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F pile uwi t rr e- "am OP done if ON%WA a wow rem4m ssoje . 1 ~ 00 + , ~ maw . AMW @a- moo .-AM some 4F r: E7 T j THE SUPRQ T, ORDER OF I%'GAGI 1. QUALIFICATIONS - RESTRICTED TO OFFICERS tiIHO HAVE COI:IPLETED IISPECTIOIdS OF C0T1'1TvTAND SHITHOUSES,SLUDGE PLA.NiTS Am DYSEITTERY ,,'TARDS. 2, ITIS IGITIA: TI-10 ITOPS R1,11PANT (VER OITE BUCKET OF SHIT COUCH 171.OTTB CABLE o O.D. , ON BUCIM SUPERIT.TOSED BY AN OOZLEFINCH,IIITH MOTTO ttEXCRETUS VINCIT". ~.3IGTNs BOTH ORDER AND INS IGNIA ORIGINATED IN THE YEAR A P • 1131 l.ITD IS S IGTTI- FICANT OF A STATE OF laND RESULTING FROM COTTSTANT INSPECTIOIS OP SLUDGE._PI,ANTS A.ITD IS S710OLIC OF A DESPERATE DUEL BEMMEN TZ'IO OFFICIMS WHOTT Z'TE WILL CALL N&JC7 DAT ASSTIRED AND CAPTAIN GER01M.10 SHITTINMULL,BOTH BEING 1-MIM s OF THE SOCK'. FEELING INSULTED ABOUT HIS SEARS ROEBUCK UI^TII'CM.I,CAPTAIN SHITTI=ULL CHALLEIMED MINOR ASSTIRED TO A DUEL WHICH iIAS I1,1.IEDI20ELY ACCEPTED.BEING THE CHALLENM PARTY,TlaJ•OR ASSTIRED YW PRIVILEGED TO SELECT THE COMA T "MUOTIS AND ACCORDINGLT JFCM-b"D THE TERI;B WOULD BE TWO MOPS AlM A BUCKET OF SHIT AT SIX PACES.IN THE EU-PIIT OF THE DUEL BEING FOUGHT AT HIG ! IT MS STIPULATED THAT THE SIGNAL CORPS OF THE TEXAS AGGIES VIOtALD FURNISH SUFFICIEiiT PH4SPIIORUS TO BE PLILCED IN THE AFORI'r- XMITIONED SHIT TO ILIIJrJLCIMTE ALL DIRECT HITS AND SHO`J THE PATH OF RICHOCHETS.IN C OTISLUS ION, THE DUEL IMS FOUGHT p. S CAN BE READILY V--.DIE?S TODD , TO A SHITTY DECISION. THUS IS THE INSIGNIA OF ll0PS,SHIT,BUCKET AITD CI,BLE MLAIKED; SUPERIMPOSED IN JUT AMOHISHIITG FLYING POSITION,RESTS AN OOZLEFII~CH1 A BIRD PECULIAR TO SERVICE COTU.:f MS .TI-IIS BIRD;AS IS WELL K!` MIT, SUBSUSTS E"LU EM, ON RED PEPPERS AIM IS FATUOUS FOR TIE 'TOTPRTTL%T LVETIITI LIIESS TAC AIN.~'LATIIATOAFTER- GEAR.THIS IS DONE TO COOL HIIt , EFFECTS. THE MOTTO,SELECTED IITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY AFTM T~JUITG II1TO 001\T- SIDMA.TION THE TYPE OF OFFICER IN A SERVICE COTZUUM,IS ttEXCRETUS VINciTtt ~;aaan '--fT' L-' M-21SLATED IMNS(la THINX) "IN SHIT WR COIRU M". ~ KE THE NEC"~SSl,RX ALL OFFICERS OF THE Sth CASC VfIL,L IIMMIATEL_ TA =''PS TO HAVE THE INSIGNIA ETa'BROIDERED ON THE SEAT OF THEIR BREECHES,O.D. AID T-Z•L ALt iYS ADIM TO THE CILVINLI, PRINUIPIF OF THE 0.01.7:li:IID 7,1HI0 IS TO EYECUTE T 'IS 7 0I1S 17 r A S HTTTI' WA, 7 . E~,~CR1~ TU 5 VINCI 76 Y~ 8*b C,A, s.C. )IJ Y I~ r I ~ ~ I A L F Fir 4A iI xA 1 co,or (lag's and I1 )I I I` I l )III I 01 01) 1w 1) i 1)!k~ -1 ~1~1~ ~-~~~>>1'v-'r l l i r~l I~; I~ Il l rh l, l~ 11 r -i' eft f IL.1 it ark, Y r, a SfL (falnmenrement Week Program ~$unaatg, 4Hag &azntu-funrt4 8.30 A. M. Parade for the Presentation of "T" and Awards for Intramural Athlet 10.30 A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon 4.15 P. M. Open Air Band \I. College R. ~Iftnrsilttg, c~9kTzzv L,u.:,;~,.,;ial,l!; ,,.30 P. M. Annual Competitive Drill of the teers 8.00 P. M. Informal Reception at the President'.- for the Senior Class and th,it r,n.. q} ribaU, MaU Efuentg-ninth, 1.00 to 4.00 P. M. All Departments of the ~'~Urge 0; for Inspection 1.30 P. M. Livestock Show in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion 4.00 P.M. Exhibition Drill given by the Ross Volun- teers 5.00 P.M. Formal Presentation of the missio!l= at (;Ilion Hall 9.00 P.M. Final Ball ~tttttrl,c~;, 1~~<m Ll,irtic'tlr 9.00 A. M. Commencement Processional 9.15 A. M. Commencement Exercises 12.30 P. M. Final Parade of the Corps of Cads'; - - ~ •'s ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~~k ' 4 t t t,.. . a' .T . 1 R4~'! y, 'R s ~cuinr (ass G3ffi~~-r~-~ tiAY `VALKEP MARVIN HAYS I rv -Y:', l N. U. SexuESSLER ..............Secretary and Treas I:. I,. I f e:r,err.1' ................................Histor;,t„ T. L'. It:~cr,es Social Secret, ..'.~i r. fir: t:,~pr ~ ~ nt„rir,• nn .lfhlrtic r'n~~n,~il ialeNcto i.alt .vcc~~ IG~- Al ~~~ijar Crantmit}rrs Anbitatiaus C. A. SCHWOPE . Committeewar 1'. L. PICKETT....... JR.......... • Cnm rn.itt<°emnit T`, 5. FUFORD. Alottters and Pubs ~OaIT J. A. C'OTTOS ................................Chair»aait {I. A. LANG Committremait • , , , , , Coliini it tec IN an .T. F. DIAL........... (CO1nlnencement '~Exer Ci9ll Chairazan E. P. HUMBERT, Px.D PII.D .Committeeman S. R. GAMMON, Committeeman DANIEL RUSSELL, A.B......... • Senior Pepreseittative T. P.. RICHJIOND . C)ruauate Srhnol Tauhibates for pegrees to lie'Atoarheh fflau 3Q, 1931 Latthihates for the Degree of ,[ttster of Science in '~.griculturttl ~~hministr.ition Jack Fowler Criswell Beaurega,' i -N ill T - gricultural `~jngineerin l il~,nroe A. Hartman in fkgriculture 7;Luer Cardinal Carlyle Byron Caldwell Laugl,.~, J, e E Davis James Herbert Sikes .Tames I'.ufus Emmons Milam Frank Thurrnwi l in Science Joseph Kelly Blum Michel Th,m.:~ Ilal'~ni?~: Harvey James Crawford in Qetttical gngineerillLl Charles Allen Cates Charles NV;Illis ;Al, Math John Howard Calixto C. Valle, Jr. in (iLit1[l 'gltgineering Joseph Baker Dent Ernest R. Renders°n Gilbert L:dward Luew Eannister Wells Farquhar in ~jkgricultural 'blMatioit Merritt James Fields in gural Thuratiou Edward Lee Bailey Aussie Archie Miller Ernest MCCn110L1911 R"alls Justin Stanley Hemenway Louis Adolph Koenig ~In~ustrittl huctttion in Sam L. Martin L~tiilil;ifcs fur ~zafessiu~tttl ~egrees To be Atuarbeb 49ag 311, 1531 A firicultural Engineer AV iIIiam Henry McPheeters Electrical Engineer @,a nk)ibatcs for Degrees to be ~Aa% rlrl ~IfTttu 3II, 1431 ,6'rltuol of Agrirulture (Laubibates far the Degree of Pachetor of -$civilce ill Agricultural Xbmirtistratian Richard Rudolph Atkinson Raphael Heber Lander Marion Haygood Badger Howard Anson Lang Lloyd Franklin Badgett Carl McKelvy James Jackson Daggett, Jr. William Gardiner Mite hell, Jr. Elmer David Barker Raymond Edwin Neal Garlen R. Bryant, Jr. August Joseph Thomas No%'osaLi James Andrew Carpenter Frank Burdette O'Bannon Wiley Jackson Chadwick Oliver James Orton William Lewers Combest Homer A. Pendleton, Jr. Joe Edwin Connell Chester Chris Schaefer .T~sse Tiner Cope, Jr. Paul J. Sloan .1,,=eph Albert DePasquale Paul Byron Tate J,,seph Smith Dial Frank Winan Thomas, Jr. .Dines Graceton Floyd Homer Edwin Thompson alhert Kennedy Hawes Aubrey R. Todd Marvin Hays Clyde Emmitt Vawter Werner Carl Heise Raetzsch W. Wagener Charlie Herder, Jr. Travis Karl Watterson Dan Will Ilumason Paul Wilson Columhns S. Jackson Vernon Lane Wimberly in Agricultural gugineering George Henry Follett John Constantine Gilbreath l lobo Thomas Stewart itt ~gricziltttre J„hn Leary Allen Andrew Forest Reid .fosse Edward Barker Harrell O. Richey (toy Chester Bell Thomas Rollin Richmond Earle John Berryhill Forrest Earle Roberts o. H. Bigham Halley Garison Rylander [Tarry Luther Boyer Norman George Schuessler Louis Thomas Burns, Jr. John Dunbar Sellers William Alston Cannon David Winfred Sherrill James Russell Couch Cameron Siddall I'red Frazier Cowart Marvin Sledge -Francis Clark Davis, Jr. Augustus B. Smith .lames Rufus Emmons Houston Edward Smith Lee Heard Garland Delbert Harry Taylor Vate Gibbons John Henry Taylor 1.ee August Ilse Lewis Taylor ewman Elwyne Long Wayne Elgene Thomason i lichard Jackson McCubbin Marvin C. Todd Samuel Emmett McGregor Kinion W. Tottenham .Tack Meharg J. T. Vantine, Jr. .Toe Meharg William Campbell Vertrees George Leroy Milner Ray Walker Anson Padget Morris James Esli Wells James William Prude William A. Whitener .John Henry Quisenberry Juddie Johnson Willingham i'laris Boyd Ttay iit ILUn Tsrape ~.rt .lamps P,rand,,n Fiizs,atrick Richard Price Lively Kenneth Lloyd Haggard Day Pattison Mc-Neel *Stewart Edmund King T:eguirements completed January .1, 1921 -~;cltoal of Arts alto „~ciclurs (tai±ilidtttes for tI?e egree of ~'achelor of Arts ilt TCiheral Arts Jack Yeager Aldrich John Henry- 11se Thomas Joseph Andrews John A. Jett Henry Charles Bierman Thomas Bagby Xetterson John Pierce Bloomer Edwin Mathes Moore J,,seph Hendrix Conway, Jr. Clark Lionel Nealon Lansford S. Cook William Thomas Scully Alton Bernard Dameron Maurice Sessions `falter L. Ewell Robert Harry Stiteler William Everett Ford Carroll Adrian Tracy Charles Alexander Graebner Virgil Allen Vaughn Robert Lafayette Herbert Richard N. Winders Gordon Herrscher George M. Wrenn Lnttbibates for the Degree of Nachelor of -'-~cicucc in 'Stienre Robert Nelson Daniel Sam Grigsby Meharg Charles Frederick Falley John Henry Milliff Charles Francis Girand Alton A. Nance James Leeper Hawley Frank W. Parent Newton Willard Lamb Francis Keith P'yton John Augustus Mathis, Jr. ~1I1 ,$tliool of ~irtgittccrittg Tanbibates for t4c Degree of ~3acllelor of ;-~icicnce in Arr4iterture Frederic Seymour Buford Herbert Augustus Padgett, l r. William Marion Collier, Jr. William Hal Phelps, Jr. Charles Richard Coneway Raymond Charles Rippsteii, \marshall A. Hays Ernest Morton Russell Horace Chastine Henry Eugene Joseph Schmidt Albert Gilchrist McKain Bernhard Adolf Schrir~ : r James Edward Monroe, Jr. William Kopple Schultz Vincent John Neuman Garland Collins Spark Jesse Leo Norton Raiford Leak Striphitt; in @Illemical `gngineering Wilburn Thomas Askew, Jr. Homer Ilugh liagiit= Landis Clyde Baker Jack E. Laney ItOphie Eugene Bland James Edwin Latta Dennis Flynn Cheaney Wilmer E. McCorquoda i, Joseph Baldwin Clark, Jr. L. T. Mathis Roy Maurice Crawford Harvey Steinle North James O. Cretsinger Howard Roden Carroll Anthony Dauterive Paul Siecke Royce Lee Dixon John Walton Simmons Melvin A. Enquist Hiram Cyrus Webb Jack Edgar Fulgham Marvin Reuben %Villianis ill (rifiil ,.:ngincering James H. Aiken Herman Voss Harlan, Jr. Joseph Avant Harold Eugene Johnson Rouble C. Barron Richard Pate Long Joseph Weldon Bateson William Cruse McMurrey Wesley Dent Bentley R. E. Morris David Jonathan Bratton Frank Hastings Newnam, Jr. Henry Porter Carothers Daniel Decatur Nixon Mattison Vernon Chaney John Edward O'Bryan William Lernon Chaney Charles Lewis Pickett Willis Elmer Collins Ralph Mershon Sawyer James A. Cotton Chester A. Schwope Oscar Lee Crain Arthur Caldwell Showman Allan Navarre DeMaret John William Singleton Henry Cooper Dewey William Duncan Staples Victor O. Fritze Alfred E. Stein E. H. Gallenkamp Walter Reagan Swank Jesus M. Garcia Ray Lowrey Tribble I,f,yd J. Griffin Ivan Tucker All,ert Haneman, Jr. Russell A. Woodall in fertrirtcl 'rlgineering John Lorenz Alber Henry Adair Eddins Vicente Aldape Cicero Clarence William Evans. Robert Lee Allen Arthur George Forster Clarence Thomas Balderach Everett Charles Harper Thomas Gray Banks, Jr. Horace Holden, Jr. James Edward Barbee Phillip Emil Jacobs Charles Spurgeon Basinger Theron Simpson Jobson Frank Edward Bortle Christian D. Kauffman Edward Harrison Brady Willis Newton Keisling Horace Kirtland Brown George Phillip Lewie Robert Lee Bullock, Jr. Rosen Dow McCalman James Henry Burney Clarence Albert McGee Edward Miller Carl, Jr. Jesse Hamilton McGuire William John Chalkley Forrest Raymond McIntosh William Edgar Clower Lawrence Louis Malaise George Arthur Cushman James Willis Mims Robert Clinton Daniel John Dunklin Mitcham John Randolph Dean C. B. Moehlman i in +.;[rctriral ~nginecring Kennard S. Moss George Jeffcrs,,n Smith Herman Dean Murray James Bradley Smith Willie Homer Myers Thomas Milton Sowell Jack Nicholas Nahas Mortimer Henry Stewart Jordan Kennon Reynolds Robert Augustus Sullivan, Jr. Gustav Robert Robertson Henry Timmerman Robert Saibara Harvey Joe Williams Ivan Seaberg Wallace Lee Wilson John August Shellberg, Jr. William Thomas Wingo Charles Emerson Simpson Harry M. Wingren Clyde Brooks Smith hY Herschel P. W,-lloy ill "Nerhanical +gn,glneernlg Clarence Glynn Albert Richard L. McAlpine William M. Andrews, Jr. Edward O. McDonald John Sellers Craig Thomas Campbell McGuire James O. Cretsinger Arthur Lee McKnight Thomas Allan Dietz Walter Horace Markle Clyde Virgil Ellis George Albert Mather, Jr. ,,rman Fischer Walter Earl Syphrett Maxwell Richard Elwood Fischer Richard Oldham Montrief Sterling W. Fiorentin Paul Luton Morgan Robert Hyron Floyd Ewell Curtis Phillips Walter Granville Free Wilford Frank Pickard Lee Godsey James Donald Richter Alvin Howard Grantham Henry F. C. Rumfelt Arthur Wilhelm Groendes George Hardin Shifflett, Jr. Elton A. Holland Herman Richard Siemers Judson George Jackson Frederick George Sleeper Joseph Weldon Jennings Herman Bryan Witte Wylie K. Laster in Petroleum Prol'luction 1-:llgincering Albert Luther Palmer William Benton Powers in Textile Tingineering William Edmund Harwood Edwin William Knippa E r Ii. i~ Srltool of Peterinarg cfebirine (ganbiitates for the Degree of Factor of Peterinarg ffiebirinz Fred M. Burkey Charles William Nea Walter Cecil Butler Robert Edgar Starn,s Ray Travis Dickinson Clarence C. Young 1&4ool of Porationat Zearbing Laniribates for tite Degree of ~3arhelar of ~&cicntz in ~,gricnltural gbucatian Robert James Buchanan Welton Horace Jones 1 Claud Joseph Burgin Johnnie Estes Lockhar-. Robert Hill Campbell Carl Newton Merrell Herman Maxwell Carter Wesley John Neumann James Major Cooper Vestal Self Payne Wayne Aldon Cox Malcom Gilbert Perki:a William B. Holsonbake Oscar L. Ryall ill 31nbustrial Artz gbncation .1,1111 Sparks Bell Joe Louis Horsak Edward Joe Bohuslav Don Leo Hurst Leland Poythress Card Berthold E. N owotny- Jack Omar Harrington Nathaniel Barkstell Read in ~lnilustrittl ~h~ucatiixn Robert Pinson in aural 'gbncatian Ralph Robert Dorsey Don B. Slocomb, Jr. Walter Mark Emmons Reuben Maverick Welsh John Bernard Patteson Taylor Edward Wootton, Jr. H. W. Scheunemann y~. Crsubibut_s for Tertifirutes iii(nn-LIcar Tonrse in (gatton "Harheting anh (lTlassing to he ~Ninarbcb fflag 38, 1931 1.=adore -Albert Handler Waldo Eugene Hunt ~If~LEI2IIT1~ ~1 E spirit of Same may boast of their prowess bold, (It' the "h~~nl thcc think grand, Ilut there is a spirit that can never be sold it's the spirit of Aggieland C H.ORU S 1C-e are the Aggies-the Aggies are we, Prue to each other as Aggies can be. \Ce've got to FIGHT buys, lt'e've got to FIGHT! We've got to fight for --maroon and IVI After they've boosted all the rest, 'T'hey will all come and join the be, For we are the Aggies-the Aggie^ We are from Texas A. M. C. Alma Mater-so far I roam, My whole heart will be with you ere, I'll always be proud to call you my own For it's Aggieland so fair. I i ELEm.., Hue., . 1 Houston Area Retired Officers Association IL 1hi VOL XV NO. 7 HAROA. P.O. Box 1082.0 Houston. TX 77251-1082*a* Aus.. 2 one of our best. The speaker, Ms. Melanie Wiggins, Notes from the President who is an author and an artist commanded everyone's attention, especially our navy people and anyone who Several past issues of ever had anything to do with submarines, She talked this newsletter have about how the Germans invaded our coast lines III focused on the need for during World War II, a situation of which many our membership to back people were unaware. She interviewed numerous ' and support TRICARE submarine veterans in the German navy in Berlin to 77 For Life funding in the get information for some of her books: They Made 2002 budget. The Their own Law, stories of the Bolivar Peninsula - House and Senate Rice University Press; and Torpedoes in the Gulf', i Budget committee Galveston and the U-Boats - Texas A&M Press - conferees deserve a 1995. She also wrote U-Boat Adventures - first hand round of applause for accounts from World War II; Naval Institute Press. adopting Senator John ;r Warner's (R-VA) and In the fall of 2002, U-Boat Adventures will be Senator Pete Domen- published in Spanish and Portuguese. ici's (R-N.M.) proposed This amazing woman also started her own business, $3.1 billion "plus up" for FY 2002 health care needs. teaching ceramics. It is a testament to our ranks for joining together and collectively making our voices heard by contact- ing our elected officials using e-mail, mail ins, letters ~Olnlflg Events and of course the good old phone. I want to thank all those in the Houston Area Retired Officers Associa- or your efforts and concern. For the first time Augusts The San Francisco Steak House tion f in many years the defense health program shouldn't have to start the fiscal year in the red. De etube~r' """"Cohen House, Rice University, Holiday Party and Dance Babu~deii aad his BIG " Ii" Band We had another great meeting in July. Over 60 of our members were able to attend and participate in a great Saturday event. I look forward to seeing you all at the meeting on 25th of August. The HAROA Newsletter is published monthly except CDR J. R. Reddish, USN, Ret. May and November. Letters attd suggestions are President, HAROA, 2001 vvelc«n1e. President. CUR "J. R."Reddish; t1SN, Ret.' An Excellent Program 28I-491-6798 We've had many good meetings with interesting Editor Alva Derr programs, but the July meeting at the Yacht Club was •.28i-370.3765,. Leaislative 1 1 Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) Grandfather- pharmacist about it. ing Clarification Discuss your choices; talk to your doctor and health care team about your options if you need hospital A two-tier system for SBP was passed by P.L. 99- care. If you have more than one hospital to choose 145 effective March 1, 1986. All Military personnel from, ask your doctor which one has the best care and who are retirement eligible after October 1, 1985, are results for your condition. under this two-tier system SBP system. However, Understand your surgery. Make sure you under- current retirees, current retirees, current SBP benefi- stand what will happen if you need surgery. Ask your ciaries and military personnel who were retirement doctor and surgeon: eligible on or before October 1, 1985 also are affected Who will take charge of my care while I'm in the by the two-tier SBP system. hospital? Title VII of P.L. 99-485 in effect establishes only * Exactly what will you be doing? one SBP annuity, and that annuity is computed by How long will it take? : utilizing the two-tier system (55% of thee base amou- * What will happen after the surgery * How can I expect to feel during recovery? nt until age 62 and 35% thereafter). However, the original SBP law (P.L. 92-425) enacted on September 21, 1972, established an SBP annuity based solely on i 55% percent of the base amount (together with any Social Security offset applicable). Many retirees are *r - enrolled in the SBP law. The basic question is: Will the SBP annuity for these retirees be paid under the provisions of the original SBP law or the two-tier system? For military personnel who were retirement eligible Social Security Beneficiaries Due Make on or before October 1, 1985, and their future Up Checks survivors, or military personnel retired on or before October 1, 1985, and their future survivors and Many Social Security Beneficiaries and Supplemen- current beneficiaries, "grandfathering" of their SBP tal Security Income beneficiaries should have received annuity will apply is their survivors or beneficiaries small make-up checks in mid July. would have been subject to the Social Security offset. According to the Social Security Administration Under grandfathering, surviving or (current benefici- Officials, SSA was to issue one-time payments to aries will receive the annuitymost financially favorable about 45 million Social Security beneficiaries and to them, either under the law as it was before March approximately 6 million Supplemental Security 1. 1986, or the new two-tier system. The Defense Income beneficiaries. If you have an out of balance Finance and Accounting Service Center (DFAS) will in your check book, chances are your refund has been compute this after the retiree's death. mailed to your bank account; Know Your Medications + Keep a list of all medicines you take. Tell your doctor and pharmacist about the medicines you take, including all over-the-counter medicines such as aspirin, ibuprofen and dietary supplements like vitamins and herbals. Tell them about any drug, allergies you have. Ask the pharmacist about any side effects and what food or other things to avoid while • taking the medicine. When you get your medicine, read the label, including the warnings. and make sure it's what the doctor ordered, and know how to use it. Melanie Wiggins, Author and Artist, speaker at Jul.ti If the medicine looks different than expected, ask your meeting receeives award from CDR Reddish, USN, Rez. i Capitol Flashes ranking minority member and a Marine Vietnam veteran emphasized that the VA and DoD must *Issue: G.I. Bill Increase "preserve choice" (i.e.,, access to both both health systems.) for military retirees. Background: House Veterans' Committee Chairman, TROA believes that improved VA and DoD Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) introduced legislation partnering can yield added benefits but opposes (H.R. 9291) in March to raise G.I. Bill benefits 70% initiatives that would disrupt retirees' right and need in three stages over the next three years. TROA to use both systems or combine them into one system. testified in favor of H.R. 9291 in May. What Are Your Legislators' Positions? Status: Smith worked with House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) to earmark funds for Senate Cosponsorship the benefit increase. The House unanimously passed Sen. Gramm (R-TX) - SBP Upgrade Document the bill June 19, and it has been referred to the Receipt Keep Promises Flag Amendment Senate. Reserve Tax Credit Absentee Voting Issue* COLA Update Sen. Huchinson (R-TX) -SBP Upgrade Docu- Background: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose ment Receipt Keep Promises Flag Amend- approximately 2.35% for the first eight months of FY ment Reserve Tax Credit Absentee Voting 2001. CPI drives cost-of---living adjustments (COLAs) for federal annuity programs. House Cosponsorship Rep. Brady (R-Tex) -SBP Upgrade Document Status: If inflation continues at this pace, the 2002 Receipt Keep Promises Flag Amendment COLA for military retirees,, Social Security annuitants Former Spouse Home Tax and the federal COLA recipients will be in the 3.5% range. Note* means the legislator has signed on as at least one of the bills indicated. Issue* TRICARE For Life (TFL) Documentation of Note 2* means the legislator has not signed on as Beneficiaries' Other Health Insurance a cosponsor of any of the bills. Former Spouse legislation would update retired pay Background: In late July, DoD was expected to mail division rules to end division upon a former spouse's Medicare-eligibles a TFL benefits package along with remarriage and base divisible pay on the members' a questionaire requesting their information on their grade and service upon divorce. A indicates a intent to keep or drop any existing Medigap supple- House cosponsor of OH.R.1983 (Ballenger, R-N.C. menal insurance coverage. Home Tax legislation would omit time reassigned on ilitary orders from counting against the capital gains Status: Supplemental insurers should complete and requirement for two years occupancy in the five years return the questionaire. Not doing so could cause preceding the sale of a home. A indicates a recoupment of duplicate payments to doctors (which House cosponsor of H.R. 1596 (Houghton, R-N.Y.) would lead to increased reluctance to take TFL or H.R. 356 (Jones, R-N.C.) patients) or cause TFL claim rejection. Call (888) 363- 5433 for imformation. Health Care / Legislators Warn Against Forced Choices y Testimmony was heard on the Hill by experts on VA and DoD health concerns. Neither witness addressed a proposal in the Administration's FY 2002 budget that would require military retirees to choose between DoD or VA for their health care source. A Devoted member relishing the moment when he one Rep. Vic Vic Snyder (D-ARK), the subcommittee's the HAROA 50150 drawing. Retired Officers Wives Club Sunshine: Rudy Lechnees Restaurant Call Sisy Fitz, (713) 785-6008 if you know of a mem- 1340 Gessner ber who is ill or just needs cheering up. (Near Westheimer) Dues: Doris Norman, Houston, TX 2127 Lakeville Dr., (713) 520-9696 Kingwood, TX 77339-2327 Date: Sept. 20th Make check for $5.00 payable to R.O.W.C. .sssssssssssssssssssss*s*ssssss*s**s**s***s*ss Time: Social Hour: 11:30 Luncheon at the Blue Agave on May 17 was attended Lunch:12:00 by 18 ladies and all had a great time. The food was Cash Bar delicious. All HAROA wives/widows are invited to Price: $16.00 join ROWC. Dues are $5.00 a year. Menu: Soup or Salad ssssssssss**sssssssss*ssssssssssssss**ssss**: Choice of 1/2 Chicken, Roasted Pork Loin, October 18, 2001 1/2 of Pan Fried Fish or Sausage Platter. Luncheon will be held at Simposia Austrian Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables 5591 Richmond, Houston, TX Beverage: Coffee or Tea (713) 532-0550 Reservations: Menu will be Veal Scaloppine in a white wine lemon Dorothy Jean King; (713) 944-6546 by 9p.m. Monday night preceding the luncheon. Remember, cancella- sauce with sauteed spinach. Dessert will be lee tions must be made by Tuesday morning preceding Cream. the luncheon. Price $21.00 ssssssssss**sssss*ss*s*ssssss**sss*ss*s**ss:*: ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss A Great Loss For Us All Sheila Sever, immediate past president of the Retired Officers Wives Club, passed away suddenly on July 25th, 2001. Sheila graduated from St. Boniface School of f Nursing in Winnipeg, Canadas an R.N. She served in i the U.S. Army Nurses Corps. She later married who latrr came to be COL Ken Sever. ` As a military wife she lived in 10 states, Germany and Korea. Sheila enjoyed alpine skiing and wad an avid bridge player. She served as a volunteer for the Am,erican Red Cross accumulating over 1000 hours of work on Army bases. Sheila Sever will be missed by all who knew her. )mpu, Fro leMs' "Maybe vie can help. ! If the, computers ire your office need to be moved, rearranged or connected by ter`. networking, we have the antidote,' Wye lived with an intolerable situation for a year and a half,: until finally } we curled All-Tex Netwo in$ anti a brilliant young roan named Branden Varner eatneAnd in a very short time, he had evexything the way we wanted, your problems came close to ours, call 281-2321 9118. They charge $50.00 per hour, but they wor fast HOUSTON AREA RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION February Meeting Date: August 25, 2001 Place: Old San Francisco Steak House Time: 1100 Hours 8611 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77063 Please hold reservations for me at $20.00 each; total (Enclosed) Please make checks payable to "HAROX _ Member's name Guest's ; Name/s RSVP August 23, 2001 - Send to Major Gary Bryson, 1039 SouthWellsford Drive, Pearland, TX 77584 Houston, TX ; Phone - (281) 997-8302 I/We prefer Chicken Beef - Phone: 783-5990 Time: Cash Bar 11:30 Hours Lunch 1200 Hours Meeting 1300 Hours Price: $19.00 Menu: Steak House Salad Choice of Bacon wrapped Top Sirloin Filet or Grilled Chicken Breast Block of Swiss Cheese on every table Rye or Sour Dough Bread San Franciusco Desert/Coffee Old San Franeiseo Steals House Speaker: John Mathews, Radio commentator ON 8611 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77063 #KSEV. "Above and eon the call of duty"isn't just a phrase. 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