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Texas Tales and Trails A Newsletter of the J&J Retiree Club of Texas • April 2018 • www.jnjrct.com
President’s Message
Greetings to all with this first newsletter in 2018!
This will really be a NEW year with major changes in our retiree club.
For starters, our 2018 annual meeting will be held in San Angelo, the
first time out of Arlington. To take a quote from J & J Chairman
Gorsky, “During this time of unparalleled change, it is vital that we
do not become fixated on this very moment; but rather take a longer-
term view and look much further ahead.” Of course he was talking
about the future of the 132 year old company, while I am referring
only to our retirement community!
There are sure to be bumps along the way as we transition to a more
inclusive board and a different way of having board meetings. Using
newer technology we have started having our board meetings over
the internet via video conferencing so folks won’t have to travel just
for a one or two hour meeting. This should open up the possibility for officers to be chosen from distant lo-
cations. That is important because of the very active San Angelo plant, which is still generating retirees. For
example, our listing of Texas retirees sent from New Brunswick shows over 600 names in San Angelo alone,
compared to 300 (+/_) spread throughout the D/FW Metroplex, 200 or so in the Sherman area and another
smaller group we rarely ever see located in El Paso and other locations in Texas. By becoming more inclu-
sive and shifting meeting locations, perhaps we can survive as an even larger, more active club. We are tru-
ly scattered over a very large area and it may even be that in the future we might consider a longer, perhaps
a weekend event in one of the many resort areas available in Texas.
Since this year marks the end of my second two year term as your President we must use our next election
to be more inclusive and have officers from locations other than Arlington or Sherman. A nominating com-
mittee comprised of members from the various locations should get us a new set of officers. Perhaps with
new officers and, hopefully, new ideas we can become a club which serves some non-political, non-religious
charitable cause for the benefit of our society. Wouldn’t that be a great legacy for the Johnson & Johnson
Retiree Club of Texas (founded by Priscilla Rogers) to create?
Tom Denny
President 2016-18
Important
Time dependent Banquet and Scholarship information is on pages 2 and 3.
Annual Banquet Information / Input Needed
The date for this year’s banquet has been set for October 24 & 25 in San Angelo, TX. In addition to the ban-
quet, the San Angelo plant manager has offered to give plant tours to those interested. Previously, the club
has provided bus transportation from San Angelo and Sherman to Arlington for the annual event. This
year we need to provide similar bus transportation from Arlington and Sherman out to San Angelo. In or-
der to properly plan it is IMPERATIVE that we get solid information on those who plan on attending the
event, AND if they would also be planning to take the bus. Thus we are asking that those who plan to
come, let us know the requested information by the end of April. The preparations for the event can only
be as good as the data we have giving intent to come.
You can email intent to: [email protected] or call or email one of the officers directly (contact information is
on last page of newsletter)
Pictures from 2017 Annual Event
Officers
Gary Aspelin,
Tres.,Karen Du-
chouquette, Secy.,
Tom Denny, Presi-
dent
L—Joe Terry,& Jim Mankowicz
San Angelo Group
More Pictures: http://jnjrct.homestead.com/
J_J_Retiree_Banquet.pdf
Della Skerkis, John West, Tim & Judy McGraw
In Memoriam—Death Information Provided to us by Current and Former Plant Locations for
Retirees / Former Employees in 2017
Joseph Charles “JC” Roe, LeNelle Sherrod, Dennis Winterrowd, Mary Loy Martinez, Teddy Harold
Brown, Monta Joie Kolster, Doris Jean McCrohan, Inez Carter, Reinaldo Ramirez, Judit Delaughter,
Telesforo Hernandez, Grady O’Neal, Al Celaya, Louise Graves, Janice Darlene O’Bryant, Maggie
Ramirez, Caroluyn R. Ramiriez, Marth Menchaca Flores, Helen L. Esterly Vivian Wuertenburg and
James Rudolph Benes from Ethicon, San Angelo
Lois Smith, Marnie Bethe, Carolyn Blankenship and Terry Stanglin from J&J Medical, Sherman
Juanita Farmer and Harry Dombroski from J&J Medical, Arlington.
2018 Scholarship Award
May 11, 2018 is the deadline for submission for a $2,000 scholarship award from our J&J Retiree Club of Texas. Up to 3 scholarships awards are possible for 2018.
Requirements for the scholarship are that the student must be a senior and plans to begin their higher education in the Fall of 2018. They must be related to a J&J retiree (or retired deceased). This relationship could be a son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter, nephew/niece or related by marriage.
Download the application at: http://www.jnjrct.com/Scholarships.html. It requires only four items which are:
1. A copy of their original transcript or grade report.
2. A copy of the completed and approved application form.
3. A letter of reference from a teacher or administrator.
4. The name and address of the higher learning institution they plan to attend.
Mail the completed application to be received any time from now to May 11. If they send it by overnight carrier and
it is received on May 12 IT IS LATE and will not be considered. Mail it to:
Karen Duchouquette
6206 Kingswood Dr.
Arlington, TX 76001
817.602.7185
There have been years when we had a tremendous amount of applications submitted and a few years when we had very little response. Be sure to let your Senior High School Student know about the availability of our scholarship and encourage them to begin working on it now. Because of today’s economy, $2,000 can make a difference.
MEMBERSHIP MADE SIMPLE
Remember the Board in 2017 made it easier for you, and the treasurer, by having both the yearly dues and the ban-
quet registration due at the SAME TIME. THIS WILL NOT BE DUE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. DO NOT SEND ANYTHING
TO THE TREASURER AT THIS TIME. We do not anticipate any change to the total amount paid for dues and banquet
fees in 2018. A form for paying will be posted on the web site and in the newsletter later in the year.
Officers
President: Tom Denny : 817-797-1006
Secretary: Karen Duchouquette: 817-602-7185
Treasurer: Gary Aspelin: 817-504-7707
Appointed Positions
Scholarship Chairperson:
Karen Duchouquette: 817 602-7185
Texas Tales & Trails
6206 Kingswood Drive
Arlington, Texas 76001
Retiree Club Dues
For 2018, dues and the ban-
quet fee will be paid
together at a later date.
Questions or comments:
If you have changed your address or we have an incorrect address, please let us know. If you don’t want to receive the news-letter or know someone who should be receiving it but isn’t, please let Karen Duchouquette know at the return address on this newsletter or her email address: [email protected]
Newsletter
Editor:
Gary Aspelin
817-504-7707
Associate Editor:
Karen Duchouquette
817-602-7185
J&J Retiree Website: www.jnjrct.com
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