Hellcat News, (Skokie, Ill.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1, September 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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Hellcat News
LAWRENCE E. MINTZ, President
20020 SNOWDEN AVENUE
DETROIT, MICH. 48235
1st V.P. "Pwowd
Pweased"
By borrowing a few mispron-
ounced words from a recently
elected and overwhelmed public
official, our 1st V.P. Saehloff ex-
pressed His feelings toward the
support that the members had
given his efforts toward raising
the membership levels this past
year. His address to the many in
attendance at our Saturday night
dinner-dance in Detroit was one of
praise for the work of the past
year, thanks to all for that work
and a promise of new and greater
unit interest programs for the
year ahead.
If our cooperation of this past
year has him mispronouncing
words now, I wonder what more
cooperation this year will do to
him?
GOOD THING PATRICK HENRY
CANT COME BACK AND SEE
WHAT TAXATION WITH RE-
PRESENTATION IS LIKE.
Harold J. Hendricks, Exec. Secy.
BOX 13
SKOKIE, ILL. 60076
12th Armored
Is Always Ready
When rumor that the Detroit
riots had started again the 12th
was ready to take over for the
1 01 st Airborne Div. that had left
the city.
A full company, 197 Hellcats
met in the Grand Ballroom of the
Statler-Hilton. Gen. Carlos Brewer
gave us a last minute briefing and
Chaplain Paul Cramer held a short
service. The unit reps inspected
their men. All the can-teens were
full. Their weapons, steak knifes
stolen from the hotel dining room
had a razor edge. Sandwiches
made of SPAM were passed a-
round and the 12th was ready.
In formation we marched into
the elevator (It was crowded)
and down to the hotel lobby. Here
we met our first opposition and
had to surrender to a superior
force. Mary Brewer and the other
wives wouldn't let us go.
VOL. 22
SEPTEMBER 1967
NO. 1
It's Philadelphia, Pa. In (68 We Were Spied
On!
Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, was chosen as
our 1968 Reunion City. After the race riots in Chicago in '66
and Detroit in '67 it was decided this was the best city. Actual-
ly in either city the race riots had no effect whatsoever on the
reunion.
The West Coast was selected as the tentative 1969 reunion
site. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas as the tentative
cities. Here is your opportunity to combine that vacation you
always wanted to make with a HELLCAT Reunion.
Reunion Attendance
By Units
Div. Hq. Group
7
17th A. I. B
13
23 rd Tank
7
43rd Tank
II
56th A. I. B
16
66th A. I. B
23
82nd Medic
6
92nd Recon
12
1 19th Engr
6
134th Ord
29
152nd Signal
10
493rd A. F. A
4
494th A. F. A
4
495th A. F. A
22
714th Tank
27
TOTAL
■ K J-
Son On Forrestal J:
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• t Hank and Ruby Strabuk, J -
- ( j.
■ tC-82nd, where unable to at-> -
•i >■
'<tend the Detroit reunion. Their1*
■i _ a-
] *son was on the carrier Forrestal*'
] 'and was listed among the miss-*'
^ing. At the time of the reunion*]
■ 'they had received no word*"
-1 j.
- (from the Navy Dept. Our pray-*
' C >»
. Kers go out to the Strabuk's*.
I *in this moment of anxiety.
* *
JAMES H. McCORMICK (Hq-
56): "Best regards to everyone
at the reunion. GO HELLCATS,
GO!"
The fame and successess of the
12th ADA have been spreading
like wild fire to other such associa-
tions. We are being envied, cop-
ied and now spied on. The 10th
ADA sent two of its best operat-
ives into our Friday night Hawaii-
an party in Detroit to get the
facts. However, not realizing that
the affair was strictly Hawaiian in
costume, they came in their plain
black spy suits and were easily
recognized.
Even though they did get some
information from 1st V.P. Saehl-
off, we are sure that they can
never capture the togetherness
feeling that holds our association
into an outfit that wants to thrive
— not just survive.
When you get to be No. 1 like
the 12th ADA, you have to really
stay on the ball to keep ahead.
No. 2, 3, 4, and so on are trying
harder and harder to 'catch up.
Let's not give them the chancel
PRIZES, PRIZES
If anyone attending the Detroit
reunion didn't win a door prize it
certainly was not because we did-
n't have enough to go around.
"Lady luck just wasn't in your
We had over two hundred prizes
ranging from china glass wear to
woman's, men's cologne and tran.
sistor radios. Some of the luckier
ones actually won more than one
prize in the two days that the
prizes were distributed. Everyone
enjoys winning this affair certain-
ly afforded everyone a good op-
portunity.
We would like to sincerely
thank those responsible for the
door prize donations on behalf of
the association and the lucky tic-
ket holders.
We regret that the donors are
too numerous to list) in this
column. They can feel warmly
rewarded in the knowledge that
they did their part to add some
fun to a wonderful reunion.
Larry's Girl Friday and the
reunion committee
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