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Bee^ - (K4OUB)

Real Name: B. Bee Eckles, Jr.
Occupation: Retired
Wife: Thelma Daughter: Portia
Grandchildren: 3 GREAT Grandchild: 1
Place of Operation: Eastman, Ga.
Number of Computers: 2
On Computer/Internet for: 10 yrs. / 5 yrs.
E-Mail: beckles@mail.dodge.public.lib.ga.us
beckles@peachnet.campus.mci.net
Ham Status: Call: K4OUB (Licensed in 1957)

DonnaFay (Cygnet)

DonnaFay is Cygnet the young swan from irc who lives in London, Ontario, Canada... She has a hubby of 30 years, two lovely daughters, and 4 darling grandkids, who she adores... She retired in 1994 from her job as a bookkeeper for a firm of 15 lawyers... She now spends most of her spare time at the computer chatting with friends online... Her birthday is Feb.10, 1935... Visit her at her HomePage real soon!

E-mail address: murdo@home.com

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Virgie L. Nelson (WB4FGG)

Married 46 years to Quent (Quent_GA)
Family: 2 boys: Byron 51, Harold 48
Grandchildren: 2
Great-Grandchildren: 2
Hobbies: Ham Radio Tech Licensee WB4FGG .. 27 yrs Golf - Sewing - Painting - Flower Gardening

I have worked in hotels, dining rooms and delicatessins - as a waitress, hostess, and trainer of food handlers.. in the cities of Galveston, Dallas, New Orleans, Birmingham, College Park, Md. and Atlanta ... In later years I managed personal owned Class "C" motor carrier which catered to "hot-shot" deliveries, AT&T message routesand Bus-&-Air shipments to the airlines in Atlanta .. and scheduled full truck loads from specialized customers. This was a one lady office operation and guess who performed all the work which had to be done..? Now I keep house, and cook some chicken & dumplings for Quent-Ga when he get's honey-do's done on time.

Mac_wb5jdz

Was Born 05/05/24 in Douglas County.Missouri ... My parents and I all left in a Model T Ford Touring car for the oil patches of Oklahoma, Texas, an Kansas .. Was at Borgers Pasture Texas when it was born .. They followed the oil filed crowd to Oklahoma then Kansas where my dad was hurt in a accident .. returned to missouri where he died in 1934 .. I went to the 10th grade an then to the ccc camp that was founded by F.D.R. for aid in those depression years .. Where i finished high school also.. an went to first ham class .. We learned the code an basic ohms law and how to work cw on or just above the ham 75 meter band ..When they closed the ccc camps in april of 1942 i went into U.S. Coast Guard an went to radio school again as I didnt type to good went to signal an radio fone school .. an wound up on a small supply ship as the ships radio operator an signal man .. all over the pacific all way from Sydney thru new guinea campaign an Leyte an Phillipines. Wound up at manilla got orders to go to Portland Oregon.. Took message when Rossevelt died an lowered our ships flag to half mast .. also took first message at sea near Manilla when they dropped the first atomic bomb was in Manilla at anchor when they dropped the 2nd .. Returned to the states an discharged in december of 1945 .. (forgot i had a blinker lite speed of 12 w.p.m an radio cw speed of 18 w.p.m maybe 20 .. 12 w.p.m. on blimker is fast fast almost a stedy steady stream of lite ..Any Way Back to Missouri.. an nothing to do in the little town so started driving a truck for a cross country carrier at the time the only one out of Oklahoma City that ran Calif. On old hiway 66. Anyway retired after 30 years.. an back to Missouri .. oh yes wife said that we have been married 53 years have 4 sons an 9 grand kids an 2 great grand kids scattered form New York city to Calif. (I might add one of my first 20 meter contacts was with from Calif. To El Reno, Oklaoma with ac5c "Smitty"??? that wasnt his call in those days (all mobile) from the truck) .. We had lots of fun running mobil an cw from the truck an lots of problems as in those days they were mostly positive ground systems on the vehicles..

n8dty (Walt)

Real name: Walter Callahan
Occupation: MIS Director
Place of Operation: Columbus, Ohio
Daughters: Laura & Anne; Son: Fred
Other interests: Ham Radio, Motorcycles
E-mail address: wcallahn@coil.com

GolfBug...(sometimes Golfdad)
(In Memoriam - January 1998)

Real Name: Arch C. Baker, Jr.
Location: Plano, Texas
Family: Former wife and Friend (PA), Peggy (LA), Arch Baker III (known as _Bubba (Tx, Ok, Germany), Ruth (PA), and John (TX)
Extended Family: Peggy (3 boys, 2 daughters), Arch (1 daughter, 1 son), Also, 2 Great Grand Daughters 20 months (LA)
PC Experience: Company computers, 13 yrs.; 386-PC, 5 yrs; 486-PC, 3 yrs.
Other Interests: Golf, music forms (Classical, Big Bands and Gilbert & Sullivan)
Occupation: Hold B.S. and MBA degrees from Texas A&M in Accounting. Certified Public Accountant in Texas since January 1955. Semi-retired, working temporary account services through various agencies and independent consulting.
Military: Began with 3 years of High School R.O.T.C., followed by entry in Texas A&M in September 1941, just before Pearl Harbor. My Father was a member of the Class of 1921 and served in the Navy in 1918. My class of 1945 was the wartime class that never had its Senior year on Campus. We were called to active duty in the Army in March 1943 and sent to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma for basic training in Field Artillery, 105 mm Howitzer Batteries for 17 weeks. After a delay, we were sent to Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, Ky in Armor and Tanks. After 17 weeks, we graduated as 2nd Lt. and served various training bases as instructors. In March 1945 was shipped to the Philippines for 18 months in a service intallation. It was here that on a 3-day pass, I PLAYED GOLF AND WAS HOOKED FOREVERMORE..I was promoted to 1st Lt. during this period. After discharge, I finished my undergraduate work in January 1948, married Virginia Watts of Bryan Texas, and began my career in Public Accounting. In 1952, I was involuntarily recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict and reported to Fort Hood in Texas. It looked like a class reunion and they came from everywhere. After a year, I was sent to Japan as a replacement and was assigned to Hq. Co., 6th Medium Tank Battalion, based at Foot of Mt. Fuji. We were mapping current roads and bridges based on maps made from aerial photographs taken in 1921!!
Final Discharge: Returned in 1953 for final discharge from military service over 5 1/2 years including 2 1/2 years of foreign service. My family lived in Bryan while I was gone and I enrolled in Graduate School and with my wife's wonderful help, I was able to work as a graduate assistant and complete my MBA in accounting and in November 1954 passed the CPA examination. Recently, I received a Certificate from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for 40 years of membership.
Career Highlights: Since 1954, I have been engaged as an Auditor with 2 accounting firms in Oil and Gas and major computer firm, which I joined for 18 years as a Corporate Executive, working with the Securities & Exchange Commissioned the New York Stock Exchange. I also worked 5 years with Electronic Data Systems as project manager.
Personal Treasures:: All of my wonderful friends in the #50+retired IRC Channel.

E-mail address: arch21@iamerica.net

Tweety

Real Name: Joan
Location: Edmonton Alberta, Ca.
Computers: 2
Experience: 1.5 to 2 years on Irc and computer
Other Interests: Golf, Travel, Cycling, Warm Weather, Dancing
E-mail address: jgood@datanet.AB.Ca
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/thetropics/7993/

AggieG...(Formerly Skeets^)

Real Name: Glenna
Retired: Editor of books and research proposals
Location: College Station, Tx. (Aggieland)
Family: 2 sons, one daughter-in-law and 3 grandsons
Biography: Real Name: Glenna (Maiden Name - Fourman) Retired: In my working years I edited books and my pride and joy was: "The Brazos County History Book, Rich Past, Bright Future." (This book may be found in most large libraries all over the country. -- And it does make interesting reading for history buffs!) At A&M I edited research proposals for professors seeking research dollars from State, Federal and independent sources. The research going on at Texas A&M was varied and very interesting. One project involved the fire ants and developing an antidote to its sting -- ran out of money. However, Sen Gramm is now lighting a fire under Congress to fund this project again. They were using humans in this study -- a very touchy thing. My favorite project was the colony of monkeys that was established. These monkeys were to be sold and used in research. Believe me, when used for research, they got better care than we do in the hospital!! The adult was only about 8" tall and her babies were just 3 to 4 inches long. I have an adorable picture of them that I will scan and send to anyone interested. They sure were cuties! Hobbies or Interests: I love to play golf (so who didn't know that), dance and travel -- one or preferably a situation where I can combine all of them. I enjoy a good game of bridge (or any other card game,) and while not bowling at present, I am a certified coach - 3 times over - and may teach special athletes, junior high, high school and adult classes. And then of course, I love my computer which I still have worlds to learn about and may have to go bigger and better and start all over again! In my spare time I do other volunteer work. My next BIG project is to write a bibliography of my father-in-law, Harry T. Brundidge, who was a crime reporter during the Capone days - in the 20s and 30s, and then he was with the UPI and API during both theaters of W.W. II, and in the middle of every exciting happening -- Have all the material, just have to get started!! Will be interesting if and when I ever get it finished and published. Would make a good TV series!

E-mail address: glennab@mail.myriad.net

dave-m (kh2bm)...

Real Name: David W. Maurer
Location: Pomona, Missouri
Family: Previously married, now single. Have 6 children and 5 grandchildren. 3 daughters still on Guam, 1 daughter in San Diego, California and 2 sons with me here in Missouri.
Other Hobbies and Interests: Golf, Private Pilot, Internet, RV'ing, Horses, and Ham Radio (kh2bm)...
Biography Info: I went to school in St Louis Missouri. I joined the Navy at 17 yrs old and ended up on the Island of Guam I met a girl and after being discharged from the Navy in California, I returned to Guam and got married. After a few years, of sailing Merchant Marine and other things, I joined the Naval Fire Department. I came up through the ranks and was promoted to the rank of Fire Chief. During my career as a Fire Fighter I went on contract to Japan and worked there for 3 and 1/2 yrs. I spent 28 yrs in the Fire Service. I retired in 1989 and returned to Missouri with my 2 sons. I am also Past Exalted Ruler of the West Plains Missouri, Elks Lodge and am now serving as a Trustee.
E-mail address: kh2bm@juno.com

phineas... (also see next entry for Wife and Grandaughter

Real Name: Don Gordon
Family: 6 Children - all grown and married
Occupation: Retired, Commercial Artist 15 years, H/S Art Teacher 30 years
Military: Fighter Piot - Asiatic Pacific Theatre
Interests:Sculpture, Pottery, Pen and Ink and Watercolors
Pets:Two female Schnausers named Gabby and Nina
Bio Information: When WWII began I enlisted in the (then) Army Air Corps as a cadet pilot and was called to active duty in 1943. Completed flight training Jan 1944 and was assigned as replacement in 46th Fighter Squadron just returning from Combat in the South Pacific. Trained in P-39 Aircobra and progressed into the P-38 Lightning. Squadron was given the choice of re-training in the P-51 mustang and going back into combat or returning stateside. We flew the P-38's to Saipan, via Johnston Island, Kwadjalein, Eniwetok, and Guam and left them for Squadrons assigned there. After only 10 hours training we found ourselves on Tinian waiting to fly to Iwo Jima when the island was secured. We flew to Iwo Jima and landed downwind because the Japanese still held the North end of the strip. We lost 28 pilots in a surprise Banzai attack and made our first VLR (very long range) mission to the homeland of Japan 1660 NM plus combat (about 8-1/2 hours). Flew escort to the B-29's destroying many top line Japanese Fighters. When the Japanese refused to engage in combat we flew strafing missions to enemy airfields and targets of opportunity. After the war I attended Art College and became a Commercial Artist doing conceptural paintings of proposed aircraft and space vehicles. I attended Graduate school and obtained a Teaching Certificate and taught H/S art for 30 years in Oroville, California. We purchased 2-1/2 acres of prime property on Whidbey island in Washington State. We had it "parked out" and all the utilities put underground and a 30 x 35 ft studio was erected. We plan to sell here and purchase a manufactured home or a modular home and move there to involve ouselves in Pottery and sculpture work.
E-mail address: phineas@mail2.quiknet.com

Aleon... and Annalinda... (wife and grandaughter of Phineas.. see above entry)

Real Name:Aleon Gordon
Children: 1 child Donald E. Jr., Age 28
Grandchildren: 1 grandaughter Age 2... Annalinda Gordon
Interests: Loves classical music, working in crafts
Comments: Born in Los Angeles, California August 23, 1929, parents both on stage as singers, Mother a concert piano player. Met present husband in a seminar studying the relationship of the synoptic gospels to everyday life. Was a pre-school teacher until she was married on May 23, 1967 and became full-time house frau.
E-mail address: phineas@mail2.quiknet.com

Irish59....

Real Name:Gerald (Jerry) Bumbalough
Children: Three (3) All Girls...
Grandchildren: 5 and 3/4
Interests: Grandchildren, Golf, One Computer, Fishing
Comments: Health Products Distributor.
Biography Information:I'm retired US Army. Joined the US Post Office after that and am trying to retire from that now. Served one year in Vietnam, September 1965-September 1966. Three years in Korea just after the war. I like to play a 25 cent skin game on the golf course.

E-mail address: Irish@Bigfoot.Com

Loretta2... & Husband Bob..

Real Name: Loretta D. and Bob Compton
Birthday: 3/17/41
Location: Near Roanoke Virginia
Biography Comments: I am married, and have one son who is an electrical engineer with GE and not married. My husband, Bobby, is an elementary school teacher. I recently took an early retirement buyout package from the Celanese Corporation Plant where I worked as a Sr. Administrative Assistant 32 years. Prior to this, I graduated from National Business College in Roanoke and worked there 3 years for a law firm. Thus, I've had a total of 35 years working full time! Now enjoying free time and spend it on my many diversified hobbies. They are swimming, water aerobics, and oil painting to name a few. I occasionally do a little part-time work, but not often. I enjoy my new life very much and have met many friends who share the same interests. I stay busy and have never regretted my decision to leave full-time work early. There was a whole new world out here waiting for me, and I feel so fortunate to have found it. Am very much a "people person" and, the more I meet and enjoy, the happier I am! Feel so privileged to have met many new friends on mirc. I enjoy computers, as I have worked on them during most of my working career. Enjoy my own computer more than ever, because I can use it as I wish.

E-mail address: lcompton@swva.net

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'Sparks...

Real Name: Judy ....
Biography: I'm Judy ---a newly retired Reading Specialist from West Chester, Ohio USA. I'm single and have a daughter and 3 grandchildren. My best friend is my Bichon named Timmy. At present I'm teaching part time at the local sew and Vac. I teach people to use computerized sewing machines and the accompaning computer programs. I own 2 computers. I have been using computers since 1980 and have been on the net for about 8 yrs. on either Prodigy or Concentric. I have been on IRC for 1 1/2 yrs. I'm a SOP on a few other channels. I've made teacher friends from all over the world on IRC, and have met some of them in person. I enjoy sewing, embroidering, playing golf, reading, traveling, playing with my puter, hugging and laughing. I help raise money for Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. I truely believe that if you put a smile on your face and keep a song in your heart, that there will be sunshine in your life.

E-mail address: judyf@concentric.net

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