50th Anniversary

Night Rustic Reunion

St. Pete Beach, FL

November 10th–14th, 2021

 

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2021 Reunion Candids and Group Activity Photos

 

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Walking out to St. Pete Beach at the Resort

 

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Social Hour Sign-in and T-shirt handouts by Honcho Zeke

 

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Hetherington, Davenport, Strickland, Sovich at Social Hour Meet-up

Meeting with old friends is one of life’s treasures, recalling old stories

 

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Sirata Beach Resort, the scene of our Reunion

 

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The Gulf of Mexico from our front room balconies

 

 

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More serious world-crisis solutions were put forth here…..for sure!!!

 

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Our Faithful Wives, Suzi, Lynn, Terri and Karin enjoying the Social Meet-up

 

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Mike and Frank in a serious discussion at Harry’s Beach Bar

 

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Sunset the first evening on St. Pete Beach

 

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Calypso Breeze for Tropical Buffet Luncheon Cruise

 

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Mike & Lynn, Don & Jan, Jim, Tropical Cruise Luncheon

 

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Jack & Judy, Tom & Terri, Steve & Karin, Tropical Cruise Luncheon

 

 

 

 

 

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Complete with our own Bathing Beauty Model

 

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Jack and Judy Strickland having a pint in the fresh salt air on the beach

 

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Second Night Dinner at Crabby Bills Seafood Café

Dave & Sue, Cynthia & Ben Perkins, Lynn & Mike, Judy & Jack

 

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Don “Over” Mercer, Jack Strickland, Dave “Zeke” DeKoker at the Resort Pool

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Bench at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg

 

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Dali Museum in the background

 

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Inside the Museum awaits many oddities (not including our group!)

 

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The Famous (infamous?) Dali Mustache monumentalized in sculpture

Complete with 5 interlopers!

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Steve “Hoppy” Hopkins, Over, Jack and Drake “Goose” Greene posing by our bank of rooms

 

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Fantastic Cuisine and Atmosphere on the third night dinner at Madfish Restaurant

 

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Jack Strickland, Rustic 38 and wife Judy at Madfish dinner

 

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Don Mercer, Rustic 41; Karin & Steve Hopkins, Rustic 45; Drake Greene, Rustic 23

dining at Madfish Restaurant

 

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Frank Sovich, Rustic 36; Jim Hetherington, Rustic 21; Mike Davenport, Rustic 27 and wife Lynn

Awaiting dinner at Madfish

 

 

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Tom Canter, Rustic 31 and wife Terri at Madfish dinner

 

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Dave DeKoker, Rustic 32 and wife Sue at Madfish dinner

 

 

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Bill Lemke, Rustic 27 and wife Bonnie at Madfish dinner

 

 

Sunset Rooftop Happy Hour at the Hurricane Restaurant on Pass-A-Grille Beach

 

 

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Don Mercer, Frank Sovich, Mike Davenport, Don Dorr, Dave DeKoker, Jack Strickland, Jim Hetherington

 

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Great group shot on the rooftop inside the alcove

 

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Huddling from a chilly breeze before dinner

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Rooftop bar….what could ever go wrong here?  Haha

 

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The sunset we didn’t get because of the cloud deck

 

Closing Reunion Dinner at the Hurricane

 

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The Hurricane lighting at night

 

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Placecards were made and set at tables for everyone’s seating reference

 

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Other military items helped decorate our private dining room at the Hurricane

 

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Ben and his very special friend, Cynthia at the Closing Dinner

 

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Zeke announced his retirement as Reunion Chairman

and was presented with a wonderful card of appreciation.

 

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Comments on the inside of the card.

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What a great group and a stellar community of human beings this is!  Thanks to each and every one of you for supporting all our Reunions!

-- Rustic Zeke

 

 

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