our trip) who was 89. She got out
of our land cruiser much more easily than more than one of our
younger members of the group.
We are living close to one son and his two children and across
the country from our other son and his children. It is such
fun to be able to share experiences with these young
grandchildren, ages 3 and 4, and I hope we are able to share
many more experiences with them.
Coming up is a visit to a Butterfly House this weekend and
DisneyWorld in the fall.
In fact, the dates of the Disney World trip conflict with the
reunions set up for Col High this fall. Sadly, I didn't
realize this til reservations had been made.
Glad to see more entries to the Sandstorm today. I kept
thinking I need to send in an entry, but I wasn't getting it
done.
We have boat races on the Ohio River about an hour away from
us in Madison, Indiana, but I've never gotten down to see
them. The races on the Columbia I grew up with are what I
think of when I think of boat races.
So I wish you all a shady spot to watch the boat races from
this week-end, be it at the race or the TV.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in SE Indiana where we have had a
cooler summer with lots of rain, and many days in the
lower 80s, and cooler nights, great for sleeping.
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Grover SHEGRUD ('56) move to Virginia
We moved to Virginia 20+ years ago and love it, except for the
humidity (really suffered here the first two summers, after
growing up where 40% humidity was a muggy day in spite of
living at the confluence of three serious rivers). Recommend
you put Colonial Williamsburg high on your list of places to
visit soon - you can go there numerous times and still have
plenty new to experience.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Virginia
We lived in Virginia from mid 1969 to late 1972 while I was in
the USAF (anybody else served in the 4444 Intel unit?).
It was the Hampton/Newport News area of Hampton Roads at the
mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
Indeed a beautiful area and we got to know what 95% humidity
feels like in 90° days. (No air conditioning) Coming from the
dry heat, it was quite a shock. The torrents of rain were a
novel experience, having to pull over once in a while to be
able to see since the wipers couldn't keep up. One day, 11
inches of rain in 8 hours flooded our car to the seat level
and the area was only 10 feet above sea level.
We did love the history, it seemed so ancient with all sorts
of things. The oldest continuously active Catholic parish
there had tombstones from the 1600s. We toured Williamsburg
and Revolutionary and Civil War battlefields, had picnics on
grounds where our freedom was gained often at great cost.
In contrast, I got to print first generation positives from
the moon landing and processed images from a new airplane that
could fly well over 2,000 mph at 85,000+ feet. I had my first
Top Secret clearance and processed intel reports from all
sorts of sources including reports from scientific conferences
and pilot training schools here in the US as well as a
specific area overseas. It was educational in the extreme.
I returned to that area twice with the USCG for training and
for Reserve OCS. I was commissioned by the first (in many
decades) flag-rank officer in the USCG to hold the title of
Commodore. He only held that rank for a short period. The Navy
(and the USCG followed) changed the name of the 1 star
officers to Rear Admiral Lower Half. For those of you who
aren't familiar with the Naval flag rank officier's title:
Yes, that is a real thing and you should have seen all the
cartoons and heard all the jokes!
To answer an unasked question: Didn't the Navy and USCG have
1 star officers? What were they named? When somebody was
promoted to that rank, they were automatically given a
"temporary" second star.
On the USCG Base was a tombstone (Flat, covering the entire
grave) from the early 1600s.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
Re: Art In The Park
I was both excited to go back to Art In The Park (between
my daughter & I we probably spent close to $500 but we
rationalized it by deciding since it was cancelled last year
we had to make up for it this year) but sad to see that very
few people were wearing masks (my daughter & I wore ours even
in the heat). With Benton County only 39% vaccinated and
Franklin County 31% vaccinated, and the cases having tripled
with the Delta variant here in the Tri-Cities, we will never
get thru this pandemic if people continue to act like life is
back to normal when, in fact, it's not. In the U.S. alone,
we're at over 616,000 deaths due to this.
-Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Burt PIERARD ('59)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
DiAnn SCHUSTER ('54)
Virginia WEYERTS ('54)
Gloria FALLS ('58)
Barbara SHARP ('62)
Jill LANGE ('64)
Frank BOLSON ('66)
Sarah HICKAM ('66)
Judy MOYERS ('67)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Hydro Races At The Tri Cities
There have been a few entries about annual hydro/boat races
that - after missing last year - resumed this weekend on the
Columbia. Someone mentioned seeing the first one in the '60s,
as I recall. But annual boat races preceeded that. Richland
held what I remember as Atomic Frontier Days (or similar)
going clear back into the early '50s, and one event was boat
racing. In fact, I was in one - a totally forgetful event in
the mid '50s. I was a passenger in a boat piloted by a friend
from Prosser, who entered an outboard-powered boat. He needed
weight in the bow of his cabin boat, and I apparently fit the
bill - so I crouched in the bow of his enclosed cabin boat and
didn't see thing! We won our heat, by the way!
While serving in Coast Guard headquarters in the mid '60s, as
a volunteer officer riding a Coast Guard Auxiliary boat. The
race course was on the Potomac River, called The President's
Cup, featured quite a few unlimited hydros. Our boat was
stationed in the infield with a great 360° view of the boats
circling us. Thrilling! Unfortunately, there were two bad
accidents each resulting in the death of the drivers in both
accidents.
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in HOT Richland, home watching the
Olympics on TV instead of boat races on the Columbia
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
If I may intrude on the conversation; I'd like to take this
moment to wish DiAnn SCHUSTER and Virginia "Ginny" WEYERTS
(both '54) a very "Happy Birthday!" Enjoy whatever you are
doing.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Picture
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/She/210726-Mystery_Girl.jpg
Here's a picture I discovered while packing.
Just for fun can anyone identify this picture taken awhile
back (1950s).
Clues: I'm related to her, she was a Col-Hi grad, she is a
frequent contributor to the Sandstorm
Thanks
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: All
Re: Paul Beardsley's "History of Richland" book availability
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/BRMA/00.htm
The sales of Paul Beardsley's "History of Richland" book at
The Octopus Garden in Richland (the only, presently active
vendor of Paul's book due to COVID) are going briskly. They do
not normally do a mail-order business on any of their wares,
but for this item only, will accept phone orders with credit
card. Check out the above link to look at some sample pages.
Price: $15.00 plus tax (free shipping)
Ph. No. (509) 946-0077
(store hours: 10am - 5 pm PDT, Mon. thru Sat.)
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Congratulations to Noël ANDERSON ('19) on being crowned Miss
Tri-Cities 2022. She just wrapped up a two-year general
education degree at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. She is
transferring to WSU to study Spanish and become certified in
secondary elementary education with the goal of teaching high
school. Noël is the daughter of Nicole FILKOWSKI Anderson
('93) and Brad ANDERSON ('93).
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/27/21
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Fred AMES ('60)
Linda REINING ('64)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66)
Peter TURPING ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
Gary SOEHNLEIN ('66)
Ellen BOHRINGER ('66)
TWINS: Richard & William RATHVON ('71)
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>>From: Fred AMES ('60)
Re: A short narrative for the SS...
Well, everyone, I see that there have been a few days recently
when nobody (except Maren) has had anything to say, so I
thought I'd try to fill up some space. Unlike most of the you
readers, I didn't graduate in Richland. My family left at the
end of the '55-'56 school year and I attended 8th-11th grade
in Cincinnati, and graduated in '60 in Boston. I wonder if I
could go to three different HS reunions! My memories of school
in Richland are pretty sparse; when I was in the third or
fourth grade I recall that we were having a Halloween party,
and I suggested to one teacher that if she brought a broom,
she could go as a witch. My only real memory of going to Chief
Jo - 7th grade - was the time I got sent to the principal's
office from homeroom. It was a really boring day, and I
decided to count all the holes in the acoustic tile ceiling.
The tiles had regular rows of holes in them, so I did a little
multiplication and found the number of holes in one tile, then
multiplied that by the number of "whole" tiles in the ceiling,
and then figured out the numbers for the partial tiles around
the edges of the ceiling and the light fixtures. I was staring
at the ceiling all the time, and the teacher eventually caught
me and sent me to the office. When I got there some guy - I
guess the principal - asked me what I was doing and when I
told him he asked me how I did it and how many holes there
were. I answered both questions. He told me to pay more
attention to the teacher and sent me back. Probably gave
him a story to tell about boredom!
What I remember about being in Richland has faded over time. I
remember chasing the DDT truck every year, going around with
extra bags on Halloween night, digging for arrowheads in the
desert (I had three really nice ones, which a kid I knew and
had shown them to stole from me), and prowling around in the
desert when we lived on Cottonwood Drive and I could get to it
by just crossing the highway and the RR tracks behind our
house. Oh - and trading comic books with friends, going to the
pool at the park and the "new" pool, and riding my one speed
bike all over town.
My wife and I were in Richland to visit a friend a couple of
years ago, and she took us on a quick tour, driving by all of
the places where I used to live - on Ferrell Lane, Cottonwood
and Jadwin. They certainly looked different - a lot older, of
course, but a bit run down, smaller than I remembered (go
figure!). The place on Cottonwood looked like the back yard
had been turned into a lot for dead beaters. It was a "Y"
house [3 bedroom ranch]. "Y" House
The only difference I can see is that I have no recollection
of there being a coal bin behind the kitchen - I think our
house was built without one. Other than that, the "Y" house is
a perfect fit.
It looked like it now belongs on someone's "S" list. I guess
it's true - you can't go home, again.
If any of you are wondering if you ever knew me, think of me
as being named Ricky and not Fred. That was the name my father
insisted I should be called, and which I dropped when I left
for good.
-Fred AMES ('60)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Old Picture
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/She/210726-Mystery_Girl.jpg
Hey, Cuz!
Holy cow!!!!!!!! Where on earth did you find that?????? *LOL*
It's me. I had to have been in 4th or 5th grade at Spalding.
-Linda REINING ('64)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: Plug for Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS ('65)
New Film for Terry
Filming starts in November
TDK '65
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: USCG at the Boat Races
Dick WIGHT ('52) got involved back east. I got involved here
in the Tri Cities.
A couple years running, I was part of the race security team
for the USCG. My part played out on the Benton County
Sheriff's boat one year and on a small USCG boat the next. As
a side-note my USCG presence on the Sheriff's boat made it
both a local and federal law enforcement vessel.
While riding the Benton County boat, we patrolled the shore
making sure people on floats didn't get too far from shore and
possibly interfere with the race. The sheriff I rode with had
a real knack for getting people to fess up: "Hey guys, what
cha got in the cooler" as we pulled alongside a small boat.
They willingly opened the cooler revealing liquor and beer
that was not allowed. But the best was how he handled the
floats. If they were too far out, he'd push them back in with
a long pole. If that same float was back out when we came back
down the shore, he'd push them back in again with the other
end of the pole-the end with a pin in it. They didn't come
back out again in their now flat float.
The next year, I decided to give one of the crew on our small
boat a break from the sun and took his place. As we patrolled
the upstream end of the race course, we came upon a 12 foot
boat with 5 people on board. There was enough weight that they
only had about 2" of freeboard. They only had one life jacket
and the woman who couldn't swim wasn't wearing it. Using our
Manifestly Unsafe Voyage authority, we ordered them off the
river. I was concerned for officer safety as one of the men
in charge had a large knife strapped to his chest.
But they cooperated and we started to pull away. I looked back
and they were changing positions in the boat, rocking it side
to side. With each movement, they shipped water over the
stern. I called to the coxswain, But I only got out "They're
not go..." before the boat sank stern first. We managed to
catch the bow painter and save the boat. We couldn't take
the people on our boat and called for help. The people were
hanging on to the side or our boat. I gave my PFD to the woman
who couldn't swim.
We had two other tasks to complete the rescue: Get the boat
to the shore and, most importantly, catch the cooler and fuel
tank that were floating down towards the race course. If we
hadn't been able to catch them, I think they would have had to
call off that heat. I can't imagine what the cooler would have
done to a boat travelling 150+ let alone what would have
happened if one of them had hit that can of gas.
I was concerned that the man with the knife might be angry
with us and use it. But the knife had fallen out of the sheath
and is probably still at the bottom of the river somewhere.
As some of you might remember, the race fans were more mayhem
than fans. One of those years, we had somebody throw a quarter
stick of dynamite (or something like that) at one of the CG
Auxiliary boats. Fortunately, it landed outside of the boat.
But it blew a hole in the side and the Coxswain had to gun it
into the bank to keep from sinking. Another incident: Somebody
on shore brought a catapult and was launching large rocks at
us; The sheriff tried to catch him but the crowd protected
him. They thought they got an ID but not enough to track him
down and arrest him.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Peter TURPING ('70)
Re: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) - Boat Races
I had to chime in on the Water Follies Hydro Races. I took my
older brother Paul again this year for his 55th time. Yes, he
hasn't missed a one! We had a great time in the Homestreet
Bank VIP area. Phil NEILL ('66) and his wife Pam were there
too and we had grand "Bomber" conversation. The attached
picture is of me, Jimmy Shane (the driver of the Homestreet
boat) and my brother Paul.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Tur/210727_Pete-Shane-Paul.jpg
-Peter TURPING ('70)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Perry MOORE ('63)
Sharon McDERMOTT ('63)
Mark GERKEN ('77)
Melanie LEE ('93)
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Linda REINING ('64)
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/She/210726-Mystery_Girl.jpg
Yup: it is indeed Linda! The signature on the back says so. I
suspect either your mom or grandma gave it to my mom and it
ended up in my vast collection of family pictures. E-Mail me
an address and I will send it to you.
On the same subject my second son Dan Shegrud (NAB) has a
photo copying machine and he is busy making USB drives. full
of thousands of family pictures for all of the family. Can't
wait to see them.
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ The big day is getting closer target
date out of house is 8/25/21
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
First of all Happy Birthday to Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) and
my husband's cousin,another hot day back in Se Indiana on the
27th.
And I'll be looking forward to Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) next
film.
To: Fred AMES ('60)
Re: Coal for a ranch house
As to the comment about a ranch house being built without a
coal bin room, and furnace, I would doubt that happened, as
that was our only source of heat back then. I was raised in a
ranch house '49-'62 when I graduated from Col-Hi.. Somewhere
along the years we got electric heat, but as my folks kept the
ranch house until 1999, so it could have been after I
graduated, as well as before.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ another hot day back in SE Indiana
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Fred AMES ('60)
Re: Doing a number on numbers
Enjoyed your recollection of calculating the number of holes
in the Chief Jo classroom ceiling tiles. Now, this is an art
that must not be allowed to fade away into oblivion...
Turns out I did the same thing, probably in my 9th grade,
1958-1959, also in Chief Jo. I clearly recall that the ceiling
tiles were modular one-foot squares, and that the number of
holes in each tile was 121 (one inch apart and eleven in each
row). Assuming a classroom size of 1,000 square feet (25' x
40'), this gives us 121,000 overhead holes per classroom.
But not satisfied, I began to wonder about the yellow dividers
in my three-ring binder. These measured 8.5" X 11.0". I set
about filling one such divider page with little circles, and
settled on the goal of twenty per linear inch, vertically and
horizontally-400 per square inch. During the less engaging
classroom moments, and with a sharp pencil, I eventually
filled the entire sheet. Given the sheet's 935 square inches,
the total penciled-in at 374,000. Ceiling tiles, eat your
heart out!
I think it was during that same 9th-grade year that I also
decided to become an architect. Go figure.
But then, way leads on to way, and after graduating from the
five-year Architecture program at the University of Washington
(1967), events swept me off to Navy OCS and shipboard life for
three years (including the 1969 recoveries of the Apollo XI
and XII astronauts). And when I returned, I found myself no
longer at a drafting board, but in graduate school in Urban
Planning. The only thing I ever built was a duck blind in the
Yakima River flood plain, with classmate Jeff DAWSON ('62).
On the big screen, the night sky on a moonless night is
totally awesome when viewed through high-powered binoculars in
the darkened Pacific. One hundred billion galaxies with one
hundred billion stars in each galaxy...
That's 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 overhead and underfoot
stars, give or take a few. And, yet, not to be diminished by
any such mere quantification, writer G.K. Chesterton puts all
this in perspective: "The size of the scientific universe
gave one no novelty, no relief. The cosmos went on forever,
but not in its wildest constellation could there be anything
really interesting; anything, for instance, such as
forgiveness or free will." And then this: "I was frightfully
fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive.
I often did so; and it never seemed to mind." After all, there
are nearly 100 billion neurons per customer, and only one
universe.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ now counting over forty years in the
same house; that's 14,608 "really interesting" days
(including five leap years).
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: Algona, IA - Terry DAVIS' ('65) upcoming movie
Re: Algona (Iowa) preserves long-gone POW camp's legacy
Our [Columbia] camp at Hanford for Washington State prisoners
used the men for similar chores, like harvesting.
Columbia Camp
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Linda REINING ('64)
Nancy MALLORY ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Vern McGHAN ('49)
Dixie TROUT ('54)
Jeff LUKE ('64)
Christine SIMEK ('66)
Calvin SHIRLEY ('71)
Matt WAGNER ('06)
Madeline JACOBS ('11)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Gonna interrupt the flow here for just a moment. I would
probably need more than a moment, but I'll take my chances
with what I get to wish Dixie TROUT ('54) a "Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR reminding
one and all that the "Homer Davenport Family Festival"
will be happening in Silverton, Oregon. at Colidge-
McClean Park on the first weekend in August.
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Fred AMES ('60)
Re: coal bin in Ranch houses
I don't think the Ranch homes had coal bins. We lived in a
Ranch on Elm and my folks bought and burned "presto logs" in
the furnace that was in the back utility room---put out enough
heat to keep our three-bedroom house plenty warm.
-Linda REINING ('64)
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: Heating
My parents lived in a prefab the first couple of years of my
life. There must have been some type of radiators there for
heat as I'm told I burned my hand badly on one.
Next was a precut house. It had an oil furnace. A tank for
the oil was (buried) behind the house. When my folks put in
electric baseboard heating my Dad and a friend dug down to the
tank -- don't think they took it out (?) but most likely cut
out or busted in the top and filled it with dirt (?). A/C was
a large swamp cooler -- old enough to remember that so must
have been early elementary school. Later they had window units
in a couple of rooms.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ It is beyond hot here in West
Tennessee with humidity off the charts. staying in with
my a/c!!
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Counting holes
In Herr Stoebner's [Germa] class one day [somewhat bored], I
started to count the holes in the ceiling tiles. At one point,
he noticed I wasn't paying attention and asked me what I was
doing. I told him. He asked me to tell the class the total
once I was done. I said, "OK" and continued my quest for that
esoteric knowledge.
At the end of the class, I raised my hand. He called on me and
I gave the results. He looked a little confused. I think he'd
forgotten his earlier request.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: New AED Railroad Bridge
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/210729_00.htm
To: All Bombers
These pictures I believe were taken in the early '50s of
the opening of a new rail line meant to service Hanford.
Originally all Hanford rail deliveries were brought in via
Riverland, including out going shipments of "product". It was
decided to build a "shortcut" for said deliveries. There's
more to the story but I can't recall it and I can't find the
documentation.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/30/21
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Jimmie MEFFORD ('54)
Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Sharon PANTHER ('57)
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Ed WOOD ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Nancy MALLORY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Wayne MYERS ('62)
Gregor HANSON ('65)
Marti Jo DREWERY ('71)
Carol BOYD ('72_)
Diane HARTLEY ('72)
Kim RICHEY ('74)
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>>From: Jimmie MEFFORD ('54)
Re: Coal Bins
The ranch homes did have coal bin - in the back of the
house. The bins were filled thru an opening in the top of the
bins. I delivered coal after school and on week ends. It was
fun to do.
-Jimmie MEFFORD ('54)
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Re: Club 40 Annual Meeting and Reunion
Taking extreme liberty with the lyrics from a well-known
1960's musical, I present the following:
We got troubles my friend, we got troubles right here in River
City . . .
What kind of troubles you say, well let me tell you we got
troubles . . .
I found out from Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49), our
editor of the Club 40 Dust Storm newsletter, that she is
having computer issues; she cannot receive emails and she
cannot access nor do work on the next newsletter. I had
emailed Ann with my input for the newsletter on July 7th that
included information about the September 2021 Annual Meeting
and Reunion. Things like when and where: Best Western Plus in
Richland on GWWay on Friday and Saturday September 10-11,
2021. Also sent the menu (catered meals both nights by CG
(Country Gentleman) Catering and a registration form to be
completed and returned. I need to add that the registration
deadline is Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Also included in the
email to Ann was the Class of 1956 reunion information being
held in conjunction with the Club 40 event and their separate
registration form.
That being said, I have no idea when the next Dust Storm will
be published and mailed to members. All of the reunion
information noted above can be found on the Club 40 web site
richlandclub40.org but that does no good if no one knows about
the web site and that the information can be found there. So
here is my plea: would you please help us get the word out and
pass on the information about the Club 40 web site, the Club
40 September Meeting and Reunion and the Class of 1956
gathering to any and all Bomber classmates, and for those
classmates that you know that do not have computer access,
please consider offering some assistance to help them access
the web site information. For that I would be deeply
appreciative. Thank you.
And while I have you on the line; if you are not yet a
Columbia High/Richland High School Club 40 member; please
consider joining (only ten dollars a year and that price
includes your Bomber spouse if living in the same household).
Membership dues helps to financially support the Scholarship
Program for RHS graduates. If you would like to become more
active with Club 40, please consider being an officer or
filling one of the appointed positions, newsletter editor,
data base manager, etc. If you would like to know more about
these positions, please email me. The only way Club 40 is
going to continue is with your participation by being or
becoming a member or better yet, with your active
participation. Thank you.
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56) ~ Richland
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>>From: Sharon PANTHER Taff ('57)
Re: My two cents on the coal bins for the ranch houses.
The back door was in a small room that contained the coal bin.
The coal was delivered to the bin through a little square
hatch in the roof.
Re: heating for prefabs
We lived in a 3 bedroom on Winslow and I attended Marcus
Whitman the 1st year it opened. The houses were heated by
small standing electric heaters. Yes, they got very hot and
you had to be careful where they were placed. After I was
married in 1959 we moved to a hovel with 8 acres on Van
Giesen, in West Richland. (Where the car wash and mini mall are
located now.) A 20 X 24 inch cinder block house with a flat
roof (well the pitch was a 2x4 on edge). The blocks were not
firred out on the inside -just painted. My husband brought an
old prefab heater to heat the house. Soon after a horseshoeing
customer gave us a baby goat because the mother had quads and
couldn't feed them all. The goat stayed in the house (was
housebroken sorta), had a pacifier on a cord around her neck
which she sucked on when not begging for a bottle. She would
rub against the heater because of the warmth and then you
would smell the singed hair. It was amazing how high she could
jump for such a little thing. From the floor, to the piano
keyboard, then to the top. Not long after she was banished to
the back yard. One of many babies, i.e. coyote pups, Russian
Wild boar piglets, day-old calves, magpies and crows, etc. the
kids and I cared for.
-Sharon PANTHER Taff ('57)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Coal bins in Ranch houses
We were the first renters (later on owners) of a new Ranch
house at 412 Birch, near Duportail. We definitely had a coal
bin. I can remember watching them dump coal into the removable
cover in the roof. Once on vacation, a friend stoked the
furnace too much and when we got home the interior of the
house needed to be repainted due to coal dust coating the
walls. After we (my parents, that is) bought the house my dad
switched to oil heat, with a tank under the kitchen window. He
remodeled the coal bin and adjacent space for his part-time
watch repair business. He was the first watch repairman in
Richland for a year, but when every department and drug store
added a watch repairman he went to work at Hanford and did
watch and clock repairs on the side. Later (after I left home
of course), he added AC to the system. Up until then we had a
swamp cooler in the dining room window that cooled the entire
house quite well. The addition of moisture to the desert air
was a pleasant side-effect.
Re: Herr Stoebner (German teacher)
My best(?) memory of him was having to come in after school
and write 100 times, "I am a menace to the good of society"
(in German, of course: "Ich bin ein Gefähr zur Gemütlichkeit
der Gesellschaft") for whispering or passing notes in class,
due to the fact that my girlfriend sat in front of me. I had
to write it so many times I began writing pages during Study
Hall. When I had to come in after school, I'd write the first
page, add the pre-written pages under it, and turn them in to
Herr Stoebner. He either never caught on or disliked staying
after school as much as I did.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where we had two days of
monsoon rain. A week after we moved into the house in
August 2012, we had a monsoon that flooded the back
patio until I was afraid it was going to come into the
house. Fortunately it began to drain into the swimming
pool instead. We had no monsoon last year but made up
for it this year; at least we'll save money on keeping
the pool full for a while
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: Coal bins
We lived in a model Y ranch house across from Spalding
elementary school. We had a coal bin that was used for storage
after Dad converted the coal furnace to a home-built electric
resistance furnace. I can't imagine it was very efficient, but
I recall Dad saying that eventually electricity would be too
cheap to meter it.
-Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Visiting granddaughters in Redmond, WA
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>>From: Helen CROSSLAND think I have a Kirk ('62)
I remember something about presto logs in our heating, but not
sure when.
We were the original owners of our ranch house on Olympia
Street; moved in in spring (I think) of 1949; (I just
remember being crushed when I couldn't go to school with my
new friends (because I had afternoon kindergarten.) Anyway, I
remember we had a coal bin, and a coal burning furnace; I even
remember them pouring coal into the bin from an opening on the
roof of the coal bin. My dad had the furnace and bin taken out
at some time (by 1970, maybe) and turned into our dining room,
which we didn't use much.
And I remember visiting Elsie Walker across the street on
Olympia years later, even after 1999 when we sold my parent's
house, and seeing her pristine, clean old furnace in her back
room, and I think she still had the coal bin, even though they
didn't use it to heat their house any longer (think maybe they
had electric heat too.)
Her house was sold around 2004 when her kids felt she
shouldn't stay in Richland in her house alone any longer,
since none of the 4 lived in the Tri-cities any longer. But
until her house was sold, I think it was one of the most
original ranch houses left. She had the closets which weren't
built in.
Everything was spotless; Elsie was Swiss and kept her house so
clean you could have eaten off her floors anywhere.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Herr Stoebner
I believe I had Mr. Stoebner (name seems familiar) for German
also. What I remember was the class having events like
celebrating Beethoven's birthday. Such events were allowed!
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ Another scorcher today! Yuk.
And schools are all set to start by Aug. 1.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/31/21
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mick HEMPHILL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Jerry BOYD ('52)
Stan McDONALD ('53)
Marilyn STEWART ('62)
Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Jim OTT ('64)
Marvee HUXOL ('66)
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>>From: Mick HEMPHILL ('66)
Re: Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to me Brudder, Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
July 31, 1944, another date which will "Live in Infamy".
Here's hoping you have a great day today. May you continue to
grow hair in order to maintain that perfect "D-A" hair style 🙂
I love ya, man!
-Mick HEMPHILL ('66)
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created by Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Linda WEEKS Garman ('71-RIP) ~ 12/6/52 - 6/1/21
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Nina ROMANELLI Ransier ('64-RIP) ~ 8/4/46 - 5/24/21
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Tony RHEINSCHMIDT ('66-RIP) ~ 1/22/46 - 2/11/21
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Beau GIRE ('98-RIP) ~ 4/17/79 - 4/7/98
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Lance HARTMAN ('60-RIP) ~ 4/17/42 - 6/26/21
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Robbie GIRARD ('88-RIP) ~ 1/30/70 - 5/12/99
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Mike HALL ('88-RIP) ~ 10/19/70 - 5/4/10
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Sarah HARDING ('73-RIP) ~ 3/7/55 - 1/8/74
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Becky ARTZ ('71-RIP) ~ 7/24/53 - 7/2/21
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Glenn CHAPIN ('74-RIP) ~ 8/25/56 - 2/29/00
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Lonnie STILL ('73-RIP) ~ 8/21/55 - 6/27/21
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Shannon HUTCHINSON ('75-RIP) ~ 10/22/56 - 11/29//93
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Connie HARRIS ('75-RIP) ~ 5/16/57 - 5/14/13
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Billy ELY ('57-RIP) ~ 8/27/38 - 7/15/21
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Craig KLUCAS ('69-RIP) ~ 7/19/51 - 7/14/21
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Al LEAVITT ('62-RIP) ~ 9/28/43 - 6/26/21
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Lyle KENITZER ('75-RIP) ~ 7/18/57 - 5/28/57
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Bruce WALLACE ('77-RIP) ~ 1/3/59 - 10/11/06
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Jan KLUSMAN McCurdy ('66-RIP) ~ 11/30/47 - 7/18/21
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John HUTCHENS ('75-RIP) ~ 1/9/57 - 4/6/86
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Jon WOLFE ('75-RIP) ~ 3/9/56 - 4/13/86
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Mark FUNDERBURG ('75-RIP) ~ 11/13/56 - 12/9/84
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Lisa KERNODLE Mead ('77-RIP) ~ 2/26/59 - 7/19/21
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Helen McKAY Workley ('53-RIP) ~ 7/5/35 - 5/29/21
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Jeff DUVE ('72-RIP) ~ 12/24/52 - 1/28/06
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Matt DUVE ('76-RIP) ~ 6/5/58 - 8/3/74
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Jim MYERS ('77-RIP) ~ 10/25/58 - 7/30/76
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Mark SCHWENNESEN ('72-RIP) ~ 3/7/54 - 7/15/98
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Wayne TEVERBAUGH ('72-RIP) ~ 11/29/53 - 2/26/03
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Joe ROWE ('66-RIP) ~ 12/6/47 - 6/29/21
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Galen WABAUNSEE ('72-RIP) ~ 7/7/54 - 9/29/13
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Dan VANDERBEEK ('72-RIP) ~ 5/12/54 - 5/16/10
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