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The SEAWEED Publicotionof the U.5.5.CHAMPLIN REUNION GROUP The SEAWEED Publicotionof the U.5.5.CHAMPLIN REUNION GROUP DECEMBER2OO7 GODDARDF. BECK Afterhis honorable discharge from the He& Dorothy,his wife, traveled to Navyat theend of the war, Goddie re- Seattleto visithis son & familya few "Goddie"was bom and raised in Columbia,tumedto Columbia,Pa. & reunitedwith his times.He also has a gnanddaughter PA. Hehas retained those classic small wifeDorothy & youngson. Heretumed to & greatgrandchild inBoston, as well townvalues throughout his life, focusing on hisposition at ArmstrongWorld Industries. as othergrandchildren in Princeton & family,church, athletics & work.He has Hewas also involved in playingspoG, Marlton,New Jersey, as welf as lo- alwayshad a job,like being a newspaper especiallybasketball & baseball. cally. boy;he was an entrepreneurwith his own Goddiemoved to Lancaster,Pa. with Doro- Goddiefollows the Philadelphia hom+maderoot beer business, which he thy& thereraised 7 children,4 sonsand 3 Philliesthrough good times & bad. soldto theconstruction workers building his daughters.He was a veryinvofved father, Heis alsoa Steelersfan & enjoys churchaddition. attendingallthe children's activities & professionaltennis.Heused to GoddardF. Beckgraduated from Columbia sportingevents. Armstrong Closure Plant regularlyplay tennis with his sons. HighSchool, class of 1935.They just had wasbought by Ken Packaging Corp. God- PerhapsGoddie's favorite hobby is theirT2ndhigh schoolclass reunion & he diespent 47 yeamin managementthere hismodef tnains layout which features continuestogo and enjoy his remaining untilhis retirement. While working at his about20 trains on a well-organized classmembers, which is about20 from a regularjob, he also had a greatinterest platformof 2 storiesthat occupies a classof 104.He was a standoutathlete in andtalent in propertyrestoration, doing all fullroom in thehouse. He has an- bothfootball & basketbafl.He also played thework himself including papering, paint- tiquetrains that date from his youth. baseballfor communitv teams. He played ing,plumbing & electrical. He would ailq Hisgrandfaher was a rallroadnnan, basketballfor a semi-proteam, the Colum- wallsto rooms& dothe plastering ma- 'll & he hasretained this interest & biaMerchants & competed against such sonry,orwhateverwas needed. He hadll enjoysit withgrandson Patrick. teamsas the Harfem Globetrotters & the restored10 properties, including his own" Goddiehas a busytulfilling life with All-AmericanRed Heads, a girl'steam. He historichome on Wheatland Avenue, family,neighbors & friends. He has was honoredin 1981by being named to wherehe still lives. He has had numerous theunofficial, but sincerely felt title of the"Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the tenantsin hisproperties & continues to "Mayorof WheatlandAvenue." He PennsylvaniaSports Hall of Fame"for both overseethis part of hislife today. entertainson the front poruh daily & it footballand basketball. He continued play- Goddiehas always had a greatvariety of is a realgathering area for all the ingunder community teams until World War interest& hobbies.He has had summer joggers,& animalwalkers, as well as ll andgoing into the Navy. cottages,one along the Susquehana River family& friends,and it wasthe scene Goddardwas honored to servehis country & onealong the Conestoga River, which he of his90th Birthday on August 27th. in thehour of greatneed during World War stillhas&continues to enjoy. He likes Goddiemisses his wife Dorothy, who ll in theUnited States Navy on the de- boating,which stems from his Champlin passedon April 10 atthe age 0f91. stroyerUSS Champlin. He kept a dailylog daysat sea. Goddiewas honored along Theywere manied 66 years & en- journalof hisexperiences which he still withother Worfd War ll vetenanslast year joyeddancing togetheras wellas viewsand discusses quite often. He has onthe anniversary of the end of thewar raisingtheir children & grandchildren. maintainedcontact with his shipmates witha servicemedal by the Pennsylvania Hedoes keep busy & is adjustingto throughthe reunions and by reading the Houseof Representatives. thechange & theloss. He has some Seaweed,the ship's newsletter. Goddiethrives on his 10 grandchifdren & 1 projecbgoing on that keep him busy. TheSeaweed is hisgreat delight, for when greatgrandchild. He regularly attends foot- Healso loves the mail, where people he readsabout someone he served with or ballgames, soccer & fieldhockey matches, keepin touch. He especially looks readsabout some past great event the swimmingmeets & track& fieldevents. He fonrardto the Seaweedand informa- Champlinwas involved with, he is able to fill alsogoes to pianorecitals, vocal concerts, tionlike it. in moredetails and share artexhibits & otherevents that these storiesabout the Wethank Goddard's daughter, peopleand or incidents. grandchildrenareinvolved in, KathleenBeck, for sharing l5 rto'Y,,S,, EBF? TL*Affi *te*ffiacffu uss6Ff*#a$t TO A,IAKE 6OOD USE DEEP.SIXING OF LIFE, Why do we callthe destructionof a personor thingDeep-sixing? ONE Deepsix is an oldexpression, originally meaning a grave.Why not deep eight? SHOULD Probablysix was chosenbecause of the customof digginga gravesix feet HAVE IN deehthus the expressionsix feet under. YOUTH, THE EXPERIENCE DeepSix was particularly popular among sailors, and it is likelythat the refer- to referspecifically to drowning OF encewas to sixfathoms. Sailors used deep six victims(ie anyonesix fathoms-thirtysix feet{own in the seawas in a literalor ADVANCED metaphoricalgrave) and also to equipmentjettisoned overboard that fell downto YEARS. the bottomof the sea. AND IN for the OLD A6E, We haveJohn Deans'testimony during the Watergatehearings to thank resurgenceof this expression:Dean, President Nixon's counsel, testified that THE VI6OR whenhe informedJohn Ehrlichman that there were incriminating documents OF foundin HowardHunt's White House safe, Ehrlichman suggested that it might YOUTH. be prudentto dees'sixthem in the PotomacRiver. AN EXPERT PORTANDSTARBOARD I5 ONE Why is the Lefthand side of a shipfacing forward called the Port? WHO Why is the righthand side of a shipfacing forward called the Starboard? KNOWs Why arethe windowsaround the perimeterof a shipcalled portholes when they are lv\ORE foundon bothsides of the vessel? AND Ancientships were usually steered with a largesweep oar Starboardis Old English MORE for steerboard or paddle,so it is easyto see howthe righthand side became ABOUT knownas the starboard.Because the steeringgear was all containedon the right, port LE55AND old shipshad to tie at dockon the left,or sideas well. LES5. Originally,however, the left handside was calledthe larboardfrom the Anglo Saxonlaere (empty) and bord(board or paddle).The middleEnglish laddeborde alsoappropriately, meant Lading side. In the earlyseventeenth century, mariners abandonedlarboard for port,undoubtedly because when maneuvering in a wicked THE REAIIY storm,larboard and starboard were too easilyconfused. HAPPYIAAN purpose porthole passengersbut to I5 THE Theoriginal for the was notto amusecruise seryeas gun ports. In the earliestships, gun portswere on the portside only. ONE WHO Sailorshad primitive,claustrophobic facilities below decks. Portholesas windows CAN wereadded centuries later, and by thattime the word porthole had stuck. ENJOY THE SCENERY, ATOMIC BOMBS EVEN "To quell the Japanese resistance man by man and conquer the country yard by yard WHEN HE might well require the loss of a million American lives and half that number of British. HAS TO Now all this nightmare picture had vanished. In its place as 1[s visien-fair and bright TAKE A indeed it seemed--of the end of the whole war in one or two violent shocks" DETOUR. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill WB, JAMESS. ROPOGWT 3/C tuk; OurDad, Jim, was a funloving sailor. The"fun' of cleaningthe boilertubes. cigarand "a bit"of smoothwhisky A warmsmile and firm handshakeof all were favorites. Escorting group also everyonehe met. PresidentRoosevelt's to Maltafrom where Roosevelt took a After retirementas a tool and die August1943 volunteering for the Navy at planeto theYalta Conference. maker for nearly35 years Dad age30 madehim one of the"old men" and Mom were drawn to Florida. Ridingout in Pacific. on the Champlin.He was separatedout a typhoon the First living in Ft. Lauderdalethen fromthe Navyin October1945. He Japanesesunender aboard the Port Richey. They reallyenjoyed spenthis entire time as a proudcrew Missouriin TokyoBay. their retirementyears in Florida. memberof theChamplin. Dad had just manystories about his adventures both lce covering abouteverything as ln 1995Dad fell ill and he and plowed onboardship and on shoreleave. theChamplin thefrigid seas Mom moved to the Columbus, offMurmansk Russia. Ohio area to be near his two Someof the "sailorstories" are bestnot daughtersand their families. We livedin Cleveland, Later repeated.Like shore leave in Oranor Ohio. Grandchildrenbecame the moved Italy.. Hmmmm!Then the time Dad to a newhouse in Willoughby. attention of affection and ready Dadwas an avid Indians droppeda bagof "goodies"breaking all Cleveland listenersof "sailorstories". We the bottleswhile being piped around fan evenin theirtough times. can only hopethey willremember aftera successfulshore leave at an Hewas lifelong friends with his the stories. undisclosedlocation. We'll bet you shipmateJack Strubank and his Dad passedaway in December sailorscan guess the contents of the familyof Detroit,Michigan. We spent 2000. We trust he is still being a bottles. manyweekends withthe Strubanks. "good sailor.' Otherstories are morenoteworthy.
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