1961-April Shipmate

Sfiipmdte

Hr

APRIL 1961

M

u.

S. NAVAL

ACADEMY ALUMNI AS

LAST CRUISE OF THE PALOS—Page 2

ACHIEVE WITH AETRON | ...from anticipation to activation AETRON...designer-builder of rocket, missile and space facilities. AETRON... affording the ultimate integration of

"^iii'-^Miim

architecture, engineering, and instrumentation for the Space Age. Unique among architect-engineer organizations, AETRON's capabilities

ENGINEERING

are augmented by the combined scientific and engineering talent of Aerojet's fifteen other divisions, in fields ranging from reactors to rockets. The result: faithful translation of theoretical concepts to structural realities.

ARCHITECTURE

AETRON's client roster includes: all the Armed Services, the AEC, the NASA, «

ILLLLDLLU'^

t"HT •ifToiTai'fT

Boeing, Convair, Douglas, Lockheed,

I

•:: •

•

• . •

• • • •

0

° o ; O'^ i''.j S'i<''j 0 0 , o 1^ fl -3 .

Martin, McDonnell, and other leading industrial organizations.

• INSTRUMENTATION

r^

IS

Covina, California A Division of

AEROJET-GENERAL C O R P O R A T I O N SUBSIDIARY

FABRICATION

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^M

(GENERAL) V TIRE J AND RUBBER COMPANY

^^^H

^^1 • CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

District Offices: Washington • New York • Detroit • Dayton • Seattle • Huntsville • Paris

T OO'

wmaie T. M. Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.

U . S.

NAVAL

ACADEMY

ALUMNI

ASSOCIATION

Executive Director Vol. 24

W. F. FITZGERALD, JR., '21 R.Adm. USN (Ret.)

April, 1961

THE LAST CRUISE OF THE PALOS

by VAdm. T. G. W. Settle, USN (Ret.) '19

Ed/for PHILIP F. WAKEAAAN '28 Capt. USN (Ret.)

2

APRIL 1861—CIVIL V/AR COMES TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY

by RAdm. John D. Hayes, USN (Ret.) '24

Editorial Assistant

TRAVEL IN SPAIN

ELIZABETH B. RALEIGH

. . .

fay

8

Cdr. Scott Lamb, USN (Ret.) '19

THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS

Confr/fautors

HAYES, SCHRATZ

.

.

.

.

.

.'.

.

.

ATHLETICS

15 ,J8

CAPITOL HILL Advertising

12 14

EXCERPTS FROM "FACULTY NOTES"

HAYTER, LARDNER,

by Fred Lardner

22

by John D. Hayes

24

Represenfafive

V/ITH A ROUND TURN

SHANNON & ASSOCIATES, INC. New York—28 West 44th Street Chicago—333 Nortli Michigan Avenue Atlanta

No. 4

Detroit

St. touis

Los Angeles

Kansas City

San Francisco

THE AAAIL BOAT

25

THE INAUGURAL PARADE—1961 fay Midn. Donald W. Allee '62

26

Published monthly except July and October by the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc., W.

F. Fitzgerald, Jr.,

Director. Membership dues (including

SEA BREEZES

by Paul Schratz

27

LCdr. Joe Cloonan, (ChC) USN

54

Executive Shipmafe),

MODEL BUILDER

. . . .

fay

$8.00 per year. Subscription rate, $8.00 per year.

Canadian and Foreign subscriptions, $9.00. Single copies, $.75 each. Office of publication at 2601 Sisson Street, Baltimore 1 1 , M d . Editorial Offices at Alumni House, Annapolis, M d . Entered as second class matter at the post office at Baltimore, Md., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Copyright

1961

by

the

United

States

Naval

Academy Alumni Association, Inc.

Opinions expressed in Shipmafe are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the attitude of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, its officers or the editorial staff.

A// pictures

ofRcial Defense Deparfmenf unless otherwise

credited.

Member, American Alumni Council A P R I L ,

1 9 6 1

photos

COVER:

The PALOS was designed for river service in China. She was put together at Mare Island, C a t , then taken apart and shipped to Shanghai, where she was again set up and completed. She is 160 feet long, 241/2 wide and draws but 29 inches of water. She is a twin dcrew vessel with four rudders and can steam 1314 knots.

Her battery is two 6-pounders and six machine guns.

Vice Admiral T. G. W. Settle, USN (Ret.) '19

The Last Cruise of The Palos

THE CREW of the USS PALOS in Shanghai, June 1934. Officers, left to right: Lt. (iq) Seldon Hoooer '27 Enninporino nffl,.=.

D A J HCK. ,n X N . /• ^ Richard S. Baron '24, Executive Officer, killed in action with the Japs l l March 942 in Cebu 7 I LCdr 7 G W I t , 1 '?9 r T ^ o«-'' ^"' VAdm. USN (Ret.), and Lt. (jg) John P. Wood, (MC), Medical Offic'er, now RAdm. (MC) USN'(Ret.).' [HoopJ; was^relfetd p r L ' t T t r f r c ? ^ ^ V U (jg) B. A. Fuetsch '30, now Capt. USN (Ret.).]

S H I P M A T E

T

H E \ \ " E A T H E R had made up blustery from the nor'nor'west on the afternoon of the first of October, 1934 when the U S S PALOS dropped her Shanghai pilot at Woosung and rounded up into the Yangtze. She was starting her last cruise up that mighty river which had been her habitat throughout her twenty years' lifetime.

The old gunboat had just been overhauled in the Chinese Navv's British-run Kiangnan Doclv\-ard in Shanghai and was replete with new staci<s, new boiler tubes, green crew, and orders to take over the job of permanent station ship at Chungking in Szecuan Province some 1300 miles above Woosung.

As \\'oosung faded astern the P.\LOS rolled heavily in the trough of the muddy seas. Our native VVoosungto-Hankow pilot rushed off the bridge to be politely seasick over the lee main deck rail and some of our less polite crew didn't quite make a lee rail. After our sampans at thfir davit heads began slapping into the water we zigzagged upstream, keeping the seas alternately on the starboard bow and quarter to ease her.

All afternoon the engines had to be stopped, one at a time, to blow debris out of the main injections and to look for vacuum, of which the Chief was somewhat shy. His compound reciprocating engines had been rated at 400 H.P. in 1914â&#x20AC;&#x201D;they leaned outboard eight degrees from the vertical to make the cylinder heads fit in under the engineroom overhead structure. Through the long years of battling Old Man Yangtze the structure and all machinery had accumulated a high degree of lost motion and flexibility. A look into her engineroom underway would have sent a big-ship engineer balmy. Every piece of apparatus vibrated, oscillated, and danced; each with its own period and orbit, independently of its fellows.

As dusk came on, the steering engine jammed. W e shifted to the hand gear and anchored for the night, having made good 25 miles from Woosung. During the next ten daj'S the PALOS plodded along by day, utilizing all slow waters, back currents close in to the muddy banks and anchoring occasionally to clean fires while practicing with the hand steering gear each day. W e anchored, or moored to a pontoon, nightly and coaled ship every day or day and a half.

We pulled into Hankow, 600 miles up from the coast, on 11 October and secured at the Hamburg-Amerika pontoon with the P A X A Y . This was our last foreign-style city â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the last Russian ballerinas, numerous in the French Concession "dumps"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the last piped plumbing and ice in our drinks.

The Middle Yangtze is a superlative example of a meandering river. One may have the curious experience of passing a steamer, say 1,000 yards abeam on opposite headings; the streamer apparently gliding along on the rice paddies, both ships bound up-river and five or ten miles from each other along the river. In flood seasons the intervening peninsulas are submerged, along with the navigational beacons. Ships have gotten lost and cruised for hours over the flooded countryside, dodging hillocks, temples, and clumps of trees, hunting for the river. When you finally find it you may have to steam along on the wrong side of a dike for miles until you come to an aperture big enough to let you through back into the stream.

On a sultry Saturday afternoon, 20 October, the crew of the O A H U , station ship in Ichang, noted a pillar of dense black smoke rising high into the air to the eastward. It was the PALOS, distant some ten miles air line, probably eighteen by river, chugging along hoping her stokers would hold up and her stacks not melt down before she could make the haven which Ichang promised to be. About APR I L ,

1 9 6 1

four hours later, the "smoke column" with its gunboat fastened at its base moored to the Socony pontoon and the O A H U ' S crew piloted our parched liberty party to "Cock-eye's" for resuscitation.

While the PALOS drew her breath in Ichang and the mate rigged her and drilled the crew for heaving rapids, spar mooring and such like, the Captain made a round trip to Chungking in the Jardine-Matheson ship K I A W O (pronounced jaw-woe), to familiarize himself (as much as one can in one such trip) with the Upper River. The KiAvvo was commanded by Captain Taff^y Hughes, a Welshman who had been a blue water master mariner before coming to the river. He and his K I A W O had figured in major roles in the famous 1926 Battle of Wanhsien between a British naval force and the Szechuanese General Yang Sen. Hughes is one of the few foreigners who have personally piloted vessels in the Upper Yangtze. H e was assiduous in giving the greenhorn PALOS skipper information on anchorages, rapids and all manner of river lore. H e had an English mate, the inevitable Scotch engineer, and a crew of assorted brands of Chinese.

In our first gorge above Ichang Hughes blew his siren to warn a deep-laden junk ahead. The blast echoed back and forth across the narrow gorge in a staccato most startling to the newcomer. Taffy explained that in the large gorges one must be easy on the siren, for a blast reverberates for hours sometimes with little diminished vigor, to the confusion of subsequently passing shipping. He had once made a prolonged blast at a stubborn junk and was surprised, upon returning past the spot three days later, to hear it still echoing away in the gorge.

When the Skipper got back to Ichang the water mark was several feet below the PALOS' optimum level and still falling, so no time was to be lost in starting up-river. Eate on 29 October we got our pilots, the Chow brothers, on board. With their native quartermasters, stove, goods, opium and a "makee-learn" boy they were stowed away in the forward boatswain's hold.

So at dawn the next day we unmoored from our good Socony pontoon, eased into the stream, and turned over the conn to the elder Chow. His native quartermaster took the wheel. His conning was not verbal but by wiggly-finger.

H e rested a hand on the pilot house window forward of the wheel and wiggled the index finger as necessary; movement to the right (or left) meant "Bring her to starboard (or p o r t ) . " A sort of come-on sign meant "Steady as you go." Speed of ruddering was dictated by emphasis of the fingering, supplemented by the steersman's independent judgment of the situation.

W e got through the Ichang Gorge without incident and to our first rapid, the Paitungtzu, mild at that level. In it our evil friend, the steering engine, failed. We shifted to hand steering, got through the Tatungtan, also mild, and approached our first hot spot, the Kunglingtan. This one was bad, not so much because of excessive water velocity, although it was fast enough, but rather by placement of rocks. There is a big rock in midstream and the southern channel was impassable for steamers at that time. Flanking the main rock and a little down stream from it in the north channel are several small but wicked rocks known as the "Pearls." The up-passage procedure at this level for a long, low-powered ship was to give her full gun, head directly for the central rock (working up to good ground speed in the relatively slack water in its lee) and a few yards below it rudder her smartly into the fast water to starboard, hoping the stern will clean the lower "Pearl" which will be directly astern when the ship is straightened out. Then all we had to do was squeeze onto our steam

CENTRAL ROCK, KUNGLINGTAN, FROM USS PALOS 30 OCTOBER 1934.

pressure while we crept up the fast water to the head of the rapid.

The PALOS, to our surprised relief, won through to the relatively slow water, four knots or so, above Kunglingtan and anchored for the night off the temple at Miaoho where our coal junk was awaiting us.

T

H E N E X T DAY was a memorable one for the Palosians. W e stood up through the three sections of the Hsintan ("New Rapid"—formed by slides only some 150 years ago), moderate at our level, and towards midday approached the Hsiehtan running at its full strength.

Several miles below it we slowed; cleaned fires; broke out heaving gear; sent a fresh fireroom crew below; took up all slack in our belts and started through. In a few hundred yards distance we would have to climb the ship about five feet vertically and the tongue of the rapid was flowing at 14 knots or more. After a few preliminary skirmishes at the foot of the rapid we eased up in a back current in lee of a projecting cape of the southern foreshore. Then we gave her an energetic "full' on the engine telegraphs, rounded the cape and steamed into the edge of the main flow. W e had been making probably twelve knots over the ground in the back current and when her bow was thrown into the swelling edge of the tongue the PALOS had a momentary water speed of around twenty knots. The fo'c's'l was flooded and the ship decelerated like a ferry hitting the piling in a ferry slip. Our momentum was soon dissipated and we crawled up the edge of the tongue into ever faster water, so close to the rocks that had we had a grassy bottom it would surely have been close-cropped on the inboard side.

A couple of ships' lengths and we were "stuck." The current equalled our ten knots thru the water and our ground speed was zero. The customary bandit-coolies were waiting expectantly abreast us on the foreshore. W e passed them the end of ouvj^" steel cable, hung on in the current while they hauled ahead 150 fathoms of it, made the end fast to a boulder at the head of the rapid and threw the bight clear of the rocks into the water. This wire came into the ship through a fairlead block at the break of the

fo'c's'l, then forward to the capstan. Our fo'c's'l crew threw it around the capstan, took out the slack, then heaved us ahead, the engines all the while putting out all the turns that the sweating and furiously shovelling stokers could send them steam for. The capstan heaved us ahead a ship length or so then it stuck—could heave no more with its full head of steam. So the final maneuver in heaving a rapid was in order, sheering. The pilot ruddered her gently out from the foreshore into the stream, springing her ahead on the cable in so doing; then eased her back inshore while the capstan took in the resultant slack in the wire. This out-and-in sheering is repeated until the ship is over the top of the rapid, but on this occasion the third out-sheer was a little too rank or there was a weakness in the cable— anyway, it parted. Our fires and firemen still being in reasonably good shape we only dropped astern a little and held her close in to the foreshore while we broke out the ^ " wire and passed it to the trackers. This time on the second out-sheer it parted at an old sharp-nip weakness.

Our fires were clinkering now and our fireroom crews pooped. Nothing to do but back her down the rapid and start all over again. W e slowed to steerage-way, eased into the middle of the tongue and let the current carry her astern (head up-stream, of course).

It is axiomatic on the Yangtze that whenever one is in an uncomfortable spot a heavily laden junk comes along to further complicate matters and the old river didn't fail us this time. When the second wire parted a huge junk, loaded to vanishing freeboard, appeared at the top of the rapid, turning and sheering rankly in the turbulent water.

Likewise a standard attribute of all junks is that they appear bent upon collision with a ship. One may not merely steer to clear them; one must actively dodge them. Among the vortices at the foot of the tongue this junk threw herself athwart the stream, across our bows. It took drastic use of engines and rudders to clear her and her howling crew by a "dragon's breath." We anchored in a precarious spot a mile down-stream where passing swirls dragged us about in spite of our engines, one or both of which kept turning over slowly. Fires were cleaned, tiffin served to all hands, the stokers given a good blow on deck, and our last wire, a 5^" one, broken out.

SHIPMATE

USS PALOS, APPROACHING THE HSIEHTAN, 31 OCTOBER 1934.

Then, with as much trumped up determination as we could muster we started up roaring old Hsiehtan again.

Old Chow sheered her gingerly and the Skipper was certain he would hear the zing of the wire parting on each out-sheer. Each time it held he was sure its margin of strength was used up and it would certainly fail next time.

But at last a tender sheer, with engines and capstan straining with every B T U in their steam and the crew sallied forward to the fo'c's'l, put her over the top. The PALOS slithered ahead into the glassy water above, the capstan recing exuberantly, taking in the slack of the wire and keeping it out of our propellers.

The battle with the rapid was over. Now came the usual battle of words with the tracker-brigands. W e hove to at low engine speed and a sampan came alongside with the tracker headman, our first tow wires, and a howling crew of natives. The headman was brought to the forward gun deck for the bargaining. The Number Two pilot was our spokesman; the Engineer Officer put on his Special Disbursing Agent beard and stood by with a mess attendant as "interpreter for the defense." The tracker started negotiations by demanding 850 silver "head" dollars, not an immoderate opening bid under the circumstances (being only some three or four times the proper figure). In fifteen minutes they were really warmed up, with shaking of fists under noses and threats of the tracker to shove of? with our wires. After a half hour their drama was played out and a figure only about twice the correct one was agreed upon.

That afternoon we had to heave another rapid, the Niukoutan, but did so without incident and anchored at Patung 60 miles above Ichang where that night's coal junk was awaiting us.

Next morning we came upon Chinchupiao, a low-level rapid as yet running only mildly. W e should have steamed up it without difficutly, but insufficient "power foresight" brought us to with falling steam part way up it. So we yelled with the siren for the trackers and heaved it.

Then in the afternoon we got stuck in a fast race in Wushan Gorge. There was no anchorage for many miles astern and turning a 160-foot ship at that place in the narrow gorge was out of the question. On-the precipitous A P R I L , 1 9 6 1

rocks abreast the ship was a fisherman plying his net (one never sees these fishermen catch a fish). Our pilot shouted to him to take our lines for spar-mooring but he complacently ignored us and went on with his fish-netting.

One of our native boatmen was stripping to swim the few feet ashore when a soft spot in the race, a swirl, came along and let us ease ahead the few yards necessary to clear the fastest water. And so we huffed and puffed our weary way through the rest of the gorge and to this night's coal junk at Tamato, just above the town of Wushan.

Next day we heaved the Hsiamatan (which we undoubtedly should have steamed) and about midday came to the Paotzutan, a mid-level rapid still running lustily. But by carefully conserving our B T U s until we could see the "white of his tongue" we steamed over this one. Though we would not have believed it at the time, Hsiamatan had been the last rapid we were to have to heave. W e had found the real reason for our needless heavings. Whenever the Chief shaved we had to heave a rapid, but when he had a lusty stubble of beard we bowled over rapids and thru races as in the days of the PALOS' youth. W e considered offering up his razor to the next riverside Buddha; but as Buddha is usually portrayed as beardless we thought better of it and merely promised the Chief a general court if he shaved again.

O

N 3 N O V E M B E R the Chief's stubble was gratifyingly hobo-like and we steamed over two low-level and a mid-level rapid, all running fairly strongly. But the Chungking water mark had started rising. When we anchored at Kulinto we sent the carpenter ashore, as usual, to paint water marks a foot part on rocks abreast the ship so we could keep track of the local level during the night. The rise reached us during the night and our level started up.

It was the worst level for the rapid just ahead of us, the Miaochitsu, and in the morning it was booming along extra strongly because of the rising tendency. It appeared as strong as Hsiehtan had been, and to heave this one we would need two hundred fathoms of wire. W e did not have that much %" left and all our wire had been overworked. So the Tutuila in Chungking was asked by radio

to send us another reel in the K I A W O . And we settled down to wait for a steadying water mark, keeping the Chief's razor under hack. All hands got some needed rest.

The evening of the second day Chungking reported falling water and Number One Chow thought "maybe can do" tomorrow. The local water mark steadied during the night and in the early morning showed a down tendency. The new Tutuila's wire had not arrived but the Chief's whiskers were bristling with virility, so we shoved off for a try at old Miaochitsu who had been thumbing his nose at us these two and a half days. W e sneaked up on him, and at the moment of getting his tongue over our fo'c's'l gave her four bells and all the jingles in our repertoire. The PALOS climbed the edge of the tongue, slowing despairingly; all hands were shoving her ahead with their hands and will power. She worked herself slowly to the top, hung there an agonizing minute, then wiggled herself clear and over. The Chief went below and shaved off his praiseworthy whiskers, but he was premature, for we almost got stuck in an inoffensive little rapid (at that level), the Tungyangtzu, a few miles up.

Next day the PALOS pulled up to the city of Wanhsien, mileage 173, half-way from Ichang to Chungking, and anchored off the Socony installation in company with the Standard-Vacuum ship M E I P I N G .

The heaving rapids were astern of us and our main worries now were the daily searches for coal junks and hoping the PALOS would hold together until we could sneak her thru to Chungking.

But "Old Man River" had one more tussle for us in his bag of tricks. At a place called Lochi, our last anchorage before Chungking, we had a hard time finding holding ground. A strong freshet from heavy rains was setting in and had washed out most of the sand patches (upon which it was customary to anchor at this level) leaving the underlying shingle (gravel) through which our anchors dragged easily. W e finally found a small sand patch a mile above the town and anchored on it, putting out several preventer

spring, wires to the shingle foreshore. During the night the local water mark rose some six feet and the velocity increased ominously, even close in to our shingly bank.

An hour before dawn we started warming up as usual and got our lines in from the foreshore. Then suddenly the anchors broke out and started dragging heavily thru the shingle. The freshet had scoured away our sand patch from under our anchors. One engine was warm enough to get turning over and steam was gotten on the steering engine in a hurry. The problem was to use the engines to minimize dragging but keeping enough load on the chains to help keep her headed up, ruddering to hold her 20 to 50 feet off the foreshore. Flashlights attempted to keep the foreshore in sight thru the cold wind-driven rain. The current was probably seven knots past the ship. The minutes passed interminably slowly with narrow squeaks of almost piling up on the foreshore or dragging our anchors off the steep shingle bank into deep water, riding ahead to slack chains or dragging astern uncomfortably rapidly as slow or fast spots in the swirling current passed the ship. When we were about down to the town where our "precarious game would have become still more precarious, the horizon began to lighten up faintly, enough to make out topographical features. With deep relief we heaved up the anchors and stood up against the evil-intentioned muddy torrent.

In mid-afternoon of that day, 12 November, the long trek all but completed, we passed the large gilded Buddha called Tofussu on the south bank just below Chungking.

Up-bound junk men "chin-chin" to Tofussu in thanks for their safe passage thru the gorges; affluent ones set off strings of firecrackers to emphasize their thankfulness. We had hoped for the opportunity to so propitiate him and had invested five mex dollars in firecrackers at Wanhsien. So we slowed and gave old Tofussu a sincere bang-up show.

A couple of hours later the gallant old PALOS was making fast to the American gunboat moorings off the Navy Club, in Lungmenhao Lagoon, Chungking.

USS PALOS LEAVING HANKOW FOR UP-RIVER, OCTOBER 1934.

SHIPMATE

The Medal of Honor, the country's highest decoration, is presented by the President in the name of Congress to members of the Armed Forces of the United States for gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty.

Chief Water Tender John King, U.S.N, was, on two separate occasions, awarded the Medal of Honor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of only seven Navy men in our history so decorated.

The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer, the U.S.S. JOHN KING (DDG3), named in his honor, was commissioned at Boston on 4 February 1961.

v^,

^i

^ATH IRON WORKS ^ t p btii I dors "& fEr^gin ee rs BATH,

APRIL,

1 9 6 1

MAINE

April 1861-Civil War Comes To The Naval Academy

by John D. Hayes '24

A

P R I L , O N E H U N D R E D Y E A R S AGO, was per- haps the most critical month in the history of our country. The Civil W a r which had been threatening for more than a decade had begun. That same month saw the Naval Academy pass through its greatest crisis, for one of the opening scenes of the war took place on its grounds and the institution itself was forced to transfer for the war years to Newport, Rhode Island.

South Carolina seceded from the Union in December 1860 but before this the first midshipman of Southern birth had resigned. H e was Francis Marion Thompson, a third classman from Ridgeway, South Carolina, who was later to serve in the Confederate Navy. Another to resign shortly thereafter was William L. Yancey, Jr., son of the fiery secession advocate from Alabama. Young

Yancy did so reluctantly and not until his father threatened to disown him. Eventually almost all of the midshipmen from the secession states went home. The U. S. Navy Register for August 1861 lists only two from these states.

Eighteen Southerners in the first class addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Navy in January 1861 requesting that, if it were necessary for them to resign, they be furnished with certificates or such equivalents as the Department might deem proper. The Superintendent forwarded this request disapproved but Secretary Toucey did nothing about it as was his custom. This was interpreted as approval by the midshipmen and secession sentiment began to be expressed openly, first among the upper classmen and spreading to the plebes quartered aboard the U S S CONSTITUTION then fitted out as a schoolship. Boys from the South argued loudly with boys from the North about slavery, abolition and secession as did their seniors in the wardrooms, quarters and in homes in Annapolis. Captain George S. Blake did his best to control the situation and his correspondence discloses no serious outbreaks. A few blue cockades, the badge of a secessionist, appeared but these were quickly suppressed. Blake was jittery and he once thought he had a mutiny on his hands but discovered it was a sendoff to a popular man. Sardine G. Stone of Alabama who had resigned. Stone stood two in the Class of 1861 and he was being escorted arm in arm to the gate

by William T. Sampson who stood one, with the whole class following.

Blake had something more serious to worry about in the possibility of the Naval Academy and especially the frigate " O L D IRONSIDES" being seized by secession sympathizers. One of the doctrines of secession was that Federal property within a seceding state would either go to that state or be divided by agreement. Former Governor Pratt of Maryland, who lived in Annapolis, was an outspoken secessionist and boasted that the CONSTITUTION would be the first ship in the new navy of the Confederate states.

Blake had reason to believe that two officers of the faculty felt the same way.

Harper's

Weekly Sketch

THE HERNDON MONUMENT AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY.

The CONSTITUTION was aground at her wharf and even if she could be floated there was no tug to warp her into the Severn where she could cover the Academy and city as well as Fort Madison across the river on the site of the present Experiment Station. This abandoned fort could be armed by groups from Annapolis and Baltimore or so Blake thought. The Marines normally stationed at the Naval Academy had been withdrawn to Washington and there' were only twenty-five seamen aboard the CONSTITUTION, older men whose duty it was to instruct the midshipmen.

S H I P M A T E

Naval Academy Annapolis c. 25 April 1861 Memorandum for Secretary of the Navy E x Governor Pratt, Chief Justice Legrand and Collector Mason of Baltimore a few days since urged the capture of the CONSTITUTION. They openly declared that she must be the first ship to hoist the flag of the "Confederate States." They have become much more moderate within the last few days, and express great regrets, I am told, at the proposed transfer of the Academy to Newport. They were under the impression, as they distinctly declared, that the institution could not be removed from this point— that it must remain here or be destroyed.

Lieutenants Davidson and Parker both of whom have resigned expressed treasonable sentiments some time before they took the step. T h e former did not hesitate to express his disappointment at the departure of the CONSTITUTION. They resigned as it were in the presence of the enemy and if their resignations have not been accepted, I recommend that they be stricken from the rolls of the Navy. Davidson is now in Richmond.

>*,.

«"*^

T '•*»»iii..

G. S. B L A K E

From the Gideon Welles Papers, Library" of Congress.

The Superintendent sent a trusted officer to Washington to report the situation to the Navy Department.

He was Stephen B. Luce for whom Luce Hall is named.

The message Luce brought back convinced Blake that he could expect neither instruction nor help, so on 18 April he set up a securit}^ system w'ithin his command. A howitzer battery was organized, midshipmen stood guard around the Academy walls and a watch was set at the guns of the CONSTITUTION. T h e schooner RAINBOW, attached to the

Xaval Academy, was stationed as a guard boat off Greenbury Point.

The Baltimore Riots o f 1 9 A p r i l 1 8 6 1

In the meantime a chain of events was taking place that would bring Blake the assistance he wanted. On 19 April, the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, while enroute to Washington, was attacked by a mob in Baltimore. That night, to prevent additional troops from passing through the city and perhaps inciting more mob action, the authorities in Baltimore with the concurrence of Governor Thomas H. Hicks ordered the railroad bridges north of the city to be burned. These bridges were across Gunpowder Creek near the site of the present Glenn L. Martin plant. The troops in Philadelphia, the Seventh New York and the Eighth Massachusetts, were stranded. With the latter regiment was the commanding general of the Massachusetts militia. General Benjamin F . Butler, a political figure from Lowell who was to achieve some dubious fame in the war as a soldier.

The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, as it was called at the time, was the only one connecting these three cities. Its president, Samuel M. Felton, had been kept advised of the Baltimore situation and of the burning of the bridges by his telegraphers. Felton was prepared for this as he had expected something similar to happen when President Lincoln was enroute to WashAPRIL,

19 6 1

CAPT. BLAKE, SUPERINTENDENT

1857-1865

ington for his inauguration. There were no bridges across the Susquehanna River at that time; the big iron ferryboat MARYLAND transported the cars across. Felton's plan was to use the ferryboat to carry the troops to Annapolis from whence they could reach Washington via the Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad, predecessor to the now defunct W . B. & A. This railroad connected with the B. & O. south of Baltimore at Annapolis Junction, near present Camp Meade.

Felton enlisted the services of Captain S. F . Du Pont, U S N , the Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and the two men sold Felton's idea to the reluctant Butler.

Du Pont informed Butler that he could land his troops on the government property of the Naval Academy and be covered by the guns of the CONSTITUTION. That afternoon, 20 April, the general and 700 of his men crowded aboard the MARYLAND at Perryville.

The 7th New York Regiment, which was then not under Butler's command, took a different route. The colonel, Marshall Lefferts, a prominent engineer and builder of telegraph lines, chartered the steamer BOSTON to take his regiment around by sea to Chesapeake Bay. Captain Blake at Annapolis had no knowledge of all this, so when the MARYLAND arrived off Annapolis in the darkness of the early Sunday morning, Lt. E!. O. Matthews in the guard boat hailed her. Those aboard hailed back that it was none of his business and told him to come aboard. Matthews met Butler but the two men were suspicious and it took them so long to make their identity known that the RAINBOW returned to the Academy to give the alarm. However, Matthews soon came ashore with the good news.

Blake went aboard the MARYLAND before daybreak and according to Butler thanked him in tears for saving the CONSTITUTION. T h e naval officer requested the general to give him soldiers to man the frigate and also to use

GENERAL VIEW OF ANNAPOLIS WITH THE CONSTITUTION IN THE FOREGROUND.

the MARYLAND to tow her into the stream. Butler detailed two companies from Salem and Lynn to do this work and soldiers and midshipmen worked together to lighten her by transferring guns to the MARYLAND. The ferryboat then towed the sailing ship away from the wharf but both went aground in the poorly marked harbor and were not refloated until the next day. The Massachusetts soldiers had to spend another hungry, thirsty and anxious night afloat.

Shortly after seeing Blake, Butler went ashore to confer with Governor Hicks. Hicks was a Unionist and had done everything he could to keep Maryland from seceding.

At the same time he did not believe that a state should be forced to stay in the Union and he had refused to furnish Maryland's quota of the 75,000 volunteers that Lincoln had called for to put down the "rebellion." H e furthermore did not want Maryland to become a battleground and he refused Butler permission to land on her soil. The brigadier did not force the issue and decided to land on the Academy grounds.

The Troops Land a n d Take O v e r

On Monday morning, 21 April, the BOSTON appeared with the Seventh New York. It had been first intended to take this regiment direct to Washington but Lefferts was deterred by the non-existent batteries along the Potomac. The New York regiment was landed first and then the BOSTON ferried the Massachusetts men ashore. The MARYLAND, relieved of her cargo, refloated and returned to Perryville for more troops. In a few days their number increased to 8,000 and by 24 April Butler felt himself strong enough to force his way to Washington.

Ten first classmen had been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to Washington for further assignment. Since there were neither funds at the Academy nor transportation, they had only one way to carry out their ordersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; walk. They marched with Butler's troops to Annapolis Junction along what is now the Maryland highway to Camp Meade.

Fort Severn once more became an Army post and was to remain so for four years. Soldiers camped on the Academy grounds, horses tore up the lawns, officers were quartered in midshipmen's rooms and Butler took over the Commandant's quarters. All academic work stopped.

10

Harper's Weekly Sketch

Southerners D e p a r t W h i l e N . A. Goes to N e w p o r t

The last four states had by now seceded and the remaining Southern midshipmen bade goodbye to their Northern friends who embarked in the CONSTITUTION, now guarding the harbor. Park Benjamin of the Class of 1867 in his History of the Naval Academy recounts a touching scene at the last formation in which midshipmen from North and South fell in together with the band also present. According to Benjamin the Commandant of Midshipmen, Lt. C. R. P . Rodgers, had the band play two national airs and then gave a patriotic address advising all to be true to the flag. When he finished he advised all those who desired to fall out and then the pitiful scene of farewells took place as the Northerners embarked in a tug to take them to the CONSTITUTION while the Southerners walked to the gate.

Benjamin did not come to the Naval Academy until 1863. His account, which has been copied many times, is not confirmed by the contemporary one of John G. Forde whose unpublished manuscript history of the Naval Academy is in the Library. If this scene had occurred, Forde, who was an Academy librarian for thirty years, would have certainly included it. The formation did actually take place but the Southerners had gone by then. The contemporary accounts do attest, however, to the sad feeling shown on parting.

Three ofificers of the faculty, Lieutenants Hunter Davidson, William H . Parker and John Taylor Wood, also left at this time. Davidson and Parker immediately offered their services to the Confederacy but V/ood retired to his farm on Strawberry Hill near present Perry Circle. Wood was a grandson of Zachary Taylor and was related by marriage to Jefferson Davis. H e did not go South until October. All three had outstanding war records and Parker became Superintendent of the short-lived Confederate Academy.

The U. S. Naval Academy might have come to an end in April 1861, at least temporarily, with all the midshipmen being ordered to sea, had it not been for the Superintendent, George S. Blake. Blake, who held this post from 1857 to 1865, the longest incumbent, proposed the transfer of the institution to Fort Adams at Newport, Rhode Island.

There, in spite of the distraction of a great war, it prospered.

SHIPMATE

a ll m d m liiiii;,- l>> LIMIIU

The long cliain with no end. of wonders A single moleciile of polyethylene is a giant chain created from several thousand basic molecixles . . . and it takes bUlions of these giants to make a simple squeeze bottle or a child's toy! All the famiUar plastics are derived from basic molecules found in common substances such as water, salt and natural gas. After years of research, scientists learned how to rearrange the molecules and Link them together into long chains, bringing you a great variety of colorful, durable, adaptable materials.

Just look around you and see what the many plastics from Union Carbide offer you today . . . inexpensive flooring that puts a new touch of beauty in your home . . . paints that dry in minutes . . ."printed" circuits that simplify the wiring in your television s e t . . . adhesives that can even bond metal to m e t a l . . . so many things that were unheard of before plastics came on the scene.

Scientists are stiU adapting plastics to new uses, molding their molecules into new forms. I n working wdth BAKELITE Brand polyethylenes, epoxies, phenolics, styrenes, and vinyls, the people of Union Carbide are continuing the research that helps to fill your life with endless wonders. ''Bakelite'* is a registered trade mark of Union Carbide Corporation

Learn about the exciting work going on now in plastics, carbons, chemicals, gases, metals, and nuclear energy. Write for "The Exciting Universe of Union Carbide" Booklet R, Union Carbide Corporation, 270 Park Avenue, New York 17, N.Y. In Canada, Union Carbide Canada Limited, Toronto.

UNION CARBIDE ...a h a n d in things to c o m e

Cdr. Scott Lamb, USN (Ret.) '19

TRAVEL IN SPAIN by a RECENT TRAVELER

U

N L E S S O N E keeps careful notes or has an unusually retentive memory, it is difficult to know exactly what to pack as optimum for a trip abroad, particularly with respect to air travel, be it M A T S or commercial. With some remembrance of a commercial flight two years ago covering seven weeks and 13,000 miles and a M A T S flight this summer to Spain, it may be that others may benefit from notes covering the trip.

When we reported to McGuire Air Force Base for "space available" transportation we had ideas that we should like to spend three or four weeks in Germany, France or England, with Frankfurt, Paris or Mildenhall as our destination abroad. At that time we had no particular desire to end up in Spain (Torrejon A F B , Madrid), as we beHeved that we would find the weather unbearably warm. However, as we prepared for the trip we obtained travel literature on the four countries mentioned above, having no idea at that time as to what the possibility would be of ending up where. When we moved from the waiting lounge to terminal as we were notified of space being available, we left unneeded literature in our car, taking along only that appropriate for our designated destination.

Upon reporting to McGuire in early July we soon found that for summer travel there was but little possibility of getting space available transportation, class IV, for any destination other than Madrid. Consequently, when we were asked as to our preferred destination, we indicated Europe as our choice, leaving the door open for whichever of the four desinations might offer space first. As it turned out, we saw no one in class IV who got space other than to Madrid while we were at McGuire; as a matter of fact we soon found that there were a number of couples who had been there for ten days when we arrived, none of whom had been willing to accept Madrid as a choice.

Two couples we knew of changed to Europe the day we arrived and got away two and a half days later, the same day we got out.

12

We were told that exclusive of summer one could usually get to the destination of his choice without undue delay; summer traffic other than Spain is usually very heavy, coming or going. Returning, we came out of Madrid in early August, getting transportation home on the same day we reported. And we were told that this was not at all unusual.

Upon landing, it may be that there is little if any briefing for "space available" passengers, usually retired ofificer personnel and dependents. This being the case, and if one does not go through immigration (as we did not), bear in mind the necessity of passport validation, as on departure one can be most uncomfortable if this formality has not been attended to. Also, ask upon arrival as to what military facilities are available and their locations; I refer here to hotels under military control as well as to commissaries, PXs, etc.

A

S R E G A R D S Spanish weather, we found it very pleas.ant. W e rented a little S E A T 1400 (Spanish-made F I A T ) and toured for two weeks and 2000 miles in Portugal and southern Spain, in comfort and without running into particularly hot weather except that we found Seville rather warm. Our itinerary included Segovia, Toledo, Orapesa, Lisbon, Seville, Cadiz, Algeciras, Gibraltar, Malaga, Cordova, Granada, Alicante, Valencia and back to Madrid. Following this we made a three-day round trip by air to Majorca. Our total car expense, including daily rental, extra charge per kilometer and gasoline was $368, an average of $22 per day.

If one does motor in Spain, one thing must be kept carefully in mind and that is to know where you are going to spend the night. There is usually a good hotel, and often more than one, in the big cities; in smaller towns and villages there are not suitable accommodations, such as SHIPMATE

we know in this country, and what hotels there may be are not acceptable according to our standards. So be certain of your destination when you set out in the morning.

We found hotel rates quite moderate. We stayed at the Gran Hotel Velazquez in Madrid and the charge for a sitting room, a very nice bedroom and a commodious bathroom was $5.25 per day for two; charges in other cities in excellent hotels were quite in line with this figure.

We paid more at the Ritz in Lisbon, as one might expect, and at the Bahia Palace in Palma de Mallorca we paid $15 per day for two, but full pension (three meals) was included. We enjoyed Spanish cooking, particularly the soups and fish courses. Contrary to popular belief we did not find the food highly seasoned although there was always a touch of garlic in the offing. We did drink Solares water everywhere except Madrid and if the yen for a Martini became unbearable, we prevailed upon the bartender, sometimes with indifferent success I must admit, to use a little cold Solares in the Martini, instead of ice.

We found that we could drive 300 miles in a day with some difficulty. Traffic is light and the roads are indescribable. The road map shows the road as red but don't believe it. Regardless of color it can be as bad or worse than any bad road you can think of in this country. Road repairs are all done by hand, not by heavy equipment such as we are accustomed to and consequently progress is slow.

Until roads are improved and suitable overnight accommodations become available, Spain will not be able to offer possibilities for vacation touring by car. And yet there is not one minute of our tour that we regret or that we would forego or change. From our limited experience of about four weeks we found the Spaniards we encountered to be kindly and considerate, thoroughly nice in every respect.

OR A TRIP of any duration, I can safely say that one Fbearing needs two bags per person, as light weight as may be, in mind that commercial first class weight allowance is 66 pounds, tourist 44 pounds and MATS 65 pounds.

Not to be forgotten is the fact that with one's purchases abroad the bags coming home will be heavier than going out. And speaking of weight it has been my experience that any liquor you may purchase to take home is not weighed in as a part of your allowance. This is true coming out of Shannon and I found it equally true on my more recent MATS trip. The allowance even applies to infants in arms.

Now what should one carry? Here's what I shall carry the next time I go; my list excludes what you have on your back.

2 sets underwear drip dry 3 jockey shorts (optional) 2 shirts " " 3 socks 2 stockings for Bermuda shorts 3 sports shirts 1 pajamas " 6 handkerchiefs 4 ties 1 shoes 1 light sandals for bedside and beach 1 dressing gown 2 suits 1 Wear one slacks and medium 2 slacks, light J weight sports jacket 1 Bermuda shorts 1 swim trunks 1 light raincoat 1 sweater, light Plastic coat hanger for drip dry articles APRIL,

19 6 1

One needs the usual toilet articles, of course. In addiion, I found the following to be indispensable: aerosol insect bomb stick of 612 insect repellent bottle salt tablets (for warm climes) kerolysin (athlete's foot) sleeping tabletsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and some in pocket if flying acromycin aspirin sulfa salve kaopectate cc pills Turns (if wine diet is bothersome) sulfathiozile (eye ointment) coricidin dental floss teaspoon band aids Janie spot remover pkg. Hghter flints ball point pen refill small night flash and spare batteries large sink stopper rubber bands, at least 1 doz.

If traveling by air and there is a weight problem, remember that soap, toilet paper (much abroad is either glazed or akin to sand paper), instant coffee, shave lather, after-shave lotion, cigarettes, Lavoris and lighter fluid are available at the PX if the destination is at a military base; also available MSTS. A few additional notes may be of value: (1) Carry a supply of U. S. airmail, letter and postcard stamps for use in APOs abroad.

(2) Regulations specify coat and tie in most U. S.-run hotels and recreation centers abroad, although this varies.

(3) Carry spare U. S. currency or traveler's checks for use in U. S. installations abroad.

(4) You can usually get.foreign exchange at U. S. installations abroad.

(5) For touring by car, have some gum and lifesavers in your pocket.

(6) Likewise have a thermos bottle for cold liquids when touring by car.

For European road maps write to Esso Touring Service, 23, Rue Quentin-Bauchart, Paris 8*, France.

As regards buying a car in Europe, I have always heard so many different stories that I did not know what to believe. Tall tales such as the one that if one waited until he got abroad it would take months for delivery, etc. These all seem to be old wives' tales. I have in front of me as I write a copy of the August 4th issue of the Paris Herald Tribune in which I find advertisements by many European dealers offering immediate delivery on "most new European models" with U. S. specifications. I find listed the Fiat, Peugeot, Panhard, Dauphine, etc. The dealers in some makes offer free shipment to the United States as an August special. I am told also that there are special terms to government and military personnel. Fiat, 115 ChampsElysees, Paris, advertises special terms; Auto-Europe, 65 Rue Galilee, Paris, offers "quick delivery all European makes." B.A.M., 16c Lumeystraat, Rotterclam and 29 Rue Cambon, Paris, offers "immediate delivery anywhere on most new European models." So it could be that a letter to one or more of these firms before one goes abroad could produce some very interesting information.

13

/<2pOtt6 it i^ ^ ^ i^

T

H E L O N G , H A R D W I N T E R seems to be over.

Evidences of this are crew shells on the river, robins and sprouting tulips in the Supe's back yard, and the smiles of the construction people, who, because of heavy snows from November to February, have had to postpone much of the work in our underground utilities replacement program. For further proof, Mrs. Davidson tells me the golf course grows greener by the day! I believe the dark ages have finally passed and that a real beautiful spring is just around the corner.

Speaking of spring, I might mention here a few events which will take place between now and June Week. First, the Naval Academy will host the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference ( N A F A C ) 26-29 April. The conference subject, "Problems of U. S. Foreign Policy in Africa and the Near East," will be discussed by more than 120 college students, mostly upper classmen, from fifty colleges and universities. Other participants will include panel members (Senator Frank Church, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. David Shepard, Executive Vice President of Standard Oil Corporation, Mr. Hanson W .

Baldwin, Military Editor of the New Yorli Times, Rear Admiral John M. Lee, Director of the Political Policy Division of the Ofifice of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Ambassador Loy W . Henderson, former Ambassador to Pakistan and Egypt and former Assistant Secretary of State) and round-table moderators representing political, military, newspaper, and academic fields; all are experts in African and Near Eastern affairs. Representatives of selected foreign embassies will give presentations to the round table on the domestic and foreign problems of their countries. Midshipmen, of course, will participate in the conference.

The Naval Academy is planning to commemorate the Civil W a r Centennial in an extended program. On 19 April, we have scheduled a memorial parade which will be attended by national and civic guests. On 1 April through 8 June an Illustrated Map "Historama" will be on display in Mahan Hall and will be coordinated with a 15-minute taped narration of major naval actions of the Civil War. At the same time, an Historical Exhibit highlighting naval aspects of the Civil W a r will be on display in the lobby of Mahan Hall; another display of contemporary books and documents on the Civil W a r will be shown in the Naval Academy Library.

On 18-20 April the Naval Academy will co-host with the Naval Research Laboratory the Fifth Naval Science Symposium which will bring to the Academy about 500 outstanding naval scientists.

Superintendents from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and Guatemala. This is the first attempt to bring together this group of Superintendents to exchange ideas and discuss programs and training methods. W e are hopeful that each Superintendent will bring in his party a midshipman from his Naval Academy. These visiting midshipmen would, for a period of three days, be integrated into the ranks of the Brigade. Perhaps it would be interesting to note that at the present time we have midshipmen who are nationals of the following countries: Panama, Ecuador, Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica.

W e also have teaching in our Foreign Languages'Department Lieutenant Jorge Orizaga Amezcua from Mexico. I feel that we are making great strides in Inter-American cooperation from a naval standpoint and much of this is being accomplished here at the Academy.

The building program is moving along as programmed.

I expect the commissioning of Wings 7 and 8 to take place about 1 July. I am sure everyone has heard about the new wings, but not much has been said about the Brigade Library which will be located in a hall between the new wings; it is scheduled for completion in late spring 1961, and for use in September. It will replace the two Regimental Libraries presently located in Bancroft Hall.

As many of the volumes in these libraries as may be appropriate will be transferred to the new library. Additional books are now being procured. The Brigade Library will meet a real need of midshipmen who will enjoy direct access to books for study, avocational and recreational reading. The entire library is air-conditioned with excellent lighting, good furniture including lounge-type chairs, sofas and individual study carrels. The aim is to provide materials that not only supplement the courses of study at the Naval Academy, but also extend into fields not formally studied here but of importance in the development of intellectual maturity. It will in no way replace the Main Library, but will represent a generous extension of its facilities.

We'll be looking forward to having many of our alumni coming back for class reunions. Among them are the Classes of 1901, 1911, 1926 and 1931. I hope that we'll see a lot of familiar faces at these gatherings and I talte this opportunity to tell those who plan to return how happy we will be to welcome them back.

Best regards.

Sincerely,

I

N E A R L Y MAY, we look forward to welcoming the Superintendents of the Latin American Naval Academies. Invited to attend the three-day conference are 14

s " I "Âť M A T E

EXCERPTS FROM "FACULTY

NOTES

II

Faculty Notes is published by and for the Faculty of the U. S. Naval Academy three times per year in October, February and May. NAFAC to be Held Here In Late April In mid-spring of this year the Academy will be the scene of its first inter-collegiate academic conference when the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference ( N A F A C ) will be held here, 26-29 April. The Conference subject, "Problems of U . S. Foreign Policy in Africa and the Near East," will be discussed by more than 120 college students —mostly upperclassmen—^from fifty colleges and universities; plus, of course, the members of the Naval Academy's Foreign Relations Club, a most active midshipman organization with which Assoc. Professor R. M. Paone, EH&G, has long been associated.

In addition to the student participants, N A F A C will also be attended by several panel members and roundtable moderators including outstanding academic, business, newspaper, military, and political leaders who are experts in African and Near Eastern Affairs. Representatives from a number of foreign embassies will also give presentations to the round tables (there will be seven) on the major domestic and foreign problems of their countries.

Overall planning and directing of N A F A C rests with the English, History & Government Department with Captain D. M. Rubel, U S N , serving as Chairman and P r o fessor Paone as Director. Fifteen other E H & G faculty members are serving as advisors to midshipmen subcommittees.

On November 28, 1960 Associate Professor John W . Popow suffered a fatal heart attack. H e had been a member of the Mathematics Department since 1946.

Professor Popow was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10 January 1914. H e received a B.S. degree from Washington and Jefferson College in 1935, and an M.A. degree from the University of Maryland in 1948. H e had also done a considerable amount of graduate work in mathematics at the Johns Hopkins University.

T o Professor Popow mathematics was a lifelong intellectual pursuit as well as a source of great personal enjoyment. H e was vitally interested in the problems of teaching and maintained throughout his years at the Academy a high level of interest in the modern developments in mathematics. H e was an active participant in the Mathematics and Science Seminar, and served as an instructor in the elective program.

Professor Popow was noted for his wide range of interests. Music, literature, politics—these and many others were disciplines in which he was at home. A football player throughout his undergraduate days, he coached Battalion football during his early years on the Naval Academy faculty.

H e served on active duty in the Navy as a member of the Naval Reserve from 1943-46. Later, he served as educational and recruiting officer for a local unit of the Reserve. At the time of his death he held the rank of Commander in the U . S. Naval Reserve.

Professor Popow is survived by his widow and four children.

A Preview of the New Brigade Library The new Brigade Library scheduled for completion in late spring 1961, and for occupancy in September, is rapidly taking shape. Located in the building connecting the two wings being added to Bancroft Hall, it occupies the left segment facing the Bay. The Library measures approximately 75 x 125 feet which is roughly the size of the main reading room in Mahan Hall and in addition there is an L-shaped mezzanine about 30 feet wide on two sides of the room. The combined floor areas approximate 1100 square feet.

The ground floor is sub-divided into five general areas.

The circulation desk and small work room are located near the entrance; directly opposite there is a periodical room fitted with special shelves and reading tables. High freestanding book stacks occupy one wall while, directly opposite, an informal reading and lounging area is marked off by a series of low book cases. The center of the room is fitted for formal reading and study with conventional large tables and chairs. The mezzanine is sub-divided into six informal reading spaces by high book stacks; the audio room with three small listening rooms is located in a corner.

The principal attraction and utility of any library, however, are the books which it contains. According to present plans, a small reference collection, including encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, and other basic reference books will be located near the card catalogue, and the circulation desk. Opposite, in the periodical room an extensive collection of military and professional periodicals will be kept. General periodicals of the type now in the Regimental Libraries will be included, and there will be space to house current newspapers. The ground floor stack area is devoted to the main working and reading collection. Biography, engineering, fiction, history, industrial arts, language, litAPRIL,

1961

erature, philosophy, political science, professional, religious, and science books are included. Each field will be represented by selections, not including textbooks. The aim is to provide materials that not only supplement the courses of study at the Naval Academy, but also extend into fields not formally studied here but of importance in the development of intellectual maturity; the low stacks near the informal reading and lounge area are allocated for books on hobbies, sports and avocational reading. On the mezzanine there will be an excellent collection of literature, including many of the classics and books which many people have found enjoyable over the years. Particular attention is being given to the selection of the best edited, wellprinted, though not luxury editions of these titles. Outside the audio room books on music and musicology will be shelved. Inside are tapes and records, both for music and for other audio materials. It is not planned to include foreign language study records or tapes, as ample facilities for these exist elsewhere. First class playback equipment including the splendid phonograph presented to the Brigade two years ago, as a memento of participation on the Pat Boone show, will be installed in this area. It is possible, moreover, that a large high fidelity speaker can be placed outside the audio room so that at some times music can be scheduled in the Brigade Library itself.

The concept of an undergraduate library represented at the Naval Academy by the Brigade Library has gained complete acceptance by many of the best educational institutions in the country. There has long been a particular need here repeatedly emphasized in reports of the Board of Visitors and of study committees for a conveniently located, well stocked and fully equipped library available to midshipmen at all hours when they are free to use it.

15

•.S'^'^^^'^v^^^^'^^v^^^^v^^^^^^^

V

STACy<

y

Ag-ri<v

EE.*^DIKlG

\Z]

ROOM

EooooSo^wwt^ •

KWWWWWSS^

N.\\\\VV\\\\VvV^

KS^SSSSS^

PEaiODlCA.V. CX30M

E . E A D I N a , LOUMGE. ARJE.A

GROUND FLOOR, LIBRARY AREA

At the same time it will in no way replace the Main Library, but will represent a generous extension of its facilities. Present plans call for Brigade Library hours of 0800 to 2200. The staff will consist of a Senior Librarian, assisted by watch-squads. On the basis of experience with the Regimental Libraries, it is certain that the new Brigade Library will become one of the most popular areas in Bancroft Hall; its usefulness in the educational program will be correspondingly great.

At this time, with the physical structure nearing completion, the planning of the contents under way, and the reality almost here, the interest and participation of the faculty in selecting books, and in helping to create the final library is essential. Blue prints and detailed information exist in the office of the Librarian, who will welcome an opportunity to discuss every phase of the project with faculty members.

•B.E>>DIKJG ^ LCUKJSE- AE.g.A.

UPPELB, PA.eT - L^IBRAEY

REJ^vDlKlG

R.OOM

MEZZANINE—LIBRARY AREA

16

S H I P M A T E

NAVY MUSIC ON LONG-PLAYING RECORD By the BRIGADE OF MIDSHIPMEN DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS NAVAL ACADEMY GLEE CLUB

All

your

high

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY BAND

NAVAL ACADEMY ANTIPHONAL CHOIR

favorite

fidelity

traditional

Naval

Academy

music

brought

NAVAL ACADEMY CHAPEL CHOIR

to you on one

10-inch

33 1/3 LP non-breakable record custom processed and pressed by RCA-Victor.

ANCHORS AWEIGH MARINE HYMN

The U. S. N. A. Alumni Association Alumni House, Annapolis, Md.

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA ETERNAL FATHER

Here is my check for $

please send me

NAVY BLUE AND GOLD NAVY VICTORY MARCH ^<ind many others played and sung as only the recti Academy groups can de i t .

Navy Music Records: Name

^

Address

PJIICEt $ 3 . 2 5

APRIl,

196 I

17

ATHL

SPRING PREVIEW Baseball A 28-game schedule will be the toughest in the history of Naval Academy baseball. Although the roster includes nine returning lettermen, only six of these are regulars and three of the six are pitchers. The Middies posted a 15-8 record last year which included the big victory over Army, which had its best team in 10 years.

Joe Bellino, team captain, who batted .326 is the only player returning who hit over .300 last year. H e will do the catching. Chuck Davis, Cary Carlson and Ed Ettinger, a trio of seniors, will do most of the pitching. Pat Kelly will play first base, Ron Terwilliger second base. Bob Campbell or Chuck Galloway shortstop and Ron Reihel third base.

Bob Foyle will play left field; Steve Todd will be in center and Pat Roney, Jimmy Tolbert or John Ryan in right. Navy should have a good defensive club with excellent pitching in '61.

T H E C O A C H — M a x Bishop is now in his 23rd season as Navy's baseball coach. During that time his Middies have won 267 games and lost 133, including 13 victories over arch-rival Army. Max was captain of the Baltimore City College nine in 1918 when he was signed off the campus by Jack Dunn of the Orioles. He began playing with the Birds in 1921 and, in December 1923, he was sold to Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's. Bishop played second base and was lead-off batter for the A's from 1924 through '33 when he was sold to the Boston Red Sox along with Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg for $150,000. Max played in Boston in '34 and '35. He played in the World Series games of 1929, '30 and '31, and did not make an error in three Series. H e won league fielding honors in 1926, '28, '31 and '32 and beat out Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth for the most bases on balls in 1929 to lead the league with 128. Twice he received eight walks in a double-header and was credited with 1,043 bases on balls during his 10 years with the Athletics. As a charter member of the American Association of College Baseball Coaches, Bishop has been on the Rules Committee, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Convention Chairman. H e was a member of the Air Force Baseball Clinic .panel in Germany in 1955.

Heavyweight Crew Graduation has taken three men including the stroke from last year's varsity, but several Olympic crew veterans are returning. Several members of last year's junior varsity crew should bolster the squad.

Also back are nine members of last season's National Championship Plebe shell which caught the fancy of the rowing world when they qualified for the finals of the Olympic Trials by qualifying in their heat and their semifinals race against the more experienced competitors. This could be a good season for Navy crew.

T H E COACH—(see separate write-up on Quinn, p. 21) IS

Photo by Stu Whelan RECOGNIZE HIM? . . . It is Joe Bellino, Navy's "player of the year" and Heisman and Maxwell Trophy winner. Bellino, captain of the Naval Academy baseball team for 1961, wants to become an Ail-American in that sport and his chances are good.

Light-weight Crew Prospects are bright for the Navy lightweight oarsmen this year in both varsity and J V competition. Thirteen lettermen return from the squad that improved rapidly last year to take second place in the Eastern Sprint Championships. In addition, several light and experienced lettermen from last year's heavyweight squad have joined the ISO's. With a wealth of fine material available, competition will be keen for seats in the racing boats.

Look for a strong starboard side anchored on Captain John Morris, and to port, several promising youngsters up from last year's fine Plebe crew.

T H E COACH—Lt. David T. Pratt, U S M C , is now in his second season as head coach of the Navy varsity 150-pound sweep-swingers. H e coached the plebe lightweights in '58 before moving up as successor to Lt. Don Kilmer with the varsity outfit. A native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Dave rowed at the University of Washington in 1955. During the summer of that year, he rowed for the New York Athletic Club winning the Canadian National Championships in four-oared shells. H e was commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduation in 1956 and subsequently reported to the Academy for duty in January '58.

Lt. Pratt is assigned to the Engineering Department.

Golf Four of Navy's lettermen from last year teamed up to win the first Fall Tournament held by the Eastern College Athletic Conference. They won the qualifying round at Princeton for the Southern section and then moved on to Yale to defeat the Northern section winner (Hamilton) for the championship.

S H I P M A T E

The '61 Navy golf team will be built around four twoyear lettermen—Mike Moynahan, Herndon Oliver, Mike Moore and Team Captain Bill Catlett. Second-Classman John Diedenhofen, another letterman from last year, can be counted on for strong support. Mike Madden, Jay Sherman and "youngster" Tom Haney are a trio that could replace the loss of last year's Captain, Mike Hornsby and 'Hunter Gridley. Walt Martin, Dick Stengel, Ken jacobson and Mike Foster, reserves in '60, should be of aid to the '61 team.

T H E C O A C H — J . R. (Bob) Williams came to the Naval Academy from the Baltimore Country Club in 1928 as Golf Professional and has held that position for the past 31 years. H e has served as coach of all Navy teams since golf became a part of the Academy's intercollegiate sports program in 1934. Under his guidance. Navy golf teams have won 122 matches, lost 68 and tied 5. Bob's teams have an impressive record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie in competition against arch-rival Army since the two Academies began their golf series in 1939. Navy's 1943, 1950 and 1957 squads won the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship. They have finished second five times. The Navy mentor is a Class A member of The Professional Golfers Association of America, and a member of the N.C.A.A. Golf Coaches Association. Navy boasts of a fine 18-hole golf course which is a reflection of Bob's untiring effort and personal interest in golf here at the Naval Academy.

Lacrosse Eleven returning lettermen from last year's National Collegiate Champions give Coach Bill Bilderback's lacrosse team depth in all positions except attack. Plere he is confronted with the task of replacing such Navy lacrosse greats as first-team AU-American Karl Ripplemeyer and third-team Ail-American Hank Chiles who provided the major scoring punch for the Champions of '60.

Returning, however, are Jack Prudhomme, second-team All-America midfielder; Neil Reich, second-team AllAmerica defenseman, and Tom Mitchell and George Huffman, honorable mention at attack and defense, respectively.

Also, the return of Midfielders Don Chinn, Frank Dattilo, Bob Shupe, Pat Fitzpatrick, Roger Kisiel and John Hewitt, plus Bob Hill in the goalie spot, points to Navy having a strong defensive team.

Several promising "youngsters," up from last year's plebe team that lost only one close game to the Maryland freshmen, are Don MacLaughlin, Dudley Hendrick, Mike Brown, Ted Willandt and George Tracy. These players should help the overall Academy lacrosse picture.

T H E COACH—Willis (Bill) Bilderback is now in his second year as head coach of lacrosse at the Naval Academy. Prior to moving up to the head coaching spot, "Bildy" had served as plebe coach for 12 years (1947-58) and coach of the Navy junior varsity for two seasons (1945-46).

Bilderback is a graduate of Rutgers University with a Master's Degree in Education. H e played football, wrestled in the 155-pound class and played attack and midfield in lacrosse at Rutgers. H e came to the Academy in 1944 as a specialist in the Navy physical fitness program and has been here ever since. H e is an Assistant Professor in the Physical Education Department.

Sailing (Dinghy) After a successful Fall season in which it chalked up six victories in matches in the Middle Atlantic Association and a second place in the Shell Trophy Invitational at M.I.T., the Navy varsity squad is looking forward to one of its best seasons this Spring. Captain Ed Lutz and A P R I L ,

1 9 6 1

Charlie Ulmer will receive the starting assignments. These two veterans have turned in outstanding performances for the past two years and made a major contribution to Navy's championship status. Supporting these "old pros" are four able and veteran sailors, Al Smith, Marty Seelig, Bill Heine and Jim Sand, who provide exceptional depth to the squad.

Coach Weston Burnett hopes to give fullest opportunity to the development of similar competence in a group of "youngsters" and plebes in whom there is evidence of real talent. The Navy team will aso have a team in the McMillan Cup Race and, if past performance is any guide, stands a good chance of placing high in this very competitive intercollegiate regatta in the yawls. Following that, the Owens Trophy Race at M.I.T. and the Middle Atlantic Championships on the Severn appear to be the team's toughest encounters preceding the National Collegiate Championships to be held at Navy in June.

T H E COACH—Commander H . Weston Burnett, SC U S N , is serving his first season as coach of the Navy Varsity and Plebe Dinghy Sailing Teams. A native of Boston, he prepped at Roxbury Latin School and graduated from the Naval Academy in the Class of 1943. As a midshipman he qualified to command one of the four yawls then available and for two years he raced a Star boat for the Naval Station, Newport, R. I., in competition on Narragansett Bay. His interest in sailing has been sustained in his own small sloop on Lake Winnepesaukee in New Hampshire, and a season aboard ROYONO of the Ocean Sailing Squadron. Commander Burnett is Executive Officer in the Supply and Fiscal Department at the Naval Academy.

Tennis Colin Fox, a second-classman (junior) who ranked No. 5 in the East last year, tops the list of prospects for the 1961 Navy tennis team. Fox, who dropped but six of 21 matches during the '60 campaign, is one of only three lettermen back from last year. Bill Moore and Rick Fluegel, a pair of seniors, are the other two monogram wearers on

Photo by Stu Whelan RAY SWARTZ (left), former Naval Academy wrestling coach who retired last year to devote his full time to his duties as senior professor in the Department of Physical Education, was honored at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships when the member coaches of the Association presented him with a silver bowl trophy in recognition of his 30 years of service to the sport. Swartz and Commander W. P. Carmichael, the Academy's Officer Representative of wrestling.

19

the '61 team. Backing up this trio are several capable reserves who did not make the team a year ago, including Jim Easter, Bill Whitaker, Jerry North, Tom Quinn, Jay Hyland and John Baehr.

A number of outstanding candidates from the '60 plebe team also may break into the lineup. The best of the group is Lee Pekary. H e lost but two of eight matches last spring as a plebe. Also up from the plebe squad are Sam Karabasz, Dick Anderson, Jack Reed, Dick Danhof and Lanny Cox. Coach Bill Bos tabs Navy's '61 schedule as "one of the toughest Navy has ever played."

T H E COACH—Bill Bos is now in his second year as head coach of the Navy tennis team. The former Kalamazoo College tennis and basketball star joined the Naval Academy staff in January '59. H e is generally recognized as one of the nation's top tennis officials and instructors with many years of service in both fields. Bos came to the Academy from the advisory staff of the Wilson Sporting Goods Company. A native of Muskegon, Mich., he attended Michigan State before active duty with the Navy in 1945 and '46 but enrolled at Kalamazoo following his service stint. Bill graduated from Kalamazoo in '50 after a standout tennis and basketball career and he received his master's degree from Michigan in '56. H e turned professional, joined the Wilson Company, and toured the nation setting up various clinics and tournaments for the sporting goods firm. During that time he served as umpire in many big tourneys including the National Championships at Forest Hills, N. Y., the Orange Bowl tournament in Miami, the National Clay Courts tourney at Chicago plus many other national collegiate and scholastic tournaments.

Track Navy lost 14 lettermen from the 1960 squad which won five dual meets (including 7 7 ^ - 5 3 ^ ^ over Army) and placed third behind Yale and Harvard in the Heptagonal Games, but Coach Tommy Thomson believes that the '61 Navy team "will be one of our best ever."

The makeup of the outdoor team will be much the same as the one which represented the Academy in indoor competition this winter, and that squad contains 17 lettermen from last year. Pete Golwas heads the list of sprinters with Noel Bing the top entry in the 440. Brian Havey and Gieorge Marienthal carry Navy's hopes in the 880 with Bill Kiggins and Steve Simpson providing the bright spots in the mile picture. Joel Heine and Bernie Fleming are a pair of good two-milers.

FOOTBALL Navy to Play Syracuse in 1965 Navy will play Syracuse in Annapolis during the 1965 season and will meet the Orangemen at Syracuse in '66 in a home-and-home football series.

Navy and Syracuse have met only once in football.

That game, a 32-6 triumph for the Orangemen, was pfayed in Norfolk's Oyster Bowl in 1959. Syracuse won the National Championship that year.

The scheduling of Syracuse to play here in 1965 is in keeping with the policy of bringing big-name football teams to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in the future.

Navy has two games scheduled for the Stadium in 1961 —^William & Mary on 30 September, Alumni Homecoming Day, and Virginia on 8 November, which has been designated as Family Day. Navy's complete football schedule for the '61 season follows: September 23, at Penn State; 30, William & Mary.

October 6, at Miami (night) ; 14, at Cornell; 20, at Detroit (night) ; 28 at Pittsburgh.

November 4, at Notre Dame; 11, Duke at Norfolk; 18, Virginia.

December 2, Army at Philadelphia.

Ernie Jorge Rejoins Football Staff Ernie Jorge, who left the Naval Academy a year ago to join the professional Oakland Raiders, will return to the Navy football staff as an assistant to Wayne Hardin.

Jorge first came to the Academy as a member of the varsity coaching staff in February 1955 from the professional Chicago Cardinals. He has been line coach at Chicago prior to coming to Annapolis.

H e served as offensive line mentor under Eddie Erdelatz from 1955 through '58 and held the same position under Hardin for the '59 season. Upon his return in March he will again work with the offensive line.

Tom Shields in the hurdles, Dave Thaxton in the high jump. Captain Scotty Thorell in the broad jump plus Jim Hart, Dick Brown and Greg Mather in the shot and discus provide Thomson with some top talent in these events.

Other standouts should be Steve Curtice and Doug Touzour, a pair of sophomores (javelin) ; Ed Rector and Paul Kleindorfer (pole vault), and John Prichard (broad jump) and Jim Thorell, younger brother of Scotty (broad j u m p ) .

T H E COACH—Earl J. (Tommy) Thomson has been coaching track at the Naval Academy since 1927. A native of Prince Albert, Sask., Canada, Tommy went to Dartmouth and while a student there, he won a long list of track honors. Among his triumphs was the 110-meter hurdle event in the 1920 Olympics and he held the world's record in the high hurdles from 1920-31. Thomson was Assistant Track Coach at Dartmouth in 1922, coach at West Virginia in '23 and assistant at Yale from 1923-27.

Tommy has been named to the Helms Athletic Foundation's Track Hall of Fame in recognition of his many years of coaching at the Academy and his outstanding performances as a contestant.

20

ERNIE JORGE S H I P M A T E

Brown

Photo

Lab

CARL SCHUETTE

Navy N a m e s C o l g a t e Assistant To Fill Line Vacancy

Carl W . Schuette, assistant to Alva Kelly at Colgate University, has been named to fill the line coaching vacancy on the Navy staff.

Schuette (pronounced S H O O - t i ) fills the spot created by the departure of J. D. Roberts for Auburn last month.

He will serve as defensive line coach of the Midshipmen.

A native of Sheboygan, Wis., Schuette graduated from Marquette in 1948. H e was an outstanding athlete and student, winning three letters in football and four in track.

He also was the recipient of the McCahill Trophy as the top student-athlete of his class at Marquette.

Following graduation, he joined the professional Buffalo Bills for two years and then transferred to the Green Bay Packers for two more seasons. An offensive center and defensive linebacker and halfback, Schuette called defensive signals through all four years of his pro career.

His coaching experience began at Marquette in 1952 when he served as freshman coach. The next three seasons he was coach of defense at the Milwaukee institution. H e moved to Brown in '56 and was both offensive and defensive line coach there until the 1959 season when he joined the Canadian professional Saskatchewan Rough Riders. After one year there, he re-joined Kelly's staff, this time at Colgate.

OPERATION SUNSHINE The Naval Academy's "Operation Sunshine" got underway on W^ednesday afternoon, 22 March when 122 members of Navy spring sports squads boarded chartered airplanes for five days of intensive pre-season training in the Florida sunshine.

APRIL,

1961

Photo by Stu. Whelan PAUL Q U I N N '48Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;NAVY CREW COACH

QUINN BECOMES CREW COACHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LINDSEY UNDERTAKES OLYMPIC STUDY Lou Lindsey, last year's Navy varsity crew coach, has been assigned to a special mission aimed at assisting the United States Olympic Rowing Program. Paul Quinn, last year's plebe rowing coach, has been elevated to the position of head coach.

In his new assignment, Lindsey will undertake a thorough study of the United States' efforts to improve its position in Olympic rowing. H e will have the full support of the Olympic Development Committee in this program.

Quinn, 36, was a Naval Academy graduate with the Class of 1948-B. H e won three letters in rowing and two in basketball as a midshipman. After three tours of duty at sea, he returned to Annapolis as an instructor in the Science Department. It was during this assignment that he began coaching the Navy plebe crews in 1956.

Quinn's 1960 plebe boat was undefeated. The Eastern sprints championship and the I.R.A. title were among their freshman victories. The crew captured the fancy of the rowing world by going to the finals of the Olympic trials before bowing to the more experienced varsity oarsmen.

Six Navy teams were involved in the southern junket.

They were baseball, crew, lacrosse, track, golf and tennis.

The group departed Annapolis following the close of classes on the 22nd, arriving at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station that evening. They returned to the Academy on Monday afternoon following a workout that morning.

21

CAPITOL HILL

by Fred Lardner n ONGRESSIONAL hearings on the "na^ tional defense posture" reveal that the Navy is hurting. It needs more money for more technically trained men, new ships, more modern aircraft, and other things.

The Navy is like an industry operating with expensive heavy machines and equipment. When its machines begin to become outmoded or wear out, its efficiency begins to decrease.

Admiral Arleigh Burke, CNO, recently told Congress that "there is a limit in deployment, in tempo of operations, in upkeep deferments, in fatigue, beyond which readiness takes a downward turn." The Navy, he said, is "hampered by aging ships which mount obsolescent equipment. We are hampered by too few modern aircraft. Our amphibious lift needs modernization. Our men are faced with ever more demanding schedules and sacrifices. These deficiencies are serious todayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they take on added gravity when we consider the cumulative efifects to come.

"If we are to be ready to meet the inevitable demands of emergencies five or ten years from now, we must prepare today. . . ."

Admiral Burke added that the Navy needs 14,000 more men than authorized in the 1962 fiscal year budget submitted by President Eisenhower.

Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally said in his testimony that the Navy "has had fewer men to do an ever-increasing job," and has been forced to operate with an "ever-diminishing number of officers and men who have had less and less experience and training."

The need to man Polaris submarines with technically trained officers and men has deprived other ships of needed personnel. Secretary Connally said.

The operating requirements of the U. S. Navy today have resulted in a work rate, Mr. Connally added, which has "taxed devotion and dedication to the Navy to the point where retention of trained officers and men has suflfered seriously." Men on aircraft carriers can spend only about SS nights a year at home. Throughout the Navy, the number of nights spent at home averages only about 90 a year.

This is a primary reason why there has been only 16.2 per cent reenlistments in critical ratings.

The Navy needs more men and training facilities, more modern ships and aircraft.

Where will it get the money?

Late reports indicate that President Kennedy will ask Congress for about the same amount of money for defense that was included in the budget submitted by former President Eisenhower. However, Mr. Kennedy plans to ask Congress for an additional billion dollars in the regular deficiency appropriations bill submitted in the spring of the year. Mr. Eisenhower's budget totaled $80.9 billion for all Government departments.

He figured on a revenue of $82.3 billion, and a_ surplus of $1.S billion. Mr. Kennedy's advisers do not believe revenues will be so high.

Mr. Eisenhower requested $42.9 billion for defense, or $1.4 billion above the appropriations for fiscal 1961 (ending June 30, 1961).

President Kennedy is expected to ask for 22

this amount, plus a deficiency appropriation to be considered in the spring of 1962. The Defense Department expects to save considerable sums by making operating changes here and there, but it will spend more in other places.

The Army, for instance, is expected to have its manpower increased by SS,000 to 92S,000, and Marine Corps manpower is expected to be increased from 175,000 to 200,000. The Minuteman and the Polaris missiles (with the submarine) are earmarked for more money. Army equipment and weapons are scheduled to be modernized.

Mr. Eisenhower called for $3.6 billion for foreign aid, $1.8 billion on military assistance and $1.8 billion on economic assistance.

Mr. Kennedy has requested an $8 billion for economic aid program spread over five years.

The requests for foreign aid may be about the same.

The unknown "factor in the Government's overall expenditures for fiscal 1962 is the cost of the various new programs of civilian aid. It may be three or four years before the actual cost of the "New Frontier" on the civilian front will become known. But even newspapers friendly to Mr. Kennedy predict that expenditures in fiscal 1962 will be five billion, dollars or so above those of fiscal 1961.

Influence Of The M i l i t a r y

Allocation of space projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;research, development and procurement of space, missile, and aircraft weapons systemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to the Air Force has raised the question of the influence of military leaders in formulation of Defense Department programs.

General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, USAF, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, protested against this shift in a news item appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times.

"Encouraging all Services to develop space systems in which they have a primary interest of special confidence is for me the better way to use the resources we can allot to this area," he said, in part. "I am confident that close Department of Defense supervision of expenditures can assure good economy and management."

Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric said the action was taken to speed the "decision-making process" and prevent "duplication of effort and misuse of resources." The Navy, he added, will have a big enough job of research and development in antisubmarine warfare, and the Army will have all it can do in creating an adequate missile defense.

Secretary Connally Hopeful For N a v y Space Projects

Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally, testifying in late March before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, said that Secretary of Defense McNamara had promised the Navy's space needs would be protected. Mr. McNamara agreed. Secretary Connally said, that Navy scientists and laboratories available for space research and development "were the finest in Government."

The original plan probably will be to let the Navy work on space projects under general Air Force supervision. But if the needs of the Navy are not assured, Mr. McNamara

said, "exceptions would be made in order that the Navy might be freer to pursue these activities."

Secretary Connally said that McNamara had told him the overall directive might be amended if necessary to make certain the Navy has full opportunity to retain "abilities and capabilities to perform its naval missions." The Navy needs weather, communications, navigational and other satellite systems designed to serve ships and submarines.

There is apprehension, Mr. Connally said, that Navy scientists might leave the Navy if it appears they will not be permitted to initiate projects and carry them through to completion without undue handicap imposed by the Defense Department's Office of Research and Engineering.

Members of the committee are reported to be impressed with Mr. Connally's arguments.

By the time you read this, the defense program of the Kennedy Administration and the influence of the military in formulating the program will have been clarified. It is obvious that the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other military authorities have had little to say so far. The Defense Department has been conducting studies along four general lines: strategic and deterrent needs; brushfire wars and conventional forces; research and development; and supply and logistics.

Four special task forces, under civilian Assistant Secretaries, have done the work. According to reports, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were consulted, but only after the studies were well underway. General Lemnitzer said the Joint Chiefs of Staff were not given an adequate opportunity to comment on the shift of space projects to the Air Force.

At this writing there is no telling where the highest military authorities, the Joint Chiefs, will end up on the official chart of defense reorganization. Some proposals have the Joint Chiefs ranking below Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Defense.

Congress has granted the Secretary of Defense broad authority to make changes within the department. However, Congressional committees are certain to inquire of military leaders just what voice they may have had in these changes, and whether or not they like them or would prefer something else.

Personnel

Improvements

Pay Study. On orders from President Ken^ nedy, the Defense Department has been studying the military pay system, including pay scales, special pay to enlisted men of high proficiency, additional pay for officers in positions of considerable responsibility. Hazardous duty pay and subsistence pay are also under study.

This is not expected to lead to another general pay increase in this Congress (196162), but it may become the basis for an increase in the near future.

President Kennedy is aware, according to reports, that something must be done to lessen the loss of technically trained men from the Services, and would like to have the Services take advantage of laws on the subject to pay as much as possible to these men.

Quarters Allowances. For more than a year the Defense Department has been conS H I P M A T E

sidering a proposal to increase quarters allowances. Such an increase was recommended in the Cordiner Report, prepared as a guide in writing the Incentive Pay Act of 1958, but the recommendation was ignored by Congress. The department's legislative pro-* posal on this subject is expected to call for an increase of at least 20 per cent, and possibly more. Since the last increase in quarters allowances, in 1952, rentals have averaged .a 20 per cent increase.

Trailer Allowances. The limit for commercial hauling may be the actual cost. Current commercial costs average about 34 cents a mile, and Service members have to pay the difference between actual costs and their allowance of 20 cents a mile. There inay be no advance, however, in the present 11-centsper-mile for hauling your own trailer.

Military Dollars Abroad

President Kennedy's order curtailing spending by Service personnel and dependents abroad is expected to reduce foreign spending by $75 to $110 a year per member.

Except for automobiles owned or on order as of March 6, 1961, it will no longer be possible for a member to purchase a foreignmade car overseas and have it shipped to this country, duty-free and at Government expense. Furthermore, a foreign car purchased in this country will not be shipped abroad at Government expense.

The order requests that purchases of foreign goods be limited to (a) Items purchased in an exchange or other such resale activity, and then only when a need exists for the item; (b) Items required for the use of the individual or his household, incident to his duty overseas; (c) If not covered in (a) or (b), the total cost of all such items must not exceed $100 a year.

Service members and other Government employees will be asked to invest $100 per year in U. S. Savings Bonds.

Military stores abroad will be encouraged to sell U. S. goods, and to purchase and sell foreign goods which Service members might buy in foreign stores at higher prices than they would pay in Service stores.

On June 30, 1961, the law which permits the entry free of customs charges of bona fide gifts from Service members, up to a value of $50 in any one shipment, expires.

It will not be extended, and after that date the maximum value of such a gift will be $10, the value currently applied to tourists.

man of the Senate Armed Services subcommittee dealing with military pay. Mr. Stennis insisted on an outside study of military retirement and retirement pay before taking action on the bill. He favors some type of contributory retirement pay.

Proponents of the legislation, now H. R. 4331 in the House, argue that contributory retirement would have no effect on personnel already retired, and that action on the bill should be taken now. Since it is planned to try to get the Senate to act first this time, it is probable no action will be taken until the retirement study has been completed and considered. The University of Michigan is conducting the study, and is expected to complete it by mid-year.

For what it may be worth, this writer has no doubt the bill will be enacted into law.

The only question is when.

Polaris Leads In New Defense Program

President Kennedy has requested Congress to approve Defense Department expenditures for fiscal 1962 which would make net expenditures about $43,800 billion, as compared to Mr. Eisenhower's request for $42,910 bilHon. For fiscal 1961, Mr. Kennedy would spend $42,500 billion, as compared to Mr. Eisenhower's $41,500 billion.

The word, net, is emphasized here, since the President's increases would be greater than indicated if it were not for the savings contemplated. A primary saving will result from closing down various military installations. Of the 7,000 installations, closing of 73 is already in process.

The Polaris leads in the President's estimate of nuclear warfare needs, but he is also increasing greatly the department's preparations for possible non-nuclear warfare.

"In the light of the high degree of success attained to date in its development, production and operation," the President told Congress, "I strongly recommend that the Polaris program be greatly expanded and accelerated. I have earlier directed the Department of Defense, as stated in my State of the Union message, to increase the fiscal year 1961 program from 5 submarine starts to 10, and to accelerate the delivery of these and other Polaris submarines still under construction. This action will provide 5 more operational submarines about nine months earlier than previously planned.

"For fiscal year 1962, I recommended the construction of 10 more Polaris submarines, Retired Pay Recomputation making a total of 29, plus one additional tender. These 10 submarines, together with the Sought By Defense Dept.

10 programmed for fiscal year 1961, are The Kennedy Administration is now fully scheduled to be delivered at the rate of one supporting legisation to eliminate inequities a month or twelve a year, beginning in June imposed on retired pay by the Incentive Pay 1963, compared with the previous rate of 5 Act of 19S8. Under this legislation, personnel a year. Under this schedule, a-force of 29 retired prior to June 1, 1958, were given a Polaris submarines can be completed and at six per cent increase in pay. If their pay had sea two months before the present program been computed in the usual manner, based on called for 19 boats, and two years earlier active duty pay rank for rank, the pay in- than would be possible under the old 5-a-year creases would have been much higher in the rate. These 29 submarines, each with a full great majority of cases. complement of missiles, will be a formidable President Kennedy has previously sup- deterrent force. The sooner they are on staported pay recomputation. Now the Budget tion, the safer we will be.

Bureau and the Defense Department openly "I also recommend that the development support it. of the long-range Polaris A-3 be accelerated "The proposal has been reviewed by the in order to become available a year earlier. incumbent Administration of the Defense De- This longer range missile with improved penepartment and support for it is reaffirmed," tration capability will greatly enhance the said department General Counsel Cyrus R. operational flexibility of the Polaris force Vance, in a letter to Rep. Carl Vinson (Dem., and reduce its exposure to shore-based antiGa.), chairman of the House Armed Serv- submarine warfare measures." ices Committee.

The President asked new obligational auThe legislation was passed by the House thority totaling $1.34 billion for the Polaris last year. It was stymied in the Senate by program, to be spread over four years, with $270 million for fiscal 1962.

Senator John Stennis (Dem., Miss.), chairAPRIL,

1961

Regarding other missiles, the Minuteman will receive an additional $96 million in fiscal 1962 and the Skybolt $50 million more.

President Kennedy asked that the B-70 program be limited to research, to explore the possibility of flying at three times the speed of sound with an airframe potentially useful as a bomber. He proposed that no more B-52 heavy bombers or B-58 medium bombers be purchased, and that one-eighth of heavy bombers be kept on an airborne alert and one-half of B-52 and B-47 bombers be kept on a 15-minute alert.

As aids in possible limited war, he requested 129 longer range, modern airlift aircraft, as compared with the SO previously planned, to tide us over until the new jet powered C-141 becomes available. He asked $40 million more for construction of additional amphibious transport of a new type, increasing the speed and capability of Marine Corps airlift; and $84 million more for an increase in the Navy's ship rehabilitation and modernization program, making possible an increase in the number of ship overhauls as well as a higher level of naval aircraft maintenance. â&#x20AC;˘ He proposed an additional $230 million for increased procurement of such items as helicopters, rifles, modern non-nuclear weapons, electronics and communications equipment, improved ammunitions for artillery and infantry weapons, and torpedoes.

While manned aircraft will be needed for 1965-1975 missile area, the President said.

Navy and Air Force fighters are expected to be phased out by 1965. He requested $45 million for development of a radically new tactical fighter emphasizing non-nuclear capabilities.

He requested funds to add 13,000 men to the Army and the Marine Corps. In addition, the Navy is getting more men than originally planned for fiscal 1962 for Polaris crews, and the Air Force is getting more for ground alert.

The plan to install Polaris missiles on the cruiser LONG BEACH has been canceled. In a

limited war, the cruiser's utility would be reduced by the presence of missiles, the President said, and the submarine is better for the Polaris.

1961 REGISTER OF ALUMNI

The 1961 edition of the R E G I S T E R O F A L U M N I of the United States Naval Academy is now ready for distribution.

This edition is N E W in format and N E W in content. The biographical information in the class section has been expanded to include both duty (or business) and home addresses where known, officer designators and special qualifications. Two new sections have been added: a geographical section and a listing of non-Naval Academy flag officers, active and retired, line and staff corps with addresses. ORDER NOW !

P R I C E : $3.00 The U.S.N.A. Alumni Association Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. Here is my check for $3.00, please send me the 1961 R E G I S T E R O F ALUMNI. Name Address

23

WITH A ROUND TURN

by John D. Hayes ' 2 4

SEA POWER'S SAD REFRAIN

Herman Melville, famous author of Moby Dick, was also a poet. He was inspired by the

MONITOR-MERRIMACK fight to write a

poem about a ship of the line, a type which those ironclads had doomed. He accompanied the poem with this note: The TEMERAIRE, that storied ship of the English fleet and the subject of the welllinown painting by Turner, commends itself to the mind, seeking for some craft to stand for the poetic ideal of those great heroic wooden warships whose gradual displacement is lamented by none, more than by the regularly educated naval officers, and of all nations.

Eugene Burdick, famous as the co-author of The Ugly American, wrote a fine article on the U. S. Navy in the October 1958 issue of Holiday. In it he told how as a boy he once viewed a newsreel entitled "Battlewagons Fire a Broadside" and realized / had seen the biggest engines of war ever contrived by man and with the insight of the innocent I sensed something of their power.

Later he wrote that in the thirty-six hours of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the "Gotterdammerung" of the men-o'-war was played out and he regarded it as a pity that My son will never see a line of battleships moving over a storm-flecked and awesome sea.

Oskar Morganstern, social scientist, in his recent book. The Question of National Defense, wrote: The large carrier is dying before our very eyes. To anyone who has ever seen the magnificent spectacle of day and night carrier operations—perhaps the most perfect interplay of men and machines ever designed anywhere—this is indeed saddening.

Naval officers, realists that they must be, know that sea power has expressed itself in many forms through the centuries—ships of the line and aircraft carriers, river gunboats and Polaris submarines. The forms of sea power must change but its essence remains always the same.

USNA STILL NEEDS A LIBRARY

Graduates of the two national academies had reason to be proud on Sunday, 4 March as television showed the country the ArmyNavy Winter Sports Weekend. Navy men had further reason to be proud not only of the results but also of the Superintendent's statement in which he so succinctly expressed the mission of the Naval Academy and the raison d'etre for our profession: "We are in the business of winning." Admiral Davidson then went on to point out the changes and advances in the curriculum that have taken place in the last few years, thanks to a dedicated civilian faculty.

The Naval Academy today is a bright spot in the Navy's otherwise dark personnel picture. One thing only is lacking in producing the "whole man" from which a naval officer must come. This is a library worthy of the institution.

A library for the Naval Academy does not mean one matching the great university libraries. The Naval Academy is in the business of producing winners, not scholars. But 24

it should have a library designed to meet its special needs, especially the needs of an institution that must employ its own products.

It should be one of which its faculty and alumni could be proud.

FARRAGUT THE LUCKY

It was Napoleon or maybe it was Frederick or somebody else who stated that the first requirement of a good commander was that he be lucky. David G. Farragut was lucky as I discovered recently from one of his letters to the Fourth Auditor, now in the National Archives. The Fourth Auditor at that time handled all fiscal matters for the Navy.

Farragut's biographers stress his strong Union sentiments despite the fact that he was born in Tennessee and his wife in Norfolk and that he had made his home in that city for years. They also point to his dramatic departure from Norfolk two days after Virginia seceded and a few hours before the abandonment and burning of the Navy Yard there. These were the facts that influenced Gustavus V. Fox and Gideon Welles in their selection of him for command of the New Orleans expedition.

Farragut himself tells us that there was an additional reason for his leaving Norfolk on that particular day. In letters informing the Secretary of the Navy and the Fourth Auditor of his change of residence he stated that he left Norfolk on the 19th of April for New York for the purpose of putting his wife's sister on the steamer for California to rejoin her husband.

This is no attempt to debunk a great man.

There is no doubt of Farragut's intention to leave Norfolk. But the day that he chose to do so was determined by the sailing time of a steamer in New York. There is no place for an I F in history but it is an historical fact that Farragut and the Union cause were lucky that the steamer was not scheduled to leave several days earlier or later.

Farragut's letter to the Fourth Auditor: New York, May 1st 1861 Sir: On the afternoon of the 19th ult. I left Norfolk for the purpose of taking my (wife's) sister to New York and there placing her on the California steamer to return to her husband. I hurried my departure fearing that she might be detained indefinitely, and such would have been the case, for we had great difficulty in getting through to New York,

the steamers having all been seized by the Secessionists. I left word for the paymaster of the station to transfer my accounts to the paymaster of the New York station; as events were just culminating to a state of things that would render my residence in Norfolk any longer proper, if not impossible as I had always advocated the Union sentiment, and so hoped to continue to do so; therefore will you be good enough to direct Mr. Doran to transfer my account to the paymaster of the New York station, as I have every reason to believe he never received my communication on the subject, and I am at present ignorant of his whereabouts.

D. G. FARRAGUT

To J. Berrien 4th Auditor

BOOK REVIEW A D M I N I S T R A T I O N O F T H E NAVY D E P A R T M E N T IN W O R L D WAR II.

By Julius Augustus Furer '01. Govt. Print.

Off., 1959, $6.50. Rei/d. by RAdm. John D. Hayes '24.

Here is a remarkable book, and a unique one—a book on the dry subject of administration that is comprehensive, documented and READABLE. When I first started this review, I treated the book as a reference work. I looked at the table of contents, then the bibliography, chronology and index and examined the documentation in the footnotes. I selected for reading some subjects that I knew something about or that were controversial to find out how Rear Admiral Furer had handled them.

By gosh, when I started reading I could not put the book down. Now I am beginning over again to read straight through from page 1 to page 950 and then examine again the remaining 90 pages of bibliography, chronology and index. I urge every officer on active duty who sits at any desk, ashore or afloat, to do the same. Admiral Furer quotes the Harvard philosopher, George Santayana, to warn: "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it."

None can say they cannot afford this book.

A buyer these days pays anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 cents per page for a book. In this G.P.O. publication he gets each valuable page for 0.7 cent. He is not paying for promotion and advertising and this is no doubt the reason the book has not been reviewed by many big name publications. The only review that I have seen is by Mark Watson in the Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 1960.

As remarkable as this book is, its author is more so. Admiral Furer stood one in his class. As a young naval constructor he raised the submarine F-4, which sank off Honolulu on 14 March 1915. During World War II he served in the critical post of Coordinator of Research and Development in the Navy Department. He commenced the eight-year task of writing his opus magnus after completing fifty years of active service.

SHIPMATE

officers mentioned above was a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy.

A. H. McCoLLUM Rear Admiral U S N (Ret.) Shipmate: The letters in the "Mail Boat" by Dashiell L. Madeira '21, and Paul R. Schratz '39, presenting the pro and con of investing in mutual funds, have been read with interest. I would like to mention two important factors to be considered in this matter. The first of these was presented in both letters in such a that misleading inferences could memorating significant naval events. Recently, be manner from the statements. The second a need for a particular flag forced us to con- ' wasdrawn not mentioned by Captain Madeira. duct a major search; had one been in hand, The loading charge of about 8%, paid at our problem would have been minimized.

Therefore, should your readers have or the time of purchase, was referred to as "payknow of someone who has a historic flag ing someone to do your thinking at a cost of (such as might have flown from U S S ENTER- 8%" and "The professional management purPRISE in the decisive Battle of Midway) or chased for the 8% is continuing manageother significant relics, it would be appreci- ment . . . . " The natural inference to be drawn ated if you would encourage the owner to from these statements is that the 8% loading get in touch with this office at the following charge goes to management. However, this is true only to a limited extent, the greater address: part of the charge, about S%, going to the Rear Admiral E. M. Eller, U S N (Ret.) broker and salesman. This is a considerable Curator for the Navy Department fee for the sale of a stock and is one reason Office of CNO why there are so many people engaged in Washington 25, D. C. the sale of mutual funds. It also is one reaAll contributions of flags and other memo- son why so many customer's men try to perrabilia, with background information, will suade their clients to buy mutual funds instead of individual stocks. For someone who be gladly accepted and will become part of buys mutual funds as a continuing form of a large and growing naval collection of investment to supplement retired pay, for which a large portion is constantly on display. example, or to leave to one's children, this E. M. ELLER '25 high initial cost can be considered as spread over a long period of years and is not a seriShipmate: ous objection to investing in mutual funds.

I am astonished to note in "Duke" Filer's For someone who might have to sell his very fine article about Fleet Admiral Nimitz fund within a few years, it is certainly a that he refers with some apparent amazement serious objection. to the Japanese Fleet Admiral Togo's knowlThe second factor is the annual manageedge of English with the statement "Admiral Togo, who commanded some English." What ment fee and expenses. This seems to me a a statement to make! Either Eller did not more serious objection to mutual funds. The know or chose to disregard the fact that fee is computed as a certain fractional perFleet Admiral Togo spent almost 7 years centage per annum of the assets of the fund. in England (1871 to 1878), about six months Expressed this way it does not seem to aboard an English ship, and had studied amount to much, but when combined with English for two or three years before he expenses and expressed as a percentage of was sent to England by his government. The the income (dividends received from the distinguished Fleet Admiral was rather adept stocks held by the fund, plus the interest rein our so-called English language and the ceived from bonds) it amounts to around fact, as reported, that in 1905 or thereabouts 16%. Several computations I have made have he could reply to the then Midshipman varied from 12-21%. In other words, a stock Nimitz in English should not have been a holder in a mutual fund receives about 84% of the income, the remainder goes to manmatter of surprise. agement for its fee and for expenses. I do not These things, in a sense, are appalling! imply that this is excessive for the work During practically all of my service in the performed. As partial compensation for this Navy, Japan had been considered our most expense is the fact that mutual funds dislikely naval opponent yet almost none of our tribute net profits made from the sale of setop-side naval leaders knew anything about curities. These are considered as long term the Japanese Navy or its commanders. Just capital gains for the stockholder. Each inthe other day I was greeted with astonish- dividual must decide whether this annual exment, not to say disbelief, when I pointed pense is worth the advantages of experienced out that Admiral Yamamoto, the CinC of management and diversification. The decision the Japanese Fleet immediately prior to and should depend upon the individual's backfor the first two years or so of the war until ground in finance and the stock market, and we killed him, had been a well-known and his willingness to devote the time and study well liked member of the Army and Navy necessary to do a good job of managing his Club during his tenure as Japanese Naval own stock portfolio.

Attache during the middle to late 1920s.

In mentioning these expenses involved in How long is it going to take us to realize investing in mutual funds, I do not wish to that the Pacific is a vast ocean and that leave the impression that I am opposed to some of the greatest sailors that have oper- this form of investment. I think that for cerated along the Asiatic littoral have been such tain institutions and for the average indipeople as Li of Korea, Coxinga (to use his vidual's long range program, the funds are Europeanized name) of China; Kato, Eno- the preferred form of investment. However, moto, Ito, Uriu, and Togo of Japan and more for those who know what the}' are doing and latterly Nagano, Yamamoto and Koga of have the necessary enthusiasm, disposition the latter country as well as our own Perry, and time to give to the management of their Dewey, Nimitz, Kinkaid, Spruance and own investments, I think the stock portfolio Halsey. is to be preferred to investing in mutual Let's see how well we have learned our funds.

D E W I T T C . Rr.DGR.^vE, JR. '20 lesson. At least one of the Japanese naval

The Mail Boat Shipmate: The Yale University N a v a l R O T C occupies a building on the campus immediately next to that used by t h e A r m y R O T C . T h e latter has a cannon on t h e lawn near t h e entrance which seems not only t o advertise the Army but t o identify t h e building as t h a t housing the A r m y R O T C . T h e N a v y building, on t h e other hand, is without a n y sort of outward symbolic identification relating to the nautical goings-on inside. T h e officers and midshipmen w a n t t o correct this unfavorable situation by installing a n old-fashioned anchor on the lawn a t our entrance. W e have e.xplored many possible sources, without success. Even t h e A r m y Colonel h a s tried t o find one for us, a n d y o u k n o w h o w e m b a r r a s s i n g it would be to accept an A r m y a n c h o r !

It occurs t o m e t h a t an appeal t o t h e N a v a l Academy A l u m n i t h r o u g h the good offices of Shipmate m a y educe t h e donation of a n anchor to the Yale N a v y and thus enable u s to be as easily identified on campus as t h e Army. A n old-fashioned anchor with a shank measuring eight t o ten feet would suit o u r purposes admirably.

V e r y sincerely, J. M.

SEYMOUR

Captain, U S N , U S N A 1935 Professor of N a v a l Science Shipmate: Seeing Bill D e a l e over h e r e in P a r i s for a very short visit reminded m e t h a t t h e r e might well be other classmates or A c a d e m y acquaintances w h o m a k e short visits to t h e Paris area on various occasions. Since I a m located here n o w a n d have been for over a year, I could possibly serve as hot spots tipper for all visiting firemen, both A i r F o r c e a n d 'Navy.

I came over to P a r i s t o study in t h e fall of '59, but have since been m a d e D i s t r i c t Manager for t h e H a m i l t o n M a n a g e m e n t C o r poration, a M u t u a l I n v e s t m e n t F u n d o r g a n ization, and will r e m a i n in t h e P a r i s a r e a for some time. Since m y w o r k carries m e all around F r a n c e , if t h e r e a r e a n y A c a d e m y graduates located in F r a n c e , or if there a r e any graduates planning on m a k i n g a vist t o Paris, I can be located a t t h e below a d d r e s s : Mr. James R. N o r d , H a m i l t o n M a n a g e m e n t Corporation, 32 A v e . A n a t o l e F r a n c e , V i t r y s/Seine, tel. I T A 36 80.

I hope all w h o will be coming t o t h e P a r i s area will drop m e a line, or give m e a call on arrival.

Sincerely, J A M E S R . NORD

'53

SItipmate: In carrying out t h e multiple functions of Curator for t h e D e p a r t m e n t of t h e N a v y and Curator of T h e N a v a l H i s t o r i c a l F o u n dation, I a m often confronted with questions which can be resolved only by t h e support of those w h o read fine publications such as

Shipmate.

Our quest never ends for relics from each naval ship ever commissioned, for uniforms and memorabilia collected by naval personnel throughout the world, and for items comAPRIL,

196 1

25

shipmate: I do not question Paul Schratz's sincerity of motives, in his "Sea Breezes" article in the January 1961 issue of Shipmate, which he calls "A Word of Caution About Mutual Funds." However, I do consider that some of his statements are ill-advised, particularly when he asserts that "many salesmen, unfortunately, are officers working in apparent violation of Navy Regulations," without qualification of the statement.

To clear the decks, I detect a certain amoiint of personal prejudice in the article, as distinguished from unbiased analysis of fact.

I do not intend to start a controversy on the subject of investments. Paul Schratz is undoubtedly much better qualified in the field of investment counseling than I am. No mutual fund salesman should pose as an expert on the stock market—he is not selling speculative securities, but rather a service, all details of which, by Federal regulation, must be explained to the customer. This includes the cost of sales charges, which are spread over a considerable length of time in longterm plans. Long term investment, not quick speculative profit, is the backbone and reason for being of Mutual Funds.

Briefly, whatever his motives, Paul has attempted to cover a complicated subject in a little over one column of print, and in so doing has conceivably done much harm to those of us who are attempting to supplement our incomes in a field which we believe to be useful, honest, straightforward and honorable. At the same time he has raised some possible unfounded doubts in the minds of potential investors who would, without Mutual Funds, be unable to convert moderate income savings into sound future investment.

Mutual Funds, as Paul says, are not the answer to all investment problems; they certainly do not pretend to be. However, to the conscientious naval officer, who is quite frequently out of touch with Ms broker, and too busy to devote much time to study of the stock market, investment in Mutual Funds does offer many opportunities for intelligent use of his savings. Mutual Funds are not a "fad."

For a fee (sales charge) which, when analyzed, is far from exorbitant, the man who is able to save a modest amount at more or less regular intervals is enabled to invest that amount in a wide variety of shares in U. S. industry, through agencies which have the highest standards of integrity in investment history (enforced by inspection and regulation). He is not subjected to the harassment of multitudinous reports, small dividend checks, decisions as to when to sell and reinvest (with additional brokerage fees) and complicated calculations of tax due.

No investment in common stocks can guarantee a profitable return, or in fact any return at all. Even the most knowledgeable market analysts can guess wrong, but the investment advisory boards employed by the many good Mutual Funds, combining many years of experience and special knowledge, and with the financial backing of hundreds of thousands of investors enabling them to spread their clients' money over the whole range of U. S. industry, are certainly in a better position to minimize the ever present risks than a young naval officer trying to do his job and save for an uncertain future.

As Paul says, millions of people are trying to prove him wrong, including, latelv, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith.

JAMES D . BABB '34

Capt. U S N (Ret.) c/o King Merritt & Co., Ltd. 31 Printing House 6 Duddell Street Hong Kong 16

Shipmate:

As a graduate of the Class of '48A I feel that I might be able to pass along a word that might be of interest to some others who are leaving the Navy and still have a number of good years left in them.

For the past 6 years. Temple University in Philadelphia has conducted a program of teacher education that would fit very nicely into the life of a retired naval officer. Specifically, the Program permits college graduates—even though they have had no previous courses in education or teaching experience—to embark on a teaching career after 'attendance at one summer session of 6 weeks at Temple University. If followed through to its completion, the Program culminates in the awarding of a Master of Education deg:ree, the credits for which are earned while the teacher is on-the-job, earning an income. Beginning salaries in the Philadelphia area for teachers with only a bachelor's degree and no experience are about $4,200 (depending upon the school system in which the individual accepts a position). The salary

situation is constantly improving, and two systems in the area already have salary schedules that carry unusually good teachers to the $10,000 per year level.

Since people with a mathematics background (18 semester hours minimum requirement) are in particular demand, the opportunity for Naval Academy graduates should be exceptionally good. "The next incoming class will convene in the middle of June 1961. Since there is a relatively large amount of "red tape" connected with admission, anyone interested in further information should immediately contact: Dr. William H. Kanzler, Director Intern Teaching Program for College Graduates Temple University 1832 North Park Avenue Philadelphia 22, Pa. I can guarantee that all inquiries will receive immediate attention. It's really not a bad life.

Very sincerely.

BILL KANZLER '48A

THE INAUGURAL PARADE - 1961 / ^ N L Y a few midshipmen have a chance ^-^ to see the Brigade pass in review, but the entire Sixth Battalion was accorded this honor at the recent Inaugural Parade of President John F. Kennedy. I am beginning my story at its climax though, so let us go back a few days and see how this situation occurred.

only every four years and the chance for a midshipman to be a spectator at a Brigade Parade seldom occurs at all, so many men boarded the buses for Washington.

Upon reaching the District of Columbia, terrible traffic conditions were encountered as a result of the snow and the arrival of thousands of people to see or participate in The Inaugural Parade was scheduled for the parade. At last, we reached the formaFriday, the twentieth of January. The date tion area though, and found that the parade itself was unfortunate because it fell right had not yet started. Most of us immediately in the middle of exam week. Nevertheless, sought strategic points along the route to several practices had to be held and the view the parade. I and several other midBrigade had to prepare itself for competi- shipmen thought the best location would be tion _ with the other service academies and in the now deserted Inaugural stands. Though the innumerable units which would partici- the wind was cutting through these raised pate in the parade. It was originally intended platforms, we were soon rewarded for our to have the Brigade march in battalion units. discomfort by seeing the President and memHowever, it was discovered that the grouping bers of his Cabinet pass by only a few feet of over six hundred men in one unit was away. The President was in an open car, not feasible, so it was finally decided to and despite his position as the head of the march in half battalion groups. With the most powerful country in the world looked Brigade divided in this manner, several prac- as cold as anyone else. After watching this tice marches were held on Dewey Field. The array of famous men pass, we left the stands • cold wind blowing across the Severn River for a more sheltered position downtown. was an accurate facsimile of the conditions which prevailed at the actual parade. Only After arriving at our new location, the one element was missing: snow. On the night first unit we saw was the Corps of Cadets preceding the parade, a severe snowstorm from West Point. The next unit was the left the entire east coast covered with several Brigade of Midshipmen led by the Chiefs' inches of snow. Inaugural Parades cannot Band. As the band approached my position, be cancelled though, so a conglomeration of they_ broke into the familiar "Anchors snow removing equipment worked through Aweigh." For a moment, I was sorry that the night to clear the parade route. our battalion had not participated in the parade, but then a strong gust of cold wind Here at the Naval Academy, we had al- blew through the stands and I was content ready learned that the parade would go on to merely watch. It was an odd feeling to regardless of weather conditions, so, at for- watch the Brigade pass by, and I must have mation time, we were all in ranks in the experienced the same emotion that members prescribed uniform—full dress, bayonet belts, of graduating classes experience when they white gloves, overcoats and overshoes. This view their last Color Parade as a midshiplast article proved to be the nemesis of many man. It was a feeling of pride mingled with midshipmen that day as evidenced by the regret that I was not a part. trail of overshoes from the Capitol to the The last battalion, the Fourth, passed by White House. Although we had the word, several bus companies did not, so the Brigade and the absence of the Sixth Battalion was was short of buses. As a result of this de- noted with some uneasiness by a group of ficiency, it was decided that the Sixth Bat- girls nearby. I explained the situation to talion would not march. This word was joy- them and assured them that their dates would fully received in the sixth wing and many be there to escort them to the Ball being held midshipmen returned to their rooms to pre- that night for the service academies. pare for exams. However, more buses were I found the wind increasingly cold, so I obtained so word was passed that members stepped into a nearby restaurant to view the of the Sixth Battalion could go to Wash- rest of the parade on television, a truly wonington and watch the parade. The oppor- derful invention. tunity to see an Inaugural Parade comes DONALD W . ALLEE '62 SHIPMATE

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

1

SEA BREEZES

by Paul R. Schratz '39 LINCOLN A N D LEADERSHIP

The Civil War Centennial gives us the rare opportunity to delve into a wealth of fertile source material on military leadership.

A lesson in both the great and mediocre is contained in Lincoln's letter to General Thomas Hooker by which Hooker was given command of the Army of the Potomac.

ALUMNI

NEWS

WHAT'S THE DOPE LAST CALL ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS DISTAFF CORNER CLASSIFIED SERVICES

28 28 55 56 Inside Bock Cover

OFFICERS President— V. ADM. GEORGE C . DYER, U S N (Ret.) '19 (5127), Annapolis, Md. Vice President (Eastern Area) ADM. B . HALL HANLON, U S N (Ret.) '21 (5953), Washington, D. C. Vice President (Centred Area) MR. ROBERT G . WALDRON '19 (5059), Detroit, Mich.

Vice President (Western Area) R. ADM. O . O . KESSING, U S N (Ret.) '14 (4269), Coronado, Calif.

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

TRUSTEES Superintendents Representative— CAPT. C . K . MILLER, U S N '39 (13484), Chief of Staff, U S N A A t Large

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1961) R. ADM. W . H . BtntACKER,

V. ADM. I. N. KILAND,

U S N ( R e t ) '20 (5427)

U S N (Ret.) '17 (4657)

R. ADM. T. D . H A Y E S ,

R . ADM. L . A.

U S N (Ret.) '24 (7428)

KNISKERN,

U S N (Ret.) '22 (6244)

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1962) R. ADM. E . M . ELLER,

R.

U S N (Ret.) '25 (7738)

ADM. P H I L I P

NIEKUM,

JR.,

U S N (Ret.) '26 (8204)

R. ADM. F . V. H . HILLES,

MR. EDWARD W . REBARD

U S N '30 (9620)

'41 (14475)

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1963) CAPT. W . S . B U S I K ,

LT. G E N C . C . JEROME,

U S N '43 (15752)

U S M C (Ret.) '22 (6451)

R. ADM. E . B . FLUCKEY,

R . ADM. C . W . NIMITZ, JR.

U S N '35 (11861)

•

U S N (Ret.) '36 (12227)

F r o m Local C h a p t e r s

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1961) CAPT. ROBERT H . WESCOTT, JR.,

U S N R 'y? (12754), Boston CAPT. E . K .

CDR. T H O M A S L . MILLER, U S N R

(Ret.) '27 (12528), Connecticut USN

(Ret.) '20 (5494), Coronado M R . DANIEL C . WILKERSON

'20

Detroit CAPT. HERBERT HEZLEP, JR.,

U S N R '23 (7140), Los Angeles A P R I L ,

1 9 6 1

SIEGRIST,

U S N R '24 (7369), New York V. ADM. J O H N H . BROWN, JR.,

ZITZEWITZ,

U S N R '25 (7966), Chicago CAPT. JOSEPH T . TALBERT,

CAPT. PAUL W .

U S N (Ret.) '14 (4276), Phila.

MR. WALTER F . SEEDLOCK

'41

(14292), Peninsula CAPT. HAROLD H . CONNELLEY,

USN

(Ret.) '23 (6976), San Diego CAPT. EMORY D . STANLEY, JR.

(SC), U S N '35 (11894), Seattle ADM. W . M . FECHTELER,

USN

Identify yourself first with General Burnside, whom Hooker relieved after serving as deputy—Burnside, the weak superior, sabotaged by Hooker because they could not see eye to eye on basic issues. Then study the problem through Hooker's eyes—brave, ambitious beyond his ability, a better subordinate than a leader, jealous, tyrannical and himself a failure because his men sensed his lack of loyalty and hence lost confidence in his leadership. Lastly, identify yourself with Lincoln and study his superb understanding of human nature and human failings, his shortage of outstanding leaders and his problem of trying to inspire true leadership in one about whom he had grave personal doubt —and on whom he gambled and lost.

"I have placed you at the head of the army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reason, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.

The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more or less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have decided to infuse into the army of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it; and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories."

(Ret.) '16 (4481), Wash., D. C. 27

What's The

Dope WHENEVER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GENERAL HODGES, USMA ' 8 1

The Naval Academy Alumni Association joins our comrades of the Association of Graduates, USMA, in saluting Major General Henry Clay Hodges, Jr., West Point '81, on the occasion of his 101st birthday on 20 April 1961.

General Hodges is the oldest living graduate of our two academies. We wish him continued health and happiness, a just reward for his long, distinguished career in the service of our country. General Hodges resides at 107 Stamford Avenue, Stamford, Conn.

(Note: The oldest living grad of the Naval Academy is Admiral Richard Harrison Jackson '87, who will celebrate his 95th birthday next month. Admiral Jackson resides at 504 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, Calif.)

EUGENE E. WILSON

Quoted from The Palm Beach Daily News, U Feb. 1961 A routine call from the Vineta Hotel announced that Eugene E. Wilson would discuss at a hotel tea, his latest book, Kitty Hawk to Sputnik to Polaris.

A trip to Brentano's disclosed a window display of the book whose dust jacket is illustrated with a missile launched from a submarine, a replica of the Wright airplane and a soaring Sputnik. "Kitty" is the inside story of the struggle for air and space supremacy by a pioneer aviator.

Eugene Wilson is one of those creative persons whose vision is as broad as the ocean he's traveled, as high as the sky and as bright as the Pole Star. The nutshell story of his life is another quart of living in a pint of time.

For documentary facts, the International Year Book and Statesman's Who's Who lists him simply as an American naval aviator, aircraft manufacturer and author and includes a list of his book titles ranging from A Pilgrimage of Anglers through Fundamentals of Freedom, to Engineering to Humanities.

28

TWO

OR

THREE

SHALL

He was educated at the U. S. Naval Academy and Columbia University and holds a trio of Doctorates in Engineering and Science.

"But the most important entry," he said, "is that which records my marriage in 1911 to Genevieve Speer." When he was graduated from Annapolis in 1908 she was his "June Week Girl" and still is!

The Wilsons are celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary aboard their yacht, SALAR

IV.

Eugene Wilson advanced through the ranks from midshipman to commander. He qualified as a naval aviator in 1926 and a carrier pilot a year later. Meanwhile, from 1924 to 1927, he was Chief of Engine Development in the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics. During 1927 and 1928 he served as Chief of Staff to the Commander Aircraft Squadrons Battle Fleet.

In 1930 while Aviation Aide to the Commander in Chief he gave up his commission to become president of the Hamilton Standard Propeller Division of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation. That same year he became President of Sikorsky Aircraft and a year later president of Chance Vought.

In 1941 he became wartime president of United and in 1943, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Aircraft Industries Association. In 1946 he severed all his business connections to give full time to a study of the role of airpower as a contribution to civilization.

What the biographical data did not reveal is that Mr. Wilson directed the development of the control-label angle propeller, the Sikorsky-Pan American Clipper, and later, the helicopter, the Vought Corsair fighter-bomber, and numerous Pratt-Whitney engines.

On the side he devised the aircraft industry's postwar conversion policy.

After publishing several DeLuxe sporting books, two of which are archive items, he educated himself in the liberal arts so that he might eventually publish his four definitive works: Air Power For Peace, Slipstream. Wings of Dawn and Kitty Haivk to Sputnik to Polaris.

The name SALAR is derived from the Latin phrase, Salmo Salar, which is the scientific term for the Atlantic Salmon.

The New York Yacht Club burgee flying on the jackstaff indicates a membership of some thirty-seven years. The blue and gold private signal at the masthead, with its golden-winged insignia of the naval aviator, denotes a half-century covered in the book,

MEET"

"Kitty." The Naval Reserve pennant at the yardarm means 57 years of unbroken naval service, twenty-five of which were spent as career officer and the remainder in the reserve.

The Wilsons gave up their house in Connecticut and their cottage in Hobe Sound and now commute between Palm Beach, Hobe Sound, Annapolis and Essex, Conn., with a cruise to the Greek Islands in the offing.

They enjoy their handsome yacht with its pipe-and-slippers comfort. They entertain friends of their own ilk who maintain lively interest in diversified activities. Here they swap ideas and experiences and then withdraw from time to time to contemplate their significance and appraise the consequences of human errors. And sometimes suggest courses of action involving those decisions destined to determine whether we will live or die.

Eugene Wilson believes "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR Issue

Pub. Date

June-July August Sept.-Oct. (Homecoming)

SHIPMATB Deadline for Dope

21 June 15 Aug. 25 Sept.

21 May 15 July 25 Aug.

ILasJt Call ENRIGHT, W I L L I A M KEITH (BGEN USMC RET) ' 3 2 , 27 Feb. ' 6 1 — U S N H Annapolis, M d .

GADDIS, W I L L I A M PEACE (CAPT USN RET) ' 0 5 , 19 Feb. ' 6 1 — B e r k e l e y , Calif.

GIFFORD, SHERWOOD ELTON, JR. (LT USN) ' 5 7 , 27 Feb. ' 6 1 — a i r c r a f t accident Guant a n a m o Bay, Cuba GRIMES, W I L L I A M ELMER (LCDR USN) ' 4 7 , 17 M a r . ' 6 1 — a i r c r a f t accident Patuxent River, M d .

HILBERT, W I L L I A M EDWARD (CAPT USN RET) ' 1 9 , 25 Feb. ' 6 1 — S a n Francisco, Calif.

HUTCHINSON, E D W A R D S H I L L I N G F O R D (RADM USN RET) ' 2 6 , 12 M a r c h ' 6 1 — U S N H Bethesda, M d .

J O H N S O N , GEORGE W I L L I A M (RADM USN RET) ' 1 8 , 10 March ' 6 1 — U S N H San Diego, Calif.

K I N G , JAMES LESLIE (CAPT USN RET) ' 1 2 , 4 March ' 6 1 — U S N H San Diego, Calif.

MERRILL, AARON STANTON ( V A D M USN RET) ' 1 2 , 28 Feb. ' 6 1 — N a t c h e z , Miss.

NOYES, LEIGH ( V A D M USN RET) ' 0 6 , 2 4 March ' 6 1 — W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. S H I P M A T E

Mabel M i l l e r

DUNGAN

Mabel Miller Dungan, the widow of RAdm. PAUL B A X T E R DUNGAN, USN, passed away in Meadowbrook, Pa., on 23 Feb. 1961 after a brief illness. Burial was at Arlington National Cemetery on 27 Feb. Mrs. Dungan was born in Beardstown, 111., on 23 Oct. 1878, and married Ensign Dungan on 3 June 1903, having met him while in high school. Upon her husband's death in 1941 she continued her Navy life, making her home, until her recent illness, near her only daughter Catherine, wife of R.\dm. Richard Mandelkorn, U S N (Ret.).

She is survived by her daughter, Catherine, and 3 grandchildren, presently living in Woodbury, Conn.

Our classmate, C. H. W O O D W . \ R D (VADM R E T ) , is sick at his home. W e wish him a speedy recovery.

l l l l ^ " ^ ' ^*''*" ^" ^ ' â&#x20AC;˘'"''son, USN (Ret.) U U 435 Arlington Dr., Pasadena. Calif.

One night last fall " I K E " ARNOLD, while on his way to get his poor dog a bone --or similar missionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tripped and fell and hit the wood floor, suffering a triple fracture of his upper right arm near to the shoulder.

Since then his arm has been secured to his body with the forearm across the front and the hand free. Throughout this ordeal of some 4 months he has shown commendable patience and the prospects look good. He is expecting his arm to be freed in a short time.

Sec'y, Capt. Lonis P. Davis, USN (Ket.) Dresden Apt., 2126 Connecticnt Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. WILLIAM PEACE GADDIS

I regret to announce to the class the death of "JEFE" GADDIS. Jefe died in Berkeley, Calif., 19 Feb. 1961 and was buried 23 Feb. at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bnmo, Calif.

He is survived by his widow, Katherine B. Gaddis, a son, William P., Jr., of Berkeley, 2 daughters, Mrs. Virginia (Caddis Van Vliet of Edmonton, Canada, and Mrs. Eleanor Gaddis Hallock of Harrisburg, Pa., and 8 grandchildren.

FIVE MEMBERS OF '06 at Santa Monica, Calif. Left to right: George Alexander, Hugh Allen, Eddie Washburn, " C y " Barker, " J a m " Lowe. (Katharine Washburn took the snapshol.)

H E W I T T , P A R K E R and WINDSOR. S U N N Y P A R K E R was elected to the committee and also as Secretary-Treasurer to relieve Ray Frellsen. The discussion was centered around when to discontinue the Class Organization and also the possibility of collecting from the class a fund to be used as upkeep for the Class Room in Alumni House. More details will be forthcoming in a bulletin now being written by Bryson.

11 n U U

Sec'y, RAdm. Edward J. Foy. USN (Ret.) Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D. C.

Please read article on E U G E N E E. W I L SON elsewhere in this issue.

As this is written, the Eugene Wilsons are enroute to the Mediterranean in the Swedish-American Liner GRIPSHOLM for a

visit to the Greek Islands, having sailed from New York on 2 March. Gtne writes me that they expect to attend the Naval Aviators' Reunion at Pensacola, June 6-11, and that they will make the trip in their yacht SALAR, which, incidentally, is their home.

In the past month I have received several letters from classmates and other admirers of KELLY TURNER, expressing sorrow over his having passed away. One of these Sec'y, Capt. R. C. Parker, USN (Ret.) was from a young flag officer (now retired) 5706 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, Md. who served under Turner in the Pacific. He writes, " . . . I am enclosing an epitaph which On Saturday, 18 Feb. 1961, BRYSON and Louise BRUCE celebrated their SOth wed- I read and copied some years ago, thinking ding anniversary with a family dinner at the then and now how well it would eventually apply at the death of Admiral Turner. I Maryland Treadway Inn. A short time ago " S K O W " and Natalie hoped that some opportunity might arise where I could hand this to him as an expresCORWIN passed through Annapolis on their way to Florida. The Bruces and the H E W - sion of my admiration of his flaming, dauntless, aggressive spirit and will-to-win which ITTs got together with them for a small he wrote across the width of the Pacific class dinner.

1942-1945. I felt that I did not know him Kent and Floride Hewitt have spent a part sufficiently intimately to mail it to him. Now of the winter in Annapolis and are now on the opportunity is forever lost, so I am sendtheir way back to Vermont via Newport, ing it to you as one of many tributes to him R. I. that you will doubtless receive."

On 28 Feb. 1961, Bryson Bruce called a The epitaph reads : meeting of the Executive Committee. Of the "Here lies committee there were present besides BryFoundered in a fathom and a half son, F R E L L S E N and HOOVER. I K E The shell GIFFEN and M I K E R O B I N S O N could of not attend. Sitting in also were BEMIS, A P R I L ,

1 9 6 1

Hawser Trunnion, Esq., Formerly commander of a squadron In His Majesty's Service, Who broached to at Five P.M. October X, In the year of his age Three score and nineteen.

He kept his guns always loaded.

And his tackle ready manned, And never showed his poop to the enemy Except when he took her in tow ; But, his shot being expended.

His match burnt out.

And his upper-works decayed.

He was sunk By death's superior weight of metal.

Nevertheless, He will be weighed again At the Great Day, His rigging refitted, And his timbers repaired And with one broadside, Make his adversary Strike in his turn."

Sec'y, E. Adm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. Rea BENSON

It is with great sorrow that I report the death of H O W A R D BENSON's wife Rea on 11 March 1961, at the Naval Academy Hospital, Annapolis. She had not been in good health for some time.

Rea was the daughter of the late Major and Mrs. William A. Thompson. She and Howard were married in Washington, D. C , in 1917. Howard is the son of the late Adm. William Shepherd Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations, who held that post during W W I. In addition to her husband, Howard (COMO U S N R E T ) , she is survived by a son, Howard H. J. Benson, Jr., of Silver Spring, Md., a daughter Mary (Mrs. Allan M. Hudson, wife of Allan M. Hudson, who graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1942), of Carmel, Calif., and 12 grandchildren. She is also survived by one brother, BGen. John M. Thompson, of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and 4 sisters, Mrs. Hen29

ry F. Bruns of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. M. E. Jones, Mrs. Orin A. Mulkey and Mrs. Corr. Sec'y, V. Adm. G. H. Fort, USN (Ret.) Robert H. Offley, all of San Antonio, Texas.

3537 Edmunds St., Washington 7, D. C. Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Annapolis, on 14 AARON STANTON MERRILL March, with graveside services at Arlington The entire Navy, as well as our class, sufNational Cemetery that afternoon. Eight fered a great loss in the passing of " T I P " classmates of Howard's acted as pallbearers MERRILL on 28 Feb. 1961 at the Jefferson at Arlington.

Davis Memorial Hospital at Natchez, Miss., after a prolonged illness.

Lady Catharine Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;-Mr. Theodore Services were held on 2 March at the Wilkinson, III, was married to Miss Rosalie Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez and Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur burial was in his family plot there. Honorary Richard Ford, oij 4 Feb. 1961, in the Mar- pallbearers included 5 of Tip's closest civilshallton Methodist Church, Wilmington, Del. ian friends in Natchez and New Orleans, Ted is the only son of Theodore and Cath- Adm. Bob Briscoe, one of his wartime arine. Catharine is the wife of Admiral Sir cruiser skippers, RAdm. Marcy Dupre, his Henry Moore, British Royal Navy (Ret.). Exec on the INDIANA and now Superintendent They live at "The Beck," Wateringbury, of Jefferson Military College, and Capt.

Kent, England.

Charlie McVay who was his Chief of Staff at the Sth Naval District. The entire student CLASS LUNCHEON body of the Jefferson Military College atThe Feb. luncheon was held at the Army- tended the funeral. Flowers were sent in the Navy Club in Washington, D. C , on the name of the class together with heartfelt 21st. Eight were present: Benson, Braisted, sympathy to Louise.

Chapline, Dessez, Glennon, Manahan, RoTip was one of the most attractive and bertson, Smith and Train. best loved members of our class, and he personified the real southern gentleman. From ANNUAL 1909 WEST COAST DINNER midshipman to flag officer he was always Don't forget that the 1961 dinner will be ready for a "fight or a frolic." held the evening of Wednesday, 7 June, in Tip had a long and distinguished career, the Officers' Club at the Navy PG School, highlighted by his brilliant victories over in Monterey, Calif. " S T E V E " S T E P H E N - Jap forces, while in command of Task Force SON will be in charge; address: P. O. Box 39, covering the later landing operations in 3093, Carmel, Calif. the Solomons Campaign. For these he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal and 2 Legions of Merit. He also received a very fine and unusual "Well Sec'y, VAdm. R. M. Griffin. USN (Ret.) 3133 Connecticnt Ave., N.W., Done" letter from Admiral Halsey which he Washington 8, D. C. was directed to read to all hands at the ceremony of his turning over his command.

Three Annapolis visitors were welcomed He was retired physically in 1947 from at the class luncheon on 13 March: HILL, MEIGS and BRANDT. The local members his last duty which was as Commandant of were Reynolds, Cygon, W. J. Butler, the 8th Naval District.

Early in 1953 Tip was made President of Byrnes, Loftin, Hinckley, Bieri, Chandler The Jefferson Military College at Washingand Zimermann. ton, Miss., the oldest school of its kind in We all signed a cheer for TUCKER the U. S., and remained so until his death.

GIBBS that Brandt was to take to him at In 1954 he became the first recipient oi Bethesda Medical Center where Tucker is awaiting surgery for a circulatory ailment the Weiss Memorial Plaque, which is awarded annually to that person whose efforts in one leg. result in a greater realization of the spirit Mary BRUNS has returned to Annapolis and true brotherhood in the New Orleans to be present at the funeral of her sister, area. The award was made for his efforts Mrs. Howard (Rea) Benson. We extend in behalf of the Jefferson Military College our sympathy to Mary and the Benson family. and was presented by the ex-Secretary of A fine sendoff was given HARVEY the Navy, John L. Sullivan.

Tip rivaled EDDIE McDONNELL as HAISLIP's new novel. Sea Road to Yorktoivn (Doubleday, $3.95) by the Washington the outstanding sportsman of the class. He Star recently. It reproduced John Alan Max- was a crack shot on the skeet range and in well's attractive jacket painting and explained the field and so loved fishing that he mainthat the action concerned John Paul Jones' tained a lodge in New Brunswick, Canada, protege. Midshipman Tommy Potter, previ- for salmon fishing. ously introduced to the public in Harvey's Typical of Tip, he did not want his classtwo earlier novels. Sailor Nam,ed Jones and mates and friends to know of his condition The Prize Master. and suffering during his last gallant battle BOB and Mary G R I F F I N are off on a and so his illness was not reported in Shipdelightful cruise to the Canaries and the mate.

His fighting spirit was exemplified by the Eastern Mediterranean, including the Holy Land and adjacent countries. Before they message he sent to me dictated to Louise return on 22 April they will take a side when he must have known that his days on trip to Madrid, rejoining the ship in Lisbon, this earth were numbered: where Bob had spent a month during W W I "Dear George, Greetings to you and Edythe forming a squadron of subchasers for duty from Louise and me. We are spending the at Archangel. rush season in Jefferson Memorial Hospital The Navy Wives Club has some 1,400 and hope to complete the course and be free members in the Washington area who carry for the spring fishing. Best to you both. Tip." out a many sided cultural and educational, as well as social, program. At its last art JAMES LESLIE KING exhibit, a blue ribbon was awarded to Susan More sad news for the class just arrived ZIMERMANN for one of her entries. in the report that J I M M I E KING died at J O E NIELSON's new address is 615 Jay the Naval Hospital, San Diego, on 4 March.

He was one of our best torpedo experts St., Los Altos, Calif.

W

30

until his retirement in 1938. Since that time he has been associated with the California Institute of Technology and made his home in Pasadena. At the time of going to press, the funeral arrangements had not been completed. However, it was expected that he would be buried at Newburyport, Mass., where Helen, whom he lost about a year ago, was buried.

The White House announced that the President had accepted the resignation of VAdm. W A L T E R S. DELANY, USN (Ret.), as Deputy Administrator for the Mutual Defense Act, as of 4 March 1961.

Walter has been helping out the State Department in this important capacity since his retirement in 1953.

I received a lovely note of apJ)reciation from Mary B. H A L L for the flowers sent in the name of the class on the occasion of CARROLL'S funeral.

It was reported in the press that "ZACK" ZACHARIAS had been transferred from a transport to the Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu, where last reports indicated that he was doing well, after a heart attack.

S T E V E ROBINSON and Rita left San Diego by plane on 10 March for New York where they expected to sail for Naples on 14 March. Bon Voyage!

I have received word that, due to his continued hospitalization at Philadelphia, " D U K E ; ' RAMSEY will be unable to participate in the arrangements for our coming SOth Reunion. There will be a meeting of the Washington and Annapolis area classmates at the Washington Army-Navy Club on 15 March to decide when and where the SOth will be and to designate a committee to make the many necessary arrangements.

Since deadline for this issue of Shipmate is 15 March, see next issue for the results.

CHARLIE MASON is coming to Washington on one of his periodic trips from Pensacola and I expect to have dinner with him on 14 March at which time I will try to get him to attend the class meeting the next day also.

14

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Maury, USN (Ret.) 208 Prince George St., Annapolis, Md. West Coast Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. O. O. Kessing, 842 D Ave., Coronado, Calif.

There is not very much news of interest for this issue of Shipmate but what little I have I will pass along to you.

I understand that R A L P H DAVIS had an annoying accident during one of the freezing spells we have had on the Elast Coast during this past winter; one of his legs (I don't recall which one) was damaged to some extent due to a fall on one of the slippery and icy sidewalks. He is getting along OK now. Yours truly also had a fall about a month ago which resulted in a broken right forearm. This does not interfere with the "bending of my left elbow" which is most important! My arm is still in a cast from well above the elbow to my fingers and is anchored between my right thumb and forefinger ; I can't write longhand so have to use "southpaw" tactics in getting this letter written on the typewriter and I hope the Editor of Shipmate can read it.

One of my travelling friends. Class of 1926, has just returned to his home in Annapolis and gave me the news that they had contacted W A R N E R BAYLEY in Beaufort, S.C, and gave me the information that they are very happy in that area but that they were not too happy about the damage that one of the recent hurricanes had done to SHIPMATE

their house. Everything is OK now. Warner's address is now Box 542, Beaufort, S. C. We are now looking forward to seeing JOE and Lydia A R N O L D who have been spending the winter months in Puerto Rico.

They are going to be in this area during the latter part of March and will be visiting their son, LCdr. W. S. M. .\rnold, in Arlington; he is on duty in the Washington area. \Ve are counting on a family get-together while Joe is in this vicinity.

DEAC H A N S is still on the West Coast and, as usual, gets up at daybreak and plays his usual IS holes and after that the 19th.

All power to you. D e a d BILL MALLOY has just given me his latest address. It is 825 Menlo Ave., Apt. H, Menlo Park, Calif.

David Jalbert, the son of our disting-uished classmate who passed away in Dec, is to be married in New York on 8 April; her maiden name is Carol Ann Finwald.

In a future issue of Shipmate I will give you later information regarding our Class Memorial. As mentioned before, we have quite a lot of extra funds left over from fliose who contributed for this worthy cause, and with these funds our committee is planning to add further improvements to it, such as dogwood trees and other additions (in the name of the Class of 1914).

TO OLD F O U R T E E N ONCE M O R E !

BOB MAURY

IE

Sec.-Treas.. Capt. E. S. Earnhardt, U S N (Ret.). 3900 Calverton Dr., College Heights Estates. Hyattsville, Md. Corr. Sec'y. Capt. C. Greham Halpine. U S N (Ret.), 1 Taney Ave., Annapolis, Md. West Coast Sec'y. Cdr. E. F. Cochrane, U S N (Ret.), 4315 Avalon Blvd.

San Diego 3, Calif.

The '16-'17ers Class Luncheon for March was held at the Army-Navy Club on Thursday the 9th. Gathered around the board were: for '16, Mick Carney, Earnie Earnhardt, Bill Fechteler, Pete Merwin, Jim Steele and Earle Major, and for '17, Walt Calhoun, Len Austin, Frank Hanafee and Lyle Small.

N O T E : Due to conflict of dates with some other class luncheons, we have shifted the class luncheon date in the future to the THIRD Thursday in the month, instead of the second. This is also a welcome change as it brings us in line with the usual date of the West Coast '16-'17er's luncheon. Thus we gather together on the same day, Coastto-Coast!

Again in line with the '16-'17er spirit: does anyone have an extra 1916 Lucky Bag they can spare? Cy Perkins '17 is looking for one. If you know of one or have one, notify either Cy direct (Col. Jesse L. Perkins, USMC (Ret.), 3228 Elliott St., San Diego 6, Calif.), or send it to the Class Secretary (Earnie Earnhardt) and he will see that it is sent on to Cy. We consider it a compliment that a member of a junior class would like to have one of our "Bags."

WEST COAST

We learn that W A L T E R and Ann W E B B are off on another foreign visit—Ann to Spain and the Mediterranean area, and Walter to Argentina. Bon Voyage to you both —have a grand time, and we will be glad to see you back with us.

The feature attraction of the Feb. '16-'17ers luncheon, held at the Admiral Kidd Club, was the return of S H O R T Y SAUER to our gatherings. It has been a long uphill battle for him these past 8 months, and it was with real pleasure and thankfulness that APRI L,

19 6 1

we welcomed him back. His Docs are satisfied that those dreaded bugs are gone and, we pray, for good.

It was also a pleasure to have GLOOM R U T L E D G E with us again after too many misses. Elsie, as many of you know, has been confined to a wheelchair with arthritis. We sincerely hope that her condition will improve and that both of them will again, and soon, take up where they left off in our gatherings.

And then, we had another pleasant added attraction to the affair in the form of Irish Moore '17. Irish and Gladys are holed up in La Jolla for a couple of months—just can't take that Colorado weather right now!

A petition by M. COMSTOCK and attested to by S. F A H R I O N and I. K I L A N D to issue a temporary visa so that he could visit our worthy assemblage was duly circulated and favorably considered, and Irish was in!

He sure added to the party!

As per usual, a goodly gang appeared early and those Prelims were off and running.

Just as the first contest was opened P H I L W A R R E N was called to the phone and asked good ole Spike to represent him in that activity. Spike obliged and when Phil returned he was presented with the first Citation of the Day. He appeared to be a little confused!

Then SOCK McGINNIS let down his guard and got nailed for the next offering.

Next in line for recognition was dear ole Ing; and by that time Irish Moore was really enthused, particularly over his uncanny ability to avoid those financial citations. But then it fell like a ton of bricks, and Irish had joined the list of happy donors. Somewhere along the line W Y S E B E N S O N got caught, and oh yes! Merrill Comstock came through for his second straight victory for 1961. Merrill appears to be doing his best to continue his unblemished record which began several years ago. His leader and most ardent fan, COUNT GRASSIE, never fails to come to M's support when the going gets tough.

All in all, our generous '17 compatriots had a very successful day in absorbing all but one of those delightful memorials that are a part of our luncheons. Then after a very good Smorgasbord luncheon and a full discussion of those problems that weigh us down, we called it a day, after setting 16 March as our next meeting.

Those not already accounted for in this report were Cochrane, Holmes, Loventhal, the Webb boys. Possum and Walter, and Dutch Wessell.

Hasta Luego, Amigos.

BUNNY

COCHRANE

P.S. As we were about to go to press, heard BILL F E C H T E L E R is in Bethesda Naval Hospital. A check on this shows his trouble to be only minor. He is up and about and expects to be home soon. Good luck to you. Bill.

17

Sec'y. Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) 248 King George St., Annapolis, Md.

BIGELOW—ANSON's widow, Josephine, died in Palm Beach on 5 March 1961. They had no children.

KELLY—CHUCK and Birdie left for Puerto Rico on 8 March for a month in the sun.

L E H R F E L D — I Z and Margaret were in Crabtown early in March and duly checked in at 248—same old Bill but a little rounder.

Was on his way to watch the bang-tails at Bowie.

MORRIS—NINO GREGORY had a recent letter from CRUSTY who seems to be a little more comfortable.

PARK—a note from P I E came from Sherman, Texas, where he ran into SOL P H I L L I P S . Pie said they had a nice visit together and that Sol and Cherry were in fine fettle.

Before the Kellys left for Puerto Rico a few of the class gathered at 248 for a sm.all and impromptu despedida: the Campbells, Len Doughty, Gregorys, Headlees and Stones.

Walt was coming down but couldn't make it.

The '16-'17 Army-Navy Club luncheon was attended by Len Austin, Walt Calhoun, Frank Hanafee, Lisle Small, Mick Carney, Pete Merwin, Billy Fechteler, Earny Earnhardt, Jim Steele and Gloom Major. A good time was had by all.

Future luncheons will be held on the 3rd Thursday of the month instead of the 2nd Thursday.

With love and good cheer.

JACK Sec'y, R. Adm. E. E. Duvall, U S N (Ret.) Apt. 755-B, The Westchester, Washington 16, D . C.

GEORGE WILLIAM JOHNSON

We have just received the sad news concerning RAdm. GEORGE W. J O H N S O N , 817 Adella Ave., Coronado, who died on 10 March at the Naval Hospital, San Diego.

A native of Whitinsville, Mass., Johnson, after serving in the Navy for 29 years, retired in 1946 and since then had made his home in San Diego County. A veteran of both World Wars, Johnny received the Legion of Merit and a Gold Star in lieu of the second medal. Surviving are his widow, Aileen; a son. Dr. Cyril H. Johnson of Tulare; a daughter, Mrs. Carl A. Philipp of Linwood, and 3 granddaughters.

Our sympathy is extended to the Johnson family.

ION PURCELL, an investment councillor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, runs the Purcell Investment Service at Frankfort, Ky., and still has time, with the help of Mrs. Purcell, to continue his work in the "Three R" program—designed to help those who have never learned to read and write—which received nationwide attention in an issue of Coronet magazine some time ago and which was mentioned previously in this column. We are proud that one of our class has given so generously of his time and effort to a benevolent program of this nature.

Those who attended our class luncheon gathering on Wednesday, 1 March last were: Kennedy, Riggs, Haines, Dobyns, Mitten, Barnes, Loomis, McDowell, Vince Murhpy and Bert Rogers.

RILEY DODGE, 418 Beloit Ave., Berkeley 8, Calif., sent us a clipping from which we gathered the following in regard to his wife, Dorothy Clement Dodge, who passed away on 27 Jan. last of a heart ailment. Mrs. Dodge was a native of Michigan, attendee!

Adrian College, and was graduated from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. She followed a career in art and until her death continued as an exhibitor of hand-weaving. She was active as a Red Cross Volunteer during W W II and the Korean War, and was a member of several societies and organizations including Golden Gate Weavers, Richmond Art Center, Society of Women Geographers, Inter-Tribal Friendship House of Oakland and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. She is survived by her husband and 2 daughters.

Our sympathy is extended to the Dodge family.

31

19

Sec'y, RAdm. R. A. Dierdorff, USN (Ret.) 34 Randall St., Annapolis, Md.

WILLIAM EDWARD HILBERT

Classmates and friends will be sorry to learn of BILL HILBERT's death on 25 Feb. 1961. The following article from the San Francisco Chronicle of 26 Feb. was accompanied by his picture titled "Captain Hilbert, Former Nimitz Aide."

"A retired Navy Captain with a distinguished war record collapsed and died yesterday while watching firemen battle a blaze in the garage and yard of his Presidio Heights home.

"Capt. William E. Hilbert, 64, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's wartime legal officer, staggered away from the flames and collapsed in the living room of his house at 3343 Pacific Ave. "Ambulance steward Walter Anderson of Park Emergency Hospital applied mouth-tomouth artificial respiration for 15 minutes in a desperate but vain effort to revive him.

"The Captain's wife, Louise, told officers her husband had been home from the hospital only 3 weeks after treatment there for a heart condition.

"The shock of the early-morning fire apparently brought on another attack, relatives said. The captain, they said, was still in a weakened condition and was barely able to walk.

"The 2-alarm fire apparently started in a pile of lumber in the garage and spread quickly to Hilbert's sedan, according to arson inspector Fred Lucas. It caused an estimated $5,500 damage to the garage, the car and 4 eucalyptus trees in the yard, but did not reach the 3-story shingle house.

"Captain Hilbert, an Annapolis graduate, served with Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific during W W II. He was also the captain of the Port of Naples during the hard-fought Italian campaign. His work in providing food and clothing for orphaned and starving children in Naples earned him a special citation from the Italian government. He was also awarded a Bronze Star.

"Captain Hilbert retired from the Navy after the war. He has been living in San Francisco for the last 11 years."

Louise's gracious note of 11 March recalls that she and Bill had had 35 happy years together. The class joins in deep sympathy to her.

MILES DuVAL was chosen by the Editors of the Encyclopedia Brittanica to prepare an article on the Panama Canal for their 1961 Edition. The Hon. Clark W. Thompson of Texas had it included in its entirety in the Congressional Record for Tuesday, 7 March 1961. In his prefatory remarks Mr. Thompson says : "The author of the article is Capt. Miles P. DuVal, Jr., USN (Ret.). His broad experience incident to an extensive naval career, service in the Panama Canal organization as captain of the port, Balboa, C. Z., in charge of marine operations in the Pacific sector of the canal during the crucial period immediately prior to and after the United States involvement in W W IIâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1941-1944â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and diligent studies of Panama Canal problems and history, including authorship of 3 oustanding volumes on these subjects, eminently qualified him for the indispensable understanding and responsible task of preparation. . . . It impresses me as the most comprehensive, yet fair and incisive article on the Panama Canal ever published in a work for general reference."

32

BILL FERGUSON'S letter of Friday, 17 Feb. from St. Louis, reports on the delightful vacation he and Mary Frances 'enjoyed in Acapulco and Taxco. He continues. "I will go to the Veterans Hospital on next Monday to have my other cataract removed.

That will lay me up for a month or two, after which I hope I shall be able to see the typewriter keys better, and I guess you hope so too." Good luck, Fergie! Word from you even on clay tablets would be welcome.

The searching lead article, "How Shall We Know Progress?" by Dr. Arthur S. Adams in The Educational Record for Jan. 1961, comprises his valedictory address to the American Council on Education at its Annual Meeting in Chicago in Oct. 1960.

After 10 busy and fruitful years as its President, he is turning over its duties to Dr. Logan Wilson and will retire on 1 July.

The box on page 46 of the New York Times, Sunday, 5 March 1961, lists the 14 persons who have been selected as a "nucleus staff" for the newly constituted Peace Corps.

These include, according to the Times, "Dr. Arthur S. Adams of Harvard University, president of the American Council on Education, who has accepted supervisory responsibility for the Peace Corps training program."

In a stern note to the Editor, I have pointed out that there are still a feiv nonHarvard men in positions of responsibility in Washington and that our "Beany" is one of them.

On Sunday, 12 March, Dulany and I enjoyed a delightful "brunch" with Beany and Irene at the DON KINGs'. The ADAMSes have sold their "O" St. home and are moving to the Westchester, 4000 Cathedral Ave., N.W., about 1 May. HAROLD MARTIN'S dues check of 9 March is accompanied by a welcome letter which states in part: "I live alone outside of Memphis and do little except ride my tractor on grass cutting projects. Eight acres are one hell of a lot of grass. I spent the holidays in Spain visiting Dolores ('Beauty's' sister-in-law, widow of Adm. Forrest Sherman '18), who lives there with Forrest and her daughter Ann. Madrid is quite a place.

I arrived home with a bad case of flu and utilized the Navy's hospital to get well in."

Anent the "Nineteeners Prayer" on page 10 of the Annual Bulletin, forwarded by CHAUNCEY CAMP, JIMMY HOLLOWAY writes: "Perhaps you know that it was originally written as a prayer for the middle-aged and is ascribed to the Rev. H. Aulenbach who sounds like he was a good Scotch Presbyterian also. . . . I am sorry to miss so many class luncheons, but we are quite often out of town in Virginia Beach or New York and it just seems that the Tuesdays do not work out very often."

Jimmy continues with his duties as Asst.

Treasurer of the Navy League of the United States. His headquarters are in Washington's Mills Building.

Dulany and I enjoyed a somewhat belated but heartwarming visit with LAURENCE and Etheljane SCHETKY at Bethesda on Sunday, 12 March. Laurence had drawn his "liberty card" for the first time and visited nearby son-in-law and daughter, the "Pat" Pattersons and family. They brought him back to Etheljane's room for a real "Oregon" reunion.

Etheljane, brave girl, was her smiling, gracious self. Although she still faces a long time in bed, all casts are now off and she has begun therapy. Laurence will probably be staying with the Pattersons soon. Nancyjane promises to deliver him to the Club for our April luncheon. Both Laurence and

Etheljane expressed their heartfelt appreciation for the many expressions of sympathy and the visits of '19ers and many other of their friends.

GEORGE DYER underwent surgery at Bethesda on 9 March. He was looking quite chipper on the 12th. He and Adaline had been engaged in a hard-fought Scrabble contest. (I forgot to ask which one was winning.) George has told the Medicos that the most appreciated anniversary present they could give him would be his return to "Simmerdown" by 2 April, his and Adaline's Fortieth. We fervently hope they do. And we extend our hearty congratulations to George and Adaline on behalf of the class.

DICK TUGGLE, Town Manager of Jupiter Island, writes to LOUIS P E L Z M A N : "Enclosing dues check. All's well in Florida.

Growing old gracefully. Nothing I can do about it. Best regards."

SHORTY MILLS reports from Rutherfordton, N. C , that, on doctor's orders, he re-retired last 31 July from National Securities and Research Corp. Says he and Lee are not far from the Florida trail and that they will be happy to welcome '19ers. If nearby, just phone for course and ETA. As of 13 March, T E X and Fay SETTLE sent their best from Homestead, Fla., on one of the keys. Tex reports lots of swimming and sunning and that they had driven to Key West one day.

In his 11 March letter to Louis Pelzman, S T E W A R T CROSLEY asks that his address be listed as 504 Fernwood Dr., Colonial Heights, Kingsport, Tenn. The Kingsport Press, of which Stewart is Public Relations and Asst. Personnel Manager, has about 2,200 employees and is still expanding.

Last year it printed 35 million books. Exfive-striper Crosley writes : "I hope that you all keep on reading and studying." The old thespian was to appear on 16-17-18 March in Kingsport's Annual Kiwanis Kapers Minstrel Show. Somewhat to balance the theatrical milieu, actress daughter. Chase Crosley, was appearing about the same time in Shakesperean repertory at Princeton, N. J. HARRY ROCHESTER'S card of 14 Feb. from Key Biscayne depicts Cape Florida's coconut palms which "remind me of Guadalcanal." No wonder he and Betsy were heading for Boca Raton the next week.

And on 15 March Louis and Florence Pelzman planned to head south for 2 or 3 weeks or more.

Despite the absence of 5 of our regulars, 11 attended our 7 March luncheon. They were Schoeffel, DuVal, Wisenbaker, Thurber, Greer, King, Slocum, Schildhauer, Pelzman, Adams and Dierdorff. Due to the proximity of the Annual Reunion, 6 May, in Annapolis, there will be no May luncheon.

n

Sec'y, Capt. John F. Crowe. Jr., USN (Ret.), 4431 Volta PI., N.W. Washington 7, D. C.

The following attended the Feb. luncheon at the Army-Navy Club: Browder, Bryan, Christmas, Cope, Crowe, Curts, Daggett, Dettmann, Fahrney, Haugen, Hitchcock, Holsinger, Felix Johnson, Keyhoe, Korns, Lyon, Osborn, Page, Pearson, Plaskitt, Robbins, Sexton, Tomlinson, Wachtler and Wilkes.

TOMMY and Barbara ROBBINS gave a delightful cocktail party on 11 March for classmates and their wives at historic Tingey House, their quarters at the Naval Weapons Plant, Washington, D. C. All hands greatly enjoyed their gracious hospitality and the opportunity to see and talk to old friends.

SHIPMATE

The old class spirit was most pleasantly rejuvenated.

Classmates present were Eric Anderson, Bassett, Bockius, Browder, Bryan, Bunch, Christmas, Cope, Crowe, Cunningham, Curts, Daggett, Dettmann, DeWeese, Glass, Goggins, Greer, Haff, Haugen, Hawkins, Heineman, Hitchcock, Holsinger, Keyhoe, Korns, Lyon, Mansfield, Martin, Maxwell, Mead, \Iomsen, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Patterson, Pearson, Perry, Plaskitt, Robbins, Robinson, Sabalot, Sexton, Shope, Swanson, Tomlinson, Wachtler, Watson, Webb, Wilson and Woolridge.

I *m greatly indebted to "SABBY" SABALOT for the news contained in the next several paragraphs. Sabby and Janet returned to Annapolis after a wonderful and restful 2-weeks stay in Beaufort, S. C , where they had the pleasure of seeing C H A M P and Helen CHAMPION, W A L T E R and Eleanor HART, P A T and Cvnthia M U R P H Y and EDDIE and Alice T I L L M A N .

The Champions live close to Beaufort on Lady's Island. Sabby says Champ is quite a horticulturist; his grounds were loaded with camellias, azaleas, oleanders and roses.

Helen Champion was the widow of our late classmate, S T E I N E R DUNBAR. The Harts and Tillmans live in Charleston, S. C, where Walter is kept out of mischief and quite busy as Chairman of the Charleston Preservation Committee. Eddie Tillman is still purchasing agent for the South Carolina Gas & Light Co. In April the Tillmans will be off to Europe for a month's stay.

As for the Murphys, Sabby reports that Pat is the same old Pat. They live on a 500 acre plantation on Edisto Island where they raise cattle, the wherewithal to feed them and a couple of saddle horses. Pat does not consider his farming gainful employment but emphasized that it was fun and managed to pay for the horses and taxes. Pat told Sabby that TOMMY CRAVEN, after many years of living on Eklisto Island, had left more than a year ago and was believed to be teaching in New York State.

On their trip, the Sabalots played some bridge with the George Jones '27 of Annapolis who also were in Beaufort and with the Warner Bayleys '14. They also met up with the Stanwix May fields '16, and the Condras '27, who live at Frogmore, S. C. On the way south they stayed overnight with Caldwell and Gertrude Huske '21, who have a charming place in a pine forest near Fayetteville, N. C. ARTIE D O Y L E also came through with quite a bit of news. He saw T H E D A and Agnes COMBS in Tallahassee where they have bought an attractive house. Both are enjoying retired life. When Artie saw Theda, the latter was preparing to go to Washington to turn over the Gray Eagle title (oldest active duty naval aviator) to Cat Brown '21.

Artie also saw the F R E D D Y McMAHONs recently in Naples, Florida, where they own an apartment in the Reef Club.

They spend their summers in Frontenac, Minn. Freddy plays plenty of golf and is his old self.

JACK S H O E M A K E R recently spent some time in the hospital but is now home. We hope you are now as good as ever. Jack.

Artie advises that W. W . S M I T H has reappeared in Pensacola and is secretly practicing golf in an effort to catch up with BILL SINTON and Windy Switzer '21.

This is another reminder that the Golden Anniversary of Naval Aviation will be celebrated in Pensacola 6-11 June. Artie Doyle has volunteered to act as liaison for naval aviator classmates and he may be reached APRIL,

196 1

at 701 N. Palafax St., Pensacola. There have been over 6000 acceptances to date.

Artie and Jamie attended the Feb. wedding of Katherine Glover, the CATO GLOVERs' daughter, and Ersel Frederick Hebert of Washington. They were married at Mulberry, outside of Camden, S. C , the same place where the Cato Glovers were married 37 years ago. Artie advises that due to the airline strike, the young couple, bound for skiing in Switzerland, had to take the same plane the following morning as the rest of the wedding party. There was enough rice on board to feed a province in Red China. " D I X I E " K E T C H A M ' s son Fred is getting married on the West Coast on 22 April.

Dixie is reputed to be a delightful golfing opponent as he has a nice fast backswing and can be easily diverted while putting.

J O E TALBERT's son, Lt. Joe Talbert, Jr. '56, is in'the Gold Crew of the newly commissioned Polaris nuclear submarine, U S S THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Joe and Anne flew to

Mare Island for the commissioning ceremony on 13 Feb. Joe's son-in-law, LCdr. Robert Bulmer '46, was navigator of the TRITON on the submerged circumnavigation of the world last year.

The ROCKY T O W N S E N D s have been on a motor trip to Monterey, Mexico, Pensacola (where Rocky saw Artie Doyle, Bill Sinton and Dale Harris '21) and then Nashville where they visited their daughter who is married to Bill Wade, formerly quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams and now quarterback of the Chicago Bears. They expected to return to Coronado about 1 April.

It was good to hear from MYRON BABER. Myron called from Union Station while waiting for a train to Lynchburg, Va., where he is teaching at Lynchburg College and enjoying life.

P L E A S E SEND IN N E W S O F YOUR A C T I V I T I E S , T R I P S , P L A N S AND GOSSIP.

21

E a s t Coast Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Homer Eimers 930 H St., N . W . , Washington, D. C. West Coast Corr. Sec'y, R. Adm. George V a n Deurs, 313 Golden Gate Ave., Belvedere, Cal.

AROUND SAN FRANCISCO BAY

Before this is printed, if you are a '21er living in the West, you should have received a letter from San Francisco's committee for a West Coast 40th Reunion. They plan a barbecue brunch, for classmates and wives at GEORGE RUSSELL's Yerba Buena quarters for Sunday, 4 June, and a dinnerdance at the Treasure Island club on Monday, 5 June. This club is normally closed on Mondays and ' 2 r s party will be its only activity. If you have not already signed up, drop a note to J. C. REISINGER, 6 Edgewater Rd., Belvedere, Calif., and tell him you will attend one or both affairs. He would appreciate a check for $10 per couple with the note.

At press time a broken hip still had EUG E N E P. S H E R M A N in bed at his home, 36 Santa Rosa Ave., Sausalito, Calif., but he hoped to be mobile in time to meet old friends at the West Coast Reunion in June.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, our invisible classmate, A. G. COOK, had the city's disaster plans in top shape on 29 Jan. J O H N N Y M A D D E N came out of Letterman Hospital on 13 Feb., recovered from the gout which had confined him for a week.

Then he and Bobby faced the problem of synchronizing her ulcer diet, Johnny's low calorie diet, and an anti-gout diet without starving.

On 18 Feb. the CARLISLES and RANSOME DAVISes served cocktails at Treasure Island. LOGAN and Elizabeth McKEE came from Menlo Park where he was active on a committee trying to stop rising taxes and put some efficiency into the local gov-

Photo by G. van

Deurs

ANNA THAYER MADE DARRELL HOOVER'S EYES SHINE.

33

ernment. Carrol Bonney '20 discussed his similar work in Palo Alto where he edits Elephant Talk for the Republican Assembly.

Worid travelers G U T H R I E and BOONE were in town for the occasion. SELBY came down from Vallejo. Anise RAMSEY talked of moving Mill Valley's Greenwood Tree.

P H I L NICHOLS, claiming no credit, was awaiting an arrival report on his 11th grandchild. Wonder how many classmates claim more? J. McQUEEN objected to the caption under his picture in the Jan. Shipmate. "Darrell can't tell me any facts of life," he said.

H O O V E R only smiled. Others sighted included Judge Johns, Coulter, Madden, Miller, Talbot, Lewis, Reisinger, Roland, Divoll, Cohan, Schwien, Berthold '24, Calvert '24, Ashby Evans '24 and Bill Thayer '23.

This was one of the despedidas which JIMMY and Vera Harris survived before sailing 24 Feb. in the M S T S GENERAL PAT-

RICK. They planned 6 weeks in Japan, where a son-in-law is on duty. Then a visit to Hong Kong, and a ship to England and Europe.

Their itinerary gets them to Annapolis for our Sept. reunion. Duke Williams '23 also sailed in the PATRICK. Pierhead well wishers included Reisinger, Miller, Roland, Lewis and Baty Schwien. Piggie was too busy making robot cleaners for swimming pools to get there.

On 26 Feb. DARRELL and Dodie HOOVER hosted a Treasure Island party. It was planned as another farewell for the Harrises.

They missed it because they had suddenly advanced their sailing one ship to be sure of available space. L E W J O H N S , E D D I E DUNCAN and L O W D E N J E S S U P also missed a good party due to assorted ailments.

The R U F THAYERs, back from southern California, said business took them there.

MYRON THOMASes, back from Las Vegas, hinted at monkey business. "Did no good gambling, but enjoyed looking at the living models," he said. The SCUP MILLERs brought their pretty daughter, Mrs. Peterson. George Russell, who had been busy presenting awards to celebrities and Navy contractors, took time out to show. Daddy and Martha Mcintosh '22, down from Vallejo, looked wonderfully fit. Others sighted included McQueen, Coulter, Talbot, Schwien,

After the customary imbibing -we sat down for a delicious chicken dinner which was accompanied by everyone present either reminiscing about the past or cutting the gathering in on the latest story. Mary ROBERTS a bit perturbed after S M O L I E told what everyone else thought was a rare one. Maxine J O N E S sent a note thanking all classmates for the floral piece and was most appreciative of the fact that, with HAL, there were twenty-one at his last gathering with his classmates.

Many valentines came, as you can note (widows of classmates), and the nice thing was that every gal got on her feet and conCLASS LUNCHEON tributed to the fun.

The regular monthly meeting of the Class All the local gang now have addresses of of '21 was held on Tuesday, 21 Feb. 1961, classmates in San Francisco and Los Angeles at the Army-Navy Club, Washington, D. C. areas as well as telephone numbers. RALThose who attended were Joe Bolger, L. A. EIC^H H A L E sent down the above inforBrown, Homer Eimers, Floyd Ferris, Jim- mation from Pasadena on Los Angeles and my Hamilton, Harold Houser, Ralph Hunt, SID DODDS ran off the necessary copies.

Reds Jamison, Tom Kelly, Blackie Loker, SMOLIE R O B E R T S volunteered to take Wayne McDowell, Ralph McShane, (Jale over local representative from me due to the Morgan, Ken Noble, Stu Purves, Al Smith, fact that between rather frequent trips to Charlie Smith and John Waters. the hospital plus constant visits out of town I am not always available in emergencies.

The schedule for the class luncheons for the last 6 months of 1961 is as follows: Incidentally, a note of interest—poor old Wednesday, 26 July; Wednesday, 23 Aug.; Hal had recently sent in his donation to the Wednesday, 27 Sept.; Wednesday, 22 Nov.; class emergency fund which is in good conWednesday, 27 Dec. dition for turning over to Roberts.

Peter is up North again. Patsy and Mert NEWS ITEM produced their 4th youngster, 2nd son, Brian, OZ COLCLOUGH, who is Provost and and all are doing well. She'll stay up in the Dean of Faculties of George Washington University and who until recently had been Bay area as Chip and Andrea are also exacting as President, received an honorary pecting their 4th child. (They have 3 boys.)

RAY TARBUCK is behaving fairly well degree of doctor of sciences from Dr. Carfor Ray, but he and his beagle are not too roll, the University's new President. popular in the neighborhood—or on the golf course as neither are there to play golf.

CORONADO We had a wonderful class party Valentine Nice note from Addie KIRK concerning the fall reunion and contents passed on to eve at the Marine Club.

Because of conflicting dates and illness we the class at dinner. Don't know how much were held down a bit but really had a fine of same was intercepted above the din. time.

BRIS McHUGH missed the party due to T E D and Conna W E L L I N G S came down catching up on sea duty. (Trip to Seattle and spent the night with Peter and me and with his son-in-law on a carrier.)

Doc and Mrs. J. Q. Owsley also graced the E P P I E SCHELL and Fran were due but occasion. They are honorary members of did not show at the last party. The BOB the class now living in La Jolla.

HICKEYs lost out also due to Bob having new chopper troubles with the dentist.

Trust that you can get "Harleigh" Burke talking the proper "Harvard way" so that President Kennedy will let us hear some more of his excellent talks in the near future again.

Guess this is all the local chatter for now —next blurb from the old pro himself if Mary lets him out of the dog house by then.

Lewis, Boone, Nichols, Woodson, RK Davis, Carlisle, Madden, M. E. Murphy '22 and Berthold '24.

In San Francisco it was said that CASEY GREEN was a key man in financing Long Beach's new multi-million dollar community hospital; that DALTON and Lee DAVIS were homebound in the U S N T BARRETT after visiting Manila, Baguio, Hong Kong and Japan where they found that 30 years had made changes; that BOB H I C K E Y is the unofficial mayor of North San Diego and La Jolla, and now speaks plainer than ever before.

BUNNY

P.S. Was most happy to have JIMMY POLLOCK and his new bride at the party.

Most attractive addition to the class. Information on New Orleans area and plans for the trek to the fall get-together from Alphabet Davis also passed along to the class here. Present at the party were: Paul Abernathy, the Acuffs, Cronins, Curleys, Dodds, Harriet Bixby, Grays, Judge Hailey, Bascom Jones, Jimmie Kernoodle, Tim O'Brien, Owsleys, Perdues, Roberts, Pollocks, Tailmans, Tarbucks, Tarbuttons, Wrays, Wellings, Florence Maguire and Marion (Zross.

22

Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller Farm, R2 Box 146, Mercersburg, Pa. Corr. Sec'y, H. L. Jennings.

701 Cafritz Building Washington 6, D. C.

M a r g a r e t Lois COIL Photo by G. van Deurs LOWDEN JESSUP AND STERLING CLOUGHLY WAITED FOR A CHANCE TO SPEAK. 34

On 17 Feb. 1961 Mrs. Margaret Lois COIL died in her girlhood home in San Diego, Calif. She was the wife of LCdr. S H I P M A T E

EDMONSTON E. COIL, U S N (Ret.), the mother of Fisher Edmonston Coil, (MC) USN, and the grandmother of Robert Edmonston Coil and Daniel Paul Coil.

SAVVY H U F F M A N sent in a fat envelope containing several articles written by our own LIBS LIBBY for a San Diego newspaper. In addition he (Savvy) wrote the following that may give the class statisticians and psychologists something over which to pore.

"Funny how things run in cycles. For months there will be nothing in the way of news of classiuates and then all of a sudden several events will transpire in which members of '22 are the principals or co-stars. A number of such recent happenings include: Frank Watkins' retirement; Kenmore McManes quoted at length in an editorial in the SD Evening Tribune opposing the single service concept; Dave Justice and wife announcing the engagement of their daughter Sandra; Cy Olch having an article published in Shipmate; Jack Gordon attending a Motorama luncheon in Los Angeles; a featured article in the Los Angeles Times speculating as to whether Hyman Rickover would be kept on active duty after reaching statutory retirement age (later news item said he would be) ; Ruth Libby's special articles in Copley Press missing issue of San Diego Union Sunday, 5 Feb. "ED SOLOMONS will be the next to retire for age, 1 April. When he does there will be 5 classmates left on active duty in the line. Of the five, 4 were in our company: FRANK A K E R S , CARL E S P E , J O H N HIGGINS and K E N M c M A N E S . Quite a coincidence. S H E R M CLARK is the 5th and, the new issue of Register of Alumni to the contrary, he's still on active duty.

"Perusing that Register started me to thinking that it would be an interesting project to determine which element of the class, those who got out on graduation or those who stayed in the service, was more successful in life. JACK GORDON is president of General Motors, BILL SEBALD is an ambassador, H A R R Y P I E R C E is chairman of the board of New York Ship and there are numerous company (some of their own) presidents and vice-presidents. W e didn't have anybody make 4 stars in the service. Libby, Watkins and Espe were vice admirals on active duty as is Rickover.

"TOM B E A T T I E made an interesting observation in the course of a recent golf game.

Apropos of nothing at all and completely unrelated to any conversation he said that he had picked up our Lucky Bag a few days before for the first time in 10 or 15 years and came to the conclusion that those who did best in later life had the least number of items under their biographies. Of course that's a pretty sweeping generalization and subject to many and notable exceptions. He cited Jack Gordon as a good example. (I've been meaning to break out my LB to check his observation.)

"I could have added to the items in the 1st paragraph the announcement in Navy Times of J E S S E WALLACE'S death. And one which didn't get into print was meeting RILEY J A C K S O N in a traffic tieup outside Oceanside (Calif.) when a tanker truck threw a wheel, caught fire, and burned to a crisp in spite of several fire companies, civilians and Marines from Camp Pendleton.

He announced his intention of attending the class 40th Reunion.

"So far as I know everybody in '22 in the area is in good health and enjoying life.

That includes the widows."

APRIL,

1961

Next came quite an epistle from H E N R Y ECCLES which is presented verbatim.

"It has been many years since I reported on my activities so a brief rundown is now appropriate.

"I am living in Newport, R. I., and working for the Navy under the sponsorship of the George Washington University Logistics Research Project, and for the Air Force under the sponsorship of the Ohio State University Research Foundation. That means that I am writing, lecturing and consulting, primarily in the fields of the theory of war, the_ theory of strategy and the theory of logistics.

"I find this work extremely interesting and I enjoy the travel and the many interesting associations that are involved. For the last 2 years I have gone to England in Sept. to attend the conferences of the Institute for Strategic Studies. Then just last month I had a week's trip to California involving lectures and seminars at the Navy PG School, Monterey, and a most interesting visit with the Rand Corp. in Santa Alonica.

"While in Monterey I was very happy to run into S Q U I R E P U L L E N who was full of interesting ideas and news on education.

I also had 2 fine visits with Admiral and Mrs. S P R U A N C E and on the second saw Capt. 'Judge' Underwood '10, VAdm. Frank Beatty '16 and Capt. A. H. Balsey '14.

"Last Sept. in London I ran into W A L T E R R O W E and H E N R Y I N G R A H A M in Grosvenor Square and later joined them for diimer at the Reserve Officers Association. I later had a fine time talking over mutual interests with Walter who finds his maritime work extremely interesting.

"My book, published in 1959, Logistics in the National Defense, continues to get good reviews and a generally good reception. I am working on another one which will be Military Concepts and Philosophy. In addition to this type of work I am pretty well involved in community affairs, being the vice-president of St. Michael's School in Newport, which is a co-educational country day school running from kindergarten to Sth grade.

About half its youngsters come from Navy families.

"My association with education continues through my son Frank who 5 years ago dropped a successful engineering job to teach math and physics at Andover. He had been in the Class of '49 at the Naval Academy but after 2 years had a medical discharge and graduated from Princeton. He married a lovely Bryn Mawr girl and we now have 4 extremely interesting grandchildren.

"I have quite a few other community interests most of which involve me in financial management for volunteer organizations.

These matters may be exasperating but they are never dull.

"In late March Isabel and I take off for 2 months in Italy, Greece and England. Then I expect to return to Newport for the summer and settle down to concentrated work again.

"This about wraps up the story and fulfills my obligations to Squire Pullen and Walter Rowe to get in touch with ABE STACEY." A brief note from FRANK W H I T A K E R discloses that J O H N W A I D L I C H has retired from AT&T. His present address is Century Oaks Farm, RD 3, Lynchburg, Va. And here is a note gleaned from the Brown Alumni Monthly. "When a workman was repairing the rubber tiling on the floor of Dean Durgin's office, he was asked what had caused the trouble. 'Too much heat,' he said, and any miscreant student who's been on a hot spot there could understand." That will give you an idea of how E D D I E DURGIN can burn 'em up in his capacity of Dean of Students at Brown University.

FORTIETH REUNION NOTE

For those of you who like to plan ahead, P-T (pay 'tention) to this. The Superintendent's Office has granted us permission and facilities for the Reunion to be held 25, 26 and 27 May 1962, in Annapolis. We will probably kick off with a get-together in Washington on 24 May. We have arranged reservations for 100 rooms for the Reunion. You will receive detailed information concerning this in the near future. So that we can all concentrate at 2 places, it is suggested that you wait until you receive further details before writing for reservations.

Mostest of the bestest, ABE

CLASS LUNCHEON

Those who attended the Class of '22 monthly luncheon at the Army-Navy Club on 14 March were Jerome, Malstrom, Atkeson, H. L. Jennings, Anderson, Libby, Jarrett, Cooper, D. H. Johnston, Pratt, H. F. Stevens, Toney, Fink, Whitgrove, Lott, Kneeland and Dunkelberger.

L E E and Lydia W H I T G R O V E have decided to move from their lovely home in McLean, Va., to Ojai, Calif., "The Garden of Eden," about May this year. New address: 702 Country Club Rd., P. O. Box 663, Ojai.

Lee agreed at the meeting to handle the

for smoother sailing in matters of real estate . . .

\iaS^vh Dunlop, Inc. Oliver M. Walker

MORTGAGE BANKERS * REALTORS W A S H I N G T O N : 9 0 5 16TM STREET, N.W. BALTIMORE: 1313 FIDELITY B U I L D I N G

ST PI.

3-5050 2-3330

PRESIDENT ( C L A S S O F

'22)

35

secretariat for the Ojai Chapter Class '22 luncheon meetings. This is the proper spirit â&#x20AC;&#x201D;our column in Shipmate can certainly stand pepping up by news from other parts of the country. JIMMY J E N N I N G S , our corresponding secretary for D. C, will be glad to see that information gets into Shipmate with dispatch.

Incidentally, JOHNandMaritz SCHULTZ are moving from St. Croix, V. I., back to their home in Vienna, Va., near Washington.

R U T H V E N LIBBY (and Susie) are considering a move to San Diego.

Note: Have you purchased your new shower head developed by LEON P A W LEY?

23

Sec'y, Capt. Claude H. Bennett, Jr., USN (Ret.), 732 Spring Ln., Philadelphia 28, Pa. Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. Arthur A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington 6, D. C.

ENGAGEMENT

Judge and Mrs. Ralph W. Powers of Upper Marlboro, Md., have announced the engagement of their daughter Beryl Brierly to Horace Clovis Robison, Jr., son of Capt.

HORACE C. ROBISON, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Robison of Whitestone, Va. Miss Powers was graduated from Holton Arms School, made her debut in Washington in 1957 and will graduate from Hollins College, Roanoke, Va., in June. Her fiance, who was graduated from Christ Church School and Washington and Lee University, attends the University of Virginia Medical School.

Miss Powers is the granddaughter of Capt.

Hugh P. LeClair, U S N (Ret.) '09, and Mrs. LeClair of Holly Hill, Friendship, Md. CLASS LUNCHEON

The monthly class luncheon for the month of Feb. was held at the Officers' Club, Naval Weapons Plant, on the 28th. Members present were Haas, Ageton, Beaumont, Lindsay, Souchek, Grosvenor, Huebl, Wilson, Johanneson, Stephens, Woods, Wenger, Daisley and Edwards.

1919

P E T E HAAS brought 2 guests. Doc Snyder and Carl Hopp, and RED STEP H E N S one guest, Mr. Wynech.

The next luncheon was scheduled to be held in the Regency Room of the Weapons Plant Officers' Club on Wednesday, 29 March, with the Class of 1923, USMA, as our guests.

The '23 wives were invited to be guests of Bobbie BURKE in Admiral's House for their next luncheon, 27 March.

Your Secretary had nice notes from Dorothey MOSS and the MASSIE H U G H E S family.

L E W I S KELL is with Burns and McDonnell Engineering Co. in Kansas City, Mo. His company is working on Dulles International Airport.

PABLO BARRETT writes from Mount Vernon, "I have just received the enclosed study in contrasts from CHARLIE K E E GAN and thought the group might be interested." Charlie was Pablo's roommate at the Academy. We hope that Shipmate can reproduce the photographs, taken 41 years apart. The change is startling. Pablo is vacationing in Florida, then bound for a couple of months in Spain, Italy, France and England, with his wife as constant companion, of course.

CHARLEY BEAUMONT was a late arrival because of making his call upon McISAAC, ROBERTS and SPRUNG at Bethesda. He arranged with the nurse and corpsmen on Tower 15 for telephone participation in our luncheon. The nurse and corpsmen entered into the spirit so enthusiastically that a Tower 15 annex to our luncheon was served in style on a card table to the 3 internees. Telephonic arrangements failed at the Officers' Club but DAISLEY took the call on the ground floor and reported the Bethesda participation and their greetings to classmates assembled. Sprung has left the hospital for home. Roberts was detached on the 11th. Mclsaac is back at his desk with Westrex.

'23ers at Army-Navy Weekend at Annapolis reported on the wonderful comeback

of the Navy basketball team. I believe the final results of the weekend showed Navy 4 wins to 4.

P O P McLAREN, now hving at 1160 S. Orlando Ave., Cocoa Beach, Fla., is with an electronics firm at the Cape Canaveral Base.

Since many classmates will begin their summer peregrinations early in June, ARL E I G H B U R K E has accepted our invitation to luncheon for Wednesday, 31 May, Red Room, Army-Navy Town Club. Make your plans early for a good turnout.

24

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

CLASS LUNCHEON

The D. C. group of the Class of 1924, U. S. Naval Academy, held its regular 4th Wednesday of the month luncheon on Washington's birthday at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D. C. Seventeen members of the class attended as follows: M. M. Bradley, H. L. Collins, W. E. Cleaves, John Davis, T. H. Dyer, D. L. Francis, E. E. Gminder, G. R. Hartwig, T. J. Hedding, C. M. E. Hoffman, P. V. Mercer, C. J. Nesser, G. Reith, H. Robinson, E. C. Rook, R. C. Stuliff, G. H. Van Steenbergh.

The class chairman, ROY HARTWIG, reported nothing new on the Equalization of Retired Pay Bill. H. L. COLLINS was down from Quincy, Mass. J O H N DAVIS came in from Baltimore and T. J. HEDDING was in from Los Angeles.

BOB S U T L I F F gave us an account of his recent trip to Florida with M I K E BRADLEY, GREASY N E A L E and Fitzgerald '25, after which T R U M A N H E D D I N G told us about his activities in California since leaving his last service assignment as Assistant to Admiral Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. P R E S T O N MERCER gave us a talk on the initial planning for financing the proposed Home for Navy Widows.

1958

PABLO BARRETT AND CHARLIE KEEGAN ('23)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;A STUDY IN CONTRASTS 41 YEARS APART. 36

S H I P M A T E

Musings by N E S S E R ; "I was standing by the window a moment ago speculating on the fact that I no longer had to keep the Lenten fast, being 59. It is good—but then it keeps saying out loud 'Old Man.' ".\lso the smoke was pouring out the window from the cigarette that I am invariably puffing on. Ought to quit—better health— filthy habit—better cut down and then I always come to the conclusion that I just don't have the guts to quit. The smoke brought to mind the raising of the windows just so, standing on a ciiair to make it go away—• forty years ago. I'm sure that no midshipmen and few of the younger squirt officers know what a tendency is.

"This is apropos of nothing—just happened to be thinking—not collecting anything—not sponsoring anything."

JULIUS

(Submitted

by John D.

Hayes)

ENGAGEMENTS

Vice Adm. R . \ L P H E. W I L S O N , U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Wilson of Chevy Chase, Md., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marcia Elizabeth Wilson, to Mr. Gary Lewis Tyeryar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis V. Tyeryar Jr., Woodlawn, Md. Both Miss Wilson and Mr. Tyeryar are members of the senior class at Western Maryland College.

Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Keys of Lincoln, Neb., have announced the engagement of their daughter Mary to Lt. (jg) Lee McLean Cutler, son of Capt. and Mrs. S H I R L E Y Y. CUTLER, U S N (Ret.), of Carmel, Calif.

Lieutenant Cutler, a 1959 U S N A graduate, is serving in U S S

BENNINGTON. He is a

nephew of VAdm. E. R. McLean (Ret.).

From COLLINS L A N D S T R E E T (still in Honolulu at 4478 Aukai Ave.), we have the following sorrowful report: "Mrs. Violet CVi') Clark Karlstad, widow of Capt.

Robley W. Clark who was killed by a Kamikaze in W W II, was injured and her husband, BGen. C. H. Karlstad, was killed in a tragic automobile accident in Honolulu 22 Dec. 1960. She will be making her 2nd sorrowful journey to .\rlington in the spring."

As we go to press we do not have information concerning the date of the funeral at Arlington—this date has not been determined, but it is believed that SAM K E L L Y and Mae will be kept advised of Mrs. Karlstad's plans.

Those interested should get in touch with the Kellys.

From the Koronary Klub we get good progress reports. LARRY B R O W N I N G and Dorothy left Maysville at the end of Feb. for about a month, headed for the SOth State. Larry says it is Dorothy's first visit there, and his first since 1925, returning from Australia. And BILL McCALEB is out of the hospital and getting home treatment which we'll describe in his own words: "As far as the immediate future goes, I got it made. I have my wife for a nurse, my stepson for a chauffeur, neighbor kids to run errands and do chores and a girl who is a near neighbor and works in my office to provide courier service. In fact, I feel better than I have felt for months."

CY CUTLER gives us a report on his former roommate, SAM A. M c I L H E N N Y , now living near Fort Worth. After the medicos turned him out of Bancroft Hall, Sam went into the Consular Service, and he has retired with the rank of Consul, living now with his wife and young daughter at 1718 Fort Worth St., Grand Prairie, Texas.

Our roving reporter, F E L I X H O W LAND, sends us the current issue of the Panama Canal Review which carries a story of a native herb doctor from the nearby San Bias Islands who affiliates with Dr. A. APRIL,

19 6 1

Weems McFadden in seeking to eradicate the Islands of prevalent skin diseases. Felix has had a couple of Canal Zone visits with Weems, who you must know is the eldest son of A R C H I E and Anna McFADDEN. and is now the Chief of the Dermatology Section of Gorgas Hospital, there in C. Z. Weems has with him a charming wife and 3 children and, says Felix, "has always been hipped on magic; and witch doctors, folk medicine and herbs are his avocation." The senior McFaddens live at Rousby Hall, near Solomons Island, Md. Their 2nd son, Grafton '51, is about due for 2 stripes, and their daughter Anna is in the Air Force, at Andrews AFB. j p S H S H I V E L Y has completed his Caribbean tour, with interesting stopovers in Havana (business dull), Mexico (healthy economy) and Washington. He reports that IRV D U K E has completed his special assignment on active duty, and is finding renewed activity in his stamp collecting.

JACK E N G E M A N continues to "get around." Working on his latest book. Priesthood, he was permitted an intimate photograph visit to the Jesuit Novitiate at Wernersville. Pa. Here it turned out that his most photogenic subject was John Cunningham ; and this resulted in a special mailing of photos of John and his environment to ED and Kay C U N N I N G H A M , proud parents.

In the field of vital statistics, your Secretary continues in concern about the whereabouts of various classmates for whom we (and Shipmate) do not have addresses.

ALAN A X T E L L E remains in this category, and lately we've wondered about the p.c.s. of R U S S E L L J O H N BELLERBY, whom we addressed a few years ago at his last post of duty in hopes of a forwarding, but got a return "not here." You'll all agree the Eskimo always made "good copy" ("His

grouches are few, His smiles they are many; He doesn't air his troubles—He hasn't got any."), and so here is another attempt to run down an address : has anyone any news, or know the whereabouts of Jack Bellerby?

Two interesting command changes have been announced: BUD YEOMANS (RADM U S N ) is moving from Superintendent of the PG School to take over command of Naval Forces in Japan. R U F U S ROSE (RADM U S N ) has been ordered to command of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

JACK K E N N A D A Y returned in midMarch with his boys in the training ship STATE OF MAINE, from a lO-week practice cruise to the Mediterranean. He reports a very successful cruise, smooth sailing, and especially good weather.

Last year we reported on the European tour of the F R A N K BALLS and their high recommendation of it. Well, we now learn that Frank and Peg are back over there again this winter, covering Spain in Jan. and France in Feb. And, says Frank, "I'm doing all right in Spanish."

Add to our collection of remarkable remarks: (1) from the Cornell campus, "I'm still rushed, but not for a fraternity," says NOBLE. And (2) from BILL McCALEB, speaking of his lifelong friend and classmate, "By the way, did you note that BILLY COCHRAN is now a Minister?"

n

Sec'y, RAdm. Joe W. Stryker, U S N (Ret.) Structural Clay Products Institute 1520 ISth St., N.W., Washington 6, D.C.

Helen M a r i e FERGUSON

It is with deep regret that I report the death of Helen Marie, the beloved wife of HARRY FERGUSON. Helen passed away at the Naval Hospital at Jacksonville after an illness of 18 days, although she had not

REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE J. DUFEK, USN (Ret.), right, was presented a Certificate of Achievement Tuesday, 14 February, at the Mariners Museum, by his Naval Academy Class of 1925. A classmate of Dufek's, Rear Admiral Philip White, (SC) USN (Ret.), who is Area Vice President for the class, made the presentation.

37

1925 PARTYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;TREASURE ISLAND OFFICERS CLUB, 17 FEBRUARY 1961. Seated on floor: Red Markham, Helen Schultz, Jack Charleson, Hannah Quinn, Julie Mayer, Ken Dawson, Pick Pickton. Seated in chairs: Rose Markham, Anne Stryker, Manie Reither, Elizabeth Kivette, Kay Dawson, Betty Pickton. Front row standing: Ruth Benz, Marge Charleson, Charley Smith, Floy Stryker, Joe Stryker, Minerva Ludwig, Nappy Kivette, Hope Purmont, Ruby Davidson, Evelyn G i l l , Louise Day, Gladys Bailey, Max Bailey. Rear row standing: Everett Mann, Walt Mayer, Ralph Randolph, Chester Smith, Jake Benz, Dirck Stryker, Cherry Quinn, Tom Burrowes, Dick Reither, George Purmont, Dave Davidson, Tiny Schultz, Cecil Gill, Red Day. (Frank and Camille Timberlake arrived after picture was taken.)

been in very good health for several months before that.

Harry and Helen were married in Baltimore on 31 March 1928. She is survived by 2 sons, Harry Lee, HI, unmarried and living in Jacksonville, working as an aircraft controller with FAA, and James Wragg who is rrjarried to the former Janis Thompson of Silver Spring and now living in Hyattsville, Md., employed by NSA at Camp Meade, Md. They have 2 daughters, Karen Gale and Shawn Marie. Others of Helen's immediate family surviving her are her husband, a sister, 2 brothers and 2 aunts. She was interred at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Jacksonville on 3 March.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to Harry.

Recently a resolution was passed by the Washington group authorizing Certificates of Achievement to be presented to a very select few of its members who have distinguished themselves while wearing the old blue uniform. The first presentation was made to GEORGE D U F E K by P. W H I T E at the Mariners' Museum. The Certificate read: "The Class of 1925, U. S. Naval Academy, is proud of one of its most distinguished members who will forever be noted and remembered for his achievements in both the Arctic and Antarctic Regions.

"Therefore it presents this Certificate of Achievement to RAdm. George J. Dufek, United States Navy, as a token of admiration and pleasant association with a fine officer, man and shipmate." Our hearty congratulations, George.

Taken from Science 10 Feb. 1961. "The Charles Franklin Brooks Award for outstanding service to the Meteorology and Climatology Society was conferred, posthumously, upon Capt. Howard T. Orville, USN, for his devoted and long-standing service to the society as President, Councilor and staunch supporter of all its activities.

His enthusiasm, zeal and personal dedication contributed much to the expansion of the society."

38

The Annapolis Capital recently published an editorial giving great credit to Mrs. HARRY E. HUBBARD for her cjutstanding work in incorporating and organizing in 1955 Military Survivors, Inc. This organization acquaints the survivors of deceased servicemen, the U. S. Public Health Service, and the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey with benefits due them and how to make applications for these benefits.

Another principal task carried out by the organization is to work with members of Congress in contributing to the passage of legislation to benefit service widows, their dependent children and parents of deceased personnel. The organization estimates that 90,000 persons have been aided through this particular phase of its work. Irma, who is the executive secretary for the unit, which serves the entire U. S., should surely be lauded for the devoted work which she has so faithfully performed. The organization's headquarters are located at 509 Ridgely Ave., Annapolis, Md., and certainly deserves the support of all Navy men who love those who may be survivors. This support should consist of a check for $4.00 to be sent MILITARY SURVIVORS, INC. Today.

E D D I E BECK writes from Palmette, Fla., that his son Ed, Jr., graduates from the U. of Florida in June and that he hopes to see P U S S and Marion GOODNEY and T I N K and Pauline BELL on their trip to the graduation. Thanks for the kind words on the class officers, Eddie.

MSTS TRAVELERS

J O H N N I E J O H N S and GOBBY GOUL E T T with their respective gals have recently completed most enjoyable trips, the Johns making the San Juan, Guantanamo, Panama run and the Gouletts off to Manila via Honolulu, Midway and Guam. The J O H N LAMBRECHTs were with the J O H N S as far as Panama and continued with an air tour of South America. ED and MIM W A L K E R returned from Panama where they had been visiting their son.

Your Secretary and Anne STRYKER recently completed a trip to the West Coast to attend the wedding of their son, Lt. (jg) J. Dirck Stryker, who is stationed at Treasure Island on the Staff of ComResDesRon One. He was married on 21 Feb. at Los Angeles to Miss Floy Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell of that city. They will make their home at 3031 Steiner St., San Francisco. While in San Francisco all 4 of the Strykers greatly enjoyed the cocktail party for '25ers held at the Treasure Island Officers' Club, delightfully arranged by GEORGE P U R M O N T , T I N Y SCHULTZ and Minerva LUDWIG. P H I L "FITZ" FITZGERALD turned in his first item for this column. He ducked the snow and ice of Washington for a 10-day fishing trip on big Lake George, Fla. His report: "The fishing was not too good, the weather a bit on the chilly side, but in all extremely enjoyable due to good company.

The high point of the trip was an invitation froin the JAZZO BANKS to spend the day fishing on their private lake and to stay the evening foi- bourbon, branch water and steaks.

The Banks have a secluded place on a wellstocked bass lake, and we reduced the population by 4. From what they told us, and substantiated by photos, they have grubbed this place right out of the Florida scrub.

They are to be admired. We had a wonderful day and to the Banks, thanks again.

"Classmates passing through Crescent City, Fla., should make the short side trip out to see them. They will be deeply rewarded with true hospitality."

VAdm. "BUTCH" PARKER and Betty were in California earlier this year while on leave. In San Francisco they were the guests of Minerva Ludwig and of N A P P Y and Elizabeth K I V E T T E . Butch is Deputy Director of Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at SAC Heights, Offutt AFB, Neb. H A W L E Y W A T E R M A N is very happy over the birth of his Sth grandchild recently in Annapolis. (Can anyone beat this?) He lives in San Francisco where he works for S H I P M A T E

Wells Fargo Bank American Trust and enjoys golf at the Presidio Club.

At the Feb. class luncheon in Washington, JOHNS, P E F L E Y and H U R D were named

by President R O D S M I T H as the nominating committee for the upcoming class elections. Others present were Loomis, Fitzgerald, Latrobe, Brown, Wright, Cash and Stryker.

RALPH A. S E N T M A N has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Herman Goldner Company, Inc., of Philadelphia.

This company, with a history of 75 years of successful business, is one of the larger national distributors of Industrial Pipe, Valves, and Fittings. Ralph joined them as Washington representative in 1950. In 1951 he was appointed Assistant to the President and in 1958 became Sales Manager.

Ralph was retired from the Navy in 1935 because of a physical disability incurred in line of duty. He was recalled to active duty in 1940 and was re-retired in late 1945.

He is serving his 3rd year as President of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association of Philadelphia. He is active in many civic affairs and for the past 10 years has become well-known as a "birddog" of young men in his area who have excelled in high school academically and athleticallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and who wish to make a career of the Navy. A number of our recent athletic stars at the Academy have been the result of his efforts.

In 1940 he married Miss Ruth Hall of Philadelphia. They are at home at 200 Colwick Rd., Merchantville 8, N. J., and hope that any classmates arriving in the area will see fit to give them a call. fl n 1111 / n L U

^ " ' y ' *^^'- ^ - *â&#x20AC;˘ Fravel, USN (Ket.) 3410 15th St., North Arlington 1, Va. Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg, III Qtrs. B. 2300 E St.. N.W. Washington 7, D. C.

EDWARD SHILLINGFORD

HUTCHINSON

It is with sadness that we report the death of EDWARD S H I L L I N G F O R D H U T C H INSON (RADM U S N R E T ) , at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, on 12 March 1961 from a coronary thrombosis. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The class extends deepest sympathy to Catherine, who is hving at 2501 Q St., N.W., in Washington,

JIM RODGERS writes from 1234-31st Ave., San Mateo, Calif., that his son, Edward, is in the Air Force, which shows a broadmindedness on the part of at least some of our classmates.

One of our associates, P R O V I D E N C E R. MOUNTS, from whom the 35 Years After Committee has been unable to elicit a_ response, apparently discovered the questionnaire in his hold basket, after the book had gone to press. H e is a vice president of the First National Bank in Frederick, Okla.

SPARKY SCRYMGEOUR and Jodie are looking forward to making the class reunion and will come all the way from Woodland Hills, Calif. Sparky must hold some kind of a record because he is the President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association for 1961, after having been the President of the Baltimore chapter and having been requested to run for President of the Cleveland chapter on another occasion. Sparky must be a bear for punishment.

JACK G R E E N S L A D E and his committee have completed the proofing of the 35 Years After bulletin, which is now in the hands of the printer for its final publication. The comA P R I L ,

19 6 1

of The School for Advanced Study (Tregaron Center) in Washington, D. C , a private, non-profit institution to promote understanding between leadership groups in the United States and other countries.

ENGAGEMENT

RAdm. and Mrs. CLIFFORD S T E E L E COOPER of Naples, Italy, have set an early April date for the wedding of their daughter, Laura Buchanan, and Dr. Robert J. Kuhn in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Miss Cooper, a teacher at McKinley School in Santa Barbara, was graduated from Holton-Arms Junior College in Washington, D. C , and later from Northwestern University in Evanston, 111. Dr. Kuhn, a graduate of Indiana University department of orthodontics, served 2 years in the U S A F as a dentist. After the wedding the couple plan to make their home in Santa Barbara.

WEDDINGS

Photo by Savoy Studio RALPH A. SENTMAN '25

mittee provided for some extra copies in the thought that some of us might want to buy additional ones for our sons and daughters.

These extra copies may be purchased at a greatly reduced price by any member who has contributed the initial $10.00 for the project and his own copy. These additional copies will probably be priced at something less than $5.00, except for those who made no initial contribution, in which case they will be the full $10.00 price.

Capt. D. L. "GLOOM" MILLS and Mrs. Martha Adams Mclver of Sacramento, Calif., were married in Reno, Nevada on 9 March 1961. They are at home at 3345 Cottage Way, Apt. 6, Sacramento, Calif.

The class extends their congratulations to Captain and Mrs. Mills. Sorry Gloom will be unable to attend our 3Sth Reunion as his job will not permit leave of absence, but he will be with us in spirit.

2/

Sec'y, Cdr. Howard C. Adams. USNR Pacific Far East Line, Inc., 918 16th St. N.W., Washington 6, D. C.

B R O O K E SCHUMM received his Master of Arts degree in Education at the George Washington University Convocation on 22 Feb. 1961. He is presently project manager

Mrs. Gerald Roland Dyson announces the marriage of her daughter, Mary Penelope, to Joseph Lou Braden, 2/Lt. USA, on 11 March in Ware Episcopal Church in Gloucester, Va. Mrs. Braden is the daughter of the late Capt. GERALD ROLAND DYSON, U S N . Parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Mills Braden, Grosse Pointe, Mich. Mrs. Braden attended the University of Lausanne and Mary Washington College. Lieutenant Braden is a graduate of Purdue University. They are making their first home at Fort Rucker, Ala. H A R R Y and Lillian H A R N L Y report that their older son, 1/Lt. Richard W. Harnly, USA, was married to Carmen Dolores Alvarez, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Alvarez of Mt. Laurel, N. J., in Nov. 1960 at Munich, Germany. Dick graduated from West Point in 1959 and is currently with the 37th Field Artillery at Dachau.

Among those who flew over to Germany for the wedding were his mother and his grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. Earl F. Enright, U S N (Ret.) '13.

Admiral Harnly has been with the RCA B M E W S project for the past 3 years, and the Harnly home address is 122 Colonial Ridge, Moorestown, N. J. W I L L A R D A. S A U N D E R S writes that his new address is P. O. Box 649, Tripoli, Libya.

"The Class of 1927 is pretty thin in Hawaii" writes H E R B RILEY. " J I M M I E T H A C H , P A U L RAMSEY and I are the last of the Mohicans on active duty. Paul leaves for NATC, Patuxent, in about 3 weeks and my relief, Lt. General Barnes, USA, arrives on IS April. At the moment, my next tour of duty is unknown.

"BEN MOORE has been visiting here to escape the Quonset weather, but my only contact has been by phone between rounds since he is living on the golf courses."

29 VADM. HERB RILEY '27 (Chief of Staff, Pacific Command) finally has a license number he can remember.

Sec'y, RAdm. Charles O. Triebel, USN Rm. 4B548 Pentagon Bldg.

Washington 25, D. C.

The Washington group seems to be thinning out with only 7 present for the class luncheon this month. However, remembering that we had no Midshipman Cruise abroad, some are finally scattering world-wide. JIMMY F A R R I N has orders to command the Shipyard at Pearl Harbor; R E D W E L S H will be Senior Naval Officer in the Philippines ; AL LOOMIS goes to London and S E R P E L L P A T R I C K to the Netherlands.

JACK D A L T O N reports that he handles J O H N KEATLEY's legal affairs here in 39

gram at the University of Louisville.

F R A N K R E I N E C K E (BGEN USMC R E T ) is active with the City Planning Board. JACK GUMMING is General Manager of the local Pillsbury plant.

Washington. John works for the J. G. White Co. in Taiwan where they are engaged, among other things, in port construction.

Jack says his daughter may be a deserter as she wishes to go to the Air Force Academy for June Week.

In Portsmouth last week for the commissioning of the

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, a

"Madeleine and I would be happy to see or hear from all our friends. If you are in Louisville, please contact us. Our address: 301 Oread Rd., Louisville 7, Ky." Thanks Bill for taking the time to write and bringing us up-to-date on you and yours.

That's "30" until next time!

new

Polaris submarine, were J O E CANTY, his good wife and 2 fine looking boys. Joe says he is enjoying teaching mathematics at the University of Maine. CARL and Connie J O H N S O N were also there and Carl reports working hard remodelling an old house in York Harbor.

A note from Durham, N. C , from GRACIOUS GALBRAITH says they would be happy to see any classmates who might drive through the Piney Woods. Jack did so well at Duke they asked him to stay on after he received his Master's Degree and he is now teaching full time. Their son is in first year Law at Duke.

K E M P TOLLY sends a picture from Monkton, Md., which shows his attractive wife, Vlada, doing all the work shoveling sno"' while he sits in front of the fire.

Hope springtime will bring some of us together in Washington or Annapolis.

Sec'y, Capt. Christian L. Engleman USN (Ret.), 2480 16th St., N.W. Washington 9, D. C. During a recent trip to Washington, M I K E SASS called to say hello. Mike is retired, living in San Diego (124 Beach St.) and is running his own business, D. J. Sass Realty Investments.

A most interesting letter was received from BILL BUTLER and I hereby quote a part of it: "Madeleine and I retired here in Louisville after my last active tour of duty as CO Naval Ordnance Plant Louisville. Oct. 1959 was my final month of active duty and Nov. saw me as a civilian. I retired early in order to retain my 'combat' promotion rights. Since that time, I have occupied myself in the investment field (mutual funds to be specific). Red Cross activities.

31

VLADA TOLLY, WIFE OF KEMP TOLLY '29

and am a member of a local chapter of Kiwanis. I am still trying to find time for a little golf! Madeleine is very busy with Recording for the Blind and helping out as a Red Cross Gray Lady.

"Now for the really important news: Our son, Warner L., a '60 graduate of the University of Virginia, was commissioned an Ensign, USNR, early this month after preflight at Pensacola and is currently trying for his wings. With Louisville only about 30 miles from the Army's Armor Center at Ft. Knox, it is understandable that this town thinks 'Army.' However, there are quite a few Navy people here in Louisville, and we are doing our part to make certain that the Navy is not lost sight of. Bob Taylor '31 is currently CO of the Ordnance Plant. Vince Schumacher '38 is head of the ROTC pro-

Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN, Staff Com 4, Naval Base, Philadelphia, Pa. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. S. W. Betts, USN BuWeps (FA), Navy Department, Washington 25, D. C.

On Saturday, 29 April, the New York City area members of '31 are giving a dinnerdance at the Officers' Club, U. S. Naval Shipyarci, Brooklyn, N. Y., and all classmates in the area are cordially invited to participate wherever they are currently living. Come join the fun at the 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner-Dance in New York City. Cocktails will be served commencing at 1930 in the New York Room of the Officers' Club. Contact JACK W U L F F for reservations and details (217-11 Fifty-Fourth Ave., Bayside 64, Long Island, N. Y.).

Jack writes that on Monday, 27 Feb., the â&#x20AC;˘ New York City group got together for a luncheon. M I K E P E S C A T E L L O of the First National City Bank hosted the affair in one of the bank's delightful and scenic dining rooms atop the building at 20 Exchange Place, overlooking the tip of Manhattan, New York Bay and the Narrows. A delicious meal spiced with conversation and reminiscences made the date. We were honored by OSCAR HAGBERG joining us from Philadelphia as well as FRED HOSK I N S down from Hudson, New York, and ED W I N T E R S , in from Westhampton, L. I. Also present were Dale Bauer, Art Denton, DeMetropolis, Benny Field, Mac McKaig, George Schlegel, Dan Stuart, Bobby Theobold, Fred Wright, Andy Young, Jimmy Dempsey and Jack Wulff.

MEMBERS OF CLASS OF 1927 who recently attended a luncheon give by VAdm. Yeager in California. Standing (left to right): Woelfel, J. W. Cooper, Parker, Dalton, H. W. Taylor, McGarry, Chamberlain, Conn, Anders, Coleman. Seated (left to right): Buttery, Paige, Shapeley, Yeager, Walsh, Parks, Robinson.

In foreground: McConn, Massie.

40

S H I P M A T E

ENGAGEMENTS

RAdm. and Mrs. J O S E P H W I L S O N LEVERTON, JR., of Washington, D. C., announce the engagements of their twin daughters, Joan and Joyce; Joan to Ens. Michael James Lees, son of Capt. James S. Lees, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Lees of Long Beach, Calif., and Joyce to Mr. Harold Carl Mauney, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carl Mauney of New Orleans, La. Miss Joan Leverton was graduated from Holton Arms and attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va., for 2 years where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority and the May Court. Ensign Lees was graduated from U S N A in 1960.

PROTECTM ^ i^-

He is now stationed aboard the U S S ERNEST G. SM.\LL in Long Beach.

Miss Joyce Leverton was graduated from Holton--\rms cum laude and attended Duke University for 2 years where she joined the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Mr. Mauney was graduated from Duke in the Class of 1960 and is now stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va. The paternal grandparents of the twins are long-time Washington residents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson Leverton, formerly pi Baltimore, Md. Their mother's parents are Mrs. Walter R. Bell, now living in Washington, and the late Mr. Walter R. Bell of .\tlanta, Ga. The engagement of Miss Lucy Cresap Ord Beebe and Joel Tobias was announced in late Dec. Lucy Beebe is the daughter of Capt.

R. P. BEEBE and the late Mrs. Beebe. The Ord family (Mrs. Beebe was Lucy Ord) has a long military background with traditions of marriage to Army officers, partially broken by our distinguished classmate and Navy officer. (Bob is head of the General Line and Naval Service School at Monterey, Calif.)

Young Lucy's fiance is a 2nd year medical student at the U. of Pennsylvania. Lucy is a senior at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she is an honor student in political science and president of the senior class. A summer wedding is planned.

m OFFICERS f OF THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, and COAST GUARD HAVE FURNISHED THEIR FAMILIES THE PROTECTION OF

:\ iUl, NAVY MUTUAL AID J". ""

r» --*'

Xi

Today, 31,000 of these officers are secure in the knov/ledge that their families are protected b y sound, permanent insurance as v/ell as the effective, sympathetic assistance o f N a v y M u t u a l A i d in time o f need.

Membership provides $ 7 5 0 0 benefit plus Terminal Dividend of $ 2 5 0 0 at no extra cost

HERE A N D THERE

The peripatetic journeys of the T O T H s is the subject of a note from Capt. Joe Toth, CO of the Naval Air Station Key West.

From this vantage point Joe and Margaret and daughter Josie (Stephen Toth is a midshipman now) recently journed to Brazil as guests of the Brazilian air minister. Gen. Francisco Correra de Mello. The occasion was the inauguration of Brazil's new president in the new capital, Brasilia. They went on to Rio de Janeiro for a week, completing their 2nd visit this year to that "River of January" before returning to Key West.

There was also mention of an Aug. trip to Paris, but Joe doesn't give us the details.

Some people have all the luck!

A 'J ll U

« IJ / L

Sec'y, Capt. J. S. Fahy, U S N BuPers, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D . C. Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. W. J . Catlett, U S N (Ret.), White Post R l , Warrenton, V a .

PERMANENT INSURANCE PROTECTION • $1,000 WIRED IMMEDIATELY UPON NOTICE OF DEATH • POLia LOANS WITHOUT DELAY OR RED TAPE A l l active duty N a v y , M a r i n e Corps a n d Coast G u a r d Officers are eligible

For further information, mail this coupon today

please send, without obligation, information on all of the benefits a n d advantages of protection with NAVY MUTUAL A I D .

NAME

RANK

WILLIAM KEITH ENRIGHT

BGen. W I L L I A M K. E N R I G H T , USMC (Ret.), long and affectionately known as Willie to his friends and classmates, died suddenly on 27 Feb. 1961 at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., of complications following a pancreas operation. Services were held on 1 March in the Naval Academy Chapel with many old friends and classmates as pallbearers and interment was at the Naval Academy cemetery with full military honors. Willie had retired in mid-1959 and had gone into the insurance business in AnAPR I L,

19 6 1

ADDRESS 8

Navy Department

ASSOCIATION

Washington, D. C.

.Since 1879-

41

napolis where he was creating many new friends and an outstanding reputation for himself. His friendly, gregarious manner and warm greeting whenever his path crossed that of his classmates will be sincerely missed at future class get-togethers. Willie was survived by his widow, Dolores, who is well known to so many of the class, a daughter.

Marguerite, and a son, William K., Jr. Dolores will continue to reside at the family home, 17 Wagner St., Annapolis, Md. Two classmates retired as of 1 March 1961 and have taken positions with private industry. H E N R Y G. "HANK" MUNSON retired from duty with the Board of Inspection and Survey and has taken a job with an RCA Research Laboratory at Princeton, N. J. JACOB C. "JACK" MYERS retired as Deputy and Ass't Chief of Naval Research and is now affiliated with the Chesapeake Instruments Co., Shadyside, Md. Jack was relieved in ONR by Capt. HAROLD E. "CHUCK" RUBLE, ex-'32.

Capt. LEVERING S M I T H came in for new honors recently when he was presented a Distinguished Service Medal for his long continued and outstanding technical work on the Polaris missile project. Levering, who is Director of the Technical Division, Special Projects, BuWeps, also hit the cover page of the March issue of the Armed Forces Management publication in a Pentagon profile wherein he was listed as "the smartest scientist in uniform" in the opinion of his boss, VAdm. William F. Raborn, USN. N E W ARRIVAL

BUD and Pat WILLARD joined of the grandparents when their Barbara Louise Trask, gave birth Louise on Washington's birthday Beach, Calif.

the ranks daughter, to Marie in Long

ENGAGEMENT

Capt. and Mrs. C. â&#x20AC;˘ M. K E Y E S have announced the engagement of their daughter Susan to Lt. Robert McKay Morrison, USN, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyle A. Morrison of Arlington, Va. Lieutenant Morrison is a graduate of Cornell University, Class of 1955, and is currently enrolled in nuclear school in Groton, Conn. A March wedding

is planned in Boston, where Captain Keyes is Chief of Staff to ComOne. The Keyes' other daughter, Carolyn, is married to Lt. Dan Butterfield, USN '55, now on duty in USS BANG and son of Ralph Butterfield '21.

CLASS LUNCHEON

Twenty-five members made the monthly luncheon on 14 Feb. They were Johnny Fahy, Jake Lark, Lindsey Williamson, Paul Harrington, Win Bailey, Al Shinn, Bull Dreany, Len Frazer, Joe Jaap, Bill Kelly, Dog Smith, Lem Small, Don "Thomas, Corky Ward, Cowboy Weston, Andy Nisewaner, Toots Blaisdell, Grimshaw Moore, Hank Munson and George Pierce. The next class luncheon was scheduled for Tuesday, 14 March at the Naval Weapons Plant, but in April it will be on Monday the 10th in the McNair Room of the Officers' Club at Fort Lesley McNair, where we will share a joint luncheon with the USMA, Class of 1932.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

BILL ZINK left the Bethesda Naval Hospital on Monday, 20 Feb. after a 4-week siege following an operation for a detached retina. He and Nellie headed back to their home in Clemson, S. C, where Bill is an instructor on the faculty.

L A W R E N C E S M I T H has been appointed Assistant to the Executive Vice President of the Carling Brewing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Captain Smith before his retirement was commanding officer of the Navy Finance Center in Cleveland. He is president of the Cleveland Chapter of the Naval Alumni Association, member of the Cleveland Athletic Club and the Army-Navy Country Club of Washington, D. C.

34

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, Md.

ROBERT H. MILBRATH has been elected president and chairman of the executive committee of Esso Export Corp., international marketing affiliate of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. Prior to joining the Esso Export board in 1957, Mr. Milbrath was a vice president, director and member of the

executive committee of International Petroleum Co., Ltd., a Jersey affiliate with producing, refining and marketing operations in Colombia and Peru. He is married and has 3 children. His home is in Westport, Conn.

Reports of 1934 daughters in nursing: Barbara MERRICK graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, San Diego last Sept. and is presently working for a pediatrician in Anacostia, D. C.; Raye W H E E L ER, a June 1960 graduate of Salve Regina College in Newport, R. I., with a B.S. arid major in nursing, is presently head nurse in charge of psychiatric rehabilitation at Medfield State Hospital, Harding, Mass.

ROBBIE (W. I.) ROBBINS is now permanently berthed at 341 N. Detroit St., Los Angeles 36, Calif. He and Orilee took off from D. C. in June, stopping here and there enroute, ending in a 6-weeks house hunting spree and now know the L. A. area better than most natives.

J O H N and Jo Beth H A R L L E E are back in Washington at 1753 Lamont St., N.W. John is temporarily assigned pending a permanent Presidential assignment.

LARRY B E C H T reports the "retired" colony in the Coronado-San Diego area steadily growing and heartily recommends this "heaven-on-earth" locale for any of those who want to pass up the strenuous way of life and decide to live a little.

BRUTE KRULAK was genial host at Officers' Club, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, on 24 Feb. The picture speaks for itself.

Seated are Joyce Shaw, Tom Stone, Larry Becht, Dolly Kait, Mildred Walters, Muriel Hembury, Amy Krulak, Esther Becht, Kay and Red Baumberger; second row, Bob and Edith Houston, Jake and Pam Bullen, Bill Hembury, Dick and Helen Dickinson, Bill and Jane Collins, Hart Kait; standing, Shirley, Leo and Jane Flynn, Laura and Fred (hiding behind his wife) Hawes, Tom and Dorothy DuBois, Jimmy Shilson, Barney and Maxine Smith, Chuck and Peggy Antoniak, Walt Walters and Brute Krulak. DON and Winifred N I E N S T E D T came down from Arcadia but missed out on the picture. Adm. William L. Calhoun '06 and Rosalie, adopted and beloved honorary life members, also arrived just after the photo was taken.

CLASS OF 1934 PARTY, 24 FEB. AT THE OFFICERS' CLUB, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIF. 42

S H I P M A T E

fl p 11 k •III \j \j

Sec'y & Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Thomas S. Baskett. USN, Staff. Industrial College "^ **" Armed Forces (ICAF), Washington 25, D. C.

Recent or impending arrivals in Washington are: Mvers Keithly and Clagg Claggett to J C S ; Al Nibbs to enlisted detail desk, BuPers; Ben Sarver to BuWeps; Bobo Thompson to OP-07; Charlie Lyndon to OP-61. Centripetal force is also reaching out for P H I L H A U C K and S K I P SELLERS. PhylUs BADGER reports a successful wives luncheon on 10 March, with 31 paid guests. The girls were unanimous in wanting their spouses along for the next occasion, though.

MIKE GARDNER seems to be the first of us to turn a widely-shared daydream into reality. With Catherine and 16-year-old Tim he plans to spend the summer in his 36' yawl on the Chesapeake and then after the hurricane season to sail to the Bahamas. The Caribbean, Panama Canal and points west are possible but still vague future objectives.

Don't rush to sign on—he's had plenty of volunteers already, but plans to keep his cruise a family affair.

ED O U T L A W has relieved N E V S H A F FER as Vice-Chairman of the Class Council. He wishes to take credit publicly for his work in the underground movement dedicated to bringing E M M E T T R I E R A to Washington after 26 years in the provinces.

JACK BARLEON has been in the Bethesda hospital here for over a year with complications resulting from his 1942 air crash injury. He had his sixth, and we hope, last operation on 25 Jan. Prognosis is guardedly hopeful, but recovery will be slow at best.

It is not our intention to write only of the Washington area—we just haven't received news from anywhere else. How about sending some?

"NO SQUEEK" to contend with. Keep the news coming Harry!

Not so pleasant is the news that D A N E N T L E R and H A R L A N K I R K P A T R I C K have been in the hospital, the former with a suspected heart attack, and the latter with "diagnosis unknown." We all hope they are out by now and "back to battery." Also still in Bethesda is BEN O E L H E I M . Val has arrived from London and is living nearby.

We wish all a speedy recovery.

F R E D H O L M S H A W has orders from OpNav to NavSta, Treasure Island. Life should be better and easier than OpNav, but we will miss him in the area.

That's all for now. Just write and give me the dope! See you next month.

BILL ELLIS

37

Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. J. P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.), 5439 41st St., N.W. Washington 15, D. C.

From 13 to 23 went the attendance at the class luncheon, i.e., from 10 Feb. to 10 March. There was news and the best batch of good jokes I've heard in months. Shouldn't give Shipmate a run-in with the censors by repeating them here. has it that J A S P E R McDONALD has reW E S S T E E S Y had retired on 1 July turned home and is in New York. He is reported to be changing jobs. What's the true 1960 with intentions of going to San Diego but plans were changed and Wes is resident dope Jasper? here in Silver Spring, Md., at the fine address A note from BILL K A U F M A N N , now of 9127 Sligo Creek Pkwy., phone JUniper ComDesRon 21, was a real treat. Bill was S-S6S1. Wes has taken on several lines of at sea and said, "I'm inspired to pen you a products for which he is the only representanote because at this moment I'm riding my tive in the Washington area: Autopoint Co., flagship, USS GREGORY, in the screen of T G Cory Corp., Louis F. Dow Co. and the Su77.4 off Okinawa, and the Screen Comman- perior Match Co. Quantity sales is his field. der is none other than HARRY STARK, Big BILL S T E V E N S was up from PaComDesRon 3 in the JAMES E . KYES. We both got together on the carrier we're screen- tuxent to join us on 10 March. Tex Lander, Bob Madison, Walt Keen, Tom Adams, Jack ing for lunch a few days ago as guests of Carroll, Jack Slaughter, Dinty Moore, Sid Curt Kelly '37." So goes the old tune, "when two or three shall meet, and old tales be Freedman, Bernie Bieri, Jack Obermeyer, retold." Bill also reported on a K T party John Johnston, Buck Wilsie, Don White, Sec'y, Capt. D. G. Gumz, USN in Sasebo with DesDiv 211 hosting, at which Dick Ball were among those present.

2743 N. Wakefield St., JIMMY D E N T O N and Big Bill were K E L L Y K N A P P E R , now ComMinFlot Arlington, Va. One, was present. Says Bill, "Obviously, those to win Wes' grab-bag prize introducCorr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN 1013 Downing St., Rt. 4, Box 575C when you address a member of '36 in this ing his new endeavor. As an active duty Annandale, Va. part of the world nowadays, you call him captain, Big Bill won the laminated on wood saying "The Captain's Word is Law" in big Commodore." Bill bemoans the fact he would Another Easter has come and gone and at like to be at the 25th Reunion, but BuPers bold letters. Jimmy Denton won the nice last spring is here—I guess ? ? One never has other plans. Anyway, he promises he'll large ash tray suitably engraved with Wes' knows around here with the temperature at talk up a local celebration wherever he may name and having a fine grill for rubbing off 50 one day and 32 the next. Yes, even tor- be with whomever is there. Good work. Bill, the ashes. nado warnings! However, as I look out the we'll drink a toast to many others like you, W A F F L E S INGLING was up from Norwindow everything is budding or blooming, knowing you are with us in spirit. Good luck, folk, Va., where he is CO Nuclear Weapons so I guess we're safe. Before we know it, and thanks for the kudos on the column.

Training Center, Atlantic. His home is at summer will be upon us, and we'll wish we 6307 Hampton Blvd. Waffles' daughter Betsy Speaking of Harry Stark, also had a long had some of this cool weather or we'll be letter from him reporting on life in Japan. is being married on 18 March, the day her looking forward to relief at Nags Head or Ginny had planned to join Harry during an brother, now at Frederick College, Portssome other beach. So bounces the ball. "in port" period at Sasebo—a long 500-mile mouth, Va., takes his entrance exams for The spirit of the Army-Navy weekend train trip—but "mamasan" got sick at the the USNA. Waffles says all '37 is invited really rubbed off this year. On 21 Feb. we last minute, and Ginny had to cancel her to the reception at the Breezy Point Officers' Club. joined ranks with the West Pointers of '36 plans. Harry reports on his meeting with for another joint luncheon at the Weapons Bill Kaufmann, as well as "DAISY" JACK OBERMEYER relayed the word Plant. The athletes had nothing on us—we R I C H A R D S O N with J I M GRAY, but that BUNNY and Barbara S H U P P E R have made a clean sweep too—we had 20 stalwarts opines " P U N C H Y " S H E A and TOMMY quarters in Pearl and have just recently out against 9 from the Point. Among those KING have not yet deployed to WesPac. become grandmother and grandfather. present were Jack Turner, Lovell, Combs, Harry regrets missing Kathy's Sth birthday B A R N I E F L E N N I K E N has retired and Woodville, Ed King, Tyree, Caldwell, Gil(ye gads is it that long?) but he had a first lette, Amme, Fleming, Rothwell, Dick Fow- hand report from Ginny. Twenty of Kathy's is taking some instructional course in Morler, Williams, Rice, Reed, Ryder, Coddington, friends were present at a party at the Yoko- gantown, W. Va. Marsh, Thompson, Gumz, and yours truly. suka Club (much easier on mothers that There were still more at the lunch: LARIt was wonderful getting together—no way). Says Ginny, "Keeping them that way RY BRANTLEY, SI F I L I P P O N E and speeches, no program, no business—just until the ice cream and cake arrived was a H A N K R O W E . Larry reported that he had camaraderie. chore." At any rate Kathy seems to have called on DICK H O L D E N who has a most attractive home named "Windwood."

It was good to see N O R M G I L L E T T E made out all right on the loot. Now Harry The Evening Capital of Annapolis on 18 at the luncheon. He showed up unexpectedly will have to get Kathy a jewelry box as big and was enroute NorVa. He is taking com- as Ginny's. In spite of all this Harry is Jan. 1961 showed a picture of and announced mand of N A S NorVa. Our best wishes go looking forward to a Hong Kong visit— that Mrs. C H A R L E S R. DODDS of St. with him, and he assures us he'll be among oh boy!—there goes the pocketbook, with Margaret's was first place winner in the Five those present at the 25th Reunion. Rumor JIMMY L E E , W I L L I E MAGEE, and Counties Annual Art Exhibit.

A P R I L ,

19 6 1

Photo by Ferdinand Vogel ROBERT H. MILBRATH '34, Esso Export Corporation

43

Head, John Bartol, Mel Ogle, George Reinhart, and C. V. Johnson.

The Washington group has approved a proposal of the Memorial Stadium Committee to contact all known living members of our class in a final effort to honor all our deceased classmates with chairs in the Memorial Stadium. To do this would require about $12.50 from each of us. Please give this proposal some serious thought. We are not building the Stadium. As a class we accepted and supported the present Stadium as a memorial to all the Navy World War II deceased. The proposal now is simply to honor those of our deceased classmates who have not been so honored with memorial chairs if such be the desire of our living classmates. Please make your checks payable to C. D. BROWN, Treasurer, and mail them to Capt. C. D. Brown, 408 Lyric Lane, Falls Church, Va.

1937 LUNCH O N BOARD ANTIETAM. Left to right: J. Mc. Miller, T. L. Miller, P. E. Hartman and G. P. Norman.

Col. Archibald King, who graduated from high school in 1898 and is the uncle of Bob Hinckley '35, was talking with me the other day and inquired my class at the Academy ('37). "Then you may remember my brotherin-law JIMMY MAYES." Jimmy was the youngest brother of Colonel King's wife.

From the colonel it was learned that Jimmy's wife had a daughter who arrived shortly after Jimmy's death. The daughter's name is Norris (Norrie) James Mayes. Jimmy's widow has since died and his daughter will be coming to Washington to attend George Washington U. She is now dragging at the Naval Academy.

J E F F NORMAN has written a bit of news which is quoted: "On Tuesday, 7 Feb., the 4 members of the Class of 1937 pictured on the enclosed photograph had lunch together on the USS ANTIETAM, which one of our number, PAUL HARTMAN, commands. The get-together was occasioned by TOM M I L L E R ' S paying me a visit from Miami where he had been participating in some sailing races. The other member of the '37 group is J U S T I N McCARTHY MILLER who is the owner-manager of station WCOA, Pensacola's oldest and best in radio.

"We had a very fine get-together and thought that you might possibly like to run a picture of the meeting of this Class of '37 in the next issue of Shipmate."

Jeff writes on the letterhead of The Floranda Corp., revealing that he is the president. If you want to buy land in Pensacola call Jeff.

C H A R L I E A N D R E S who designed the cover of the "Twenty Year Fix" and who has had many of the recent covers on Shipmate writes from Maine: "It is seldom that any comments are heard, and I'm glad that you think my contributions to Shipmate have been helpful. I had hoped to enhance the cover to the extent that more alumni might be attracted to it via subscriptions. This in turn might aid the advertising people to convince the corporations of the 'market' the subscribers were, and buy some ads. This revenue would aid the Alumni Association and permit them to plow some of the revenue back into Shipmate in form of color reproductionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which in turn I hoped would increase the above cycle in scope and inten44

sity. However exalted these aspirations are the reality is geared to a much lower level.

"The news broadcasts have convinced me that Washington, New York and Boston not only got more snow than they could dispose of but actually more than we've had here in Maine. I've become resigned to the inevitable shovelling of at least 2' to 2%' deep by 30' long and the width of a Chevrolet on at least 4 or 5 occasions in a winter.

"I hope that your good wishes will in some way coincide with enough jobs to permit me a trip to Washington to take advantage of that luncheon date you mentioned.

"Navy Recruiting Aids facility in Baltimore has been true to me and at the present writing (Jan.-Feb.) both A-Board posters in front of post offices and recruiting stations are by yours truly. One is the ABRAHAM LINCOLN firing the Polaris submerged; the other is the USS AGERHOLM plowing through a rather rough sea. Perhaps they will give me another which will bring me into the area of Washington. I can only try to arrange that it be a 2nd Friday, in which case I'll call you."

Corr. Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN, 3900 Watson PI., N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON GROUP

The biggest news out of Washington these days (Feb.) is that the white stuff has finally melted and for the first time since early Dec. the ground is in sight. This is one winter we will all remember and the old reliable Hagerstown Almanac says it isn't over yet.

In fact the city fathers have even been forced to methods of snow and ice removal other than Washington's old standby, the sun.

The Jan. luncheon was attended by 7 vigorous souls including ACE COOLEY from Santa Monica, Calif., where he works for Douglas Aircraft, BOB MAIN down from Connecticut and J A K E BLAND newly arrived from Coronado for duty in OpNav. The late Feb. thaw luncheon brought out Hal Hamlin, John Mason, Grant Heston, Bill Hunnicutt, Ed Conrad, Ray Calhoun, Bob Sinnott, George Dalton, Ray Berthrong, Charlie Norris, Otis Wesche from Indian

This June we will say goodbye to PAUL F I T Z P A T R I C K and H A L H A M L I N who are retiring. Paul has not settled on his second career, but Hal plans to settle around Chicago and can be reached after 15 June at Elgin Club, Lake Geneva, Wis. Good luck and Godspeed Paul and Hal. The Washington wives held their Feb. luncheon at Fort McNair with Betty SMALE, Robbie H A I N E S and Bobbie NORRIS as hostesses.

GID and Ruth Boyd were given a good round of parties before leaving for quarters at Cape Canaveral where Gid is CO of OBSERVATION ISLAND. Hurry back to Washington.

The only news that has found its way from the outside world is that P R E I " H A I N E S has seen C H A R L I E and Bobbie MORRISON in Naples where Charlie's ship is stationed and that Pret is soon to take up duty on Staff ComPhibLant. Other orders have (jordon Smale going to BuWeps, John Mason to U. S. Disarmament Administration, Washington, D. C , Joe Frorath to CO Navy Public Works Center, NavBase Pearl, Jack Raymer to Naval W a r College, Newport, Dick Woodfin to CofS ComPhibGru One, Dick Bowers and Ralph Weymouth to the National War College, Hank de Laureal to Staff ComSecondFlt, Irv Superfine to CO VULCAN ( A R - 5 ) . Irv is also due for con-

gratulations for recently attaining his master's degree in engineering administration at George Washington University.

Our proudest congratulations are extended to the first of the 1100 code classmates to be ordered to major combat commandsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; GRANT H E S T O N to ComDesRon TwentyTwo, H U G H ROBINSON to Command Los ANGELES (CA-13S). S K I P GIFFIN to command SubGruWestPac, and GEORGE MUSE to command the guided missile cruiser, OKLAHOMA CITY.

Sec'y, Capt. J. N. Renfro, USN, Quarters Q3, Naval Weapons Plant, Washington 25. D. 0.

Capt. K E N A N C. CHILDERS, JR., USN, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for service from 1 Oct. 1957 to 20 July 1960 as Head of the Special Projects Field Office, Patrick AFB, Cocoa, Fla. Capt.

Childers exercised a high degree of professional ability and resourcefulness in establishing test procedures, directing tests, and analyzing test results. His work in the field of tests, test facilities and project management was a contributing factor to success of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons System. Captain Childers recently took command S H I P M A T E

of the Naval Missile Center, Pt. Mugu, Calif. .\ friendly letter from AL O S T R O S K I points out his satisfaction with the transition to civilian life. He is a program manager for Ling-Temco and advises those interested in working for firms doing business with the services to find out all possible about procurement, contracting and accounting procedures. He and his family of girls live in a fine place in Santa Ana complete with swimming pool and a paddle tennis court, which Al claims is an expensive way of keeping the grass down.

Orders to officers include Herb Cassidy to M.\.\G Norway; Walt McGuinness leaving the NEREUS for ComSubPac; John Dinsmore to the San Francisco Shipyard; Jack Fidel to the CIMARRON; "Bull" Dawson and Tom Murphv relieving each other, Tom to Asst. A L U S ' N A , London, Bill to BuShips; Ed Beach to be Commodore of Sub Squad Eight; Jim Dare to the National War College; and John Renfro to the C.\LVERT ( A P A i2). I was going to turn this job over to GEORGE DUNCAN, but have just heard he is expecting orders to the JUPITER, an aviation supply ship homeported in Yokosuka, so the job is up for grabs. And since NEAL ALMGREN has rush orders to the destroyer tender SHENANDO.\H, the only one of the present S-man executive committee scheduled to remain any time is H A R R Y HELFRICH. Close ranks and march off, Harry. The nominating committee has named FRED KITTLER, T O M EDDY, BILL RUHE. TOM W E S C H L E R and P R E S SHAMER to take over, with either HYMIE TR-\UGER or BILL B R E H M to run the class luncheons.

In another "first" for the class, H A N K LLOYD has taken over the command of Fleet Air Wing Three. He looked real happy in the snapshot he sent in, but in the rush of leaving, I have misplaced it and can't mail it in. Maybe Tommy Weschler will do better in this regard if he can be pressured into taking it on. With Trina running the affairs of the local girls, it should be a natural.

It has been a pleasure to have had this job for a year—I hope to hear from all of you or read about you in "What's the Dope."

Regards.

JOHN

20TH ANNIVERSARY 1941 CLASS REUNION—LONDON, 7 Feb. 1961. Seated: Charlie and Rose Corr, Rowena and Vic Moiteret. In front: Sheldon and Lea Kinney.

40

Sec'y, Capt. Ward W. Witter, U S N BnOrd. N a v y Dept.. Washington 25, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, LCol. G. G. Williams, USMC 565 Brandon Rd., Bay Colony Virginia Beach, Va.

V A U G H A N J. A N D R E S has been promoted from planning engineer for the west Detroit area of The Detroit Edison Co., Detroit, Mich., to planning engineer, responsible for distribution and transmission planning, in areas of Wayne, Monroe, Washtenaw, Livingston and Ingham counties.

NED B E N T writes, "After retiring last July I spent a few months back in Evanston, 111. 'readjusting.' Had a wonderful time watching the Army game at Croswell Croft's beautiful home in Wilmette with Bob Tackaberry, Ed Pinkowski, Tom Elliot, Hank Lee and wives.

"On 1 Dec. I started working for. Monsanto Chemical Co., Plastics Div., Springfield 2, Mass. Our present home address is 2 Devonshire Dr., Wilbraham, Mass."

42

Sec'y, Cdr. Arthur F . Rawson, J r . , U S N , 445 Argyle Dr.. Alexandria 7, Va. Corr. Sec'v, LCol. W a l t e r W. S t e g m e r t e n , USMC, 6106 Dorchester St., Springfield, V a .

ANNAPOLIS

The Washington group has sent word that the 20th Reunion will be held in 1962. '42 looks to '62.

V A U G H A N J. ANDRES '40 APRIL,

19 6 1

The annual Class of '42 Family Picnic will be held at the North Severn picnic area on 14 May 1961, beginning at noon. We will have fun and games for all. Load up the « family, bring a picnic lunch and come on over. Drop me a note (35 Upshur Rd., U S N A ) to let us know you're coming and include $2.00 for refreshments. See you at the picnic.

Trilby and I went up to West Point with the Swimming Team for the Winter Sports weekend and had a nice visit with MAC and Evelyn RICHARDS. Mac is the Marine officer at West Point and is finishing up a 3-year tour. They go to Camp Lejeune this summer. While at the Richards' we met the first '42 junior to attend an .A.cademy— Cadet Herbert Dwight Raymond, III. He is a fine looking lad, even in Army Grey. Understand that with his good Marine background, he stood one in Beast Barracks (Plebe Summer).

PHILADELPHIA

GEORGE BLISS writes as XO CURRITUCK : "We all know the old saying about when two or three—so when 5 of us got together for the Preliminary Acceptance Trials of CURRITUCK, thought it was at least worth a picture. T E D GERBER was representing the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, ARNEY T E R V O and H U G H YOUNG were members of the InServ Board and C H A R L I E P A Y N E was up from Norfolk representing ComNavAirLant."

NORFOLK

NORM NASH, after moving from Newport, faithfully continues his reports. I'm one behind, so here goes with two: "We have many members of '42 here in Norfolk, some on (ZinCLant/CinCLantFlt Staff and similar activities here in the area, still more on ships with Norfolk homeport.

"JUD DOYLE was prime mover for an outstanding reunion at Breezy Point in Dec. He has since offered to arrange monthly luncheons which have unfortunately lapsed.

We hope to meet for the first time on Friday, 17 Feb. at the Breezy Point Club.

"At a recent meeting in the OpCon Center (where TOM W I L L I A M S and I work on SSBN Operations), I bumped into J O E 45

'42 AT THE PRELIMINARY ACCEPTANCE TRIALS OF USS CURRITUCK.

TULLY (XO FORRESTAL) and CY YOUNG (PCO

THOMAS

EDISON).

"Within the compound or nearby are: Charlie Payne and Jerry Peddicord at NavAirLant ; Walt Brandon, Ken Miller, Barney Reinhardt, Gerry Scott, Corky Cochran, Jud Doyle, Norm Nash and Tom Williams at CinCLant Fit; Bill Vost at ComTraLant; Phil Cole at ASDeForLant; Lindsay McCarty at ComSubLant; Buford Abernathy and Mark Woods at OpTevFor; and H. P. McNeal at SacLant.

"Jud Doyle maintains a roster of classmates in the area. If you are a new arrival, please let him know your address.

"Our 'first of the year' monthly luncheon was more successful from the standpoint of fellowship than numbers.. Nine of us met at Breezy Point on Friday, 17 Feb. "GERRY SCOTT furnished the principal entertainment with a recount of his last excursion to Europe. Odd, I thought, that all of those things happened to other members of his group. Also present were Jud Doyle,

Phil Cole, Gerry Peddicord, Charlie Payne, Corky Cochran, Tom Williams, Bill Vose and Norm Nash.

"We agreed to continue the test of the 3rd Friday schedule. Breezy Point is a very convenient place to meet; there is an excellent buffet always available so no reservations are necessary. Just come.

"BOB M c W E T H Y was unable to join usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;worn out from a few days in San Francisco with BOB FROUDE, TOM TURN E R and BUCK CATLIN."

'43 JOINS MARDI GRAS FESTIVITIES AT PEARL HARBOR NAVY WIVES CHARITY BALL. Entering to the tune of cymbals, drum and 5,000 firecrackers In a spectacular homemade " d r a g o n " were seated left to right: Hazel Greenwood, Blanche McCaughey, Barbara Naylor and Jane Ringenberg. Standing: Bob and Jean Hansen, Linda Nichols, George Ringenberg, Bill McCaughey, Jean and Jim Campbell and John Nichols. Bob Greenwood clicked the shutter and Jesse Naylor patronized the bar.

46

S H I P M A T E

49

Sec'y, Cdr. Sherman W. Blandin. Jr. 5209 Ravensworth Rd., Springfield, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Lyle A. Cox 2717 S. June St., Arlington, Va.

Some of our finest oil men are in the news.

BERT L E E C R A F T , who with 2 partners heads the Trident Corp. in Corpus Christi, "Texas, started the year off in the finest possible â&#x20AC;˘ fashion. The Corporation completed a producing well in good old Jim Wells county about 45 miles west of Corpus. Last I heard, he expected it to produce at least 100 barrels of oil per day. I'm no oil man, but I know that ain't hay.

JIG JIG KING, our Denver oil man, checked in with the new administration recently to see if any suitable position was available. The top jobs were gone so Jig contented himself with laying some more ground work for the BIG oil deal in Alaska which he has been so patiently pursuing. He found time for a little classmate visiting between conferences with Interior Department types.

I would like to report that BILL B C T T S took me and Jane to dinner at the Gaslight on a recent trip to Washington, but he didn't.

Instead, he made a quick business trip from deep in the heart of Texas to promote the sale of those fine Chance Vought products, made a few midnight phone calls and quickly returned to Fort Worth.

This is the time of year that orders fly thick and fast.

IIM INGRAM (alias J O H N ) has orders to leave McGuire A F B for T A C R O N 24.

DAVEY K R I B S is leaving BuWeps soon to become executive officer of Utility Squadron 8 in the Caribbean.

JOE SCHWAGER, after being a scientist at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., for 6 years during which time he earned a Ph.D. in Physics, has orders to move from the grape vineyards of Livermore to the deserts of China Lake where he will be XO of VX-5.

D.\N C L E M E N T S leaves the Naval W a r College for SubRon 8.

MAURICE O R B E T O N reports to ROOKS (DD-804).

HENRY BAGBY leaves his command of USS CORSAIR

(AGS-435)

for

Operational

Test ancl Evaluation Force.

FRED BERRY is returning to Washington to take a job in BuWeps.

JOHN C H A P M A N escapes from Washington for a job on the Joint Staff of CinCEur. BOB S T E E L E has orders to AntiSubDefForLant.

BILL McGARRY leaves Cruiser Division 4 to report to Carrier A E W Squadron 11.

KENNY C H A M B E R S is going to learn the Army way at the Army W a r College in Carlisle, Pa., after doing things the Navy way for a couple of years at U S N A .

JOHN K N U D S E N reports to Joint Staff CinCLant.

I. H. K N U D S O N leaves BuPers for

eral Delivery, Sanford, Fla.; D. B. Shelton, VF-121, N A S Miramar, Calif.; Ed Behm, 702 Chalfonte Dr., Beverly Hills, Alexandria, Va.; Frank Pinto, 51 Buffington St., Taunton, Mass.; John Kurfess, 740 Williams St., New London, Conn. John expects to be in New London for a couple of years on SubLant Staff.

J O E BONDS wrote in from Newport in response to Bill Strong's news letter. He said they had a class reunion there in Jan. with 49 attendees. And, Joe said, "Someone was supposed to give you all the details, I hope they did." Well, I certainly wish they had given us the dope, Joe, but that's life I guess. Joe has orders as Operations Officer of SubRon 4.

We have a growing list of COs. BOB B . \ L D W I N will command Fighter Squadron P A U L ADAMS remains on the Staff at 51; J U L I E N LEBOURGEOIS will be CO the War College. of NORRIS (DDE-859) ; W A R R E N O'NEIL W A L T ROSE says we can thank the dry has orders as skipper of VF-92. cleaners for a dues check. They found it in BILL STRONG was going to War Col- Walt's coat. Glad to get it regardless of the lege, but that was changed and he got orders circumstances, Walt. to (iommand Heavy Photo Squadron 62 in BILL RIORDAN has joined Emerson Jacksonville, but that was changed and at the latest reading, he is going to be CO of Elec. Co. in Santa Barbara, Calif., as manHeavy Attack Squadron 10. Jane is remain- ager of their new Electronic Acoustic Reing on the Virginia estate until school is out. search Div. Bill got out of the Navy in 1950, Bill plans to descend on his unsuspecting went to graduate school for 2 years and got squadron in April and subdue them with the an M.A., and worked for Westinghouse and leadership which he has learned from his Raytheon before joining Emerson. Bill says he hopes to remain in Santa Barbara. leadership assignment in BuPers.

We had a nice letter from Bernie HART H A D TAYLOR will be CO of VF-74; W A R D . Bernie conveyed her appreciation B. B. F O R B E S will skipper VA-176; BILL to the class for thoughtfulness expressed S T E W A R T will be CO of VA-36. during her time of tragedy. Classmates may S H E R M and Gini BLANDIN entertained make contributions in PHIL's memory. They the class officers with a fine dinner and should be sent to the Building Fund of the drinks. BILL and Jane STRONG, TOM Church of the Latter Day Saints in Sanand Audrey UTEGAARD, F R A N K and ford, Fla. Phil had been quite active for the Anne E W A L D and I, without my ailing new chapel being erected there. When the wife, attended, and some class business and chapel is completed and dedicated, a plaque will also be dedicated in Phil's memory. considerable socializing were conducted.

Our March luncheon was a husband and wife affair attended, as Sherm Blandin reports, by 27 couples, half of whom were fair and lovely.

BOB and June BALDWIN are going to vacation in Norway, Denmark and Sweden during the month of May to recover from the Washington tour and to prepare Bob for

Handy to Handle

by FULLER BRUSH

Aluminum Mop Handles Wet mops will clean more easily and thoroughly when balanced with these aluminum handles of proportionate light weight. 32%

VS-31.

lighter than wood, and offered with two dif-

WARREN C O L G R O V E goes to CarDiv 14.

JOHNNY J O H N S O N goes from the War College to VP-42.

WILLIS V A N O S S has orders to FltAirWing 2.

f e r e n t mop clamps a n d in t w o d i f f e r e n t

NEW ADDRESSES

William McGalliard, S3 Warren St., Needham, Mass.; Randell Prothro, VF-121 N A S Miramar, Calif.; Harvey Hartzel, 71 Quincy St., Long Beach, Calif.; Ted Wagner, GenAPRI I ,

196 1

lengths. These strong, non-splintering Fuller

"uMe^ Brush Aluminum Handles are permanently

finished with hard gray anodized luster. Ends ore carefully capped to protect walls and furniture. Send for Fact Sheet and prices. Write Industrial Products D i v i s i o n , The Fuller Brush Company, East Hartford 3 4 , Conn.

47

his squadron duties. They have been wellbriefed at local cocktail parties on what to wear and how to act. In view of what they have learned of informal uniform requirements on Scandinavian beaches, they have been able to effect a great weight savings in their cruise luggage.

BOB W I L L I A M S , who always sells more than a million dollars worth of insurance each year, is due to visit Bill Strong, who with his family of 8 children is Bob's star customer. Bob goes on to Florida to address an insurance convention group before returning to his home in California.

More next month.

NEW L O N D O N

JACK L I N D S A Y has orders to SubRon 14 from BuWeps in Washington.

NEWPORT

Among the classmates who have received orders to the Naval War College this summer a r e : Emil Adams from Staff, NavAirLant in Norfolk; John Giedt from Staff, CarDiv 6 in Mayport; Stan Hutches from U S N A ; "Buzz" Pearson from BuPers (Ass't in Charge of the Lieutenant Commander Detail) ; Paul Schwemley from Staff, DesLant (Public Information Officer) ; Bill Searle from USS PROVIDENCE ( C L G - 6 ) in

LYLE CO.X

JIM W H E T T O N writes that he is now the owner of the Jim Whetton Buick Co., Inc. in Ogden, Utah. He, with Marian and their five children, moved to Ogden from Whittier, Calif., about four months ago. His new address is: 905 Jackson Ave., Ogden, Utah.

CAMERSON SEVIER, JR., has been appointed as manager of Basic Incorporated's eastern sales district. The company is a leading producer of the granular refractories used for construction and maintenance of basic open hearth and electric steel-making furnaces.

4e

Sec'y, LCdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR, 3541 Lord St., San Diego 11, Calif.

DAISY'S BUTTON-DOWN ' 4 6 NORFOLK

The last weeks have been busy ones for '46 in the Norfolk area. On 31 Jan. a "coffee" was held at Helen MOORE's in Virginia Beach. Those attending were Stu Tierney, Benny Lyons, Kathy Macon, Bettie McElroy, Thelma Often, Betty Maginnis, Margaret Perszyk, Fran Weirich, Mary Lichtenberg, Doris Wilcox, Evelyn Disc, Lis Schmidt and Lis' mother Mrs. Horn. It was decided at that time that a bridge group would meet every other Tuesday. Anyone interested should contact Betty MAGINNIS at J U 3-0867.

On 18 Feb. a cocktail party and dinner was held at the Armed Forces Staff College.

Those responsible for the affair, including beautifully decorated tables, were CHARLIE and Jane J O H N S O N , and RED and Kathy ALBRIGHT. Those present were Dick and Olive Baird, Dave and Annie Rue Barksdale, Wils and Sally Engel, Andy and Carol Lemeshewsky, Emil and Alicia Adams, Joe and Margaret Perszyk, Dick and Ginny Vardy, Chris Kenyon, Ken and Benny Lyons, Ed and Lettie Atkinson, Mai and Sunny Arthur, Mike and Mary Martha Hayes, Horace and Trish Robertson, Chuck and Rebekah Sueur, Glen and Kathy Macon, Hal and Betty Hamberg, Dr. and Mrs. Jefferies, guests of the Johnsons, and Jim and Pris Foust.

MEL ROGERS has received orders to PhibLant Staff from Marine Corps Schools, Quantico.

MONTEREY

Things in Monterey have been rather quiet for the past few months. Most of the men have been so busy studying they haven't had time for social activities. However, the group did get together for a Christmas party.

JACK and Doe TAYLOR had everyone to their place for cocktails, then all moved on to the Seven Pleasures for dinner. Besides Jack and Doe were J I M and Mary Alice CUMMINGS, GEORGE and Betty CALDWELL, CHARLIE and Nancy FORQUER and DICK and Pat WILSON. 48

CAMERON SEVIER, JR., '45

Early in Feb. we went to the Cummings' for a steak fry. This time the only ones who couldn't make it were the Forquers. It was a real fun evening.

BOSTON

Boston; Bob Weidner from Pacific Missile Range, Pt. Mugu; Chuck Williams from BuPers (Flag Lt. to Vice Admiral Smedberg) ; Dick Wilson from PG School, Monterey (Instructor, Line School).

The number of '46ers with orders to command destroyers has been increased to 5.

JOCK EXUM will command USS NOA (DD-841) in Norfolk. He has been serving as CO USS COURTNEY (DE-1021) in Newport.

"CRATE" LILLY will command USS HAZLEWOOD (DD-531) in Newport. He has been attending the Naval War College.

ALEX U R Q U H A R T has orders from the War College to Heavy Attack Squadron 3 in Sanford.

SAN DIEGO

"ROCKY" and Peggy H A R T will soon move into the new Capehart Quarters at 4801 Olney St., San Diego 9, Calif. Rocky is Repair Officer in USS NEREUS (AS-17) but was in Mare Island attending school when J O E R U S S E L was alongside for a couple of days recently in the THEODORE

LOUIE J U N O D has received orders to M.I.T., where he will probably continue to gather knowledge of Ordnance Engineering.

Louis has been serving as Gunnery Officer in USS DES MOINES (CA-134). During the ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600). Joe is XO of the majority of his tour, the DES MOINES served Blue Crew, which was taking the ship to as Flagship of Commander Sixth Fleet.

Cape Canaveral for test firings of their missiles. Sorry I didn't get to see you while you W A S H I N G T O N , D. C. were in San Diego, Joe. GEORGE ABSHER has orders to the FAR A N D NEAR Bureau of Naval Weapons from Mayport, AL B E N E D E T T I , Superintendent of the Fla., where he was serving as XO of USS MYLES C . FOX (DDR-S29). George is being Tacoma, Wash., Water Dept., has been relieved by- BILL DOTY, who comes from named Acting Director of Tacoma's Public a tour of duty at the Naval Ordnance Plant, Utilities. You will be interested in several quotes from the Tacoma Neius Tribune clipLouisville, Ky. ED CLAYTON has orders to Attack ping which was sent to me by Capt. Henry F. Agnew '23. " . . . A native Tacoman and Squadron 12 at Cecil Field, Jacksonville. Ed is on duty in OpNav and I am told that his one of the most popular men in the Utilities duty has been to brief the CNO each morn- Department, Benedetti is cut from almost ing on the current events of the Western the same mold as the man he replacesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the late Dean Barline, who died unexpectedly Hemisphere.

Sunday at the age of 51. . . . 'By accepting BUCK and Annette BUCHANAN say the acting directorship on a temporary basis, they finally found a house near Mt. Vernon I want it clearly understood that I am not (3741 Wagon Wheel Rd., Alexandria, Va.), aspiring to the permanent directorship,' Beneand moved in between blizzards. Buck is in detti said. 'I am interested only in the smooth BuPers, Submarine Enlisted Distribution operation of the utilities and I expect to reOffice (Pers B-2115). turn to my job as Superintendent of the GEORGE KLUG has orders to BuShips Water Department upon the selection of a from the Submarine Base at Pearl. George permanent director.' . . . Known as Al to his and Audrey will probably find the Wash- friends, Benedetti was obviously sincere in ington weather hard to take after those 2 his statement, 'My wife will kill me' he tours in Pearl. mumbled as he left the room. . . . Although quiet and retiring personally, Benedetti is HARRIS ROGERS has orders to Naval known for his frank, factual reports to the Air Station Anacostia after about a year of duty under instruction at George Washing- Utility Board and City Council. He has never been trapped by questions from either board ton University. or the press, always having the correct information at his fingertipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;traits which also HONOLULU characterized Barline. . . ."

FRED FURLAND has had a change of orders and will go to the Joint Staff, Cin- NAVAL RESERVE COMMANDERS CPac, instead of ServPac. Fred has been Congratulations to the 15 classmates who serving as XO of USS D E N N I S J. BUCKLEY were selected for Commander recently by (DDR-808). the Reserve Line Selection Board. They are CHRIS C H R I S T E N S E N has orders to Sam Bassett (1405), Al Benedetti (1105), BuWeps from duty as CO of USS T U N N Y Joe Callahan (1405), John Dale (1105).

(SSG-2S2).

Jack Haller (1105), Luke Lucas (1405), S H I P M A T E

WHEN GRANDPAPPY MOSSBOTTOM FINISHES SHOWING OFF HIS PICTURES TAKEN WITH CINCUS, COMSCOFOR, AND ALL THOSE OTHER BIG SHOTS, ASK HIM IF ALL THAT OLD GLORY PAYS FOR THE GROCERIES THESE DAYS!

Mac McCalla (1315), Mac McWhorter (1105), Russ Miller (1105), Dale Mueller (1105), Waldo Strang (1105), Dick Sullivan (1315), George Tarleton (1315), "X" Ward (1315) and Harry Watson (1105).

As luck would have it, the selection zone stopped 2 numbers above mine so I will not be "anticipating" until next year at this same time.

"DAISY"

47

Sec'y, M r . J o s e p h P. F l a n a g a n , Jr. 401 E . Mill Rd., Flourtown, P a .

A. W. M O E S T A , JR. writes, "On Saturday, 4 Feb. 1961 I was married to the former Mary Crawford Walker of Grosse Pointe.

We are living at 1370 Harvard Rd., Grosse Pointe, Mich., and will be happy to see all classmates and former shipmates any time they are in town."

APRIL,

1 9 6

1

431

Corr. Sec'y, L C d r . R a y Lochner (SC) U S N R - R , 1221 V a n B u r e n Dr., Annapolis, Md.

CHICAGO

A birth announcement from Dr. and Mrs. T H E O D O R E R. TENCZAR, their 4th, weighing in at 8 lbs. 4 ozs. The boy, Gregory Michael, resides with his parents at 2053 N. Humboldt, Chicago 47, 111. For those of you who have lost track of Ted, you now have his address.

NORFOLK

Misspelled names often cause much confusion and disconcertment as was the case in the Jan. issue of Shipmate. This writer made a faux paux with respect to the spelling of BOB GORMLEY's name. Thanks Bob for giving me the information concerning the various Gormley-Ghormleys. Bob does not want to be confused with Bob

Ghormley '48B, SC; Ralph Ghormley '49, submarines; but Bob Gormley, aviator. Believe me, it can be very confusing after a while, and it may be of some help to others to understand how it is possible for Bob Ghormley or Bob Gormley to be in two different places at one time. We'll watch the spelling from now on and won't be confused any further.

SAN FRANCISCO

"GORDO" E H R M A N has had contact with several '48ers in the Bay area. "Fortyeighterwise (both A & B ) , attorney D I X I E W A L K E R was down from Longview, Wash., on a case here in S. F., and real estater M I K E ROBBINS helped me find office space for the partnership. He is still a bachelor. Had coffee with DOUG McNEIL, who is in John Hancock's office out here.

While attending IBM customer executive program in San Jose, I found JIM COX 49

instructing IBM sales representatives and BAYLOR R I D D E L L an attorney in their patent office. At the airport one night, I ran into J I M BJORGE " Gordo has a CPA partnership with offices in the Merchants Exchange Bldg. He and Bev have 2 daughters and are expecting their 3rd child in May.

M C K I N L E Y , the CIC officer in the U S S BOSTON (CAG-1).

BILL and Lois G O E W E Y recently moved to the Washington area. Bill has joined us at the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Pers-lS Personnel Research Div.). Their address is 212 Modoc Lane, Oxon Hill 21, Md. Back at the Naval Academy for a tour as a Company Officer in the Executive Dept. is C. RAY S M I T H . C. Ray and his wife (dinger live in Apt. A-S, Perry Circle, USNA, Annapolis, Md. The class directory is almost ready for printing and should be mailed in April. Extra copies will be available for $2.00 from the class secretary. The Washington chapter will issue a yearly correction to the directory so please look it over closely and keep us informed about yourself or other classmates you may have information about. The first correction will be mailed to all directory holders in Sept. Let us know what you think of the new directory and keep it up to date.

ANNAPOLIS

OTHER AREA NEWS

For those of you wondering about my rank, I am a civilian with a Ready Reservist rank of LCDR. The Reserve promotion came through this year but dating back to 1 Aug. 1959.

There have been no particular '48 items from Crabtown since the last entry in Shipmate.

BOB and Colleen CONGDEN now live at # 1 0 Seaview Ave., Newport, R. I. Bob reports to the Staff, U. S. Naval War College in June. Congratulations to J. R. (DICK) PAGE who was recently ordered to Com-

49

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. J. E. Patton, U S N , 7719 Bristow Dr., Annandale, Va. U.S.N.A. Class of '49 P. O. Box 2651, Wash. 13, D. C.

MEDITERRANEAN AREA

LEO HARRISON, AsstOps on ComDesFlotTwo embarked on the USS D E S MOINES (CA-134), had a chance to visit G E N E KELLY and DEMING W. S M I T H at Gene's villa in Villefranche the latter part of Jan. Gene is the navigator of the D E S MOINES, Deming is the XO of the U S S

COMPTON ( D D - 7 0 5 ) . Also seen in the SixthFit were BOB SLATER, the DC assistant in the U S S INTREPID (CVA-11), and BILL

431

Sec'y, LCdr. Robert W. Hanby, Apt. J4, Perry Circle, USNA, Annapolis, Md. West Coast—LCdr. W. W. Lee, U S N , 2830 S. Norfolk St., San Mateo, Calif.

From Newport, R. I., came the announcement of the arrival of Melissa Jane Nicholson, on 14 Feb. 1961 (weight 6j4 lbs.), to join brother Barry at the home of DICK and Marilyn NICHOLSON. Our heartiest congratulations to them.

"Quinn to Coach Crew" (The Evening Capital, Annapolis, Md.) ". . . Paul Quinn, plebe coach at the Academy, has been elevated to the position of head coach of Crew.

"Capt. Asbury Coward, Director of Athletics . . . (declared) 'Quinn, who has had an outstanding record as coach of plebe crews for the past 5 years, will take over the Naval Academy crew organization which will include coaching the varsity and junior varsity squads. By this change, I am confident that both the United States and the Naval Academy will gain . . . . I am positive that prospects for success in rowing competition were never better at the Naval Academy than they are now.' ". . . Quinn, 36, was a Naval Academy graduate with the Class of 1948-B. He won 3 letters in rowing and 2 in basketball as a midshipman. After 3 tours of duty at sea, Quinn returned to Annapolis as an instructor in the Science Department. It was during this assignment that he began coaching the Navy plebe shells in 1956.

"Quinn's 1960 plebe boat was undefeated.

The Eastern sprints championship and the I.R.A. title were among their freshman victories. The shell captured the fancy of the rowing world by going to the finals of the Olympic trials before losing out to the more experienced varsity oarsmen."

I am sure that every man in the class joins me in wishing Paul the best—and victories —in his new assignment.

NEW ARRIVAL

LCdr. and Mrs. J. E. MYRICK announce the birth of a daughter, Nina Alice, on 12 Feb. 1961 at Fort Ord Hospital, Monterey, Calif. Nina joins Jimmy 11, Charlotte 8, and Blair 7.

50

mand of the U S S GRAMPUS

HARRY D. TRAIN, II

After graduation, Harry reported to the USS HAROLD J. ELLISON

(DD-864) out of

Norfolk as 1st Lt., then Gunnery Officer.

On completion of a NELM cruise in 1950 he was transferred to the West Coast in October and reported to the HARRY E . H U B -

BARD (DD-748) as 1st Lt. Harry took part in the Korean operations during the winter and spring of 1951.

From June to Dec. 1951 Harry leariied his lessons well at Submarine School. Joining the USS WAHOO (SS-S65) at Pearl in Jan. 1952 he spent the next 4 years serving as assistant Engineer, then Engineer, and finally operations officer. Harry completed his 2nd and 3rd tour of the western Pacific.

In Feb. 1956 he joined the second c:lass of regular officers to attend General Line School at Monterey. On completion he reported to Washington to the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as Ass't. Secretary Joint Intelligence Committee.

Back to sea from Dec. 1958 to June 1960 as XO, USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) out of

New London. Harry returned to the NELM area in 1958. From July 1960 until the present Harry can be found at the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Billet: Assistant Submarine Placement Officer.

Lieutenant Commander Train married the former Catharine Kinnear of Chevy Chase, Md., in July 1950. They have 4 daughters, Louise 9, Catherine 8, Elizabeth 5 and Cecilia 2 months. Current address of the Train family: 5526-39th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON NEWS

We had a good turnout for the March class luncheon at O'Donnell's—19 on hand. BILL EAGAN, Project Officer for Eagle Air to Air Missile System, was in town from Pt. Mugu and gave us a quick rundown on his activities since graduation. BILL DOBY, who recently reported to the Bureau of Weapons, also filled us in on a few details of his career. Bill is presently staying with J. A. WAMSLEY. BOB W A L T E R S has started preparations for the 1961 Homecoming at Annapolis. Main arrangements should be completed by the next issue of Shipmate. Make plans to attenci this year.

(SS-344)

out

of Norfolk. He is to report in July.

H E R B E R T and Marion BUTLER write from 300 Blackbeard Rd., Baylake Pines, Bayside, Va. Herbert is in the Supply Dept., SS ANTARES

(AKS-33).

Congratulations to J. J. ( J O E ) EKELUND, XO of the U S S GROWLER ( S S F -

577), recently ordered to Command of the USS GRAYBACK (SSF-574). And my roommate, D O N H E N D E R S O N , XO of the GRAYBACK, has orders to Command the GROWLER. Well done, Don. Good luck to both of you.

C H I P H I G G I N S completed 5 months of TAD and has reported to the Supply Dept., U S S PROVIDENCE ( C L G - 6 ) . Chip and Fran-

ces now make their home at 2681 Coleridge Dr., Los Alamitos, Calif.

RICHARD G. G R E E N W O O D is an attorney at law with the District Attorney's Office, Green Bay, Wis. His address is 901 Christiana St., Green Bay. ROBERT and Peggy R O W E live at 1812 N. Jefferson, Ottumwa, Iowa. Robert works for John Morrell & Co. The address of the T H U R B E R s , HARRY and Priscilla, remains Comstock Hill Rd., Norwalk, Conn. Harry is with the United Aircraft Export Corp., E. Hartford, Conn.

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. John S. Holmes, USN, 502 Sharon Court, McLean, Va.

With the impending departure of BOB SHULTZ for the Naval W a r College I have volunteered to take over the duties of corresponding secretary. As we all know Bob has done a wonderful job in the past I'/i years, having developed a genuinely interesting and forceful column. I sincerely hope that I shall be able to maintain that interest and force and keep the news flowing to you.

ORDERS

The following classmates have received orders to the Naval W a r College from the stations indicated: R. N. Andresen, FitRon 102; L. Baggett, Jr., CO, U S S FIRM ( M S O 444); D. F. Emerson, XO U S S BARRY (DD-

933) ; S. R. Foley, Jr., ATKRon 36; R. C. Frosio, ATKRon 76; M. P. Frudden, BuPers; W. P. Kelly, UTRon 2 ; J. R. Kennedy, Jr., XO U S S VOLADOR (SS-490); T. I. Kolstad, U S S TURNER JOY (DD-951); SHIPMATE

H. D. Parode, ATKRon 75; T. S. Rogers, Jr., AirDevRon 4 ; T. H. Ross, NavAirLant; P. J. Ryan, HatRon 5; M. J. Schultz, Jr., USS EPPERSON (DDE-719) ; R. T. Shultz, BuPers; R. D. Snyder, Jr., AirDevRon 1; A. D. McFall, U S N A .

The following classmates at the Naval War College have received orders to the stations indicated: R. D. Hoffman, XO U S S BARRY (DD-933) ; G. B. Shick, XO U S S GYATT (DDG-1) ; S. L. Doak, X O U S S FURSE (DDR-882) ; F. L. Fahland, NavResSchlLab, Washington, D. C.; A. R. Burt, FitRon 84.

TOM O'NEILL has received orders from ATKRon 12 to F A I R Alameda. CURT B.\RNETTE is coming ashore from the USS POMFM:T (SS-391) to BuShips. RODGER BUCK reports that he has orders from XO U S S

CHARLES BERRY

(DE-1035)

SCHOOL

DIRECTORY

MILLARD SCHOOL exclusive preparation for WEST POINT

ANNAPOLIS

AIR FORCE ACADEMY A highly successful school formerly located in the District of Columbia. Now located on a ranch overlooking Pacific Ocean. Moderate climate. 1 0 0 % supervision. Small classes.

Summer school. Pre-WW2 rates.

HOMER B. MILLARD Box N , Langlois, Oregon

to

Aboard

American University, Washington, D. C., for a PG course in International Relations.

FLORIDA AREA

TOM I K E L E R writes from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that he has just recently completed the New York Institute of Finance Courses and that he is now a registered representative of a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange. Tom also reports that J I M ROBINSON is living in Fort Lauderdale and that H E R B A R N O L D and D A V E TOBIN are living in Coral Gables.

WASHINGTON AREA

The members of the Class of '50 living in the Washington area had a bang-up monthly luncheon at Hogate's on Wednesday, 1 March. It was one of the largest luncheons held in quite some time, with the following classmates on hand: Bob Shultz, Mark Frudden, Don Elliott, Tom Sherman, Bill Demers, Bill Curley, Marsh Treado, George Halpren, Walt Davis, Tom Mulligan, John Henderson, Clint Frank and John Holmes. If any classmates are in town on the 1st Wednesday of any month checking on orders, promotions, government contracts or unpaid travel claims why not join the group at downtown Hogate's at 12 noon?

COLUMBIAN *^The Service-Academy

Prep**

Est. 1909. Intensive, individualized preparation for West Point, Annapolis, Air Force Academy and all civilian colleses. How-to-study trainins. Since 1944 over 9 5 % of full time students have entered the Academies and colleses. Special "cram" courses beSin in January and February. Summer School June and July. Fall term besins in September. For full information v^^rite:

COLUMBIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL Box M , 1811 Biltmore SI., N.W., Washinston 9, D.C.

SulUacm ScUoxU Effective and thorough preparation for West Point, Annapolis, Air Force and Coast Guard Academies, and all colleges. Summer competitive course begins June 6; Fall Course begins September 14.

W e n d e l l E. B a i l e y , USNA ' 3 4 , Principal Box S, 2 1 0 7 W y o m i n g A v e . , N . W .

NEW ARRIVALS

Ann Hooper to C H A R L I E and Carolyn HOOPER, 8303 Thornoton Rd., Baltimore 4, Md., their 2nd child, 1st daughter, on 10 Feb. 1961.

Kevin Buck to RODGER and Muriel BUCK, 115 Garrett Ave., Chula Vista, San Diego, Calif., their 3rd son, 29 Jan. 1961.

Matthew Holmes to J O H N and Pearl HOLMES, 502 Sharon Ct., McLean, Va., their 3rd child, 2nd son, 11 Dec. 1960.

Congratulations to you all!

10-YEAR BOOK

BILL CURLEY has reported that the forms for the 10-year book have been mailed out to all classmates whose addresses are known. Our present mailing list supplied by the Alumni Association accounts for about 500; thus, there are about 190 people who will not receive the forms. Everyone is strongly urged to get the extra copy of the questionnaire that he received to a classmate who did not make the mailing list. The most probable classmates not in receipt of the questionnaire are those who are not members of the Alumni Association. Bill Curley also reports that from the returns he has received to date the quality of snapshots is not as good as he had hoped for. We especially want good photos of our classmates, not just their wives and children. Action photos showing yourself and family really hit the ticket.

A P R I L ,

1 9 6 1

BOB M E I N H O L D is completing a tour of duty at Kingsley Field, Ore., with the 408th Fighter Group and expects to start graduate work in E.E. in June.

JIM and Sandra GRADY with their 4 children are at 5608 Wharton Dr., Fort Worth, Texas, where Jim is attached to 43rd Bomb Wing CP Controller, Carswell A F B .

D I X I E BILLINGSLEA is a graduate student in the School of Business at U. of Chicago, y e expects assignment this summer to the Air Research & Development Command.

He and Mollie have 2 children and report P. O. Box 893, Marianna, Fla., as a permanent address.

JIM and Caroline RADJA are in San Diego at 8134 Whelan Dr., after being overseas in Taiwan. Jim is attached to N E L and holds an M.S. degree, Eng. Electronics.

W a s h i n g t o n 8 , D. C.

the

GEORGE

WASHINGTON

are

"MOOSE" ST. LAURENCE, Navigator (gold), and BILL H E R N D O N , Ass't. Engineer (tslue).

R E E C E BELK is carrier controlled approach officer in the CORAL SEA. The Belks are living in Alameda with their 5 children.

From BUZ WYMAN, "Buz, wife Barbie, children, Susan 8, Leila 5, Dan 4 and Bruce 1, are at home in Newport Beach, Cahf., 1621 Dorothy Lane. I'm sales manager for Duncan Electronics of Costa Mesa, a producer of missile and computer components.

We just recently returned from a year's stay in Port Washington, L. I., where I was a field engineer for Beckman Instruments.

I'm hoping to hear from any classmates who may be in the area. Tell 'em I've learned to mix a Vodka Martini that will really bring tears to their eyes (appreciation窶馬ot pain!)."

TOM T R O U T dropped a note from the Embassy at Madrid saying that he will provide V I P treatment for classmates passing through. Gracias, Tomas.

W A R D and Claire DEGROOT are in Japan where Ward is Staff Civil Engineer on the Staff, ComNavJapan, Navy #3835, F P O San Francisco. They have 3 daughters and one son.

JIM S T R O H M is at Monterey taking Ordnance Engineering after duty as a D E Exec. He and Betty have 2 children and are living at 1008 Leahy Rd., Monterey.

"X" M C C A R T H Y is a jet pilot in V F -

101 at Key West but soon expecting to be in VF-102 aboard the CVA-59. Home address for him and Betty with their 3 children (congratulations on the heir born in January!)

Sec'y, Lt. L. P. Treadwell, USN 522 Meadow Lane, Falls Church, Va. is 9220 Harton Rd., Lynnhaven, Va. C H A R L I E O'BRIEN is attached to 548 HERE A N D THERE Strategic Missile Squadron, Forbes A F B , JIM and Marian LATHAM's address is Topeka, Kan., after a fabulous tour in New 3804 Highland Ave., Shreveport, La., where Delhi, India. He and Donna now have 4 Jim is a consulting petroleum engineer with children. the Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp. In 1956 Jim CHARLIE and Mary Louise N Y Q U I S T received his M.S. Petroleum Eng. from the with their 4 children are in California where U. of Oklahoma.

Charlie is attached to A F Flight Test CenM E R T B A T C H E L D E R with his wife and ter, Edwards A F B .

3 daughters has settled in Carlsbad, Calif., ROG and Lyn L E W I S with their 2 chilat 3864 Westhaven Drive. Mert is currently dren are living in Long Island, 50 Peachtree working as an electronic engineer with Con- Lane, Carle Place. Rog is with Schenck vair-Astronautics.

Transportation Co., Inc., assistant to the ROG D R E W is associated with Kirk- president, and is now an accomplished golfer. gasser-Drew Advertising, Chicago, as an AcRAUN and Donna R A S M U S S E N are livcount Executive. The Drews, with their 4 ing at 5843 Central Park Dr., Sylvania, Ohio, children and another expected in June, are where Raun is attached to the Toledo Air living at 1227 Ashland Ave., Wilmette, HI. Procurement Office. He is in charge of all R. M. "BOB" R O B E R T S has recently re- A F contracts in northwest Ohio, after receiving an MBA from Harvard Graduate turned to the U. S. after 3 years in England School of Business in 1959. They have 3 flying the B-66. Bob will be at Penn State doing graduate work in Industrial Engineer- children. ing. He and Dottie continue to uphold the J O E GAROFALO left the Air Force in class average and report a family of 2 boys 1960 and is now settled in Dayton, Ohio, and 2 girls. where he is with the government as an Oper-

m

51

ations Research Analyst on advanced weapons systems. He and Mae have 2 girls and 2 boys and are living at 5001 Rye Drive.

Capt. "F. G." BALDERSTON, USMC, and family—Betty and 4 children—are again on duty at the Basic School, Quantico, where the "Old Man" is a company commander.

PAUL TOMB is Chief Engineer aboard

certain that all of you, self included, extend I came across an old battalion mate of mine, Gene a hearty "well done" for all of his work DAVE P E R A U L T , flying Crusaders. I during these past months. hardly recognized Dave at first. He was very Not too much news this month. " E D " kind to us, and took a few of our wardroom ( E D W A R D B.) O P P E R M A N at Quarters through his aircraft. In Malta, I was very 4407B U S A F Academy writes that: "We pleasantly surprised one day to find L E E arrived here in Dec. 1960 from Wright- FRYBERBERGER aboard as an aide to a Patterson. I completed my MBA degree visiting American admiral. Later on at a there in Aug. 1958 and was subsequently cocktail party, I also had an opportunity to the THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600). He and Elizabeth with their 3 children are liv- assigned to the BOMARC Weapon System meet Lee's very charming wife, Judy.

Project Office." Ed is presently instructing "At present NAUTILUS has 9 officers, and ing in Vallejo at 1501 Donner Pass Rd. in Economics at USAFA. He reports that 4 of them are Class of '54: LARRY BURKCHANGE OF ADDRESS '53 is well represented: BILL QUICK HARDT, CHARLIE GREENE, newly-re(EE), OKAH J O N E S (History), CHAR- ported F R A N K S L A T T E R Y (who also is WTLLIE H A F F reports VF-124, N A S Moffett Field as a new duty station after L I E COOKE (History) and USMC type a neighbor of mine in Waterford), and myW A L T H U T C H I N S (Military Studies).' self. Just before we leave in a few weeks for arduous duty at MIT. JACK SEWARD is now living in New Our best to you Ed, and thanks for the note. a 10-week trip, H A L GLOVIER is due to report aboard, bringing our total to 5 of 10.

Orleans at 202 L Central Ave. IMPENDING EVENTS "During an up-keep period in Jan., and W. R. OLSON, BuWeps TLO, Pittsfield, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood A. Bennett of Vil- while we were preparing for a ceremony Mass. lage Green, Pa., announce the engagement of aboard honoring Admiral Rickover with the BILL L E P P I N , 7932 Sullivan Blvd., Nor- their daughter, Rosemary, to Lt. GEORGE Distinguished Service Medal, NAUTILUS was folk.

FRASER ( K I T to all). George is the son tied up at the Electric Boat Co. in Groton.

BOB CHERRY, 7122 Leader St., Houston. of RAdm. George K. Eraser, U S N (Ret.), One day I ran into J O E ( F ) ANDERSON and Mrs. Eraser of Montclair, N. J. I guess on his way to work as 'blue crew' missile NOTICE I ! this is about the last of the single types to go officer in the ETHAN ALLEN, which is soon the honeymoon trail. Congratulations, Kit. to be commissioned. Just a few months ago, A N N U A L CLASS MEETING The Annual Class Meeting will be held By the way. Kit is currently with the Com- I had seen Joe on the CAVALLA in Portson Saturday, 6 May 1961, at the Army- mand Dept. (Seamo and Nav to '53) here. mouth, N. H., so he really caught me dumbNavy Club, Farragut Sq., and "I," N.W., KNEE-NIPPERS founded for a moment. Later on in this period, Washington. Following the meeting will be when SKATE arrived to begin her 6-month A 3rd baby girl, Elizabeth Anne Brady, a class party. overhaul, I saw FRED KOLLMORGEN arrived 4 March at the Libby and FRANK and TOM B A N F I E L D helping to tie up the The meeting will commence at 1700. Two (Old 44) BRADY abode. Frank is here with '578 boat.' hours have been set aside to elect new officers the P T people. Best wishes from all. and cover class business. Tiventy members of "At a New Year's Eve party held by one the class must be present for a business PROSPECTUS of our wardroom, J I M RAMZY and quorum, and maximum attendance is really A few requests for future ops. We would GEORGE H E N S O N were present to help needed to thoroughly discuss and act on the like to form up a comprehensive rundown uphold the honor and dignity of our class. many class projects up for grabs. on the class. At present we are not only However, I must confess I noticed some scattered but almost out of touch with the people from other classes letting down their HOMECOMING ' 6 1 greatest percentage of '53. W H E R E A R E dignity as they came under the alk-affluence Don't forget Homecoming '61 and our 10th YOU? Who's in, out, married, single, pro- of ink-ahol.

Reunion, 28-29 Sept.-l Oct. '61. Carvel Hall moted, moved or commended? Let us know, "We see BOB and Betty NEIDERLANwill be class headquarters. GERRY CON- shipmates.

DER each Sunday in Sunday school and NOR has the dope, 4100 Heathfield Rd., Please pardon the brevity of this month's church. Bob, who is now aboard the CAEnglish Manor, Rockville. column—this is quite a change from "Salty VALLA, received an engineering PG degree PLAN NOW. Sam"—the other half, WILLY HALL with at Webb Inst, before entering the submarine wife Pont and brood including newly arrived force last summer.

TEN-YEAR BOOK "A piece of fairly old, but unpublished Richard George (5 March) now resides at As of mid-March, biography and question- Box 48, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. If any of news, is the birth of our 3rd daughter 5 Oct. naire returns are still lagging. Your dope you are passing through, please stop by or 1960. Martha was due about 2 weeks earlier, sheet (with or without snaps) is still needed drop us a line: Capt. Lane Rogers, USMC, but when NAUTILUS returned unexpectedly —don't just figure that the 1 Jan. deadline BOQ, USNA or 19th Company, Exec Dept. early from an operation, Mena thought that has passed. Also, a reminder was sent in early —you guessed it, we are following in the was a good time to end the suspense. GirlMarch to each of you who hasn't disclosed footsteps of "The Green Hornet," "The Little san number three came the next morning. I his secrets of the past decade. By "class Creek Laundryman," the great "Penguin" can't remember her weight, but as I recollect, it was within specs; however, if I don't groups" percentages received are as follows: et al. mention her full name of Martha Laurine, Civilians — 41% I may be in serious trouble.

Marines — 42% "I would like to propose a rule or an Air Force — 27% Lt. Peter J. Vogelberger, Jr., U S N ethical guide line for the conduct of our class Navy — 46% 56 Jerome Ave., Bloomfield. Conn. column. And that is that we use our space These figures are a far cry from the proin SItipmate for news of our classmates, verbial 2%, so take off your pack and fill ANNAPOLIS AREA their families, and possibly well-known conout the form—please!

EARL W H I P P L E temporaries of our Academy days, but RON and Charlene K U R T H announce the NEVER for advertising either by civilian or ELECTION of John Emery, born 17 Feb. 1961. service classmates. I am not thinking of any This is Last Call for ballots to elect our arrival Young John joins Steve 5, and Audrey 3, one single incident, but of several 'classifieds' Class President and 2 Members-at-Large for in the Kurth household. Besides this good that have appeared in our column over the terms of 5 years. The deadline is 2 May and news, Ron has been notified that he will past couple of years. Certainly this doesn't voting is still a primary duty I attend Harvard's School of International Re- preclude the mention of some new business lations under the PG program. Ron expects or enterprise now engaged in, but instead, to continue his studies in the Russian lan- the outright solicitation by one of our class Sec'y, Capt. G. E. Weinstein, U S A F guage, also. He will report to Harvard some- from the others. Our column should be one 23-B Travis Loop, Holloman AFB, N . M. time in Aug. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Lane Rogers, USMC, to write in to, to let us know about you or Exec. Dept., U S N A , Annapolis, Md. I received the following letter from J A M I E other classmates, and where the rest of us As most of you have probably seen, read, D E U E L : "In Dec. the NAUTILUS returned can keep posted. It shouldn't be a column or heard, GENE C H R I S T E N S E N is off to from a 6-week Med cruise during which we where we can learn about good investment PG School shortly. He has been kind enough became the first nuclear submarine attached opportunities, or where to buy more insurto pass the duty down to me, L A N E ROG- to the Sixth Fleet. The operations were very ance. The 2% has spoken." interesting, and several times I thought of ERS, for the rest of this year and most of It seems to your Annapolis correspondent my old 'tin can' days as we worked with that_ this last comment in Jamie's letter has next year. Many of you have dropped out of sight—I know I certainly did. It is our many destroyer divisions. merit. Any other comments from out there? desire here to try to re-establish contact. Be"During our trip we visited Rota, Spain, From BART_ DALLA MURA, chairman fore getting to this month's "hot dope" I am Malta, G. C , and La Spezia, Italy. In Rota of the class gift committee: In May the

114

SS

52

S H I P M A T E

class group at .\nnapolis will choose a suitable gift to be presented to the Naval .Academy in our behalf. The following items are under consideration at the moment: 1. Monument type scuttlebutt with 4 bubblers to be erected near the bandstand at Worden Field.

The approximate cost is $5,000. About 85% of the visitors to the Academy pass by this spot. 2. One stained glass window to be installed in an interior wall of St. Andrew's Chapel. Approximate cost: $2,400, including lighting. This will be the last window installed in the chapel. 3. Two banks of organ pipes for the main chapel, for which we may contribute $6,000. The total cost of the installation will be $14,000.

I would appreciate further suggestions and comments on the above from individuals and/or class groups in the various ships, stations, etc.

There are 2 important considerations.

First, there is a ban on construction of monuments on the Bancroft Hall side of Maryland Ave., and second, we have about $6,800 in the class treasury.

Try to have suggestions and comments to me at the Weapons Dept., USNA, prior to the 1st weekend in May. That's it from ArmapoHs this month.

Ill U U

Sec'y. Joseph Malec, Jr. 81st and Cass St.. Omaha. Neb.

Evelyn BALLEW

It is with deep regret that we announce the sad news of the death of Evelyn BALLEW on 10 Feb. BILL writes that he and the children wull remain at their present address and that the latchstring is down for any classmates passing through Bristol. On behalf of the class, we in Annapolis send our sincere sympathy to Bill and his family.

1961 REGISTER OF ALUMNI

The 1961 edition of the R E G I S T E R O F ALUMNI of the United States Naval Academy is now ready for distribution.

This edition is N E W in format and N E W in content. The biographical information in the class section has been expanded to include both duty (or business) and home addresses where known, officer designators and special qualifications. Two new sections have been added: a geographical section and a listing of non-Naval Academy flag officers, active and retired, line and staff corps with addresses. ORDER NOW !

P R I C E : $3.00

The U.S.N.A. Alumni Association Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. Here is my check for $3.00, please send me the 1961 R E G I S T E R O F A L U M N I .

Name

".\fter spending the summer in WestPac I was sent to Engineer Officers School in San Diego for 3 months and then took over as Engineer Officer of IRWIN. In March 1957 we made another trip to WestPac, returning in late Aug. to discover we were slated for decommissioning. In Feb. 1958 I found out I had been selected for CEC and subsequently received orders to Rensselaer Inst, in Troy, N. Y. In addition to myself there were two other '55ers in the same class—BOB MIELICH and M A T T M L E K U S H . In early Oct. I finally headed for my first real duty station as a CEC officer—PWO at N.A.S Seattle.

"The biggest news on the home front is the addition to the family we were blessed with last summer. Margie and I are now the proud parents of a wonderful little boy named Thomas Edward, who was born on 7 July 1960.

"My home address is 1252 North 143rd St., Seattle, Wash. Other classmates in the area include Matt Mlekush at NAS Whidbey and TOM T A T E at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Both are CEC also. Any classmates in the area are invited to drop in and visit."

Congratulations to P E T E and Dee ELLER on the birth of Franklin Peter Jr., and to P A U L and Phyllis GROZEN on the recent arrival of Allen Edward.

Dope for the class column was somewhat lacking this month, so once again all classmates are encouraged to drop me a card or note with your present duty station, address, family statistics, or any other facts that might be of interest. Especially lacking in recent months has been news of the Air Force contingent. Any articles forwarded to Bob Rule at Engineering Dept., USNA, will be included in the class column.

Betsy T H U N E writes, "The M I T contingent of the Class of '55 hasn't been heard from in the pages of Shipmate for quite awhile—probably because the Naval Architecture course is 3 years long, so there aren't many changes in address, duty station, etc. In one respect, though, we think we've set sonie kind of record up here (not in an academic sense). There have been 10 children born to the nine '55ers in NB '61 (the class that is due to graduate in June) and ALL have been boys I "ED and Joan OGDEN started us off when Edward, Jr., was born in late '58. After that CHUCK and Cynthia MASALIN welcomed Stephen, and M I K E and Carrie B I S H O P had Ward. Then BOB and Pat E N G L E R T carried on with Billy, DAVE and Judy S T E M B E L had David, J O H N and Betsy T H U N E named theirs Eric, and the Bishops (again) had Mark. JACK and MaryAnne W I L L I A M S O N produced Glenn, and ED and Ellen P E E B L E S had Johnny.

Our most recent addition, another Masalin, was named Peter. There is one more '55 junior due before June—so if 'he' carries on the tradition, we'll have an entire Navy football team!

"Upon graduation in June, most of the '55ites are heading for submarines. Mai Mackinnon. Jack Williamson, Chuck Masalin, Bob Englert, Mike Bishop and John Thune will be in this group. Ed Peebles will be go-

Address

APR I L ,

TOM STALLMAN has written from Seattle, Wash., bringing us up to date on his activities since graduation. Tom writes, "Shortly after graduation, my wife Margie and I proceeded to Newport where I reported aboard the USS IRWIN (DD-794) as MP.A..

In April of 1956 we arrived at our new home port of Long Beach, Calif.

196 1

ing to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Dave Stembel expects to go to Norfolk, and Ed Ogden will be staying on in this area, working at the Boston Naval Shipyard." p k ' I y

n M h U

Pres.. Lt. (jg) M. F. Collier, U S N 121—Sth St.. Idaho Falls, Idaho Corr. Sec'y, Lt. (jg) Richard J. Mann, USN 116 S. Jordan St., Alexandria, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Lt. W. S. Hull, USN 933 Payne St., Idaho Falls, Idaho

Members of the class stationed in Annapolis met recently to begin organizing for .\lumni Weekend. Chapter President is CARL N E L S O N ; Secretary, GEORGE BILES and Treasurer, PAT McCOOL. Our other members are M I K E HIGGINS, GEORGE W E L C H and J O H N GRANT. Letters will be forthcoming within the month informing everyone of party location, cost estimates, etc. We intend having a cocktail-buffet party on Saturday night after the game, so start planning now to be in Annapolis for our Sth Reunion on 30 Sept. 1961.

EAST COAST President, Lt. (jg) Charles R. Larson, U S N VA-176, FPO New York WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. (jg) John L. Higgins, Jr., U S N USS Noble, A P A 21S FPO San Francisco

WEDDING

In Los Angeles on 21 Feb. DIRCK S T R Y K E R was married to Miss Floy Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell of that city. MILO BERAN (USNA roommate) and his charming wife Christine drove up from San Diego to attend the wedding.

The Strykers will make their home at 3031 Steiner St. in San Francisco where Dirck is on duty as Material Officer on the staff of ComResDesRon One at Treasure Island.

S T E V E and Bobbie G U T H M A N announce the birth of a daughter, Hilary Leigh, on 16 Dec. 1960. Steve is serving in the USS CONE (DD-S66), homeported in Charleston, S. C. AIR FORCE NEWS

I received a letter from GLEN LERUM who is flying F-lOOs at Cannon AFB, N. M. Glen and Joan are the proud parents of a daughter, Jennifer Caroline, born 19 March 1960.

RON CHARRIER is also at Cannon, flying F-lOOs. He and Anna Marie have a new addition to the family, Roberta Ann, born 13 Nov. C H A R L I E and Jan P I N K H A M and JIM and Emilie HAGOOD are at Plattsburg, N. Y., where Jim and Charlie are flying B47s. Charlie won the co-pilot gunnery trophy in Oct., so they must be doing pretty well.

NEW ARRIVALS

DICK ROGERS and his wife are the proud parents of a daughter, Wendy Averill, born 18 Feb. 1961.

O W E N and Jean K I R K L E Y became the parents of a daughter, Evelyn Anne, on 29 Jan. 1961 at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. Owen is on duty with the Area Public Works Office at the Naval Weapons Plant, Washington, D. C , after leaving Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., and a 7-week stay in Port Hueneme, Calif. The Kirkleys would enjoy hearing from anyone in the area.

Their address is: c/o Robert E. Lohr, Rte. 1, Box 121A, Brookeville, Md. 53

p A k l| JIJl U [}

1/Lt. DICK CUDLIPP, USAF, 1st Co., recently became engaged to Myrna Ann Johnson, daughter of L. W. Johnson of Tylertown. Miss., and the late Mrs. Johnson.

An early spring wedding is planned and will take place in Biloxi. Dick is presently training at Kessler AFB to become an electronic warfare officer. He writes that BILL PALMER has gone to a B-S2 at Beale AFB, Calif.

FRED MARCH writes, "I have been meaning to drop you a line for Shipmate for some time but this Gator Navy never stops.

I got married on 27 Dec. 1960 to Julie Ann Kolpien of Emporium, Pa., in Baltimore. We are now living in Norfolk and get to see HARRY BROCK and his wife Pat, DICK and Gretchen W I N T E R and J O E and Janie KEELEY quite frequently. I was over in the Med from 16 May 1960 to 1 Dec. 1960 and if you think keeping 663 Marines happy for 6 months is a ball, GO SUPPLY. It was really an experience. As far as I know we carried more Marines on a T than have ever been carried before for such a long period.

They sure tore the WOOD COUNTY ( L S T 1178) apart.

"Right now I am down off Vieques for PhibExLant. By the way, the Loading Officer was none other than TOM MONAGHAN. He seems to be enjoying 'jarhead' hfe quite well. I should be getting relieved for 6 years shore duty in June 1961 and am requesting a Freight Transportation School in California. As far as I am concerned the Supply Corps is tops."

ENGAGEMENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Carlton S. Williams of Silver Spring, Md., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Cleo, to Lt. WILLIAM P. ESHELMAN, USMC, of Silver Spring. Miss Williams attends Towson State Teachers College. An August wedding is planned.

Miss Louise Ann Libert, daughter of Mrs. Bernard J. Libert, Chevy Chase, Md., and the late Mr. Libert, is engaged to Lt. (jg) CHARLES PERRY MILLER, III, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Miller, Jr. She graduated from Trinity College. Before attending the Naval Academy, Lt. Miller was a student at Masanutten Military Academy.

A fall wedding is planned.

P r e s . , E n s . Henry A. Lawinski, U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Sec'y, E n s . Jose Chavez, Disbursing Officer, USS F O R R E S T A L (CVA-59), F P O New York

The first reports of babies born to our classmates are now available. J I M and Carol DUFFY are parents of a little boy. DICK and Pat RICHARDSON announce that Laura Alicia arrived on 10 March. H E N N Y and Ruthi L A W I N S K I announce that Dawn Janet was born on 7 March. Best wishes to these happy people.

As usual, there are a few wedding announcements. ROBERT A. CORRELL married the former Miss Nancy Ellen Lovely on 26 Dec. 1960 in St. Patrick's Church, Bridgeport, Conn. The ushers were Gene Gardner, Tom Donahue, Jim Hancock, Jim Fitzgerald, Don Newman and Bob Innucci.

BRUCE H. H A R D E N and the former Miss Judy Keith were married on 26 Dec. 54

on 24 March, they expect to take over as chief engineer aboard a destroyer within a year. .\t A S W ScTiool in San Diego are Bud Pezet, Randy McHenry, Jack Whitely, Rob Kunkle and Keith Young.

BOB F R E E H I L L is holding down the job of CIC Officer aboard the WILKINSON ( D L - S ) . Bob will soon be reporting for flight training, and remarked that he will be glad to shake the salt from his hair. To join Bob in the pursuit of Navy Wings is DICK S H A W K E Y who is presently MPA Officer

EAST COAST Pres., Lt. (jg) Frank Donovan, U S N U S S THE S U L L I V A N S (DD-537) FPO New York Sec'y, Lt. (jg) George Brainerd, U S N Box 43, Nav bub School, Nav Sub Base, New Landon, Conn.

aboard the TURNER.

JOE McGLINCHEY, standout candidate for second baseman Navy team of 1978-1980. Joey is the son of Dianne and Joe McGlinchey, Captain and star second sacker of Navy's 1959 team.

BERT J O H N S O N is driving his 3rd car since graduation. His 2nd car he left standing on a pier during a galeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he didn't really like it too much, anyway.

C H A M P BACHELDER, Supply Officer aboard the MITSCHER, is having trouble getting rid of French francs. Disbursing Officer CHICO CHAVEZ left his 2 ^ million locked up in his 6 safes to pay his respects to old teammate K E N N Y MACLEOD and wife Eileen at their cozy little cottage in Norfolk.

In the land of palms and figs (Key West), Jim

in Huntville, Ala. His best man was DICK H A R P E R with GENE GASSER, D.A.VE GILBRETH and GARY COGDELL serving as ushers. Judy's father is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army.

LARRY W A T E R M A N joined hands in matrimony on 23 Dec. in Delina, Ohio.

And now, around the world briefly I GENE CHANCY reports from the Med that being assigned Communications Officer, RPS Officer, Protestant Layreader, Crypto Security Officer and Classified Material Officer is par for DesLant junior officers. Serving with Gene in the FISKE (DDR-842) is ALEX LOGAN, who is holding down the ASW Officer spot.

"Old roommate" reunions were enjoyed by BILL L E W I S of the O'HARA and ex-wife MIKE H E A T H , who is aboard the CONY (DDE-SOS) serving as ASW Officer. Another reunion between Gene Chancy and W E N DAL J E N K I N S who is DCA aboard the STICKELL

(DDR-I

BOB COLEGROVE and GENE BOROUGHS are touring the Med aboard the BIGELOW

(DD-942).

Attending the CruDesPac destroyer engineering school are Gil Hansen, Jim Wilson, Jim McKinney, Bill Davidson, Bob Brenton and Terry Rhodes. After graduation

Hancock

of the HAMMERBERG ( D E -

1015), Bob Tague of the AULT (DD-69S), Ken Batchellor of the MANLEY (DD-940), Bob Traister, J O H N PAUL JONES

(DD-932),

Ron Burdge, HAROLD J. ELLISON (DD-S64),

Bob Kowall, T H E SULLIVANS (DD-537), George Davis, WALDRON ( D D - 6 9 9 ) , Jack Brockman, H A N K (DD-702) and Marsh Willenburcher, HAZELWOOD (DD-531), are attending A S W School.

We have some news concerning the Marines. LYNN H A L E is off for duty in Hawaii. FRANK CLARK and GARY DILWIG are headed for Camp Lejeune. WARREN H A H N and B E R N I E CAULEY are both ordered to Okinawa.

GERRY M O N T A G U E has finished sub school and is now aboard the THREADFIN in Key West.

ENGAGEMENT

General Charles Pearre Cabell, USAF, and Mrs. Cabell, Washington D. C, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Catharine deWitt, to 2nd Lt. DAVID HAROLD H O F F M A N , USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoffman, Bethesda, Md., and Elizabeth, N. J. Miss Cabell is a graduate of Georgetown Visitation Convent and Junior College and is attending George Washington University.

MODEL BUILDER His careful eye and steady hand transform the plastic parts of war's sure weapon planned.

The world is constricted to the area his sprawled legs cover, a world of waves,war-scarred and mountainous, angry below the grey canopy of sky.

From its loose envelope, hornet thrusts of steel swoop down, awesome in their suddenness.

They stitch the sky with unrelenting fury, expanding as they come.

Departing, they are miniatures.

Their wake is fear.

His big ship, unafraid and bull-like, plunges with the sea's great surging, and snorts its angry answers horn-sharpened, fiery fierce.

by LCdr. JOE CLOONAN, (ChC) USN S H I P M A T E

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS

DETROIT The last meeting was a "Happy Hour" at Brodhead on Friday, 10 Feb. 1961. The James Kaydets were invited to join us. Following a delicious dinner, the men adjourned to the poker table and the women—well, they mingled. The poker game made history in that no one lost—everyone a winner—or at least this is what they told their wives. Evidently everyone enjoyed themselves because we have had numerous requests to repeat in May. Those present were Navy: Jacobs, Barrs, Cales, Richmonds, Adams, Millers, Johnsons, Dodsons, Hickeys, Logsdons, Agrens, Archers, Dicksons, Odenweilers, Leisers, Denzes, D'Espinesas, Martins and Thorlins.

On Friday, 21 April 1961 the Detroit Navy League will be host to VAdm. E. W. Grenfell '26, ComSubLant. Admiral Jacoby is planning a luncheon; time and place to be determined. Then Friday evening will be a cocktail-dinner at Brodhead with cocktails at 6:30—dinner at 8 :00—cost $7.50 per person. For reservations please contact Lieutenant Helgemoe, LO. 7-4444 or Mrs. Frank B. Nair, LO. 7-1246. The occasion is the 61st anniversary of the submarine service.

NEWPORT The regular Feb. meeting of the chapter was held on Tuesday, 28 Feb. 1961 in the Destroyer Room of the Officers' Club, U. S. Naval Base, Newport, R. I. Present were Bern Anderson '21, R. W. Bates '15, G. H. Bowdey '07, C. A. Buchanan '26, Daniel Carlson '29, M. O. Carlson '16, R. E. Cassidy '07, James Collett '32, C. O. Cook, Jr. '31, T. D. Cunningham '37, R. Dees '17, H. E. Eccles '22, H. B. Heneberger '25, M. L. Hersey '09, E. B. Hooper '31 (speaker), S. H. Ingersoll '21, H. H. Mcllhenny '27, L. W. McKeehan '07, O. C. Laird '20, D. W. Olney '30, J. W. Rankin '08, F. L. Robbins '23, T. M. Shock '13, R. T. Spofford '30 (with O. H. Jackson, Jr., as guest), Brown Taylor '34, C. .\. Turner '42, C. E. Weakley '25, L. F. Welch '06, C. M. Winslow '24, Col. C. B. Herndon, USA (Ret.), Col. M. C. Sliattuck, US.A. (Ret.), and Capt. E. J. Tiernan.

After dinner a short business meeting was held, Vice President Bowdey presiding in the absence of President Stapler.

All members having been'notified in writing ten days prior to this meeting, it was voted to amend the By-Laws to provide for a Second Vice President.

It was voted to reconsider the assessment of annual dues, voted for upon last meeting, and take up this question again at the next meeting.

It was voted to change the date of the coming May meeting from 30 May to 23 May. RAdm. E. B. Hooper, Director of the Institute of Naval Studies, gave an interestAPRIL,

1961

ing talk on the history and functions of his organization.

NEW YORK For the second month in a row over 100 persons attended a meeting of the Naval Academy Association of New York, Inc. Members and guests met at the Lawyers Club, 115 Broadway in New York City on Tuesday, 21 Feb. 1961. Among the guests was Maj. George Maloney, USMA '47, who is secretary of the New York Chapter of the West Point Alumni Association. A joint luncheon meeting of the two groups on Tuesday, 18 April 1961 at Leone's Restaurant in New York City is scheduled.

Mr. Paul W. Siegrist '24 presided over the meeting and introduced the guest speaker, the Hon. Spruille Braden, who made his third appearance before our group. The speaker is indeed a "Voice of Experience" on Latin America, having served as ambassador to Cuba and Colombia and, more recently, as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America. His topic, "Castro, Chaos, Communism, and Cuba," was a most illuminating discussion of events that led up to the present situation in Cuba and the effect on the United States. He observed that Batista, despite the corruption that did exist in his administration, was not innately cruel. Castro's prior record as a Communist is perfectly clear and the publicity he received in the U. S. press was most unfortunate. In addition, the decision by the U. S. in 1957 to no longer ship arms on order to Batista gave Cubans the psychological impact that the U. S. supported Castro.

The dangers of the present situation in Cuba are: 1. Communism has obtained a base some 90 miles from the U. S. (Admiral Mahan warned of the importance of controlling the Caribbean) and 2. The threat of Communism spreading to other Latin American countries. To combat this Mr. Braden advocated that the U. S. finance and arm the anti-Castro groups and impose a blockade of the island.

PITTSBURGH At the Feb. meeting of the Pittsburgh chapter of the .Alumni Association the President of the Navy League in Pittsburgh addressed the group after a very pleasant dinner.

Mr. R. Craig Fabian told of the activities and development of the local chapter and of their plans for the future. Of these many intriguing plans, the most interesting one to the chapter concerned the first annual Sea Power Symposium to be held in Pittsburgh this autumn. It is no coincidence that this event is planned for the same weekend as the Navy-Pitt football game to be held here in Pittsburgh University Stadium. Everyone is looking forward to a stimulating and enlightening weekend, with many high officials

being invited to participate in the symposium, and it .seems a good bet that a goodly number will turn out for the football game. Many of the details are still to be decided, but Mr. Fabian tells us of great interest in the plans, and of active participation by many of the Pittsburgh area V.I.Ps. As plans develop, we will mention them, in the behef that many of the readers of this fine magazine will be interested.

As was reported in the last issue of Shipmate, the new meeting place for the chapter is in the heart of Pittsburgh's downtown Golden Triangle, which also seems to be the center of gravity of the local membership.

We meet at the Radio Cafe which is just across Grant Street from the Penn-Sheraton Hotel. The food is very good and reasonable in price. As Val Smith so aptly stated in his invitation to the membership for the Feb. rneeting, "It isn't the Waldorf, but with martinis going for fifty cents, who can complain?" We don't think that you will complain if you join us on the last Friday of the month. There is plenty of parking nearby, and the fees are surprisingly low. If you are in the Pittsburgh area, why don't you join us for the evening?

In addition to the guest speaker those at the Feb. meeting included T. N. Swain '43, W. E. Shorr '4S, J. Val Smith '52, K. M. Treadwell '48, J. L. Kane '23, E. T. Barrett '38, R. A. Hart '29, H. D. Moulton '31, J. C. Hufft '48, F. R. Putnam '31, L. E. Shaffer '45, B. A. Trimble '40, Lt. Dick Henseler 'SS and Cdr. James Thompson.

SEATTLE The regular meeting of the Seattle chapter of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association was held Wednesday, 1 Feb. 1960 at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Seattle, Wash.

Social hour began at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner and the regular meeting at 7:15 p.m.

There was an excellent turnout for this meeting, with 51 members of the chapter present.

The President announced the Board of Trustees had elected Wells Thompson '22 to serve as a member of the Board in place of Leon Swisher who had to resign because of moving from the Seattle area. In accordance with the by-laws Wells Thompson is to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees until the next general election in Dec. 1961.

Fred Mackle '26 made a report as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee. He announced that he had in preparation a plan to distribute information about the Naval Academy to all secondary schools in the state of Washington, both public and private.

The Program Chairman then introduced RAdm. George Towner '24, Commandant 13th Naval District, the speaker of the evening.

55

THE DISTAFF CORNER BOSTON, MASS.

The Navy and Marine Officers' Wives Club has held several interesting meetings, including a colorful Millinery Fashion Show sponsored by Miss Hatty of Chelsea. Mrs. C. B. Barger, president of the club, has announced that as a result of the successful Christmas Bazaar, proceeds have been divided among various charities, including the fund for the N O W home in Washington, D. C. NORFOLK, V A .

The Submarine Wives Club is reprinting the excellent submarine cookbook Dolphin Dishes. The proceeds from the sale will go to the newly established scholarship, which is being awarded this summer for the first time. The number of books is limited. If interested in securing a copy, three dollars, with the check payable to "Dolphin Dishes" should be mailed to Mrs. E. Frothingham, 8037 Driftwood Drive, Norfolk, Virginia.

Mrs. Carl W. Gronemann, Jr., is Chairman of the Cook Book Committee. The books will be ready for distribution in April.

W A S H I N G T O N , D. C.

The Second Annual Art Exhibit of the N O W club was the highlight of the February "coffee" held at the Naval Weapons Plant. Mrs. Evan C. Stone, first vice-president, presided and introduced Richard Bain and Edward Hagopian of the Navy Band who entertained on the harmonica and piano.

Mr. Ralph deBurgos, Georgetown artist and instructor of the NOW painting group, judged some fifty entries submitted by NOW members or their husbands. There were three classes of oils, watercolors and pastel and charcoal drawings displayed with three awards given. There were also three prizes for amateur works. Mrs. John B. Simpson, Chairman of the N O W painting group, was in charge.

Mrs. Philip W. Snyder, wife of the Vice Chief of the Office of Naval Material, Mrs. Lot Ensay, wife of the Deputy Comptroller

fl

of the Navy, and Mrs. Rawson Bennett, wife of the (Thief of the Office of Naval Research, were senior hostesses, assisted by the wives of officers of these activities. Wives of the senior foreign naval attaches were honored guests.

The Bureau of Ships and Engineering Duty Officers' Wives held a "Crazy Hat" luncheon March 22 at the Fort Myer Officers' Club.

The Hecht Co. donated prizes for the best hats. Guest speaker was the Honorable Richard E. Lankford, member of Congress, Sth District, Maryland.

March was the month for the collection of "Jems for Jangos" for their Bargain Shop.

Members brought their contributions of clothes, bric-a-brac, costume jewelry, etc. to the meeting.

The chairman of the luncheon was Mrs. Charles Swayne. She was assisted by Mrs. Lucas Mayer, Mrs. Richard Bradley, Mrs. Posey Hooper, and Mrs. John Dolan. Mrs. John McCarthy was hostess. Her assistants were Mrs. Carl Irwin, Mrs. Terrill A. Efird, Mrs. James Thomas Reed, Mrs. William E. Weisert, Mrs. J. A. Barker and Mrs. Frederick Gorman.

The March NOW luncheon was held Thursday, Mar. 2, at the Army-Navy Country Club. Honored guests were wives of former Chiefs of Naval Operations and they included Mrs. Harold R. Stark, Mrs. L. E. Denfeld, Mrs. W. M. Fechteler and Mrs. Robert B. Carney. Mrs. John Sylvester, wife of the Deputy Chief of Operations for Logistics, was senior hostess, assisted by the wives of the officers of CinO for Logistics.

The program for this luncheon consisted of a panel to advise club members concerning its welfare projects. This panel included R. Admiral P. V. MERCER, USN (Ret.) '24, Capt. J O H N E. FAIGLE, USN (Ret.) '27, and Mr. Calvin H. Cobb. They discussed the proposal to look into the feasibility of establishing a retirement residence for widows and possibly couples.

,4 ty sHMMM^li^^^^^^^^E

For . . .

EASY MOVING USE

REPUBLIC l/AN LINES DIRECT SERVICE Anywhere in the United States, Hav\/dil, Alaska, Far East, Europe and Caribbean.

Offices near Naval Bases.

P A U L SMITH, ex-Navy, President and Mgr. Los Angeles (Home) Office Captain M . M . (Red) Stephens, U.S.N. (Ret), Washinston, D. C. Office Anchorage, Alaska • Alexandria, Va. • Chicaso • Dayton, Ohio • Detroit • Honolulu • Las Vesas • Long Beach, Calif. • Los Angeles • Melrose Park, III • Memphis • Menlo Park, Calif. • Newark, N. J. • New York • Norfolk, Va. • Oakland, Calif. • Portsmouth, Va. • Salt Lake City • San Bernardino, Calif. • San Diego • San Francisco • Santa Ana, Calif. • Secaucus, N. J. • Washinston, D. C. OVERSEAS OFFICES: England, France, Germany, (juam, Italy, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Panama, Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, Spain.

Also agents in all other principal

cities.

1961 REGISTER OF A L U M N I

The 1961 edition of the REGISTER OF ALUMNI of the United States Naval Academy is now ready for distribution.

This edition is N E W in format and NEW in content. The biographical information in the class section has been expanded to include both duty (or business) and home addresses where known, officer designators and special qualifications. Two new sections have been added: a geographical section and a listing of non-Naval Academy flag officers, active and retired, line and staff corps with addresses. ORDER NOW !

wB^^Mmrfy' P R I C E : $3.00

i

The U.S.N.A. Alumni Association Alumni House, Annapolis, Md.

i

Here is my check for $3.00, please send me the 1961 REGISTER O F ALUMNI.

RECEIVING LINE at N O W luncheon: Mr. Calvin H. Cobb, R. Admiral P. V. Mercer, USN (Ret.), Mrs. Frank Virden, NOW Welfare Chairman, wife of R. Admiral Virden, and Mrs. Robert B. Carney, wife of Admiral Carney. Mrs. Virden is welcoming Madame Curt A. Beskow, wife of the Swedish Naval Attache, Commodore Beskow.

56

S H I P M A T E

MISCELLANEOUS

CLASSIFIED SERVICES HOUSING A N N A P O L I S , Md. F o r sale. P r e s t i g e location Admiral Hts. 8 min drive U S N A . Protected investment. 2 yr young 3 b d r m r a m b l e r . Firepl, s e p a r a t e din rm, built-in a i r conditioner, custom gas kitch. full basemnt, attic s t a i r s , c a r p o r t , established lawn & trees. 5 min walk excellent school. W . J . Aston '51, 105 W a i n w r i g h t Dr., Annapolis. P h o n e CO 3-6045. ( I l l ) A N N A P O L I S . Md. F o r sale. Split level, 2 yrs old.

3 bdrms, din r m , firepl, rec r m . corner lot, fenced yd, waterfront privileges. W r i t e L t , D. W. P a y n e , 818 J a n i c e Dr., Annapolis, Md. ( I V ) A N N A P O L I S , Md. F o r rent. Furnished house Wardour, 1 or 2 year lease. Sleeps 7, large grounds, swimming, boating. P h o n e A G E T O N . CO 3-2553 or CO 7-7619. ( I V ) A N N A P O L I S . Md. F o r sale. 3 yr old split level on ^ acre lot, Tyler Ave. off Bay Ridge Rd. 3 b d r m s .

2 baths, family r m , plenty of closets. Rigged for washer & dryer in l a u n d r y r m . Kitch h a s built-in oven, stove & elec dishwasher. L t . J . E. T a r l t o n , 808 Tyler Ave.. Annapolis Md. Tel CO 3-2406. Departing in J u n e . ( I V ) A N N A P O L I S . Md. F o r sale. Enjoy outdoor living in an attractive spl lev with brick patio on lge landscaped lot with shade trees, flower and veg gardens. 3 bdrms. 1 ^ b a t h s , liv r m , din r m , p a n eled den. modn util r m , g a r with workshop area, city utilities. Situated in A d m i r a l H e i g h t s , 10 min fm the Academy, walking dist to exc schls, w a t e r front & swim privileges. Avail 15 J u n e , 1961. Mr. R. M. Prioleau, 103 Simms Dr., Annapolis, Md. ANNAPOLIS, Md. F o r sale. Comfortable, carpeted spl lev, 3 bdrms, 2 ^ b a t h s , firepl, paneled rec r m , in Admiral Heights on wooded lot, adjacent Weems Creek & community dock, conv N a v a l Academy, shop area & schls. Lower 20s. LCdr. R. Brooke, 166 Williams Dr., Annapolis, Md. Tel CO 8-8319.

(TV) ANNAPOLIS, Md. E d g e w a t e r , 15 min fm Academy. For r e n t a p p r o x 1 J u l y 1961. B r e a t h t a k i n g vw of South River fm vrtrfrnt location. 3 yr old modn log house. 3 bdrms, 2 b a t h s , service or TV rm, din rm, 24x14' liv r m , firepl. Full 24x60' daylt basemnt, firepl. 2 c a r g a r . Moor boat in front or community pier. S'wimming, p r i v a t e beach. Fenced yd, oil ht. Address " H a l e M o a n a , " R t . 2, Box 200, Edgewater, Md. CO 8-8534. ( I V ) ANNAPOLIS, Md. F o r sale. 2 yr old contemp spl lev. 3 bdrm, 1% b a t h . Firepl, bow wndws in liv rm, sliding glass door in din a r e a . Lge kitch has deluxe built-in T a p p a n g a s r n g e & auto wall oven, bkfst booth. Fin rec r m , lge util r m . A b u n d a n t stor space & closets. C a r p o r t , concrete dr, sidewalks. Gas ht, w t r h t r . (5ity w t r & sewage. No drainage or moisture problems. 2 mi, 5 min fm USNA. Avail 1 J u n e 1961. Lt. W. J . L a u x , J r . , USN, 822 J a n i c e Dr., Annapolis, Md. ( I V ) ANNAPOLIS, Md. F o r sale. Avail J u n e in Admiral Heights. 2 mi fm Academy, m c h style. Liv r m w/firepl & pine panel din r m , 3 b d r m s (1 p i n e paneled) full dry b a s e m n t % mahog paneled w / ample built-in bkcases. Pella drs p e r m i t p a r t use as guest or 4th bdrm. Full a t t i c stor space w / p u l l down stairs. City w t r & sewage. A t t r a c t i v e yd w/lge cherry t r e e & smaller trees. Close to schl & Weems Creek boat a r e a . Capt. D. C. Binney, USMC '53. 160 Williams Dr., Annapolis, Md. Tel CO 8-2232.

(TV)

M O N T E R E Y , Calif. For sale. Sunny Del Rey Oaks.

3 bdrms, liv rm 13x18 with fireplce, adj din area, drapes & Venetian blinds, disposal, 220 w i r i n g , dbl g a r , fenced & landscaped, patio. 5 min to PG schl & Commissary. 4V, % F H A in service avail for 811,200 or $2500 down on new F H A . Total $17,000. Avail 9 J u n e . W r i t e Lt. Edwin F . Spar, 972 Rosita Rd., Monterey, Calif. ( I I I ) .

M O N T E R E Y , Calif. F o r sale. 1 yr old house, 3 lge bdrms, IV2 baths, built-ins, 2 car gar, fenced yd in a new conv neighborhd. Hdwd fls, ample closet & stor space & practical design m a k e this a comfortable home. Location ideal for children, quiet st n r schls. Contact Lt. R. P . Crawford, Box 1591.

U S N P G School, Monterey, Calif., or phone EX 4-3755. (IV) M O N T E R E Y , Calif. For sale by owner a t $18,600.

Vista Del Caniino, M a r i n a . Assume F H A loan. $2100 will handle. Avail 1 J u n e . 3 bdrms, 2 baths, built-in rnge, oven, g a r b a g e disposal. Dble gar, fenced yd, firepl. Forced air ht. Beamed ceilings.

2 mi to commissary, hosp, golf course. Good car pools to PG Schl. Quiet country atmosphere. J . J. MacPherson, 248 DeForest Ave., M a r i n a , Calif.

Tel D U 4-8482. (IV) M O N T E R E Y , Calif. F o r sale. Avail J u n e 1961.

3 bdrms, 2 baths, din r m , liv rm w / r a i s e d firepl, kitch w / b u i l t - i n r n g e & 220 volt, lge dble gar, lge yd, brick patio. N r PG Schl, commissary, dispensary, pub schls & shop ctr. Quiet neighborhd.

S18,900. Assume 41/0% GI loan or F H A refinance.

Contact Lt. David R. Raunig, 1042 Carson St., Seaside. Calif. (IV) N E W P O R T , R. I. For sale. Immediate occupancy 3 bdrm ranch, attached g a r , full stm w n d w s (triple t r a c k ) & drs. Full basemnt, oil fired hot w t r ht.

818,900. Assume $15,500 m o r t g a g e or re-finance.

Lt. D. F . Staple, 6519 36th St. N., Arlington 13, Va. (Ill) N O R F O L K , Va. W a n t e d to rent. House situated on protected body of w a t e r accessible for boating.

Require 2 bdrms, 1^: baths, rec r m or den & g a r for a period of 2 yrs. Cdr. David S. S t e r r e t t , US Naval Shipyard, C h a r l e s t i n , S. C. (IV) N O R F O L K , Va. F o r sale. 4 bdrm, 2 b a t h spl lev w / r e c r m located on a lge r i v e r f r n t & cor lot in P o p u l a r Halls subdiv. Centrally located to all N a val installations. 5 min fm Norfolk's Igst shop ctr.

P a y reasonable equity & assume GI loan. Avail immediately. Contact Lt. G. T. Atkins, 5426 Bayberry Dr., Norfolk 2. Va. Tel U L 3-1388. (IV) N O R F O L K , Va. F o r sale. O u t s t a n d i n g 1% y r old custom bit spl lev. Brick & cedar shingle ext. 1800 sq ft into liv area, liv r m , din rm, 3 bdrms, 3 baths, din area in kitch "w/built-in oven & rnge, e x t r a lge (25x15') den w / p i n e paneling, util r m W/220V. Detached ly^ car gar, patio, fenced yd.

E x t r e m e l y conv, 1 blk shop ctr, pub & p a r elem schls across st, n r bases. Avail a b t 15 J u l y a t $22,500. Assume F H A in-serv loan ( p a y m n t s $119).

LCdr. T. H. Ross, 7713 H a l p r i n Dr., Norfolk 3, Va. (IV) N O R F O L K , Va. W a n t e d to r e n t . 3 or 4 b d r m house preferably w / d i n r m & g a r n r good elementary schl. W r i t e Capt. E. A. Hemley, 5432-32nd St., N.W., W a s h i n g t o n 15, D. C. (IV) N O R T H S P R I N G F I E L D , V a . For rent. House avail 1 .luly. Conv P e n t a g o n , Belvoir, Quantico.

Spl lev 3 bdrms, 1% b a t h s , rec r m , g a r , fenced yd. 1 yr lease renewable option $150 per mo. W r i t e LCdr. F . X. Kern, Box 7, Navy 100, F P O New York. (IV)

Ordered to W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. ? W e specialize in t h e District & Maryland. lOO's of listings, r e n t a l s and complete i n s u r a n c e facilities. Inquiries invited.

W a l t e r M. Johnson, J r . '47 District-Maryland Realty, I n c .

5504 Connecticut Avenue, N . W .

W a s h i n g t o n 15, D. C. (II)

WANT A SECOND INCOME? Investments give you Added prestige, security.

And better Living CALL - W R I T E - V I S I T Dick Snyder '50 1625 Eye Street, Northwest Washington 6, D. C. D I 7-5700 (IV)

(C)

"SKIPPER OF THE THREE R's" An article in Coronet Magazine (Aug. '67) describes our i n t e r n a t i o n a l p r o g r a m .

With our free texts, readers help non-readers a t home.

Copies of the article a r e free. W r i t e :

GOOD SAMARITANS FOR THE THREE R'» R A d m . Ion Pursell '18, Director F r a n k f o r t , Ky.

(C)

MIAML F L O R I D A Cottages - Residences - E s t a t e s W a l t e r Ginn '23 M a g r u d e r Realty since '21 3436-3437 Main H i g h w a y Coconut Grove. Miami 33, Florida (V) (C)

R E T I R E I N SONOMA COUNTY, C A L I F .

1 hr. from " T o p of t h e M a r k " 40 m i n u t e s from M a r e Island 40 minutes from Bodega Bay ocean fishing 30 minutes from m o u n t a i n t r o u t s t r e a m s 2 h r s . from Sact'o Valley P h e a s a n t & Duck shooting Ideal Mediterranean type climate c o n t a c t : Russell G. Sturges '22 with J a y n e s Realty Co. 4335 Sonoma Highway, S a n t a Rosa, California (III)

J O H N S. O L S O N I N S U R A N C E Representing

AGENCY

THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY 1309 Thomasville Road Tallahassee, Florida Life I n s u r a n c e P l a n n i n g All F o r m s of Life, Accident & Health J o h n Scott Olson '53 (III)

$150,000 could n o t buy your insignia, medals, ribbons, or cap device imbedded in clear, s p a r k l i n g l u c i t e ; but, you m a y create your own desk or table m e m o r a bilia or other gift " i m b e d i m e n t o " for a loved one a t a f a r lower cost by listing and g r o u p i n g orders through me. W r i t e for details. My m a n u f a c t u r e r is " t o p s " and is establishing this new field of "imbedimentos in lucite." LCdr. W . S. Ginn, U S N (Ret.) '23, c/o M a g r u d e r Realty, 3437 Main H i g h way, Coconut Grove, Miami 33, Florida. (I)

EAST G R E E N W I C H , R. I. F o r sale. 4 mi fm Quonset Pt., N A S . 6 r m m c h , attached g a r , full basemnt, 2V. yrs old. Built-in kitch. Avail immediately.

Contact Lt. Harold I. Pollack, U S N , 89 Longfellow Dr., East Greenwich, R. I. ( I V )

P O R T S M O U T H , N. H. F o r sale. Beautiful m c h house, 3 bdrms, 2 full b a t h s , din r m , TV rm, liv r m & firepl, g a m e r m , screened porch, multiple picture w n d w s , 2 c a r g a r , landscaped lot, superb w t r view fm every rm yet only 1 mi fm ctr of town. $40,000. Contact RAdm. F . P . Mitchell, U S N (Ret.), Tlie Mathews Agency, 6 M a r k e t Square, P o r t s m o u t h , N . H. (IV)

MONTEREY, Calif. F o r sale. L g e liv r m w i t h raised fireplce, din r m , kitch, 3 lge bdrms, 1% baths, lge 2 car garage, newly redecorated, corner lot, completely fenced & landscaped, d r a p e s incl.

8 min to P G School, 5 min to commissary and Hosp, 2 blks from schl, conv to churches & shop area. Btfl view of Monterey Bay & Peninsula, avail middle of J u n e . F o r information w r i t e LCdr. Robert H. Yerbury, 1996 Lincoln St., Seaside, Calif. (ITIl

TOY T R A I N S W A N T E D P r e - W W I I electric, clockwork & steam toy or model t r a i n s by Ives, Lionel, Dorfan, Boucher, Volta m p , Carlisle & Finch, Howard, Marklin. Bing, Hornby, Bassett-Lowke, etc., collected. P a r t i c u larly w a n t t h e l a r g e r & more elaborate types & catalogs. O p e r a t i n g condition not essential. W r i t e Cdr. W. R. Lowndes, U S N ( R e t . ) , 2851 S h a s t a Rd.. Berkeley 8, Calif. ( I V )

PERSONAL ATTENTION AND COMPLETE FACILITIES FOR SECURITY INVESTMENTS —WRITE IN CONFIDENCE T O : Tom Ikeler '60 Goodbody & Co. Professional Bldg.—Sunrise Center F o r t Lauderdale, Florida M E M B E R S N E W YORK STOCK E X C H A N G E A N D O T H E R P R I N C I P A L STOCK & COMMODITY E X C H A N G E S : W I R E CONN E C T I O N S TO A L L I M P O R T A N T WORLD MARKETS. (IV)

MONTEREY, Calif. F o r sale. Avail J u n e or J u l y , 3 bdrm, 2 b a t h home in C a r m e l . 15 min t o U.S. Naval PG schl. Located on quiet deadend st conv to par & pub schls, new shop ctr, beaches, state pk. Built-in hotpt rnge & oven, GE disposal, natural gas forced a i r ht, hdwd fls, lge liv-din a r e a with firepl, open beam const throughout, 2 car g a r .

Write Lt. C. D. Federico, R t . 1, Box 134, Oliver Ed., Carmel, Calif. Tel MA 4-4954. ( I l l )

BOSTON, M A S S A C H U S E T T S A p a r t m e n t s - town houses - i n v e s t m e n t properties Beacon Hill and Back Bay a r e a s Exclusive a g e n t for Charles River P a r k t h e new 24 story t e r r a c e a p t s . ready fall '61 Timothy Donohue, U S N (Ret.) '27 Chamberlain Real E s t a t e 60 Charles St., Boston 14, Mass.

(IV)

S H O M I E R ' S A N T I Q U E S — W h e n in Norfolk, Va., visit with S H O M I E R ' S . The best in a u t h e n t i c E a r l y American pine. Also large line reproductions, decorative accessories and gifts. Located V i r g i n i a Beach Blvd. (Route 68), 11 miles east of Norfolk.

C A P T . J O H N S H O M I E R , U S N ( B e t . ) , '23. ( I V )