The 2001 USS Bergall Reunion was held in St. Louis !!!!

"Attention on Deck!!!

The Captain has given me the 1MC, once again, and I have an important message for you.

You can read the minutes of the Bergall Association Meeting by clicking minutes.

We had another great time in St.Louis for our second association reunion.    We strengthened the bonds between the old guys from the smelly diesel and the "Glow in the Dark" Nukey Poos.    We drank a lot of beer in the Bergall Hospitality Suite while peering out the window at the Arch and harassing Mike Brood via the internet connection in the Suite.  Mike was unable to make the reunion in person but I think he was there in spirit.  He has been indispensable this past year in keeping our endeavors on track.  Many wives were there and spent time saying things like that's not the way it happened and you never did that and then would retell our stories to make us look like fools.  I always thought we were pretty cool dudes back then and sorta kin to Einstein.  The 320 told some good war-time sea stories and expected the 667 to reciprocate but none of us had the proverbial gun to eliminate the witnesses so we just kept quiet.   

We did make some changes to our structure at the annual meeting establishing a Vice President, splitting the Secretary-Treasurers position into two separate people. No it is not Norm's clone the new Secretary is Abe Kern and the VP is Rod Lovdal.  We kept the  annual membership dues at $10 to defray mailing expenses and voted to donate to the kitty for items such as the Hospitality Suite. The Reunion Coordinator, Lt Ron Mueller, did an outstanding job of keeping us in donuts and sandwiches.  Yes, I did say Lt and not retired.  He is a deep diving shallow water sailor.   He rode Bergall from 83 to 86 as a ping jockey and is now in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. If you have not sent in your dues for 2001-2002, it is due. Some paid at the reunion.  We need those dues in order to keep the mailings going.   If I drop those names that were returned on the past two mailings, it will save approximately $15 and I will probably do that.   Please send your dues to Norm Ferland.  His mortgage is due. Seriously, we need the money to help support our Association."

Don Basham, Bergall Association President

Here's a couple pics of the meeting, courtesy of Bob Peterson.

The Reunion Dinner:

The dinner was Thursday, August 23rd, at the Morgan Street Brewery in the Golden Pilsner Room on the waterfront at the ARCH.  

Here's a tentative list of those that made the outing...