September 22nd, 2006
The Labor Day work party was a huge success. Two men, Carl Haynes & Ron Bennefeld, showed up early in the week. The rest of the guys came in as scheduled. Attending the festivities were Ron Bennefeld, Don "Chief" Cole and his wife with her friend and her friends grandson, Rick Christie, Sr., Bob Green with his wife and son, Carl Haynes, Gary Locke and his grandson, Steve Stratford and Mike Warren. Also attending were a few of the local residents. Rex Flowers, the ships caretaker, and the four men Mike has hired to haul the junk from his property were also in attendance.

A lot of work was accomplished during the holiday week-end. Quite a bit of outer sheeting was removed from the stbd. side. Covers were fabricated for the open hatches on the fantail and the signs Carl Haynes made were put up on the bridge for passers by to see. As it turned out there was no painting done during the work party.