NEW MEMBERS

New members are now featured in the newsletter. Please see the newsletter page.

JANUARY 2022

JIM ARTRIP WITH CURT GREEN & GARY TOOMBS

JULY 2019

JEFF WILSON WITH JOE ADAMS

R. JAY FAUGH WITH RICK KINDLE

BOB BRAUDEBERRY WITH JOHN SIMONE

JUNE  2019

JOHN ROBNIK WITH TED THORN

CHUCK MCPHERSON WITH SID EMERSON

BOB STEELEY

MAY 2019

 

 

 

KEN VEITCH

 

MARCH 2019

LOIUS CHANGARIS

ROB HACKLER

MIKE SAKAGUCHI WITH KEN KAJIOKA

FEBRUARY 2019

JOHN SIMONE WITH TED THORN AND GREG BACK

 

 

GEORGE SOLE

NOVEMBER 2018

ROSS CLARK, FREDDIE GRAHAM AND RON FAIR

CHUCK GREER AND TOM BALDWIN WITH TED THORN

OCTOBER 2018

BOB ABRAHAM, LEONARD ZUMSTEIN AND LON BISHOP

SEPTEMBER 2018

 

ED BOYLE

AUGUST 2018

 

 

JAN PYLE

 

JULY 2018

DOUG BRINKLY

 

 

STEVE ARAKELIAN

IVAN PORTER

June 2018

Tony Romero Welcomed by Little SIR Ted Thorn

APRIL 2018

RANDALL YERBY

THOMAS BUNDY

MARCH 2018

New member Ken Edwards with Larry Date (already playing Bocce)

New member Monty Pierce..  Picture to follow.

FEBRUARY 2018

New Member  Gregory Back

New member Talt Thompson with Ted Thorn

JANUARY 2018

Brad Bates and his wife Tina were our guest speakers in December and Brad joined Branch 143 in January.

APRIL 2017

Sponsor Ray Land and new member Les Tyson. Les and his Wife, Judi and long time Turlocl/Denair residents. Les retired as Service Manager at Smith Chevrolet.

Sponsor Bernie Mailloux and new member Pat Gibbs. Pat and his Wife live in Modesto. Pat is a retired Surveyor with Cal Trans. Pat’s interests include fishing and hiking.

New member Wade Fullmer and sponsor Roy Klevmyr. Wade and his Wife Marilyn are long time Turlock residents. Wade is a retired Pharmacist at Richland and Raley’s. Wade has many interests including golf, book club, football, history and wood working. He is also an Almond Farmer.
Sponsor Roy Klevmyr and new member Jerry Tripp. Jerry and his Wife Melinda reside in Turlock. Jerry has retired several times including 22 years with the USAF and 16 years with Foster Farms. He also has been in Real Estate Investment for 39 years. . He has many interests including Bocce, Bridge, Cribbage, Dine in/Out, Genealogy, Poker and Wine Tasting

MARCH 2017

New Member Walter Ott with Little SIR Gary Toombs. Walter is retired as Superintendent of the Kraft-Post Plant in Ceres. He now farms walnuts on Hawkeye Road. He has many interests including coins, Gardening, Guys Dine Out, Pinochle, walkers and Veteran. Walter is Vietnam Army Veteran.
Curt Green, sponsor and new member Jerry Degraff. Jerry and wife Lynda are long time Turlock residents. Jerry retired with Garton Tractor. Jerry has many interests including volunteering at the Turlock Community Theatre

 DAVID SILVA

Rick Kindle and New Member David Silva. David is a Widower and retired from General Motors in Quality Control. He lives in Turlock and has many hobbies, including coins, crab feeds, Dine Out, fishing, gardening, historical interests, Pinochle, poker, stamps, travel, walkers and wine tasting.

FEBRUARY 2017

 BILL NIXON

Sponsor Lance Anderson and new member Bill Nixon. Bill and wife Sue, reside in Turlock. Bill retired as CFO of PDM Steel Service Centers. He enjoys many activities including Dine In/ Out, Games Night, Golf, Jazz, Theatre, Travel and Wine Tasting.

 HOMER BECKLER

Helmut Schmidt with new member Homer Beckler. Homer and his wife Ute and long term Turlock residents. Homer retired from Farmer Bros Coffee. He enjoys Travel and Veterans. Sponsor is Bernie Mailloux

JANUARY 2017

 ELWOOD ESCOBAR

Sponsor: Rick Kindle.  Elwood  and his wife Cherie, are long term Denair residents. Elwood is retired from several retails businesses and is a cattle rancher.  He has many interests including Bridge, Dining Out, Football, Horse shoes,  Hunting and Wine Tasting.

 BEN DORSET

Sponsor: Art Pargament.  Ben is a widower and long time Turlock resident.  He is retired from the California Highway Patrol and the U.S. Coast Guard.

 CHARLES CRIVELLI

Sponsor: Hartley Spycher. Charlie his wife, Earlaine are long time Turlock residents. He is a retired CEO from the Farm Credit System and farms almonds and walnuts.  He has many interests  including Golf, Hiking, RV, Travel, Eating Out and Wine Tasting.

SEPTEMBER 2016

 RAY WALKER

Sponsor: Joe Adams.   Ray and his wife, Remo live in Turlock.  He is a retired CEO of Patterson Frozen Foods. He has many things to keep him busy, including Barbershop Quartet, Baseball, Chorus, Crab Feeds, Football, Golf, RV and Wine!!!

 GARY YOUNGDALE

Sponsor: Carl Grubb. Gary and his wife, Erin live in Turlock.  Gary retired from the Turlock Irrigation District.  Gary likes Antique cars, Crab Feeds, Football and snow skiing.