WhatsNew:
Feb 2, 2012
New Members
Stanley Bryn ET S1c 45 - 46
John P (jack) Cress Mid'n 3/C 63
Richard Dainty FN 48 - 50
William Gillespie LTJG 68 -69
John Metroka FN 58 - 60
Claude Minton SN 1/C 44 - 45
Roy Pruitt SN 47
Robert H Snyder III BT3 68 - 70
Vernon C Spires RD2 67 - 69
Ron Suprenant EM3 55 - 57
Charles Tumey ET 60 - 63
Newsletter will be sent out in February 2012.
2012 Reunion
Forms are in the February 2012 newsletter for this year's reunion in Jachsonville FL.
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Sick Call:
If you know of any of our shipmates that are sick or in the hospital; please contact Bob Miller or Len Budzynski
February 2, 2012
Jim Brown
Joe Cayea
Harriett Goodmuth
Kate Johnson
Gus Mark
Larry Requarth
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Taps:
If you know of any of our shipmates or family members that passed away; please contact Bob Miller or Len Budzynski.
February 2, 2012
John Demyan, Served 1943 - 1945
Frederick Hugh Hart, Served 1950 - 1952
Corwin (Cork) D Minick, Served 1948 - 1952
Seymour C Sanhaus, Served 1943
David John Sarver, Served 1955 - 1956
Richard Schwartz, Served 1958 - 1961
Alice Thatcher, wife of Don Thatcher
John Wingate Weeks
The ship’s namesake, John W. Weeks, was born on April 11, 1860, in
Lancaster, New Hampshire and was raised on a local farm. He received
an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1881,
served two years in the United States Navy, became a civil engineer/land
surveyor in Florida, and then
returned to New England. He co-founded the Boston financial firm
Hornblower and Weeks in 1888. He also made a fortune in banking during
the 1890’s. Mr. Weeks served in the Massachusetts Naval Brigade acting
as it’s commander for the last six years.
Mr. Weeks became active in politics, first at a local level in Newton, Massachusetts, (alderman 1899-1902, mayor 1903-1904), then on the national scene. He was elected in 1904 as the U.S. Representative for Newton, Massachusetts, serving in that position until 1913 at which time he was appointed U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. At the Republican Convention in 1916, John W. Weeks was put forward as a possible Presidential Candidate, but did not receive the nomination. Thereafter, despite his defeat for re-election to the Senate in 1918, Mr. Weeks remained active in national politics. He served as Secretary of War (1921-1925) under Presidents Harding and Coolidge. He sustained a stroke in April 1925. After resigning the Secretary of War position, due to failing health, he returned to his home on Mount Prospect in Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he died on July 12, 1926.
John W. Weeks is best remembered for his efforts in establishing the Eastern National Forest System (The “Weeks Act”), while serving in the House of Representatives, which proved to be the foundation for the United Stated Forest System. The year 2011 marks the100th Anniversary of the historic Weeks Act of 1911.
Mr. Weeks’ home, located within the 420 acre Weeks State Park in Lancaster, New Hampshire, is situated at the very top of Mount Prospect. The park and house are open to the public during the summer months. The house and grounds provide a 360degree panorama of mountain splendor.
