EB REUNION BIRMINGHAM, 1962

Back Row: King, Patterson, Profitt, Clark, Marshall, Vaughn, Wheaton, Messer, Stadlman, Waterman, Denehie, Thomas, Kimball, Hetlich, Wittemann, Tiny Broadwick, Diehl, Wilber, H. Jones Front Row: Vincent, Hartman, Parker, Garber, Hess, Sinclair, Bjorklund

 

Some of the Early Birds in attendance at the 1962 Reunion at Birmingham

 

EB's in Hospitable Birmingham for '62 Reunion Superlatives fail. The Reunion at Birmingham surpasses in every way all that has gone before. From the ends of the country came the strong, the weak, and the weary, each and every one leaving strengthened in heart and filled to overflowing with memories of the graciousness that met us at every turn.      Birmingham built on a foundation of steel, opened its heart of gold and disclosed to us generous and unbounded hospitality that has never been equalled during my previous Reunions.   The Reunion was attended by:

Bernie Whelan Stan Vaughn Mr. & Mrs. Tony Stadlman Charlie Witteman Waldo Waterman Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Pickerill Joe Thomas Tiny Broadwick Burrell Tibbs George Clark Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Tex Marshall

Bill Diehl Leo Kimball Glenn Messer Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Wheaton Pete Goff Vernon Burge S. A. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Billy Parker Paul Garber Buz King Lawton Smith Sinnie Sinclair

Nels Nelson Charlie Hess Bill Hetlich Mr. & Mrs. Bill Denehie Paul Wilber F. A. Bjorklund Ira Proffitt W. H. Aitken Art Hartman Harry Jones

The program started on Friday with registration, at which time each member was given an airline traveling bag filled with everything imaginable from pens, cigarette lighters, and cosmetics to toys for the kiddies - and we were all transformed to kiddies - as at Christmas.      The banquet Friday evening was impromptu and informal and was a refreshing change from the formalities that are customary. It was one of the most enjoyable functions we have ever attended.      The cocktail party and Awards Banquet Saturday evening was attended by just about every dignitary from Birmingham that could find room to get his feet on the floor or a plate to eat from. Plaques were presented to:

WILLIAM A. DENEHIE

ANTHONY STADLMAN

PAUL WILBER

WILLIAM A. HETLICH, JR.

Burge had to leave before the Awards Banquet was held so no presentation could be made.      Will D. Parker's plaque did not arrive in time for presentation and a special ceremony is being planned for the presentation later this year.      There was a "Kaffee Klatch" in the Terrace Ball Room engineered by the Women's Junior Chamber of Commerce and who can satisfy a hunger of any kind better than a sympathetic and naturally gracious woman.      The cocktail party given by Allan H. Woodward, Jr., at his gorgeous hunting lodge took us farther out of this world than any astronaut has been, and the "outing" at the residence (what an inadequate word) of Ed Stringfellow defies literal description.      The Air Show on Monday brought out apparently every man, woman, and child in Alabama, and all pointsd East, West, North, and South. No wonder Alabama leads the list of our States!      The site of our next Reunion has not yet been determined. But wherever it may be, the sponsors will find that Birmingham set a precedent that will strain their capabilities. From The Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP October, 1962, Number 69

 

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