Norton Sound (AVM 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Z ,X 1 N 3? Z 2 3 7 went, they began a They approached this of the press, and shipmates with whom campaign to get the word out about the new Association, problem by seeking the assistance of sympathetic editors by compiling increasingly long lists of names of those the initial and newly joined members had maintained con- tact with over the years. As the days and months passed in the countdown Ca term intimately familiar to all post 1945 Norton Sounders? to the great event, scheduled for August 4, 5 8 6, 1972, the Association began holding monthly meetings and started to take shape, an ogranization evolved, ccmmitties were formed, necessary billets were estadlfshed and filled, administrative procedures were defined, a multi- tude of administrative details were taken care of, By-laws were written, Hthe hat was passedn to generate the necessary funds to support the nationwide search and the local work, a bank account was opened, the publication of our newsletter the HSNORTIN NORTONH was commenced with Volume 1 Number 1 in July 1971 Cand has continued on a regular basis since thenl, bumper stickers ad vertising the Association were procured and displayed on members vehicles, and the plans were formulated for the reunion. J if It wasn't long before the res onses P from Norton Sound t t '. ' from around the country. Apparently ers S ar ed Coming ln they also felt that the As ' t' -d . I socia ion was an i ea whose time had come, and a really good idea at that! Like dominoes falling over, the word spread - one new co t n act led to a new member who led to several new contacts, and so on, ' ' Also realizin wh t similar organizgtioni, iytji?ig2OEf igeagtaie our Associftion had Over other in existence, but in Commission as ll ac that Ou? Sblp was not only Still the than in mb n f We , the Association made contact with qounders Feud ent Commanding Officer and serving generatign of Norton germissign tclgolgg SiZP?ZfEhinSthatdquarter they determined to try to obtain M, F2 r . , 1+H 'Uf1UQ the reunion. With the assistance .0 ,uprain Robert A. Aiken, USN and Commander Charles E Cl r A '4't and Zatn Commanding Officers respectively this ,Qvrn .4 ylesj UDN'.d Et thus providing the best 4, , - nf, M' U.pvfnLSS'Qn was Obtalffs pOSSlDlE -ram for tne reunlgnn - ,,,,.,,,,