OLD DIVERS REUNION - Schedule of Events

OLD DIVERS REUNION

May 7, 2005

Longview, Texas - Elks Lodge

Schedule of Events

9:00 am Doors open Side entrance of ELKS Lodge

9:00 - 10:00 am Registration, pickup T-Shirt and name tag & welcome package. Coffee, donuts, fruit and juice, buffet.

Get re-acquainted time, setup personal photos and memorabilia, view vintage eqpt. and other displays.

9:30 am - Silent Auction opens for bids.

10:00 am - WELCOME ADDRESS - Mr. Eric Peterson, Master of Ceremonies

10:15 am Introduction of first speaker, Sonny Logan, SWC Pres. 1961 & 62

Topic, History of area diving, where its been where it may be going! What happened to SWC??

10:45 Up-date of SCIP/SWC web site by Paul Johnston, Q & A period

11:00 am WET BAR OPENS

11:00 am - Capt. A. E. Blood to spin a yarn or two and show some hand made nautical jewelry. Q & A session

11:30 am - Free time to visit -

DIVE the Commercial Superlite 17K or 27 at Pool Side and/or, the New Aqualung Double Hose regulator and other vintage regulators under the direction of Randy Wilgus.

Review your bid on Silent Auction items.

12:30 pm -Buffet Lunch at Pool Side - BS Session, take a dive, whatever!

2:00 pm - ?Beneath the Gulf? & The History Of Sport Diving

Vintage movies, other show and tell (slides or movies) as presented from attendants. Dick Wilgus & Eric Peterson

3:00 pm - Paul Oberle Sr. hosts ?Story Time?

(Everyone needs to be prepared to re-cant their favorite or most memorable dive story.) Prize awarded for best tale.

Silent Auction ends

4:30 pm - Drawing for Door Prizes and other awards. By Jim Aden

5:00 pm - Closing comments by all who care to say a few words to the group.

5:30 pm FREE TIME-VISIT, CHAT - SUN BATHE - TAKE A DIP IN POOL - .

6:00 pm "til ? Visit and sip a cold one or two show slides and movies, tell lies, play music, dance, party, climb the flagpole, chug a-lug contest- (ginger ale of course).

We must be out of the Bldg. By mid-night.