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UPDATE APRIL 15, 2009
The April luncheon held at the Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center
was well atended by SAGES and friends. The entertainment provided by the St. Louis Strutters was enjoyed by all. The
Strutters are a group of 'not so young' ladies who could really struct their styff. The election of board members for the
coming fiscal year was held and do to the lack of canadates the five canadates nominated were elected. Four of the canadates
have been on the board a good number of years and the fifth will be a new member to the board. It seems like we should
have more than one new canadate willing to serve on the boaed. Thank you Bob Williamson.
Coming up. On June 10 the Summerfest Dinner/Dance
at the Columns Banquet Center. I don't think you'll want to miss this affair.
VOLUNTEERS!! VOLUNTEERS!!
- With a membership of almost 1000, it seems we should be able to get more members to volunteer for the
various charitable functions. We have about 30 members who volunteer regularly but they are called on too often.
If you would be willing to give a little of your time to volunteer, call Ray Bassen at (636) 949 5518. Ray is
our volunteer coordinator and he will have all the information.
The SAGES Valentine luncheon was a complete success.
Great food and excellent entertainment by the incomparable Scott laythem and Hael Holmes. The old tunes appreciated ny the
SAGES inspired some of them to get up and dance with their 'sweeties'. You should have been there.
A COPY OF THE LATEST 'SAGES PAGES' (THE SAGES NEWS LETTER) IS
AVAVAILABLE NOW ON THE WEBSITE.. CLICK ON SAGES PAGES ON THE MENU ON THE LEFT OF THE HOME PAGE.
WEBSITES
The retirees in Southern Cal. have a web site that has a lote of information about their activities.
It also has information about every plane Boeing, Douglas or MC/DAC ever built.
'macdacwestretirees.org'
The Seattle area retirees, the BLUEBILLS, also have a web site.
'bluebills.org'. Log onto this site, scrool down and on the left side of the screen is a map of Washington. It
showes four additional sites. Click on 'heritage' and this will give you the main site.
- Robert Gravlin, a member of the SGES, has written a book about
his experiences in WWII, from the fields of Normandy, France to the Battle of the Buldge to linking up with the Russian troops
ending the war. Some of the SAGES have read the book and found it very interesting. You had to be there to experience
it. It is now available on a web site. If interested log onto "3ad.com". Click on WORLD WAR II and
then scrool down until you see "Soldiers Memories". Click on it and you will see names of many who have written of their
experiences. In the center column you will see 'Robert Gravlin'. Click om it and you will be able to experience his
memories.
On the members page there is some information about members of SAGES who died in the past year. There
are probably others but unless we are informed, we have no way of knowing. If you are aware of a member of SAGES passing if
you would let me know via e-mail address at bottom of the home page, I will put that information on the members page.
I would suggest that you click on the "MACS OLD TEAM" link towards the bottom of the home page to see information of the passing
of some of our former 'teamates'.
I'd like to use the website as a means of staying in touch with
former 'teamates', co-workers and other SAGES members.
Maybe a hole in one or bowled a 300 game. Other SAGES
members would enjoy hearing of your good fortune.
Hane you made a trip that you would like to recommend to others.
Would you like to pass along some information about someone
that is out of town or even in town,something that would be of interest to the rest of us.
My e-mail address is at the bottomm
of this home page. Let me hear from you.
If you are a retiree of McDonnell/Douglas or Boeing, and are
looking for a group to join and have fun with, the SAGES are for you
We are the McDonnell/Douglas/Boeing SAGES Retiree Club and have been organized since 1981 to provide retirees of the
cpmpany with opportunities to socalize, enjoy recreation and travel with other retiree teamates who all have something in
common.
There are no meetings, but we do sponsor three luncheons, (with fine entertainment), two Dinner Dances, a Picnic and
three fun filled days at the YMCA Trout Lodge each year. And, if your interested in travel - well we host a variety of up
to twelve local, national and international travel tours each year by bus, ship, train or plane.
Our club is open to all pensioned FEP and CBU retirees of any division of MDC/Boeing in the metro St. Louis, Missouri
area.
The cost is only $12 per year per couple and as members you save on the costs of the social events. if you attend all
seven of the social events, you would save more than the $12.
Members receive six Sages Pages newsletter each year informing them of the social and travel events plus a Sages
Directory of all the members every other year.
We also perform volunteer work for a number of local organizations as individuals or large groups.
Our club is managed by a fifteen member Executive Board (which includes six Officers and nine members of the Board of
Governors) who meet monthly.
If you would like more information call Ray Bassen at (636) 949-5518 or contact him at this e-mail address. helenandraybassen@charter.net
Officers for the year 2007/2008 are:
Al Southmayd President
Len Schubert Vice-President
Judy Hudgens Secretary
Leo Rechtien Treasurer
Membership Chairman
Jackie Farrar
Chairman of the Board of Governors Carl
Johnson
Below are links to other websites that were created by and maintained
by retirees. You may find it interesting to investigate some of them.
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