Saturday, October 19, 2013

From the President: Reunion Update

Just wanted to let all know what the menu is going to be for the reunion in Dumas next weekend.
 
Friday's Meet and Greet, 6:30pm
Pizza
chocolate chip pizza
 
Saturday's Banquet
Boston Butt Slices
Baked Chicken
Steamed potatoes and onions
Baked beans
Broccoli Salad
Cucumber Salad
 
Chocolate Cake
Pineapple Cake 
 
Sunday Farewell Breakfast
Breakfast Casserole 
Biscuits 
 
We’ll have all information and directions at the hotel, any problems call Chapman 270-668-2021
                                                                                                                     Moore      870-377-0667
 
Looking forward to seeing everyone next week and for those who can’t make it hope to see you next year.
 
Sincerely,
Richard Chapman

Monday, October 14, 2013

2011 Veterans Day Tribute

Hector Mercado, a National Sales Directorwho attended the game said it was extremely emotional to see the entire bowl of the stadium turn red, white and blue. It took 90 workers two weeks to get all of the colored card boards mounted under each seat.  Each piece of card board had eye slits in them so the fans could hold up the colored sheet and still see through the eye slits.  Every seat had to have the proper card, with no mistakes, to make this happen.

This is what ESPN failed to show you Monday night, apparently, they thought their commercials were more important than showing this scene for about 5 seconds.







Submitted by Paul Hickenbottom

Airplane History

AHHHHHHH SOOOOOOOOOO
I found it. The second B-52E we (Clinton Sherman) sent to the engine test program WAS NOT 57-0022, IT WAS 56-0636.

636 used as test airframe by Pratt & Whitney until 7/30/81
     To MASDC as BC275 Jul 30, 1981.  Scrapped

For all you "Shermanites" ( and a few others who may share some interest in this) I found this picture of one of Clinton Sherman's B-52E's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_JB-52E_%28SN_57-0119%29_in_flight_061127-F-1234S-026.jpg

I remember when we sent this aircraft #57-0119 to Edwards for the test program. I also think but at the present time cannot verify that another CSM B-52E # 57-0022 was also sent and was used to test the Pratt & Whitney version of the very large engine.

This site http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/B-52s_in_the_desert.htm also has some good pictures and a story line about 119.

This is getting interesting, in searching for info on 57-0022 I ran across this picture. http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/B-52s_in_the_desert.htm . It is an early model with the 3000 gallon drop tanks and tall tail. I enlarged the picture and it "looks like" the tail # is 3404 which would indicate it is a very early plane of the B-52variant.  Never saw this before!

Submitted by Don Warhurst

For a Laugh...

FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER 
  
These great questions and answers are from the days when Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now!
 
Q.. 
Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!  
 
(The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!)  
 

Q. Do female frogs croak?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.  
 

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be  
 
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.  
 

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years...  
 
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.  
 

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?  
 
A.. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.  
 

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?  
 
A.. Rose Marie: No wait until morning.  
 

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?  
 
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency..  
 

Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?  
 
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.  
 

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?  
 
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.  
 

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.  
 

Q.. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?  
 
A.. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.  
 

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?  
 
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.  
 

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?  
 
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.  
 

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?  
 
A.. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.  
 

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?  
 

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark..  
 

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?  
 
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.  
 

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?  
 
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.  
 

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?  
 

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?  
 
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.  
 

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?  
 
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh