Activities

New Jersey

Those attending our June meeting were: John Blass, Gail Campbell, Josephine Chiswick, Charlie and Pat Davis, Angelo DeAndrea, Lewis Jacobask, Jim and Yoko Knox, Frank and Audrey Lapenta, Margaret Sands, Bill Sarno, Jack Oliver, Ralph Stauffer, Foster Warner, Bill and Janet Williams, Harry and Rosalie Vanderham and Al and Nancy Zimmerman,

Meeting Thursday April 19, 2012

Our next meeting will be in the Dandelion Room of the ‘CLUB’ as it is now known as at McGuire Air Force Base on April l9, 2012 at 1100-1400 hours. We always include our “significant other” in these meetings.
You will be notified by the end of March or the beginning of April via e-mail, if you have one, or snail-mail if you don’t.

Ralph I. Stauffer Sr., 1st New Jersey Squadron Commander

Membership in the 1st New Jersey Squadron is $15.00 per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) to cover mailing and other incidental expenses.

Make checks payable to “1st New Jersey Squadron” and mailed to:
1ST NEW JERSEY SQDN, 405 Virginia Place, Williamstown NJ 08904-7503: Or bring it to the next meeting.

Contact: Ralph L. Stauffer Jr. 405 Virginia Place, Williamstown NJ 08904-7503, Phone 856-875-7624, Email: sampsonvet@comcast.net

The 1st New Jersey Squadron came into being in August 2001. The initial meeting, with 19 men in attendance was held on August 9, 2001 at the 94th Bomb Group Restaurant in Fairfield, New Jersey.
The men at this first meeting decided on several items of importance. The first was to determine what type of association the 1st New Jersey Squadron was going to be. With a unanimous approval the Squadron would be non-political, informal and social. The next item of business was the election of someone as chairman to lead the Squadron. Harry Vanderham was asked to be chairman. The frequency of meetings and membership dues was also discussed. Every other month was determined to be the best option. Dues were set at $15.00 per person for each fiscal year. The chairman would determine the location of each meeting. After the passing of Harry Vanderham I Ralph I. Stauffer Sr took over the Squadron and we had our first meeting without Harry in Dec. 2011.

Our current meeting place is the Liberty Room, a private room, in the Enlisted Club on McGuire Air Force Base. It is not a prerequisite to be a member of our parent Association to be a member of our Squadron or live in New Jersey. We have men attend our meetings from the Army and others from the great State of Pennsylvania. At present our squadron has thirty eight active members.