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December, 1958

Christmas W i t h Alumni I n Sweden I n Switzerland I n Tunisia I n HoUand I n Canada I n Ecuador On the Riviera

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Many years ago our country's beloved poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote a famous poem entitled The Children's Hour in which he described this hour as a "pause in the day's occupation." It was written about a period in our country's history in which adults worked long hours and children shared in the family occupations. But, in many instances, a break in the routine came for one hour at twilight when, just before they went to bed, the children ruled the household, and their interests and desires took on great importance. It was a pleasant time, relaxing and enjoyable, but without conneaion with the real and important business of life.

So, today, much of the world looks at Christmas in this same way. It is a pause in the serious work of the world, a time of joy, festivity and feasting, but only an interruption in the pursuit of the tasks, the problems and responsibilities of everyday life. During this season we "go a second mile," give away our coat and our cloak also, share generously with those of other climes, and push from our minds the tensions, rivalries and fears which usually hold sway. Seemingly, there is no bottom to the heart of love which is opened up while the Christmas Spirit is abroad, for kindliness, love and good-will reign everywhere.

But, as adults used to return to the daily struggle after the children's hour was over, so the world returns to take up the struggle of its old passions and fears, its old doubts, hatred and selfish considerations on the day after Christmas, and often it is as if the interruption had never occurred.

This, however, is a sad blindness of our modern world, for Christmas is only a travesty if it is not more than a pleasant interruption in a way of life, and if it does not result in some changes of attitudes and ideas, if it does not give a new and different program for living. For Christmas is serious and real. It is a recurring reiteration of the fact that God loves the world deeply and sincerely. It tells that peace is promised, that love is all important, that hope is alive. Christmas is not just another holiday to be celebrated with feasting and lavish gifts. It is a holy day marked by the joy of new birth, the mystery of heavenly voices, the promise of eternal love, the introduction of a way of life. It must be not merely an interruption in our daily work, but a revelation in the souls of men and the heart of the world that there is a better way of meeting problems, a deeper spirit in which to approach human relationships, and a greater promise for the future of mankind. "© tome, ©esirc of nations, binb 3n one tfje fjcarts of all manfeinb; iOBiti tt)ou our Sab bibisions cease, anb be tfjpself our lltttB of ^cace."

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Many thanks to our good correspondents. We asked them to let us stay-at-homes know how they celebrated Christmas in another country.

We hope you will enjoy reading about what Navy families do, when far from home, to enjoy the holiday. Perhaps the accounts will bring back memories to those Vvfho have been to the same countries, and to others it may help in planning ahead for a future Christmas to be spent in "far-away places with strange sounding names."

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY N E W YEAR!

DECEMBER,

1958

by Capt. J. G. Roenigk '34

beben HRISTMAS in Sweden will be much like Christmas at home except that here we are sure of the traditional Christmas card weather. It will be cold (about 10 degrees below freezing), most likely with snow and ice and certainly with little sunshine— at the most some five hours of daylight at this time of year. But this is no real hardship, because Stockholm has some of the loveliest Christmas lighting in the world. The streets and store windows blaze with seasonal decorations.

The Christmas season really starts on December 13 with the celebration of the Lucia festival, which marks the shortest day of the year. This festival celebrates the moment when the days begin to lengthen again.

Traditionally the daughter of the house, wearing a wreath of lighted candles, serves her parents, while they are still in bed, with tea or coffee and sings special songs. For

us foreigners, there are other ceremonies, sponsored by the city, business or private groups. In these a group of children, dressed in traditional costumes and carrying lighted candles, parade and sing the Lucia song. The queen of the ceremony will wear a wreath of lighted candles on her head, signifying the coming of light in the days ahead.

For the Swedes, the Christmas holiday period itself is particularly a time of family reunions and wonderful feasting. For the children there is always a large supply of "pepper" cookies, similar to our ginger snaps. The Swedish cooking is delicious incidentally. Christmas for us will also be a time for family and informal partying. The Christmas tree dominates the Yule decorations in the home and is like our American tree, but the Swedish tree will have miniature national flags as ornaments. The Swedes favor the old fashioned candles for lights, but today they usually use white electric

Carolyn Campbell of the American Embassy, Stockholm

light strings. Our own tree will be garlanded with colored lights because that is what we brought from home.

Our Christmas dinner will be turkey which one of the local shops imports every season to fill the American orders. The Swedes customarily have a pork loin roast for the Christmas dinner or perhaps native reindeer if they can afford it.

We enjoy introducing our Swedish friends to our Christmas eggnogs, which seemed very popular last year, while they will serve us their hot punch at this time. (This punch supposedly originated to revive friends v/ho arrived after a long and cold trip on skiis or by sleighs.) We will not have to go calling on skiis but we certainly will enjoy a friendly and old fashioned Christmas in Sweden.

The day after Christmas does not mean back to work again as at home.

Here in Scandinavia, it is just the second day of Christmas and the same holiday routine all over.

At Lucia Festival

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H E W R I T E R currently lives with his family in Zurich where as a Registered Swiss Engineer he operates anElectronic/Communications-Consulting/Contracting business covering Europe and the Mediterranean.

Sylvia, his wife, holds down the office while their children, Mary, 21, takes ballet and attends the University of Zurich, Sylvia, 22, works as a mathematician on a Swiss electronic computer, and Rollins, Jr., 25, is the compam-'s representative in Germany. The family occupies a modern, hard-io-get apartment with business office adjacent, while the Florida homestead remains rented, i.e., at least half the time.

Many ask "Why Zurich?" the German-speaking part of Switzerland, for business headquarters. Besides its central operating location and tax laws Zurich is primarily loved for its sense of values. A car is not needed because of excellent streetcar service. Value is usually received for anything procured. Milk, cheese, fruit and vegetables are reasonable, while meat is expensive. The city is exceptionally clean and well policed. The Swiss are good, honest, serious, hard-working people. When they work they really work, but when they play they raise hell like the rest of us. Everybody has a dog whose companionship persists into restaurants and on street cars, but not meat markets, outside of which each pooch is secured where he poses, yawns and patiently waits, simultaneously eyeing over his shoulder the bratwurst in the window. If reincarnation is a reality, oh to return to Zurich as a poodle.

Zurich is also noted for its church bells. With a church a block away we know the time within fifteen minutes day or night. There is always something going on, either a band concert, or a parade, or sometimes we take a boat ride on the lake. We have an American Business Men's Green Passport Club which lunches once a month with the American Consul General. Then there is the Sv.iss Friends of America Group which holds luncheons once a week.

A Zurich "must" is a black fedora, normally worn on all business occa-

Zurich, Switzerland

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by Rollins H. Mayer '32

toit^erlantr sions, or while making bank deposits.

For four francs a month we receive six hi-fi radio programs, without advertising, over the telephone lines.

The stations consist of one Italian, one French, one German and three Swiss, hence a fabulous variety. In the vicinity of Zurich we have the Alps (see picture) with winter sports galore. Restaurant meals have Italian, French and German influence.

American cosmetics, movies and canned goods are available. The only Russian items are tea, canned crab meat and propaganda.

December 6th is St. Nicholas Day on which those who have been good are rewarded, while the bad ones receive sticks. Children may not attend movies until eighteen. Christmas Day, December 25th, is celebrated

by attending church and feasting with a family gathering at home.

Decorations are with moderation while Christmas music is out of this world. During the holidays we will run down to St. Moritz or some other mountain resort. It depends upon the snow. Here we ski and iceskate, and I have a chance to wear my beret.

New Year's Eve will find us back home with the bells. We hesitate to thank God how lucky we are. Since Reserve AF Colonels have unlimited Class VI, there is always a bracer on hand for Academy passerthroughers. A letter to the writer will insure reservations in a small, clean hotel at $4.00 per day per person, meals included. The company welcomes inquiries from retired naval personnel.

HE WIFE of the French Ambassador to Tunisia is an Egyptian. When she was a little girl at school in France her class was asked to write a composition on what happens in the world at Christmas. This particular little girl wrote that at Christmas time the grass again became green, flowers bloomed, and certain animals long hidden away came out again. Her thesis had the school psychiatrist thoughtfully tapping his teeth with his glasses. Of course, the little girl was right. In Egypt and in Tunisia, which has a very similar climate, the summer with its hot sun dries up the grass and many of the flowers. It is a period of suspension for most of nature, and when the rains start again in the autumn things spring into life.

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by R. Adm. Elliott Baker Strauss '23 (Ret.) well make it come true by a short trip up into the mountains near the north coast, where snow does fall once or twice during the winter season. In fact, you can have your choice of climate if you move from the green hills in the north, through the thinning vegetation of the center, into the edge of the Sahara in the south.

There are turkeys, too, since they seem to be a Christmas requirement.

The Wise Man of today uses his camel to plow his land so that there will be some- However, no one here need worry about the inadequacies of their oven thing for his Christmas dinner.

Don't get any idea that in Tunisia there will be a tropical Christmas.

Far from it. In Tunisia itself there is a good chance that the day may be gray and possibly raining, and the small central heating facilities may have to go into action. If one felt nostalgic enough to have the same dream as Bing Crosby he might

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size. Turkeys are good, but they seem to lack the chest development that our Stateside ones acquire. Being a Muslim country (with however a plentiful admixture of other religions), Christmas is not a national festival. Those, such as the American colony, to whom it is still "the day" must make their own arrangements. Pine, cedar and cypress trees are not far away for conversion into Christmas trees. While the Arab population does not itself take to Christmas "spirit," the Muslim version of Mr. Volstead has not yet been this way and that form of cheer is plentifully available, even eggnog, if you like it.

All in all, whereas our kind of Christmas may not be the kind that you will have, ours is still a very good one and we wish you a merry one, too, wherever and in whatever manner you may plan to celebrate it.

Not everyone has turkey! These poor Bedouin women are doing their best to make a meal from edible leaves.

Cfjris^tmag i n ^oUanti I HRISTMAS in Holland presents newly arrived Americans with somewhat of a dilemma. The Netherlanders celebrate what we know as Christmas on the Sth of December and observe the religious aspects of Christmas, including Christmas trees and candles, on the 25th and 26th of December. The Dutch celebration on the 5th of December is reserved for the children and is called St. Nicholas Day after a Spanish Saint. The 5th of December celebration goes back to the time when Spanish influence was in sway in the lowlands and throughout a great part of the world.

St. Nicholas is not the Santa Claus we know. He is clothed in the raiment of the church. Legend has it that St. Nicholas comes from Spain to Holland on the 5th of December and is accompanied by a number of rather dark-skinned helpers who are Moors. The children believe that St. Nicholas has a book in which each child's name is entered along with information as to whether the children have behaved or not during the last year. Those children who have been good are rewarded with presents and those children who have not behaved are taken back to Spain by DECEMBER,

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by Henry C. Spicer, Jr., '34

St. Nicholas' helpers. In recent times the custom of exchanging gifts between older children and adults has appeared.

The Dutch celebration on the 25th and 26th of December is totally a religious one where people go to church and later participate in a family meal. The 25th and 26th is also the period during which Christmas trees are erected and candles are burned on the tree according to religious custom.

The Americans in Holland generally celebrate the 24th and 25th of December in the American way with Santa Claus and all; however, the occasion is modified to fit the type of decorations and presents that are available on the local market.

Starting in early December, store windows are gaily decorated and many candies, cakes, large and small figures and shapes in black and white chocolate are evident. Each town strings colored lights and designs above its main streets and the feel of Christmas cheer is in the air.

The Dutch are a kind people and have since early times felt kindly towards other people's beliefs. Dutch history is crowded with occasions where refuge to minorities has been offered. In regard to the United States, two occasions of Dutcn assistance should be remembered. One is refuge provided to the Pilgrims prior to their departure for America.

Another is the enormous aid provided to the American revolutionists during the period 1775 through 1779 in the form of goods and armaments shipped to St. Eustatius in the Antilles in exchange for tobacco and other products. In October 1779, John Paul Jones put into the harbor of Texel with two English ships he had captured in the North Sea. Great Britain demanded his immediate expulsion but he was allowed to remain for several months and was lionized in Amsterdam and The Hague. The above actions provoked a declaration of war against Holland by the English in 1780 in which the Netherlands was the loser. It is this spirit of the Dutch that makes us Americans feel so much at home in the Netherlands not only at Christmas time but during the whole year.

Left: Wife Peggy and daughter Holly of our Naval Attache in Canada are proud of the Christmas wreath they have just made for their Ottawa home. Peggy has second thoughts about Canadian winters, though!

Right: Rosy Ryan and daughter Holly show here that Canada has warm weather too.

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by Capt. Paul B. Ryan '36

jANADIANS spend a lot of time explaining to Americans that they are not British and also telling the British that they are not Americans.

This state of affairs may help to explain how much we North Americans resemble each other even though there are some differences. For instance, the teenagers are the same.

Right across from our home in Ottawa is a boys' prep school. This makes for a dandy arrangement for Holly, our 16-year-old daughter, but plays hob with peace and quiet around the house for us parents.

Still, I shouldn't complain. I can remember 25 years ago when we teafighters from the Second Batt would descend on Commander (later Admiral) Daubin's quarters on a Sunday afternoon, putting away plenty of groceries in the kitchen. One midshipman (from the hinterland and happy in his ignorance) even downed 8

a "fruit punch" made from ENO Fruit Salts! Sorry, I have forgotten his name.

Well, back to Canadian holidays and plenty of cakes, cookies and cocoa in Readiness Condition I. We will need these goodies to pass out to our small carolers who truly bring a charming significance to our Christmas celebration as they make the rounds of the neighborhood.

We are bound to have a foot of snow or more; so real, old fashioned sleigh rides are in order for those energetic souls who can't understand why a highball indoors is a more attractive proposition than a gulp of brandy in a cold sleigh.

On the day after Christmas we will receive visits from the postman and the village constable who scrupulously observe that old English custom called "Boxing Day." (Originally it meant delivering boxes of

presents to less fortunate families.

Now, I find that a box of Seagram's or Gilbey's is gratefully received by our municipal employees.)

If you have read this far, you may as well listen to another jolly Canadian custom we observe during the Christmas holidays. On New Year's Day all hands rise early after a refreshing two-hour sleep, don full dress uniforms, swords and medals and pay calls at each military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police mess in the area. This can run into ten or twelve messes during the day, which is a lot of wassail bowls!

Let me close by saying that we Ryans are enjoying very much the hospitality and friendship of our neighbors to the north. Peggy has only one suggestion: That the Canadian capital be moved to Vancouver, B.C., where the climate is 30 degrees warmer.

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jHIS WILL be our second Christmas in Quito, Ecuador, a city 9500 feet high in the Andes, the second highest city in the world. Quito boasts about 300,000 inhabitants and due to its inaccessibility in the past it has been a veritable eagle's nest. It is one of the most colorful and picturesque cities in South America.

People comment on the strangeness of finding the chief of the naval mission so far from the sea, but this is the capital of this charming and hospitable country and this is where the chief of the naval mission must be.

The only disadvantage of being here has been that our mission is cut in two, half of the people are down on the coast in Guayaquil and half of the people are up here in Quito, so we cannot get together as often as we would like, although our mission plane brings our coastal families up here several times a year for a big get-together and vice versa.

Our Christmas plans this year, as last, will consist in having all the mission members in Quito to our house for Christmas day dinner and an exchange of gifts amongst the children. This group consists of our-

Cfjri^stmasi i n Ccuabor selves, Bobette and Guy Gugliotta, Cdr. Russell Brown, wife Betty and children Russell and Robin, and Chief Petty Officers Sutka, Chutuk, Ellis, Firstenberger and their wives and families. There will also be Mr. and Mrs. Niles R. Heller and children Nancy and Gary. "Buck" Heller is not actually a member of the naval mission but has been adopted by all of us, since he has been for many years a scientist working with the Navy Department and is practically a sailor himself. Buck is now the head of the satellite station here, some twenty miles outside of Quito, at an altitude of about 12000 feet.

He is literally up in the air all the time.

The naval mission group in Guayaquil, headed by the sub chief of the mission, Lt. Cdr. Marvin Recknor, and wife Alice will host this year, as they did last year, at a U. S. Naval Mission ship's party for all of the children of one of the ships of the Ecuadorian navy. They will be

by Bobette Gugliotta ('38)

assisted by Lt. Robert W. Shipley and wife Jane and Chief Petty Officers Butler, Whitecavage, Miller and Landon, wives and families.

This will be given in Stateside tradition complete with Christmas tree, Santa Claus, toys, candy and ice cream for every child.

Our Christmas tree this year should be quite novel. Last year we made several trips to Manta on the coast of Ecuador. Near Manta is a dusty, sleepy little village called Monti Cristi and this is the home of the mis-named Panama hats. All Panama hats come from Ecuador.

Some of the straw work done in this little village is so delicate that it can only be done at certain hours when temperature and moisture conditions are right. Panama hats that cost as much as $300 can be bought here, so

Ecuadorian friends in costume for party during season of "Los Innocentes."

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1958

fine that they can be rolled up and passed through a wedding ring. In addition there are, of course, many very inexpensive hats and bags and novelties made out of straw, both white and in colors. Last year I bought dozens of little birds, dolls, miniature sombreros etc. to use as decorations on our Christmas tree.

These come with a straw loop so it is easy to hang them up.

We also have here in Quito some of the most beautiful candles I have ever seen. These are made for religious festivals throughout the year but at Christmas time most North Americans buy several to use for the holiday season. These candles range from twelve inches to five or six feet in height. Midway down the candle wax leaves and flowers branch out in white and gold and silver, or pale pastels if you prefer. They are very fragile and when I go down to the old city to the little candle-maker's shop, I must hold the candle carefully all the way home and then hang it up on a coat hanger in the closet, with lots of room around it, until it is time to use it for decoration. An ordinary candleholder cannot be used, sand in a big pot is best or something else to weight it down.

Right here I must tell you a little bit about the climate of Quito because, since it is only a few miles from the equator, you may be thinking, "How is it that candles that size don't melt in the tropics?" Due to the altitude we have a very cool climate. We are blessed with spring all year round and it is always twoor three-blanket weather at night in our unheated houses. Even during the rainy season though, we almost always have brilliant sunshine a part of each day. The things that grow here are reminiscent of the vegetation on the peninsula near San Francisco, Calif.: the eucalyptus tree, artichokes, carnations, geraniums etc. In addition we have many exotic things such as the sweet tomato tree on which grows a fruit that is literally a sweet tomato that can be used raw in salads, cooked as a dessert, or put up as a preserve. They also bring up from the oriente (the jungle) and the coast, papaya, pineapple that is so sweet in itself that it requires no sugar, and many other tropical fruits that will not grow in the cool climate of the Andes.

As you can see, with our large mission group numbering about twentythree for Christmas day dinner, we cannot easily get together with our many Ecuadorian friends. However, the average Ecuadorian does not treat Christmas day in the same way 10

that we do in the States. It is basically a religious day and though there is some visiting and exchange of gifts the fiesta part of the season starts after Christmas day itself.

The churches will be filled throughout Christmas day with the citizens of Quito. There will be groups of felt-hatted, ponchoed Indians whose bare feet are soundless on the cobblestones as they wend their way through the narrow streets to the ancient and spectacular churches of Quito. Sometimes they will be in a procession, carrying the elaborate

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and beautiful candles described above, their faces bronze and tranquil in the sunlight, the collars of red and gold beads worn by the women swaying gently with the stately rhythm of their walk. It will be quiet because quiet is the hallmark of the Andes Indian.

From this description I don't mean to imply that there is no gaiety connected with the Christmas season because, once it gets rolling on the 28th of December, the fun goes on and on for an entire week after New Year's day. This holiday period is called here "La Fiesta de Los Innocentes" and it is a veritable Mardi Gras. The people dress up in weird and wonderful costumes to roam the streets of Quito. Also, friends are apt to knock at your door long after midnight, in costumes and masks, and they should be offered a drink before they go on to the next house.

There are many parties given in many homes and last year, on the 6th of January, we had a masquerade party here. About forty people were asked, preponderantly Ecuadorian friends. By the time the evening got underway, there were a hundred people including several bullfighters and their seiioritas in

full regalia. Like Topsy, it grew. A little bewildered I asked one of my Ecuadorian friends, Jessie Butler, "How come?" and she said, "It's the custom, everybody asked to the party usually asks a friend or a relative as well." It was quite a night. The group of young people who came decide(i to go out and get a band for dancing and they returned with five blind musicians who played delightfully the lilting and often sad and wistful Ecuadorian music.

About 4 o'clock in the morning, those of us who were left went to the house of Michi Mantilla to have mondongo or sopa de pata. This is a soup made literally from the hoof and shin bone of a cow and it is so rich with gelatine that the lips stick together after each spoonful. It is traditional to wind up the season of "Los Innocentes" with this particular soup since it is rumored to have miraculous powers of curing a hangover. I am still meeting people who seem strangers to me, but who say, "Don't you remember me? I was at your house at the Fiesta de Los Innocentes." They forget that with costumes and masks, people are hard to recognize afterwards.

The people of Ecuador have been wonderfully hospitable to us. They are simpdtico, that Spanish expression that implies so much and defies translation into English. Congenial or sympathetic is what comes to mind but it is not correct, that's only a part of it. In this small country there is some of the most magnificent scenery in the world ranging from the snow-capped mountains that surround Quito and make the Alps look like toys, to the lush jungle on the other side of the Sierra in which primitive tribes still live and practice their primitive customs.

Then there is the coastal city of Guayaquil, rapidly becoming a thriving commercial center, and also the beautiful city of Cuenca, off the beaten path, difficult to get into and out of by air or car and consequently completely unspoiled and colonial. Colonial in this South American sense means Conquistadores and not George Washington.

We would like to express gratitude in print to our many Ecuadorian friends for welcoming us into their lives and their homes and giving us the opportunity to broaden our understanding of the people of other countries. We knew little of South America before. We are also grateful to the United States Navy for our duty here, for I'm sure we would never have had an experience like it otherwise.

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3E!)afg CijrisJtmas; 速n 速f)e Eibiera jOTHING ever happened to me. Well, nothing special on Christmas that I can remember and so I hiked way out to the end of the cape to call on Captain ISIossbottom; I'd ask him what he knew about Christmas on the Riviera. He'd know; after all, he's been around there so long that the French were getting ready to name a pastry or a drink after him.

Napoleon's got nothing on that old boy.

As I climbed up to his terrace overlooking the anchorage of Villefranche, he shouted down, "That you, Sonny? What's on your mind besides that lil' rug o' rope yarn?" (Heck, I came in on my youngest son's appointment and I voted for McKinley but the skipper likes to call me Sonny and rub it in just to show that he's still knocking around trying to outdo ^lethuselah. His idea of a joke, I guess.)

"Want to know what it's like around here for Christmas, eh? Did you say 'Christmas'? Why, Sonny, that reminds me, it sure is snowy out there today, isn't it?"

I knew he was looking through the bottom of his glass again so I offered to pour him a refill. "How many fingers. Captain?"

"Make it three, Sonny, and straight up'n down. I'm not flattened out yet." He added a few drops of water to the stiff slug, inhaled a long draft, blinked his eyes for a fleeting second or so, and he was off. "Compared with back home, you wouldn't know it was Christmas around here until it's right on top of you.

"Along the Riviera there's not much pre-holiday advertising done at all. The big department stores in Nice pretty up their store fronts about two weeks before the big day and as for the smaller shops, they decorate the mirror behind the counter with a fancy picture or some holiday greeting a day or so before Christmas.

"And as for that talking wireless that you young fellows call 'ra,dio,' you won't hear any carols or jingle bell stuff on it until Christmas Eve. That's for the French radio but if you listen in on that Monte Carlo commercial station, you might sneak in a Christmas song a day or so ahead of time. Oh, that Armed Forces network from up in Germany DECEMBER,

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will be throwing the stuff at you all the way from Thanksgiving Day down to the last stretch just like at home.

"No, you won't see any streets all dolled out or any villas fancied up with loads of lights. First thing y'know, it'll be Christmas, and that's that.

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Trees

"Funny thing about those trees but it's just been in the last couple of years that they've been selling them in the local florist shops or open markets. Little things they are too, about 3 or 4 feet high. Average Frenchman can't afford to put out for anything big for just a couple of days' decoration and if he lives in one of the real old time villas from the gay nineties, he'd have to buy a tree about 20 feet tall to go way up to the ceiling. And then what would he do for all the trimmings? Cost is too much, so that's out. Sonny.

"He sees his tree, though. They'll put up a great big one down in the main square in front of the municipal casino about three days before Christmas and then the night it's lighted up, the folks'll drive in from miles around just to gaze at it. 'T ain't much with just a couple of lights on it and a few sprinkles of tinsel but it's free to look at and the populace go for it; think it's big stuff 'cause it doesn't cost them a sou.

"Now, last winter down there in 'Villy Frank,' the SALEM put on a real show and had Noel in great big lights all across the for'd part of the ship, fancy trees all around, and lights galore, and then on New Year's Eve they changed the Christmas sign to 1-9-5-8 in big numerals, and so many people drove in to park along the roads looking down on the bay that the traffic was jammed all the way into Nice. They sure enjoyed that sight. Guess the DES MOINES'11 be doing something like it too this year.

"Sure is getting dusty out there again, isn't it?" Sure enough, the old Captain was gazing up through the bottom of his glass again so I motioned to his houseboy to come to therescue. "Bring up another bottle,

Feeble Felix, 'n coming to think of it, make that two. After all, what's a bottle among one?" (I said "boy" but I guess that Henri had been around taking care of old Captain Mossbottom since the time of the siege of Paris way back in '70. And as for what the skipper called him, he was always using trick names all the way from "Ambling Ambrose" to "Zooty Zeus" just to tease poor tottering Henri.)

"Lots 'o nice small trees for table decorations in the fancy shops but none of the big things like back home. Sonny.

Santa Claus

"Santa Claus sure is around but over here they call him 'Father Christmas' and you won't find him in any of the big stores like back home, bouncing kiddies on his knee.

He's a sorry-looking, bedraggled specimen working with those sidewalk quickie photographers to snap pictures of kids posing with him.

That is, if the youngsters don't scream too much from not wanting to get near the monster. And then the day before you'll see a couple of them standing in front of those tripods, tinkling the little bell and calling out in French, 'Put it in the pot, boy!'

"Of course, Santa'll be out on the flagship for the kids' parties; drops in on 'em these days from that whirly-gig flying contraption that parks back aft there on the fan-tail.

You say they call it a helicopter?

Heavin' halliards but they sure've got funny names in the old outflt these days, eh?

"Must be a sand storm blowing in out there from over in Africa."

Sure enough, he was down to the bottom of that glass again.

I thought I'd try to slow him down a bit. "That potent stuff you're drinking is slow death. Captain."

"Well, who's in a hurry? Just tilt that bottle this way again. Sonny; there, that's fine.

Christmas Snow

"Don't have much of that White Christmas stuff along the Riviera.

Navy youngsters who want to play in the white stuff go back up into the mountains to one of those ski resorts and there they get plenty of it. Last winter the SALEM'S kids made up a couple of picnic parties and spent 11

a couple of days riding the ski lifts and sliding down the hills; had a real fine time and I guess the D E S MOINES' children'll be whooping it up for the same fun too.

Parties

"Oh, those ship's parties for the kids from 'Villy Frank' and Nice, I remember them from way back when Farragut came through here. Every big ship that's in for Christmas always has a big one. Now that all the families are here, they have one for the French children and then another one for the flagship's. It's a grand day for those local orphans when they put that fancy feed away. Sure takes the wrinkles out of their little tummies and when they get all those presents, they never forget it. Yes, the local folks always get a big kick out o' seeing all those kiddies going out to the ship for the day's fun; sure is a treat to everyone around here.

"Parties ashore, did you say? Just don't see how the boys keep up with them and I guess the wives feel a little relieved when the ship finally shoves off after New Year's. Can't blame 'em much for wanting to shake out a reef or two after pushing around out there so many months on account of that 'Nasty Nasser' fellow and every night they sure make the rounds. Can hear 'em all over the cape and then when the flagship pulls out, there's such a lull, you can hear it all the way to the border.

Christmas Long Ago

"Guess you might say it's a bit different these days than it used to be; with 'Villy Frank' the home port, all the families are here and the boys stay at home. And then it's nice to have that 'Sack-'em-Speed' outflt's products available through the tender. Wasn't that convenient in the old days. Used to be a 4-piper armored cruiser about 40 years ago as flagship in these waters and she'd come in for about a month or so for the holidays. Funny thing but she'd touch in at Malta just before heading this way and the boys would go ashore to visit the local 'S-S' store; next day out would come their man with a customs clerk to get some export papers signed for the boxes stenciled 'peach preserves' or 'tinned pears.' When they finally arrived on the Riviera, the lads down in the steerage sure absorbed a lot of canned fruit in those days.

"Funny thing, all that fog out there for this time of the year." I knew it; time for the Captain's replenishment again.

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PUTKTINZEPOLE.OI/'' "That old cruiser used to anchor right off the tip of that small breakwater, just about a stone's throw from the Welcome Hotel. Once she'd tied up, they hoisted in all the motor-sailers and steamers. Had a 'free gangway' all during the holiday season and anybody who wanted to go ashore just went up on deck and called one of the bumboats alongside. Usual price to the landing was only 25 centimes but when the cruiser came in, the price jumped to 50.

Yes, costs a lot more these days but at that time they used real hard francs around here; could make a whole night's liberty on 30 or 40 of 'em. How many did they get? Oh, about 10 for a dollar at first but that went up to 25 before they went back to where the standard rate was 20 nickels to the dollar.

"Had an Exec in that old timer; 'Military Jack' they called him and he sure looked out for those youngsters in the steerage. They all worshiped him and when they came in for the Christmas season, he passed the word down there that every lad would have to get off the ship for at least 10 days' leave during the time in port. That sounded fine but what would they do it on? Heck, Sonny, after those kids' allotments were taken out and if they happened to be in port, they'd be down in the pay-office every day drawing their pay. Funny thing but after a couple

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of days on the beach, those kids from the steerage would be back on board hitting up the Paymaster for their day's pay or whatever was still on the books. With a high mess bill, paying off grad debts, and kicking in for a good share of the flagship's official entertainment parties, wasn't much left over from that 125 per month in those days. But they sure enjoyed it just the same.

"Biggest blowout of all, though, v/as the ship's party that the old gang used to throw. Nothing that Monte Carlo or Cannes put on during the summer season these days could ever touch that crew's party in Nice. Chiefs put in five dollars, 1st Class four, and so down the line; they took over one of the hotels on the Promenade or one of the big cafes on the main avenue; invited all the girls of the 'ship's draft' to come in free and kept out all male civilians. Sonny, you never saw such a gala event. All the ship's officers were invited to attend as guests of honor and they showed up in their formal evening dress uniforms for the affair. After opening the 'grand march' and a champagne toast with a light snack, the officers and their ladies would shove off and from then on until the milk-run trolley left next morning from the main square for the trip back to 'Villy Frank,' the crew had themselves a blow-out that really blew. Champagne, beer, cognac; you just name it, Sonny, and they had it all night long. Lobster, turkey, and all the fancy French foods; say, those members of the 'ship's draft' didn't eat again for a month. Two orchestras going all night long and the best talent in Europe putting on floor shows that would knock you goggle-eyed. Yes, they had parties in those days and they still have them these days too.

"Boys work harder now, no doubt about it, and when Christmas rolls around they sure enjoy it. Yes, might say it's a lot better for 'em with the families around here to make it feel more like home. No outside pressures from the radio and the newspapers for all that Christmas season stuff, or with the stores and streets all decorated up like back Stateside but way down deep in their hearts they all have that same feeling. And when they look out there and see the flagship all lighted up, you can be sure that they think of the folks back home and wish them all a 'Merry Christmas,' and you can tell 'em that for me too. Sonny."

So, as I said before when I started and just like old Captain Mossbottom described it to me, "That's Christmas on the Riviera."

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H E R E are two programs now in effect at the Naval Academy which I think merit explanation and your attention. These have had and will continue to have a far-reaching effect on our midshipmen.

The first is the annual program known as "Operation Information," a means whereby the Naval Academy is publicized in a dignified, informal way by persons most qualified to talk about life at the Academy: the midshipmen themselves. The mechanics of the program are simple. Each year at Christmas-time, about 100 selected volunteers from the First Class are permitted to go home on leave a few days early to make presentations before various audiences in their own hometown areas. They make their own arrangements for these engagements, prepare their own material and in almost every respect are on their own. It has a strong impact in that the local boy who has "made good" comes home to tell his friends and associates what his life as a midshipman is like and gives them an overview of the kind of career that lies ahead of him.

A call for volunteers for this program goes out to the Second Class before June Week each year. These are screened by the Commandant and the Public Information Officer for public speaking ability, aptitude, academics, and geographical distribution. A tentative list of about 120 is published before Graduation Day so that the midshipmen can make their arrangements while on cruise and during summer leave.

The final selection is based on the quality of the planned programs. Naturally, their speaking engagements are tentative pending the final selection.

Beginning in October, shortly after the start of Academic Year, the group is advised and assisted by members of the faculty in the Department of English, History and Government.

Each midshipman who so desires can rehearse his program and have it criticized constructively by qualified members of the faculty and his own friends.

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This is a helpful phase of the program, since the type of presentation may vary widely from a simple after-dinner talk before a Rotary Club, for instance, to a formal talk before a high-school or television audience.

The "Operation Information" group departs on Christmas leave about four days ahead of the rest of the Brigade in order to take advantage of the fact that most high schools are still in session by the time he reaches his home town. Every effort is made to utilize available air transportation in order to make the journey as quickly as possible.

During the Alumni Forum which was instituted as a feature of our Ninth Annual Homecoming Weekend, I mentioned certain innovations in the Naval Academy curriculum this year.

The Midshipmen's Advanced Science and Mathematics Seminar is one of these, intended to broaden the more advanced students who are capable of pursuing their studies beyond the established curriculum.

This Seminar, which I believe is the first advanced elective course ever offered at the Academy, was established only after a great deal of careful study by our Staff. W e also discussed the plan at some length with key academic personnel at several first rate engineering institutions such as M I T , Ohio State, and Johns Hopkins. Their advice and counsel was of great help to us and they took a sincere interest in our project.

In the past. Alumni Chapters, Navy League Councils, and Commandants of Naval Districts have been most helpful in rendering assistance to the "OpInfo" midshipmen, either by helping them to set up presentations or making available their training aids facilities when One of them commented that: the situation requires. Such assistance ". . . The program . . . of stimulatgreatly increases the effectiveness of ing and challenging your better stuthe program. It is deeply appreciated and, if I may insert one plug, we are dents sounds excellent. . . . It should serve an equally important purpose in counting on your continued support. motivating your staff in the direction There has been an obvious upsurge of increased creativity. . . . Your proin interest in the Naval Academy in the posal is similar to a project initiated past several years. Much of this can here. . . . We had the best success when be attributed directly to "Operation we limited the seminar to about the Information" and the fine young men top ten percent . . . established as an who participate in it. But the value of honors program . . . on an invitational this program lies not only in the fact basis with acceptance strictly volunthat our midshipmen are reaching large tary. . . ." audiences and telling the Naval AcadThere was a good deal more than emy "story," but in the effort that they this, of course, but the concensus both themselves expend in order to arrange of our colleagues in these civilian techthe presentations, their preparation and nical institutions and of our own acadelivery. The midshipman himself demic staff was that we should underbenefits tremendously from the simple take something of this nature, and that process of getting on his feet to talk the sooner we started the better. Acto a group of people. It makes him cordingly, as soon as the Brigade remore poised, alert, and quick on his turned from the cruises we addressed feet, characteristics which will stand individual letters to selected midshiphim in good stead later on in his career. men of the three upper classes who In preparing his short talk, he, himstood high academically, particularly self, is forced to reevaluate the mission in the scientific and engineering subof the Academy and his purposes in jects, inviting them to sign up for a coming. voluntary and non-credit seminar SHIPMATE

course that would meet every Friday evening throughout tlie year. Altogether, 218 such invitations were sent out to the combined list of three classes.

All but 27 of those who received invitations enrolled in the course.

Basically, the seminar is conceived as a three-year course, starting in Youngster year. For the first two years, the midshipman attends a lecture-anddiscussion period every Friday evening, covering a wide range of science and mathematics, and for his final year he is encouraged to undertake an original creative research project during this same evening period. The topics are distributed as follows: 2 5 % in the field of modem mathematics not covered in the regular Academy course (such as group theory, sets, topology, boolean algebra) ; 2 5 % each in fields of physical science and engineering which are allied with subjects taught in the regular curriculum but not specifically covered there; and 2 5 % in fields of science which are not included in the regular curriculum at all (such as oceanography, genetics, molecular biolog}-)Three-fourths of the lectures are delivered by visiting lecturers, and the remainder are outstanding scientists who come from the Washington-Baltimore area or occasionally from as far away as Chicago and Boston. The following schedule for our first 21 sessions will indicate the tone of the course: 12 Sept.

19 Sept.

26 Sept.

3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct.

24 Oct. 31 Oct. 7 Nov.

14 Nov. 21 Nov. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec.

Initial Meeting (Staff) Crystallography (Naval Research Laboratory) Space Technology (National A e r o n a u t i c s a n d Space Administration) The New M a t h e m a t i c s (Staff) Molecular Biology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Standards & Physical Constants (Nat'l Bureau of Standards) Boolean Algebra Flight Stability in Atmosphere and Space (Princeton Flight Test Center) Oceanography and Climate ( W o o d s H o l e Oceanographic Institution) Radioastronomy (Naval Research Laboratory) Shock Tube Research (Naval Ordnance Laboratory) Group Theory (Staff) Genetics (St. John's College) Low Temperature Phenomena (Naval Research Laboratory)

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9 Jan.

High Energy Fuels (Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.)

30 Jan. Probability Theory (Staff) 6 Feb. IGY Programs (National Academy of Sciences) 13 Feb. Stabilized Free Radicals (Catholic University) 20 Feb. Automation (Moore Products Co.) 27 Feb. Statistics (Staff) 6 Mar. The Business Decision Game (Booz - Allen and Hamilton) There have been, as you might guess, many requests for attendance by other midshipmen who could not meet the strict standards we have established. For one such group—the elected officers of the midshipmen engineering clubs—we have decided that they will be permitted to attend such specific sessions as bear directly on the technical area of their respective clubs. But since all others are unavoidably excluded, we have started broadcasting the sessions over the Bancroft Hall radio circuit, Station W R N V , which will enable first and second classmen who so desire to tune in on the lectures.

W e selected this particular type of advanced study, instead of formal classes in specific advanced courses such as modern physics, mathematics, etc., in the belief that it would expose this selected group of midshipmen to many fields of science, and thus broaden the

scope which they will bring to their future assignments. No one can guess precisely what will be required of the Navy of the future. It seems appropriate, therefore, to give the broadest scientific exposure to those midshipmen who have the capacity to absorb it.

Similar undertakings are possible in other academic areas, of course, and these will be considered. Already, as a starter, an advanced Russian Language Study group is being formed, composed of volunteer midshipmen of the first and second classes with special Russian linguistic aptitude. Since foreign languages are taught during the first two years only, continued opportunity to practice language during the remaining two years can be most beneficial.

It is expected that this group will meet each Friday evening in the same manner as the Advanced Science and Mathematics Seminar.

These efforts are concentrated on midshipmen with superior scholastic aptitude. In addition to this, the regular curriculum for all hands is constantly undergoing critical review in the light of our needs of the future Navy.

With every good wish.

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By FRED LAllDNER, ' 2 2

have been caused by a Service-connected disability, but they couldn't prove it.

The basic idea behind this new legislation does not concern Service-connscted disability, but would recognize the fact that a military officer spends long years in difficult service to his country with an income that limits the financial protection he can give his survivors, and his widow should be entitled to more from the government than a mere pension.

New legislation on this subject will be tendered to the 86th Congress next year.

Dual Employment, Compensation

Active Duty GiEficers Might Well Support Efforts To Improve Retirement Legislation Recently an authority on investments and insurance broke into print with a statement that a career military officer should begin preparing for retirement by his thirtieth birthday. The career officer, he said, should begin building an estate by that time in his life. They've been teaching finance and investments to student officers for years now, and many an old-timer has wondered why the hell they didn't teach those things in his day.

But it's never too late to prepare for retirement. You can begin at forty or fifty or even sixty to build a better financial future. Many people in retirement, military and civilian, are preparing for a better retirement.

For many years retired military officers, acting individually and through the Retired Officers Association, have been trying to improve their retirement by eliminating inequities in legislation applicable to them. They have accomplished a lot, but the task seems almost endless and in some cases almost impossible. They could use some help, more influence on their side. That is where the active duty officer comes in, or should come in. It's his retirement too. Officers currently retired are protecting it, enhancing it, for him.

Here are some of the factors related to retirement in which active duty officers should take an interest.

Retired Pay Equalization

Early next year legislation will be introduced to provide that officers who were retired before June 1, 1958, shall receive increases in their rteired pay commensurate with the increases granted by the Military Pay Act of 1958 to active duty officers.

Officers retired before the effective date of this law received only a six per cent increase in pay.

Such a bill was introduced on 31 July 1958 by Senator Jackson, (Dem., Wash.), and co-sponsored by Senators Barrett (Rep., Wyo.), Goldwater (Rep., Ariz.), and "Thurmond (Dem., S . C ) . It was then too late to have the bill considered. However, a number of Senators, including Lyndon Johnson of Texas, majority leader; Symington of Missouri and Stennis of Mississippi, influential members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the legislation would be considered later.

The active duty officer may say that this doesn't concern him, that his retired pay will be based on the scales of the Military Pay Act of 1958 and any subsequent pay bills which may be enacted. But what was done to pre-June 1, 1958, retired officers can be done to officers retired since June 1, 1958.

The next pay law, and each succeeding pay 16

law, can keep pay increases to retired officers below increases approved for active duty officers. You may not think that's possible, but there are more than a few people in influential government positions and in Congress who think that retired officers receive too much pay anyway and the total sum paid to retired military personnel is increasing too fast.

What Cordiner Report Said

Here is what the Cordiner Committee said, in part, on this subject: "Military retirement and its firm tie-in with active duty compensation is perhaps the most powerful long-term career incentive existing within the military compensation system. It represents a qualified equity of specific dollar value and is, in fact, the principal traditional benefit available to military personnel.

"Military retirement is in itself a unique form of retirement possessing characteristics not found in any form of civil retirement. Its importance stems from the fact that retirement income is counted upon to provide an economic base for the eventual transition from military to quasi-civil status.

Even a full military career is a relatively brief one and Service personnel, often at the height of their productivity, family obligations and financial commitments, are forced to alter their standard of living to the reduced economic level imposed by retirement. All but a few must continue at least part-time active employment to augment their inadequate retired compensation."

The committee recommended that retired pay be based on active duty pay. Later, Ralph Cordiner, chairman, advocated no increase in pay for retired officers, but the Defense Department insisted on at least six per cent.

Survivor Benefits

Because of laws enacted in 1894 and 1932, the number of officers retired from Service who may be employed by the Federal Government is very limited. Officers retired for disability may be so employed. This is not news to most readers.

Retired career officers cannot hold Government positions if the rate of their retired pay is $2,500 or more unless they are appointed by the President with Senate confirmation, are elected to such offices, or are covered in a certain few acts of Congress. Even when a retired officer is eligible for employment with the Federal Government, his income from retired pay and the pay of the position is limited to $10,000 per year.

There are various positions in the Federal Government which remain open for months and even for years which might be filled by retired officers. An officer may be working in an office along with civilians, doing the same type of work, and perhaps in many cases he thinks, man, I'd like to get back here after I retire. But he has no chance of doing so. There are all sorts of Government jobs retired officers might fill.

On August 23, 1958, Rep. Broyhill (Rep., Va.) introduced H.R. 13867 which proposed an end to all restrictions on employment of retired officers by the Government.

Incidentally, this bill originated in the Navy Department. A spokesman for the Bureau of the Budget approved it, and thus White House approval was indicated. Shortly thereafter, another Budget Bureau official said the prior approval had been a mistake.

There are many persons in and out of Government who do not like military officers, active or retired, in civiHan Governrnent positions. The opposition of certain civilian Government officials, whoever they are, may have to be overcome or negated before such a bill could become law.

Cadet-Midshipman Service

A bill crediting cadet-midshipman service for longevity pay purposes will be introduced in the 86th Congress. It is probable that this bill will include Service time spent in ROTC schools. A considerable majority of commissioned officers in the Armed Services come from the Service Academies and from ROTC schools, yet strangely enough these are the only officers whose time spent in learning to be officers is not credited for any purpose. This excepts officers on the retired lists who were appointed to West Point prior to August 25, 1912, and to the Naval Academy prior to March 5, 1913, whose service was credited for both pay and retirement purposes.

There is considerable interest in a proposal to extend survivor benefits to widows and children of deceased Service personnel with 25 or 30 years of active service. In the 85th Congress, Rep. Utt (Rep., Calif.) introduced a bill, H.R. 3260, proposing such benefits for survivors of active duty personnel who die after 25 years of active service. Another bill put the period of service at more than 30 years, but it's getting more difficult to serve 30 years.

Survivor benefit payments total $112 plus From 1884 to 1912, Service Academy time 12 per cent of basic salary. Such payments are now made to survivors of personnel who was counted for pay purposes. Legislation die of a Service-connected disability. But enacted in 1912 stipulated that only active many cases of Service-connected disability commissioned service could be counted. are overlooked, sometimes because records Somewhere in our files we have a list are incornplete. We've heard Veterans Ad- of a number of types of military and civilian ministration doctors say many deaths might employment in the Federal Government (17 S H I P M A T E

or so, if we remember correctly) for which Academy Service is credited. Civil Service employees can credit it. So can members of Congress. FBI agents after 20 years of FBI service. And enlisted men who retire in enlisted status, having spent some time at a Service Academy.

In some earlier Congresses, legislation to credit such service to those who most deserve it was favorably received. In the SOth Congress, for instance, back in 1948, a bill, S. 657, passed the Senate after lengthy hearings and was favorably reported to the House by the House Armed Services Committee. However, a heavy rush of legislation in the closing days of that Congress kept the bill off the House floor.

Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (Rep., Mass.) is the current big champion of this legislation. But she should not be left alone to carry the ball.

Crediting Academy-ROTC service would increase the pay of active duty officers as well as retired officers. It has been estimated that an officer is deprived of some $10,000 of income during a lengthy career because this service credit is denied him.

Testifying on S. 657, Adm. L. E. Denfeld, then Chief of Naval Operations, said (in part) : "It may be said that such service should not be credited inasmuch as these young men are trained at Government expense.

This is inconsistent, however, with the fact that during the war thousands of other young men were educated by the Government under the college training programs, and are now entitled to full active-duty credit for that service during which time they were enrolled as members of the Reserve components.

"Inasmuch as existing law permits every other type of active and inactive service to be credited, I feel that an unhealthy situation is being created by excluding only that service performed by cadets and midshipmen who undergo vigorous training to become permanent officers in the Regular Military and Naval Establishments."

Wives Can Write

Here we have discussed four legislative problems involving retired officers and, directly or indirectly, active duty officers: Retired Pay Equalization, Survivor Benefits for All, Dual Employment and Dual Compensation, and Cadet-Midshipmen-ROTC Service. There are other legislative problems concerning retired officers, but these are perhaps the primary ones.

Comparatively few active duty officers write to members of Congress or the military departments about a situation they are convinced is preiudicial to them. Apparently some are afraid they may be sticking their necks out; others may think such action is beneath their dignity.

But there is nothing to prevent wives from sounding ofif on such subiects. Letters from Service wives may have more influence than letters from Service men. If the wife doesn't know the name of her Senator or her Representative (sometimes called Congressman; incorrectly, we insist, since a Senator is also a Congressman), she can ask the daily newspaper she reads. As a customer of that newspaper company, she is certain to get an answer.

Here is a thought for active duty people, no matter what their ages: Retirement is closer than it seems. Any old-timer will tell you that decades pass faster than one believes they can. Keep in mmd that practical saying, or slogan: "It is later than you think."

DECEMBER,

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by J. P. Haumont '59

The Bancroft Coffee Break A few days ago, I received a letter from Mr. F. L. Oliver who noticed an error made in this column last September. It was stated that the Lebanon landing operations were the first ones in which midshipmen participated. This was erroneous. In 1898 Mr. Oliver, as a naval cadet, participated with many others in landings along the coast of Cuba. Thank you for your observation. Sir. The trees have lost their leaves and soon the yard will don its snowy overcoat.

This is the time when all hands think of Christmas. On the radio Christmas music can be heard on all stations and even rock 'n roll loses some of its prestige to some more sensible music. Through Bancroft groups of plebes, often joined by upperclassmen, serenade us every night and insure that everyone gets in the right spirit.

Sundays are used to send cards to the folks or to distant friends and family members.

Many are busy packing and gift wrapping and even 2/c once in a while forget their books and take time out to dream about the Winter Wonderland. Plebes discover that 1/c have a heart too and with the Christmas spirit flowing in the air, things are a little easier for them. Their first leave isn't too far away and soon they'll be with their families again. They'll see that girl they thought so much of but haven't seen in such a long time.

For 1/c this will be their last Christmas leave as midshipmen and soon 1959, the magic year, will come around. A few more obstacles such as examinations, term papers and it will all be over. With the New Year comes the time to make some definite plans about weddings, honeymoons, after-graduation projects and, especially, the final choice of the service branch.

By the time I can have another coffee break with you 1958 will be gone. So, although it is a little early, I wish to everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

WRNV Radio Station

Our radio station, W R N V , which had to change location at the end of last year, has not yet started broadcasting this year.

When Memorial Hall and Smoke Hall were cleaned and rearranged last summer, the station was forced to move to the old visiting team's dormitory in the 5th wing basement. WRNV's engineers are working to put the station back in operating condition.

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Sports News

Winter is drawing closer and soon another football season will be part of history. All through the country and at the Academy as well, people will look back and comment on victories and defeat. Some perhaps will regret that their team did not win all of their games, but most will congratulate the teams on their never-say-die spirit. Here at Navy all of our teams deserve congratulations for the credit they Ijring to the Academy. All through the country our opponents know us for our hustle and spirit. For all the teams we play, to beat Navy is a major objective and for quite a few to tie us is considered a feat. This fall season has not been an exception as our football, dinghy sailing, soccer, ISO-lb. football, and cross-country teams have all been above average. We may not have won all of our meets, but we never lost one for lack of desire and all of the teams have been true to the Navy spirit.

Never in the three years our class has been at the Academy has the football team been so handicapped by injuries. Yet it hasn't kept the team from knocking down opponent after opponent. At the time this is written, the Army game is still three weeks away. Yet after seeing the team bouncing back after the Notre Dame defeat to trounce a powerful Maryland team, I Weekend Training Flights am sure that, like the English, we won't Midshipmen are allowed to participate in training flights on U F planes during week- lose the last battle.

The cross-country team took third place ends. These flights are of three different categories: alpha, bravo and charlie. Alpha in the Heptagonal Championships ahead of flights are cross-country flights in which Army. Their record stands now at two the midshipmen are embarked as crewmen. losses against three victories. By the titne These flights generally depart on Saturday you read this, Army will have been their and return on Sunday. The Plane Com- last victim on the 22nd of November.

On Upper Lawrence, the soccer team mander regulates liberty for midshipmen on these flights. Bravo flights are local has had one of its best seasons. At this flights of a half-a-day duration. On these time with only two games left they are flights midshipmen are also embarked as still undefeated with a record of six viccrewmen. Charlie flights are cross-country tories and three ties. In the Haverford flights where midshipmen are embarked game, which was their third tie, the Navy as passengers. These flights permit midship- team had two goals caOed back by the men to take weekends in far away places. referees. The game against the Cadets However they are responsible for coming promises to be hotly contested as Army lost only once up to now. back on time.

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SEA BREEZES B Y PAUL SCHRATZ '39

INFLUENCE PEDDLERS— SHERMAN ADAMS and MAHAN? One of the tragedies of the modern age was the recent character assassination of the President's chief of staff, Mr. Sherman Adams. I don't think anyone seriously believes that Mr. Adams is an agent of corruption. I doubt if even his severest critics honestly feel he is guilty of anything more than imprudence. , I met Mr. Adams only once, when he was gracious enough to attend a submarine commissioning ceremony at which I was the commanding officer. Even on this short acquaintance, I could easily believe he would later serve more than five years as the near indispensable right hand of the President.

I wonder how many other public servants of equal integrity and great patriotism have escaped public condemnation as "influence peddlers" only because they never faced trial in the late afternoon newspapers?

A GYSER OF WATER IS SHOT SKYWARD by a depth charge detonated aft of the Pacific Fleet frigate USS MCCAIN during antisubmarine exercises. Below the surface, the concussion blast of the charge is capable of disabling or killing a submarine.

THE MAIL BOAT

Shipmate: I have just finished reading Admiral The mere mention of the word "influence" Smith's article, "Sweep—for Humanity's in the Navy, of course, brings to mind Sake—Sweep," in the October issue of Admiral Mahan and his Influence of Sea Shipmate. As a staff officer in the area, I Power on History. Yet this great work, was privileged to read his original "Brothkeystone of strategic thinking in the world's erhood of Mankind" message, and have read maritime powers for a half century, might the several Korean War histories in anticinever have come to completion had Admiral pation of seeing it again. But, alas, it was Mahan faced a similar inquisition. to no avail until now.

Admiral Mahan was working on his Admiral Smith's message to ComNavFE book while President of the Naval War was a classic and to me iust another affirCollege in 1886. The embryo College was mation of why our Navy and its Admirals struggling against indifference in the Navy are so great. I thoroughly enjoyed the Department, hostility among prominent article even though it seems the heavy hand naval officers and the cold neutrality of of paraphrasing and security requirements Congress. Finally Congress refused to ap- show.

ROBERT A. ROWE, Cdr., U S N propriate any money for upkeep or maintenance of the College in the 1887 budget. Shipmate: With a New England winter at least as "PLASTIC 'BARGE' GETS F U E L cold as Congress coming on, Admiral Mahan submitted a government requisition T O W I N G T E S T " BY REUTERS, ENGLAND for coal even though he knew there was "A flexible plastic sausag,e 100 feet long no ap>propriation to cover it. When the and pumped full of 10,000 gallons of kerorequisition was brought to the attention sene was towed through Southampton water of SecNav, no action was taken largely in a test of new and cheaper methods of because the coal had been contracted for transporting petroleum by sea. and delivered in good faith. Additional ex"It was the first public demonstration of penses at the War College, including cost of some illustrations for his book, were the flexible oil barge by the National Research Development Corp., and Dracone met, in the words of Admiral Mahan: Developments, Ltd. Made of nylon fabric, it "From the repairs put on the building can rise over the waves, yielding to the sea's a twelvemonth before there was left a lot motion, and can withstand rough weather, of refuse scrap lying about. This we col- its makers claim. lected and sorted, selling what was avail"When its cargo has been discharged it able, on the principle of slush-money. Slush, can be wound up on a floating reel. It can the non-professional may be told, is the also be used for carrying fresh water." grease arising from the cooking of salt Re the above quoted news item—accordprovisions. By old custom this was col- ing to an unconfirmed bit of "scuttlebutt"— lected, barrelled and sold for the benefit an unexplained perforation was discovered of the ship. The price remained in the first below the W.L. through which some of the lieutenant's hands, to be expended for the cargo was leaking. Due to the ebullition vessel, usually going for beautifying. What caused by rough seas, the loss was much we sold at the College we thus used; not less than it would have been in a dead calm, for beautifying, which was far beyond us, traces of gas also having been noted. but to keep things together. This proceedSeveral shipmasters in the vicinity reing was irregular, and for years I preserved with nervous care the memoranda of what ported seeing an airborne object resembling became of the money, in case of being a narwhal, adrift, about bridge height, then questioned; although I do not think the floating away in the distance. Many photographs were taken, but only one was clear total went beyond $100." enough for satisfactory enlargement.

Moral: A dentist, who examined this picture "Honor and shame from no condition closely, gave his opinion that a cavity existed in the "horn" of the narwhal. rise; It would, therefore, appear that the unAct well your part; there all the honor fortunate creature had attacked the barge lies."—Pope.

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and in so doing had inhaled such a load of gas through its "horn" as to become inflated, with the result above noted!

CHARLES L . RICHARDS '20

Shipmate: After returning from a long summer trip, I discovered my Shipmates backed up and have iust read Ens. Charles J. Smith's article on the Bugle Corps, of which I was one of the original members.

In a scrapbook dating from those high and far-off days, I have a photograph of the organization, complete with Chauncey Shackford, and have been able to recognize, reliably, I hope, the following: M. B. Arnold, Keating, F . S. Low, T. Shelly, W. B. Cowles, Lowell Cooper, H. W. Ziroli, Paul U. Tevis, and H. J. White, out of the entire 26 members.

I believe that Ensign Smith is in error when he identifies the Bugle Corps (or Squad, as my scrapbook has it) with the "Hell Cats."

The latter were Enlisted Men who, with drums and bugles, marched through Bancroft Hall at some painfully early hour and aroused the Midshipmen with badly rendered versions of "Wrap me up, wrap me up in the Merican flag," "Bumboat Man," "Semper Fidelis" as modified for bugle, and one or two others.

On a fairly recent visit to Crabtown, I was a bit saddened because the Corps no longer played a march which had a bit of history attached to it, but that is natural, because I've never seen it recorded on paper.

During my extreme youth, a part of which was spent in the then Austrian Tyrol, I had heard one of the famous mountaineer regiments of Francis Joseph I marching to a drumless bugle tune which I memorized and was able to instil into the Corps, with the able assistance of Toni Ziroli, who suppressed for the occasion any Italianate preferences he may have had against the former rulers of Lombardy, Venice and Toscana.

The next time I come across someone who can transcribe notes, I'll forward it to Shipmate, at least for the record.

The Austrian Regiment referred to was the "Kaiser j ager Regiment No. 2," now a memory in Austria. On second thought, it may have been 1, 3 or 4, since there were 4 Kaiserjager regiments.—H. J. W H I T E '16 SHIPMATE

New "Bowditch"

A CARRIER-BASED H E L I C O P T E R , EQUIPPED W I T H COMPACT SONAR GEAR, probes the Pacific ocean depths in its search for submarines. The helicopter's speed and hovering ability make it a vervitile addition to antisubmarine forces of the Pacific Fleet.

The popular American Practical Navigator, commonly known as "Bowditch," after Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch, author of its first edition, has been completely rewritten at the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office. The new lS24-page edition, now in the final stages of production, will be available December 6, the 128th birthday of the Hydrographic Office, from sales agents of the Hydrographic Office and from the Supt. of Documents and his sales agents, at $6.25.

"Bowditch," long considered the final authority on navigation throughout the world, was first published in 1802. In 1868 the Hydrographic Office purchased the copyright and plates. Of all the approximately 70 editions of the book, only one before the 1958 edition represented a thorough rewrite. This was the edition of 1882, prepared by Cdr. P. H. Cooper, USN. The 1958 edition was prepared by a team headed by Alton B. Moody.

ATHLETICS Basketball

Navy's Tentative Basketball Schedule 1958-59

Ben Carnevale, Coach

Six returning lettermen, all with a year or more of experience, will carry Navy's basketball hopes for the coming season.

However, the most formidable schedule has been arranged for the Tars.

Twenty-one teams will be met and ten of these games will be played on foreign courts. Six of Navy's 1958-59 foes qualified for the N.C.A.A. Championships last year.

Four of them ended up in the top ten, with Kentucky wirming the National Championship.

Captain John MascaU of Allentown, Pa., as well as Jay Metzler, Mt. Joy, Pa., and Dick Brown, Silver Spring, Md., lead the list of returning front court or pivot lettermen.

If last year's inconsistent defense and shooting could be improved and some speed added to the attack. Navy could surprise a few of the basketball powers.

The back court lettermen returning include Dick Johnson, Austin, Tex.; Hank Egan, Brooklyn, N. Y.; and Jim Bower, Chester, Pa. Bower was high scorer of the squad until an ankle injury forced him to miss the last four games.

Expected to give battle for the pivot or front court positions are the following: Dick Macke, Kirkland, 111.; Walt Land, El Reno, Okla.; and Joe Kavanaugh, Brooklyn, N. Y., who is up from last year's plebe squad.

Back court candidates who will be competing for starting positions include Ron Doyle, Cranford, N. J.; Frank Delano, Ardmore, Pa.; Gary Bagnard, Long Beach, Calif.; and Tom White, Sea Girt, N. J. Tom Inderlied, Wilmington, Del., and Jim Eilertsen, Huntington Woods, Mich., could also be of help. With the exception of White and Kavanaugh, the plebe squad of last year will not contribute much in the way of material to the present squad.

DECEMBER,

1 9 5 8

Dec. 6 9 12 13 17 29 30 Jan. 1 7 10 14

Pennsylvania Dickinson at Rutgers at Princeton at Maryland at Kentucky at Vanderbilt at Butler Gettysburg at Manhattan Brandeis

Jan. 17 30 31 FÂŁb.

7 11 14 18 21 24 28

(cont'd) American U. at Columbia at Temple Boston College Penn State at Duke Georgetown Pittsburgh Delaware Army

Navy Record 1957-58 (10-10)

Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy

70 65 64 61 53 58 63 76 90 80 58 50 91 78 98 83 63 63 93 68

American U. 67 Haverford 55 Pennsylvania 67 Delaware 50 Princeton 61 Maryland 88 Gettysburg 45 New York Univ. 87 Manhattan 60 V.M.L 51 Penn State 53 Maryland 64 Columbia 69 William & Mary 90 Georgetown 73 Pittsburgh 85 Duke 77 Notre Dame 85 Penn Military 56 Army 78

Football Navy's Record to Date (4-2)

Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy

14, 28, 20, 6, 50, 20,

138

Wm. & Mary Boston Univ.

Michigan Tulane Pennsylvania Notre Dame 90

0 14 14 14 8 40

The new "Bowditch" has been given a dark blue cover with gold lettering, to distinguish it from previous editions. Although completely rewritten, it retains the objective of the first edition, that of being a complete summary of practical navigation, with useful supplementary information, all presented in such manner that any mariner willing to apply himself can understand it without an instructor. He will be assisted by practice problems at the ends of many chapters, and more than 500 illustrations, some in color. However, the book is condensed, being intended primarily as a reference book for navigators. In addition to the principles of routine navigation, it includes information of use when the unusual is encountered.

An extensive, 68-page index makes the information easy to locate.

The book is divided into eight parts. The first deals with background information and fundamentals, the second with piloting and dead reckoning, the third with electronics and navigation, the fourth with celestial navigation, the fifth with the practice of navigation under various conditions, the sixth with oceanography in its various navigational aspects, the seventh with weather, and the eighth with the production of charts.

Throughout, universal methods are given greater emphasis than those with special application, where a choice is available. The need for judgment based upon experience is stressed.

The eight parts, of some 900 pages, are divided into 44 chapters. These are followed by 29 appendices containing a wealth of reference information of interest to navigators, and extracts from various government publications for which sample problems are given in the text.

Following the appendices are 34 tables, which, with their explanation, cover 272 pages. Although a number of these tables were carried over from previous editions, all tables have been carefully checked for accuracy, arrangement, and limits, and a number of changes have been made.

The paper on which the book is being printed was carefully selected after tests of a number of samples. Consideration was given to strength, wearing qualities, efifect of dampness, opacity, thickness, presentation of illustrations, freedom from glare, and noncurling qualities.

The new "Bowditch" is a worthy successor of the book which has so long been affectionately considered by many to be the "Sailor's Bible."

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By John D. Hayes '24

SELECTION Is It In Tune With The Military Realities Of Our Time?

Fred Lardner in his "Capitol Hill" column of November informs us that two admirals are to make an informal study on what is wrong with Navy promotion.

They will examine the systems used in the other services and compare them with the Navy's.

On the face of it such a study of form and detail does not promise to be fruitful.

The promotion systems of all services today are variations of "selection" adopted in the Navy as far back as 1916. Why not examine this basic concept itself to find out if it is still suitable to the military realities of our time?

What is called selection is really "selection-up." Its basis is the formal consideration of all officers in a certain group at a certain time on their written records, then promoting some and releasing the rest.

Selection in the Navy of the period between World Wars produced good officers at the top. There were bugs in it, but it was fair and even its victims were for it.

Because the Navy grew, few were hurt except in pride.

Before 1916 seniority was the system of promotion in all services. Now more commonly called longevity, it persisted in the lower ranks of the Navy until 1934 and in the Army except for general officers until World War II. As a primary system, however, it would not do for the revolution going on in the naval profession during the first half of this century. Admiral Sims, the father of selection, characterized longevity in his colorful language: "All one had to do to make admiral was take care of his stomach and refrain from striking his commanding officer."

ing boards). But a modern Navy could not tolerate any officer stagnation. Selection-up was adopted and, since imitation is the sincerest flattery, it must have worked.

The Navy of the second half of the twentieth century is something far different from the Navy of the first half. Therefore instead of chipping at or shoring up the present selection system, it might be well to find out if it is still in tune with the military realities of our time. Is it possible for formal selection boards to choose the best fitted and the promising from hundreds of captains and commanders and from thousands in lower grades? Admiral Sims saw this difficulty twenty-five _ years ago and proposed measures to alleviate it (U.S.N.I. Proceedings, June 1934, pp. 769-73). They were not adopted. Selection has already been tampered with by such measures as the captains' sea slate, instructions in the precepts of selection boards and by executive and congressional pressure. If these be necessary, something is wrong.

The study group, in my opinion, should examine the concept of selection, the premise of the proposition—not the deductions from it. They might read the references above as well as the pages on promotion in E. E. Morison's Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy and in Samuel P. Huntington's perceptive study, The Soldier and Tlie State. They might try to find out how the Army, saddled with a seniority system, was nevertheless able to produce an Eisenhower, a Gruenther and a George Lincoln when they were needed.

"The Uniform Is Optional"

One drives slowly on Main Street in Annapolis. So one day last summer I had no trouble observing what to me was an incongruous sight—two officers in uniforms so ridiculously contrasting as to shock what naval sensibilities are left to me. One was Seniority as a system of promotion is encased in khaki complete with tie and all but gone. It was nevertheless the desir- blouse, the other had on the free-and-easy able system for the period when it was white service of the open shirt. introduced—the beginnings of the profes"The uniform is optional again," I said sional officer corps, not too long ago. It protected the professionals from the systems to myself, aloud to emphasize my feelings. previously used—birth, nepotism, purchase I cherish some respect for words and that —all recognized in Europe at not too late official statement has always grated on me a date. The professional officer corps and as a contradiction of terms. By their dicits adjunct, promotion by seniority, were tionary meanings, uniform can not be opadopted in our country from the start— tional. How loosely we use words, how but not without misgivings. De Tocqueville unthinkingly we set them down on paper. thought he saw dangers in it {Democracy Nature would revolt if we used mathein America, Vol. 2, Bk. 3, Ch. XXII and matical terms or orders to the helm in X X I I I ) . This system was set aside only such a manner. once, in the Army in the Civil War, but "It would be two young doctors who the professionals were back in the saddle would demonstrate the rcducio ad absurdum before the war was half over. of this uniform order." Then I forgot about Stagnation was the malignant product of the incident until I saw a photograph on seniority. To overcome it retirement was page 29 of the October issue of Shipmate. first adopted and then selection-out (pluckLeadership should begin at the top.

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OFFICERS

CAPT. PAUL W . SIEGRIST, U S N R '24 (7639), New York, N. Y.

Vice President (Central Area)— CAPT. W . J. HARRISON, U S N R '21 (5722), New Orleans, La. Vice President (Western Area)— LT. ( J G ) B . B . CASSELS, U S N (Ret.) '22 (6626), Seattle, Wash.

Executive Director— R. ADM. W . F . FITZGERALD, JR., U S N (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis

TRUSTEES Superintendent's Representative— CAPT. W . C . HALL, JR., U S N '37 (12624), Chief of Staff, U S N A At Large

To serve until Spring Meeting 1959 CAPT. C . H . BENNETT, JR.,

V. ADM. J . W . ROPER,

V. ADM. T . R . COOLEY,

USN (Ret.) '19 (5072)

USN (Ret.) '17 (4745)

To serve until Spring Meeting 1960 CAPT. S . D . CUTTER, U S N (12098) ADM. H . W . HILL, U S N (Ret.)

'11 (3666)

TO THE CORRESPONDING

To serve until Spring Meeting 1961 (Ret.) '20 (5427)

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(Ret.) '17 (4657)

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To serve until Spring Meeting 1959 LT. J . F . HELLAUER, U S N R (Ret.) V. ADM. GEORGE H . FORT, U S N '27 (8916), Connecticut (Ret.) '12 (3902), Washington CAPT. E . K . ZITZEWITZ, U S N R '25

(7966), Chicago V. ADM. J . H . BROWN, JR., U S N

(Ret.) '14 (4276), Philadelphia MR. M . B . FLANDERS ( N '28),

Boston L. CDR. C . V. WILHOIT, JR., U S N R

'46 (18517), San Diego '22 (6601), New York

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(Ret.) '22 (6244)

CAPT. H . L . PARRY, U S N R (Ret.)

period.

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GOOD NEW YEAR takes

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R. ADM. J . D . HAYES, U S N (Ret.)

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USN (Ret.) '23 (6863)

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(Ret.) '22 (6349), Peninsula CAPT. R . F . H A N S , U S N

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We regret to announce the death of Maude Hench Dismukes, widow of R. Adm. DOUGLAS E. D I S M U K E S .

Funeral services were held 7 November at Fort Myer Chapel. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery.

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Sec'y, Capt. E. S. Jackson, U S N (Ret.) 455 Arlington Dr.. Pasadena, Calif.

Received a letter, dated 10 Oct., from H U G O O S T E R H A U S who wrote from Washington, D. C.—where the Osterhauses now live, at 2230 California St., N.W., Washington 8.

He and RUSS TRAIN had just returned from Arlington where they attended the graveside services of Defrees. Hugo said he had happened that morning to see a notice in the paper announcing that the burial was to he at 11:30 that morning (Oct. 10). He said it was a beautiful day.

The service was short and very simple: "the volleys perfect and taps in the distance very sweet." It all sounds just the way Rollie would want it.

The October issue of Shipmate published an item submitted by the Secretary which mentioned "Chauncey" D E F R E E S . This was an error in the press and should have read "Chimmy" Defrees. It is possible, by the way, that some in the class have forgotten that the nickname "Chimmy" was bestowed by Ned Gilpin of '96, when we were "functions" in May (or June), 1896.

(I have an idea that the name later became "Jimmy" by common usage.)

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ward to with pleasurable anticipation, this pending visit had more than normal interest attached to it. Fifty years before, in 1908, the "Great White Fleet," sent around the world by Theodore Roosevelt on its memorable flag-showing cruise, entered San Francisco harbor. So, a special celebration in the nature of an anniversary seemed fitting and proper fifty years later. Inquiries by the 12th Naval District gathered the information that some fifty men who had come in with the Fleet in 1908 were living in this area. An invitation was sent to each one and his wife to embark on the cruiser WORCESTER to go out and meet the Fleet and lead it in through the Golden Gate.

Isn't it hard to imagine a more alluring invitation, especially to the feminine participants? Capt. and Mrs. E. D. Washburn, my husband and I drove from Berkeley over to San Francisco to Pier 18, where we joined the gay and enthusiastic company on board the WORCESTER. We steamed outside the Golden Gate for about an hour and a half, then lay to, to await the Fleet which soon showed up over the horizon. When it drew near, we turned and led it in past the Flagship Los ANGELES from which it was reviewed by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Now comes the part that fits the heading, "Twice in a Lifetime." I had done exactly the same thing fifty years before. At the time of the Great White Fleet's arrival, I was visiting at the Presidio and, with a group, went out on an Army Transport through the Golden Gate—no bridge then, met the Fleet and led it in. I think I was the only woman on the WORCESTER that day who could make that proud boast.

MARGARET E . CANAGA

HARRY GARD KNOX HARRY GARD K N O X died at the Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa., on 29 Oct. 1958 following an operation.

Funeral services were held at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Harrisburg, the morning of 31 Oct., interment that afternoon in the Naval Academy Cemetery where Gard was buried beside his father, R. Adm. Harry Knox '67 and his mother. Gard is survived by his widow, Adair Cowan Knox, New York business woman and recipient in W W II of the Bureau of Yards and Docks' "Meritorious Civilian Service Award." Her home is "Sunrise Farm," RD 3, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Knox was the five-striper of the brigade of Midshipmen, a "star" man and captain of the fencing team that won the Intercollegiate Fencing Match and Trophy.

After serving at sea on several ships and making the cruise in Commodore H. I. Cone's destroyers around South America, paralleling that of T. R.'s "Great White Fleet," he went to M.I.T., became a Naval Constructor and served at the G. E. Co. works, Schenectady, N. Y. He attended Union College, receiving an E E degree and Phi Beta Kappa. Later, in W W I, he was Shop Supt., Navy Yard, Norfolk, among other things turning out mines for the North Sea Barrage. He resigned in the rank of Commander in 1920 and joined Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and later Western Electric's subsidiary. Electrical Research Products Co., which pioneered the first commercial acceptance of talking pictures, installing equipment for recording sound in Hollywood studios and soundreproducing equipment in theatres throughout the world. He was successively European Managing Director of sales and service in Europe and Vice Pres. in charge of engineeering for E R P . In W W II he was with F. R. Harris Inc., N. Y., designing the larger floating docks for the Navy.

Governor Duff of Pennsylvania appointed Knox Technical Advisor of the Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth.

• Recently R. Adm. MILO F. DRAEMEL. USN (Ret.), former State Secretary of Forests and Waters of Pennsylvania, was honored with a plaque and citation when Philadelphia was recipient of the "Clean Streams Award" of the Water Resources Council Inc. of New York. This award commemorated the rehabilitation of the Schuylkill River and was made through the Mayor of Philadelphia by Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, secretary designate of the US Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare.

Knox served on the same Sanitary Water Board.

Henrietta GLASSFORD came through Washington recently enroute to the convention of the English Speaking Union in Canada. Her permanent address will be 829 Buena Vista Rd., Santa Barbara, Calif.

ALDEN HALL's permanent address is now 310 South Venus Ave., Clearwater, Fla. R. Adm. F. E. McMillen '04 recently visited " P I P " LYNCH at his home, "Starboard Light," Greensburg, Pa., and reminisced over their cruise around the world

Sec'y, Capt. Louis P . Davis, U S N (Ret.) Dresden Apt., 2126 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washineton, D. C.

GERALD HOWZE The class will be saddened to learn of the death of GERALD (SCRUBBY) H O W Z E who died on 22 October at his home in Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and was buried there.

Mrs. Reed M. Fawell, widow of "Pop" F A W E L L , died and was buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery on 28 Oct. BRUCE and Margaret CANAGA celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in June last, and in July Mrs. Canaga celebrated another 50th anniversary: "TWICE IN A LIFETIME" The old, familiar, and often encountered saying, "Once in a Lifetime," does not apply to this little anecdote. Instead, it should bear the heading, "Twice in a Lifetime."

In July 1958, the First Fleet was expected in San Francisco Bay for one of its all too-infrequent visits. Always looked for22

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the National Institute of Health for the past three months or so with a very rare fungus infection in the lungs, apparently picked up on his farm in Virginia. Fortunately N I H was making a study of this particular disease at the time he was taken ill and admitted him. Walter told me that he was unconscious the first month he was in the hospital. When I was there, he was sitting up, all cured, very cheerful and planning to be released in two weeks in which time the doctors expected him to regain some of the weight he had lost.

He was full of inquiries about his friends in the class and sent his regards to all.

EUGENE BONFILE WALKER We regret to learn of the death of Col. E U G E N E B. W A L K E R , USA ( R e t ) , on 4 Nov. at Walter Reed Hospital.

Colonel \yalker retired in 1946 after 43 years' service, including some years as editor of the Coast Artillery and AntiAircraft Journal. He had lived in Chevy Chase for the past 15 years.

Surviving are his widow, Willis W., of the home address, 4007 Underwood St., We attended the Navy-Notre Dame footChevy Chase; two daughters, Jean Ogden ball debacle in Baltimore and saw of Chevy Chase, and Elizabeth Downing, STRUBLE in a fetching navy-blue "tam" of Springfield, Va.; a son, Lt. Col. John W. Walker, stationed at Ft. Banks, Mass., enjoying himself as much as possible under the circumstances; also CARPENDER, and a sister.

BOB W A T E R S , Jane A U S T E N and last, A graveside service with military honors but by no means least, young (repeat was held at Arlington Cemetery. young) BOB M U N R O E with his very Our sincere sympathy to his widow and pretty wife. family.

The November monthly luncheon here It is with regret that we have learned was attended by Kincaid, Carpender, from L O U I S W. M c K E E H A N of the Shafroth, Thomas, Staley, Desaussure, death of his wife, Grace Badger, in the Payne, Wille and the undersigned.

Newport Naval Hospital on 4 October 1958.

Recently in New York I talked with Besides her husband, Grace is survived by J O H N N Y L A T H A M on the phone. He a son, John, employed by the National had much to say about his ailments, which Security Agency, and a daughter, Mary I understand are not at all serious, and he Kate, an Air Force weather observer at spoke as slowly as he used to fifty odd the Charleston Air Force Base. Interment years agone. was in the McKeehan family lot in MinFoY neapolis. Our sincere sympathy to Louis and his family.

Sec'y, R. Adm. Harold C. Train, U S N (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md.

JUNIUS YATES FROGGIE YATES. It is with much sadness that I report the death of Froggie on 16 August 1958 in Kansas City, Mo., as a result of a strangulated hernia operation complicated by chronic bronchitis. He came from a little town in Texas called Grapevine. After serving in the wonderful rank of Passed Midshipman, he was commissioned an Ensign, then a Lieut, ( i g ) , and left the service on 25 May 1915. He later enrolled in the Naval Reserve and served in World War I as an officer. He worked for many years for the Government in the alcohol tax department. During his later years he had his office in Kansas City and made his home at 5516 Wayne Ave. in that city. He is survived by his widow.

They had no children.

CLASS L U N C H E O N . The October class luncheon was held on the 21st at the Army-Navy Club with eleven attending: Braisted, Bye, Dessez, Hatcher, Hustvedt, Maloney, McCauley, Moses, Bill Porter, Robertson, and Poco Smith.

P E N N CARROLL. I received a letter from Penn saying he is on a trip for the school that will take him as far north as Boston. He says his principal iob is to make friends for the school, just meet

We are indebted to TOM M A L L I S O N for the following which are excerpts from an article in the Nashville Banner, dated 3 Oct. 1958: A retired Naval officer from Tennessee has sent Vanderbil; University one of the largest unrestricted gifts in the University's history.

The donor is Captain N E W T O N H. W H I T E , JR., U S N ( R e t ) , who added insurance stock worth $88,250 to the University's areneral fund.

Captain White already has endowed at \'anderbilt two scholarships favoring students from his native Giles county and naming the bequests in memory of his father and an old friend, Dr. Owsley Manier.

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With reference to the list of deceased classmates in whose names the class reserved memorial chairs in the new Stadium as pubHshed last month in this column, Ethel K I L P A T R I C K has secured one in KILLY's name, making it possible for me to add the name of JACK S C H A F F E R to the list. All told the class has now contributed for chairs for ten deceased members in addition to those arranged for by individuals. The list now stands as follows: Saufley, Heiberg, W. A. Lee, Harris, Lebourgeois, Herbster, Lammers, Van de Carr, W. W. Wilson, Schaffer.

This month I am going to violate my own rule to make as little mention of illnesses as possible in order to give you some good news about two popular members of the class. I have heard that DICK R I C H A R D SON is making a fine recovery from the heart ailment which "laid him low" at the last minute before the class reunion and prevented his being present. And, too, a few days ago I visited W A L T E R B A R N E T T who has been a patient in DECEMBER,

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people and talk. By a curious coincidence he will be in the vicinity at the time of the Army-Navy game. As most of us know, he is a special assistant to the President of "The Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey."

F R E E L A N D DAUBIN, Daub has left Coronado, Calif., and is now living with his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. I. S. Hartman, USN, at 4911 Essex Ave., Chevy Chase 15, Md. OREY F O W L E R . I have just received a letter from Inez, Orey's wife, saying he was delighted to get my letter telling about the plans for our Fiftieth Reunion, but regrets he will be unable to attend.

She says he has been quite ill for the past few years, especially during 1956 and 1957, but has improved somewhat since they moved to New Hampshire. Orey retired from his own business as a distributor and dealer in tooling accessories and in March 1957 moved to Hampton Falls, N. H., P . O. Box 23. She says he would be delighted to see any classmates or Navy friends who drive up that way. It would give him a great uplift to talk of old times.

They live just off Route 1 on Kensington Rd. Their phone number is Waverly 6-2367.

They had lived for many years in Western Springs, 111.

BUB MERRICK. Bub writes that he expects to spend the winter in Fort Myers.

Address: Box 33, Matlacha Station, Fort Myers, Fla. OLIE O L D E N D O R F . Just heard from Olie that he and Betty left Palm Beach, Fla., on the way to Washington via Virginia Beach. They will be staying with their daughter, Peggy, wife of Capt. James S. Gray, USN, at 5414 Blackistone Rd., Westmoreland Hills, Washington, D. C. Later they plan on going to California, staying temporarily in Rancho Santa Fe, until they can find a place in La Jolla that suits them. He says Palm Beach is a lovely spot, but hot. Says there is only one Navy man in Palm Beach, Roland Kauffman.

HAROLD TRAIN. May and Harold have recently made a trip to the Canal Zone by naval transport. Spent two days there, then were able to get back on the same ship, the HENRY GIBBONS, and back to San

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HOWARD SANFORD KEEP The sad news has just been received that H O W A R D K E E P died 3 November. He had been living at the Claridge Hotel in Washington. He resigned in 1919, and became Lt. Cdr. USNR. Burial was in Arlington.

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GRADY BASKIN WHITEHEAD

We regret to announce the death of GRADY BASKIN W H I T E H E A D , USN (Ret.), on 1 November at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. A native of Vienna, Ga., he had lived in Richmond, Va., for the past 20 years.

Having graduated from the Naval AcadHAROLD S N O W has been one of the emy in 1912, he was a veteran of both regulars at our class luncheons whenever world wars and during World War II was he was in town, so those assembled for the in charge of naval intelligence at the NorOctober session sent him a round-robin get- folk Navy Yard and, later, assistant captain well card at Bethesda, where he is con- of the Navy yard. valescing from another operation on his Surviving are his widow, Clara Vass throat. There were nine present: Hill, W. J. Butler, Cygon, Bieri, Loftin^ Brandt, Beverley, and a brother, C. Lewis Whitehead of Richmond.

Cobb, Richards and Zimermann.

The C H A N D L E R S ' grandson, Victor Funeral services were held 5 November Krulak, now a student of William and at the Ft. Myer Chapel with interment in Mary, is a lay reader for a country church Arlington National Cemetery. in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Va. He plans to enter the ministry. and Dorothy G R E E N E arrived Elsie BIERI is home after an operation in CASEY Louisville just in time to take care of and is recovering rapidly.

3-year-old CaroHne Satterfield when their Six classmates heard the new superin- second grandchild, James E. Satterfield, Jr., tendent of the Naval Academy, Admiral was born on 15 September. He is the son Melson, address the Alumni Association at of Mr. James E. Satterfield who is with the Washington, D. C.: Byrnes, Cobb, Hinck- British American Tobacco Co. ley, Bieri, Brandt and Zimermann. It was apparent that the Academy is still in comThe M I K E MORRISSEYs have bought petent hands. a place on Marasota Key, Fla., a few miles VAN BRANDT expects to retire from south of Venice. They have the Gulf of active business about December. He has Mexico on their front and Lemon Bay, been Managing Director with the Indus- with their boathouse, in the back. Neightrial Truck Association for many years, bors are sorry to hear that they are selling with offices in Washington, D. C. He has their charming farm near Gordonsville, Va. been most faithful in attending class lunch- After visiting their children in Pasadena, eons when possible and we hope he will be Milwaukee and Windsor, Ont., they go to able to come from Annapolis at least once New York where, on 5 December, they depart on the SS PRESIDENT POLK for a 100a month in the future. day trip around the world.

MORT and Lila DEYO spent about ten The T I P T I S D A L E s are moving on 12 days on the Eastern Shore of Maryland visiting their daughter, Lina, husband, Dr. November from their Vallejo home to their James H. P. Garnett, and grandchildren. Washington Apt. at 4200 Cathedral Ave., Later they were in Washington for a day N.W. or two where Mort had a round of golf.

The B E R I A H T H O M P S O N S have moved from New York to Washington where their new address is 1 Scott Circle.

The widely traveled B E N N Y PERLMANs are leaving their home, "Arden To Sea in 1960 Farm," in Harwood, Md., to spend the winter in Italy. They expect to return about GEORGE WASHINGTON will go to sea in 1 April.

Juan, Puerto Rico. Enroute they stopped at (juantanamo Bay. In San Juan they attended the annual convention of the Military Order of the World Wars, to which convention Harold was a delegate. After 1960. And so will PATRICK HENRY and the convention they visited the Virgin THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Islands and returned to Annapolis the end This will be no reunion of political heroes. These great names are being given 1 9 1 3 of October.

• to the first three Fleet Ballistic Missile Temp. Sec'y during the absence of Paul Sleeper: HAROLD TRAIN submarines especially designed to fire the Maj. Gen. C. G. Helmick, U S A (Ret.) 4784 Old Dominion Dr., Arlington 7, Va. Polaris missile from both submerged and surface positions. Modern-day submarines CARL TOWNSEND HULL have been named after marine life, usually fish.

It is with deep regret that we report the 19 10 • These three subs—two being built by death of Capt. CARL T. HULL, USN Sec'y R. Adm. Charles J. Moore, U S N (Bet.) General Dynamics Corporation and one by (Ret.), on 29 October in Portsmouth, Va. 5509 Grove St., Chevy Chase 15, Md. Mare Island (Calif.) Naval Shipyard—will Burial was in Arlington National CemeHOMER BENJAMIN GILBERT be the first completed of the original nine tery on 4 November. His widow, Elizabeth A. Hull, resides at Wren Place, Bird Neck It is with deep regret that we announce authorized by Congress.

Point, Rt. # 1 , Box 51, Virginia Beach, Va. The fourth is being built by Newport the death of our classmate, H O M E R BENJAMIN GILBERT (LCDR USN R E T ) . News (Va.) Shipbuilding and the fifth is being built by Portsmouth ( N . H.) Naval The Washington luncheon on 13 October "Cy" and Mildred have been living for Shipyard. No commissioning date has been several years in Guadalajara, Mexico, set for these two subs. Four submarines was attended by Doug Jones, Glen Davis, Tunis Craven, Jakey Lee, Venus Abbott, where a few classmates have found them are still unassigned for building. and Herman Keisker. A number of mesenjoying the pleasures of that delightful The first three ( S S B ( N ) 598, 599 and sages were received from absentees remark600) will measure 380 feet in length, dis- ing on the wonderful time that all hands had spot. place 5,400 tons and be powered by a waterCy died suddenly in Guadalajara on 25 cooled reactor. The 601 and 602 will at the reunion.

October 1958 and was interred there. Mrs. measure 380 feet in length and displace P A U L S L E E P E R was called to Florida Gilbert's address is Mungia 8, Guadalajara, 5,600 tons. Both of these subs will also be by the death of his stepmother, who had been in ill health some time. propelled by a water-cooled reactor.

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P E T E R O D E S writes that he and Janet expect to sail from San Francisco 21 November, arrive in Manila 12 December. They will go to Hong Kong and take a freighter to Europe, where they will visit a daughter's family.

We are sorry to report that H A R P McGUIRE broke his hip, and is in Bethesda Medical Center. He will probably be hospitalized for some time, and will appreciate notes from classmates.

The class fund has received substantial donations from LeVoy Hill, Bill Jupp, John Palmer and Harp McGuire. Many thanks.

Mrs. P A U L H E N D R E N writes : "Please express to the class my sincere appreciation of their hospitality to me, and let them know the latchstring is always out at 602 Market St, Wilmington." A portrait of Paul will be exhibited at the Bellamy Mansion, which will be open to the public during the annual Azalea Festival, at the end of March.

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Greensboro, N. C , and five grandchildren.

A beautiful spray of yellow chrysanthemurns from the Hunky-Dunks represented their loving sympathy.

NELSON JACKSON LEONARD Classmate NELSON J. L E O N A R D passed away suddenly in Seattle on 17 October. Your Secretary was not informed in time to send flowers from the class.

ALLAN S M I T H sent a clipping from the Seattle papers a week later. A letter of condolence was written to Mrs. Nelson, 5764 28th Ave., N.E., Seattle, Wash.

F R A N K H U N T O O N writes that he and Frances have recently returned from a

two months' visit to Honolulu and the Outer Islands. While there, they were entertained by DINGO C H R I S T I E , and in San Francisco they had dinner with Georgia and GEORGE O U L T O N .

J O H N N I E LUSK and Rosie have given up their place in Annapolis and have moved to Florida, where their address is 2400 W. Broward IBlvd., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. MACKEY L E W I S and Nancy Lee had a fine trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where they entertained five "grandbabies." He is in favor of a 45th Reunion in .Annapolis at any time which best suits the majority.

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WALLIS GEARING It is with the deepest regret that our colimin in Shipmate has to announce the death of "Beanie" GEARING, which occurred at the Portsmouth (Va.) Naval Hospital on Monday, 27 October. Graveside services were held at the Arlington Cemetery on Wednesday, 29 October.

"Beanie," as we all know, was one of the most colorful members of our class, and his passing has left a void which will be hard to fill.

I am sorry that the November issue of Shipmate contained no mention of those members of the class who attended the Homecoming activities this year. At the time of Homecoming I was a patient in the Naval Academy Hospital here, and was somewhat incapacitated for a while. After seven weeks I was released on 3 November, just in time to get this written before the deadline for the December issue of Shipmate expires. Incidentally, those present for Homecoming were the Jalberts, Perrys, Tubby Brand, Kelly Beard, Pennucks Pennoyer, and my better half. Hazel.

J O H N N Y M O Y E R writes from Honolulu and gives his address as 4311 Kakala Ave., Honolulu 15, T. H. He would be glad to see any of the class who might be in that neck of the woods.

BOB MAURY

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EDWARD EVERETT HAZLETT With the deepest regret, I announce the death of our classmate, S W E D E HAZLETT, on 2 November 1958 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. The graveside services were held in Arlington Cemetery. President Eisenhower, a lifetime friend, attended the services, with his naval aide. Twelve classmates served as honorary pallbearers: Rafe Bates, Homer Graf, Bill Granat, Sarge Henning, Roy Horn, Hutch Hutchinson, Ed Izac, Chester Lewis, Preston Marshall, P. M. Rhea, Dick Richards and Rip Struble. Swede is survived by his wife, Elizabeth of 8613 Melwood Rd., Bethesda 14, two daughters, Mrs. Richard Scott of Bethesda and Mrs. Jonas Kessing of DECEMBER,

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The October luncheon was held at the Tennis Club in La Jolla on the 16th. At the kind invitation of Spike Fahrion '17, the Prelims were held in Spike's colorful Rancho high above La Jolla's Cove overlooking the Tennis Club and the impressive broad expanse of the mighty Pacific. We were particularly honored to have Dr. Edward Clements, who was a house guest of Hook Jenkins, with us. Dr. Clements, a Commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve, is Dean of Students at San Jose State College and was a shipmate of Hook's during World War II. We were further honored to have Gypo (E. C.) Rogers '17 with us and welcomed him aboard as an Honorary Member of the S. D. Sixteeners. Under Spike's watchful eye a state of readiness was achieved and All Hands got underway for the Tennis Club for a very enjoyable luncheon. Besides our guest. Dr. Clements, and our fine '17 delegation of Merrill Comstock, Spike Fahrion, Ing Kiland and Gypo Rogers, the following attended: Possum Borden, Bunny Cochrane, Count Grassie, Sleuth Holmes, Hook Jenkins, Joe Loventhal, Sock McCjinnis and Shorty Sauer.

Received the following letter from " M A R Q U I S " and "Nan" M A Y F I E L D : "Sorry that we couldn't make it to Homecoming, but we were in the midst of building a home which is now completed. We are located on St. Helena Island (within sight of St. Helena Sound and the Atlantic Ocean), 14 miles from Beaufort and 21 miles from Parris Island Marine Base (by road) and about 17 miles from a big, modern U. S. Naval Hospital just outside of Beaufort.

"JIM H I C K S and ED CONDRA Hve on Coffin Point (and have boats) and W A R N E R BAYLEY, " R E D " BANN E R M A N and C H A M P I O N live in the near vicinity.

"The 'welcome mat' is out, we have plenty of room, and we extend a most Several of our "regulars" were missing cordial invitation to classmates and friends for one reason or another. W Y S E BENto pay us a visit. We have a telephone and SON and D U K E CARRINGTON were our name will appear in the next issue of tied down with urgent business; AMOS the directory."

ROOT was in court, a witness, thank you!

His address is: Coffin's Point Plantation, POSSUM and Kathleen W E B B left for Frogmore, S. C. a vacation in the Northwest. W A L T E R "SOLLY" SOLBERG has been in the WEBB and GEORGE DORSEY P R I C E Bethesda Naval Hospital for some time due were just plain AOL so far as we could to a stroke. His condition is not good and learn. he cannot have visitors or calls.

Our gals also had a fine outing at the J O H N N Y CARSON came through same time we were in session. Eleanor Annapolis 17 October and spent a couple COMSTOCK invited them to her attractive of days with the "Mike" Robinsons ('07). home in La Jolla for cocktails and then they He spent a few days in Washington and is had luncheon at the Tennis Club. They all had a grand time according to the reports now en route to Pensacola. we received.

The Notre Dame-Navy Game was a "mess." Present to witness the sad sight were: Chapline, Brewster, Brown, Steele, and T. V. Cooper (I may have missed a couple).

19 17 • Sec'y. Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) "MICK" made a trip to Europe in Octo248 King George St., Annapolis, Md. ber. I don't know whether it was business or pleasure, but I'll bet the latter was AUSTIN—LEN and Ruth have just reincluded. turned from a Caribbean cruise which they Present at our 20 October luncheon in enjoyed greatly, but made Len miss the Washington: Carson, Earnhardt, Steele, '16-'l7 joint luncheon in Washington.

Brown, Fechteler, Chapline, and Merwin.

M A T H E W S — C H R I S T Y writes that he Our November luncheon on the 17th will has married an English girl who had flown be a joint meeting with the Class of '17. to Ireland from Massachusetts especially for the event. They may come to U. S. next More about it later. year. Her name is "Emmie" and we welcome her to the class.

PORTER—BOB and Mary announce the WEST COAST DOPE birth of a new grandson, John Stevens Leese, Jr., 12 July 1958. Lieutenant and CDR. E . F . COCHRANE We were delighted to have CAL and Mrs. Leese are living at 609 River Ave., Mirt DURGIN back in our midst even Lakewood, while Leese is attached to HU-2, though they could only spend a few hours NAS, Lakehurst. The baby is also the in the area. It was Cal who, back in 1946 grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Leese, while Commandant of the 11th and 12th Ben Avon, Pittsburgh, Pa. Naval Air Districts with headquarters in P O R T E R — The marriage of Mrs. North Island, was responsible for the start- Dolores Gallagher McQuade, daughter of ing of the monthly class luncheons and Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius F. Gallagher, Drexel other class activities in the San Diego area. Hill, Pa., to Lt. David Porter '53, USN, These gatherings have continued without son of R. Adm. and Mrs. ROBERT L E E interruption since then and are greatly en- PORTER, Wynnewood, Pa., took place 3 joyed. Next time, Cal, we hope that you May 1958, in the Naval Base Chapel, Philaand Mirt will linger long enough to let us delphia. A reception for members of the throw a party for you, and, H U R R Y immediate families followed the ceremony BACK! which was performed by Chaplain James A letter from PABLO GOEN, now re- W. Conte. Dolores and David are living at siding in Hollywood, tells us that he is tak- 402 Hope Rd., Lakewood. Dave is attached ing off for a vacation in Montgomery, Ala., to HU-2, Lakehurst, NAS. and, on his way back, will visit in New ROGERS—TEX's Janie underwent surOrleans. He expected to be back in time gery at Bethesda on 3 October and results to attend the class dinner at the Marine and Janie's condition are most satisfactory.

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Rear Adm. H. R. Sobel '17 shuttling between there and their Lone Star Farm.

Only two of '17 Crabtowners were brave enough to go to the N. D. game: CHUCK KELLY and COLIN CAMPBELL. The only thing that pleased them was the clear day.

R. Adm. H. R. SOBEL, U S N ( R e t ) , has been elected to the Board of Directors of American Savings Building and Loan Association of Miami, Fla.

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Sec'y. R. Adm. E. E. Duvall, U S N (Ret.) 4000 Cathedral Ave., Washington 16. D. C.

All those who have not dedicated chairs or who have not contributed to the Stadium Fund in some other way are urged to send their donations to our treasurer, Capt E. C. ROGERS, 3512 Albemarle St., Washington 8, D. C. Please make out your checks in favor of the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. About $1,500 is still needed on our drive for a 1918 Class Gate.

CARL J. LAMB, who incidentally attended our Washington luncheon gathering earlier this year, has sent in his new address as follows: 227 North East First Court, Eau Gallic, Fla. Carl is now Marine Engineering Superintendent for Pan American World Airways at Patrick Air Force Base.

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WADE EVERETT GRISWOLD Classmates and friends will be saddened to learn of W A D E GRISWOLD's sudden death on 19 October at his country home near Clinton, N. J. BILL STRACHAN represented the class at memorial services held in New York on 24 October. Wade's ashes will later be interred in ArHngton. He is survived by his widow, Jean, a son and daughter, and several grandchildren to whom our sympathy is extended.

After two years in the ARKANSAS and two in submarines, including command of SHIPMATE

TOM W Y N K O O P ' s 'etter of 28 October says in part that "Ransom and I had three weeks on the West Coast where I attended the Propeller Club Convention.

[ED. NOTE: Tom is National President thereof.] I managed to make a quick trip to Seattle and then, at the end of the Convention, the H U N T s drove up and we returned South with them. I saw T O N Y P I T R E in San Francisco. When we got to San Diego I had the pleasure of talking with J O H N N Y R O P E R on the telephone but by that time I was pretty well worn out and more than glad to enjoy the sunshine of the Hunts' patio."

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Capt. M. E. Crist, USN (Ret.) '19 the H-7, Wade resigned from the Navy.

Following two years' study at UCLA and the Columbia School of Journalism, he entered the newspaper and rotogravure field. He had shown a flair for this type of work on the Log staff and as Photographic Editor of our Lucky Bag. In it he was eminently successful. He was contact executive for the Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency, New York, from 1935 to 1943 and was "on loan" by them to the War Advertising Council, 1941-43. Since 1944 he had been Executive Director of the Lithographic Technical Foundation, New York City, an endowed non-profit scientific research and educational institution serving the lithographic industry in the United States and 18 foreign countries. We were indebted to Wade (through it) for preparing our 1957 Annual Class Bulletin. A general class favorite. Wade will be greatly missed.

HENRY DENT BAGGETT It is with deep regret that we report the death of H E N R Y D. BAGGETT (LCDR USN R E T ) on 11 October in Miami, Fla. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery on 16 October. His widow, Agatha Baggett, resides at 5470 S.W. Sth Terrace, Miami, Fla.

On the night of 30 October, Nellie S T E V E N S had the thrilling experience of attending the Broadway opening of Leslie Stevens, J r.'s, smash hit "The MarriageGo-Round," starring Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert. It is already sold out for weeks ahead. Brooks Atkinson in the Neiv York Times wrote: "Mr. Stevens is a gifted writer who understands the value of form in the design of a comedy and of style in the use of language. The play certifies to his professionalism." And even the staid IVall Street Journal chimed in with an enthusiastic review. We share Nellie's pride and happiness in this latest success of Steve, Jr., and congratulate him on behalf of the Class of 1919.

RAY T H U R B E R continues his volunteer services as a member of the Board of Directors of the Multiple Sclerosis Society with headquarters in New York and as Chairman, Board of Trustees, of the Washington, D. C , Chapter. His many duties in this fine work include a great deal of countrywide travel, TV addresses, personal appearances, etc.

K E N and Marguerite M U I R were on hand to help Navy wallop Michigan. The WALDRONs, N E T T I N G s and FERGUSONS were also engaged in this worthy cause, but Ken writes that other commitments prevented the Muirs from attending Bob Waldron's postgame party at the Dearborn Inn. We hope to hear more details later of that shindig. It must have been fun.

Dyer, Callaghan, Kincaid, Rochester, Pelzman, Schildhauer and Dierdorff attended the 4 November class luncheon. We had hoped that Greer and Staudt would be there also but both are in the clutches of the medicos at Bethesda and couldn't make it. We trust that they will be on hand for the December convocation.

MARION E. CRIST has been appointed Mortgage Loan Officer for the American Savings Building and Loan Association at Miami 1, Fla.

Services were held 10 November at the Ft. Myer Chapel. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery.

Due to special urging on the part of our genial Class Chairman, RED NIBECKER, together with the usual notice cards and a desire to hear the report on our 40th Reunion plans, we had the largest turnout since the war for our October class luncheon. There were thirty-five gathered at the table and, before we adjourned, J E N NINGS DOW and JACK T E N EYCK popped in for a moment.

Those present were: Daggett, Mullinnix, Wooldridge, Hobbs, De Weese, Sabalot, Page, Wap Martin, Bryan, Pearson, Nibecker, Robbins, Crowe, Kelty, Cope, Momsen, Fred Cunningham, Wachtler, Hitchcock, Osborn, Mead, Keyhoe, Fahrney, Swanson, Webb, Christmas, Maxwell, Browder, Lyon, Hague, Tomlinson, Holsinger, Combs, Couble, and Robinson.

SABBY SAB.\LOT, Chairman of the Annapolis committee preparing for our 40th Reunion, presented a splendid report on the plans to date. Perhaps all hands will have received a letter about it from him by the time you read this.

The time is the weekend 8-10 May 1959 in Annapolis. There will be parties Friday, Saturday and Sunday and, in addition, a schedule of other events on Saturday, and, of course. Chapel on Sunday. Costs will be arranged by the day so those who do not wish to participate every day will be charged only for the days they come.

From indications of intent so far received by the Committee it appears that we should have over 250 (classmates and wives and class widows) present during this reunion period so it should be a gala occasion. Any who have not planned on being with us please reconsider and see if you, too, cannot make it. The welcome mat is out.

ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Crowther, Frederick, Md., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Robbins Crowther, to Mr. Rodger Pirnie Doyle, son of R. Adm. A U S T I N K E V I N DOYLE, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Doyle, Pensacola, Fla. Miss Crowther graduated from Hollins College. Her fiance is an alumnus of Washington & Lee and a member of Delta Tau Delta.

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Sec'y, Mr. Homer Eimers 930 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

Our peripatetic R O S E Y F I T C H and his well-named "Rambler" (BOB W A L D R O N of American Motors please note) rolled into Crabtown recently from Seattle and way ports such as Palo .A.lto (where Rosey say the C H A L L E N G E R S , T A L B O T S and I H R I G S ) and Atlanta where he visited W I N and Dorothy BROOKS. He reports all mentioned as being well and busy.

Whether his next address will be Fairbanks, Alaska, or Key West, Fla., I don't know but it was good to see him—one of our youngest-looking members and still living up to his nickname.

BERT G R I F F I T H S writes that Lillian GRAHAM, J I M M I E ' s widow, died on 20 October in Hollywood, Calif., where she had long made her home. Bert and S T E V E PACE attended the services in the same St. Ambrose Church where a rosary was said for Jimmy on Easter Sunday 1948.

The Grahams had no children.

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WILLIAM IRVING LEAHY R. Adm. W I L L I A M I. LEAHY, U S N (Ret.), died 8 November at his home in the Parkside Apts., 10421 Montrose Ave., Bethesda.

Upon his retirement after serving as a member of the Navy Examining Board in the Pentagon, he obtained his law degree at the Georgetown University Law School, and his Master's degree at Georgetown.

In addition to his wife, Katharine Appier, he is survived by a son. Navy Capt. Harold G. Leahy '41, on duty at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I.; two grandchildren; his father, Thomas J. Leahy, Sr., Hartford, and a brother, Thomas J. Leahy, Jr., New York City.

AROUND SAN FRANCISCO BAY C H A R L I E ROLAND and his wife Tram returned from the Orient just in time for him to go back to his teaching job with San Francisco's City College. KIRBY S M I T H is teaching at Menlo Park.

On 24 October GEORGE RUSSELL, the District Commandant, held a briefing for retired officers that brought out some of the class. Among those were: A. G. Cook, Wyatt Craig, R. K. Davis, D. L. Erwin, P. G. Nichols, Frank Talbot, C. van Deurs, Georgie Cohan, Johnny Madden, Fish Ramsey, Piggy Schv^ien, Darrel Hoover, and Charlie Roland. Several others had accepted the invitation but were not noted around the coffee urn when the lights went up.

L O W D E N J E S S U P and S T E R L I N G CLOUGHLY are both out of Letterman Hospital and convalescing at home.

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Some of the 60 members of the class in this area have proposed a monthly class luncheon in the city, or at Treasure Island.

Another idea has been that a class gettogether be held once a quarter just before the local alumni's stag dinner. C. VAN D E U R S , at 312 Golden Gate Ave. in Belvedere, will collect and correlate any opinions on these ideas that classmates care to advance. If there is enough unanimity of thought, he will try to put the show on the road.

The October luncheon meeting at the Army-Navy Club in Washington had in attendance the following 34 classmates: Country Moore, Cat Brown, Eddie Ewen, Joe Bolger, Frank McKenna, Floyd Ferris, Charles Smith, Ralph McShane, Wayne McDowell, Jim Costello, Red Jamison, Luther Brown, Ralph Hunt, Homer Eimers, Herb Tellman, Don Smith, Happy Bowman, Ed Fullinwider, Johnnie Pixton, Don Giles, Tommie Wattles, Jim Dudley, Jim Hamilton, Charlie Booth, Allen Cook, Stew Purvis, John Waters, Blackie Loker, Howard McCollum, Nemo Gaines, Oliver Billingsley, Ozzie Colclough, and Harold Houser.

R E D J A M I S O N r e p o r t s on t h e SWIGARTs up at Penn State where Swig is well into his 5th year as a professor in thermodynamics. Swig's oldest son, a Captain, USMC, is on duty in Baltimore. He wears four rows of ribbons. Their other son, now a 2nd Lt., USMC, is a student at the Basic School in Quantico.

Adm. C H A R L E S R. (CAT) BROWN who has iust returned from the Mediterranean and made his 4th star is much in demand as a speaker. He recently spoke before the National Press Club, the Navy Relief Society and the Navy Officers' Wives Club here in Washington and before the Chamber of Commerce at Tuscaloosa, Ala., which is his home town. H O M E R E I M E R S made this trip to Alabama with Cat and Mrs. Brown, the highlight of which was attendance at the homecoming of the prep school at Marion, Ala.

Announcement has been received of the wedding of Mrs. William Edward SULLIVAN and R. Adm. H A R O L D AVERY CARLISLE on Sunday, 2 November 1958.

They will be at home after the first of December, 319 W. 39th Ave., San Mateo, Calif.

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Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey Golden Propeller Farm, Rt. 2, Box 146 Mercersburg, Pa.

WALTER AUGUSTUS METCALF It is with deep regret that we report the death of W A L T E R A. METCALF. Walter, who had been vice president of Stop T H E TREASURER'S REPORT and Shop Inc. since 1953, died following a $134.07 heart attack at his home, 231 South Main Balance on hand 9/23/58 St., Cohasset, Mass., on 8 July.

Lunch receipts 10/24/58 57.25 He is survived by his widow, Edith, and Total $191.32 a son, Robert, an Army second lieutenant stationed at Fort Dix, N. J. Expenditures: Administrative $ 4.38 Lunch 10/24/58 35.80 40.18 FELICITATIONS R. Adm. and Mrs. W I L L I A M V. Balance on hand 10/24/58. . . . $151.14 SAUNDERS, USN ( R e t ) , have anE. E. SPRUNG, Sec. nounced the marriage of their daughter, Constance Elizabeth, to Mr. Phillip RichAs an aftermath of our 35th reunion all ard Troullos. The wedding took place 27 September 1958 in the First Presbyterian members who were entitled to the class Church, New Brunswick, N. J. The couple lighter should have received theirs by now.

Copies of the class picture are still obtainwill make their home in Trenton, N. J. able. Many letters of appreciation on the reunion have been received. Our one hunCONGRATULATIONS ALVAN F I S H E R has been selected for dred dollars have been funneled into the promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral in class fund by the reunion committee. the Naval Reserve. As Al has been active H A R R Y C H A S E was in Annapolis the in the Reserve continuously since 1922, this other day from the West Coast and says hello to everybody. is a most heartening reward.

Plainly visible in the stands at the Notre As Al Jr. is now a Lieutenant (jg) in the USS HARVESON, it might be said that there Dame game were Pete Haas, Red Roberts, are two IJ/2 stripers in the Fisher family G. La Rue Burt, Frank Regler, Art Ageton, Lamson Scribner, Shoup Waldhauser and now.

Beaumont, with a few possibly missed in Mostus of the bestus, the excitement.

ABE CHARLES D . BEAUMONT

The following attended the Class of '22 monthly luncheon at the Army-Navy Club, Washington, D. C , on 14 October 1958: Jarrett, Thompson, Shears, Bibby, Dunkelbeger, Johnson, J. N. Jones, W. Glenn, Pratt, Whitgrove, Lott, McCracken, Clark, S. R. Clay, Jennings, Miles, Coleman, Malstrom and Brice.

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Sec'y, Capt. Claude H. Bennett, Jr., U S N (Ret.) 732 Spring Lane, Philadelphia 28, Pa.

We are sorry to report the death of Lt.(jg) Fred Shaw Ageton, USNR, brother of R. Adm. A R T H U R A. AGETON, USN '23 (Ret.). Interment was in Arlington Cemetery.

B.N.B.

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SOJOURN I N SUNNY BERMUDA— Summer lingers on through the fall in the mid-Atlantic resort islands of Bermuda.

Enjoying the sunshine and balmy weather are Capt. and Mrs. C. F. M. S. Quinby, '21, USN (Ret.), of The Orchard, Kittery Point, Maine, who are holidaying at Cambridge Beaches, a cottage colony in Somerset.

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The regular luncheon was held on 24 October. The following attended: Barrett, Beaumont, Coe, Cofer, Curry, Daisley, Davidson, Edwards, Grosvenor, Huebl, Leavitt, Lewis, Morrison, Sprung, Stimson, Will, Shea, and Tom Kelly from New York.

There was but a small amount of business brought up. Progress was reported on the program for memorial chair dedications for our dead classmates. The Committee of Daisley, Sprung, and Edwards now have a list of all deceased members, with notation of those who now have a chair already dedicated to them by someone, family, friends, or whatnot. A further report on progress will be given in coming communiques.

WASHINGTON ENVIRONS CHAPTER Please send your cards in early for the class luncheons. Here I might take a moment to stress the importance of these cards. We must give the A-N Club a guaranteed attendance figure, within about a 5% margin, which means about one person.

Last month we had about three that turned in a "Yes" card and then did not show up.

Fortunately, we had the same number show up that had not given a card, so in this case we were OK with the club guarantee.

But we can't always count on this happening. So get your card in as early as you can, with a "yes" or "no." Then if your plans change, and you don't figure you can attend as shown on the card, give me a call, so we can protect ourselves with the club.

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Sec'y, Mr. Paul W. Siegrist c/o Standard & Poor's, 345 Hudson St. New York 14, N . Y.

Writing from "the Armory" at Carmel, Calif., H A L ARMOR says, "We miss the autumn leaves of the East, but when snow flies we're happy iu California. I see BUD YEOMANS at his P.G. School, BOB BARE at church, AL CALVERT and CY CUTLER at Monterey Peninsula College, F R A N K M A C D O N A L D in Carmel Valley, John Chitwood ('25) at Kiwanis lunch, F R A N K GARDNER at Pebble Beach.

BILL COCHRAN sent me 4 logs from Formosa; life-size Moses head of his blackbark oak almost completed. Ran into animals in it, but couldn't tell whether they had slant eyes. Committed fumicide 1 Will try to write article for Shipmate on woodcarving.

Would Hke to hear from '24 Freemasons. . . . No work here this a.m.; watching World Serious. Gene and Hal send best to all hands." (Won't everyone agree that it reads just like the Armor of the early twenties?)

A L KROOK has returned to New York, he and Sarah having taken an apartment at 485 Lexington Ave. Al continues as VicePresident of Bechtel Corporation, now in charge of their activities in the New York area. Their daughter Betsey is married, while son Tom is at Washington and Lee. Lillian and BOYD W I L S O N are on a six-week vacation and business trip to California and Hawaii.

SHIPMATE

Our next New York lunch meeting will be held on Monday, 26 January 1959 (because 24 is a Saturday) at 4 West 43d St. At our 24 October meeting, D I N T Y F R A N C I S led a discussion and evaluation of various naval command problems of today, others present being Caples, Cullen, Day, Graesser, Horsch, Lynch, Mellon, Mills and Siegrist At the October meeting of the Naval Academy Assn. of New York, we had present just enough for a round of bridge, with Barnes, Darlington, Huckins and Singer hearing instead a good speech b\ guest Fred Warder '25, ComSubLant.

"House finished . . . fun to Hve in . . . overlooks Pacific Ocean," tersely writes C R U T C H A D A I R when asked about that house he started to build, all alone, some years back. Crutch is very busy these days with astronomy, his hobby for 26 years. He gives all the programs in the Santa Barbara planetarium, rated "most beautiful in the country." He teaches practical astronomy at Westmont College and Adult Education astronomy at night in Santa Barbara. And, on the side, he manufactures telescopes of various sizes. Altogether, it sounds Hke Crutch is busy, and having fun.

From recent orders we note W A L L Y P E T E R S E N (RADM U S N ) has gone to Lisbon, Portugal, as Chief MAAG. We've also read of BOB G O L D T H W A I T E (VADM U S N ) and J O E D A N I E L (RADM U S N ) and their wives being included in the V I P ' s who were royally entertained by the Brunswick-Glynn County (Georgia) Navy League Council. No orders, but a published picture of J O E H E R L I H Y (RADM U S N ) accepting membership in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce; and a highly complimentary sketch-biography of C O U N T A U S T I N (VADM U S N ) . And E P H McLEAN (RADM U S N ) continues as one of our "most photographed" : we see him at the Columbus Day banquet of the Order of Sons of Italy in Philadelphia, where he was cited for "public service and service to country." Also accompanying the U. S. Ambassador to Spain as the latter made the Navy Day address at Philadelphia. Eph's son, Ephraim R. McLean, 3d, a Cornell University associate, won a $1,000 Award in the Engineering Undergraduate Design Program, for a ioint paper on a design for an automatic welding machine.

W I T H THE SIXTH FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN—Ranking civil and religious leaders visit the flagship USS NEWPORT NEWS in the harbor of Rhodes, Greece. Front row (left to right) Cdr. Geladakus, RHN, Captain of the Port of Rhodes; Dr. Petridis, Mayor of Rhodes; His Eminence Spiridon, Bishop of Rhodes; R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks, USN, Commander Cruiser Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, '25; and Mr. E. Vondas, Dirertor of Prefecture of Rhodes. Second row (left to right) Capt. Andrew J. Hill, Jr., USN, Commanding USS NEWPORT NEWS, '31; Capt. C. O. Cook, USN, Commander Destroyer Squadron 14, '31; Capt. G. Scull, U. S. Naval Attache to Athens, '30; Capt. B. N. Strean, USN, Commanding USS RANDOLPH '33; Capt. N. Almgren, USN, Commander Destroyer Division 142, '39; and Cdr. G. W. Stedman, USCG, Commanding USCGC COURIER. Hunt Club and at the Bachelors Cotillon.

She is a member of the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club and the Junior League. Mr. Steward was graduated from Groton School and from Harvard University, where he was a member of the Hasty Pudding and D. U. Clubs. The wedding is planned for late January.

Capt Jack Eryl Townsend, USMC, and Mrs. Townsend, Fort Bliss, Tex., have announced the birth of their fifth child and fourth son, Andrew William Sicard, on 4 November. Maternal grandparents are Mrs. Hubert M. Hayter and the late Commodore HAYTER. Capt. A R T H U R M. T O W N S E N D , USN ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Townsend, Jackson, Mich., are the paternal grandparents.

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Sec'y, R. Adm. Stirling P. Smith. U S N (Ret.) c / o Emhart Mfg. Co., Rm. 615, Investment Bldg.

1511 K St., N.W., Washington 5, D. C.

STADIUM FUND NOTES The following deceased graduates of 1925 will have their memory perpetuated by Memorial Chairs in the new Stadium: C. H. Anderson, A. C. Behan, J. D. Blanchard, J. S. Blue, E. V. Brant, E. C. Buerkle, P. M. Clark, P. D. Compton, E. D. Crowley, J. P. deShazo; E. H. Edmundson, A. D. J. Farrell, R. H. Gingras, W. W. Graham, R. A. Guthrie, W. E. Hank, J. R. Hanna, A. Hede, A. E. Harris, H. E. Hubbard, D. A. Hurt, J. B. Jordan, C. K. Lankford, G. A. Leahey, T. Lester, J. H. Lewis, P. G. Locke, J. W. Ludewig, H. V. B. Madsen, H. McNulta, J. J. McShane, C. F. Miller, H. F. Miller, John M. Miller, J. K. Morrison, E. G. ENGAGEMENT Muth, W. A. New, E. P. Newton, F. D. R. Adm. F R E D E R I C K J A C K S O N Owers, H. C. Pound, G. B. Rainer, I. S. K. BELL, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Bell, Ow- Reeves, J. D. Reppy, J. M. Scott, D. E. ings Mills, Md., have announced the engage- Smith, J. S. Smith, J. D. Taylor III, A. B. ment of their daughter. Miss Barbara Thompson, C. E. Tolman, E. J. Trumble, Fairfax Glidden Bell, to Mr. Campbell F. J. Uhlig, R. G. Voge, H. Wagner, H. T. Steward, son of Mr. Gilbert L. Steward, Waters, A. W. Wheelock, K. Williams, Topsfield, Mass., and the late Mrs. Anne and F. B. Wright, a total of 57.

Ayer Steward. Miss Bell is a graduate of Garrison Forest School, Briarcliff Junior Next month we will furnish a list of the College and Sarah Lawrence College. She remaining deceased graduates of the class was presented to society at a reception given for whom no chairs have, as yet, been by her parents at the Green Spring Valley designated.

THIRTY-FIFTH REUNION Advance dope for planning purposes. The weekend of 1-3 May has been reserved with the Chief of Stafif at the Academy for our thirty-fifth reunion. Class of 1920 has reserved the weekend of 8-10 May for its fortieth and we do not want to take the chance of being ranked out of the 15-17 May weekend by a class having its twentyfifth, fiftieth, etc.

E L I J A H W. I R I S H (RADM U S N R E T ) '24, reports that his new address is as follows: 10899 Villiage Green, Seminole Lake Village, Largo, Fla.

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J O E N E V I N S has departed the Washington scene and is now a member of the faculty of Villanova University, teaching Political Science. His new home address is Apt. 2-B, St. Albans Apts., 101 Valley Rd., Ardmore, Pa. Good luck in the Academic World, Joe! As we have mentioned recently, BILL GOULETT, as the Vice President of AFCEA, has been traveling considerably and has furnished us information (for which we are most grateful) as follows: LIN H O W E T H is living in Brandon, V t (complete address), where, between trips to Washington, he is working on a Comprehensive History of Naval Communications: D E L B E R T ( R O S I E ) ROSS may be the holder of a travel record himself, having, since 1928, been commuting between his home at 102 Riverdale Ave., Neptune City, N. J., and his Guardian Life Insurance Company office in Manhattan; C L I F F (MAC) M c A U L I F F E has made a great comeback in health following a heart attack in December, 1955, and is in the real estate business in San Pedro, Calif., where he lives at 902 Ellery Dr. Daughter Terry is married and has made Mac a twice-blessed grandpop, and son, John H., is a Lieutenant aboard the

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V. Adm. ( N A P P Y ) K I V E T T E , in sending along the completion of his Stadium fund pledge (thanks. Nappy), says that he finds his job as Commander, Seventh Fleet, a "most satisfying" one. I guess "satisfying" Chiang, and Mao, the "home folks," and anyone else you would care to mention, is Q U I T E a job, at that!

W A L T E R ( H E N R Y ) FORD has recently returned from a trip to Europe and reports having seen, during one day at the Brussels Fair, two fellow Annapolitans.

VITAL STATISTICS SOS Much research seems to have resulted in determining the "dead or alive" status of all 1925 graduates except one — R A L P H KIMZEY. Class records carry him as "deceased," whereas rumors persist that he lives and breathes. Any information, pro or con, would be appreciated.

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Sept. 1958. He was buried on 26 Sept 1958 in Monkton, Maryland. Whitie was a Patent Attorney with Bendix Radio.

On Thursday, 6 November in New York City, H E N R Y ( H A N K ) B. TALIAFERRO died of a coronary attack. He was buried on the 8th of Nov., also in New York City. Hank had been with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation for years. Recently, liowever, he had taken a job with the State of New York Power Commission. Hank and Dorothy attended the Thirtieth Reunion as a last appearance with members of the class.

Capt. R. C. Lynch, Jr., USN '29, Commander, Naval Training Center, and Capt. R. E. Dornin, USN '35, Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Command, Naval Training Center, witness the "Pass in Review" of three thousand recruits on 10 October 1958 at the weekly Brigade Review. Admiral of The Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, accepted the salute of the Recruit Brigade as they passed in review. month on the Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday nearest, or on, the 25th, at the Army and Navy (Town) Club. The exception (there's always one, of course), in December we join with USMA 1925 on Thursday, 4 December, at the Army-Navy Country Club. This follows our annual custom of getting together on our date in November (the 25th) and their date (first Thursday) in December, on the latter occasion to settle the Army game "pool" guesses made at the former. In the last two years, incidentally, J I M M I E CASH has had one 100% win and one 50% win. (Although we have questioned his amateur status, we have not yet revoked it.) Any Virould-be participants for December please let your secretary know.

Corp. He will be active in the fields of personnel, proposals and liaison with the military services, and will be Director of Value Engineering. The Stillmans are still residing at 9 Stoneleigh Park in Westfield, N. J.

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Washington 25, D. C.

PAUL EDWARD KERST HENRY BECKWITH TALIAFERRO The class lost two of its fine members in the very recent past. P. E. ( W H I T I E ) K E R S T died in Towson, Maryland, on 22

On a happier note, twenty members of the class convened for luncheon in midOctober at the Naval Gun Factory. At this very pleasant affair tales of classmates seen and heard from regaled us for almost two hours. Present from Cleveland, where he is completely retired, was CHI(ZK RENARD. Others present included BOKER B A T T E R T O N , a fugitive from Bethesda, where he escaped surgery and from which he is heading for San Diego.

Washington standbys included : John Quinn, Owsley Stanley, George Collins, Swede Norgaard, Doc Ballance, John Urquhart, Petie Anderson, Jimmy James, Earl Logsdon, Zeke Peden, Tom Roberts, Guy Stringer, and Bob Archer. Bob, incidentally, is opening up a Washington Gas Light Club and he will be Chief Saloon Keeper.

The Club is directly across from the Statler Hotel and welcomes your business. The question of free drinks for classmates remained unsettled after the meeting.

Touring the country in a handsome trailer are GEORGE and Gretta FRITSCHMANN. They started from Long Beach in June of this year and arrived in Washington around the first of November, having travelled up the Pacific Coast to Canada, through the Canadian Rockies and on to Washington via Chicago and many other places. They will be heading for Florida in a few weeks to remain for roughly three months; thence back to San Diego. George recommends trailer travel. He says it's not

As mentioned recently here, BILL K I R T E N is living in Mexico City. More detailed info now available indicates that he and his partner (Kirten y Purvis, S.A. de C.V.) conduct "the only Abercrombie and Fitch type of operation in Mexico." He says he can arrange almost any kind of hunting or fishing trip desired "from luxurious fishing in Acapulco or Mazatlan to isolated and better fishing in the rivers of Tobasco and Chiapas" (including visits to the uncovered ruins of the cities of Yachilan and Bonampak). Bill adds, "We can give you bird shooting in Yucatan, quail or dove or ducks" and that "In these jungle rivers you get big tarpon and big snook, catfish, two or three kinds of bass—plus deer, wild pig, pheasant, some wild turkey, wild chicken, considerable ducks and an occasional tapir or jaguar." As an aside, a review of the Silver Quiver (1950) shows that Bill's write-up contains the follov/ing comment: "He reports his hobbies as hunting and fishing." Good luck. Bill.

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Members of the Class of 1929 and their wives in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area on 25 October gathered for a dinner dance at Allen Center, Los Angeles Naval Base. Front Row (1 to r): Fran Hutchins, Dottie Garland, Jimmy Hezlep, Melva Teague. Middle (1 to r): Mary Baird, Lisa Loomis, Deloras Clark, Anne Davidson, Marion Mclntyre, Lee Mclntyre. Standing (1 to r): Al Loomis, Bob Clark, Savvy Baird, Joe Garland, Ruth Hezlep, Johnny Davidson, Ed Hutchins, Woodie Teague, Pat Patrick and Charlotte Patrick.

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at all like Lucille Ball depicted it in the "Long Long Trailer."

P H I L GALLERY was in town at Bethesda for an operation on his hand last week. All turned out well.

T O M and Tish J O N E S are travelling in Europe just for kicks. Wil! be back in Washington soon.

been engaged on the night of Friday, 5 December. Notices have been sent out, and if our address list has not reached all in the Washington area, please notify OSCAR HAGBERG. Class of 1931 wives had a luncheon at the Patton Hall, Fort Myer, on 5 November.

Mrs. F R E D E R I C K L. W I E S E M A N , one of our gracious USMC wives, headed the committee.

We have just received the sad news of the 1929 • imtimely death in an airplane crash of Lt. Sec.-Treas.. Capt. E . A. Junghans Gregory Dean Black, U S N '55, son of Industrial College of the Armed Forces Capt. J. DEAN BLACK, on 1 November, Fort McNair. Washington 25, D . C. near Jacksonville. Burial was in Arlington W A L L Y BAIRD resides in Santa Cemetery, 5 November. ^Monica where he is retained as an engiA letter from ED G. W I N T E R S '31 of neering consultant by McDonnell Aircraft Westhampton Beach, L. I., says in a postCorp. script that since the Twenty-fifth Class CLAUDE R I C K E T T S has checked in Anniversary Book was published, he has at the Pentagon for duty as Assistant acquired three more grandchildren, and Director, Strategic Plans. another is on the way.

JACK G A L B R A I T H recently arrived at After a towering climb into the upper the Gun Factory where he is on the staff stands to watch Notre Dame take all the of Potomac River Naval Command. marbles, we sighted Jack CheWj Floyd P E Y T O N A N D E R S O N , our esteemed Myhre, Al Sharpe and Bill (L. W.) Wilbattalion commander of plebe summer, who liams scattered among the sell-out crowd. resigned Second Class year, has favored us We wish that they could seat all our with a letter. He is publisher of the Alacon minions together at these games so we Telegraph and Macon Nezvs and for three could at least exchange greetings. The treyears has been a member of the Board of mendous losses of all the lettermen of last Visitors to the Naval Academy. These three year are beginning to confirm Coach Erdeyears have been especially fruitful ones in latz's estimate that '58 was a rebuilding improving the facilities of the Academy, year. the status of the civilian faculty members and the quality of the midshipmen entering.

Peyton, we happen to know, also con• tributed handsomely to the Memorial Sta- 1 9 3 2 dium Fund. We are happy and proud that Sec'y, Capt. J. R. Leeds, USN 5411 Kirkwood Dr., Washington 16, D. C. he identifies himself with '29 and that he maintains friendships with numerous class- Corr. Sec'y, R. Adm. W. J. Catlett, U S N (Ret.) White Post, Rt. I, Warrenton, Va. mates.

The Washington chapter contmues its monthly luncheons at Blackie's House of Beef, with an excellent and ever-growing turnout.

193 1 • Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E . Hagberg, U S N Congratulations are in order to Capt. and Room 4-B-545, Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. Mrs. R. H. BLAIR, whose home is 3 The Ocotber class luncheon, held on the Wilton Rd., Alexandria, Va. After these second Tuesday of the month as usual, at many years, the class was of the opinion the Naval Gun Factory Officers' Me:s was that "Sparky" would be a confirmed bachewell attended as twenty-six checked in. The lor ; however, in September 1958 he made Committee for the fall dinner party, consist- the momentous venture at Ensenada, CaHf. ing of DON W I L B E R , W I L L I E W I L - That leaves I K E C H A S E as the sole LIAMSON and NICK T R I P I , reported owner of the title, "The Bachelor of the that the Boiling .AF Base Otncers' Club had Class of '32."

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C U T T I N G THE CAKE—R. Adm. Elton W. Grenfell '26 (left) and William R. Smedberg III '26 (right) cut the traditional cake in honor of Navy Day at the commanding general's mess, 3d Marine Division, on October 27, as their host, Maj. Gen. David M. Shoup (far right), commanding general. Brig. Gen. Lewis C. Hudson '31 (far left) and R. Adm. H. Paul Weatherwax '31 (second left) look on.

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W I T H THE U. S. SIXTH FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN — Capt. Henry A. Renken, USN '31 (center), upon being relieved as Chief of Staff to R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks, USN '25 (left). Commander Cruiser Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, is presented a model of the Force flagship. Captain Renken was relieved in Genoa, Italy, on October 26, by Capt. Robert L. Taylor, USN '31. Prior to assuming his new duties as Chief of Stafif to Admiral Parks, Captain Taylor commanded the USS BOSTON, the world's first guided missile cruiser. Captain Renken's new assignment will take him to the Office of Chief of Naval Operations.

We are happy to have a good report from our West Coast members and I assume that JACK R O U D E B U S H is correspondent.

He reports as follows: "a) The belownamed wives got together for lunch at the Kina Kai Club on Shelter Island during September and, from what I can find out, had an enioyable time—Ruth Binns, Ann Born, Lydia Dale, Cinny Dennett, Louise Fleck, Jeannie Quirk, Billie Roudebush, Charlotte Spangler, Jean Tschirgi, and Kay Young; b) Not to be outdone, the next week saw the following members gathered at the N A S North Island Club for an exchange of tales, a few martinis and lunch: Whitey Baker, Jack Binns, Jack Chittenden, Wally Coleman, Mark Dennett, Bob Maulsby (en route to Japan), Andy Nisewanner, Jack Roudebush, Don Thomas, Harvey Tschirgi, Bob Young, and Moe Archer (down from Long Beach for the occasion).

Moe brought two guests from Allied Nations who were welcomed into the fold.

Capt. Jason Theofinides, Greek Navy, and Brig. Gen. Hu, Republic of China Army, both attending school at the Amphib Base, were soon telling bigger and better stories than their companions of U S N A '32; c ) I t is now apparent that groups (a) and (b) above (less the foreign members) will have to merge and put on a joint performance some time in the near future. Plans will be made for a dinner and dance some time in November or early December."

The secretary will be pleased to have similar information from class groups at Norfolk, Newport, Honolulu or wherever three or more meet.

The Washington chapter is scheduling its Christmas party as usual on 30 December.

For reservations call BUD LEEDS. J O H N N Y T H O M A S was recently retired.

Recent orders to the Washington scene: LOU BRYAN, BILL GROVERMAN, AL PARKER, D. I. T H O M A S and BUD WEEKS. The information printed on classmates in '32 during the past several months has been rather sketchy. We all Hke to know what the other fellows in the class are doing. I offer the following: GEORGE K E H L 33

and I are on the staff of ComOne. He has Operations and I have Naval Reserve (DICK H A R W O O D has my job in 8ND and H A L K N O E R T Z E R has it in 13ND).

BROOKS H A R R A L is Administrative Officer at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Saw him and BOB E V A N S recently at a submarine launching. BERNY F R E U N D is CO at NAD, Hingham. C H A R L I E L Y O N S is Professor of Naval Science at Brown. At the Naval Reserve Association Convention at Fort Wayne in October I talked to JACK L E W I S who is doing a good administrative job for the organization. B A X T E R BILLINGSLEY, who is CO of a 9ND Naval Reserve Training Center, attended one day of the conference.

While on leave in Charleston in September I visited with H I N T O N O W E N S who is Shipyard Administrative Officer, and W. I. B U L L the Shipyard Commander. The weather in Charleston makes for relaxed living compared to the Boston area. I attended the change of command ceremony on the MACON on 29 October and saw BILL W I L E Y take over from H A R R Y HULL. (Congratulations to both for having a cruiser command.) HORACE R O U N D S is active in the Alumni Association in Boston and tells me that he and T E D H O D G K I N S recently enjoyed a trip on the NORTHAMPTON with L E W BRYAN.

Class of '34 Oyster Bowl Harllee, Bob Dixon,

luncheon. Officers' Club, Naval Station, Norfolk, the day before the Game. Left to right Jack Howard, George Pittard, Bob Lee, John Risser, Hugh Lewis, Clyde van Arsdall, Bill Martin, Bill Walker, Dunk Doug Fuller, Sid Merrill, Bob Wheeler, Jim Craft, Bill Hastings.

son. Earl Logsdon, Bruce McNaughton, Bob Menges, Sid Merrill, Dave Miller, Mike Mumma, Reg Rutherford, "JV" Smith, Roy Smith, and Ben Walkup. They all rallied before the game at the Dearborn Inn (less the Menges) with their wives for a pre-game celebration.

25TH REUNION BULLETIN # I "JV" S M I T H is requesting that Hubbard Hall (the boathouse) be reserved for the Class of 1934 dinner-dance Saturday after the Homecoming game 1959. The Naval Academy Officers' Club will handle all arrangements so any of you that have special ideas or suggestions please, repeat, please, let's hear from you.

Did you notice in the October issue of Shipmate that our P O P GUNN had the distinction of becoming the Ten Grand Man (10,000 member) on the list when he was signed up as a Life Member.

H U G H KNERR's address is : St. Albans Hospital, Naval Hospital AD5, S t Albans, Long Island 12, N. Y.

The Thirty-four Wives (Washington area) had a luncheon at the Bethesda Commissioned Officers' Mess 15 October. Barbara Greer and Helen Cole were officiating.

The regular monthly class luncheon was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer on 16 October. Let's do better with your reservations.

GEORGE P. ROGERS The "no-shows" run up the cost of the lunch. Luckily we had several show up that had not made reservations. It was good to see A R T GRALLA and ED FAHY, new1934 • comers to the Washington scene. N E I L ENGAGEMENT KINGSLEY was present, on a visit—• Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR Capt. and Mrs. R O B E R T E. BOURKE, 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, Md. official. GORDON MERRICK arrived late USN, of Arlington, Va., announce the enbut he made it in time for lunch.

THIRTY-FOUR ROUNDUPS gagement of their daughter, Frances Helen DICK S H E P A R D recently reported to Eleanor Shepard, Mildred Gralla, Ceil (Bunky), to Lt.(jg) John Rogers Firth, the Washington area and advised your re- Fahy and Etna Cook were commandeered son of R. Adm. and Mrs. Francis J. Firth, porter of an unplanned reunion at the as a committee to organize a party. In less USN (Ret.) '21, also of Arlington.

LYLE S T R I C K L E R S in San Clemente, than two weeks' time their mission was Miss Bourke will receive her A.B. degree Calif., on I August. This included DON accomplished and the Class of '34 will have and Winifred N I E N S T E D T , BUTCH and a dinner at the Bethesda Commissioned in June from Mary Washington College of Dottie ROBBINS, DICK and Eleanor, and Officers' Mess on 5 December. Local the University of Virginia at Fredericksburg. Lieutenant Firth is a graduate of the LYLE and Marion. areaites will have received individual notices Yale School of Engineering and is at presThe Michigan Game in Ann Arbor prior to reading this notice in Shipmate. ent attending the U S N Submarine School brought out a fine representation of the Any visiting firemen who may be in the at New London, Conn.

Class of 1934: Ike Hampton, Frank John- area are cordially invited to join up.

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Impromptu '34 reunion at the Stricklers, 1 August 1958, San Clemente, Calif. Don and Winifred Neinstedt, Butch and Dottie Robbins, Dick and Eleanor Shepard, Lyle and Marian Strickler.

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The '35 wives of the Greater Washington and Annapolis area met for their first luncheon of the 1958-1959 season on 14 October at the Army-Navy Country Club.

Present were the Mesdames Austin, McElroy, Atkins, D. L. Moody, Barleon, Neyman, Bentley, Nibbs, Detweiler, Paddock, Dodge, E. B. Parker, Finnigan, Plichta, Gaylor, Ruehlow, Sanger, Gambacorta, Schacht, Gage, R.E.M. Ward, Keithley, Westin, Lee and Winters. The next luncheon of the series is scheduled for late January 1959. Those out-of-towners who might be in the Capital area and interested in attending can obtain details from Dorrie Barleon, 523 Waterway Dr., Falls Church, or Janey Finnigan, 3654 Upton St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Still another application has been received by the Council for information which would lead to the award of a Class of '35 Memorial Scholarship loan to a deserving daughter of one of our classmates. It is suggested that you '35ers plan ahead for your children's education, and if you need financial assistance, consider your own Memorial Fund established for this purpose. At the same time, in order to help yourself, as well as others in the class, don't forget to contribute now to that Fund. After all, you will get it back later and it will have done a lot of good!

J. S. BARLEON, JR. SHIPMATE

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Sec'y, Cdr. Lloyd G. Benson, U S N R Office of Naval Material, Room 2007 MN Washington 25, D . C. Corr. Sec'y. Capt. W m . A. Ellis, U S N 1013 Downing St., Rt. 4, Box 575C Annandale. V a . P h o n e : CL 6-0159

If there doesn't appear to be much of interest in this month's column it is because I lack news from you guys and dolls of '36 and because I haven't quite recovered from the shock of the Notre Dame score. Oh well, by the time you read this I'm confident I'll be drying my tears and lustily singing "When we come to the end of a Navy Day and Army is beaten once more!" So here goes.

On 20 October your Executive Council held its annual meeting at the Army-Navy Town Club for the purpose of nominating the 1959 officers. It was no easy task this year, and after much debate and scratching for available candidates, it was agreed to present a single slate due to the scarcity of classmates in the area—and most of those with heavy j ob commitments or short tenure in present duty assignments. 'Twas a good idea, and in spite of the usual number of write-in votes for W. T. Door and Queeg, the slate carried. Thus on 30 October fifteen stalwarts met at the Gun Factory for luncheon to make the election legal and indoctrinate the new officers into the furor of a '36 get-together—always small but never lacking in volume. Oh yes! The 1959 officers: President, H A N K A R N O L D ; Veep, DICK B R A D L E Y ; Sec-Treasurer, DICK R O T H W E L L ; Executive Council Members, P A R K E R FOLSOM and MAC BUTLER. Couple of new faces at the luncheon: ALEC T Y R E E , now at the Industrial College, and C L I N T McKELLER, now in BuOrd. It was good to see them both and to know they were here to rejoin the clan. Another new arrival is R E N F R O T U R N E R who has joined the deep thinkers of Op 60.

Ede had a wonderful letter from Ginny STARK reporting their arrival in Honolulu on the Lurline and their greeting in true island style. Remembering our arrival in '53 and knowing Ginny as we do, I can fully appreciate what she means when she says, "Beyond the Reef I can take, but when they come to There'll be no tears . . .—oh well, you know me!" Harry reported to CinCPacFlt Staff having turned the CALVERT over to W A L T P H A L E R .

DOC R A W L I N G S has been named Comptroller of the Genesys Corp., 10131 National Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Prior to this appointment he was Comptroller of the American Pipe and Construction Co. Best of luck. Doc, from all of us as you take up your new duties.

Ran into Gerry and P H I L S H E T E N H E L M at a recent cocktail party. Gerry looks fine after her long series of spinal operations. She, Phil and the family took off rather hurriedly last month for Puget Sound N S Y where Phil will assume his new duties.

Other recent duty changes, past or future, are: H U G H C A L D W E L L to Asst. Plans Officer, Joint Staff, ComAntiDefCom; BUZZ LAI S U R E to CinCNELM; J I M GRAY to CO SuRiBACHi; J A M I E S E M M E S to Sr. Member NavSublnsSurv Peari Harbor; S C R A P P Y C R A W F O R D to Chief of Staff and Aide and Operations Officer ComCruDiv 3 ; and yours truly to National Security Agency, Fort Geo. G. Meade, Md. DECEMBER,

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Corr. S e c , Lt. Cdr. J. P. M. Johnston, U S N (Ret.) 5439 41st St., N.W., Washington 15, D. C.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The tenth of October Bunny Shupper presided at the class luncheon with 25 other classmates present. Ibbey Rixey was up exclusive preparation for from Annapolis, Squire Pridmore, Fred Janney, Jimmy Denton, Dick Colbert, Jack WEST POINT ANNAPOLIS Obermeyer, Carl Hirschberger and Bones AIR FORCE ACADEMY Savage were seated one next to the other A highly successful school formerly located leading to Dave Dressendorfer who was in the District of Columbia. Now located on visiting from Dallas, Tex., where he is the a ranch overlooking Pacific Ocean. Moderate BuAer Representative CVA REMCO, so climate. 1 0 0 % supervision. Small classes. he put his address. Dave did give the home Summer school. Pre-WW2 rates. address as 3921 Caruth Blvd., DaHas 25, Tex. HOMER B. MILURD The rest of those present were from the Box N, Langlois, Oregon Washington area: T. Mac Adams, Larry Brantley, Gene Rankin, Sid Freedman, John Johnston, Pat Patriarca, Rollo Ross, Hank Burfiend, Skeet Gardes, Swede Hanson, Art Fisher, Bucky Walsh (first time in long time to attend — welcome), Jerry Hughes, Dick Ball and Jack Carroll.

Well, that's all folks. 'Tain't no more.

On Friday, 7 November, the Naval OffiHow about dropping me a line once in a while? In case you don't hear from me, A cers' Wives Club entrained for New York MERRY C H R I S T M A S TO YOU A L L ! ! to visit the United Nations. The group was met at noon by Col. A. J. Stuart of the BILL ELLIS U. S. Military Mission to the U.N. J O H N DYSON writes a note to say that he is now retired and will be somewhat of a transient for the time being. He gives as his address for the mailing of his copies of the Twenty Year Fix, c/o Mrs. Esther Denforfer, Corn Products Company, 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. Incidentally, the 20-year books are to be ready mid-November according to the printer.

BOB F A R R I N G T O N sent his regards to the class in D. C. via B U N N Y S H U P P E R who saw him on a trip to the West Coast. Bob is with the AirPac Staff (training) at Oakland, Calif. He is a weekend commuter to San Diego where his family has their residence.

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NORFOLK NEWS Jean and GRANT H E S T O N and I drove to Norfolk and spent the Oyster Bowl weekend with the WELLSes. BILL S P E A R S had been up in Washington getting briefed for his new job as Naval Attache to the Hague, so drove down with us as the airlines were on strike. The festivities started off Friday with a cocktail buffet at the Armed Forces Staff College attended by the Don Browns, Calhouns, Coopers, Daltons, Dehoritys, Delaureals, Eubanks, Haddocks, Harts, Hartigans, Huffs, Art Johnsons, Josephsons, Lauermans, McNitts, Norrises, Palmers, Pughs, Raymers, Refos, Bob Rynd, Spears, Smales, St. Johns, Suddaths, Waters and Muriel Wells. H E Y D O N had to go to sea again, and I was the lucky fellow to escort Muriel.

JACK RAYMER was in charge and Anne Capt. Bill Lederer, USN, leaves CinCPac E U B A N K S , Jean J O H N S O N headed up Headquarters for voluntary retirement the girls' group who prepared and served from the U. S. Navy. As an expert on about the most delicious buffet I have ever trends in Asia, he has been on CinCPac eaten at a '38 cocktail party. Not only are staff for seven years under Admirals these Norfolk gals beautiful but they can Radford, Stump, and Felt. As he leaves cook too. the headquarters for the last time as an The Navy team let us down on Saturday active Naval Officer, he is carrying away with him the tools of his trade: a camera, but we had a chance to see the LOREN a typewriter, a giant coffee cup, and his JOHNSONS and JACK H I L T O N s who pipe. Lederer, 46, will reside in Honolulu had also come down from Washington. where he will be the Far East Editorial Jack is going to school preparatory to his new assignment to the Naval Mission in Representative of the Reader's Digest.

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Brazil. ANDY P R O U T , the W H A L E N s , ing in Annapolis. F R A N K J O N E S is also GRELLs and MORGANs were new faces coming back to BuShips from his present at the game from Norfolk and the duty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

FARMERS came down from Yorktown. JIMMY MARKS, who is on CinCNELM The W E I L E R s were unable to attend the Staff in London was back in Washington festivities as Marianna was recovering from for a visit and stayed with S U P E R F I N E s . a serious operation. H A N K sends me the A recent check with BuPers on retiremonthly Norfolk news and I am glad to report that he says Marianna is well on the ments shows that HAM H A U C K retired on I October to work for the Fairchild road to recovery.

Engine and Airplane Corporation. BILL C H A R L I E and Bobby N O R R I S gave BUSH and BOB B Y W A T E R also retired a wonderful cocktail party after the game on 1 October. F R A N K E L retired on 1 in their new home in honor of BILL and November to work for Aerojet Corp. in Marie S P E A R S . There have been many Sacramento, Calif. ANDY P R O U T plans parties occasioned by the departure of the to retire on 1 January and expects to live Spears and the Norfolk group will surely in Columbus, Ohio. I know I speak for the miss them. At this writing they are spend- class in wishing each of you the very best ing a few days in Washington giving us a of success, happiness and (jodspeed. chance to wish them bon voyage, too.

Merry Christmas, JACK BOGLEY The Oyster Bowl weekend is becoming an annual event for us thirty-eighters. LES E U B A N K S , who heads the Norfolk group, • did a wonderful job this year. Those of you 1 9 3 9 who have not tasted this wonderful hosCorr. Sec'y. Capt. R. C. Benitez, U S N 2313 N. Stuart St., Arlington. Va. pitality should plan not to miss next year.

In the meantime, thanks and congratulations SHORE BREEZES to the Norfolk group on a real wonderful BY RALPH BENITEZ weekend.

Washington deferred to Norfolk in October. The big activity took place there in MEMORIAL STADIUM connection with the Oyster Bowl game and In the October issue I gave a Hst of our smart classmates had the party "before" classmates who have had chairs designated the game. Consequently, there was nothing in their honor. Like a good sailor I simply to be sad about and reports have it that a printed the Hst that was furnished me by very fine time was had by all who attended. the good old USNA. I am very happy to These generalities are forced on me. I report that a nice letter from LARRY know a party was held; that a large P I E R C E brought the news that he was group that attended; and that it was fun, but very much alive and on duty at the don't ask who was there for my correNaval Air Station Pensacola. Looking over spondents me choose not to be heard. Of course, the list again I can see that the names can this not as bad as last month's difficulty be either the donor or the honoree. Larry whenis the September article was lost en says the chair was for his father who route to AnnapoHs. enHsted in the Navy during the SpanishAmerican War and served on the gunboat Don't give up the pen, Ralph. You have ERIE in the battle of Santiago. He was only just begun to write. in a short time as the war was very short, The return of the class votes is doing but he attained such a high regard for naval officers that it prompted him to send just lousy. After an initial flurry it has two sons to the Naval Academy from slowed down to an infrequent trickle, and Arkansas and this was no small accomplish- I for one miss the fan mail. So far only ment for a Republican in a Democratic about 30% of the vote is in and I urge you state. Thanks, Larry, at least the mistake to sound off. Incidentally, the vote is running about 2 to 1 in favor of a Twentyprompted some welcome news from you.

Year After and for reinvestment of class fund. There is some misunderstanding on the Gate Project. Easy does it boys . . . I CLASSMATES ON THE MOVE just work here and I am too young to die.

E L BALDRIDGE now on duty in Op Although fully aware of the touchiness of Nav returned recently from a TAD trip the subject, I feel obliged to tell you that to Pearl. He stayed with A L and Ann the statement that the Stadium drive is C H U R C H in their Makalapa quarters. Al oversubscribed is based on the pledges reis on the Staff of CinCPacFlt. Ann rounded ceived, and not on cash in the hot little up most of the '38 islanders for cocktails hands of the promoters. We are, therefore, including the Bill Collums, Skip Giffins, still committed, and remember that it is John Haineses, Herb Mandels, Bob Mana- more blessed to give than to receive. The ghans. Randy Moores, and Les O'Briens. counter that charity begins at home is overEl is due for congratulations as his home ruled. was selected this year for the Alexandria historic homes tour. H E R B M A N D E L P A U L SCHRATZ et al. have the Newalso came back here with CinCPac on a port area jumping. The F I R S T Newport recent trip so this marks about the most class luncheon was held during the month news we have had from Pearl in a long and everyone, but everyone, was there. while.

There was one "Major" omission. SAMMY . . . that you should do this to Paul I Plans I have just received orders to take com- have been made to make it a regular mand of the MONTROSE (APA-212) so monthly affair. I know the class joins me in should be heading out to San Diego about wishing the best to our new chapter and the middle of January. Don't worry about in reminding them that these get-togethers the Shipmate column. It will keep on as can be fun . . . fun . . . fun 1 usual. I will see to that. DOUG P U G H has orders from command of DesDiv 62 to A few of the bulletins addressed to the be the Assistant Chief of Staff for Person- class have been returned — A D D R E S S nel to ComServLant in Norfolk. T E X U N K N O W N . Does anyone know what has GUINAN goes from command of DesDiv happened t o : Adams, D. S.; Benham; 202 to be the Ordnance Superintendent at Downing; Estes ; Elliott; Harris, E. L.; the New York Naval Shipyard. JIM Hoggard; Hunt, W. L.; Mitchell, D. K.; S T I L L W E L L has reported in for duty Mooshian; Neal; Ross; or Worden? If with BuShips and he and family are liv- you have any lead, please drop me a Hne. 36

The month was not all work. NOBLE and Janice H A R R I S had a wonderful party on Beggar's Night. Begging from '39 were the Helfrichs, Lowes, Holmbergs, McCrocklins, Goolsbys, Tom Bennets and Bob Greenes. The party was strictly first class (only costs twice as much, you know) and the man on the accordion got a work out from the frustrated singers in the group. BOB G R E E N E kept talking about getting a toupe from the Max Factor people in Hollywood. Poor boy, he needs one. Me? I pass.

Salud, RALPH

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Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. Robert A. Malleck. U S N P. O. Box 552, Riverside, Calif.

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Jacob V. Heimark, USN Staff, ComPhibPac, San Diego 32, Calif.

CHARLES DONOVAN SMITH, II We deeply regret to announce the death of C H A R L E S D. S M I T H , II (CAPT U S N R R E T ) , Naval hero of World War II, on 3 November at Memphis, Tenn.

Captain Smith was a prisoner of the Japanese for three and a half years following the sinking of the USS

HOUSTON in

1942 in the Pacific.

As a prisoner of war, he was one of the 70,000 men who worked on the "railroad of death" through the Kwai River valley. He was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star medals for conspicuous gallantry and heroic service in saving the lives of three shipmates when his ship sank 1 March 1942.

He is survived by his widow, the former Jane Cutting Smart, 1520 Central Ave., Memphis, Tenn., two daughters. Briar Reese and Louise Day, a son, Robert Donovan, one stepdaughter, Jane Smart, his mother, Mrs. Walter Lane Smith, two brothers, Robert Day Smith, and Walter Lane Smith, and one sister, Mrs. Charles P. Gates.

Services were held on 4 November at Calvary Episcopal Church with Dr. Donald Henning, rector, officiating. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery with full naval honors.

ABBOTT PRINCE STREET We are sorry to report the death of A. P. S T R E E T on I November 1958.

Surviving are his wjidow, Katherine Ruthenburg, four children, David, Stephen, Katherine and Melinda, his parents, Mr. & Mrs. George Levick Street, Jr., of Richmond, two sisters, Mrs. Rosser Reeves of Larchmont, N. Y., and Mrs. M. Graeme Oglivy of Old Greenwich, Conn.; and a brother, Capt. George Levick Street, III, USN, '37.

Services were held on 3 November, with interment in Hollywood Cemetery.

JOHN M. SCHASER Notice has been received of the death of J O H N M. S C H A S E R (LCDR U S N R ) , at Sacramento, Calif., on 8 September 1958.

He is survived by his widow, Ann Schaser, 3237 Brookwood Rd., Sacramento, Calif.

WILLIAM KELLETT COKER Notice has been received of the death of W I L L I A M K. COKER, Cdr. USN, due to an aircraft accident near Mayport, Fla., on 2 October 1958.

He is survived by his widow, Nora Reid Coker, 5428 Fulton St., San Francisco, Calif., a daughter, Karen Marie, and his mother, Mattie Dennis Coker of Athens, Texas.

SHIPMATE

. S P E N C E W I L S O N . Friends of Spence's tather, who knew him during Academy days, will be saddened to learn of "The Deans death on 17 July at Hampdenfydney, Va., after a short illness. Dr. Wilson retired as Dean of HampdenSydney College several years ago and as Professor of Greek last year. Spence was lost in March 1944 when the U S S TULLIBEE was sunk by enemy action in the Pacific.

29 October 1958 On arrival in Seattle last Saturday to participate in an amphibious training exercise with the Army, I met H U G H and Penny V I C K E R Y and their four youngsters. They had iust arrived that day from Japan, after three years in the Far East, where Hugh served on the staff of Com SeventhFleet. They found the most confusing thing to be the fact that these crazy Americans drive on the right side of the road. They are headed for Washington for their next tour of duty.

The October issue of Holidav had a very fine article on DICK LANING, whose achievements as skipper of the famous SEA\VOLF have justly earned him national acclaim. Please accept our congratulations and best wishes for continuing success. '40 is proud of you.

Orders I have noted since my last letter involve BILL W E S T H O F F leaving Washing to command the Naval Communication Station at San Juan. Isn't that nice timing, what with the winter season fast approaching?

BILL and Chariotte B U S H are coming back from a tour of duty in Greece as assistant naval attache. They are destined for Norfolk duty. I am sure they will have many interesting stories to tell about life in the Eastern Med. C. B. GILL has orders from his Long Beach destroyer to the Naval Ammunition Depot at Seal Beach. Looks like you won't need to move for this duty change.

The P A T GRAYS aree laving New London for duty on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

MARTY M U L D E R R I G has been ordered to command the ALSTEDE in the Atlantic.

The J. B. N E L S O N S are bound from Washington to Japan via the language school at Monterey for what should be a very interesting tour of duty. The language course should prove easy for J. B., for when I reHeved him on the STODDARD, he left behind a reputation of fluency in the Japanese language.

The BOYUMS will shortly be leaving Coronado for Washington where Jack will be in BuAer. When B L A I N E LIBBEY is relieved as exec of the MIDWAY, he and his five girls (counting Mary) will leave Coronado for Whidby Island where he will be in Hat Wing Two. BILL R O B I E goes to command the VESOLE in the Atlantic after duty in OpNav. BILL C A S P A R I leaves the 6th fleet staff for a DesDiv on the West Coast while N E I L F I S H E R wiH go from command of the LOFBERG in San Diego to command DesDiv 72.

BILL and Penny BRYAN will be missed by their many Norfolk friends when he goes to BuAer in Washington.

E D H A Y E S , who has just finished a tour as exec of the THETIS BAY, the first helicopter carrier used for amphibious asDECEMBER,

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sault, is assigned to MAAG duty in Indonesia. It looks Hke you are bound for a hot spot in more ways than one.

I heard that T E L H I L L was in Coronado househunting. He is scheduled to go as exec of one of the CVs based there.

When J O H N HARDY (better known as WestPac Hardy) is relieved as exec of the

PRINCETON,

he. Dee and their

two

youngsters will join the group in OpNav. Looks like the H E D R I C K S will come to Coronado on ComNavAirPacs staff when he is relieved as the last CO of the P H I L I P P I N E SEA.

DICK M U E L L E R is another Coronadoan leaving for Washington where he will have duty at NRL, while the RAY K O S H LICKS are leaving Washington for duty in the office of Inspector of Ordnance at Pittsfield.

After Christmas, Betty, the five youngsters and I will pack the car, put on huaraches and head for Mexico City where I will be the Naval Attache. After nearly five years in Coronado, severing our roots is not an easy task. W e are, of course, looking forward to this new assignment and offer our hospitality to any and all classmates and friends who might venture to Mexico. Be it on business or pleasure, we hope to see you.

PASS THE WORD CHARLIE MILLER is leaving the U S S RANGER for an assignment in FasRonFive.

ELK KELLEY is to be skipper of the U S S NICHOLAS. O . F . N I C H O L S O N is

on duty at the Naval Reserve Facility in Miami. BILL FLANAGAN will be showing up in CNO soon. RED DOG DAVIS is already there in the Air Warfare Division. J O H N DELARGY is reporting as CO of the U S S MORTON. STAN BRITT I N G H A M is soon leaving CarDiv Four.

DOM PAOLUCCI will report to CNO from the U S S TRUTTA—Dom not long ago was in Washington at ONR. S H U F S W I F T is heading for the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after a tour as skipper of the U S S SILVERSTEIN. _M. M . CASEY

comes to BuPers from Fighter Squadron 112. JACK STOCKTON has Anti Submarine Squadron 39. BOB N E T T I N G has orders to the First Fleet. STU SADLER is on his way to the Naval Gun Factory from the U S S SIGOURNEY. PAUL C R U T C H F I E L D will come to CNO from the USS SIERRA. FRANK B I E W E R is going to Patrick AFB in Cocoa, Fla., for duty with the Fleeet Ballistic Missile Project. LEON S M I T H is also reoorting to CNO from Armed Forces Staff College.

D U K E ELDRIDGE goes to the U S S W A S P from AFSC.

JAKE

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Sec.-Treas., Dale V. Ness 1331 Barger Dr., Falls Church. Va.

By the time tliis is published, the 1958 Army-Navy game will be history. After watching Notre Dame against Navy it looked like we might be in for a rough afternoon.

STAN H E N D E R S O N writes from the USS LEXINGTON where he has just reported as Gunnery Officer. His family is settled in Coronado. H O M E R G R O S S K O P F and H O W I E GREER are on ComCarDiv 7 staff ando BILL BUDD is assistant Air Operations Officer.

The other day while driving by a new apartment under construction in Virginia, I could see two new hoists in operation.

They looked familiar, so I stopped and took a closer look. They were built by MARV MAY'S Tusky Corporation. As I recall, Marv designed these just a Httle over two years ago.

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Once again this newsletter is being written high above the great plains of ol' Uncle Sugar. Although I don't travel as much as this might imply, with the time on my hands on such flights, I like to try to write the newsletter and other things I have to do on such occasions. The last letter was written in the lap of T W A luxury. This one is being written in the lap of American Airline's tourist accommodations because Shirley-girl is with me this time. Since Uncle only buys one ticket and we buy the other, the tickets had to adjust to civil service pay scales. Once again I am out to Mare Island to look over some of the efforts of BOB NEWLY, RUSS BRYAN, etc. for the Bureau of ./Aeronautics. I am quite pleasantly surprised how nice the tourist flights are. So much for the airlines commercials.

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After taking off last issue with regard to some of our classmates' antics at homecomings, I am standing by for a verbal barrage. For once in my life this article is being written well ahead of my deadline (which no doubt is a shock to the editor) and that issue is not out yet. Since this class is a livewire outfit, I'm sure I'll receive much comment which I will discuss in the next issue.

J O H N H I C K S dropped us a Hne a while back. He's out of the service, having resigned in 1950, studied law at Yale and now resides in his hometown of Charlotte, N. C , practicing law in the Legal Dept of the Duke Power Co. One last tiem in the Who's Still Having Babies Dept. I received a nice note from BILL B O W E S who also is at Mare Island Shipyard where he is Chief Inspector of To again quote from my previous effort, the Pac. Reserve Fleet. Seems that Carol I had a lot of info which I was not able gave birth to a fifth Bowes on 16 September to include in my last letter. I have brought '58. This makes five, two boys and three it along and will try to get it in this issue. girls.

As a consequence, some of it might be That's about it for this issue. Incidentalcool dope if not cold but that's the way the ly if any of you stalwart readers, either cookie crumbles. one of you, is thinking about stopping your First off, I received a nice letter from subscription and not reading this any more, C H A R L I E GRAD, an old seventh com- don't! There's big news ahead so stay with pany stalwart who is holed up in Subic it. More later.

Bay. Back in May (cold? this is frozen!) the locals had a small wing-ding at GEORGE and Dorrie F I T G H E T T ' s .

• "Locals" were BUD U R S E T T I E , skipper 1 9 4 6 of the IFS-1, CHUCK and Poppy GARD- Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr.. U S N R 3541 Lord St., San Diego 11, Calif.

NER, K E N and Phyllis LONGNECKER, and Renate and Chuck.

WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLOR WILLIAM E D W A R D TAYLOR died STU N E L S O N took time to write me a real nice letter which pleased me very 4 October 1958 at St. Alban's Naval Hosmuch. Time is what he has lots of since pital after a short illness. Bill was an EDO he is sitting out a slow healing process and at the time of his death was attached of a burned leg acquired while starting an to the office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding outdoor barbecue fire. To quote him, "A at Electric Boat, Groton. He had served real feat of hostmanship setting oneself on in the old RANGER, U S S TUSCALOOSA, USS fire to amuse one's dinner guests." He and POMODON, USS BURRFISH and USS ATULE. Barbara were seduced by the live oaks He was a ship superintendent at Portsand Spanish moss (didn't see the coral mouth Naval Shipyard from 1950-1952. snakes and mosquitoes until too late) and Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Portsbought a nice home near Cecil Field, Orange mouth, N. H. Among the honorary pall Park, Fla., by name. BILL S T E W A R T , bearers were classmates Wally Hankins, now here in BuAer, and RANDY Bob Thompson, Bob Baylis and Tom P R O T H R O , now at Point Mugu, also Carroll. Attending the funeral were repown property nearby making it "45's Little resentatives of the Masters Assn. of the Acres." This also has a swimming pool Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, BuShips and and the swimming and cocktail flags are Electric Boat Company, an indication of always two-blocked for any of our gang the esteem in which Bill was held by all passing thru or otherwise. those who knew him. A Memorial Requiem Mass was held at the Submarine Base Got a flash from our Bangkok chapter, Chapel, New London, on 6 October. All Thailand, that is. DICK McCOOL is on classmates in the area attended the memorial the SEATO staff out there but expected to service. Bill's co-workers at Electric Boat report to Com Nine in November. Atten- have dedicated a chair in the Memorial dance at that meeting recently jumped two Stadium in Bill's name. Kay and the five hundred per cent when J U D BEARDSLEY children are temporarily staying at their and W A L T GODSHALL dropped by. home at 488 Montauk Ave., New London, Usually a committee of one, however.

Conn., but will probably move to PortsBOB B E R R I N and JIM O'NEIL are mouth, N. H. doing time in a "plan-as-you-go" transport squadron in Patuxent. Bob and Jim were '46 DECALS recently fellow Silver Springites on their Due to the generosity of the Annapolis last tour and were quite helpful in some of the more tedious of the secretarial chores. group in loaning me their party "kitty" I have been able to place the decals on order.

China Lake, CaHf., chapter reports a This good group of individuals also made pool party, JACK GAMBRILL reporting. me an outright grant-in-aid of $20.00 out SCOTTY and Maria PECK, NED and of the funds remaining from the HomecomJane COLEMAN, BUD and Mary Lyda ing party. Thanks to all this sort of interest N A N C E and Layne and Jack. As my few the stamp fund is growing enough to keep readers in the class realize, there is con- me in business and I was able to order siderable literary overlap between this the decals in addition. I plan to send a efifort and our "Soundings" in the news- decal to anyone who has donated or will letter. What we can do in this effort, and donate to my stamp fund. not in "Soundings," is throw in a picture now and then. What this article needs (as I have said before) is some dignified cheese STAFF CORPS cake. I realize that most of us fellas don't CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE look too good in bathing suits anymore but My comments in the September column I'm sure our wives still do. So-o-o, at the concerning the plight of BILL P E R K I N S next pool party, let's try to increase the and H A R L I E MIZE brought two different Shipmate as well as the class blood circu- comments. BILL W A L T O N wrote: "Your lation by taking and sending a picture. notation about Bill Perkins in the September issue of Shipmate brings again to mind Sergeant RICE YORK wrote in August the fact that we are organized into an Assoabout some dope on Homecoming and I'm ciation, but we voluntarily restrict our not certain he got his info. I didn't see him effectiveness by prohibiting action to recat Homecoming. Save your money anyway tify the inequities we know exist. I agree until the next which will be number 15. that concerted action by a group will prove more successful than individual letters. I Then everybody make the all-out effort 38

think that the Alumni Association should be the sounding board for its members. This constructive service provision of the U. S. Code is the sort of thing that continues because no one shouts about it."

DAVE M U N N S wrote: "I noted in a recent issue of Shipmate your justifiably critical remarks aimed at a system which will give severance pay in differing amounts to members of the same Academy class simply because of the difference in the corps they happen to be in. Since I am now in the legislative division of the Office of Legislative Liaison I have the opportunity to see the origin of some of these things and what is attempting to be done about them. Oddly enough, the day before I received my Shipmate I had been reading the Navy report on a private relief bill for Patrick W. Gowan who is out of '45 and in the same fix. The bill is H. R. 13705.

The Navy supports the bill provided those others in the same category are included.

The Navy expects to propose enactrnent of an amendment to Section 6388 of Title 10, U. S. Code which will eliminate the problem in the future. There is no reason to expect that these bills will not pass although it's conceivable that it could be ignored in the press of business. The background information on the 'why' of this law I got from Cdr. Kay Shilling who is an old hand here at OLL and took an active part in codifying Title 10 of the U. S. Code which attempts to assemble all laws relating to the Armed Forces in a single volume. It seems that some years ago the original law regulating retirement and severance came up for interpretation by the JAG. The question was whether captains of the staflf corps (particularly CEC) must retire upon reaching 30 years of service. The law as then written stated that total commissioned service was computed from 30 June of the fiscal year of the original acceptance of commission. Since this law dealt with staff corps officers the JAG decided it meai^ 'acceptance of commission in the staff corps.' This was beneficial to the people concerned at the time for it permitted them to remain on active duty longer than they otherwise would have. Apparently no one considered the effect this interpretation would have on people who are severed for having been twice passed over. In codifying the laws in Title 10, the committee was charged with writing the law as written but if there were any ambiguities they should be corrected consistent with past interpretation. Since JAG had interpreted this particular law, the codifiers wrote it to conform with the JAG interpretation.

So now there is no ambiguity—but there most certainly is an injustice."

Annapolis—WER^ MOODY is working at the Engineering Experiment Station as an electrical engineer.

Baltimore—SAM and Jeanne CANDLER are now living at 205 Sunset Drive, Glen Burnie, Md. "Still with 'Uncle George' Westinghouse in a project that builds radar for airborne intercept—have our gear in F4D with F8U-3 and F4H coming up.

R. L. (Bob) Amelang '47 in same project.

W A L T GORAK is tied in with our project inasmuch as he manages a Westinghouse field engineering group. Gorak's address is 111 N. Orchard Rd., Linthicum Heights, Md." Corpus Christi—X. W A R D resigned from the Navy on 8 May 1958 and is running a construction'company in Corpus (X. C. Ward Co.) "X" and Bonnie live at 725 Chase Drive, Corpus Christi. "Bonnie and SHIPMATE

I enjoyed our tour here in '54-'57 very much and never seemed to quite get over it—there was one wav to insure we would always be here." £>. C.---JACK DEMAYO has received orders from Airborne Eariy Warning Squadron 4 in Jacksonville to BuPers.

N O R R I S S I L L S is a Nuclear Physicist in the Office of the Chief Chemical Officer.

"After being separated in '47 (chronic seasickness) I accepted a teaching position at Louisiana College, one of the smaller colleges in La. I stayed there until 1953 when I accepted a position with the Chemical Corps in civil service. I have enjoyed a fruitful five years of service. They have treated me like a king from the beginning.

Every 'boss' I have had has been a West Pointer—which has been to my advantage.

In five years of civil service I have been fortimate enough to receive an 'outstanding' rating each year, with appropriate monetary rewards, and two times during this period I have been lucky enough to be the recipient of a 'meritorious civil service award.' This only goes to prove that they give them to just anybody."

Honolulu—BO'N B U R N S has volunteered to be the Honolulu representative since he is an employee of the shipyard at Pearl Harbor and hence comes in frequent contact with classmates. His home address is 605 N. Kainalu Drive, Kailua, and his business address is Code 251-B, Shipyard Pearl, telephone 22257. ". . . I'm in charge of correcting General Information Books and Electronic Systems Installation Books for submarines overhauling here and, as such, have recently 'done business' with skipper-classmates GEORGE KLUG of the BASHAW and L U T H E R MAYES of the BREAM. I was in the first group from our class to go to sub school and among the first to get dolphins (back in the summer of '47). Two others in that sub school class were LEROY JACKSON, now Type Desk Officer for submarines at Pearl, and DAVE W A L K E R , now Manager of John Hancock Life Insurance in Honolulu. We live within a few blocks of each other on Windward Oahu (Kailau) and are all on the same P T A Exec. Board, Leroy as President and Dave and I as chairmen of the Publicity and the Juvenile Protection-Safety Committees respectively. Dave and I also cross paths elsewhere, being members of the same Congregational Church and having both worked for two years with Little League baseball; Dave as player agent and I as coach of a minor league team on which his elder son played. My own son, recently turned five, was much too young for the League and served as our mascot, with Dave's younger son as our bat boy.

Leroy, in addition to being President of the PTA, is also President of the Kailua Toastmasters. I have been a member of Toastmasters Club 123 at Pearl Harbor for a year and a half and enjoy it very much. It's an organization I'd urge all officers to join, as it provides invaluable opportunities for developing one's speaking ability."

Key West—ERNIE S A U N D E R S has been detached from Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Detachment "A" in Jacksonville and reported to Advanced Undersea Weapons School. "I reported here in August as X. O. and am not in the phone book as yet. My wife, Dorothy, five children and I are assigned quarters on the Naval Station—telephone extension 332. I was pleased last month to be able to pledge my $100 to the Stadium Fund. There are several '46ers in the area but the only one I've D E C E M B E R ,

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met so far is BILL SIMPSON in VX-1.

He and I are in the same Sunday School class. We like it here—the fish bite every day."

J O E SULLIVAN has received orders to Surface Antisubmarine Development Detachment after a tour as C O . USS CORPOR.\L (SS-346). Joe and Maria live at 1501 Government Rd., Key West.

Los Angeles—'"Iht '46 contingent here in Long Beach got together on 18 October at the Los Alamitos Officers' Club for cocktails and dinner. The AVEY Sand LARSONS planned our affair and we had a fairly good turnout. T E D and Nellie S W A N S O N were there with Mr. and Mrs. George Barlow (Nellie's parents). CORLISS and Beth N U G E N T , L U K E and Dot LUCAS, RAY and Pat LARSON, FLOYD and Jean AVEY, PAUL and Liz WAGNER. Jean Avey, Liz Wagner and myself are making tentative plans for an Army-Navy game get-together." (Connie HUDDLESTON) M I K E BOYAR reveals that he is living at 17150 Bircher S t , Granada Hills, Calif.

After leaving the Naval Academy 4-18-45, Mike took an AB at Johns Hopkins Univ. ('46-'47). He is now Sales Manager of Diller-Gunther Corp.

BEN B R I T A I N writes: "After spending 5 years at White Sands Proving Ground (now White Sands Missile Range) I finally graduated back to civilization and am now in charge of Field Operations for Cal-Tech J P L at Pasadena. I run into classmates from time to time; JIM FERGUSON, now a Captain in the Army, was stationed at W S M R and was in charge of the Nike Project there. Lt. Cdr. HARMON P E N N Y has been at W S M R for a couple of years—^used to play poker with him once in a while—much to my regret. DAN HEAGY was there the first year or so I was and we ran into each other once in a while. BOB S T E V E N S , another classmate, works at J P L and is in charge of the Antenna Research Section. He's become a recognized expert in his field—also just had his 5th child last month. Bob and I feel somewhat disloyal to the Navy since we're working on the Army satellite and space probe programs, but figure Vv^e're just encouraging the Navy by giving them something to shoot for." I?en and Betty are living at 10839 Foothill Blvd., San Fernando, Calif.

J O H N N Y R E N N has received orders from Continental Air Defense Command in

Colorado Springs, Colo., to Staff, CarDiv 19 in Long Beach.

Monterey—"The wives met at a coffee at Nancy TISDALE's on 18 September 1958. Hostesses for the coming year were chosen and plans were made for a Shrimp Buffet at Fort Ord with Helen MOORE and Jean H A L L in charge. Those attending were: Marty Bouveron, Jane Campbell, Mary Clifton, Nancy Culwell, Ev Dise, Jean Hall, Ruth Johnson, Judy MetschI, Helen Moore, Shirley Seargeant, Caroline Sindell, Midge Tinney and Nancy Tisdale." (Ev Dise) J O H N and Marian BLAKE live at Rosita Rd., Del Rey Oaks, Monterey.

"BUSTER" and Marty BOUVERON live at San Pedro Lane, Carmel Woods, Route 3, Box 701, Monterey.

J O E and Jane CAMPBELL live at Box 391, Carmel Valley, Monterey.

T E D and Maggie CLARK live at 1383 Jacks Rd., Monterey.

BOB and Eve D I S E announce the birth of Carol Lynn on 21 August 1958 at the Fort Ord Hospital. That makes two boys and two girls.

JACK and Judy M E T S C H L live at 509 San Juan Place, Carmel Woods, Monterey.

Palo Alto—QUmCY and Peggy CAMPBELL are staying on at 1420 Bernal Ave., Burlingame, (Zalif., since "Soupy" has a new job as Project Coordinator for the Dalmo Victor Company.

New London—"On 30 August a class BYOB dinner party was held at Hankins' Hideaway. There, and really having a fine time, were: Bob and Fl® Boland, Ed. and Bobbe Cooke, Jack and June Fagan, Bob and Fran Gautier, Peter and Helen Gwiazdowski, Wally and Kathy Hankins, Mary King and Mary Martha Hayes (Frank and Mike away). Also, Les and Nancy Kelly, Al Kulik and date. Bill and Flo Nicklas, Phil and Mary Pennington, Stan and Dorie Smith, Waldo and Joan Strang, John and Pam Viele, Ray and Shirley White, Bud and Jean Willett. Here for PCO School and lots of fun to see were Sam and Sunny Fiske and Bob and Ruth Finlay. On Kathie's committee and helping with the food were : Mary Pennington, Fran Gautier, Jean Willett and Mary Martha Hayes. On 25 September Fran Gautier and Nancy Kelly entertained the wives at the Kelly's attractive home in Grot®n Long Peint."

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Helen, on 30 September 1958. They Hve at 208 Sedgwick Dr., Syracuse 3, N. Y., where Hal is President of the O. M. Edwards Pensacola—EILL W A L T O N writes: Company.

"Clarkie and I have been here in Naples RICK E V E R I S T reports that he and for almost three years going 'broker' trav- Leanette have recently added another girl, eling and buying 'bargains'—and having a making a total of five girls and one boy. wonderful time doing it. Anne is Italian- " . . . I recently visited D. B. LINDSAY speaking four-year-old and her sister Cath- in Milwaukee. He is still a bachelor—is erine, born here in Italy, is seven months. building gas stations for Pate Oil Co." From my point of view the best thing about JACK J E N N I N G S says that he is now the tour has been the job. I have been Public Works Officer and Officer in Charge working for Westinghouse Electric Corp., of Construction. This has been a tour Aircraft Equipment Dept. His title (stand where the physical manifestations of our by) is: Advanced Engineer for Long Range efforts are obvious markers of the success Major Developments, Advanced Projects of the various programs. We felt really Section. ". . . After all these years we finally good when our facilities were used in direct have the house of our dreams—4 bedrooms, support of the Fleet's efforts in the Leba- pine-panelled family room, etc. If anybody non crisis. Three weeks use made all of from NA lives in Lima area or is passing the effort worthwhile. We will be going through they must drop in. We can put the home in January to the staff of the Chief kids in the family room and entertain the of Naval Air Basic Training. I'm sure we adults in the living room. . . ." will like Pensacola even though as a good Received the following dope from J O H N Californian I don't think that Florida can KAPPOCK's mother: "On 14 August 1957 ever compare with the Golden State."

John flew to Tripoli, Libya. He has completed one year. I expect him home someSan Diego—"BING" CROSBY's orders wheres around 14 August 1959. He is with have been changed again, this time to USS American Overseas Petroleum, Ltd. His PERKINS ( D D R - 8 7 7 ) . First he was ordered address there is: POBox 693, Tripoli, to DesRon 15, then to U S S SHIELDS ( D D - Libya."

596). He had temporary duty at A F S W P , A R T and Jane K I N N E B E R G and four Albuquerque, enroute. children give their address as Box 1245, ED ELLIS will report for duty in U S S Morenci, Ariz. Art is a smelter engineer TWINING (DD-540) as soon as school is for Phelps-Dodge Corporation. He worked for the Braden Copper Company, Ranout at Armed Forces Staff College.

CHAUNCEY and Ann GLENN are liv- cagua, Chile, from '51. ". . . We lived ing at 1210 Third St., Coronado 18, Calif. in South America for seven years—liked Chauncey has joined the throng of '46ers it. Have found a home in the copper working for Convair—"Dagwood" Bum- industry. . . ." stead, Dan Heagy, John Hughes, Bob BRUCE M I L L E R is Vice President of Parker, Bill Gieseke and "Daisy" Wilhoit Barberton Plastics Products, Inc., and in Astronautics and Vince Bacon and Coventry Ware, Inc. He lives at 970 Green"Whizzer" White in the San Diego Divi- wood St., Akron 20, Ohio. sion. Chauncey is in Reliability.

RUSS O W E N writes: "Many thanx for Norfolk—BO'S L E D B E T T E R has reTOMMY and Pearl GROVES are the note. I moved to Wayne and this new ceived orders to Staff, TransAmphibRon 6 pleased (and busy) over the arrival of job 1 June after three years as Head Footat Little Creek instead of U S S SALEM, as twins on 15 August 1958; Gregory Jon and ball Coach at Winona (Minn.) State Colpreviously published.

Rebecca Lyn. "They are living at 405 9th lege (team won Minn. State College Conf.

E R N I E L O W E N has orders to command St., Coronado, and Tommy makes it home Championships in 1956 and 1957). Wayne U S S SUFFOLK COUNTY (LST-1173) from on weekends from NOTS China Lake, Pas- State Teachers College is one of four USS BoRiE (DD-704) where he was Exec. adena Annex.

Nebraska State Colleges and has an enrollJIM and Fil I R V I N E have moved into ment of 1,200 and is located in a city of 4,000. My duties here are in the area of Palo Alto—]lU TURLEY is now Exec. a new home at 30 Elm Court, Coronado. of Fighter Squadron 213 at Moffett Field BILL and Dot MORTON have moved business management and administration as and not VF-1S2 as previously reported. The to 960 Coronado Ave., Coronado, Calif. an assistant to the President. The family way the Navy is changing the squadron He is Operations Analysis Officer on the is fine and we are very happy as Nebrasdesignations these days it's hard even for Staff of Commander First Fleet. He just kans. We would appreciate visits from the airedales to tell which one they are in! completed the Operations Analysis P. G. Academy friends who might come this Jim is the first 1310 classmate to break the course at Monterey and was just as sur- way. . . ."

"Exec. Barrier." Good luck, Jim! prised as anybody to get a billet in the field DICK R I C H A R D S O N says, ". . . I am he had just studied. no longer on active duty. Guess you might DICK T I N N E Y has orders from Post- say I've done my little bit to alleviate the Patuxent River—JOHN and Dolores graduate School, Monterey, to U S S NraEus 'hump' situation—in a nonvoluntary sort of GIEDT have adopted their second child, way. My 1958 annual physical turned up a this time a boy they have named John (AS-17). murmur and eventually it was decided Peter, on 22 September 1958.

CAL and Corky T U R K have moved to heart 1460 Third St., Coronado 18, Calif. He that I have a defective mitral valve. The MAC S N O W D E N will return to Pa- relieved ORD KIMZEY as skipper of U S S end result is that the doctors decided that I belonged in a more sedentary life where tuxent for duty after his current tour under RASHER (SS-269). instruction at Armed Forces Staff College.

I could avoid 'vigorous physical activities' He was a test pilot there prior to going and I was placed on the "Temporary DisSeattle—BOB McMURDO and J I M ability Retired List as of 1 October to the Staff College.

VAUGHAN have both gone to work for 1958. . . ." Dick says Jane and the children BILL W H A L E N writes: "Just a short the Boeing Airplane Company. are in Onancock, Va., while he is jobnote to let you know that we've had a hunting. new addition. Our third (second girl) ar- FAR A N D NEAR rived on 10/2. Name, Susan Gay, And this That's all for this month. I'm out of J O E CALLAHAN resigned from the space but not out of material but must stop is really the end! . . . Saw 'Tuck' H U E Y Navy on 6 January 1958 and has recently in New York in August. He has moved to before the new Shipmate Editor loses his Indianapolis to take over the Company's moved to 64 Maple St., Chagrin Falls, Ohio. perspective. What you have just read (proHe is Director of the Kenmore Research Central District Office. . . . Saw ED vided all of it is printed) required six LAYTON at the T.P.T. Reunion a couple Company of Framingham, Mass., and Gen- hours of steady writing, not to mention the of weeks ago. Seems his mission in life eral Manager of Nuclear Products Com- time spent in corresponding, filing and logthese days is to brief CNO every morning pany of Cleveland, Ohio. Joe studied elec- ging in the files. It's worth it to me only on the Western Hemisphere (the whole tronics at MIT, '47-'48 and nuclear engi- if zve can sign up w/ore classmates as memWestern Hemisphere). . . . Haven't heard neering at M I T , '53-'54. bers of the Alumni Association. Are YOU from R. O. ( W E L A N D E R ) in years. . . .

H A L and Sarah E D W A R D S aimounce helping? Merry Christmas, We finally had our house completed and the birth of their fourth child, 3rd girl.

"DAISY"

Newport—"MMred EXUM and Gerry ZENI oo-hostessed a coffee for the Newport '46 wives at the Exum's home, 29 Rosa Rd., Middletown, on 24 September. Attending were: Mallie Barlow, Rita Bailey, Betty Gordon, Marty Millsaps, Ann Lindsay, Ann Larson, Ann McKenzie, Jeanne McHenry, Bobbie Thrasher, Carrie Erickson and Edie Rogers. All husbands of the above-listed wives are attending the Naval War College with the following exceptions : BILL T H R A S H E R is with Western Electric, J O H N ERICKSON (Fleet Weather Central) and MEL ROGERS (CO USS GUARDIAN) are at Quonset Point and L E E ZENI, CO of U S S COURTNEY (DE-1021), has just returned from an eight weeks cruise to the South Atlantic.

"KIRK and Ruth MILLER are proud parents of an 8 lb. 4 oz. baby boy, Matthew, born on 26 September 1958. Matthew is their fifth child, third son. The Millers reside at 11-C Adams Drive, Brenton Village, while Kirk is attending the War College. " M A R C and Mary P I T Z announce the birth of their fourth child, second son, Charles Forrest, born 8 September 1958 and weighing 6 lbs. 5 ozs. They live in Middletown at 28 Bliss Mine Rd. Marc is also 'War Colleging' it.

"Not mentioned, but in this area, are J O H N K E N T , AL T H O M A S and ALBIE BEUTLER." (Ann McKenzie) D E N N I S D O W N E Y has received orders from Armed Forces Staff College to C. O. USS HAMMERBERG (DE-IOIS) in Newport.

BILL and Bobby T H R A S H E R have moved to 3 Concord Drive, Middletown, R. I. According to "JIG-JIG" D O U G H E R T Y m the Boston Naval Shipyard, L E E ZENI has U S S COURTNEY there for overhaul now.

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moved out of quarters. The address: Town Creek Manor, California, Md."

SHIPMATE

1947

•

MEMORIAL STADIUM ALUMNI GIVING

Sec'y. Mr. Joseph P. Flanagan. Jr. 401 E. Mill Rd., Flourtown. P a .

CHARLES MORGAN MOORE We regret to announce the death of L t Cdr. C H A R L E S MORGAN MOORE, USN, on 16 October as a result of an aircraft accident in Adana, Turkey. He is survived by his widow, Bette Jean, and one son, Daniel Kendall (c/o Mr. T. F. Pickett, George Washington Hotel, Washington, Pa.) and his mother who resides in Phoenix, Ariz.

NEW LONDON Last spring, the Class of '47 had a dinner get-together which I rather innocently wandered into by accident Before I quite realized what had happened, I found myself "elected" to be the New London area representative, succeeding GRANT A P T H O R P , who was leaving to head West. I was assured that it was practically an honorary position, since the "Wives Echelon," headed up by Dottie H A N S O N , handled most of the details. I was supposed to render periodic reports on activity in the local area.

This is my first report, since things have been quiet during the summer.

The fall activity was kicked off by J O H N and Pat N I C H O L S O N , who invited local class members to their home in Niantic for a cocktail party on Simday, 26 October.

We had a good turnout, with the following showing up, despite the stormy weather: Ralph and Betty Camahan, Chuck and Dutch Carlisle, Lou and Barbara Larcombe, Lou and Jo Romatowski, the Frank McMullens, and myself and wife, Amelia. John and Pat outdid themselves with a real showing of hospitality. After a couple of hours of nibbling at Pat's most excellent hors d'oeuvres, we broke away, and except for the McMullens, who had an emergency recall from their baby-sitter, headed for the "Ferry Tavern" for a group supper party.

Since several of the members had been out the previous night at a party given at Ocean Beach in honor of the exploits of the NAUTILUS and

SKATE, and

I had

to catch

a train for Washington that night, most of us called it a night after some minor negotiations regarding the apportionment of the leftover beef bones for the Carlisle, Larcombe, and Romatowski dogs. The Nicholsons got a clean sweep on the lobster remnants for their cat, however.

In addition to those attending, I might mention the names of some other members I've encountered in the New London area: Frank Adams (XO on the NAUTILUS) ; Ed "Swede" Hanson; Don Hathaway and George Maragos (Sup Ships Groton) ; Elmer Kiehl; Jim Wilson; and Bill Rae. Ted Davis and Stu Murray were also around temporarily.

By Capt. Gene Fluckey, USN BREAKDOWN BY CLASSES—8 NOVEMBER 1958 Class

853 859 860 865 867 868 869 870 873 876 877 878 881 882 885 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921

Total

$ 100.

200.

100.

200.

300.

100, 100.

200.

100.

100.

100.

75, 600.

200.

52.

203.

100.

100.

100, 500.

500, 354, 592, 260, 710, 5,470, 426 1,020 1,090, 2,193, 14,121, 2,269, 1,200.

3,409.

4,202.

12,195, 7,804, 6,228, 12,629, 6,547, 5,546 5,905, 5,637, 6,662,, 9,243, 6,376, 13,245, 21,337* 12,818 34,378

Per Capita Quota***

Per Capita Contributions

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$100.00 200.00 100.00 200.00 300.00 100.00 100.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 75.00 600.00 200.00 52.00 101.64 100.00 100.00 100.00 166.67 166.67 88.56 118.40 86.67 177.50 607.81 85.20 72.86 68.13 91.40 882.56 98.65 50.00 62.00 84.04 134.01 74.31 62.95 200.48 63.50 58.38 64.18 58.11 61.69 72.80 47.95 101.10 146.00 36.55 82.40

admitted that the game left about nine things to be desired (all of them points), but a well-executed effort by the HUNT?ERs made 18 October a memorable day.

Thirty-seven hardy riders loaded aboard our chartered bus, the Golden Chariot, for a whirlwind, comfortable ride to the game.

That's the local scene, from where I see After the game, homeward-bound spectators it (being a Supply Officer stationed ashore, were able to witness one of the greatest I don't see as much of it as most of the exhibitions of mass hitch-hiking ever seen rest of '47, who are mostly submariners). anywhere. Our Golden Chariot had apparWhile in Washington, I met T. R. (Rog) ently tarnished itself out of existence and we J O H N S O N , in BuPers, and GEORGE stood and waited and waited. Never underestimate the power of a '47er though beGROVE, in OpNav. cause with thumbs and dimpled knees wavThat covers the news of '47 for now. ing in the breeze the whole mob had soon Hope to be able to keep you better posted hitched a ride in another bus which dein the future, and as changes occur. posited us safely back at the NOB O Club.

Might ask any far-flung classmates to keep WARREN B . JOHNSON an eye peeled for the missing Chariot. The drinks at the club were good and pain killing, the meal excellent, and the conversaNORFOLK NEWS October was a fast and peppy month for tion superb. Couples who were there inthe '47ers in the Norfolk area. The Navy- cluded : Arguelles, Balfe, Beane, Chapman, Tulane festivities were terrific. Must be Cofer, Desanto, Edwards, Ekelund, EstleDECEMBER,

1958

Class

Total

922 $14,401* 923 19,562* 924 23,747* 925 18,729* 926 19,510* 927 24,026* 928 2,715 929 3,936 930 4,101 931 8,290 932 7,782 933 5,187 934 16,556* 935 7,893 936 3,257 937 5,471 938 6,008 939 9,517* 940 5,331 941 3,032 942 5,334 943 5,269 944 4,965 945 5,245 946 21,292* 947 5,668 948A ... 2,894 948B ... 3,993 949 3,579 950 3,499 951 13,292 952 10,255 953 5,300** 954 7,498 955 6,923 956 5,265 957 5,521 958 7,878 959 6,762 960 8,066 961 9,544 962 500

Per Capita Quota***

Per Capita Contributions

50 * * * * * 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 18 18 18 18 18

$ 32.80 59.30 56.80 50.65 51.60 48.20 20.25 19.95 11.98 17.45 22.30 13.61 39.80 20.93 14.98 20.25 16.32 19.07 14.30 8.86 10.94 10.49 7.02 6.05 20.90 7.15 6.08 10.30 4.70 5.25 19.28 13.53 5.91 8.93 9.43 7.79 6.51 8.77 8.35 9.54 10.49 0.47

Total $565,917 * Indicates class has pledged $15,000 for a gate. ** Indicates class pledge. *** This is the "giving" quota of each alumnus, •ykf Class has reached its quota.

man, Enright, Farley, Ferry, Gardner, Hunter, Hess, O'Callaghan, Reilly, Roth, Stevens, Wells, Buck Williams, Hex Williams, Donaldson, Jack Smith, Creque, and Sam and Ann Pillar from Philly. Mikie Stone had as her guest Edie Westmoreland.

Guests of the Balfes were the Woodwards from '49. A really fine time was had by all and a more pooped bunch you have never seen.

The gals met for bridge out in Virginia Beach with Jane Hess on Wednesday, 29 October. Those "better halves" enjoying an opportunity to butcher Goren were: Jane Hess, Ellie Williams, Lynn Williams, Pat Pope, Betty O'Callaghan, Edna Creque, Merle Ekelund, Rosemary Enright, Mickey Wells, Katie Chadwick, Pat Moss, Dot Arguelles and Frances Stevens.

At our monthly lunch at Breezy Point Friday, 31 October, you could have found: Hunter, Estleman, Farley, Enright, Hollyer, Bowdey, He.x Williams, Buck Williams and Stevens.

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Our Christmas party is scheduled for 12 December at the Jamestown Room of the NOB Officers' Club to be handled by the DESANTOs—so make plans now.

W A R R E N R E I N S C H M I D T was in town from Brunswick, Maine, earlier this month. Also saw J I M R E X from ComNav AirPac way out in San Diego visiting in Norfolk officially. A R T H O L F I E L D is in town on SARATOGA as Asst. Supply Officer.

Hank and Inez Clay (12), Nuclear Power in the hands of the Athletic Association in School; Bob and Carol Crispin ( 3 ) , U S S Annapolis. The inscriptions will read: SEAWOLF (SSN-575); " P J " and Vi Early (3),

U S S NAUTILUS

(SSN-571)

but in

receipt of orders; Pete and Lamb Freeman (3), XO U S S TRIGGER; John and Toni Fry (21), Underwater Sound L a b ; Bob and Caroline Hale (13), Nuclear Power School; John and Peg Holland ( 8 ) , X O USS

BARRACUDA

(SSK-1) ;

Bill

J O H N ZEB DOE, J R .

CLASS O F 1948-B DEDICATED BY THE CLASS OF 1948-B

and

Audrey Layman (20), U S S SKATE ( S S N For the local btmch: Want to put out a 578) ; Craig and Terry Olson (15), XO The total contribution was in excess of new roster. Give me a call if you know of USS GROUPER (SSK-214) ; John and Dolly $4,000 and a few pledges are still to be Rasmussen (14), Proj. Off., ResSupShip collected. some changes that need to be made.

[P.S. If you know what happened to the Office, Electric Boat Co.; Chick and Diane Hav<e news, will publish: F R E D SMITH Golden Chariot, you are ahead of the bus Ranch ( 6 ) , Inst., Nuclear Power School; is Operations Officer of VA-95 at NAS people. It was located, driven by a different Bill and Pat Rigot (20), X O U S S Alameda. Fred and Mary Hve at 1700 driver, with evidence of a wreck—and how HARDER (SS-S68) ; Hal and Sue Skelly Julian Court, El Cerrito, Calif. W I L L I E (24), XO, U S S CREVALLE (SS-291); Jim about that sports fan?]

L E E just reported to Sub Board of Inspecand Polly Strong (24), temporarily at re- tion and Survey, 390 Main St. (Rm. 522), JACK STEVENS actor in Arko, Idaho; Dan and Ruth San Francisco, Calif. W e understand that L E O N A R D A. T E P P E R has been Summitt ( 3 ) , Nuclear Power School; the Lees are proud owners of an 18-foot awarded the designation Chartered Life Terry and Jackie Terrass ( 2 ) , Inst. Nu- yacht. After all his months at sea. Bill Underwriter by the American College of clear Power School; Ed and Rachael couldn't face the idea of solid shore duty.

Welch ( 4 ) , XO U S S GRENADIER ( S S - 5 2 5 ) , Life Underwriters.

BILL SMALL is in the Department of just departing for Key West in a change Mr. Tepper is an agent with the Massa- of home port; and Bill and Bea Yates (20), Flying Training at the new Air Force Academy. This is certainly a "first" for chusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Nuclear Power School.

'48-B, and well selected since Bill stood and lives in West Orange, N. J. We have heard from GEORGE and Pat at the top of the class in Aviation at USNA. ALLEN (16) that he is Hving in Sauger- Bill and Jan live at 111 Spencer St., Mani1948-A • ties, N. Y., with his two children. He is out tou Springs, Colo. E D DUNCAN is on Sec'y, L . C. B r a m l e t t , Clarksdale, Miss. of the service and is working for IBM Okinawa and expected to be transferred to Corr. Sec'y, L t . C d r . P e t e r J . Goldman, U S N at their Kingston, N. Y., plant in the mili- Camp Pendleton, Calif., in November. Last word from E d found him in the middle of 413 Dewey D r . , A n n a p o l i s , M d . tary products division. a 200-knot typhoon. That's the price you W A L T G R E C H A N I K continues to feed Well, we had a few hardly souls who pay for being a Marine. Ed's stateside the column some up-to-date data on some came to Baltimore to see our boys bang address is 6737 Almond Ave., Orangevale, of our classmates, though he reports the into a green stone wall. Those attending Calif. After almost a year of T D and TAD, well is beginning to run dry. Keep us posted the Navy-N.D. game were: Roger Carl- D A V E W R I G H T will shortly report to here at U S N A so that we can get the dope quist (19), Herb Green (13) and wife. the U S S ORISKANY for duty. After comout and keep an up-to-date file for future Jack Park (13) and wife, Tom Murphree missioning in March, the ship's home port reference. Data this month is on BILL (24), Lloyd and Jane Seaward ( 3 ) , Boyd will be San Diego. Like all good Navy F E L T O V I C , who is currently serving in Sibert ( 9 ) , Tom Vernon (21), John and wives, Irene came forth with their second U S S CANISTEO ( A O - 9 9 ) . Bill is residing Jane Hufft ( 1 ) , Ed and Ruth Jaworski daughter while Dave was away on TAD. in Norfolk with his wife Claire and their (24), Ted Holt (18), and myselL With all my Engel boys, it is nice to two boys. As one of our few "true blackWe are trying to locate the present know these all-girl families like the Lees shoes," he has served in the WARRICK (W. W . ) , Laffertys, and Wrights. The ( A K A - 8 9 ) , NORRIS ( D D E - 8 5 9 ) , PRINCE- address of BURT E D E L S O N (20) and J O H N B R U N E R family has recently EDGAR W A R D ( 6 ) .

If anyone has this TON (CVS-37), SKYWATCHER ( Y A G R - 3 ) . arrived in Hawaii where John is attached information, please forward it on to us.

In addition, he has had one tour ashore Also, now that E D W E L C H is down in to the Naval Communication Station. We at the Fleet Sonar School in Key W e s t Key West, Ed can you send us any class are glad to hear that our G.E. portable R I P D U N N (24) is presently the dope from down there—at least your new dishwasher is giving the Bruners good service. A L CONORD informs us that civilian Deputy Resident Officer in Charge of Con- address ? life and the Florida weather have treated struction at N A S , Jacksonville, Fla. Rip MERRY C H R I S T M A S and a H A P P Y , him well. Al is in the concrete products saw duty in the NORRIS ( D D E - 8 5 9 ) before transferring to the CEC. He attended R P I P R O S P E R O U S , SUCCESSFUL N E W business. His address is Box 1753, Pompano Beach, Fla. and received his B.C.E. and M.C.E.; and YEAR T O A L L ! he has had tours at Port Hueneme, CinC Spirit: True school spirit is not someNELM, and N A S , Quonset Point. Rip, ENGAGEMENT thing that we feel only during football seahis wife Patricia, and his son and daughter The engagement of Miss Janet Adele son when our team is on top. It is a conreside at 3724 Roddy Dr., Jacksonville, Fla. Wagner to Lt. J O H N ROB'T LASTOVA, tinuous and deep devotion that brings us R E I D H U N T E R (21) has amplified Jr., USN, of Little Creek, Va., son of Mr. to participate in class and school activities F R A N K MANGANARO's report of and Mrs. John R. Lastova, Nevada City, throughout the year. Through active par'48Aers in Hawaii by adding that GEORGE Calif., has been announced by her parents, ticipation in our National Alumni AssociaP A R R I S H (22) is on duty as XO of the Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lewis Wagner, Balti- tion and its local chapters, we can all help more, Md. Miss Wagner is a graduate of to maintain a strong Naval Academy spirit U S S WAHOO. Eastern High School and Bard Avon that we and our successors can be proud OLIVER and Betty N O R M A N (14) are School. A December wedding is planned. of and that others will envy. The chain is presently settled in Newport, R. I., where still only as strong as its weakest link. In Norm is attending W a r College. Betty spite of everything else, the good word is writes that GORDON and Rosemary still "BEAT ARMY." HOGG ( 9 ) , BRUCE and Vivian GARGORDON R . ENGEL • L I N G H O U S E (15), and T O M and Peggy 1 9 4 8 - B NORFOLK AREA E a s t Coast, H A Y W A R D (21) are also in Newport; L t . Bob Hanby, U S N Visitors: B U D and "Chip" IVEY and no further dope as to their stations.

1720 Branchwood S t . , Norfolk 3, V a . their two children spent the night with the W e s t Coast Many thanks to ZEB A L F O R D (2) for BRUNSONs on their return from the L t . Gordon R. Engel, U S N his letter from New London. Zeb writes 33 Ralston Dr., Monterey, Calif.

Carolinas to Oakdale, Ontario, Can. Bud that '48 A & B pool their efforts there for is in the construction business. A merry FROM THE WEST COAST various activities and go together as one time was had by all. class—this is as it should be. They have The E N G E L family is settled in MonBOB and Betty B U E C H L E R visited had two successful reunions, one in April terey and, if all goes well, we will continue and the other in latter July. I will not in- with our monthly news sheets from Calif. with the HANBYs for the big Oyster Bowl weekend. clude a list of those in attendance since We have decided that this is the best place much time has passed. However, Zeb has Memorial Stadiuvi: Our sincere thanks forwarded a roster of those stationed in the to all who helped us reach our $2,500 goal. to list D. R. N O L E N , since he touched area. In addition to Zeb and Margaret (he A Memorial Chair will be dedicated to each home base so briefly in October. being a student at Nuclear Power School), of our 25 deceased classmates. The inscripOrders: DICK N I C H O L S O N returned the following '48A are at New London: tion cards have been completed and are to this area for five weeks T A D at the 42

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Mine \\'arfare School. Then he, Marilyn and Barry will have left us for Key W e s t Alice Mary and DICK S P R I N G E and young son have moved into the area—Welcome! Dick is at present attending the Engineering School at PhibLant. Upon completion he will report as chief engineer aboard U S S TACONIC. Dick reports it's quite a change from DesLant to PhibLant.

They have bought a home in Poplar Hall: 5506 Brookwille Rd. FLOYD BERGE.AUX was found at the Oyster Bowl. He reports he has been in the area aboard the U S S ARNEB since August.

A belated welcome.

Activities: The big social event of the month was the Oyster Bowl. The group was pretty well scattered throughout the stands.

Maybe that accounts for the outcome of the game : '48-B wasn't yelling together !

Afterwards the following adiourned to the Hanbys' for cocktails: Betty and Bob Buechler, Doris and Don Foulds, Buckey and Newt Key, Jane and S. K. Moore, Marilyn and Dick Nicholson, Lenora Nolen, Mauline and Don Ross, Carol and Karl Thiele and Marilyn and Scotty Weir.

The hardy ones—the Buechlers, the Hanbys, the Moores, the Nicholsons, the Thieles and the Weirs—continued the party at Little Creek Officers' Club. After dinner and dancing the evening was topped off by a secret formula drink of "Spanish tenth reunion" fame concocted by S. K. and Dick.

Mail Bag: CHUCK BRALEY writes from 204 Juniper Dr., Levittown, Pa. All 13th Company members take note.

L. D O R S E Y is at the Naval War College. His address is now 24-B Jefferson Rd., Brenton Village, Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. GORDY E N G E L reports from Monterey that dropping a pencil is really deadly at PG School.

We regret to inform classmates of the death of Edwin Mark S U T T E R , age 2 years, on 19 October 1958 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C. Ed requests that any classmates so possessed please contribute to the Cancer Fund. The heartfelt sympathy of the entire class is extended to the Sutter family.

S U M N E R M O O R E finally made it back from the Med. after a nine-month tour.

CHUCK BRALEY reports that JACK GAFFIGAN is now operating out of Chicago for Drystrom Transicoil, although his home address remains the same.

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S and H A P P Y NEW YEAR TO ALL! BOB

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Sec'y, Lt. Robert F. Smith, Jr. 201 Jackson St., Falls Church, Va.

ROBERT LESLIE VOLZ "It is with deep regret and sorrow that I report the death of BOB (Robert Leslie) VOLZ. His death was attributed to drowning while skin-diving (aqualunging) off Hawaii on Sunday morning, 12 October.

"Bob was assigned to the Production Dept of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard at the time, and shortly before had completed a 2-year stint as a ships sup't at the yard.

"A native of Chicago and Springfield, 111., he was a 'Star' man at the Academy, and after graduation had served in DesLant on the U S S

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'49 party after the Oyster Bowl Game.

destroyer duty, he served in MinLant, then was selected for PG School at MIT. There he studied Naval Construction, specializing in Hydrodynamics & Hull Design, from 1954 through 1956, graduating with honors and being awarded the degree as 'Naval Engineer.' His designator had been changed to that of an 'EDO' in 1955, and his promotion to Lt. Cdr. in the forthcoming selection was a certainty.

"Bob will always be remembered for his keen sense of humor, devotion to duty, and his love of the Navy. I had the honor of acting as escort for his remains from San Francisco to Washington, D. C , where he was given a military funeral witla full military honors and interment at the Arlington National Cemetery.

"Bob is survived by his wife, Jan (Janice L.), and two boys, Steven (6) and Douglas (4). Jan and the boys will reside in Long Island with her mother, Mrs. Paula Long, at 99 Lorring Rd., Levittown, Long Island, N. Y. Bob's mother, Mrs. L. P. Volz, resides in Chicago, and his sister. Donna (wife of Duff Young, '49), now lives in Waukegan, 111."

MELVIN ( M I K E )

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From ANDY O W E N S comes the following news : "Wanda F R A Z E E and 'Bail' had a coffee for wives, 7 October at the Frazee home. Much calling was done before hand, and we are happy to report 36 families in Tidewater.

"After the Oyster Bowl game, the gang met at the O W E N S house. Had to compete with Harry James but had a nice group in spite of it all! The Balchs, Blackwells, Goeweys, Guthries, Joneses, Kleins, Kremidas, McCreights, Owenses, Greens (not in picture) came with long faces after that 14-6 score but all managed a smile for my camera. I had a little trouble getting this picture!

"Sorry we didn't say goodbye to the C. Ray Smiths, Dick Keilys, J. K. Keihners and Bob Ripleys before they left."

Happy Turkey-Day to all from.

BAIL AND ANDY

BOB, Patsy, Bobby and Kenny COONTZ have recently moved to Halidon Hill, Newport, R. I., from Middletown, R. I.

Capt. JACK ERYL T O W N S E N D , USMC, and Mrs. Townsend, Fort Bliss, Tex., have announced the birth of their fifth child and fourth son, Andrew William Sicard, on 4 November. Maternal grandparents are Mrs. Hubert M. Hayter and the late Commander Hayter '24. Capt. Arthur M. Townsend '24, U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Townsend, Jackson, Mich., are the paternal grandparents.

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Corr. Sec'y (Temp.), Lt. J. W. Lynn, SC, U S N 207 N . Columbus St., Arlington 3, Va.

We have a temporary corresponding secretary this month. After many months of willing service, RICK SNYDER has asked to be relieved. He assumed the job voluntarily when no one else seemed willing to step in and we owe him a real vote of thanks. Any volunteers to take over?

A quick report on our postcard mailing: 448 cards send (we lack over 200 addresses, mostly civilians; anyone knowing addresses of ANY civilian classmates, send them in) ; 208 responses received; only three votes against an Executive Committee (so we now officially have one; many enthusiastic responses : "Long needed," "Bravo!," "Good move," etc.) ; twenty votes against soliciting contributions for memorial chairs (although some indicated support if vote carried) ; over $800 in checks and $1,000 in pledges received for the Stadium as a direct result of the cards and—last but not least—we now have a class operating fund of $128 on deposit.

Although the Stadium drive is officially over the top, they still need more money and we still need contribution "credits" for our memorial. Send checks through us here in D. C. payable to either "Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium" or "Association of the Class of 1950, USNA." (Don't forget your $1.00 for the class operating fund.)

We have started our file of current adresses based on postcard responses or letters so if you haven't returned your card (or written), do it now! Also be sure to send change-of-address cards. Soon we hope to distribute a list of known addresses to everyone we've heard from. We also want 43

to develop liaison with area representatives to feed us news, as contact points for transients passing through their areas and to whom we can send info for local dissemination. Here are some temporary "volunteers" to start things off: Washington, D. C: LYNN, office phone, LI 5-6700, ext. 65742, home, J A 5-8892. (I have the "master" address file, will be glad to forward letters to long-lost "wives," etc., until we send you your lists.) San Diego: F R E D T E R R E L L , Fleet Sonar School. New London: RAY ENGLE, Pennicott Rd., Quaker Hill, Conn. Norfolk: CHUCK MULL, 1503 Wapiti Ave., J U 7-8324. Travis AFB: BUD CALHOUN, Qtrs. 417-2, Travis.

Wright-Patterson AFB: TOM SALSMAN, 510 Ketcham S t , Dayton 31, Ohio.

Pensacola: P H I L RYAN, Qtrs. 31-2, N A S Pensacola. Chicago: J O H N SIVRIGHT, 2131 Drury Lane, Northfield, 111. Monterey: BILL MARTIN, 1058 Rousch Ave., Seaside, Calif. Philadelphia: REX KILBOURN, 120 Edgewood Rd., Ardmore, Pa. More area representatives \n\\ be listed next month. Also, next month we'll get back to reporting news from individual letters.

Remember, we still want to hear from anyone and everyone. Another thing to keep in mind is that space for each class column is allocated on the basis of Alumni Association membership. The more members we have the more space we'll have to report more news about more people. Let as many of your non-member friends as possible read your Shipmate, but encourage them to join too!

In June of '55, Bill moved to Charleston, That night, at the party thrown by the S. C , where he was Exec of the VIGOR City of New London and the MOHICAN, Bill (MSO-473) until March 1957 when he was even happier. Congratulations, Bill— moved on to New York to become the Third that was quite a cruise to take the day after Naval District Reserve Electronics Pro- reporting aboard! gram Officer. Seven months later. Bill became Aide to ComThree—the job he now PIGSKIN POSTSCRIPTS holds.

Unhappily, I missed the Boston U game, For the most recent news on Bill, here's but BILL H E N N E S S Y didn't, and ol' Bill reports seeing J O H N H E A D , ART a quote from his letter; ISMAY and TOLLY (N.M.) T O L L E F "I am still single but will take the big SON at the game. The four got together step on 15 November 1958. The girl is Miss the night before at the O Club in Boston Barbara Ann King of Wellesley, Mass. (I to muster their spirits for the next day's went back to the home town to find her.) encounter.

Our address will be 365 Clinton Ave., Apt. Due to my late arrival, I was unable to 5G, Brooklyn 5, N. Y." fully scout the '51 contingent at the MichiOur congratulations to Bill, and to gan game, but immediately thereafter I ran Barbara our sincere welcome! into H E N R Y B. N I X who was as hoarse as myself from cheering Navy on to an ALOHA CHET upset victory.

In a welcome letter from C H E T CHERI was unable to spot any members of '51 TAVIAN, I find that Chet left the Academy in May to become skipper of the at the Tulane game; in fact, from the vantage point provided by the Athletic GENESEE ( A O G - 8 ) in Pearl. He advises that his new address is 443 Ilimano St., Ass'n behind the goal posts, it was difficult Kailua, Oahu, T.H. Chet and Jan cordially to spot anything except the wounded Navy invite classmates and friends to visit them players being carried off the field. For the on "the windward side of the island." enlightenment of those who did not see the game, I'd like to point out that had not the (Maybe next year, Chet!)

Green Wave been so eminently (however unintentionally) successful in producing C'EST SI BON concussions, sprained backs, and wrenched Unfortunately, the following invitation knees among the Navy first team, during was received too late to be accepted, but I the first quarter, the outcome of that game pass it on to illustrate the Blue and Gold might have been quite different. The Navyspirit that prevails on both sides of the Penn mis-match was an entirely different story. On hand to witness the talents of the Atlantic: nucleus of Navy teams for the next two C L A S S O F '51 ( P A R I S GROUP) years were A L and Sarah FINDLEY, LEST WE FORGET HOMECOMING PARTY J O H N A L V I S and RUSS KAULBACK The following is an unofficial list of our —the latter two up from Annapolis.

Maxim's deceased classmates. If you know of any Place: Date: 27 September 1958 corrections, let us know: MEMORIAL GATE DRIVE Time: 8:00-12:00 PM, Dinner-Dancing DECEASED GRADUATES A late report from BRYAN COMPTON Cost: $19.75 per person U S N A CLASS O F 1950 indicates the Memorial Gate Drive still Housing: Contact Lt. J. P. Cromwell, U S N lacks about $900 of going over the top. The I October 1958 $9,000 contributed in cash or pledges MAAG France, A P O 230, N.Y., N.Y. (Unofficial listing) ($5,100 was pledged previously from class Make checks payable t o : D. S. Chapman.

Armstrong, N. A. Hayward, H. C. funds) represents the participation of some Arvidson, C. H. / s / D. S. CHAPMAN J. P. CROMWELL 235 classmates. Allowing for a few who Hotz, E. C. Bowers, J. R. Hudson, J. A. Sec.-Treas.

President have contributed through their own comBowers, R. L. Jenike, T. E. Many join me in expressing our regrets mands but who have Y E T to request that Butler, A. S. Kibbey, J. H. that we could not attend your party. Jack their donations be credited to the Class of Crowley, C. E. King, R. M. 1951, the number of contributors still falls and Deac!

Daleo, L. J. Kobey, D. S. shy of the 50% mark. Where are the other Dobony, C. Martinelli, R. A. 300 plus? Q. E. D. ANNAPOLIS TIE-LINE Duncan, G. W., Jr. McDowell, H.E., Jr. I had occasion to call J O H N S T U M P Dunham, J. R. Peterson, C. A., Jr. recently in Annapolis and am pleased to Evans, H. T. Pravitz, W. H. announce that five-year-old John M., Jr., is Fant, D. R. Raab, F. H. looking forward to the arrival of his baby 1 9 5 3 • Flory, H. R. Rasmussen, G. L. brother or sister next February. It's getting Gardiner, T. M., I l l Spradling, W. R. Sec'y, Lt. G. E. Weinstein, U S A F more and more difficult to keep up the vital 23-B Travis Loop, Holloman AFB, N. M. Gedney, K. C. Taylor, W. B. statistics department, but it's enjoyable Corr. Sec'y, 1st Lt. D. B. Hente. USAF Groover, M. K. Wills, J. W. work!

5813 24th Ave., Hillcrest Heights. Md. Hart, S. C , Jr. M. S T A S E R HOLCOAIB reports from SILENT SERVICE the Nuclear Engineering (Effects) class at During a couple of recent trips to New the P.G. School that sixty-one '53ers are London, I was able to touch base with presently enrolled in the school. Some men195 1 • several of our sewer-pipe sailors: DICK tioned by name were P H I L CHAREST, Sec'y, Lt. Bruce I. Meader, U S N H O O V E R is PlO'ing for ComSubLant as BOB DONNELLY, JIM JORDAN. He 5713 S. 2d St., Arlington, Va. previously reported; BRYAN M I N N I - also reports that W I M P Y C H A S E was a PROFILE OF THE MONTH GERODE is on the SubScol staff; and house guest of the Charests about six weeks As promised, BILL H E N N E S S Y sent FLOYD H O L L O W A Y is still on his ago. That should be a hotbed of news, in a wealth of biographical info which I'll honeymoon. J O E F U L L E R is now firmly Staser. How about following it up and entrenched aboard the newly commissioned shelling out some newsworthy tidbits. pass on herewith: Staser's address is 540 Mar Vista Dr., After a year and a half on the POCONO, SWORDFISH. After musing over my tour Monterey, Calif. through that magnificent vessel, I am following graduation. Bill went to CIC tempted to delete "sewer-pipe sailors" in the From our '53 correspondent in Norfolk, School in Glenview before reporting aboard the BADGER (DD-657). During his better- lead sentence and substitute something more Mrs. A L H I N M A N , comes the following glamorous—these nuclear submarines make news: "The Norfolk '53 Club held a beach than-two-years on BADGER, Bill served as Operations Officer, operating in the Med Jules Verne's dreams of luxury beneath the supper party in September at the Little sea look like the plans for a Model "T." Creek O Beach. We had a turnout of v/ith the Sixth Fleet and in Korea with the Seventh. Bill's duty on BADGER saw the Another happy member of the Dolphin eighteen people and everyone seemed to fulfillment of the famed recruiting slogan, Club was BILL H E R N D O N when he enjoy it.

"Join the Navy and See the World"—he stuck his head out of the SEAWOLF after "Since last year's Christmas party was made one of those highly-sought-after completing 60 days of submerged isolation such a roaring success, we're planning "around the world cruises." from the earth's atmosphere on 6 October. another for this December Sth. It will be 44

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held at Breezy Point O Club. All '53 and 5_ers and their guests are invited to join the crowd for Happy Hour and a buffet dinner. For reservations, contact: Caroline H I N M A N , 9152 Edinburgh Dr., Norfolk 2. Va., phone GYpsy 7-2812, '53; or Barbara STARK, phone H O 4-4498, '52."

Mrs. Richard Madouse sends in this news of the Tri-Class Wives Club in San Diego: H A L R U M P H was seen taking part in "At the semiannual election meeting of the the Air Force Wide Gunnery Meet at Los Academy Wives of '55, '56, and '57 the following new officers were elected: Pat Vegas, Nev. Hal is flying F-lOODs. Chairman, and Marry Watkins, ViceBy the way, your ground-pounding secre- Cook, tary is now a member of the Mach-Buster's Chairman ('56) ; Sue Anderson ('55) ; Club. On 23 October he exceeded the speed Larue Madouse, Secretary, and Ducky of sound in an F-IOOF at Holloman A F B , Petersen, Vice-Secertary ('57). New arrivals to the area are welcome to the monthly N. Mex. meetings and are requested to contact Pat It's getting pretty bad when your secre- Cook at H A 0-2342 for more information." tary has to write about himself. How about Academy Wives are busy in Long Beach, some news from tlie class so that I can too, and are planning a big Christmas Party avoid such antics in the future.

(Stag or Drag) at one of the local service clubs. It's still too early for details, so call one of the following wives for more information: '55, Mrs. Hugh (Peggy) Webster, 195 5 • GE 3-8156; '56, Mrs. Ted (Mona) Shultz, Sec'y. L. (jg) Joseph Malec. U S N H E 2-9931; '57, Mrs. John (Mid) Ullrich, VA-12, U S S FORRESTAL (CVA-59) FPO N e w York GE 9-1462; '58, Mrs. Ted (Susie) Cheney, GE 4-0744.

GREGORY DEAN BLACK P E T E S P I N K wrote in that he's still We have just received the sad news of the untimely death of GREGORY D E A N aboard the SPERRY (DD-687) as Chief BLACK, U S N , son of Capt. J. Dean Engineer.

Black '31, U S N , and Mrs. Black, on 1 AL H E N R Y left the Amphib Base at November near Tampa due to an aircraft Coronado and will report aboard the GEARING in San Diego. crash.

W. S. H U L L He is survived by his widow, Alice Schilt, West Coast Sec. a son, Gregory Dean, Jr., a daughter, Alice Elizabeth, his father and mother, and two sisters.

• Services were held at Fort Myer Chapel, 1 9 5 7 5 November; interment, ArHngton National Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Roy F. Arnold, USMC H&S Co, 2Bn (Reinf), FOXTROT Cemetery.

FPO N e w York

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THOMAS CHARLES LAMPSA We regret to report the death of T H O M A S C H A R L E S L A M P S A on 9 October 1958 by aircraft accident, near New Plymouth. Ida. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lampsa, Gilbert, Minn.

Sylvia and J I M S T I M S O N have a Httle girl born 14 September. Little Suzanne Kathleen weighed in at 8 lbs., 7^^ oz. Jim is now on the U S S

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(AKA-105).

Just heard from ROY GINGER and J E F F R E Y H E J H A L L . Roy has just left the MCGOWAN to report as staff operations officer for ComDesDiv 102.

DON COYNE is serving on board the MCGOWAN as supply officer.

Saw several classmates at the Oyster Bowl game. F R E D S P E L L M A N was up from Memphis where he is a jet instructor.

M I K E D W Y E R is stationed at Langley AFB. P I C K E T T W R I G H T just reported aboard the U S S R. A. OWENS (DDE-827) as gunnery officer.

If you are on your second or third tour, please send in your address. Let's hear from the Air Force and Marine contingents.

M. F.

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See Class of 1956 for news of Tri-Class Wives Club of San Diego, and news of the Christmas Party in Long Beach.

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If you have a problem in human relations, "Go ask the U. S. Navy how to win friends and influence people," states Alice Widener, publisher of USA magazine.

In her digest of fact and opinion, Mrs. Widener writes, "If all Americans abroad behaved as well as the men and officers of the Sixth Fleet, then we'd easily win a worldwide popularity contest and the State Department wouldn't have to worry about our foreign relations.

"Furthermore, if all Americans behaved as well at home as the men and officers of the Sixth Fleet do abroad, our country wouldn't have many serious problems in human relations."

Mrs. Widener made these observations during a recent Mediterranean trip.

"Everywhere along the European, Atlantic, and Mediterranean coastlines," she says, "people from every walk of life respect, admire, and really Hke the Sixth Fleet. I have heard their praises sung in five different languages by people of more than 20 different nationalities. And I have heard our own GI's abroad speak with admiration about 'the way the Navy behaves !' " What Mrs. Widener observed was the excellent way the Sixth Fleet normally carries out the President's People-toPeople program.

As Sixth Fleet flagship the U S S D E S MOINES has more than her share of '57 graduates. BILL K A U F F M A N is Ass't First Lieutenant and Boat Division Officer; RON W I L T S I E has the 5th Division; TOM M A R N A N E is Ass't Navigator; DAVE MEYER has the R Division; P H I L H O L M E N is our Disbursing Officer ; and DICK L E A H Y has the 6th Division. Dave and Phil are our bachelors, and the rest have their wives on station in our horne port: Villafranche on the French Riviera.

WEDDING Miss Jane Patricia McGrath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richard McGrath, Towson, Md., and Ens. RICHARD NORT O N LEAHY, U S N , son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Norton Leahy, Baltimore, Md., were married Saturday, 5 July, in St. Andrew's Chapel at the Naval Academy. The Rev. James R. McGrath, ChC U S N , an uncle of the bride, officiated.

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EAST COAST Pres., Ens. Charles R. Larson, U S N N A A S Saufley Field, Pensacola, Fla. WEST COAST Sec'y, Ens. John L. Higgins, Jr., U S N Naval Air Basic Training, Pensacola, Fla.

See Class of 1956 for news of the Christmas Party in Long Beach.

I received a letter from GEORGE M E I N I N G with some eleventh company news. George is on the U S S RANKIN (AKA-103) out of Norfolk, Va. He says that his ship is a great one and has proved it by winning the Marjorie Sterrett Award for being the best ship in PhibLant, as well as every other award available to the ship except the green " E " in operations. The ship is now seeking that award with great vigor.

P E T E D O N A H U E and W A Y N E CHADICK are settled aboard the U S S MuLiPHEN (AKA-61) after catching her in the Med in September. Wayne is happily married and is living at 7204 Ralph St. in Norfolk. F R A N K H E R R I N is aboard the USS MCKINLEY, an AGC, which he

also picked up in the Med. Frank called to check up on his ship before his leave was up, and consequently lost part of his honeymoon when he was ordered to meet the ship immediately. He and his wife Elise are living at 2413 C Ellesmere Ave. in Norfolk.

BILL BORER is having a good time playing with the missiles aboard the U S S CANBERRA ( C A G - 2 ) . Bill and his wife Sue

are living at the Bondale Apts. in Norfolk.

LANCE MASSEY is aboard the U S S CAMBRIA (APA-36).

SAM P A R K E R and CHUCK BAKER are out in WestPac after cross-country drives from Ohio and Wisconsin. Sam is on the U S S PICKAWAY

(APA-222), and

Chuck is on the U S S TWINING (DD-540).

H E R B MOLL is on the RANKIN with George and is serving as Second Division Officer. Herb will also assume the position of Gunnery Officer in the near future.

My thanks to George Meining for the letter which was a good help in keeping our class up to date with news. How about some of the rest of you? What are you doing now that you are settled at your duty stations? The deadline for Shipmate is the fifth of each month for the next month's issue. Here's hoping we hear from you soon.

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BRANCH BOSTON The Boston Alumni Association held their first annual luncheon on Election Day at the Officers' Mess, Boston Naval Shipyard. Mr. David Martin, Legislative Assistant to Senator Saltonstall, was the speaker substituting for the Senator who was originally scheduled to speak but was confined to the hospital. Over 100 members and guests were present.

NEWPORT The one hundred and second meeting of the chapter was held on Tuesday, 28 October 1958, in the Destroyer Room of the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Station, Newport, R. I. Present were B. B. McCormick '92; S. A. Taffinder, Leo Welch '06; R. E. Cassidy, L. W. McKeehan '07; John Rankin '08; Mark Hersey '09; C. D. Peirce '10; T. M. Shock '13; R. W. Bates, Gail Morgan, Scott Umsted '15; Randal Dees '17; R. R. Hartung '20; Bern Anderson, H. W. Baltazzi ' 2 1 ; George Hodgkiss, F. L. Robbins '23; H. E. Heneberger '25; H. H. Mcllhenny '27, and P. R. Schratz '39.

Present from the honorary membership were Brig. Gen. W. L. Ritter, USA (Ret.), Mr. Max Bishop and Professor J. K. Tyson, the latter two being members of the War College Staff. John Rankin had his classmates, Capt E. F. Cutts, U S N (Ret.), and Capt Nelson Pickering, U S N R (Ret.), as his guests. Professor Tyson brought, as his guests, Doctor A. J. Drummond and Doctor Angstrom. The speaker of the evening was Doctor Arthur L. Quirk, Head of the Department of Physics of the University of Rhode Island and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission for the State of Rhode Island.

After the dinner a short business meeting, presided over by President Anderson, was held at which the condolences of the membership were extended to Williams, Stapler and McKeehan on their recent bereavements. At this meeting a nominating committee, consisting of Welch, Cassidy and Rankin, was appointed to draw up a slate of officers for the succeeding year to be voted upon at the November meeting. President Anderson set the next meeting for Tuesday, 25 November 1958, in the Destroyer Room, Commissioned (Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Station, Newport, R. I. After the meeting. Doctor Quirk addressed the chapter on the interesting and very live topic "What an Atomic Energy Reactor Means to Rhode Island."

PITTSBURGH The Christmas holidays are fast approaching and with them the annual MidshipmanCadet Ball. Sponsored jointly by the Naval Academy and West Point alumni associations, this gala affair has become a tradition throughout the Tri-State area.

Because of last year's overwhelming success, the dance will again be held in the Pittsburgh Room of the Penn-Sheraton Hotel. (Sircle the date, Saturday, 27 December, and plan to attend this highlight of the alumni year.

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ACTIVITIES As in past years each alumni is being asked to contribute $15.00 towards expenses. Please make your checks payable to the U S N A Alumni Association, Pittsburgh Chapter, and send them to me: Ken Treadwell, 4613 Clubvue Blvd., Pittsburgh 36, Pa.

RICHMOND The Richmond chapter of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association had a theatre party on 16 October 1958 at the Hanover Tavern, Hanover Courthouse, Va. The party included cocktails, dinner and the presentation of the play "Laura," and everyone had a very enjoyable evening.

Those in attendance, which include their wives, were: J. M. Cabanillas '24, Roscoe D. Hughes '27, Robert D. Horner, Jr., '47, Walter D. Whitehead '19, O. R. Scoggins '23, L. L. Hunter '12, Murray Clark '26, W. C. Wickham '09, David T. Baskett '23, H. S. Clark, Jr., '15, Linwood Branch, Jr., '46, E. A. Taylor '22, Dwight H. Day '23, J. P. Moncure '20, and J. L. Gannon '43.

Several months before my daughter was born, it was necessary for me to return to the West Coast via the Panama Canal. First time voyagers to the tropics usually stream ashore to make attractive, reasonably priced purchases, sample the various delightful native fruits and menus plus the customary sightseeing. In my case, this trip was the cheapest way for me to reach my destination and, although with difficulty due to the heat, I did make several treks ashore I was not financially able to make any purchases and, at that time, was definitely not interested in the edibles.

When we reached San Diego, our first American port since departure, there was very little delay in customs for the majority of the passengers. Apparently, they had pecuniary limits, too. Most of them knowing the regulations concerning tropical fruit had either eaten theirs or thrown the remains over the side. As far as I was concerned, I could not envisage anyone stopping me at the end of the gangway, but, I, in my concealing cape, was immediately challenged to halt with this instruction, "Lady, you'll have to remove your cape so we can see if you are carrying any forbidden fruit."

I immediately complied. Need I mention that I have never looked into a redder face in my life.

ERMA D . HUBBARD

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WASHINGTON. D. C. The winter series of monthly luncheon meetings of the D. C. Alumni Association got off to a good start on 15 October with Admiral Melson making a fine presentation.

He outlined the progress of construction of the Naval Academy and Stadium building projects; athletic programs; academic problems and some proposed methods of attacking them; and numerous other items of interest.

Approximately eighty members, and guests, were present. Classes represented spanned the years from 1894 thru 1937, with 1925 and 1926 dividing honors as to most representatives, with eight each.

All visitors to the Washington area are reminded that our luncheons are held at noon on the third Wednesday of each month, at the Army-Navy Club at Seventeenth and Eye Sts. All are welcome.

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THE NAVY WANTS YOUR STORY The Navy is looking for stories of factual incidents during war and peace which can be used in developing television programs, motion pictures, magazine articles and books. Human interest is the keynote. If you, or a friend of yours, were involved in an incident with an adventurous flavor, or one that has a strong emotional appeal, send your idea to the Public Information Division, Office of Information, Navy Department, Washington 25, D. C. Be as specific as possible with respect to names, dates and places.

MEMORIAL STADIUM A l ANNAPOLIS GOING U P FAST . . . The NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium, currently under construction at Annapolis, Md., is rapidly taking shape. Shown here the entrance begins to take on that finished look. The 30,000-seat stadium is being built from funds donated by private organizations and Navy and Marine Personnel. It is expected to be completed in time for the Naval Academy to play its 1959 season opener against William and Mary in next year's football season. The Stadium will be the only joint Navy-Marine Corps Memorial in the United States.

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The Divine Wind, Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II, by Rikihei Inoguchi, Tadashi Nakajima and Roger Pineau.

Annapolis, Md.: U. S. Naval Institute, 1958. 240 pages, illustrated. $4.50. Reviewed by Eugene E. Wilson. (Mr. Wilson, former president of United Aircraft Corp., is the author of Air Pozver for Peace and Slipstream.)

V. Adm. C. R. Brown points up the fact in his Foreword to this absorbing book, that no one has yet explained to the western mind, this Japanese phenomenon of immolation : Kamikaze, The Divine Wind. This fact emphasizes a current tendency on the part of western minds to discount the last two elements of national power which Mahan listed a s : Geographic Position; Physical Conformation; Extent of Territory ; Number of Population; Cfiaracter of Population; and Character of Government.

The Divine Wind provides a priceless documentation of the character of the Japanese population and the Japanese government for service men and civilians who say "Amen" to Job's "Oh that . . . mine adversary would write a book."

This most recent addition to the Naval Institute's unique series of books, presenting the inside story of World War II as related by prominent allied and former enemy officers who were actual eyewitnesses and participants, records an abundance of intimate detail, dramatic incident and objective analysis from which the reader is free to draw his own conclusions. To this reviewer, the book confirmed the estimate made nearly a century earlier by one Ranald MacDonald.

Ranald MacDonald was the son of a Hudson's Bay factor at Vancouver, Wash., by the daughter of King Com Comly, Chief of the Chinook tribe on the Columbia. Impressed by the racial similarities between Japanese fishermen stranded on the coast and his Indian forebears, young Ranald contrived to be put ashore from an American whaler under circumstances which his journals suggest to have been unusual.

Taken prisoner by the Japanese, MacDonald was not executed but confined near Nagasaki where he was assigned as the English instructor to Marayama and Saxtuero who, shortly thereafter, acted as interpreters between the Japanese authorities and Commodore Perry.

At any rate, MacDonald's journals, published by the Eastern Washington Historical Society at Spokane, in 1923, contain an extraordinary estimate of Japanese character of the sort which could have proved priceless to Seward and others of his generation who, in the 1950s, had become aware of the role the United States was destined to play in what is now called Geopolitics. "Naturally they were brave," MacDonald wrote, "—I should say utterly fearless of death—their instincts markedly military. I believe they would suffer annihilation rather than surrender in defense of their country. Unconquered, unconquerable, that is their proud position."

The spirit of Bushido explains much of Kamikaze but not the magnitude of the operation, nor the fact that it continued over such a long period. For the reasons behind this we must look at the fact stated in the author's Preface: This was total war.

To this and unconditional surrender we can DECEMBER,

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The Marine Corps On Trial Brig. G e n . W i l l i a m B. M c K e a n USMC (Ret.)

Publication Date December 8, 1958

The Dust Jacket Says: "When six of a Drill Instructor's Marine recruits drowned in Ribbon Creek on Parris Island, it touched ofF a national controversy. Here, in a book that spares neither the Corps nor the personalities involved, the Sergeant's commanding officer at the time has written o complete account of the men, the case, the trial, and of the military system itself."

Classmates (Class of 1930) and shipmates of the author may obtain autographed copies for regular publisher's price of $5.00, postpaid, from:

FLORIDA BOOK STORE, INC. 1638 WEST UNIVERSITY AVE. GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

"The United States Navy has long been distinguished for the high quality of its officers and men. We must never let this quality diminish. Our challenge in this time of troubles and opportunity is to develop and improve our Naval leadership. The more powerful the weapons that science gives us, the more important the character and will of the men behind them. As these develop, so does the strength of the Navy, Ribbon Creek, The Marine Corps on Trial. the Nation, and the Free World."

By Brig. General Wm. B. McKean, —GENERAL ORDER 21 USMC (Ret.) '30, Dial Press, Dec. 1958, 534 pages, $5.00. Reviewed by R. Adm. John D. Hayes, U S N ( R e t ) .

The deadline of this issue does not allow time to give this book the review it deserves. I predict, however, that we will hear a lot about it and eventually most of ATTENTION TRACKMEN us will read it. Using a minor tragedy, it probes with a knowing psychological knife If a n y of y o u can p r o v i d e a n y into our military elite, the Marine Corps, records, i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d / o r snapshots into our military system and into the t h a t m i g h t a i d m e in a research p a p e r schizophrenia produced in Americans reluctantly becoming a military people. on " T h e History of P o l e - V a u l t i n g a t t h e ascribe such fanaticism as has always characterized human reactions to scorched earth tactics such as the firebombing of Tokyo and other direct assaults by military forces upon civilian populations. The Divine Wind is a must for civiHan and military leaders, and all who aspire to that distinction.

Shipmate readers will know that McKean has spared neither nerves nor feelings in his probe. He is admittedly emotionally involved, but he nevertheless does a masterful job setting down a story with a plot deeper and more absorbing than anything in Dostoevski.

United States N a v a l A c a d e m y , " please contact m e : M i d ' n Robert R. Beaton, 1959 # 1 0 1 5 Bancroft H a l l , USNA Annapolis, M a r y l a n d

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by MAURINE HAYTER

NAVY WIVES

Norfolk, Va. The regular monthly luncheon meeting of the Fifth Naval District Officers' Wives Club was held Thursday, 30 Oct., at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Naval Base.

An array of fall fashions from Rose Hall, Virginia Beach Boulevard, was sponsored

by Lt. Cmdr. Addie Wood ( N C ) . Navy wives Mrs. W. H. White, Mrs. A. W. Anderson, Mrs. J. P. Long, Mrs. J. A. Walker, Mrs. F. D. Riley, Mrs. T. J. Van Metre, Mrs. J. H. Paul, Mrs. C. A. Johnson and Mrs. T. W. Winston were the charming models. Clever favors had been prepared by the committee consisting of Mrs. M. F. Brock, Mrs. J. P. Long, Mrs. J. F. Shaul, Mrs. J. P. Rapoport, Lt. Cdr. Theresa Tyo, Lt. Cdr. Elizabeth Shaw, Mrs. J. P. Sanfilippo and Mrs. R. R. Payne. A large and enthusiastic group was in attendance.

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The Naval Officers' Wives Club held its November luncheon at the Shoreham Hotel on Thursday, 6 Nov. Honored guests were Mrs. Wilbur M. Brucker, wife of the Secretary of the Army; Mrs. Thomas S. (jates, Jr., wife of the Secretary of the Navy; and Mrs. James H. Douglas, wife of the Secretary of the Air Force.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cdr. Beverly Ernest Carter, USN (Ret.)i, and Mrs. Carter, Washington, D. C , have announced the engagement of their daughter, Beverly Ann, to L t (jg) Max Morrell Baldwin, USN, son of Mrs. Morrell G. Baldwin, Philadelphia, Pa., and the late Mr. Baldwin. Miss Carter is a graduate of Mount Vernon Seminary and Mount Vernon Junior College. Her fiance attended the University of Pennsylvania before graduating from the U. S. Naval -Academy. He is stationed at the Naval Air Station, Kingsville, Texas. A December wedding is planned.

Adm. Charles R. Brown, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, was the speaker. Admiral Brown was ComThe marriage of Alice Le Vangie, daughmander of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediter- ter of Mr. Francis Le Vangie, Rutland, ranean during the Suez crisis and the re- Vt., and L t John Mclntyre, Jr., USAF, cent Mid-East unrest. His headquarters for son of Capt. John Mclntyre, USN, and this NATO command are in Naples, Italy. Mrs: Mclntyre, Washington, D. C , took Mrs. Bartholomew Hogan, wife of R. Adm. place on Saturday, 11 October, in S t Bartholomew Hogan, Chief of the Bureau Mary's Church, Rockville, Md. The bride of Medicine and Surgery, was the Senior is a graduate of Trinity College. Station: Hostess. She was assisted by Bureau of Dover, Del. Medicine and Surgery wives.

The Washington Subchapter of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy SOCIAL NOTE held its annual fall get-together on ThursQueen Frederika of Greece and her day, 9 Oct., at the Fort McNair Officers' children. Princess Sophie and Crown Prince Club. After the luncheon, members and Constantine, were recent visitors to the Boston, lAass. their guests heard V. Adm. Oswald S. Col- United States. They were entertained at Largest attendance in years marked the clough, USN (Ret.), discuss pertinent na- dinner by Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, opening meetings for the fall session of the val problems. Mrs. R. H. Bass ('31) was and Mrs. Burke in Admiral's House, Naval Boston Naval Officers' Wives Club. The in charge of arrangements.

Observatory, on Thursday, 23 October.

September luncheon, held at the Officers Mess, Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, was a get-acquainted affair. On 2 October, a program on the history and uses of china was presented. Led by the President,^ Mrs Victor Soucek, members also participated in a most successful Navy Relief Carnival held in mid October at Com. 1 Headquarters.

Washington, D. C. The Wives of Navy Engineering Duty and Bureau of Ships Officers held their first luncheon meeting of the season on Thursday, 30 Oct., at the Bethesda Naval Hospital Officers' Club. High finance was the order of the day, highlighted by the charming presence of Ivy Baker Priest, the Treasurer of the United States. A talk on investments and securities was given by R. Adm. Preston V. Mercer, U S N (Ret.), of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith.

The luncheon theme "Shake the Money Tree" was cleverly carried out in the decorative scheme. At the entrance of the dining room stood the tree artistically hung with gold wrapped candy coins and play bills. Branches of money plant were used in the dried floral arrangements on each table and encircling each napkin was a ring of green brightly gilded with a large $. Candy money taped under lucky chairs provided the selection for the door prizes, two copies of Mrs. Priest's book. Green Grows Ivy, autographed by the author and guest of honor. There were also two piggy banks for future savings.

Mrs. Robert Madden and Mrs. Nathan Sonenshein were co-chairmen.

Approximately two hundred officers' wives and their guests were present.

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Ivy Baker Priest autographing two copies of her book Green Grows Ivy which were given as door prizes at the Bureau of Ships and Engineering Duty Officers luncheon.

Standing 1 to r; R. Adm. Preston V. Mercer, USN (Ret.) '24, Mrs. Leroy V. Honsinger, wife of R. Adm. Leroy V. Honsinger, USN '27, Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships, Mrs. Albert G. Mumma, R. Adm. Albert G. Mumma, USN '26, Chief of the Bureau of Ships.

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CLASSIFIED SERVICES Members of the Association or subscribers to Shipmate are privileged to insert two notices in a one-inch column space in Shipmate at no cost during each membership year.

The deadline for these notices is the fifteenth day of the month preceding the date of issue.

HOUSING ANNAPOLIS. Md. For Sub-Rent: Attractive one bdrm. white stucco, furnished house for sub-rent four or five mos. Special for single officer. Available early Nov.; 70 East St.. Annapolis, Md. Call colonial S-23S8, B. F. Tilley, Cdr. USN (Ret.) •09. (Xli

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The judgment of the editor will determine appropriateness for publication of any advertisement submitted.

NORFOLK, Va. For Sale. Larrymore Lawns— 4 bdrms, 2 J.2 baths, split level; air-conditioned master bdrm 20x13 with two closets, one 6 ft walk-in. Rec rm 20x13; kitchen has built-in range and oven : living and dining rms carpeted ; curtains, drapes throughout: utility rm and attached garage with lots of storage. Nice yard ; house in excellent condition, 2^.^ yrs old. In quiet, established neighborhood with civic league, churches, parochial and public schools. Close to shopping centers. 20 minutes to NAS, NOB Little Creek, CinCLantFlt compound, Staflf College.

Available about 15 Oct. $4200 and assume FHA in service loan. Cdr. J. W. Newsom, 6953 Doummar Drive, Norfolk 3. (IX)

MISCELLANEOUS MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR. The Marion Institute, one of the oldest and most highly respected jr colleges in the U.S., has need for a math prof for the school yr commencing 10 Sept 1958. Besides character recommendations, this teacher must have a Master's with a major or minor in math. He must also have 12 hrs credit in Prof Ed and will be expected to teach in prep school dept and in jr college. We would prefer a ret Army, Navy or Air Force oflficer. Cato D. Glover, Adm. USN (Ret.), President, The Marion Institute. (VIII) WEST COAST — NATIONAL — FOREIGN Positions Available for TOP MEN ONLY Engineers and Executives Resumes Requested SERVICES ASSOCIATES AGENCY 108 East Ocean Blvd.

Long Beach, California INSTRUCTORS in electronics, instrumentation, nuclear physics, reactor theory and operation, chemistry, radiochemistry, health physics, thertnodynamics and other subjects pertaining to operation and maintenance of nuclear power stations. Some practical experience desired. Positions are permanent in a Nuclear Power Stations Training Program located in Western Pennsylvania. Applicants write to Mr. G. M. Oldham, P. O. Box 57, Shippingport, Penn. (IX) I have one copy each, in mint condition, of the LUCKY BAGS for the classes of 1918, 1919, and 1920. They are available for sale, trade, or donation. I want them to go where they will be the most read and the most appreciated. Address: Cdr. D. Adams Frost, USN (Ret.) '21, 23430 Timber Lane, Woodway Park, Edmonds, Wash.

(XI) OLD TOY TRAINS WANTED. My hobby is collecting pre-WW II toy trains, especially Lionel, Ives, American Flyer, Boucher, etc.. Standard, No. 1, 2, 0 & 00 gauges. Running condition not necessary but original paint desired. Don't jettison them; I'll buy them. Identify by manufacturer and number. Cdr. W. R. Lowndes, USN, Ret., 2851 Shasta Rd., Berkeley 8, Calif. (XI)

WASHINGTON, D. C. AREA. For Sale. Comfortable brick rambler on comer lot in exclusive Md. suburb out Mass. Ave., N.W., extended 1 mile. 3 bdrms, 2^^ baths, basement rec. rm., hobby shop and laundry. Walk to public or parochial schools and churches. Spring Valley shopping center. Priced for quick sale at $21,950.

Available after 1st of year. Apply to George L. Powell '35, 5219 Belvoir Dr., Wash. 16, D. C. Phone Oliver 4-7235. (XIII

"SKIPPER OF THE THREE R's' An article in Coronet Magazine (Aug. '57) describes our international program.

With our free texts, readers help non-readers at home.

Copies of the article are free. Write: GOOD SAMARITANS FOR THE THREE R's Ion Pursell '18. Director Frankfurt. Ky.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. For Sale, The Tilton House, 9 Maryland Ave. Largre, handsome, three-story, pre-Revolutionary. header brick house with separate entrance, hyphen-apartment attached. Lge garden. Charming home with income possibilities.

Mrs. R. W. Argro, 9 Maryland Ave. Tel. COlonial 3-2972. (XI) CORONADO or SAN DIEGO, CAL. Rental desired, commencing; 1 Feb. *59. Must have 3 bedrooms. Contact Cdr. R. W. Netting, Bo.x 2029, USN P. G. School. Monterey, Cal. (XII) WANT to rent 3 bedroom house with garage in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D. C. Near public transportation to Main Navy. Desire occupancy after Dec. 6. Address replies t o : Lt. R. P. Metzger, 311 Macasser Drive, Pittsburgh 36, Pa. I XIIJ NORFOLK, VA. Waterfront home with Pier on Elizabeth River, Eastern Branch. Five bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room with fireplace, dining room, screened patio overlooking water, large trees, handsomely landscaped. For Sale or Rent, S19.500 or $150 per month. Write Capt. J. M. Court. Code 600, Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (XII)

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BLACK, GREGORY D E A N ( L T U S N ) COCKER, WTLLIAM K E L L E T T (CDR U S N ) '43.

GEARING, W A L L I S ( C D R U S N R E T ) '14.

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HAZLETT, EDWARD EVERETT, JR ( C A P T U S N R E T ) 'IS. HOWZE, GERALD (LCDR USN R E T ) '05 HULL, C \ R L T O W N S E N D (CAPT U S N R E T ) '13.

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KNOX, H A R R Y GARD '06.

LAMPSA, T H O M A S C H A R L E S ( 1 / L T U S A F ) ,'56.

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From: Chairman, Parents' Open House Weekend Committee 1958 (Head of Dept. of English, History and Government).

To: R. Adm. W. F. Fitzgerald, U S N (Ret.), Exec. Director, U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Assoc.

Subj : Parents' Open House Weekend 1958.

(1) It is a pleasure to convey to you the appreciation of the Superintendent for your efforts which contributed so much to the success of the weekend. The Superintendent's letter to the Chairman stated: "Parents' Open House Weekend 1958 was an outstanding success. The many favorable comments received from civilian and Service parents show conclusively that the Naval Academy made many friends and gained many supporters during that occasion."

(2) I would appreciate your expressing my sincere thanks to Mrs. Barbara Curtis of your Housing Committee for the invaluable assistance she rendered the families of our midshipmen in obtaining good accommodations. I would also like to add that the Superintendent has received many letters complimenting the Alumni Association and its staff for the many courtesies so graciously extended.

ALAN M . NIBBS

Modern defense in ajction:'

The Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk, known as the Mighty Midget, is the smallest, lightest U. S. jet combat aircraft. It can operate from small carriers or short "beachhead" fields.

Career-based pocket bomber packs a nuclear punch So compact that it serves aboard carriers without neeci of folding wings, the Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk is the Navy's newest and most capable light attack aircraft.

Skyhawk has the low landing speeds required for carrier operation, and combines the lift needed to take off with a nuclear weapon with the range required for its use at great distances. Its small size, speed and responsiveness make the Skyh a w k an extremely difficult t a r g e t for enemy interceptors or anti-aircraft. Num-

bers of Douglas Skyhawks are on active duty with U.S. carrier units now engaged in patrolling sensitive areas around the world. They are in service for both the Navy and Marine Corps. /

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