REUNION 2K5 NEWSLETTER # 1

COST: $ 75 per person. Wives, significant others and/or guests are cordially invited. This assessment helps to defer some of the costs of "Welcome Aboard" hors d'oeuvres, group barbeque, group breakfast, banquet buffet, liquor and entertainment. Checks should be made payable to: Joel N. SCHUETTE.

WHO'S INVITED ? Any former or current member of a Marine Corps artillery unit (Any MOS). At present, we are a reunion group comprised mostly of former members of 3rd 155 Howitzer Battery, FMF and Mike Battery, 4th Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, FMF. We have members from the '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s. We encourage all of our brothers - marines and navy corpsmen - who served with the cannon-cockers - to join us for a grand time of re-bonding, reminiscing and hoisting a few cocktails to our Corps, past and present.

RESERVATIONS: Room reservations can be made by calling the Four Queens Hotel & Casino at: 1 800 634 6045. Please inform the receptionist that you are with the M-4-12 Marine Group to ensure that you receive the special room rate of $ 45 per night (plus 11% tax), per night. A limited number of rooms at this special rate are also available for those wishing to arrive early (Sunday,Sept 25th) and/or stay an extra night (Thursday,Sept 29th). Any reservations made after August 29th, 2005, will be subject to normal pricing, so be sure to make your reservations early.

Membership forms are available at the web site for those on-line who wish to join or renew their membership. Cost for new members is $ 25, after which you will receive your membership card and all subsequent newsletters. You will also be posted to (and receive) the active roster.An annual fee for membership renewal was approved during the business meeting at REUNION 2K4. In lieu of this $ 10 annual fee, you may opt for a "Lifetime Membership", the cost of which is $ 25. In order to continue to receive the newsletters, you must be a member "in good standing". "Snail-Mailers" may join or renew by sending a check endorsed to : Joel N. SCHUETTE c/o the Cima Drive address listed above.

Each year at the reunion, we have conducted a Raffle and Auction of items donated by the membership, proceeds of which go the Group General Operating Fund, along with the receipt of membership fees/renewals and cash donations. The General Operating Fund is maintained by the incumbent Reunion Coordinator, who disperses monies in support of planned activities, administrative costs and entertainment costs incurred from year to year. The success of the Raffle and Auction is determined by the generosity of the membership. Annually, our coffers have increased as a result of that generosity. If you have any questions concerning these activities, please contact Jack MARSTON, Assistant Coordinator for Raffle and Auction at: 631 988 4659. 

Some members have changed data relative to home addresses, phone numbers, zip codes, etc. or have added/changed e-mail addresses. Please annotate any changes on the RETURN TO COORDINATOR Form enclosed with this newsletter. Help us keep our Unit Roster up to date 

Joel N. SCHUETTE, REUNION COORDINATOR, 2K5

760-471-7006 or 760-471-9756