REALM News—December 2015—Page 1 Retired Employees Association of Lockheed Martin REALM ews of Central Florida Volume 32, Number 12, December 2015N Orlando, Florida Abridged Interview with Donald Hickman, Director of the Pershing Missile Project

By Jane Tracy, December 2014, published by “Orlando Memory”, Orlando Public Library

“The trade that President Reagan made was he’d take Pershing II’s out of Europe if Russia would decom- mission all the SS-20’s. And that happened. So that was a big deal. I never realized at the time, I don’t think, how important Pershing II was to the nation. But I did have a lot of pressure because of getting the program done and getting it fielded on time.” My name is Donald Hickman and I was born in Montgom- testing pieces of the hardware before they ery, Alabama. I attended public school and graduated from were actually flown at the Cape. I stayed in Sidney Lanier High School. I joined the Navy in 1948 and that job for a while and was finally given a served four years on the USS De Haven. I was discharged in job of heading up the Advanced Product 1952 and attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known Improvement Program for Pershing and the as Auburn University - Go Tigers! I got a BS in electrical en- outgrowth of that was Pershing IA and Per- gineering and a Master’s Degree in applied mathematics. I shing II. And finally I got the job of running met my wife there and we got married while we were in college Pershing II which I did for about 6 or 7 and she worked while I finished my schooling. After gradua- years. tion I went to work at Convair, Fort Worth on the B-58 pro- After that I decided I had enough and I gram which was our first supersonic bomber. After two years I retired. It was a wonderful career and I en- accepted a position at Martin Marietta as senior engineer on joyed every minute of it, but I tell you the the La Crosse Program. I worked on that program a little truth, I never looked back after I left. over a year, when I got a call from my boss. He wanted me to go on the Pershing Program and head up the reliability pre- flight certification testing group which had responsibility for Inside December

News from Bill President’s Message ...... 3 The Games we Play Bridge, Golf, Bowling ...... 9 Community Service Day of Caring ...... 14 Happy Holidays REALM Christmas Party ...... 15 It’s that time Again Installation of Officers ...... 16 Travel Donald Hickman, left, presents a Pershing model to Briga- Titusville, Singin’ in the Rain ...... 17 dier General William E. Sweet, Pershing Commander in Europe. Hickman: Continued on Page 4. REALM News—December 2015—Page 2

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President’s Message By Bill Rivera As we close out the year, I leave you with this It’s December al- thought: May the good times and treasures of the ready and hard to present become the golden memories of tomorrow. I believe 2015 has wish everyone a peaceful and prosperous Christmas flown by. This is an season and a safe and healthy New Year. excellent opportunity to reflect on REALM’s accom- plishments through- out the year. Alt- hough we experi- enced some organiza- tional challenges, REALM continued its track record of notable achievements and this year was no excep- tion. Attendance at our Lunch Bunch events were very well attended and continues to be a popular social gathering venue. Every member owes a debt of thanks to those who volunteered, took the initia- tive to sponsor and coordinate the venue, and to- gether made this activity a great success in 2015. Throughout the year, REALM again made its pres- ence visible in the community through its support of the “Honor Flight of Central Florida” program, the “Welcome Home Troops” program, the judging of science competitions at the Orlando Science Center, and supporting this year’s Lockheed Martin’s “Day A Very Merry Christmas and of Caring” at the Edgewood Children’s Ranch. Ad- ditionally, despite the major alterations and expan- A Happy, Healthy New Year! sion of the Orlando Science Center, work continues on the permanent REALM-Lockheed Martin avia- tion and aerospace OSC exhibit. Christmas is just around the corner and in to- day’s cultural environment we need to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. This phrase, which first appeared in the mid-19th century, suggested that the "true meaning of Christmas" is the celebration of the Nativity of Christ. But over the years it has been overshadowed by the commercialization of the Christmas season. In 1822, the poem A Visit From St. Nicholas helped popularize the tradition of ex- changing gifts, and seasonal Christmas shopping began to assume economic importance. In 1889, The American magazine criticized the commerciali- zation of Christmas when it published the follow- ing: “to give up one's very self, to think only of oth- ers and how to bring the greatest happiness to others — that is the true meaning of Christmas.” REALM News—December 2015—Page 4

Hickman: Continued from Page 1. provements and another test program, and then pro- duction. With the Pershing Program, the week after the last R&D missile came off the line at Martin, the first production missile came off exactly like the last R&D missile. That saved about four or five years of development and millions of dollars. No telling how much money was saved by doing it that way. It was very successful. It was quite a career. I’ll say this about the people at Martin, later Martin Marietta; they were some of the brightest people in the uni- verse. I had one guy who worked for me, he was in the engineering division, and we were having a ter- rible time with the radar system and the radar cor- relator. You had to correlate a synthetic map with what the live radar saw and that would tell you how far you were going to miss a target. It almost looked like something on a television station. We had a tac- tical system. This guy, Dr. Weber, went home and invented a new form of mathematics that let us put the correlation system on a single printed circuit card. Whereas before, we knew how to do it, but it was going to take a cabinet full of equipment and you couldn’t get it in the missile. So that was just typical of the kind of guys we had. Photo Montage from The Donald Hickman Per- shing Missile Project Archives featuring an illus- tration of General John J. Pershing in the center.

What were the years that you were involved in Pershing? From the very start it was probably about from 1975 to the Advanced Development Program where we were trying to prove the accuracy of the missile that we advertised. And we did do that. Soon after that we were awarded the development contract and I think that was in 1978. Pershing II was a very interesting program. It had great national interest, even international because it was a system that was put together primarily to offset the Russians SS-20. The whole issue in the long run was to get the SS-20 out of their inventory. The trade that Presi- dent Reagan made was he’d take Pershing II’s out of Europe if they would decommission all the SS- 20’s. That happened and it was a big deal. I never realized at the time, I don’t think, how important Pershing II was to the nation. But I did have a lot of pressure because of getting the program done and getting it fielded on time. While most missile programs start with a devel- opment program, then they have a period of im- "Pershing II: The U.S. Weapon Most Feared by the Russians?", The Retired Officer, April 1983. Hickman: Continued on Page 5. REALM News—December 2015—Page 5

Hickman: Continued from Page 4. to me. It’s funny at least I have a little perspective of Engineering Representative to the Change working at a company like that. If you have, if you Board do good work, you end up with sponsors, sponsors John Suffield was my chief engineer for a while. in high places. He gave me a tremendous boost. He told me before I And every time there’s a promotion your name ran the program, “Don, you’re a pretty good engi- gets on the board. You might not get them all, but neer, but you don’t know a darn thing about how eventually you’re going to move. And if you have they build stuff in this factory.” He said, “I’m going two or three sponsors in a big company like Martin to assign you as the engineering representative to that know you and know your work, you’re going to the change board, which meets when you’re going make out okay. And I had some sponsors and I rec- to make a change. The board determines how much ognize that: Nick Depasquale, he was the vice presi- it’s going to cost, how you’re going to do it, what dent in charge of production; Charlie Plyer, both of the schedule is and all that stuff. You’ve got repre- these guys are no longer with the company, he was a sentatives from every facet of the company in that director that had all kinds of jobs and all those guys meeting and you learn how it really works.” I guess, helped me. I’m one of the few guys that ever had the opportuni- ty to work a full year on a change board and get all the training and know how to buy a 10 cent screw which costs $45.00 to the government because all these things that get involved like inspection and packaging. Anyway, I’ve had a lot of people that helped me along there’s no doubt about it. Fact is, without those people I probably wouldn’t even be talking to you today. So you would say that it was a really good experience working there? It was wonderful! I just look back on my career and I say, wasn’t I lucky to come to work at Martin in Orlando.

Pershing Program Training from Chuck Ply- er One of my favorite stories about Chuck Plyer, my predecessor of the Pershing Program, who never made a major decision on a program that he didn’t come to my office and said, “Don, what do you think about this? What do you think we ought to do?” I’d tell him what I thought about it and he’d say, “Damn, good idea. We’ll do it.” Or, he’d say, “Now wait a minute, let’s think about that a minute.” He knew what the right answer was. He was training me. I don’t think anybody ever got a year’s worth of training like I got from Chuck Plyer. So I’ll always hold him dear in my heart because the day he left and I moved into the corner office, there wasn’t any- thing that came up that I didn’t know how to handle. He had trained me to handle everything. That doesn’t happen a lot I can tell you, but it happened Hickman: Continued on Page 6. REALM News—December 2015—Page 6

Hickman: Continued from Page 5. Martin Employees Serving as Leaders in Did Martin come to Texas to recruit you? Church and Civic Life One time I looked at the top of our organization, In those days we had a whole different ball every single person in that organization was in- game as far as jobs were concerned. When I gradu- volved in their church. G.T. Willey was our head ated I had probably 14 job offers. Some of them, man at the company at that time and he was a lay maybe I should have taken. I went to Corvair and minister. I guess, he just looked at everybody and after two years, I was still that new guy. So I decid- said, “Hey, what are you doing for your church?” ed to go for another company and I did. I selected He probably evangelized his whole staff. Martin Martin because of the work going on there. I put in leadership wanted everybody involved in some civic an application and they brought me in for an inter- activity and they even gave us time off, if needed. view and they hired me. You came to Orlando for the interview? Martin not only brought jobs and the best Yeah, they flew me in here. God, I flew in on this minds in the universe to Orlando, but they airplane and I looked down and I said, “Where do also brought value in terms of the civic and all the people live?” All I saw was lakes. Of course, church contribution and stability of the com- you flew into Herndon in those days. At that time, munity, would you agree with that? only the main plant was built, and the Elwell Street Yes! I think that. The people who worked at facility served as temporary quarters. Martin got involved in the community and that made I looked around, saw what they were doing, they a big difference. gave me an offer, and I took it. And I’ve never re- How many years did you work at Martin? gretted that. I think 32 or 31. It was over 30, but it wasn’t much over 30. So you transitioned through the political cli- mates with our country and also through dif- ferent economic cycles as well. As we know, sometimes companies come into an area and they don’t always stay. Martin has stayed. Do you remember some of those different cycles? Oh yeah, do I ever. When I first came, shortly thereafter, we had 12,000 people working out here. At one time I spent a very short period of time in the administrative side of the business and hated every minute of it. I started on the functional side: Pine Hills who hired the engineers, kept their records, kept I came to Orlando and we checked into a Holi- their pay raises, and they did all that stuff. I was on day Inn and my wife was bound and determined to the functional side about six months. We had one of get out of that Holiday Inn as fast as she could. We the downturns you’re talking about and I had to lay bought a house within two or three days out in Pine off good friends. That was a hard, hard time in my Hills. Pine Hills was a new development then and in life. And I decided this is not for me. So I wiggled the right price range. We were lucky we bought a myself to the side doing the programs and that’s house on the hill because there were floods back where I stayed. But we went up and down. I think at then and Westside Manor got flooded out. I was one time we got down to 3,000 people. lucky; the Lord takes care of fools like me. Leading the Pershing II Program I lived in Pine Hills about five years and then My main job leading the Pershing II Program we bought a piece of property out on John’s Lake was keeping it sold and making sure it worked. and built a home. We’ve been there now 51 years. Hickman: Continued on Page 7. REALM News—December 2015—Page 7

Hickman: Continued from Page 6. was the Army Program manager. We met every six months; got to be good friends; and trusted each other. We kept the program sold and Pershing al- ways won. But the real secret is you’ve got to have a good product and it has to be fully funded.

Colonel Quill in charge of Pershing Missile train- ing at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, General Boyle, Com- mander of the 56th Brigade, Donald Hickman, Pershing Program Manager for Martin Marietta Orlando, and Colonel William J. Fiorentino, Ar- my Program Manager based in Huntsville, Ala- bama.

On Pershing we had four people that were real- Bob Whalen, Vice President and General Manag- ly involved in the program: Colonel Quill, in charge er of the Orlando Division of Martin Marietta, of training at Fort Sill; General Boyle, a two star acclaiming the signed copy of the Pershing II general, who ran the Fielding Program in Germany Missile contract for Martin Marietta. and was in charge of all the operational systems; myself, who ran the program for Martin Marietta; Colonel William J. Fiorentino from Huntsville, who

Donald Hickman, seated to the right signing the Pershing II Missile Contract with the United States Government Representative seated to his left. On the second row from left to right are Martin Marietta Orlando Aerospace staff: Ron Pia, George Rupp - Contracts, Bill Brockman - "Longer Range More Accurate Pershing II Finance Manager, Clarence Tidwell, and Nick Moves Toward Deployment", Martin Mariet- Depasquale. ta Today, #2 1983, cover. Hickman: Continued on Page 8. REALM News—December 2015—Page 8

Hickman: Continued from Page 7. Memorabilia Report Do you still kind of keep up with things a lit- By Gerry Shoaf tle bit when you read about the different pro- grams? Your Memorabilia chairman has returned from a very enjoyable 10 week RV trip out west and back. Not much. I’m interested in technology a little Now I can report on several donations that were re- bit and the things we were doing in those days were really good stuff. The stuff they’re doing now would ceived shortly before departing on the trip. blow your mind. I mean I can’t even imagine what Herb Ehmer donated an array of items including kind of things they’re doing now. personal awards, newsletters, several Pershing and SPRINT photos, a large collection of photos of When I first went to Martin we had an IBM 360 Model Engineering wind tunnel test components, that had a whole wing of the building in these big two Pershing ties, a SPRINT model, several tie pins blue cabinets. Now you’ve got a Smartphone that is and a PII belt buckle. One of the most interesting smarter than that computer was. items was a commemorative coin honoring Tom Missionary Computer Fellowship Willey with a quote “Every Challenge is an Oppor- tunity”. It probably was through Walter Tripp that I now volunteer at the Missionary Computer Fellowship in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church. We refurbish good computers and recycle computers we cannot fix. We used to give them to missionaries primarily in Africa and South America. Now we do- nate them to schools locally. I have been doing this for about 12 to 14 years. It’s been a good experi- ence. I’ve enjoyed it. Family Life Tom Willey Commemorative Coin-Face and Reverse Well, we’ve got two kids. Both of them are over 50 years old so they’re not at home. So we’ve got an In July I visited Marty and Claire Koshar and empty nest. Both of them live locally in the Winter his wife in their lovely home in Lake County to re- Garden area and we are always planning big deals ceive a bounty of items from his lengthy career with for Christmas and the holidays. the company. He provided photos, letters, and newsletters relating to the LANTIRN and Pershing Note: programs (and another PII belt buckle!). He also This article is an excerpt of a much longer arti- contributed a large collection of ASALM-PTV cle published in “Orlando Memory” of the Orlando (advanced strategic air-launched missile-propulsion Public Library. To view the whole article, including technology validation) photos, with associated many more pictures, please go to http:// award letters and news releases. In addition were www.orlandomemory.info/memory/topic/donald- some items from Marty’s term as President of the hickman-director-pershing-missile-project-oral- Baltimore Division. The most interesting item he history-interview gave the club is an official pennant of the German military unit associated with the Pershing II battal- Evelyne Mitchell ion fielded in Germany. Thanks to Claire for her hospitality and refreshing iced tea. REALM thanks to both Herb Ehmer and Marty Koshar for their interest in supporting the club’s memorabilia initiative. The collection now totals 1447 items, not counting multiples of the same item from the same donor.

Memorabilia: Continued on Page 12. REALM News—December 2015—Page 9

REALM Recreation October 2015 Bridge Results Adkins, a friend of Lynette Diberardino, joined us on the 23rd. It is always nice to meet new people. By Ila Clontz and Marvin Christiansen The Courneys brought in a huge container of peanut th There were five Fridays this month and bridge butter pretzels on the 30 that were a big hit with had very good participation with 3 to 6 tables each everyone. The group is still able to play nine rounds Friday session playing nine rounds and even ten of bridge while eating and socializing. th rounds on the 16 . John Lampe wore the high score There were some very high scores this month nd badge around his neck on the 2 for having the and Ward Gidick had the highest with 7390 and highest score last month. Quite a few slams played, Carol Bobrowski came in with a second high of some bid and some not. It is always exciting to be 7230. Congratulations to both of you! dealt a good hand. Ruth Courney and Dorothy It’s the end of October and Halloween. The full Ciekot, also Winnie Suarez and Loretta Fiebrandt th were just two of the partners that bid and made their moon on the 27 was a treat (a Hunter’s moon) so slams! had to watch out for early werewolves. In the north the Hunter’s moon was a time to gather food for the Connie and Matt Draskovich were back after northern winters (according to Farmer’s Almanac). quite a long absence, also Ruth and Alan Courney We do not have that problem in Florida, although are back after dealing with the fallout from the elec- when we play bridge the thermostat gets a workout. trical fire they had in their home. The group is al- It’s first too cold, and then too hot, depends on ways happy to see everyone return. Norma Christi- which table you are playing. We all compromise and ansen brought in her usual delightful homemade reach a happy outcome. We may get some cooler cookies for all to enjoy. Jenny Clifton shared lemons days now that it is November. from her tree. On the 16th Dean Cherry celebrated his birthday and brought in delicious donuts. Rita We have fun, we support each other and we would welcome new players. 5 Highest Scores for Each October 2015 Playing Day

October 2 October 9 October 16 October 23 October 30

Rob Hinsey 7190 Ward Gidick 7390 Ward Gidick 6720 Carol Bobrowski 7230 Dorothy Clekot 6800

Winnie Saurez 6290 Bob Fiebrandt 6850 Loretta Fiebrandt 6350 John Lampe 6720 Carol Bobrowski 5900

Marvin Christiansen 5720 Norma Christiansen 6520 Ila Clontz 6090 Lynette Diberardino 6600 Dean Cherry 5760

Dean Cherry 4970 Alan Courney 6370 Alan Courney 5790 Babs Greenwood 6560 Winnie Saurez 5730

John Lampe 4970 Dean Cherry 6200 Jenny Clifton 5550 Ed Barton 6530 Ruth Courney 5500 Average Scores 5000 and Above for At Least Half the 5 Playing Days 5 Highest Scores for Occtober 2015 for October 2015 Name Score Date Name Score Days Played Ward Gidick 7390 October 9 Ward Gidick 5660 4 Carol Bobrowski 7230 October 23 Alan Courney 5620 4 Rob Hinsey 7190 October 2 Dean Cherry 5446 5 Bob Fiebrandt 6850 October 9 Carol Bobrowski 5427 3 Dorothy Clekot 6800 October 30 Rob Hinsey 5395 4

Bridge Results: Continued on Page 11. REALM News—December 2015—Page 10 October 2015 Golf Results By Dick McCoy We only played 3 times this month due to a Rainout on October 28th. The intense heat of the summer has finally subsided. Pretty soon we will be complaining about the cold. Stoney Brook East We only had 71 players show up for Stoney Brook East. This course continues to provide challenging golf. The REALM bunch managed a 2nd and 3rd place by Frank Walker and Mike Smith. They both had a skin as well with a third skin coming from Dave Lamsens. Deltona Hills Deltona Hills is noted for having a tremendous amount of sand to obstruct play. Despite the abundance of sand, 85 players showed up. Everyone gets to work on their sand shots at this course. We had no winners at Daytona Hills and only 2 skins by Fred Dittmaier and Dick McCoy. Zellwood Station Zellwood is one of the few hilly courses in Central Florida. 81 players showed up to play this course. As flat land golfers, this presents a challenge to us. However; three people managed to place in their brackets. Roy Ray captured a 2nd place, Frank Walker captured a 3rd place, and Tom Simmonds got a 4th place. There were also 3 individual skins by Ron Johnson, Tom Simmonds and Frank Walker. Orange Lake Reserve We were rained out at Orange Lake Reserve. The remaining 2015 schedule is below. Start times for all courses is 8:30 AM. Playing includes range balls. You must call Elmer at 407-788-8714 no later than Sunday by 10:00 PM. All calls must be made be- tween 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM. Dustys Duffers 2015 Remaining Schedule 4 Nov - SANTUARY RIDGE 25 Nov - GREEN VALLEY 11 Nov – WEKIVA 2 Dec - BLACK BEAR 18 Nov - STONEYBROOK WEST 9 Dec - END-OF-YEAR TOURNAMENT, Location TBD Retirees can still join fellow retiree golfers although the REALM golf group disbanded several years ago. Many retirees and other non-Lockheed Martin golfers have a weekly golf outing on Wednesdays in a group called Dusty’s Duffers. The Duffers have been in existence for more than 20 years and have had many LMC retirees as members. The Duffers have approximately 150 members and typically 70 to 100 members play each week. The Duffers play golf courses all over central Florida and usually pay less than $30 per round which includes free range balls. There is also an end-of-the-year tournament that includes a modified team- scramble, a free meal with door prizes and money awards for the lowest team scores. Dusty’s Duffers will start a “Hole in One” pot beginning in 2015. The $5 contribution from each paid member is included in the annual dues. Payoff is $1 for each paid member at the time of the hole-in-one. At the end of year tournament any remaining funds in the “Hole in One” pot will be added to the prize money for the tournament. The Duffers have four handicap groupings and each group has cash prizes for the lowest three net scores. There is also an optional skin contest for each grouping. A skin won means the player had the lowest score within his handicap group on a given hole after taking into account his handicap. For those who cannot play on Wednesdays, there is also a group that plays on Mondays. If you are interested in learning more about the Duffers, please contact Mike Smith at [email protected], 407-896-7743, to receive the user name and password to access the web site at http://www.dustysduffers.com. The website lists the schedule of courses to be played for the current year and also has a membership form. There is a $30 membership fee that is used to offset the cost of the year end par- ty, “Hole in One” initial prize money, and to cover operational costs. Golf Results: Continued on Page 11. REALM News—December 2015—Page 11

Golf Results: Continued from Page 10. Date Course, Players Lockheed Participants (Net score) Winners Oct 7 Stoney Brook Ron Johnson 67 Frank Walker 2nd Place D Flt (761Players) Frank Walker 73 Mike Smith 3rd Place D Flt Mike Smith 74 Fred Dittmaier 76 Skins: Roy Lewis 76 Dave Lamsens 1 Skin Dick McCoy 76 Mike Smith 1 Skin Dave Lamsens 81 Frank Walker 1 Skin Ron Engleman 82 Oct 14 Deltona Hills Ron Johnson 74 No REALM Winners (85 Players) Roy Lewis 77 Frank Walker 78 Skins: Fred Dittmaier 80 Fred Dittmaier 1 Skin Charlie Jones 82 Dick McCoy 1 Skin Roy Ray 84 Dave Lamsens 84 Bruce Krupinski 86 Dick McCoy 86 Oct 21 Zellwood Station Tom Simmonds 74 Roy Ray 2nd Place C Flt (81 Players) Ron Johnson 75 Frank Walker 3rd Place D Flt Roy Ray 75 Tom Simmonds 4th Place B Flt Frank Walker 79 Ron Engleman 80 Skins: Dick McCoy 82 Ron Johnson 1 Skin Dave Lamsens 84 Tom Simmonds 1 Skin Fred Dittmaier 85 Frank Walker 1 Skin

Oct 28 Orange Lake Rained Out Rained Out Reserve

Bridge Results: Continued from Page 9. We play each non-holiday Friday at the Orlando Beardall Senior Center located at the northwest corner of Gore Street and Delaney Avenue near downtown Orlando. Play starts at 9:30 a.m. and ten rounds of four hands each are played, ending around 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. Cards, score pads, tallies, regular and decaf coffee are furnished at no charge; players bring a lunchtime sandwich to eat while continuing the play. There is no charge for membership. REALM members, including spouses are invited to participate. Contact Loretta or Bob Fiebrandt at 407-894- 6895 for information or to reserve a seat. REALM News—December 2015—Page 12 October 2015 Bowling Report By Bob Riemer Wife Lynne and I are “on the road again” in our RV as this is being written in early November. We are having a great time in South Carolina, having spent a few days in Charleston, and are presently in Hilton Head. Our bowling season has gotten off to a great start and we’ve even picked up a few new bowlers this year. We still have room for a few more, so come out and join us. High handicap scores for the season will resume in next month’s newsletter. If you’re free on Thursday afternoons, stop by Colonial Lanes (400 N. Primrose Drive) and say “hello” to a few of your old friends from Lockheed Martin. We start at 1:00 PM. Hope to see you there. That’s it for this month. Watch this space in upcoming issues for more news about the REALM Bowling League. At the end of week 8, our top three teams are listed below. It doesn`t get much closer than that! Bob

Standing Team Bowlers 1st Place High Rollers (36 Points) John Lampe, Suze Lampe, John Hils, Betty Hay

2nd Place Leftovers (35 Points) Bob Riemer, Lynne Riemer, Pat Acker, Betty Cladianos 3rd Place Tigers Crew (34 Points) Patricia Hoffman, Donald Hoffman, Jan Burgess, Tiger Perez

Memorabilia: Continued from Page 8.

Official pennant for German military unit associated with fielded Pershing II battalion REALM News—December 2015—Page 13

Travel and Events December 8 ...... REALM Christmas Party, see page Our calendar is filling up! 15 January 13 ...... Installation Of Officers, see page By Joe Boler 16 The following events have been coordinated by January 30 ...... Lockheed Martin Management your Travel Committee. Information about the ac- Club Dinner Dance, Hyatt Grand tivities that occur in the next few months is includ- Cypress, Masquerade Ball, see Janu- ed in this REALM News. Be sure to read the entire ary Flyer newsletter to stay in the know about these great so- cial activities. March 5, 2016 ... Titusville, Dixie Crossroads, Singin’ in the Rain, see page 17 The Travel Committee is considering other events for 2015. April 1-2, 2016 .. Ft. Myers Getaway, see January 2016 Flyer Community Service Recent Blood Donations The table below reflects the donor’s donations for the 12 months during 2015:

Donor Units Donated to Date

Gerry Goodwin 4

Sylvia Williamson Abney 4

Betty Hay 3

Jean Mathena 4

Jim Mathena 4 New Members

Betty Winslow 1 BONNIE BRYAN Del Williamson 3 ROBERT EWART The donors have their names submitted for a money drawing for each time they donate during the Do you know a retiree who hasn’t joined year. REALM? Perhaps you know of one or two who We do appreciate all of the REALM members forgot to renew their memberships? If so, please donations. When donating Platelets or Red Cells, 2 point them to the REALM website below so they units credit is earned. can download the application and join our fun activities like Group Travel, Lunch Bunches, Sylvia Williamson Abney Volunteer opportunities at the Science Center, Chairperson of the REALM Blood Bank and many more. [email protected], http://www.realm-fl.org/ 407-207-3343 rammapplA.pdf Lockheed Martin’s group number is M6W REALM News—December 2015—Page 14

Community Service By Tom Goslin DAY OF CARING AT EDGEWOOD CHILDREN’S RANCH A GREAT SUCCESS

The annual United Way Lockheed Martin Day of When we completed our work we had a great Caring held this year on October 10th was a great lunch that was provided by 4 Rivers Restaurant. 4 success. Over 1,300 Lockheed Martin employees Rivers fed over 1,300 people for free. both current and retired and family members came One of the teachers at the Ranch told me that out to work at the Edgewood Children’s Ranch. The their budget for maintenance was small and that they Ranch is home for approximately 70 boys and girls could never have done all the work that we did. ages 6 to 17. There were the 1,300 people on Saturday and 300 to The Lockheed Martin teams worked on many 400 people on Friday (Off Friday). At the end day tasks at the Ranch including landscaping, painting, we were all tired but we all felt good about helping carpentry, construction, brush clearing, and many at the Ranch. other activities. The task that REALM had was to clear an area on what was called Chapel Hill for a camp fire area. The REALM group along with cur- rent LMC employees cleared a large area and built a brick fire pit that will be used by the ranch for night time camp fires. As part of the brush clearing we had a 12 inch wood chipper to cut up all the branch- es, wood and brush, fortunately, for us we had Rog- er and Fran Beckner on our team and they knew how to operate the wood chipper. They had used one in the past. In addition to the brush clearing Steve Perry lead a team that built a set of great swings. These were just like the ones they built last year at Camp Thunderbird.

Realm Team at Work

REALM Volunteers around the table, starting from left:: Tom Barnes, Yvonne Roberts, Ann Hartle, Tom Goslin, Ila Clontz, James Clontz, Fran Beckner, Roger Beckner, Rich Craig, Ed Jones, Shirley Jones, Lan Flowers. Swing set that Steve Perry and his team built. REALM News—December 2015—Page 15

Nov. 23 REALM ANNUAL Deadline to Register Christmas Party

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Hosted by Trudy & Gerald (Jerry) Weiss 407-886-2657 and Marie and Bill St. Amour 407-327-3523

Apopka Golf & Tennis at Errol Estate Menu Green Salad with Poppy Seed dressing 1355 Errol Parkway Grilled Salmon or Apopka, Florida Sliced Sirloin Steak with au jus on side Green Beans with Almonds 407-703-2902 Baked Potato with Cheese, Bacon, Butter $ 25 Per Person Rolls and Butter Coffee (regular or decaf) or Iced Tea Includes tax and gratuity Holiday Dessert

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch served at 12.00 noon Full cash bar—Door Prizes—Casual Attire Live Entertainment by Sol Varon Attendees must select their meal and pay in advance when they register by mail Cutoff date is November 23, 2015, Please allow 3 days for mail Do not make checks out to REALM Make checks payable to Gerald Weiss and mail to Gerald Weiss

1547 Belfast Court, Apopka, FL 32712

Cut Here ------—------Name:______Salmon [ ] or Steak [ ] Name:______Salmon [ ] or Steak [ ] Name:______Salmon [ ] or Steak [ ] Name: ______Salmon [ ] or Steak [ ] Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Christmas Party at Apopka Golf & Tennis at Errol Estate REALM News—December 2015—Page 16

First social event of the year Installation of Officers and Awards Luncheon kicks off 2016 Social Season The $10.00 price is definite- directors, and shows its appreci- deal right after the holiday ly right for the first social event ation to members who have con- spending spree. of 2016. An expanded Lunch tributed much to the success of The event begins at 11 a.m. Bunch with honors, the annual the club. The cost is just $10.00 per per- Installation of Officers and The 2016 Installation of Of- son. To attend, please send your Awards Luncheon is our mem- ficers and Awards Luncheon is registration and check made out bers’ opportunity to meet and January 13, 2016, at the Elks to REALM to Joe Boler no later greet the folks who are volun- Lodge in Orlando. In addition to than January 7, 2016. teering their time to support the induction of officers and REALM and to thank those spe- Show your appreciation for recognition awards, it is the first cial members who have gone those who contribute so much to Lunch Bunch of the year and a above and beyond to make the keeping REALM interesting. great opportunity to catch up club a vibrant association of with friends after the holidays. For more information, Lockheed Martin retirees. please contact either: The board of directors decid- Each year, REALM installs ed to underwrite the event to Joe Boler 407-293-6549 its newly elected board mem- offset the cost. That’s a great bers, recognizes returning board Bill Bowden 407-277-5599

Menu Roast Beef Green Beans Mashed Potatoes with Gravy House Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing Strawberry Short Cake

Water, Iced Tea, and Coffee

Elks Lodge, 12 Primrose St., Orlando, Florida ...... Cost: $10.00 per Person Registration deadline: January 7, 2016 ...... 11:00 A.M. Arrival Time

Cut below and mail with check for $10/person, payable to REALM, to Joe Boler, 2317 N. Hastings, Orlando, FL 32808

Name Name

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January 13, 2016 Installation and Awards Registration REALM News—December 2015—Page 17

March Travel Event Singin’ in the Rain & Dixie Crossroads March 5, 2016 Lunch at Dixie Crossroads and then enjoy Singin’ in the Rain at the Titusville Playhouse.

Based on one of the most-loved and celebrated movies of all time. Singin’ in the Rain is the story of the first Hollywood movie musical, a time when the silver screen found its voice and left silent movies and some of its stars behind. The MGM classic has been faithfully and lovingly adapted from its original award- winning screenplay. Each unforgettable scene, song, and dance is accounted for, including the show stopping title number, complete with an onstage rainstorm. Singin’ in the Rain is perfect entertainment for any fan of the golden age of movie musicals.

COST: $76.00 per person Includes: Roundtrip motor coach transportation, Lunch, Show, Taxes, Gratuity on Meal, Driver’s Gratuity. Bus will depart from Colonial Promenade at 10:30 AM, Please park at the end of plaza off Rickenbacker Drive.

All reservations and payments are due by February 12, 2016. Send RSVP and mail Check to Joseph Boler, 2317 N. Hastings Street, Orlando, FL 32808.

Contact: Joe Boler 407-293-6549 or Bill Bowden 407-277-5599

L’attitude Adjustments, Inc. 2839 Spyglass Cove Longwood, FL 32779 407-786-8755 Registered with the State of Florida as a Seller of Travel. Registration No. ST-25274 REALM News—December 2015—Page 18

Care & Concern REALM Annual Renewal Now is the time to pay dues for next year. By Ann Hartle Membership runs from January 31 to January Marty Harris 31. If your mailing label has 2015 after your As mentioned in the July issue of REALM name, you are NOT paid through 2016. So, News, Marty Harris had returned to his apartment at make out that check now to ensure you contin- the ‘Village on the Green’ following a stay at the ue receiving REALM News. You can pay for Health Center. Unfortunately, health issues caused up to three years at a time. him to return to the Health Center (Room 142) in October. Several of us have visited him and we find Dues: $7.50 per year, payable to him in good spirits. He asked that his many friends “REALM”. and former coworkers keep him in their thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. You may pay for two or three Esther Curtis Roberts years by multiplying $7.50 by the Also, we recently visited Esther Curtis Roberts number of years you would like in the “Safe Harbor’ section of ‘Atria at Lake to pay. Forest’ in Sanford. She, too, is in good spirits and is enjoying the good care she receives. She has many Send to: Mr. Dave Hayworth fond memories of her years at Martin Marietta. REALM 3208 E. Colonial Drive, # 302 In Memoriam Orlando, FL 32803

David Kverek ...... Jul 29 How you tell if you are due to pay your dues? Bob Koger’s wife, Diane ...... Oct 8 JOHN Q. MEMBER 2015 5121 A David Chestnut ...... Oct 13 William (Bill) Firman’s wife, Linda ...... Oct 17 Member name William (Bill) Hancock ...... Oct 20 James (Jim) Bozeman...... Oct 23 Year paid through Robert (Bob) Boutchyard ...... Oct 24 William (Bill) Underwood ...... Oct 27 Member ID number Bert Kremp ...... Nov 7 “A” Stands for active Followed by your mailing address. In this example, the member has paid through 2015 and should send a check for $7.50 to pay for 2016. Check your own mailing label today!

Please cut out your mailing label and send with your check for $7.50 for the year 2016. If there are any changes to your contact info, including email address, please make a note! REALM News—December 2015—Page 19

1965 in BUENOS AIRES ALBERT and DOROTHY MORLEY their 49 th married 12 24 December Anniversaries 1966 in ORLANDO FL JAMES and PATRICIA ORR their 63 rd married 12 20 1952 in JAMES and AUDREY ARNOLD their 35 th married 12 27 1980 KENT OH in ORLANDO FL VINCENT and ROSEMARIE PALLADINO their 46 th married 12 SAM and BARBARA BREIDT their 44 th married 12 24 1971 in 23 1969 in SMITHTOWN NY ORLANDO FL DONALD and MARIE PARSONS their 65 th married 12 9 1950 CHARLES and FREDA BROWN their 59 th married 12 16 1956 in CLIFTON NJ in HAZARD KY RICHARD and PATRICIA PEARCY their 36 th married 12 1 JAMES and BARBARA CORYELL their 38 th married 12 17 1979 in ORLANDO FL 1977 in ORLANDO FL WILLIAM and ANN PURCELL their 60 th married 12 31 1955 ALAN and RUTH COURNEY their 65 th married 12 9 1950 in ROBERT and ERMA B. RAWA their 64 th married 12 22 1951 in FORT WAYNE IN BALTIMORE MD VIRGINIA and BILL DAVIS their 57 th married 12 14 1958 in HARRY and EVA ROGERS their 60 th married 12 30 1955 in OLNEY IL GOLDEN RING MD MATTHEW and CONNIE DRASKOVICH their 62 nd married 12 CHARLES and SARAH ROUX their 58 th married 12 23 1957 in 5 1953 in CHARLOTTSVILLE VA AVON PARK FL WILLIAM and NANCY DROWN their 48 th married 12 30 1967 LARRY and ELSIE SANDBERG their 57 th married 12 27 1958 in WEST PALM BEACH FL in NEWTON IO OBED and ARLENE GOOD their 36 th married 12 8 1979 in WILLIAM and LINDA SANDERS their 41 st married 12 7 1974 JACKSONVILLE FL in ORLANDO FL TOM and LYNETTE GOSLIN their 48 th married 12 30 1967 GERALD and GLENDA SHOAF their 50 th married 12 26 1965 JAMES and REBECCA HAMILTON their 59 th married 12 23 in ELBA AL 1956 in ORLANDO FL PAUL and LIL SIMON their 47 th married 12 20 1968 in MEM- JESS and DOVIE HART their 28 th married 12 12 1987 in OR- PHIS TN LANDO FL NORMAN and MAE SINGLETARY their 63 rd married 12 27 ROBERT and ANNA HATFIELD their 65 th married 12 25 1950 1952 in OCALA FL in BEL AIR MD MITCHELL and ELIZABETH SMYK their 55 th married 12 30 ROY and CAROL HEGLMEIER their 60 th married 12 10 1955 1960 in DETROIT MI in NORFOLK VA GEORGE and JEAN SNYDER their 56 th married 12 24 1959 in HANS and JANET HENSON their 43 rd married 12 19 1972 in PAXTON IL BASE SWITZERLA ND GENE and ANN SPEARS their 60 th married 12 17 1955 in ALLEN and SADIE HERBECK their 63 rd married 12 12 1952 in CHARLESTON SC ST. JOHNS NFLD THURSTON and SHIRLEY SQUIRES their 61 st married 12 17 EDWARD and BARBARA HIERHOLZER their 12 th married 12 1954 in COLUMBIA SC 4 2003 in ORLANDO FL RALPH and NATALIE STASCHKE their 64 th married 12 1 1951 BOB and CONNIE HIGHTOWER their 54 th married 12 27 1961 in CHICAGO IL in MIAMI FL RICHARD and ELIZABETH STEINMETZ their 55 th married 12 FRED and YVONNE HUMPHREYS their 65 th married 12 16 22 1960 1950 in BORCKWAY PA RONALD and LINDA SWIGER their 48 th married 12 14 1967 FRANK and SANDRA HUNGERFORD their 31 st married 12 14 in TAMPA FL 1984 in WINTER PARK FL BRADLEY and JILL THOMPSON their 38 th married 12 17 1977 JUDITH and WILLIAME JOHNSON their 23 rd married 12 31 in ORLANDO FL 1992 ROBERT and RAMONA VARRA their 63 rd married 12 20 1952 CHARLES and ELAINE JONES their 49 th married 12 23 1966 in DENVER OK in HUNTSVILLE AL JERRY and CAROL WESSON their 55 th married 12 2 1960 in ALLEN and BETTY KEEFER their 24 th married 12 21 1991 in WINTER PARK FL WINTER GARDEN FL AL and NANCY WILEDEN their 47 th married 12 19 1968 in ROBERT and MARY KOWALSKI their 36 th married 12 7 1979 ORLANDO FL in APOPKA FL GEORGE and JOAN WOODS their 56 th married 12 7 1959 in MICHAEL and NORALEE KRAYNAK their 44 th married 12 30 ORLANDO FL 1971 in BRADENVILLE PA RONALD and JOHANNA LIVINGSTON their 27 th married 12 3 1988 in ORLANDO FL JOHN and PHYILLIS LUPO their 52 nd married 12 21 1963 in ORLANDO FL CHARLES and BETTY MC LAUGHLIN their 41 st married 12 28 1974 in ORLANDO FL KENNETH and BETTY MEYERS their 59 th married 12 8 1956 in LEESBURG FL Legend: RUDY and SILVIA MINGELGRUN their 50 th married 12 12 Anniversaries 50 Years or greater in Red Font. REALM News—December 2015—Page 20

PRESORTED STD LOCKHEED MARTIN REALM US POSTAGE PAID PO Box 1184 PERMIT 3717 Windermere, FL 34786-1184 ORLANDO FLORIDA

REALM Schedule 2015 2016 REALM SCHEDULE Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Executive Board Meeting 3 1 5 2 7 5 3 7 5 2 6 4 1 News items due 3 1 5 2 7 5 3 7 5 2 6 4 1 News mailout date 16 21 18 15 21 18 16 20 18 15 19 17 21

Events and Activities Lunch Bunch Christmas Party 8 Installation of Offiers 13 LMN Dinner Dance 30

Travel Titusville Trip 5 Ft. Myers Trip 1-2

Recreation Golf Join Duffy's Duffers Issued 1 November 2015 Additions? Bowling Every Thursday -- Sept/May Corrections? Call Linda Schaidt Bridge Every Friday @ 407-880-3121 or e-mail to [email protected]