PONTE VEDRA 2003
Four years
together by the Bay where Severn joins the tide
Then by the Service called away, we're scattered far and wide
Yet still when two or three shall meet and old tales be retold
From low to highest in the Fleet, we'll pledge the Blue and Gold
And so it was this year as 22 classmates and 25 wives, widows and friends gathered at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club for three days of celebration and reunion. It was another stellar event engineered by Gray and Mary Love Strum, ably assisted by classmate neighbors and their wives. Herewith some photos:
The perennially popular first session, at the Fleet Landing Club on 6 February, arranged by the resident group: Charlie and Katie Styer, Ray and Jeanne Welch, Tom and Tina Wolfe
Maggie Shelley, USMA '41 Guest, SHELLEY, Mary Love Strum
Mary Love Strum, Rosemary Owen, STRUM
Tucker Elliott, ELLIOTT
Nancy Cross, EDWARDS, ENGLE, Shirley Engle
Caryl Hadler, HADLER, ROWNEY, Betty Cartwright
Emily Davis, HINES, DAVIS
HAYLER, Jane Price, Eleanor Baughan, BAUGHAN
DELANO, WOLFE, CUCCIAS
WOLFE, Tina Wolfe, Belva Lee Cocke, COCKE, WELCH, Jeanne Welch
Millie Miller, MILLER, Evelyn Hailey, HAILEY
Peggy Bartlett, Katie Styer
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The Grand Banquet on 7 February 2003 at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club:
COCKE, LaVonne Rush, RUSH
Belva Lee Cocke, HAILEY, Evelyn Hailey
DAVIS, Emily Davis, Caryl Hadler, HADLER
Eleanor Baughan, BAUGHAN
CUCCIAS, Jean Cuccias, WELCH, Jeanne Welch
ROWNEY, Betty Cartwright, DELANO, Adair Wilson
Millie Miller, MILLER, Mary Love Strum
STRUM, Nancy Cross, EDWARDS
STYER, Maggie Shelley
Betty Sterling, SHELLEY
HAYLER, Tucker Elliott
Rosemary Owen, MALCOLM
HINES, Jane Price
ENGLE, Shirley Engle
Tina Wolfe, WOLFE
RUSH, Peggy Bartlett
Dr. Jonathan Dembo, from East Carolina University, has long been a faithful attendee at our annual gatherings in Ponte Vedra. He comes not only to interview members of the Class to garner priceless narratives for our class history but to join in the spirit of our reunion. Here is Jon and his wife Carol with perhaps their gift to the USNA Class of 2025:
Carol Dembo and Jon Dembo, with their little one
Above photos by Jim Bartlett. Small ones are digital video frames. Large ones are digital stills.
The following pictures are by Jane Price. (Thanks, Jane, for your fine contribution)
STRUM, HINES, HAYLEY, BARTLETT, Millie Miller, MILLER
HADLER, BARTLETT, WOLFE, WELCH
DAVIS, Emily Davis, Caryl Hadler, HADLER
MILLER, Mary Love Strum, STRUM
ELLIOTT, Jane Price
Tucker Elliott, ELLIOT