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17th Reunion of USS Whitehurst 1950-1969 Crews

Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, IL

Hosts Ken & Eleanor Whitehurst


Ken & Eleanor Whitehurst
Everyone enjoyed the hotel facilities and activities coordinated by shipmate Ken Whitehurst and his wife Eleanor with the help of the hotel’s professional host, Harold Wilson.  These events included museum trips, a visit to the Antique Mall, the Caterpillar plant site, an “Old Radio” program narrated by Harold Wilson, and excellent meals and banquet prepared by the hotel staff.  A fund raising auction was conducted by Jim Bruffett and Ray Nowacki for the third year running.  As always they excelled in both fund raising and entertaining.  After the banquet, the group voted to accept the invitation of the Whitehurst WWII veterans to join in their reunion in Chattanooga, TN in June, 2004.  


Hotel Pere Marquette, Peoroa IL


Hotel Entrance
Honored guests were:  Lew Cowden and Gene Schaab, Whitehurst plank owners who survived the hell of the Pacific War aboard the newly commissioned ship during WWII and WWII 2nd Crew member Doug Smith.                              


Lew Cowden


Gene Schaab


Doug Smith


Av52ery, RD2 '
Blakely Ltjg, '56
Boerjan, TN3 '53

  Bruffett, SN2 '55
Bufford, RM2 '52

Carter, QM2 '51

Crawford, QMCM '50
Crow. FT2 '52
Cromer, MM2 '55

Davis, RM2 '52
Dempsey, RM2 '55
England, GM3 '52

 Evelo, SN '55
Filipiak, RMC '55
 Harris, AT1  '50

Hasty, QMQ2 '50
Houser, SO '52
Mahan, EM2 '51

  McCawley, MM2 '51
Nettles, BT3 '50
Nowacki, ET3 '53

Pettijohn, BT1 '52
Shelton,RD2 '55
Smith, DC3 '52

Waggoner, TM3 '52
Wakefield, SO3 '54
Whitehurst, SH3 '54

Shipmates and  Companions who attended the 2003 Reunion:

Avery, Gene & Jayne    Blakely, Warren & Pat,     Boerjan, Charlie   Bruffett, Jim & Jo          Bufford, Jake                Carter, Robert & Kathy      Al Crawford,        
Cromer, Dick & Betty Ringanese  Crow, Max & Chris         Davis, George & Dorothy         Dempsey, Jim    England, Earl "Bud"     Evelo, "Bill" & "Sissie"   Filipiak, Adrian & Stasha           Harris, Addison*     Hasty, Roy & Alice   Houser, Jake & Annie     Mahan, John & Dorothy            McCawley, John    Nettles, Jack & Mary   Nowacki, Ray & Lori    Pettijohn, Arnold & Gladys        Shelton, Pete & Pat  Smith, Don & Ruth Smith,  Doug & Wilma  Waggoner,  Miles & Jane         Wakefield, "Sam" & Jackie,   Whitehurst, Ken & Eleanor   Dick Cromer's sister Lucille and husband Bernie
*His shipmates remember him as "Mississip"

Warren & Pat
Bruf & Demp

Bruf at the Auto Museum
Jake & Charley
Jo & Jayne
Flip Demp Stasha

Jack & Mary
Jack & Roy

Annie & Jake
Jake, Bill, Sissy & Annie

Jayne & Gene
Max & Bill

Ken & Eleanor
Ken

John & Chris
Waiting for bus back to hotel
Al, Sissy, Alice, Jack, Mary, Roy, Bill

Flip & Roy
Pete, Demp, Pat, Stasha, Flip

Facing: Bob, Charlie, Jake
Mahan, Crawford, Evelo

Jackie, Duane, Loretto, Ray
John & Ray

Annie & Jake,  Jackie & Duane
England, Mahan, Evelo

Stasha & Flip
Jack, Mary, Chris, Jo=photog

Ray & Demp

Arnold, Gladys, Ruth, Don,

Jo Bruffett=photog

Autioneers, Bruf & Ray

Standing: Blakely & Crawford

 


Ruth & Don
 


Loretta & Ray
 

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