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John Allensworth

Hi Kay, so good to hear from you, we have missed you.  After reading your message it's easy to see how busy you are.  Four teenagers all at the same time, must be a special place for you and Gene.  Adding on what everyone is going through, and we all hope you and yours stay safe.

Stay in touch, 

Love ya,  Lynn and Johnny

John Landess

My best wishes to all and an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the April Folks.(I wanted to get that out before the April Fool jokes start rolling in!) 

I trust all are following the"rules", staying in, and being safe. If anyone runs out of things to keep them occupied, just go the the page number counter on this forum, plug in 199 or whatever and relive and laugh over some of the old posts (a few which may make you misty)

Kay, in case you know of anyone else in need, I see on e-bay that you can buy TP in the $50 to $155.99 range!

Kay Cook (Taylor)

Johnny it was good to hear from you.  You and Lynn stay safe.  This almost feels like a cheesey movie in the 50’s.   I think Roswell is a calmer place to be at this time.  You and Lynn stay safe.   John L. I can’t imagine  paying that much for toilet paper.  That must be the reason so many bought it all up.  Are you in Ak?  Be safe.

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Bill, I hear that!  I am also going to come out about 10+++ Lbs Heavier too!!  So, a over wieght cook and alcoholic!! Oh just forget the cook part! I'll just eat my way throug cookies,candy, and pie!!

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Kay, so Good to hear from you!!

John Landess

Kay, I found 10 rolls of TP on Amazon for $4.88............guaranteed 100% recycled!!! ( I am not sure I want to think about that??)

Also, I am not in Alaska, and not sure when I will be able to go up. The governor there has issued stay at home orders and also no movement between communities, except for medical needs, subsistance(?), and for essential workers. So for now, I am minding the home front here in Tennessee.

My son, the Alaska Doctor, says that they even have a case in Homer now and probably many more soon. Seems like some old guy was traveling and when he got back didn't feel too good, but decided to attend a big feed at the VFW anyway. Then later when more ill, friends came by and brought him food until he finally went in and "discovered" he had it. WOW

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

John I was going to post a few April Fools Jokes but I was afraid some might not be so funny in the state we are in with this Corona Vodka time!! HAHAHAH!! 

Kay Cook (Taylor)

John... I always have heard  .....   early bird gets the worm.....  if you go very early, you have a great chance of getting the “coveted” items.  I have successfully covered our lack ..  well the store finally limiting one to a customer really helped.  That is so sad that man infected so many.  I guess no one ever thinks they are the ones with it.  My brother is in the Nashville area.  Be safe.

Sherry post the April fools jokes... it’s good to laugh.  If I couldn’t laugh I would be in the nut ward.  Ok that wasn’t an opening for everyone to say that would be long overdue.  Be safe everyone❤️

John Landess

Kay, I think it just goes to show, lack of good sense is not limited to the young! Around here are several colleges, and they are beginning to find out how many went to spring break and have now infected their family and buddies...

My middle son and his wife moved to Nashville last year and are "hunkered down"for now. He works in Alaska on the North Slope and has been concerned about how he will get back up there. Then yesterday, the Anchorage paper reported that there was now case(s) in the work force on the slope... So???

Anyway, hope everyone is being careful and safe... and has TP!

My friend William Snakespear says, "TP or not TP, that could be a question!"

Rex Booth

John Landess requested this be posted.  Disclaimer:  Rex is not responsible for any errors or omssions...

John Landess

Mucho Garcias, Rex!

Rex Booth

El Juan,  you got it!!  And  speak good Spanish for a Tenny-see country boyah...

John Allensworth

Kay the nut ward claimed many of us a long time back and I'm pretty sure I 

was a member.

John Doyal

Birthday wishes to my fellow April grads.   Simple things like birthday  parties aren't what you think of as something you would miss.  My great granddaughter had one planned for her on the 4th(to be 7).  Now that can't happen, so it really is the simple things you take for granted.  How many other similar things do we take for granted?  I got to watch a free Garth concerton tv last night that would have cost a lot under normal times, so we do have some consulations.  What besides TP are shortages in your areas?  Pinto beans and rice are out of stock here.

John Landess

Johnny, Love the photo of the 36.. Godfather to my sister was a wing commander at Walker, and he once took me out on the flight line. I got to stand on top of one. He told me the wings sagged down about 6 feet when on the ground. He also said that when they got ready to takeoff on a mission (A Bomb), his flight engineer would inform him "all clear, 6 turning and 4 burning"!

John, as to shortages around here in Tennessee, I don't know. Being an old Alaskan, I have taken heat for years about my food pantry stock, but now other than fresh fruit, I am good.

Things to do??......Well guys, This would be a good time to start on all those projects you always told the wife you would do when you had time!

As for me, I am throwing a big quarantine party tonight!!! NO ONE IS INVITED!!! 

An extra happy birthday to my two fellow Shell retirees, Ray and Lee , both on the same day and both with Shell, must be Karma!

Rex Booth

The B-36 flying into Walker Air Force Base brings back mixed memories during the 1940's.  In early 1943, My Dad was 1st Lieutenant at RAAF (Roswell Army Air Field) before it was changed to WAFB in 1947. Dad flew both B-17 & B-24 bombers. AT RAAF he taught kids, age 18, still wet behind the ears to train for B-17's. These kids barely had 2 weeks seat time before being shipped out to either European or Pacific Theaters. His last mission was somewhere near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.  He was reported MIA about six month before I was lucky enough to 'bail out' of my mother's womb...  

Diane Alley ((Webb))

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Rex Booth and Diane Alley thank you Both for sharing your Stories. It is amazing how many stories are not known. Hearing how and why people came and stayed in our Beautiful Community of Roswell, New Mexico. I really do enjoy hearing them. 

Thank-You Sherry

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

Rex and Diane,  thank you for sharing your stories.  It must be a good feeling to know how your dads contributed to the war effort and to our country.  They were both heroes!  Rex, so sorry you didn't get to meet your dad.

Dan Cook

Nice to hear the stories of our parents being in Roswell because of the Walker Air Force base! 

My wife, Connie, and her sister, Sherriliz, were in Roswell because their father was a Cornell in the Air Force at the base.

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

My Parents came to Roswell before the base was built. Daddy was in the Army Air Corp and was sent to Roswell from Phoenix. The base had been staked out, but before building began, a huge dessert rain washed everything away and it all had to be restaked!  Except for 2 years, My dad worked at Walker from its beginning until its closure. His two years away were spent in Denver where he used the GI Bill to become a watchmaker, which was his second job for many years. When he returned to Roswell from Denver, he was fortunate to get a Civil Service job at Walker. In fact, it was the same Material Control job  that he had as a serviceman. When the base closed, he worked at the base in Almagordo, so that he could retire with enough Civil Service years. 

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Paula, great story about your dad! I was reading your profile you have had quite an interesting life your self! Thank-you for sharing! Sherry

Stephen Wolfe

While we're telling stories of WWII and our dads, mine was the pilot of a B-24 Liberator flying missions in the South Pacific. Like all of those men (and women) who had seen combat, he spoke rarely about the war and I have only one newspaper cliipping on the front page of the November 3, 1944 Woodward (OK) Daily Press which reads "Husband of Local Girl Is In Thrilling Air Battle."  It details an air raid over Balikpapen, Borneo, a target because of its major petroleum refineries. Dad's aircraft was hit by flak, but thankfully only the co-pilot was hurt and not too badly.The mission continued and apparently was successful, although many aircraft were lost. It was only last year (2019) when I was sent a hand-written letter from Dad to his mother, which gave the names and somwhat humorous  comments about all nine crew members along with one of those typical South Pacific pictures of a plane crew after a mission. I also learned that there is a YouTube documentary of that very raid, October 3-4, 1944. Unbelievable! 

Here's the thing that pains me a lot: Many of us in the Class of 1962 had parents in similar WWII situations, and I don't think we realized how few years - like 18-20 or so- it had been since those horrible memories were real to our folks. Just think about how short 20 years ago seems to each of us today!  

Charline Lake

Steve, where's your dad in this photo?  Your observation is so touching, about the trauma they lived.  And they were all so young.  It breaks your heart.

Stephen Wolfe

Hi, Charline! He's the middle back row with the shirt sort-of on. He was just a few days short of 23 in that picture. Here's a couple of examples of his sense of humor: "Sgt  Edward R. Sutter - Assistant Radio Operator.- nose turret - bullet proof glass allows him to be in this picture." and then: "Lt Frances J. Breslin - bombardier - An exploding 20mm shell would have kept him out of this picture, but that Big Book just plain natcherly didn't have his name in it that day."  Later Dad said "Devita and Marcoux each got a Zero that day."  Holy cow! 

Reading this in his own handwriting 76 years later was just very emotional to me. And I am only one of many of us whose parents, relatives or friends may have had similar stories. 

But meanwhile, for all my classmates, I wish you the very best of Easter blessings. He is Risen! He is Risen, indeed!