| May
2007 Monthly News Letter |  |
Internet Issue #4 |
April 11, 2007 Sundstrand Retiree Lunch was
held
at
"The Command Post"
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April SUNDSTRAND LUNCH
 Clara's Cake |
 Clara and Cake |  Warren Carlson and Tom Fulton |
 Carol McHugh and Clara Danielson |  Edna Wiles |
 Stanley Stark and Lucille Freding |
 Roberta Carlson |  Lou Suit and Steve Symes |  Paul and Donna Olszewski |
 Elsie Lundvahl |  Marilyn and Mario Calvanga |  Harriet Brown and Stan Stark |
 Don Kammerer |  Joy Cutsforth |  Karen and Avery Vaughn |
 ElssieLundvahl, Clara Danielson, /Carol Mcahugh |  Aaron and Trudy Richeson |
News of Next meeting
May
meeting will be MAY 9 Command Post at noon.(1004 Samuelson Road) Please call LOU SUIT 815-399-0120 Inform him how many will be coming for lunch. Please call before May 7 Our guest speaker, Carol Lewis, of Life Line Screening. Life Line Screening is the largest mobile vascular screening provider in the United States. Carol’s talk today will focus on stroke and vascular disease. By learning the risk factors and warning signs associated with these diseases, you can be proactive about your health and reduce your risk for stroke. Carol is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served with Operation Desert Storm. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations from Northern Illinois University and travels all over Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin to promote health and wellness through education and preventative screenings. Carol is a 9 year cancer survivor and has become passionate about preventative healthcare due to her own experience. Carol and her 2 children, Amanda and Daniel reside in Genoa, IL. |
SECRETARY’S REPORT The April meeting was held on April 11 at the Cmmand Post Restaurant so the retirees could gather together for visiting with each other and having lunch. There were 23 present, more had signed up, but didn’t show up because of bad weather. Lou Suit brought his portable P.A. system (loaned to us by Carl Burdick) and announced that we were having a birthday party for Clara Danielson, who would be 97 on Friday the 13th. Then he gave the microphone to Clara. She said they, the retirees , started to gather together about 30 years ago. She used to make sandwiches and coffee. There were 6 present at this first meeting. They decided to meet once a month and the crowd got bigger and they just had rolls and coffee. She said she had a gift for us. She donated 97 dollar bills, one for each year of her life, so we would have a small resource to continue our existence, she loves this organization. Lou gave Clara some pink roses from us. We all sang Happy Birthday to her. Elsie Lundvall shared some poems. We had our lunch which was very good. After lunch Harriet Brown shared with us the contests that she had won since her presentation to us in the previous month. (quite a few) Clara stood up again and thanked us all. Lou spoke again and thanked Warren Carlson and Dick Aleshire for all their help. He also said that we would be using Members Alliance Credit Union for our funds. Respectfully submitted Joy Cutsforth, Secretary |
Remembrances
March Arthur Woodbeck Richard Wood Pearl Dougherty Kenneth Peterson Arthur Fredrickson William Lewis Bruce Soderburg Marge Cozab Edith Reynolds Kathryn Riccoti Clifford Chaplin |
Email List News
We
have now added a current email list to this web site. To insure your email is listed
correctly look for your email address. Email Dick Aleshire of
any changes, additions or deletions needed. |
RETIREE INFORMATION
'Gettting to know you... again.
Listed
below are 10 email addresses,picked at random. We would like to hear
from you.. answer the following questions in an email to warren88@aol.com The list of email address is a suggestion of who may wish to submit information.We want get enough info to keep it very interesting. Feel free to send me your information, even if your email address is not on the list.. MORE THE MERRIER Gloriajay@aol.com
donaldafisk@bellsouth.net jrf.rfd@worldnet.att.net EdwardF1774@aol.com BFrazNITA@aol.com JTFULTONJR@aol.com cgn@newnorth.net gallenz1915@cs.com cjgantzer@ticon.net RCGasspo@aol.com wendell@gengler.org Your email address(one of several) was picked at random, from Dick Aleshire's Sundstrand email list of retiree's.(about 300) We are asking the people using this address to reply to the following questions. Seeking participation in the "get acquainted again' section of the new news letter published every month. IF YOU WISH,(totally optional to volunteer) answer the questions and send reply to warren88@aol.com Do
not be too specific, with address and
phone numbers if you are concerned about privacy issues as this will be
available
to anyone. Name? |
Paul
Plasters wa9ffl@yahoo.com
(email address) I started in 1961 and
worked in Lapping 2nd shift. 3 months
later came what seemed to be a Sundstrand perpetual
problem, the layoffs,
so I took a machine repair job in the test lab. 7 years
later, I went into
the main machine repair department. then in the 1970's
another layoff.
So when I was recalled to work, I decided to use the "tool &
die maker"
training that I had gotten at another company, and went into
the Jig borer
line. Then I decided to try something new, so I spent a short
time as testman
in dept 574, (about a year and a half.) Later (about
1982) I
went into inspection in the electronic division, and from inspection
there,
I went into the test and repair department of the electronics
division.
In 1986 with rumors of moving that plant to Arizona, I decided to take
one
of the open electrician jobs in plant 6. I worked
there until November 1999,
and retired then.Right after I retired, the local Salvation Army asked me to do a few things for them. First was to start an "Emergency Disaster" group. Shortly after that they aquired an old (I mean really old!) truck. I spent a lot of time gutting it and converting it to a usable "Canteen" truck. It was to be used as an Emergency feeding vehicle. How ever Major Sjogren asked if my wife and I would start a "street people" feeding program, using that truck. Six years later, we let someone else take that over, and Marsha and I started a "come in and sit down" dinner for the homeless. The Salvation Army is a very good place to help those who can not help themselves. I highly recommend it as a place you can volunteer your time and talents. The needy people are very appreciative of what you do for them.  Mean time, I had been asked to go to Honduras, with a missionary group. They needed a licensed radio operator, and I fit that bill. So for 5 years, I went to Honduras every February. (I may go again, if things work out but I had to stay at home this year, due to a small health issue. It certainly is not cold there in February! They were a good group, and I enjoyed working with them. If you have any skill that you would like to share with an extremely underpriveledged country, I suggest you try that. The group I went with is "the International Health Services", their web page is <http://www.ihsofmn.org/> take a look at what they do. During all this time, we were able to take trips around the country on our Harley Davidson motorcycles, and play with our HAM radio stuff. I say we, because my wife is also licensed as a radio operator, and she can handle a motorcycle as good as any man. Then I met a fellow that was a member of the Coast Guard Auxilary. He convinced me that I would be an asset to the Coast Guard Auxilary, so I signed up. It is interesting, and fun. I recommend it to any one who has even a slight hunger for adventure. |
Hi, my
name is Alfred (Fritz) Deichstetter. phylitz22@insightbb.com (email address)  Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Greece and Beirut Lebanon in the Mediterranean. She then sailed to Bremerton Washington via Cape Horn. We visited Rio De Janeiro, Montevideo Uruguay, Mar del Plata Argentina, Lima Peru, and Balboa Panama before returning to the U.S.. I was transferred to the carrier Yorktown in Oakland Calif. From there we sailed to Honolulu, Manila and Yokouska Japan where I was sent to San Diego for discharge in October of 1953. I used the GI Bill to go to school and graduated from Illinois Institute Of Technology in January of 1959 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I started work at Sundstrand in February of 1959 in the Pump and Motor Group working for Bruce Walker. Phyllis and I started our family then and ended up with one son and two daughters and 7 grand children. I retired in 1989 after 30 years of interesting, some times frustrating, fun work with constant speed motors, radial CSDs, differential IDGs, half head pumps and motors In the Electric Power Div. I still live near Rockford at the south end of 35th street. I play golf with the Sundstrand Men’s Retiree Golf League on Tuesdays in the summer. I fish in Minocqua Wi. when I get the chance and mow my acre of land. Phyllis Passed away in May of 2005 and my life changed. I have been fortunate and found another bright and beautiful woman to fill the void. Sue lives in Naperville Il. and is the Widow of an old Drum and Bugle Corp friend. My life is full again with Great Kids, Grand kids, gardening, snow shoveling, driving to Naperville and traveling with Sue. |
| Donald J. Kammerer 1-815-397-0747 donald.kammerer@insightbb.com Rockford. IL I have three son and two granddaughters I worked at Sundstrand Machine Tool in Belvidere, for ten years, from 1966 until the division was sold in 1977. I stayed with the new owners until the business closed in 1992. Then, until retiring in 2005, I worked in Janesville at Giddings and Lewis. I’m getting ready to play softball in the park district’s 60 and over league at the Sportscore. |
Hello to
all. My name is Paul Erickson.Email ericksop@bellsouth.net
I started at Sundstrand Denver in 1958. It seems like only yesterday
that I was working as a machinist in the winter time at Sundstrand and
playing professional baseball in the summer time for the New York
Yankees farm system. In 1973, I was transferred to After
living away from our children, my wife and I felt that is was time to
move back east to be near our two daughters Elizabeth (in Helen and
I just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary this past November. As
we reflect back on our past it seems like these events just happened
yesterday. Time moves on. My
retirement time is spent in the yard and on the golf course. I do some
voluntary work, but keep that at a minimum. We live in a golf course
community, so I just jump in my golf cart whenever I get the desire to
play some. Down in this part of the world, you can almost do that
year-round…not to many days when it is below 60 degrees.
Sixty degrees is my threshold and I don’t go out if it is
under that. The yard
has taken up more of my time lately because we had to have it almost
completely redone after a little storm named Hurricane Katrina came
through. Our house suffered some damage by being hit with five pine
trees. My daughter and family lived with us for three months while
their house was being rebuilt. Needless to say, their house had major
damage to it and we were just thankful that no one was injured. I have
learned a lot about hurricanes since living down in this part of the
world. One thing is you don’t want to be on the east side and
in the northeast quadrant of a hurricane as it hits land and that is
right where we were. The eye of the storm just passed us on the west
side of town which left us setting in the worst possible place. I
don’t want to go through anything like that again in my
lifetime. Not only the 12 hours of the storm, but what we had to go
through the week and weeks after the storm. It is still depressing to
go to the coast and see all the slabs where homes used to be. It is
coming back very slowly. Well,
that is a brief synopsis of my life. I look forward to reading about my
former co‑workers. I am
including three pictures of my wife and me: (1) our wedding
day, November 1956; (2) in Sincerely, Paul Erickson |
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. Warren Carlson 969-0082  |
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Numbers Monthly Pension 1-800-466-2900 (Opt 2) Unicare 1-800-522-5561 Cigna Health Care 1-800-858-9203 Fidelity Investments 1-800-466-2900 (Opt 1) Mail order/Prescription Drug card PCS 1-800-897-6435 Lou Suit 815-399-0120 Dick Aleshire 815-282-3515 Warren Carlson 815-969-0082 Harriet Brown 815-399-8494 |
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Sundstrand Association News HSA Office Information Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M. Office Mgr: Cheryl Pfeil Phone: 226-6973 Location: Plant 6 - North Lobby (Harrison and Alpine). Email: hsassociationoffice@hs.utc.com MetroCentre Discounted On-Line Entertainment Program The HSA Activities Committee is pleased and excited to announce a new program offered by Rockford Centre Events to allow our HSA members to purchase discount tickets to all events that are eligible for a group discount. The HSA asks our members to utilize this system for all events held at the Metro Centre or the Coronado Theatre as the HSA Office will no longer be selling tickets for these local events. Discount Amounts Discounts and fees will vary per event. Their will be no additional service fees for on-line ordering, but a $3 handling charge per order will be added since the orders are processed individually and mailed to your home. Ticket Availability Centre Events Group Sales will place a group of tickets on hold for each event offered through the website prior to the general public sale. Ticket orders placed through the Group Sales web site will be processed as they are received so best seats will be sold first. Ordering Tickets To order tickets for an upcoming event go to www.centreevents.com/GroupSales/hsa.cfm. Here you will be able to view details on all the current shows available, along with discounts, pre show clinics, photo sessions, and other special offers. If you are not comfortable ordering on line, the web site also gives you the option to print a mail-in order form. Metro Center Group Sales Discounted Tickets for Upcoming Events Click here to visit the Center Events web site - HS Association Page. Click on Current Group Discounted Tickets to find program benefits for upcoming shows. The site also provides a means to purchase tickets on-line if you wish. Additional ticket information is available by clicking on the Buy Ticket Now link as well. Application for HSA Board Click Here for an application to become an Association Board Member. |
Upcoming Community Events
Blow the Whistle on Asthma
The 2007 Spring Asthma Walk is scheduled for Saturday
May 12, 2007 at the Midway Village and Museum Center.
You will be walking 3 miles through a beautiful
historic turn of the century village and nature trails
to support asthma research and education for our
community. Check in time for the race is 8:30 a.m.
followed by the start of the race at 10:00 a.m. For
more info. please call the American Lung Association
at 815-962-6412 or you can check out there website at
www.lungil.com
Upcoming Lunch & Learns
"An Hour a Week-Making a Difference in the Life of a
Child." Big Brothers Big Sisters School Based
Mentoring Program
You will learn about the benefits of meeting with a
child (mostly from single parent families) and what it
means to be their buddy. Kids need adult mentors in
their lives. Kids need adults who are consistent and
care about them. When kids recognize that someone
cares about them, then they begin to care about
others. Come and learn about what it means to be a BIG
deal in the life of a child.
Date: Wednesday March 21st at Plant 6 from 12:30-1:00
p.m. in CR 41.
Presented by: Maureen McGrain
Healthy Tid-bits
Focus on These Fab 4
Good nutrition is about getting enough nutrients. Make
sure you
include these daily essentials:
1. Fruits and vegetables. Plant foods are the
foundation of a
healthful diet. For men, your goal is 9-11 servings
daily, for
women it’s 7-9. One serving is roughly a half cup.
2. Omega-3s. Boost your heart health by eating
foods rich in
omega-3 fatty acids. Good sources: salmon, walnuts,
soy and
flaxseed.
3. Fiber. You need 21-38 grams of fiber daily
depending on your
age and gender to help protect the digestive tract and
control
blood cholesterol levels.
4. Legumes. Low in fat, foods in the bean and
pea family are
excellent sources of protein, fiber and flavor. Add
them to soups
and salads, or serve them on the side.
Have a great month!
From: "SLOATMAN, LARRY HS" <Larry.Sloatman@hs.utc.com>
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