Family reunion: Campbell Stewart, Morag McLean, Sylvia Stewart, Mary Hoerter, Ron Hoerter Snr, Ronan Hoerter, Cameron Hoerter, Ron Hoeter Jr and Leigh Anne Hoerter.
ONE OF the transatlantic romances begun when the US Navy had a base at Machrihanish is still going strong.
Mary McLean from Meadows Avenue, Campbeltown, who worked at the Co-op, met mineman Ron Hoerter of MOMAT 0322 (Mobile Mine Assembly Team) back in 1968. They married a year later and, when Ron’s tour of duty was over, they returned to the USA.