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                                                            Jeep Retiree News
                                                                         by Helen Machinski

May 9th was the Jeep Retirees' Card Party rather than our usual monthly meeting. Hope everyone who came had a wonderful time. There will be no meetings in June, July or August. They will resume on September 12th.

Our next meeting at Charlie's will be on May 16th. Arrive about 11:00 AM and our meeting begins at noon. Go to www.charliesoftoledo.com for coupons for various deals. There is also a 50/50 raffle and you can get your tickets for the Local 12 luncheon. The meetings at Charlie's will continue through out the summer.

The next Local 12 Retirees' meeting will be on May 23rd. Lunch will be served at noon and the meeting will follow. This will be our last meeting before summer break. Meetings will resume on September 26th.

June 8 the Mud Hens Game and June 21 trip to Detroit for a Detroit Tigers game. Also there are plans to go to Black Lake this coming fall. More information is available at the Local 12 meeting.

Diana Spalding, Jeep Retirees historian, presents her collection of Jeep memorabilia at our Jeep Retirees' meeting. Over the past years, she has accumulated an impressive amount of material. If you have something you'd like to donate you can contact Diana by e-mail at DCD742@AOL.com or by calling her at (419)367-2420. She is always looking for more items to add to the scrapbook.

Celebrating May Birthdays are: Lucia Bonilla, Dan Haughihn, Scott Jagielski, Scott Plewa, Mike Prephan, Diana Spaulding and Kevin Ware.

Happy May Anniversary to: Monica and Gerald Brzuchalski, Claude and Becky Cheatham as well as to Jullieann and Ron Durczynski.
Our sincere condolences to the families of : Josephine J. Czyznik, Raymond C. Day, Marsha L. Eckel, John R. Kanneman, Robert Podgorski and Kenneth P. Spaulding. Our sympathy also goes out to George Downey on the loss of his wife, Marlene.

A card or even a visit from friends would be most welcome to the following people: Dan Blochowski. at West Park Place, 3501 Executive Parkway, Toledo, OH 43606; Helen Fuller, Spring Meadows, 1125 Clarion, Rm. 408A, Holland, OH 43528; Sara Leggett, Bethel Gardens Assisted Living, 3805 Jackson Way extension, Powder Springs, GA 30127; and Jerome Wiczynski, Heatherdowns Rehabilitation & Residential Care Center, 2401 Cass Rd., Toledo, Ohio 43614.

Convalescing at home are: Margaret Johnson, 4117 Elmhurst, Toledo, OH 43613; Eleanor Kaiser, 4321 Gilhouse Rd., Toledo, OH 43623; Dick Krueger, 1126 S. St. Rd. 590, Fremont, OH 43420; Stella Mazor, 95 W. Wenger Rd. Suite 311, Englewood, Ohio 45322; Jane Plewa at 5550 Greenridge Dr., Toledo, OH 43615.    If you know of anyone who is feeling unwell and would enjoy hearing from friends, please let me know and I'll be sure to mention them in this column.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE -   Late night drunk.
An old retired man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 A.M. by loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain is asking for a push. "Not a chance." says the old man. "It's 3:00 o'clock in the morning!" He slams the door and returns to bed. "Who was that?" asks his wife. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push." he answers. "Did you help him?" she asks. "No, I did not, it is 3 o'clock in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!" "Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Don't you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself!" The old guy does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain. He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?" "Yes," comes back the answer. "Do you still need a push?" calls out the old man. "Yes please!" comes the reply from the dark. "Where are you?" asks the old man. "Over here in the park on the swing," replies the drunk.

If anyone would like information put in this column please e-mail me at helenmack@buckeye-express.com. Please put Union Journal in the subject line so I don't mistakenly delete your e-mail. Or you may call me at (419)536-2932 and PLEASE leave a message if I'm out or see me at any of our meetings and I'll try to see it's included in the column before the publisher's deadline. If I'm too late I'll try for the next Union Journal issue unless the information is no longer timely. Please get information to me before the first of next month for the next issue. Also please let me know if any corrections need to be made to information in this column. I would very much appreciate it.