CHARLESTON
AIR FORCE STATION
NEWSLETTER

SPRING 2006

CHARLESTON
AIR FORCE STATION
NEWSLETTER
SPRING 2006

2006 REUNION

First the banquet and social function for the reunion will be held on Saturday, 15 July at the American Legion facility Park St in Dover-Foxcroft.

Social hour will be from 6 to 7 pm, meal will be served at 7. Program will follow the meal, i.e., special announcements, door prize awards and any other items that qualify. There might be a few of us around setting up the hall if you decide to show up a little earlier.

Items we will include here that somewhat pertain to the evening meal are;

Please bring a gift, no more than $10 value for door prize ceremony.

Ice and mix will be available for those of you who want something beside coffee. (byob)

There will be a separate enclosure of the menu and rsvp form for you to fill out and return.

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Click Here For Menu And RSVP Form

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Some questions we would like to pose to you are;

Tour of old CAFS?

Is there any interest in a tour of the old facility, which are now a minimum security prison and a youth detention center?     Contact Burke Soileau.
             44 North Rd, Sebec, Me,04481
             Email – bnbsoileau@midmaine.com

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Owls Head Air Show?

There is no special air show being held that weekend, but Owls Head Transportation Museum (Owls Head/Rockland) informed me last year, a discount on admission would be offered for our group if we were interested. Contact me, (Merland Clark-1056 Exeter Rd, Corinth, Me, 04427-Email – mc4956@juno.com) the acting editor if you are interested. It is truly a one of a kind museum based on all forms of transportation. See below.

Hi Merland,

If you have a minimum of 20 people, the group rate is $5.00 each.

We haven't done that year's schedule yet. But, I am able to extend

An invitation for your group to come here at that rate whether or not

it falls on an event weekend. Provided you only wish to gather here

and visit the museum. Thank you for being a supporting member. :)

Sincerely,

Sherrie Schmitt

Development / Membership Registrar

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Housing

There is as you know very limited motel facilities in the Dover area, however there are guest accommodations that may be available, (Burke is working on this) which are normally used for foreign exchange students for the Academy. The contract is up for renewel in June, and should be renewed. There is provisions for 5 to 6 couples. If you are interested, contact Burke Soileau . You will find him listed under the reunion committee.

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The Foxcroft Alumni Band will be playing for our entertainment during the evening, come and enjoy. You certainly should remember them from the last reunion.

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A tour of the old site, now a prison has been approved, for those interested.

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News from the staff

We would like to apologize for the Newsletter being somewhat late. This is because of some reorganization and new tasks shared by new people, we will do our best to try to keep you informed and advise you of the details of the reunion for 2006.

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Friends who have passed

W. WOODY BREEDLOVE

BANGOR - W. Woody Breedlove, 71, died Nov. 8, 2005, at his residence. He was a born a native of Granville County, N.C., Oct. 1, 1934, the son of the late Graham F. and Virginia Woody Breedlove. A graduate of Stovall High School, Stovall, N.C., he attended Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C., and a graduate of Husson College in Bangor, receiving a bachelors degree in business. After retiring from the Air Force in 1978, he entered the real estate business with Century 21 Acres Away, then Century 21 Columbia. In 1985, he went with ERA Dawson-Bradford Co. in Bangor where he was licensed until recently. Woody was active in politics, he was a delegate to the State democratic conventions many times. He was appointed a dedimus Justice by Governor John Baldacci in 2004. He was a past member of the Bangor Breakfast Kiwanis, a member of the Bangor Lyons Noon Club and past president of the Bangor Night Lyons, as well as the American Legion, and Disabled American Veterans. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed fishing with long time friend Mike Caruso, and sailing and power boating out of Southwest Harbor with his good friend Leon Higgins. He loved gardening and was always experimenting with ways to raise bigger and better tomatoes. He is survived by his wife, Cecilia Bois Breedlove; son, John Richard Breedlove and wife, Jacquelyn, of Bangor; daughters, Teresa Ann Curry and her husband, Kevin, of Levant, Christina Ann Coombs and husband, Stanley, of Bangor; and dear granddaughters, Calleigh Grace and Shayna Faith Coombs of Bangor; sisters, Grace Grimm of Cary, N.C. and Nancy and her husband, Dr. Maury McCarthy, of Winter Haven, Fla. He was predeceased by a sister, Nell Duckworth; and brother, Herbert. He will be missed by his many friends and acquaintances in the Bangor Area. Friends are welcome to call from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Brooking-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Friday at St. John's Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments following the services Friday to the Brookings-Smith, Family Center, 163 Center St., Bangor. Interment will be in Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta. Gifts in his memory many be sent to a charity of one's choice.

UPDATE FROM PAULINE

Sorry that this newsletter is so way behind in getting out to everyone that it is almost time for the next reunion. Pauline says Greg isn’t doing very well. He has lost the use of his legs, arms, and eyes and added to that the ball portion of the hip that was pinned in Nov 2003 has died. Lots of time is spent being his full-time caregiver, but they were able to leave Maine’s snow and cold behind and be in Florida last winter. With any luck they will return this year although Greg is unable to sit while he rides, the van’s back seat makes into a bed so he will lay down for the trip.
As a general rule she is unable to leave their home due to the need to hire a respite caregiver each time, which is major money.
Pauline wants to continue with the Reunion Committee in the future but cannot at this particular time. We need someone who will join to help the Committee especially through planning the Reunion in 2006.
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Email received by Dick Cynewski from Ray Raflic

Hello Dick,

I received your e-mail address from Janice Young of Charleston Maine. She also sent me the Web address for Charleston Air Force Station.

I was stationed at Charleston from about April 1957 till August 1958 when I was discharged from the Air Force. I was a radar operator. I am now retired from General Motors as a Tool & Die Maker. My wife Alice and I have 7 children, 24 grandchildren and 1 great-grand child. We live near Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

My wife and I are Polish and always dreamed of going out east to one of the Polka Festivals, then driving up to Charleston, ME. To visit some of the places that I remember. If there will be another reunion, I would like to know when it will be.

Best wishes,

Ray Raflik

raflikra@difbeats.com

http://www.difbeats.com/raflikra

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A Query

walter a. schlotfeldt

E-Mail: www.walter1s@aol.com
Years at CAFS 1954
Section you worked in: Radio Maint.
Referred By: web site
Where do you reside now? cary ill
Other comments: have not recieved latest news letter.
are there any yearly or lifetime due?
would like to come to reunion in 06.
I have not heard from anyone lately.

Anniversary

Richard M. Loveall and Jane (Maxey) Loveall of Plainfield will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 1 to 4 pm, Dec. 11 at the Interurban Building in Plainfield. They were married Dec. 11, 1955
at First Christian Church in Brazil. Mrs. Loveall retired from Monrovia Christian Church where she served as church secretary. Mr. Loveall retired from Delta Air Lines. They are members of Plainfield Christian Church.
They are parents of Marian Felix and Brenda Loveall, both of Plainfield, and grandparents of Courtney and Brandon Felix of Plainfield.

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1961
BAMDC
Annual UAL Review, Calendar 1961

765th Radar Sq (CCR)

1. It has been brought to my attention that your squadron has been singled out as one of nine 26th Air Division units whose UALs were considered outstanding at the first annual ADC UAL Review. Against stiff competition, your unit UAL was felt to be outstanding from the standpoint of least errors, orderliness of paperwork, and condition of backup records.

2. Such a distinction is one you and the supply and maintenance personnel of your unit can be justly proud. Please extend to those responsible for this fine performance my congratulations for a job well done.

EDWIN A. DOSS
Colonel, USAF
Commanding

(Letter came from the files donated by Col George Marvin)