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1. "SIR, THERE ARE N O W TEN MINUTES UNTIL N O O N MEAL FORMATION. The menu for this noon's meal is. . . . There are 45 days until First Class graduation, sir . . . ," announces the plebe "chow caller" in his tenminute countdown before HIGH N O O N , Saturday Noon Meal Formation.

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3. "TEN MINUTES! I may never make it," soys a plebe shining shoes.

2. TEN MINUTES? Plenty of time for a first classman to prepare for Saturday noon meal formation and the accompanying inspection.

In four years you get "organized."

5. PRACTICE mokes perfect even Wfith only minutes to go. A plebe must be "perfect."

4. "EIGHT MINUTES until noon meal formation, sir. . . . " B-robe bedecked first classmen casually make ready for formafisn and Inspection.

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7. BEFORE double timing to inspection formation, plebes check lost minute details on bulletin board. "Parade rest" is a requirement.

6. "FIVE MINUTES to noon meal formation, sir. . . . " Two plebes employ teamwork to put finishing touches on inspection uniforms.

9. MEANWHILE, with two minutes to go a plebe must be content with standing at attention while his squad leader checks his tie.

8. " T W O MINUTES until noon meal formation, sir. . . . " An upperclossmon enjoys a chat with two drags before the call to formation.

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12. INSPECTION IS OVER. Everyone takes a deep satisfying breath and the Brigade of Midshipmen proudly marches off to the stroins of "Anchors Aweigh." Another HIGH N O O N challenge successfully met.

by Lt. William H. Purdum, USN '53

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w o BLASTS on the diving alarm used to initiate a routine diving evolution on a submarine. Aboard PATRICK HENRY and her sister Polaris-firing nuclear submarines it means much more. T h e two blasts begin two months sealed away from the outside world. Family and friends are not even remotely aware of our location or well-being. T h a t diving signal signifies the beginning of a submarine war patrol in every sense of the term but one; we are a defensive and retaliatory weapons system rather than an offensive one.

T h e crew of PATRICK HENRY is the heart of this weapons system. In operating, testing, and maintaining each component of such a complex machine, the utmost in reliability and competence is demanded of each crew member. This demand has always been met. It has not been met accidentally. There are many paths to duty aboard PATRICK H E N R Y : Nuclear power training, weapons and fire control training, navigation and communications training, and more. These varied backgrounds soon blend into one purpose: the successful completion of a Polaris patrol.

T h e success of each patrol depends to a great measure on the attitude and morale of the crew. An intense feeling of purpose develops as soon as the diving alarm sounds and each man realizes that a patrol has begun and its success will depend on his performance. In such an atmosphere tension could cause many problems between men, but such problems seldom arise.

T h e reason for the lack of conflicts is easily traced to the men themselves, and their strong feeling of working together as a

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dedicated group. A good example of this group feeling is the cruise book recently compiled by the Gold Crew PATRICK HENRY. It is entitled The Golden Clansmen, and a real clan this crew is. Imagine being hundreds of feet beneath the sea, attending a calypso song fest with a bass fiddle made from an oil drum, bongo drums and ukulele offering musical accompaniment!

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H E G O L D E N C L A N S M E N and their "Theatre under the Sea" are only two of the many off-duty recreational opportunities available to the crew. Correspondence courses, group study in technical and theoretical subjects, tournaments in such widely varied subjects as Acey-Ducey and beard growing are held on each patrol. And God bless the cooks! Candied apples, birthday cakes, popcorn and even colored scrambled eggs on Easter do a great deal toward making the time on patrol move faster. And it's a strange feeling to be on watch on this submarine well beneath the surface of the sea and suddenly to see two Mohawk Indians appear on your limited horizon, complete with haircuts!

T h e lack of fresh greens after awhile at sea has made our "hydroponic garden" not only a novelty but also a closely (^Continued on page 11) S H I P M A T E

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POLARIS, PEOPLE AND PATRICK HENRY (Continued from page 8) watched source of salad materials. After we get underway a seed-planting ceremony may take place, and the speed with which these hardy greens grow makes us feel sorry for the poor land-bound gardeners stuck with nothing but natural sunshine and fresh air.

Religious services form an important part of our weekly schedule. Both Protestant and Catholic services take place each Sunday, led by members of the crew and assisted by taped sermons and divine music. The break in the day to day schedule offered by these services gives us all time to reflect on the reason and purpose for our being at sea aboard PATRICK HENRY, and reinforces our faith that what we are doing is contributing materially to the defense of the free world.

The hours at sea spent in the routine of watch-standing, maintenance and repair work, emergencies and emergency drills, and off-duty pursuits pass by quickly. When the patrol is finished the welcome smell of fresh air is only a prelude to the long-awaited mail from home we receive upon our return to port. Another patrol has been completed, and with it we have gained a sense of satisfaction in a hard job well done.

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Address by

GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR to Members of the Association of Graduates, U.S.M.A. The Corps of Cadets and Distinguished Guests upon his acceptance of

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E N E R A L Westmoreland, General Groves, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps: As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, "Where are you bound for, General.?" and when I replied, "West Point," he remarked, "Beautiful place, have you ever been there before.?"

N o h u m a n being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this. [Thayer A w a r d ] Coming from a profession I have served so long and a people I have loved so well, it fills me with an emotion I cannot express. But this award is not intended primarily to honor a personality, but to symbolize a great moral code—the code of conduct and chivalry of those who guard this beloved land of culture and ancient descent.

T h a t is the meaning of this medallion. For all eyes and for all time, it is an expression of the ethics of the American soldier. T h a t I should be integrated in this way with so noble an ideal arouses a sense of pride and yet of humility which will be with me always.

Duty—Honor—Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagination, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean. T h e unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase. Every pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and, I am sorry to say, some others of an entirely different character, will try to downgrade them even to the extent of mockery and ridicule. But these are some of the things they do. They build your basic character, they mold you for your future roles as the custodians of the nation's defense, they make you strong enough to know when you are weak, and brave enough to face yourself when you are afraid. They teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute words for actions, nor to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress and spur of difficulty and challenge; to learn to stand up in the storm but to have compassion on those who fall; to master SHIPMATE

yourself before you seek to master others; to have a heart that is clean, a goal that is high; to learn to laugh yet never forget how to weep; to reach into the future yet never neglect the past; to be serious yet never to take yourself too seriously; to be modest so that you will remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. They give you a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure over love of ease. They create in your heart the sense of wonder, the unfailing hope of what next, and the joy and inspiration of life. They teach you in this way to be an officer and a gentleman.

And what sort of soldiers are those you are to lead.? Are they reliable, are they brave, are they capable of victory.? Their story is known to all of you; it is the story of the American man-at-arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefield many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then as I regard him now—as one of the world's noblest figures, not only as one of the finest military characters but also as one of the most stainless. His name and fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty he gave—all that mortality can give. H e needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. H e has written his own history and written it in red on his enemy's breast. But when I think of his patience under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. H e belongs to history as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism; he belongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom; he belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by his achievements. In 20 campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people. From one end of the world to the other he has drained deep the chalice of courage.

As I listened to those songs of the glee club, in memory's eye I could see those staggering columns of the First World W a r , bending under soggy packs, on many a weary march from dripping dusk to drizzling dawn, slogging ankle-deep through the mire of shell-pocked roads, to form grimly for the attack, blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, chilled by the wind and rain; driving home to their objective, and, for many, to the judgment seat of God. I do not know the dignity of their birth but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory.

Always for them—Duty—Honor—Country; always their blood and sweat and tears as we sought the way and the light and the truth.

And 20 years after, on the other side of the globe, again the filth of m u r k y foxholes, the stench of ghosdy trenches, the slime of dripping dugouts; those boiling suns of relentless heat, those torrential rains of devastating storms; the loneliness and utter desolation of jungle trails, the bitterness of long separation from those they loved and cherished, the deadly pestilence of tropical disease, the horror of stricken areas of war; their resolute and determined defense, their swift and sure attack, their indomitable purpose, their complete and decisive victory—always victory. Always through the bloody haze of their last reverberating shot, the vision of gaunt, ghastly men reverently following your password of Duty— Honor—Country.

T h e code which those words perpetuate embraces the highest moral laws and will stand the test of any ethics or philosophies ever promulgated for the uplift of mankind. Its requirements are for the things that are right, and its restraints are from the S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR receives the SylvQnus Thayer Medal from Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, President of the Association of Graduates, USMA, at West Point, N. Y., on 12 May 1962.

things that are wrong. T h e soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training—sacrifice.

In battle and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those divine attributes which his Maker gave when H e created man in His own image. N o physical courage and no brute instinct can take the place of the divine help which alone can sustain him. However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.

You now face a new world—a world of change. T h e thrust into outer space of the satellite, spheres and missiles marked the beginning of another epoch in the long story of mankind —the chapter of the space age. In the five or more billions of years the scientists tell us it has taken to form the earth, in the three or more billion years of development of the h u m a n race, there has never been a greater, a more abrupt or staggering evoludon. W e deal now not with things of this world alone, but with the illimitable distances and as yet unfathomed mysteries of the universe. W e are reaching out for a new and boundless frontier. W e speak in strange terms: of harnessing the cosmic energy; of making winds and tides work for us; of creating unheard synthetic materials to supplement or even replace our old standard basics; of purifying sea water for our drink; of mining ocean floors for new fields of wealth and food; of disease preventatives to expand life into the hundred of years; of controlling the weather for a more equitable distribution of heat and cold, of rain and shine; of space ships to the moon; of the primary target in war, no longer limited to the armed forces of an enemy, but instead to include his civil populations; of ultimate conflict between a united h u m a n race and the sinister forces of some other planetary galaxy; of such dreams and fantasies as to make life the most exciting of all time.

And through all this welter of change and development, your mission remains fixed, determined, inviolable—it is to win our wars. Everything else in your professional career is but corollary to this vital dedication. All other public purposes, all other public projects, all other public needs, great or srnall, will find others for their accomplishment; but you are the ones who are trained to fight; yours is the profession of arms {Continued on page 65) 13

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY FACULTY REORGANIZATION In conformance with the desire of the Board of Trustees, the President of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Navy expressing the Alumni Association's vietvs on the reorganization of the Naval Academy faculty.

Admiral Wright's letter to the Sea-etary is reproduced heretvith together with the Secretary's reply.

1 August 1962 The Honorable Fred Korth Secretary of the Navy 4E 710, The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy informed us of your letter of May 22, 1962, which directed the reorganization of the faculty of the Naval Academy involving the gradual replacement, with a few exceptions, of ofiBcer personnel by civilian professors in all academic departments, other than Naval Science, and the placement of all academic departments under a Dean of Academics who would be a civilian educator.

The Board of Trustees has examined your Directive most carefiJly, and from the background of their own Naval Academy education and training and subsequent experience in naval administration and command, have endeavored realistically to appraise its future effects. The Board of Trustees views this as a very drastic change in the organization of the Naval Academy and as one that will have an adverse effect on the graduates and on the future of the Navy. They have requested me to bring a summation of their views to the attention of the Secretary of the Navy.

The Trustees are well aware of the serious educational problems in these times of fantastically rapid changes and advances in science and technology. The need for top quality instructional talent is self-evident, if recognized, and is whole-heartedly endorsed by the Board of Trustees. However, it is necessary to continually examine the scope of the duties devolving upon the officer corps of the Navy and to tailor their education and training to fit the requirements of their future lives in the Navy.

The sole reason for the Naval Academy is to educate and train selected young men to be naval officers for service in the Fleets and ultimately for command at sea of our naval forces: ship, submarine and aircraft. Graduates of the Naval Academy must have not only mental and physical accomplishments but in addition special attributes of character, willing subordination to discipline, ability to lead and follow intelligendy and loyally and above all a dedication to service and country.

The question of motivation of midshipmen of the Naval Academy toward a career in the Navy has always been and must continue to be of serious and deep concern not only to the Superintendent, the Commandant and to all officers on duty at the Naval Academy, but to all career officers, active and retired. Their indoctrination toward a career in the Navy involves extensive contacts with those who have firsthand knowledge and experience in military leadership and of the 14

environment in which it is practiced. We feel that the contacts of midshipmen with career naval officers, continuing throughout their entire undergraduate course, is the best if not the only assurance of a high percentage of the young officers motivated to a life in the Navy. The problem will be made much more difficult if the opportunities for these contacts are limited as they would be as a result of your Directive.

In this connection, we would like to invite your attention to the NROTC programs of our colleges and universities. Here splendid young men get an excellent education in the finest universities in the world, an education predominandy under civilian direction and civilian professors with a limited proportion of contacts with naval officers at the universities and on summer cruises. The percentage of young officers from our NROTC units who remain in the Navy as a career is extremely low and it is doubtful that it will rise much above its present figure despite all our efforts to increase it. The same considerations apply to college graduates who obtain commissions through the Officer Candidate School program. We feel that the ultimate result of your Directive will tend toward a parallel of this situation.

The Alumni Association takes great pride in the splendid educational record of the Naval Academy and in its contribution to the officer personnel of the Navy. Their interest and pride are based upon a lifetime of association, both professional and personal. The Association includes many members who have attained outstanding success not only in the military profession but in a wide variety of fields in civil life, including education. The Association believes that the Navy list includes a more than adequate number of officers qualified to meet the requirements of officer professors and for any senior educational position on the faculty. In this connection the Board of Trustees would recommend that basically qualified officers, selected for teaching assignments at the Naval Academy, be given appropriate additional instruction prior to assignment at Annapolis. This accords with the views of the Board of Visitors as set forth in their most recent report. It is noted that the Board of Visitors did not recommend the faculty reorganization under civilian direction which your Directive prescribes. No Board of Visitors in the past decade has made such recommendation.

Recently, the Special Advisory Commission on Future Development of Academy Facilities stated that the assignment of officers to the faculty from the Fleet brings midshipmen into contact with those aspects of naval life which derive from experience at sea, including leadership, command responsibility, and fleet operating practices which only the professional seagoing officer can impart. The Commission also endorsed the current combination of civilian teachers and officers as constituting a properly balanced faculty.

We believe that the requirement that the Dean of Academics must be a civilian will have a divisive effect within the Naval Academy under the very necessarily tight scheduling of time, effort and resources between academic subjects, military subjects and military training. The allocation of time and resources at the Naval Academy, in all fields of education and training, should be made against a well established background of the {Continued on page 16) SHIPMATE

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USNA FACULTY REORGANIZATION {Continued from page 14) requirements of the Fleets, a background which can best be provided by experience.

In summary, we believe that the record of the Naval Academy in the field of education and training of military officers compares very favorably with other universities, both civilian and military, in the United States. We recognize that improvements can be made but we urge that we retain a proportion of officers in academic departments commensurate with the mission of the Naval Academy and that the predominantly naval aspects of the faculty organization be maintained. We believe that a drastic change in the composition of the faculty and its reorganization under civilian direction will result in a reduction in the military qualifications and career motivation of Naval Academy graduates, both so essential to the success of the Navy.

Respectfully yours, /s/

JERAULD WRIGHT

Admiral, U. S. Navy (Ret.) President, U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association August 29, 1962 Dear Admiral Wright: Your letter of 1 August setting forth the views of the Alumni Association Board of Trustees on education at the Naval Academy was appreciated. I was, of course, disappointed that the changes I deem necessary are interpreted by the Board as potentially damaging to the Academy in the performance of its mission. On the other hand, your letter gives me an opportunity to more fully inform you of the scope, intent and rationale of my 22 May policy directive than would have been appropriate in the directive itself. I sincerely regret that it has taken so long to reply.

It is apparent that technological, social and political changes in the world in which the Navy now operates and will continue to operate demand more educational background and teaching ability on the part of Naval Academy instructors in non-naval subjects than has been normally acquired by seagoing line officers. This requirement is amply borne out by the Folsom Report, the Moreell Report, reports of the Board of Visitors, and many other sources including the Naval Academy Council.

Past efforts to solve the problem have not produced the desired results. As noted by the Folsom Board in 1959: "Several factors seem to be hindering the assignment of additional competent officer faculty at the Naval Academy. Among these is a billet structure which requires assignment of a larger percentage of junior officers when there is an acute shortage in these ranks, particularly of individuals with adequate academic qualifications. Another seems to be a feeling on the part of many officers that a teaching assignment at the Naval Academy does not significantly contribute to career growth."

These factors still persist. In addition, with the increasing complexity of the Navy's weapons systems, there is an ever increasing demand for officers with special academic qualifications in billets other than the Academy. Furthermore, established career pattern requirements in the Navy preclude repeated tours of instructor duty for the outstanding unrestricted line officers with whom we are concerned.

It has often been noted that the faculties of the Air Force and Military Academies are composed entirely of officers. There are, however, important differences. First, even before my directive, the Naval Academy faculty has for many years in16

eluded a substantial percentage of civilian professors, and this has been generally considered within the Navy to constitute an advantage vis-a-vis the other service academies. But even more significandy, the officer instructors at the Military Academy constitute in effect a professional teaching corps. Lengthy and repeated tours are the rule, and officers in the program may aspire to high rank within their specialized teaching careers.

The Air Force Academy is patterned after the Military Academy, and it is anticipated that the career patterns of officer instructors will be comparable. Even if this concept were acceptable to the Navy, it is apparent that such teaching specialists will not provide significantly more motivation for command at sea than would a civilian professor. Another real obstacle would be the extreme difficulty if not impossibility of inducing a substantial number of outstanding career line officers to apply for such a program, unless a reasonable opportunity for flag rank were presented. I assume you will agree that nothing whatsoever would be gained if other than outstanding and potentially successful career line officers were attracted.

The present Navy program under which some 20 to 25 officers per year receive a year of post-graduate training prior to embarking on their tours of instructors has proven inadequate. Only 14.5% of the 269 officer instructors at the Academy hold advanced degrees. That it has proven impossible to increase substantially the number receiving such training, in view of the Navy-wide requirements, is indicated by the fact that only 22 such officers will commmence such training in the fall of 1962.

While the retention of 182 highly-qualified officers in the non-naval subject faculty might be desirable, the attainment of this end would require that the Navy change longstanding, traditional career patterns. Junior officers who aspire to command at sea cannot be expected to sacrifice career-building sea time to take post-graduate work in non-naval subjects and instruct for one or more three-year tours.

Even if there were enough junior officers to permit such career patterns to be set up (and // they would volunteer in sufficient numbers), the very act of setting aside the sea duty requirements in order to provide them with the necessary education for use in subsequent repeated instructor duty would make the instructor non-seagoing types, thus defeating the original purpose of having officers instead of civilians.

With these limitations on the possibility of increasing qualifications of the officer faculty in mind, a closer look at the directive as it relates to the present faculty is in order.

The policy directive at issue calls for the replacement of officers with civilians "on a phased basis" in only the two academic divisions of (1) Science and Engineering and (2) Social Sciences and the Humanities. The Naval Science Division, which includes Command, Weapons, Leadership, Navigation, Seamanship, Operations, Strategy, Oceanography, etc., is not affected. Nor, of course, is the Executive Department which deals with the daily life of the Midshipmen, and includes the Physical Education Department. Furthermore, the directive specifically exempts from replacement any officer who possesses requisite educational and teaching qualifications. With this in mind, the following statistics are significant: The present allowances of the affected Departments are:

Officer Engineering Science Math English, History & Govt.

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T h e total teaching faculty of the Naval Academy, not including the Physical Education Department, or other non-academic activities, is about 486. Even if all of the 182 officers of the affected departments are replaced (a result not mandatory under the directive), they comprise only 3 7 % of the present faculty.

T h e Chief of Naval Personnel has proposed a gradual procurement of civilian professors over a five-year period. This appears reasonable. This would mean an average procurement of 28 professors a year in the technical field. Again it is emphasized that this is a maximum requirement, which would apply only in the event that no qualified officers could be provided.

If all of the officer instructors in non-naval subjects were replaced (again this is not a requirement in the directive), the maximum loss in "motivating time" from that which now exists would, over the entire course, average less than one hour per day during the academic year. There would be no loss, of course, during summer periods. In contrast to this short period, the profound influence of the Executive Department is felt by the midshipman almost every waking moment when he is not in class. T h u s , the change of something less than an hour a day by which a midshipman would be instructed in non-naval subjects by a civilian rather than by a career line officer would appear to have an insignificant effect on motivation.

Any lessening of the effectiveness of the career motivation and character-building efforts of the Academy cannot be permitted, and the policy letter directing the change makes this quite clear.

However, a serious difference of opinion lies in the area of the degree to which an increase in civilian instruction time (from about 10 hours per week to 15 hours per week) will adversely affect motivation of midshipmen for command at sea.

Does the substitution of one hour per day of instruction by a civilian for the one hour per day presently spent under an officer produce such an adverse effect that it overrides the urgent requirements to raise the educational background of the instructors.?

T h e answer defies precise measurement. There are too many variables. Undoubtedly there are individual professors at Annapolis who can, and do, fire up the enthusiasm and imagination of the midshipmen as well as do some of the officer instructors.

Conversely, an officer who does not intend to make the Navy a sea-going career (there are 33 reserve and 19 staff or restricted duty officers on the non-naval subject faculty) may produce a greater "adverse motivation" effect than a neutral civilian instructor. Finally, who is to judge how much, if any, of the officer-instructed hour under consideration is actually spent in "motivating" or character-building, and how much of it is spent in simply teaching the subject.?

There are many other considerations, but the most important one is simply this: There is no way of measuring the degree of a possible adverse effect of increasing civilian instruction by one hour per day. Even if it is assumed that the motivation balance at the Academy is so critical that it would be upset by increasing instruction by civilians (in non-naval subjects) by one hour per day, there still remain many hours a day plus weekends and summers for organized activities (drills, formations, exercises, boating, recreation, athletics, Bancroft Hall life itself, etc.) under direct naval leadership and supervision.

These hours, plus the weeks and months at sea and the hours in naval science classes, certainly appear to provide sufficient time for motivation, character-building, and disciplineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly in view of the caliber of the midshipmen themselves and their pre-entry profession, in writing, of an earnest and sincere desire to follow the sea. I am convinced that it is well within the power of the Executive Department to offset any 18

loss of motivation caused by the one hour per day change of instructors.

In connection with the above, you may be interested to know that during the lengthy period of study, evaluation and exchange of correspondence which preceded the issuance of the directive, the Chief of Naval Personnel informed me that he disagreed with a certain proposal which would have eliminated all officer instructors except in a few courses in the Command and Weapons Departments. H e stated that "There are naval officers with advanced degrees and outstanding teaching abilities who can be assigned to the instruction of such subjects as mathematics, engineering, English, history, government, etc."

I quite agree, and for that reason specifically provided in the directive for the retention or assignment of such officers to teach non-naval subjects.

With regard to the appointment of a civilian Dean of Academics, I must return to the point, on which I have found no disagreement, that accelerated improvement of education at the Naval Academy is essential. But improvement will depend on hard, sustained, everyday effort at the Academy itself. A grave and heavy responsibility is placed upon the Superintendent, who is not, and cannot be, a professional educator. It thus seems elementary that he is entitled to the best professional assistance which the Navy can provide.

I am sure that you will be interested to know that, prior to the issuance of the policy directive, the Chief of Naval Personnel informed me that he "heartily endorsed" the concept of a civilian Dean, providing he was responsible to the Superintendent. I certainly agreed that he should have no authority independent of the Superintendent, and so, in the directive, I clearly specified that the Dean was to "report to and assist" the Superintendent.

T h e Chief of Naval Personnel, in expressing his endorsement of the Dean concept, stated that an additional benefit to be expected therefrom would be assistance in the "continued efforts to attract high quality civilian faculty members and to increase greatly the number of civilians on the faculty."

As a final comment, I do not believe that reference to the retention rate of N R O T C graduates is particularly relevant.

As indicated in the discussion relating to the composition of the faculty, the directive will in no way equate the Academy to a civilian university. Also, a considerable difference in initial motivation might be expected between Naval Academy midshipmen and N R O T C students. Finally, the retention rate of N R O T C graduates is higher than generally recognizedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;currently about 2 9 % . As you may know, an N R O T C graduate, until last year, was required affirmatively to apply for retention as a regular officer on his completion of about 30 months of service. If he failed to apply, he was reappointed in the Naval Reserve in his 36th month and released from active duty at the end of his fourth year. T h u s many N R O T C graduates were lost through indecision. T h e law now provides that N R O T C graduates are on an equal footing with Naval Academy graduatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and, like such graduates, must resign after their period of obligated duty if they wish to terminate their naval careers. This change is expected to result in a retention rate of N R O T C graduates even greater than that presently experienced.

I hope that the above discussion will serve to place my directive in proper perspective, and that you will pass along this information to the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association. Should you feel that this letter or any part of it would be of as much interest to readers of Shipmate magazine as the highly critical letter from Professor Huntington (page 16, August issue), you have my permission to offer it for publication to the editors.

Sincerely, /s/

FRED K O R T H S H I P M A T E

WELCOME ABOARD

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H E U . S. Naval Academy Alumni Association extends a hearty and sincere welcome to our fellow-alumnus, Charlie Kirkpatrick '31, upon his assumption of command as the 42nd Superintendent of the Naval Academy. W e wish him all the best in enjoyment and success in meeting the challenges of his high office.

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Every former midshipman remembers well the awe and respect with which he re garded the "Supe," but few gave conscious thought to the great responsibility which is part and parcel of the office of Superintendent. Kirk faces problems of transitionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;problems of the Naval Academy in the Age of Space. Not the least of these are the Future Development of Academic Facilities for the U . S. Naval Academy (Moreell Commission Report), and the implementation of the Secretary of the Navy's directive concerning the civilian faculty at the Academy. In view of Kirk's experience and ability we are confident his decisions will be sound, and that in all matters he will give maximum weight to that which is of m a x i m u m benefit to the Naval Academy.

A native of San Angelo, Texas, Kirk enlisted in the Navy at the age of nineteen. H e was appointed to the Naval Academy from the Fleet in 1927 and graduated with the Class of 1931.

A submariner, he had his training at the Submarine School, N e w London, Connecticut, in 1933, and subsequently served in the newly commissioned submarine CUTTLEFISH and the submarines CACHALOT and S-42. After duty in the Executive Department at the Naval Academy during 1938 and 1939, he had consecutive staff duty with Commander Destroyer Flotilla One, Battle Force; Commander Destroyers, Battle Force; and the Commander in Chief, U . S. Pacific Fleet.

In 1942-43, he commanded the submarine TRITON on three successful war patrols, during which time that submarine was credited with sinking 22,949 tons of enemy shipping. In 194344 he had duty as Aide and Flag Lieutenant on the staff of the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and in September 1944 became Commanding Officer of the newly commisSEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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Commander Submarine Division Eight-One; and as Plans Officer on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S.Atlantic Fleet, and Director, Plans on the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic ( t h e first inter-ocean staff in history). Also from 1946 to 1948 he had duty as Executive Officer of the N R O T C Unit at the University of Colorado. Since December 1951 he has commanded Submarine Squadron T w o ; served with the Chairman's Staff Group, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D . C , and has been Chief of Staff to the Commander United States Taiwan Defense Command.

In December 1957 he assumed the duty of Chief of Information, Navy Department, and remained in that assignment until June 1960. On August 24, that year, he assumed command of Amphibious Group One, U . S. Pacific Fleet. In July 1961 he became Commander Training Command, Pacific Fleet. H e was named by the Secretary of the Navy on May 15, 1962, to become Superintendent, U . S. Naval Academy, and Commandant, Severn River Naval Command.

Kirk married the former Lalla Branch of Quitman, Georgia, on 24 October 1932. They have two children, Lalla Branch and Shelley S. Kirkpatrick.

T o Lalla and Kirk we wish a most happy, successful and rewarding sojourn on the banks of the Severn.

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H E R E are three aspects of "family finance" of interest to those living on fixed and rather limited incomes, as most naval officers must. One is how to determine the virtual (as differentiated from the apparent) effect on total monthly expenditures of predictable expenditures, often of considerable size, that occur only occasionally, such as a real-estate tax.

Another is how to determine u^ell in advance the bank balance that will be needed to meet such expenditures, so it can be arranged for methodically. T h e third is how to establish a monthly system of accounting that will supply the information for the other two and also develop naturally into a practical budget system.

Item 1 comprises eight kinds of expenditures that in the writer's case have proved to be closely predictable in total amount over the year. T h e reader might question inclusion of beverages but the total per year has proved predictable within close limits and the disbursements are large enough (due to buying by the case) to render their inclusion desirable, particularly when they occur in the same month with other large disbursements.

On the basis of the writer's 1959 records he estimated that the total of Item 1 for the year of 1960 probably would be about $2320, or an assumed monthly average of $193. This is Item 5 of Fig. 1. Having established this (which should be feasible from check-book stubs for those who lack records), the steps of the Fig. 1 analysis can now be explained.

On the basis of considerable experience, the writer offers the following suggestions for coping with these aspects. T o give his suggestion validity he has drawn on his own records for examples.

Item 2 is the monthly total of all Item 1 expenditures.

Item 3 is the total expended for all purposes. It of course includes Item 2; but the actual expenditures of Item 2 in any one month are not properly attributable to that month alone.

If an expenditure is annual, such as a real-estate tax or an insurance premium, only one-twelfth actually belongs to that month; and if quarterly, only one-third. For an irregular expenditure, such as the writer's expenditures for fuel oil which occur irregularly three times a year when filling a 1000-gallon

The V i r t u a l EfFects of A n n u a l , Q u a r t e r l y a n d irregularly-spaced Predictable Expenditures Fig. 1 is the analytical device used by the writer to determine these effects. It covers 1960 and was filled in month by month as the year progressed. Note the Item numbers in the leftmargin column.

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On this basis, if Item 2 is subtracted from Item 3 (to obtain Item 4) and the assumed monthly average of Item 5 is added (bringing the proper proportion of all Item 1 expenditures into the picture), we will have in Item 6 the virtual total expenditure for the month. Comparing this with the available income for the month (Item 7) gives us in Item 8 the virtual under or over expenditure for the month. It is often far different from the actual one, and much more realistic as an indication of how one is doing financially. Here are some examples: In fuly the total expenditure for the month was only $409, suggesting a considerable under expenditure since the available income was $630; but the analysis shows the under expenditure actually (or I should say, virtually) was only $40. Item 2 was only $12, in comparison with $193 of Item 5, so the difference of $181 indicates that there must have been another cause. T h e writer was able to find this from his records (illustrated by Figures 3 and 4, explained later). T h u s , the analysis drew his attention to other and unpredictable expenditures some of which were in the nature of extravagances. July, with its low predictable expenditures, was a good month for extravagances.

In August, the whopping total of $1203 (Item 2) suggests a heavy over expenditure but the analysis shows a virtual under expenditure of $278. This resulted in part from a Veterans Insurance dividend of $214, but there was a saving of $64 due to reduction from the normal rate of expenditure for other purposes—doubtless a reflex from the writer's apprehension over the heavy disbursements (Item 1) he knew he would have to make in August. The analysis \eeps him alert to such things.

October is another interesting case. T h e total expended for the month is $45 under the available income, yet there is a considerable over expenditure. T h e writer's records (Figures 3 and 4) revealed the cause to have been a rash of expenditures in the $19 to $36 range for such items as a veterinary bill, maintenance of home and household equipment, automobile repairs and personal expenses. This ability to check the reason for variations in virtual expenditures has proved a valuable feature of the writer's accounting system.

The December analysis reveals a large virtual over expenditure, but the accounting system shows this to have resulted chiefly through repayment of a loan. Incidentally, this repayment resulted in a reduction of interest payments for 1961. See the extreme right hand column of Fig. 1, Item 1(f).

It should be noted that available income (Item 7) is net, after deduction of Federal Income Tax withheld, and allotments for Navy Mutual Aid and Veterans Insurance. If a reader gets Social Security, that is added in toto, since it is tax exempt.

As a final comment on the analysis, note the total of $2288 for Item 2 for 1960. Divided by 12, this amounts to approximately $190.70 per month, slighdy less than the $193 (Item 5) that had been estimated. T h u s , the figure of $42 over expended for the year (Item 9, under December) should be reduced by about $27. This shows the virtue of estimating Item 5 high rather than low.

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by Items 1, 2 and 3 of Fig. 1 and the diagram of Fig. 2, as follows: (1) F r o m your records, or your check-book stubs if you did not keep records, fill in on a form like Fig. 1 the monthly expenditures for those components of Fig. 1, Item 1, that suit your case. For instance, if you live in a rented apartment with heat supplied, fuel oil would be eliminated; and if your beverage consumption was small and purchases were in small quantities, beverages could be eliminated. Such items as rent or time-payments on a car or an expensive household appliance should not be included, regardless of the amount, since they occur each month; but perhaps this statement should be amended to include time payments for the first few months until they have become routine and thus a recognized regular part of one's monthly expenditures.

(2) Add up and record the totals comprising Item 2.

(3) Fill in the totals expended for all purposes each month (Item 3 ) . If you are curious and your records are adequate, you can go ahead with a complete analysis like Fig. 1 and find out how you really stood, month by month, in 1961. This would be a good "dry r u n " in preparation for your analysis and records for 1962.

(4) On a month-dollar graph (Fig. 2) draw a jagged full line representing your total expenditures for each month of 1961. This should reveal your critical months for 1962. Fig. 2 has been drawn with the data from the writer's records for 1960, as indicated in Fig. 1. T h e critical months for 1960 obviously were March, August and December, as shown by the peaks of the jagged line.

(5) Note that there is little in Item 1 to explain why either March or December were critical. T h e total of Item 2 is a hundred dollars higher in April than in March, and for December it is very low. But from his records (similar to Figures 3 and 4) the writer quickly found that in March he and his wife made a trip to Florida (for which she bought special clothes) and in December they paid off a loan of $366. Subtraction of these unusual items eliminates March and December from the cricital category, as is shown by dotted lines below the jagged line for these months.

W e are interested now in how to determine and maintain a check-book balance that will enable predictable expenditures to be met without serious strain and at the same time provide a sufficient margin to meet minor emergencies. By minor emergencies is meant those not serious enough to necessitate arranging a loan to deal with them—-that is, if an adequate checkbook balance has been maintained. Reference is to chec\-boo\ balance rather than bank balance because the latter is usually larger than the former by the amount of checks that have not

(6) August, however, remained definitely critical. T h e writer's records showed no unusual expenditures other than those of Item 1 which totaled $830. Note however that this includes $122 for fuel oil which was delivered in July and could have been paid for in July; also $110 for beverages which obviously with forethought could have been bought in July.

Thus, $232 of the $830 could have been transferred to July.

T h e dotted line of Fig. 2 shows the deletion of $232 from August and its transfer to July.

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(7) To this modified and more moderate graph, the desired check-book margin of safety can be added. In Fig. 2 this has been assumed as $500. This establishes three peaks above the dotted lines: $1148 in March, $1471 in August and $1227 in December. On this basis, the writer established as his "adequate check-book balance" the inclined dashed line from $1000 in January to $1500 in August. It could be dropped again to about $1225 in December, indicating that about $225 could safely be transferred in December to a savings account or used to pay off part of an outstanding loan.

(8) Note the amounts indicated for each month from January to August where the inclined dashed line cuts the month line. For any of these months, if the check-book balance at the end of the preceding month plus the normal income due in that month equals or exceeds the indicated amount, there would be an adequate balance. Note the reference to normal accretions of income; other accretions including Federal Income Tax rebate and Veterans Insurance dividend should not be included. They will appear automatically in the improved checkbook balance at the end of the month in which received.

Monthly Check-Book-Stub Accounting To obtain the information necessary for his analysis, the writer maintains a monthly record of all expenditures by chec\ as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. The contents and arrangement are adequate and suited to his purposes but would have to be modified slighdy for some others. For example, since he owns his home there is no item for rent. Also, as will appear, his use of the record does not meet the needs of those who want a true budget in that such items as food and clothing are not completely isolated and tabulated separately. Variations from the writer's procedure to obtain a true budget (which would require a detailed account of all cash expenditures) should be apparent to those interested.

For his monthly record the writer uses a "counter book" (1554 by 6% inches) which he rules as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The book opens to a usable width of about 12 inches.

Two pages accommodate Fig. 3 and the next two take care of Fig. 4. A final two pages are used for Fig. 1; six pages take care of each year.

When a month's expenditures have been recorded in Figures 3 and 4, the information required for Fig. 1 is readily found and transferred, since the sequence of items in Fig. 1 is the same as the order in which they appear in Figures 3 and 4.

The writer applies the following rules in using his check book, to ensure he has all the information needed: (a) He deposits all income in the bank, so that all expenditures shall be covered by check-book stubs. (b) When writing a check that involves more than one item of Figures 3 or 4, he makes a break-down on the stub at the time he writes the chec\. For an example, see the entries for May in Figures 3 and 4. The telephone bill recorded in line 12 of Fig. 3 as $12.60 was paid by a check in the amount of $14.11, but the stub broke this down into phone bill and tax, and the tax was entered separately in line 19 of Fig. 4. This procedure is helpful in the computation of Federal Income Tax exemptions. (c) He uses a large check book (3 checks per page) at home and carries a pocket-size check book for occasions when checks must be written away from home. Immediately on returning home he transfers entries to the home check book (in the space between entries for regular checks) and uses the back of the stubs for the preceding 3 checks for a description (including any breakdown) of the expenditure.

The following explanations of the writer's personal system seem desirable, since they indicate wherein his system deviates from a true budget and may be of interest for other reasons.

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Cash in $50 amounts is usually drawn each Monday by the writer's wife who uses it for food and pocket money. It also covers laundry and her clothing, but in a roundabout manner as will appear. It has proved more than she needs, so occasionally she skips a week.

Items of food paid for directly by chec\, as listed in lines 8 and 9 of Fig. 3, are rebated by her to the writer in cash, as is the laundry bill. It is in this way that he gets the cash for commissary gasoline, newspapers, postage and minor personal cash expenditures. Her large personal expenditures, as for shoes and clothing, are usually charged and thus paid for by check, but she also rebates these in cash (having saved it up), and the cash may then be given her the following Monday in lieu of a check. In this way, the tedious business of keeping a record of cash expenditures—a record likely to be marred by failure to record some items through forgetfulness—is obviated.

Beverages are bought by the case, pardy because of the considerable rate of consumption but also to obtain savings with some items.

Expenditures for health are presented in an arrangement that simplifies computation of income-tax exemptions, as shown in Fig. 4. All these items are paid for by check. Minor non-medical purchases at the drug store are paid for with cash, in order that the drug-store bill shall be limited to medicine and medical equipment, in case an Internal Revenue inspector should inquire.

All fully deductible items for Federal Income Tax are grouped under Item 10 of Fig. 4. Miscellaneous non-deductible ones, including several big ones such as insurance premiums, dues and an occasional expensive present, comprise Item 11. When paying club dues, the total is broken down on the stub to isolate Federal tax which is then entered among "other direct taxes" in line 17 of Fig. 4.

Predictable heavy expenditures can be brought to mind well in advance by oudining in red the locations in Figures 3 and 4—for the entire year—where these expenditures will be entered when they occur. To illustrate this, such locations have been indicated by means of dashed lines in lines 13 and 14 of Fig. 3 and lines 14, 20 and 24 of Fig. 4. These "boxes" have proved helpful in avoiding such heavy monthly expenditures as that of August 1960 shown in Fig. 1, by advancing some controllable expenditures to the month ahead (as described earlier) and delaying others.

The grand total at the bottom of Fig. 4 is the amount to be entered in the analysis of Fig. 1 as Item 3.

Finally, the writer's records and analysis have thrown a sharp light on several aspects of family finance of particular interest to many officers who are facing retirement. Those who will be free to choose their retirement locality—free, that is, from such limiting influences as property ownership and ties of family and close friendship—should consider such matters as these: (a) Proximity to a naval hospital has advantages but also disadvantages. Medical-officer turnover at naval hospitals is too rapid for development of a satisfactory family-doctor relationship which becomes increasingly important with advancing age.

Also, many women do not find naval hospitals (where her husband's rank usually is scrupulously disregarded) as satisfactory as private ones. In the writer's case these considerations are reflected in his Blue Cross membership and doctor's bills. (b) Proximity to a commissary is obviously desirable, but the long-range availability of commissaries is questionable. They are under continuous attack by retail business associations and are probably available now only because of the pressure for fringe benefits to hold active personnel in service due to the Cold War. SHIPMATE

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tation on retirement might be well advised to shun localities where he could not avoid involvement in considerable social activity. (d) Heating costs can be high. The writer's annual fuel bill, now exceeding $400, presumably will increase with inflation.

Even so, it is comparatively low considering the climate, since it includes heating water and his modern home is fully insulated. Those considering buying an old house in a cold climate should give this consideration. Obviously, Florida and Southern California have their advantages.

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H I S is my first report since relieving Rear Admiral John F .

Davidson as Superintendent on 18 August. W e all wish the Davidsons the best of good luck as they leave their many good friends here for the trip cross-country to San Diego.

I am proud and honored to be aboard, particularly at this time. T h e Naval Academy like the rest of our splendid Navy is rapidly changing to stay ahead of today's many tremendous technological advances. Lots of momentum is already built up, with the new curriculum completing a highly successful third year, and a major planning effort for new facilities being rapidly converted into budget action.

In all of this I am staunchly supported by Captain Charles S. Minter as Commandant and Captain Robert W . McNitt as Secretary of the Academic Board. W i t h these fine seagoing officers leading the way for our dedicated officers, civilian faculty and staff, I know that the Naval Academy is well on the way to the most inspiring achievements in its 117-year-old history.

and the plebes, and creates a wealth of understanding and good will between the parents and ourselves. I was happy to report that the Class of '66 is bigger, smarter (judging by College Entrance Board scores) and livelier than any preceding class.

In every way they have responded well to this summer's more intense indoctrination, creating an all-around reputation for excellence.

Football practice began 21 August at Quonset Point in preparation for one of the toughest schedules ever faced by Navy. Wayne Hardin was cautiously optimistic as 24 lettermen from last year's fine team reported for drill. This year should show another outstanding plebe team with 300 enthusiastic candidates suited up for the first day of practice.

W e look forward to seeing many of you Weekend.

With warmest regards.

Homecoming

This year's Parents' Open House Weekend was a great success with 3301 parents, guardians and friends of the new fourth class on board in perfect weather. This annual event, started by Vice Admiral Harry W . Hill thirteen years ago, has proven to be tremendously popular with both the families

Left to right: VAdm. Raborn, Mrs. Griffin, VAdm. Griffin, Mrs. Lankford, Mrs. Ricketts, Adm. Ricketts, Mrs. Burke, Adm. Burke, Mrs. Smedberg, VAdm. Smedberg, Secretary Korth, Mrs. Davidson, RAdm. Davidson.

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HE COMMAND of the Naval Academy and the Severn River Naval Command changed 18 August when RAdm. Charles C. Kirkpatrick, USN, relieved RAdm. John F. Davidson, USN. The Change in Command Ceremony took place on Worden Field where the Plebe Regiment passed in review for the new and outgoing superintendents, and for a crowd of about 1500 which had gathered for the ceremony.

Admiral and Mrs. Davidson departed from the Naval Academy immediately after the ceremony on Worden Field.

Admiral Kirkpatrick as new superintendent hosted a luncheon at the Superintendent's Quarters following the ceremony.

Among the guests were: Congressman and Mrs. Richard E. Lankford, the Secretary of the Navy, Admiral and Mrs. Claude V. Ricketts, Admiral and Mrs. Arleigh Burke, Vice Admiral Herbert D. Riley, Vice Admiral and Mrs. Charles D. Griffin, Vice Admiral and Mrs. George F. Beardsley, Vice Admiral and Mrs. William F. Raborn, Jr., and Vice Admiral and Mrs. William R. Smedberg, III. Also present were Mayor and Mrs. Joseph H. Griscom, Sr., of Annapolis.

The Change in Command Ceremony began promptly at 11:00 a.m. when the Plebe Regiment marched onto Worden Field. The day was sunny bright with a soft, cool breeze to make it comfortable. After the playing of the National Anthem, Admiral Davidson addressed the guests, and the midshipmen who were standing at parade rest before him.

In speaking to the Class of 1966 he said in part, ". . . if you do the best you can, you will win the respect and congratulations of everyone. You will be proud of yourself—and the man who is proud of himself—his appearance, his bearing, his manners, his skill, his knowledge—this man will have the confidence to lick the world. You in the Class of 1966 have made a great start. I am proud of you."

Admiral Davidson said that "this ceremony brings to a close for Mrs. Davidson and me two of the most active and challenging—and at the same time the most rewarding and satisfying—years of our lives."

Following his remarks Admiral Davidson read his orders and requested the Secretary of the Navy's permission to "haul down my Flag."

REAR ADMIRAL C. C. KIRKPATRICK, USN, addresses the Class of 1966, during Change of Command Ceremonies on Worden Field.

Admiral Kirkpatrick then read his orders and requested permission from the Secretary of the Navy to "break my Flag."

He then delivered a few extemporaneous remarks.

Following Admiral Kirkpatrick's remarks, the Plebe Regiment passed in review. Admiral Davidson took the review as Admiral Kirkpatrick's guest.

When the last company of midshipmen had passed the reviewing officers, the band played "California Here I Come."

Admiral Davidson's next duty will be in San Diego as Commander Training Command, Pacific Fleet.

Left to right: RAdm. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Miss Shelley Kirkpatrick, Copt. Minter, Mrs. Minter, Copt. Kelly, Mrs. Kelly, Adn ley, Mrs. Beardsley, Mrs. McCain, Mr. John Dillon, RAdm. McCain.

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USNA AND USMA ALUMNI FATHERS OF THE NEW PLEBE CLASS USNA 1916 *RAdm. Paul R. Glutting, USN (Ret.) 1917 *Mr. Herbert W. Jackson 1921 *Cdr. Lucius K. Scott, USN (Ret.) 1927 Cdr. James S. Coleman, Jr., USNR Supreme Court o£ Alabama Montgomery, Ala. RAdm. Harold S. Harnly, USN (Ret.) 122 Colonial Ridge Moorestown, N. J. RAdm. Charles J. Zondorak, USN (Ret.) 429 Clair Drive Pittsburgh 28, Pa. 1929 Cdr. Roland D. Blocksom, USNR (Ret.) 10 Clarke Road Harrington, R. I. LCdr. Samuel A. Lincoln, Jr., USNR Box 163 Alton, Iowa 1930 RAdm. Harry R. Canaday, USNR-R 1651 Jane St. Wantagh, L. I., N. Y. 1931 Capt. Robert A. Fitch, USN 100 Van Ness Los Angeles, Calif.

1932 RAdm. Emerson E. Fawkes, USN 2757 S. Ives St. Arlington 2, Va. 1933 Capt. David W. Davis, Jr., USN 2301 S. Inge St. Arlington, Va. Mr. Paul W. Martineau » 64 George St. 'i;t-}^ Fort Ann, N. Y. •* Capt. James R. Ogden, USN (Ret.) 101 Avondale Circle Severna Park, Md. 1934 Lt. (jg) Robert H. Davies, USN (Ret.) 156 Shawnee Trail Aurora, Ohio 1935 Mr. Lyle M. Blohm 613 Lakeside Drive Carlsbad, N. M. Capt. Glenn W. Clegg, USN 3516 Halcyon Drive Alexandria, Va. Cdr. D. W. Gilmore, USNR (Ret.) 1250 W. 61st Terrace Kansas City 13, Mo. Capt. John H. Lofland, Jr., (CEC) USN Qtrs. " Q , " NAS, North Island San Diego 35, Calif.

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*Cdr. George Philip, Jr., USN Capt. J. C. G. Wilson, USN 653 " B " Ave. Coronado, Calif.

1936 Capt. Otis R. Cole, Jr., USN 1218 N. Fairwater Drive Norfolk, Va. Capt. Thomas K. Kimmel, USN 8402 Ocean Front Virginia Beach, Va. Capt. Robert E. Odening, USN Qtrs. A, N.O.L., White Oaks Silver Spring, Md. Capt. David C. Richardson, USN Room 4E566, The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Cdr. William H. Wendel, USNR (Ret.) 5103 Forest Rd. Lewiston, N. Y. 1937 Cdr. Charles L. Browning, USN (Ret.) 323 Roney Drive Hopkinsville, Ky. Capt. William R. Crenshaw, USN 1060 Pine St. Coronado, Calif.

Capt. John C. Kelly, USN 604 Tyson Drive Falls Church, Va. Capt. Nelson P. Watkins, USN Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va.

Capt. Thomas J. Walker III, USN USS

1939 Capt. J. L. Abbot, Jr., USN 557 Windsor Rd. Virginia Beach, Va. Capt. David S. Bill, Jr., USN 11 Drury Lane Alexandria, Va. Cdr. Russell H. Bucklej', USN (Ret.) 931 Great Falls St. Falls Church, Va. Lt. Col. James I. Glendenning, Jr., USMC Route 1, Box 127 Chantilly, Va. *LCdr. John W. Magee, USN RAdm. C. G. Mendenhall, Jr., USN (Ret.) Industrial Nucleonics Corp.

650 Ackerman Rd. Columbus, Ohio

(CVA-64)

1940 Capt. William S. Ande, Jr., USN 549 West Jackson St. Petersburg, 111.

Capt. John I. Hardy, USN 5905 Kirby Rd. Bethesda 14, Md. Capt. Raymond E. Hill, USN 2610 S. Lynn St. Arlington 2, Va. Capt. Scott Lothrop, USN 6104 Kirby Rd. Bethesda, Md. *Lt. Charles Perry Mason, Jr., USN Capt. Lynn S. Orser, USN 4526 West Talmadge Drive San Diego, Calif.

Col. John H. Partridge, USMC Qtrs. 7, Fort Adams Newport, R. 1. *Cdr. John H. Rockwell, Jr., USN Colonel David C. Wolfe, USMC 838 Third St. Portsmouth, Ohio Mr. John H. Wright 10106 Kinross Ave. Silver Spring, Md. 1941 Cdr. Thomas E. Blount, USN (Ret.) 11006 Ralston Rd. Rockville, Md. Capt, Aubrey D. Engle, USN USS

1938 Cdr. James E. Brenner, Jr., USN (Ret.) 4052 Bernice Drive San Diego 7, Calif.

Capt. Monroe Kelly, Jr., USN 229 Pocahontas Drive Virginia Beach, Va. Capt. William N. Leonard, USN 1508 E. Oceanview Ave. Norfolk, Va. Lt. Paschal Martin, USNR P. O. Box 182 Longview, Texas Capt. Raphael Semmes, Jr., USN 22 S. Trunk Parkway Las Vegas, Nev.

CONSTELLATION

FPO New York

NANTAHALA

(AO-60)

FPO New York Capt. James P. Lynch, USN 4903 Longfellow Court McLean, Va. Capt. Joseph K. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.) 9 Sherwood Rd. Annapolis, Md. 1942 Mr. Layton S. Allen 196 Brecks Lane Wilmington 6, Del. Mr. Edward F. Hahnfeldt 206 Shackelford Drive Monroeville, Pa. Cdr. Robert J. Hanson, USN 30803 Rue Valois Palos Verdes, Calif.

Cdr. John S. Leilen, USN 421 Sergeant St. Joplin, Mo. Cdr. Eugene T. MacDonald, (SC) USN M.O.Q. D-12, USN Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk 21, Va. 1943 Capt. Norbert E. Aubrey, Jr., USN 601 Coral Ave. Pearl City, Hawaii Capt. Thomas R. McCants, USN NROTC Unit, Duke University Durham, N. C. Cdr. Myron L. Ogden, USN Boston Naval Shipyard Boston 29, Mass.

•Deceased SHIPMATE

Capt. Arthur P. Sibold, Jr., USN Staff CinCPacFlt, Navy 128 FPO San Francisco

1941

1924 Col. Donald G. Storck 9 Willow Circle Bronxville, N. Y.

1944 Cdr. James C. Lieber, USN 30 Baldridge Rd. Annapolis, Md. Maj. Tom H. Reynolds, USA 105 B N. Ock Drive Eau Gallic 7, Fla.

Col. P. H. Tansey, Jr. Qtrs. 47, USMA West Point, N. Y.

1935 Col. Kenneth P. Bergquist 806 A St. Scott AFB, 111.

Col. Daniel J. Murphy 350 N. Ridge Drive Tucson, Ariz.

1945 Cdr. Ralph G. Lipfert, USN 1145 S. Gate Drive, Northbridge Terr.

Charleston, S. C.

1942 Lt. Col. John W. Barnes 4218 - 47th St., N. W. Washington, D. C. Lt. Col. Stanton W. Josephson P. O. Box 135 Long Beach, Wash.

1936 Col. Thomas J. Lawlor 2179 Valentine Ave. Bronx 57, N. Y.

USMA

1913 Col. William C. Foote, USA (Ret.) 3408 Lowell St., N. W. Washington 16, D. C.

1943

1938

Lt. Col. William L. Starnes 2409 S. Inge St. Arlington, Va.

Col. John W. White 4 High St. Middlebury, Vt.

1962 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 22 Penn State ?.9 William & Mary.

(Homecoming)

.at University Park at Annapolis OCTOBER . at Minneapolis . . .at Annapolis

6 Minnesota 13 Cornell (Family Day) 20 Boston College.. .

27 Pittsburgh (Oyster Bowl)

at Norfolk NOVEMBER

3 Notre Dame 10 Syracuse 17 Southern California

at Philadelphia at Syracuse at Los Angeles DECEMBER

at Boston

1 Army

at Philadelphia

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1962

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ATHLETICS THREE COACHING CHANGES The Naval Academy Athletic Association has recently announced three coaching changes.

Art Potter, Navy Squash Coach for 12 seasons, has been given the additional assignment of coaching the tennis team. Potter was named to succeed Bill Bos, who resigned his position at the Academy to accept a job with the Wilson Sporting Goods Co. In 12 seasons as squash coach. Potter's Midshipmen show 107 victories against only 20 losses. The Middle squash rackets won the national team title in 1957 and 1959 and tied for the crown in 1953. Potter, a retired commander in the Naval Reserve, has been associated with the Navy tennis program for the past 10 seasons.

Dave Smalley, Navy basketball and baseball great who graduated in the Class of '57, is the new assistant to Basketball Coach Ben Carnevale.

Dave was captain of the Navy five for two seasons and won three letters in basketball and three in baseball. An outfielder, he took the Eastern League batting tide in 1956 with a .419 average.

Smalley was the recipient of the N.A.A.A. sword in 1957. Since his graduation, he has served in the Marine Corps.

Jack Cloud, an All-America fullback at William and Mary in 1950, moves up to the varsity football staff as coach of offensive backs and defensive linebackers. Cloud, Navy 150-pound coach for three seasons, served the junior varsity last year. An Air Force veteran. Cloud won AllSouthern Conference honors three times during his undergraduate days and still holds the conference mark for most touchdowns in a career (45). He played four seasons of professional football with the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins. He is a former head coach and athletic director at the Norfolk Naval Station.

FALL SPORTS PREVIEW Almost before the first fall leaf hit the Navy coaches had the cross country, sailing, lightweight football and soccer in various stages of preparation for the campaigns.

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The Midshipmen hit the practice field the day they reported back to the Academy for the new academic year. The task faced by Navy fall teams in '62 is a formidable one. The '61 squads (cross country, 150-pound football, soccer) carved a winning percentage of .680 with a record of 17 victories in 25 starts. The dinghy sailors recorded one first in eight races.

The general outlook for '62 is good. Cross country, buoyed by the addition of several bright prospects from the '61 plebe harriers, figures to show the greatest improvement. The soccer forces will be pressed to repeat the fine record (9-1-1) of last season but Coach Glenn Warner is not selling his squad short. A new coach, Lt. Don McKissock, takes over a veteran cast of lightweight footballers with high hopes for a second consecutive Eastern title. Another new coach, as yet unselected, inherits two sensational junior sailors and five other monogram winners to man the dinghies.

Individually, the breakdown looks like this: CROSS COUNTRY—]\m Gehredes, who has coached Navy cross country for 11 seasons, thinks he may have his best team in recent years. At any rate, the '62 harriers will "definitely be much stronger than the '61 squad," which won three of eight races.

The key to a successful cross country campaign is in the hands of the sophomores. As plebes last season, Gehredes' youngster crop never tasted defeat. The big adjustment will be running the five-mile course rather than the three-mile test run by the first-year men. Bob Sermier, a record-breaker in the plebe two-mile, rates top billing among the newcomers. Other youngsters who may be heard from are: Don Brown, Lynn Wegner, Bill Tate, Bob Starkey and Mike Scott.

Captain Joel Heine, a smooth-running senior from Malverne, N. Y., is one of five returning letterwinners. Ernest Detrick, a Minneapolis product, could challenge Heine for the top spot on the squad. The other " N " men in the picture are: Jim Howard, Dave Lapham and Mac Ricketts.

Summary: Young but talented . . . will be in every race.

The schedule: Oct. 6—Maryland; Oct. 13— Pitt; Oct. 20—St. John's and NYU at New York City; Oct. 27—at Penn State; Nov. 3—Georgetown; Nov. 9—Heptagonals at New York City, and Nov. 24—at Army.

DINGHY SAILING—The new sailing coach must rebuild around six lettermen. The sailors had only moderate success during the spring season after a disappointing campaign last fall.

Two second classmen—George Guedel and Walt Lenhard—provide a strong nucleus for the rebuilding effort.

Guedel, who learned his sailing in the waters around Seatde, Wash., was the top sailor on the squad last spring. He finished first 12 times in 47 races and scored an average of 3.51 points.

Lenhard averaged 3.88 and had five firsts in 34 races.

Captain Willard Umphrey, a highly-spirited competitor, has proven a competent sailor and Wayne Humphrey, a New Jersey junior, improved steadily during the spring. John Alford, formerly a crewman, will switch to skipper for the fall season. The additions from the '62 plebes are not expected to be of much help until springtime.

Summary: Always rate a chance when sailing on home waters in Navy boats. . . . Must rebuild but Guedel, Lenhard could ignite winning spark.

The schedule: Sept. 29—Team Race; Oct. 6-7— Nonagonal Regatta; Oct. 27-28—Nevin Trophy Regatta at Kings Point; Nov. 3-4—Schell Trophy Regatta at Cambridge, Mass; Nov. 10-11—Fall Monotype Championships and Nov. 17-18—War Memorial Trophy Regatta.

150-POUND FOOTBALL—In the Eastern 150-pound Football League, the word is: "Watch Navy." The Midshipmen, who wrapped up their second title in three seasons last year, look strong enough to repeat in '62. Coach Don McKissock can choose a starting eleven from 16 lettermen.

The linemen, if they can meet the 154-pound weight limitation, are mean and seasoned. The roster includes: Ends—Dennis Pignotd, Dave Lipscomb, Buzz DeBlois and Barry Banks; Tackles—^Ed Bush and Frank Spangcnberg; Guard—Harry Salmon, and Center—Tom Reemelin and Mac Davis.

The 150's are strongest in the backfield. John Kallestad, Clay Dugas, Bob VanBuren, Roger Granere and Brian Baumruk can turn on the jets and leave opposing defenses in the dust. Pat Wilkes,. Joe Fossella and Jack Zimmerman are always dangerous when the situation calls for a tough yard or two.

The question mark is at quarterback. Bob D'Ambrosio, a junior with only limited game experience, must take charge and run the ball club. D'Ambrosio has the natural ability but lacks the vital game time. The 150's must develop quarterback depth in early drills.

Summary: A repeat title is very possible. . . .

Quarterback holds the key. . . . An exciting team to watch.

The schedule: Oct. 6—Columbia; Oct. 20—at Rutgers; Oct. 27—Princeton; Nov. 3—at Pennsylvania; Nov. 10—Cornell and Nov. 16—at Army.

SOCCER—Twelve graduated lettermen, including All-America Right Halfback Neil Fagan, have left several holes in Glenn Warner's soccer lineup that finished the 1961 season. Warner says the loss of these " N " winners will be difficult to overcome, especially in the early stages of the season.

Karl Kaeser, the Midshipmen's prolific hooter from Oak Park, 111., heads the returning veterans.

In all, twelve lettermen are back. Captain Don MacLaughlin, a lacrosse Ail-American, leads the midfield corps in combination with veterans Dick Nutt, Louis Adriasola and John Newton.

In the goal, Paul Tobin is likely to get the starting nod but he must withstand the challenge of Kent Maxfield. The "three backs" will be chosen from among Butch Christie, Bob Tanis, Dennis Ray and Paul Saacke. At the wings, Larry Boeck, Jim Checkett, Mike Mitchell, Pat Prout, Bob Vance and Octavio Yepez vie for the starting assignment. Kaeser tops the forwards, whose ranks include: Brian Young, Paul Daulerio, Huntley Parker, Jim Hubbard, Mario Gerhardt and Garry Sheldon.

"It will be a good Navy soccer team," Warner says. The secret to a successful season is in the development of competent wings to beef up the offense. The defense figures to be as strong as last year.

Summary: Good team. . . . Scoring potential rests in development of wings.

The schedule: Sept. 28—^Virginia; Oct. 6— North Carolina; Oct. 13—at Drexel; Oct. 20— West Chester; Oct. 27—Penn State; Oct. 3 1 — Gettysburg; Nov. 3—at Duke; Nov. 10—Swarthmore; Nov. 14—at Maryland; Nov. 17—Bucknell and Nov. 24—at Armv.

SHIPMATE

VARSITY FOOTBALL

When you go to a Navy football game this fall, be sure to get a program. You'll certainly get your money's worth.

Coach Wayne Hardin, the personable head mentor of the Midshipmen, has decided he will again utilize the three-platoon system that reaped such success for Navy last season. Hardin has 24 lettermen back from the 1961 squad that won seven of ten starts. The squad lost the services of veteran end Gary Kellner when the Northampton, Pa., terminal chose to pass up football this season and concentrate on his studies.

"After reading the preseason magazine and newspaper stories that have us ranked up in the stratosphere, I'm beginning to think that we're too good to play anybody," Hardin joked with newsmen at a recent press conference. "We're not. There's not a team on our schedule that can't beat us and there's not a team that we can't beat. The 1962 football team will be better than last year's squad but we could lose more games and play better football doing it."

The road from Penn State to Philadelphia for the Army game is stacked with formidable obstacles. For an opener, the Nittany Lions, who are always tough in their University Park lair, are ranked among the top five in the nation and tops in the East by most of the pigskin experts.

After Penn State, the schedule calls for "batdes" with William & Mary, Minnesota, Cornell, Boston College, Pitt, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Southern California and the annual "war" against Army. Penn State, Minnesota and Syracuse played in major bowl games last season.

The Midshipmen returned from Quonset Point on September 1st after nine days in the cool comfort of the Naval Air Station there. This is the third consecutive season that the Navy team has journeyed to Quonset to escape the humid August temperatures in Annapolis.

After looking at the first scrimmage at Quonset, Coach Hardin said: "We looked ragged on our timing and conditioning but we are impressed with the boys due to the fact that they came to play."

Before the toe hits the football at Penn State, no one, not even Coach Hardin himself, is

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HIGH LEVEL HUDDLE—RAdm. C. C. Kirkpatrick, nev/ Superintendent, huddles with Head Coach Wayne Hardin and Captain Steve Hoy.

precisely sure just which boys will play. Three teams are certain to see action—a two-way squad composed of the best men on both offense and defense, a team of offensive specialists and a team of defensive stalwarts. The makeup of each team, however, could be subject to change right up to the kickoff.

Hardin started the training camp at Quonset Point with a two-way team made up of 10 letterwinners and a sophomore; an offensive unit featuring three lettermen, three varsity performers who did not letter, two former JV's and three sophomores; and a defensive aggregation headed by nine monogram men and two men promoted from the junior varsity.

An example of the fluidness of the starting lineup is evident at the quarterback post. Hardin has been making use of four different signal callers during the early fall drills. Ron Klemick, a 6-foot-2 Philadelphia product, lettered and got valuable game experience last season but has been battling master passer Bruce Able for the number one slot. Bob Hecht, who was a parttime performer last season, and Roger Staubach, a sensation with the '61 plebes, still cannot be counted out.

Ron Testa, the Midshipman most likely to reap All-America honors this fall, is probably the closest to a certain starter along with Captain Steve Hoy and Vern Von Sydow, the two-way team guards. To mention one other lineman would mean including 20 others—all of whom will be in action before the 10-game trek has ended.

The starting halfbacks for Hardin's two-way unit could be anyone wearing a number from 21 to 49. Jim Stewart, the leading pass receiver last season, and John Sai, bothered by mononucleosis this summer, appear to have the inside track. The fullback spot is up for grabs with Sophomore Pat Donnelly, Letterman Dick Merritt and Jim Ounsworth, a former JV, all in the running.

In summary, it looks like a good Navy football team, a tough schedule, an interesting season.

The schedule: Sept. 22—at Penn State; Sept.

29—William & Mary; Oct. 6—at Minnesota; Oct. 13—Cornell; Oct. 20—at Boston College; Oct. 27 —Pittsburgh at Norfolk; Nov. 3—Notre Dame at Philadelphia; Nov. 10—at Syracuse; Nov. 17— at Southern California; Dec. 1—Army at Philadelphia.

.YAAA Photo FIRST TWO-WAY UNIT—The team most likely to start against Penn State as Coacli Hardin moved his team to Quonset Point was (first row, I to r): Jim Campbell, Larry Graham, Vern Von Sydow, Walt Pierce, Steve Hoy, Ron Testa, and John Conroy; (second row): Jim Stewart, Pat Donnelly, Ron Klemick and John Sai. S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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STUDIES IN NAVAL FAILURE John S. Missroon, USN (1810-1865) Isoroku Yamamoto, UN (1884-1943)

by John D. Hayes, '24 T N A SERIES of biographical sketches whose pur-*- pose is to illustrate the attributes that go to make up the naval officer, it is essential that we include some failures. This is not to sit in judgment but rather to examine those deficiencies and other features of character which caused them to fail.

For this examination, two men have been selected, one who failed because he just did not have what it takes, the second because he had, or thought he had, so much.

In the naval profession so highly selective in promotion and so competitive in war, only a few can expect to achieve the honors of military success in the historical acceptance of the term. Most are destined to serve their country in peace or in minor stations in war. They should therefore make as much effort to avoid the mistakes of their predecessors who failed as to imitate the qualities of these who achieved the honors of success.

By courts, boards and commissions, military failures are officially more rigorously examined than failures in any other walk of life because the stakes are so high. However, personal selfexamination and introspection into professional competence, we tend to avoid. Having usually been victors we have not been forced to do this and this is the reason why the most useful military writing comes from the defeated such as the Confederacy, Germany and Japan. If we do not learn to critically examine ourselves and practice intellectual humility before, instead of after, the fact, we may someday join the defeated. The cases of John Missroon and Isoruku Yamamoto may help.

Yorktown to the mouth of Warwick Creek or what is now Fort Eustis. Facing it was the larger army of George B. McClellan, one of whose divisions, in reality an amphibious force, was still embarked in transports. More threatening to Johnston than McClellan's army were the James and the York, broad navigable rivers, on both his flanks. Fortunately, although Johnston did not appreciate it at the time, the Confederate ironclad MERRIMAC at Norfolk was guarding his flank on the James and at the same time neutralizing much of the Federal Navy. To protect his left flank, Johnston had only the commanding positions at Yorktown and Gloucester Point and what guns he could mount there to keep Federal warships and transports from steaming up the York River and surrounding him.

JOHN S. MISSROON In April 1862, Captain John S. Missroon held the most promising command in the Federal Navy, a force of six ships, five of them new, mounting 30 guns, stationed at the mouth of the York River, Va. To judge the importance of this command, one must picture the situation at the time on the peninsula of Virginia. An army under Joseph E. Johnston on which the safety of Richmond and perhaps the future of the Confederacy depended was disposed across this peninsula from

Such was the vision of the ambitious Fox. For the job in the York River he chose John S. Missroon. He had been right three times before in his selections of Du Pont, Foote and Farragut. Within the profession there had been some misgivings about Farragut but none quarrelled with his selection of Missroon who had one of the finest reputations in the service at the time. Moreover, like Farragut he was a Southerner, from South Carolina, who remained faithful to his commission and to the "old flag." f ,:'. k ...

•; At this point one better* qualified can continue j f 1, the story. Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis *wrot^ ^ ISORiDKU YAMAMOTO to his wife about his contemporary and former We come now to the man who failed because shipmate: "I have wondered, whether, if I had he thought he had so much, an intellectual snob been situated as Captain MissrqSn was in the York who would not examine himself, a brilliant man River, I should have come up to the mark. I^p but without that touch of humility that seems to story is this: When the siege of Yorktown began be a necessary quality for greatness. In his own Missroon commanded a small detachment of ^ o d •^ eyes he was bigger than his Navy, perhaps bigger sized and heavy-armed vessels in the York River. than his country, and with his dynamic personality He was solicited, urged, and ordered, by Genhe convinced his contemporaries of this before eral McClellan, the Presiclent, and the Department the war. He was allowed thereby to take his Navy to run by the batteries at Yorktown and Gloucester and his country to destruction while he in death Point. He could not be persuaded to do it. He became something of a hero without his countrysaid there were 50 guns mounted on the two sides, men coming to realize his failings. and it was impossible to get the vessels by. When This is a brazen opinion and former Japanese Yorktown was taken, it was found there were and some U. S. officers may differ violendy with only four thirty-two-pounder guns commanding it. I do not think that one of them would be the channel. If Captain Missroon had gone by, Mitsuo Fuchida, air group commander at Pearl the siege of Yorktown and its delays and expense Harbor and author of Midway, The Battle that would have been saved; the enemy's left flank Doomed Japan (U. S. Naval Institute, 1955). An would have been turned and he would have been thrown into confusion, and driven either into flight or a surrender; Richmond would have 1 C. H. Davis, Jr., Life of Charles Henry Davis been captured; and $500,000,000 would have (1899), pp. 288-289. been spared to the country. . . . Missroon enjoyed 2 Ibid., pp. 287-288.

Photo Courtesy Eletitherian Mills Historical Library CAPTAIN JOHN S. MISSROON, USN

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Assistant Secretary Fox, the man who ran the Federal Navy, saw no reason why the gunboats he had placed in the York River could not do this. At Port Royal, S. C , the previous November, a naval squadron had driven the defenders from the forts there and had secured a foothold on the Southern coast while 14,000 soldiers in transports looked on. In February, gunboats on the western rivers had given U. S. Grant his first lift up the ladder of fame with an easy victory at Forts Henry and Donaldson. Only a few days before, wooden warships had run by the forts defending New Orleans and that great city had fallen. Now a similar force could run by the batteries at Yorktown, put McClellan's army behind Johnston's and the Rebellion would be over with the Navy having done practically all of the job.

a high reputation at the beginning of the war, very high, especially as a fighting man. He had earned it in part by earnest and clever talking on the subject. A great deal was expected from him, his opinions were quoted as authority; and the Department, having confidence in his judgment and activity, had placed him in a situation of danger and responsibility, and told him to go ahead."^ Missroon had previously given some indication of his failing. Off Savannah, Ga., he did not keep his sailing ship close in enough for an effective blockade and the FINGAL, commanded by the resourceful James D. Bullock and loaded with arms, got into that port. Later he became sick from "dwelling on possibilities" and requested to be relieved. His friends, Du Pont and Davis, asked each other, "Have we been mistaken in this gentleman so many years?" Fox gave Missroon the benefit of the doubt—and had cause to regret it.

In the matter of "dwelling on possibilities" Davis also made an observation to his wife on General George B. McClellan which might be repeated here. "An Army officer whom I have always regarded as his friend and who, I believe, is so at the moment, said to me yesterday that McClellan is a thorough student of the military science and art, and intimately acquainted with the history of war, ancient and modern; but is, on account of his very study and information, wanting in promptness and decision. Batdes have been lost and won in so many different ways, and through such a variety of accidents, that an ingenious and well-read man, when he has made a plan of batde, can discover the means of defeating it, and confirm his apprehensions by examples from history. 'McClellan's very knbwledge' said my friend, 'disqualifies him for action, for he is deficient in the original genius that makes the native born soldiei-. This defeat of action rising iJfom too curious a contemplation of the event is rndre common in military life than in civil owing to the more critical nature of the case in the former than in the latter.' "2

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opinion is all we can have of Yamamoto until a biography of him is written. Up to the present time almost nothing on him has been published in English.

Japanese political leaders have generally been blamed for the downfall of Japan but it is my belief that Yamamoto by his failures, time after time after time, following Pearl Harbor, at Midway and in the Solomons, is the man who most deserves it.

In July 1941, Japan's supply of oil from the United States was cut off by embargo. Oil was the great need of Japan's industrial economy and of her fleet and army. If that country was to achieve her national aim of domination of East Asia, she would have to seize the oil fields of Borneo and Sumatra as well as the other areas rich in raw materials in the British and Dutch East Indies. It was decided to initiate hostilities to that end on 7 December 1941.

On that date the United States had six carriers and 32 cruisers divided between two oceans while the Japanese had nine carriers and 46 cruisers all in the Pacific. Moreover the Japanese had superior ordnance, aircraft and night fighting equipment and their crews were superbly prepared by tough and realistic training in which loss of life was accepted as in war.

With these facts before us now, it is almost frightening to contemplate what the Japanese might have done if their strategic plan had called for first knocking the United States out of their war and then taking over Southeast Asia. Instead their plan was to first accomplish the take-over to the South using all available surface and air forces and then meeting the U. S. advance with an offensive-defensive in the western Pacific as had been successful with the Russians at Tsushima in 1905.

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Combined Fleet commander, did not agree with this. He claimed that unless the U. S. Fleet was destroyed in the first year of the war, before it could be strengthened by the building program then in progress, Japan would eventually be defeated. He was right, and his continued fame rests largely on that prediction.

He forced his Pearl Harbor plan on the Naval General Staff by threat of resignation not only of himself but of all of his own highly regarded staff officers, a move no American professional would ever dream of.

Pearl Harbor proved an easy tactical victory over an enemy unable to protect himself,^ a temporary strategic success, a lost opportunity and in the end a colossal political error. The lost opportunity was the failure to make a second strike at Pearl Harbor on the fragile and exposed tanks that held 4,500,000 barrels of precious oil whose

Photo Courtesy U. S. Naval Institute ADMIRAL ISOROKU YAMAMOTO

loss would have sent the remnants of the Pacific Fleet reeling back to the West Coast; might have starved Hawaii; and would have certainly cut the U. S. lines of sea communications to Australia.

Then for the next five months Yamamoto allowed his carriers to race about the China Seas and Indian Ocean chasing fleeing warships and bombing helpless shore installations while a prostrate U. S. fleet picked itself upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at Pearl Harbor.

Japan had started the second step in her strategic plan, occupation of New Guinea, New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands, when the Doolitde raid on Tokyo took place. Here was another chance for Yamamoto to push his favorite scheme of moving to the east. The Naval General Staff after the success at Pearl Harbor could refuse him nothing and so he forced his country, by his Midway plan, into two divergent efforts that had no relation to each other. Moreover, he himself SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS in his own operation further dissipated his No country, since the days of the Roman censtrength with two objectives, the Aleutians and turions, has been served as faithfully and as well Midway. by its military professionals as has the United The results are well known. The once proud States. Sensational writers, out to "make a buck," Americans, humbled by defeat, had already learned however, are now causing their C9untrymen to that stealthy efficiency by which minorities surwonder if the military may not some day do here vive. With three carriers, they stopped seven of what is being done in so many other countries this type as well as eleven battleships. The war, in the world today.* The professional military the Japanese Navy and the Japanese Empire were men of today, therefore, should be prepared better never the same again. than they are now to meet such assertions. To Yamamoto's third defeat in the Solomons is this end they would do well to study military also well known. The mystery of it to U. S. naval men of nations that have met disaster. The U. S. officers is that he should have been allowed to Navy might start with Yamamoto. remain in command so long. In April 1943, as the initiative in the Solomons was changing to the Americans, Yamamoto was shot down in a 3 Roberta Wohlstetter, Pearl Harbor: Warning flight. So the legend of him continued while his and Decision (Stanford Univ. Press, Sept. 1962). unfortunate successors, Kogo and Toyoda, received 4 F. Knebel and C. W. Bailey, Seven Days in May the blame.

(Harper, Sept. 1962).

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Photo Courtesy U. S. Naval Institute ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO, Commander in Chief Combined Fleet (sixth from left, front row), with his Staff on board YAAAATO early in 1942. Note ofRcers with Samurai swords.

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by Fred Lardner ' " T H E F E D E R A L Government has built up a -*- Frankenstein in Federal employee unions," said Senator Richard Russell (Dem., Ga.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recendy. "We increase civilian pay by almost whatever they ask for in Presidential and Congressional election years invariably, overriding vetoes even.

"I don't think that people in the armed services ought to be discriminated against because they are not permitted to have unions."

Federal employee unions are members of the AFL-CIO, and this combination makes them all the more influential. The more government union members get, the more industrial union members can expect. Currently the House is considering a bill which would give civil service employees an average increase in pay of 11 percent, and postal employees a 15 percent increase. The Senate may prefer a bill more in step with the Administration's thinking, with higher increases for higher civil service ratings and lesser increases for lower ratings.

A bill increasing the pay of government civilians is certain to become law this year. This means that a military pay raise bill will be introduced, and probably passed, next year.

Norman S. Paul, who has succeeded Carlisle P. Runge as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Personnel, has been ordered by Secretary of Defense McNamara to spend most of his time preparing a new plan of Uniformed Services pay. For several months a Defense Department Pay Study Group has been considering all kinds of changes in the pay system. The plan is scheduled to be completed by the end of October.

Representative Carl Vinson (Dem., Ga.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has said that the matter of increases in military pay and allowances will be the first thing studied by his personnel subcommittee in 1963.

The need for a pay increase was emphasized recently by Defense Department officials who pointed to unusually high losses of young scientific and engineering oÂŁEcers.

Conflict-of-interest

Actions

After an open hearing on H. R. 11217 August 23, the bill which is meant to place Navy and Marine Corps Regular retired officers on the same basis as retired Regulars of the other services in selling to the government, the Senate Armed Services Committee reported the bill favorably to the Senate. However, the committee complicated the situation by stipulating that all retired Regular officers shall hove to wait three years after retirement before they can be e m ployed in positions which involve selling to any branch of Government.

Under present law, the waiting period is two years. Thus, while Navy and Marine Corps retired Regulars would be relieved of the lifetime ban against their selling to the Navy Department, they and other retired Regulars would have to wait three years after retirement until they could sell to any government agency.

If this three-year provision is approved by the Senate, then the question whether or not the waiting period will be two or three years will be determined by a special committee of members of both the Senate and the House Armed Services Committees.

H. R. 11217 has no bearing on the criminal provisions of Section 281, Tide 18, U. S. Code.

There is considerable talk about the criminal statutes, but they are almost never applied to cases involving selling to the government by retired officers.

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During the hearing on H. R. 11217, Paul B. Fay, Undersecretary of the Navy, said that the life-long ban against selling by retired N-MC Regulars was discriminatory, but in spite of this there have been very, very few violations of the law. Of some 350 officers whose employment in industry was investigated, he said, only eight were found to be in violation of the law to the extent that the Comptroller General ordered their retired pay stopped.

"Some of the cases are pathetic," Mr. Fay said, "and they frighten other officers into doubt as to whether or not they themselves are violating the law."

There was considerable discussion of the criminal statutes, which some authorities believe will be modified in the next Congress for the bene.it of military personnel as well as others.

Rear Admiral William C. Mott of the Navy, JAG office said the criminal statute is doubtful of interpretation, and no one has ever been completely prosecuted under it.

Senator Russell professed to be somewhat bothered by departmental inability to prosecute under the criminal statutes.

"This is the queerest paradox I have ever encountered in my service here," he said. "We have got a criminal statute that applies to all of them, and the regulation of the Department of Defense applies to all of them. But the only person who does anything about enforcement is the Comptroller General, who undertakes to enforce this law against naval officers by forfeiture of retired pay. The Department of Defense evidently just likes to contribute to the sum total of the trillions of regulations of the government, and the Department of Justice relegates the criminal statute to the limbo of the forgotten."

C o m p t r o l l e r - G e n e r a l Ruling

The Comptroller General has clarified the legal atmosphere surrounding the act of "selling" to the government. Some of the confusion he eliminated was created by his office, and some appeared to arise out of apprehension in various places.

On the subject of selling meals, the Comptroller General said that the "greater weight of authority supports the view that service of food in a restaurant does not constitute a 'sale' either at common law or under the Uniform Sales Act on the ground that the transfer of tide to the food consumed is incidental to the other factors involved since a customer at a restaurant seeks not to make a purchase but to be served with food, frequently prepared to his individual liking."

Likewise, the repairing of television sets and the supplying of public utilities are considered services, and not sales.

The Comptroller General added: ". . . the statutory prohibitions apply to the officers concerned only in those situations where they may be viewed as representing themselves or others for the purpose of selling or contracting or negotiating to sell. Clearly employees of advertising, accounting and shipping departments of business concerns generally are not so engaged.

"The last sentence of the definition of 'selling' quoted from Paragraph VLB, Department of Defense Directive 5500.7, would seem to exclude such employees from the scope of the paragraph and we do not believe that retired officers whose duties concern only the technical background operations of assembling, analyzing, preparing and reporting necessary information, material, correspondence and documents for use by others are to be regarded as engaged in selling within the contemplation of the statutes.

' Neither do we believe that an officer who occasionally accompanies other members of his firm as technical adviser to meetings with Department of Defense personnel to discuss performance or progress or similar matters under awarded contracts may reasonably be viewed as being engaged in selling, etc. However, if the meetings are for the purpose of discussing any supply procurement proposals or for the purpose of negotiating and discussing proposed clianges in any of the terms of an existing contract, the officer's attendance at such meetings should, in our opinion, be regarded as participation in sales activities within the purview of the statutes.

"It is our view that retired officers having administrative, sunervisory or managerial responsibility over the sales department or the salesmen of a firm are not subject to the statutes solely because of these duties so long as such duties clearly and without exception do not involve their signing bids, proposals or contracts to or with the services listed in the statutes or their contacting, in person or by correspondence or otherwise, any installation or official of such services for the purpose of doing anything within the scope of selling as defined in the Department of Defense Directive 5500.7."

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The military construction program for fiscal 1963 is clearer, and less promising, now that the House Appropriations Committee has had a crack at it.

The House and the Senate Armed Services Committees had approved a military construction authorization bill providing for an expendimre of $276,000,000 for new housing, including $40,000,000 for overseas housing, and this bill was approved by the Congress. However, the authorization bill had to be translated into an appropriations bill, and the Appropriations Committee knocked out the fund for overseas housing and reduced the funds for housing in this country to $210,000,000.

This is the first year that all new housing is to be financed by direct appropriations; the Capehart housing program has ended.

The House Appropriations Committee approved the 350-bed naval hospital scheduled for Long Beach, California, but they could hardly have disapproved it or reduced the number of beds. Studies of the hospital situation in that area indicate that the new Long Beach hospital may be able to provide for some dependents and retirees, but not many. The Navy wanted 500 beds at Long Beach.

Of the 400 new housing units sought by the Navy at the Mare Island Shipyard, only 200 were approved. The committee refused to approve any of the 150 units sought for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, or any of the 200 units sought for Argentia or of the 200 units sought for the Caribbean area.

In its report, the House committee said the "balance of payments problem and the 'gold outflow' from tile U. S. to other countries" should be resolved; otherwise, housing construction overseas should be curtailed.

Navy and Marine Corps housing projects approved, and the number of units for each, are shown below: NAS Alameda 500; Naval Receiving Station Dixon 7; MCAS, El Toro 400; NS, Long Beach 250; Mare Island Naval Shipyard 200; MCB, Camp Pendleton 400; NS, San Diego 500; NAS, Cecil Field, Fla. 200; NMDL, Panama City, Fla. 40; NAS, Sanford, Fla. 10; MCAS, Kaneohe Bay 200; Naval Receiving Station, Chesapeake Bay, Md. 6; Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, N. J. 48; Naval Sub Depot, Mechanicsburg 45; Naval Supply Center, Cheathem Annex, Va. 50; FAAWTC, Dam Neck, Va. 15; NAS, Oceana, Va. 25; NWS, Yorktown, Va. 100; Naval Receiving Station, Sabana Seca, P.R. 104; Naval Station, Adak, Alaska 250.

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

ALUMNI

LATEST BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING ' T H E B O A R D of Trustees of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association met at Alumni House on 1 June 1962. The Board meeting was preceded on 31 May by a meeting of the Executive Committee. It is gratifying to note that, in addition to regular members of the Board, observers from the following classes were present: '06, '09, '13, '27, '29, '45, '50, and ' 5 1 . All classes not otherwise represented by regular Board members are invited to send observers to Board meetings, and it is hoped that more classes will take advantage of this invitation which provides them the opportunity to obtain full information of Board discussions and actions.

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The following summarizes the more important items on the agenda of the last meeting. Additional detailed information, if desired, may be obtained by request to the Executive Director at Alumni House.

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O F F I CERS President— A D M . JERAULD W R I G H T , U S N ( R e t . ) '18 (4915), W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— C A P T . R O Y C E N . F L I P P I N , U S N R '26 ( 8 2 7 8 ) , N e w Y o r k , N . Y.

Vice President

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Area)—

The Board confirmed the results of the national voting which provided for the election of Vice Presidents for the Eastern and Western Areas, each for a term of two years; and four trusteesat-large, each for a term of three years. Also confirmed was the election of local trustees by each of the twelve local associations to which trusteeships were allocated on the basis of membership in both the national and local organizations. The membership of the current Board of Trustees reflecting these elections is indicated on this page.

C A P T . J O H N K . H Y A T T , U S N R '24 ( 7 5 4 8 ) , St. Louis, M o .

Vice President (Western Area)^ CDR. CLAUDE L . W E I G L E , U S N ( R e t . ) '27 (9124), Los Angeles, Cal. Past President— V A D M . GEORGE C . D Y E R , U S N

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R A D M . W . F . FITZGERALD, U S N ( R e t . ) '21 (5912), Annapolis, M d .

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Representative—

C A P T . J O H N T . STRAKER, U S N

'40 ( 1 3 9 6 0 ) , Chief of Staff,

USNA

At Large

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serve

until

Spring

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U S N '43 (15752)

U S M C ( R e t . ) '22 (6451)

R. A D M . E . B . F L U C K E Y ,

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

U S N '35 (11861) (To

U S N ( R e t . ) '36 (12227) serve

until

Spring

MR. H A N S O N W . BALDWIN,

M-eeting 1964)

R . A D M . H . D . MOULTON,

'24 (7405)

U S N R ( R e t . ) '31 (10026)

V. A D M . E . W . CLEXTON,

CAPT. WALTER L . SMALL,

U S N ( R e t . ) '24 (7181)

U S N '38 (13017)

(To serve until Spring C A P T . C . E . B E L L , U S N '39

Meeting

1965)

M A J . R . J. P E R K I C H , U S M C

(13565)

'47 (18611)

R A D M . E . M . ELLER, U S N

LCDR. HARRY D . TRAIN, U S N

( R e t . ) '25 (7738)

'49 (20423) From Loca

Chapters

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L T . G E N . C . C . JEROME,

S. WENTWORTH,

U S N ( R e t . ) '12 (3882) Annapolis R A D M . W M . H . BURACKER, U S N C A P T . E . K . ZITZEVVITZ, U S N R

USN

C A P T . L . E . DIVOLL, U S N

( R e t . ) '21 (6053) Peninsula

'25 (7966) Chicago CAPT. ALLAN L . D U N N I N G , U S N

( R e t . ) '27 (8608) Connecticut USN

( R e t . ) '07 (3107) Coronado M R . ROBERT G . W A L D R O N '19

CDR. R A L P H A . S E N T M A N , U S N

( R e t . ) '25 (8107) Philadelphia VADM.

ROBERT F . H I C K E Y ,

USN

( R e t . ) '21 (6196) S a n Diego R A D M . J O S E P H U S A . BRIGGS, U S N

( R e t . ) '23 (6965) W a s h i n g t o n

(5059) D e t r o i t S E P T E IW B E R • O C T O B E R ,

( R e t . ) '21 (6093) L o s Angeles CAPT. FRANCIS H . W H I T A K E R ,

( R e t . ) '22 (6231) N e w Y o r k

( R e t . ) '20 (5427) Boston

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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

The outgoing Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson '29, gave an oral detailed report to the Board. He stated that the Academy was going full speed ahead in carrying out SecNav's directive regarding the faculty reorganization (June-July Shipmate, page 24) but that due to problems involved—which he explained—and based on his experience, he estimated it may be three years before the directive is fully implemented. (See also August Shipmate, page 16, and this edition, pages 14 and 67.) ^^ In regard to the Moreell Commission Report, "Future Development of Academic Facilities" for the Naval Academy, the Superintendent stated that the plan is now being studied in Washington. (See May edition of Shipmate, page 12.) He regrets there is some opposition to the plan. He remarked that the local opposition percentage was not high, but that a keen disappointment to him is that the opposition included some upon whom he had counted for his strongest support. The Superintendent believes approval of the Moreell Commission plan is really needed by the Academy; there is not room within the limits of the present grounds to construct the buildings required.

The Superintendent remarked it would be most beneficial to the Naval Academy if our alumni would establish a fund similar to the Superintendent's Fund at West Point. He pointed out there were many highly desirable projects which could be undertaken at the Academy if unappropriated funds were available. While these projects would be of great benefit to the Academy they are of such nature there is no hope of obtaining appropriated funds for tiieir accomplishment. As examples he mentioned that two of several West Point projects for which the West Point Alumni Foundation is raising money are ski facilities and a First Class Activities Center.

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4. In accordance with this resolution, I point out to the Nominating Committee that the Membership of the Association is almost equally divided between (1) active duty officers and (2) those resigned or retired. Therefore, equitable distribution would be two of the four trustees from each of these groups.

5. I believe that not less than two representatives from the post World War II classes would further improve the balance now existing in the Board of Trustees, which is currently well balanced on a geographical basis, but rather heavily weighted with representatives of the classes graduated prior to World War II with 22 Board members of our total 31 being from those classes.

6. I further point out that it is particularly necessary to nominate only those willing to serve and whose prospective duties, jobs or professions during their tenure of office will permit them actually to devote a reasonable amount of time to service in the organization.

To: Captain W. S. Busik, USN 1. In accordance with Paragraph 1 of Section VI of the By-laws of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, a Nominating Committee consisting of yourself as Chairman, and the following members, is hereby established.

EAST Capt. W. S. Busik '43, Chairman, Active Duty, Director of Athletics, USNA. Trustee-at-large.

EAST RAdm. George H. Wales '29, Active Duty, Commandant 3rd Naval District.

EAST Maj. Ben A. Moore, USMC '48, Active Duty, Weapons Dept., USNA. CENTRAL Mr. R. G. Waldron '19, Resigned.

Detroit Chapter, Local Trustee.

CENTRAL Capt. G. H. Bowman '19, Retired, Cincinnati.

WEST LCdr. Harry D. Train, II, '49, Active Duty, USS BARBEL. Trustee-at-large.

WEST Cdr. T. C. Fauntz, '27, Retired, Seatde.

2. The Nominating Committee, in accordance with the By-laws, shall submit to the Board of Trustees, not later than December 10, 1962, a slate of candidates for the election to take place in the Spring of 1963, for the following offices: President (2-year term) Central Area Vice President (2-year term) Four Trustees-atlarge (3-year terms) The Executive Director will handle the actual transmission of the report of the Nominating Committee to the Board of Trustees and publication of the slate in the January issue of Shipmate, as required by the By-laws.

"These commands are not committed to a single kind of warfare, instead they are ready for any type of aggression.

3. A resolution of 29 May 1959, passed by the Board of Trustees, reads as follows: "The President, in appointing the Nominating Committee, shall point out the requirements for the ensuing year with a view to obtaining equitable distribution of the Trustees among the various categories—classes, geographical areas, active duty, retired officers, civilians, etc."

"If my long association with the various organizational structures of the military services has taught me anything, it has taught me this significant truth, namely—that we must always maintain the separate identity of the four military services, and the three military departments, in order that each of the four services may continue to joindy perfect the broad roles and missions that are assigned to them by law.

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/ s / JERAULD WRIGHT

Admiral, USN (Ret).

President (Ed's. Note: Any member wishing to submit nominations, please contact members of the Committee, Class or Chapter Secretary.)

FROM THE CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

The Honorable Carl Vinson, in a recent address to the Reserve Officers Association on the occasion of his receipt of the Association's 1962 Minuteman Award, made the following remarks on the subject of national defense. These remarks are particularly significant in that they reflect the current thinking on this subject by this very distinguished member of the Congress. Mr. Vinson, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee, is the senior member of the House of Representatives, having served as representative from the State of Georgia since 1941.

"Our defense structure is primarily based on our ability to prompdy react to any type of agression. For that reason, our unified commands are ideally constructed—containing, as they do, individual service capability with collective versatility.

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"We must guard against unilateral thinking.

"The three military departments—with their department secretaries and their separate services —assure us of collective wisdom.

"They protect us against the adoption of a onesided defense concept which might well be based on a then prevailing parochial attitude.

"When a sailor tries to act like a soldier, and a soldier seeks to emulate an airman, and a Marine attempts to acquire the proficiency of a shiphandler, then we convert our services into a jackof-all-trades and master of none.

"I know of no surer threat to the security of our nation than to adopt the ill-considered proposal that the four services be merged into one service, or that the three military departments be fused into one conglomerate department, or that all military thinking be directed toward one stragetic concept.

"If we took such a step we would be left with a hodge-podge of confusion that would make us easy prey for any aggressor.

"The existence of the separate services, the development of their capabilities, and effectiveness of their training are all brought together for efficient utilization through the unified command system.

"These unified commands function well and effectively because the component parts assigned to them from the separate services are masters of their individual trades. When master tradesmen work together on a project, the success of the project is assured.

"And one of the main reasons why the unified command structure works so well is due to the fact that we have a Joint Chiefs of Staff system where those who are responsible for planning, and those who are responsible for the execution of these plans, are the same individuals.

"Each of the Joint Chiefs is a service leader, presided over by an outstanding chairman, but subservient only to the President and the Secretary of Defense.

"Each knows his own service; each is an expert in his own field.

"And when a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff knows that the plan he develops and approves is the plan that he will be responsible for executing, then the plan will make sense.

"But place those same individuals in an isolation ward where they are required to conjure up ideas that must be executed by someone else, and where they no longer assume the responsibility for the failure of the execution of those ideas, and turmoil would result.

"But no matter what the system, no matter what the command relationship is, one indispensable part is vital to all—the people who make up our armed forces.

S H I P M A T E

"We know we have outstanding military and civilian leaders, each of whom has his rightful place in the defense structure.

"We have highly effective weapons.

"Our military personnel are well fed and well clothed.

"But on occasion there is a tendency to overlook the fact that no missile system, no rifle, no submarine, no aircraft, no satellite—nothing functions unless there is a human being operating that system.

"When all is said and done, the greatest asset we possess in this nation is the wisdom, the dedication, the sincerity, the loyalty, the patriotism, the moral fiber, and the courage of the men and women who make up the Armed Forces."

Every service man and woman. Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Air Force, will recognize from these statements how fortunate we are to have as Chairman of the Armed Forces Committee, Congressman Carl Vinson. No matter how long you may have been on active duty or retired, these words will make you a littie prouder of your service.

W. R. SMEDBERG, III,

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FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, OR GRANTS FOR NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES

Recendy bill H.R. 7727 passed the Senate and was signed into law by the President of the United States with littie or no fanfare accompanying it as compared to other items on the current legislative calendar. The purpose of the enactment of this bill was to amend U. S. Code, Tide 10, which would not permit qualified members of the Armed Forces to accept, from non-governmental sources, competitive fellowships, scholarships or grants, proffered by educational foundations or institutions of the United States or foreign countries.

Previously this practice had been prohibited through the dual compensation provisions of Title 10 of the U. S. Code which specifically "prohibited a Government official or employee from receiving any salary in connection with his services from any source other than the Government of the United States."

Commenting on the purpose of this legislation on 16 March 1961, die Hon. Paul B. Fay, Jr., Under Secretary of the Navy, stated that "This proposed legislation will clearly permit members of the Armed Forces to accept, from non-government sources, competitive fellowships, scholarships or grants proffered by educational and scientific insriutions and foundations in the U. S. and in foreign countries. This permissive authority is needed in order that members of the Armed Forces may benefit from the opportunity to seek higher education, which, when completed, is an advantage to the government. Further education will assist in qualifying persons for greater military responsibility and will enhance the prestige of its personnel among government, civilian, and foreign people."

Clear-cut authority has now been granted to the various military departments to allow their respective personnel to accep;; such grants and benefits as the Rhodes, Fulbright, and Olmstead scholarships; Carnegie, Guggenheim, Sloan, and Rotary International Fellowships; Rockefeller and Littauer awards.

Further provisions of this legislation (H.R. /727) provide that such an award may be accepted by a member of the Armed Forces under any of the following conditions: (1) in recognition of outstanding performance in his field, (2) to undertake a project that may be of value to the U. S., or (3) for development of his recognized potential for future career service.

CARL SCHLEICER

Lt. USN '56 (Ed's. Note: Lt. Schleicher is, we believe, the first officer to benefit from this recent legislation.

Schleicher is presentiy attending the University of Cologne on a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for International Understanding.)

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THE USS LEAHY

The 533-foot LEAHY (DLG-16)—the largest guided missile frigate in the world—was commissioned on 4 August at the Boston Naval Shipyard in Charlestown, Mass.

This is the first ship to be named in honor of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN '97, who served his country with great distinction in a long and brilliant career. Admiral Leahy was one of four to hold the rank of Fleet Admiral by Act of Congress.

The LEAHY has joined the U. S. Adantic Fleet and is homeported in Boston, Mass.

M Y PHILOSOPHY

By C l a r k A . Ritchie, P.E. ' 3 1

The pursuit of happiness dominates me as long as I enjoy life and libert>'. This happiness depends on the state of my entire being including the condition of my mind, feelings, emotions, spirit and body. My quest for the Eldorado will lead me over angry seas, by treacherous shoals, danger and despair. Yet this be my course!

May my heart always know love; be free of malice and hatred; show compassion, tolerance and charity for my fellowman; and glow with adoration, affection and warmth for those near and dear to me, succor and nurture them.

May peace be in my heart and in the hearts of all mankind.

May beauty be within me and be everywhere about me; and may I sense only beaut>'.

May I ever seek and find the whole truth in myself and in others.

May my faith be strong within me and be steadfast in my God. May I give and receive justice in all of my dealings and associations.

May I have freedom of thought, belief and prudent action; or may I be privileged and glad to give my life for the cause of freedom and liberty.

May my thoughts be pure, logical and lofty; may my feelings be noble; and may my emotions be sublime.

May I ever study, meditate and yearn to understand, feel and revere the namre of God. life, man, matter and the cosmos, so that I might know from whence I came, why I am here, what I shall do, whither I shall go, and what it all means.

May I zealously give my meager best each day for my work and duty regardless of their magnitude; and may I never be satisfied with mediocrit>' nor complacency. May I attend to detail, principle and order in my work; may my mind be resourceful and visionary; may my will be backed with courage; may my spirit be indomitable; and may I commune with the Infinite to thus make any objective attainable.

May humor and joy levitate my burdens; and may littie flames of mirth flicker in the shadows of the beacons which are the goals along my pathway.

May I cultivate health and vigor of mind and body; and may my soul be sanctified.

May I have adequate substance to fulfill my humble needs temperatelv; may I have the wisdom and fortitude to screen my many wants to find those few needs which are essential for my welfare; and may I never be shackled by possessions.

May I neither ignore nor be distressed by my many imperfections, nor disturbed by the errors of others; and may I calmly perceive that which I can never change.

May I try to develop my ability for useful, cogent and artistic expression.

May I play my part with the other citizens and dwell in a happy, clean, enlightened, honest, friendly, orderly and dynamic society.

May my society consent to be guided and governed by dedicated and exalted leaders in all of its phases; may we who also serve be alert, conscientious, capable, brave and productive; and may all work together solely for the benefit of my societ)'. May my government be cognizant of the ever changing pulse, mind and will of all peoples; may its guides, regulations, laws and judgments be few and simple, yet firm, consistent and sage; and may it heed the ever present necessity of conservations. May my government function continuously, even during changes, with a transcending intelligent purpose, without favoritism or oppression, to engender, promote, protect and defend the common welfare of each and every one of us, and of our whole society.

May I strive and hope to fulfill these philosophical supplications so that my life may become progressively enriched, whilst I cruise towards a destiny with my friends, old shipmates and loved ones to revel and repose in a grace of blissful and serene happiness. And when the Great Pilot tolls the final muster may I have done my best to sail on course; and may I have used my allotted time wisely and well.

OLD RECORD ALBUM

Layton S. Allen '42 is interested in finding the 2-record album (78 rpm) made about 1940-41

by Lt. Sima. The recorded numbers consisted of "Summertime," "Naval .\cademy Stomp," "Anchors Aweigh," etc. Anyone having knowledge of the whereabout of these records, and who would be willing to sell them, please write to Layton S. Allen, 196 Brecks Lane, Wilmington 6, Del. USS A R I Z O N A MEMORIAL

Ships of the U. S. Pacific Fleet passing in and out of Pearl Harbor now have a new landmark. It is the alabaster-white USS ARIZONA Memorial, honoring the 2,335 American servicemen who fell during the 7 December 1941 attack.

The Memorial consists of an enclosed bridge of shining white concrete that spans the hull of the sunken battieship. Since USS ARIZONA is still officially in commission, a color guard boards the Memorial each morning and evening to raise and lower the flag. In deference to her seniority (commissioned in 1915, she is the oldest ship in the U. S. Navy) and in tribute to her gallant crew, all Navy ships entering and departing Pearl Harbor render passing honors to .\RIZONA. 39

Love's Omniscience Where the waves of the mighty ocean Sing a requiem for those that sleep, Many a hero brave is lying In waters, fathoms deep.

No monument uplifting Tells where each in slumber lies.

No carven names above them Meets the gaze of tearful eyes.

Not the less, we give them honor That unnamed, unknown, they sleep Not the less their loyal offering In our grateful memories keep.

But the heart of love's Omniscience Knows each unmarked grave by name, And each hero's dust reposes In the care of God and fame.

CARRIE VLEREBOME BAI.ESTRIERI

(Ed.'s note: The above poem was submitted by Mrs. Andrew E. Doyle in memory of her mother, Mrs. Balestrieri, who passed away in 1961.)

iLasit Call CUSHING, D A N A BUCKLEY (CAPT USN RET ' 3 0 ) , 2 4 August ' 6 2 , N o r f o l k , V a .

DENNETT,

ERLE V A N EMBURGH

(RADM USN

RET ' 2 9 ) , U S N H , Jacksonville, Fla. FRANCIS,

DENNIS

LARKIN

(RADM

2 years as Engineer Officer attached to the flagship Sec'y, VAdm. Alexander Sharp, USN (Ret.), 6306 Bannockbnrn Dr. Bethesda, Md. ROY and Florence LOWMAN's daughter, Penelope Leighton Lowman, was married 25 August 1962 to Mr. Richard Spinney Walters, Jr., at Chambersburg, Pa., where she had been living with her mother and stepfather at 230 Ramsey Ave. Roy Lowman died in 1957 and Frances married Mr. Loring Elliott McGowan in I960.

Capt. GEORGE A. ALEXANDER, USN (Ret.), now has a new address: 1717 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, Calif.

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Sec'y, Capt. R. C. Parker, USN (Ret.) 5706 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, Md.

Ramona

HEIM

To our classmate DUTCH HEIM goes the sorrow and sympathy felt by all of us over the death of his wife, Ramona, which occurred after a brief illness on 31 July, at their home, 3365 E. First St., Long Beach. Born in Vallejo, Calif., she was active in various organizations and leaves many friends. Funeral services were held in Long Beach on 3 August, with Chaplain Hubble of the Navy officiating, and burial was in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

USN RET

' 2 4 ) , 3 0 J u l y ' 6 2 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

Do you remember the Class of 1907 Christmas card with picture by Howard Chandler Christy.''

JOHN HOOVER has been trying to locate the ' 2 1 ) , 8 August ' 6 2 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d . original painting with a view to having it hung H O G G , W I L L I A M STETSON, JR. (CAPT USN in our Class Room at Alumni House. He seems RET ' 1 2 ) , 16 August ' 6 2 , P e n d l e t o n , Calif. to have enlisted in the search every available agency from the Library of Congress down to JONES, ROBERT ELMER CROWELL (CAPT USN (we suspect) the F.B.I, and the Missing Persons RET ' 3 1 ) , 19 August ' 6 2 , San D i e g o , Calif.

Bureau. So far, no luck. The family of the late PIERCE, EDWARD HARRS (CAPT USN RET ' 2 2 ) , artist might possiblv be of some help. Does any 5 August ' 6 2 , USNH, Bethesda, M d . reader of Shipmate know where to get in touch SEARS, ARTHUR WESLEY (CAPT USN RET ' 0 5 ) , with any of them?

2 0 July ' 6 2 , A k r o n , O .

At our reunion this fall there will come up SUNDBERG, CARL ANDREW ' 2 1 , 10 August some questions in regard to this Class of 1907 Room. Ought the limited number of us still ' 6 2 , Nevr Y o r k , N . Y .

WALKER, HUGH MCLEAN (LCDR USN RET ' 0 3 ) , alive try to set up an income-bearing fund for its upkeep in perpetuity? Should we try to in6 June ' 6 2 , A u g u s t a , G a . terest the members of some younger and more numerous class in the idea of coming in with us on the tide and credit for it? Or should we just do what we can for the present, and let the upA nice friendly letter from JOHN SOULE to keep of the room ultimately become part of the CLAUDE BAILEY points out that while there general maintenance of Alumni House? It will may be a graduate of the Naval Academy older bear some thinking over. than he, Soule has the distinction of being the oldest living bilger of the Academy. (Actually, of the 4 oldest living alumni, 3 are in the Class of '90. Admiral Richard Harrison Jackson, USN Sec'y, RAdm. Edward J. Foy, USN (Ret.) (Ret.) '87, is the oldest, having been born 10 Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D. C. May 1866. He is followed closely by 3 members of '90: John Putnam Soule, Forest Grove, Oregon, TIMOTHY JEROME KELEHER I May 1869; LCdr. Claude Bailey, Burnt Hills, RAdm. T. J. KELEHER, USN (Ret.), died 23 N. Y., 19 October 1869; and WILLIAM TURNER July at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md. SAUNDERS, Ashville, N . C , born in April 1870.)

Timothy Jerome Keleher was born in Rahway, N. J., on 17 February 1885, son of Timothy and Mary Thees (later Fleming). He was appointed Capt. Allen B. Reed, USN (Ret.) to the Naval Academy from New Jersey in 1904; 3101 Woodley Road, N.W. graduated in 1908. Through subsequent advanceWashington 8, D. C. ment he attained the rank of Rear Admiral, effective II June 1942, and was retired on I June 1943.

HERBERT B. FAIRCHILD In September 1914 he returned to Annapolis HERBERT B. FAIRCHILD died 14 July in die for postgraduate course in Mechanical Engineering New Rochelle Hospital. Herb was 81 years old and completed that course in March 1917 at Coand was advertising manager of the old New lumbia University, New York City, with the deYork Sun. Although Herb resigned many years gree of Master of Science. During World War I ago he kept up with many of us of '04 through he had command of the destroyer JENKINS. In 1922 correspondence. He was a member of the Board he was Aide and Squadron Engineer on the staff of the Community Chest, and a former member of Commander Destroyer Squadrons. In 1925 he of the Board of Governors of New Rochelle Hosserved in the Navy Department, Washington, pital. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mary Schwin and Mrs. Cartier F. Burnel, both of New D. C , in the Bureau of Engineering.

Rochelle; a son, Rufus H. Fairchild of El Paso, He was manager of the Charleston Navy Yard Texas, and seven grandchildren. from February 1933 until 1936, then served for FREEMAN, JAMES SHEPHERD (RADM USN RET

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INDIANAPOLIS. In 1938 he was Head of the De-

partment of Marine Engineering at the Naval Academy. In 1941 he reported to Headquarters, Third Naval District, New York, as Inspector of Naval Material for the New York District.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor he was named Chief of Navy Section, Army and Navy Munitions Board, and served as Navy member of the Board's Executive Committee and as Director of Resources Division of the Office of Procurement and Material.

After his retirement from active duty in the Navy, Admiral Keleher was engaged in the civilian shipbuilding industry. Upon completion of his shipbuilding activities, he made Annapolis his permanent residence. For many years he was a leading member of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and served that organization as a member of the Board of Trustees and as Chairman of the House Committee.

In addition to the Navy Cross, Admiral Keleher has the World War I Victory Medal, Destroyer Clasp, the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. For World War II service he was also awarded a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon.

His widow, Eugenia W. Keleher, lives at 45 College Ave., Annapolis, Md. FRANK J . WILLE

RAdm. FRANK J. WILLE passed away of lung cancer at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., on 14 July following about 6 weeks of acute illness. Bill was one of 3 EDO officers of the class who died during the month of July. A 4th was a member of the Civil Engineer Corps, as you will have seen in these notes.

Wille stood high in his class, and was appointed from Nebraska. His first ship after graduation was the old CHARLESTON, then flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. Then followed assignments to the armored

cruisers

COLORADO and

PENNSYLVANIA

and the protected cruiser ST. LOUIS. After that he served in the DENVER as senior engineer officer and later in MINNESOTA, OLYMPIA, RHODE ISLAND

and ARIZONA (during World War I ) . It was while he was engineer officer of the last-named ship that he was designated for engineering duty only.

While he was chief engineer of the PENNSYLVANIA, that ship won the coveted " E " for highest merit in engineering, as well as the combined merit in gunnery and engineering for the year. Later he served in the CALIFORNIA (then Fleet Flagship) as engineer officer. He served twice as Force Engineer Officer of the Base Force.

On shore Wille served as Senior Engineer Member of the Board of Inspection and Survey, Pacific Coast Section; later he was Naval Inspector of Machinery with headquarters in New York and with sub-offices in the various shipbuilding plants in the Third Naval District. Following a tour as Production Officer of the Puget Sound Navy Yard, he was sent to the Fourth Naval District as Naval Inspector of Machinery at the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co., and of the B. F. Sturdevant Company of Boston. During World War II he served as Ship Repair and Industrial Manager on the Staff of the Commander, U. S. Forces, Northwest African Waters.

He received letters of commendation for outstanding performance of duty in this assignment as he did for his performances in the CALIFORNIA

and at Westinghouse. A Legion of Merit was awarded him for duty in the Bureau of Ships later in the war. His duty there was as Director of Contracts. He attained the rank of Rear Admiral in 1944, to rank from 13 May 1942. He was placed on the retired list on 1 July 1947 at his own request.

Admiral Wille's first wife (Anna Cole) died in 1946 and he was married in 1947 to Mrs. Eva Fribush, who survives him. Bill maintained a lively interest in his class and in all its members S H I P M A T E

to the end. His burial was in Arlington Ometery.

The class sent a floral piece and was represented

by BADT, EMMERSON and FOY at die services.

The class will, I am sure, join me in thanks to Capt. C. M. (JIMMY) JAMES for his thoughtfulness in sending, in the class name, a handsome floral piece to the memorial services held in St. Paul's Church in Bremerton for the late GREER DUNCAN. I have received letters from the widows of the 4 classmates who passed away in July, requesting me to thank the class for its sympathy and kindness.

To turn to a brighter subject, I had the pleasure of having one REGINALD KAUFFMAN have lunch with me at the Army and Navy Club the end of July. He was here for a few days visiting his Rear Admiral son, Draper. Reg was as effervescent as always and looking fine. He reports that Elsa is doing well and at the moment was entertaining a houseful of grandchildren in Jamestown. Which reminds me that I have also heard from PAT DONAVIN, her brother-in-law, now located in (2oronado, who reports an apparent full recovery from the serious illness which afflicted him some 3 years 8 months ago. And that is good news! The Navy team is going to play u s e at Los Angeles in November and our erstwhile cheerleader is already building up a high pressure of ardor for the fight. I have every idea that "our Pat" will be present that day and that victory will result!

A card from "Our Man in the Near East" reads as follows: "Beirut, 6-8-62. Dear Ned: Here I am 20 days by sea and 5384 miles from NYC. Had a fine, smooth passage. Only 12 passengers—all Arab but 2. Beirut is a lovely city, will some day be 2nd Paris. Lebanese all handsome, friendly. Girls beautiful. Wish I were younger! Yesterday visited Byblos, oldest city in the world. Setded by Phoenicians—4,000 BC. Old Crusader casde there built 1100 AD, still in fair condition. Most interesting. Next week fly to Jerusalem for short visit—about 2 hours from here. .Am well and having fine time. Best regards to you and classmates. Sincerely, JOHN H. EARLE (Jack)."

Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. There is very littie news to report this month.

Our regular monthly class luncheons do not start until September.

HOWARD BENSON. Howard and Lari left on 1 August for an extensive trip to the West Coast and Alaska. While on this trip they will visit relatives and friends in California and Oregon, returning via San Antonio, Texas, visiting more relatives. They do not expect to return to Annapolis until October.

JOEL BUNKLEY. I received a notice of an exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Jeanne and Joel Bunkley at the Loring Gallery, Wickford, R.I., 6 to 20 August.

HUSTIE HUSTVEDT. A son, Karl Philip Hauck, was born on 1 July at Cambridge, Mass., to Roger and Jane Hauck. He is their 2nd child, and the grandson of Virginia Hustvedt Hauck and the late Capt. Philip Frederick Hauck, USNA '35, and the great-grandson cf Hustie and Irene (their 2nd great-grandchild^.

Irma RITTER. Irma spent the month of August widi Marion DAVIS (DAVE's widow) in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.

RAY JONES. Ray was in Washington recendy for a check-up at Bethesda Naval Hospital. I talked with him on the phone. He said his checkup was satisfactory.

HAROLD C . TRAIN

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1962

Sec'y. RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.), 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase 15, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey O. Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. MOORE, RAdm. CHARLES J. Charlie and Anna Louise spent the month of August on the Maine Coast at Small Point Beach. Funny how the memories of summer cruises at Bath make many of us want to go back to the neighborhood for vacations.

BEARY, VAdm. DONALD B. We understand that Don is promoting a renewal of the monthly luncheon custom for 1910ers at the Naval Air Station. Congratulations! We envy the Southern California classmates the opportunity of a monthly "gab fest" and a feast.

TRAYNOR, Mrs. Francis P. Evelyn checks in with a post card from Jasper Park Lodge, way up in the Canadian Rockies after doing the Seatde Fair and the Banff country. We are indebted to her for the following dope on the family of a fine classmate: KELLEY, Mrs. Frank H. Claire is living in Coronado, and usually has some of her 5 children (3 sons, 2 daughters) and her 17 grandchildren visiting her. Son number 1 is in the Defense Department, Washington; number 2 is an M.D. and chief of a hospital in Saudi Arabia; number 3 with Air Research in Scottsdale, Ariz. He is the son-in-law of the late Admiral Ziegemeier, a favorite O.C. of midshipman days. Daughter number I lives in Seatde; number 2 with her 2 children has just been visiting Claire in Coronado from Louisville, Ky. All this stirs memories of San Diego in passed midshipman days, when Claire was a favorite member of the younger social set.

BROWN, Capt. WALTER E. A card from Squarehead: "The only pertinent data on me connected with being 74 is that I am also a greatgrandfather. There must be others in the class."

LANGWORTHY, Lt. Cdr. ELMER D. A recent fine letter from Elmer reports that he and Mildred are doing the summer at Ferry Farms on the banks of the Severn near Crabtown. So much lawn and shrubbery and flowers to tend that his golf is suffering. They had a wonderful winter and spring in Europe. Rome, with an apartment for the winter, was their favorite. Then Lucerne for week; Paris for some days; and the spring in London and the south of England. All pretty glorious. Home via SS FRANCE—and what a ship, says Elmer. After 1 October they move into an apartment in Annapolis—for permanent. The Ensign son, whom we all met in '50, expects to have his wings soon.

BRIGHT, RAdm. CLARKSON J. 24 October is the date for the Golden Anniversary of "Took" and Burton.

NORFLEET, Cdr. JOSEPH P. Swifty reports all well with him and Cape May, N.J. Feeling fine and enjoying life as he passes the 75th milestone surrounded by 4 grandchildren and their parents.

JERSEY, Capt. CHESTER C. "Chet" checks in with a nice note which reports himself in the best of health. He still lives about half way up the Laurel Street hill in an apartment which overlooks San Diego Bay and North Island. Says he: "I see the ships going in and out, and the airplanes, drive a Thunderbird car—and watch the rest of the world go by."

HOFFMAN, Cdr. J. OGDEN. Pete checks in from his present address of Carmel Valley, Calif.

(PO Box 371)—his stay here is indefinite. He has for a long time been balding a painful sinus condition—currently no worse, no better. Likes to have birthdays recognized but not counted.

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Sec'y, VAdm. R. M. Griffin, USN (Ret.) 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington 8, D. C.

FREDERICK BALTZLY We regret to report the passing of FREDERICK BALTZLY (CDR USN RET) at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, of heart disease on 6 August.

He first retired in 1932 and re-entered the service in June 1940 when he was assigned duty at Cavite, P.I. He was a Japanese prisoner of war for over 3 years and retired for physical disability incident to the service in 1946. He was a stalwart champion for what he thought was right and was never afraid to stand up and be counted.

He is survived by his widow, Anna, who lives at 118 Border Ave., Solana Beach, Calif.

Clarita and FRANK REYNOLDS announce die wedding of their son, George Francis, to Miss Mary Katherine Boyd of Washington, D. C , formerly of Chattanooga, Tenn., on 8 September in St. Clement's Episcopal Church, Arlington, Va. George is an industrial engineer with the National Supply Company at Torrance, Calif., and after a tour of the country the couple will make their home in Torrance.

The Second Echelon of the Class of 1911 seems to be doing alright: Bernard Henry Bieri, Jr. (CAPT SC '37) has been selected for Rear Admiral—one of the 3 allowed the Supply Corps this year; William F. Bringle (CAPT '37), husband of Donnie Godwin, was selected for Rear Admiral; Richard Gait Zimermann '43 made his number as Captain on 1 July; and Paul Lowe Foster is now a Lt. Cdr. USN having transferred from the Naval Reserve and is a postgraduate student at George Washington University taking a course in financial management.

The class luncheon was held on 13 August and Bieri, Cygon, Foster, Loftin, Reynolds and Zimermann represented those not out of town on vacation. Foster left for California that afternoon.

Capt. William P. Mack '37, husband of Ruth McMillin, is presently on duty in the Washington area. He has been assigned to duty with the Joints Chief of Staff.

Historian Samuel Eliot Morison, writing in the July 28-August 4 number of the Saturday Evening Post on the subject of Guadalcanal, has fulsome words of praise for DAN CALLAGHAN and NORM SCOTT. STARR KING has made his semi-annual financial report as follows: I January 1962 balance $1,699.01 Glenn Howell's 50th reunion silver dollars 25.00 Dividends to 1 July '62 33.63 Total deposits as of 1 July 1962 $1,757.64 2-18-62 transfer to Bob Griffin's working fund in Washington $150.00 1 July 1962 balance. Capital City B&L Assn. $1,607.64

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Sec'y, Como. R. S. Wentworth, USN (Bet.) P. O. Box 803, Annapolis, Md.

This chapter of history of the Class of 1912 has some bad news to record. CHARLIE LOCK WOOD had a serious fire in his house on 7 July. It was discovered at 0020. Charlie was up and soon roused the household by his shouts. Phyllis Senior ercaped through a back window. The kitchen and two rooms were damaged. But, sad to say, the records and trophies of Admiral Irwin (of stern memory) and of Charlie's distinguished service in submarines were destroyed.

His daughter Phyllis was to be married that day, and her wedding dress was pardy damaged.

However, it was repaired and the wedding was 41

held that evening. Phyllis Junior married John Thomas Canty at St. Mary's Church in Los Gatos.

The young couple graduated from the University of California. John is the son of Captain Canty, now stationed at Camp Pendleton, and expects to enter graduate school at Notre Dame.

At this writing Charlie's house is being repaired.

Confession is good for the soul. In a recent chapter of this history I failed to include an important grandson of our class—Kenneth Tisdale Sanger, a first classman and the originator of the pertinent question "Who Dat Man?" If you haven't heard that priceless story, ask Tip. Tip and Dorothy will leave Washington on 24 August. They will be "at home" at 2355 Alameda St. in Vallejo after 27 August.

A recent information sheet from Point Mugu states that "one of the world's most distinguished authorities on air, sea and space navigation," Capt. P. V. H. WEEMS, attended the Space and Aeronautics Orientation Class at that base during July.

Marguerite and Mammie were on the Coast during the month of July. Mammie not only attended the above class but saw many scientific men and some old friends—Charlie Lockwood, for one. Mammie is trying to persuade the Dept. to issue a Space Almanac similar to the Nautical and Air Almanacs.

The renovation of the Chapel is progressing rapidly. It has been painted, the floor and the pews have been refinished and a contract will be let, shordy, to enlarge the organ. It is hoped the work on the organ will be completed by November. The Chapel will probably be used for regular services by Homecoming Weekend.

That pleasant weekend will he held on 28-30 September as you no doubt know. Please make an effort to attend and see old friends and shipmates.

JOHN FALGE writes that Barbara and he visited HEINE and Peggy GOOD in their lovely home in the Broadmore section of Seatde. The Goods are planning a trip to Hawaii shortly.

If this issue of Shipmate does not have your correct address, please send me the correct one.

I wish Isabel EDGAR would send me her new address.

Finally I would be pleased to receive information about your movements and family. The class is interested.

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Corr. Sec'y, Paul D. Sleeper 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington 8, D. C.

Our D. C. class luncheons in summer are usually small. Those attending recendy were Abbott, Davis, Hill, Jupp, Lee, Reiniger and Sleeper. Hope more will join us.

Most of our class news appears in Shipmate.

It costs $8.00 per year to be a member of the USNA Alumni Association, which includes Shipmate. Widows can subscribe for it at $2.00 per year, but of course not as members. I urge you all to join or subscribe.

Changes of address (both classmates have just build new homes): LAURENCE W. CLARKE, 7347 Turnstone Rd., Sarasota, Fla. Capt. B. G. LEIGHTON, USN (Ret.), Harbor Pt. Rd. (Snug Harbor), Rt. 1, Box 226-1, Stuart, Fla. Mrs. G. W. WOLF, after 15 September, 1208 Temple Hills Dr., Laguna Beach, Calif. She writes: "Maybe some of George's classmates might be around here sometime; I would love to sec them."

AUSTIN writes: "Just back from a few weeks at Bald Creek Colony Club, N.H. Expect to visit Pasadena this fall and go to the Navy-S. Cal. 42

game." (Chub—get in touch with HATCH or HAZY or ROBBIE. They are looking for easterners to join them.)

BRIGGS—"In Chelsea hospital (1 Aug.) but hope to be out in a couple of weeks." (No news since.)

CLARKSON—"Hope to see the D. C. group before too long." (We hope so too.)

DALE—"Eva is in D. C. where her sister is quite sick. We hope to be at our 50th."

DILLINGHAM—"On Cape Cod in August.

Our best to all."

DOUGLAS—"I will make a D. C. luncheon some of these days, Paul."

DUBOSE—"Had a fine luncheon with DUBY in D. C. recendy. He was only here for a short time."

DUDLEY—"So dumb of me; have already misplaced my '13 ring again! Had a fine summer, but too much to eat."

HATCH—"There must be some classmates from the East who are going to the Seattle Fair.

I hope they set their course as IKE SEARLES did, with family. All of us West Coast '13ers will be glad to welcome them." (See news of Austin.)

HAZELTINE—"My old roommate, IKE SEARLES, wife and 2 grandchildren dropped in last week (31 July). Had Hatch, Robbie and wives over for KT's. It was grand, but they wouldn't stay over."

HELMICK—"112 days from D. C. but only 30 days not on a boat, ship, or at least 'afloat.'

Am now in Norway, but more comfortable than in the IOWA in

1911.

For

an Army man,

I

am

doing OK at sea. Next, Sweden, then home in Sept. I'll be at the lunch."

HUDSON—"I read Shipmate regularly, and it is fine to hear of classmates."

HUNT—"Expect Babbitt to make his yearly visit soon; I hope so."

MASEK—"Sorry I can't be at the D. C. luncheon—new pains in left toe, probably gout."

(If any.)

McCAWLEY—"Called off our trip to Europe.

Illness in family here and our grandson broke his leg skiing there."

McGUIRE—"Coming along OK. Expect to be in a downtown D. C. much more comfortable place soon."

POWELL—"Still commuting to N.Y.C. in my business. Think I can beat any of '13 at golf."

(Whoops!)

QUINLAN—"2 August. Painting in Colorado.

Any classmate wanting his portrait painted, free, send me his photo."

ROBINSON—"We on West Coast are hoping for BIG turnout at Navy-S. Cal. game. Let us know. We all want to get together."

RODES—"Expect to be East this fall. Hope to see the D. C. group then."

SHOCK—"I hate to boast, but it is even too cold for swimming here (31 July). I understand Duby will be here for 3 weeks soon. I hope so."

THEBAUD—"It's tough to survive all the social activities here; but I hope to survive and see you all in December."

TISDALE—"Hope to be at a D. C. luncheon soon. My best to all of '13."

WHITE—"Burning Springs, Ky., am a country man again, among the birds and bees and 'pison' ivy. Enjoy the news and doings of classmates in Shipmate."

WOODSIDE—"I was shocked to learn that GEORGE WOLF had passed on. We who knew him well know what a fine classmate he was.

Am now engaged with all kinds of minor activities, but I'll be at a D. C. luncheon soon again.

I enjoy them."

Cards or very short notes also received from Ard, Babbitt, Clarke, Donahue, Grayson, Hender-

son, Leighton, Lovnachan, Miller, Ruble, Seibert, Todd and Thurston.

All of above, as well as myself, send their best to all 1913'ers everywhere.

PAUL

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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.

Agnes H a l l TAWRESEY

It is with much regret that I have to announce the death of Agnes Hall TAWRESEY who passed away suddenly in Norfolk early in the morning of Friday, 20 July. The sad news came as a great shock to Hazel and me as it was just about 2 weeks before her untimely end that she called on us here in Annapolis and seemed to be the picture of health.

In addition to Alfred she is survived by their 2 daughters, Mrs. John J. Cassidy, Jr. of Annapolis and Mrs. George C. Duncan of San Francisco, and 9 grandchildren. Her son-in-law, Capt. John J. Cassidy, USN, was Officer in Charge of Public Works at the Naval Academy until very recently, and was very helpful during the installation of our Class Memorial about 2 years ago.

Funeral services were held on 23 July at the Episcopal Church of The Good Shepherd in Norfolk, which was followed the next day by graveside services in the Arlington National Cemetery. Four members of the Class of 1914 attended the latter services: in addition to myself there were CAREY, PERRY and SPANAGEL. A spray of flowers was sent by the class.

You will probably receive this issue of Shipmate about the time of Homecoming Weekend, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28 and 29. After the football game on Saturday Hazel and I will be at home and will be happy to have members of the class and their wives stop by for refreshments, etc. This invitation also applies to class widows and all friends of the class.

A TOAST TO THE BEST OF THEM ALL, FOURTEEN. BOB

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Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D. Struble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, Md. Asst. Sec'y, LGen. P. A. del Valle, USMC (Ret.), 41 Cornhill St., Annapolis, Md.

IRV CHAMBERS was married in February and gives his permanent address as 257 Bunker Ranch Rd., West Palm Beach, Fla. He hopes to attend Homecoming this year.

J. H. ROCKWELL'S grandson, John H., Ill, has received a presidential appointment to the Naval Academy.

The following from BILL FINITNY: Our dear old class will write no more They must find life quite a bore The secretary and his mate Can only weep o'er their sad fate And pray and hope the writer's muse Inspires our friends no time to lose.

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Sec.-Treas., Capt. E. S. Earnhardt, USN (Ret.), 3900 Calverton Dr., College Heights Estates, Hyattsville, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. Leon F. Brown 20 Southgate Avenue Annapolis, Maryland West Coast Sec'y, Cdr. E. F. Cochrane, USN (Ret.), 4315 Avalon Blvd.

San Diego 3, Calif.

FREDERICK BERNARD CRAVEN

FRITZ passed away on 12 July in Winchester, Mass., after an illness of 9 years. Interment was in Winchester. At one time Fritz was President General of the Order of the United States. He was retired a Lt. Commander in the Naval Reserve.

After resigning from the Navy in 1920 he was SHIPMATE

connected with the Mystic Steamship Co. of Boston and the Boston Towboat Co., in an executive capacity. While with the latter he pioneered the development of diesel-electric drive for the tug boats. The class extends deepest sympathy to Christine, his widow, and to his brother, Capt. F. S. Craven.

A litde bird told me that Mr. deWeldon, the famous sculptor who did the Iwo Jima statue, just finished a bust of our MICK CARNEY. Mr. deWeldon had a large cocktail party in Newport to show the bust to Mick's friends. All present agreed that it was a wonderful likeness, though it is impossible for any bust to portray the twinkle in Mick's eyes.

Had a lovely letter from Barbara GLUTTING, sending her heartfelt gratitude to the class, not only for the beautiful floral piece for P.A.UL, but for the attendance at the burial, and the numerous warm letters and messages. The Navy and the class were unspeakably dear to Paul, and Barbara and the children thank you with all their hearts.

WEST COAST ACTIVITIES

BUNNY COCHRANE We are glad to welcome Angle and COUNT GRASSIE back from their European tour. Among the highlights were the dock at Antwerpen, where the ILLINOIS tied up in 1913, our first port of call on our first midshipmen cruise, and the grand parties with Consuela and TONY ZIROLI in Italy.

A card from Marie and BERT RODGERS reports on their arrival in Berlin. The card showed that wall in Potsdamer Platz, taken recently. They have acquired a German car and will tour Germany, then Italy, then hole up for a year or so in Spain.

The San Diego '16-'17ers July luncheon was held at the Marine Recruit Depot Officers' Club on the 17th, with 18 attending. Those prelims, as per tradition, got the rumpus underway and the action was fast and furious. GLOOM BATEMAN, who recendy became Sec.-Treas. of the San Clemente Golf Club, absorbed the initial set-to after a shaky batde.

Others who unwillingly got caught and given citations were: SLEUTH HOLMES, a generous contributor; MERRILL COMSTOCK, a sure-fire winner in every session, and our new bridegroom, GEORGE CHAPLINE. George has decided to spend much of the year living in La Jolla, for which we are all pleased. SHORTY SAUER, still not exactly up to sniiff to date but never complaining of his ailment, brought along LARRY HERR. Larry had visited with us some time back and it was good to have him with us again.

After luncheon the matter of the Navy-Southern Cal. game in the Coliseum in L. A. on 17 November was discussed. A special bus is being considered to haul the gang, with wives, to the game. Due to the kind consideration of the NAAA the group will be seated together.

The August meeting included Count Berkey, Pop Flood, Pablo Goen, Harris Lyle and Bo Wells.

Hasta luego, amigos.

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

luncheon Saturday and dinner Saturday at Carvel.

It is planned that we all meet for Chapel Sunday (try to be there by 10:15 at latest). Following Chapel the STONEs will give a despedida for the class at 248 King George St. All wives and our widows are included in all events—the latter as guests of the class—and, naturally, at Bernardine and Jack's at 248. And the more, the merrier.

We should muster about 100 all told. And we don't wish that all be told.

This 45th will be fun so come and make it happier. Remember 12-14 October, and plan it.

You will remember it for years.

JACK

JULY LUNCHEON ' 1 6 - ' 1 7

July luncheon at AScN Club was attended by Austin, Calhoun, Hanafee, Phelps, Morwin, Gregory, Steele, Kelly, Fechteler, Small, Jenkins, Stone, Earnhardt and Dugin—all in order both alphabetically and by classes. The boys all seemed to be having a good time and reluctantiy departed when the food ran out.

CONOVER—Jim writes from Mexico that he will not be able to attend our 45 th, and that is desolating news.

ROGERS—Chipper and Edith intend to be with us at the 45th as well as at Homecoming 2 weeks earlier. They will be at Carvel.

DAVIS—Ward and Kay intend to be here both for Homecoming and our 45th. They will be with his nephew and niece in Parole.

GLICK—Davy doubts that he can make the 45th. He says courts are very busy at that time (he's an attorney, not a criminal—if one can separate them). We've had experience with both and are not quite sure which we favor.

HAGEN—Eddie writes that he will not, as of now, be able to attend our 45th. This is disappointing news, particularly for your yeoman who hasn't seen him since he was in ARKANSAS, '17-'I8.

SALLADA—Slats says that at the present time he is not able to commit himself to be with us 12-14 October. That's the penalty for being a useful person. We feckless ones are much freer.

Cordelia HOLDEN is in Mallorca and does not know when she is returning, but if by October, she intends to be here.

MARBOURG—Ned has recendy been on a tour of the East—as far as Colorado Springs to visit his mother who is 101. He saw CAP WARD and talked to DEAN DOUGLAS and NICK VYTLACIL on his trip.

REUNION

Register at Alumni House and get schedule.

There will be but 3 events: dinner on Friday,

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Sec'y, RAdm. E. E. Duvall, USN (Ret.) Apt. 755-B, The Westchester Washington 16, D. C.

The following appeared on one of the first pages in Whispers, the annual yearbook of the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., where Perry has been teaching math for the past five years: "We, the Editors, dedicate the 1962 'Whispers' with grateful appreciation to PERRY ROOT TAYLOR, CAPT. USNR RET., whose never-ending patience with his students and devotion to the task of increasing their understanding are more admired and welcomed by those who have been associated with him than he would ever allow himself to believe." (Note: this citation appeared under the photograph of Perry seated at his desk at school.)

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

Nell STEVENS' welcome report of 29 July from Hollywood is headed "Information by an unprejudiced Grandmother." It continues: "Most beautiful blonde blue-eyed boy born 3 July. Very 'Stevens' in looks. Named Leslie Clark Stevens, and he is the 5th generation to carry that name."

His father is the well-known stage, screen and TV playwright and producer, Leslie C. Stevens, Jr. His mother is the beautiful movie actress whose stage name is Kate Manx. Her latest picture, "Hero's Island," will be released in September.

And she is also starred in the forthcoming TV series "Stony Burke" on the ABC network. These were written and directed by her husband.

After visits to La Jolla, Coronado, Denver and Indiana, Nellie returned to Annapolis. She will be "at home" to '19ers and friends after the William and Mary game, 29 September. It is just possible we can persuade her to show pictures of her grandson.

BERT and Marion GRIFFITHS are reported to have had a marvelous trip "down under" in the MONTEREY, and are fine.

PERRY ROOT TAYLOR, CAPT. USNR (RET.) '18

S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R

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Dr. ARTHUR STANTON, alias "Beany," has assumed his duties as President of the Seminar for American Studies in Salzburg, Austria. Irene's card of 2 August depicts the handsome "Schloss" on which it is conducted and where they and the participants live. The seminars include lectures 6 mornings a week. One on law was underway to be followed by art.

Dott ALLEN, poor girl, had the misfortune to break her left wrist in an otherwise minor automobile accident on 5 June. Dott>' wishes to express her appreciation to the class for its contribution to the San Diego County Heart Association in CHARLIE'S memory.

The 7 August luncheon had to compete with a director's meeting of the Retired Officers .Association. Willenbucher, DuVal and Schildhauer attended the latter. Hence the 7 at the luncheon were: Crosley, Fink, Demarest, Settle, Schoeffel. Tarbutton and Thurber.

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STEWART and Bedi CROSLEY from Kingsport, Tenn., visited with CARL and Eloise FINK in early August. Stewart was trafficking with the medics at Bethesda while the girls shopped and/or tried to keep cool. RAY THURBER had die 4 at the ACN club for dinner and dancing, and a good time was had by all.

JIMMY HOLLOWAY returned to active duty on 1 June as Governor of the Sailors Home in Philadelphia. I saw him on the platform at graduation 6 June, but not to speak to.

Speaking of graduation, it is the custom to arise when relatives or friends graduate. This year we did our duty for 2 of Dulaney's cousins.

Afterward a sweet-faced lady behind us congratulated Dulaney upon having a son in the graduating class. Not a word for "grandpa," dammit!

Dulaney's dear mother, Mrs. Gordon H. Claude, celebrated her 98th birthday on 8 August. In reply to my regrets over not being present due to hospitalization, she sent word not to worry, just get well. Said she planned on having several more anyway, bless her!

Yes, boys and girls, I joined the Coronary Club on 2 August. Since then I've been lolling at Uncle's Annapolis Haven for Ancient Mariners.

Its able CO, Dr. Tom Cx)nnolly, die fine Chief of Medicine, Dr. Robert Williams and the excellent staff have been most kind to me. Brother John summed it up nicely in a recent letter. Wrote he: "We were pleased to hear from Dulaney that the patient was bright and enjoying his hospital jello in all 6 delicious flavors."

I don't know yet when I'll be out—this is 17 August—but I'm in good hands.

Wonder what Jack Stone will do when he finds so much extra Shipmate space in his preChristmas stocking.

Sec'y, Capt. John F. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.), 4431 Volta PI., N.W. Washington 7, D. C. Fifteen attended the class luncheon at the ArmyNavy Club, Washington, on 27 July. Those attending were: Browder, Bryan, Christmas, Cope, Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Hague, Holsinger, Lyon, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Pearson, Robinson and Wachtler.

The HEINEMANS will again hold "Open House" for classmates and their wives after the Homecoming game, 29 September, at their home, 343 Dewey Drive. Most of us know the location from past enjoyable soirees there. It is about 4 blocks from the N.W. parking area (Farragut Rd. side) of the Stadium, a 5-minute walk from the game should you care to leave your car at the Stadium, or wish to park before the game at the house where there is room for about 20 cars.

So, as you head for the Stadium or the Heinemans' house, turn into Farragut Road (steeproofed Lutheran church marks the spot); go up the hill and then turn left right into Dewey Drive, if headed for the house.

Paul Heineman reports that KEN and Arlene REED in their cruiser LAURIE barged into Annapolis mid-July and stayed for a week before heading north.

Supplementing the news on the recent trip of VIRGIE and Willy KORNS to the West Coast, diey stayed with CHUB and Ellen Louise WHEYLAND at Minneapolis, enroute. Virgie advises that the Wheylands are planning to move to California in the fall. The Korns met their daughter, Martha, and her family in Seatde, toured the World's Fair, and then proceeded to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, visiting relatives at each place. In San Diego they stayed with Willy's brother, Harry Callaway, who invited a number of Virgie's classmates and former shipmates to a cocktail party in their honor. Among those attending were the Binfords, Christophs, Deckers, Hartmans, Kinneys, Stokers, Wyatts and Virginia Smith (Murray's wife).

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RED and Julie GROVE are now based in Houston, although they still have their Piedmont, Calif., house. Red has set up the M and J Valve Co. there and is very busy. He has a plant at 1422 Maury St., Houston, and a plant and offices at 400 Bringhurst St., Houston, Texas. The "M and J" stands for Marvin and Julie. Good luck. Red. A note from EDDIE COLLINS in Santa Monica indicates that all is well. Eddie advises that ELLSWORTH McEATHRON is now president of die Los Angeles Naval Academy Alumni Association.

MYRON BABER has retired from teaching at Lynchburg College and plans to relax. He may do a litde traveling in easy stages from time to time.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Floyd F. Ferris, USN (Ret.) 4201 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Apt. 414W Washington 16, D. C.

JAMES SHEPHERD FREEMAN The Class of '21 has lost another fine classmate in die passing of RAdm. JAMES S. FREEMAN, USN (Ret.).

Jimmy died on 8 August at Bethesda Naval Hospital from circulatory complications at 62 years of age. Following services in the Fort Myer Chapel, he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on 10 August. Classmates who acted as honorary pallbearers were: Heber Brumbaugh, Hal Houser, Blackie Loker, Griff Herring (up from Dayton, Va.) and Gordon Forbes of Baltimore. In addition, the following members of the class were present: Babbaro, Hilding, Jamison, McCollum, Rowe and Waters. Flowers were sent from the class.

Jimmy was born in Jasper, Ala. He received his master's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1930. In 1941 he commanded the cargo vessel ALCHIBA, a part of the Amphibious Force in the southern Pacific, and was awarded the Navy Cross with the following citation: "For distinguishing himself conspicuously by heroism as Commanding Officer of USS ALCHIBA during the occupation of the Solomon Islands." His ship was torpedoed off Guadalcanal and, according to the citation, "Commander (then) Freeman displayed superior seamanship, courage and determination in beaching his ship in order to save it and its valuable cargo." The ALCHIBA was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.

Jimmy is survived by his widow, Dorothea, their son James S., Jr., of White Plains, N. Y., and 4 grandchildren. Dorothea may be reached at her sister's at 917 S. Lee St., Alexandria, Va.

CARL ANDREW L. SUNDBERG It is with deep regret that we announce the death of CARL SUNDBERG at University Hospital, N.Y.C. on 10 August. Carl resigned from die Navy in 1923 as a Lt. (jg). He was appointed a district representative for the Guaranty Trust Co., and in 1940 joined Alco Products, Inc. Carl became assistant treasurer of Alco in 1942 and secretary in 1941. He served on the insurance planning council of the American Management Association, and was a member of the boards of managers of both the Pennsylvania and New York Self-Insurers Associations. Carl lived at 17 Harvey Lane, Upper Saddle River, N.J., and is survived by his widow, Evelyn, a daughter, Carlyn, a son, Carl, a sister and a brother. The class sent a floral wreath.

Jane Evelyn LAKE Word has been received of the passing of Jane Evelyn Lake, wife of RAdm. BURTON G. LAKE, USN (Ret.). She died in Lockland, Texas, on 18 June and was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on 10 July. Condolences of the class were mailed to Burton to his Los Angeles address.

LUNCHEON The following were present at the '21 luncheon at the Army and Navy Club on 25 July: Abe Abercrombie, Oliver Billingsley, Joe Bolger, Luther Brown, Major Brumbaugh, Osie Colclough, Jimmy Costell, Duke Houser, Red Jamison, Blackie Loker, Mac McDonald, Mac McShane, Ken Noble, Don Smith, Sherry Smith, John Waters and Tom Watties.

Your class secretary is back in Washington after a European trip with his wife Alwilda. Over on SS CONSTITUTION to Naples, with shore visits in Casablanca, Gibraltar and Palma; up through Italy and Switzerland; later to Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Holland before re-visiting Paris; thence London and home in SS UNITED STATES.

Classmates who also planned on European trips this summer were the HOWARD HUBBELs and die LAWRENCE LITCHFIELDs. From San Diego comes word that the WRAYS entertained with KTs and buffet most of the '21ers in that area in June at the NAS, North Island.

PROFILE—FRANK R. TALBpT Retired in June 1951, with the permanent rank of O)mmodore and the honorary rank of Rear Admiral. His last tour of active duty was in the Bremerton Navy Yard as Administrative Officer.

Before leaving the Bremerton area he was adopted into the Kitsap Tribe as a Kitsaper with the tide of Hyas Tyee (Big Chief).

On 15 July 1951 he reported to the American President Lines (shipping) in San Francisco as safety engineer for the docks and ships. After 2 years of frustrated effort he was transferred to their Purchasing Department to help the Korean war shipping build-up. At the end of Korea the ships returned to mothballs and Frank to civilian life.

RADM. FRANK R. TALBOT, USN (RET.) '21

With the above purchasing background, he applied for and joined Fibreboard Paper Products Corp., San Francisco, in January 1955, and as of this date has the tide of Supervisor of Field Purchasing. Come November 1962, at the ripe old age of 65, he will re-retire as per the company's policy; this time to the Presidio golf course, leisurely traveling, and then under the direct supervision of Carmen. For posterity there is Lt. Frank R. Talbot, Jr., USN '53, a submariner and a guided missile expert on a guided missile submarine. Frank Jr. has a lovely wife, Ann, and 3 children: Frank 3rd, Elizabeth Ann and Carolyn Marie.

SHIPMATE

PROFILE—D. ADAMS FROST

PROFILE—THOMAS J. RYAN, JR.

Jack was born with a caul. One of his earliest memories is when an old colored nurse, who helped to take care of him as a baby, showed him a jar of alcohol in which was preserved his caul and told him, "You is born to be lucky!"

He was lucky in getting into the Naval Academy —after 6 physical examinations—in which he finally passed the color perception test.

When 1921 graduated he was lucky in drawing #2 out of the 10 who were ordered to the Asiatic Station. He was forever after an "Asiatic sailor."

He was lucky when he missed the MISSISSIPPI turret explosion by an even 30 days due to a trans-

Availability of such a large and highly respected audience is so RARE that I am writing this profile while looking in a mirror.

Jo (my bride of 33 years) and 1 have been in New Orleans, my home town, since January 1947.

When retirement came in June 1950, it seemed a good idea to make a determined effort to become citizens of this community. I joined several organizations, went into civic and patriotic work.

Jo did her share on the distaff side. An agent's contract was signed with Aetna Life Insurance Co. in October 1950; still my business address. During the last 3 years the pace has slowed down materially; now specializing in estate planning and business insurance. Working at this exciting and rewarding business has become a hobby.

Some memberships presently maintained are: Chamber of Commerce, International House, M.O.W.W., Navy League, American Legion, USNA Alumni, Chevy Chase Club, and The Round Table Club.

Tommy, our son, graduated from Tulane University with a B.B.A. and went to Houston, paddling his own canoe. For several years he has been H. D. Lee and Company's representative in that area and is doing very well. He and Cora Jane have 2 fine sons: Thomas Robert, 7/4, and John Morrill, 4J4, cowboy and swimming enthusiasts. They are well and happy in their home in Briargrove, Houston. Fortunately, it is only 7 hours by automobile or 1/4 hours by plane; frequent happy reunions.

Most satisfying extracurricular activities have been: (1) Conducting a school for one year in municipal police administration (the textbook was final authority); (2) Commander of New Orleans Chapter, Military Order of the World Wars for 2 years.

fer to USS

SEATTLE.

He was lucky when he made his solo hop at Pensacola, and spun from an altitude of 750 feet— but brought it out.

He probably was lucky when he busted out at Pensacola into H-boats; he is still alive.

He missed the fatal flight of the SHENANDOAH because a cloud crossed the sun at the sailing hour at Lakehurst.

He and JIMMY CARTER missed die parachute hop in a D-H at Lakehurst when DUTCH SCHILDHAUER and die late JIMMY KYLE had to bail out at 150 feet to enable the plane to get back into the field because its liberty engine conked out.

He was lucky when he retired for physical disability in 1938; it gave him the opportunity to develop a civilian career in real estate. He is president of a Seatde realty company.

He was lucky when he took command of the ELIZABETH C . STANTON in WWII. Ships sank all around him—enemy subs were 500 yards off the beam—and the "Lucky Lizzie" got nary a scratch.

All missions were accomplished 100% with no casualties.

He was lucky when he married Maria Lofthur and acquired 2 beautiful daughters, a handsome son and 10 grandchildren.

He is lucky in his genealogy in that his 1st grandfather was Elder Edmond Frost who came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632, and his 1st maternal grandfather, Maximilian Jewett, came to the same colony in 1630. He qualifies, by direct descent on both sides of his family, for the Order of Founders and Patriots, and was governor of the Washington state chapter of that order for 2 years.

Finally, he is lucky now that he is living in the great California desert on the 18th fairway of the beautiful Bermuda Dunes Country Club. He is now a full-fledged "desert rat!"

PROFILE—THEODORE R. WIRTH On retirement, that decisive and inevitable 30 June 1951, Ann, the Crocker Bank and I bought a house in Santa Rosa, Calif., to establish a permanent home for ourselves and our youngsters, Lee, Bill, and Annie K (for Kelly).

California licensed me to be a real estate salesman. In 6 months I sold 2 properties and Ann sold one—our permanent home in Santa Rosa.

We no longer needed the latter when I became so fortunate as to find steadier employment with the Universal Oil Products Company in the Chicago area early in 1952 I have been with Universal ever since and shall re-retire next year. My duties have been varied in administration, but titleless.

Daughter Lee has returned to San Francisco.

Annie K. will graduate from high school in June.

Bill graduated from the Academy in 1959 and is a jg and chief engineer of the USS FLOYD B . PARKS

(DD-884).

We are blessed with matured health. We plan either to return to that grand Bay Area or to try a couple of years in Europe. Health holding, I hope to find another field from which to retire.

Once one tastes retirements, we find, they hold appeal.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital on 5 August. Eddie started his seagoing career in the USS FLORIDA. Subsequendy he commanded the USS GLEAVES and the USS ALABAMA. During WWII he was operations officer on the staff of CinCLant prior to taking command of d;j ALABAMA. After the war he served 2 years as electronics specialist for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2 years as communications officer with CinCPac, and a final 2 years prior to retirement in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Following retirement he was associated with subsidiaries of the Westinghouse Airbrake Company.

He is survived by his widow, Emily, and 4 daughters.

Mrs. Chester Anthony Wyman announces the marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth Wyman Larson, to VINCENT JOSEPH GALLAGHER on 23 June at Miami, Fla. Respectively our felicitations and congratulations to the newlywcds.

And CURTIS SHEARS, writing from die Alps, tells of his marriage on I September. The bride's name is Elizabeth, but Curt must have been somewhat excited because he failed to include her last name. Later the couple will live in Hawaii where Curt will become principal of the Mohala Pua School.

We received a note from the daughter of JOHN HUME telling us that he had been partially paralyzed by a stroke. Here's hoping you get back to battery in short order. Jack. Mrs. Winifred Hume passed away in January 1952.

Rosarita Hume also reported that Mildred Asman, wife of GEORGE ASMAN, passed away last winter.

Col. WILLIAM W. MITCHELL, USMC (Ret.), states that his daughter is married to Lt. Col. William L. Dick, USMC, and that they, together with Bill's 3 grandsons, are enroute to Honolulu for duty. Earlier, we heard from GEORGE O'SHEA that Bill had had a rough siege in the hospital last spring, but had been recuperating nicely. Hope you are real fit now. Bill, and will see us at Reunion Forty.

One project of the latter, still being energetically pursued, is to encourage more widespread display of the national colors from residences and places of business on national holidays.

There is time now to relax and enjoy our home, our friends, our garden (especially red roses) and a frisky wirehaired fox terrier pup. HEAR "THIS: , 40th REUNION He is registered with the American Kennel Club Returns so far from the Reunion circular indias "Fleet Admiral TOMJO" but answers to the cate that we shall have a record attendance. name of Skipper.

In order to allow proper planning, all who plan Life is good in this most interesting city. When to attend should send in their reservations forms you come this way check the telephone book and soon. give us a call.

Also, the Reunion souvenirs (tics, pencils and pens) will be allocated on a "first come first served" basis, so send for yours now! Distribution will be made early in September.

Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller Inquiries have been received as to the proper Farm, R2 Box 146, Mercersburg, Pa. "uniform" for the Reunion events. The uniform will be optional, but street clothes will be acEDWARD HARRIS PIERCE ceptable at all events. For the evening parties, It is with deep regret that we report Capt. business suits will be appropriate for class memEDWARD HARRIS PIERCE died of cancer at bers, and informal dinner dresses for the ladies

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will be suitable but not mandatory. There will be no inspection!

Through error, the Reunion circular quoted last year's price of $3.50 each for tickets to the Navy-William and Mary football game. The correct price is $4.00 each plus 35c registration for each set of tickets.

Be sure to register at Alumni House on arrival in Annapolis to obtain your Reunion and Homecoming kits and to get a list of names and locations of classmates attending the Reunion.

Hope to see you at the 40th Renuion and Homecoming, 1962, in September.

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Sec'y and Recorder, Capt. Charles Beaumont, tTSN (Ret.) 37 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, Md.

The following corrections are to be made to the class roster: HATCHET, EDWARD W. N 3007 Westchester Ave., Orlando, Fla. McCUTCHEN, JOHN, CAPT USN RET V La Torro di Bellesguardo, Via San Carlos 1, Bcllesguardo, Firenze, Italy SANDERS, HARRY, VADM USN RET V Harbor Boat Building Co., 258 Cannery St., Terminal Island, Calif.

SMOOT, ROLAND, VADM USN RET 169 1st St., Salt Lake City, Utah Your secretary went visiting this summer. I talked to GEORGE HODGKISS at Jamestown, R.I. He is farming. Had cocktails with BUSTER ROBBINS and his charming wife at Newport, R.I. A fabulous home and a good host. Dropped in to see CARL GESEN in Concord, N.H. He sits as top mogul in a large combined insurance activity. Saw BOB and Dolly McCORMICK in Watertown, N.Y., where we all had dinner together. Then down to Virginia Beach, where we had cocktails with BILL and Marge HAMILTON, BILL POGUE and Fran and the DUSINBERRES. Dropped in at Bill's nice house the next morning, then home.

For the convenience of class members who may be visiting Washington, or who can arrange their visits to conform, all hands are advised that they will be welcomed at the '23 meetings, scheduled as follows: A&N Town Club: 27 Sept., 29 Nov., 31 Jan., 28 March 63, 23 May 63; Naval Weapons Plant: 24 Oct., 19 Dec, 20 Feb. 63, 24 April 63.

Without delay, answer NEIL DIETRICK's and FRED WORTHINGTON's communiques on the

cla.ss record and the 40th Reunion. of activities will be worth a hoot replies and the dollars required.

1962 Homecoming is just in the body come, if at all feasible! It's can compare scalp areas and swap

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No planning without your offing. Everyfun and you dope. 'Luck.

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

DENNIS LARKIN FRANCIS

With deep regret we have to record the loss of another classmate. DENNIS LARKIN FRANCIS (RADM USN RET) lost his batde against brain tumor after a long illness and passed away on 30 July at Bethesda Naval Hospital. A native of Colorado, Dinty is best remembered by us for his prowess in water polo, in our midshipmen days.

He was retired from service in 1955, and after that engaged in the securities business, first in New York and later in Washington. More recendy he made his home at McLean, Va., and was a consultant for Executive Job Counselors. A funeral Mass was held 2 August at Fort Myer Chapel, interment at Arlington with full military honors. Classmates serving as honorary pallbearers were: Rose, Hartwig, Duvall, Sinclair, Collins, Longfellow, Gminder and Morgan. Surviving are his widow, Cdr. Dorothy H. Francis, USN, 2204 Nesbitt Ct., McLean, Va., one son and 3 daughters.

Our class historian, BILL MANSFIELD, has compiled interesting data with respect to our 1924 juniors who have attended the Naval Academy and West Point, many of whom are on active duty. To summarize. Bill reports that 74 '24 fathers sent 81 sons to USNA and 3 to USMA. Of these, 70 graduated at Annapolis, and recently 58 of these were on active duty USN, USMC and USAF. The first junior to graduate was W. G. DEVENS, Jr., USMA 1946, and the 2nd was P. H. H. DUNN, Jr., USNA '47. The largest representation we had in USNA classes was in 1952, with 11 sons of '24, and the Class of 1951 included 10 of our juniors.

This time we have a recent picture of JOE THEW for your enjoyment, and regret it cannot be reproduced in color here, to match the original print. Joe has been with the Point Four program in Iran for more than 6 years, and we understand that Pete and Nancy think it may soon be time for him to retire, because of his resemblance to the native Kahn in his area. Wrote Joe: "Would like to offer my hospitality to any and all of my world-roaming classmates—that's a safe one!

Iranian Kurdistan is where the street cars would

turn around—if there were any street cars. But if anyone passing through Tehran would like to see the real back-country, I'd welcome them warmly to my comfortable, if not too placid, country Seat. Our concern is more with introducing the wheel than worry about the potential of the thermonuclear process—I send my regards to all the class, and particularly to the Washington Chapter of the '24 Friday Chowder, Martini and Marching Society."

HAP GOODALL and Jean recendy attended a POW convention in Albuquerque, and then continued on to Seattle via Coronado-San Diego, where they visited with the HURSTS and the LOUIE ALLENs. And, speaking of Coronado-San Diego, where else could our class assemble 31 members (plus wives in most instances) except for a class reunion.''

Yes, 24 of our group in that area were joined by 7 others from outside the area on the occasion of a grand dinner party given by SWEDE (VADM USN) and Betty EKSTROM at their quarters.

Naval Air Station, Coronado, on 10 August. From Pensacola came DALE HARRIS and Dottie (making an extended visit to the SD area); from Phoenix came BOB MATHEWS and Corinna; and from the Los Angeles area came Herb and Cec Becker, Ev and Kay Burroughs, Jim and Margie Dancy, Bill and Magee Davis, and Truman and Chita Hedding. Assisting the Ekstroms in welcoming these travelers were the following regular members of the Coronado-San Diego chapter: The Aliens, Bill Baileys, Bellerbys, Cowboy Camerons, Carrolls, Dcams, Dickies, Dunns, Gus Fish, Garfields, Grafs, Mrs. Babe Handly, Hursts, Slim Johnsons, Lillards, Maglys, Don McLeans, Dr. Jessie Rutt, Schultzes, Shorts, Tiemroths, Wolowskys, and Rufe Young. Also Mrs. Georgia Hays, a house guest of the Hursts.

Some time ago we had a request for the address of HAROLD K. LESLIE, which we lack.

Can anyone give us a lead to Hal's postal address.?

RED RUHSENBERGER during the summer was reported making a transcontinental tour by a 26' trailer. He sold his home in Wichita and headed southeast via Louisville and Sewanee to his new "base" at Jacksonville, Fla. (2320 Cedar Shore Circle). After Key West we hear he has moved into Texas and headed on for the Far West. How about a report. Red, on what has followed.'

MARSHALL LUTHRINGER, President of Central Illinois Public Service, addressed the N.Y. Society of Security Analysts in luly on the subject of CIPS. Oudook: promising. New development: a power plant in central Illinois located right over a coal mine, to avoid a long haul of fuel. RED SYLVESTER returned in August from a 3-

CLASS OF 1924 at August 10th Dinner Party given by VAdm. and Mrs. C. E. Ekstrom, NAS, San Di lege.

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were present: Bachman, Bradley, Brydon, Cabanillas, Craig, Cunningham, Duvall, Dyer, Hoffman, Johnson, Longfellow, Mercer, Nesser, Robillard, Rose, Rook, Purple, Sisson, Sudiff, Sinclair, Winecoff. Von Steenbergh and Deuterman.

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JULIUS NESSER presented his guest and business associate, Mr. Harold Montgomery. There was a warm welcome for our Richmond delegation JOE CABANILLAS and GEORGE BRYDON who remain with the faculty of the University of Richmond. Joe reported that on a recent visit to Williamsburg he saw a wonderful performance by the lovely and talented Miss Barbara Cleaves, daughter of our classmate BILL CLEAVES, in "The Common Glory," a patriotic colonial pageant which he enthusiastically recommends.

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Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.) 3055 Foxhall Road, Washington 16, D. C.

GEORGE J. DUFEK, Director of The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Va., has announced that there will be an International Antarctic Exhibition which will open at the museum on 28 October 1962.

JOE THEW '24 on duty in Kurdistan for the Point Four Program (see '24 notes).

month tour of Europe. A more complete report will follow, but among those contacted in Spain

by Red were BOB WAID (long time no see), a master of the Spanish language; and BONEY CLOSE, both of whom are doing well in business at Madrid.

GUS (H. R.) WELSFORD has been named freshman crew coach at Drexel Tech. and is taking over for fall practice. Gus is best known in the rowing field as the stroke of the 4-oared crew which in 1924 took the U. S. championship, and then rowed to the Olympics that year. He is also serving as a director of the Philadelphia USNA Alumni Association, of which FRED ILSEMAN is currently the President.

Twelve foreign nations have been invited to participate in this special exhibition which has been planned to recognize the achievements of men from all the nations that have conducted scientific expeditions to the Antarctic.

Admiral Dufek, veteran of six expeditions to Antarctica, and director of U. S. Navy's "Operation Deepfreeze" from 1954 until his retirement in

1959, has expressed the hope that the museum exhibition would further international understanding and cooperation.

Memorabilia, paintings, photos, charts, equipment, etc., will be on display for 6 months, ending on 1 May 1963.

Doda TAYLOR, wife of WHITEY, sponsored the USS ROBERT D . CONRAD, at Jacksonville, Fla.

Built at the Gibbs Shipyard this is one of the first ships to be built from the keel as an oceanographic research ship, and is named for Capt.

Robert D. Conrad (USNA '27). When completed, the ship will be operated by the Lamont Geological Observatory of Columbia University. The class was ably represented bv the KIT CARSONs, DUSTY RHODES, and the BELTON CLELANDS. Mrs. Taylor's daughter, Mrs. Walter H . Burier, served as her Matron of Honor. Her son, Lt. Cdr. E. B. Taylor, Jr. (USNA '53), and daughter-inlaw, Joan (Pefley), escorted Doda. Whitey was in Europe at the time.

A book just released by McGraw-Hill entided Mathematics for Pleasure is co-authored by Professor William H. (TEE) BENSON, and Oswald Jacoby, the noted bridge expert. In the book's foreword, Mr. Jacoby, who has a number of books on bridge and other games to his credit, refers to Tee as the "perfect co-author" and also says "in addition to his faculty for turning out highly accurate work of all sorts, he has long made a hobby of mathematical recreations and ranks with the world's top experts on magic squares." Tee continues on the faculty of Dickinson College, which he joined on retirement.

MRS. E. B. TAYLOR, wife of RAdm. E. B. Taylor, USN '25, is assisted by Edward A. Fletcher, President of Gibbs Shipyards, Inc., in breal<ing the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow of the USS ROBERT D. CONRAD in Jacksonville, Fla.

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The D. C. group of '24 held its regular 4th Wednesday of the month luncheon at the ArmyNavy Club on 25 July. The following members

The "Ambassador of Bourbon," BILL MARSHALL, recently addressed the Rotary Club of New York on interesting aspects of the Bourbon Industry.

RED EYE COLEMAN '25 receiving 35-year award from the Connecticut Light and Power Co.

RED EYE COLEMAN recendy received a ship's clock commemorating his 35 years with the Connecticut Power and Light Co. Kitty and Red Eye live in Suffield, Conn, (about 5 miles from Springfield, Mass.), and we're looking forward to August when GENE and Marge LEE from Phoenix, and Mac and Judy MacComsey (USNA '22) would be with their daughter Judy .â&#x20AC;˘\nn, and, of course, the Colemans.

Birth announcement. Born 10 July, at GraceNew Haven Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Reppy, Jr., a son, David Andrew. Grandparents, the late JOHN REPPY, and Mrs. Reppy of Haddam Neck, Conn.

During the past few weeks, among the other Washington visitors were HORACE TR.AINER, RED POWELL, and GEORGE BAINS. All seemed to be in pretty good shape, considering normal wear and tear. . . . GEORGE and Estelle WRIGHT are vacationing in Maine, where they are fishing with the old pros, MONTY and Ruth EGGERS.

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Our Washington group had a fairly good turnout for their July luncheon. In attendance were: Tony Beiser, Tommy Burrowes, Dick Elliott, Fitz Fitzgerald, Tom Hickey, Johnny Johns, Kent Loomis, Butch Parker, Al Pefley, Red Powell, Red Slaven, Rod and Stirling Smith, Malcolm Sylvester, Dave Tyree, Merle Van Metre, and George Wright.

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Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th St., North Arlineton 1, Va. Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedbere. Ill Qtrs. B, 2300 E St., N.W. Washington 7, D. C.

ROBERT H. MEADE (RADM CEC USN RET) has been admitted to the parmership of the engineering firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, located in New York City.

Admiral Meade retired from the Navy in 1959 after serving as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and Chief of Engineers.

Prior to joining the engineering firm he was Consulting Engineer and Technical Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department of Marine and Aviation of New York City.

Admiral Meade will direct the firm's work in marine terminals and airfields and activities in Latin America.

THEODORE C. " T E D " AYLWARD writes from Langhorne, Pa., where he is President of the Langhorne Spring Water Company, that he is hoping that he and Jane will be able to get to Annapolis for Homecoming the end of September.

C. H. "CLIFF" DUERFELDT was in Washington for a short period during the middle of August and flew back to Pearl Harbor with W. R. SMEDBERG, III, where they joined CHARLIE and Kack BUCHANAN for a small class reunion.

JACK and Louise FROST are back in Washington where he is the Commandant of the Potomac River Naval Command, living in the famous Tingey House, which is one of the oldest buildings in Washington, having escaped the burning by the British during the War of 1812.

ROY GANO reports that on 15 July he and Harriet attended a lawn and swimming party at the home of Mrs. C. G. Grimes (Class of 1925).

The party was in honor of HUGH and Betty WEBSTER, who have since departed the Philadelphia area for Pittsburgh. This is apparendy a promotion for Hugh in the Westinghouse organization. Other classmates attending, along with many other friends, were AL and Carmen MUMMA, JACK and Peggy SIMPSON. The CHARLIE BOYLES were supposed to be there but unfortunately, at the last minute, couldn't make it. Roy understands the Websters have sold their house and left the Philadelphia area about 30 July.

THOMAS F. "MIDDY" HALLORAN has recendy been appointed Executive Director of the Androscoggin Area Development Corporation, Lewiston, Maine. He says that it is a new, nonprofit organization.

All hands will be happy to know that CHARLIE LYMAN has recovered fully from the operation which caused him to be detached from command of the Destroyer Force, Adantic Fleet. He and Marge are now in New Orleans where he took command of the Eighth Naval District about 21 August.

P. D. STROOP will be relieved as Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons, which he put together from the old Bureaus of Ordnance and Aeronautics 3 years ago, and will become Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, as a vice admiral.

The Stroops will be living on North Island, on San Diego Bay. J. McN. TAYLOR has been ordered as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Supreme Allied Commander, Adantic. He will move from his present command of the Second Fleet and NATO Striking Fleet about the end of 1962. He and Amelia will continue to live at the Naval Base in Norfolk.

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date on his activities as follows: "From the time I 'graduated' from the Navy into retirement I have managed to keep myself on the go all the time. It seems as though the days are not long enough to get things accomplished. I began by building our own home about 3 miles from the Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island, Wash.

It was an experience that had a challenge to it which turned into a lot of hard work. When one has to read up on carpentering, plumbing, electrician work, etc., all of which go to build a house, then put the reading into practice, it takes a litde longer than normal to build a home. More than that, when one does this, I find that one is never finished building on that home because when the project looks complete there are alterations to be made. For me it was a lot of fun but it is easy to understand that for many other people it would be a nightmare. It is satisfying to get it done.

"About 2 years ago we started raising Nutriaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; for your edification, they are fur-bearing animals for milady's coats, etc. So far, they haven't brought in anything, but then I haven't raised a big enough herd to really market them as yet. From the looks of it now, I believe that by next spring we will know if they will turn out a profit or not.

It has been an experience which at first didn't take up much time but I find that I can easily spend a half-day with them now and I have only 60 of them at present. It could develop into a full-time job but, before I get to that, I want to know if they are going to bring anything in by way of that 'folding stuff.'

"Other than that, nothing has changed in my ways with the world."

The following classmates attended the luncheon at the Naval Weapons Plant on 26 July: Aitkens, Armstrong, Baker, Brady, Briner, Brown, Claiborne, Dietrich, Dudley, Fravel, Gano, Katz, Kelley, Leeper, Livdahl, Lovett, Lyman, McCxjrckle, McKee, McQuillen, Morrison, Smedberg and Stroop.

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

RAdm. WILLIAM L. KNICKERBOCKER, (SC) USN, and Mrs. Knickerbocker announce the engagement of their daughter, Anne Schuyler, to Mr. Richard Maurice Dubois, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse J. Dubois of Woonsocket, R.I. Miss Knickerbocker is a graduate of Goucher College, 1962, where she majored in economics.

Her fiance received his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees from Rhode Island University and holds a Reserve commission as 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Ordanace Corps. He is presently an engineer in the Missile and Space Division of General Electric at Valley Forge, Pa. The wedding is planned for 24 November at the Post Chapel, Fort Jay, Governor's Island, N.Y. WEST COAST DAVE WALSH reports from San Francisco that shordy before GENE McKINNEY retired after 39 years of very honorable service, the Northern California chapter of the class with their wives gave a farewell dinner for Gene and Janet at the Officers' Club, Treasure Island. Those present were: Ethan Aliens, Armstrongs, Barbots, Beasleys, Blakes, R. G. Boyd, Buckleys, Cassadays, DeKays, Dysons, Ewings, Fords, Goyettes, Gulletts, Hamiltons, Heinleins, Honsingers, Frank Johnsons, Kowalzyks, Lugibihls, McDaniels, Earl Pattersons, Richardsons, Marshall Smith with Mrs. Virginia Gooke, Spilker with the Countess Boissiere, Joe Taylors, Walshes, Mrs. R. Winters and Mrs. John O. R. Coll.

Capt. DAVID J. WALSH, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Walsh announce the marriage of their daughter, Michaele Clare, to Mr. J. Allen Lee

in San Francisco on 8 September. After the services a reception was held in the Officers' Club, Treasure Island. The bride is a graduate of Stephens College, and Mr. Lee attended the University of Utah. The newlywcds will live in San Francisco. Incidentalh, Mr. Lee's brother is Lt. Cdr. Harry B. Lee, Class of '48A.

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Sec'y, RAdm. R. K. James, USN Chief BnShips, Washington 25, D. C.

A visit this summer by JOHN and Jessie SCOTT to GEORGE and Georgina KING in Simsbury, Conn., brought together the Hartford contingent of '28 at a Sunday brunch at the Kings'. The group included VIC COLE, TED and Clarise MARTIN, Bess MOMM and Wendell Kraft '24, who was made an honorary member of '28 for the occasion. The Scotts are arranging a "return engagement" at their home in Binghampton, N.Y., on the occasion of the Navy-Syracuse football game in November.

AL and Bess MOMM drove to attend the wedding of their son, Ens. John Albert '61, attached to the LUCE ( D L G - 7 ) , to Kathryn Jane Parker of Pensacola, Fla., at the Naval Air Station Chapel there on 2 June. Then they returned home to Connecticut by way of Coral Gables, Fla., to say "hello" to AL and Ginny FAY, and stopping in at Delray Beach to see NORMAN and Margaret BALL. On the way south they stayed over with George and Helen Seay '30 in the town of Goshen, Va. George teaches at VMI and is Mayor of Goshen.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Roy S. Benson, USN AVCNO, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C.

This will be the last report from this correspondent who is being succeeded by ROY BENSON for the coming year. Roy reported to OpNav in late August. To complete my own retirement, I ended active duty on I August and am now busily employed on such unseamanlike tasks as plumbing a drain line for a water trough which services my daughter's horses.

We had a most delightful final class party at the Sup's house in Annapolis. JOHNNY and Ann DAVIDSON were perfect hosts for a dinner which could not be rivaled by Mr. Hilton at his professional best. After dinner there was singing and dancing to an hour which might be inadequately described as "extended taps." CHET ELY can still make his banjo do everything but talk and provided the strong lead for the musical activity. Present were: Davidsons, Beardsleys, Ricketts, Crists, Daltons, Eastons, Frankels, Weakleys, Enises, Elys, Stevens, Stones, Marcy, Lanings, Arwines, Dyes, Davisons, Osborns, Schwables, Rays, Triebels and Betty Butts.

Remember that KEMP TOLLEY was a week late in getting out of the western Pacific when the war started and just did make it back to home base? Well, he did it againâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we all missed him on Friday night, but Johnny reports that he showed up on Saturday, ready to start the party.

PHIL OSBORN made a trip to Portsmoudi, N.H., where he had a visit with BING and Ciel MITCHELL who now live there.

CAL LANING and JOHN ARWINE are working hard on the dirty details such as reducing and enlarging various size pictures to arrive at a printable size for the class book. We should see it in the next month or so. Those fellows are to be thanked for a tremendous effort.

In closing I'll say that it has been a real pleasure for me to try to pass on to the class through Shipmate a few notes every month on what transpires among us. Please support Roy; drop a postal from your home, job or vacation spot, as these notes cannot be produced in a vacuum tube.

SHIPMATE

'28 BRUNCH IN SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT. Left to right: George King, Georgina King, John Scott, Clarise Martin, Vic Cole, Jessie Scott, Wendell Kraft '24, Bess Momm and Ted Martin.

Modern science is wonderful butâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so best wishes to all in '29.

Sec'y, BGen. Ronald D. Salmon. USMC (Ret.), 640 Oakland Ter., Alexandria, Va. Corr. Sec'y. RAdm. Parke H. Brady, USN (Ret.), 1801 Foxhall Rd., Wash. 7, D. C. WEST COAST

On 23 June O. D. T. L-^^CH and J. BOWEN put together a wonderful party at the Officers' Club, North Island, which was enjoyed by 40plus classmates, wives and widows. We were all glad to welcome Marj MASSEY as a newcomer to the class parties. It was held poolside with steaks cooked to your own desire, and all of the delicious buffet dishes that more than fill the plate. EDDIE SANDERS and BOB LYNCH alternated on the piano accompanied by some offharmony singing.

We are all very happy that Dottie MILLER has decided to remain in this area. For those who may wish to write or get in touch with her, the address is 800 Alameda Blvd., Coronado.

FRED BRADMAN, 411 West 5di St., Los Angeles, is planning to arrange a class party in L.A. on the day of the Navy-USC football game in November. I suggest that classmates not permancndy located in Southern California who arc interested in this get-together, contact Fred for further details.

We try to have a class gathering about once every six montiis, with Elie, BERNIE FUETSCH and myself making the arrangements and getting out the notices. We maintain a class roster, with the latest addresses of classmates in Southern California, which is available to any classmate on request.

As well as I can remember, the following were at the June party: Bunny and J. Bowen, Ed and Ralphia Brumby, Moon and Mary Chappie, Bernie and Estelle Fuetsch, Al and Mary Alice Hahn, George and Jane Heap, Kay Hindrelet, Herschel House, Bob and Marj Jennings, Swede and Dagmar Larson, Jack and Dorothy Lewis, O. D. T. Lynch and Louise, Jack and Stuart Moreno, Roscoe and Billie Newman, Roy and Elie Newton, Ed and Trudy Price, Marie Rutter, Eddie and Peggy Sanders, John and Gertrude Seargeant, S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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Harry and Eileen Verhoye, Willie and Betsy Wilbourne, and Marj Massey.

NOTE: The above interesting comments were submitted by your Recording Secretary's good old pal ROY NEWTON, but not, however, in sufficient time to be enclosed in the August issue.

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Sec'y. Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN (Ret.) Atmospheric Sciences Program National Science Foundation Washington 25. D. C. Corr. Sec'y. Capt. S. W. Betts, USN Dir. Naval Weather Service. Naval Station. Washington 25, D. C.

ROBERT ELMER CROWELL JONES

Capt. ROBERT E. C. JONES, a native of Michigan, died at the Naval Hospital in San Diego on 19 August. He was stationed at North Island Air Station for 6 years until his retirement in June 1961.

Funeral services were held in Christ Episcopal Church, Coronado, on 21 August and interment was in Iron Mountain, Mich. Captain Jones is survived by his widow, Gertrude, one son and 3 sisters.

CHARLIE ALMGREN writes: "All of our children are now married, 3 of them this year.

Bill completed his dental school at the University of Calif, at San Francisco. He received his D.D.S. with highest honors, and he is a member of the honorary dental fraternity Omicron Kappa Upsilon. He will open his own dental practice at Novato, Calif. Bill and his wife have a 9-monthold son.

"Bob completed his graduate work at San Diego State College in general secondary education. He and his wife are moving to Redlands, Calif., where he will teach this fall.

"Karen (Almgren) Buder is living in Los Angeles. She has one son, IVi years old. Tina (Almgren) Dyer graduated from San Diego State College this June in elementary education, and she will teach in Tustin, Calif. Tina's husband is a 1st Lt. in the USMC, and is a Marine aviator stationed at El Toro, Calif.

"Jane (Almgren) Dameron has completed 2 years at San Diego State OUege, and is now visiting her husband, 1st Lt. Richard Dameron,

USMC, over in Japan. He also is a Marine aviator.

She will continue her education at Georgia State, Adanta, Ga., this month.

"Both Bill and Bob has completed their military service time; Bill in the Navy (submarines) and Bob in the Army (Germany).

"Tina and Jane are members of Alpha Phi and Tau Omicron Phi sororities.

"With all the children gone, Jeannette and I plan to enjoy a quiet semi-retired life.

"Best regards to all my shipmates."

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Sec'y, Mr, John Stanley Miller 5809 Namakagan Road Washington 16, D. C.

M a r y Louise BAILET

Classmates extend their deep sympathy to BURL BAILEY whose wife, the gentle Polly, passed away on 14 August at Grand Rapids, Mich. Services were held at Fort Myer Chapel on 21 August, with friends from the Washington area in attendance. Burl's present address is: 208 Staffon St., Ludington, Mich.

NORFOLK AREA

The month of June made many changes in '32 representation in the Norfolk area, both because of active duty orders and retirements.

DICK and Virginia CRAIGHILL moved up from Panama where Dick had been OimFiftcen and where they occupied delightful quarters and made their influence felt among Panamanians and members of the services of all C^aitral and South American nations. Dick relieved Jim Dempsey '31 as Cbmmander Amphibious Group Two. The Craighills are living at 948 Jamestown Crescent in Larchmont. Their son, Ricky, will be attending college in Richmond and the other two children will attend schools in Norfolk.

NEMO HOWE retired and has moved into a home in Lynnhavcn. Nemo and Marty are supervising the construction of a home of their own a few blocks from their temporary shelter at 10202 E. Cheltingham Place. Nemo and Marty are full of their usual vigor and enjoying life. Nemo at the moment is sporting a full beard.

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SIX SONS OF '32 in the Class of '62 with fathers and friends at Carvel Hall after graduation. Front row, left to right: Jim Marshall, Bus Hurst, Mike O'Connor, Larry Fulton, John Phillips, Bob Beer. Rear row: Muddy Waters, Wally Coleman, Mike O'Connor, Bobby Fulton, Charlie Phillips and Bob Beer.

CLIFF JOHNSON retired and has moved to his permanent home at 9513 Wells Parkway in Norfolk. Cliff wdl teach at high school level and is looking forward to his new career.

HOWARD and Mar\- Bruce PRINCE left for an extended tour of Europe immediately after Howard's retirement. Howard bought a Saab auto for delivery in Europe, put |2000 in the bank and says when that is gone he and Mary Bruce will return, but he expects his grand tour of the continent to extend up to 6 months. They are going by freighter and on their return it is expected that Howard and Mary Bruce will once again establish themselves in the Norfolk area where they have many close friends.

BUCK JAMES moved down from Quonset and bought a permanent home here in Norfolk. His many friends are looking forward to reestablishing relationships with Buck, Boots and their children.

Buck is with United Services Life Insurance Co. KENNIE LETTS is still in the area.

Recent phone call from HANK FORD indicates he and Lib will return to northern Alabama, for a visit and a survey of the nearby Tennessee industrial activities before making final decisions on whether to settle in the deep south or return to the Chicago area. Hank is chipper as usual.

TOM.MY and Doric HOPKINS spent the weekend in Norfolk in late July, had dinner with Nona and CORKY WARD in Quarters A, Litde Creek, and viewed a sunset parade by NROTC midshipmen. Corky and Nona have all three daughters with them for the summer; Marion's husband is "down under" in a Polaris submarine, Lesley is a senior at the College of William and Mary, and 8-year-old Cindy is enjoying life.

Marjorie MITCHELL is still living in her home named The Anchorage in Selinsgrove, Pa. Polly is married and expecting a baby soon. Buz will be a high school senior next year and looks like his daddy. Buz accompanied Marj on a weekend visit to the north Jersey shore where they joined Nona and Corky for a delightful weekend with friends. Marjorie expects to attend Homecoming and the 30th Reunion.

CLASS LUNCHEON

A surprising total of 22 of the Class of '32 showed up for the August luncheon at the Army50

Navy Country Club to hear plans for the 30th reunion and swap post-retirement dope. MARTY BORN, in the city on business, was around greeting old friends. He is now residing at 302 Peerman, Corpus Christi, Texas.

DIMI DIMITRIJEVIC, backstopping the absent MUDDY WATERS, filled the group in on plans for the 30th reunion. Waters, SHINN and REITER, together with Dimitrijevic, are handling arrangements, including the pre-game meeting on the Alumni House terrace and the Saturday night dinner-dance at Hubbard Hall.

Despite the existence of a multiplicity of keys to the liquor locker, prospects were exceedingly dry for this luncheon, right on down to the last, but all turned out well. HAL GREENLEE (COL USA) was a welcome returnee, as was ENNIS T,\YLOR. Others present and not previously mentioned were: Harry Reiter, Dick Matter, Bull Dreany, Jim Collett, Bud Leeds, Willie Williamson, George Pierce, Jack Counihan, Jerry Miller, Bob Leonard, Lou Bryan, Emerson Fawkes, Bill Franklin, Jake Lark, Bo Lyons, Bob Maulsby, Jack Myers and Bill Robards.

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One classmate who kept up the pace, all the way to the wire, was JOHN GRIDER who was awarded the Legion of Merit in ceremonies on 15 June at BuPers. We were pleased by the citation of John's service as Chief Signal Officer of CinC Allied Force Southern Europe, and we warm to the recognition of his "personal leadership" . . . "professional competence" . . . "sincerity and intense interest." Here's cheers to John and Mary Jane, whose mail address is 417 South Prescott, Memphis, Tenn.

In the picture on this page are six sons of '32 in the Class of '62 with fathers and friends. Front row, left to right: Jim Marshall, Bus Hurst, Mike O'Connor, Larry Fulton, John Phillips and Bob Beer. Rear row: Muddy Waters, Wally Coleman, Mike O'Connor, Bobby Fulton, Charlie Phillips and Bob Beer.

Mr. and Mrs. John Barrington have announced the marriage of her daughter, Hariett Reginald Howell, to Ens. Phillip Henry Harrington '62, son of Capt. PAUL HARRINGTON and Mrs. Harrington, on 6 June at the Naval Academy Chapel. Phil and Reggie are now living in Athens, Ga., while he is attending Supply School.

Chmn, Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. Washington 6, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Morgan Slayton, USN Room G-074-A, Arlington Annex, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. The regular monthly luncheon for '33 classmates in the Washington, D. C , area was held on Tuesday, 14 August, at the usual gathering place, Patton Hall, Fort Myer, with the following old friends renewing acquaintance, exchanging sea stories and sharing libations: Charlie Blick, Swifty Caldwell, Bill Davis, Dick Derickson, Turner Duncan, Joe Enright, Pickles Heinz, Chick King, Joe Koenig, Don Lacey, Tom Long, Dale Mayberry, Mac McMullen, Ed Miller, George Miller, Jimmy Ogden, Gordon Selby, Shelly Shellabarger, Morgan Slayton, Rufe Taylor and Charlie Travis.

Two of the classmates receiving congratulations on their imminent departure for new assignments; SHELLY and Betty SHELLABARGER leaving for his new duty station, complete with quarters (the 1st time in his naval career. Shelly says), as CO, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes. GEORGE MILLER, under orders as Chief of Staff to ComNavjap, says he and Pat are excited about their "first" commercial passage aboard the luxurious SS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND from Hawaii to Japan.

The Washington contingent is going to miss those two wonderful couples who have contributed so much by their presence to the maintenance of spirit and rapport among the local classmates and their wives.

BUSINESS TALK

DON LACEY bubbling with enthusiasm over successfully completed plans for the '33 class gettogether at the Elks Clubhouse, adjacent to the stadium, immediately after the Homecoming game, 29 September. Hope to see many of you there!

Plans for our 30-year Reunion, Homecoming Weekend 1963, are going ahead full steam, with JIMMY OGDEN and Don Lacey doing all the spade work (to mix a few metaphors!). Detailed info will be forthcoming, so for the moment, suffice to say that blocks of 15 rooms have been reserved in 4 of the major hostelries or motels, the Elks Club has been reserved for the pre-game luncheon, the newly-opened Oval Room of the Officers' Club reserved for Saturday night's class S H I P M A T E

dinner, and space reservations being made for Saturday morning's business meeting before CNO's address to the graduates and for a 'ii group seating in the Chapel for the main service. We'll keep you advised as further plans materialize.

Chairman TOM LONG, waxing increasingly enthusiastic about plans for the forthcoming 30Year-After Book, format tentative, as yet untitled, and working details still slightly nebulous. In addition to the already appointed fellow committeemen, the following classmates have volunteered their services to the project: RUFE TAYLOR, CHARLEY TRAVIS, BILL DAVIS and JOE ENRIGHT. As soon as the committee gets the information out to the class, it will be up to the rest of us to assist it with the actual preparation of the materials to go into the book. Let's all start thinking of what we have to say to bring our previous publications up-to-date in order to make this a really representative offering of the Class of '33.

Congratulations to the 3 newest '33 flag rank selectees: DAVE LAMBERT, DICK BIRD and RUS KEFAUVER! Just received a fine letter from R.AY THOMPSON who retired on I April, but is remaining in the Washington area. Apologized for missing so many class luncheons but says that after having accepted an offer from NASA, he is now having to learn a completely new job "working with a group of real sharp guys. Snowed under—but studying by a window looking down Pennsylvania Ave. at 19th St." His job relates completely to the Manned Lunar Landing Program and is fascinating. He and Sidney are staying at their home at 119 Hesketh St., Chevy Chase 15, Md. His official address: NASA, Office of Manned Space Flight, 801 19th St., N.W., Washington 25, D. C , Room 429. Phone DU 2-3121. Better make your lunar trip reservations with Ray at the earliest!

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

The following report from ED TILBURNE, 209 Tipton Rd., Newport News, Va.: "Reporting in with some brief grist for the mill—cut the cord last November as planned, when retention and incentive systems lost compatibility, and 'not needed' feeling developed. Weaning process interesting, occasionally frustrating.

Now with Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., on data systems staff. Alice, Ann (15) and myself happy to see shipmates and classmates visiting area, and to discuss any subject over suitable refreshments. Keep up your good work."

A few notes from the San Diego area, thanks to LARRY BECHT: "At a recent San Diego Naval Academy Alumni dinner a few of the faithful showed, namely the Bechts, the Antoniaks, the Gunns and the Calhouns (Admiral Bill, that is). Apparendy most of the others are changing duty assignments or are enjoying vacations. MARSHALL WHITE, FRANCIS BOYLE, JOHN HYLAND and LARRY HECHT were luncheon guests of Francis—a sort of preliminary wetting down for Marshall and Francis on their flag rank selection. BOB HOUSTON and family are moving up to Bremerton where Bob will be Administrative Officer. AL GEBELIN had retired and is about to shove off for Hawaii and the quiet life.

Not much else new. The shingle is still out at the Larry Bechts' in Coronado for any transient '34s."

Also congratulations from this end to all 7 selectees: Frank Pinney, Les Schuiz, Les Chambers, Don Irvine, Marshall White, Paul Savidge and Francis Boyle.

The crop of '34 juniors in the Class of 1966, USNA: Wayne R. ALLEN John S. DAUNIS, Robert H. DAVIES, JR., Charles M. HENDERSON, Jr., and Charles R. STEPHAN, Jr. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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Attention Washington area wives: Anne BATCHELLER is organizing a wives' luncheon in September. This may appear in print too late to give the affair any publicity, but here's to its

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Sec'y, Capt. T. S. Baskett, USN U. S. Naval Observatory Washington 25, D. C.

On 19 August the Bethlcham Chapel of the Washington Cathedral, Washington, D. C , was the scene of the marriage of Miss Joan Stanley to 2nd Lt. Peter Spyros Maroulis, USMCR. The bride is tile daughter of RAdm. EMORY D. STANLEY, JR., (SC) USN, of Bayonnc, N. J., and Mrs. Gotshall Stanley of Washington and Westtown, Pa. Adm. Stanley gave his daughter in marriage, and one of the ushers was Lt. (jg) Joseph D. Jaap, USN '60. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the Army-Navy Club.

A graduate of Mary Baldwin College for Women, the bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin E. Gotshall of Westtown, Pa., and of RAdm. Emory D. Stanley, (SC) USN (Ret.), of Westfield, N. J. 2nd Lt. Maroulis graduated with the 1962 class of the University of Delaware, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity.

The couple are residing in Quantico, Va. HOMECOMING

BOB HINCKLEY has arranged for a KT supper party and cruise on board the 90-ft. Naval Academy schooner FREEDOM for the Homecomers of the Class of '35 following the football game 29 September. Those wishing to attend should be at the Triton Light Float located at the eastern corner of the Farragut Fill Seawall (near the "Maine Mast") between 1700 and 1730. A tender will be there to take people out to the yacht. The cost will be $3 per person collectible at the float.

This will include refreshments and a box supper; all you have to bring is yourself and your money.

Any attire is acceptable but it is hoped that some if not all will bring casual sport clothes to which they may change after embarking. No advance reservations are required but a call to Bob Hinckley (Annapolis 268-7711) indicating your intention to attend would be appreciated. A classmate will be on the float to assist loading and collecting the money. For planning, FREEDOM will return to the mooring about 2200 or so. In the event of inclement weather the party will be cancelled.

imperative that I be in the Rio Bianco Courthouse on 26 July. Have fun and tell us all about the barge trip after Maxine and I get back in early August." We all missed the Lovells, but AL FLEMING, DICK FOWLER and DICK PRATT, ably assisted by Mac Fleming and Peggy Gray on the eats, did a marvelous job as pinchhitters.

Twenty-one couples, joined by Mary Dora SEXTON, made the trip up the old Canal and back to the tune of many old worn-out records of the thirties, which prompdy got thrown over the side upon return to Georgetown. A good time was had by all, and we should do it more often; to sum it all up, t'was apdy said: "It took 26 years to get '36 on a cruise together, and it took 2 jackasses to pull us!" The 4-hour trip went by fast, but was thoroughly enjoyed by all, particularly the return trip which included the rendition of many old tunes by DICK "BING" FOWLER (in good voice), the ukelele playing of Ginny STARK and Ede, and much jitterbugging without the twist.

Homecoming Weekend was the topic of much discussion, and it is hoped that by the time you read this column we will all have been together again for a grand big 26th Reunion at Annapolis.

So hope to see you all there.

Had a wonderful letter from Jeanne and TOMMY KING reporting the news from Pearl Harbor.

On 8 August they were able to collect all the '36ers at their quarters for a brief greeting to Cissy and BILL KAUFMAN who were in Hawaii on a stopover before returning to Japan where Bill is on the staff of ComSeventhFleet. Says Tommy: "The party finally grew to about 30 people, among whom were Dorothy and Dixie Nohrden, Louise and Buss Laizure, Bob and Bobbie Sleight, Ann Wright (Sherm was on a trip), Francis and Gil Slonim, and Ethel Lederer (Bill was also on a trip). The noise didn't bother the neighbors because we invited them to join the party and spared them the pain of listening to '36 party bedlam. We all hope some other classmates will pass through and touch off another shindig."

Tommy also reports he saw JOHNNY ALFORD when he passed through Pearl with his DesRon, but too many previous scheduled events precluded another get-together. Jeanne and Tommy wind up "Love to see all classmates passing through Hawaii." So take advantage of the invite, fellas, and thanks again Jeanne and Tommy for all the dope.

Keep it coming this way. We will be thinking of you all during Homecoming and the A&N game.

As I write this I am thinking back over the last two weeks when Edc and I had our usual wonderful two weeks beachcombing at Nags

Head. The weather, fishing, and swimming were excellent this year, and we lived it up. If you want to get away from everything we heartily endorse a vacation on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Only trouble is, it's over before you can say "Boo!" Then it's back to the old LSD in the Pentagon with all its buffs, greens and purple slants to consider. If you gals don't understand the foregoing, ask the "old man." He'll know, particularly if he's ever been in the Department or on the Joint Staff.

Ginny and HARRY STARK joined die local clan in July. They are now at 612 Beverly Dr., Alexandria, Va. Saw TOM KIMMEL for a brief spell on 13 August as he reported in, and DUSTSf DORNIN was showing him around the Joint Staff area. Rosa and FRANK LAW, recendy returned, arrived in time to join us on the Barge trip.

Well 'nuff for now—see you all at Homecoming as we get in the mood and ready to BEAT ARMY!

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Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. J. P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.), 5439 4lBt St., N.W. Washington 15, D. C.

Capt. HARRY B. HAHN, USN, relieved Capt.

JOHN S. SLAUGHTER, USN, as commanding officer of the command ship USS NORTHAMPTON (CC-1), at a traditional full dress change of command ceremony held last month at the Norfolk Naval Base.

The NORTHAMPTON has been under the command of Captain Slaughter since August last year.

He has been ordered to the National War College, Washington, D. C. Captain Hahn reported from duty as Secretary of the Academic Board and Academic Aide to the Superintendent, U. S. Naval Academy.

W A S H I N G T O N NEWS

25 years—a quarter century—has passed since VAdm. Andrews in our graduation address said, "no longer boys but men entering upon a man's job and taking a man's responsibility." How swiftiy those years have gone. The pre-war, war, and post-war are memories and recollections. Today our concern is the cold war; some of •37's second echelon will be listening to service academy graduation messages in June 1963.

Two of our classmates have been Commandant of Midshipmen and a goodly number have been Heads of Department at the Naval Academy. A reported conversation went like this: "You know we are a good bit younger than the Heads of De-

See'y, Capt. K. C. Lovell, USN 3948 Garrison St., N.W. Washington, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN 4029 Downing St. Annandale, Va. First things first! Our heartiest congramlations to the first Navy stars to shine over '36. The report of the July Selection Board included "MOOSE" BROWN, AL FLEMING, JOHN ALFORD and JIM O'GRADY, selected for Rear Admiral. All have been firsts in '36 since we started in 1932 and leaders ever since. Our best wishes for their continued success as they assume their respective responsibilities as Flag Officers. Again, congratulations from all.

The C&O Barge trip on 26 July was a howling huge success thanks to the hard work and arrangements made by CASEY LOVELL—who by the way had to miss the whole affair due to pressing business which took him to Meeker, Colo.

Seems the trans-mountain diversion from the water shed of the White River to the water shed of the Colorado River was the issue. Said Casey, "We need White River water to develop Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 2 and Colorado River to develop Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 1. That puts me right back in the middle and makes it 52

CAPT. JOHN S. SLAUGHTER, USN '37 (right), bids farewell to his classmate, Capt. Harry B. Hahn, USN, who relieved him as commanding officer of USS NORTHAMPTON (CC-1).

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partment were when we were here as midshipmen"—"I'm not so sure, let's look it up." The answer: "Then they were 45 and now we are 43." Yes, time has passed. Today 2 of our class have been selected for Rear Admiral. We do approach the half century mark in age with the rewards of sustained service.

In civilian life also, we are reaching the top: a Vice President of Westinghouse, a Vice President of Texaco, a Vice President and Director of Esso Shipping Co., and a Vice President of MooreMcCormack lines. There are others who are ownerPresident of their companies. A study of the Twenty-Year Fix will reveal the breadth and scope reached by classmates no matter where their lives have led.

A REUNION event is arriving with its many reflections and as this reaches you, its many reacquaintances. Geographic differences have been overcome as we gather to bring to the present those days when as "no longer boys" we started men's jobs. Also, admittedly all have an interest to see what the passing years have wrought in appearance an-', personality of each of the rest of us.

GEORGE CHIPLEY in sending his regrets has movingly expressed the sentiment that unites us all whether present or absent this 25 th anniversary occasion. "Looking back at the days of our youth is shadowed for me by thoughts of those friends we lost in the war. Still we should cherish equally those at whom the torpedoes ran wide, or the shell burst short. We shouldn't need to die to be fully appreciated. My best wishes to the reunited."

Excerpts of news from the correspondence received forwarding the reservations for this 25th anniversary from some who come and some who have regretted. MEL COOPER's new address is Calle 19 No 7-30, Bogota, Colombia, S. A. BOB FENN during July was on TAD with JTF as a civilian meteorologist at Johnston Island.

ED ARENTZEN is retiring to become Administrative Officer for the Physics Dept. of M.I.T. Ed closes his active duty by attending the graduation as a guest of the Superintendent having been a member of the Moreell Commission and later receiving a Secretary of Navy Commendation for submarine design work. He will live at 47 Fletcher Rd., Belmont 78, Mass. Ed's daughter, Marcia Joan, married Stephan Root (MIT graduate) in June 1962.

TED PETERSON retired on 30 June and moved to the New London area to live.

HENRY SIPPLE reports a new address—Lake Shore Drive, Rehoboth Beach, Del. BILL GREGG is living at 2002 Flamingo Rd., San Antonio 9, Texas. He is in charge of vehicle maintenance for the city of San Antonio.

BILL SMITH with ConPhiRonSix proudly reports that on 25 June he became a grandfather.

His granddaughter was born in Yokosuka Hospital to Lt. (jg) and Mrs. L. P. Schrag.

REX WHEEL expects orders to the Center of International Affairs at Harvard. He will be the 5th Naval Fellow to take the course. His academic work starts just prior to the reunion so he sent his regrets.

FRANK BUCKLEY is now widi Lockheed's California Division at Burbank. His family will be widespread during the year with his daughter Janice in the University of Colorado and his son Roger at the New Mexico Military Academy.

SID FREEMAN is now Design Assurance Manager, General Dynamics/Electronics, a manufacturer for radar for A3-J craft. His home address is 4444 Algeciras St., San Diego 7, Calif.

C. J. ANDRES in sending his regrets writes that JUSTIN M C C A R T H Y M I L L E R of Pensacola, Fla., visited him in North Berwick, Maine. They saw each other for the first time in 27 years. Justin had been in Newport for a course in Global Strategy.

ZEKE SOUCEK has moved to Washington area and has his residence at 9812 Alton Parkway, SE P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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Silver Spring, Md. He will be working for a firm in Silver Spring.

JACK SLAUGHTER has been ordered to the National War College and has established his residence at 2910 S. Glebe Rd., Arlington 6, Va. DUTCH DOERFLINGER (RADM USN RET) is now with United Technology Corp., a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corp. at P. O. 358, Sunnyvale, Calif.

DON and Ruth WHITE are now living at 504 Fontaine St., Alexandria, Va. BILL HOWLAND sends his regrets, being unable to come because his wife is expecting "at just about that time," i.e. 25th anniversary time.

LARRY JULIHN is living just outside of San Diego at 11678 Altoona Drive, El Cajon, Calif.

He spoke of a 2 June meeting at the Long Beach Officers' Club when Al Fuhrman, Tracy Holmes, Frank Taylor, Bud Hall, Flick Hale, Jack Whisder and Jim Scales were all present.

JOE DODSON is now working for Martin in Denver, Colo, as a Management Development Specialist (training) since 3 May. His home address is 998 Cottonwood Ave., Litdeton, Colo.

PETE MOLTENI joined Lynch Communications in late July and now resides at 49 Seward St., San Francisco, Calif.

Corr. Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN 3900 Watson PI., N.W., Washington, D. C. MEMORIAL STADIUM Before DON BROWN, our faidiful class treasurer, took off for New London to take command of his Submarine Squadron, he asked me to audit the accounts of the class fund. Needless to say, Don had handled the class fund in a manner which we all know is above reproach. However, to acceed to his wishes, GRANT HESTON and I audited the funds which had been last audited in 1957 by ELI VINOCK, MAC McGIVERN and myself.

As you will recall, when the Memorial Stadium drive first started our class donated f 1,000 from the class fund. There were 84 deceased classmates for whom chairs were to be dedicated at $100 per chair. The audit showed that individual contributions to the class fund itself amounted to $2,249.16. Individual contributions to the Memorial Stadium fund amounted to $5,983.33.

These two figures added to our $1,000 original contribution gave a grand total of $9,232.49. Only $8,400 was necessary to dedicate the required 84 chairs. So the remaining $832.49 has been returned to our class fund giving us a grand total of $1,170.61. I can only repeat what I said before that we have successfully completed a project we can all be very proud of. Two letters received after our drive express what we accomplished.

Mrs. JOHN W. WOODRUFF writes: "It was such a pleasure to learn that the project for donating chairs for the Memorial Stadium was completed. I am afraid you have given too much credit to me, but I am so glad if my part, which was small, did help as you know I had a special feeling for that project, and I would like the classmates to know how happy I am over the results."

JIMMY GINN's father writes: "The participation of Jimmy's class in the memorial drive is something for which I shall feel everlastingly grateful. One thing I shall always remember about my Jim, something that has at times brought considerable consolation to me, the fact that he was always proud of his friends in the service, and proud to have me meet and know them."

There were, of course, many who had part in this accomplishment and I am sure each, as I do, received ample reward from such kind thought;' as these. To Don, our faithful treasurer, we say many thanks and ask that you continue to carry

this extra burden for Us as long as possible. We do trust you, audit or not.

WASHINGTON NEWS Homecoming is upon us and we are fortunate again this year to have a classmate stationed at the Academy. Betty and BOB HURON have graciously consented to have our annual cocktail and supper party following the game on Saturday, 29 September, in their quarters at the Naval Experimental Station. GRANT HESTON, assisted

by Jean and myself, is handling the arrangements for the Washington area group. For those of you out-of-towners who plan to attend, you may contact Bob Huron direct at Quarters A, Naval Experimental Station, Annapolis, Md., phone: 2687711, extension 8300, or contact me. All reservations for other weekend events should be made through the Alumni or Athletic Associations.

Julie and JOHN FERRITER visited dieir families and friends in Washington on their way to Norfolk where John reports for duty on the staff of CinCLantFlt. Betsy and JOHN MASON came on from Long Beach for the marriage of their daughter, Jane Anne, to Mr. Gerald Poole in Fort Myer Chapel. The young couple will live here while Gerald works for Melpar in Arlington, Va. Wedding bells also rang out for the STRONG BOOZER'S daughter, Sally, in Norfolk, where she married Mr. Robert Pilker.

GEORGE and Mary Jane MUSE returned to Washington and after spending the weekend with the HESTONs moved into their former home in McLean, Va. George was originally scheduled for duty as a student at the National War College but as fate would have it, he is to be the Captains detail officer in BuPers. We sincerely hope this is good with you, George, because we know this is the finest choice as far as we and the Navy are concerned. Eleanore FITZPATRICK arrived in Washington and is spending some time with the Earl Hydemans '32, until she and the boys can get into their former home in Chevy Chase.

NEWS FROM ALL AROUND DAN HENRY writes from Caracas, Venezuela, that things are relatively quiet after the latest revolution but that the Commies are winning the annual election which is in progress across the street in the University. However, he and ELI VINOCK teamed up to play in the USNA Alumni Association, Caracas Chapter, golf tournament and both lost. Wanda was in the states for Pam's graduation from Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles and Sandy was on leave from Occidental for a semester at Mexico City College. Dan reports that MAX MULLER has left his position as Executive Vice President of Jersey Standard Oil in Buenos Aires and is now an Executive Director of Iraq Petroleum Company. Let us hear from you, Max, and tell us about life in the Middle East.

We also have some other classmates on the move. RANDY MOORE has orders to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ED CONRAD will report to OpNav after a long vigil of testing nuclear bombs out at Johnson Island. TEX GUINAN will be Commanding Officer of the Naval Schools at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. CHARLIE HART takes command of the Stockton Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. CECIL BOLAM has orders to the National War College and MAC McCRORY who is now the Aide to the CNO takes command of the SAINT PAUL (CO-73) homeported in San

Diego. WALT KREAMER goes to the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md., and DICK HAYES becomes CO of the NROTC Unit at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Ga. JOE CASSIDY becomes the Director of the Northwest Division of BuDocks in Seatde. Congratulations go to our first classmate selected for flag rank—HUGH ELWOOD—who was selected for Brigadier General in the Marine Corps.

See you at Homecoming.

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Sec'y, Capt. E. Mohlenfeld, USN, Joint Staff, JCS, Room 2B867, Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, G. G. Williams, c/o J. C. Wheat & Co., 15 Selden Arcade, Norfolk, Va. Higher education department: '40 is still dribbing into the halls of higher learning. This year's class at the Naval War College will include EDDIE HAYES (escaping from the Pentagon) and BOB WHITE, coming in from duty in Hawaii.

Capt. JIM McROBERTS, USN (Ret.), gives his new address as 6940 South Prince Way, Litdeton, Colo., where he is employed by MartinDenver.

JOHN STRAKER is returning to the Land of Pleasant Living to be Aide to the Superintendent, USNA. Cdr. DON KABLE, USN (Ret.), reports in from 3230 Tennyson St., San Diego, Calif.

ART BERNDSTON has returned to Washington from his deep draft command. Art will be Chairman's Staff Group, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Your Washington secretary, ED MUHLENFELD, is about to turn in his ballpoint pen. By the time you read this I'll be on my way out to relieve watch as CO, USS VEGA ( A F - 5 9 ) .

In a Navy Times article back in May we noted that DICK LANING won the Stephen Decatur Award for Operational Competence. This was one of the Navy League's National Awards for outstanding public service during 1961, voted at the 60th annual convention in Chicago. Congratulations from all of us, Dick!

ED MENDENHALL writes from Tucson, Ariz., where he is President of the Arguello Construction Co., that for the past year he has been in the missile base construction business and was to start a 10-year land development in Barrego Springs (near San Diego) this summer.

The spring '40 party, held at Arlington Hall on 9 June, was a great success. There were 36 couples in all, including 3 who came all the way from Norfolk to join us. For many, it was a final get-together for this tour, with the spring crop of orders out and the movers and packers already working on some of those present. Our thanks

to DICK and Leslie PARKER, who did an outstanding job of arranging and running the shindig.

The 8 Class of '40 Juniors in USNA '65 all seem to have survived plebe year in fine shape.

They have now been joined at USNA in the Class of '66 by sons of the following: Bill ANTLE, John HARDY, Ted HILL, Tad LOTHROP, Stan ORSER, Jack PARTRIDGE, John ROCKWELL and Lobo WOLFE. Congratulations to all.

And that's my swan song. Have fun at Homecoming!

NOTICE TO ALL ' 4 3 WIVES

H O M E C O M I N G NOTE

SUBIC NOTES

Lon Wellman, Bob Pauli, Abe Lincoln, John Straker and Julian Burke and wives, who will be doing the work, are hosting an "at home" at 5 Porter Rd. after the game. All classmates and friends are cordially invited. B Y O L!

Having just decided to spend a quiet afternoon reading Shipmate under the air conditioner (die modern version of under the bamboo tree), found a '43 notice concerning the 20th anniversary party for civilized D. C. types. I make haste to inform all that the Subic chapter (largely itinerant) celebrated too. Said party really set some sort of record, I'm sure—most exclusive, perhaps. But what we lacked in numbers, we made up in sheer posh (or was it slosh?). We took over the family room at the Subic club (slamming the door firmly on curious onlookers) and cocktailed, dined, champagned, and ate a cake awash under 2 inches of multicolored icing all done up with anchors, ships, ropes, flags, and every nautical symbol known. All this plus an orchestra so we could swoop about in regal splendor. And we were 6: HOWARD and Floy DANNER, LOU and Jan TUTTLE and DAN and Moo HUNT. With at least 100 vacant chairs in the room we had a good game going, "musical boozes" or something like that. On this page is a somewhat dim photograph of this occasion, taken by Danner whose 20-20 vision gave out abruptly on the 2nd bottie of champagne.

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Sec'y, Capt. William Thomas Peach III, USN (SC), Naval Supply Corps School Athens, Ga. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. John T. Shepherd 5527 S. 3rd St., Arlington 4, Va.

BILL (TIGER) GODFREY writes from San Diego and reports fine success in what is, as far as we can determine, first honest-to-goodness attempt by anyone out of '43 to get himself elected to Congress. Bill recently won the Democratic Primary for the 36th California District, accumulating 6500 more votes than his two opponents combined.

Good luck in the General Election coming up in November!

DANNY HUNT, our esteemed and competent Asiatic reporter, forwards the first edition of "Subic Notes." Keep up the good work, Moo! DON JONES, writing from the War College at Newport, informs us of his plans for early retirement. We're sorry to see you go, Don, and hope that the "next 20," on either side of the fence, will be as constructive as your naval career.

Smooth sailing and happy days.

J. T. SHEPHERD is now on duty with the U. S. Air Force at Wright Field as the Senior Naval Representative in the DOD-inspired biservice TFX fighter program. Shep is also celebrating BuPers recent approval of his perennial request to change his designator from 1510 back to 1310.

Don't let the old man in on the secret—-but we're asking your help in getting the news into print. We haven't done too well in getting Dad to contribute the interesting stories of happenings to the '43ers, so we're going to take a wild flier and ask that wives write next month's column; so you grab the old pencil and jot down the facts; what the kids are doing, plans for travel, retirement, etc. . . . we all want to know!

We have constant class parties now, having gotten the hang of the thing. In Subic there is such a lack of social goings-on (like 4 cocktail parties per week with assorted dinners thrown in) that we do the class bit just to keep in practice, and to assure that the right elbow stays oiled and limber.

On the red, white and blue 4th there was a class picnic at the Hunts' quarters; this time with a few visitors thrown in for good measure—HOMER HAISTEN and ART EMERSON. And while we invited EARL BUCKWALTER, he, poor soul.

THREE OF '42 MEET on board the NAVASOTA in Yokosuka, Japan.

Left to right: John Lindbecic CO, NAVASOTA, Ray Wiggins, Staff Amphibious Squadron Five, and Bill Dozier, CO CASTOR.

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(per night) to WES BURNETT, Supply and Fiscal, USNA, and he will try to find a drag house.

We have the beautiful 70-ft. yawl ROYONO (winner of the Bermuda Race in 1952) for a class sail on Sunday at 1300. Those interested, sign up with Wes Burnett—capacity about 10 couples. Soonest!

Only 4 classmates will definitely still be on duty at the USNA. They are BILL BUSIK, WES BURNETT, CHARLIE COOPER and GEORGE BRYAN.

w '43 GET-TOGETHER at Subic. Back row, left to right: A r t Emerson, j a n Tuttle, Homer Haisten, Howard Danner. Front row: Moo Hunt, Dan Hunt, Floy Danner.

was smck with the duty and had to sit aboard PRovmENCE twirling his littie sparkler all alone.

LOU TUTTLE was at sea, but Jan upheld the family tradition and, besides bringing herself, staggered over with enough papaya for a phalanx of '43ers.

We rest today, but tomorrow there is a farewell lunch for Earl, I heac, so you see you get it coming and going.

During the 10 months we and the Danners have been here, there has been a steady flow of harried looking fleet types dropping in for a fast drink and a slow dinner. Among those noticed in passing are: JACK JONES (XO of die HANCOCK), BILL METZGER

(THETIS BAY"), FRED LEMLY

(XO

PICKAWAY), GEORGE GRKOVIC (we attended his change of command on the SOUTHERLAND) and DICK ZIMMERMAN (Commodore of an LST squadron during the Talungan operation). Also DAVE STANLEY (CO of USS O'BANNON), BERNIE MOULTON (XO, USS ST. PAUL) and one memorable night, BARNEY THIEGES, ROBBIE ROBINSON and JIM ALLER all on the staff of ComFirst Fleet. ART EMERSON had a one night stand in Subic—he is Com Des Div 252.

HOMER HAISTEN (CO USS P T . DEFIANCE) has been lurking about for quite a while and last seen yesterday heading eastward towards home, screaming joyously. We have also seen SPENCE ROBBINS (XO of JUPITER), and HAM RIES (CO of the USS CooNTZ—I mean SCHULTZ, HAM). FRANK REH, Staff ComServPac, BOB STARK, BuShips team, and BRYAN PICKETT (BuDocks), who flew in, tipped his hat, and flew out all witiiin an hour. Then too ART SIBOLD (CinCPacFlt visit), BOB MINK on the staff of DesFlot One. And to sum it up the local group is as follows: Danner with Staff, ComFairSoWesPac; Tutde with Staff, ComPhibGru One, homeported in Subic, and Hunt with SRF Subic.

Dinner in Mess Hall, all classes; Saturday, 1045 Alumni Assembly, CNO speaks, tour new facilities; 1300 March-on for William and Mary game; 1400 Game time; 1700 Cocktails, Coral Sea Room, Officers' Club, Class; 2000 Class Dinner-Dance, Coral Sea Room; Sunday Tour of new wings of Bancroft, new library annex, Field House, etc.; 1300 Sail on ROYONO.

Prompt action is required to: ( I ) Stop acting your age and heed your young wife's advice: come! (2) Send GEORGE BRYAN, Command Dept., USNA, $12.00 for the Saturday DinnerDance*; (3) Apply to Alumni Association for tickets to the Friday Reception-Dinner, and include your check for $8.00; (4) Apply to NAAA for tickets to game.

• Reservations and collections for Washington Chapter through secretary.

All hotel and motel accommodations within 10 miles of the Academy have already been reserved.

Classmates unwilling to drive from Washington (50 minutef on new highway) please send $10.00

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. L. G. Scliris, USN 6212 Lone Oak Dr., Bethesda 14, Md.

JAMES M. RAVENEL has opened his own real estate and mortgage brokerage firm. The Ravenel Co., Inc., with offices in the Bank of Georgia Bldg., Adanta, Ga. Ravenel, former vice president of Georgia Securities Investment Corp., is president and treasurer of the new company, which is established to handle commercial real estate; sales, leasebacks and development, and commercial mortgage loans.

McGraw-Hill Book Company has announced publication of Dynamics of Atmospheric Entry by Cdr. ROBERT C. DUNCAN, USN, Staff Assistant to the Director of Defense Research and Engineermg, Washington, D. C.

Part of die time was spent getting the promised class letter together and by the time you read this you will have read it so I won't bother to repeat what was m die letter except for one item, which IS Homecoming. BOB SWENSEN has reaffirmed that the Bay Ridge Beach Club is available for our exclusive use and he further requests that everyone who plans to attend should contact him as soon as possible. Bob's address is 48 Rodgers Rd., U. S. Naval Academy. Talk it up and let's nave the biggest turnout yet!

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Moo H U N T

S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

Word has been received that RALPH S. WENTWORTH is now serving on the headquarters staff of U. S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor. H e is the son of Como. and Mrs. R. S. Wentworth who live at Pendennis Mount, Annapolis.

He reported to Pearl Harbor directiy from the National War College in Washington, D. C , where he studied from August 1961 until June of this year.

Cdr. and Mrs. Wentworth and daughters, Patricia, 15, Pamela, 12, and Peggy Ann, 7, now reside in the Islander Hotel on Waikiki.

R. K. GESS has been promoted to Director of the Electric Typewriter Division of IBM World Trade Corporation, a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corp., conducting business in 93 countries outside tiie U. S. In his new position Gess will be responsible for the company's electric typewriter marketing, manufacturing and financial programs.

Cdr. Duncan received his Doctor of Science Degree from M. I. T., and since 1960 has been a member of the NASA Research Advisory Committee on Guidance, Control and Navigation.

There now. If I have missed anyone I'll turn in my badge and retire.

Yours from banana-land,

Accept the recognition you so justly deserve from the only ones likely to give it, your CLASSMATES, active, retired or uncomfortably close to it, at Homecoming, 28 through 30 September.

The major events are: Friday, 1635 Dress Parade; 1830 Reception in Dahlgren Hall, all classes; 2000

Pres., Cdr. Scott E. TerriU, USN BuWeps (Rm. 27), Navy Dept.

Washington 25, D. C. Sec'y, Cdr. M. T. Scott, USN Rm. 2604, Bnrean of Naval Personnel, Washington 25, D. C.

BILL GODFREY '43 being congratulated by the President after his recent political victory in California.

MARK TREMAINE is coming to Washington as the Naval Aide to the Commandant of the MarCorps. Between Mark and BILL DOEHLER the MarCorps will LOOK ALIVE WITH '45.

Talking of that fine fighting outfit, DON BROOKS did a tremendous job of putting together a list of the '45ers who went into the Corps. A partial listing is as follows: 55

Doehler, W. F., Aide to CMC, Washington, D. C ; Vale, S. A., G-3, HOMC, Washington, D. C ; Fallon, E. B., Sec Nav (OLA), Washington, D. C ; Holzbauer, J. F., HQ, DASA, Washington, D . C ; Brooks, D. H., HQ, DASA, Washington, D. C ; Gleason, T. E., MarCorps Schools, Quantico, Va., along with Hale, F. A., Jr., and Rixey, P. H.; Lucas, B. L., Jr., Reserve Station, Kansas City, Mo.; Mize, C. D., MCB, Camp Lejeune, N . C ; McCuUoch, W. L., 1st Mar Div., Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Sherwood, J. M., same duty; Wickham, L. V. M., 2nd Mar Div., Camp Lejeune, N . C , Roeder, H. E., 3rd Mar Div., Okinawa, and Cosgrove, W. P., 1st Mar Air Wing, Japan.

Changes and/or arrivals in Washington. BEN WALLACE is in BuWeps from Rota, Spain.

THAD TAYLOR has reported in to go to school, ICAF to be specific. JOE MIDGETT is now setded at BuShips. Maj. JOHN RICH has joined the class association here in Washington. John was with us during Plebe year but left to do some fighting. Welcome aboard, John. GEORGE P. STEELE, II,was in town the other day when the President was handing out awards to Dr. Lyons at die White House. In addition, FORREST PETERSEN was at the White House another day, but on the receiving end. He was part of the team of X-15 pilots that was awarded the Collier Trophy. The next day he lunched with Secretary Korth. ANDY KERR, who was there, reports that Pete exhibited the proper modesty when he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Seriously though, Pete, congratulations and keep up the good work. The White House had better be careful, we might have it ringing with shouts of LOOK ALIVE WITH '45. WALT SCHWARTZ is joining the Surface Nuclear Club.

ANNAPOLIS

This news item is significant in that it is possibly a FIRST FOR THE CLASS. RALPH and Gloria LIPFERT wrote in from Charieston, S. C , that their son, Ralph H. Lipfert, is now a Midshipman 4/c, Class of '66. As proud as I was for Ralph, I hurried to the mirror and confirmed what I have been suspecting for a long time . . . we are getting on. F. A. PACKER is going to the Experimental Station in Annapolis for duty.

GEORGE FRITCHETT has joined the Crabtown contingent with duty at the Academy. CRUMP FARRELL came through and joined the NAAA. HAWAII

SAM GORSLINE wrote in and his letter is reproduced in part. Quote: "The highlights of the Hawaiian Look-Alivers for this or any other year was our June luncheon which took place on the Garden Island of Kauai.

Being as progressive as our new state we decided to give all sections of the state a chance to share our fun and frolic of the monthly luncheon. We (Bob Buck, Bill Ferguson, Rosie Hale, Jack McAdams, Dick Raihie, and Max Thompson and yours truly) took off from Pearl Harbor at 1000 and arrived at Lihue at 1030. We went to the very delightful Kauai Surf for lunch and atmosphere and then at 1400 we climbed aboard our magic carpet and were back on Oahu at 1430.

Before we took off Black Jack MacAdams took out 100,000 dollars worth of insurance showing his complete confidence in us Fly Boys but as usual the plane arrived on time and at its scheduled destination. We hope to have another go at it in September so any of you mainlanders who can get out for the second Tuesday of the month we promise not to pull up the ladder until you are aboard.

"On June 8th we celebrated that glorious event of 18 years ago. We appropriately made it a joint celebration and held it at the Fort Shafter Army Club. It wasn't really the spirit of unification but only that they gave us a better price. Those with desire to celebrate but with a determination to forget the number of years involved were Bob and Lolly Buck, Slim and Jane Caple, Bill and 56

Polly Ferguson, Jack and Gloria McAdams, Paul and Thelma Nuschke, Dick and Irene Raihie, Jack and Joann Riley, Bones and Mary Thomas, Max and Ginny Thompson, and Sam and Barbara Gorsline. The floor show featured a true Tahitian number and all the bifocals really went to work 'keeping the eyes on the hands.'

"The July luncheon featured the presence of GENE MASICA enroute to his new job on ComSubFlot 7 staff in Yokosuka. It was MAX THOMPSON'S last luncheon as he leaves with Ginny and gang aboard the MATSONIA on the 25th for Long Beach. He is going to rent BILL FERGUSON'S house in Seal Beach while doing time as Air Ops in Princeton. Also departed this month were JOHN and Betty SMITH for the Mainland.

BOB and Jean HERRICK depart on the LURLINE 18 July for War College at Newport. So far we only have one new arrival of the many who are scheduled. AL and Louise GIORGIS and family arrived from Yokosuka via Los Angeles for a job with InSurv Pearl.

"Saw JOE BOLGER for a few minutes as the ORISKANY passed through to WestPac. Joe is exec of the Demon squadron and should take over BuPers willing before too long. HORNET passed through with BOB DELGADO as Chief Engineer and TOXIE ZIEGLER skippering an S2F squadron. Next month's departees are scheduled to be SLIM CAPLE to Moffett Field, TED COCHRANE to BuPers, and JOE MIDGETT to BuShips."

HERE A N D THERE

PETE SNYDER to Staff, ComSubPac. F. W. BOTTS is using a Dallas, Texas, address as a home address. WILEY CONOVER is with Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Co., exact job is unknown. JERRY DONOHUE can be reached via American Consulate, APO 108, N. Y., N. Y. COOTIE S C H E R R E R made the headlines in Norfolk, Va. He had gone out in his boat along with some other friends and they had an engine explosion which forced them into the water for about 20 minutes before being rescued. BUCK RODGERS has the BORDELON (DDR-881) operating in the Adantic. RAY BATES reports that hometown friends were extremely impressed bv the visit of JOHN DINWIDDIE's destroyer (USS HANK, DD-702) to Marblehead, Mass., over the 4th of July holiday.

Before signing off I would like to point out that as '45ers we should actively boost the Navy/ Marine Corps and the Naval Academy^ We should make it a point to talk up the Navy/Marine Corps and the Naval Academy. We understand their values . . . past, present and future. It is our school and it is up to us as alumni to support it one hundred per cent . . . TALK IT UP. IT SELLS ITSELF!

"DAISY" WILHOIT '46 chats with RAdm. W. F. A. Wendt '33, ComCruDesFlot 7, concerning active duty of ex-NRT ship USS WISEMAN (DE667) which "Daisy" commanded.

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Sec'y, LCdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USN 3541 Lord St., San Diego 23, Calif.

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This column has certainly passed the mobility test, you readers being the judge as to just how well! A portable typewriter, briefcase and small suitcase for the records and files and I never have to travel anywhere unprepared to write, write, write. Having done the last two columns from WestPac and Pearl, I am now enroute to my home town of Maryville, Tenn., with Dorothy and the children. We are on leave prior to turning over the WISEMAN to my relief and heading for Alameda, where I will be CO of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center. I am, of course, delighted to be remaining on active duty after being recalled as CO of WISEMAN. AS soon as we are settled in Alameda our new address will appear at the top of this column.

R O A M I N ' A R O U N D WESTPAC

I promised in the last column that I would mention briefly my tour in WestPac. (Once every 10 years is just about the right frequency to make it exciting.) I spent most of my time in Subic when not operating in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea with the Navy of South Vietnam.

Managed to get 5 days in Hong Kong and a week in Yokosuka before departing for San Diego.

While in Subic I was well taken care of by JACK and Lorraine BUCKNUM in their spacious quarters with hot and cold running maids. Jack is OIC Utility Squadron Five Detachment Alpha at Cubi Point and provides some of the best sleeve towing service to be found anywhere.

Jack even delivered an invitation to a cocktail party via "sleeve mail" ' (i.e., inside a sleeve) while he was providing services for a WISEMAN air shoot. I won't apologize for the fact that the invitation wasn't shot to shreds! Classmates were much more difficult to contact in WestPac than I had imagined, but having the dope and an alert signal bridge enabled me to see a few who were only in port for short periods. I visited DALE BOWEN in PRINCETON before he departed for Long Beach from Subic. Also, JACK WASH, Exec, of POLLUX ( A S K - 4 ) ; BILL LONGTON, CO of VERNON COUNTY ( L S T - 1 1 6 1 ) ; just missed ED ELLIS, CO of WASHTENAW COUNTY ( L S T -

1166) who moored behind me at Rivera Point just as I was about to depart.

Saw RAY HOWE several times. He has command of USS DYNAMIC ( M S O - 4 3 2 ) . Had a nice

visit with DICK and Rudi GIESER, Philippine Missionaries Bible Translators who were visiting friends in Subic for a couple of days while I was there. They will be in Manila for the next several vears.

DALE BOWEN has orders to Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 37, North Island, from USS

I saw LEE CUTCHALL, JIM BURRILL and BOB LEUSCHNER all in Yokosuka and enjoyed a wonderful night for drinks and dinner at the quarters of Lee and Kay Cutchall while there.

Missed BRUCE and Marilynn ALTHOFF (tiiey were both in Hong Kong), and found out that I had to leave for Pearl a week before a '46 party in Yokosuka. Sorry to have missed it but hope, just the same, that it was a good one.

Saw JACK and Rita BAILEY several times in WestPac. Rita and the 2 children made a cruise all their own and followed Jack as much as possible. Jack is Exec, of VS-33 which was flying

PRINCETON ( L P H - 5 ) in Long Beach.

STU BEYER has orders to the Naval Correspondence Course Center, Scotia, N. Y. TOM BRYCE has orders from Exec, of the Gold Crew, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON ( S S B N 598) to CO of the Blue Crew, USS HENRY CLAY

( S S B N - 6 2 5 ) due to be launched in November at Newport News.

HERK CAMP reports to the Staff, Carrier Division One, San Diego, from CO Fighter Squadron 132, Jacksonville.

JOHN COLLINS has reported to Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, from duty as Repair Officer,

from BENNINGTON ( C V S - 2 0 ) .

Back in Pearl for a 3-week stay; Dorothy joined me for a 2-week vacation at Waikiki (which needs no description). JACK and Doe TAYLOR took care of our every need and their hospitality stems from a longstanding friendship which started in Annapolis while we were on shore duty in '51-'53.

We had a small class party at Ft. Shafter attended

by Dorothy and "Daisy," Jack and Doe Taylor, FRED and Rita FURLAND, HARRY and Ann FARMER, KEN and Leia BAUMAN, TOM and Pat CARROLL and CHUCK and Libby WILLIAMS. Chuck is Exec, of VS-35 on the way to WestPac in the HORNET (CVS-12) and Libby was out for a vacation in Honolulu and went on to Japan for a brief stay before returning to the less exciting Coronado. One other night we gathered at the Baumans' for dinner with Fred and Rita Furland and Dick and Fran West.

Enough of the rambling and now for the dope.

W A S H I N G T O N , D. C.

ART BENNETT has orders from OpNav (Op 03) to Patrol Squadron 4 at NAF, Naha, Okinawa. AL BETTIS is on duty in BuShips.

"SHERIFF" BORGERDING has orders from OpNav to Attack Squadron 113 at NAS Lemoore, Calif.

CHIC BOWLING has orders to Carrier Division 17 Staff in Long Beach from BuPers.

BILL CANTWELL has been ordered to the newly formed Submarine Squadron 16 Staff in Washington from Naval War College staff.

D.AVE CLEMENT has orders to Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, from Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C. TOM CROSS will go to Utility Squadron 8 in Roosevelt Roads from duty on the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

PAT DOWLING has orders to Army War College, Carlisle Barricks, Pa., from OpNav. CARL DUBERG reports to Naval Security Group, Ft. Meade, from Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk.

GEORGE FERCH has returned to California from Washington, D. C , and is now manager of Navy Systems, Litton Data Systems Division.

George and Alice announce the birth of their 4th child, Thomas Wildy, on 2 June (2 boys and 2 girls). Congratulations! Their new address is 19524 Valdez Dr., Tarzana, Calif.

SAM FRANCIS has orders to Submarine Development Group Two, New London, from BuShips.

CHARLIE HESS has reported to Staff, Commander AEW Wings Adantic in Argentia, Newfoundland, from OpNav. BOB METZGER now has orders from BuPers to VS-34 in Quonset.

Letter from "Gem" MILLS waiting when I returned to San Diego: ". . . We have enjoyed Va. Beach so much—floods and all. Our car was a complete loss in the 7 March storm—Dud was in northern Europe—but we were fortunate that no water got into the house. We got in and out of the house for one week in a DUKW—amphibious type that the Army at Ft. Story used for the civilians in the emergency. It was quite an experience; but we wouldn't want to go through it again.

S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

1 9 6 2

USS PIEDMONT ( A D - 1 7 ) .

DENNIS DOWNEY reports as CO USS WILLIS A. LEE ( D L - 4 ) , Newport, from duty on the Staff, ComCruDesLant.

JOHN ERICKSON has reported to Carrier Division Fourteen from Fleet Weather Central, Quonset.

JIM EV.\NS has orders to Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Adantic, from Operational Test and Evaluation Force, both in Norfolk.

JIM FOUST has orders to command USS JOHN R . PIERCE ( D D - 7 5 3 ) after a tour as Exec, of

USS HANK (DD-702), both in Norfolk.

HERB FRIDGE has new orders to USS W I N STON (AKA-94) in San Diego from Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, New London.

HOWARD GIBBS has orders to USS NORFOLK (DL-1) from USS BOSTON (CAG-1), botii in "Now, it is time once again to leave; and I'm Norfolk. sad to leave both the beach and for Dud to leave GRANT HINCHCLIFF to command USS his ship. Dud's command of the BASILONE has WATTS (DD-567), Naval Reserve Training ship been our best Navy experience to date. Think in Tacoma, Wash., from duty as Officer in Charge, Dud was the first in the class to get a destroyer— USN Recruiting Station, San Francisco.

17 March '61—(probably so. Gem, but I'll keep J. B. JONES has reported to the Defense checking as the returns are incomplete). Dud General Supply Center, Richmond, Va., from reported to BuPers on 20 June and we all are Naval Supply Center, Pearl Harbor. moving up this Friday. We have rented a furnished house at 303 Elizabeth Dr., McLean, Va., for the BOB LEDBETTER has orders from Amphisummer and will take that time to leisurely 'lookbious Group Four in Norfolk to Air War College, sec' for a permanent abode."

Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala. TED LONNQUEST has orders to OpNav from VINCE OTTEN has reported to BuPers from BuWeps. Address is 3500 Turner Lane, Chevy Norfolk, where he was Exec, of USS EATON Chase, Md. (DDE-510).

TOM MORAN will relieve BOB LEUSCHNER BOB PIEHL had reported to Headquarters in Yokosuka, Japan, as Officer in Charge of Marine Corps from First Marine Division.

Service Squadron Three, Mobile Support Unit, JOHN RUSLING has orders from the ComDetachment "Charlie." mand Dept., USNA, to the Naval Command TED MOUTON has orders to Air Anti-SubSystems Support Activity at the Naval Gun marine Squadron 38 from Carrier Airborne Factory/Naval Weapons Plant/Navy Yard (whatEarly Warning Squadron 11, both in San Diego ever it is now called), Washington, D. C. (North Island).

WILEY SCOTT reports to Fighter Squadron 33 TROY RAY relieved Jim Faddis '45 as CO at Oceana from BuPers.

BEN SHERMAN has orders to become CO of USS UHLMANN (DD-687) on 26 July in San Diego. Troy and Mary have taken up residence the Gold Crew of USS .ALEXANDER HAMILTON on Coronado Ave., Coronado.

(SSBN-617) launched in August at General WALLY SCHIRRA is now at the NASA Dynamics, Groton.

Manned Space Craft Center, Houston, Texas, preLEROY SINDELL has orders from OpNav to paring for his 6-orbit launch sometime in SeptemUSS LEXINGTON (CVA-16), newly homeported ber (which may be history by the time you read in Pensacola. this). Good Luck, Wally!

SKID SKIDMORE is departing BuWeps (AvioJ.ACK SICKEL has new orders to Naval Air nics) after 4 years and reports to Naval Air DeFacility, China Lake. velopment Center, Johnsville, Pa. BILL SPANGLER reports to Air War ColRAY SPICER has orders to Marine Corps lege, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala., • all the Schools, Quantico, from Naval Advisory Group way from Madrid, Spain, where he was Officer Korea, Chinhae Detachment. in Charge of BuDocks Contracts.

REX STOUT has reported to the ,\rea Public BOB SPARGO has orders to NAS Pt. Lyautey, Works Office, Chesapeake, from Seattle, where he where he has been Officer in Charge of the Navy was Assistant Industrial Manager.

Overseas Air Cargo Terminal.

ROD WINGO hos reported to the Office of FRED STEVENSON has orders from MSTS, Naval Material from duty as Supply Officer, USS Washington, D. C , to CO USS PARLE (DE-708), OKLAHOMA CITY ( C L G - 5 ) . a Naval Reserve Training ship in Providence, R.I. AL THOMAS has orders to be Officer in FAR A N D NEAR Charge of Navy Guided Missile Unit 10 from duty on the staff of SubRon 1. both in Pearl.

SAM ANDERS has orders to Submarine Squadron 14 from .\rmed Forces Staff College, BOB THOMPSON is serving on the staff of Norfolk.

ComCarDiv 16 in Norfolk and lives at 540 New WELL DONE—RAdm. W. F. A. Wendt '33 pins the Navy Commendation Medal on Cdr. F. E. Field '46 (see '46 column).

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Hampshire Ave., Norfolk. His previous duty was at the Institute of Naval Studies, Naval War College, Newport.

TIFF TIFFANY has become CO of Attack Squadron 127 at Lemoore, Calif. VA-127 is the new designation of what was formerly VA-126 Detachment "A." ED TREACY has orders to USNA from command of USS CAPITAINE in San Diego.

BOB TROTT has orders to USNA from command of USS LYMAN K . SWENSON ( D D - 7 2 9 )

in

Yokosuka, Japan.

BOB UHWAT has orders to command Attack Squadron 64, Oceana, Va., where he has been serving for the past year.

"NELLIE" UPTHEGROVE is a member of the Technical Staff at-Bell Telephone Laboratories and lives at 56 Center St., Bernardsville, N. J. Thanks to Lt. Cdr. W. D. Harkins '48, 4428 Warner Ave., McLean, Va., who thoughtfully supplied this information from his I960 CalTech Directory.

ALEX URQUHART has orders to Heavy Attack Squadron 13 at NAS Whidbey from duty under instruction at the Naval War College, Newport.

ANDY VALENTINE has orders from the Staff, ComSixthFleet to the Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala. Andy is a law specialist.

DICK VARDY has orders to ASW Force, Adantic, from Patrol Squadron 24, both in Norfolk. Dick and Ginny live at 6900 Forest View Dr., Norfolk 18.

PAUL VOSBURGH has orders to die Fleet Operational Control Center, Pacific, after 2 years as Exec, of USS TAYLOR (DDE-468), both in

Peari.

HANK WADDELL has received orders to Ballistic Systems Division, Detachment One, Norton AFB, San Bernadino, Calif.

Hank has been Operations Officer of USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148).

MARTIN WARMATH has orders from ServLant in Norfolk to PhiTraLant, also in Norfolk.

JESS WATT has orders to command USS BLUE

(DD-744)

in Yokosuka, Japan. He has

been on duty at TraPac in San Diego.

ROY WEAVER has orders to Boston Naval Shipyard from SupShip, Quincy.

BILL WEBER has orders from Mare Island Naval Shipyard to Naval Ship Repair Facility, Yokosuka, Japan.

BOB WEIDNER has orders from Naval War College under instruction to Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake.

TOM WESTFALL has orders from Board of Inspection and Survey, Washington, to Deputy ComSubLant, New London.

Tedee WHALEN and children have moved to 182 N. Bay Shore Dr., Bay Colony, Virginia Beach, Va. RAY WHITE has orders from CO USS CUBERA ( S S - 3 4 7 ) to Operational Test and Evaluation Force, both in Norfolk. Ray and "Shurtz" live at 1402 Meredith Rd., Bayside, Va.

Congratulations to Barcus, Clement, Dyroff, Freeman, Gibson, Holben, Kirstein, Diehl and Moody who were selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps late last year.

ED FIELD was presented the Navy Commendation Medal on 2 March by RAdm. W. F. A. Wendt '33, ComCruDesFlot 7, aboard USS SOUTHERLAND ( D D R - 7 4 3 ) , which Ed commands.

Ed received the award for his meritorious efforts in helping rescue 97 passengers from a stranded Philippine ship last August while he was Exec, of the SOMERS ( D D - 9 4 7 ) . Ed led an 8-man crew

through heavy seas off Mindoro to the grounded ship and took 47 passengers through the surf 100 yards to the shore by means of a rubber raft and coil line. Congratulations, Ed! (See picture.)

I could write on and on but we don't own Shipmate, you know!

Naval

Aviation

Safety

4/

Sec'y, Mr. Joseph P . Flanagan, J r .

401 E. Mill Rd., Flourtown, Pa.

JOHN T . HARRIS has been named Director of Plans and Programs for Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc., RW Division. In announcing the appointment E. A. Painter, RW's Director of Customer Requirements, said: "The enlargement of our marketing team was necessitated by RW's expanding activities in military and governmental markets. In this important new position, Mr. Harris will manage the functions of Military Applications, Programs Operations, Development Planning, and Communications."

Harris, who will maintain offices in the RW Division headquarters facilities at Canoga Park, Calif., comes to RW with approximately ten years' experience in defense industry marketing, engineering and manufacturing. He was formerly Senior Sales Engineer, Program Manager, and Polaris Fire Control Engineer at GE, and Technical Assistant to the Director of Military Applications at the Remington Rand UNIVAC Washington office. Immediately prior to joining RW, he was Manager, Military Marketing Operations at UNIVAC. A graduate of the USNA, Harris holds a BS degree in engineering. He is married and has 4 children.

A. A. BRADLEY was recendy appointed Traffic Facilities Supervisor of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Georgia area. In this

ZYVOLOSKY

has orders

Center,

from USS

SHANGRI LA ( C V S - 3 8 ) to command USS HAROLD

J. ELLISON ( D D - 8 6 4 ) , undergoing FRAM at New

York Naval Shipyard. SHANGRI LA was homeported in Mayport, Fla. Marilyn HART and her 3 children are living at 420 Vista Grande, Greenbrae, San Rafael, Calif.

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Harriet M. FOWLER It is with regret that I must inform you of the passing of Harriet M. Fowler on 11 August in Washington, D. C , after a brief illness. In lieu of flowers a contribution was made to the American Cancer Society in her memory by the Class of I948B. Our sympathy to CHARLES and their 2 daughters, Geavy Ann and Elizabeth, of 103 Dreams Landing, Annapolis.

HOMECOMING A combined Homecoming party of the Classes of 1948A and 1948B at Carvel Hall. Party will start with a bar opening at 1830 on a pay as you go basis at 65 cents a drink. Dinner will commence at 2000-2030. The cost of the dinner will be $5.00 per person. Date is 29 September after the William and Mary game. Lt. Cdr. D. B. HALL, Weapons Department, is accepting all checks. Please send them as soon as possible so that Carvel Hall may be informed.

NEWS Letters from STAN GARNER of 10 Meadowcrest Drive, Riverside, R.I., and Lt. Cdr. R. C. ANDERSON, CO USS BALAO (AGSS-285), FPO New York City. It was good to hear from them concerning certain proposals. In keeping with my editorial I will not publish their comments but will pass them on to the proper authorities for action.

Lt. Cdr. C. R. BRALEY, USN SC, reported that after 4 years as Electronic Data Processing Officer at NAS North Island, he is crossing the country to Norfolk. Chuck, Goode and their 2 children are looking forward to their tour at the Armed Forces Staff College, where Chuck will be a student. His address will be: Lt. Cdr. C. R. Braley, SC, Student Detachment Class 32, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk U , Va. Due to approximately 5 months of TAD starting this month it will be necessary to contact me through the following address: Lt. Cdr. R. W. HANBY, c/o Mr. Harry F. Gee, Jr., 1753 N. Pelham Rd., N. E., Adanta 9, Ga. All company representatives please take note and inform me of your own present address by postcard.

Any news which you may desire to publish in Shipmate please send direct to the Alumni House, Annapolis, Md., and mark it "Class of 1948B." Deadline date for all news is the 15th of each month.

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DICK WILSON has orders to ASW Force, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, from duty under instruction at Naval War College, Newport.

JOHN WOLFE has orders to Attack Squadron 36 from duty as Operations Officer, Air Group Three, both in Jacksonville.

DICK

Sec'y, LCdr. Robert W. Hanby c/o Mr. Harry F. Gee, J r .

1753 N. Pelham Rd., N.E. Atlanta 9, Ga. West Coast Rep: LCdr. W. W. Lee, USN 41g-6th St., Coronado, California

"DAISY"

LES WIBLE has orders to USS WASP ( C V S - 1 8 ) ,

Boston, from Norfolk.

capacity he will be responsible for short and long range traffic engineering planning.

JOHN T. HARRIS '47

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Merwin Sacarob, USN (Ret.) P . O. Box 2651, Washington 13, D. C.

WILLIAM W. BRANDFON has been named an engineering economist in the product planning section of The Babcock and Wilcox Company's boiler division marketing department, Barberton, Ohio. He joined B and W in July 1956 as a sales trainee in the company's New York City office.

In his new assignment Brandfon will be responsible for the analysis and interpretation of the financial, economic and engineering data related to all B and W markets and products. He is a member of the American Association of Cost Engineers.

Brandfon is married to the former Lillian Linsky of New York City. They live with their three daughters, Ellen, Frances and Margery, at 479 Beaumont Dr., Akron, Ohio.

SHIPMATE

cer's School at NAS Glenview, and was in the Adantic Fleet in USS STEINAKER ( D D R - 8 6 3 ) . H e

resigned his commission in August 1955 to join the Proctor and Gamble Co. He is associated with the Covington, Ky., Naval Reserve division.

Middleton holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, and is an executive of the Proctor and Gamble Co. in their headquarters office. He is active in many civic groups including the United Appeal, Jaycees, YMCA, Cancer Crusade, Kentucky Government Council, Lutheran Church, Council of Churches, and Council on World Affairs.

He is Past President of the Kenton County Young Republicans Club, immediate Past Republican County Chairman, and was Campaign Chairman for the County and Congressional District during 1960.

The Middletons reside at 30 Fort Mitchell Ave. with their three children: Ann, 6; David, 4; and Dick, 1.

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. F. M. McCraw, J r .

620 Berritt St., Fairfax, Va. The class was well represented in a visit to Cape Canaveral by Ph.D. candidates of the University of Michigan who were guests of Maj. Gen. L. Davis, Center Commander. TED SPEAKER and ROB ROY GREENLEY are finished 30 mondis at Ann Arbor, along with JAY HANKS and ED GOLDING (neither of whom were able to make the trip). WALT FLINT, Chief of Cape Scheduling, was escort officer for the two days of visiting the complexes for Mercury-Adas, Mariner, Titan II, Saturn, Telstar, Transit, Tiros, and most of the major Cape instrumentation sites including Mercury Control Center where very soon Cdr. Shirra '46 will be controlled in the next flight of the astronauts.

The tour was climaxed by BUD KNAPP's briefing on the U-2 aircraft which he flies on tests on the Atlantic Missile Range. Then we watched a fellow-pilot suit-up and take off on a special high altitude mission.

Also had word that PHIL CONLEY has started work for his Ph.D. at RPI. RICHARD L. STILL of Chevy Chase, Md., has been appointed Chief Counsel of the Community Facilities Administration in Washington, D. C. He earned his LL.B and LL.M at Georgetown University Law School.

By the time of this printing you will have received the latest and we hope the last flyer from BILL CURLEY prior to the delivery of our 10year book. The purpose of this letter was to permit changes of address, forwarding of biographies, photographs, and the all important $10.00.

In addition, it was to remind those who were withholding submission of the above information until the moment that their's would insure the success, that now is the time. Should this flyer have been lost, all information and the $10.00 may be sent to Bill Curiey, 2305 Afton St., S.E., Washington 21, D. C. Bill is expecting to be transferred in late fall and is anxious to complete the book prior to departure. J. K. Noble, our printer, has stated that we now have sufficient money for the printing. It has been suggested that members be encouraged at the monthly luncheons to expedite forwarding their portion of the book.

HARRIS O. HUNNANT, 11402 Holidan Way, Houston 24, Texas, writes that he is now Senior Electrical Engineer for Texaco at their Bellaire Research Laboratory. He received his Master's Degree at the University of Houston on 2 June of this year. He now has '* children, 2 boys and 2 girls, the youngest Ann, born 24 June. Harris says that he and his wife, Winifred, would be most happy to see classmates in the area. It sounds like a nice place to stop on cross country trips.

CHUCK MULL, 1216 Miguel Ave., Coronado, Calif., is now electronic officer on ComCruDesPac's Staff. He relieved CLIFF SKINNER who went to San Francisco Naval Ship Yard and relieved CHUCK MARTIN as electronics engineer. Chuck and Sally have 3 children, Debbie, 8, Carolyn, 6 Vi, and Wes, 2 Vi. All are enjoying the beach and small town activities.

SI

Sec'y, Capt. B. S. Morgan, Jr., USAF 4606 Eaton Drive, Washington 23, D. C.

I had a request recendy for information which I was unable to provide. The information sought was the names and present addresses of the widows of our deceased classmates. If anyone has addresses, please let me know.

HERE AND THERE Heard from SANDY WINNEFELD who writes: "Have orders to report to VS-26 and will be SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1962

W W. W. BRANDFON '49 leaving Naples in September. Understand I am to relieve good friend and classmate HERB ZOEHRER as OPS officer. Fredda and I thoroughly enjoyed our two-year stint in Naples. Among the fringe benefits was the chance to renew friendships with numerous classmates passing through, the most recent of whom were BILL WINBERG and DIGGER MORROW in INDEPENDENCE (air group). Just to show you how times have changed, for the past two years I have been wrapped up in the organization and promotion of tea dances for cruising midshipmen visiting Naples. It is the last thing I thought I would ever be doing after graduation."

BRAD GRANUM reports running into two classmates, both submariners, and both from the 13th Co. in Rota, Spain, during July rendezvous of in-chopping and out-chopping of 6th Fleet submarines. They are, left to right in picture on this page: DICK HOOVER, XO BLENNY; BRAD GRANUM, CO CARP, and JOE FULLER, XO TRUMPETFISH.

IRWIN PATCH writes that he is now at the Naval War College in NewDort, R. I. RAYMOND ROBBINS has moved from Steward AFB, New York, to 905-A Marianna St., Tempe, Arizona.

JOE GAROFALO is coming to Washington to work in NASA Headquarters APOLLO. Joe is out of the Air Force now and is GS-15.

The Class of '45 had the first man in space, but we'll have the first one on the moon. He'll be Maj. ROBERT H . McINTOSH, USAF. Bob was recently selected as a member of the second class of one of the most exclusive courses in the world, the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot Course. The course, located at Edwards AFB, trains American military men for leadership roles in the emerging age of space flight and exploration. Bob's experience includes a tour as member of the Air Force's famed precision aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds. He also completed the Experimental Flight Test Pilot Course recendy, so was already at Edwards when the selection was announced.

Bob and his wife, Diane, have 3 children. Heather, Robert and Kirk.

CLYDE MIDDLETON of Covington, Ky., is the Republican Candidate from the Fourth Congressional District which takes in 19 counties in northern and central Kentucky. His running mate \^ Senator Thurston B. Morton, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, who is running for reelection.

Clyde served with the Pacific Fleet in USS MANIFEE ( A P A - 2 0 2 ) , graduated from CIC Offi-

Class of 1952, USNA P. O. Box 225, Annapolis, Md.

Change of address: BOB FEELY sends his new address as USN Astronautics. Group, NAS, Point Mugu, Calif.

HOMECOMING Ye Olde Mail Box was bulging the other day and every passing day finds more reservations coming in for Homecoming. Unfortunately, a few negats have come in from classmates who can't be with us. MIKE ZIBILICH says our plans sound great, but he expects to be at sea and consequentiy can't join us. HUGO SCHULTER reports he has the same problem.

FERRIS SMITH sent the following letter along with his check for a motel reservation: "This is only my second letter to Shipmate in ten years.

This time I rise from obscurity to bring to your attention my change of address and also shoot you a check for Homecoming reservations. I resigned from the Air Force 30 June, left good old Cape Canaveral after 5 years, and joined the Orlando Division of Babcock Electronics Corp. Home address is: 691 Dommerich Dr., Mairiand, Fla. Would like to hear from any USNA types living in the area or just passing through." Your two letters in 10 years are two better than some classmates I could mention. Incidentally, if everyone wrote with your frequency, Ferris, your friendly columnist would have about II letters a month to work with, and believe me that is way above normal.

Classmates who will be here for the Homecoming weekend now include: Dave Lang, John Manfredi. Ken Weir, John Yamnicky, Doug Lockwood, George Case, Gus Eggert, Jim Troutman, Bob D. Wilson, Jerry Malament, Gene Avallone, Vince Argiro, Ed Pastorino, Pete Parry, Bo Bartley, John Nelson, Larry Novak, Glen Lenox, Jim McGowan, Bob Compton, Bob Sayre, Ed Paluso, John Owen, Bill Delahunty, Dick Coulter, Bill Pike, Ferris Smith, Larry Skantze, George Brown, Jim Quinn, Roy Appell, Tom Paris, Herb Nachtrab, Larry Pad, and the 7 of us stationed at the old alma mater. GEORGE BROWN just made his reservations along with JIM QUINN's by telephone about an hour ago. Why don't the rest of you hurry and get yours in too?

WHERE IS HE? This constitutes the beginning of a regular feature in your column. Each month we hope to list a few names for which we have no current address and hope that those listed will bring us up to date, or, if you know where they are, you send us their address. Keeping our addresses current makes a mailout such as for Homecoming or election of class officers much more effective.

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In the mailbox today I received the first Homecoming bulletin that was returned because of an outdated address. Therefore, for a beginning, where is CHARLES F. HORNE? FINIS

This column ends a littie over a year of service as your friendly correspondent. Next issue will find DAVE CARLISLE, your new secretary, at the helm. I have probably misplaced a letter or two and as a result have been somewhat tardy in answering them. If this has happened to you, my apologies. I hope to see as many of you as possible at the Big Ten. Sec'y, Lt. Eugene J. Christensen, USN USN Postgraduate School Monterey, California Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Richard K. Miller, SC USN, Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md. ANNAPOLIS

I've had no letters this month, but here's a littie local news: CHARLIE MUMFORD has reported here for duty in the Executive Department, and KEITH NELSON and CHARLIE SEIBER have reported to the Engineering Dept. I'll print their addresses when available.

Regarding Homecoming: everyone who has offered an opinion is in favor of a get-together similar to the one we had last year. We had a party on Saturday evening after the game at the North Severn Recreation area. For $1.25 a head we furnished a cold beef and ham buffet supper and a full range of mixers, ice, etc. We charged 25^ for those who had dinner elsewhere or arrived after the chow was gone. I will go ahead with similar arrangements this year, so please make your reservations by sending me a check as early as possible. When you arrive in Crabtown, please call me at 268-0940, or call Alumni House to verify the time, place, etc.

B. H. SHOOPMAN, JR., has been promoted to electrical engineer in Central Technical Division at Humble Oil and Refining Company's Baytown, Texas, refinery. He attended University of Houston in 1960 and 1961, and is a member of the Instru-

ment Society of America. The Shoopmans and their 4 children live at 107 Mapleton St., Baytown, Texas.

DAVID W. HOWELL has notified us that his new address is: 3565th Naval Training Wing (ATC), James Connally AFB, Texas.

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Sec'y, Lt. P. J. Vogelberger, Jr., USN USS PHILIPPINE SEA FPO San Francisco, Calif.

Annapolis Rep: Lt. Paul Skarlatos, USN E. H. & G. Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md.

N E W ARRIVALS

New '54 arrivals not previously reported: Shelby V. T. (Van) CLARK, Jr., born 12 May, and Jennifer Anne ROSE, born 15 July.

The final arrangements have been made for the class Homecoming party on 29 September. It will be held at Paul's Restaurant on Riva Rd. between the hours of 1900 and 2200â&#x20AC;&#x201D;with hopes that it will continue into the wee hours of the morning.

The price per couple, $10, will include 3 hours of open bar and a heavy buffet. We expect a big turnout so make your plans early and join the class!

Please do not send any money; we will collect it at the door. For those not familiar with the location of the restaurant, plans will be made to have some directions available at the cocktail party on Friday at Dahlgren and also at the Alumni House.

An informative letter was received from FRED KNOPS' wife, Ann. She writes: "For those who did not read it in the newspapers or hear it on the radio, I would like to report that on 26 July my husband had to bail out of his F102 Delta Dagger at 35,000 over the Adantic Ocean. He was rescued from his rubber life raft 45 minutes later by helicopter and returned to Otis AFB hospital where, aside from a few minor cuts and bruises, he was reported in good condition.

"This very thankful and proud wife is happy to report that Fred is now at home and making a rapid recovery."

We join Ann in wishing Fred a speedy recovery.

NORFOLK AREA

A very long and enjoyable letter was received from MIKE McCAFFREE in the Norfolk area: "On Saturday, 7 July, the Class of '54 had a beach party at Little Creek. We had the largest turnout I've seen in this area in a number of years: the Algers, the Bassetts, Byrds, Curriers, Eastons, Fekulas, Happersetts, Hopes, Kollmorgens, Leslies, McCaffrees, McCurdys, McDevitts, Nagels, Rogers, and the Pfarrers.

"We in Norfolk were unanimous in opposing the water fountain suggestion. It was suggested that a bronze plaque showing and indexing the Academy layout could be placed outside Gate 3 to help tourists and old gratis locate items of interest. It was also suggested that a portion of the class funds could be set aside to purchase seats in the stadium for deceased classmates whose relatives do not do so. We believe the decision should be made now on whether or not to purchase a memorial at the present time. We strongly suggest that all active class contigents discuss the memorial issue and communicate with you at an early date.

"JACK PRUITT is living with his growing family in Louisville, Ky., where he is working in the business management field. HAL WOOD is working for the Baltimore Bendix Co., and STEVE WALLACE is with Pan American at Cape Canaveral. At least 2 '54ers have been given submarine XO billets: DOUG RAPER in USS SPINAX and REID BERKHIMER in USS BARRACUDA. TOM BANFIELD has been assigned to the SubCol faculty to set up a transition course for newly commissioned officers ordered to the nuclear power school. DICK CURRIER'S new address is: USS TiNOSA (SSN-606), FPO New York City.

"During a recent trip to Hawaii I picked up some news of people not seen in Norfolk recently: BOB and Sue SHEEHAN's new address is 316 Center Dr., Honolulu 18, Hawaii, where Bob is SubRon 7 Communications Officer: JACK HAR-

" N O W ABOUT THAT CLASS REORGANIZATION. . . . " Paul Skarlatos '54 and Jamie Deuel '54 began settling things some time ago during "happy hour" youngster cruise, 1951. Referee, Bob Sutley '52.

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GROVE, Assistant Tactics and Training Officer on ComSubPac Staff, is living in Kailua (Oahu); I missed CHUCK POREDA, who was in Pearl for a brief stop with USS FINCH enroute to San Francisco, but I did talk to his bride, Priscilla, who is managing the family at their Hayward, Calif., home until Chuck returns. PENN COLVIN, XO of the USS INTERPRETER, was out on patrol, but

Ann expected him within the week. In San Diego I saw PETE GATES who is attached to VX-1 in Key West but on the West Coast for a couple of months."

Many thanks, Mike, for your letter. The Annapolis representatives of the class have not had the chance to hold a meeting yet, but one is anticipated this month, and your suggestions of the class memorial will receive top priority.

While out at Andrews AFB I ran into a few people. CURT SORENSON was on his way back to Puerto Rico where he is located at Roosevelt Roads. GEORGE ZEBERLEIN called from D. C. to say hello and tell us that he is now stationed at the Naval Gun Factory.

Some new faces have appeared here at the Academy, too. HERB HOPE, RED POLLACK, and JOHN EVERETT have all reported in. We still have about 20 classmates at the last count here in Annapolis.

The letters from classmates have been most encouraging. Any news sent in will be published as soon as possible, so keep it coming. As a final memo, please try to make Homecoming. We have been away long enough to acquire a substantial repertoire of sea stories, so bring them along and we will try to top each other at the bar.

JAMIE DEUEL writes: "While rummaging through my scrapbook this past week I came across the enclosed photograph taken aboard the USS ALBANY ( C V A - 1 3 2 )

during the Class of

1954's

youngster cruise in the summer of 1951. It was taken during a 'happy hour' in which PAUL SKARLATOS and I put on an exhibition of professional 'rasslin.' He was dubbed the 'Scandinavian Angel' and I was 'Pierre la Deuel of the Yukon.' The referee in the background is Bob Sudey '52, later cantain of the wrestling team."

(See photo page 60.)

RICHARD H. CHILDRESS, Ariington Heights, 111., who received an LLB degree from George Washington University, 1960, has joined Monsanto Chemical Company's Patent Dept., St. Louis, as senior patent solicitor. He formerly was with U. S. Gypsum Co., Chicago.

GEORGE E. CHISHOLM, II, has been awarded an MS degree in physics from the Pennsylvania State University.

P. O. Box 1926 Annapolis, Maryland The cry is "See you at Homecoming" and the reply is "I'll be there." The Annapolis chapter of '56ers spearheaded by JIM BRUSO has set up a series of sheer show-stopping events that will be climaxed by a tremendous blast in the Plaza del Luce. Kicking off the weekend on Friday will be a huge reception (really a huge party game with everyone playing "I know your name but I've forgotten your face"), followed by a meal in our beloved chow hall, followed by as much as you can take. By the time your beady litde eyes open, it'll be time for the football game. Navy is engaging that hermaphroditic team, William and Mary, to insure a victory for Homecoming.

After you've yelled yourself hoarse for Navy to score 56 points, you'll lubricate your lungs at that pinnacle of pleasure, the class party, a combination of superb cuisine, devilish drinks, and ecstatic melodies. Sunday will be set aside for recuperation, spiritual meditation, a bit of sailing for those who swore off water years ago, and those fond farewells with promises to keep in touch.

Well, that's a rundown on the weekend and it'll S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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home several days. Reed's on his way back to Castie AFB, Calif., where he's an instructor.

Here's a rundown on the mail we received this month: EAST

MILLARD SCHOOL exclusive preparation WEST POINT

for

ANNAPOLIS

AIR FORCE ACADEMY A highly successful school formerly located in the District of Columbia. Nov/ 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

be great if you're there. If any of you are worried about sleeping accommodations drop us a line.

Got a real nice letter from TED BENNETT and it sounds as though he married a wonderful girl. We're all looking forward to seeing them when they get to Washington in October. After a short stay he's going on to Long Beach as OIC of the Field Intelligence Office there.

I want to express the class' sympathy to Barbara GOOD. All of us who knew GLEN were deeply saddened by his death. Barbara gave Glen's ring to the museum in Annapolis and I want to say we are very proud to have Glen's ring represent our class in a permanent display exhibiting the history of classes at the Naval Academy. I extend the gratitude of us all.

FRED LIPPERT, III, was married on 9 September to Miss Nona Goehring in Westport, Conn.

Fred resigned his commission to become director of sailing at Weekapauq Yacht Club in Rhode Island, and if that wasn't enough, he's also studying medicine at the Vermont College of Medicine.

Bon Voyage on the Sea of Matrimony, Fred, and in launching your new medical career.

Now here's a real odd twist. DAVE BROYLES got out of the Navy and joined the Air Force in an interservice transfer and DAVE NOONAN got an interservice out of the Air Force into the Navy and he's now on the USS CANBERRA. I'd

love to get those two in a conversation.

We'd like to explain why the news you receive is not always as current as we'd like it to be. All information is given to Shipmate approximately 4-6 weeks before publication. When you add your mailing time and the time it takes to compile the column, your "hot news" is about 2 months old when Shipmate reaches the reader. So if you send in something, don't lose heart—it'll appear eventually.

We'd like to hear from CARL NELSON who's braving it at West Point as a Tac Officer. Also I'd like to hear from CHARLIE WILSON, Texas politician, who has shaken the hands of half the people in Texas and the confidence of the other half.

REED and Shirley LEWIS came through the Washington area and stayed at BOB FRANCIS'

WELCOME

BURT LAUB is at George Washington University getting the inside information on how to be an Instructor at USNA. With him and attempting the same tiling is BOB KEMPER. LYLE ISHOL is studying Russian at the USN Intelligence School in Washington. He may be our next man in Moscow. BOB SCOVEL is a Public Information Officer at die Navy Dept. in D. C. JULIAN COOLIDGE is at the Guided Missile School at Dam Neck, Va. FRANK SMITH, our former notorious and glorious secretary, is in Pittsburgh, Pa., in the Naval Reactors Office. Good luck in Slag City, Frank. JOHN DONAHUE b running a NROTC unit at Villanova and writes that BILL GREEN and VON BAIR are at Yale similarly employed.

Hang a Gold Star in your window, Mother, your son's in the ROTC. JOHN BAUMAN is at the Philly Naval Shipyard. JIM (Boom-Boom) CANNON had a new BB, Deborah Ann. He's doing fine and moving from the University of Virginia to Monterey. Some New Englanders are PAUL BRADTMILLER at Quonset Pt., R. I., and LARRY BERGER at Griffis AFB, Rome, N . Y. Our apologies; Capt.

BERGER is not a civilian, for all those who want to correct their directories. HAL MOORE and GENE DE NEZZA are at MIT. Hal is smdying naval architecture and Gene, astronautics. Out of that pair we should get a sea-going spaceship.

Gene says NICK DE NUNZIO is at Brooklyn Shipyard. JIM KAMP and PAUL COOK are frolicking in Florida. Jim is at Homestead AFB and Paul is at Pensacola. HAL DOLENGA is at Haa-vaahd.

MIDWEST

Men at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Bob Park, Fred Ernst, Charlie Van Ry (astronautics), Ben George and Dave Broyles. (You all come to Homecoming.) Larry Hubert says he's a Mach 2 at Bunker Hill AFB, Peru, Ind. WEST

RICH WARREN is surviving at that home of survival. Stead AFB, Nev. JERRY GIBSON is at Williams AFB instructing. SHELDON GRONER is sitting on a mountain peak in Idaho with a button. He's in a missile outfit at Mountain Home AFB. Men at Monterey: C. O. Taff, Hollis (Robby) Robertson, Mort Hanson, Connelly D. Stevenson, Hal Ellis, G. O. (Audie) Audilet, Larry White, Don Hanson, John Wilde (thank you for the compliment, John), John Schulze, V. A. Eagle, Jim Evans, Jim Johnson, Al Henry and Angus McEachen. You must have a '56 out there.

PETE BENNETT is PIO at Mt. View, Calif. If you run into J. C. Bricker '54, say hello from Swede. DICK SMITH, Whoosh, Edwards AFB. PIERCE FERRITER is at March AFB and wants a reunion with somebody—anybody! VINCE ROPER is at Navy Fleet Weather Central, Navy #128.

THOSE W H O ARE D O W N TO SEA O N SHIPS

Paul Reese, USS NORTHAMPTON; Red Wooton, USS PLUNGER; Orville Wright, (Helicopters) HS2, San Francisco; Bob Watkins, VS-21; Mike McBnde, USS SCAMP; O . L . Woodbury, USS CAVALIER; Charley Debona, USS IREX ( S S - 4 8 2 ) ; Jim W. Smith, USS JOHN MARSHALL; Doug Ohmen,

USS

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SAM HOUSTON;

Pete

Fitz Williams, USS

GEORGE WASHINGTON (he's going to New London in Sept.); Don Johnston, USS LONG BEACH; Jack Apple, USS SCAMP; Steve Sargent, USS ROBERT E .

LEE; Will Rich, USS WALDO COUNTY; Ed Covey,

USS SAM HOUSTON (moves to New London in Sept.); Frank Kelso, USS POLLACK, and Hoppy Hoenstein, USS GREENFISH.

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THOSE E N J O Y I N G IT ABROAD

JIM KAUTZ, Kadina, Okinawa; CARL SCHLEICHER, Det. 28, Turkey; ROGER LYLE, Rio De Janeiro; JOE MATSON, Honolulu; ALLAN ANDRADE, Kailua, Hawaii; J. M. P. WRIGHT, Rio de Janeiro; TOM FREEMAN, Sasebo, Japan; DICK SWANENBURG, Wiesbaden, Germany (It's been a long time since Kimpo, Korea).

THE C I V I L I A N CORPS

1 think IBM has a Navy division of ex-'56ers; here's a few more name?: HOYLE MILLER in Norfolk, Va., TONY PERRONE and DON KENNEDY, Rockville, Md., and DAN SULLIVAN, Richmond, Va. BUCK BUCHANAN is with AID (Agency for International Development) in Washington and is an "Alliance for Progress" Loan Officer. He has the symbolic 3 balls hanging in front of his office. TOM BENSON is working for Michigan Bell Telephone in Southfield, Mich.

MATT BURTIS is in the construction business in Shamokin, Pa. I think TOM EDGAR is o u t gives his address as Roanoke, Va. JIM ORANGE says "I am president and owner of the Stardust Engineering Co. in San Diego." (Wonder if he is the only worker, too.) Here's one: HARRY HICKS is in the export-import business at 12 Shinryudo-cho, Azabu, Minato-nu Toyko, Japan.

Ah, so, shim-pa-nai. Good luck, Harry; I hope everybody's buying what you're selling. DON FLAHERTY graduated with high distinction from Harvard Business School and received his MBA. He's working with Space Tech Labs near L. A. and living at Manhattan Beach—says drop in anytime. BOB CECIL graduated from Harvard and expects to live in California.

That's it for this issue. I'll turn it back to NICK NICHOLSON who's back from Mexico. Send all libel suits to our treasurer.

ED

HANSEN

STORK CLUB

Parent Jim Cannon Hollis Robertson Roger Lyle Don Flaherty Jim Orange

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Deborah Ann Harry Julie Clair Mark Dundas Vamos E.

EAST COAST Lt. David L. Mitchell, USN, USS JALLAO (SS-368). FPO New York WEST COAST Lt. R. L. Madouse, USN USS KAWISHIWI (AO-146) FPO, San Francisco

Don't forget the big plans the class has for Homecoming! Our five-year reunion party will be held on Saturday, 29 September, at the Severn Inn, just across the old Severn River bridge. The open bar will commence at 1830. Maryland fried chicken and accessories start at 2000 followed by dancing from 2030 to 0030.

All of you should have received a letter by now announcing the party and if you have not sent in your reply please do so as soon as possible. If further information or another application is required, contact either Lt. Donald Mitchell, 8 Sellers Rd., Annapolis, or Lt. Roger McPherson, 1337 Madison St., Annapolis. Remember, we can use the registration fee ($2.00 per couple) right now.

We're going to have a good one—hope you can make it!

EAST COAST President, Lt. (jg) Charles R. Larson, USN VA-176, FPO New York WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. (jg) John L. Higgins, Jr., USN USS NOBLE (APA-218) FPO San Francisco EAST

COAST

I received a letter from JIM and V. G. HAMRICK who are presentiy living in Jacksonville, Fla., where Jim is CO of the CATAWBA (ATA-210) 62

which is Jacksonville's only Navy ship. They passed on some news of other '58ers.

JOHN and Jo RUTH have the current address of Box 203, Ft. Amador, Canal Zone. John has shore duty with the MSTS office. Jo finds the life confusing since they live in Navy housing on an Army Post (Ft. Kobbe), and she says the Navy base seems to be a landing strip for Air Force planes.

HANK and Jo Anne VARGO are living at 664 Santa Barbara, Garden Grove, Calif. Hank is XO of the minesweeper PIVOT and expects to stay there until summer of '63. He deployed for WestPac on 2 July and Jo Anne is remaining in California with sons. Skip, John and Matt.

DICK and Judy CORDOVA are living in San Diego where Dick is in the USS ROBINSON. KEITH and Bonnie BUNTING have a temporary address at 11 Seawane Rd., East Rockaway, N. Y. Keith goes to the Gold Crew of the Polaris sub THOMAS JEFFERSON, SO they are moving to

Newport News this month. The ship will be commissioned in February, and then they will move to New London. Kerrie Sue has a baby brother, Keith, Jr., who arrived in April.

DON and Carol M A C N E I L and son Guy will also be in Newport News, where Don will be in

TOPPING has switched to Nuclear Engineering Effects; NEWT MOORE has transferred to Ordnance Weapons Systems; and IRV GOTO has begun the Naval Engineering Course.

From the August input the breakdown within the curricula is: Engineering Electronics: Jack Chambliss (USMC), Ed Browne (USMC), Bill Pivarnick, Frank Gamboa, Guy Veasey, Ray Landrum, Ed Borden, Dave Morgan and Mike Lyons.

Ordnance Weapons Systems: Bob Warren, Leo Therrien, Ray Williams, Walt Reister, Jack Sutton, Dick Pittenger, Roger Nutting, George Meinig, Ron Ingram, Tom Buell and Nils Rueckert.

Operations Analysis: PAUL CUMMINS and JIM FITZGERALD. Naval Engineering: JOE FENICK, CARL GIESE, MARK ALVAREZ and TOM DEGNAN. Air-Ocean Environment: JOHN ROHRBOUGH. Science: DON JONES. GEORGE CHAFFE, from the March input, and SKIP HUNTER and MIKE GOODMAN, from the August input, have begun courses preparing them to teach at USNA next year. George is in the Operations Analysis field while Skip and Mike are in Ordnance Engineering.

the JAMES MONROE.

GEORGE and Jean STUBBS will be in New London where George is going to the Gold Crew of the LAFAYETTE. Miss Debbie is now one year old.

DAVE and Shirley BERTKE will also be in New London where Dave will join the Blue Crew of the LAFAYETTE. Daughter Heather was one year old in August.

MAX and Barb AKERS and litde Sherryl are on the West Coast; also PETE and Alice WIEDEMANN. FRANK and Linda GAMBOA are headed for Monterey where Frank will enter P.G. school.

J. F. G., Jr., is 6 months old.

JIM and Carol DAVIS wrote from Westover AFB with some more news; they became proud parents of a daughter, Kimberly, in January. BOB KENDAL and Jim are in the same refueling squadron at Westover and have run into many classmates in their travels. SAM "ACE" TAYLOR is there, and CHUCK PETERSON was stationed there but has been transferred to Harmon AFB, Newfoundland. In Goose Bay, Labrador, Jim met BILL GRADY who is working in civil engineering there.

RAY LANDRUM stopped by Westover on his way to the West Coast and P.G. school. HUGH and Pat PALMER and DAVE and Betty STUBBS are at Quonset Pt. where Hugh and Dave are flying W2F's. WILLIE GELLINAS and his wife, Marilyn, stopped by Westover after a stay in Puerto Rico. Willis is very happy with the Air Force life and is now in Littie Rock, Ark. TERRY and Marilyn M A C G R A T H are at Williams AFB, Phoenix, Ariz. JOHN DICKSON is at Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, on a bomber crew. BILL D I E S I N G is at Lincoln AFB, Nebr., working with the missiles. Jim ran into SAM SWART at a SAC school at Barksdale, La. In Dover, Del., Jim saw TOM GRZYBICKI who was enroute to Germany.

BILL and Ruth FOHRMAN are in Charieston, S. C , where they live at 1639 Memminger Dr. Bill went into aviation after over a year as an Air Force Ground Officer. He and Ruth expect to be in Charleston for about 3 years.

WEST COAST

With the start of the fall term the '58 Club of Monterey boasts a roster of 39. A listing of members and fields of study at the PG school follows: Starting in the 2nd year are MAC BALDWIN, Operations Analysis, and NORM ELLIOT, Engineering Electronics. From the March Science input AL CARRETTA has started a 2-year program in Underwater Physics. CHUCK SMITH and RAY HARDY have entered Operations Analysis; BOB

EAST COAST Pres., Lt. (jg) Frank Donovan, USN USS THE SULLIVANS (DD-537) FPO New York WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. (jg) George Brainerd, USN USS STERLET (SS-392) FPO San Francisco MORE H O M E C O M I N G

NEWS

Tentatively planned for all '59 ring-knockers is an informal gathering at Alumni House for cocktails and dinner. This will take place at 1700.

Let us know if you can make it by dropping a card to "1959, Alumni House," Annapolis, Md. The cost will be $2.00 a person plus your beverage.

Be sure to register at Alumni House when you arrive. Any change in location etc. will be promulgated there.

Hope to see you at Homecoming.

Pres., Lt. (jg) H. A. Lawinski NAS, Miramar, Calif.

Sec'y, Lt. (jg) J. Chavez, Supply Dept.

USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) FPO New York ROBERT C. SMITH

The death of Bob came as a great surprise to all of us and it is with equally great sorrow that we pay our last tribute to our fellow classmate, who was once the life of every gathering. Bob was killed at Cecil Field when his seat failed to eject from his F8U after a flame out. He is survived by his widow, Beth, whom he married in February. Our classmates in this area very thoughtfully provided a floral arrangement in behalf of the class with the following tribute, which expresses the sentiments of all of us: "It is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of a true friend and a fine classmate."

WALLY CUMELIA provided us with the list of our classmates attending the first class of destroyer school and their assignments upon graduation on 6 July. Jerry Cogdill to the USS MARSHALL (DD-676) in San Diego as Operations Officer; Jim Hancock to the USS WARRINGTON ( D D -

843) in Newport as Gunnery Officer; Mike Heath to die USS F. T. BARRY ( D D E - 8 5 8 ) in Newport

as Engineering Officer; Jack Herbein to the USS PuRDY ( D D - 7 3 4 ) in Newport as Gunnery Officer; Drake Hofman

to the USS AULT

(DD-698)

in

Boston as Engineering Officer; Joe Hoffman to the USS STRIBLING ( D D - 8 6 7 ) in Mayport as Gunnery

Officer; Dave Kalb to the USS D. H. Fox (DD779) in Norfolk as Engineering Officer; Frank Kay to the USS GEARING (DD-810) in Newport as Operations Officer; Toni Lewis to the USS S H I P M A T E

MANLY

(DD-940)

in

Charieston

as

Gunnery

Officer; Al Logan to the USS BICELOW (DD-942) in Mayport as Engineering Officer after 6 months; Jack Lynch to the USS DAVIS (DD-937) in Newport as Gunnery Officer; Nick Stasko to die USS JOHN KING ( D D G - 3 )

in Norfolk as Engineering

Officer after fleeting up; Pat Sullivan to the H . J. ELLISON (DD-864) in New York as Gunnery Officer; Tom Terry to the USS N E W (DDE-818) in Norfolk as Operations Officer; Bob Traister to the USS RUSH ( D D R - 7 1 4 ) in Newport as Engi-

neering Officer. Statistically-minded Wally has included everyone on the list except himself.

WEST COAST

BOB KUNKLE very nautically writes, on the back of a WestPac Replenishment Report form, that his ship the USS HUBBARD (DD-748) has finally returned to CONUS from WestPac after 614-month cruise (his second). Bob has now taken over as Operations Officer and says that the challenges offered by the tin-can Navy have kept him from signing the papers for Sub School. He tells us that his old roommate, CASEY JONES, is stationed with an A4D squadron in Hanford, Calif., where he lives with his wife, Janice, and their daughter. Celeste, and that Casey still loves flying. He also reports that AL MILLER, one of our tough gyreens, got orders to a Supply Depot in California (a Navy Supply Corps outfit) after a tour of duty at Okinawa. Both Bob and Al are holding out as bachelors, but, says Bob, weakening.

FROM THE FORRESTAL

The FORRESTAL'S departure to the Mediterranean for 7 months on 3 August brought about the old familiar problem of slow correspondence. Since I intend to remain in charge of the article the news appearing in it during the next 7 months may at times be outdated, but, be as it may, bear with me and look for our column in each forthcoming issue.

Aboard for the cruise we are well represented with BILL KEE and myself as the only two ship's company officers. Bill was expecting orders to the Supply Corps School in Athens but unfortunately they will not come through until next year.

In Norfolk our classmates must have kept themselves in hiding, for I ran into only one, DICK RAPASKI, at a clothing store in town where I was doing my last-minute shopping. Dick has been in the USS LITTLE ROCK since graduation and is presently at the District Headquarters pending a medical discharge, but he didn't reveal the reasons. I noticed he had a black eye and wondered if that may have been one of the reasons, but he assured me he had run into a bulkhead.

Not that I don't believe him, but I always thought that doorknobs were the eye menace. Seriously, I'm sure you will all join me in wishing Dick the very best of luck as he tackles the cruel outside world.

By the way, it was J. C. WILLIAMS who gave me the details on BOB SMITH and he further requested that I note that he is flying the F3H Demon, and that he is a fighter pilot, not a tinker-toy driver. He says he has a lot to look forward to: a baby next year and the F4H, which his squadron is getting soon.

JOHN RILEY writes: "Am presentiy stationed at McGuire AFB, N. J., flying with Naval Transport Squadron Three. Would be happy to see or help any friends passing through the area." f\ M 1% 11 U

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m Pres., Ens. James R. Traa, USN USN Nuclear Power School I Mare Island Naval Shipyard I Vallejo. Calif.

I Corr. Sec'y. Ens. Ken Craig, USN USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON FPO San Francisco

PAT and Helen TAFT welcomed their first, a son, on 8 May. CORKY and Gary CARLSON have a son, Mark, born 29 May. A son was also the first for BUTCH and Helda NUTT, in April, and a boy also arrived for FREDDY and Florence LOWACK in May. CARLOS and Barbara MERCADO are presentiy residing on Adantic Beach near Mayport while Carlos is ASW Officer on the USS HARWOOD. Pat and BILL KRAUSE are expecting to leave for Hawaii soon. Bill is on the USS ST. CLAIR COUNTY. SKIP and Phyllis BAILEY are expecting an addition to the family in October. Skip is presentiy in flight training.

STAN JONES recendy left the ANDERSON to report to his ship, the USS WILTSIE, which is currentiy in Hawaii. All of us on the ANDERSON were sorry to see him leave.

Ens. JOHN A. MOMM married Kathryn Jane Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley Parker of Pensacola, Fla., on 2 June in Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, NAS, Pensacola, Fla. John is

JOHN and Dorothy HARRIS announce the birth of their son, John, on 9 July.

SKIP McGINLEY married the former Miss Connie Lee Mayo of Norfolk, Va., on 1 July 1962 in Norfolk. They are presentiy setded at 1075 West Ocean View Ave. in Norfolk while Skip is stationed on the submarine USS SEA LION. TOM KNEPELL writes from die USS PURDY (DD-734) that he is trading his black shoes for a set of wings of gold. Tom reports to Pensacola in October after a 15-month tour on the PURDY which included seeing the Dominican Republic crises, a period at Gitmo and most of the Med. in USS LUCE ( D L G - 7 ) , operating out of Mayport, On 14 September he married the former Miss Fla. Ann Fergus at the Academy Chapel after a short engagement ol SVz years.

In Naples Tom met JOE CAVANAUGH on Sec'y, Ens. H. S. Pinskey, SC USN the USS O ' H A R E and AL THEIL on the USS Naval Supply Corps School LEARY. Also in the Med Tom has seen DICK Athens, Ga. STENGEL on the USS WARE, BOB WHITE on the USS BEATTY and JERRY POST who is not in E D M O N L. HAYHURST CONUS on the USS BRISTOL. It is with a great deal of sorrow that I announce to the class the death of Ens. EDMON L. HAYLauren Marie was born 13 May to the proud parents, DAN and Karen SCHROEDER. Dan is HURST, USN, who died on 10 June. Eddy and JOHN WHITE were enroute home to Colorado with the 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne after graduation when the car in which they were Division at Fort Bragg, N. C. driving hit an abutment and Eddy was killed.

After a cruise which included some of Europe's John was in serious condition for a few days but finest ports the USS DAHLGREN ( D L G - 1 2 ) , HANK OCHEL, ED NELSON and ED FELLER are now I'm happy to report that he is feeling fine and has already reported to his first duty station. in the Med. They visited Plymouth, Kiel, SundsFlowers were sent to the Hayhurst family in vall, Oslo, Portsmouth and Tangier. Hank writes that Ed Nelson is MPA and Ed Keller is ASW the name of our class.

Officer. Hank is presently gunnery officer. The By now the Class of '62 has joined the fleet DAHLGREN should be in Norfolk by now. and can put to good use the training it acquired JOE BENEDICT sent me a fine, long letter reat USNA over the last 4 years. freshing my poor memory of some of the people To all of my classmates I would like to say that that we talked about when Joe and I first met in this is our column. It's our one big media to disSan Francisco. Joe is presently in the USS ROBIseminate information to our classmates of whatsoN ( D D G - 1 2 ) just out of Hunter's Point and now homeported in San Diego. He has seen ED HUX ever type and from all corners of the world, so that all of us can be kept well informed of the and JACK BRAENDLE at die ASW School in events, happenings and personal experiences of San Diego. He saw Ed again in San Francisco our classmates and their families. where Ed was waiting for transportation to the For the present time please address all your Far East to catch his ship. Joe has heard that comments and letters to me. Shortly, I will publish GENE MITCHELL is MPA on the USS OZBOURNE ( D D - 8 4 6 ) and has seen BUD LUNSFORD who a list of people in specific commands and areas who will serve as correspondents for that area. is in operations aboard the USS Bovo (DD-544).

Joe reports that TED MOSS married the former For the last month I've been here at USNA Miss Carol Blackman in Dunedin, Fla., in early on the Summer Detail. The Class of '62 is really June. giving '66 a good summer to prepare them to take their place in the Brigade. Among the '62ers Joe is presentiy in DCA school at Treasure Island, San Francisco, and expects to return to the here were: Dave Arnold, Ralph and Nancy Beedle, Bob Clancy, Bob Deputy, Joe Epstein, Bob Lewis, ship just in time to deploy.

Jim Messer, Dusty and Nancy Rhodes, Herb ROD HORNE is currendy running the 1st Sprague, Jim Walker, John and Donna Chesson, Division of the USS CHEVALIER ( D D - 8 0 5 ) as she Don Christy, Tom Draude, Jud and Nancy Sage, goes through FRAM in Long Beach. Rod had the Don and Sharron Watkins. misfortune to be medically disqualified from the Bob Creeman, Dave Griggs, Ernie Lewis, Ed flight program after soloing and almost completand Carolyn Little, Myles Lorenzen, Tony Maness, ing the flight training. Rod and Nan live in Chula Al Marshall, Jack Maurer, Dave and Merci PeterVista near San Diego where the "Chewy" will be son, George Schweizer, Jet Tipton, John Baehr, homeported. Nan and Rod are awaiting the first Dale Brandt, Joe and Leslie Clugston, John and addition to their family in October.

Carolyn Ellis, Dick and Dee Fitzgerald, Tom Other information about our classmates from Fleming, Pete Golwas, John and Laurie Hewitt, Rod and Nan include the following: Al Hagles, Greg and Barbara Mather, Smokey Talbert, Bob Kennedy, Bot Bates and Skip Wheeler.

Just before the Davidsons departed Jud Sage, Greg Mather, John Hewitt, Corvin McNeal and myself presented them with white works having BIG MAMMA and BIG DADDY on die jumper front and an N star on the back. It was a big surprise to them and they really appreciated it.

In the sports department GREG MATHER did a fine job in the All Star game played on 3 Au-

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Today as I was clearing out my incoming, outgoing, file, destroy, forget basket I came across the latest candidates for submarine school. I was S E P T E M B ER- O C T O BER ,

pleased to see that the Class of 1961 was so well represented. For the 24 September 1962 class the following are scheduled to attend: Tom Balish, Don Cleveland, Chuck Denney, Bob Glover, Al Greer, John Guthrie, Bill Helton, Jim Hodde, Larry McEwen, Ernie Moreno, Tom Murray, Mich Von Radesky and John Walker. Selectees for the 2 January 1963 class are as follows: Freddy Farber, Pat Fitzpatrick, Art Rimback, Ray Sanders and Hal Spooner.

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gust in Chicago. He kicked 2 field goals and 2 extra points.

For all of you who are returning to Annapolis for the Homecoming game, check at the Alumni House for the time and place of the reception for the Class of '62.

Once again, 1 urge you to send all bits of information to me concerning our classmates and families, and through this column we can keep in touch until we are able to meet in person.

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tion of the establishment of a similar fund by the Naval Academy Alumni Association was on the agenda for the current meeting of the Board of Trustees.

A new procedure of primary concern to the graduating class has just been undertaken at the Academy. Some First Classmen in the past have believed their attainment of First Class status almost insured their graduation. This year seven First Classmen were failed academically and will be retained at the Academy for the summer pending a re-examination to determine whether or not they will be graduated. This procedure came as a shock to the First Class, but will probably have a salutary effect in the years ahead.

The Superintendent answered many detailed questions by the members of the Board concerning the administration and operation of the Academy. Upon conclusion of the Superintendent's pmarks, the Director of Athletics reviewed the past year's athletic achievements and estimated prospects for the future upon which he looks optimistically.

The Board gave a rising vote of appreciation to the Superintendent and the officers of his administration for their accomplishments and cooperation during Admiral Davidson's tenure of office.

CLASS FUNDS TO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Board of Trustees discussed a letter received from the President of the Class of '16 in which it was stated the class was considering turning over, at some future date when the class organization has ceased to function, its class funds to a permanent organization, such as the Alumni Association, to send flowers or other appropriate tributes upon the decease of the remaining meinbers or widows of the class. There was some concern that the procedure proposed may result in an excessive administrative load.

There was also feeling, though it was not expressed in the resolution finally adopted, that when and if a class turns its fund over to the Association for this purpose, the fund should be not less than $15 times the number of class members surviving and widows if they are to be memorialized. The resolution passed by the Board follows; RESOLVED: that the Executive Director is authorized to reply to the President of the Class of 1916 and any other class requesting similar action, that the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association is willing to undertake the administration of Class Funds, upon request of the class, and not earlier than after the 50th Anniversary of graduation of the class, for the general purpose of sending floral tributes (or other appropriate recognition) on the death of members of the class and w'^ows if so indicated; and further

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On the same page as '32 "What's the Dope" you will find six classmates pictured with fathers and friends at Carvel Hall after graduation: Jim Marshall, Bus Hurst, Mike O'Connor, Larry Fulton, John Phillips and Bob Beer. There must be more pictures of this type taken on that great day, and Shipmate will be delighted to print them.

Mr. and Mrs. John Barrington have announced the marriage of her daughter, Harriett Reginald Howell, to Ens. PHILLIP HENRY HARRING-

That while the funds are administered by the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, the interest therefrom will be credited to the Association's Endowment Fund, as would any residue remaining upon the death of the last member of the class or widow if so indicated.

MISSION OF THE USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Board unanimously approved the Mission proposed by the ad hoc committee of which RAdm. F. V. H. Hides was Chairman. See JuneJuly edition of Shipmate, page 22.

CIVILIAN FACULTY AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY Regarding the civilian faculty reorganization at the Naval Academy referred to by the Superintendent in his report, the Board of Trustees expressed concern over the directive which among other effects may eliminate all officer instructors during the entire first two years of a midshipman's academic instruction, and establishes a Dean whose authority is not clearly defined at the moment. The Board felt that motivation for a naval career and dedication to the naval service so necessary in a midshipman's training are best taught by career officers rather than civilians no matter how great the latter's technical knowledge may be.

The Board agreed the President should consult the Executive Clommittee to make a full study and report on the subject, and that the President then present the views of the Association to the Secretary of the Navy.

POSSIBILITY OF INCREASE IN DUES In view of continued rising costs nationally in all phases of operation and the prospects of continued low advertising in both the Register and Shipmate, the Board members agreed that a study and report should be made on the desirability or necessity to raise dues for the fiscal year beginning 1 July 1963. Consideration will be given by the committee to establishing a sliding scale of dues so that junior classes will not suffer any undue hardship.

NAVAL ACADEMY GIFT FUND The Board discussed a recommendation in the Executive Director's report that a study be made and submitted to the Board at its next meeting regarding the possibility of establishing a fund to be made available for projects at the Academy for which appropriate funds are not available.

The Superintendent advocated such a fund in his report. State supported universities have similar funds; West Point has just established a Superintendent's Fund; a bequest program can be integrated into such a fund.

The Board directed the Executive Director to report on this matter at the next meeting.

NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD It was agreed, as a trial, to hold the next meeting of the Board of Trustees in Philadelphia on 30 November 1962, the day preceding the Army-Navy Game. The Executive Committee

TON, son of Capt. Paul Harrington '32 and Mrs. Harrington, on 6 June at the Naval Academy Chapel. Phil and Reggie are now living in Athens, Ga., while he is attending Supply School.

Now making their home in Jacksonville, Fla., are Ens. and Mrs. LAWRENCE F. GHIRARDI whose marriage took place on 23 June in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Annapolis. The bride is the former Miss Verdine W. Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verdine W. Palmer of Annapolis.

will hold its meeting in the morning just prior to the meeting of the full Board.

COMMITTEE REPORTS Chairmen of the Investment, By-laws, Publications, Business, Public Relations, and House Committees submitted reports to the Board.

Among the items discussed, the following are significant: Publications Committee. The need for additional advertising in our publications, particularly in Shipmate, was stressed. Once more the assistance of all members was requested. There has been a temporary slight improvement in advertising income due to extraordinary efforts on the part of some members, but there is no long range improvement in sight. The Publications Committee recommends that consideration be given to a raise in dues to meet increasing costs and to counter low advertising income. In an effort to reduce the high cost of the Register, it was agreed the next edition will be published using a 4-column format instead of the 3column format of the past two editions.

By-laws Committee. The Committee met on several occasions to discuss the possibility of amending the By-laws to- insure additional representation of junior classes on the Board of Trustees. While giving sympathetic consideration to junior class representation, for several reasons the Committee recommended no change in the present method of electing trustees. The Board approved the By-laws Committee recommendation.

Investment Committee. In view of the uncertain state of the market at the present time, the Committee recommended that the Endowment Fund cash now in a savings account not be invested until the situation clarifies.

Business Committee. The Committee presented, for discussion purposes, an employee pension plan and pointed out that the high cost was due primarily to the relatively mature ages of the permanent employees of the Association. The Committee will make further studies, but it now appears that a pension plan, while desirable, may be too expensive for the Association unless income is increased by a raise in dues or other means.

Public Relations Committee. Periodic meetings of the Committee have been held and mailings forwarded to all Chapter Presidents. Response from the chapters has been virtually nil.

House Committee. The Committee recommended that class organizations be contacted, particularly at reunion time, in an effort to obtain contributions for the accomplishment of projects on the House Maintenance List.

THREE-YEAR RENEWAL OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S TERM The Board unanimously agreed to renew the agreement with the present Executive Director for a three-year term ending 1965.

OPERATING BUDGET 1962-1963 The Board approved the Operating Budget submitted by the Executive Director for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1963. The budget forecasts a profit of $7140.

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—the will to v.'in, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory; that if you lose, the nation will be destroyed; that the very obsession of your public service must be Duty—Honor—Country. Others will debate the controversial issues, national and international, which divide men's minds; but serene, calm, aloof, you stand as the nation's war-guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict, as its gladiator in the arena of battle. For a century and a half you have defended, guarded, and protected its hallowed traditions of liberty and freedom, of right and justice. Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government; whether our strength is being sapped by deficit financing, indulged in too long, by federal paternalism grown too mighty, by power groups grown too arrogant, by politics grown too corrupt, by crime grown too rampant, by morals grown too low, by taxes grown too high, by extremists grown too violent; whether our personal liberties are as thorough and complete as they should be. These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a ten-fold beacon in the night—Duty— Honor—Country.

You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the nation's destiny in their hands

the moment the war tocsin sounds. T h e Long Gray Line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses thundering those magic words—Duty—Honor— Country.

This does not mean that you are war mongers. On the contrary, the soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato that wisest of all philosophers, "Only the dead have seen the end of war."

T h e shadows are lengthening for me. T h e twilight is here.

My days of old have vanished tone and tint; they have gone glimmering through the dreams of things that were. Their memory is one of wondrous beauty, watered by tears, and coaxed and caressed by the smiles of yesterday. I listen vainly for the witching melody of faint bugles blowing reveille, of far drums beating the long roll. In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

But in the evening of my memory, always I come back to West Point. Always there echoes and re-echoes Duty—Honor— Country.

Today marks my final roll call with you, but I want you to know that when I cross the river my last conscious thoughts will be of T h e Corps, and T h e Corps, and T h e Corps.

I bid you farewell.

ALUMNrCTWPTiR NEWS AKRON-CANTON

CHICAGO

Pres., R.A.dm. C. M. Bolster, U S N (Ret.) '20, 212 Clemmer Ave., Akron, Ohio Sec, Mr. E. L. Coen, '47, 1053 Rotch Ave., N.E., Massilon, Ohio

Pres., Mr. Gordon Buchanan, Jr., '22, 68 Ridge Rd., Highland Park, 111.

Sec, Lt. (j.g.) L. B. Herrington, Jr., USN (Ret.) '24, 209 South LaSalle St., Chicago 4, 111.

ATLANTA

Pres., Capt. T. C. Linthicum, USN (Ret.) '24, 595 McAfee St., N.W., Apt. 78, Atlanta 13, Ga. Sec, Lt. Rex M. Williams, SC, USN, 'S3, NROTC, Georgia Tech, Atlanta 13, Ga. BALTIMORE

Pres., Mr. Frederick A. Weiss, Jr., '30, 3809 St. Paul St., Baltimore 18, Md. Sec, Mr. K. E. Anderson '46, 823 Eastern Ave., Baltimore 21, Md. BOSTON

Pres., RAdm. John A. Click, USN (Ret.) '26, 1 Lime St., Boston 8, Mass.

Sec, RAdm. Russell B. Allen, USN (Ret.) '34, 127 Beaconsfield Rd., # 5 , Brookline 46, Mass.

CARACAS

Pres., Capt. de Corbeta Carlos S. Tovar, USN '51, Edificio Santa Isabel, Apt. 3, Caracas, Venezuela Sec, Mr. Nat Heller '47, c/o Equipex S. A., Apartado 4607 Este, Caracas, Venezuela CENTRAL FLORIDA

Pres Capt. R. W. Dole, U S N (Ret.) '22, Box 402, Cocoa Beach, Fla. Sec, Lt. P. D. Stroop, Jr., USN '54, 112 Eden Ave., Eau Gallie, Fla. CENTRAL JERSEY

Mr. John S. Park '48, 12 Bodnarik Drive, Fords, N. J. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Pres., Lt. R. T. Perry, U S N (Ret.) '50, The News and Courier, 134 Columbus St., Charleston, S. C. Sec, SE P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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CINCINNATI

Pres., Mr. J. H. Clasgens, II, '48, 1 Beech Crest Lane, Cincinnati 6, Ohio Sec, Mr. Robert E. Reid '53, 8717 Brittany Drive, Cincinnati 36, Ohio CLEVELAND

Pres., RAdm. James S. Dietz, SC USN '33, Commanding Officer, U. S. Navy Finance Center, 1901 East Thirteenth St., Cleveland 14, Ohio Sec, LCdr. Walter T. Pate, SC USN '47, U. S. Navy Finance Center, 1901 East Thirteenth St., Cleveland 14, Ohio COLORADO

Pres., LCdr. Walter J. Krstich, U S N R '47, 1445 South Elm St., Denver, Colo.

Sec, Mr. Charles B. Lindley '50, 929 Marion St., .Apt. 312, Denver 18, Colo.

COLUMBUS

Pres., RAdm. Charles McCombs, USN (Ret.) '30, 1767 Ashland Ave., Columbus 12, Ohio Sec, Mr. Robert A. Brown '49, 184 Wetmore Rd., Columbus 14, Ohio CONNECTICUT

Pres., Mr. Richard Neuendorffer '45, Pequot Trail RED 1, Stonington. Conn.

Sec, Cdr. Walter D. Strang, Jr., U S N R '46, 85 Tyler .Ave., Groton, Conn.

CORONADO

Pres., Como. C. C. Baughman, USN (Ret.) '07, 7Z7 Gaudalupe Ave., Coronado, Calif.

Sec, Cdr. T. F. Carlin, USN (Ret.) '23, 1030 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado 18, Calif.

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CRUZERIO DO SUL

Pres., VAdm. T. C. Ragan, U S N (Ret.) '24, c/o Champion Celulose, S..A., Rua Libero Badara 293, Sao Paulo, Brazil Sec, Capt. Fred W. Walton, U S N (Ret.) '23, American Consul General S.P., A P O 676, New York, N. Y. DETROIT

Pres., Lt. Frank G. Meyer, U S N R '50, 7329 Briarcliff Knoll, Birmingham, Mich.

Sec, LCdr. Arthur W. Moesta, Jr., USNR '47, 1370 Harvard Rd., Grosse Pointe 30, Mich.

THE HAGUE

Mr. L. N. Landes '44, N. V. Nederlandsche Pacific, Tankvaart Maatschappij, Postbus 340, Den Haag, Nederland HAMPTON

ROADS

Pres., Capt. N. NAS, Norfolk Sec, LCdr. C. J. Base, Norfolk

C. Gillette, Jr., U S N 'Z6, Commanding Officer 11, Va. Bauman, Jr., USN '49, Staff ComTraLant, Naval 11, Va.

HOUSTON

Pres., Mr. John Kirby Ewing '45, Curtis and Ewing, 707 Main St., Houston 2, Texas Sec, Mr. J. M. Cook '45, P. O. Box 3129, Houston 1, Texas INDIANAPOLIS

Pres., Capt. M. C. Thompson, USN (Ret.) '21, 637 Berkley Rd., Indianapolis 8, Ind. Sec, Cdr. John R. Carlson, USNR '38, 5744 Washington Blvd., Indianapolis 20, Ind. KANSAS CITY

Pres., Mr. Edwin C. Chapline '48, 3414 West 73rd St., Kansas City 15, Mo. Sec, Mr. D. W. Gilmore '35, 1250 West 61st Terrace, Kansas City, Mo. LOS ANGELES

Pres., RAdm. E. D. Eathron, U S N (Ret.) '20, 243 Arbola Drive, Santa Anita Oaks, Arcadia, Calif.

Sec, BGen. Robert G. Ballance, USMC (Ret.) '28, 10737 Stradella Court, Los Angeles 24, Calif.

MIAMI

Pres., Cdr. Elmer C. Powell, U S N R (Ret.) '27, 11345 S. W. 108th Court, Kendall Brand, Miami 56, Fla. Sec, LCdr. Julian Arnold '50, 171 N. W. 87th St., Miami, Fla. MILWAUKEE

Acting Pres., Mr. Richard Downing '39, 1645 Spring Drive, Brookfield, Wise Sec, Mr. James H. Wheeler '45, 5012 North Shoreland Ave., Milwaukee 17, Wise N E W ORLEANS

Pres., Mr. Donald E. Wilson '42, c/o Gervais F. Favrot Co., Inc., 300 Baiter Bldg., New Orleans 12, La. Sec, Mr. Regmar W. Hanemann '51, 2025 Canal St., Suite 200, New Orleans 16, La. NEWPORT

Pres., Como. G. H. Bowdey, U S N (Ret.) '06, 71 Boulevard, Middletown, Newport, R. I, Sec, Cdr. Cameron McR. Winslow, U S N (Ret.) '24, Coggeshall Ave., Newport, R. I. N E W YORK

Pres., Capt. F. H. Whitaker, U S N (Ret.) '22, 5 Mountainview Drive, Westfield, N. J. Sec, Mr. Paul Gorman '54, 40 Hamilton St., Madison, N. J. NORTH TEXAS

Pres., Mr. Lee Ray Royal '50, 2511 North Haskell, Dallas, Texas Sec, Mr. Fred F. Wiedemann '46, 4939 Crooked Lane, Dallas 29, Texas OKLAHOMA

Pres., Mr. David B. Benham '41, 6615 Hillcrest, Oklahoma City, Okla.

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Sec, LCdr. Walter A. Reinhard, U S N R '30, 1308 N. E. 52nd St., Oklahoma City, Okla.

PENINSULA

Pres., LCdr. C. Turner Joy, Jr., '47, 865 Helena Drive, Sunnyvale, Calif.

Sec, Capt. Sam A. Lief, U S N (Ret.) '31, 23211 Eastbrook Ave., Los Altos, Calif.

PHILADELPHIA

Pres., Capt. F. J. Ilsemann, USN (Ret.) '24, 105 Fairfax Rd., Rosemont, Pa. Sec, Mr. Andrew T. Roulston '48, 412 Candlewood Rd., Broomall, Pa. PITTSBURGH

Pres., RAdm. William L. Kabler, U S N (Ret.) '29, 86 Dutch Lane, Pittsburgh 36, Pa. Sec, Mr. John Hufft '48, 237 Sharon Drive, Pittsburgh 21, Pa. RICHMOND

Pres., RAdm. J. M. Cabinallas, USN (Ret.) '24, 721S Hermitage Rd., Richmond 28, Va. Sec, LCdr. J. L. Gammon, U S N (Ret.) '43, 369 Lexington Rd., Richmond 26, Va. ROCHESTER

Pres., LCdr. John G. Frazier '42, 25 Pickwick Drive, Rochester 18, N. Y. Sec, Mr. Edgar S. Moser '52, 299 Dale Rd., Rochester 10, N. Y. SAN DIEGO

Pres., Capt. H. J. Verhoye, U S N (Ret.) '30, 3609 Lotus Drive, San Diego 6, Calif.

Sec, LCdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., U S N R '46, 3541 Lord St., San Diego 11, Calif.

SAN

FRANCISCO

Pres., RAdm. John O. Kinert, USN (Ret.) '30, 351 Liberty St., San Francisco 14, Calif.

Sec, Mr. Donald E. Butler '38, 1050 Baker St., Apt. 4, San Francisco, Calif.

SAN J U A N

Sec, Mr. Felix R. Carr '47, 1605 Kings Court, Santurce, Puerto Rico SEATTLE

Pres., Capt. Donald F. Krick, U S N (Ret.) '30, 4759 N. E. 178th St., Seattle 55, Wash.

Sec, Capt. Bernhard Bieri, Jr., (SC) USN '2,7, U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Seattle 99, Wash.

ST. LOUIS

Pres., Cdr. Robert W. Murch, USNR '42, Murch-Jarvis Construction Co., 718 Locust St., St. Louis 1, Mo. Sec, LCdr. Robert F. Deibel, Jr., USN '39, 900 Crescent Drive, Clayton 5, Mo. ST. LOUIS MIDSHIPMEN DAD'S CLUB

Chm., Capt. Robert L. Pence '31, 15 Maryhill, St. Louis 24, Mo. SYRACUSE

Pres., Lt. (jg) John Crosby, U S N (Ret.) '35, 107A Sedgwick Drive, Syracuse 3, N. Y. Sec, Mr. William O. Steele '52, General Electric Company, 300 South Geddes St., Syracuse, N. Y. T W I N CITIES

Pres., LCdr. Charles A. Cox, U S N R (Ret.) '46, 4120 Sheridan South, Minneapolis 10, Minn.

Sec, Lt. (jg) Earle L. Stewart, USNR '45, 2008 North 3rd St., South St. Paul, Minn.

W A S H I N G T O N , D. C.

Pres., VAdm. H. B. Jarrett, U S N (Ret.) '22, 2726 Dumbarton Ave., N.W., Washington 7, D. C. Sec, Capt. Henry Williams, Jr., U S N (Ret.) '31, Middle West Service Co., 1725 K St., Suite 511, Washington, D. C. S H I P M A T E

CLEVELAND High school boys who attended the Symposium on a Navy Career on 2 April also heard a presentation on Polaris, the Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons System.

Guest speaker was Cdr. George F. Moran, who is attached to the Office of Special Projects, Bureau of Naval Weapons. He spoke on "Polarisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A Force for Peace."

Commander Moran has served in the Office of Special Projects, which developed the Polaris, since 1956. Last year he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for his work on the Polaris.

The symposium, covering various aspects of a naval career, was directed toward high school boys who are interested in becoming naval officers.

It is sponsored joindy by the Cleveland Chapter of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and by the U. S. Navy Finance Center.

The program consists of a series of presentations by naval officers who have volunteered their time.

Subjects cover the advantages and disadvantages of a Navy career, the Naval Academy, the NROTC and ROC programs, and the future of the Navy.

Panel discussions follow each presentation.

Capt. E. K. Auerbach, Commanding Officer of the Navy Finance Center, gave the introductory talk. He will be followed by Lt. Frank Briggs, Navy Recruiting Station, and Lt. William Elpers, Commanding Officer of the USS WHITEHALL. Jack Hollis, president of the local chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, serves as moderator.

MIAMI On Saturday afternoon, 28 July, a get-together and barbeque was held at the Homestead Air Force Base Officers' Club. Those attending were: Capt.

E. C. Oberlin '05 and Mrs. Oberlin, Capt. M. E. Crist '20 and Mrs. Crist and guest Marion Foster; LCdr. W. S. Ginn '23 and Mrs. Ginn, Capt. A. D. Kramer '25 and Mrs. Kramer; Cdr. E. C. Powell '27 and Mrs. Powell, Cdr. James Bidwell '39, Mrs. Bidwell and son; Mr. Sam Frock '47, Mrs. Frock and son; RAdm. H. R. Sobel '18 and Mrs. Sobel, Mr. Carlos Hevia '20 and Mrs. Hevia, Capt.

C. M. Ryan '25 and Mrs. Ryan who came down

from Fort Lauderdale; Cdr. R. B. Crowell '34, Mrs. Crowell and two daughters; Cdr. John P. Seifert '39 and Mrs. Seifert; and Mr. Fay Lossing '52 with Mrs. Lossing, a daughter and a son.

Some went swimming in the large club pool, while others sat around swapping stories in the outside club patio area. At 5 p.m. all indulged in a delicious barbecued chicken and ribs meal.

Officers for 1962-1963: Cdr. Elmer C. "Turk" Powell, USNR (Ret.) '27, President; Capt. M. E. Crist, USN (Ret.) '20, Vice President; Sam Frock '47, Secretary-Treasurer; Cdr. R. B. Crowell, USN (Ret.) '34, Board Member, and RAdm. R. Poor, USNR (Ret.) '33, Board Member.

NEWPORT The June meeting of the chapter was held on 26 June in the Fleet Room of the Officers' Club, Naval Base, Newport, R. I. Those present were: R. W. Bates '15, G. H. Bowdey '07, D. Cadson '29, C. O. Cook, Jr. '31, D. E. Cummings '07, R. Dees '17, H. E. Eccles '22, R. R. Harwng '20, F. S. Holmes '18, with G. J. G. Nicholson and Lt. F. S. Holmes, Jr., USA, as guests; M. L. Hersey '09, G. K. Hodgkiss '23, Rufus King '08, B. B. McCormick '92, L. W. McKeehan '07, G. Morgan '16, with Jay Bivens as guest; F. L. Robbins '23, T. M. Shock '13, J. T. C. Stapler '06, Scott Umstead '15, L. F. Welch '06, C. M. Winslow '24, George C. Arnold and Col. M. C. Shattuck, USA (Ret.).

After dinner an informal meeting was held.

Among topics discussed was the Naval Museum at Washington, with very interesting information given by Captain Stapler.

The regular July meeting of the chapter was held in the Fleet Room on 31 July. The meeting was informal, and among topics discussed was the question of civilian instructors at the Naval Academy.

PENINSULA Both June and July meetings of the Peninsula chapter were held al fresco, taking advantage of the incomparable weather of this region.

On 30 June twenty-three sporting members, wives, kids and guests assembled at Candlestick

EMPHASIS ON CIVILIAN FACULTY SEEN DANGEROUS FOR ACADEMY

by Peter Andrews, Hearst Headline Service (Reprinted from The

Evening

Capital,

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W A S H I N G T O N â&#x20AC;&#x201D; T h e service is being led by the nose into a situation that stands an excellent chance of becoming a horrific disaster.

Prompted by Admiral Rickover, Fred Korth, new Secretary of the Navy, has signed an order m a k i n g almost the entire faculty of the Naval Academy civilians.

T h i s has been a pet project of Rickover's for years. T h e admiral has been unhappy about the academic standards set by his alma mater. H e claims there are too many senseless militaristic interruptions into the academic training of our professional officer corps.

U n d e r the new plan, the only naval officers that will be seen around Annapolis will be those h a n d i n g out discipline or teaching completely military subjects.

T h e r e will still be an admiral superintendent. However, his duties will be vague because the plans calls for bringing in a civilian educator as dean of academics.

T h e word is that Korth is distressed when he hears this plan described as Rickover's brainchild. Although Korth quoted Rickover w h e n he handed down his order, he is quick to tell people "this is my own idea."

By the time the idea is given a full workout he may be glad to give it back to Rickover. Criticizing Rickover these days SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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Park to watch the doughty Giants defeat the napless Phillies. They accompanied this exercise by chomping on peanuts, popcorn, hot-dogs, etc., and, in order to soothe throats roughened by boos and bravos, downed soda pop and beer. Various small bets on events and outcome were exchanged and those who attended found that any qualm about traffic and parking had not been justified. An informal vote on the spot augurs a bigger and better return trip in the future.

Sunday, 16 July, was sunny and warm on the Peninsula, and the chapter's annual Family Picnic a successful and much enjoyed affair. The scene was Huddert Park, in the hills behind Woodside.

About 126 were present for the refreshments, games, contests and general fun. The festivities started at 11:00 a.m., as soon as the beer and soda were cold, and continued until the drinks, eats and prizes ran out at 1700. (The brewmaster confesses to dispensing the last Lucky Lager at 1515 !) Baseball, horseshoe pitching and volleyball were played. Foot-races and contests of many kinds for kids of all ages from 3 to 53 earned the winners appropriate door prizes (or more appropriately sylvan glade prizes). Among the winners were: Frank Macdonald '24, Pete Bennett '56, a Navy Jr., Christy Joy, and several guests.

Had there been prizes for loyal support they would have been taken by Garren Rea '45, with a group of 4 adults and 7 children, and by Russ Maynard '34 who toted 4 adults and 5 children.

SYRACUSE Annual elections were held on 5 June and the following new officers were elected for the coming year: VAdm. R. H. Rice, USN (Ret.) '27, 263 Brattie Rd., Syracuse, N. Y., President; VAdm. E. W. Shanklin, USN (Ret.) '24, Imperial Gardens, James St., Syracuse, N. Y., Vice President; and Lt. Paul L. Abernathy, Jr., USNR '55, Aluminum Co. of America, P. O. Box 1412, Syracuse 1, N . Y., Secretary-Treasurer.

A kick-off luncheon on 5 September at the University Club in Syracuse. Tentative plans were made for a pre-game get-together before the Syracuse-Navy game on 10 November and also for aii Army-Navy party for those not fortunate enough to attend the game in Philadelphia.

is like criticizing individual intellectualism, but without negating any of the admiral's admittedly brilliant contributions to the defense establishment, this plan of his is, if anything, more dangerous than it is silly.

Rickover is a unique figure in the Navy who often has the tendency to translate everything in terms of the highly specialized needs of his own shop. Rickover is, as far as I can determine, the only officer in the Navy of flag rank w h o has never had a direct command. H i s highest command in terms of ships and men was engineering officer on a destroyer.

Rickover can perform magnificently in front of a technically skilled group of experts. H e has never had to stand in front of a deck full of blue-jackets to issue an order and watch what comes out of that complex mechanism.

I don't know of a single officer who has ever maintained that service academies turn out better technicians than M.I.T. T h a t has never been their purpose. But for more than 100 years they have been turning out men who can command in time of combat.

T h i s is a very tricky subject to teach someone. W i t h o u t meaning to step on anyone's intellectually enlightened toes, I think it has been established that on a statistical basis service academy graduates have been better off at that sort of thing than Amherst alumni.

T h e four years spent at the Naval Academy are supposed to do more than give the student a college background. It is supposed to give the Navy its corps of dedicated career officers.

Under this plan about the only time a m a n will see the Navy is when he is in trouble and being disciplined.

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N O R F O L K , V a . F o r sale. West side of Norfolk— waterfront, solid brick, 4 bedrooms, 31^ baths, estate m u s t sell—ideal for r e t i r e m e n t — A . Newton, General Delivery, Milan B r a n c h , Norfolk, V i r g i n i a .

(IX-X) O R D E R E D TO W A S H I N G T O N , D. C ?

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W a s h i n g t o n 15, D. C. (IX-X-XI-XII) TRAVEL Personalized Travel Service by mail with William H. Worden, LCdr. U S N (Ret.) '39. The services of a real Travel Professional with 20 y e a r s ' experience costs you no more. I t would be a privilege a n d a pleasure to serve you. W r i t e Worden Travel Agency, 9 Moraga W a y , Orinda, Calif.

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OFfices near Naval Base .

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REUNIONS AND PARTIES HOMECOMING 1962

1938

After the game

Saturday, 29 September

1939

Party at LEYTE G U L F Room, Officers' Club

1940

After the game

After the game After the game

1918 R E U N I O N 1830-2400 1919

After the game

1920

After the game

Open House, Cdr. Maury's Open House, Capt. J. G. M. Stone 248 King George St. Party at Officers' Club in TARAWA Room At H o m e , Mrs. Leslie C. Stevens 213 King George St. Open House, R A d m . P. R. Heineman 343 Dewey Drive

1922 R E U N I O N Pre-game Luncheon, Elks Club, Rowe Blvd. 12:00 1830 to 2000 Cocktails, Carvel Hall 2000 Dinner, Carvel Hall 1927 0930 Class Meeting, W a r d Hall 1932 R E U N I O N Pre-game cocktails and box lunch at Alumni House 2000 Dinner Dance, Hubbard Hall After the game Cocktails, Elks Club, Rowe Blvd.

1933 1935 After the game K T supper party and cruise aboard FREEDOM (embarkation

1700-1730 at Triton Light Float) 1937 R E U N I O N 1900—BYOL K T s , Dinner, Dancing at North Severn Officers' Club 68

EASY MOVING

1942 R E U N I O N Pre-game brunch

cities.

Cocktails, supper at Bob Huron's Quarters " A , " Experimental Station BYOL party at Capt. Burke's, 5 Porter Rd., U S N A Diplomat Motor Hotel, N e w York Ave. and Bladensburg Rd., Washington, D . C.

1943 R E U N I O N 1700 Cocktails, 2000 Dinner Dance, CORAL SEA Room, Officers' Club 1945 '48A&B 1951

After the game

Party at Bay Ridge Beach Club, Bay Ridge Cocktails and Dinner, Carvel Hall BYOB K T s , Dinner, Dancing, Annapolis Country Club 1800

1952 R E U N I O N After the game

Cocktails, Dinner, Dancing, Alumni House

1953

Buffet, North Severn Recreation Area

1954

1900 K T s and Buflet, Paul's Restaurant, Riva Road

1956

After the game

1957 R E U N I O N After the game 1959

After the game

Party, Luce Hall K T s , Dinner, Dancing at Severn Inn K T s , Buffet Supper at Alumni House (tentative) S H I P M A T E

ALUMNI CHAIRS

The Admiral

FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY, ORDERS

The Commodore

MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO 1 DECEMBER.

N O W AVAILABLE—A handsome companion side chair to the very popular Admiral.

The Commodore is made of the same northern yellow birch as the Admiral—same expert workmanship—same attractive black and gold coloring—same high quality throughout— proportions just right. The combination of Commodores with the Admiral is perfect.

Shipped in cartons from Gardner, Mass., by express collect. Prices, The Admiral, $28.00; The Commodore, $19.00.

USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Annapolis, Md. Here is my check for $

for:

n

The Admiral

$28.00

•

The Commodore

$19.00

Please send to:

PHANTOM j r . . . THREE SERVICE

FIGHTER

Never before has one aircraft so indelibly marked the pages of military aviation history. It is appropriate that the Phantom II will now serve three air arms of our nation.

This mvdtiple mission fighter, designated F4H-1, is already in service as an air defense interceptor for the United States Navy. With the same designation, the Phantom xc has been assigned to the United States Marines for close support and air superiority missions.

Designated the F-llOA and the RF-110 by the United States Air Force, this versatile aircraft is now being built to augment the t a c t i c a r strike and reconnaissance capabihty of that service.

R E C O R D F L I G H T S OF T H E P H A N T O M H : 16 kilometer straightaway 3 kilometer low altitude 100 kilometer closed course 500 kilometer closed course Sustained altitude (level flight) Los Angeles t o N e w York Altitude T i m e t o Climb 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000

(in meters): 34.52 seconds 48.78 seconds 61.62 seconds 77.15 seconds

1606 m p h 902 m p h 1390 m p h 1216 m p h 66,443 feet 170 minutes Over 100,000 feet

15,000.

20,000.

25,000.

30,000.

. . 114.54 . . 178.50 . .230.44 . .371.43

seconds seconds seconds seconds

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