Feb. 22Nd We Had Services for Ben Cor- Is Mary Asch-Peski, Wife of Recently Deceased Riveau in Lady Lake
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The Scuttlebutt Vol. 18, No. 2 February 2015 The Newsletter of the Korean War and Service Veterans of Lake County (FL), Inc., Chapter 169, Chartered 1998 www.cid169.kwva.org P.O. Box 491428, Leesburg, FL 34749-1428 If new members do not come to us, then we will go to the new members! Left: President Art Iversen swearing in four new members at the February Eisenhow- er Center meeting, from left to right, Iversen, Dick Miller, Bob Waterfield, Bill Creekmur, and Ed Mo- ran. Photo by Thiel. See Membership, page 3. HooJung and Don Kennedy thank us! e were most graced to have had W HooJung and Don Kennedy speak to our February 25 Senior Center member meeting, albeit much too briefly. HooJung’s grandmother was one of 14,000 Koreans who escaped the invad- ing Chinese Communists on a Liberty ship, the SS Meredith Victory, on the east coast of North Korea, in December 1950. Members wishing to hear more of HooJung’s story are invited to the March 21st Chapter Eisenhower Center meeting (Kennedys Continued on page 4) Page 2 Vol. 18, No. 2 February 2015 The Scuttlebutt President’s Column by Art Iversen he month of Unfortunately the VA did not show up to take or- T February ders for the free phones, but we'll try to get them has been eventful. again. We had two fund We did install four new members, Dick Miller, raising events, the Ed Moran, Bob Waterfield and Bill Creekmur, at Tell America pro- the Eisenhower Recreation Center on the 21st. gram is off and And three new members, Joy Selph, Don Leit- running. stein and Francis Furrie, at the Senior Center on Please remember these are two of our most im- the 25th. portant projects of our chapter, when you get Charlie White has confirmed our annual picnic asked to work at these events please make every will be April 22nd; hamburgers and hot dogs and effort to support them. It’s not hard and it’s great soft drinks will be served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 to greet people and also is a good way to get new p.m. Please bring a covered dish to share. We are members. The people ask what we do with mon- inviting the members of the Korean Church in ey and when we tell them we help the homeless Ocala to join us and will present them with an veterans, do the Tell America program in American Flag and a check for $250.00. schools, flag presentations etc., they are im- pressed and donate. Chapter 169 is joining with AMVETS Post 2006 Leesburg in a Flag burning ceremony March 14th Tom Thiel put on an informative meeting about at the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park, computers and how to get into and use the web- Leesburg. Bring your old damaged flags. This site; he plans to offer it again soon. The Color likewise will have press coverage and is an op- Guard did a good job at the Leesburg Armory for portunity for us to reach Korean Vets who do not a military retirement service. know about us. But the highlight of the month was the program that HooJung Jones Kennedy and her husband Art Major (Ret'd) Don Kennedy ( the couple from Canada) presented concerning the Korean Am- bassador for Peace Medallions. They were here to thank Korean Vets for their service, and to get QUARTERMASTER: I have Chapter the necessary forms for medallions for 16 veter- KWVA and KWVA Services caps for $10 And I ans. They will return to present the medals at the can get shirts in navy blue or ultra marine with Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park in Leesburg pockets in S-M-L-XL $28 XL is $30. Women’s on March 27th at 11:00 a.m. I ask that all of our without pockets same colors. members turn out to make a good showing for If you need a Shirt or cap see me Gene Zender that ceremony as we anticipate there will be Phone 352-748-0112 press coverage. The Scuttlebutt Vol. 18, No. 2 February 2015 Page 3 Chapter Membership—This Month’s Story! Here is “Moose” Leitstein. Moose served in the 68th AAA Bn from 1955- 57, and said on his signup sheet he is willing to serve on BoD or as an Officer! Yea! And this is Francis Furrie who served in HHC 8th FASPF Com- Three new members being sworn in at our February 25 Senior mand in 1968-69. He Center meeting. From left, Levenda J. “Joy” Selph, Don designed medical vehi- “Moose” Leitstein, and Francis G. Furrie. Ms. Selph and Mr. Leitstein were recruited at The Villages. Photo by Becker cles both air and ground, and is willing to be on Color s this goes to press, we have 85 members Guard and helping homeless veterans. (note: all although the Association Membership Ros- A above photos by Becker). ter, the one that is used to mail Graybeards, says we have 80; the difference is in the number of ac- And now lets meet the new tions in the mail between Umatilla and members from the February Charlestown, IL, where the Association records Eisenhower Center meeting. are maintained. This is Bill Creekmur who Since the inception of our Eisenhower Center served with the 1st Marine, 1st Meetings, we have had twelve (12) new Chapter Engineering “C” company. Bill members, all but two coming from the Eisenhow- was an Industrial Arts teacher. er Center effort! But we are still loosing too many At right is Richard Mil- members to non-renewal, and to mortality, so it ler, who served in the CG is extremely difficult to see our total membership on DE485 Destroyer Escort grow accordingly. from 1951-53. Dick is inter- Now lets introduce our new members: ested in writing and has already given me content. This is Joy Selph, retired Ar- my Colonel with 30 years of At left is Ed Moran who served service. She served in Korea with the 24th ID’s 28 Paramed- with the 8th Army 1998-2000, ics in 1954-55. Ed worked with and is author of “Caught in the State of NJ. the Crossfire.” ((Membership Continued on page 5) Page 4 Vol. 18, No. 2 February 2015 The Scuttlebutt (Kennedys Continued from page 1) ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS where she will be the featured speaker. PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CHAPTER HooJung and Don are Canadians who spend by ATTENDING the winter months in the Lakeland, FL area. They were here to collect applications for the Korean AMBASSADOR for PEACE MEDALLION Ambassador for Peace Medallions again in an ef- PRESENTATION fort to thank all Veterans who served in and about Korea from 1950 to 1955. How they, living at in Lakeland, established linkage to CID169 is a story in itself, suffice it to say that it resulted from VETERANS MEMORIAL AT FOUNTAIN you Editor’s DoF involvement. PARK, LEESBURG (map below) HooJung and Don will come to our area again on 11:00 A.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 27 March 27, when they will present Peace Medal- lions to more than 15 Chapter and 24th IDA Our COLOR GUARD will be there members in an 11:00 a.m., ceremony at the Vet- The press will be invited, so help make erans Memorial at Fountain Park, Leesburg. CID169 Look Good, White Shirts Our Color Guard will be there, as well as local press, so it behooves us as a Chapter to make a Those receiving Medallions must attend. substantial presence. Thank you. ED The Scuttlebutt Vol. 18, No. 2 February 2015 Page 5 (Membership Continued from page 3) Color Guard by Joel Briggs And this is Bob Waterfield his month, things were a little different. We (sorry to put you over here T had a flag folding and presentation for a Ma- Bob), who served in Korea jor Tabitha Reid at the Leesburg National Guard with the AF 1245 Sqdn AAC5 Armory, retired after 24 years in the Army. This from 1956-57. Photos by Thiel was requested by Don Van Beck and Attended by A. Iversen, C. Becker, B. Shumaker, DJ Lynch, F. There was an additional new Associate member Keaser and J. Briggs. that we did not swear in or get a photo; she sub- mitted her application during the meeting. She Then on Feb. 22nd we had services for Ben Cor- is Mary Asch-Peski, wife of recently deceased riveau in Lady Lake. A. Iversen, G. Zender, W. Dan Peski. Mary, you will need to be sworn in Jones, D. Van Beck, and C. Becker. There may and have a photo taken next meeting. have been more. We welcome and value all our new members! On Feb.27th we will conducted another service in The Villages for Gordon Talbot's wife, Marge. We will attend services at Hiers-Baxley and then at Bushnell Now to the future. On March 27 we will be at Vet- erans Memorial Park, Leesburg for Awarding Me- dallions to those who served, but did not received what was due them. We really need more Color Guard members, both throughout Lake County, and at the Villages. I’d like to invite especially our new members, to consider serving with your Chapter’s Color Guard. Robert Hicks Leesburg Chief of Police (left) with Don Van Beck, Activities Director. ATTENTION all MEMBERS Chief Hicks was the speaker for the Febru- ary 25 Senior Center meeting. Flag Burning Ceremony VMFP, Leesburg (see map pg. 4) CID169 with AMVETS 2006 Thursday, Mar.