On
a regular, predictable timeline, club members will provide a venue
in the southern Atlanta area for Citadel graduates, families, and
prospective Citadel family members to come together. We will
meet in order to socialize, sponsor new cadets, and support the
Citadel and Citadel alumni.
The
members of the Southside Atlanta Citadel Club will plan and organize
regular meetings of local Citadel graduates, families, and
prospective Citadel cadets. The meetings will provide
fellowship and entertainment for members, sponsor new cadets, and
support the Citadel and Citadel alumni.
Note: updated
information as of March 2012 - however the Alumni Office has
changed it's policy and no longer gives out email addresses, so if
you have revisions or better info, please let us know. TO&E
Is this term
still used anymore? Regardless, please take a moment to update your
vital statistics such as email, phone, address.... and if you happen
to know any information on other grads in the area, please let us
know so we can contact them.
The Citadel Alma Mater
Oh Citadel we
sing thy fame
For all the
world to hear,
And in the
paths our fathers showed us
Follow without fear.
Peace and
Honor, God and Country,
We will fight
for thee.
Oh Citadel, we
praise thee now
And in Eternity.
Oh Citadel,
though strife surrounds us,
We will ever be
Full conscious
of the benefits
That we derive
from thee.
Stand forever,
yielding never
To the
tyrant's Hell
We'll never
cease our struggles for
Our mighty Citadel.
Cadet A.
Preston Price '43
Press Start
Key Twice
The Citadel's Newest Club
This
picture, taken at our third meeting, tells what it's all about.
Perhaps it was best stated by Landon Moxley when he said "We
had a great time last weekend, always good to be able to spend time
with good people."
Addendum..
the wives and children are integral parts of our lives and have made
the past meetings successful.. don't leave home without them!
Meeting
Schedule for 2012
Please mark
your calendars in advance! We know that each of you have very busy
lives but please work your schedules around these dates. Based on
your feedback that sometimes the Saturday meeting dates are difficult
to work around, we will be alternating between Saturdays and
Thursdays. We are now working on the planning of the event and the
venues - check back often.
This
year's Muster was perhaps one of our best attended with 16
Alumni. As is our custom, we were blessed with having almost as
many wives as well as children. We began with our guest Piper,
Mr. Michael Scott piping the assembly to seats, followed by our
President, Marty Potash covering the background and purpose of our
Muster. Following the reading of the name and Citadel class of
each departed alumni, the entire gathering responded "Present
for duty, Sir", as is our tradition. Upon completion of
the reading, Amazing Grace was piped, followed by Tap, the Cadet
Prayer then the Alma Mater.
We
then adjourned for fellowship, music, fine food and camaraderie.
Thanks to everyone who made this event possible. Below is a group
picture - however 2 Alumni left prior to the group picture being taken.
Click
HERE for more pictures. As usual,
clicking on a thumbnail will display the larger picture.
Left to Right,
back row - Doug Powell '72, Dana Graham '80, ??, Eddie Cole '67, Todd
Rivers '88, Banks Glover '69, Marty Potash '78, Ray Mayer '74, David
Boyd '60, Michael Scott (guest)
Left to Right,
front row - ?? David Hewes '70, Bill Horne '63, ??, Jack Camp '65,
Bob Smith '60
Also,
we are publishing the updated roster of folks we have on file as
living in the Club's radius. Let us know if we need to make
corrections, additions or deletions. Remember that to access
the roster requires both a userid and password. If you need
these, please contact Marty.
Of the 161
local alumni on record, 31 have attended at least one club meeting
since our first meeting back in November 2003! Let's all make a
concerted effort to increase that number. We need everyone's help on
this - call and remind others to come.
Brian Bossman
and Marty Potash represented the Southside Atlanta Citadel Club at
the 2010 IACT(Inter Service Academy Golf Tournament) at the
Connecticut Golf Club in Easton Connecticut. Although a gallant
effort, the team was only able to grab 4th place. Next
year..lets get a better showing and sink Navy!!
Letter
from our club President, Marty
Potash
Members
of the Southside Atlanta Citadel Club(SACC),
Greetings
one and all. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as the
President of our club this year. First and foremost, I want to
thank Brian Bossman (outgoing president) and Mike "aka TINY"
Menchinger(VP) for all of their hard work in keeping our club
afloat. Following in the footsteps of Brian will pose a
challenge, but Ray Mayer '74 (VP) and I are up for it.
Our
goals will remain parallel with the program our predecessors had in
place. We have found that communicating through the website and
postcard mailing have been somewhat effective. We could present
a case to increase our recruiting efforts; however, I don't
feel that begging people to support our club is a viable option.
They really dont know what they are missing!! If anyone has
ideas to enhance our membership, please call me....I'm ready to
listen. One thing I would like to do is request RSVPs....It
sure helps in our planning...just a quick email or a call.
Summerall
Guards Kentucky Performance
Doug Powell
sent us this video of the Summerall Guards performing at a Kentucky
Basketball game in February. He wondered what damage the shoes and
rifles did to the floor.. (press start key twice to begin)
Morris D.
Robinson - Citadel Graduate, Football Player, Opera Singer. Watch
this
Telling tales for the '60's are Pat Conroy '67, Carl Anderson
'62 and Jack Camp '65. Conroy entertained members of the Atlanta
Citadel Club February 16th before his book-signing for the standing
room only crowd at the Ansley Golf Club. Conroy was amused that
despite the "honor code", in his travels for these
"signings", he has counted that he's had 68 Citadel
roommates and has actually met 12 former cadets who confessed to
being members of "The Ten". "No kidding....!!!"
Click on pic to see full sized newspaper writeup.
When David Boyd '60, Jack Camp '65 and Banks Glover '69 were
lamenting the long sober drive from Newnan to the Atlanta Citadel
Club, the question was raised. "why don't we just start one down
here". Turns out there are over 40 graduates in the immediate
vicinity and that number is growing. So in November 2003 we held our
first meeting.
From the beginning we felt the club shouldn't be restricted to the
"long grey line" but should include those that make our
lives so rich - wives, significant others, children...
