USS Charles P. Cecil (DD/DDR 835)

USS Charles P. Cecil (DD/DDR 835)

13th Annual Ship's Reunion
(Sunday, September 23rd to Friday, September 28th)

Please complete return the attached registration form no later than July 1st. Return the form, along with your payment to: USS CP Cecil Association, c/o Tom Guiffrida, 34 Woodcrest Dr., Hauppauge, NY. 11788. Email: ; telephone: 631-234-0239.

Our hosts this year are:

John and Helen Engdahl.

Email ; Telephone: 978-658-9237

Greg and Rosanne Wells

Email ; Telephone: 405-787-0247

REUNION HOME PORT: Hampton Inn, 53 Old Bedford Rd., Westport Massachusetts 02790

For reservations call: 1-508-675-8500; FAX: 508-675-0075 Charles P. Cecil rates ($79 + tax).

*** IMPORTANT - IMPORTANT - IMPORTANT ***

All attendees are responsible for booking their own reservations

This form is being sent only to dues paying members and widows/honorary members. A notice has been sent to the Tin Can Sailors, The VFW and The American Legion magazines for publication of the reunion dates. If you have an email address, please include it on your form, so we can further reduce postage costs.

SUMMARY: It is important that you take the time to complete this registration form and return it promptly (no later than July 1st) to Tom Guiffrida. The reunion planners need this information to schedule transportation and make the tour reservations.

After you add up all your subtotals, including 2007 and 2008 Cecil Association dues ($15/year), make out your check for the total amount, payable to the USS Charles P. Cecil Association, and mail it to:

USS CP Cecil Association, c/o Tom Guiffrida, 34 Woodcrest Dr., Hauppauge, NY. 11788.

FYI: Transportation from the airports call: 1-800-343-9999 for Peter Pan Bus. On line: The daily schedules and prices are listed (weekends are higher). Logan Airport is about 50 miles from Fall River; if you purchase bus tickets early by mail, there is a discount. Please also note that there is a cutoff time for the busses each evening. Be careful to arrive to catch the last bus if you are planning to use this for your transportation to the hotel.

Reach back in your memories, think of someone you’d REALLY like to see at the reunion this year. And then try finding them, and giving them a call, to invite them to Fall River.

This is a great Association – let’s share it!

PLEASE REMEMBER: If you aren’t attending the reunion, you should still use the form to make your dues payments!!

Name: ______Guest: ______

Address: ______

Telephone: ______Email: ______

Ship's Plan of the Week

Sun. Sept 23rd All shipmates and their guests will meet in the Hospitality Room to register and

review all the information provided about the reunion activities. Dinner is on your own. The Hospitality Room will be open until 2300.

Mon. Sept 24th Newport RI Mansion Tour & Visit the Naval War College Museum, with

Buffet Lunch (Included) at Officers Club - $60/ea ($60 ___) Subtotal $_____

·  0900 – Depart on the tour

·  1600 – Liberty Call – you are on your own. Check out the pamphlets in the hotel lobby.

·  1700 – Dinner on your own. There are several restaurants near the hotel.

·  Hospitality Room open until 2300.

Tues. Sept 25th Groton, Connecticut – Tour the Nautilus Submarine & Museum; Stop in the town of Mystic for lunch (on your own) & shopping. - $32/ea ($32 x ____) Subtotal $_____

·  0900 – Depart on the tour

·  1600 – Liberty Call – you are on your own.

·  1700 – Dinner on your own. Hospitality Room open until 2300

Wed. Sept 26th Battleship Cove & Whaling Museum

Battleship Cove (& a buffet lunch included) in the Officers Wardroom and then

New Bedford Whaling Museum $65/ea ($65x ____) Subtotal $_____

·  0900 – Depart for the tour (approx. 5 hours)

·  1600 – Liberty Call. Dinner on your own.

·  1700 – Officers Business Meeting

Thurs. Sept 27th Tour Boston–

Free time for lunch (on your own) shopping in the old Quincy Market area

Memorial Service aboard the U.S.S. Constitution (OLD IRONSIDES)

$28/ea ($28 x ____) Subtotal $_____

·  0900 – Depart on the tour

·  1600 – Liberty Call. You are on your own.

·  1800 – General Business Meeting

·  2000 - Annual Auction in the Hospitality Room.

Fri. Sept 28th Tour of Providence & stop for lunch (on your own)

$40/ea ($40x ____) Subtotal $_____

·  0900 - Depart on the tour

·  - Banquet - $38/ea ($38 x ____) Subtotal $_____

(White’s Restaurant next to the hotel)

2007 Dues ($15/year)……………………………………………………………………………..Subtotal $_____

2008 Dues ($15/year)……………………………………………………………………………..Subtotal $_____

Grand Total……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..$ ____.00

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