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THE HOMECOMING More Than 2,500 Register at Alumni House

FORMER MIDSHIPMEN RETURN TO ALMA MATER . . . Representing Naval Academy graduates who returned to their alma mater for the annual Alumni Homecoming Weekend, these active and retired oflScers return the 17-gun salute fired in honor of Adm. Robert B. Carney, USN (extreme left), C. N . O., during a special dress parade of the Brigade of Midshipmen.

A special program was prepared by the Naval Academy for its alumni. The Brigade of Midshipmen marched in a special homecoming parade on Worden Field. Admiral Carney took the review with Admiral Joy and representatives of several Academy classes. Admiral Carney received traditional military honors: four "Ruffles and Flourishes" and the "Admiral's March" by the Academy Band, and a 17-gun salute.

Class representatives taking the review with Admirals Carney and Joy were: R. Adm. Henry Williams, U S N (Ret.), Class of 1898; Adm. Harold R. Stark, U S N ( R e t ) , Class of 1903; V. Adm. Jules James, U S N (Ret.), Class of 1908; Adm. WilHam H. P. Blandy, U S N (Ret.), Class of 1913; Capt. Robert B. Madden, USN, Class of 1933; Lt. Col. James A. Saxten, USMC, Class of 1938; and Major James E. Victor, Jr., USMC, Class of 1944.

A reception for the alumni, their ladies and guests was held in Dahlgren Hall and was followed by an informal dinner in the Midshipmen's Mess Hall.

The homecoming football game with Dartmouth was the last official function of the weekend. It ended in a 55 to 7 victory for Navy.

The oldest alumnus signing up for the weekend was 84-year-old Capt. Adelbert ACADEMY ALUMNI THRONG INTO ANNAPOLIS . . . Former midshipmen and Althouse, U S N (Ret.), of Washington, their guests line up in Alumni House to register for their alma mater's annual D. C, who went to a square-rigged sailing homecoming weekend. 2,592 graduates, their ladies and guests, of classes ranging vessel after graduating in 1891. Reprefrom 1891 to 1953 thronged into Annapolis for the alumni get-together. Among sentatives of the Classes of 1897, 1898 and those returning to the 108-year-old Naval Academy were Fleet Adm. William D. every class graduated from 1901 through Leahy, Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaflF, and Adm. 1953 (with the exception of 1952) participated in the weekend.

Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations.

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KINGS POINTThe A*mafJolu of Our Merchant Marine

by R. Adm. Gordon McLintock, USMS Superintendent, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy September 30, 1953, marked the tenth anniversary of the dedication of the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, the fourth and youngest Federal Academy for officer education and training.

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This was the initial step as a federal venture to develop a body of highly qualified Merchant Marine officers.

It was necessary—and indeed imperative—to restore to our Merchant Marine

the prestige of which these two, and other, disasters had robbed it and to establish an up-to-date Merchant Marine in keeping with our country's commerce, and with a reputation for ability and stability that would be fitting modern counterparts to the tradition of the clipper ships which carried our flag in the forefront of trade on the seven seas of the world.

From this Kings Point was born and quickly matured with the onset of war.

Now having completed ten years on the present site, it has begun to leaven the whole. We now find Kings Point graduates in the engine rooms and on the bridges of almost every ship flying the Stars and Stripes. Not a few are already in command or are now chief engineers. Those who have graduated with recent classes are serving as junior officers and gaining the necessary experience for their future advancement.

It is typical of a Kings Pointer that he is forehanded, and efficient, and knows how to obey and to command. Officers of the Navy know the value of leadership and it is this quality, above all others, that we stress at Kings Point. From Columbus with his compelling faith to Carlsen with his quiet dignity (and I like to include Adm. Sir Leopold McLintock, my own

ancestor, who, in his Arctic expeditions, watched tirelessly over the welfare of his men) this quality of leadership has lifted the spirit without which there can be no accomplishment.

A favorite bit of professional advice given to the Regiment at graduation is: "Work hard, and play hard, and as you go through life, when you see a rope that is splayed, put a wJiipping on it; when you see a coil lying wet in the scuppers, lift it out and hang it on the pin rail; and when you see a stanchion bending under a strain, shore it up."

The original four-year course in 1938 had fewer than 100 cadets. The Corps" soon established a nationwide competitive entrance examination system, drawing upon high school graduates from all parts of the country, who prior to this had no opportunity for a sea education on a par with the Naval and Coast Guard Academies.

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a site for the prewar-planned U. S. Merchant Marine Academy had been selected, authorized by Congress, and purchased at Kings Point, Long Island, N. Y. Its nucleus was the 12-acre estate of the late Walter P. Chrysler. The Chrysler residence now known as Wiley Hall, named after Admiral Wiley, Commander in Chief of the United States

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All the buildings are named after men who pioneered in maritime history, e.g.. Bowditch Hall, Fulton, Delano Hall, Furuseth Barracks, Farrell Road, Tomb Field, and Jones and Barry Halls named after those stalwart merchant master mariners and naval heroes, John Paul Jones and Barry.

By May 1942 to the site of the former Chrysler estate were added neighboring lands and on a campus overlooking Long Island Sound work was begun on the new permanent buildings. Although constructed in wartime, maximum efficiency and value for the money expended were secured through the choice of reinforced concrete construction, simplified functional design of buildings and interiors, and careful planning for anticipated peacetime needs. The capital investment in the Merchant Marine Academy—all of its 65 acres, 18 major academic and administrative halls, 20 other buildings and dock facilities—was approximately $12,000000—the cost of a single naval destroyer.

After fifteen months of construction, the Merchant Marine Academy was completed and dedicated on September 30, 1943, with the following words from President Rooseveh: « Dedication of tlie United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island, .V. Y., is a momentous forward stride in tlie nation's planned program of maritime progress. Not since tiie enactment by the Congress of tiie Merchant Marine Act of 1936 has tJiere been an event of greater import to America's zvorld commerce—eitJier in maintenance of our wartime lifeline or our future peacetime economy. This Academy serves tlie Mercliant Marine as West Point serves the Army and Annapolis serves the Navy.

On Dedication Day the Academy had a plant and equipment that was completely modem and highly functional. There were fireproof buildings, splendid laboratories, spacious classrooms, comfortable barracks, a large gymnasium, swimming pools, and a drill and athletic field. The new Academy facilities also included a fine marine harbor with a protected basin for small craft and piers for rowing and sailing craft and wharfage facilities for large vessels. Later a well-equipped hospital was added and a control biulding at Vickery Gate, the main

entrance to the Academy, named after the late V. Adm. Howard Vickery, USN. The wartime course of study in the Cadet Corps was developed in accordance with the dictates of military expediency and national needs. The Merchant Marine and the Navy were in desperate and immediate need of officers for "the bridge of ships" to carry men and materials of war to the battle fronts of the world. The wartime curriculum taught the minimum essentials and trained officers adequately in the shortest time possible. The cultural phases of the education of a Merchant Marine officer were curtailed and full emphasis was placed on the technical aspects of ship operadon. In addition, the officercandidate was given an intensive course in naval science and tactics to qualify him for Navy duty and combat action. The Navy physical training program was also adopted to prepare the graduates physically for the rigors and hardships of wartime service.

The accelerated course of study comprised an eighteen-month period, including three months of basic training, nine months of advanced training, and six months of training at sea aboard merchant ships. The wartime course was first extended to twenty-two months, and later to three years. In the latter part of September 1944, when the war had reached a crucial stage, plans were already being made for resumption of a four-year course at the earliest possible opportimity.

During the war, while still students in training in their period of sea duty before returning to the Academy for advanced studies and but a few brief weeks from their homes and families. Kings Pointers became veterans of combat action in the war zones.

After the Normandy invasion, General Eisenhower stated: When final victory is ours, there is no organisation that will sitare its credit more deservedly than the Merchant Marine. No one will doubt that merchant ships played a major role in the successful Allied war eff^ort. During the war years. Kings Pointers, whether they served aboard ship as graduate officers, or as cadet-midshipmen in training afloat, became familiar with Anzio, Saipan, Leyte, Okinawa, Omaha Beach. The long haul to Murmansk still brings vivid memories of dramatic action with the enemy. !Many a Kings Pointer spent long days and nights in small boats, as evidenced by

the fact that 445 of them are qualified members in the Tin Fish Club, that honorable fraternity limited to men who had been forced to abandon their ships after torpedoing. There is one Academy graduate who was torpedoed four times. Lieutenant Price, who served as my Aide and who died last year, was a graduate of Kings Point. While still a cadet-midshipman, he spent eleven days in a lifeboat badly injured after his ship, loaded with munitions, had been torpedoed in the Indian Ocean.

The percentage of casualties sustained by the Merchant Marine during the war was nearly as large as the four percent experienced by the Army and the NayyKings Pointers number only three and sixtenths percent of the entire complement of the Merchant Marine, but the Academy is proud of the fact that her sons won six percent of the Distinguished Service Medals for outstanding acts of heroism. One was awarded posthumously. A total of 212 Kings Pointers paid the supreme sacrifice in combat action in World War II, establishing a splendid record of patriotism and heroism.

Among the 3,500 graduates who were on active duty in the Navy during the last war, a high percentage reached the rank of lieutenant commander and higher. Some 300 are now in the regular establishment of the Navy and 1,100 are presently on active duty in a Reserve status.

Leaders of the Armed Forces were inost generous in praise of the contributions made by the Academy and its students and graduates to the war effort. The war record of Kings Point is well summed up in the words of General ^MacArthur, when he sent us the sword of a Japanese vice admiral.

I have directed that tlie surretider sword of Vice Admiral Ugaki, who commanded the Japanese Naval Forces of northern Honsliu and Holtkaido, be forwarded to the United States MercJtant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N. Y., as a memento of the valiant seririce rendered by the sons of the Academy in our struggle in tlie Pacific.

Admiral Nimitz paid us a handsome tribute when he visited Kings Point and afterward sent us a photograph of the signing of the Japanese surrender on board the Missotmi. He had written underneath.

In recognition of the part the cadet-midshipmen of Kings Point ,played in mailing the above scene possible.

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With the coming of peace, we were able to establish the four-year course leading to a degree. Much research work went into the selection of a suitable curriculum. The principle guiding our efforts was the establishment of a four-year technical college curriculum, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science based upon sound philosophy of education.

We would graduate a first-class ship's officer for efficient and economic operation of merchant vessels during normal periods; a first-class Naval Reserve officer subject to assignment to varied duties by our Navy during war; a well-balanced officer who would be an intelligent and understanding American citizen who would always be a leader whether aboard ship or ashore, and who would help to raise the status of our Merchant Marine to a pre-eminent level.

As a starting point, it was deemed essential that a course should be projected to give the competitively selected candidates from every state and territory the knowledge, skills, habits and attitudes necessary to assure that they would be welleducated men in the broad sense of knowing themselves, of fully understanding human relationships, and of being professionally competent to the highest degree.

Such men it was believed would not only be acceptable but invaluable to the Naval Reserve in time of need.

Comprehensive collegiate courses were introduced in the humanities, comprising English composition and world literature, the United States in world history, a study of civilization, Latin American culture, and a choice of one of four languages, Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese.

Courses in the sciences were provided to cover advanced mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

To cover the social sciences the Academy developed courses in economic principles, ship operation, principles of international trade, maritime and international law, marine insurance, and personnel relations. A course in personal hygiene, ship sanitation, and preventive medicine was also included. Library facilities were greatly expanded to complement the new curriculimi.

The Academy was formally accredited in November 1949 by the Middle States Association and now awards the Bachelor of Science degree. We are dedicated to maintain its high reputation.

Twelve Latin American countries send representative students to Kings Point.

Eighty nationals from the Philippine Republic have pursued the full course at the Academy and taken over billets on graduation in the Navy and Maritime Service of the Philippines.

The present four-year course is divided into three years of study at the Academy and one year on merchant vessels during which the cadet-midshipmen gain their practical experience at sea.

The first year at the Academy, known as the Plebe Year, is designed to acquaint cadet-midshipmen entering as Fourth Classmen with a basic knowledge of the fundamentals of the operation of a ship at sea so that they may perform their tour of sea duty the following year with benefit to themselves and be of value and assistance to the officers aboard ship. This first year is devoted also to rigorous physical conditioning, to the assimilation of the future officer into the discipline and routine of the Regiment of Cadet-Midshipmen. A sound knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry plays a large part in the NOVEMBER,

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ability of a student to be successful at Kings Point. Refresher and advanced courses in these subjects are given during this first year as well as an introduction into cultural college-level subjects of a general educational nature.

The distinctive feature of both the deck and engineering curricula is the provision for cadet-midshipmen to spend the ThirdClass year at sea aboard merchant vessels in regular operation. Every effort is made to have cadet-midshipmen serve on vessels of different types such as combination cargo-passenger vessels, cargo ships, and tankers, all of which operate in various services, with turbine, turbo-electric, or diesel propulsion. They stand regular shipboard watches under the guidance and direction of the licensed watch officer and, in addition, are required to pursue their studies through the medium of a "Sea Project."

In addition to assignments in mathematics, which provide a review of the first year of work in that subject and assist retention of proficiency already gained, the Sea Project contains questions about specialized professional subjects. Completion of these assignments requires that the cadet-midshipman visit various parts of the ship at appropriate times so that he may observe operational techniques and skills used by officers and unlicensed men in performing their duties. These practical aspects of ship operation are provided in specific topics of the various subject areas prescribed in the Sea Project. For cadetmidshipmen (deck) we find in navigation: computation of differences of latitude and longitude, azimuths and compass error.

There are plotting exercises in celestial navigation and in piloting. Theory of celestial navigation includes: time, meridian altitudes, sextant altitude corrections and the practical solution of sights by various methods.

In seamanship the topics are: General Rules and Regulations of the USCG, life boats and life saving equipment, bridge equipment, the duties of deck officers, deck seamanship, cargo gear, ship maintenance, ground tackle, handling a steamer, the safety committee, and a supplement for those cadet-midshipmen who sail in tankers.

The cargo section is concerned with general duties of officers relating to cargo handling and stowage, cargo handling gear, general cargo stowage spaces, the stowage of containers and packages, ventilation and' refrigeration of cargo, carriage of raw materials or cargoes in bulk, and a special tanker supplement.

The subject of Rules of the Road is divided into two assignments which cover the International and Inland Rules thoroughly.

The subject of communications is based upon the publication "International Code of Signals—H :0.87." It includes coding and decoding of flag hoist signals; semaphore and blinker methods of signaling.

Naval architecture and ship construction are covered by topics concerning dimensions, principal characteristics of ships, tonnage measurements, load lines, materials of construction, structural members and shapes, weather deck construction and fittings, holds, tanks and compartments, double bottoms and piping, bow and stern United States Merchant Marine Academy

ACTIVITIES AT KINGS POINT . . . (from top to bottom of page) 1. Dress parade on Tomb Memorial Field. 2. Taking azimuths of the sun. 3. Lifeboat sailing race. 4. Mess Hall. 5. Regimental dance.

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FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ accompanied by Rear Admiral McLintock and staff inspect the Regiment at Kings Point. sections, drydocking procedures, shell and bottom plating, outboard fittings, ocean waves and rolling, and deadweight scale and trim.

The cadet-midshipman (engineer) submits the answers to questions pertaining to his department aboard ship. In steam engineering the topics are: safety and instruments, piping and fittings, packing, auxiliary machinery, combustion, boiler construction, operation, and maintenance.

Steam turbines—their construction, types, operation, and maintenance, and reduction gearing, are topics listed for study; also bearings, shafting, lubrication, condensers, feed water heaters, evaporators, pumps, insulation of pipes and casings, and deck machinery complete the list of steam engineering topics.

The diesel engineering work is covered in one assignment which concerns operation of the diesel-driven emergency generator set. Those cadet-midshipmen who are assigned to ships having diesels for the main engine installation must complete two additional assignments.

Electrical engineering covers: fundamental definitions and circuit theory, direct current motors and generators, interior communications and emergency power systems, maintenance of electrical equipment, and electric motor propulsion plants.

Machine shop topics pertain to bench tools, measuring instruments, lay out of work for machining, bench and forge work, heat treatment of steel and hand forging, lathe cutting speeds and tools, threads and thread cutting.

General marine refrigeration is studied and completed in one assignment.

The work in naval architecture and ship construction is the same for both deck and engineer cadet-midshipmen.

During the first half of the year at sea, all cadet-midshipmen complete a reading course and work book in economic geography.

At the end of each three-month period, the Sea Project notebook work is submitted to the Academy for evaluation. A report, giving letter grades and listing er-

rors, omissions or unacceptable work, is returned to each cadet-midshipman. He receives the entire notebook, with comments therein by the instructor, upon return to the Academy at the end of Third-Class year.

At the mid-year point, examinations are given in District (Dffices located in New York, San Francisco and New Orleans.

These papers are graded at the Academy and reported to the cadet-midshipman via the District Officer in Charge. Upon return to the Academy a set of final examinations is taken and the average of grades partly determines success or failure in the work of the sea year. Other considered factors are the notebook grades, fitness reports from ships' officers and progress reports submitted by District Officers in Charge.

The problems assigned give recognition to the ship as a floating laboratory and are so designed as to make most of the sketches, data sheets, and graphs required, applicable to the vessel on which the cadetmidshipman is serving. This removes the studies from the realm of the purely theoretical and provides sufficient of the practical to bring realism into the results. A final requirement of the Sea Project is the preparation by all cadet-midshipmen of a thesis of not less than 5,000 words, embodying their observations of the ports and terminals visited during their year at sea.

This requirement is calculated to make them aware of the variety of charges attending the operation of vessels and the wide range of activities with which the shipowner is concerned They also serve to test cadet-midshipmen with respect to their English grammar, spelling and composition. Those reflecting the need for remedial work are processed accordingly.

industry, is being adopted by more and more civilian colleges, especially those which offer courses in engineering.

Cadet-midshipmen of the Academy are not only given an opportunity to acquire manual skills and practical experience aboard ships operating in foreign commerce, they may obtain also an insight into the business aspects of the shipping industry. These and other factors can provide an important motivating factor for learning the advanced professional courses during the ensuing two years as upperclassmen at the Academy. Those who find they are not cut out for sea life can decide early in the four-year course. A few do so each year and resign at this point.

Back from sea duty, the young cadetmidshipman, who is now a Second Classman, takes advanced professional subjects as well as courses of a general educational nature on a more advanced level. Quite a change has taken place in the young man.

From the uncertain youngster who went to sea a year ago, a mature man has returned to us more noticeably imbued with a love of the sea, serious-minded and firmly purposed to master the difficult courses remaining.

Before they realize it the final year has arrived and they become First Classmen.

Greater responsibilities in the organization and leadership of the Regiment of CadetMidshipmen are placed on their young shoulders and selected ones become cadetmidshipmen officers of the Regiment. Comprehensive theses upon subjects of their own choice become a major effort during this year, along with special classes in preparation for their license examinations which, through the courtesy and cooperation of the Merchant Marine Inspection Service of the Coast Guard, are held at Kings Point. Finally the long four-year intensive effort is over. License examinations have been successfully passed, Navy physicals and aptitude tests for commissions in the Naval Reserve are over the hill. Final academic tests, dreaded in anticipation, have been accomplished and graduation week has arrived.

They leave the Academy ready to accept responsibility, capable but modest; competent but quiet; fitting representatives of our country and of our Academy; ready, willing and able to take their places in a profession which they honor and in which they are pledged to serve with enthusiasm and integrity.

Something about the selection of candidates for appointment as a cadet-midshipman is in order The maj or academic requirement is the ability of the' candidate to pass a national competitive examination which is held at federal buildings throughout the country annually in April. Of the candidates who take the examination, approximately 15 to 20 percent are admitted. They make up the plebe class of approximately 300 when they enter. Physically, applicants must be superior in health and physique in order to pass the rigid Navy medical examination for appointment as a midshipman in the Naval Reserve. Appointment as a midshipman in the Naval Reserve is a requisite to entrance as a cadet at Kings Point.

Finally, besides certification of good moral character the young man must have a sincere desire to follow the sea as a permanent career. Aptitude tests, which are given as a part of the academic examination have proved most helpful in determining whether or not the candidate has a bent for the seafaring profession.

Those who satisfactorily meet the tests of the Third-Class year, return for their final two years at the Academy definitely benefitted by the broadening influences of travel and foreign associations and much better prepared to comprehend the purposes and objectives of the courses they are to receive.

The average number of licensed officers It may be interesting to note that this aboard ships of the American Merchant plan of work-study, in cooperation with Marine is eight to ten in any given year.

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On the basis of normal attrition of ten percent annually of the total number of officers serving aboard ship, the replacement of at least one officer each year on every vessel of our operating fleet is required. At the present time the privately owned and operated American merchant fleet comprises approximately 1,400 vessels.

The government's Military Sea Transportation Service, whose ships are manned with Merchant Marine crews, operates another 400 vessels. Although today the MSA cargoes require a decreasing number of ships, the total number of vessels in the Merchant Marine is a little less than 2,000.

These vessels will require about 18,000 to 20,000 Merchant Marine officers each year to operate them, ten percent of whom must be replaced annually.

Therefore, under normal and stable operating conditions over the years, an annual pool of 1,800 to 2,000 officers must be available to fill vacancies at the present strength of the Merchant Marine.

Present peacetime complement permits the graduation, after allowing for attrition, of approximately 100 deck and 100 engineer officers per jmnum. These officers are readily absorbed and are making their mark in the U. S. Merchant Marine.

Tribute should be paid to the officers of the Merchant Marine who have come up "through the hawsepipe" This includes some of our outstanding Merchant Marine officers. There are always a goodly number of cadet-midshipmen at Kings Point who have come from before the mast and naturally they do very well, having chosen the sea as their profession and then done something about bettering themselves. In one of our recent classes sixteen percent had come to the Academy from the fo'c'stle.

In these days of increasingly complex propulsive machinery and navigational systems and devices, it becomes increasingly necessary for the Merchant Marine officer to be well grounded and well educated.

The individual steamship companies and the organizations in which they are grouped demonstrate an active interest in the Cadet Corps and are most cooperative. There are graduates serving with distinction in all the leading companies, proving their value and ensuring the support of those who believe in an American Merchant Marine second to none. A large number of the officers

Every cadet-midshipman in the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps is required to sign an agreement to serve on active duty in the Navy for two years after graduation if he is called for such duty He is pledged to serve in the Merchant Marine for at least three years after graduation and for most it is, of course, their permanent occupation. It is a condition of graduation from the Academy that all graduates are commissioned as ensigns in the Naval Reserve, as well as in the U. S. Alaritime Service. Since the first graduation exercises of the Merchant Marine .\cademy.

Kings Point has supplied the Navy with nearly 10,000 Naval Reserve officers, subject to immediate call to duty when needed, the oldest of whom is in his middle thirties, with the great majority still in their twenties.

nificent war record, but recently we have cut down the numbers of our ships to a dangerous figure and have not replaced those which are obsolete. A strong and adequate merchant marine includes not only the most modern of merchant vessels in adequate numbers but also the manning of these vessels by the best qualified personnel. The qualifications of a Merchant Marine officer no longer can be measured alone by training requirements of bygone days. Today he must be judged in terms of his general education, his physical superiority, his belief in democracy, his attitude toward America's leadership in world affairs, his readiness to serve his country, as well as his developed professional abilities t o perform new and complex shipboard duties.

The responsibility which the Merchant Marine Academy is destined to fulfill in the future of our country and more specifically in the future of our Merchant Marine is an extremely important one. That the Academy can fulfill that responsibility hasbeen indicated by its brief, but proud, wartime and peacetime record. We confide that the Academy will fulfill its even greater responsibility in the future. We ask tobe judged not by our words but by our deeds—in short by the motto of this youngest of the Federal Academies, which is,.

Acta Non Verba.

So it has been that the Academy has enjoyed, indeed has been inspired by, the encouragement and cooperation it has received from both the Navy and from the shipping industry.

Opportunity is also taken to pay tribute to the U. S. Coast Guard which have ever been our supporters. And to the officers of the United States Army General Crittenberger said after a graduation, "I'll take any that the Merchant Marine doesn't want." Gen. Bedell Smith, addressing the Ten years is a short time compared with Regiment at Kings Point which he had honored by reviewing, called us "brothers the age of the other older Federal Acadin arms," and said he had never seen "finer emies. We hope to live up to the great on the line." Admiral Hill, the former Su- examples they have set and to follow in perintendent of Annapolis, is on the Aca- their path of service The Superintendent demic Advisory Board. The Merchant Ma- of West Point, Major Gen. F. A. Irving, rine Academy is deeply grateful and duly recently sent the following message: humble at this support from men we respect On the occasion of the Tenth Anniverand admire. sary of the founding of the U. S. Merchant By the modern requirements of the mari- Marine Academy, I should like to offer our time industry, by the exacting standards of congratulations and the best wishes of all the Navy Department, and by the accredit- at the Military Academy for a continuation ing criteria of the academic world. Kings of the wonderful success of your Academy Point seems to be fulfilling its mission. The during the past decade. With such an outprogram is a dynamic one. Constant im- standingly successful beginning, there iV no doubt but that the prestige of the Merprovement is always the goal. chant Marine Academy will only increase We endeavor to focus our attention not in the years to come. so much on the past achievements of our Merchant Marine as on the important role The reply was that our pledge to the the Merchant Marine is to play in our future was to continue to serve to the highfuture. America has a maritime heritage est level of our ability the U. S. Merchant: of which we can all well be proud, a mag- Marine in its business upon the great waters.

of the SS UNITED STATES are graduates of

the Academy. A check of the most recent graduating class showed that about fifteen percent entered active Navy duty. The balance found almost immediate employment in vessels of the Merchant Marine.

For the betterment of Academy courses and the development of new ideas for the program, the advice and recommendations of the industry are sought. This applies not only to steamship operators but to companies related to maritime activities or serving the industry with machinery, boilers and a variety of other equipment. Many of these companies have responded most generously by giving equipment and a number have stimulated interest on the part of cadet-midshipmen through the establishment of prizes for award at graduation.

The Merchant Marine Academy has always enjoyed a close liaison and the full cooperative support of the U. S. Navy.

Since 1940, the value of the l^erchant Marine Officer Training Program as a good source for Naval Reserve officers has been encouragingly recognized by the Navy Department. Admiral Nimitz, _ Admiral Badger, Admiral DeLany, Admiral Cochrane, Admiral Land, Admiral Mills, Admiral DuBose, Admiral Hillenkoetter, Admiral Struble, all have endorsed our program.

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United States Merchant Marine Academy

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Benefits Plus Pay Right to Write Congress More Formal Communications Budget Influence on Defense

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Opposing Defense Influences Marine Commandant Role Under Secretary Gates No Missile Competition

by Fred Lardner, '22 Congress in its next session probably will be asked to consider more military personnel legislation than in any one previous year. The report of the Womble Committee, a group of military officers headed by R. Adm. J. P. Womble, Jr., director of personnel policy in the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense John A. Hannah, is Hearing completion.

We have no idea what the Womble Committee will recommend, but undoubtedly their recommendations will be extensive.

One recent news story suggested that a "new-simplified military pay system," eliminating fringe benefits, tax exemptions and extra allowances, is under consideration.

Under this system, the 3,500,000 people in the services would receive "gross" pay.

This would include present basic pay and allowances, plus additional sums corresponding in cash to such current benefits as are afforded by trading in commissary stores and post exchanges, family medical care, tax exemptions. All present pay, allowances, and benefits would be translated into gross pay, and according to this news story only bonus or hazardous duty pay would not be included.

prove troublesome. The service commissaries have one and probably two advantages over the comparable commercial stores, which we classify as supermarkets or chain stores (we doubt if any independent food store could begin to compete, price-wise, with a service commissary).

These advantages lie in the fact that they do not have to pay wages of operating personnel out of sales, and many or most of them do not have to pay rent or its equivalent.

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This is big business. For instance, U. S. Steel has a subsidiary called the Union Supply Company, which operates 108 stores grossing some $37,000,000 annually. The Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation has as a subsidiary the Pittsburgh Mercantile Company, operating IS stores grossing some $13,000,000 a year. There are two big stores owned by steel companies in downtown Pittsburgh.

Mining companies perhaps do the most for their employees, and maybe they have to. Often they provide pleasure, as bowling alleys and swimming pools, as well as the necessities of life, as food, clothing and a place to live.

It would be well if Congress were pressed to compare service fringe benefits with those offered by industry.

But chain stores in particular are part of big organizations with tremendous buying power, and they have the advantage of low per-unit costs of manufacturing, distribution, and inventory. A General Accounting Office study found that about SO commissaries were not underselling commercial stores, presumably neighboring chain stores, by IS percent.

Right t o W r i t e Congress Recently we received a letter which read We think that service personnel would be better off if official studies of the de- in part: partments, commissions and Congress had "Writing to members of Congress has never tied fringe benefits to pay. This was been viewed with something less than apdone primarily, it appears, in comparing probation, or so I have been given to underservice remuneration with that of other stand. In fact, most junior officers of my employees of the Federal government. But acquaintance are not clear as to the meanHowever, we have not seen this story jobs—if you want to call them that—in the ing and intent of Navy Regulations on this repeated or further developed in any of the armed services entail more responsibility subject. For example, Article 1248 states service newspapers (though we may have than those in civil service. And more haz- that any communications to the Congress missed it), and are inclined to conclude ard, too. The great majority of armed or to its committees are to be forwarded service jobs must be classified as dangerous, through the Secretary of the Navy, while there isn't much to it. even in peacetime, and usually dangerous Article 1249 states that direct communicaBenefits Pius Pay work is better paid work. Furthermore, tion with an individual member of Congress It is unfortunate that the various benefits constant shifts in residence and the need is not to be restricted or prevented, so long allocated to the military should be tied to on the part of married service men often as such communications are not in violation pay. If a substantial pay increase should to support a wife or a family in a separate of law or security. be enacted by Congress (Congressional ap- residence make costs of living higher for "Navy security regulations are explicit proval of some measure of pay increase is service people. and well-known, but under what circumalmost certain), there might be renewed The Army-Navy-Air Force Journal re- stances would such communications be a pressure to eliminate such benefits as the services' commissaries and post exchanges. cently pointed out in an editorial that work- violation of law?

"I would also like to ask your advice on We have been under the impression that ers in industry and trade often enjoy sothe primary value of such stores lies in called fringe benefits. The Journal said such matters as proper forms of address, their convenience rather than in lower that in retail trade, for instance, employees salutation, and letter ending. Are there prices of goods offered for sale. We may are permitted to purchase at cost goods particular expressions of content of matters be wrong about this; officers with whom sold in their stores. Employees of manu- of form which are better avoided or we have discussed this topic say they make facturers selling consumer goods get even adopted? Would it be proper to end a or could make the family budget go further a better break, since costs at the manufac- letter with a sentence to the effect that a by patronizing service stores. turing level are lower. reply is not expected?"

Fringe benefits in industry are increasing The writer of this letter, a Lieutenant Congress stipulated in the Defense Department appropriations act for fiscal 1954 rapidly, and are part of the bargaining con- Og), suggests that we might explain that commissary stores be eliminated under tracts negotiated by labor unions. Such "practical politics for career naval officers." certain conditions by January 1. We be- benefits may include pensions, life insurThis is an important topic, particularly lieve many service people assume that as ance, health insurance, longer vacations now when service careers as a whole need a result many stores will be eliminated. with pay, etc. strengthening and the career officer is the However, under the rules as written by Fringe benefits in industry include the special target of people who for one reason the Defense Department, only one class operation of retail stores. The National or another (and there are various reasons) of stores is certain to go, and that is stores Industrial Stores Association includes as want to ridicule or deemphasize the armed located on installations on which no service members stores owned by industries and services. families are quartered. serving some 2,000,000 families and 10,We believe we can provide at least some Some other stores may go if surveys 000,000 people. And many industrial stores information which might enable officers to indicate that their prices are not at least are not members of this association. Prices make themselves heard on Capitol Hill and about 15 percent below prices of compara- in these stores, however, are not necessarily elsewhere, but that will have to await a ble commercial stores. "This provision may lower than in regular commercial stores. subsequent issue, probably that for De8 S H I P M A T E

cembcr. We believe that active military personnel have and can exert political influence, and that this influence is underestimated.

As a step in this direction, let us consider the matter of writing Congress. For about a year now we have helped the Retired Officers' Association publish a bi-monthly magazine called The Retired Officer. This very subject was carefully considered in the January-February 1953 issue of this magazine.

Here are some words written for that issue by the ROA's executive vice president, Capt. Franz O. Willenbucher, U S N (Ret.). Willenbucher is in the Class of 1919, and, as an attorney with an excellent knowledge of military personnel legislation, he may be considered a real authority on the subject.

"There was a time," he stated, "when all communications to Congress (either house thereof, committees, and even to individual members) from military personnel, active and retired, were prohibited, unless specific permission from military authority was first obtained.

"But the 82nd Congress emancipated military personnel, at least in one respect, by extending to them, through the enactment on July 19, 1951, of Section 1(d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, the right to communicate their views to individual members of Congress."

Section 1 (d) of this act reads as follows: "No member of the Armed Forces shall be restricted or prevented from communicating directly or indirectly with any member or members of Congress concerning any subject unless such communication is in violation of law, or in violation of regulations necessary to the security and safety of die United States." {Sec. 1{A)—Pub. Law 51, 82nd Cong.; Sec. 4 ( a ) , 62 Stat.

604).* "This provision applies to communication to individual members of Congress by members of the Armed Forces and does not cover more formal communications, such as to Congress itself, either house thereof, or to testimony before committees," Willenbucher wrote.

"The regulations of the Navy, the Air Force and the Coast Guard conform to this new law and authorize communications by military persoimel to individual members of Congress, consistent with its provisions, without advance authority and without requiring copies of such communications {Art. 1249 Navy Regs. 1948; Par. 6 AFR 11-7, Sec. 15-2-6 CG Regs).** Army Regulations, applicable to all personnel on active duty and its retired personnel of the Regular Army {Par. 15, AR 600-10), seem to require that such communications be made through official channels or that authority so to communicate with members of Congress be first obtained. Coast and Geodetic Survey Regulations 1946 edition (Serial 685) No. 222 prohibits such communications except with the consent and knowl* This is comparable to, but not as broad as, the right to communicate with Congress, extended by law to civil service employees, which reads as follows: The right of persons employed in the civil service of the United States, either individually or collectively, to petition Congress, or a n y member thereof, or to furnish information to either house of Congress, or to any committee or member thereof shall not be denied or interfered with. ( 5 U S C 652d) ** For example, the N a v y Regulation is quoted as follows: " N o person in the Naval service shall be restricted or prevented from communicating directly or indirectly with individual Members of Congress concerning any subject provided such communication is not in violation of law or security regulations."

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edge of the Secretary of Commerce. The Public Health Service has no specific regulations covering such communications."

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Communications

The regulations of the departments of the uniformed services, covering more formal communications, are as follows: Army

Except as authorized by the Department of the Army, such communications are prohibited, except as to communications related to private relief legislation {Par. 15, AR 600-10).

All military personnel, upon being summoned or requested to appear to testify before committees, are required to notify the Chief, Legislative Liaison or the Comptroller of the Army (in case of appropriations) {Par. 16a, AR 600-10).

Except when sumrnoned or requested to appear, no military personnel on active duty will _ appear before committees, unless authorized or directed by the Secretary of the Army {Par. 16b, AR 600-10).

(Ed. Note: In view of the limitation in this last provision to personnel on active duty it appears that retired personnel may appear under such circumstances without advance authority.)

Navy

All petitions, remonstrances, memorials, and communications of any person or persons in the naval service, whether on the active or retired lists, addressed to the Congress, or to either House thereof, or to any committee thereof, on any subject of legislation relating^ to the Naval Establishment, whether pending, proposed, or suggested, shall be forwarded through, or as authorized by, the Secretary of the Navy. {Art. 1248(1), Navy Regs. 1948.)

Air

Force

When Air Force personnel on active duty are requested to appear before committees of Congress, such witnesses are required to notify the Director of Legislation and Liaison {Par. 4 a ( l ) , AFR 11-7).

Coast

Guard

Coast Guard Regulation Sec. 15-2-6 is identical in its requirements to Art. 1248(1), Navy Regulations 1948 (quoted above).

Coast a n d Geodetic

Survey

No officer or employee shall apply to either House of Congress, or to any member of Congress for legislation, or for appropriations, or for congressional action of any kind, except with the consent and knowledge of the Secretary of Commerce. {No. 222 C&GS Regs. 1946, Serial 685.)

Public H e a l t h Service

temperate and gentlemanly to be lawful.

This does not mean that you can not present a case forcefully. Members of Congress themselves, in debate, can get mighty bitter and resentful, but they still talk like gentlemen, and, instead of throwing books or chairs or insults, they even call each other gentlemen. In some cases they exemplify probably the best possible example of restrained conduct.

The proper way to address a member of the House is: The Honorable John Doe, M. C. House Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. Here's how to address a Senator: The Honorable John Doe, U. S. S. Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. The House member is further addressed a s : My dear Congressman, or Dear Mr. Doe. "The Senator is further addressed as: My dear Senator, or Dear Senator Doe. You can sign your name. Respectfully yours or Sincerely yours.

That M. C , of course, means member of Congress. And the U. S. S. means United States Senator.

Personally, we never have gone in for this formal stuff. When we write, we say Dear Senator or Dear Representative. We think members of the House should be called Representatives and not Congressmen, since Senators also are members of Congress and they are seldom called Congressmen. But hereafter we'll be more formal and observe the rules as here outlined by an authority at the Capitol.

We don't believe it necessary or desirable to suggest in a letter that a reply is not expected. It seems to us that would be underselling your opinions and your influence. Your own Senator or Senators and your own Representative (or Congressman) would want to reply to your letters.

Letters addressed to other members of Congress might or might not get a reply (since members have about all they can do to take care of correspondence from their own people), but lack of a reply would not mean your letter received no attention.

Here are some members you might write: On the commissary controversy, which Congress may be asked to reconsider: Sen. Styles Bridges (Rep., N. H . ) , chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Carl Hayden (Dem., Arizona), minority leader of this committee. Representative John Taber (Rep., N. Y.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Representative Clarence Cannon (Dem., Missouri), minority leader.

On almost all other personnel legislation, as pay and a score of other topics, but including service store matters (while the commissary legislation was contained in the appropriations act, the armed services committees could override it as a bill of their own) : Representative Dewey Short (Rep., Missouri), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Carl Vinson (Dem., Ga.), minority leader, Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Rep., Mass.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator Richard Russell (Dem., Ga.), minority leader.

The Public Health Service has no specific regulation on this subject.

The Navy's Article 1249 overrides Article 1248 to the extent of permitting naval personnel to write to individual members of Congress. This means you may write your own Representative or your own Senator, or a member or the chairman of either Armed Services Committee. In the latter case, however, it would be better to address Representative Dewey Short (Rep., Missouri), not as Chairman of the House It will be interesting to see what position Armed Services Committee, but merely as Senator Russell takes on pay this year. a Congressman. If your letter is addressed After talking to persons who attended the to him as a member of the committee, it hearings, and studying the transcript, we might be interpreted as a letter to the com- are convinced that the primary reason why mittee, and such a letter should have prior service personnel did not receive the 10 Navy approval. percent pay increase approved by the Letters to individual members of Con- House was an antagonism that developed gress, as now authorized, need only to be between Senator Russell and Mrs. Anna

Rosenberg, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower.

In our opinion, Mrs. Rosenberg's intense ,'desire to aid service people was partially "riullified'by blunt methods of dealing with Congress. In dealing with labor unions and industrial employers, she often resorted to forceful methods. But it must have galled niembers of Congress to see a woman representative of the Defense Department try to push them around, when high-ranking male representatives merely request and never demand, and generally remember that the word, Sir, often has selling power.

Budget Influence on Defense

The latest unofficial word concerning the Defense Department appropriation for the fiscal year 1955 (beginning July 1, 1954) is that it will be about $38 billion, and in character about the same as that for the current fiscal year, but with the probability that some money may be allocated toward the start of a continental radar defense system.

The Defense Department is already behind the other Federal agencies in submitting estimates of fiscal 1955 expenditures.

By the time you read this, it is probable that the military will have submitted a program, and price tags placed on it by the department's new fiscal experts.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are now engaged in the so-called Arrned Services Special Weapons Project, a study to determine the place in modern warfare of various new weapons, but this study has just started and may have little bearing on next year's budget.

The Federal budget situation for fiscal year 1955 is dependent largely on three uncertainties : (1) How strong is the desire of the Administration, and also of Congress, to balance the budget? (2) Can Congress and the Administration agree on methods of raising the additional revenue necessary to balance the budget? (3) What will be the level of the gross national product ?

Revenues for the current 1954 fiscal year are estimated at $68.3 billion, and this estimate takes into consideration revenues to be derived from the excess profits tax, scheduled to end December 31, 1953, and the 10 percent reduction in the income tax, scheduled for the same date, and the expiration of the 1951 increases in the corporation income and excise taxes, scheduled for March 31, 1954.

Authorities generally agree that if economic conditions remain the same, and me tax laws remain unchanged. Federal revenue in fiscal 1955 would total some $60 billion. But economic activity is likely to show a slight decline. The U. S. News and World Report estimates that the gross national product will reach $370 billion, highest level in history, in the 1953 calendar year. This is 6 percent higher than 1952, 12 percent higher than 1951, and 30 percent above 1950. The magazine estimates that this figure will be $350 billion in calendar 1954, with a slight decline toward the end of the year and another upturn in mid-195S. If this prediction should prove correct, the level of tax sources to support the 1955 fiscal budget will be only slightly below the level supporting the fiscal 1954 budget.

The 1954 budget may be almost balanced.

The Budget Bureau estimates expenditures at $72.1 billion, receipts at $68.3 billion, and the deficit at $3.8 billion. On a cash basis, however, it estimates expenditures at $75.5 billion, and receipts at $75 billion, leaving a deficit of only $0.5 billion.

However, the government may lose more than $8 billion in revenue through expira10

tion of the defense program taxes enacted in 1951 (the excess profits tax and increases in income, corporation income, and excise taxes).

If revenue expectations for fiscal year 1955 are not higher than now foreseen under existing laws, there will be great pressure to keep defense costs down and the Administration will have to accept a large deficit in fiscal operations.

Opposing Defense Influences

News that the H-bomb is more powerful and.can be produced at much less cost than expected, coupled with the increasing availability of the A-bomb, may influence many members of Congress to demand less dependence on more conventional weapons.

In an effort to counteract this line of thought, Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson, addressing Marine Corps School officer candidates September 19 at Quantico, Va., said that the need for more conventional weapons may become greater, not less, with the increase in mass destruction weapons. _ "We are nearing the time when possession by each side of such weapons will raise the question of total mutual destruction to no effective purposes," he said. "Should the super-weapons cancel themselves out, and that eventually is entirely possible, the emphasis would be restored to the capabilities of conventional weapons.

"The advantage in such circumstances would go to the side best able to attain its objectives through conventional military means. And the attainment of the military objectives of a maritime power such as ours would almost certainly involve amphibious operations."

Marine Commandant Role

Secretary of the Navy Anderson has clarified the role of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and of the Corps itself, by removing the position from the status of bureau chief of the Navy Department. Anderson said this confirms "in writing what has evolved over the course of many years as a highly satisfactory wprking arrangement."

This action will remove obstacles to proper understanding of the Marine Corps role, and enable it to perform its tasks more effectively, he said.

The Marine Corps Commandant will be the Navy Secretary's Marine Corps Command Assistant, Secretary Anderson explained, reporting "directly to me on all matters pertaining to the Marine Corps."

He added that the Marine Commandant will continue to work through the Chief of Naval Operations in matters pertaining to the CNO's duties as Naval Command Assistant to the Secretary.

This order places Marine Headquarters and the Corps supporting establishment under the command structure of the Marine Corps. The Fleet Marine Forces, containing the Corps' major fighting units, will continue under the operational command of the Navy's fleets but will be under administrative command of the Commandant.

Secretary Anderson said that the Navy and the Marines together exist for one purpose, to "insure freedom of the seas in peacetime, and insure their control and use by our side in time of war. They are in every sense of the word a team."

Under Secretary Gates

Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr., of Philadelphia, Director and National Vice President of the Navy League, and a Commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve, has been named Under Secretary of the Navy.

Gates' experience in the Navy and on behalf of it should prove very helpful to Secretary of the Navy Anderson and the Navy. Mr. Gates has had wide business experience, and for many years has been active in civic affairs in the Philadelphia area.

He was born in Germantown, Pa., in 1906, the son of the late Thomas S. Gates, former President of the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1928.

Mr. Gates was commissioned lieutenant in the Naval Reserve in April, 1942. After completing the air intelligence school at the Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Naval Air Base, he served at the Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Intelligence Center until the spring of 1943. He was assigned to the U S S

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TEREY, a light aircraft carrier, as an air combat intelligence officer.

In June, 1944, he became flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral Durgin, with additional duty as air combat intelligence officer, and participated in the invasion of Southern France. He was transferred to the Pacific theater several months later, and participated in the liberation of the Philippines and in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations. For service in these campaigns he was awarded the Bronze Star and a Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star. Upon release to inactive duty in October, 1945, he was promoted to Commander, USNR. Mr. Gates is married to the former Millicent Anne Brengle. They have four children—Millicent Anne, Patricia S., Thomas S. Gates, III, and Katharine Curtin.

No Missile Competition

Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson has established a special committee to eliminate inter-service competition in the development of guided missiles. This committee quietly began work about two months ago checking the missile projects of the individual services and visiting production plants.

The committee's purpose, according to Defense Department officials, is to "review the whole guided missile program with an eye to elinjination of duplications which might waste money, resources and manpower."

This means, in effect, that guided missiles will be standardized as much as possible.

The committee is headed by Trevor Gardner, former West Coast manufacturer and now special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force on research and development problems. Military representatives of the Army, Navy and Air Force and representatives of the recently abolished Research and Development Board are working with Gardner.

1954 Shipbuilding, Conversion

The third attack carrier (CVA) of the FORRESTAL class and 14 other ships and 150 landing craft will be built in private shipyards, as a means of helping to maintain the private shipbuilding industry, the Navy announced recently. All qualified American shipyards will be invited to submit proposals for this work.

All carriers of the MIDWAY class will be converted, and will then have the new canted decks, higher capacity catapults, arresting gear and elevators, a strengthened flight deck and greater fuel capacity.

The FORRESTAL carriers will have the newly developed angle landing deck, steam catapult, a fixed island structure, and other features which will improve electronics and communications installations and the facilities for ship and aircraft control.

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Although our ships are not pounding, interdicting, convoying—and our planes are no longer plastering targets in Korea, the famous Training Division of BuPers will have no let-up in its work. Readiness for war is a prime concern of that hardworking division, and plans are already in motion to keep the Navy's ships at the high peak of training which has always paid high dividends when it came down to fighting.

The BuPers Training Division uses all the best and up-to-date teaching techniques. Each sub-division is handled by an expert in the field in which he is working.

Everything from mock-up programs, audiovisual methods, training devices, and statistics, up to and including the ordinary printed word, is used to present material in the fast, easily understandable and technically correct manner.

It is by the program of the Training Division, together with shipboard training as set up by Type Commanders and Commanding Officers, that the Navy will continue its traditional role as the fighting fleet "ready" to fight.

Briefing System Saves T i m e

Chief of Naval

Personnel

lected to continue their training in the Mine Warfare Staff Officers course or the Advanced Mine Countermeasures Training Program.

The advance mine warfare course convened October S, 1953, and will convene three times during the calendar year 1954.

Officers desiring to apply should do so via their commanding officers to the Chief of Naval Personnel ( P e r s - B l l l h ) . Naval Reservists must agree to serve one year for each six months of schooling received.

The course, designed for commanders and below, will train officers for duties as commanding officers of minecraft, division or squadron commands of minecraft and mine warfare staff officer billets. The advanced staff officer course will take officers in the field to study operations at the Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, U. S. Naval Mine Countermeasures Station and the Bureau of Ships. The total length of both courses will not exceed 40 weeks.

D e a d l i n e for NROTC Examinations

The Navy has announced that November 21, 1953, is the deadline for receipt of applications for the competitive N R O T C college training program examination to be^ conducted at test centers established throughout the nation on December 12, 1953.

Spreading through BuPers, and subscribed to by V. Adm. James L. Holloway, ITALIAN COLORS . . . raised in formal Jr., is the following motto now' found ceremonies transferring the ex-Navy mineposted in the All Hands office. The motto, taken from I Corinthians, Chapter 14, sweeper AMS-80 t o the Italian GovernApplications may be obtained at high Verse 9, was first posted by a chief petty ment on September 29th at U. S. Naval Station, Seattle. schools, colleges, offices of Naval Officer officer on the All Hands sta.fi, who came Procurement and Navy Recruiting Staacross the verse in his daily reading of the tions throughout the country. Applications Bible and foimd it closely approaching the mission of All Hands as laid down in a to commander. The board convened Au- must be received by the Educational Testdepartmental instruction put out by the gust 25, 1953. Of the total selected, 928 are ing Center Service, in Princeton, N. J., Chief of the Bureau, that is—"understand- of the unrestricted line. The balance of 89 prior to the deadline date. able language." includes 46 Engineering Duty officers, 26 The Bible quotation is: ". . . except ye Aeronautical Engineering Duty, 15 Spe- It's H a r d Woric To Be Sicic utter by the tongue words easy to be under- cial Duty and two Limited Duty officers.

"Desk duty" in BuPers is not always as stood, how shall it be known what is There are about 200 vacancies for comspoken? for ye shall speak into the air." manders and the bulk of this number will dull as it may seem—a touch of humor very often creeps in. For example, here's one This frame of mind has recently been be advanced as soon as qualified with a that brought chuckles to officers on the date of rank of July 1, 1953.

The balance established in another method. Written madetail desk. terial being submitted for signature of the of the 200 will have dates of rank of August 1, 1953.

A small group will be given It seems that an officer was sent orders Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, the Chief of Naval Personnel, or higher echelon of- dates of rank of September 1, 1953. It is to a shore duty billet. Part of the orders ficers and civilian heads of the Navy are anticipated that all of the selectees will be authorized a fifteen-day delay to count as leave. To the surprise of the detail desk how preceded by a one pagehriei, follow- promoted when qualified by July 1, 1954. a telegram came in from the officer coning a standard form. The advantages of cerned, asking for a fifteen-day extension this system are obvious. Others may well Officers f o r M i n e W a r f a r e School of leave because he had just spent ten profit by adapting the briefing technique.

For example, a report that has to be The Navy is seeking applications for ad- months in a hospital and needed a good signed by the Commanding Officer, Chief vanced training in mine warfare from offi- rest. of Staff, or higher command, would have cers of the Regular Navy and Naval Retime-saving results were a brief to beserve on active duty to meet the need for Musical Instruments N o w A v a i l a b l e qualified men in both the technical and attached. operational aspects of mine warfare. It was The Special Services Division of BuPers pointed out that mine warfare offers oppor- announced that limited quantities of musi1,017 tCDRs Recommended for Promotion tunities for early command in the career of cal instruments for ship and station recreaa naval officer,. •.tion bands are available at no cost. ReA selection board has recommended 1,017 line officers of the Regular Navy and NaAt the end of the 21 weeks' course at quests should be submitted to the Chief val Reserve on active duty for promotion Yorktown, Va., certain officers will be se- of Naval Personnel (Pers G-113).

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i m i ilCilDEIK Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, '16 Superintendent Assistant SecNav Maices First Visit to Academy Assistant Secretary of the Navy Raymond H. Fogler made his first visit to the Academy since taking office last January on September 21 to familiarize himself with midshipman training facilities. He was accompanied by his Aide, Capt. Herman J. Kossler, U S N . He met the Navy football team at the varsity practice field and watched scrimmage before returning to Washington.

ACADEMY INAUGURATES use of classroom TV . . . One of the first television lectures sent over the Academy's quartermillion-dollar educational television system shovi's a helicoil reacting to a 200 ampere charge in an electro magnetism Spanish once again ranks as the most experiment. The Electrical Engineering Department installed sets in 19 classrooms popular of the six languages offered to along with a theatre projection system in midshipmen by the Academy, with 420 the Mahan Hall auditorium. The Acadmembers—more than a third—of the new U. S. MIDSHIPMAN introduces Colomemy television studio is completely bian cadets to "Tecumseh" . . . Four plebe class taking preliminary work in that equipped for transmitting educational Colombian cadets representing respec- language. In exercising their only choice of type programs. Principal value of the systively (I. to r.) the South American repub- electives in the Academy's otherwise rigid tem is its ability to demonstrate items lic's Air Force, Navy, National Police and course, 283 chose French, 141 German, 115 which because of location, size or availArmy. The Colombians were part of a Russian, 86 Portuguese and 83 Italian. ability cannot easily be viewed. contingent of 68 cadets from the naval training ship A. R. C. CAPITAN TONO.

Spanish A g a i n Most Popular Among Academy's Midshipmen

Foreign Affairs Tallcs Members of the Academy's senior class heard Professor William Y. Elliott of Harvard University talk on "What Is Communism?" on September 17; Frank Rounds, Jr., author of Window On Red Square talked on the U.S.S.R. on September 24; former Assistant Secretary of State, Adolph A. Berle, lectured on the "Satellites of Eastern Europe" on September 29; on October 5, Walter S. Robertson, the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, spoke on "Our Relations With the Far East"; Edwin M. Wright of the Near East Section of the State Department talked on the Middle East on October 16; and on October 20, the subject "Western Europe" was presented by Joseph C. Harsch, Head of the Christian Science Monitor's Washington Bureau.

The lecture series for members of the graduating class was begun in 1951 to provide midshipmen with up-to-date information on United States relationships with foreign powers.

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ATTACHES TOUR NAVAL ACADEMY . . . 57 foreign military, air and naval attaches visited the Naval Academy on Oaober 7. In the front row (1. to r.) are: V. Adm. C. Turner Joy, USN, V. Adm. Salalino Coelho of Brazil, R. Adm. Eriing Hostvedt of Norway, and R. Adm. Andre J. M. Jubelin of France. The attache group dined with the midshipmen, then made an afternoon tour of the Academy which was climaxed by a dress parade of the Brigade and a reception in the Superintendent's Quarters.

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NAVY'S FOOTBALL TEAM SHAPING UP ^ ^

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Navy's Statistical Leaders (3 Games Played) Navy 6, William and Mary 6 Navy 55, Dartmouth 7 Navy 26, Cornell 6 Rushing (Carries Joe Gattuso, F B . . . .

44 Jack Garrow, HB . . 21 Bob Hepworth, H B .

19 Phil Monahan, HB . .

17 Bob Craig, H B 18 Dick Padberg, F B . .

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Gain Avg. 5.7 255 7.5 159 4.6 89 4.1 71 3.7 68 4.6 56

Att. Comp. Yards Passing FULLBACK JOE GATTUSO (36) . . .

212 14 skirts end for a short gain against William John Weaver, QB. . . . 31 78 6 and Mary in Navy's opener. The Indians George Welsh, QB. . . 14 "upset" Navy with a 6-6 tie.

Pass Receiving Caught Yards Jack Garrow, H B . . .

3 90 Don Fullam, E S 60 A tie with WilHam and Mary and one- Phil Monahan, H B 3 23 sided victories over Dartmouth and Cornell Ronald Beagle, E . .

4 35 sent Navy into the Princeton game with an Punting Punts Yards Avg. unbeaten slate for '53.

199 28.4 In the opener, an underdog William and John Weaver, QB. . . 7 37.4 Joe Gattuso, F B . .. . 5 187 Mary eleven surprised the Midshipmen with a 6-6 tie. Navy ran through the Indians Punt Returns No. Yards with ease but fumbles and penalties at criti- John Weaver, Q B . .

4 81 cal moments stalled the Blue and Gold at- Jack Garrow, H B . .

2 29 tack short of the goal line. Substitute HalfNo. Yards back Jack Garrow went 62 yards in the Kickoff Returns 2 49 third period for Navy's only score, but the Jack Garrow, H B . .

I 23 Virginians fought back with a touchdown Phil Monahan, H B . of their own in the final quarter to tie it up.

Scoring TD PATD Points 4 0-0 24 Dartmouth came next and it was an easy Joe Gattuso, FB ..

3 0-0 18 day for the Middies, 55-7. Halfback Phil Phil Monahan, H B .

1 9-4 10 Monahan, the lone offensive starter re- John Weaver, QB .. turning from last season, punched over three touchdowns and Fullback Joe Gattuso tallied two to lead the Annapolis combine to their first victory of the season. The outcome of the game was never in question and Coach Eddie Erdelatz used every man on the bench in the one-sided win.

TEAM STATISTICS

First downs • Rushing Passing Penalty Yards rushing Passes attempted Passes completed Yards passing Punts Punting average

Navy 48 33 11 4 741 50 21 301 IS 31.0

0pp.

20 10 8 2 226 59 II 215 21 34.7

Fall Sports Scores VARSITY FOOTBALL

Navy 6 Navy 55 Navy 26

William and Mary Dartmouth Cornell

Navy Navy Navy

Yale Gettysburg Cornell

6 7 6

VARSITY SOCCER

1 7 0

2 0 0

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

Navy 26 Navy 26

(Low score wins) Manhattan Maryland

Navy

Gettysburg Fresh

36 31

PLEBE SOCCER

2

2

PLEBE CROSS COUNTRY

Navy 32

(Low score wins) Maryland Fresh

24

A highly-touted Cornell eleven invaded Baltimore, October 10, but met with the same fate as Dartmouth. Once again Navy dominated the play after the first quarter and romped to a 26-6 triumph over the Ivy League foe. Gattuso ran wild again scoring two touchdowns to lead the Middie ball carriers. The game with the Big Red, besides being a victory for the Academy team, brought smiles to Erdelatz's face for another reason.

"We discovered we have a passing game as well as a ground attack," he said. "Both our quarterbacks, John Weaver and George Welsh, passed well. When Cornell stopped our ground game and forced us to the air, both men were equal to the job and pulled us out of what might have been a disastrous afternoon."

Except for the William and Mary game when his squad, particularly the secondclass backfield, was the victim of firstgame jitters, Erdelatz is well pleased with the Navy team's performance to date.

"We're improving every Saturday, so far," the coach of the Midshipmen said.

NOVEMBER,

1953

HALFBACK PHIL MONAHAN . . . goes over for one of the three touchdowns he scored during the afternoon as Navy walloped Dartmouth 55-7 at Thompson Stadium in the Academy's 1953 homecoming game.

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THE

BULLETIN BOARD

by Oretha Swartz

S. Parks, R. Adm. and Mrs. Wilson D. Leggett, Jr., R. Adm. and Mrs. Bernard L. Austin, R. Adm. and Mrs. Tom B. Hill, R. Adm. and Mrs. David M. Tyree and R. Adm. and Mrs. Frank Walker.

R. Adm. Carl Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence, and Mrs. Espe were hosts at a reception at the Officers' Club of the Naval Medical Center, in honor of Adm. and Mrs. Robert B. Carney.

Newport, R. I.

Capt.- Charles H . Lyman, recently of the Naval War College staff, is now in London as naval attache at the American Embassy.

Captain Lyman, who has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral, and his wife were Factory. Guests included Assistant Defense entertained extensively before their deparSecretaries Thomas, Quarles and McNeil, ture last month. and their wives, and Assistant Secretaries Speaker of the House Joseph W . Martin, Fogler and Smith, and their wives.

Jr., paid an unexpected visit to the Naval The NATO group was represented by facilities, when his hosts were R. Adm. V. Adm. and Mrs. Arthur C. Davis, and Joseph H . Wellings, Naval Base comamong the Navy and Marine families at- mander, and R. Adm. Charles C. Hartman, tending were Admiral and Mrs. Radford, DesLant commander.

Marine Commandant and Mrs. Lemuel C. R. Adm. Donald C. Varian, who was Shepherd, Jr., and Adm. and Mrs. Robert raised to flag rank last month, and Mrs. B. Carney.

Varian have arrived from the West Coast Also attending were V. Adm. and Mrs. and are in the Knowles cottage at TuckerMatthias B. Gardner, V. Adm. and Mrs. man Ave., Middletown.

Roscoe F. Good, V. Adm. and Mrs. James Admiral Varian is taking the flag offiL. Holloway, Jr., R. Adm. and Mrs. Tom cers' refresher course at the W a r College.

B. Hill, R. Adm. and Mrs. George Holderness, R. Adm. and Mrs. W . D. Leggett, Jr., Boston, Mass. and R. Adm. and Mrs. Murrey L. Royar.

Navy Destroyer Division 241, comprised The Colombian Ambassador and Senora of the U S S PICKING, U S S IRWIN, U S S de Zuleta entertained at a reception in PRESTON and the U S S POTTER, sailed into honor of Capitan Alfredo Ballesteros, Boston Harbor last month, after traveling skipper of the Colombian training frigate a total of 31,253 miles excluding those covCAPITAN TONO, and some 70 naval, mili- ered while on station in Korean waters. tary, aviation and police cadets aboard the Commanding officers are Cdr. J. Rayship. The frigate, with a crew of 110, was mond Tenanty, PRESTON; Cdr. Thomas R. on a six-day goodwill visit in Washington. Eddy, POTTER; Cdr. Michael P . Smith, PICKING, IRWIN.

ENSIGN KATHARINE CRENSHAW, daughter of R. Adm. John S. Crenshaw, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Crenshaw, completed training in the Reserve Officer Candidate School for Women, where she was Battalion Commander. She received her degree in June from the University of California, and is now on active duty in the Naval Reserve. Ensign Crenshaw is the great-granddaughter of Rear Admiral Sampson and the granddaughter of the late R. Adm. W . T. Cluverius. She represents the fourth generation of her family to serve the U. S. Navy.

and

Cdr.

Gilven

M.

Slonin,

Pensacola, Fla.

A reception was held in honor of Capt.

A. S. Major, Jr., new commanding officer of Saufley Field, and Mrs. Major at the Mustin Beach Officers' Club. V. Adm. John Dale Price was among the high-ranking officers to greet the couple.

ON THE RECORD Washington, D. C.

The White House has announced a season of "white tie" dinners and receptions that are expected to return the Capital's social life to the glittering formality of peacetime years. Six official dinners and five official receptions will be given by President and Mrs. Eisenhower during the 1953-54 season.

Included in the^ official receptions is the Armed Services reception scheduled for Tuesday, 2 February, in the Blue Room at 9 p.m.

President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave their first state dinner of the season in the White House upon the occasion of the visit to this country of the President of Panama and former Police Chief, Col. Jose Antonio Remon, and Senora de Remon.

The many guests included Vice President and Mrs. Nixon, Adm. and Mrs. Arthur W. Radford, Cdr. Edward L. Beach, the President's Naval Aide, and Mrs. Beach.

The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Robert B. Anderson were among the boxholders at the Navy Ball on 23 October, held in the Sail Loft of the Naval Gun 14

UNDER THE AUSPICES of the Navy Officers' Wives Club of the 15th Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone, several hundred pounds of fish caught at a recent fishing tournament off the Perlas Islands were donated to several Panamanian institutions for the needy. Supervising the distribution of the fish is Mrs. Lee S. Sugnet (left), wife of Capt. Lee S. Sugnet, USN, (USNA-1925), and president of the club. With her is Mrs. Richard H. Dillehay, chairman of the club's welfare committee.

All Latin American Ambassadors in Washington, Senate members of Foreign Affairs Committees, and officials of the State Department and the Military Services attended.

Among the Navy personnel attending THE SPRAY of champagne splatters were Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. An- against the bow of the Navy's newest nonderson, Admiral and Mrs. Carney, V. Adm. magnetic minesweeper as it is christened and Mrs. John E. Gingrich, V. Adm. and USS EXCEL by the sponsor, Mrs. Mrs. James L. Holloway, Jr., V. Adm. T. G. W . Settle, wife of the Commandant and Mrs. C. Turner Joy, R. Adm. and of the Eighth Naval District. T h e launchMrs. Murrey L. Royar, R. Adm. and Mrs. ing ceremonies took place 25 September, at Higgins, Inc., in New Orleans, La. Joseph F. Jelley, R. Adm. and Mrs. Lewis S H I P M A T E

Mrs. O. O. Kessing of Chapel Hill, N. C.; Cdr. and Mrs. Julian B. Timberlake of Virginia Beach, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hollenback of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Theodore Chandler of D. C. The Carneys, Husseys, Johnsons, Kitts and Timberlakes were overnight guests in the Superintendent's house.

R. Adm. and Mrs. Timothy J. Keleher entertained classmates of 1908 in their home, following the game, when co-hosts were Capt. Elwin Cutts of Milford, Conn., Cdr. Charles Herbert Stoer of Leesburg, Fla., Cdr. J. R. Staley of Albany, N. Y., and Col. Walter Smith, USA, of Chester, N. H., all retired officers, and their wives.

Also V. Adm. and Mrs. John Shafroth of Washington, D. C , and V. Adm. James L. Kauffman, president of the Jefferson Medical College and Hospital in Philadelphia, and Mrs. Kauffman.

Hawaii

MISS SARAH LEE LEWIS, daughter of Cdr. Chester E. Lewis, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Lewis, of Annapolis, who attends Goucher College.

Guests of Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Raymond Lee Black and their two children have been Mrs. Black's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Baldridge of San Diego, Calif.

Annapolis, Md.

MISS ANNE SOLOMONS, daughter of R. Adm. and Mrs. Edward A. Solomons of Alexandria, Va., who attends George Washington University.

San Diego, Calif.

V. Adm. and Mrs. C. Turner Joy entertained at luncheon before the Navy-Dartmouth game last month, during Alumni Weekend, when guests included Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mrs. Radford; Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations, and Mrs. Carney and the vice president of Dartmouth College, Justin Stanley, and Mrs. Stanley.

Also Adm. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hepburn, Adm. and Mrs. J. O. Richardson, of Washington, D. C ; Adm. and Mrs. W. H. P. Blandy of New York City; V. Adm. and Mrs. G. F. Hussey of Norwalk, Conn.; V. Adm. and Mrs. W. A. Kitts of Schenectady, N. Y.; V. Adm. and Mrs. Felix Johnson of Leonardtown, Md. And R. Adm. John R. Beardall, former Superintendent, and Mrs. Beardall of Berryville, Va.; R. Adm. and Mrs. John H. Brown, Jr., of Philadelphia; Como. and

Admiral and Mrs. Dyer gave a series of at-homes in their North Island quarters with officers of the district and their ladies invited "in alphabetical order."

They were assisted in receiving by Capt.

John Goodwin, chief of staff, and Mrs. Goodwin, and Lt. J. A. Beaubouef, the admiral's aide.

R. Adm. and Mrs. Earl E. Stone have arrived from Europe and are now at 3752 Elliott St., Pt. Loma. Admiral Stone, who was attached to the joint staff, commander in chief, Europe, is the new commandant.

Training Command, Pacific.

The Stones' daughter, Mrs. Ellen Stone Haring, is professor of psychology at Wellesley College.

R. Adm. John W. Roper, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Roper have returned from three months in Europe, and are staying at the El Cordova while looking for a permanent home in Coronado.

(Continued on page 44) MISS ELINOR GREER, daughter of V. Adm. Marshall R. Greer, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Greer of Annapolis, who attends Wellesley College.

Kodiak, Alaska

Capt. and Mrs. William S. Estabrook, Jr., had with them this past summer their son, William (Billy) Estabrook, Jr., who is now attending Kent School.

Philadelphia, Pa.

A "welcome aboard" was held in honor of Cdr. Karl H. Stefan, new skipper of the Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, and Mrs. Stefan, at the Commissioned Officers' Mess. Officers of the unit, and their ladies, were hosts.

Cocktails preceded the dinner, with Lt. Cdr. Frank N. Cunea in charge.

The new director of Nayal ROTC at the University of Pennsylvania, Capt. J. W. Schmidt, Mrs. Schmidt and daughters, Joan and Gail, are now at home in Wallinford.

Capt. John A. Moreno, commanding ofMISS STEVELY MOSS, daughter of V. ficer of the Willow Grove Naval Air Sta- MISS LEITH AUSTIN, daughter of R. Adm. John B. Moss, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. tion, and Mrs. Moreno entertained at din- Adm. Bernard Lige Austin, USN, and Moss of Washington, D. C , who attends ner in their quarters for Lt. Cdr. and Mrs. Mrs. Austin of Annapolis, who attends Hollins College.

James A. Zella.

Stephens College.

NOVEMBER,

1953

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While we were pondering where the subject matter for this column would be unearthed, the Board of Directors of the Brigade Cotillion Corporation showed up in Annapolis. Purpose of the visit was to lay plans for the fifth Cotillion with members of the Hop Committee. Wally Lord, who is chairman of the Hop Committee, was the logical man to see for the information we needed, so we dropped into his hole one study hour.

He was hard at work proving that first class year is fruit with a comic book entitled Haunted Thrills. As soon as he finished the story he was "reading, we got down to facts and history.

The first Cotillion was held after the Army game in 1949, making this fall the fifth anniversary. In 1948, after the 21-21 tie, Mrs. John Norton Wright, of Wallingsford, noticed that the mids, unlike the marauders from Woo Poo, had no organized deals to cash in on after the annual blood bath. The next year, the Broadwood was the setting for the original attempt. It was, take it from one who was there, a success. A booming success, at that.

The Hop Committee and a committee of girls from the Philadelphia region get hot on the program and decorations early in the fall. Generally, the girls dream up themes for the decorating and the lads select one of them. The local talent turn to on the idea selected and paint up a backdrop, arrange for the rest of the required gear and try to see that it all arrives in Philly at the right time and place.

The size of the backdrop requires that it be painted in Dahlgren or MacDonough Hall. The whole thing is about thirty feet square. The blank canvas is laid on the deck and the original layout is done by artists walking around in their stocking feet, like the crew of the admiral's barge.

Then, the painting is done the same way.

After the huge canvas is finished and dry, it is rolled up like a rug and entrusted to the common carriers for transmission to the Broadwood, where it will be hung from the balcony to lend atmosphere to the proceedings. We don't think we will be divulging any classified material by letting you know that the theme this fall will be South America. Which is a tacit comment on the late cruise.

There is much jealous muttering around the Hall, when the members of the committee fall in at noon on Friday to follow their backdrop. Those that remain behind face another afternoon of academics and scream, "Dealer 1" raucously, envisioning a merry episode of wine, women, and, for those who are so inclined, song. The workers insist that the whole weekend is spent in unremitting toil. The truth lies somewhere between the two extremes, more on the side of the workers than not.

Those who leave here Friday do spend most of the night working, but they are assisted by the aforementioned young ladies 16

of the Philadelphia end of the organization.

And any hotel serves food that tastes better than that in the mess hall. If only because we don't eat in the hotel three times a day.

Or maybe just because the hotel is outside the wall. Whatever remains in the way of last minute touches are topped off in the morning before the Brigade arrives at Municipal Stadium.

A few years ago, helium-filled balloons were to supply the novel touch to the proceedings. All Friday night, the lads labored, inflating the orbs with gas and tying knots in the stems. By midnight, when the last of the three thousand balloons were floating against the balcony, all hsinds trooped off to climb into the pad.

But rubber is porous, and in the morning, all twenty gross of bubbles rested on the hardwood floor as bouncy as a wet sponge. Have you ever tried to untie the loiot in a balloon? The boys gave up after a few time-consuming attempts and finished the job by blowing up the remainder, another three thousand.

Just as the last several were expanding, prior to being released to float up to the balcony, someone opened the door. About a third of those trapped under the balcony were carried into the center of the ballroom by the breeze and floated up out of sight. With that the lads turned off the gas and went to lunch.

After the weekend is over, the several members have put in a good couple of days of work. They even have to pay their own train fare, room rent and feed themselves.

Five dollars is supplied them to cover such items but you can figure that out.

As a business enterprise, the Cotillion is a flop. The Cotillion lost forty bucks last year, though 1600 tickets were sold at a bill and a half. About 1200 mids paid for tickets; some bought two and imported their own femmes. But it wasn't meant to be a successful financial venture and as a financial bust it's a tremendous social success.

While we were on leave, the (you should excuse the expression) Air Force Association had a big blowout over in D. C. We didn't take it in personally, but our spies report that it was quite an affair. One of our information gleaners, fresh from second class summer and a concentrated dose of naval aviation, walked into a cocktail gathering attended by much high brass. Air Force types. With the newly acquired knowledge lodged firmly under his hat, he felt that he was being talked down to like the country mouse on his visit to the big city. To correct the impressions he began to regale the assembled wheels with tales of Aviation Summer. All about carrier operations, the NATC and such.

A gentleman in civilian clothes who was listening from the fringe of the crowd evinced a little interest in the talk and began to question the lad further. Making

the most of an interested audience the mid elaborated in great detail on catapult shots.

Eventually the conversation drifted to more general subjects and the gentleman in civilian clothes shoved off.

One of the Air Force lads, who had invited the mid in the first place, zoomed up to ask the parolee from Severn ho\y it felt to walk into an Air Force convention and find a famous Navy man there.

"What famous Navy man?" questioned the mid.

"Why," replied his host, "the man you were just talking to. Admiral Fechteler."

The November number of Pageant magazine carries an article on college parodies of famous magazines. Featured in the story is a reproduction of the cover of the Splinter's Pageant, a parody whipped up under the direction of Vlad Goldsmith, late of the 24th Company. Recognition comes a bit slowly sometimes. The particular copy of the Splinter was published in the spring of '52.

Notes On a Matchbook

A plebe bounced into a first class room to sign up for cross-country. The company's manager asked his initials.

"G. D., sir."

"George Dog?" "No, sir, George Demetrius."

The wife heard this one while he was eating early chow with the watch squad.

A voice over the mess hall I M C : "The Corps of Stewardsmen is honored to have, today, as their luncheon guests, the Brigade of Midshipmen."

And Lee just ran out of paper and copy.

Hussey Appoints Nominating Committee The President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, V. Adm. George F .

Hussey, Jr., USN (Ret.), on October 1, appointed the following to serve on the Nominating Committee in accordance .with Section VI, Paragraph 1, of the Association's By-Laws: V. Adm. W. W. Smith, U S N (Ret.), '09. Trustee-at-Large. Chairman. 14()I "K" St., N.W, Washington, D. C. Capt. J. G. Spangler, USN, '32, Trusteeat-Large. Member. 1970 Fairfax Rd., Annapolis, Md. Mr. T. M. Searles, '13, Local Trustee.

Member. 1528 Walnut St., Suite 1524, Philadelphia, Pa. R. Adm. R. S. Holmes, U S N (Ret.), '03. Member. Huntington Hotel, Pasadena 15, Calif.

V. Adm. E. W. Mills, U S N (Ret.), '18. Member. One Beekman Place, Apt. 2-A, New York 22, N. Y. Mr. H. M. Ackerman, '41. Member. 228 The Arcade, Cleveland 14, Ohio.

Mr. F. J. Behounek, '44. Member. 2JL15 Roosevelt Ave., Berkeley 3, Calif.

The duty of this committee is to submit to the Board of Trustees, not later than December 10, a slate of the candidates for the offices of President, Vice President and Trustees-at-Large, sufficient in number to fill all prospective vacancies.

The Nominating Committee will welcome suggestions from individual members or from groups of members of the Association.

The names of suggested candidates should be forwarded to the chairman or any member of the committee.

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP From the nature of inquiries which are, from time to time, received by the office, it is evident that there are some w h o are not fully informed on all matters concerning membership in the Association.

Regular membership in o u r Alumni Association is open to "any person w h o has been sworn in as a Cadet or Midshipman for t h e full and regular course prescribed by the Academic Board for his class at t h e Naval Academy—except while serving as a Midshipman, U.S.N."

A L U M N I NEWS

The annual dues are $5.00 and Shipmate is sent each month t o all members of the Association at no additional cost. T h e membership year runs from 1 July to 30 June.

The Association's annual Register of Alumni is offered to our members at the reduced rate of $1.50 as against the regular price of $2.00.

As of 1 January, t h e dues are reduced t o $2.50 for the remaining six months of t h e membership year.

This reduced rate still entitles t h e member to full privileges including voting in the election of officers and trustees in May. The life membership fee is $100.00 and may be paid in a lump sum or distributed over a period of five years during which time $25.00 is paid each year, $5.00 being applied t o current dues and $20.00 being held as a payment against life membership.

Shipmate alone is worth the cost of membership in the Association; read it from cover to cover and pass the good word to our non-member alumni.

U.S.N.A. Alumni Association Financial Statement

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What's the Dope

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Local Associations

45

Last Call

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OFFICERS To serve until after the Spring meeting 1954 President— V. ADM. G. F . HUSSEY, JR., USN (Ret), '16... .Norwalk, Com. Vice-President (Eastern Area)— V. ADM. E . L. COCHRANE, USN (Ret.), '14 Cambridge, Mass.

Vice-President (Central Area) HOWARD V. CLARK, '21

Detroit, Mich.

Vice-President (Western Area)— R. ADM. K . J . CHRISTOPH, USN (Ret.), '20... .San Diego, CaHf. Executive Director—R. ADM. C. E . CONEY, USN (Ret.), '19

TRUSTEES To serve until after the Spring meeting 1954 At Large

CAPT. L. F . BROWN,

GLENN O . CARTER, '05

R. ADM. H . C. TRAIN, USN (Ret),

'09 V. ADM. G. F . HUSSEY, JR., USN

(Ret), '16 A. (Ret), '20

CDR. A . D .

USNR

Local

R.

NORMAN

USN (Ret), '02 (Los Angeles) R. ADM. A. H. VAN KEUREN, USN (Ret), '03 (Washington) V. ADM. J . F . SHAFROTH, USN (Ret.), '08 (Washington) ADM. ROBERT HENDERSON,

O.

WYNKOOP,

'16

(New

York) CAPT. J. T. TALBERT, USN (Ret), '20 (San Diego) CDR.

CRAWFORD,

USNR, '16

(Annapolis)

DAVID

N.

GOLDENSON,

USN

(Ret), '25 (Chicago) RoYCE N. FLIPPIN, '26 (New York) CDR. J . A . MILBURN, USNR, '27 (Philadelphia) CDR. E . A. "TEAGUE, USNR, '29 (Los Angeles) J- J- MCGUIRE, '45 (Baltimore) ^ ^ j ^ L E . DENFELD, USN (Ret),'12 (Past President) c^px. H. G. COREY, USN '30 (Naval

THOMAS M . SEARLES, '13 (Phila.)

Academy) At Large

~ To serve until after the Spring meeting 1955 V. ADM. W . S. ANDERSON, USN CDR. S. G. LAMB, USN (Ret), '19 (Ret), '03 V. ADM. H . E . OVERESCH, USN, '15

CAPT. J. G. SPANGLER, USN, '32

To serve until after the Spring meeting 1956 V. ADM. W . W . SMITH, USN (Ret.),

A. E. TARANTINO, '35

'09 W. C. JORDAN, '22 NOVEMBER,

1953

CDR. C. S. WALLINE, USN,

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THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC. Balance Sheet as at June 30, 1953 ASSETS CvrrenfAisels Cash—AnnapolisTBankiiig & Trust—Cheddng.

Aimapolis Banking & TnistPettyCash

LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH Current Liaiilities Accounts Payable Accrued Liabilities

% 36,178.31 1.411.77 500.00 $ 38,090.08

Advertising Accounts Receivable—SHIPMATB. Accounts Receivable—Alumni House Inventories

Cost

Depr. Res.

$199,347.49

$

2,500.00 2,543.75 54.75

Securities—Life Membership Advance'Costs—1953 REGISTEB

General Surplus—June 30, 1952 Les3:Cliarge off typewriter sold prior year

$103,894.56 313.97

Add: Profit per Profit and Loss Statement.

$103,580.59 12,286.62

Total Liabilities and Net Worth

6-30-51

ASSETS

$36,935.39 135,938.01 7,663.68

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$192,855.26

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$ 1,773.15 $ 1,013.12 $ 760.03 49,057.52 41,069.23 7,988.29 $ 6,973.85 20,411.85 27,385.70 $71,242.52

$69,468.05

$109,294.56

$123,387.21

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Advertising Less Agency Commission $58,116.47 $29,852.97 $28,263.50 Income from Dues 32,697.38 16,348.69 $16,348.6 Subscriptions and Rales 4,878.75 3,344.50 1,534.25 Sale of Liquor 20,800.76 $20,800.76 Sale of Food 4,444.68 4,444.68 Amusement Machines 4,592.00 4,592.00 Sale of Chinaware 2,372.50 2,372.50 Income—D.M.GarrisonFund 542.60 542.60 Contributions 5,041.75 5.041.75 Miscellaneous Income 644.19 644.19 Alumni House Activities....

2,436.11 2,436.11 Recovery of Bad Debts 10.55 10.55 $136,577.74

$33,208.02

$46,146.44

$14,931.88 $7,659.96 33,464.69 7,441.22 14,385.46 4,207.29 1,634.42 11,715.57 43,951.81 10,418.93

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$34,646.05

$22,577.23

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$22,658.49

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Total Income $180,537.08 $192,855.26

$192,855.26

Condensed Profit and Loss Statement

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123,387.21

15,552.07 $192,855.26

Condensed Comparative

Total Assets

$115,867.21 7,520.00

Total Surplus.

2,472.61 5,710.61 2,270.35

Total Assets

Current Assets Fixed Assets-Net Other Assets

27,385.70

Net WorA

General Surplus—June 30, 1953 ..

Surplus—Life Membership—June 30, 1953..

5,098.50

Total Other Assets

'. $ 12,629.88 12,629.87 600.00 238.00 573.30 461.00 253.65

Total Deferred Income 134,346.02

OUur'Aads Cash—Life Memberships Savings Bank of Baltimore..."

Enterprise Federal Savings & Loan

Deferred Income Prepaid Dues—1954—Alumni Association Prepaid Dues—1954—SHIPMATE Prepaid Dues—Later Years Prepaid Advertising—SHIPHATE Prepaid Advertising—1953 REGISTEB Prepaid 1953 REPISTEB Sales Prepaid—Sales of Chinaware

Book Ytdue

$65,001.47

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Mortgage—Equitable Life Assurance Society

Buildings $138,735.31 t 37.158.80 $101,576.51 Office Furniture and Fixtures 11,585.94 385.96 11,199.98 2,537.71 Club Room Furniture and Fixtures...

7,699.17 5,161.46 13,845.84 Alumni House Furniture and Fixtures.

25,327.07 11.481.23 Land 16,000.00 16,000.00 -0Total Capital Assets

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295.22 717.90

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$124,291.12

$25,520.11 $44,814.73 $37,599.09

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$7,687,91

$1,331.71

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â&#x20AC;˘ W. F. D U R A N D writes from The Mohawk Hotel, 379 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., that he celebrated his 94th birthday last March 5th. He was sorry not to be able to get back for Homecoming Weekend but sent greetings to all those present.

DQEIE] Friends and classmates will be sorry to hear of the death of J O H N H. DAYTON at the Newport Naval Hospital on 7 September 1953. Admiral Dayton who was 84 at the time of his death had lived in Jamestown, R. I., since his retirement from active duty in 1930. Interment was in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Sec'y, R . A d m . F . E . McMillen ( S C ) , U S N ( S e t ) , El Cortez, S a n Dieso 1, Calif.

R. Adm. DAVID M. L E B R E T O N who

has been living in Europe for several years has returned to the U. S. and is making his residence at 2117 Bancroft Place, N.W., Washington, D. C.

QEIQB Sec'y. Capt. Louis P . Davis, U S N ( R e t . ) , Dresden A p t . , 2126 Connecticnt Ave., N . W . , W a s h i n e t o n , D . C.

GLENN O. CARTER has just returned from a month's trip to England and the Continent. While there he made it a point to inspect several of the steel plants in Luxemburg, Belgium and France.

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Miss Joyce Pomeroy Oliver, granddaughter of Capt. and Mrs. F R E D OLIVER, was married on August 29, 1953 to Mr. Gary South Giles. Mary Oliver's book of poems In Moorland Lane has just been published by the Powell Printing Company, Cambridge, Mass.

K I N G has returned to Washington after spending the summer at the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H. ROGER W I L L I A M S is still in harness as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.

He joined the company in 1933 and was its president during the war years. He deserves the major credit for the phenomenal shipbuilding record made by Newport News during that period.

BASS, COOK, FURER, JACKSON, KING, P Y E and RICHARDSON had limch together at the Army-Navy Club, Washington, on October 2nA in honor of Cook's visit from Boston to attend this year's Naval Academy homecoming. He took Furer and Richardson to the Academy for the ceremonies on Friday, driving them back to Washington after the dinner that evening.

B U R W E L L ' S son, Charles, was married on September 12, 1953 to Miss Natalie Benedict of New York. The addition this spring of a daughter to the family of Burwell's son, John, makes him a proud grandfather for the second time.

W E S T E R V E L T writes that he has sold his home in Chapel Hill, N. C , and has bought a house at 917 Rugby Rd., Charlottesville, Va. His most used address is Indian Town, Fla., which is near his cattle ranch in Martin County.

See'y. Capt. L. M. A t k i n s , U S N ( R e t . ) , 39 F r a n k l i n St., Annapolis, Md.

E. A. WOLLESON requests his address be changed to 408 Landfair Ave., Westwood Village, Los Angeles 24, Calif.

GEORGE M. DARLOW writes that he is now living in Buffalo at 38 Irving Place.

Sec'y, Col. D . C. Cordiner, U S A (Ret.), U. S. Soldiers' Home, Washineton, D . C.

For the 45th Reunion, Class of 1908, there were a total of 64 wives and class-

mates for the two days of a most successful alumni annual gathering. Sixty attended the class luncheon at the Alumni House on 3 October, with Ned Foy and Tim Keleher officiating. Jack Earle is writing a full report which will be published in the next class bulletin. The nearest thing to a group picture of the class is published herewith.

BILL W I L L E , we regret to say, has resigned as corresponding secretary.

E V A N R I N E H A R T has returned home after a serious siege in the Bethesda Hospital. GEORGE BRANDT is again out there for treatment.

Please write the class secretary if you want the extra 1908 Lucky Bag in his possession.

At a gathering of thirty-eight class secretaries on 4 October, Admiral Hussey asked for the cooperation of the various classes to help increase the membership of the Alumni Association and facilitate the publication of class information. Your secretary pledged his cooperation.

DBQE] Sec'r, R. Adm. H . C. Train, U S N ( R e t . ) , 81 Market St., Annapolis, H d .

Those attending the class luncheon at the Army-Navy Club, Washington, on 22 September were Benson, Chapline, Coman, Dessez, Hatcher, Moses, Rawls, Bobby Robertson, Poco Smith and Train.

S. A. M A N A H A N has recently moved to 2205 Califomia St., N.W., Washington 8, D. C. J O E L W. BUNKLEY requests his address be changed to 25 Fifth Ave., New York.

Sec'y, C a p t . Alfred G. Z i m m e r m a n , U S N ( R e t . ) , 2908 Forty-Sixth St., N . W . , W a s h i n e t o n 16, D . C.

GLENN A. S M I T H reports the following new address : 3215 Lexington Rd., R. D. Box 181, Hatfield, Pa. R A L P H F. W O O D has moved to Borrego Springs, Calif.

There were fourteen representatives of

Sec'y, R. A d m . A . H . V a n Kenren, U S N - R e t .

2823 29th St., N . W . , W a s h i n e t o n 8, D . C.

F. J. CLEARY has left New York and is now making his home at 600 Ninth Ave., Mount Dora, Fla. 20

CLASS OF '08 THEN A N D NOW . . . (1. to r.) Walter Smith, Togo Staley, Herb Stoer, Alphabet Davis, Lancy Stewart and Gus Cutts.

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the class, most accompanied by their families, who enjoyed the Alumni weekend at .\imapolis in October.

V I N C E M E Y E R S turned up for the Dartmouth game and reports that Walter Reed Hospital will try again to put him in good rutming order in the near future.

GEORGE J. McMILLIN has been named Postmaster of Long Beach, Calif., his appointment to become effective on November I, 1953.

George is an extremely solid citizen of California's fourth city. He is also chairman of the Board of Management of the Lakewood Y. M. C. A.; vice chairman of the Armed Forces Y. M. C. A.; president of the Long Beach Travelers Aid Society, a member of the board of the Good Will Industries and an adviser to the Navy Family Chapel at Long Beach.

DEinB Sec'y, Capt. Joseph Y. Dreisonstok, U S N (Ret.), 5431 39th St., N.W., Washington 15, D. C.

H A N S E R T Z requests his address be changed to 3017 Hermosa Rd., Santa Barbara, Calif.

The correct mailing address for S. B. ROBINSON is POBox 783, Auburn, Calif.

The Secretary reports with regret the death of W I L L I A M D. TAYLOR at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, September 9th.

T. L. GATCH reports the following new address: 2530 Westover Rd., Portland 10, Ore. T U C K E R GIBBS writes that he is now living at 28 Water St., St. Augustine, Fla.

Rialto during Homecoming Weekend: KELLY BEARD, EARL BOAK, T U B BY BRAND, CALLAHAN, TEE DOYLE, HALE, H A N S , BILL H E A R D , JALBERT, BOB MAURY and SPANGEL. Between the halves of the football game B.A.BE BROWN was specially honored by being elected to the Football Hall of Fame.

S C R A P P Y K E S S I N G pulled a "Harvey" on the class. All hands said that he was there but no one seems to have seen him.

S. C. S T E N G E L requests his address be changed to 418 Shadow Lane, Vista, Calif.

E. W. BURROUGH writes that he is now living at 31 Rockledge Rd., Hartsdale, N. Y.

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Sec'y, R. Adm. Morton L. Ring (SC), USN, Rm. 2008, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. F. G. R I C H A R D S has moved to An- Sec.-Treas. Capt. E . S. Earnhardt. U S N (Ret.), 4326 Woodberry St., University Park, napolis and is living at 120 Duke of Hyattsville, Md. Gloucester St. Classmates will be sorry to learn of the J O H N A. S T A N S B U R Y writes that death of D E W I T T C . W A T S O N at the his mailing address is 6 W. Federal St., Youngstown, Ohio.

The following change of address comes from W I L L I A M F. B O Y E R : 4819 N. Lake Dr., Whitefish Bay, Wis.

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DEIDB Sec'y. Capt. Ross F. Collins, U S N R (Ret.), 53 (Cornhill St., Annapolis, Md.

Correspondine Sec'y, Mr. P . D . Sleeper, Aetna Life Insurance Co., 1511 K St., N.W., Washington, D . C.

J. L. H A L L advises that he has moved to 17 Glenn Dr., Belle Haven, Alexandria, Va. J U S T I N N. M I L L E R ' S new mailing address is Box 177, R. F. D. 2, Upper Marlboro, Md. E A R L H. Q U I N L A N has recently moved to 309 So. 3rd St., Alhambra, Calif.

N O R M A N C. G I L L E T T E gives his home address as 216 Roswell Ave., Long Beach 3, CaliL

DSQE! Sec'y, Capt. W . A . Heard, U S N (Ret.), 3622 Prospect Ave., N.W., Washington, D . C.

The following members of the class were observed strolling down the Crabtown NOVEMBER,

1953

U. S. Veterans Administration, San Fernando, Calif., on September 10. Interment was at the Hollywood Hills Division of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood, Calif. He is survived by his widow, Helen, of 4208 Beeman Ave., North Hollywood, Calif.

Mrs. Francis B. Dean of Fairfield, Conn., has announced the engagement of her daughter, Marilisse, to Lt. George Sargent Grove ('47), son of the late GEORGE W I L S O N GROVE and Mrs. Ludwig K. Moorehead of New Canaan.

We regret to report the death of MYRON J. W A L K E R on 2 September in Iowa City, Iowa. Walker, who was formerly Mayor of Iowa City, died very suddenly of a heart attack. His first wife died several years ago and his second wife lives in Iowa City.

HALL OF FAME award to Academy AIIAmerican . . . R. Adm. John H. Brown (right), All-American football guard from the Naval Academy in 1913, receives a National Football Hall of Fame award in a mid-field ceremony between the halves of the Navy-Dartmouth game, October 3.

Presenting the award is Mr. William M. Hollenback (left) of Philadelphia, himself a former All-American from the University of Pennsylvania. Looking on is V. Adm. C. Turner Joy. Several thousand homecoming alumni w^ere in the stands to see the ceremony. Babe Brown is the first Academy graduate to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

The statements which appeared in the press relative to the transfer of H O M E R N. W A L L I N to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash., insinuating that the transfer was effected because of non-cooperation with the present administration were denied by the Navy Department and repudiated subsequently by the Secretary of the Navy himself in a telegram addressed to Admiral Wallin and released to the press by the Ofiice of the Secretary. After this, there were further statements in Drew Pearson's column purporting to substantiate the original rumor of a rift. The denial and repudiation have been brought to the attention of Mr. Pearson and whether or not he has publicly retracted his statements, he at least has a record of the facts. Admiral Wallin had at one time been stationed in the Northwest and it was his desire to return there for the last years of his active career and probably settle down there eventually in a retired status.

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J A M E S F. K E N N E D Y has notified us that he is now living at 162 Lyim Dr., Pittsburgh 36, Pa. The home address of P E Y T O N H .

P A R K is Port Haywood, Va. A L B E R T G. NOBLE (ADM U S N R E T ) is now living at 925 E. Wells St., Milwaukee 2, Wis. F R A N K W O R D E N and Mrs. Worden, who are now at Half Moon Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, recently became grandparents of a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarke Willis of Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Willis is the former Marilyn Worden.

Captain and Mrs. A. D. DOUGLAS have sold their home in St. Margaret's and will head west about 1 November, ultimate destination indeterminate at the present, possibly Albuquerque. A temporary forwarding address is: c/o Dr. C. D. Allen, 322 St. Andrew's Fairway, Memphis, Tenn.

See'y, V . Adm. Earle W. Hills, U S N (Ret.), Apt. 2A, 1 Beekman Place, N e w Tork 22, N . T .

T E D GIBB and his wife on board the yacht GLEN BURNIE anchored off the An-

napolis Yacht Club for an extended stop on their way to warmer climate. Ted designed the auxiliary schooner which flew the N. Y. Yacht Club pennant and on which the Gibbs make their permanent home. His address is Yacht GLEN BURNIE, GPOBox 913, New York l', N. Y. R O B E R T B. P A R K E R is vice president of McGraw Construction Co., First National Bank Bldg., Middletown, Ohio.

McGraw Construction Co. has, for a long period of years, been engaged in the engineering and construction of steel plants for U. S. Steel subsidiaries and for Armco Steel Corp.

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Priscilla Lynch, 20, is a junior at Wyoming U. Sec'y. Capt. D . R. Osbom. Jr.. U S N ( B a t . ) .

Bill's business is still mostly transporta3427 Porter St., N.W.. Washineton 16, D . C. tion: Automobile dealer (DeSoto-Plymouth), Cheyenne Motor Bus Co. (city Orders Issned A U G U S T U S J . W E L L I N G S (RADM U S N ) t o transportation), and Driverself, Inc. (Hertz ONM. W a s h i n e t o n . licensee). Bill is also a director in the American National Bank of Cheyenne, B. P. W A R D ( C A P T U S N R E T ) has president of the Cheyenne Board of Public moved to 545 S. College St., Auburn, Ala. Utilities, and a member of the Wyoming CATO GLOVER is Chief of Naval Air Highway Coimnission.

Advanced Training, NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

A new address for C H A R L E S L. R I C H A R D S is 11100 Winner Rd., IndeSee'y, R. Adm. T. J . KeUy. U S N (Ret.), pendence, Mo. Room 510, Shoreham Bldg., Washineton S, D . C. J A M E S D. WILSON'S home address is Orders Issned Star Rt. 99-A, Myrtle Grove Beach. L O R E N Z O S. S A R I N J R (RADM U S N ) to P h i b Pensacola, Fla. GrnPac. THUMBNAIL SKETCHES H A R O L D MARKELL, '20 (CDR U S N ) Harry Markell married Priscilla Ayres Rhoads of Butler, Pa., in 1919. IT wo children : Robert, 33, who was born in Virgin Islands while Harry was on duty there as a Marine, served with the 3rd Marines in World W a r II and is now associated with Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia; Marcia Lee, 25, who was born in Buffalo, graduated from Oldfields School near Baltimore and then attended Barmore College in New York. She married 1st Lt. Jesse Stroud, USAF, in 1950 in St. Petersburg, Fla., Vifhere they now reside.

On graduation, Harry served with the Marines four years, then resigned to enter the bond business in Buffalo. On the outbreak of World W a r II, he joined the Naval Reserve, and served as Personnel Officer and Commanding Officer, Administrative Command at Bainbridge, Md., and later as Executive Officer, Pier 92, N. Y. City.

For the past 6 years Harry has specialized in land development and project home building in St. Petersburg. The Markells reside at 126 58th Ave., South.

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F. J. McKENNA is residing at 110 Knickerbocker Rd., Manhasset, L. I., N. Y. N. C. McKEE is making his home at 915 N. Stoneman Ave., Alhambra, Calif.

On Saturday, 12 September 1953, Miss Andrea Hays, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hays, Jr., of San Francisco, was married to 2nd Lt. Charles Henry Wray, USAR, son of Cdr. H E N R Y T H E ODORE WRAY, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Wray of Coronado at Old St. Mary'^ Church in San Francisco.

Following is the latest address received for GEORGE G. H E R R I N G : "Retirement," Rt. I, Dayton, Va. C. A. SUNDBERG is living at Upper Saddle River, R F D 2, c/o P. O., Allendale, N. J. On August 25 Frances W. Brown, wife of R O B E R T C. BROWN, died in the War Memorial Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. In addition to her husband she is survived by four sons, one of whom is a member of the Class of 1954 at the Academy. Brownie is chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Dept. at Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

DOUGLASS P. J O H N S O N , '20 (RADM U S N R E T ) Douglass P. Johnson, R. Adm., U S N (Ret.), married Aim "Timberlake at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1930. Now living at Sec'y. Gerald A . Staeey. 8t2 Grand View Drire.

3291 Linwood Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. One Alexandria, V a . daughter, Diane, a junior at Sweet Briar Issned College, Sweet Briar, Va. Retired in 1950. GEORGE R . C OOrders O P E R (RADM U S N ) to Bat F R A N K L I N P. W A L L E R advises that Joined General Electric at Evendale, Ohio, DivLant. he is living in the Hamilton Hotel in in 1952, and at present is manager of employee relations in the Aircraft Nuclear Ocean City, Md. After the Dartmouth game. HomecomCHARLES J. R E N D requests his ad- Propulsion Department. ing Weekend, a gathering of 1922 and dress be changed to 84 Adam Way, Athertheir ladies was held at the Bennington W I L L I A M J. D I N N E E N , '20 ton, Calif. home. Dividing Creek. The Navy Blue and Bill Dinneen has resided at 3315 Moore Classmates are very sorry to learn of Aye., Cheyenne, Wyo., since 1937. His first Gold motif was delightfully carried out by Miriam. Benny claims she went so far as C H A R L I E WOODSON'S death 2 September at the Naval Hospital, Mare Island, wife, Ann M. Dinneen, and the mother of to buy salt and soap powder in blue and his three children, passed away in 1949. gold cartons. Present with their wives were after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife, Audrey, two daughters and a Late in 1950 he married Ann's sister, Mar- Harold Baker, Brad Bardett John Bengaret M. Lynch, a widow from Hartford, nington, M. W. Brathwaite, Art Bryan, son of 39 Santa Paula Way, Vallejo. Burial was in Golden Gate National Cemetery Conn., and he now has three step-children. Harry Butler, Perry Catron, Dick Dole, with Aldridge, Bonney, Edmunds, Gaines, His son, William, Jr., 28 (Wyoming U. Harry Dunkelberger, Gene Emmons, Harry Goldenberg, Haven, Ketcham, and Parker '49), and his daughter, 26 (Wyoming U. Garrison, Ralph Hudson, Milton Jackson, among the honorary and active pallbearers. '49), are both married and living in Chey- Harry Jarrett, Jimmy Jennings, Don enne. Bill, Jr., has one son, and Ann two Johnston, Buck Jordan, Omer Kneeland, We shall greatly miss Charlie for there sons, all under two years of age. Daughter Fred Loft, Al Malstron, Chester McGhee, were few men in our class with more Katherine, 21, is now a senior at Wyoming Deac Parsons, Beauty Pierce, Dave Rau, friends.

University.

Rudy Rupert, and Harry Stevens. Solo D. R. O., Jr. Bill, Jr., and son-in-law, Clark Smith, were Duke Guider, Vince McGuinness and R. E. J E N N I N G S is living on West both World War II veterans, are actively Abe Staeey. The youth section was comengaged in the management of Bill Sr.'s posed of Paige Bennington and Wayne Lane in Ridgefield, Conn. business, placing Bill Sr. somewhat on the Staeey. Dick Dole and his guitar furnished The Washington group of the Class of the musical contribution. sidelines.

1919 held its monthly luncheon on 6 October 1953 at the Army-Navy Club, WashThe oldest step-daughter, Margaret Other classmates seen at the Armory ington, D. C. Those present were Creigh- Lynch, 24 (Marymount College '51), is an party and/or football game were the Libton, Fink, Hughes, Kincaid, Rochester, employee in the Wyoming Highway Dept. bys, Gardners, Walshs, Groscloses, WatSchildhauer, Staudt, Tarbutton and Wil- in Cheyenne. John Lynch, 22 (Yale pre- kins, Thiems, Covingtons, Blakes, Finks lenbucher. med '53), is about to enter the Army. and Solomons.

Secy., R . A d m . Carl K . F i n k . U S N ( R e t . ) .

4401 Chesapeake St., N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n 16, D . C. T r e a s u r e r . C d r . Lonis B . P e l z m a n , U S N B .

2010 Fenwick St.. N . E . , W a s h i n g t o n 2, D . C. Orders Issued E R N E S T H . V O N HEIMBtTBG (RADM U S N ) t o ComFour, addu ComNavBase, Philadelphia.

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Word from Sue Butterfield, Tacoma, advises that Horace Butterfield has been elected to the Board of Directors of Pacific First Federal Savings and Loan Association.

G. A. Staeey DAVID J. S T U D A B A K E R gives his new duty address as Box 6, Commander Naval Forces Marianas, F P O San Francisco.

Effective 15 October, J. P. W H I T NEY'S address is Carrier Division Five, F P O San Francisco.

E. B. ARROYO'S new home address is 2801 Lepage S t , New Orleans, La. R A L P H C. K E P H A R T has recently moved to 1028 N.E. 6th St., Gainesville, Fla. J O H N P. CADY has recently taken a position with the Firemen's Mutual Insurance Co., of Providence, R. I., as executive assistant to the president. His new home address is 102 Irving Ave., Providence 6, R. I. W. E. Z I M M E R M . \ N reports his new address as 75 Prospect Ave., Montclair, N. J. A D E L B E R T V. W A L L I S writes that he has left Rio de Janeiro and is now living in Green Cove Springs, Fla., where he is on duty at the Naval Station.

RFD, Vincent, Ohio, is the new address of F R A N K C. S U T T O N .

V. G. E L L I S requests his address be changed to Box 401, Saratoga, Calif.

• EIBB Sec'y. C a p t . Claude H . B e n n e t t . J r . , U S N ( R e t . ) , 732 S p r i n g L a n e , Philadelphia 28, P a .

Orders Issned N E I L K. D E I T B I C H (RADM U S N ) to Dep ComMSTS. W a s h i n g t o n . D . C. W I L L I A M K. M E N D E N H A L L (RADM U S N ) to Asst C h O p N a v . C h a i r m a n Ship C h a r a c t e r istics Bd, W a s h i n g t o n . D . C. W I L L I A M V . O ' R E G A N (RADM U S N ) to Asst ChOpNav(Log), Navy Dept.

E L L I O T B . S T R A U S S ( C A P T U S N ) to Staff, AsstSecDef for I n t e r n a l Security, P a r i s .

R. Adm. J. R. J O H A N N E S E N retired in June and is now making his home at 309 Dixie Drive, Towson, Md. H. W. D U S I N B E R R E is residing at 434 Pocahontas St., Naval Base, Norfolk, Va. The home address of J. D. S H A W is 109 84th Ave., N.E., Bellevue, Wash.

R. Adm. F. M. H U G H E S gives his new duty address as T U S N G - J A M M A T , A P O 206-A, c/o P M New York.

T H O M A S J. CASEY has recently moved to 636 Wayland Ave., Kenilworth, 111.

W. A. B O W E R S writes that he has moved to 661 Cabrillo, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.

H. D. KRICK advises that since he retired in June he has moved to Austin, Tex., where his address is Defense Research Laboratory, U. of Texas, Box 8029, University Station, Austin, Tex. C L A U D E H. B E N N E T T , JR., writes that he is now promotion manager for the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Philadelphia, with offices at 17th and Sansom Sts., in Philadelphia.

GORDON W. D A I S L E Y writes to advise that his address has been changed to 6419 Brookside Dr., Chevy Chase 15, Md. W. J. M U L L I N S has gone on the retired list and is now making his home at 704 N. Main St., Athens, Pa. NOVEMBER,

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M. M. S T E P H E N S reports that he is living at 5433 32nd St., N., Arlington, Va. J O S E P H H. GRAHAM has been transferred to the Office of Naval Research, 1000 Geary St., San Francisco 9, Calif.

C. A. C H A P P E L L has notified us that his address has been changed to Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Pebble Beach, Calif.

S T E W A R T L I N D S A Y writes that he is now located at 49 Main St., Concord, Mass.

H. H. K E I T H is currently making his home at 3307 Morrison St., N.W., Washington, D. C. J O H N E. CURRY is an attorney in Washington with offices at 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington 6, D. C. H O M E R B. H U D S O N ( C A P T U S N R E T ) and Mrs. Margaret M. Shugrue of Washington, D. C., were married in Chestertown, Md., on 19 August 1953 and are now making their home at 3325 Reservoir Rd., N.W., Washington 7, D. C. RAYMOND B. LEAVITT's home is on Glen Mill Rd. in Glen Hills, Rockville, Md. The $100 scholarship prize offered by the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc., for the outstanding student in the Columbia University Graduate School's real estate courses was won this year by Capt. H E N RY G. MORAN, commanding officer of the University's N R O T C Unit. Several personal ventures into real estate operations led Moran to enroll in courses in real estate brokerage and appraisal at the University's Institute of Art and Sciences while on duty with the N R O T C unit. In addition to the $100 scholarship prize, he also emerged with first prize as the best student in the class in real estate appraisal. Since his retirement the end of June, Moran has entered the realty field in New York City and this fall was planning to go back to Columbia for some courses in insurance.

M. M. DANA advises that he has moved to 308 Pogue St., Raleigh, N. C. The correct home address for J O S E P H L. K A N E is 515 Greenleaf Ave., Glenview, 111.

A recent letter from J O H N W. KING informs us that he is assistant to the president of Stroukoff Aircraft Corp., West Trenton, N. J. He says he has had a letter from S A M U E L P. COMLY saying he is in Australia visiting his wife's family at 109 Darling Point Rd., Darling Point Sydney, and enjoying himself thoroughly.

Sam says, "If you care to start a branch oflice in Sydney, give me a ring—or even if you hear of anyone else who might desire a representative in these parts, I can assure you of the best contacts, official and social."

H O M E R A M B R O S E has been transferred to Supervising Inspector of Naval Material, 120 Tremont St., Boston 7, Mass.

The Class of 1923, Washington chapter, held a class luncheon at the Army-Navy Country Club on September 23, 1953, at which the following were present: Mclsaac, Beaumont, Lewis, Parr, Davidson, Huebl, Edwards, Hudson, Fryberger, Curry, Zern, Daisley, Oliver, Barrett, Shoup, Wright, Dana, Holderness, Leavitt, Stephens, and Dussault.

"Heavy" Dana was relieved as secretary of the local 1923 chapter by Merle Huebl.

"Heavy" went back into retirement on October 15, as a professor at North Carolina State College, Raleigh. The next class luncheon will be held at the same place on Friday, October 23.

Sec'y, Mr. Panl W. Siegrist. c / o Standard & Poor's, 845 Hndson St., New Tork 14, N . T .

Orders Issued H A R O L D R. D E M A R E S T ( C A P T U S N ) to C O .

NavCommSta, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. P R E S T O N V . M E R C E R ( C A P T U S N ) to N a v E x a m B d and PhysDisabAppealBr, NavDept.

B R O M F I E L D B . N I C H O L ( C A P T U S N ) to OpNav. F O R R E S T R. B U N K E R ( C A P T U S N ) t o Ch StaffOff, ComNavBase, Los Angeles, L o n g Beach.

R A L P H E . W I L S O N (RADM U S N ) to CrnDiv Pac. FRANCIS J. GREENFIELD (CAPT USN) to ComMSTS, E a s t L a n t S u b A r e a . Heidelberg.

C H A R L E S M. E . H O F F M A N ( C A P T U S N ) t o Bd of Dec & Medals, Navy Dept.

R O B E R T L . S W A R T ( C A P T U S N ) to BuShips.

H A R O L D P . S M I T H (RADM U S N ) to Com P h i b G r n 2, L a n t .

P R E S T O N V. MERCER has returned from the Far East and is stationed in Washington at the Naval Examining Board and PDA Board, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. H. H. T I E M R O T H requests his address be changed to 2 Casa Way, San Francisco 23, Calif.

DALE H A R R I S advises his new mailing address is Chief Naval Air Basic Training, Pensacola, Fla. A letter from CARP DOAN tells of his retirement the first of June and says he and Lillis are staying temporarily with their son and daughter-in-law, Dick and Joan, at 6018 Commodore Dr., Jacksonville, Fla., until they can find a permanent place of their own in the vicinity.

J. S. LILLARD is now living at 5304 A P O Dr., Honolulu 16, Hawaii.

We regret to announce the sudden passing on of SAMUEL SANDERS, remembered as a quiet and courteous gentlemanclassmate, in Haverford, Pa., on September 4, 1953. Sam took the civilian route at graduation time, and had long been affiliated with Philadelphia Electric Company, lately as an assistant general superinteijdent. His wife, Mrs. Mabel Zelley Sanders, and two sons survive.

In other columns appear some of the refreshing information on the 1953 Homecoming. It is really wonderful, this Homecoming Weekend, and all of us could get more out of it. You can usually count on good weather in October; and some of us think that, unless you happen to have a son in the graduating class, the Homecoming is really more fun than June Week. Yes, some of us are planning to be here next October again, having found out how good it is. This gathering supplements the Class Reunion, and it is rewarding to be able to meet friends and shipmates from all classes.

1924 was well represented, but we hope for even more next year. Some of our crowd came for just a part of the celebration, some were here just for the dress parade or the football game, or the dinner; all did not register at Alumni House, but we know that the group included the loyal widows, Mrs. Ev Abdill and Mrs. Hubert Hayter, and Bullis, Bob Campbell, Clexton, Davis, Demarest, Ekstrom, Farrell, Harris, J. D. Hayes, Kalisch, Kolb, Layne, Neale, Roane, Rose, Siegrist Sylvester, Verge, Welsford, Wiley, R. E. Wilson and Wright —and with wives, of course, in most instances.

W A L T GRAESSER is again commissioned as our traveling reporter, and is on another world tour for Standard Vacuum.

In Honolulu last month he contacted BILL K A N A K A N U I , who had to report that the present whereabouts of DICKIE S l M O N T O N are unknown. Walt did see W A L T ECKBERG and Mrs. Eckberg out 23

there, and he reports that McILHENNY, V I E W E G and P A R K E R are still in that area. Well, J O E LILLARD should be getting back home out there soon, we'd think!

The September 24 Washington luncheon meeting (remember, it is at the Naval Gun Factory Club on the 24th of each month) was well attended, and well occupied on matters connected with "Your Second" Career"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;coming up next July with so many of our classmates who will then retire. Mr. John H. Holzbog, director of industrial relations for Otis Elevator Company, discussed the placement problem, and stressed the importance of a properly prepared resume of personal data. Speaking from experience, his advice was well taken by the group, and a number of interesting questions were brought up, and answered. Bill Bullis made his first football review for this season to the group.

Dale Harris was present as a guest, and others present were Abrahams, Bullis, Chadwick, Clexton, Demarest, Duke, Duvall, Ekstrom, Farrell, Fisher, Gminder, Hartwig, J. D. Hayes, Kalisch, Kraft, Lewis, Neale, Nesser, Rawlings, Richter, Roane, Robinson, Scheibeler, Stuart, Sullivan, Sutliff, Sylvester, Turner, Van Steenbergh, Weeden, Wood, Wilson and Woodyard. By the way, whenever the 24th of the month comes on a Saturday or Sunday, or on a Friday-holiday, these lunches are held on the Monday following.

Red Sylvester is a champion of "Your Second Career," and has been pushing the idea of successful transfer from service to civilian life with various groups, principally in the interest of the Class of 1924. He has spoken before other classes on the subject, and his article on the subject was featured in the July-August edition of The Retired Officer magazine. Red has had varied experience in civilian pursuits since retirement in 1948, and is now serving as Director of Field Service with Buildmg Research Advisory Board, National Research Council, which he makes clear is not a governmental agency, but a trade organization created to advance technical knowledge in the building industry.

We regret to report the death of J O H N MALCOLM S W E E N E Y on Monday, 5 October 1953, at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., after an illness of several months. Sweeney was formerly assistant chief of staff, Adm. Robert B. Carney's staff. Allied Forces Southern Europe. His widow, Harriette A. Sweeney, survives and lives at 6813 Fairfax Rd., Bethesda.

He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Winkler, Jr., and one grandson.

Sec'y, R. Adm. T. J. Hickey, U S N (Ret.), 4608 Chevy Chase Blvd., Chevy Chase 15, Md. Orders Issned VICTOR D . LONG (RADM U S N ) to DirLog PlansDivOpNav. CHESTER C. SMITH (RADM U S N ) to NavFe, Joint Staff. CinCFe. JACKSON F. CHAMPLIN (CAPT U S N ) to 9ND. ALBERT E. JARRELL (CAPT U S N ) to Com DesFlot 1.

DONALD C. V A R I A N (CAPT U S N ) to Nav WarCol, Newport, duins.

JOHN B . BROWN (CAPT U S N ) to OfcSupIns Mat, Boston.

GEORGE J. DUFEK (CAPT U S N ) to CO, N A S Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor.

PERCY H. LYON (CAPT USN) to CS Com N A B 12ND. ARTHUR H. GRAUBART (CAPT U S N ) to 3ND. CLARENCE C. RAY (CAPT U S N ) to SenMem PhysEvalBd. 4ND. CHARES H. ANDERSON JR (CAPT U S N ) to SnplnsMat, Philadelphia Dist.

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C. M. SULLIVAN writes that his mailing address should be changed to Chief of Staff, Commander Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, T. H. We regret to report the death of PERLEY M. CLARK in Annapolis on 5 September 1953. At the time of his death, Clark was sales engineer for Otis Elevator Co. of New Jersey. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise Henitz Clark; his daughter, Mrs. Walter Grau; his mother and a brother.

J. O. L A M B R E C H T advises that his new mailing address is S H A P E , A P O 55, c/o PM New York.

A L B E R T S. MOORE gives his mailing address as Box 732, R F D 4, Annapolis, Md. W I L L I A M H. S H A H A N requests his address be changed to 1317 Kaiser PI., Falls Church, Va. The home address of C. J. S C H R E F E R is 36 Abbeville Lane, White Plains, N. Y. W A R R E N F. P O R T E R has moved to 670 PCings Highway, Southport Conn.

J. PAGE D O W D E N ' s new address is Room 2, 426 B St, San Diego 1, Calif.

W A L T E R H. PRICE reports that he is making his home at 3514 Rodman St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Capt. J. A. McNALLY has written that he is making his home at 18 Elizabeth Rd..

Upper Montclair, N. J. The home of J. C. IVEY is at 17 Locust Lane, Bronxville, N. Y. R O B E R T B. D U N L A P requests his address be changed to Box 222, EdwardsviUe, 111.

R. C. CONRAD writes that his new home address is 3409 Monument Ave., Richmond 21, Va. He also says CABELL G W A T H M E Y is living at 6416 Three Chopt Rd., Richmond.

See'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, U S N , 3410 15th St., North, Arlington 1. V a .

Orders Issned WILLIAM T. K E N N Y (CAPT U S N ) to Asst C / S for Joint Plans and Op, Joint Staff, CinC Pac. DANIEL J. SWEENEY (CAPT U S N ) to CO, FIcTraCen, NavBase, NorVa. P A U L W. WATSON (CAPT U S N ) to Co, N A S , Moffett Field.

ORLIN L. LIVDAHL (CAPT U S N ) to P N S , NROTC, U. of Va., Charlottesville.

SAMUEL M. TUCKER (CAPT U S N ) to Dir Admin, NRL. Washington. D. C. MARSHALL B. GURNEY (CAPT U S N ) to Staff, ComWestSeaFron.

WILLIAM T. JONES (CAPT U S N ) to BnShips.

GEORGE T. MUNDORFF (CAPT U S N ) to Sen NavOff, Joint TAC, Air SnpportBd. Pope A F B , Ft. Bragg.

WILLIAM L. PRYOR JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO, NavShipRepFac, Yokosuka.

WILLIAM C. ASSERSON (CAPT U S N ) to CO. N A R T U . MCAS, Miami.

CHARLES H. LYMAN III (CAPT U S N ) to Alasna London.

WILLIAM K. ROMOSER (CAPT U S N ) to BuPers.

R. M. BOAZ advises that he has moved to 1819 Clinton St., Rockford, 111.

CHARLES L. CARPENTER'S new address is Qtrs. H, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn 1, N. Y. Lt. Richard Lee Still, USMC '50, son of Mrs. H. A. Fravel of Annapolis and the late Capt. E. H. STILL, was released from P O W camp during Operation Big Switch. Dick had been a prisoner since December 1951 and got back just in time to greet a lot of old friends during Homecoming Weekend.

R. Adm. H. C. BRUTON gives his current address as CTG 73, Naval Gun Factory, Washington 25, D. C.

J O H N S. L I T T I G writes that his home address is 701 Los Altos Ave., Long Beach 4, Calif.

A new home address for W. K. ROMOSER is 7912 Ocean Ave., Virginia Beach, Va. A U B R E Y R. J O L I V E T T E has moved to 2426 Eastern Ave., S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich.

D. B. MILLER is on board the USS VULCAN, F P O

New

York.

DEIBB Sec'y, R. Adm. John W. Bays, U S N (Ret.), Cnlver Military Academy, Cnlver, Ind. Orders Issned ARTHUR S. BORN (CAPT U S N ) to OSD. Washington. D. C. DAVID B. YOUNG (CAPT U S N ) to Comdr.

NavalOrdTesSta, Inyokern.

ARTHUR H. TAYLOR (CAPT U S N ) to CO. NavPhibBase, Little Creek.

CLARENCE E. COFFIN J R (CAPT U S N ) to ComNavBeach Gru 1.

EUGENE L. LUGIBIHL (CAPT U S N ) to CO. NavMarCorResTraCen, Portland.

LEONARD S. MEWHINNEY (CAPT U S N ) to C&S, ComPhibGru 2.

JOSEPH B. MAHER (CAPT U S N ) to USNav MembMilAgency for Standardization. London.

THURSTON B. CLARK (CAPT USN) to C/S CNavANTra, N A S . Corpus Christi.

HERBERT C. ZITZEWITZ (CAPT U S N ) to NYNavShipYd. WILLIAM R. CURUTHERS (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavSta, Guantanamo.

HOWELL J. DYSON (CAPT USN) to C/S ComCarDiv 2.

M. D. M A T T H E W S sends the following item: "I relieved Melvyn H. (Czar) McCoy of command of the USS MARKAB on 15 August 1953. Czar's next duty is Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Communication Station, San Francisco, Calif.

Classmates I have seen in the Newport area include Elliott (Swede) Olsen, Cecil Caufield, Roger F. Scott G. A. Moore, and Monroe B. Duffill.

"Our older son, Dudley, is a second classman at the Naval Academy and our younger son, Ed, is a senior at PhillipsExeter Academy. We live at 214-B Gibbs Ave., Newport" W. L. KNICKERBOCKER'S current duty address is Hq. Joint Task Force Seven, Washington 25, D. C. A new mailing address for RICHARD E. MYERS is Room 43, Bldg. R-9S, U. S. Naval Station, Brooklyn, N. Y. V E R N O N D O R T C H writes that he has now settled in what he hopes is a permanent address at 5915 W. 8th St., Los Angeles 36, Calif.

J. J. BRANSON, SR., gives the following new address: 82 Conduit St., Annapolis, Md. E. P. HAGAN has recently moved to Minneapolis where he is residing at 3228 Noble Ave., N. J O H N L. E W I N G advises that his current home address is 4204 Oakridge Lane, Chevy Chase, Md. SAMUEL S. JACK (COL USMC) has been transferred to Cherry Point where he is living in MOQ 318, MCAS. E. H. E C K E L M E Y E R has been assigned as U. S. Naval Attache at the U. S. Embassy, Oslo, Norway.

CHARLES K. BERGIN is now living at 720 S. Overlook Dr., Alexandria, Va. H E N R Y LUONGO (COL U S A ) is on duty in the Hqs. G-3 Section, 2nd Army, Fort George G. Meade, Md. C H A R L E S L. F R E E M A N has a new home address at 3153 N. 21st St., Arlington, Va. SHIPMATE

R. Adm. L. W . P A N C O A S T has retired and is now living at 912 E. Lee St., Pensacola, Fla. L. H. C H A P P E L L is making his home at 811 Crescent Dr., Alexandria, Va.

Sec'y. Capt. R. K. James. USN, 2629 S. Hayes St., Arlington, Va. Orders Issued WILLIAM S. PARSONS (CAPT BASIL N. RITTENHOUSE JR to ComTransDiv 14.

WILLIAM A. COCKELL (CAPT mand USS TOLEDO. BARON J. MULLANEY (CAPT Base. Key West.

ALBERT J. WALDEN (CAPT mand USS QUINCY.

USN) to 8ND. (CAPT USN) USN) to comUSN) to Nav USN) to com-

E. C. H A W K sends in the following change of address: TUSNG, JAMMAT, A P O 206-A, c/o P M New York.

L. F . F R E I B U R G H O U S E ' s new duty address is Commander Escort Destroyer Squadron 4, U S S NEW (DDE-818), F P O New York. , R. J. A R C H E R has been detached from the Armed Forces Staff College and assigned to ComCortDesRon 6, F P O New York.

H. F. R A N S F O R D advises that he is now living at 3-A Sergeant Jasper, Charleston, S. C.

DEISE] President, Capt. C. E. Trescott, USN, Department of Marine Engineering, USNA, Annapolis, Md. Orders Issned FRANK NOVAK (CAPT USN) to NavHosp, San Diego, treatinent.

ROBERT H. WILKINSON (CAPT USN) to command USS NAVARRO. LOWELL T. STONE (CAPT USN) to NavActys London, duins.

JOHN ANDREWS JR (CAPT USN) to Commander of the Port, Cristobal, C. Z. WILLIAM J . STOVAL JR (CAPT USN) to ServPac. LOUIS A. HARRISON J R (CDR USN) to USS ALSHAIN. FREDERICK W. KUHN (CDR USN) to FleAct Yokosuka.

While GUY P . GARLAND is on board the U S S

FRONTIER

his

wife

and

three

children are settled at 285 Argonne Ave., Long Beach, Calif.

P H I L I P R. OSBORN's new duty address is Naval Advisory Group, ROK Navy, Navy 3423, F P O San Francisco.

E D W A R D J. O ' D O N N E L L writes that he is on duty at the Gun Factory in Washington.

ROY S. B E N S O N is in command of USS BAYFIELD (APA-33) ; home address, 301 C Ave., Coronado, Calif.

See'y, R. Adm. Charles Brook. USN (Ret.).

4108 Chesterbrook Rd.. Fall* Chareh, Va. Orders Issued HARRY B. DODGE (CAPT USN) to OpNav. CRITTENDEN B. TAYLOR (CDR USN) to command USS ALTAIR. JOHN B. AZER (CAPT USN) to 5ND. BERNHART A. FUETSCH (CAPT USN) to command USS WASHBURN. LAWRENCE E. RUFF (CAPT USN) to command USS MENARD. MACPHERSON B. WILLIAMS (CAPT USN) to Asst C/S for Optng and Plans, ComAir Lant.

WILLIAM A. MOFFETT (CAPT USN) to C/S ComCarDiv 5.

LYNNE C. QUIGGLE (CAPT USN) to ChPlans BranchStaff CinC South.

EUGENE T. SANDS (CAPT USN) to OpNav. CHARLES C. HOWERTON (CAPT USN) to Alnsna Buenos Aires.

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1953

RAY E. MALPASS (CAPT USN) to OpNav. WALTER F . PRIEN (CAPT SC USN) to CO NSD, Great Lakes.

EDWARD C. RENFRO (CAPT USN) to OpNav.

Two class rosters have been distributed: List A (Washington-Annapolis and vicinity), and List B (outside WashingtonAtlantic and East of Mississippi). A List H A R R Y C. S T E V E N S O N writes from C (Pacific and West of Mississippi) is Manila that he and Mrs. Stevenson are the slowly being prepared. About 250 of Hsts and B were distributed. Anyone noting proud parents of another baby daughter, A omissions or errors please notify Floyd Barbara Jean, born on 9 September 1953. Myhre.

Their address is still the same, Pacific Far B. E. L E W E L L E N is just finishing up East Line, Inc., POBox 625, Manila, P . I. EDGAR O. P R I C E has been trans- a tour of duty on the U S S WASHBURN ferred to Camp Matthews, San Diego 42, (AKA-108) in the Western Pacific. When last heard from he was at Inchon unloading Calif. the last load of Communist POWs. He and J. H. H O W A R D advises that he is mak- Anna maintain their same home address, ing his home at 502 Kentucky Ave., Alex- 2646 Front St., San Diego. andria, Va. ALBERT A. KONIGSBERG has moved to New Orleans where he is residing at 2621 Short St. Sec'y, Capt. S. M. Archer, USN, R O B E R T G. M E R R I T T ' s new address Naval Operations (OP-315B). Room 4D, fi2S is 1294- Spruance Rd., Monterey, Calif.

Pentagon, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. J. D. L. GRANT has been detached Orders Issued from the W a r College in Newport and assigned to Staff, CSCN/HSA, Navy 510, DAVID H. McDONALD (CAPT USN) to IIND. ROBERT H. WHEELER (CDR USN) to Nav F P O New York.

Hosp, San Diego, treatment.

As of the first of October, C. W . JOHN H. KAUFMAN (CAPT USN) to CO, FleSonar School, San Diego.

LORD'S address is 6109 23rd St., N., GEORGE R. LUKER (CAPT USN) to command Arlington, Va. USS ONSLOW. WILLIAM OUTERSON (CAPT USN) to Joint R. C. D. H U N T , of the History DeStaff, CinCarib. partment, George Washington University, WILLIAM WINTER JR (CAPT USN) to Asst meets his classes at the Pentagon on C/S for Op and Tg, Chief NavSec, JAMAG, Athens.

Wednesdays, and at the Naval Gun Fac- ROBERT C. YOUNG (CAPT USN) to command tory on Mondays in Washington. Dick iiiUSS TALLADEGA. vites alumni and their families to audit these courses in "The Rise of American W. J. D I M I T R I J E V I C has been de(Civilization." Hunt also reminds other for- tached from the U S S MONTAGUE and is mer American skippers of British corvettes now on duty with Staff, CinC Atlantic that Nick Montsarrat's Cruel Sea has been Fleet Norfolk 8, Va. filmed and includes some excellent naval A. E. P A R K E R advises that he is living history. at 1224 S. George Mason Dr., Arlington, Va. OSCAR A. H E I N L E I N (COL U S A F ) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. F . B. T. Myhre, USN (Ret.), requests his address be changed to Ladd 3732 Manor Rd., Chevy Chase, Md. AFB, Box 153,' A P O 731, c/o Postmaster Seattle.

Orders Issued ROBBINS W. ALLEN (CAPT USN) to OpNav. Capt. W . B. S H O R T , JR., is serving

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JOHN B. FELLOWS JR (CAPT USN) to Asst. on board the U S S FLOYD BAY (AVP-40), C/S for Pers, IND. F P O San Francisco.

KARL E. JUNG (CAPT USN) to Op Nav. WILLIAM N. RYON (CAPT USN) to command C. R. SIMMERS has reported to the USS ORCA. ROBERT L. TAYLOR (CAPT USN) to com- Naval W a r College in Newport, R. I. mand USS DIAMOND HEAD. 86 Weston Ave., Chatham, N. J., is the CHARLES L. WERTS (CAPT USN) to com- new home address of ROBERT B. FULmand USS ARCHERNAR. DONALD T. WILBER (CAPT USN) to com- TON. mand USS MOUNT OLYMPUS. Capt L. A. A R T H U R gives his new SINCLAIR B. WRIGHT (CAPT USN) to Op duty address as COFS, Chief Naval Air and Plans Off, ComPacResFleet.

HARRY A. RENKEN (CAPT USN) to Op and Tech. Training, N A S , Memphis 15, Tenn.

Plans Off, Staff, ComFirstFleet.

J O H N S. H O R N E R has moved to 1800 HENRY MULLINS JR (CAPT USN) to Asst C/S, NavRes and Tng, ComEight.

W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago 14, 111.

FREDERICK A. KINZIE (CAPT SC USN) to FLOYD B. SCHULTZ writes that he SupOff, Boston NavShipYd. JOSEPH T. THORNTON JR (CDR USN) OFC is making his home at 6318 Newburn Dr., of NavInsOrd, Ford Instrument Co. Washington 16, D. C.

EARL T. H Y D E M A N has moved recently to 8639 Devon St., Norfolk, Va. H A R R Y H. DREANY's home address San Francisco. is 4900 Cherokee St., Oak Spring, College ORRIN F . BLACK who is retired Park, Md. writes that he is living at 61 Claremont RICHARD C. W I L L I A M S J R (RADM Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. USN R E T ) is residing at 3427 Fairlee Dr., F R A N C I S D. CRINKLEY (MAJ U S A Decatur, Ga. R E T ) advises that he is now making his Living in Washington at 3636 16th St., home at 801 Levering Ave., .Los Angeles N.W., Apt. B-622 is GEORGE P . ROG24, Calif.

ERS. J. T. S M I T H has been detached from A new mailing address for G. N . STEVthe U S S MENIFEE and is now assigned to the Navy Dept., BU Personnel, Washing- E N S O N is 1333 98th NE, Bellevue, Wash.

H E N R Y H. McCARLEY is on board ton 25, D. C. O. E. HAGBERG is on board the U S S the U S S PASSUMPSIC (AO-107), F P O SEVERN (AO-61), F P O New York, while San Francisco.

T R A V I S R. L E V E R E T T is retired and his family is living at 7 Red Cross Ave., living at 1512 Whittaker Dr., Columbia 5, Apt. 1, Newport, R. I. W. P. SCHOENI is now attending the S. C. Reports are that the Norfolk Chapter of Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington and is living at 1408 N. Adams the class are holding regular "get-togethers" ^ t h e last one the end of July. The next St., Arlington 1, Va. Capt. GEORGE E. P E C K H A M is on

board the U S S MENIFEE (APA-202), F P O

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high school. Sylvia has just turned seventeen and plans to pursue a scientific course at the University of Florida in the fall.

Dick Williams called to announce that he and his family are settling near Atlanta, Ga. Dick has bought a home at 3427 Fairlee Drive, Decatur, Ga. Dick, Aline, and their three childreh, Jane, Anne and Dickie, were planning to move about September 1st. Anyone in the Atlanta area be sure to look the Williamses up.

George Porter, R. Adm., U S N ( R e t ) , sends word that his permanent address is 635 37th Ave., N.E., St. Petersburg, Fla. George invites one and all, who are in the vicinity, to drop by and see them.

Cynnie Dennet, Mark Dennet's wife, has had a successful summer in her favorite sport of golf. Cynnie had second low net score in the recent Arlington Daily Sun Women's Golf Tournament. Cynnje has also been the chairman at the Army-Navy Country Club for women's nine-hole golf.

Thirty-two's junior swimming prowess was again demonstrated as Cliff Johnson, Jr., Julie Wellings, and Phil Harrington came through with various championships and medals in the Army-Navy Country Club Swimming Meet.

Jack Roudebush reports from NAS, New Orleans, that his son Dan is now USNA 1957. According to Jack, young Dan should be happy to be settled down in one school for awhile after attending schools in Washington, Newport, San Juan, Lima and Middletown (St. Andrew's), Delaware, during the past 6 years.

Corky Ward reports Newport short on '32 for the first time in years. Only Corky, Grimshaw Moore and John Chittenden are students at the War College. Joe Simmers is on the staff of the Naval War College, Ralph Johnson is C. O. of the Officer Candidate School, and some skippers of tankers, including Dick Craighill, drop in occasionally.

Vic McCrea was in town on business from the Air War College where he is on the Staff. Gus Widhelm is a student at the same school.

The response to the ballot to date has been most gratifying. Whatever the decision, it will be a class decision. An official report will be in next month's issue. Over 100 ballots are in already.

Immediately after the Washington Chapter luncheon October 14th, ballots will be mailed to all classmates whose addresses are known. We must elect a president from the class at large for a four-year term, a Term Encumbent Office secretary stationed in the Washington area Class President. 4 years Joe Jaap for a two-year term, and a treasurer, same Vice President . 2 years Jerry Miller qualifications, same term. Return your 2 years Moe Archer Secretary marked ballots as soon as possible.

2 years Charlie Lanman Treasurer On the subject of addresses, anyone 2 years 5 members of Class Council . , knowing the address of any classmate, acWashington tive or not, or addresses of widows or Chapter children of those deceased, please send the The chairman of the Council is automati- dope to either your secretary or to Lindsey cally class vice president; secretary and Williamson (Capt. Lindsey Williamson, treasurer must be stationed in the Wash- Bureau of Naval Personnel, Pers 15, Room ington area.

3735, Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Marty Born and Harry Sosnoski have Washington 25, D. C ) . Lindsey has kindly moved on from the Washington scene leav- volunteered to establish a card index file ing two vacancies. A quorum of the re- on all classmates, endeavor to keep it up maining members m«t and elected Lindsay to date, and to establish a" turnover system Williamson and Sam Moncure to fill the whereby a classmate on duty in BuPers will maintain it up to date. We all appreciunexpired term of Marty and Harry.

Anyone having suggestions as to _ who ate your public spirit, Willie, much obliged. should be nominated get your ideas in so The regular Washi ngton luncheon was the nominating committee can use them. consumed on schedule September 9th at the Rollins Mayer reports from Melbourne, Gun Factory. John Spangler, Chapter Fla. Rollins' oldest daughter, Sylvia Anne Chairman, presided. R. Adm. Apollo Soucek Mayer, graduated from Melbourne High was the guest speaker and told some of his School last June as the honor student, with experiences CT F77 in_ Korean waters, the highest average for the four years of Weather proved to be their greatest hazard Norfolk meeting is to be a beach party.

The Norfolk group are red hot for the twenty-year plus annual and are pushing it full tilt. It is up to the rest of us to get behind the drive. My apologies to Tom Bryan and his contingent if I failed to get a write up of your meetings in this column.

Send me the dope. If I have missed in the past, I won't in the future. My intentions are strictly honorable and we want all the news possible on classmates, groups, wives and children.

The Washington Chapter met for the regular August luncheon on Wednesday, August 12, with nineteen braving the heat to partake of food, drink, and congeniality.

Dick Williams, R. Adm. (Ret.), came oyer from Baltimore and regaled us with stories as of old. Dick passed on a few words of wisdom on breaking into civilian employment. Muddy Waters was up from Norfolk, where he has recently reported to SacLant Staff, on business but managed to combine a bit of pleasure with it all as he joined the gang.

John Spangler, Chapter Chairman, presided. Others present were Ted White, Sam Moncure, Al Slayden, Hank Munson (newly reported in to BuOrd), Emerson Fawkes (just reported to BuAer), Duke Wellings, Moe Archer, Tom Warfield, Johnny Fahy, Cliff Johnson, Jerry Miller, Joe Jaap, Lindsey Williamson, Earl Finney, Lou Kirn and Jack Myers (up for a conference from Panama City, Fla.). We are always glad to welcome new arrivals and to have any and all visitors—come one, come all.

Joe Jaap, class president, spoke at length about the desirability of getting moving-getting on with the 2S-year annual and doing something with our class fund. It was moved, seconded, and discussed that Joe poll the class on the matter of using the class fund to finance the proposed annual. The motion was passJd 9 to 7 with 3 alstarners. Jerry Miller hit the nail on the head when he said we should have decided on all this early when we were lieutenants. Now, Jerry says, "you old goats are all captains and each one insists on having his own way."

President Joe will be writing to all hands shortly. Let's get in the swim and answer the questions. But reply!!

Jerry Miller reminded the group of elections coming up. A slate must be nominated by the October meeting.

The following must be elected:

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and the incidents with extensive icing were particularly eye-opening.

A nominating committee was appointed to present a slate of candidates at the October meeting. Burl Bailey is chairman with Ted White, Lindsey Williamson, Charlie Sugarman and Earl Finney as members. Efforts are being made to organize a cocktail party for November. Details will be available at the October luncheon.

Frank Nuessle was reported as having undergone an operation at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda—we all wish you a speedy recovery, Frank.

Those present at the luncheon were: Phil Harrington, Red Green, Emerson Fawkes (new in BuAer), Ted White, Sam Moncure, George Pressey, George Pierce (new on the J C S ) , Bill Brown, Bill Kelly, Lindsey Williamson, Charlie Lanman, Mai Munger, Hank Munson, Burl Bailey, Earl Finney, Charlie Sugarman, Bill Short, Al Parker (new at Nat. War College), Rip Raring, Red Eye Thompson, Moe Archer, Joe Jaap, John Spangler and Jerry Miller.

Bill Cox, now on CxjminPac Staff, proudly reports the birth of a son, William Ruffin Cox, Jr., U. S. Naval Academy, Class of 1974, at the Tripler Army Hospital at 232308 August 1953. Congratulations Bill and Tish! Young Bill also has a sister, Letitia, age 21 months.

Marty Born and J. W. Seager report life in fine style in Frankfurt, Germany. Always looking forward to any '32 visitors.

Bill Holmes reports in from Tyler, Tex. He sees Lynn Elliott on occasion. Texas is in good hands. Dimie Dimitrijevic reports seeing both Dick Williams and Bruce McCandless on the West Coast. He particularly reported on Bruce's progress in Long Beach. Bruce reiterates the invitation to drop in and see him.

Your secretary is always happy to get any and all items of news. These ballots should open up a source of supply for a couple of months.

Sec'y, Capt. J. B. Denny, U S N , BuPers, Rm. 3072. Arlington Annex, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. Orders Issned CHARLES B. JACKSON JR (CAPT U S N ) to ComDesDiv 142.

ROBERT A. KEATING JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO, NavSta. Subic Bay. GEORGE D. ROULLARD (CAPT U S N ) to command U S S TULAGA. THEODORE H. BRITTAN (CAPT U S N ) to command U S S MOUNT BAKER. MURRAY HANSON (CAPT U S N ) to C/S Com FairWing 1.

FRANCIS O. IFFRIG (CAPT U S N ) to ChStaff Off, ComSanDiego Gru. DESMOND K. O'CONNOR (CDR U S N ) to San FranGru.

Capt. W. R. K A N E reports that his duty address is 7th Air Div., Det. 1, A P O 125, c/o Postmaster New York.

ROBERT M c A F E E has been detached from the U S S YOSEMITE and assigned to Staff, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Federal Office Building, 90 Church St., New York 7, N. Y. D. L. M A R T I N E A U requests the following change of address be noted: Chief of Staff, Commander Carrier Division 18, F P O New York.

81 Allandale Rd., Newport, R. I., is the correct address for CARL T I E D E M A N .

Members of the Class of 1933 held their 20th Reunion on the 2nd and 3rd of October. Class members attending participated in the Annual Homecoming celebration in addition to Class of '33 activities.

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Ori Saturday, 3 October, a Memorial Service dedicated to the deceased members of the Class of '33 was held in the Naval Academy Chapel by Chaplain John D. Zimmerman.

A Saturday nite dinner-dance attended by more than 150 members was held in the Fleet Reserve Officers' Club of Annapolis.

The response to the reunion call was especially encouraging from those now in civilian pursuits, many of whom came from afar to attend. All who attended had that wonderful experience of reminiscence and of once again strengthening the ties of lifetime friendship and brotherhood.

Al Pelling and his committee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tom Long, Bob Madden, Ken Meneke, Eagle Foster, Maudie Fredericks, Tad Duncan, Fran Miller, Ed Miller and Al Croghan worked faithfully for many months to arrange the reunion activities for the group.

Those attending the activities: Sheldon and Eleanor Atherton, (jcorge and Jean Balterman, Ken and Adelaide Barclay, Bob and Audrey Barnum and their daughter Sandra, Barney and Susan Bellinger, Jim and Dottie Bethea, Jim anad Peggy Bewick, Charlie and Carmelita Blick, Merle and Cille Bowman, Jimmy and Caroline Burrovi, Bill Carter and Miss Eleanor Farrar, Joe and Olga Champe, Ed Chilton, Bill Coffey, Bob Coleman, Joe and Ruth Costello, Bob and Louise Curtis, Jobo and Plum Denny, Dick and Terry Derickson, Ike and Gypsybelle Dew, Tom and Kate Dickinson, Charlie and Sheila Duncan, Tad and Nancy Duncan, Jim and Lee Elliott, Dick English, Jim Ferguson, Bob and Pat Foerster and their son, Robert, Jim and Caroline Fortune, Bill and Libby Fortune, E^gle and Bobbie Foster, Eddie and Maudie Fredericks, Ray and Lee Fusselman, Joe and Bee Gallery, Dick and Mary Lou Gazlay, Frank and Betty Gill, Jim and Betty Grady, Ed and Ernie Grimm, Ward and Nettie Hardman, Pickles and Dee Heinz, Marritt and Marion Highamm, Jim and Claire Howard, Carl and Corinne Jones, Bill Kane, Klip and Adelaide Klopp, George and Virginia Koch, Joe and Gerrie Koenig, Howie Kuehl, Lamar and Peggy Lee, John and Peggy Lehman, Leo and Virginia Leon, Roy Leverenz, Tom and Beth Long, Don and Betty Macintosh, Katherine McCuthan, Bob and Memsie Madden, Al and Ethel Magnell, Louie and Anne Majewski, Steve and Ruby Mandarich, Dave Martineau, Dale and Helen Mayberry, Ed and Betty McMillan, Ken and Danny Meneke, Ed Metzger, Ed and Fran Miller, George and Pat Miller, Horace and Maxine Miller, Ob and Tots O'Brien, Jim and Betty Ogden, Bill and Peggy Overton, Al and Maggie Pelling, Ralph and Dorrie Pray, Molly Purdy, Wait and Caroline Rouland, Gil and Peg Richards, Charley Rousseau, Maj and Elfrieda Seagroves, Mike and Gerilee Santmyers, Willy and Evelyn Seipt, Gordon and Lane Selby, Ed and Bug Shelby, Shelly and Betty Shellabarger, Phil and Helen Sherman, Jim and Bertie Smith, Kirby and Gussie Mae Smith, Lew and Charlotte Sni.der, Pete and Mary Staley, Stan and Eloise Stanley, Charlie and Esther Travis, Don and Marion Twigg, John and Marge Tyree, Bob Vogeler, Sid and Doris Wade, Fred and Nancy Lee Wahlig, Larry and Helen White, Phil and Mary Lou Winston, Archie and Dell Wright.

The '33 Wives Group of the Washington and Annapolis areas held their October meeting at the Army and Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va., on the 27th. Eloise Stanley, chairman, and her committee: Mary Lou Winston, Jane Garrels and Katherine Shannon were co-hostesses.

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The wives shall meet for luncheon in January cancelling their November and December meetings anticipating the annual Christmas formal dinner-dance.

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Close, U S N .

1228 Allan Ave., Falls Chnrch, V a .

Orders Issued A R T H U R C. H O U S E J R ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS KASKASKIA. P A U L L . J O A C H I M ( C A P T U S N ) t o OIC A r m d F o r P r e s s and RadServ, N Y .

J O H N J . McCORMICK ( C A P T U S N ) to ChNav B r a n c h . AmerMilAssistance Staff, Belgrade.

C A R L W . R O O N E Y (CDR U S N ) to O p N a v .

A L F R E D D. K I L M A R T I N (CDR U S N ) to 12ND. J A M E S W . BROCK (CDR U S N ) to Ofc Sup InsMat, New York.

C H A R L E S B . F A R W E L L (CDR U S N ) to Serv Lant.

S I D N E Y D. B . M E R R I L L ( C A P T U S N ) to Com DesDiv 602.

GEORGE E. ARTZ is on duty at the Naval Research Laboratory, Chesapeake Bay Annex, Chesapeake Beach, Md. Capt. W. C. G. C H U R C H is Commanding (Dfficer, U. S. Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.

R. B. CROWELL has recently moved to 143 Pinewood Rd., Virginia Beach, Va. The election of C H E S T E R A. SIVER as vice-president and general manager of engineering for Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc., was announced recently by Kenneth W. Lineberry, president of the company, in Kansas City. â&#x20AC;˘ C. J. VAN ARSDALL, JR., is on duty at the Naval War College in Newport, R. I. F. L. S H E F F I E L D , JR., advises that he is residing in Apt. 605 Ctr., Hunting Towers, Alexandria, Va. GEORGE M. CLIFFORD'S new duty address is Staff Box 9, CinC Nelm, F P O New York.

R U S S E L L B. ALLEN has been ordered to command the MSTS tanker USS MoNONGAHELA ( A 0 - 4 2 ) , F P 0 New York.

His

family is remaining in Norfolk.

J. W. BROCK gives his current address as Lake Hopatcang, N. J.

DEIBB Sec'y, Cdr. J . S. C. Gabbert, U S N , B u r e a u of N a v a l P e r s o n n e l . Navy Dept., W a s h i n g t o n 25, D. C. Orders Issued R O B E R T E . R I E R A (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. W I L S O N R . B A R T L E T T (CDR U S N ) to B u P e r s , temp.

W I L L I A M F . M c C L A R E N (CDR U S N ) to P h i b TraPac. H A R O L D W . McDONALD (CDR U S N ) to Air Lant, temp.

G R A F T O N B . C A M P B E L L (CDR U S N ) to Air Lant. temp.

M A R T I N T. H A T C H E R (CDR U S N ) to Air Lant, temp.

A L V A W . D I N W I D D I E (CDR U S N ) to Com PhibConRon 1.

J A M E S L . P . M c C U L L U M (CDR U S N ) to C o m l n R o n 7.

ROBERT S. BURDICK adyises that his new correct mailing address is General Delivery, Olney, Md. Cdr. F. A. S P E N C E R has been transferred to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, T. H. EARL M. W E A V E R has advised us that his home address is 3751 Aberdeen Way, Houston 25, Tex. J A M E S W. T H O M S O N corrects his address to U S S WISCONSIN (BB-64), F P O San Francisco.

G. L. M c E N T E E , III advises he has moved to 3607 35th St., NW, Washington, D. C.

J O H N J. F L A C H S E N H A N has reported on board the USS WARRICK ( A K A 89), F P O San Francisco.

F R E D E R I C K W. A K E R S sends his new address which is 350 Pelly St., Renton, Washington.

P E T E R F. BOYLE gives his home address as 6417 31st PL, NW, Washington, A L T O N E. PADDOCK has moved recently to 522 Piccadilly Rd., Towson 4, Md. Word has just been received that CHARLES V. McQUARY is living at 805 Pitt Rd., Cheltenham, Pa. E. D. STANLEY, JR., is currently on duty with Staff, Commander Sixth Fleet.

F P O New York.

Sec'y, Cdr. Richard R. P r a t t , U S N , Box 70, N a v y 214, F P O , New York, N . Y. Orders Issued R O B E R T C. M O R T O N (CDR U S N ) to U S S COLUMBUS. M A R I O N J . R E E D (CDR U S N ) to U S S W I N D HAM BAY. D O N A L D W . W I L S O N (CDR U S N ) to U S S SALEM. J O H N D. B L I T C H (CDR U S N ) to N A S , J a c k sonville.

THOMAS W . S A M U E L (CDR U S N ) to N a v S t a , Subic B a y .

C. J. ELLIS advises that he is now making his home at 4204 Culbreath Ave., Tampa 9, Fla. A new duty station for J O H N P. P R E S TON is CinC South Staff, Box 3, New York, N. Y.

Corresponding Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H . Wescott.

USNR. 37 Whitcomb Ave.. Hingham. Mass.

Orders Issued F R E D E R I C K E . D A L L Y (CDR U S N ) to U S S G A R D I N E R S BAY. J A C K E . GIBSON (CDR U S N ) to command USS K E P P L E R .

STOCKTON B . S T R O N G (CDR U S N ) to U S S CORAL SEA. P E T E R G. M O L T E N I J R (CDR U S N ) to U S S SAINT P A U L .

W I L L I A M F. BRINGLE has recently moved to 114-51st St., Virginia Beach, Va. The following letter was received from H A N K T R A N S U E : "Since I was retired physically on 1 July 1947, I have been employed by Catalytic Construction Co., in Philadelphia. At present I am assistant manager of estimating for oil refineries, chemical plants, and atomic energy installations. For a while I acted as a job engineer and a coordinator. This life is fine and the work is hard but very interesting and progressive.

"If any friends happen to be in the area, stop by and set a spell with us. At ArmyNavy game time let us know and Babe and I can find room in our house (only seven bedrooms but not quite enough beds). See BOB T A T E quite a bit and also Jack Simpson '27, who works for the same company. Saw BILL C R E N S H A W in California this summer and he has not changed a bit."

Chaplain F. F. SMART, JR., reports that his new mailing address is Navy 926, F P O San Francisco.

W A S H I N G T O N N E W S O F 1937 September 7 to October 7 will have been a very busy month for the Class of 1937.

The class luncheon, wives of '37, Alumni Day, and the party after the game.

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The second Friday lunch for September As expected, all of Annapolis '37 was came on the l l t h with 27 valiant members present and acting as host: Charlie and of '37 on hand. On this occasion Annapolis Mary Minter, Dinty and Mary Kay Moore, '37 consisting of Ralph Cousins, Charlie Ralph and Mary Cousins of the Naval Air Minter and Dinty Moore was present in Facility. If you get to the NA Charlie and full force for an avowed purpose. They Mary Minter are at 48 Rodgers Rd. with succeeded; Ace Barton agreed to use an their two. sons and a daughter. Dinty and up-to-date list of Washington '37 Calling Mary Kay with one son have quarters at All Hands inviting them to attend a class 37 Upshur Rd. Ralph and Mary Cousins party after the Navy-Dartmouth game on are at the Naval Air Facility. Instead of October 3, at the Severn Club (now the "Chillun" they specialize in petsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;2 dogs Naval Academy Nursery). It promises to and 6 cats. be a good party.

Wes and Marcella Stuessi came up from Levick Street Ralph Kissinger, Jeff the Naval Station at Norfolk 11, Va., 438 Norman (just returned from a nice leave Pocahontas Creek, with their three youngsto the Gulf State area). Squire Pridmore, ters, Walter 12, Riley 10, and Melanie 7.

Rex Wheeler, Jack Wadleigh, Bill Porter Bush and Donnie Bringle came from and Gene Rankin attended. (Sene says he afar. They seem to be transients for the has found a house for Virginia and the moment. Bush is Exec of the U S S HdRfive kids.

NET ; Newport, R. ^ I., Philadelphia, and Bob Ware, Tommy Pearsall, John Johns- Norfolk were all mentioned in the converton and Ray Vroome were there. Ray sation.

Vroome was down in Washington repreJohnnie and Gwen DeVane came over senting the Tite-Flex Co. Inc. of Newark, from Patuxent.

N. J. Ray keeps residence at 25 Sanford From Washington came a fair numberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rd., Radburn, N. J. Just to be complete his phone is Fairlawn 4-3475. Dorothy and Jack and Ray Wadleigh, Bernard Bieri, Ray have four children, two sets of twins, RQC and Eleanor Wheeler, Squire and two boys, two girls. What is the difference Cynthia Pridmore, Ace and Libby Barton, between an arithmetic and a geometric Betty and John Johnston, Jack Denton, Red and Anne Hessel, Charlie and Betty progression?

Lake, Johnny and Bernice Nielson, and Wyman Howard, Willie Mack, Hank Eddie and Kay Pace.

Rowe, Joe Gerath and Hank Burfeind.

Didn't get the opportunity to talk to Hank came from the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va. He can now be Cecil Welte but did see him some distance reached in Op 05-A Pentagon Bldg., Room away. In a conversation with Will Hanger 4E394, extension 52575. Hank doesn't give I learned that Walt and Dolly Keen were us a residence address; he says he is '37's at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. only bachelor.

Guy Narter, Tom Cunningham, Red Hessel, Rivers Morrell, Curt Kelley and Tom Adams complete the muster of those present.

Sec'y. Lt. Col. John Saxten, USMC, G-3 Division Headquarters, Marine Corps, From Mrs. Goodloe we learn that Guy Washington 25, D . C. O'Neil with his wife and nine-year-old daughter stayed in Alexandria, Va., for a Orders Issued few days before leaving New York on the WILLIAM P. RIESENBERG (CDR USN) to fourth of October for duty in Ankara, WesSeaFron.

Turkey. When Guy arrives in Turkey HENRY E. SURFACE (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. there should be three of our class there. RHONALD J. HOYLE (CDR U S N ) to OFC BAGR, West District, Los Angeles.

Pete Molteni went there about a year ago. NORMAN E. FRYER JR (CDR U S N ) to USS Jimmy Gustin is in the State Department RENVILLE. and has made Turkey his main career. A L A N J. HOLMES (CDR U S N ) to NavHosp, Bethesda, treatment.

Jimmy, I believe, is in Istanbul.

THOMAS R. INGHAM (CDR U S N ) to CO NavCommSta, Kodiak.

Just saw a little clipping that the radar H. KONIG (CDR U S N ) to NavScol picket destroyer USS O'HAKE (DD-889), RUBIN AllWeaFIt, NAg, Corpus Christi. named for Butch O'Hare, is being recom- WILLIAM J. B U S H (CDR SC U S N ) to N S D Clearfield. missioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

CECIL A. BOLAM (CDR U S N ) to AirLant.

The wives of 1937 in the Washington area gathered 18 strong on September 10: Curly Adams, Ginny Anderson, Helma GEORGE R. MUSE gives his address Dressendorfer, Precious Gregg, Jo Hart- as 384 Broadway, Newport, R. I. man, Betty Johnston, Betty Kelly, Bernice W. W. McCRORY writes that he is now Nielson, Ginny Rankin, Lois Reece, Shirley Rixey, Sally Shamer, Natalia Sipple, living at 955 I Ave., Coronado, Calif.

Mary Martha Street, Francesca Ann StenROBERT E. C U T T S advises us of the cil, Ray Wadleigh, Edie Ware and Louise following change of address: RTC, Bldg.

Zavadil. That is really a turnout consider- 150, U. S. Naval Training Center, Great ing baby-sitting duties.

Lakes, 111.

WILLIAM A. H A S L E R gives his home Alumni Day, October 2, 1953, saw Dahlgren Hall containing the greatest number address as 2415 N. Sycamore St., Arlingof persons KT'ing at the same time inside ton, Va. of the same four walls. The Class of 1891 J. H. RAYMER has recently moved to led the group to the mess hall after the 386 Warren St., Needham, Mass. drum and fifes had marched thrice 'round The new duty address for H O W A R D B. the balcony. You should have seen the flashing light sign which read Ahoy Grads. BENGE (LTCOL USMC) is Rm. 1307, The mess hall was nearly filled this year. Hqtrs, U. S. Marine Corps, Washington 25, D. C. Eighteen members of '37 were joining in JIM DOUGLAS \yrote that he was leavthe goings on. Hank and Babe Transue and Bob and Jane Tate were down from ing the Philippines in August or SeptemPhiladelphia. Hank Transue is the assistant ber for subsequent assignment to the Forces Staff College in Norfolk. manager of estimating for the Catalytic Armed He and Sally just added a third daughter, (Construction Co. Bob Tate is with the Bonnie Bisset, to the family on 16 June.

Aircraft Marine Products Co. Bob and BEN P I C K E T T is now living in Apt. .Jane have two children, a boy 10 and a 6, 417 Harvard St., Norfolk 5, Va. girl S.

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Cdr. W. J. Ruhe, U S N , BuPers, Navy Department, Room 3733, Arlington Annex, Washington 25, D. C. Orders Issued WALTER C. MOORE JR (CDR U S N ) to CO AirAsRon 22.

THOMAS C. WILLIAMSON (CDR U S N ) to BuPers.

GEORGE J. LARGESS (CDR U S N ) to Nav CommSta, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM D. B O N V I L L I A N (CDR U S N ) to USS ANTIETAM. ELBERT C. LINDON (CDR U S N ) to ComSub Div 63.

ROBERT H. SMITH (CDR U S N ) to ComCar AirGru 15.

R E U B E N N . PERLEY JR (CDR U S N ) to TG 7.1.

JAMES F. B. JOHNSTON (CDR U S N ) to command USS LOWRY. JACK C. YOUNG (CDR U S N ) to AirPac. MARCUS L. LOWE (CDR U S N ) to U S S SICILY.

K. C. C H I L D E R S , JR., gives his new mailing address as POBox 415, Camarillo, Calif.

J. M. West is residing at 5517 Brite Dr., Bethesda 14, Md. J. W. McCOY has moved to A p t 4F, 420 Battery Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. R A L P H W. R A W S O N advises his correct mailing address is Box 586, RR 9, Dayton 4, Ohio.

E D W I N C. AIKEN'S new address is 17 Courtney Dr., Thomason Park, Triangle, Va. ROBERT E. BLACKWELL writes that he has moved to 520 Pearl St., Ottawa, 111.

The following letter was received from DONALD C. W I L S O N : "I am happy fo report that I have been recently appointed vice president and secretary of the John C. Motler Printing Co., York, Pa., and also to the Board of Directors of that company.

"There are two divisions of our company, the Rotogravure Printing Machinery Division and the O.K. Machinery Division. We design and manufacture rotogravure printing presses and allied equipment, including magazine and newspaper folders.

"The president of our company, John C. Motler, is a noted designer and manufacturer of rotogravure equipment. In our O.K. Machinery Division we design and manufacture hoists, portable air compressors and elevators, the latter being used in the construction business. At the present time we are making several large hoists for the Bureau of Yards and Docks."

S H O R E BREEZES

by PAUL SCHRATZ

I took a seventy-two last weekend to drive up to Pittsburgh for a high school class reunion "twenty years ago after." It was a lulu! Most of the asbestos blonds and redheads of the good old days had gone considerably to suet but I suppose I looked about the same to them. Henrietta and I both had a wonderful time but got a great surprise when the awards were given out. I thought the five little Schratzes should at least put me in running for the "fertile father" award, but we couldn't come closer than a poor third. The winner had an amazing total of eleven youngsters and the runner-up eight, which just shows what you can do when Uncle Sam isn't shoving you around all the time. I received my greatest consolation, I think, in noting that my little bride, despite her five, looked the most attractive and charming of all those present and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought so. (Now why didn't I tell her this that evening?)

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the Comptroller gave us a boost in interpreting the groimd rules for travel. In CompGen B-116453 of 14 August he says: "It is clearly the intent of the statute and of the regulations issued pursuant thereto that an officer ordered to make a permanent change of station shall be furnished transportation for all eligible dependents regardless of numbers." In the case in question he authorized mileage via private auto for a carload and also transportation requests for them as couldn't fit in the family phaeton. And in case you never knew what allowance you rate for dependents, you get 6 cents a mile for not to exceed two dependents over 12 years old, 3 cents a mile for each additional dependent over 12 and for each dependent between 5 and 12. The total for all shall not exceed 18 cents per mile. There must be a way to pull a snooker by using T/R's, etc., after we reach the 18-cent ceiling, but I haven't checked the fine print yet. Our problem to date is to get all the paper work and all the departures organized so I can collect anything at all. If you need the dope, let me know.

The final report on the class picnic, though late in getting to you, should nevertheless be quite interesting. From the initial greeting (and screening) at the gate by the V O S S L E R images through the fathers vs. sons softball game (a hotly contested 7-7 tie), it was a superbly organized affair. Jim COLEMAN, Jack M A T H E W S and wives arranged recreation and games, and the JARVISes and SPECTORs carried the ball for the remainder of the arrangements. The volleyball game ended in a big upset when the District and Maryland representatives defeated the Virginia delegation best out of three. The winners apparently didn't realize that us Virginians play the game every day and we almost think we're good.

The ball game with the yoimgsters was "evened" by giving the yoimgsters six strikes and requiring the fathers to bat left-handed. It took very few looks at some of our ten- to twelve-year olds, though, to realize how soon the "evening" will proceed in the opposite direction, despite the superb physical fitness and conditioning displayed by'the dads.

Lunch of the usual hot dogs, salad, ice cream, cake, lemonade, fried chicken, etc., was excellent. I can honestly report that there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that the chicken was some which was left over from first-class year. We never had it so good. The only other observation I can pass onâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;beer consumption followed the trend noticed for the last five years, being only half of what had been anticipated. My final "statistic" on the day is not yet compiled. Two of the Schratz clan came down with mumps the day after the picnic, which means they were in the most highly contagious state on the day they were in close contact with a zillion '39 offspring. Which is only fair, since we got the germ from Charlie CASSEL's little girl.

All of this brings me finally to the very fine Homecoming Weekend at old USNA, reported on elsewhere in the issue. The Friday-Saturday activities as a whole are worth going to a lot of pains to attend, if you have never made one before and can start thinking about next year. The overall expense is as low as you can possibly expect, and the wives in particular will be impressed with the P'rade, dinner in the mess hall and a tour of the grounds under ideal conditions. Everything is arranged to help you meet the people you want to meet, and the individual class parties after the game put the final touch on the best 30

in reunions. Among those at the Friday K-T and at the joint '38-'39 party at Carvel Hall on Saturday were about 30 couples from the area and Bill and Fran ALF O R D from Norfolk. I will violate all the rules of social reporting by not including the other names. Anybody who really wants to know, however, can drop me a post card and I will be glad to oblige.

I'd like to close with an anecdote at hand but I'm already over-subscribed on space this month.

See you next month.

R O B E R T D. MACKLIN has retunied from Australia and is living at 1801 Sixteenth St., N.W., Apt. 312, c/o Kane, Washington 9, D. C. J. V. B A R T L E T T has reported for duty at the U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion No. Four, F P O New York.

H E R B ACKERMAN requests his address be changed to 3727 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 15, Ohio.

H U B E R T H. A N D E R S O N writes that he has moved to 1901 Calumet St., Houston, Tex.

Correspondence Sec'y, Cdr. Bob Mallek, U S N .

BnShips. Code 6 0 6 c Nayy Dept^ Washineton 2S. D . C.

See'y. L t . Cdr. Garrison Brown. U S N .

Box SS42. Shirlineton S U t i o n .

ArlinetoB. V a .

Orders Issned R O B E R T H . W H I T E (CDR U S N ) t o command USS B E A L E .

W I L L I A M W . S O U T H (CDR U S N ) t o A i r P a c .

J O S E P H D E M E T R E E (CDR U S N ) t o CO F a s Ron 115.

W I L L I A M R. M c K I N N E Y (CDR U S N ) to command USS J O S E P H P . KENNEDY JR. R O B E R T R. B O E T T C H E R (CDR U S N ) t o U S S MINDORO. M I C H A E L J . H A N L E Y J R (CDR U S N ) t o CO A t a k R o n 175.

J O H N W . S U L L I V A N (CDR U S N ) to U S S LOS A N G E L E S .

R I C H A R D L . C O C H R A N E (CDR U S N ) to comm a n d USS J O H N R. CRAIG. W I L L I A M M. C A R P E N T E R (CDR U S N ) t o command U S S W A D L E I G H .

D A N I E L S. A P P L E T O N (CDR U S N ) t o comm a n d U S S J O H N A. B O L E .

W I L B U R G. B A R T O N (CDR U S N ) t o CruDes Pac. SCOTT L O T H R O P (CDR U S N ) to B n O r d .

F R E D E R I C K W . P E N N O Y E R I I I (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. F R E D J . GORCZYK (CDR U S N ) t o command USS BRISTOL. D A V m A. M A R K S (CDR U S N ) to N O P I n dianapolis.

J O H N B . N E L S O N (CDR U S N ) t o command U S S STODDARD.

Orders Issued R O B E R T E . S E G U I N (LCDR U S N ) t o N a v Hosp, Bethesda. t r e a t m e n t .

R O B E R T A. M A R T I N (LCDR U S N ) t o N a B a T r a C o n . N A S . Pensacola.

C O R L I S S W . ADAMS (LCDR U S N ) t o CO F i t Ron 154.

W I L L I A M E . SIMS (LCDR U S N ) to c o m m a n d U S S GUDGEON. F R A N C I S E . R I C H (LCDR U S N ) to N a v a l W a r College, N e w p o r t .

J O H N B . D A V I S ( f D R U S N ) to U S S P I C K AWAY. J O N A T H A N A. B A R K E R (LCDR U S N ) to P i t t s b u r g h A r e a F L D O F C A E C , Idaho F a l l s .

C H E S T E R M. L E E (LCDR U S N ) t o P o s t g r a d u a t e School, Monterey.

J O H N D . L I E C H T Y (LCDR U S N ) t o NaT Marianas.

A L B E R T L . KOBEY J R (CDR U S N ) t o N a v F e .

W. D. BAKER advises that his current address is 157 Lembla St., Norfolk, Va. A new address for J. A. H O L M E S is 106 W. Alexandria Ave., Alexandria, Va. NORMAN I. LEE, JR., sends the following change of address: Apt. B-2, 155 Lawrence St., Middletown, R. I. Cdr. JACOB V I N C E N T H E I M A R K and Mrs. Heimark annoimce the birth of their fifth child, fourth son, Christopher Jacob, on 4 September 1953 at the British Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay. Christopher is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Heimark of Clarkfield, Minn., and of R. Adm. A. C. Bennett, USN, '12 ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Bennett of Carmel, Calif.

Sec'y, Cdr. J o h n C. Feick, J r . , U S N , P . O. Box 284. P u r c h a s i n g A g e n t , Westinghouse P l a n t , E l m i r a , N . Y. Orders Issued H O K E M. SISK (CDR U S N ) to CO F i t R o n 4 1 .

J A M E S W . B O T T E N (CDR U S N ) to Staff, CinC L a n t Fleet.

THOMAS C. B U E L L (CDR U S N ) to command U8S ORLECK. J O S E P H C. Z I R K L E (CDR U S N ) to A i r P a c .

W I L L I A M S. D A U B I N (CDR U S N ) to command USS MULLANY. R U S S E L L F . T R U D E A U (CDR U S N ) to A i r Lant.

E R I C W . P O L L A R D (CDR U S N ) to N A S Hntchinson.

W I L L I A M W. N E E L Y writes that he is living at 310 23rd St., Tuscaloosa, Ala. J. W. N E W S O M gives his new address as 1407 Lanier Blvd., Brunswick, Ga. R I C H A R D E. F O S T E R has recently been transferred to the U. S. Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif.

H O K E M. SISK's new duty address is VF-41, F P O New York.

G. W. E H R E K E gives his mailing address as Pasadena P.O., Jacobsville, Md. W A L T E R M. V I N C E N T has recently returned from the Canal Zone and is now making his home at 1005 Poplar Dr., Falls Church, Va. J A M E S O. SEAMAN S ad\'ises that he is now living on Alcott Rd. in Concord, Mass.

HORACE P. McNEAL has been detached from the U S S COBBLER and is now living at 935 Cynthia Ave., Pasadena 8, Calif.

ROBERT B. POAGE has reported to the Naval War College in Newport, R. I. J. W. CONGER gives his current duty address as NAS, Pensacola, Fla., and he also announces the birth of his second child, first daughter, Todd Elizabeth, at the Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., on 1 May 1953.

H A R O L D E. R I C E is on duty at the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, Newport, R. I. J A M E S W. WYRICK is on duty at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk 11, Va. L I N D S A Y C. McCARTY reports that his mailing address is Box 7, Submarine Base, New London, Conn.

S T E P H E N J. R I O R D A N is now on duty with Staff, ComCarDiv 5, F P O San Francisco.

GEORGE W. M c F E T R I D G E writes that he is presently Commanding Officer of FV-51, which is an F9F-6 squadron based at N A S Miramar, Calif. His duty address is Fighter Squadron 51, F P O San Francisco, and his family is living at 407 Marview Dr., Solana Beach, Calif.

DSBB Sec'y. Owen F . Keeler, J r . , 3509 M a r t h a Custis Dr., A l e x a n d r i a , V a .

Orders Issued D O N A L D R . J O N E S (LCDR U S N ) t o P h i b Lant.

J O S E P H A. L O V I N G T O N (LCDR U S N ) to U . of Calif. Radiation L a b . Livermore.

BCENNETH C. W A L L A C E (LCDR U S N ) t o command U S S GEORGE.

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WILLIAM M. GOODE (LCDR USN) to USS HALSEY POWELL. KENNETH R. KLOFKORN (LCDR SC USN) to BnSanda.

JOHN H. LOBDELL (LCDR USN) to Car Air Gru 15.

H A R D Y B. F O W L E R writes that he and Betty have moved back to New Orleans where they are living at 5922 Coliseum St., New Orleans, La. On a recent trip to Arkansas he says he saw GUY F R E E L I N G and K E L T O N LOWERY. R. H. J O H N S T O N , JR., has moved to He hopes anyone travelling in the vicinity the West Coast and is making his home at of New- Orleans will call or drop in to 510 H Ave., Coronado, Calif. see them.

D A V I D A. S H O N E R D has recently reP E T E R A. C I P R I A N O requests his ported on board the U S S WILLIAM C . address be changed to 44 Oak Ridge Rd., LA WE (DD-763), F P O New York.

West Orange, N. J. W. M. GOODE writes that he is looking L E O N A R D G. CRANING gives his forward ( ? ) to his first case of seasickness in over five years now that he is on board mailing address as 23144 Payne C t , Mounthe U S S HALSEY POWELL (DD-686), F P O tain View, Calif.

San Francisco.

J O H N E. P E R R Y is now living at 6 R. E. S T A R K advises that he is now Lake Dr., Bay Ridge, Annapolis, Md. living at 5917 Conway Rd., Bethesda 14, R O B E R T L. B O T H W E L L advises that Md. his current address is c/o E. J. Peirson, A letter from W I L L I A M F. LALLY, Virginia Ave., Phoenixville, Pa. JR., tells that he is living at 7 Wood Lane, James Harold Hval was born on SepLevittown, N . Y. tember 18, 1953. His father and mother J O H N W. S H U L T Z . JR., requests his are Mr. and Mrs. HAROLD N E I L mailing address be changed to 5615 Oak- H V A L and he has two brothers, David, mont Ave., Bethesda, Md. 6, and Robert, 3.

N E L S O N C. W O O D W A R D has reJ A M E S E. McCAULEY is on duty at ported on board the U S S SABALO ( S S - the Academy and is living at 123 Granville 302), F P O San Francisco.

Ave., Annapolis, Md. DAVID M. RONEY, JR., gives his address as 4205 Highgrove Rd., Pittsburgh 36, Pa. Sec'y, Lt. Gene Goudie, USN, HORACE C. HOGAN, JR., has moved VF-742, c/o FPO, New York City to 13SC Adm. Luce St., Middletown, R. I. LLOYD G. Y E I C H is on duty at the J O H N C. KANE, JR., gives his new N R O T C Unit of the University of New address as 218 Grover Rd., Bayshore, Toms Mexico in Albuquerque and is living at River, N. J. 3424 Calle Del Monte, N.E., Albuquerque, H A R R Y C. LOWE'S new home address N. M. is 730 Carolina St., Palm City, Calif.

J O H N F. D R I S C O L L writes that he A recent change of address for W. L. has recently moved to 5727 Chelsea Ave., GLODT is 110 Pierce Rd., Weymouth, La Jolla, Calif.

Mass.

W I L L I A M R. BOOSE gives his new L t W. L. CALDWELL is now living address as 1212 6th St., Coronado, Calif.

A new duty address for E V E R E T T J. at 51 Lake Dr., Annapolis.

CLARENCE A. HILL, JR., writes that OLINDER, JR., is Office of the Judge Advocate (General, Pentagon Rm. 4E817, his current home address is 1533 10th St., Coronado, Calif.

Washington 25, D. C. H O W A R D W . D A W S O N advises that E. N. K A R A N G E L E N says his new he is now living at 909 Arnette Ave., Dur- address is c/o One Hour Cleaners, 229 E. ham, N. C. Trade St., Charlotte, N. C.

J O H N R. T R A U T M A N N gives his new duty address as N A S Anacostia, Washington, D. C. ARNOLD G. T H A L H A M E R has been transferred to M S T S WestPac, Admin., F P O San Francisco.

We regret to report the death of L O U I S H E R B E R T SUGG in a plane crash off the northeast coast of Spain on 3 September 1953. He is survived by his widow, Irene Cullen Sugg of 146 Chester St., W., Norfolk 3, Va., and three children, Dale, Phillip and Kathryn Leigh.

J O H N J. CRYAN advises that his home address is 8024 Diggs Rd., Norfolk, Va. JACK E. GODFREY is living at 722 Sampson Rd., Dahlgren, Va. A new mailing address for J A M E S H. ALDRICH is POBox 722, Arlington, Fla. L U T H E R T. C H E S N U T , 3rd, has just reported for duty at Public Works Dept., Naval Supply Depot, Navy No. 926, F P O San Francisco.

H. G. S H E R M A N gives his current duty address as NADC, Johnsville, Pa. A recent change of address for LEO G. D. W I E M E R , JR., is 414 Harvard St., Apt. 1, Norfolk, Va. TENTH REUNION NEWS It's true! Ten years do make quite a changeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;except for promotions. Despite the gray hair, people remembered the faces (remembering the names was just a wee bit tougher) as the tenth reunion got underway at the Annapolis Roads Club during Alumni Homecoming Weekend.

Two hundred and five people including wives and sweethearts got together to celebrate the passing years. Besides the 7j/^year Navy lieutenants there were the Marine majors, a lieutenant colonel in the Philippine Air Force, business tycoons, medical doctors, lawyers, a reverend, and a Catholic priest.

The consensus was that it was a super duper get-together and to the best of our knowledge there were no casualties. Features of the evening were a talk by "Baldy" Chapman, class vice president, singing of a few old Navy songs, and a citation and

â&#x20AC;˘44 GET-TOGETHER, 18 SEPTEMBER . . . Dinner and Cocktails at the Pearl Harbor C. O. M. Standing, back row (1. to r.): Margie King, Scott Palmer, Jack Pennington, Tom Sofos, Bob Norton, Bill Stanard, Jim Stevens. 2nd row: Randy King, Frank Biewer, Walt Truxler, Ralph Blaine, Carl Jennings, George Bennett. 3rd row: Ernie Holloway, Ada Holloway, Marnie Fanning, Ernie Fanning, Jack Martin, Marjorie Stevens, Betty Blaine, Libby Bennett, Frances Stanard. Front row: Lanier Cole, Peggy Cole, Barbara Siple, Claire Martin, Bettie Jennings, Barbara Biewer, Betsy Palmer, Betty Jo Pennington, Rena Sofos, Sue Meacham. At party but not in p i a u r e : Joe and Dorothy Earnest, Ted and Virginia Hennes.

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award of a diaper medal (combat diaper J O H N L. G R I F F I N has moved to San pin clasp authorized) to "Frenchie" Suhre Mateo, Calif., where he is living at who is the proud father of si.x children. A Santa Clara Way. _ Sec'y, A . L . Bnck, Box 6086. muster list of those in attendance is printed Shirlington Station, Arlington 6. V a .

R. J. FABRIZIO wrote that o" ^fP" at the end of this article. tember 20 he completed 17 months ot active SAM G O R S L I N E sent the following duty and has now returned to a cmiian As you probably know, the Tenth Rereport from Japan: "On the 22nd of Auunion Committee plans to publish a class status and is at home at 82 Hague or., register in the near future. Some seven gust the Class of 1945 (Japan Detachment) Jersey City, N . J. held the first of what we hope will be a hundred odd questionnaires were sent out NEWSLETTER to the best addresses we could find. Nat- regularly scheduled reunion. A total of 23 urally some of them were bad, but we did persons, including 16 classmates, attended The Washington chapter held its regular the best we could. At the time of this writ- the gathering at the Yokosuka Naval Base monthly meeting, Tuesday, October 6,1953, Officers' Club.

Among those present were ing, 267 questionnaires containing the reat the Naval Gun Factory and twenty quested dope have been received. A brief Dick Bridges, Bill Benson and wife, Wally classmates turned out on a miserably wet analysis of these returns showed there were Lawson and wife. Jack Kalina, Jack Peters, day. As was announced previously, election 13 bachelors, 58 civilians which included Johnny Haines, Pinky Howard, Bob (Big of various officers and the appointment of business tycoons, four medical doctors, one Stoop) Stanton, Bob Hogsed, Mai Fortson certain committees was to be the major clinical psychologist, two lawyers, one rev- and wife, Bob Coulthard and wife, Mrs. order of business. At the meeting, presided erend and one priest. In the child produc- Paul Converse (Paul being in Korea at over by Pierce Jensen, the following was tion line there are 292 boys and 266 girls. the time), Benny Decker and Benny transacted: Those of you who are still able to maneuver Decker, Sr., Ken Allison and wife, Garen ALLAN P A U L SLAFF, a slightly beyour slipsticks can figure out the percent- Rae, and Sam Gorsline and wife.

"Others in the area but unable to attend wildered newcomer to our luncheons and ages and pro-rate them to estimate the were Vince Anania, Phil Erickson, E. P. the past editor-in-chief of our Leg, was numbers for the entire graduating class. elected president of the Washington chapThe class register will contain the dope Wilson, Ted Wagner, Bev Randolph, War- ter and vice president of the class to serve, ren O'Neil, Thad Taylor and Bill Geiger. on all of our classmates who have realong with the other officers, until April turned the questionnaires that were sent Since then Tom Johnson, Doc Graybill and 1954. A truly monumental task faces our out The information presented will be Pete Hustad have arrived so the Far East- new Washington prexy, but we here are status, wife and children's names, and per- ern contingent is still going strong. Any- sure a guiding hand for the next few manent mailing addresses. Blank "fill-in" one in the area be sure to contact Bob months can straighten out a lot of our spaces will be left for those classmates on Coulthard or Sam Gorsline at ComNavFe. organizational Jind tenth-year anniversary whom we do not have the dope. A final We are expecting to make these get- problems. accounting of the reunion party finances togethers a regular event so if anyone is in To assist and advise Slaff, the remainder indicates that there is enough money avail- the area be sure to come around and join of the Executive Council was elected, able to mail out the register to those who the happy throng."

HUGO CULBREATH and For those not in the area and wanting to namely, attended the party. It is requested that anyone else who desires a copy of the regis- write, Sam's address is Staff ComNavFe H O W A R D BUCKNELL. These two join P I E R C E J E N S E N , formerly elected to ter send in a self-addressed stamped en- (N2), F P O , San Francisco, Calif. velope. We'll let you know the postage reA L E X A N D E R K. R E N T S C H L E R ad- the same position, Slaff as prexy, BUCK quired in the next issue of Shipmate. vises that he has moved from Rochester to as secretary, and COBB as treasurer.

M I K E M A R S H A L L was selected as chairMuster of those attending Tenth Reunion 44 Deshon St., New London, Conn. man of the nomination committee for the Party: J. R. Allen, D. Ames, K. L. AnderH U G H MASON has just moved to 8 Association's president, who, it should be son, R. E. Apple, C. E. Bagnell, J. J. Mayo Ave., Annapolis, Md. pointed out. serves for five years and who Bailey, H. S. Barbour, J. S. Bartman, F. A recent change of address for R O B E R T may be nominated by any fifteen members D. Barton, J. R. Bass, H . E. Baumberger, C. B L O U N T is 220 Stanmore Rd., Balti- of the class. Any fifteen members, singly H. Benoit, R. E. Bowe, J. C. Camp, A. C. more 4, Md. or collectively, may nominate any classCarson, W. C. Chapman, R. P. (joogan, J O H N F. BRIGGS, JR., has changed mate's name to be placed on the ballot E. S. Cornwall, J. I. Cumberland, S. A. which will be in a future mailing. It is not Davis, K. B. Duke, J. V. Dwyer, R. S. his address to 40 Barksdale Rd., White necessary for our president to be staticaied Eaton, R. C. Fedon, E. F. Ferguson, C. C. Plains, N . Y. j;. P . W I L L I A M S ( L T CEC U S N ) in Washington, since the function of the Floweree, R. W. Frame, J. L. From; writes that his new duty station is Mobile above Executive Council is to carry out T. M. Gilliland, J. E. Godfrey, R. T .

Construction Battalion No. 10, F P O San his vrishes.

Gregory, H. J. Grimes, K. C. Gummerson, At this same meeting much discussion J. A. Harkins, R. A. Hawkins, L. W. Hay, Francisco.

R O B E R T B. W R I G H T advises that was devoted to plans for our tenth year anC. H. Hayden, J. J. Heimark, D. W . Herlong, L. J. Hernandez, R. E. Hickle, J. P. his home address is 527 18 Ave., East niversary to be held during Homecoming Weekend next year at Annapolis. It was Hilburn, H. W. Hiller, M. H . Hoh, D. A. Moline, 111.

Horn, R. G. Hutzel, R. F. Jackson, J. C. LANDO W. ZECH, JR., has reported decided to request those classmates in AnJennings, K. H . Johns, J. B. Klay, A. G. to the Academy and is living in Qtrs. B-3, napolis who are relatively certain of being there next October to assume the respt)nKohn, S. K. Kreutzer, J. F. Laboon, L. N . Perry Circle, USNA, Annapolis, Md. Landes, N. E. Leach, J. C. Lieber, H . H . W. G. T H O R S B Y has moved to 7834 sibility of time, place, food, etc., with Washington taking the responsibility of Loeffler; Lakewood Dr., Falls Church, Va. publicity mailing and other assistance as E. E. Mallick, J. E. McCauley, W . L. A new duty address for J. J. LEBOURMellott, P . Miller. R. S. Miller, D. J. Moe, GEOIS is Staff, Commander Destroyer may be required. Such a request will be mailed to certain Annapolitans as soon as E. J. Monsport, G. P. Montgomery, J. D. Flotilla Four, F P O Norfolk. possible.

Mooney, W . R. Moore, D. V. Ness, R. W. W I L L I A M F. J. RIORDAN is living Very shortly we expect to put out anNewell, J. T. Nicholson, E. J. Olinder, other class letter to everyone which will B. B. Parks, J. E. Perry, J. E. Peterson, at 4604 Crown Ave., La Canada, Calif.

L. E. Preston, J. M. Prosser, F. E. Rau, F R E D E R I C K J. K E L L E Y gives the summarize our activities for the past six D. B. Rentschler, R. E. Richey, R. L. following new mailing address: Bldg. 313, months. Enclosed in the letter will be a Rubel, E. D. Scorza, T. M. Searles, H. E. N. Y. Naval Shipyard, Brooklynd, N. Y. data card, which we hope will be filled out Sims, K F. X. Smith, N. S. Smith, E. J. P A U L L. N U S C H K E has left Carlisle, and returned in order that we may start Stock, J. A. Stockton, D. E. Storey, J. W . Pa., and is now living at 32 Wadsworth compiling data for the proposed Ten Years After book. This card will also be the basis Stribling, J. C. Stuart F. J. Suhre, W. D. Ave., Revere, Mass. for the permanent class files, especially Surface; C H A R L E S SOBEL's new address is since the class has just purchased a $57 J. W. Taylor, A. J. Thompson, J. R. 225 Vitmar PI., Park Ridge, N. J. Victor Visible Kardex fileâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the old 3x5 Trautmann, W . W. Upshaw, A. A. P E T E R R. P E R K I N S ' new home ad- cards in a wooden box just aren't feasible Vaughn, J. E. Victor, W. R. Wakeland, H. R. Walker, P . B. Wall, G. W. Watson, dress is 63 Via Cimarron, Monterey, Calif. for a class of our size.

R. S. Wentworth, W . V. Whidden, L. G. J. A. CARROLL writes that his address SOCIAL A F F A I R S D. Wiemer, J. R. Wish, and E. J. Zellmer. is 355 Clinton Ave., Apt. 3-B, Brooklyn, N O T E : Because of space limitations, N. Y. Our Washington gal friends again held H O W A R D T. J O H N S O N writes that their regular monthly chow-down at Fan only the classmates attending are shown.

It may be assumed that where possible the he is now back from Alaska and. living at and Bill's on 9 September 1953â&#x20AC;&#x201D;regularly wives accompanied their husbands. Phyllis 14 Crane Ave., Caldwell, N. J. the second Wednesday of every month. AtW I L L I A M J. TRAYNOR's new dutv tending were Ruth Adams, Kay Derr, Jane Swift represented S H U F O R D S W I F T address is U S S ATULE (SS-403), F P O Strong, Davie Delgado, Greta Orbeton, who was at sea.

Jean Chaires, Pete Sherrer, Beth Potter,' New York.

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and Caroline Buck. Any new arrivals in ter more addresses, plus clerical assistance, len. Among others seen recently in the area but unable to be present were Al RussiUo, the area are cordially invited to call any of ours would only be a token list Ed Napier, Pete Boyd, Chuck Hayden, the above gals for time and place of the Hank Hanssen. next meeting.

PERSONAL ITEMS Our biggest social event of the year, the BILL P E T R A T , who attended the cockcocktail party after the Dartmouth game, tail party and whose address appears above, was one of the best parties your secretary suggests that a Long Island-New York has attended. The organization responsible chapter would be a good idea. This same Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Charles V. Wilhoit, Jr., USN, USS RANDOLPH (CVA-15) —the '45 Annapolis wives—did a superb idea has been also proposed by W. M. FPO New York, N. Y. job in planning and preparation. Our grate- RAND of 59 Old Farm Rd., Levittown, ful thanks to Mrs. Duffy Anson and her N. Y., and ROG M U L L I N S of 115 Gun MONTEREY NEWS crew for making it possible for some 37 Lane, Levittown. Especially suggested for Reported by CARRIE ERICKSON classmates plus assorted wives and dates time would be a party after the Navyto get together. Our list of those attending Columbia game. There, certainly are Larry Stahl, Dick Richardson, and Bill is believed to be correct, but is subject to enough classmates living in that area to Henningsen have abandoned the BOQ and error due to the "gala" nature of the affair. justify regular meetings. set up housekeeping in Carmel—"lovely Here goes for those present: A R N I E H I R S C H of 4107 Spruce St., spot with garden (and gardener),^ guest Stephen W. Heller, 4815 Middlesex Lane, Philadelphia, dropped us a note which in- house, patio, and lush furnishings." PerBethesda, Md.; A. L. Buck, Jr., 2725 S. cluded the address of J. M. O'MALLEY, fect setting for the lost weekend!!

Buchanan St., Arlington, Va.; W. W. Col- 1765 E. 236th St., Euclid, Ohio, and G. J. Carrie has handed over her job to Ellen lier, 2643 S. Walter Reed Dr., Arlington, ZILLIGEN, 242 170th St., Hazel Crest 111. Ahern after six months of faithfully sendVa.; E. B. Uhler, VP-3, NAS, Jackson- Thanks a lot, Arnie, for those addresses ing in the dope. Thanks loads, Carrie. ville, Fla.; J. E. Boak, NAF, USNA, An- and them kind words. napolis, Md.; J. R. Potter, ONR, Navy ANNAPOLIS NEWS JACK GAMBRILL writes that he and Dept., Washington, D. C.; F. F. Clifford, BUD N A N C E have recently reported into Reported by JACKIE JACOBS ComSubLant, New London, Conn.; B. Sny- VF-61, now at N A S , Oceana, Fla. Jack der, IV, VC-33, NAS, Adantic City, N. J.; has several sightings to report—Ben WalSince I'm down in Gtmo I had to go to P. A. Jensen, BuAer, Navy Dept., Wash- lace, BuAer; Rube Richards, ComAirLant press too early to include news of Alumni ington, D. C ; H. C. Mason, USNA, An- Staff; Bud Selfridge and Bob Merrick of Weekend but there should be plenty of napolis, Md. ( M E ) ; R. R. Hale, USNA, HUKLant; Dolan Hertzig from Cecil news on that in the next issue.

Annapolis, Md. ( M E ) ; L. W. Zech, Field; and rumor to the effect that Tip A picnic was held at the Experiment USNA, Annapolis, Md. (Exec) ; C. D. Watson, Don Curran, and Bob Ferrin Station grounds commencing at 4 p.m. on Mize, USNA, Annapolis ( E x e c ) ; F. H. are in the same squadron in Hawaii.

13 September, arranged by Sidney Savage, Lamartin, USNA, Annapolis, Md. ( E E ) ; All the goings-on from the "land of the Nancy Culwell, Mary King and Dawn A. S. Waters, Mine Depot, Yorktown, Va.; Lyon. Buffet supper consisted of turkey, R. C. Barnhart Jr., U S S W. A. LEE ( D L - belly-dancers" comes in from J O H N roast beef, rolls, potato salad, relishes, beer HILL, attache in Cairo, Egypt.

John has 4) ; J. R. Wilson, Navy Dept., Washingand potato chips. To start off the enterton, D. C ; W. R. Gerich, CinCLantFlt, really been touring all of Africa, it seems, tainment Dick Vardy, Dick Lyons, Stu but swears he's loaded with paper work.

Norfolk, Va. By this time, too, John and Dolores will Savage and Bill Dunseath gave Spike Jones' version (in pantomime) of "CockF. W . Ewald, Arm. Test., NATC, Pa- be proud parents. for Two" and "Tennessee Waltz." tuxent Md.; H. Culbreath, PRNC, WashJ O H N C H A P P E L L from NAS, Agana, tails ington, D. C.; G. J. O'Shea, 5825 13th St., Guam, says be sure and put that spot at This was followed by a fashion show deN.W., Washington, D. C.; E. H . Doolin, least third in your future choices^ of duty, picting "A Typical Navy Wife's Day." VC-7, Patuxent River, Md.; R. Neuen- preferably don't mention it at all.

Models were (this must have been a near dorffer, Schools Command, Newport, R. I.; If anyone has been wondering what hap- riot) Jack Jennings, Stu Savage, "DagC. E. Wood, 19-11 Valley Rd., Drexel pened to PAUL CLAPP, here's the dope. wood" Bumstead, jack Culwell, Frank Hill, P a . ; W . F. Petrat, 16 Zemek St., Retired 1946, married 1948, graduated Har- King, Toby Lyon, Bill Dunseath, Bob Valley Stream, N. Y.; C. H. Cobb, Jr., vard Medical School 1951, now in second Schabacker, and Chuck Williams. Ben 5808 Cedar Parkway, Chevy Chase, Md.; year surgical training New York Hospi- Martin was narrator while Ted Culpepper, J. P . Wise, U S S BECUNA (SS-319), New tal, no off-spring yet (claims to be a late played the piano. Attending were Grojeans, London, Conn.; J. H. Hildebrand, USNA, Jacobs, Vardys, Anders, Moores, Ledbetstarter), present plans indefinite.

Annapolis, Md. ( M E ) ; J. Henson, VU-10, ters, Moores, Nicklas, Minot Simons ^ d BOB VOLK is now aboard the U S S Drag, Peggy Heimberger, Turks, WeirGuantanamo, Cuba; A. E. Bergesen, American Embassy, Vienna, Austria; W. TABBERER (DE-418), F P O NYC. ichs, Wilsons, Culpeppers, Harmers, Ben W. K. Miller, Jr., USNA, Annapolis, Md.; GRANT N I S B E T announces his resig- Martin, Dave Barksdale, Glindemans, HanJ. Wilhelm, BuShips, Navy Dept., Wash- nation is pending and that he has high kins, Herzogs, Jennings, Atkinsons, Lyons, ington, D. C.; F. A. Hale, Quantico, Va.; hopes of making the fall term at Stanford Ortlands, Phelps, Savages, Johnsons, BamP. C. Gale, USNA, Annapolis, Md.; H. O. Business School. Other recent resignations steads, Culwells, Kings, Dick Lyon, P. R. Anson, USNA, Annapolis, Md. (Exec) ; include W. M. RAND and J. J. KING, Taylors, Dunseaths, Schabackers, Boyles, J. D. White, USNA, Annapolis, Md., and and also a rumor that BOB CURLEY has Williams, Lavelles; Faulders and Gulicks G. P. Griffith. taken the plunge. from D. C. and Air Force guests, Jim Just one further word, gang. Those let- and Nancy Barnes.

Friend and roomie DICK BRIDCiES reports a small get-together in the Far ters with good addresses and checks have East of himself, W. E. LAWSON, W. S. slowed up to the point where it's hardly SAN DIEGO N E W S BENSON, and J. KALINA. At this af- worthwhile checking the class postoffice Reported by HARLIE M I Z E fair, Dick collected and forwarded four box. C'mon, didn't you really mean to send dollars of class dues and four good mailing us your dues and address but just put it A party was planned on 3 October at the addresses—we like to hear about affairs off?.

Admiral Kidd Club but we went to press like this; how about some more ?

A combination class reunion and business before the dope could be received. If you're Your secretary attended a luncheon Oc- meeting was conducted at Yokosuka Offi- in San Diego or have orders there get in tober 5, along with some thirty other class cers' Club at Yokosuka, Japan, on 23 Sep- touch with Harlie Mize at Supply and secretaries, as the guest of Admiral Hus- tember 1953. The meeting convened at 1800 Fiscal, NAS, or 616 Silver Strand Blvd., sey, present president of the USNA Alum- and immediately went to the first order of Imperial Beach, and help him get things ni Association. The purpose of this lunch- business—why the Japanese use green cher- rolling in San Diego, where there's always eon was to announce a forthcoming mem- ries in old-fashioneds. This controversy was a goodly number of classmates. bership drive of the national association quickly resolved by a shift from oldand to request a list of each class with fashioneds. Action on promotion plans was N O R F O L K AREA deferred indefinitely due to continued inthe best possible addresses. Admiral Hus- terruptions Reported by W I L S ENGEL from girlsans bearing potables sey pointed out that West Point graduates for further "testo, testo," and mamasan's 24 Cypress Rd., Portsmouth have a far superior record of joining their pronouncement that the first egg of the alumni association than we do, and that evening was about to be cracked into the "Gem" Mills and Jane Kearns are inwe as secretaries could help not only the sukiyaki bowls. The business meeting hav- terested in getting the wives organized in national association, but also help our class ing been completed, all turned to on the Norfolk, which I think is an excellent idea. organizations, since the national could as- sukiyaki.

If you have not been contacted already why sist us in many ways. This problem of not get in touch with Mrs. H . D. Mills, Those present were Bill Booze, Walt Jr., 312 Wayne Circle (ph. 63-4536), or missing addresses is certainly a very real one, one which the Class of '45 is also Helm, Ray Bock, Roy Jones, Ed Holly- Mrs. John S. Kearns, 203 W. Sewells struggling to overcome. Until we can mus- field, Bill Bennett Bill Kurtz, Bob Lewel- Point Rd. (no phone) and give the thove-

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J. S. BLAKE U S N , 639 B Ave., CoroSIXTH COMPANY ment some of your enthusiasm. There are lots of 46ers around Norfolk and since C. F. T U R K U S N has reported for duty nado, Calif. Now in S W U Pac at N A S . most of us are on sea duty we need to get at U S N A and is instructing in the Dept.

SIXTEENTH COMPANY together now and then to break the monot- of Seamanship and Navigation.

B. T. T I N N E Y ( S C ) U S N , Supply ony of this sea duty routine. Let's go! 1 Dept, Naval Station, Rodman, Canal Zone.

SEVENTH COMPANY A. E. ROSE J R U S N , 8363 Larksdale FIRST COMPANY J O H N MASCENIK (CEC) U S N is Ave., San Diego, Calif. Al just reported W. p . G A T E W O O D U S N is Ordnance on duty in the CEC Officers School, Port from Monterey with a Master's degree and Officer in VF-103 and presently flying an Hueneme, Calif. is Electronics Officer on the Staff, Com F9F-6 "Cougar" off the RANDOLPH during CruDesPac. EIGHTH COMPANY shaketown. Pat and Isabelle have two boys E. M. M A T T H E W S , 31 Maple Grove J. A. SEARGEANT U S N is still on and two girls and live at 4811 Elizabeth duty at NAOTS, Chincoteague, Va., where Apt., Seneca Falls, N. Y., was serving in Terrace, Jax 5.

USS BAIROKO (CVE-115) when RAD in R. O. W E L A N D E R U S N is still Asst. he has been for the past year.

January '53. Mat and Dottie have two boys.

Naval Attache at Bangkok, Siam. Address N I N T H COMPANY H. D. MILLS J R U S N , 312 Wayne is American Embassy, Box B, A P O 74, F R E D F. F R O E H L I C H USN, 4201 c/o PM San Francisco—(air mail please). Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, Circle, Norfolk 13, Va. Born: to PABLO and Margaret D. C. Is the USN correct, Fred?

SEVENTEENTH COMPANY S T U E V E , fourth child, second daughter, W I L L I A M S. SPANGLER (CEC) T. R. F R E E M A N USMC, 326 Fisher Diane Mary, on 1 September 1953. Wt. 3 USN, 8315 Drenz S t , San Diego, Calif. Dr., Falls Church, Va. lbs. 10 oz. Address is 807 N. Jefferson At last report Bill was assigned to AmAve., Sidney, Ohio, where Pablo is still phibious CB 1.

EIGHTEENTH COMPANY building buses.

C. J. FORGUER ( C E C ) U S N is on L. E. MAYES JR USN, 1727 Duval St., San Diego. Luther is on the Staff, Com duty in OpNav, previous duty having been SECOND COMPANY at Port Hueneme. Charlie, Nancy and five SubPac. J. F . B A R L O W U S N has moved up children (three boys, two girls) are living Born: to BOB and Evelyn DISE, a from Coco Solo, C. P., to Sandy Pt. Ave., in McLean, Va., Box 374, R F D 1. daughter, Patricia Ann, on 28 July at NaRR 1, Newport, R. I. What doing, John?

K. L. MORSE USN, 213 N.W. Gillival Hospital, Annapolis. Wt. 7 lbs. IS oz.

W. A. F A N C E T T U S N can be reached Bob has orders to U S S TARAWA (CVA- land Rd., Warrington, Fla. at R F D 1, Georgetown, Del. No word on 40). Ev and family will remain at 1104 T H O M A S J. K E N N Y , 405 Silver Brook his new duty but Bill was a -Seamo Prof Dreams Landing, Annapolis, until spring. Dr., West Bend, Wis. at U S N A for the past two years.

J O S E P H S. H A L L USMC, 42nd MorTENTH COMPANY R. H. W I L S O N U S N also teaches Seap . B. P E N N I N G T O N USN, 213 N. tar Co., 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Div., mo at the "factory." Dick and Pat live at Campus, Oxford, Ohio. NROTC Instruc- F M F Pacific, F P O San Francisco.

515 First St., Eastport.

R U S S E L L M. O W E N , R F D 2, Maditor, Miami University.

T. F. SCOTT, POBox 1591, Shreveport, N I C H O L A S GRKOVIC USN, Staff, son, Wis. La. Employed by J. P. Ashcraft Company, NINETEENTH COMPANY • Manufacturers' Representative. Married ComBatDiv 2 Lant F i t Georgiana Forsyth in Dallas, Texas, in E. B. F R A M E U S N (right E l ? ) , 5512 W. E. K A L O U P E K (CEC) U S N , Box June '49. Two girls.

S. Warwick Circle, Norfolk 13, Va. On 13, Navy 3923, F P O San Francisco. Bill is duty at Fleet Training Center, Naval Base. in the Contracts Section of Public Works THIRD COMPANY at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka.

ELEVENTH COMPANY Dr. H E N R Y A. CESARI is living at G. C. MOODY J R USMC, Old Post J O H N E. H A N S E N USN, Staff CinC 655 Grove St., Elmira, N. Y. PacFlt Navy 214, F P O San Francisco. Office Bldg., 4th Ave. and Smithfield St., R. S. MOORE has been RAD after Swede is an Intelligence PG. Pittsburgh, Pa. serving as Engineer on the HAWKBILL W A L T E R A. W E A V E R J R (CEC) J O H N R. TAYLOR J R USNR, Rose(SS-366) and is once again working with holme-on-Severn, R F D 4, Box 929A, An- USN, 2700 Airline Hy., New Orleans, La. General Electric in their Aviatoin Division napolis, Md. Instructing in Dept. of Marine M. L. M E D C A L F E USNR, Navy 3923, at Schenectady. Rick and Pat live at 18 Engineering.

F P O San Francisco. Blackie is in OperaCarolyn Lane, Scotia 2, N. Y. V. L. BACON, 4019 Promontory Dr., tions at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka.

R. C. CLINE, 51 Maiden Lane, Kings- San Diego, Calif. Vince, a former Blimp W. K. P E T T I C R E W J R USNR, Box ton, N. Y. Employed by Ulster Foundry & pilot, has resigned his commission and is 26, Navy 3923, F P O San Francisco. On Machine Corp. in Kingston. duty with Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. "Petworking with CONVAIR in San Diego.

D. J. BRIMM I I I U S N is now flying ty" was with Dan River Mills, Inc., DanTWELFTH COMPANY F9Fs in VF-51 after duty at Saufley Field, ville, Va., before recall in '51 and expects D. M. LAYTON U S N , 39 Mountain to turn civilian again very soon.

Pensacola. Reported to have bought a house Ave., Princeton, N. J. "Red" is one of the in La Mesa.

G. P. P A V I S U S N received his MasMonterey group taking third year Aero- ter's degree in Ordnance Engineering from FOURTH COMPANY nautical Engineering at Princeton.

MIT on 12 June and is serving in U S S R. F . lACOBELLI USN, 217-D King BREMERTON (CA-130), F P O San FranTHIRTEENTH COMPANY St., Princeton, N. J. Taking third year WILLIAM C. MARBLE, Kintersville, cisco. Bea is at 4147 Texas St., San Diego, Aeronautical Engineering at Princeton.

Pa. Bill is employed by Philadelphia Elec- until George returns in November and then E. M. S A U N D E R S (CEC) U S N grad- tric Co., System Development Division, 900 they'll move up Long Beach way. Would uated from Stanford in June and is Asst. Sansom St., Philadelphia. At last report especially like to see any old PGs. Public Works Officer, Naval Air Develop- Bill and "Marney" had one boy and one girl.

TWENTIETH COMPANY ment Center, Johnsville, P . Helen and R. R. PARK, Gulf Interstate Gas ComR. M. P I C K R E L L U S N , formerly inTed live at 2316 Romig Rd., Roslyn, Pa. pany, Campbellsville, Ky. Bob was re- structing in NROTC, USC, is now serving cently RAD where he was on the Staff in U S S M T . MCKINLEY (AGC-7), F P O FIFTH COMPANY ComDesFlot Two. Still a bachelor, I be- San Francisco.

S. G. A N D E R S J R U S N has moved to lieve.

G. M. CLANCY U S N , 230 Country DuBois Rd., Weems Creek, Annapolis, Club Dr., Corpus Christi, Texas.

FOURTEENTH COMPANY Md., and is instructing at the Academy.

E. P. YOUNG J R U S N R is Flag LieuJ. D. EXUM U S N has a recent change What department, Sam? J. P. E L L S U S N is now flying with of duty and is now on the Staff CinCNelm, tenant for ComServRon 3, now in West Composite Squadron 4 (VC-4) at N A S F P O New York. He was formerly serving Pacific. in PERRY (DDR-883) in Newport.

J. S. K E A R N S USN, 203 W. Sewells Atlantic City, N. J. Point Rd., Norfolk, Va. F. W. F U R L A N D U S N has reported FIFTEENTH COMPANY to S W U Lant N A S Norfolk, from AlNON-GRADS R. C. DUNCAN USN, 20 Duff St., buquerque.

Watertown, Mass.

LEROY W. A H R E N S D O R F , 4522 R. J. GORTON U S N writes that he asT. H. COLLORA, 1856 Watchung Ave., Devonshire Rd., Richmond 25, Va. sumed command of LSMR 404 on 10 SepR. R. BLACKWOOD, 1015 N.' Walker tember in Japan. Likes it very much biit Plainfield, N. J. P. R. WAGNER U S N , 1111 l l t h Loop, Ave., Oklahoma City, Okla. Blackie is a says it's going to be a long winter! Marigold and the three children are living at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. Attached Reserve Naval Aviator, separated from Oklahoma A&M in January 1951, and is to S W U 471.

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teaching in a business college while workL. A. N I E D F E L D T moved recently to ment of their daughter, Sonia, to Lt. W I L ing on his Master's degree.

Washington where he is living in Apt. LIAM F. JONES, U S N . The wedding D. W . B O W M A N USMC is a night A-614, 3636 16th St., N.W., Washington, will take place in (Charlotte on November 21, 1953. fighter pilot in Special Weapons Delivery D. C. Unit 1, MCAS, El Toro, Calif.

I S H A M W. L I N D E R has reported to GEORGE A. H E R B E R T ( L T SC A. W . BROCK U S A F , 2nd Recon Tech the P G School, where his mailing address U S N ) writes that he is living at 515 is Box 1581, U. S. Naval Postgraduate Beacon Ave., Beachwood, N. J. Sq, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La. L. J. CAHALAN, 189 Davis, Wyan- School, Monterey, Calif. mailing address for SAMUEL R O B E R T MARMET's address is 5200 C.A Nnew dotte, Mich.

E W M A N is BOQ, N A A S Barin Baltimore Ave., Washington 16, D. C. CALVIN H. CANFIELD, RR 2, FayField, Foley, Ala. L E O N A R D A. T E P P E R advises that ette, Ohio. Completed flight training 2 May Lt. J A M E S L. H A R R I S O N is cur1945, and released May 1946. Received BS he has moved to 1814 Manor Dr., Union, rently residing at 73 Sellers Rd., Arundel in Agriculture in June 1948 from Ohio N. J. State. Farming 380-acre farm in partnerW I L T O N T. SANDERS, JR., gives his Estates, Annapolis, Md. ship with his father.

R O B E R T C. DOXEY has moved to 100 new duty address as NRO'TCZ Unit, VanLeidig Circle, Monterey, Calif.

F R A N K H. C A R R U T H III is assistant derbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. manager of the Catherine Sugar Co. Inc., G. C O E R P E R writes that his address J. C. L E D O U X ( L T CEC U S N ) adLobdell, La. now is 1441 University Terrace, A p t 824, vises that he is now on duty at the Naval D. S. CLARK, 47 Du Bois St., New- Ann Arbor, Mich.

Supply Center, Norfolk, Va. burgh, N. Y. J. R. BRIDGES, JR., writes that he has New additions to the Navy Junior Set: H. A. COHAN JR, 17 Harmony Dr., moved to 8002 East Glen Rd., Norfolk, Va. L t D E M I N G W . S M I T H and Mrs. Massapequa Park, Long Island, N. Y. C. E. DONALDSON, III, has recendy J A M E S G. CUNNINGHAM, Allen St., reported to the U S S TIMMERMAN ( E D D - Smith take pleasure in announcing the birth of their daughter, and first child, 828), F P O New York.

Houma, La. Employed by the Texas Co. Brooke Kincaid. She was born July 26, A change of address for S. J. SCHILJ O H N P. DELANEY, 6029 Liebig Ave., 1953, at the Fort Ord Hospital, and LER is 416 Crestwood Dr., Fort Worth, Bronx 71, N. Y. weighed nine pounds four ounces. On SepM. F. X. DOLAN, 1436 Kanawha St., Texas. tember 6, 1953, Brooke was christened at W. I. DONALDSON'S current address Hyattsville, Md. Civilian attorney in Md. the Chapel of the Naval Postgraduate School. and D. C. with offices at 1025 Vermont is 409 5th St., Eastport Annapolis, Md. S T A N L E Y P. GARY and Mrs. Gary Ave., N.W., Washington 5, D. C. Lt. C H A R L E S E. ARNOLD and Mrs. E. O. DONALD, 1205 Tropical Ave., are living at 39 Bickford Ave., Revere, Arnold proudly announce the birth of their Mass., while Stan completes his third year Pasadena 8, Calif. son, Charles Earl, Junior, at the Fort Ord of postgraduate work at M I T .

H. S. DUNBAR, 122 Southland Blvd., Hospital on September 17, 1953. He A N D R E W DOWD ( L T U S N ) and Louisville, Ky. weighed seven pounds six ounces, and is the Caroline Dowd arrived in Philadelphia T O L G. ESLICK, POBox 1007, Pulaski, after several years in Hawaii. Andy is sta- Arnolds' first child.

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Philadelphia. Andy and Caroline have three Class of 1948-A and B W I L L I A M M. E V A N S , 1012 National boys. They're not settled yet, but invite St., Vicksburg, Miss. persons in or near Philadelphia (or even Our first luncheon of the year was held V I C T O R J. FABRY, SS CHAMPLAIN, passing through) to contact them through September 16, at the Casa Munras. The Detroit 22 (Marine Post Office), Mich. Submarine Supply Office. hostesses for the afternoon were Betty Home address: 4515 Noble St., Bellaire, STU S M I T H ( L T USMC) writes that McAdams, Libby Davis, and Denny McOhio. he has just moved to 561 29th Ave., San Gihon. There were many new faces, and R O B E R T J. GERSTENBERGER, 341 Mateo, Calif. He was accompanied by Stu, the hostesses did a wonderful job of introAltures Dr., Twin Falls, Idaho. Area man- Jr., who arrived in this world at San ducing everyone. Betty McAdams gave a Diego on July 7. Stu has already started a brief resume of our parties that were held ager for Deere & Co. year, and all present were in favor of J A M E S A. H A R T J R (SC) U S N , tour of shore duty in the Office of the last Director of Training, 12 ND at Treasure lots of parties again this year. Instead of a 4216 4th St., S.E., Washington, D. C. Island which is "strictly 4.0." Stu and Mrs. monthly bridge night, we decided to all I. L. M I L L E R USN, Staff ComCarDiv Smith will be glad to see any of the boys turn out for the Engineering School Wom7, F P O San Francisco. en's Club bridge night and get together who happen their way. then. Sally Treadwell, Kay Keener, Jean F R A N K W. SAUNDERS, Coker ColSTAN SCHILLER reports the birth Searson, artd Betty McAdams volunteered lege, Hartsville, S. C. of his third son in July. He and Lory now to plan a Halloween party, which promises have Danny, Harry (aged three) and J. B. P A U L J. LOVE has recently been elect- (aged five). Things promptly became so to be an outstanding event. The hostesses ed secretary-treasurer of the local chapter congested that the whole family moved to for the next luncheon will be Carol Smith, Trudy Jagoe, and Corky Ames. in Kansas City, Mo. 416 Crestwood Dr., Ft. Worth, Texas.

Stan is working as construction engineer at Friedman Construction Company, Ft. Well, another month, with very sparse Worth, on a power plant job for "Texas Sec'y, Mr. Joseph P. Flanagan, Jr., Electric Service Company. He sees Bob class news under 48-A. There were seven Stanton Conrt, Apt. B-2, 6615 Sprague St., Bergman from Weatherford, Texas, Lt. items under our class heading which is Philadelphia 19, Pa. Jack Stevens on active duty at the Dallas about three above average. Maybe next month we'll get some good, bad or indifF. H. E. VOSE has moved to 218 Naval Air Station and W. E. McLaughlin, ferent replies to my last letter. Regardless Jr., from Waco at meetings of the newly Greenway Dr., Portsmouth, Va. organized Texas chapter of the Alumni of how they fall if I shake some of you H O W A R D U N A N G S T writes that he Association. people into print I'll be satisfied. is now living at 2024 Fairland Ave., Since last month BAYLOR and VirThe engagement of Miss Marilisse Dean Bethlehem, Pa. ginia L A N S D E N and their son, Mitchell, to Lt. GEORGE SARGENT GROVE A new address for ALLEN F. MAXhave arrived here. They have had a rather F I E L D is 136 Winslow Terrace, Glen was announced recently by Mrs. F. B. hectic change of duty, for he started with Dean of Fairfield, Conn.

George is the son Rock, N. J. orders to PG which were cancelled by orO L L I E J. L O P E R and his wife, Mil- of the late George W. Grove ('15) and ders to Harvard Law School. The day beMrs. L. K. Moorehead of New Canaan, dred, are the proud parents of a daughter, Conn., and he is now on the staff of the fore they planned to leave for Boston his Monica Shann, born at the Naval Hospital, U. S. Naval School, Officer Candidate, orders were held in abeyance due to ConNAS, Whidbey Island, Wash. The Lopers Newport, R. I. The wedding will take place gress stopping the law school appropriaare now living at 107 Brownell Circle, sometime this fall. tion. At any rate the Lansdens are here at Monterey, Calif.

27 Norwood Dr., Pen Haven Sub. Div., and their furniture arrived last week from E D W A R D C. H I L L has recently reCalifornia via Boston. How about that? ported on board the U S S ROCHESTER (CA124), F P O San Francisco.

By the way for any of you expecting orSec'y, 2nd Lt. Leon C. Bramlett, USMC, P E T E R COLOT writes that he is now ders to this area soon the housing situa538 W. Second St., Clarksdale, Miss. at home at Sutphin Ave., Matawan, N. J. tion is lousy. Be prepared to either buy or Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walter Angstadt do a lot of looking and take what you can P. C. S M I T H , JR., gives his new mailof Charlotte, N. C , announce the engage- get in the way of a rental. ing address as RR 2, Oxford, Ohio.

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Also present was J O H N EVASOVICH, The last time we heard from or of RAY who is studying Russian at the Navy LanBLACK some two months ago he, Jolene guage School. He is living at the UniverSec'y, Lt. (jg) R. W. Bates, USN, and their little boy and girl were in Oahu.

900 N. Wayne St., Arlington 1, Va. sity Club, 1135 16th St., N.W., WashingHe got out but was recalled when Korea ton, D. C. broke and was sent to Pearl. The last C H A R L E S MERTZ, 3rd, requests his address I have is 317 Sixth N H A 1, Hono- mailing address be changed to 1262 LexingI am sorry to have to report that BOB lulu, T . H., but I'm reasonably certain that ton St., Pasadena 6, Calif.

H U N T I N G T O N is spending some time in they have moved. the hospital. He is at the National Naval H A R O L D B. L I P S C H U T Z reports the Last month I neglected some addresses. following change of address: 1364 76th St., Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. I know that I speak for the class when I wish him Here they a r e : J O H N and Ruth C H E L - Philadelphia 31, Pa. a speedy recovery.

GREN, 5913 Gallup, Lakewood, Long Alumni Weekend has come and gone, Beach, Calif.; H A L and Sally DEELY, • J O H N M. P E R K I N S writes that he has 103 Robert St., Waterbury, Conn, (that's moved to 205 E. 72nd St., New York 21, and a good time was had by all. I hope that I got to see everyone there from 48-B, but a home address but mail will reach them N. Y. addressed there). Last address on SAM L A U R E N S DORSEY and Mrs. Dorsey if I missed anyone, let me know. According and Carolyn S M I T H , 3425 Flagler Ave., announce the birth of a son, Laurens Mac- to my count there were twenty of us who donald Dorsey, on 7 August 1953 at the attended. The party and dinner on Friday Key West.

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. Laurens, Sr., were well planned and well executed.

Reading through some of the various is on the U S S NORFOLK ( E D L - 1 ) , F P O night The dinner was highlighted by a few little classes with really good coverage it ap- New York, and the family is living in cheering incidents.

We made our presence pears that some of the wives have taken Haddon Heights, N. J. known with a well timed " H — on the a hand with the class news. That's a good H. E. B E L F L O W E R advises that he Hudson" for '46, a sentiment which was deal for it serves the double purpose of along with others, by our friends keeping us informed and relieving us of the has moved to 5009 70th Ave., Hyattsville, voiced, in '47. All-in-all, however, we conducted letter writing. Now surely the "Able" Md. ourselves in such a manner as would be wives are just as capable and industrious as SUMNER K. MOORE has been transfrom a bunch of young grads, any others, so why don't some of you ferred to the U S S GROUSE (AMS-15), expected and all that sort of rot. women who read this column as Betty does F P O New York.

Those who attended, but whose current get busy? A post card concerning your acAnother month gone by and here is the addresses and vital statistics appeared here tivities and any available class news addressed to Shipmate, Alumni House, An- meager portion of '48-B dope that your last month, were Libby and Bill Fisher, Ruth and Bob Melhorn, Evelyn and George napolis, Md., will aid the cause consider- secretary has been able to gather.

I had an all-too-short visit with H O W I E Hoffman, Fred and Catherine Croy, Vivian ably. How about it?

KAY. He was taking the scenic route and Red Carroll, Jane and Harvey HumDAVE CARRUTH from San Francisco to Seattle, Wash., and phrey, Betty and Bob Buechler, Elizabeth 516 Frisco Rd. stayed over a few days in Washington, Ann and Dick Shimshak, Liz and Dick Edgewater Sub. Div. D. C. He is taking command of the U S S Scott Marjorie and Phil Rogers, and PC 1254, a reserve training ship in Seattle. Carol and Paul Martenson.

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J O H N D E G O E D E attended, and this time June was with him. You will recall that his son was born on the day of our last party. The boy's name is John Webb, and is doing fine.

Mary and CHUCK BRALEY attended.

They drove up from Yorktown, Va., where Chuck is in the Supply Department of the Naval Mine Depot.

Barbara and ANDY (R. C.) ANDERSON joined us all the way from New London. (They get the prize this time.)

They have a little girl, Robin by name.

Andy mentioned the possibility of a 48-B get-together in New London some time this fall or winter. He said that I would be notified, and if it gets to me in time, the announcement will appear in this column.

ED McMANUS attended, with his bride of just a few months, Peggy. They are living at Weems Creek, but Ed says the best way to get in touch with them is through the Department of Electrical Engineering, where he is teaching.

Harriet and CHARLES F O W L E R attended. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Naval Academy.

Jane and M E R R I L L N O R T O N were also with us. Merrill is in the Executive Department of the Naval Academy. They live in Apartment E-6, Perry Circle. Jane and Merrill were married last April 18.

Jane and SUMNER MOORE drove up from Norfolk, where they are living at 1208 Newell Ave. Sumner is skipper of the GROUSE (AMS-15). They have a boy, Kit, who is one year old, and a girl, Ann, who is two and a half.

As I mentioned above, if I have missed anyone, please let me know. I will blame it all on the cocktail party. Don't hesitate to call my mistakes to my attention. I make 'em, witness the fact that Paul Martenson is with Kaiser, not with their competitor as I mentioned last month.

One of the sad parts of a "gathering of the clan" such as this one is the disclosure of the loss of another classmate. News to most of us at the Homecoming was the death of J O H N A S S E R S O N F L E T CHER. Johnny was reported as missing late Wednesday evening, 29 September, in an air crash some one hundred miles off Cape Henry. He and his three crew members were all lost He is survived by his wife, Betty, and their child. Memorial services were held in Norfolk on 5 October.

I imagine that about now some of you are saying, "Why doesn't he talk about somebody new. It's the same old names month after month." Well, that's true. I don't hear from people outside of the immediate Washington-Annapolis area nearly as much as I would like to. As a matter of fact I did not receive a single letter this past month. With more letters such as the one from Monterey which appeared here two months ago, we would truly have a more representative column. I can't print it if I don't get it.

Speaking of hearing from people, I wonder how many of the class I could reach by mail right now if I had to? Not very many. I am afraid that if someone were to walk up to me and hand me four hundred crisp new one hundred dollar bills, and say, "Send one of these to each of your classmates," some of you would not get them, simply because I do not have your addresses. This is not your fault any more than it is mine. I have not had the best filing system during the past five years. However, I now have a good one, and am ready to get up to date. So, sit right down and drop me a card, or a letter, with your address, and the current ad40

dresses of as many of our classmates as you know for sure. This will at least give me a start.

Another thing. Have you considered how effective this column could be as a class bulletin, if every member of the class were a subscriber? It's not a bad idea, especially in that the cost of printing and mailing a class bulletin would be entirely outside the capability of our current class treasury.

R. W. B A T E S Classmates and friends of Lt. (jg) J O H N A S S E R S O N F L E T C H E R , 2d, U S N , were saddened to learn of his death on 30 September, when the torpedo bombej- that he was piloting crashed into the sea off Cape Henry east of Norfolk, Va. The crash occurred on a night training flight out of the Naval Air Station with a crew of four.

Johnny, as he was known to his friends, had an outstanding athletic record during his midshipman days at the Naval Academy. He was captain of Navy's wrestling team in 1947-48â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Eastern Intercollegiate champion both yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and in 1947 was voted the outstanding wrestler in the East.

He was a member of the United States Olympic Wrestling Team in both 1948 and 1952.

He is survived by his widow, Betty Lou, and an infant daughter, Melissa Dawn, born on 8 August; his mother, Mrs. Paul Williams Fletcher of Warren, R. I.; a brother, Abbott Fletcher of Maine; two sisters, Mrs. Ray Brock of Charlottesville, Va., and Miss Priscilla Fletcher, now in Europe.

His father was the late Commander Fletcher, Class of 1914. His grandfather, R. Adm. William Bartlett Fletcher, U S N (Ret.), Class of 1882, lives in New York City, and an uncle, R. Adm. W. B. Fletcher, Jr., U S N (Ret.), is in Washington, D. C. A cousin, Midn. W. B. Fletcher, Jr., 3d, is a first classman.

Johnny's widow will visit with Mrs. Fletcher in Warren for a time, then will be at 39 Orange Terrace, Macon, Ga.

his home at 25 Work Ave., Del Rey Woods, Monterey, Calif.

S. G. MAYFIELD writes that he has been detached from duty on the GROUPER and is now serving on board the U S S ROCK ( S S R - 2 7 4 ) , F P O New York.

F R A N K L I N G. J A N S E N has recently moved to Unit 168-E, Poincianna Project, Key West, Fla. J O H N E. DRAIM has reported to the PG School. His mailing address there is Box 1259, U S N P G School, Monterey, Calif.

C H A R L E S M. H O W E ( L T J G CEC U S N ) and Mrs. Howe announce the birth of their third child, second son, C. M. "Chip" Howe, Jr., on July 7 at U S N H , Guam. Chuck is at the Public Works Center, Guam, and is very desirous of seeing any and all 49-ers passing through.

T H O M A S A. N E M Z E K (ISTLT U S A F ) writes that he and R O B E R T M. S P E N C E R both received MS degrees in nuclear engineering from North Carolina State College in June under U S A F I T ' s Civilian Institutions programs. Tom's address now is 628-B Maple Dr., Reading, Ohio.

W. A. S C H R I E F E R has reported to VC-12, U S N A S , Quonset Pt., R. I. H. E. LONGINO writes that he is living at 3614 N. 9th Ave., Pensacola, Fla. W. R. BROUGHTON, JR., gives the following change of address: Box 1120, USN P G School, Monterey, Calif.

A L B E R T H. SOLOWAY's new address is 117 Knickerbocker Ave., Rochester 13, N. Y. H E N R Y H O P P E (CAP-T USMC) gives his new address as Marine Detachment U S S BOXER (CVA-21), F P O

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Francisco.

W. D. W E I R advises that he is now living at 116 Nassau Ave., Islip, N. Y. R. P. H A U S O L D has been detached from the Supply School in Bayonne. His address now is Navy 824, Box 4, F P O San Francisco.

L t (jg) D. R. T R U E B L O O D and Mrs. Trueblood announce the birth of their first child, David William, on 15 March 1953 at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Guam, M. I. Sec'y, Lt. (jg) John C. Barrow, USN, Brandon Rd., Bay Colony, Virginia Beach, Va. Trueblood's present address is ROICC, NOy Contracts, Naval Industrial Reserve As of the first of October NORMAN Shipyard, POBox 1216, Tampa, Fla. ALTMAN's address is U. S. Naval AdVickie Gail Larish was born on the first ministrative Unit Clarksville Base, Clarks- of September, measuring 19 inches and ville, Tenn. weighing in at 7 pounds, 4J4 ounces. Her LOUIS E. V. JACKSON (LTJG CEC father, DAVID C. LARISH, is on board U S N ) requests the following change of the U S S SEA LEOPARD (SS-483), C-E address be made: Public Works Officer, Piers, Norfolk, Va. U. S. Naval Communications Station, SeatR. F. M U R P H Y , JR., advises that he tle 99, Wash. is residing at 150 Seminole Ave., Norwood, J A M E S D. B U T L E R has reported on Delaware County, Pa. board the U S S RENDOVA (CVE-114), A letter from Sally G. Noel, wife of F P O San Francisco.

L I O N E L M. NOEL, tells of a move to S H A N N O N L. M A T H E N Y , JR., has Princeton where they are living at 413-A recently moved to 124 Dickerman Rd., Devereux, Ave., Harrison St. Housing, Princeton, N. J. Newton Highlands, Mass.

T H E O D O R E J. HAMMER, JR., is on J O H N F. K N U D S O N ( L T J G SC board the U S S THUBAN (AKA-19), F P O U S N ) advises that his mailing address is New York.

Qtrs. E, Naval Ordnance Plant, South W I L L I A M E. W Y N N E (LTJG CEC Charleston, W . Va. U S N ) has moved to 454 Argyle Dr., Falls GEORGE E. MORGAN, JR., writes Church, Va. that he has recently moved to 1649 E. 50th A L F R E D J. MORENCY requests his St., Apt. 8-D, Chicago 15, 111. address be changed to 341 Westgate West, W I L L I A M C. H A L L reports the folMIT, Cambridge 34, Mass. lowing new address: CECOS, NCBC, A new address for F R A N K P. NABD, Port Hueneme, Calif.

BROWN, JR., is 7717-C Major Ave., R O B E R T E. ADLER and his bride, the Norfolk 5, Vq. former Miss Elsie Cohen of Annapolis, J. W. GREEN is living at 539 Hannon are now living at 2539 India St., San Diego, Ave., Monterey, Calif.

Calif., while Bob is Exec of the LSMRW I L L I A M L. BRYAN is now making 525.

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A son, Richard Gregg, was born on 6 September at the Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., to W A L T E R E. MARQU.A.RDT, JR., and Mrs. Marquardt The new baby is at home with his parents and his big sister, Linda Susan, at 1005 10th St., Alexandria, Va. _ Labor Day weekend was the happy occasion of the gathering of the Jacksonville contingent of the Class of 1949. An adequate proof was given by the wives that there will be no starvation in this section of the country. Charcoal broiled steaks and an array of salads and baked beans kept body and soul together, while thirst was quenched in the usual manner.

The lovely home of Fran and Ken Knoizen was the scene of the party. Nita White and Fran were the two cruise widows at the party, whose husbands, Hank White and Ken are at sea with VA-45.

Ken, we guarantee the house is still there.

Those making one mighty last fling of it were Jack and Martha Wynn, Dick and Lise Agnew, Tom McDonald and Jim Kneale. The male quartet involved leaves on cruise as soon as they recover.

Dempsey and Eilene Butler were present, celebrating the fact that he just returned from Guitmo. Larry and Marilyn Derby celebrated their three weeks' anniversary.

Al Schauflelberger was celebrating the fact that he w^as lucky enough to be in town for the occasion. And the following were just celebrating: Sheila and Frank Glendenning, Jean and Homer Smith, Jenny and George Kling, and Flo and John Barrow. Special entertainment at the piano was furnished

by John.

We are so pleased with our efforts and

results that plans are in the making for another party next spring when, according to the best guesses, we will have a majority on the beach again.

Rush those reservations.

T O M McDONALD

A new address for J. H I L A R Y BILLINGS is 232 B Ave., N H A 1, Honolulu 18, T. H. B. T. MILLS has been detached from the DUNCAN and has reported to the U S S

MANCHESTER (CL-83), F P O San Francisco.

L. W. F U L T O N has returned to the DONALD C. MILLER (CAPT States and is now living at 709 Casa Lin- USMC) requests his address be changed das, Tucson, Ariz. While traveling west to c/o Mrs. Leo Randell, 2314 Irving St., to his present station he left his Academy San Francisco 22, Calif. ring in a washroom at a Buena Vista, Va., H A R R Y M. K R A N T Z M A N has been gas station. Anybody who finds or hears transferred to U S S L S T 1138, F P O San anything about Fulton's ring, either con- Francisco. tact the Alumni House or Fulton in Tucson.

D. DACRE STONE, JR., has reported on board the U S S J O H N S . M C C A I N ( D L -

Sec'y, Lt. (jg) A. L. Stapp, USN, 106 Homoja, NAS, Miramar, Calif.

M. E. L E S L I E has moved to 85 Pelham St., Newport, R. I. GEORCJE B. H A L P E R I N (LTJG SC U S N ) writes that his new mailing address is Rm. D112, BOQ, NAS, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, N. Y. OSMAR W. LYNCH has reported .on board the U S S RUPERTUS (DD-851), F P O San Francisco.

J. W. DORSEY I I I (CAPT USMC) gives the following new address: First Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion, U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, China Lake, Calif.

MARK P. F R U D D E N has changed his address to 824 Bonsall Ave., San Diego 14, CaliL H A R O L D R. LOCKWOOD has moved to 8127 Debbie Circle, Norfolk 3, Va.

3), F P O New York.

H A L V I N C E N T is now statiorfed at El Toro where his address is 1110 Camden PI., Santa Ana, Calif.

R. W. H I G H B E R G has moved to 4625 Kingsbury St., Jacksonville, Fla. CARL T H O R H A N S O N gives his new address as N A V A C T S Box 60 Navy 100, F P O New York, and writes as follows: "I am beginning my third and final year at Oxford, where I am studying for a BA in philosophy, politics, and economics. If any of my classmates or other friends happen to be in England during the next year, I'd like to see them and they can always get in touch with me by contacting New College, Oxford.

"The past two years have been very interesting and rewarding, both from the point of view of academics and travel. I've also been able to continue with my rowing, begun at the Naval Academy, and have pulled the number five and six oars for

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"I know that all the other subscribers to Shipmate will join me in saying that the 'What's the Dope' section of the magazine is always looked forward to as a source of information about the activities of old friends."

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H O W A R D E. RUGGLES, II, has moved to 5301 Electric Ave., La Jolla, Calif.

A new address for LELAND S. KOLLMORGEN is 919-C Minnesota Ave., Corpus Christi, Tex. J O H N N. GREEN has been assigned to the Naval School (Electronics), Naval Station, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.

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CLYDE W . M I D D L E T O N gives his mailing address as 151 E. 264 St., Euclid 23, Ohio.

H A R R Y G. H A R T M A N is living at 1802 Courtlandt, Houston 8, Tex. Recent word from W A R R E N G. S T E V E N S includes his address which is Riverview Dr., Wausau, Wis. L A W R E N C E R A D K O W S K Y (1ST L T U S A F ) gives his current duty address as 306th Aviation Squadron, Macdill AFB, Florida.

A change of address for F R A N K G. H I E H L E is Rm. 3-45, BOQ, U. S. Naval Receiving Station, Washington, D. C. M A X W E L L F. LESLIE, JR., has been detached from the U S S GAINARD and assigned to the U S S ROCHESTER (CA-124),

F P O San Francisco.

T H O M A S M. WARD, JR., gives his address as 1134 Boiling Ave., Norfolk, Va. S T E P H E N MELESKO is on the U S S BENHAM (DD-796), F P O New York.

W A L T E R H. KELLY (1ST L T USMC) gives the following duty address: Sub Unit 1, 1st Combat Service Group, SC, F M F , F P O San Francisco.

J O H N G. P A R K E R and Mrs. Parker announce the birth of a son, John G., Jr., on 12 August 1953 at the Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C. John is on board the U S S MANTA (AGSS-299), and the family

lives at 1309 Brookside Dr., N., Charleston, S. C. C. R. GILLESPIE, JR., has reported to VC-12, N A S , Quonset Point R. I. 42

Lt (jg) REGINALD C. R O W L E Y and Mrs. Rowley proudly announce the arrival of a daughter, Joanne Marie, on July 25 at Provo, Utah. Rowley is attached to VC-6, NAS, San Diego, and is residing at 262 A Ave., Coronado, Calif.

J A M E S P O R T E R M I L L E R has been transferred to ATU-102, NAAS, Kingsville, Tex. H. A. Z O E H R E R has reported to V S 31, NAS, Quonset Point R. I. ROBERT B. K A L I S H ( L T U S A F ) is on duty at Harlingen A F B , Harlingen, Tex. L. E. BOLT gives his address as 3537 Boundary St., San Diego 4, Calif.

J O H N McGAVACK, JR., is living at 26 Eastwood Rd., Groton, Conn.

W I L L I A M L. P O W E R S , JR., has moved to 1000 10th St., Apt. B, Coronado, Calif.

J. L. H E A D is on U S S L S T 846, F P O San Francisco.

R. A. YOUNG has moved to 249 Pennsylvania Ave., Absecon, N. J., and is at present attached to VC-33, N A S , Atlantic City.

A boy, Richard Scott, was born on August 29 to Lt. (jg) and Mrs. R. J. BIEDERMAN. FRANCIS R. H U N T E R J R ( I S T L T U S A F ) has been assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Squadron, March AFB, Riverside, Calif.

E. N. CARLSON, JR., has reported to the CIC Officers School, Glenview, 111.

R. D. KAULBACK has moved to 4204 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, Tex. R. E. G E N T E R corrects his address to OMS Box 199, A P O 731, c/o P M Seattle.

LOUIS R. SAROSDY has reported to VF-171, F P O New York.

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EDGAR S. MOSER (2NDLT USMC) reports that his current duty address is B Co., 1st Bn., 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, F P O San Francisco.

H A R R Y M. M I T C H E L L (2NDLT U S A F ) has reported to Class 53 J H, 3585 Fly. Tng. Wg., Gary A F B , San Marcos, Tex. R I C H A R D K A N A K A N U I requests his address be changed to 100 3627th Stu. Sq., Tyndall A F B , Fla. W I L L I A M H. SCANLON ( E N S U S N R ) gives his new address as 373 E. Gorgas Lane, Philadelphia 19, Pa. R I C H A R D E. ( D E N N Y ) D E N F E L D writes that he is now flying for the 57th All

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M I C H A E L A. ZIBILICH has been detached from duty on the PRINCETON and has reported to Pensacola for flight training.

DAVID D. YOUNG (2NDLT U S A F ) writes that his address is Rt. 6, Box 419, Selma, Ala. He says he is attending a 14week Basic Instructor School at Craig AFB and is assigned as instructor at Bryan AFB, Texas, flying T-28 and T-33 type aircraft. Also there are J. H. Allen, John Swartz, C. E. Etheridge, J. Rodeen, J. H. (Big Jim) Smith, C. W. Bryan and J. B. Crowell—all wearing bright shining wings and rated fighter pilots as' of August.

CHARLES D. POLLAK has been transferred to New London where his mailing address is Box 7, U S N Submarine Base.

R. H. SCHULZE gives his new address as 101-B Lorena Ave., Ellinor Village, Pensacola, Fla. J A M E S F. H E L S E L (2NDLT USMC) writes from South Korea that his mailing address is C Battery, 1st Bn., l l t h Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, F P O San Francisco.

L. A. SKANTZE is living at 425-B S. Polk St., Enid, Okla.

ROBERT A. COSTIGAN has moved to 2501 W. Gadsden St., Pensacola, Fla. W A L T E R C. K N A P P is now living at 110 Michigan St., Fairfield Gardens, Travis AFB, Calif.

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J E R O M E W. GOTTESMAN has been transferred from Walker A F B to Scott AFB, where his address is 3310 Technical Training Wing, Scott AFB, Belleville, 111.

H. C. K N I P P L E writes that his address now is 112-D Buccaneer, Corpus Christi, Tex. C H A R L E S A. B I V E N O U R writes that he is now living at 7 Henrietta Apts., Henrietta Ave., Kingsville, Tex. Ens. LUCIUS (BILL) SQUIER and wife, Joy, are the proud parents of a daughter, Linda Joanne, born August 2 at St. Albans Naval Hospital, N. Y. Bill is As-

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J. A. M Y E R S ( 2 N p L T U S A F ) writes that his address now is 1225^4 31st Ave., Gulfport, Miss.

DOUGLAS S. EGAN, JR., has reported to Sewart A F B and his address there is 314th Maint Sq., Sewart A F B , Smyrna, Tenn.

T H E O D O R E H . S H A D B U R N (2ND LT U S A F ) writes that his present address is 304 Spaulding, San Angelo, Tex. R. E. B R I G H T J R (2NDLT USMC) gives his current address as 24th SBC, 1st Trng. Btn., Camp Barrett, Quantico, Va. Out of the frying pan into the fire is F R A N K W . W I L L E T T , a member of the Class of 1957, USMA. His address there is Co. D-I, USCC, West Point, N. Y. D O N A L D J. P O R T E R writes that he is living at 29 Beverly Rd., Windermere, Charleston, S. C , and that he would like to have anyone in the vicinity look him up or call him at 3-7953.

R. C. H A N D F O R D has moved to 4588 Banner Dr., Long Beach, Calif.

C H A R L E S M. B O W L I N G (2NDLT U S A F ) advises that he is living in Apt. 508-A, Middle St., Fairborn, Ohio.

VICTOR B. C. W O L K E gives his new address as 26 Old Beach Rd., Newport R. I. J O S E P H A. MUKA has moved into BOQ 600, N A S , Pensacola, Fla., and DONALD K. CAUBLE is living in the same place.

D. B. YOUNG, JR., gives his address as 106C Ellinor Ct., Warrington, Fla. J O H N S. O L S O N and C. A. E. J O H N SON, JR., have joined the trek to N A S , Pensacola, Fla. R. D. D A Y (2NDLT U S A F ) gives his address as Box 58, Graham Air Base, Marianna, Fla. F R E D E R I C A. M A N N is at home at 1527 E. First St., Tucson, Ariz.

R. W . SCEARCE, JR., gives his address as 309 Old Bergen Rd., Jersey City, N. J. Among the Marines are J. K. H Y A T T , JR., and W. H. F O W L E R , JR., both of whom can be reached at the 24th SBC, Camp Barrett, Quantico, Va. In San Angelo, Tex., the home address for J A M E S R. OLSON (2ND L T U S A F ) is 1856 W. Twohig.

H A R V E Y A. FALK, JR., is now living at 921 Boiling, Apt. 16, Norfolk, Va. GEORGE F R E D E R I C K advises that his current address is Box 351, Maiden AFB, Maiden, Mo. After settling down "permanently" last month, M I K E G R E E L E Y and his wife have moved this month to 3010 Reynard Way, San Diego 1, Calif.

In San Angelo, Tex., E D W A R D B. O P P E R M A N N is living at 519 W. Highland Blvd.

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ROBERT D. F O N T E N O T ( E N S U S N ) reports that he, as well as F R A N CIS R U D O L P H ( E N S U S N ) and K E N S T A F F O R D ( E N S U S N ) are all aboard the U S S MIDWAY, c/o F P O New York.

Upon arrival aboard their ship they were all invited to participate in the ship's work.

(Now wasn't that nice.) Ensign Fontenot also announces his engagement to Miss Jo Ann Tartarella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Tartarella of Bradford, Pa. No date has been set for the wedding yet. Congratulations, Dale.

FRANK M I T C H E L L (2NDLT USMC) reports from the "boondocks" that the Marines from '53 are still alive and kicking at Quantico. Frank, Bill Leftwich, Bob Martin, Jim Vidano, John Smith and "brown baggers" Bill Ray and Bruce Ogden ask to be remembered to all the gang.

Oh, that M - 1 !

W I L L I A M C. H A L L ( E N S U S N ) reports that he will be stationed aboard the USS SALEM after completing a course in E A R L D. C H A N E Y J R (2NDLT instruction at Fort McClellan, Ala. He also USMC) has moved into Apt. E-4, 1400 informs us that Dick Steigerwald is aboard the TARAWA, Herb Kloepping is aboard the Kenmore Ave., Fredericksburg, Va. J O H N E. KING, JR., after spending the NORFOLK, and Jack O'Leary is TAD aboard summer at the Academy, is spending the the NEWPORT NEWS for the summer. winter at U S N A S , Pensacola, Fla. BUD W A R Z E C H A is now employed by F R A N K M. S T R O H E C K E R has re- Dupont in Dover, Del. ported on board the U S S LATIMER ( A P A Your secretary would like to report that 152), F P O New York. this ex-mid in Air Force blue is enjoying Another occupant of BOQ 600, N A S , life (with his wife) way out here in the Pensacola, Fla., is A R L I S J. SIMMONS. wild and woolly deserts of New Mexico.

The following from your class secretary: Nothing like a snoot full o' sand for breakMiss Margaret F. Holmes of Brighton, fast!

Mass., became the bride of Ens. J O S E P H That's all for this month. Keep those letR. MORGAN, U S N , on 13 June 1953 at ters coming.

Brighton, Mass. The couple are residing at 124 Brook St., Brighton, Mass. Ray is H i g h l y s t r e a m l i n e d . The BRYAN SYSTEM produces results in from one-half to one-third usual time. Tutoring candidates !s our specialty (since 192^). Write for information. A . W . BRYAN, Prin., USNA ' 2 2 , 14 SPA V I E W CIRCLE, A N N A P O L I S , M D .

now stationed aboard the U S S FLOYD THOMAS (DDE-764). "So Ray takes a

wife." Congratulations, Ray. DAVID B. YOUNG ( E N S U S N ) reports that he is now at Pensacola, Fla., with about SO other ex-mids from 'S3. His home address is 106-C Ellinor Ct., Navy Point, Warrington, Fla. (The desert isn't so bad after all, Dave.)

W I L L I A M H. P U R D U M ( E N S U S N ) reports that he is stationed aboard the USS

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from Bill Purdum's letter to your secretary follow: "As you know I stayed at the Academy this summer to finish off Lucky Bag business and, as a collateral duty, to work with the plebes. The plebes worked out nicely and so did the Lucky Bag. I can't give a definite figure yet but the Class of 1953 need have no fears of being assessed to make up the deficit. I am pretty sure the profit will be over $500, b u t as I said, it is still under wraps until a final statement blows my way from Lt. Cdr. Countryman, who is putting the final touches on the Bag. My wife Betty and I are now in Bath, Me., due to move on to Boston within the week in connection with the fitting out of my ships. Maybe I've made a recordâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but on October 12 I expect to be the first plank owner out of the Class of 1953. Anyone want to wager? I would like very much to hear from anyone in the Boston area. Letters will reach me at the ship address c/o F P O New York.

Sincerely yours, (s) Bill Purdum Business Manager^ of the Lucky Bag" In reference to our Lucky Bag, we of the Class of '53 would like to express our thanks and appreciation to the editor, HARRIS W I L S O N , who made the book what it is. The book is his brainchild.

Bob Maury Rates A Vote of Thanks Most of the 2,592 pleasure-bent pilgrims who surged into Annapolis to take part in the Homecoming Weekend festivities owe Bob (Robert H.) Maury, Classes of '12 and '14, a rising vote of thanks.

Annapolis is a comparatively small community of private homes and can boast of only two hotels of limited capacity. T h e problem of finding overnight accommodations for twenty-six hundred visitors is neither simple nor easy.

The operation plan for Homecoming includes among other things a "Housing Committee." It looks imposing in print.

In reality. Bob Maury, individually and solitarily, is the entire Housing Committee.

This year and in the past three years, Bob single-handedly has taken care of ail the details and the work connected with finding accommodations for the hundreds of alumni and their families who attend Homecoming.

The greater portion of those who visited Annapolis during the weekend of October 2-3 and were fortunate enough to have a roof over their heads can thank Bob who voluntarily contributed hours of his time and labor toward making this condition possible. True to form, he performed this tremendous task methodically and unostentatiously.

Because such a good job of work should not go without recognition. Shipmate proposes that all hands give Bob a rising vote of thanks for his outstanding contribution toward the success of four Homecoming Weekends.

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Dr. and Mrs. Walter A. Cox of Baltimore annoimce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Shirley Alberta Cox, to 1st Lt. Leonard Warren Seagren, USAF, son of Mr. and ^Irs. Harry E. Seagren of Omaha, Neb. !Miss Cox is a graduate of Friends School and Goucher College. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Lieutenant Seagren attended the University of Nebraska and is a member of the Class of 1951 at the Naval Academy. The wedding will take place 26 December.

and Florida State University. Home, Pensacola.

(Continued from page 15) Saturday, 3 October, Miss Mary Jane Hall, daughter of Mrs. Finley Elliott Hall and Visits Father the late Commander Hall, U S N , of San Fritz Trapnell, son of Mrs. Walter G. Diego, Calif., and Mr. James Ballard WiesFarrell of Coronado, Calif, flew to New ler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Wiesler York for a ten-day visit with his father, of San Diego, in Sacred Heart Church, Adm. Frederick Trapnell, U S N (Ret.), Coronado. The bride attended San Diego at Long Island, before returning to his State College and is a member of Kappa classes at Califomia School of Technology.

Alpha Theta and Tau Omicron sororities.

Home, Brawley, Calif.

BETROTHED Sunday, 20 September, Miss Flora Cardosi, daughter of Signer and Signora Arturo R. Adm. John Valdemar Peterson, U S N Cardosi of Livomo, Italy, and Sgt. Paul (Ret.), and Mrs. Peterson of Coronado, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mayer, Jr., of Emery Fleming, USA, son of R. Adm. Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Marcia St. John Peterson, Silver Spring, Md., announce the engage- Morton K. Fleming, U S N (Ret.), and to Mr. William Raymond Nichols, Jr., son ment of Mrs. Mayer's daughter, Miss Julia Mrs. Fleming of San Diego, Calif., in of Capt. William Raymond Nichols, U S N Ruth Thompson, to Ens. Marshall Never- Church Immacolata, Livomo. Sergeant (Ret.), and Mrs. Nichols, also of Coronado. son Whitehurst, Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Fleming was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is with Miss Peterson is a senior at the Univer- Mrs. M. N. Whitehurst, also of Silver the Mobile Petroleum Testing Laboratory sity of California at Berkeley, where she Spring.

Unit of the Army. Home, Livomo.

Miss Thompson is employed as a medical is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She earlier attended Occidental Col- secretary at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Saturday, 12 September, Aliss Mary Ann lege, and is a member of Tau Omicron Phi Ensign Whitehurst was graduated from Heiser, daughter of Capt Harold Marvin the Naval Academy, Class of 1952, and is Heiser, USN, and Mrs. Heiser of Arlingsorority.

Mr. Nichols was graduated from Car- attached to the U S S STORMES. The wed- ton, Va., and Lt. Malcolm Brook Mansfield, USAF, son of Capt. Brook Stockman negie Institute of Technology and served ding will take place in January.

Mansfield, U S N (Ret), and Mrs. Mansthree years in Korea, returning last sumfield, also of Arlington, in St. Ann's Cathomer as a junior grade lieutenant. He is lic Church The bride was graduated from now working on a master's degree at the Mr. and Mrs. George L. Bixby, Jr., of Stanford School of Business.

Holliswoods, Long Island, N. Y., annoimce the Packer Collegiate Institute. Lt. MansA December wedding in Coronado is the engagement of their daughter, Miss field attended U. C. L. A. and was graduEllen Jane Bixby, to Ens. Harold Lincoln ated from Stevens Institute of Technology. planned.

Walters, Jr., U S N , son of Mr. and Mrs. He is now stationed at Eglin Air Force * * * Base, Florida.

Harold L. Walters of Annapolis, Md. Cdr. and Mrs. Walter J. Frazier of La Miss Bixby is a graduate of the Kath- Saturday, 12 September, Miss Patricia Jolla, Calif., and Jacksonville, Fla., an- arine Gibbs School in New York, and is Jeanne Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Denton nounce the engagement of Mrs. Frazier's now with the American Embassy in Paris. Slaughter and the late Mr. C. Stanley daughter. Miss Marjorie Howell Roberts, Ensign Walters was graduated from the Taylor of New York City, and Lt. (jg) to Ens. Robert David Conolly, U S N , son Naval Academy, Class of 1953. The wed- King ^^'oodward Pfeiffer, U S N , son of of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Conolly of ding will take place Mr. and iMrs. Rudolf Pfeiffer of Peoria, in the spring.

Gurnee, 111.

111., and Sister Bay, Wis., in the Little Church Around the Comer. The bride was Miss Roberts is the daughter of Mr. T. graduated from the Mary C. Wheeler S. Roberts of Jacksonville. She attended Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paul Dautel of School and attended the Parsons School the Bartram School in Jacksonville and was graduated from Holton Arms School. Highland Place, Sea Cliff, Long Island, of Design. Lieutenant Pfeiffer was gradannounce the engagement _ of their daugh- uated from Phillips Academy and the NaShe also studied at Vassar College; Ensign Conolly was graduated from Lake ter. Miss Audrey Marion Dautel, to Mr. val Academy, Class of 1950.

Forest Academy in Illinois before entering Lawrence D. Scheu, Jr., son of Mr. and Saturday, 12 September, Miss Suzanne the Naval Academy, from where he was Mrs. Lawrence D. Scheu of Barbery Lane, Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Richard Nelson graduated in 1953. He is now attached to Sea Cliff.

Phillips, wife of Captain Phillips, U S N , the U S S NOBLE. He is the nephew of V. Miss Dautel attended Potsdam State Washington, D. C , and the late Cdr. SeyAdm. Richard Conolly, president of the Teachers College and has been on the mour Anderson Johnson, U S N . and Lt. Naval W a r College at Newport, IL I. The staff of the North Shore Day School. She (jg) Daniel Da^-id Willard. U S N , son of wedding will take place 28 December. is the granddaughter of Col. Ernest E. Mrs. DeBlieux S. Willard of Natchitoches, Jannicky of the Old 47th Regiment, Brook- La., and of Mr. David Willard of Natick, IjTi, and Mrs. Jannicky, of Port Wash- Mass., in St. Matthew's Cathedral. The Mr. and Mrs. Millard M. Mier of Nor- ington, L. I. bride attended Madeira School, Mount folk and Los Angeles have aimounced the Mr. Scheu attended the Naval Academy Vernon Junior College and (jieorge Washengagement of their daughter. Miss Olive and has served on submarines. He is with ington University. Lieutenant Willard, a Marian Mier, to Lt. James Kirkpatrick, the engineering department of the Grum- graduate of Georgetown University, is a USN, son of Mrs. Dale D. Hinman of man Aircraft Corp. His father is vice Naval Academy graduate. Class of 1950.

Norfolk, and the late Lt. James Kirk- president of the Guaranty Trust Co. of Home, Pleasantville, N. J. patrick, U S N .

New York City. The wedding will take Saturday. 12 September, Miss Elise Page Miss Mier is a graduate of Occidental place in the spring.

Skylstead, daughter of Mrs. Ralph FredCollege in Los Angeles. Lieutenant Kirkerick Skjdstead of Washington, D. C , and patrick is a graduate of the Naval Acad- WEDDING BELLS the late Commander Skylstead, U S N , and emy, Class of 1947.

Mr. Nathaniel Remington Kidder, son of The wedding will take place 7 Novem- Sunday, 4 October, Miss Arm Olivia Ryan, Mrs. Ray N. Kidder of Philadelphia and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Garner ber in Bay Shores. of San Diego, Calif., and Ens. Harry the late Mr. Kidder, in Christ Church, Llewellyn Bixby, Jr., USN, son of Capt Georgetown. The bride attended Gunston Harry L. Bixby, U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Hall and was graduated from Holton Arms Mrs. George William Karcher of Balti- Bixby, also of San Diego, in the Post School and is a member of Kappa Alpha more has armounced the engagement of her Chapel, Marine Recruit Depot. The bride Theta sorority. She is a provisional memdaughter, Miss Mary Carolyn Karcher, to attended State College, where she was in ber of the Junior League. Mr. Kidder is a 2nd Lt. Robert W. Whaling, USMC, son Phi Beta Phi sorority. The bridegroom is graduate of Harvard. of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. William Whaling a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class Saturday, 12 September, Miss Andrea of San Diego, Calif.

Hays, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James of 1952. Home, Pensacola.

Miss Karcher was graduated from Girls' Saturday, 3 October, Miss Ann Miller Mc- Harvey Hays, Jr., of San Francisco, and Latin School and attended Bard-Avon Donald, daughter of Mrs. Charles Clarke 2nd Lt. Charles Henry Wray, USAR, son School. She is the daughter of the late Mr. McDonald of Pensacola. Fla., and the late of Cdr. Henry Theodore Wray, U S N G. W. Karcher.

Captain McDonald, U S N , and Mr. John (Ret.), and Mrs. Wray of Coronado, at Lieutenant Whaling is a graduate of Taylor Bibb, son of Mrs. Frank S. Bick- Old St. Mary's Church, San Francisco.

Landon Preparatory School and the Naval ford and the late Mr. Carlisle Hurst Bibb, The bride is a member of Delta Gamma Academy, (Tlass of 1952. He is now at also of Pensacola, in St. Michael's Catholic and the bridegroom a Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Church. The bride attended Ashley Hall Pensacola.

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[I. S. I L ILllMII ASSOCIATION B^iancA/Id^xu^iatioHd When changes occur within the Branch Association, such as officers or time and place of meetings, please inform the editors at Alumni House.

CHICAGO

HAMPTON ROADS

President, Cdr. Donald H. Johnson, President Cdr. R. S. Barrett USN, '19, USNR, '27, 932 15th St., Wilmette, 111.

7466 N. Shore Rd., Norfolk, Va. Secretary, Mr. W. T. Cluverius, 10837 Secretary-Treasurer, Lt. Cdr. E. R. S. California Ave., Chicago 43, 111.

Blair, Jr., USN, '42, Fleet Athletic Officer, Service Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet Norfolk, Va.

CLEVELAND

AKRON President, Mr. Clifford J. Collins, '24, 816 Orlando Ave., Akron 20, Ohio.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Joseph W. McGrath, Jr., '47, 423 Wooster Rd., N., Barberton, Ohio.

ANNAPOLIS President, Cdr. Jesse B. Gay, Jr., USN, '35, 50 Rodgers Jld., USNA, Annapolis, Md. Secretary, Lt. F. T. King, USN, '46, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USNA, Annapolis, Md.

ATLANTA President Mr. Clarence M. Head, '20, 303 Forrest Blvd., Decatur, Ga. Secretary, Phillip G. Stokes, '28, 875 Woodley Dr., N.W., Atlanta, Ga. BALTIMORE President John Davis, '24, R F D 4, Annapolis, Md. Secretary, William S. Graham, '46, 122 Dumbarton Rd., Baltimore 12, Md.

President, Mr. Herbert Ackerman, '41, 228 The Arcade, Cleveland 14, Ohio.

Vice President, Mr. Robert J. McGinness, 10949 Lorain Ave., Cleveland II, Ohio.

Treasurer, Mr. William Feahr, '39, 1068 Hanna Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

Secretary, Mr. George W. Collins, 3347 Braemar Rd., Shaker Heights 20, Ohio.

COLORADO President C. J. McWhinnie, '22, 650 Bellaire St., Denver, Colo.

President, Capt. T. J. Thomhill, 1644 Banks St., Houston, Texas.

Secretary-Treasurer, M. I. Kearns, 1858 Norfolk, Houston 6, Texas.

INDIANAPOLIS Chairman Welcoming Committee. Cdr. G. E. Marcus, Jr., USN, '35, U. S. NavaJ Ordnance Plant.

Secretary, Mr. Robert McMurray, 'Zl, 725 E. 57th St., Indianapolis 20, Ind.

Vice President, H. R. Brannon, '32, 745 Fourteenth St., Boulder, Colo.

Secretary-Treasurer, H. O. Caperton, '32, 1142 Humboldt St., Denver, Colo.

CONNECT/CUT President, L. C. Farley, '05, 152 Broad St., Wethersfield, Conn.

Secretary-Treasurer, R. A. Spare, '07, 79 Everett St., Bristol, Conn.

BIRMINGHAM Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. Leon Hamrick, '22, Steiner-Rouse and Co., Brown Marx Bldg., 2008 First Avenue, North, Birmingham, Ala.

HOUSTON

DETROIT President, L t Cdr. Paul Richmond, '42, USNR, 1614 Newcastle, Grosse Pointe Woods 30, Mich.

KANSAS CITY President Mr. Richard B. Brown, '47, Marsh Steel Corp., 101 E. 9th St., North Kansas City, Mo. Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Paul J. Love, '46, 5549 Canterbury Rd., Kansas City 3, Kans.

LOS ANGELES President Cdr. Max I. Black, U S N ( R e t ) , '21, 3090 Lake Hollywood Dr., Hollywood 28, Calif.

Secretary, Lt. Cdr. A. J. Wanamaker, Jr., U S N ( R e t ) , '41, 3270 Laurice Ave..

Altadena, Calif.

BOSTON President, Harold R. Keller, ' I I , 37 Shef- DETROIT-ANNAPOLIS DADS CLUB field Rd., Newtonville, Mass.

President, Mr. John W. McCrea, 16801 LOUISVILLE Vice President Marcus G. Steele, '31, Grand River, Detroit 27, Mich.

Mr. Churchill Humphrey, '07, 4095 Mas403 Lebanon St., Melrose, Mass.

Secretary-Treasurer Mr. William H. sier Ave., Louisville 7, Ky. Secretary, Malcolm B. Flanders, '28, 149 Hagenmeyer, 323 E. Atwater St., Detroit 26, Mich.

(Continued on next page) Long\vood Ave., Brookline, Mass.

MEETINGS AKRON: Dinner meetings held on the last Thursday of each month.

ANNAPOLIS: Meetings held the second Wednesday of each month at 8;00 P.M. at Almnm House, Annapolis, Md. ATLANTA: Meetings are held on the first Sunday ot each month at the Commissioned Officers' Mess of the Naval Air Station, Atlanta, at 1930.

BALTIMORE: Meetings held on the third Thursday of each month at the Hotel Stafford, Baltimore, Md., at 7:00 P.M. BIRMINGHAM: No information regarding meetings.

BOSTON: Luncheon meetings held first Wednesday of each month, 12:30 P.M. at the Boston Yacht Club, 5 Rowes Wharf, Boston.

CHICAGO: Regular monthly dinner meetings held on let Fri. at 6:30 PM at Naval Armory, Eandolph St. CLEVELAND: Meetings held at 12:00 noon at the Hickory Grill, 929 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, on the third Wednesday of each month.

COLORADO: Meetings held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The time varies as it is sometimes a luncheon meeting and other times a dinner meeting.

CONNECTICUT: Chapter meetings are held quarterly at prearranged places aroimd the State. Members are notified by mail 2 weeks prior to the meeting.

DETROIT: Meetings held quarterly at the Naval Armory.

HAMPTON ROADS: Meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month except for the months of July and August.

HOUSTON: Luncheons held on the first Tuesday of each month at the Ben Milan HoteL INDIANAPOLIS: Meetings held on the third Monday of each month at 12:15 P.M at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

KANSAS CITY: Regular luncheon meetings are held at the TTniversity Club at 12:15 P.M. on the second Wednesday of each month.

LOS ANGELES: Dinner meetings held first Wednesday of each month, 6:30 P.M.i at locations selected by entertainment committee.

LOUISVILLE: No information regarding meetings.

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1953

MIAMI: Regular luncheon meeting held on the last Friday of each month at 12.15 on 3rdfloor,Walgreens, 200 East Flagler St., Miami. Dinner dances held as announced.

Touring Alumni always welcome. Contact secretary.

M ILWAUKEE: Meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Cudworth Post, 1756 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wise, at 6:30 P.M. NEWPORT: Meetings usually held at 6:30 P.M. on the last Tuesday of each month at the Commisioned Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I. NEW YORK: Luncheon meetings on the third Tuesday of each month save for March^ July and August, at 12:30 P.M., Maritime Roomâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;2Ist Floor, The Lawyer's Club, llSBroadway, N. Y. PHILADELPHIA: Dinner meetings are usually held on the second Friday of each month at the Officers' Mess, Naval Base.

PITTSBURGH: Regular monthly meetingsof the Chapter are held on the evening of the third Friday of each month excep t July and August, in the Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa. RICHMOND: Quarterly dinner meetings held on the second Friday in February) May, August and November.

ROCHESTER; Regular Luncheon 2nd Tuesday at Chamber of Commerce. Meetings of U.S.M.A. and U.S.N.A. graduates are held at Rochester, N. Y. Graduates in the vicinity communicate by phone with The Secretary.

SAN DIEGO: Regular dinner meetings held one each quarter in Coronado or San Diego. Members are notified by mail.

SAN FRANCISCO: Dinner meetings held at the Ommissioned Officers' Club, Treasure Island, at 6:30 P.M. on the first Wednesday of each month.

SCHENECTADY: No information regarding meetings.

SEATTLE: Meetings held on the first Monday of each month at 6:00 P.M., B.O.Q..

Naval Station, Pier 91, Seattle, Wash.

ST .LOUIS: Meets every two months. Contact the President or Secretary if not on mailing list.

TAMPA: No information regarding meetings.

TWIN CITIES AREA: Meetings held once a month at NAS Minneapolis Commissioned Officers' Mess. Members notified by Secretary.

WASHINGTON, D. C : Monthly luncheons held the third Thursday in the monthj 12:30 P.M., Army and Navy Club, Farragut Square 4 Eye St., N.W.. Washington 6.

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MIAMI President R. Adm. Thomas E. Boyce, U S N ( R e t ) , '23, 3910 Loquat Ave., Miami 33, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. W. S. Ginn, U S N (Ret.), '23, 4121 La Playa Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla. MILWAUKEE President James H. Wheeler, Jr., '45, 4132-A North Larkin St., Milwaukee II, Wis. Secretary-Treasurer, Edward F. Pionkowski, '40. 5335 N. Shoreland Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wis.

NEWPORT President, V. Adm. S. A. Taffinder, USN, Ret., 20 Seaview Ave., Newport R. I. Secretary, Capt. J. T. G. Stapler, USN, Ret, 86 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, R. I. NEV^ YORK President Cdr. Royce N . Flippin, USNR, '26, Smith, Barney & Company, 14 Wall St., New York 5, N. Y. Secretary, Lt. Cdr. Arthur A. Denton, USNR, '32, 27 Sylvan Ct., W. Islip, N. Y.

PHILADELPHIA President, V. Adm. James L. Kauffman, USN ( R e t ) , '08, 250 S. 18th S t , Philadelphia 3, Pa. Secretary, Mr. Arthur Fleming, Jr., '25, 4248 Chestnut S t , Philadelphia, Pa.

PITTSBURGH President, Capt. Morgan C. Barrett, U S N (Ret.), '21, 494 Second St., Beaver.

Pa. Secretaryj Mr. Richard H. Miller, '22, Apt. 56, Kmg Edward Annex, 225 Melwood St., Pittsburgh. Pa.

ANNAPOLIS

BALTIMORE

The Annapolis Chapter of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association met on 9 September 1953 at the Officers' Club, U. S. Naval Academy. Approximately 75 members and their guests were on hand to hear Coach Eddie Erdelatz discuss his Navy football team and observe a film of Navy's last season football highlights. The following members were present at the business meeting: T. H. Moore, '37; I. T. Davenport, '40; F. T. Thompson, '36; J. C. Mathews, '39; J. T. Tenney, '31; R. B. McClinton, '48-A; R. F. Gower, '47; R. S. Wentworth, Jr., '44; K. R. Whitehouse; B. F. Lohr, '43; J. G. Bumstead, '46; C. M. Johnson, Jr., '46; E. D. Laminan, '40; J. P. Coleman, '39; H. G. Corey, '30; R. L. Dise, '46; G. W. Mclver, '17; P. V. H. Weems, '12; R. H. Maury, '14; J. R. Palmer, '13; H. H. Jalbert '14; R. F. Hans, '14; E. E. Sprung, '23; C. D. Beaumont, '23; C. E. Coney, '19; C. W. Gray, '21; J. P. Culwell, '46; S. K. Groseclose '22; J. P. Bennington, '22.

P. R. Taylor, Jr., '46; J. T. Barnes; J. P .

Miller; R. E. Turnage, '47; C. R. Rockwood '47; R. C. Giffen, '07; E. D. Almy, '07; Bryson Bruce, '07; M. W. Hutchinson, Jr., '15; W. E. Farrell, '09; R. Berniel, '47; E. S. McGehee, '47; J. A. Jennings, '46; E. H. Bryant, '19; Rusty Callow; R. S. Vardy, '46; W. T. Jenkins, '30; P. K. Will, '31; L. Moore '46; M. Simons, '46; H. E. Strange, '26; W. H. Johnsen, '31; G. W. Watson, '44; L. J. Gulliver, '07; J. W. Crane, '47; P. R. Heineman, '20; R. S. Tisdale, '46; F. T. King, '46; J. B. Gay, Jr., '35; C. D. Mize, '45. Total, 59.

The Maryland Chapter held its September meeting on Thursday, September 17, at the Hotel Stafford, Charles and Madison Sts., Baltimore, Md. On this occasion Navy backfield coach Len Eshmont gave us a very interesting talk about the football team.

Those attending were C. R. Lamdin, '21; W. E. Perdue, '27; Bev Bristor, '27; D. J. Fitzgerald, '26; Clayton Demarest, '19; Chris Russell, '06; M. A. Leahy, '08; E. J. Litty, '46; J. J. Brown, '12; H. B. Atwood, '27; John Davis, '24.

RICHMOND President: Capt. W. C. Wickham, USN, Ret., '09, R F D 2, Ashland, Va. • Secretary-Treasurer: E. Neil Rogers, '40, Lane & Rogers, Attorneys, I North 6th St., Richmond 19, Va. Secretary, Cdr. John W. Brady, USNR, Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. '24, 1104 Federal Ave., Seattle 2, Wash.

E. Neil Rogers, '40, 303 Sunset Drive, Westham, Richmond, Va.

ST. LOUIS

President, L t Cdr. Robert W. Murch, ROCHESTER President, Mr. T. G. Cox, Jr.. '20, 1596 USNR, '42, c/o Murch-Jarvis Construction Co., 718 Locust St., St. Louis 1, Mo. Creek St., Rochester 10, N. Y. Secretary, Robert F. Deibel, Jr., '39, c/o Secretary, George E. Lawrence. '39, 62 Dixie Mills, 10th and Walnut Sts., East Park Lane. Rochester 10, N. Y. St. Louis, 111.

SAN DIEGO

President, Capt. Joseph T. Talbert U S N (Ret.), '20, 506 First St., Coronado, Calif.

Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. Hal C. Jones, U S N ( R e t ) , '21, 4205 Del Mar, San Diego 7, Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO President, Mr. J. R. Riordan, 14 Sierra Vista PI., Danville, Calif.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. F. J. Behounek, '44, 2115 Roosevelt Ave., Berkeley 3, Calif.

SCHENECTADY President Capt. J. S. Evans, U S N (Ret.), '07, 742 De Camp Ave., Schenectady 3, N. Y. Secretary, Mr. D. L. Wyckoff, '44, 112 Dartmouth St., Schenectady, N. Y.

SEATTLE President, Cdr. Robert A. O'Neill, USNR, '38, 19037 37th Ave., N.E., SeatUe 55, Wash.

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TAMPA President R. Adm. Edward L. Beck, '25, U S N (Ret.), Palm Oaks, RFD 2, Palmetto, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer, Ens. L. C. Hernandez, USN, '48-B, Columbia Restaurant, Ybor City, Tampa, Fla.

TWIN CITIES AREA President, Mr. Sumner T. Scott '20, Fairmont, Minn.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Ted L. Hasbrouck, ;23, R. F. D. 265, White Bear Lake, Minn.

WASHINGTON,

D. C.

President, R. Adm. A. H. Van Keuren, '03, U S N ( R e t ) , 2823 29th St., N.W., Washington 8, D. C. Secretary, Mr. Arthur Tarantino, '35, 8506 Rosewood Drive, Bethesda, Md. Treasurer, A. L. Mathers, '31, Dunn Loring, Va.

CONNECTICUT The 17th quarterly meeting of the U. S. N. A. A. Association, Connecticut Chapter, was held Thursday evening, May 14, 1953, at the Submarine Base Officers' Club.

Twenty-five members and guests enjoyed a fine steak dinner.

Officers and councilmen of the chapter were nominated and elected as follows: President L. C. Fariey, '05 Vice President, J. H. Doak, '22 Secretary-Treasurer, R. A. Spare, '07 Councilmen: Bridgeport, G. S. Goodspeed, '43 Hartford, B. P. Hayden, '38 Waterbury, J. W. Hessel, '33 New Haven, J. G. Venter, '12 New London, J. D. Taylor, III, '25 Capt. R. H. "Benny" Bass gave a very interesting talk on the future for the Navy.

He pointed out that dollar for dollar, submarines are a good investment for national defense.

Mr. Harry De Cantillon showed his original movies of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 and av^'e inspiring color pictures of the eruption of Mauna Loa in 1939.

LOS ANGELES On Wednesday, September 2, 1953, a combined dinner, with the Navy League of Southern California, wives and guests, w'as held at Allen Center to welcome and honor ex-Secretary of the Navy, now Vice President of the Navy League of the United States, Vice President of General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; and President of Aerojet General Corporation of Azusa, Calif.—Dan A. Kimball, Mr. Kimball spoke on the role of the Navy League in supporting the Navy, Naval Reserve, Department of Defense and our Commander-in-Chief, the President of the United States. Mr. Kimball suggested a workable means of coordinating action of Navy League members to decrease the harmful effect of individual congressmen who have done much to injure the morale of the Navy. Mr. Kimball said that he would continue to devote himself to the welfare of the Navy and invited those present to dedicate themselves to the noble purpose of making our Navy strong, efficient, and attractive to the rising generation.

Attendance at our last meeting was 142 persons, many of whom suggested that similar meetings be held to foster interest in the welfare of our Navy.

The regular October meeting will be held at the Pasadena Athletic Club on OcSHIPMATE

tober /th. The new Commandant of the Eleventh Naval District, R. Adm. George Carroll Dyer, USN, '19, will be our speaker Admiral Dyer is a veteran of 35 years of commissioned naval service which includes the two world wars and Korean conflict. He has had command experience m nine different commands; from submarines in his early career, through major combatant ships, to a Task Force Command. He has also had considerable duty on staffs including assignment on the Staff, C i n C U . S. Fleet. Admiral Dyer was Commander United Nations Blockade and Escort Forces off Korea, which included not only U. S. Naval Forces, but also Naval Forces of eight allied nations. Prior to becoming Commandant l l t h Naval District he was Commander Training Command, U. S. Pacific Fleet. Admiral Dyer's subject will be "The Korean Naval Blockade."

Lt. J. A. Beaubouef, USN, Aide to Admiral Dyer, will assist in the presentation of charts to illustrate the extremely interesting and timely talk.

The next meeting will be an observance of Na\-y Day 1953, at the Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel. Los Angeles, at noon, Tuesday, 27 October, 1953. This will be a combined meeting with other organizations.

In addition to the Los Angeles Chapter of the U. S. N. A. Alumni Association, the other sponsoring organizations a r e : Nav-y League of the United Statesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Los Angeles Council, Mr. Frank Gard Jameson, President Long Beach Council, Mr. Theodore Cruchlej', President Santa Monica Council, Mr. Ralph Collins, President Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Armed Forces Committee, Mr. Arthur C. Stewart, Chairman Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach, Mr. (jeorge Bushnell, President American Ordnance Association, Los Angeles Post, Mr. Robert C. Geffs, President _ The Honorable Charles S. Thomas, Assistant Secretary of Defense, will be the principal speaker, and his subject will be: (a) The new Department of Defense organization and what it will mean to the country; (b) The Navy, important and vital part in our defense program. Many VIPs, civilian, naval, military, and from public life, are expected to attend this luncheon, which is one of the initial efforts in Southern California, since the Korean Truce, to re-establish Navy Day as a first step toward fostering the best morale in our Navy and Armed Forces, as well as building the highest public esteem for the officers and men who serve in the Navy and Armed Forces of the United States.

Governor Goodwin J. Knight and Mayor Poulson will be present Major General Shilt, USMC, Commandant EI Toro Marine Base, will attend and supply a USMC band. It is expected that the seating capacity of 1200 will be filled.

The Navy Day meeting will take the place of the regular November monthly meeting. Plans are proceeding for the customary joint meeting with the West Point Society for the Army vs. Navy game telecast on November 28th, 1953.

NEWPORT The forty-eighth meeting of the Chapter was held on Tuesday, 29 September, 1953, at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island.

Those present were: B. B. McCormick, â&#x20AC;˘92; W. D. Puleston, '02; H. F. Leary, 'OS; NOVEMBER,

1953

R. B. Coffey, '05; D. I. Selfridge, '05; J. T. G. Stapler, '06; A. G. Stirling, '06; L. F. Welch, '06; G. E. Baker, '07; C. C. Windsor, '07; J. W. Rankin, '08; M. L. Hersey, '09; T. Moran, '10; C. D. Peirce, '10; R. W. Bates, '15; S. Umsted, '15; F. S. Holmes, '18; M. H. Bassett, '20; C. C. Hartman, '20; R. R. Hartung, '20; C. McR. Winslow, '24; C. H. Lyman, '26; R. T. S. Keith, '28.

The next meeting was set for Tuesday, 27 October, 1953 at 1830 in the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Station, Newport, R. I. There followed an illustrated talk by C. H. Lyman, '26, on the Sixth Fleet.

J. T. G. STAPLER, '06,

Secretary.

NEW YORK The September luncheon meeting of the Naval Academy Association of New York was held at the Lawyers Club on Tuesday, the 15th, with sixty-one in attendance.

President Royce Flippin convened the meeting and had distinguished guests presented. These included Judge Louis Goldstein, Mr. Frank Barnett, and Mr. Gordon Osborn. In the sound-off roll call which followed, new faces included Capt. F. X. Forrest '26, Capt. Sam Pickering, '27, and Carlos Hevia, '20. Among the more recent classes it was noticed that 1950 was well represented.

The president read extracts from press releases concerning the Navy football team and its schedule, and Henry Parry, '22, reminded the group of the Homecoming Weekend coming up soon at Annapolis.

Following a custom established last year a report on one class of graduates was then received, as David A. Stretch gave an interesting account of the Class of 1930.

Our senior graduate present, and the senior living ex-President of our Association, is Mr. H. Gerrish Smith, '91. Mr. Smith was at this time presented with a plaque commemorating his leadership of our group during office encumbency some 25 years ago.

In Rabbi Benjamin Schultz we had a very eloquent and convincing speaker, who because he devotes full time to exposing communistic activity in this country as Director of the American-Jewish League Against Communism, is in a position to expose "Communism's False Mask in America." This was the subject of his address, and he traced the many ramifications of the "Miinzenburg method" of infiltration. The group was reminded that the communist method is to work indirectly, never in the name of communism, but under the guise of some innocent and high-sounding organization which through flattery and deception enlists the support of one prominent personality, and then secures more and more unsuspecting supporters and endorsers. The subversives manage to control the high-sounding organization, and everything is colored to promote the desired "climate of opinion." Naming names and many illustrations. Rabbi Schultz, while defending the ministry as a whole, also indicated he knew some 30 clergymen who have collaborated with the communists in this country. He is convinced that frank discussion is the only means of uncovering infiltration activities; and he warned of the new communist technique of directing public opinion against those who fight communism by the "I'm not a communist, but . . ." approach which is intended to disarm.

The next luncheon will be Tuesday, 20 October.

NORTH TEXAS The North Texas Chapter (proposed) was honored to have as its guest speaker the President of the Alumni Association, Vice Admiral Hussey. His counsel will play an important role in our organizing procedure, and his words of encouragement were a welcome tonic.

Also present at the September 19th luncheon at the Dallas Naval Air Station were: Capt. James M. Lewis, 'IS; M. W. Staples, '22; Capt Daniel B. Candler, '22; Adm. A. C. Olney, Jr., '23; E. C. Wise, '23; George J. Shaw, '27; Cdr. William M. Holmes, '32; Edward Olcott, '39; Warren P. Lowerre, '40; C. Allen Skinner, '40; J. W. Beatty, ' 4 1 ; Gene Pryor, '45; Preston Peak, '46; John Weber, '46; James L. Bellamy, '46; Fred Wiedemann, '46; L t Jack Stevens, '47; W. E. McLaughlin, Jr., '47; Stan Schiller, '47; Mr. A. L. Raithel, Sr., Hon. The next meeting will be a social affair.

The site for the festivities is to be Northwood Country Club in Dallas, where both West Point and Annapolis will celebrate with cocktails and dinner the outcome of the Army-Navy game, November 28th. All alumni in the area are invited.

PITTSBURGH The September meeting of the Pittsburgh Chapter was held at the University Club, 17 September, attended by the following: J. C. Rengel, '37; E. T. Barrett '38; S. G. Nichols, '26; J. W. Ludewig, '25, Vice President; G. N. Powell, ' 3 1 ; R. E. Jones, '09; W. C. Godfrey, '43; C. H. Schnorr, Jr., '47; M. C. Barrett '21, President; C. B. Archibald, '22; A. P. Zechella, '43 y S. W. Koenig, Jr., '46, Treasurer ; J. R. Carlson, '38; D. R. Grafton, '11; J. W. Simpson, '37; R. A. H a r t '29; W. H. Lewis, '32; R. H. Miller, '22, Secretary. Guests: Maj. E. C. Genter, M. E. Kalette.

After a pleasant cocktail hoiir the group adjourned to a private dining room for dinner as arranged by our Program Chairman for the evening, Joe C. Rengel, '37.

After dinner President M. C. Barrett conducted a short business meeting, asking the oldest members present, Ray Jones, '09, and Venus Grafton, '11, along with the youngest member, Bud Schnorr, '47, to take a bow.

Capt. Stan Nichols asked all present to give publicity to the Navy Exhibit at the Buhl Planetarium during the month of October. The exhibit, including ship models, paintings and sound pictures, is very interesting and worthwhile.

Adm. Joe Ludewig volunteered to advise the Hartford, Connecticut Group of Don Kelley's presence in that area. We hope that Don Kelley can visit the Pittsburgh Group when in town.

President M. C. Barrett then turned the meeting over to Joe Rengel who introduced John W. Simpson, '37, our speaker for the evening.

John Simpson, '37, gave a most interesting talk, illustrated by slide pictures, on the Application of Atomic Power to Naval Vessels. No classified information was discussed but the broad principles and engineering problems were most ably described by John Simpson.

SAN FRANCISCO The regular monthly meeting of the San Francisco Branch was held on Wednesday, 2 September, 1953, at the Commissioned 47

Officers' Mess, Treasure Island. Joe Riordan, '44, presided.

With no business to be brought before the members, President Joe Riordan introduced the speaker of the evening, V. Adm. Francis S. Low, USN, Commander Western Sea Frontier, and Pacific Reserve Fleet.

Admiral Low's subject was "The Pattern of Scientific Investigation in the Navy."

The subject, as the title indicates, is a broad and detailed one and consequently Admiral Low chose to handle it in outline form.

Admiral Low first cited the shortcomings of pre-World W a r II liaison between the Navy and civilian scientists. The first step toward a more unified scientific program was the formation of the Operational Evaluation Group, a group of scientists attached to the Chief of Naval Operations. Later there was a Scientific Section to the 10th Fleet (Anti-Submarine). The Navy has progressively made greater use of civilians in such matters as evaluation of weapons, ships, etc. One of the studies which has been given the greatest attention has been that dealing with the "Habitability of Navy Ships." This study has been completed with the result that a "pilot" ship, the U. S. S. MEREDITH, is being converted

in line with the findings. Basically the study will result in reduction of personnel in ships and the advent of single purpose ships. Admiral Low concluded announcing that the Navy Postgraduate School, Monterey, had just graduated approximately ten officers in Operation Analysis.

Present at the meeting were forty-seven members and their guests including: Roland Riggs, '04; A. B. Court, 'OS; E. D. Washbum, Jr., '06; R. S. Edwards, '07; J. M. Schelling, '07; E. F. Buck, '08; Leo Lindley, '09; P . W.' Northcroft, '09; E. L. Patch, '11; John Falge, '12; N. H . Geisenhoff, '13; R. P. Newell, '13; H . W. Pillsbury, '13; T. R. Cooley, '17; Ned Marbourg, '17; J. R. Redman, '19; C. P. Woodson, '21; H. Fudge, '22; E. R. Duncan, '23 R. S. Bertschy, '24; Frank Falge, '24 J. L. Heriihy, '24; H . N . Tiemroth, '24 Raoul Waller, '24; J. T. Warren, '24 D. D. Wight, '24; C. W. Butler, '25; Hap Lyon, '25; W . C. Asserson, '26; E. T. Goyette, '27; E. P . Burton, '28; Sam Harrison, '28; W. D. Thomas, '28; John Matthews, '32; Frank List '33; Fred Lincoln, '36; F . j : Behounek, '44; J. R. Riordan, '44; R. E. Dix, '45; G. A. Nisbet '45.

Brandt Wickersham, guest of John Falge; E. F. Marbourg, Jr., guest of Ned Marbourg; John J. Mulvany, President of the Alameda Council, Navy League and a National Director, guest of Raoul Waller; Ralph E. Junker, guest of Fred Lincoln; L. G. Miller, guest of C. W. Butler, and Herbert D. Walter, Stanford, 1900.

of R. Adm. Benjamin Coe, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Coe of Los Angeles, Calif., at Wyoming Presbyterian Church in Millburn, N. J. The bride attended Tudor Hall and was graduated from Mount Holyoke College. Mr. Coe attended Bowdoin College and was graduated from M.I.T. Friday, 4 September, Miss Donalene Siegrist, daughter of Mrs. Anna Witt of Washington, D. C , and Mr. Richard Lewis Ring, son of R. Adm. and Mrs. Morton L. Ring of Chevy Chase, Md., in Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church. Home, Takoma Park, Md. Saturday, 29 August, Miss Nancy Anne Clexton, daughter of R. Adm. Edward W. Clexton, USN, of Arlington, Va., and the late Mrs. Clexton, and Mr. Frank Moses McCann, son of Mrs. James Archie McCann of Spout Spring, Va., and the late Mr. McCann, in St. Agnes Catholic Church. The bride was graduated from Georgetown Visitation Convent and the College of William and Mary. Mr. McCann, a veteran of World W a r II with the U. S. Navy, will be graduated from William and Mary this spring. Home, Williamsburg, Va. Saturday, 8 August, Miss Jane Carpenter, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Seal Carpenter of Princeton, N. J., and Lt. Eugene George Fames. USAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Berry Eames of South Essex, Mass., in the Union Congregational Church, Greenville, Me. The bride was graduated from Goucher College. Lieutenant Eames is a member of the Class of 1952 at the Naval Academy and is stationed at San Antonio, Texas.

Sunday, 5 July, Miss Barbara Louise Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lee of Benson, Minn., and Lt. Richard E. Denfeld, USAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Denfeld of Sioux Falls, S. D., in Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church, Benson. The bride attended Miss Wood's of Macalester in St. Paul. Lieutenant Denfeld is a member of the Class of 1952 of the Naval Academy.

There will be a reunion of the U S S PENNSYLVANIA'S personnel at the Officers'

Club, Naval Gun Factory, November 21 at 7:00 p.m. All who are interested in attending please write Mr. Ralph J. Hopkins, 3362-B South Wakefield St., Ariington, Va. Adm. Arthur W. Radford who served with Observation Squadron 1 on board the U S S PENNSYLVANIA from September 1926

to June 1927 is scheduled to be present.

The following letter from the Social Security Administration to the Navy Mutual Aid Association is published for general Both were graduated in June from the information.

University of California, Berkeley. On duty "Many of your subscribers may have at Fort Benning, Ga. filed a claim, or made inquiry, for Social Sunday, 6 September, Miss Helen Leanos, Security benefits and they were disallowed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Leanos because of the fact that they received a of Atmapolis, and Ens. Ned C. Snyder, promotion during World W a r II, even USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Sny- though they had completed 30 years' servder of Lafayette, Ind., in the Naval Acad- ice before September 15, 1940. emy Chapel, Chaplain John D. Zimmerman "The Social Security Administration has and the Rev. Eustratios Spyropoulos of- now changed its position. If the military ficiating. Ensign Snyder is a graduate of retirement office has not used the service the Naval Academy, Class of 1953. Home, after September 15, 1940, for the purpose Pensacola. of determining eligibility to or the amount Saturday, 5 September, Miss Margaret of retirement benefit, then the Social SeJane Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. curity Administration may be able to give Edward William Butler of Montreal, Can- credit for that period. We suggest a reada, and Mr. Benjamin Plaisted Coe, son contact with the local field office."

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The Blue and Gold Special Train to the Army-Navy Game will depart Union Station, Washington, D. C , at 0830 November 28, 1953. "The train is scheduled to arrive at the siding alongside the Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia in time for all Alumni to walk to the stadium for the P-rade. It is scheduled to leave exactly 30 minutes after the game. A fried chicken box lunch with set-ups, including ice and glasses, will be served to all travelers using this train. On the way home coffee and sandwiches, as well as set-ups with ice and glasses, will be served. The price of the round trip ticket on the A^avy Blue and Gold Special will be $15.00.

Hostesses will be assigned to serve the fried chicken box lunch, set-ups, etc., on the way to the game; coffee and sandwiches, as well as set-ups, returning.

Joe Hartman and A. L. Mathers will assist Tarantino in the running of this train.

The Association has been running this train for the past several years and all who have participated in it have enjoyed it considerably.

For reservations please send in your request, with self-addressed stamped envelope and check, t o : ARTHUR E . TARANTINO

Chairman, Athletic Committee Naval Academy Alumni Association of Washington, D. C. 8S06 Rosewood Drive Bethesda 14, Maryland No reservations will be accepted after 5:00 p. m., November 23, 19S3.

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^nst (HaU P E R L E Y M. CLARK (CDR U S N R ) '25 died in Annapolis, Md., 5 September 1953.

J O H N H A V E N S D A Y T O N (VADM U S N R E T ) 1890 died at the Naval Hospital in Newport, R. I., 7 September 1953.

J O H N A S S E R S O N F L E T C H E R II (LTJG U S N ) '48-B killed in air crash off Cape Henry, 29 September 1953.

S A M U E L S A N D E R S J R (LCDR U S N R ) '24 died in Haverford, Pa., 4 September 1953.

LOUIS H E R B E R T SUGG ( L T U S N ) '44 killed in a plane crash off the coast of Spain, 3 September 1953.

JOHN M A L C O L M SWEENEY ( C A P T U S N ) '24 died at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., 5 October 1953.

MYRON J. W A L K E R ( C D R U S N R E T ) 'IS died in Iowa City, Iowa, 2 September 1953.

D E W I T T C H A P I N W A T S O N (LCDR U S N R E T ) '15 died at the U. S. Veterans Administration Hospital, San Fernando, Calif., 10 September 1953.

CHARLES RUSSELL WOODSON ( C A P T U S N R E T ) '19 died at the Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif., 2 September 1953.

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