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Wyndham Hotel Cleveland, Ohio

ANNUAL USS HANSON NEWSLETTER May 2014

USS Hanson USS HANSON DD/DDR 832 DD/DDR 832 Annual Reunion Cleveland, Ohio Steering Committee Wednesday August 27 to Saturday August 30, 2014 The following crewmembers of the USS

Hanson form a Steering Committee that assist and support the Reunion Commit- tee in the planning of the current reun- WYNDHAM AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE ion. 1260 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH

Roger Austin Jackson, GA “Recipient of the 2013 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence Award” Bob Beiter Huron, OH Tom Givan Hannibal, MO OUR HOTEL: This absolutely beautiful hotel is a Prime hotel in down town Bob Grimm Amsterdam, NY Cleveland on Historic Euclid Ave., in the center of the Playhouse Square Dis- Jerry Matthews Winlock, WA trict. Playhouse Square is second only to NYC’s Broadway for live stage en- Dennis McGill Califon, NJ tertainment. In the immediate area and just a short way down Euclid Ave. to Bill McLay Warminster, PA Public Square or up East 9th St. to the shores of Lake Erie, there are more Larry Nelsen Plattsmouth, NE things to see and do than one can possibly take in during a two or three day Carl Pearson Pace, FL Doug Robe Blue Spring, MO stay including: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Horseshoe Casino, Tower City Shopping Center, The Cleveland Arcade and the great restaurants of E. 4th St including The House of Blues and Iron Chef Michael Simon’s Lola’s PLANNERS FOR THE Bistro and many others. CLEVELAND REUNION All of the Wyndham Cleveland at Playhouse Square's 205 oversized hotel Chairpersons rooms include a wireless internet connection, as well as an exclusive Wynd- Bob and Rosemary Beiter ham Smart Chair - perfect for charging all those gadgets or simply relaxing in

after a long day. Wyndham’s signature touches, including 100% cotton We acknowledge the hard work done by Bob and Rosemary Beiter in orga- BeWell Bedding, True Blue Spa products and a Herman Miller ergonomic nizing our Cleveland reunion and desk chair, give guests the pampering and comfort they expect. contributing valuable information to our newsletter RESERVATIONS AND RATES: VERY IMPORTANT-The absolute cut-off date is July 31. Our block of 40 This Newsletter was prepared by: rooms WILL be released on August 1st and because of the Air Show Bill McLay. these rooms will go fast. They will be quickly gobbled up by people who will be paying MUCH more than we will be paying. Please don’t put off Bob Beiter registering And formatted by Edith McLay Please do not use third party services such as Bookings.com, Hotels.com, Travelocity, etc. for your reservations. (Cont. Page 2)

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(Cont. from Page 1) Call the hotel direct at: 1-216-615-7500 – Refer to “USS Hanson Reunion”. Call the Toll Free reservations Number: 1-800-996-3426 Use the hotel website: www.WyndhamCleveland.com and use Group Code 0827142US Standard Guest Room - one King or two Double beds - $135.15 including all taxes. Includes Two Breakfast Vouchers per room for the Hotel’s Encore Restaurant Buffet on Thursday and Friday will be given to you upon hotel check in. (Breakfast Buffet Menu price without a Voucher is $13.00 plus tax and gratuity payable individually.) Wheel Chair Accessibility – There are five rooms in our block that are fully Wheelchair Rock & Roll Hall of Fame accessible including roll in shower. Be sure to request when making reservations. Mini-Refrigerators are available upon request and availability, at no additional cost. Be Cleveland National Air Show sure to request when making reservations. The 2014 Cleveland National Cancellation: Reservations must be cancelled by 6:00PM the day of arrival to avoid pen- Air Show is confirmed and will alties. feature the U.S. Navy Blue An- gels Jet Demonstration Team on Parking: Valet $20.00 per night - Self Park one block from the hotel $12.00 per night. August 30 - September 1 (Labor Pre-Arrival or Stay Over – Our special room rate will be extended for up to two days Day Weekend). The U.S. Navy prior and two days after the reunion subject to availability when making your reserva- Blue Angels will rock Cleve- tions. (At the time of this writing the regular room rate is $215.00 including taxes) land on Labor Day Weekend as headliners of the 2014 Cleve- Transportation from the Airport (CLE) – The hotel is about 12 miles (20 minutes) land National Air Show. Each from the airport. A Taxi from the airport will be approximately $38.00. There are several show day the six "Blues" dem- Taxi Services at the airport and policies may vary for extra passengers. onstration pilots will blaze Driving Directions from the Airport – From the airport take Highway I-71 north to across the skies in their dark Exit 172A (East 9th St.). East 9th St to Euclid Ave. and turn right. The hotel is 300 yards blue and yellow-striped F/A-18 (Two blocks) down on the right. Please visit the Hotel Website at: Hornets. Check it out at: www.WyndhamCleveland.com for more details. www.clevelandairshow.com Nearby Attractions: Points of interest well within a mile from the hotel include:  East 9th St. Lake Shore Area The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Great Lakes Science Center, The William G. Mather Steamship Museum, and The USS Cod.  Public Square Area - The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, The Ter- minal Tower, Tower City Shopping Center, and The Horseshoe Casino.  Euclid Avenue to Public Square - The Historic Euclid and Colonial Arcades, Res- taurants & Shopping, The House of Blues, and the very popular East 4th Street restaurant and entertainment area. Getting Around and Local Travel - A complete list of options for local travel to, from, and between these locations will be available at Meeting Registration and in the Hospi- tality Room. These include walking, the hotel van, free Euclid Avenue trolley, public transportation, and taxi cabs (in a downtown area of any large US city a cab ride must be in the mix). Taxi fare between any two points in this area would be about $6.00 to $8.00.

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PLAN OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 THROUGH SATURDAY AUGUST 30 As you will see, our reunion activities will be predominantly about Museums and Local Culture. We hope you will find your time here interesting and enjoyable. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 - Early arrival and registration in the Hospitality Room, the beautiful “Presidential Suite” on the 14th floor. We will open the room at 3:00 PM and stay open as long as necessary. Dinner will be on your own. A listing of recommended restaurants in the area will be available. THURSDAY AUGUST 28 – After breakfast in the Encore Restaurant, assemble in the hotel lobby by 8:45. At 9:00 we will board the bus for a short four mile ride up Euclid Avenue. We will travel through the Campus of Cleveland State University and through the center of the main campus of The Cleveland Clinic. The “Clinic”, centered in an urban community consists of 41 buildings on more than 140 acres. We will only see a small part but you will get a good idea of the size and scope of one of the largest hospitals in the country. Just past the Clinic we will arrive at the Wade Park Oval. The area is the cultural center of Cleveland and all of Northern Ohio. The bus will let us off at the internationally renowned Cleveland Museum of Art, one of the wealthiest art museums in the world. Admission to the main galleries of the museum is free and everyone is encouraged to spend some time in the mag- nificent building and see this large collection of famous works of art. This is probably one of the most beautiful buildings you will ever visit. While in the Wade Park area we will have time to walk or travel the area in the free shuttle and visit or see nearby places such as the Cleveland Botanical Garden, The Museum of Natural History, The Crawford Automobile Museum and Severance Hall, home of the word famous Cleveland Orchestra, or you can just enjoy the beautiful grounds. We will re-board the bus at noon for a brief ride through the campus of Case Western Reserve University on the way to Cleve- land’s Historic “Little Italy”. In this small but very popular local ethnic area there are more than a dozen authentic Italian res- taurants and bakeries (Sorry, not an Olive Garden or Pizza Hut in sight). Choose your restaurant for a memorable lunch but be sure to save room for a fresh filled cannoli from one of the excellent local bakeries. We will stay in the area long enough to give everyone plenty of time to enjoy lunch and have time to shop around the many galleries in the area. After lunch we will head back to the hotel by way of the lakefront past Burke Lakefront Airport, the home of the Cleveland Air Show over the Labor Day weekend. We will also ride through the downtown locations you will have the opportunity to visit on your own on Friday. With any luck we may see the Blue Angels practicing out over the lake (or over our heads). If there is sufficient interest (We need an accurate count and the minimum is 10) we will arrange a tour of the Theaters of Playhouse Square on Thursday afternoon after we return to the hotel (it’s just across the street). These specially arranged tours last approximately ninety minutes including a 12 minute video presentation before the tour. The tour includes lobbies, theater auditoriums, and backstage areas. Dinner Thursday evening is on your own. A list of the many fine area restaurants will be provided. (Cont. Page 4)

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FRIDAY AUGUST 29 – This entire day until 4:45PM is for everyone to choose whatever they wish to do in groups or on their own. The day will be open for fun and/or relaxation with plenty of visiting time, if you choose. The Hospitality Room will be opened upon request.

FRIDAY EVENING 4:45 PM – Gather on the 3rd floor outside terrace across from the Roxy Room for a MEMORIAL SERVICE honoring our departed friends and shipmates. After the Memorial Service there will be a cash bar and time for visiting before dinner. 6:00 PM – Enjoy the gourmet Buffet Dinner in the Roxy Room: Playhouse Square Buffet: House made Chicken Noodle Soup, Iceberg Wedges with Pickled Onions, Feta Cheese & Assorted Dressings Snap Pea & Shiitake Salad with Mandarin Oranges Seared Lake Erie Walleye with Lemon Cream Veloute Grapes & Parsley Seared Chicken Breast with Swiss Mornay Sauce & Crisp Pancetta Chef Carved Braised Beef Short Rib with Buttered Biscuits & Espagnol Sauce Yukon Smashed Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Desert: Assortment of Chocolate, Carrot and Lemon Cakes

AFTER DINNER We will conduct our ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING for regular business and for the purpose of selecting the site of the 2016 reunion scheduled to be held in the eastern part of the country. As soon as we can wrap up the business meeting we will start the GALA RAF- FLE. The cash bar will remain open until 9:00PM.

AFTER THE RAFFLE – There is night life in the area of our hotel for the young and young of heart. Enjoy the rest of the evening but don’t stay out too late! The Hospitality Room will be open as long as there is interest to enjoy the lights of the Square below and the city.

SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 30 7:30 to 9:30AM – Gather in the Roxy Room on the 3rd floor for a FAREWELL BREAKFAST BUFFET. The Buffet will remain open Wyndham Dining Room from 7:30 to 9:30 to accommodate your schedule. Sunrise Buffet: Orange & Cranberry Juices Basket of Whole Fresh Fruits Fluffy Scrambled Eggs with Cheddar & Chives Playhouse Breakfast Potatoes Crispy Bacon & Sausage Links Assorted Muffins & Danish with Butter and Jams We wish everyone a safe trip home and we hope you have Crawford Auto Aviation Museum enjoyed your visit to Cleveland!

Cleveland Botanical Gardens Cleveland Museum of Art

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USS Hanson Web Site Membership Dues If you are looking for current information regard- Crew dues are $20.00 per member, per year. If ing the activities of your former crew members, including you have not paid your year 2014 dues, now would be a e-mail addresses; mailing addresses; information on good time mail your payment to: Mr. Dennis McGill planned crew reunions and names of deceased shipmates, Treasurer at: contact our web site at: www.usshanson832.org. To 4 Country Lane make additions or to correct data on the Hanson web site, please contact Carl (Arkie) Pearson our Webmaster at Califon NJ 07830 [email protected]. Telephone (908) 256-1158 Checks for payment of dues should be made pay- Banquet Raffle able to: USS Hanson DD/DDR832 Reunion Committee. Don’t forget to bring your gift to Cleveland to be Yearly dues are used to defray the cost of preparation and used in the fund raising raffle to be held at the Friday eve- mailing of the bi-annual newsletter and yearly mainte- ning banquet. This is our major fund raising event of the nance cost of the USS Hanson web site. year and we appreciate your full support for this event.

Memorial to A.Louis (Lou) DeLancey Lou DeLancey our friend and shipmate lost his long battle with cancer on Sunday 23 February, 2014 at his home in Newport, PA. Lou was a longtime supporter and member of the Steering Committee for the organi- zation and promotion of the annual Hanson reunions. Lou joined the U.S. Navy in June 1954 and was a Veteran of the Korean War. He served aboard the USS Midway and from 1956 to 1958 on the USS Hanson. Lou was very active in veteran affairs and at the time of his death, he was Life Member and Post Commander of the Wil- liam H. Saylor VFW post #34 in Newport, PA. He was buried with full military honors by the Pennsylvania Perry County Military Honor Guard. Lou is now “standing his watch” in a better place. He’s surely missed by all his shipmates and friends.

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ANNUAL USS HANSON NEWSLETTER May 2014

Year 2015 Reunion At our Savannah, Georgia Business Meeting held on 20 September, 2013 the crew members along with family members voted to hold the Year 2015 reunion in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The reunion will be held at the MCM Eleganté Hotel and Event Center located in downtown Albuquerque. The hotel is convenient to all tourist attractions, the convention cen- ter, the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Albuquerque International Sunport. Hotel accommodations include spacious guest rooms with beautiful furnishings. Dine at the in-house Mesa Grill full ser- vice restaurant including a FREE hot breakfast with eggs cooked-to-order. In the evening enjoy a relaxed experience in the Sandia Springs Lounge with complimentary cocktails each evening. The hotel also provides complimentary shuttle service to and from the airport, malls and historic Old Town. Jerry and Mary Jane Matthews of Winlock, WA agreed to act as hosts with assistance provided by Larry and Pat Nelsen from Plattsmouth, NE. If you can assist in the planning of this forthcoming reunion please contact Jerry Matthews at: 113 Latigo Lane Winlock, WA 98596 Telephone (360) 262-9501 We thank Jerry and Mary Jane Matthews and Tom and Rada Givan for taking the time to visit Albuquerque to provide us with this information.

Ships Store- May 2014 Description Price Quantity on hand Quantity ordering Summer blue hats $18.00 each 8 ______Winter blue hats $18.00 each 12 ______XL, white golf shirts $22.00 each 3 ______LG, white golf shirts $22.00 each 4 ______XL, white t-shirts $13.00 each 5 ______LG, white t-shirts $13.00 each 1 ______XL, white t- shirts $22.00 each 1 ______Please make your check payable to: USS HANSON REUNION COMMITTEE and mail along with this completed form to: Doug Robe, 2520 SW Richard Circle, Blue Springs, MO 64015 Price includes shipping. Any questions about Ships Store items please call Doug at 816-229-0465

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MEALS, TOUR COST, AND RESERVATIONS – 2014 CLEVELAND REUNION ALL PRICES INCLUDE APPLICABLE TAXES AND GRATUITIES (Please indicate the number attending each event even if there is no charge)

EVENT PRICE NUMBER TOTAL EACH OF AMOUNT PERSON PEOPLE

Thursday and Friday-Breakfast in the Vouchers Hotel’s Encore Restaurant Provided $0.00 Full Restaurant Buffet Made to order omelets A maximum of two Wide variety of cut and whole fruits vouchers will be Yogurts, Danish, muffins, hot & cold cereals provided per room Breakfast breads Thursday & Friday Made to order waffles, bacon, sausage only Other breakfast favorites. Menu price $13.00

Thursday Morning-Bus to Wade Park No Charge $0.00 and Little Italy (Lunch on your own)

Thursday Afternoon-Walking Tour No Charge $0.00 Theaters of Playhouse Square (Optional) See agenda for information. (This will be scheduled only if we get a minimum of ten.)

Friday Morning and Afternoon No Charge $0.00 Open day (See Agenda)

Friday Evening Dinner Playhouse Square Buffet $54.89 See agenda for menu

Saturday Breakfast Buffet Sunrise Buffet See agenda for Menu $24.83

Annual Dues (Shipmates only –If not paid separately) $20.00

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Please make sure check is payable to: USS HANSON DD/DDR 832 REUNION COMMITTEE and mail to: Dennis McGill;, 4 County Line , Califon, NJ 07830 This information must be received No later than August 15, 2014

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