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2008 Monthly News Letter |
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Internet Issue #14 |
Print and Pass this on to other Sundstrand retirees that may not have email.
Hamilton SundstrandRetirees Club
Rockford, Illinois
Dear Retiree,
Congratulations: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Retirement
Many of you will be inclined to sit back and watch time go by, while others will engage in their favorite hobby, sport or volunteer project. Some will even look for a part time job to fill their time.
Regardless of the path you choose, one good way to enjoy retirement is to join the “Hamilton Sundstrand Retirees Club.” Our regular meeting is held on the second Wednesday of each month at a location and time as announced in the “Reporter”, our monthly on-line newspaper. This paper also highlights other less formal breakfast and lunches that are held at various times and has pictures of many of the attendees.
To join and make new friends or reacquaint with old friends access the “Reporter” at;
http://warren88.topcities.com/sundstrand/reporter.htm
and follow the instruction to get on the e-mail distribution. You can also send your e-mail address to RNALESHIRE@insightbb.com and receive a monthly notification of each new issue of the newsletter and an updated retiree e-mail listing.
Welcome to the Club.
We did not take pictures at the golden corral, however... at this link we have
75 pictures from the Hamilton Sundstand Breakfast from Jan 10
Click here
Be patient, specially with a dial up connection..many pics
take some time to uploadt...worth the wait.
Remembrances
| Robert Alexander Lucille Rigotti Russ Marinelli Frank LaRosa Waclaw Grazavew Basil Moisz Florence Lake | Information
on passing of Sundstrand Retirees Should be called into Elsie Lundvall 1721 8th. st. *815-965-4904  Three Essentials of Happiness Something to do Someone to Love Something to Hope for. |
Email List News
Email Dick Aleshire of
any changes, additions or deletions needed. RNaleshire@insightbb.com  2008 Dates: Retiree Meetings at Hamilton Sundstrand To be Held: Second Wednesday of the month January 9 February 13 March 12 April 9 May 14 June 11 July 9 August 13 September 10 October 8 November 12 December 10 |
SECRETARY’S REPORT Joy is out of town so it's me. About 40 people attended the Feb. meeting where Tom Little was our program person. He did a beautiful job. Too many birds to remember, but I recall him saying that about 400 birds come through the Rockford area. We did not have a 50/50 drawing, but took up a collection for our piggy bank, of $20.75 which brings our total to $180.10. Warren was back among us, but Dick Aleshire was on the sick list. The next meeting will be Wed. March 5 2008. Show up between 11:30 and 11;:45 and don't forget to call in a numaber to me at 399-0120. See you there. Respectfully submitted - Lou Suit |
RETIREE INFORMATION
'Gettting to know you... again.
I NEED YOUR INPUT !!! please email me a mini auto-biography your life that you wish to share with your old friends... I am OUT OF all your input.. PLEASE!!!!! warren88@aol.com If you wish to send me information.. It is very welcome. I have heard many good comments about how much your friends like to hear about you. Future Issues will include the following: Name? |
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Gettting to know you... again.
 I'm John Weber and I retired from Sundstrand Arizona to relax & and get some desert sunshine. I worked in the Contracts department for the last 10 years or so, after working in Production, Purchasing, and Shipping for the first 10 years. My wife and I now rent an acre in the middle of a huge ranch, and have a tiny shop where we sell rattlesnake crafts that we make from the rattlers we catch every summer. We're located just about 15 miles from Tombstone, so we get 500 to 700 tourists per month, who come to Arizona mainly to visit Tombstone. We use just about every part of the rattlers in our crafts and jewelry. The vertebrae can be used for hatbands, necklaces and earrings, and the rattles for key chains, hat tacs, and necklaces. We use the skin for wallets, belt buckles, check book covers, belts, bracelets, barrettes and more. We even make earrings from the rattler's fangs and jerky from the meat for the more adventurous visitors. Because of our somewhat weird choice of lifestyle, we've had lots of Sundstrand old-timers as visitors over the years, with the most recent ones being Milt Brown, Hugh Hickey and John Marinaro, who are all former Contracts guys. Sandy and I have always thoroughly enjoyed the visits of Sundstrand retirees and their wives, in between the visits from our 16 grandkids. Here's a photo of the kind of critters we hunt........ Best regards, John Weber |
 Name? Kathy Sullivan
City,State? Seattle, Washington (our family loves it here!) Family Status, Children, Grandchildren, etc. My husband Gary, and I have 2 sons, Chris (25) and Cameron (17) Where did you work at Sundstrand? In Electric Power Engineering with Jim Parrish and then most of the program managers and engineers When did you retire? I requested leave from Sundstrand in April 2002, and moved to Seattle a few months later when we had sold all of our rental property Years of service to Sundstrand? 22 Years of service What do you do to stay busy now? Have my own company - Progressive Judgment Recovery Services. For the last 3 years I have been helping people in Washington state recover their court-awarded judgments. When I left Sundstrand I was working as a Contract Administrator and achieved a Certified Professional Contracts Manager certification, and am still part of their organization. Working on judgment recovery has been challenging and very rewarding. Tracking down judgment debtors involves background checks, working with the district and superior courts, legal and contractual expertise, licensed private investigation, negotiation with judgment debtors and creditors, investigative computer skills and attention to detail, besides everything it takes to run a business. This is not a job I plan to retire from anytime soon, as I thoroughly enjoy working on a variety of cases. Check out my website: http://www.enforcemyjudgment.com/showsite.php?site=1777 Email... katsul@comcast.net Comments: Say HELLO or what ever you
choose. Most enjoyed working at
Sundstrand on programs and projects with John Spitzer, Sandy Hewitt, Ron
VanKessel, Jan Pauly and Pauletta
Jordan.
Back in the late 80's we had great fun in
Electric Power. We were always having a party for some reason (Bosses Day,
yearly Summer Picnic, Thanksgiving, Christmas Party, Pizza in the Park, Polar
Bear Picnic). During the Christmas holidays we usually decided on some
type of donation project. One year our department adopted an entire
kindergarten class. Each child received a decorated Xerox paper-sized box
that had a toy, outfit for church, mittens, book, stuffed animal and some
candy. Once we collected over 200 Golden Books for a local children's
home. Another year, we adopted the Jay Enloe family after he had his
accident, and paid their Sundstrand insurance deductible for the year and
dropped off a carload of food, toys, and gift certificates to their
home. Many times we met in Jan Pauly's basement and did all of the
organizing and wrapping while we had a pizza party. We always tried to
plan fun things in our department. One year for Bosses' day, we had the
managers take the challenge of a Sundstrand coloring book contest and the winner
got a MacDonald's coupon book for breakfast! Another year, we all met at
the park and gave the mangers Burger King paper crowns with a huge cake and a
baked chicken luncheon. I'm sure there are still some photos floating
around the company somewhere of all the events we had in our department.
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Clifford E. Pundt  Residing 3 ½ miles ESE of roscoe, Illinois. (For the last 20
years) Yes, I still have my darling first wife Lorna, and we
recently achieved our 59th anniversary looking forward to another
59. Beginning in 1953, my first duty at Sundstrand was to make authorized
Engineering changes on product drawings. (At $1.10 per hour) After 36 ½ years of fun employment, working in and through
several distinguished departments, I retired in 1990 as Manager of Engineering,
in Overhaul & Repair Services. Our time is partially used up making the gas suppliers rich
by buying gas to keep a lot of Dr. and dental appointments. (It’s not all that bad) We have our usual aches &
pains but are not unique. We do enjoy golf & dining out. I don’t have
to do the dishes and don’t have the burnt offerings from the grill that I
am so capable of. The attachment is Lorna & Respectfully , Cliff Pundt |
We have created this web site for our communication. Any and all information, data, pictures that you wish to shaare with us please email to warren88@aol.com If you 'bookmark' or put it tis site in your favorite places, you can return to it easily every time you wish to see it, First day of the month, we send the site to Dick Aleshire for mailing to the masses. Be sure to meet this deadline, Or it must wait a month. Use of email will eliminate the need of retyping the information, and digital pictures will work great on a web site. Your input here, can make a wonderful site for others to see what and how we are doing. Any information sent to me will be included in one of the next issues of the web site/newsletter. PRINTING THIS WEB SITE:.Go to 'preview' then "unselect" print all pages, and choose only the pages that interest you. Warren Carlson 969-0082  |
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