Chairman  Charlie (Shoe) Holszchuch USS Hartley	Thursday afternoon and the girls are catching up What's new?	Dean Hoover and Marc Arsenault USS Hartley
Lt Tony Arnold with his model of the  USS Courtney	USS Courtney DE 2021 model	Larry Lander with Susan and Glenn Bailey USS Lester
Earl and Ruth Haslop USS Courtney	Barbara Soltis Ray and Ginny Hammock, Areta Childs and Joe and Gail Arena USS John Willis	Kathy Arsenault and Capt Donald Graf with tee shirts they won
US Naval Base, Mayport FL	Dean Hoover and Charlie Holszchuh	Bill Berger, Charlie Holszchuh and Warren Long
Wilbert McCartney USS Hartley	Bill Berger USS Hartley and Marc Arsenault USS Hartley / USS Lester	Chairman Charlie Holszchuh USS Hartley
Lois and Bill Berger USS Hartley	Richard Legg USS Joseph K Taussig / USS Hartley and Larry Landers USS Lester	Harry Davis, Phyllis and Ben Minichino with Ken and Loretta Walker  USS Van Voorhis
Karen and Harry Davis USS Van Voorhis	Mrs. Willis and Niece Areta Childs USS John Willis	Captains  Donald Graf, Bill Moredock, Joseph Honigman of ComCortron 10 and Jesus Bejarano of the Colombia Naval Forces
Happy Birthday Mrs. Willis	Rich Soltis and Capt. Bejarano	Richard playing after hours
Marc Arsenault, Jerry Skorch and Charlie Holszchuh	First and the Last Bob Uhl com crew of the USS Hartley 1957 and Capt. Jesus Bejarano decom crew of the ARC Boyaca 1992	Lois Berger, Mrs. Willis and Norma Holszchuh
Rich Soltis, Pat Litza, Barbara Soltis, and Capt. Bejarano and Lt. Luis Cartro	Bill and Pat Litza USS John Willis	Richard and Barbara Soltis USS John Willis
Mrs. John Willis with a message to "All her Boys"	John Harlan Willis Medal Of Honor Name sake of the John Willis DE 1027	George Mingledorff,  Bob and Pat Litza, Capt. Jesus Bejarano Barbara Soltis and Lt. Luis Castro
Lt. Luis Castro Addressing the group on the naval duties of the Colombian Navy and the final resting place of the ARC Boyaca (formaly the USS Hartley)		Chairman Charlie Holszchuh
Rich Soltis entertaining after hours	Jerry Skorch USS Joseph K Taussig and Charlie Holszchuh USS Hartley	Capt. Jesus Bejarano and Lt. Luis Castro ARC Boyaca DE-16 (Formaly the USS Hartley)

Newport Dealeys Dear Shipmates  I am happy to report to all that we had a very successful and enjoyable seventh reunion of our Newport Dealeys shipmates at the Holiday-Inn Airport, Jacksonville, FL, in late October, with 138 shipmates and guests in attendance. An attractive tropical atrium hotel lobby with a swimming pool greeted them upon their arrival. The lobby and lounge provided a convenient place to gather and socialize with other shipmates. The hotel provided us with great accommodations, excellent food and a very friendly staff for all of us to enjoy. Whenever our reunion takes place close to a naval facility, we try to arrange tours so our shipmates can enjoy an opportunity to visit and relive their younger days. This year was no exception and on Friday we were privileged to have a guided tour of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) at the Mayport Naval Base followed by a wonderful buffet lunch on the naval base. We all were very impressed with the ship itself but especially with high caliber of our young male and female sailors serving today. On Saturday we enjoyed a relaxed tour of scenic and historic St. Augustine.  Our hospitality room once again was the featured gathering place for our shipmates and their guests. We had an outstanding display of ships’ plaques and other memorabilia for all to reminisce about. The center of our attention was focused on the large-scale model of the USS Courtney (DE-1021) that was built by then LTJG Tony Arnold. On Friday evening after dinner Tony gave us all a presentation on how he created this one-year labor of love. This year we saluted the USS Hartley (DE-1029)/ ARC Boyaca. We had the rare opportunity of having two members of the Boyaca crew attend our reunion. Captain Jesus Bejarano, still on active duty, and former LTJG Luis Castro told us of the Boyaca mission when it was part of the Columbian Navy. Captain Bejarano also indicated that the Columbian government is having a renewed interest in reassembling the ARC Boyaca as a tourist attraction in Guatape, Columbia. Continue to check our web site for updated information.With the attendance of Capt. Bejarano who informed us that he was the last shipmate to lower the flag on the ARC Boyaca on her decommissioning and Bob Uhl who was on the USS Hartley commissioning crew, we suddenly became aware that we had a historical event with the meeting of the first and last shipmates of the Hartley/ Boyaca,. We documented the meeting with many photographs.  Our next reunion will be held at the Holiday Inn- BWI Intl Airport, Baltimore, MD,September 14-17, 2006. The shipmates voted to have the 2007 reunion in the Philadelphia, PA area on a date to be determined.  A NOTE OF CONCERN The reunion committee had anticipated that by locating the reunion this far south and scheduling it late in the season it would have been more convenient for our southern shipmates to attend and also accommodate our winter Florida residents as they headed south. However, for reasons unknown to us, the Jacksonville location only drew a limit number of Florida area residents. I would be interested in hearing shipmate comments (pro and con) on this subject, including ideas to promote our future Newport Dealeys reunions in this area.   Sincerely, Charles J. Holzschuh (Shoe) Newport Dealeys Reunion 2005 Chairman

USS John F Kennedy Flight Deck Lt. Luis Castro ARC Boyaca DE-16

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