The Scuttlebutt. Veterans Day at Eustis Ferran Park. Tell America at Mount Dora High

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1 The Scuttlebutt The Newsletter of the Korean War & Korea Defense Veterans of Lake County (FL), Inc., CID169, Charter P.O. Box , Leesburg, FL Veterans Day at Eustis Ferran Park oel Briggs, Bill Shumaker, Frank J Keaser, and Bill Simunek are flanked by Eustis AF Jr. ROTC Cadets as they carry the chapter s wreath to the memorial in Ferran Park. Thirteen CID169 members attended at the beautiful venue gazing out on Lake Eustis. CID169 has become a regular fixture at this ceremony; Bill Shumaker engineered our participation four years ago in This Tell America at Mount Dora High ( Ferran Park Continued on page 6) W e held our first Tell America program of the new school year at the Mount Dora High School AF Jr. ROTC Program on November 16. From left, Gene Zender, Joel Briggs, and Gloria and Jimmy Corbet presented the chapter s program on the Korean War. Larry Kliemann, Jr. presented two sessions, but was not there when (Tell America Continued on page 5)

2 Page 2 The Scuttlebutt Editors note: The President s Column by Art Iversen will not be in our Scuttlebutt this issue. Instead we have the following very somber column below. Our collective truly sad hearts go to Art and his family. You may send your expressions of sympathy to: Arthur Iversen, 611 San Marino Dr., The Villages, FL, Lois Jean Iversen Passed away peacefully on Monday, November 16, 2015, surrounded by her family. She was born in Chicago, April 23, She married Arthur Iversen in They relocated to California in In 1990 they moved from Orange, CA to The Villages, FL, where she as lived for the last 25 years. Lois loved her retired life in Florida working as a Tour Escort for AAA Travel Co. for 17 years. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Wendy Lynn. She is survived by her husband Art, and their sons Gary and Bret Iversen, granddaughters Lindsey Wendy Lynn Iversen and Sarah Jean Iversen. Lois was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She always had a smile and never had a bad word to say about anyone. There will be a Celebration of Life Service 10 AM, Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at The Waterfront Inn, 1105 Lakeshore Drive, The Villages. In lieu of Flowers, donations may be sent to: The Village Charter High School, Buffalo Booster Club, Scholarship Fund. 251 Buffalo Trail, The Villages, FL ### T heodore (Ted) Morford, Jr., Bradenton, FL, concluded his battle with cancer and moved on to live with the Lord on November 2, Born September 17, 1928 in Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. Morford is survived by his wife of 66 years, Marie Brown Morford; son, Edmund Dandridge (Dan) and daughter, Lisa Marie Hughes; grandchildren, Christina, Gabrielle and Alyssa Morford, and Joseph and Benjamin Hughes. He was preceded in death by parents, Dr. Theodore Morford and Helen Hawkins Morford, and a brother, Dr. Herbert T. Morford. Ted was a 1951 graduate of Vanderbilt University prior to his commission as a U.S. Army officer. He served as a combat engineer in wartime Korea, followed by 14 additional years in the active reserve, retiring in 1965 as a Captain. He graduated law school in 1958, and commenced a distinguished career in corporate tax law adjudication. Ted was awarded lifetime honorary member in KWV of Lake County FL, Chapter 169, serving as a past officer and BoD member; he regularly placed flags for ceremonies at The Villages' Veterans Memorial. He was a Life Charter member of KWVA. Interment was at Sarasota National Cemetery, FL, Friday, November 6. Chapter 169 s Color Guard members attending were (above, left to right) Frank Keaser, Joel Briggs, Gene Zender and DJ Lynch. Also attending were Joe Gruber, Charlie White and Tom Thiel. ###

3 The Scuttlebutt Page 3 Membership 114, again! by Tom Thiel, Secretary/Membership Sys. Mgr. I n October s Scuttlebutt we reported that we were number three in the nation with 114 members! Then sadly, we learned of the loss of one of us, John Hayes. And shortly after that the loss of a very long time member Ted Morford, Jr. We were very sad to lose John and Ted because they meant so much to the chapter. And also because that took us back to 112 members, which was good enough to be a solid fourth. But, at November s Saturday Member Meeting we added two new members, Peter Prosper and John Sirignano both from The Villages. We value Peter and John becoming new members and note that this will again take us back to 114 and in sole possession of third in the organization based on chapter membership! We didn t obtain member photos so will present Peter and John in the January 2016 Scuttlebutt. Correction Ed O'Toole I had Ed in the Army Helicopters, he was with HMR 161, Marine Corps Squadron attached to the 1st Marine Corps Division. ### UCF VHP Interviews were terrific! More on Dec 3. UCF VHP military history students interviewed ten chapter members at Leesburg and Lady Lake Libraries on November 5. TV! Yep, it played. Just plug it into a USB port on the back of your smart TV and select that as the source. Worked first time! The reaction by our members was something like terrific! in response to my asking how did it go? Vi s photo of Carol Becker being interviewed was representative of the interview process. Note that Carol s interview also was the subject of a front page Daily Commercial article by Theresa Campbell. In addition to Carol, Gloria and Jim Corbet, Don Leitstein, DJ Lynch, Jack Reynolds, Marv Smiley, Alan Stover, Bob Vanas and George Wikane were also interviewed. More interviews will be conducted on December 3 at Lady Lake. Members to be interviewed then are Woody Wood, Jr. (24th IDA member), Al Schuetz, Joel Briggs, Gordy Talbot, and possibly Gene Zender. How do you view your recording? You either have already or will soon receive a thumb drive containing your interview. I wasn t able to view mine at first. My computers were both Windows 7. I tried everything to view the MP4 file but to no avail. So, I asked my wife. She said play it on your smart I also found that it will play on my new laptop, which came with Windows 8. I suspect it will play on Windows 10 but have not tried that Interviews Tiffany assured me they will do more interviews next year. If you are interested in being interviewed call Jack Corscadden at NJ (609) or FL You may also call Tiffany Rivera at UCF at ###

4 Page 4 The Scuttlebutt Tell America Fund Drive Program Gene Zender & Al Monahan T ell America Fund Drives are our chapter's main means of maintaining a highly active and viable chapter program. We call them Tell America drives because they enable us to present our Tell America programs, and because we use them to inform the public about the Korean War with our Drive handouts. We held fourteen drives in 2015 bringing in a total of $13, for the year. (see table below) I especially call your attention to the Team Members column at the right. It shows who we recorded as providing at least 3- hours of service at each event. Many, however, had to serve multiple shifts. This is because most members do not help at the fund drives! Also note that generally the same members support all drives My goal is to have enough members to be sure that no one has to be there for more than 3 hours. I am now scheduling our 2016 Drives and trying to obtain Captains. The Captains and I will go to the stores and obtain dates for the drives. The Captain s job is to obtain the needed drive workers, and to see to it that the drive is actually conducted. We are asking all members to participate; if you have physical limitations then please bring a folding chair. But please come. Gene Zender Al Monahan DATE LOCATION AMOUNT CAPTAIN TEAM MEMBERS 01/10/15 Sam's Club (2:00 to $ Briggs Briggs, Gruber, Keaser, & Iversen, 5:00 only) 01/24/15 Brownwood Publix $ Zender Zender, Briggs, Jones, Keaser, Lynch, Gruber, D_Zettlemoyer, Corscadden, & Iversen 02/07/15 Southern Trace 466 Villages $ 1, Corscadden Corscadden, Briggs, Lynch, Wikane, Markle, Gruber & Iversen 02/28/15 Winn-Dixie $ Olson Olson, Peters, Lynch, Furrie & Zender Okahumpka 03/28/15 Winn-Dixie 466A $ Lynch Lynch, Briggs, Olson, Schuetz, Keaser & Furrie Wildwood 03/28/15 Rural King Leesburg $ Iversen Iversen, Van Beck, Lynch, Briggs, Keaser & Furrie 04/11/15 Walmart the Villages (2 doors) $ 2, Briggs Briggs, Lynch, Corscadden, Gruber, Jones, Zender, Iversen, Keaser, White 04/25/15 Winn-Dixie Sumter Landing $ 1, Corscadden Corscadden, Lynch, Stover, Gruber, Keaser, Zender, Furrie, Wikane, Monahan & Iversen. 05/08/15 Publix Palm Plaza, Shumaker See May 9 below Leesburg, 05/09/15 Publix Palm Plaza, Leesburg, 2-day total $ 1, Shumaker Shumaker, White, Lynch, Zender, Schuetz, Briggs, Jim Corbet & Gloria Corbet 06/13/15 Publix Brownwood, The Villages $ Zender Zender, Lynch, Briggs, Doreen Zettlemoyer, Dick Zettlemoyer, Sharon Wernli, Little, Iversen, Gloria Corbet. Jim Corbet, Stover, & Wikane. 06/27/15 Winn-Dixie LA Plaza Grande $ Jones Jones, Briggs, Lynch, Talbot, Little, Zender, Stover, & Iversen 07/11/15 Publix Colony Plaza 466A $ Stover Stover, Iversen, Zender, Iversen, Keaser & Lynch 10/10/15 Walmart 466 (2 doors) $ 2, Briggs Briggs, Zender, Gruber, Houp, Lynch, Stover, D. Zettlemoyer, R. Zettlemoyer, Keaser, Iversen, Monahan, and Furrie Year Total $ 13, Yearly Goal $ 14, Deficit $ (918.10)

5 (Tell America Continued from page 1) The Scuttlebutt Page 5 the photo was taken. And Vi Pfahler was there to take these excellent photos. This was the first Mount Dora presentation with Major Andrew C. Scott, USAF (Retired), Senior Aerospace Science Instructor as ROTC leader; Col. Richards retired at the end of the last school year. ### Top right: Joel Briggs presents Major Scott a copy of the Korea Reborn book. Right: Gloria Corbet presents the overview of the Korean War. That was followed by the personal experiences of Gene, Larry and Jim Corbet. Joel Briggs then relates his experience having served three tours with the Army Engineers helping rebuild South Korea after the war. He also tells about the Korean people as well. Thanks to all Tell America team members for helping us to meet our mission telling Americans about the Korean War. ### Our Annual Christmas Luncheon $25 value for $15! Tickets still available. Call Doreen Zettlemoyer at See last Scuttlebutt for detail. Ambassador for Peace Medals were requested from the Korean Consulate in Atlanta for the following: Creekmur, DeGiovanna, Domenech, Freedman, Fulcher, Kennedy, Miller, Packwood, Jr., Turner, Vanas, Vaream and Whipple. I plan to send another request for our new members soon. TJT Sick Call by DJ Lynch Art Canale Jackie Gleason Janet (Bill) Simunek Chuck Fulcher Len Seidelman, Jr. 7,839 Call now! Treasurer Report: Gloria Corbet Checking: $6, (on Nov. 17) Savings: $ We still need to donate about $1,800 yet this year.

6 Page 6 The Scuttlebutt Color Guard by Joel Briggs Nov. 4. Funeral services for John J. Hayes (surviving spouse, Mary) in Tavares. Services went well; seven members attended Vi Pfahler, Tom Thiel, Jim and Gloria Corbet, DJ Lynch, Frank Keaser and me. (Don Van Beck also attended.) Nov. 6, Funeral services for one of our longest sustaining members, Ted Morford, Jr. (surviving spouse, Marie, and son Don, who is also a 169 member), at Sarasota National Cemetery. Color Guard presented the chapter flags, and the Army Reserves did the flag folding and played Taps. It was a long trip, lots of traffic, 120 miles one way. Members attending were Frank Keaser, DJ Lynch, Gene Zender, Joe Gruber, Charlie White, Tom Thiel and me, Joel. Nov 9, Habitat for Humanity Progress Meeting and Dinner, Mission Inn. We received the invitation at 5:30 p.m., the previous day. The crowd was large and food was good. Attended by Don and Julia Van Beck, Al and Jan Schuetz, Dyann and Frank Keaser, Carol Becker, and me, Joel. Nov 11. Veterans Day Ferran Park, Eustis. The setting on the shore of Lake Eustis was awesome, the weather was good, and the turnout excellent. Eustis High ROTC Cadets were on hand and the Lake County Band played military songs. Members attending were: T Thiel, F. Keaser, Jim and Gloria Corbet, B. Shumaker, B. Simunek, C. Becker, Vi Pfahler, B. Welke, G. Lajuness, M. Rowland, S. Mason and me. After the Ferran Park ceremony, Shumaker, Keaser, Becker and I went to the Bayview Center and mingled with the residents. Carol gave away three lap robes. Nov 11. Veterans Day at The Village Memorial Park, the crowd was bigger than any this year. Gene Zender presented the CID169 flag; Joe Gruber, and probably many other chapter members were also present. Future: Dec 9, Pearl Harbor day, The Villages. chapter Flag. Dec. 12. Wreaths across America. Lone Oak Cemetery, 306 Thomas Avenue - Leesburg, Noon. Joel Briggs to place POW/MIA wreath. Bob Peters AF Wreath, and Charlie White Marine Corps Wreath. Contact: Glorianne Fahs or Vi Pfahler. ###. (Ferran Park Continued from page 1) ability was facilitated by our enlarging our Color Guard to enable us to be at more than one event at a time in this case Veterans Park in The Villages, which will be covered in a future Scuttlebutt. Other attendees included Photographer Vi Pfahler, Carol Becker, Gloria and Jim Corbet, Brian Welke, Sue Mason, Gene LaJunesse and Marty Rowland, and me, Tom Thiel.### 7,839 7,839 Attention all Members if you still have not had your name inscribed on the Veterans Memorial in Leesburg s Veterans Memorial Park (photo above) please see or contact Don Van Beck, who is offering all new 169 members a special offer

7 The Scuttlebutt Department of Florida DoF Page 7 DoF fits between the KWVA Association and the 21 chapters in the State of Florida. According to the DoF bylaws the purpose of DoF is to periodically meet for their common good, and to promote reunion, fellowship and recruitment. It holds a Fall Council meeting consisting of the DoF Executive Committee and the chapter presidents. It also holds a Spring Council and Convention, normally in May but this year it will be in April. CID169 is the host chapter for the April 16, 2016 DoF Convention, at the Waterfront Inn President Art offered 169 as the host chapter, and DoF accepted his offer. This will involve a lot of various activities, which we will learn more about at a Dec. 2 meeting with DoF. We ll then invite you to participate. It also will mean we will incur considerable expense. Convention Book We hope to recover these expenses by publishing the traditional Annual Convention Souvenir Book. Ads in the Convention Book are purchased by local businesses, DoF chapters, KWVA members and others. I am building the Convention Book with Publisher, the program I use for the Scuttlebutt. I will send it electronically to the printer, Ford Press. The cover is shown in miniature above left. Those at the top are full pages; those lower down illustrate 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 page ADs from some of our members. You may view the entire book to-date and what this discussion is about at: chapter_activities/ _dfl_convention.htm You may have your own AD, if you wish Several have asked about having their own ADs. Some of these are also shown at right. Full-page (8.5x11 minus borders) are $110; half-page are $60; quarter-page are $30, and business-card (1/8th page) are $25. You will also be asked to be listed in the book s Freedom Fighters Page, also illustrated at right. This will be simply your name only and will be offered for $10.00 per name. I can build almost anything you might want, so if you are interested go to the highlighted site at the left, or call me at Do it now as I will be busy come January. Thanks Tom Thiel

8 Page 8 The Scuttlebutt ***NEW*** 2015 Officers and Directors ***NEW*** Position LNAME NNAME E Mail Phone CELL President Iversen Art kwvaprez@gmail.com VP 1st Welke Brian brian423rd@gmail.com VP 2nd Membership Lynch DJ dlynch62@cfl.rr.com VP 3rd Eisen. Center Monohan Al alparkmar@aol.com Secretary Thiel Tom kwvathiel@gmail.com Treasurer Corbet Gloria gjcorbet@comcast.net Funds Zender Gene genezender@hotmail.com Dir Activities Van Beck Don seafari.vb@vanbeck.com Dir Chaplain Jansen Ted tedj29@aol.com Dir Chaplain Alt Reynolds Jack mjreynolds1@comcast.net Dir Color Guard Briggs Joel briggs.joel@aol.com Dir Editor Thiel Tom kwvathiel@gmail.com Dir Historian, Photo Pfahler Vi vpfahler@embarqmail.com Dir Judge Advocate Simunek Bill simjb@comcast.net Dir Quartermaster Zender Gene genezender@hotmail.com Dir Sgt at Arms Keaser Frank Dir Sgt at Arms Asst. Zettlemoyer Dick doreenmpeever@aol.com Dir Tell Americaa Corbet Gloria gjcorbet@comcast.net Dir Tell Americab Briggs Joel briggs.joel@aol.com Dir Webmaster Thiel Tom kwvathiel@gmail.com Dir At large Gruber Joe jlnancy@embarqmail.com Dir At Large Shumaker Bill shuy352@centurylink.net Dir At Large Talbot Gordon ggtsports@aol.com Dir At Large White Charlie Dir., Founder Gleason Jackie Chapter Program Schedule DATE EVENT PLACE TIME DESCRIPTION, SPEAKER, etc. 7 Dec 15 Pearl Harbor Day VMP, The Villages 10:00 AM One Guard, All Members 12 Dec 15 Wreaths across AM Lone Oak Cemetery 12 Noon Joel Briggs, Bob Peters, Charlie White 9 Dec 15 BOD Senior Center 1:30 PM 16 Dec 15 Christmas Luncheon Mission Inn 11:30 AM 1 Jan Jan 16 BOD Senior Center 1:30 PM 16 Jan 16 Member Meeting Eisenhower Center 2:00 PM Rozann Abato, Patriot Cruise and Salute, Inc., Mount Dora Unit. 27 Jan 16 Member Meeting Senior Center 2:00 PM Scott Bruinsma, Korea , Ranger duty on the DMZ. Member Photos: chapter policy is to have a photo of every member; we will take these before an American Flag immediately after you are sworn-in, and receive a chapter cap. Table at right shows needed photos. See Member Photo Book at. cid169.kwva.org/members/ members_photobook.htm Asch Peski Atkinson Babcock Domenech Leavitt McWaters Packwood, Jr Prosper Shelby Sirignano Thompson Ummel Vaream

9 The Scuttlebutt Page 9 Dues Dates Assoc., DoF, & Chapter-thru January 31. M embers whose dues Association, Department and/or Chapter that are payable anytime through January 31, 2015, are shown at right in date order. Dues Total $37.00; that covers $10 for Chapter, $2 for DoF, and $25 to the Association. Association Life Members are also shown as they owe Chapter and DoF Dues, or a total of $12.00, payable December 2. We apologize if you have paid us, but your payment has not yet reached Association, where this is obtained. Unless we have your dues in-hand by the end of the month shown, you will be removed from the membership roster. The Chapter Due date is 30 days prior to the Association RENEW date. PLEASE DO NOT wait for your Association notice as that is too late! Questions about your membership contact Tom Thiel, Membership Manager, at or kwvathiel@gmail.com. If you cannot maintain your membership with all the economic difficulties, please call me, Art Iversen, before letting your membership lapse Pay to: KWVA Chapter 169. Mail to: Gloria Corbet, Treas, Umatilla Place, Umatilla FL The mission of the Scuttlebutt is to publish all information that is of relevance to all members of CID 169. Our goal is to published on the last day of the month it shows. Deadline for receipt of material submitted is the Friday following the last Member Meeting of the Month. We welcome member non-political letters and s for publishing in Scuttlebutt LNAME FNAME MBRNO CRENEW AMT BABCOCK RAYMOND E. LR /02/15 $12.00 BACK WILLIAM E. R /12/16 $37.00 CANALE ARTHUR B. 'ART' LR /02/15 $12.00 CORBET GLORIA L. A /27/16 $37.00 CORSCADDEN JACK C. R /03/16 $37.00 DASILVA ALMAR J. R /05/16 $37.00 FALO ANTHONY R. R /12/16 $37.00 FREEDMAN RONALD K. 'RON' LR /02/15 $12.00 LAJEUNESSE EUGENE C. R /06/15 $37.00 LALIBERTE JOSEPH E. 'JOE' LR /02/15 $12.00 LAVERY DAVID L. R /23/16 $37.00 LEANZA SAM P. R /09/16 $37.00 LITTLE HAROLD K. R /06/15 $37.00 LYNCH DONALD J. R /02/15 $37.00 MCBROOM JR. JOHN B. LR /02/15 $12.00 MCGINTY ROBERT A. LR /02/15 $12.00 MONAHAN ALBERT P. R /06/16 $37.00 REYNOLDS JACK D. R /05/16 $37.00 SABEL MILTON W. R /03/16 $37.00 SCHRIBER OSCAR M. R /03/16 $37.00 SINAI DAVID R /30/15 $37.00 THOMPSON GEORGE E. R /11/15 $37.00 VANAS ROBERT R /02/15 $37.00 VIENNA CHARLES V. LR /02/15 $12.00 WATERFIELD ROBERT B. R /27/15 $37.00 WHITE CHARLES W. R /02/15 $37.00 WIGGLESWORTH ERNEST W. R /18/16 $37.00 QUARTERMASTER: Shirts in Navy Blue with pocket S/M/ L/ XL/ $28 each XXL / $30. Ultra Marine with is light blue with pocket S/M/L/XL/ $28 each XXL/ $30. Women Navy Blue without pocket S/ M/L/XL/ $28 each XXL/ $30. Women Ultramarine without pocket S/ M/L/XL/ $28 each XXL/ $30. Caps in Korean war or Korean service $15 each. Name tags with magnet fastener $6.00 each. if you need any of the above items see Gene Zender Phone

10 The Scuttlebutt Page 10 Can Pop Tops F rank Keaser would like you to save the pop tops of all your aluminum drink cans and bring them to our meetings. He will collect and submit to Ronald McDonald House in our name where we can receive some recognition. Thanks Flag Stars Needed D oreen Z and several others are making handouts to give to shoppers at Fund Drives. They consist of a star from a worn flag on one side, and a poem on the other. These are enclosed in small plastic poly sealable bags. The group needs your old tattered flags. They will carefully cut the stars out of the flags, and have the flag remains ceremoniously burned. Please bring your old flags to Chapter meetings, or contact Doreen Zettlemoyer at doreenmpeever@aol.com, ; Chapter Lapel Pins The Chapter has a very nice 3/4-inch lapel pin designed by Don Struhar specifically for CID169, but suitable for every KWVA member! Pins are $4.00 each. They are available at every meeting from Joel Briggs, or contact Joel at 6560 S.E. 173rd Place, Summerfield, FL, 34491, (352) , briggs.joel[at]aol.com. The Scuttlebutt Korean War and Korean Service Veterans of Lake County, Chapter 169, Inc. Tom J. Thiel, Editor Park Place Blvd. Eustis, FL Inside this issue Veterans Day at Ferran Park 1 Tell America at Mount Dora 1 Lois Iversen; Ted Morford, Jr. 2 Membership; UCF VHP 3 Tell America Fund Drives 4 Sick Call; Peace Medal; Funds 5 Color Guard 6 Dept. FL, Convention Book AD 7 BoD Members; Activity Sched. 8 Member Dues Dates 9 Project ADs 10 7,839