The
Retiree Club
An organization of Perkin-Elmer retirees and other former employees
Meetings
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Perkin-Elmer Get-togethers
Many P-E Retirees
like to get together to find out "Whassup", and to recall the
In the
Danbury Area:
Get-togethers are
normally held at Noon on the last Wednesday of each month at Chuck's
Steakhouse, 20 Segar Street, Danbury (phone 203-792-5555). Attendees
are mostly from the Optical Shop-Methods and Metrology. For
information, contact Bud Rigby via e-mail at
budrigby@Comcast.net
or phone 203-438-5702.
Another one in the
Danbury Area.
This group meets
weekly in the food court at the Danbury Fair Mall every
Thursday
between 12:00 Noon and about 3:00 p.m. The core members are
the golf partners
Fred Marra, Al Loewenstine, Bob Zarba and Al Bronico.
Other regulars are
Herb Weisblatt, Ed DeVeaux and John Evans. Many other
former OTD guys
show up from time to time. All others are welcome at any time.
The first
arrival stakes out a table, or two, near the carousel. Everybody
gets his own meal at any one of the dozen or more food venues in
the court. We talk about everything under the sun.
In the Ridgefield Area:
Get-togethers
In the Ridgefield, CT Area: Held on the last Wednesday of each month (except December) at 5:30 p.m. at the new John’s Best Pizza Restaurant, 955 Ethan Allen Highway (aka Route 7), Ridgefield. For information, contact Gene Schlesinger by email at ersengineering01@aol.com or phone 203-762-5984 or Bud Rigby by email at or phone 203-438-5702.
In the Norwalk, CT Area: Held on the second Thursday of each month at Noon at The Ischoda Yacht Club on Water Street in South Norwalk. For information, contact Dick Babish by email at rbabish@me.com phone at 203-762-0140 or Gene Schlesinger by email at ersengineering01@aol.com or phone 203-762-5984.
(If you have a regularly scheduled Get-together in your area, and would like to have it included in The Retiree Club News, please send the information to Bob Davis at bobagnes55@aol.com.)
In the Orange County, California Area: Two or three times a year, about 30 to 50 associates from former Perkin-Elmer related companies join together in a Happy Hour normally held at the Irvine House Restaurant, 1727 E. Dyer Road, Santa Ana from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. There is no fee and you pay for what you drink and for whatever food you may order. Family, friends and new co-workers are also invited. According to Sharon Canfield, it is “A reunion for former OCA Applied Optics, Perkin-Elmer and Corning OCA Employees and friends (including our extended families at LightWorks Optics, Newport and Zygo.)” For information regarding the next get-together or to be added to the Invitees List, email Sharon at scanfield@lwoptics.com or phone 714-247-7140.
Board Meetings Schedule of Retiree Club Board Meetings 2012
All Club Members are welcome to attend these Board Meetings which are held in the Wilton Public Library, Room A, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT. Normally the Board Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month except for November and December. January 25th, 10:00 a.m. February 22rd, 10:00 a.m. March – No meeting scheduled
April 25th,
10:00 a.m....... June – No meeting scheduled July 25th, 10:00 a.m. August 22th, 10:00 a.m. September – No meeting scheduled October – No meeting scheduled November 8th, – Annual meeting, Thursday 10:00 a.m. December 12th, 11:00 a.m.( note change )
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(Editor’s Note: If you have a regular get-together in your area and would like it published in the Club Newsletter and placed on the Club Website, please e-mail Don Mahon, Director: Director@RCnews.org
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