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Chattanooga 2008!
George Shaw and his lovely wife Cindy, hosted this fabulous event at the world famous Choo Choo hotel.
George and Cindy were assisted by their great friends, Chales Moles and his lovely girlfriend, Dawn Thompson. Shipmate
Ken Wethington also helped out in the hospitality suite. The suite was never without our favorite submarine beverages
(no, not bug juice or powdered milk) and snacks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attendees were treated to a great musical production at the Jukebox Junction Theatre
featuring "Elwood Smooch" and a beautiful and talented 11 year old, Mackenzie Morgan. Elwood (Billy Baker),
a professional musical comic also visited our hospitality suite and enjoyed some home grilled hamburgers and hotdogs.
Shipmates also rode the Chattanooga Ducks (amphibs from WW II), and dined on the beautiful Tennessee River aboard the "Southern
Belle". Reunion attendees also visited the many historic civil war battlefields, toured the Aquarium downtown,
rode the great electric shuttles, and enjoyed the many geographical landmarks including Ruby Falls and Lookout Mountain. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the highlights of the Saturday Evening banquet was the collection of donations
to aid a JCCVA member whose home was destroyed by the floods in the midwest. JCCVA members and their guests kicked off
the fund raising drive with a substantial contribution to help our shipmate! This great gesture of support highlights
the spirit of the American submariner!  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another notable event happened at the banquet. Charles Moles, George's
friend, won an auction for a walking cane engraved with "USS John C. Calhoun SSBN 630". The bidding went quite
high for this item and immediately upon winning, Charles presented the cane to shipmate Bob Lee who suffered a stroke in the
past and uses a walking cane for mobility. Bob was very proud to receive the cane, and all hands appreciated the great
spirit and graciousness of Charles! Charles is the tire specialist for the #07 Nascar Racing team and that was his last
free weekend until November. Charles also took the microphone at the banquet and expressed his feelings about the camaraderie
and spirit of the JCCVA. In the end, I believe the JCCVA was blessed and honored to have Charles and Dawn at our great
event! We hope to see them again!
A formal presentation was made to Al Marshall (XO 74-77 Blue) by John "Reb" Burton (TM 72 -
77 Blue). It seems sometime in 1975, the XO's door was removed from his stateroom and disappeared for several days.
"Reb" acknowledged his involvement in the disappearnce of the door and presented the XO the hinge pin from the missing
door! Al said the worst part of the whole sordid affair was having to wake up and stare at the stern face of John C
Calhoun himself as his portrait was mounted just outside the XO's stateroom. Al vows to have the pin permanently
mounted on some type of display. We're looking forward to seeing that in Charleston in 2010. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Jonathan Weisbuch was elected Vice President and Dan Harris was elected Treasurer.
Bill Caudill agreed to take on Webmaster responsibilities and Glenn Gerbrand agreed to transition into the Photomaster responsibilities.
Visit the "JCCVA History" page to see the full roster of Association officers.
Call for Chattanooga Reunion Photos: Please send your Chattanooga reunion photos to Glenn Gerbrand so he can work them up and have them posted here on the site. Please include the names of the parties in the file extension of all photos. Also, due to some restrictions on the site, please do not include any spaces or special characters in the file names as they will not upload properly. Example: If your photo is of Smith and Jones, please label the picture file as: smithjones.jpg Other examples of file extensions would be: jccvabanquet1.jpg, chattawaterfront.jpg, etc. If you would like to email some files to Glenn, you can use the below link. You can also contact Glenn and mail him a CD with the photos! Thanks!
 Reunion Attendees
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