G.R.A.A.

Goddard Retirees & Alumni Association

P.O. Box 163, Seabrook, MD 20703

May 1999   http://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/~graa   16thYear of Publication

May 11, 1999                    11:30am, GRAA RecCenter Regular luncheon meeting
May 6,1999                       Maryland Space Business Luncheon meeting in honor of the Goddard Space Flight Center's
                                          40th Anniversary-everyone welcome, retirees, alumni, family, friends. $30 per person, $55
                                          per couple. Call Alberta for reservations and information 301-937-7762
May 30- June 6, 1999        Song of the South Cruise from Baltimore -Guarantee Outside Category F and above $779
                                          per person double occupancy, Inside Category J and above, $675 per person, plus $139 port
                                          charges. Cruise Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Coast Line with stops at Savannah, Georgia,
                                          Freeport, Grand Bahamas and Charleston, South Carolina. A true value- 301-937-7762
June 15- June 19, 1999      Las Vegas Trip - Five Days Four Nights Roundtrip Air from BWI, Excalibur Hotel &
                                          Casino Transfers $555 ppdo - $497 ppdo Age 65 and over (Call Alberta 301-937-7762 for
                                          reservations/info) space left
November 6,1999             Queen of the West - Sternwheeler Cruising on the Columbia, Willamette and Snake Rivers,
                                          included tours to Hells Canyon, Mount Hood via railroad, and many others. Limited cabin
                                          space. 7 days $1,850 plus $124 port charges and estimated $400 round trip air to Portland,
                                          Oregon. $300 per person deposit required at time of reservation. Call Alberta for brochures
                                          and information (301) 937-7762

GODDARD FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY;
GSFC'S Public Affairs Office has announced the following tentative schedule:
                                         APRIL 30  Bldg 28 Atrium - Exhibit Showcase - 10 AM - 2 PM
                                         MAY 2  Visitor's Center Community Day - 9 AM - 4 PM
                                         MAY 3  Symposium Science & Technology Exhibits - BLDG 28                                                                                       MAY 4-6  Open House - Library - Bldg 21 (10 AM - 2 PM) MAY 5 Picnic -Mall
                                         MAY 6  40th Anniversary Luncheon - Martin's Crosswinds, Greenbelt. MD 11 AM
                                         MAY 7 Science Colloquium (Frank McDonald) RecCenter Party Bldg 3 Audit. 3:30 PM Informal                                                        Employee Get-Together RecCenter 4:30 - 7:30 PM Cost $5.00 Each. Must have                                                        tickets-no tickets at door.

MAIL STUFFERS FOR APRIL: Bob & Mary Wilson, Robert Wilson, Milton & Helen Sing, Wilma Chigas, E. Montgomery, Rose McChesney, Bob Wigand, Eloise Tarter, and John Steckel.

TREASURER'S REPORT: Donations were received from Don Beattie, Wilber Huston, Alton Jones, Joe Schulman, John Bowerman, Bob Adams, Wilbur Burroughs, Bob Peavler, John Balla, Ralph Hicks, Vince DiLosa, George Keller, Paul Reising, Bill Bandeen, Fran O'Toole, Ben Paxson, Gene Bishoff and Al Franta.
The GRAA FINANCIAL REPORT For CY 1998 has been reviewed and audited and found to be in good order and accurate. A vote of thanks to Bob Wigand, our Treasurer, for a job well done in an 8-page statement complete with figures & charts (in color) making it easy to review.

ADOPT-A-ROAD: After the meeting last month, a crew consisting of John Boekel, Bob Wigand, Herman Lagow, Elaine Bobbitt and Roland Van Allen picked up 5 bags of trash along Good Luck Road in less than 2 hours. We must have a new leader for this operation since the old one just resigned. There are 3 more pick-ups to be done this year. Please call George Pieper 410-956-5280 to sign up.

COMMENTS FROM DR. PIEPER, Hopefully, this issue of the GRAA Newsletter will reach you prior to the GODDARD FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY WEEK. So, we look forward to seeing you at many of the week's major events. They all will be great events for all old Goddard hands. In any event, we'll be on hand for a post mortem at our regular GRAA MONTHLY May 11th lunch.
We have told you before about DREAM, HOPES, REALITIES, the history of Goddard's first forty years, which is being published in connection with the anniversary week. We had hoped to have a coupon in this Newsletter that those at some distance from the center could mail in to the GEWA store to order a copy. The coupon is not in
this issue, because we still can't find out how much the book is going to cost. At some point we'll know and then the coupon will appear. Meanwhile the good news is that the book which was originally a special printing job for Goddard at the government printing office, has been selected by them, GPO, as one of its regular publications and so will be widely available throughout the country.
At the March luncheon the newly elected GRAA board selected officers from its own membership as follows: President, George Pieper; Vice President, Bob Morrissey, Secretary, Danny Dalton; Treasurer, Bob Wigand. .... Following up on Frank Carr's idea of having project mini-reunions at our monthly lunches, Paul Marcotte agreed to contact Paul Butler, Frank McDonald and others with the idea of having an HAP reunion sometime this summer.

GEWA SPECIAL EVENTS; (Contact: Catherine Simkins 301-286-3304)
Annual Family Picnic - GSFC RecCenter - June 12,1999 - 12 n- 4 PM Good food/Great Games/Entertainment etc.          Bleu Lights Lunch & Rock - GSFC RecCenter - June 16,1999 - 11 AM til 1PM. Enjoy fantastic       Motown/soul/rock/jazz/blues sounds of Baltimore's own Bleu Lights Band. All-you- can-eat Burgers/Hotdogs, etc -       $5.00/Person (On sale GEWA Store beginning 5/18).
Family Fun Day at Six Flags, Largo, MD June 26,1999 - 11AM til 9 PM. All Day admission to Six Flags, 4 hours at a       dedicated picnic pavilion, all-you-can-eat buffet (chicken/burgers/drinks, etc.) plus free parking. Tickets $28.50 (ages 9       and up) Children ages 3 and under FREE. (Tickets GEWA store starting 5/1)
Goddard Day at King's Dominion, VA - July 10
      Special discount package will feature all-day admission to the park plus all-you-can-eat American picnic at a       NASA-dedicated pavilion area. Tickets on sale GEWA store: $21 (ages 13 & up) and $16 (ages 3-12). Children ages 3       yrs & under are FREE. Note: Optional roundtrip chartered bus service w/complimentary munchies & beverages will be       available from Goddard to King's Dominion ($20/person)
9th Annual Fall Crafts Fair - Bldg 8 Audit. - Sept. 23,1999 - 10 AM til 2 PM.If interested, call Catherine.
End-of- the-Fiscal-Year Crab Feast - GSFC RecCenter - Sept. 24,1999 - 5 PM til 9 PM. Steamed Crabs plus a traditional       picnic menu (hot dogs/burgers, etc.) will be served. A DJ, games, & cash ($$$) door prizes will add to everyone's good       time.
Children's Holiday Party - Bldg 8 Audit. - Dec. 11, 1999 - 12 Noon til 5 PM. This popular event features door prizes,       refreshments, personalized gift, a special visit and color photo w/Santa/ Mrs. Claus, clowns, balloon animals, movies,       magic show, etc. All for only $5 per child!
New Year's Eve Millennium Gala - GSFC RecCenter - Dec. 31,1999 - 7 PM til 1AM. "Cocktail attire required" - premier       evening - catered buffet dinner, beer/wine/sodas, entertainment/prizes, Yellow Brick Road Band for dancing - Continental       breakfast - Tickets limited - Flyer/details in September.

LETTERS WE GET LETTERS !
GENE BISHOFF; Enjoys rec'g and reading the Goddard News, although doesn't recognize many of the names after being retired for over 23 years. Also, would like to know of anyone who could help in getting a pass for the next shuttle launch - (Gene lives in St. Cloud, FL)
WILLIAM A. PFEIFFER, Sends a note that the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) a non profit state of Maryland organization is looking for a ME (Mechanical Engineer) to evaluate a concept for an oyster shell delivery system (presently manual) or help design one. If interested pls contact William G. Pfeiffer, an ORP board member, at PO Box 96, Benedict, MD 20612 or call 301-274-9653.
FRAN O'TOOLE; Sends thanks for the memories over the years.
PAUL E. REISING; Enjoys receiving the Newsletter & hearing about former associates at GSFC.
WILBUR & DOTTIE BURROUGHS; Sends thanks for receiving the Newsletter - enjoys reading it - Sends change of address in Cobbs Creek, VA.
DON BEATTIE, Although not employed at GSFC, but at Headquarters, worked w/many at GSFC including John Clark, Noel Hinners, John Klineberg, John O'Keefe, Wilmot Hess, and many others including Winnie Cameron who has provided some background on a book Don is in process of completing. Keeps up with what is going on through an old friend, Paul Lowman, and the GSFC News - sends thanks for the latter. Sends congratulations to all the old and current employees on the 40th anniversary. Don lectured at GSFC many years ago on plans for post-Apollo lunar exploration - perhaps these plans will be dusted off and revitalized sometime soon.
AL JONES; Looks forward to receiving the GRAA publication - got caught in the DC area during the March 91 snowstorm - made it home okay the next day but made him appreciate the weather in sunny New Mexico.
WILBER B. HUSTON; Sends thanks for keeping retirees in touch with Goddard happenings - hard to believe that it has been eleven years since moving to Arizona - retired in 1974. Enjoys life in Arizona - does a lot of traveling - last year around the world. Plans a cruise in June on the Marco Polo when the total eclipse of the sun reaches the Black Sea in August. Plans to spend November visiting the East Coast of Africa - starting in Athens ending in Capetown.
JOE SCHULMAN; Enjoys and looks forward to receiving the Newsletter - enjoys retirement in the Sonoma Valley wine country and the skiing in the Sierra Nevada around Lake Tahoe.
JOHN T. BOWERMAN; Enjoys receiving the Newsletter and the Goddard News. He and his wife, Mary, sold their home recently and moved into a condominium in May's Chapel in Baltimore Co. Works parttime for the Baltimore County Library System - (new address noted)

OBITS;
Received notice that Chuck ( Charles Maxwell, IV) died quite suddenly on Tuesday, 1/5/99 at his home in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He was Deputy Project Manager for the Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) for a number of years, among other things at Goddard.

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