|
Maurice Bennett & Pierette (from Châteauroux) |
Phillip Berezo
(Unknown Sq)
& Danielle (from Châteauroux)
Wed in 1961
|
Bobby
Carpenter & Raymonde L. Perrin
(from Châteauroux)
Wed October 11, 1965 |
Ben Chavez (Chas G.I.) & Fran Aulich '64
Wed 1965
 |
Lt. Crews & Vera Rita
(Touvent Elementary Teacher)
Wed 1956 -
Châteauroux |
|
Art Dunn & Kathy |
Gary Dusick & Marcellene Gray
(Chad Student)
Wed 1963
|
|
David Freeman
7th Radio Relay & Francoise Begot
(Vierzon)
|
Marion "Red" Froshour
1616th Support Sq
& Lucette Dubreu
(from Châteauroux)
Wed April 27, 1963 |
|
Gary Gannon
&
Jacqualine "Jackie" Byrd
('56 Chad Grad)
April 21, 1957 - Base Chapel
Sandra Wilkes '56; friend Marta Basie; Joyce Bentley '59; Jacqualine
"Jackie" Byrd-Gannon '56; Chas Vet Gary Gannon; Chas Vet Friends Vic Kruger;
Gary Ackers; Chuck Hendrickson |
Gordon Gilman (Chas G.I.) & Doris
Hanson (59 Chad Student)
Wed July 1961
|
Lon
Grassman (1992nd AACS)
& Chantal
Hemery
(from
Châteauroux)
Wed August 16, 1966
|
Phil Harris & Anne-Marie Plisson
(from Châteauroux)
Wed January 16, 1964 |
|
Jim Hawkins, G.I. &
Janine Artaud
(from Châteauroux)
Wed March 1961 - Shelbyville, KY
|
|
Sam Herrera & Lilane
(from Châteauroux) |
Paul Jackson & Jeannette Luneau
(from Châteauroux) Married 1954 |
|
Aldris Lee Lockett & Astride Foesser
|
Tommy Mason & Mary Lynn James '61
December 1962 |
John McMahon & Pat Bordes
(Touvent Elementary Teacher 61-65)
Wed in 1963 |
|
Danny
Noonan & Joan "Jessie" Partridge ('57 Chad Student) |
|
Bob
Owens
&
Ann
Calhoon
('60
Chad
Student)
Wed
June
17,
2006
in
Hawaii
Châteauroux American High School Prom - May 20, 1960
which was held in the french cafeteria
next to Building 356 at La Martinerie.
June 17, 2006 - Hawaii
 
The
Love
Story
of
Bob
&
Ann
Owens
- by
Bob
Owens
(printed
by
permission)
In 1959, I was 19 and stationed
at
the
USAF
base
in
Châteauroux,
France.
Ann
was
17;
a
military
dependent
going
to
high
school
at
the
American
high
school
on
the
base.
One
day
in
the
fall,
I
was
sitting
with
friends
in
the
base
snack
bar
when
Ann
walked
by
with
her
mother
and
sister.
I
asked
my
friend,
who
was
dating
one
of
Ann's
schoolmates
and
friends;
who
was
she?
Her
friend
(Pam
Brown)
said,
"That's
Ann
Sandra"
and
from
that
moment
I
was
hooked.
We
started
dating
and
were
very
close.
In 1960,
after Ann's graduation, we were engaged and planned to marry before I left
the service in March of 1961. My family approved and Ann's uncle offered
me a job in his auto parts business and an apartment in the Twin Falls,
Idaho area to help us get started on the right foot.
We were very happy and things seemed fine, but for some reason unknown to
me at the time, we broke up. You must understand that there were no
telephones in the barracks and the housing area was miles from the base so
contact had to be prearranged and sometimes difficult. Also, things were
very different back then; kids generally did what their parents told them
to do and Ann as a military dependent, overseas, was under complete
control of her parents, regardless of her age.
Anyway, we broke up for reasons that I never knew. Before I left France
and the Air Force, I learned that Ann was dating someone else and was
planning to be married. I didn't understand what was going on and saw Ann
on only two occasions; once at the base movie theatre and on March 4,
1961, my 21st birthday, as Ann was leaving the base chapel after just
getting married.
We never stopped looking for each other. Me, because I wanted to find out
what had happened and because I never stopped loving her. Ann, because she
wanted to tell me what had happened and she too still loved me.
|
Jack Russell & Jackie Porowski
('66 Chad Student)
Wed May
11, 1968 in Tampa, Fl
Jack & Jackie at Clearwater Beach, FL
At Home - JP took this photo during at visit at the Russell home
 |
|
Ron
Roslawski
(7th
Radio
Relay
Sq-Vierzon)
&
Christiane
Dessarte
(from
Vierzon)
Wed
June
17,
1961
|
|
Joseph
Russ & Arlette Robin
(from Châteauroux)
|
|
Arnold
Skogstrand
(Vet)
& Mimi
(from
Luant)
September
28,
1966 -
Married
in
Luant,
France
1966
|
Bill Tannenbaum &
Claire Leach
('56 Chad
Student)
Returned to the States -
Married in 1957 |
|
Rich Thayer &
Janet Kuhn
('66 Chad Student) |
|
William
"Bill" Thornton & Annette Gagne'
Wed November 9, 1964
Wedding Announcement
[Bill & Annette's friend, Bob Bemis, sent this copy of Annette & Bill's
announcement |
|
William Vickers & Helene
Wed
April 29, 1954 -
Married at the small protestant church in Châteauroux, which is called "Eglise
Reformee de Châteauroux. Pastor W. Widman and an Air Force
chaplain named Melvin T Ostlin officiated.
 
|
|
William
Warnock & Grace deWitt
 Wed
November 21, 1957 - Base Chapel
L-R: Grace’s brother,
Bridesmaid, Grace de Witt, William Warnock, Christiaan
de Witt (Grace's father) and Sally Ferguson,
daughter of Air Force Chief of Chaplains for Europe,
Chaplain (Colonel) Warren and Mrs. Norma Ferguson
|
|
Lee
Wassenhove
&
Vicki
Swanson
(Faculty
CHAD
Jr
High
-
65-66)
Wed
December
11,
1965
|
|
James
E.
Weidner
&
Joan
-
Long-time
Sweetheart
June
6,
1957
-
Base
Chapel at La Martinerie
The Weidners Joan & Jim (2004)
The Weidner Wedding Party
Matron of Honor, Linda, the sister of James' co-worker stationed at
Orleans; Mr. & Mrs. James
Weidner; Best Man, Carl Derix, stationed at Orleans
Flower Girls are daughters of the
Chaplain;
 |
Richard "Dick" Wells & Collette Chausse
Dick & Collette were married thirty-four years.
|
|
Red Williams
& Linda Bulis
(Chad Student) |
Thomas
Williams &
Nicole Longlet
Wed 1958 |
|
Dennis Yanek & Delores "Dee" Finn ('60 Chad
Student) |
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