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Ideas are his business. Ideas are his life. They are expressed in General Motors products of today — a n d in GM products for tomorrow.

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BANCROFT HALL, the largest dormitory in the world, is more than just a landmark at the Naval Academy and more than the center of Academy activity. It is a way of life—unique and with a personality all its own. Many a midshipman has called this fine building "Mother Bancroft"—and rightly so, for she shelters, clothes and feeds her charges— disciplines them, educates them, entertains them and embues them with spirit. She dispatches them to athletic events and welcomes them home. These few pictures depict some of the personality traits of ''Mother Bancroft" and show some of the "face lifting" she has had recently. Bancroft Hall now has five miles of corridors and 1873 rooms to house a Brigade of 4000 midshipmen.

—Midshipmen study in the new library annex in the library-assembly building between the two new wings of Bancroft Hall. The Library is well lighted and air conditioned.

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; T h e "face lifting" in Bancroft Hall. Modern design and the extensive use of tile makes maintenance and upkeep easier. In midshipmen's rooms are built-in lockers, bunks and desks. Each room has its own shower. The modernization should be completed in 1964.

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ADMIRAL GEORGE W. ANDERSON, JR., CNO at the Awards Luncheon of the Navy League Convention San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3 May 1963

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EA P O W E R has been the servant of this Nation since the Continental Congress appointed Esek Hopkins "Commander in Chief of the Fleet" in 1775. T h a t fleet consisted of two ships, two brigs, two sloops, two schooners, and two battalions of Marines. Following the Revolution, the United States had no Navy at all for a decade—until the passage of the Navy Act of 1794. A Navy was found to be necessary then to meet a requirement just as valid as it is today—protection of United States shipping on the high seas. T h e active Fleet today consists of over 800 ships, 670,000 men, 7,000 operating aircraft and a 190,000-man Marine Corps.

D u r i n g the past one hundred and eighty-eight years the Navy has at times declined to near impotence and ascended to awesome heights; grievous losses have been sustained, glorious victories achieved; m a n a n d machine have joined to challenge the sea and the air above a n d the depths below. T h e sea has, in turn, exacted its price in sinkings, groundings, collisions, explosions, gale winds and calm fogs, and above all through man's low a n d careless estimate of its hazards. T h e sea merely lies in wait for the innocent, but it stalks the careless and the ignorant. T h e sea is unswervingly tolerant of race, color, religion, and motive; it is unbelievably intolerant of complacency, negligence, sloth, and recklessness.

D o w n through the travail of the stormy years have come to us great names of people, places, and events of glory and tragedy at sea—Jones, Decatur and Lawrence; Farragut and Porter; Dewey, Maury, Mahan and Sims; to which we may now add those of Halsey, Nimitz, King, Burke, Glenn, and Shepard.

Other names inspire u s : B O N H O M M E RICHARD, " O L D IRONSIDES"; KEARSARGE, Mobile

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OREGON, the MAINE; Queenstown and convoys; Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Midway, Marianas, Normandy, the Battle of the Atlantic. N o r may we neglect to mention our bitter reverses or our skillful

adversaries—the

SERAPIS, the ALABAMA, the

MERRIMACK, Pearl Harbor, Savo Island, the U-Boat.

N o w we have come to the days of Mercury and Gemini, A S R O C and Polaris, nuclear propulsion and nuclear round shot, and again, as often in the past, w e are entering uncharted waters. W e in the Navy believe you are entitled to expect us to continue and even to accelerate man's mastery over the salt seas. W h a t qualities would justify such an expectation.'' W h a t values have endured in the Navy through times of impotence and neglect and through times of power and affluence, through thrilling victories and galling defeats, through triumphs of technology and tragedies of error?

T h e values which endure are those of the mind—those which can be transmitted from m a n to m a n as the overlapping generations of officers and m e n succeed each other in our Navy.

T h e pumps, the valves, the transmitters, the power plants, the weapons—each is replaced by a newer model—unbolted, hoisted ashore, junked. But man's mind is both selective and cumulative, and he leaves to his successors all of the best he has learned, and he expects his successors to do likewise. T h e school of the sea is not a hypothetical environment; the lessons learned are not just theories. T h e sea is very real and very often dangerous; the accumulated wisdom of seafaring men represents only the hard-earned measure of triumph over disaster at sea.

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H E S T A T E O F T H E N A V Y therefore may be said to be a reflection of the enduring values which have come down to us through our predecessors, rather than through our ships, our budgets, our weapons, or our accomplishments. H o w have we operated in the past, and h o w do we operate today in order to cope with the multiple challenges of changing technology in a hostile environment.?

I think the first principle to which w e adhere is that of respect for people. I recall reading many years ago the story of a ship's Captain w h o asked a n e w Ensign what the proper attitude of juniors toward seniors should be. T h e Ensign answered promptly, "Respect, Sir," and the Captain then asked, "Now, Sir, what is the proper attitude of seniors toward juniors.''" T h e Ensign had n o ready reply, but the Captain supplied it. " T h e answer is exactly the same. Sir, it is respect.

Without respect flowing both ways between juniors a n d seniors, we have little hope of doing the jobs we will be called upon to do."

But let m e stress that the mutual respect we enjoy in the Navy is not automatic. It must be earned between shipmates and it is based on the assumption that each of us possesses the integrity, the honesty, and the high moral standards which invite respect from any quarter. W e have learned through the years that integrity, honesty, and high standards lead to standing a taut watch, to work properly done, to alertness and vigilance in all matters, in short, to the safety of the ship. This standard of values is, in a sense, almost inescapable in the Navy. In a confined atmosphere in the company of many shipmates for long periods at sea, it is virtually impossible to be dishonest or to fool anybody even if you wanted to. T h e experienced and alert crews of our ships have a keen perception of the presence of sham, insincerity, or unreliability. T h e counterfeit cannot be tolerated, for the lives of all may depend on the integrity and moral courage of each.

T h e word "integrity" has another definite meaning to us.

W e speak of "watertight integrity" in all of our ships; in our aircraft carriers a special "Integrity W a t c h " is posted. But no one would assert that the integrity of a ship could exceed that of its officers and crew. T h e moral quality of integrity in people is a prerequisite to the physical integrity of a ship a n d its equipment. O u r profession demands that w e adhere to the straightforward and the forthright and that we eschew the devious, the crafty, and the cunning.

So our environment, which is both real and dangerous, has produced in our people the mandatory acceptance of honesty and integrity in all of our activities, and w e each expect that a man's word is good. This quality has led to mutual respect between seniors and juniors, and this great asset leads in turn to many others which form the basis of our unwritten operating code.

Chief among these, I should say, is that w e have confidence in people. W e train them, we test them, w e drill them, but inevitably there comes a time when we must also trust them.

There is nothing frivolous in turning over the conn of a 60,000 ton aircraft carrier to a young Officer-of-the-Deck. But it is not a misplaced confidence we enjoy—we have been convinced through the years that men, if they are trained and respected, SHIPMATE

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will do their best when they assume responsibility. I do not believe I can possibly overemphasize the importance of having confidence in people. The benefits we derive from this one quality are manifold but sometimes obscure, perhaps because we have not been exposed to the dreadful consequences of lack of confidence. It is a source of pride to me that the Commanderin-Chief can order any United States military unit, from giant ENTERPRISE to a spit kit, a battalion, a platoon, an Army, literally any place on the face of the globe with perfect confidence that all of the officers and men will perform their duties and adhere to their loyalties without question. This state of confidence springs directly from respect for men whose concepts of integrity and honesty warrant it.

single out a junior as having been responsible for a success, the responsibility for failure must always be retained by the senior officer. This uncompromising acceptance of responsibility on the part of senior officers demands the most perfect attainable confidence in juniors, who are accountable for their actions but may not assume the responsibilities of their seniors.

From our fundamental belief that the honesty and integrity of our men generate confidence and deserve respect, flow other attitudes which are an ingrained part of our operating philosophy. One of these is the expectation that individuals will exercise responsible initiative. Perhaps this can best be illustrated by the differences between the words "command" and "order." Our concept of the meaning of "command" is that it is a direction which must be executed immediately, precisely, and without equivocation. "Right face," for example, is a command permitting no deviation, but "right face" is not in the same league with "Right Full Rudder," or "All Ahead Flank"—commands whose improper execution may affect the safety of a ship. Commands permit no deviation. Orders, on the other hand, are issued in such a way as to tell a man what to do, but not how to do it. Each man is expected and required to exercise his initiative and responsibility so that the orders are carried out. This concept is a tremendous asset to a senior officer. His objectives are met without the necessity of going into elaborate detail. His subordinates acquire experience, practice, and the satisfaction of having justified the confidence in which they are held.

". . . This probing into the sea seems more merciless because almost everywhere else we have abandoned accountability.

What is done is done and why torture men with asking them afterwards, why?

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EEDLESS TO SAY, the relative proportion of orders and commands which are issued depends on the judgment of the senior officer. The naval profession depends heavily upon the quality of judgment, and we do all we can to develop it in our younger officers. Whenever possible we issue orders rather than commands and I should estimate that the vast majority— perhaps as high as 90%—of all direction which is issued is in the form of orders. The recipient is expected to use his initiative in how he achieves the objective of the order.

This practice imposes upon the junior an accountability for his actions, which he quickly learns from the day he first puts on a uniform. It is our belief that unnecessary orders should not be issued, and that each order which is issued must be carried out. Failure to carry out orders must be accounted for, and the young Navyman grows in an atmosphere of accountability for his own actions, the essence of which resides in his own initiative and responsibility. Years of exposure to this philosophy produce what we call a "service reputation," which is the sum of all the unrecorded and informal opinions of a man's worth, based on the firsthand observations of shipmates both junior and senior. The service reputation is in some ways more accurate than the marks in the fitness reports, for people have an uncanny knack of accurately judging a man's integrity and ability. This is particularly true with respect to all of his activities, as contrasted to his official ones. A good service reputation depends, then, not only on the quality of performance of official duties, but conduct afloat and ashore, in social and business affairs, and in high personal standards of morals and ethics in all matters.

The atmosphere we strive for also includes the practice of giving, publicly if possible, all possible credit to junior officers or to our predecessors. In so doing, we cannot evade any of our own responsibilities. While it is perfectly appropriate to 12

The ultimate confluence of responsibility, authority, and accountability is reached in the Commanding Officer of a ship at sea. It has never been better expressed than by an editorial published in the Wall Street Journal after the disastrous collision of the aircraft carrier WASP and the destroyer HOBSON in April, 1952. Extracts from that editorial reach the heart of Navy philosophy:

"Everywhere, that is, except on the sea. On the sea there is a tradition older even than the traditions of the country itself and wiser in its age than this new custom. It is the tradition that with responsibility goes authority and with them goes accountability. ". . . It is cruel, this accountability of good and well-intentioned men. But the choice is that or an end to responsibility and finally, as the cruel sea has taught, an end to the confidence and trust in the men who lead, for men will not long trust leaders who feel themselves beyond accountability for what they do.

"And when men lose confidence and trust in those who lead, order disintegrates into chaos and purposeful ships into uncontrollable derelicts."

We use a magnificent phrase in the Navy, which I sometimes wish were in broader use throughout the United States.

It is short, it is simple, but it has an unequivocal quality which encompasses the most far-reaching comprehension of man's responsibilities.

It is "Aye, Aye, Sir." This salty phrase, descended from the days of the great English sea captains, has one meaning and one meaning only.

In the Navy view, any person who responds, "Aye, Aye, Sir" is saying, "Your order is understood and will be carried out.

Sir." This twin-barrelled response is devoid of any possibility of deceit, and it represents the way we want all Navy business conducted. There is no devious appeal to higher authority, there is no attempt to shift the assignment, there is no attempt to make an excuse, to make invidious comparisons, to rehash past events. The desirable and proper Navy response to both orders and commands is "Aye, Aye, Sir." But I would not lead you to believe this is an easy response to make. It may be, on occasion, but as we ascend the scale of importance we find that we are also ascending the scales of maturity, judgment, and knowledge which are required to give meaning to the phrase. It is, unfortunately, all too easy to say, and it should not be said if the order is not understood or if there is certain knowledge that it cannot be carried out. But it must never be used lightly, and it is unthinkable to say, "Aye, Aye, Sir" with the private mental intent of in fact pursuing another course.

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HESE CONCEPTS form the background of every officer and man in the United States Navy. The Navy has grown great through the skill and will of generations of sailors—Admirals, Captains, Lieutenants, Electricians, Quartermasters, Bosun's Mates, Machinist's Mates, Boiler Tenders, Fire Controlmen. Seamen, Firemen, Airmen. Each has contributed his (^Continued on page 32) SHIPMATE

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OR A C H A N G E of pace from obituaries for departed classmates, my contribution this month concerns itself with a visit to the U . S. Frigate CONSTELLATION on April 25th.

T h r o u g h the kindness of Rear Admiral E. M. Filer of the Division of Naval History, a guided tour of the historic vessel was arranged for me, probably because I was the last Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, which, throughout its existence, had much to do with CONSTELLATION. She now lies at Pier 4 at the foot of Pratt street in Baltimore.

T h e first part of the ship the visitor sees is the stub of the jib boom projecting out part way over Pratt Street. T h e ship is still unmasted and unrigged and will be more impressive as work aloft progresses. However, as one walks aft along the port side toward the access platform, he is struck by the fine bow lines, which helped to make the CONSTELLATION one of the speediest of her class and were the forerunner of the later famous clipper ship bow lines.

I was met on board by my guide, Mr. E. D . PoUand, who was responsible for my most interesting and informative inspection of the ship. All the decks are well lighted and substantial ladders with hand rails insure safe passage for visitors from deck to deck. In her present state of restoration there

is little to be seen of the fittings and appurtenances that belong to a ship in active service, although a sample of her guns has been obtained and is on display. T h e crew, of course, slept in hammocks, as evidenced by the hammock hooks remaining.

T h e quarters for the officers can be visualized from the existing joiner bulkheads and when restoration is complete, the comforts of life for the officers on their long cruises will be evident.

However, one feature of life below decks for both officers and men that surprises present day visitors and their tall sons and daughters is the comparatively low deck heights which require heads to be ducked to avoid bumping them on deck beams overhead.

Since one of the purposes of my visit was to establish to my own satisfaction the authenticity of the ship itself, my questions to Mr. Polland were often directed to the age of her visible timbers, and saw marks could be seen on some of them, whereas others were evidendy hand hewn with adzes. I became convinced that, in spite of all the repairs and alterations undergone during the life of the ship, some of her original timbers remain. T h e efforts of the Committee on Restoration will be devoted to rebuilding and fitting out the ship, as far as possible, in accordance with the original Stodder plans.

USS CONSTELLATION from a painting by Anfon Otto Pisener.

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Y G U I D E , Mr. E. D . Polland, is a naval architect with the Maritime Administration and a resident of Baltimore w h o commutes to Washington. In June 1959, he joined the Baltimore Committee which was charged with the responsibility of restoring the CONSTELLATION and which is composed mainly of patriotic Baltimoreans plus interested Navy officials. Mr. Polland became the Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee.

It soon became evident to all concerned that the work of restoration to the original ship of 1800 would be a most difficult task because of the numerous alterations made over the years. As an example in 1853 the ship was razed to about the 22-foot waterline in the vicinity of the berth deck and radical changes, such as a lengthening of 15 feet were made, all with the purpose of converting her to a sloop of war.

Therefore research of an intensive nature was the order of the day to establish the authenticity of the ship, concerning which some doubts had existed in certain quarters. Plans, documents, letters, and pertinent opinions v/ere gathered together from every available source, the Archives, Franklin Institute, the Naval Academy, Navy Yard records, etc., and a local archives was established in Baltimore. An account of this research was recorded by Mr. Polland in a book, "Frigate 'E' Constellation," copyrighted in 1962 but not yet published.

It makes fascinating reading. I suppose every author of a serious book has to be a researcher and, in a manner of speaking, a detective. H e has to run down every clue bearing on his subject, discard false ones and build u p as authentic a picture as possible. So a perusal of Mr. Polland's book is a treat to devotees of detective stories as well as to historically minded readers. One big research asset that the Baltimore Committee had was the presence of the ship itself, which permitted "stripping the ship down to the bone and examining every timber, every bolt and tree nail in the hull" as Mr. Polland puts it.

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V E R Y G O O D detective story has a mystery in it. T h e first CONSTELLATION mystery was why the ship was not built to her original plans by Joshua H u m p h r e y s , w h o showed J U N E - J U L Y

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a frame spacing of 26 inches, whereas the actual spacing is 32 inches. This had to be cleared up and it was found that H u m phreys' plans were discarded and the ship was built as designed by her builder, David Stodder. Another mystery was why or when the original main hatch, which extended almost from bulwark to bulwark with gangways for passage fore and aft, was considerably narrowed in its beam dimensions. Still another mystery was the change in tumble house from the original Stodder plans. These and many other puzzles are discussed and solved in Polland's book. W h e n the lines of the ship were finally decided upon for restoration a four-foot model was built which was of great assistance, because of its size, in locating many small items in proper perspective to adjacent parts.

T h e net result of the Committee's work was to establish to its satisfaction that the CONSTELLATION is indeed the original ship, with alterations of course, but with enough of the original ship left to establish its authenticity. Both Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt were convinced of that fact as are many others who have seen the ship and are familiar with it and with the research done on it. If a personal reference is permissible, the writer entered the Naval Academy too late to take a practice cruise on the MONONGAHELA but did take three cruises on the steel hulled CHESAPEAKE (renamed SEVERN) and during his last practice cruise was Captain of the Mizzen T o p . So his interest in sailing ships is natural. A few officers survive, I believe, who sailed on the CONSTELLATION when she was a training ship at the Naval Academy. Fleet Admiral Leahy, deceased, was one w h o did.

It is sincerely hoped that Mr. Polland's book will be published and further that a summary of it will be accepted for publication by the Naval Institute. Publicity is needed to stimulate fund raising for the restoration, since not all of it can be accomplished by the voluntary work of patriotic Baltimoreans including members of labor unions. T h e glorious history of the CONSTELLATION from its commissioning in 1798 the first commissioned ship of the U. S. Navy, to its service as Flagship of Admirals King and IngersoU in World W a r II, is k n o w n to all students of naval history. She should by all means be restored and preserved as a national shrine.

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UNE WEEK is over and the Naval Academy is quiet after a very busy, exciting week. Most of the members of the Class of 1963 are off on adventures of their own making, happy to be graduated and eager to get started on new careers.

This Class of 1963 is a fine one, and will make a most welcome addition to the officer corps of the naval service. It is the first class to graduate from the Naval Academy with the benefit of 4 years in the revised, progressive, academic curriculum. They have been well grounded in the fundamental principles of science, engineering, naval science and the social sciences and humanities, with over half the class completing elective subjects beyond the basic curriculum. We expect a lot from the Class of 1963 and we know they will perform well.

June Week got off to a flying start with a flawless dress parade on Friday, 31 May, but was slightly slowed Sunday and Monday by a wet northeaster that forced the cancellation of the Commendation Parade and Superintendent's Garden Party. The sun was bright on Tuesday, though, and the Color Parade was conducted without a hitch. The color company this year is the N I N T H Company, commanded by Charles S. Minter, III, son of Captain (soon to be Rear Admiral) Charles S. Minter, Jr., Commandant of Midshipmen. The very lovely color girl was Miss Diane Lovewell of Arlington, Virginia.

The Blue Angels performed Tuesday before a great crowd of June Week visitors who were amazed by the marvelous maneuvers of the Navy's flight demonstration team.

The Prizes and Awards Ceremony was held Tuesday morning. Midshipman (now ensign) Daniel K. Hennessy who stood first in the Class of 1963 was awarded ten prizes. In the memory of the old hands, this is the largest number of prizes ever won by a single individual at the Naval Academy. In addition, Mr. Hennessy has a very fine record as a pitcher on the varsity baseball team.

Graduation on Wednesday was a very happy ceremony with more than 10,000 people here for the occasion. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the thought-provoking and inspiring commencement address which is quoted elsewhere in this issue of Shipmate. Caps were thrown into the air in a spirited conclusion to June Week for the Class of 1963. Immediately afterwards, the Class of 1966 had one more tradition to followâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;climbing Herndon Monument in the "Ain't No Mo' Plebes" ceremony. It took 42 minutes to put a cap on the top of the monument. The plebe who got the cap to the top was Midshipman Thomas L. Gibson of Schenectady, New York.

It was the Naval Academy's very great pleasure to have two German and three British ships visit during June Week.

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The reflection pool near the LibraryAssembly building between the new wings of Bancroft Hall sprays water decoratively. The pool is actually the evaporation system for the air conditioning unit in Bancroft Hall.

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T h e G e r m a n frigates H I P P E R and GRAF SPEE and the British frigates T E N B Y , TORQUAY and WIZARD were moored to the

seawall, with 139 Federal German Navy Cadets and 140 British Cadets aboard. T h e cadets took part in many of the events of June Week, including singing folk songs at the annual choir picnic.

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AVY D I D N O T fare very well in the annual spring sports weekend with the Military Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;winning golf and losing lacrosse, baseball, track and tennis to some very fine West Point teams. It was a tough Saturday afternoon.

T h e summer cruise program for the Classes of 1964, 1965 and 1966 is a busy and interesting one. T h e members of the Class of 1966 will embark 20 June with 70 members of the Class of 1964 in the Second Fleet Midshipman Training Squadron consisting of the heavy cruiser NEWPORT N E W S , attack carrier SHANGRI L A , guided missile frigates FARRAGUT and LUCE, guided missile destroyers SAMPSON and BIDDLE, and de-

stroyers of Destroyer Squadron 14. T h e cruise will take them to Mayport, Florida, N e w York City and to Quebec and Montreal, Canada. Just prior to this cruise the youngsters will receive amphibious warfare training at Little Creek, Virginia, while the 70 first classmen go through an anti-air warfare course at Damneck, Virginia. It will be a fine cruise, and the first opportunity in recent years for midshipmen to cruise in their own training squadron.

T h e Class of 1965 will spend one month at the Academy continuing acadamic work and one month at Pensacola and Jacksonville, Florida, undergoing aviation training. One hundred and forty members of the class will be assigned to help indoctrinate the new plebe class during the summer.

Members of the Class of 1964 will be spread to all points of the compass for their first class cruise. Some will go to the Mediterranean for service with the Sixth Fleet; some will go to the Pacific for duty with the Seventh Fleet; some will go to submarines in the Atlantic and in the Pacific; others will go to destroyers in the Atlantic and in the Pacific and a few will make an Arctic cruise in ice breakers. Selected midshipmen will cruise in the U . S. Coast Guard's sailing training ship EAGLE. Approximately 40 will participate in exchange cruises with navies of 19 different Latin American and N A T O countries. T h e cruise experiences of the Class of 1964 should fill a large book.

Over 600 midshipmen will take their summer leave outside of the United States this year. This is the second year midshipmen have had the opportunity to visit foreign lands during leave.

While this varied and interesting summer program is in full swing with midshipmen learning at first hand about the ways of the Navy, a fine new class will report on board. Over 1200 plebes of the Class of 1967 will be sworn in on 26 June in Tecumseh Court, beginning their naval careers together on the same day.

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The Integrity Of National Security Remar\s of Vice President L'yndon B. Johnson at the Graduation Exercises, U. S. Js[aval Academy, 5 June 1963

I am proud as a citizen to come to this honored institution and to have a part in the graduation exercises for the Naval Academy Class of 1963.

I am also proud for certain personal reasons to be here; the first being, the uniform of a naval ofiicer which I was privileged to wear in the South Pacific in 1942; and the second being, a certain pin of a kind well known to each of you— and to your fiancees—which is worn by my older daughter, at least most of the time.

I would not, of course, want to leave any impression of pardality to one service. The Army Chief of Staff in the early '30s, General Malin Craig, once told President Roosevelt, "Sir I don't mind when you speak of the Army as 'them,' but I find it disturbing that you always refer to the Navy as 'us.'"

On this day 30 years ago, in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the speaker here—and he awarded the Bachelor of Science degree for the first time in the Naval Academy's history. I know each of you is proud of your new commission. I am sure you are equally proud of your degree.

You have completed a demanding and difficult four-year course at the finest institution of its kind in the world. You go now to what is—what must always be—the strongest Navy on the seas.

There is no contradiction in our nation's reliance upon classroom and campus for training those to be entrusted with the leadership of our arms. On the contrary, it would be incompatible with our character as a nation if those who command our fleets and armies were not trained first in the values of the society they defend.

The world you confront today is a complex world. Yet complex as it is, the choices of the world in this period are greatly simplified. We have—and mankind has with us—the choice of freedom or slavery, liberty or tyranny, alliance or subjugation, cooperation or destruction.

The basic choices are not hard. Actually, they are easy choices—and we in America made them long ago. But the choice once made is not so simply fulfilled. Choosing freedom and having freedom are two entirely different exercises—and keeping freedom is the most complex and difficult of all.

A hazard of our open society is the tendency to assume that the simple choice simply made will be fulfilled by a succession of other simple choices. But that is not the case. If given your choice, I suppose some few of you might choose the life of an admiral over the life of a midshipman—or even of an ensign.

That choice is simple. But with all due respect to your past 1«

four years, the choices an admiral must make are hardly so simple as the choice between his rank and yours.

Americans have made their choice of freedom. But there is a less than perfect understanding among us that decisions necessary to support, preserve and extend that freedom are not so simple nor are they so simply made.

In the history of our American politics, the traditional partisan appeal has been a promise to the people of a better life.

Generations of political leaders have offered to the people the hope of "a full dinner pail," "a chicken in every pot," "two cars in every garage," "a square deal," "a new deal," "a New Frontier." If sometimes the words have gone sour—to the embarrassment of the political "in's" and the delight of the political "outs"—this cumulative promise of a better life at home is a promise fulfilled.

But in recent years, there appears to be a new climate of thought in which some chant slogans that are not merely extravagant but totally illusory—and dangerous to our existence as a free people.

The path of responsibility is described as appeasement. Highsounding—but low content—phrases are put forward as spurious alternadves to national policy.

We are told that we should take "strong action," and our international troubles will evaporate. But when the advocates of this "strong action" are pressed for specifics they offer only "strong" words—like the little boy shouting defiance at the neighborhood bully after he has gone home to supper.

We are told that we should take a "firm stand" and the hobgoblins of international turmoil will go away. But when we ask where this "firm stand" is to be taken where it has not already been taken—upon what ground, upon what battlefield—it always turns out that the sloganeers mean in the pages of their favorite slick paper magazine.

We are told that our national goal must be "victory" and that then our success will be assured. But when we ask who is against victory for our country, it always turns out that the champions of this phrase are not talking about victory for our country but "victory" for their own partisan clique over the current administration, whatever it may be.

It is unfortunate that these slogans, though empty, are dangerous. They are dangerous because they can serve as a substitute for hard, adult thought. And they also prepare the psychological climate for the type of irresponsibility that can mean disaster in the age of the nuclear reactor and outer space.

Sadly, it is true that there are forces, however small, that SHIPMATE

would play the juvenile game of "chicken" with our national life and our national destiny.

We must not libel the roads that lead to peace or glamorize the roads that lead to war. We learned at a tragic price the folly of heeding orators who insisted our national strategy be permanent isolation. We would pay a higher price for heeding orators who insist our national strategy be instant intervention.

Our concept of civilian control over the military has served us well. But we must never permit partisan political passions to force irresponsibility upon our military strategies. Every totalitarianism we have opposed in this century grew up around demagogues dictating national strategies from atop a soapbox or from the beer cellars of party halls.

You have been well grounded in studies of your own government and our political and economic institutions. You fully appreciate, as President Kennedy said from this platform two years ago, "Few of the important problems of our time have in the final analysis been solved by military power alone."

Because there has been more delay than decision in many of our domestic realms, the political community in the United States faces today some of the most complex and difficult dilemmas and concerns of the twenty years since World War II. In our national commitment to freedom, we have never had, we do not have now, we shall never have any goal or any objective short of victory. We know that victory lies at the end of the road of responsibility. We have built the strength we now maintain, we have fashioned the unity which now shields freedom, we have offered our helping hand to those who would enjoy freedom with us so that we might together make peace, rather than separately make war.

America does not strive to avoid war because we fear it— but because we hate it. We do not strive for peace because we are weak—but because we are strong. If I may say so, we are not patient because we as a nation lack guts—but because we as a nation have guts.

Because we have courage, we must likewise insist always that civil government meets its domestic responsibilities without using our security commitments as an excuse for delay in overcoming insecurity in the lives of any of our people.

We have for nearly two hundred years kept this republic.

The dynasties and crowns and thrones and seats of empire which stood when this young land was born have passed into oblivion. Our government of the people, by the people and for the people has risen to the pinnacle of history.

Our nation has stood against the aggressors—the mightiest aggressors df history. The line we drew fifteen years ago— through Greece and Turkey and across Western Europe—is a line which has remained unchanged. The enemy of freedom has been contained.

Our purpose now—our goal now—is more than mere containment for our adversaries. We hope, we aim, we pray and we work to achieve the ultimate breakthrough of freedom into all the world around us and among the other worlds of space above us.

The services into which each of you enters—and the Armed Forces into which you of our allied nations will go—are instruments supporting the free community's determination to keep the peace and to fulfill the high promise and potential of freedom. If not in a day, if not in a year, if not in a lifetime our work is to be complete, we can still live with the confidence that our individual contributions—in the military or in the civil realm—will be contributions toward peace for all the world.

You have chosen an honorable career. You leave now for an honored work. We as your elders, as your parents and as your fellow Americans, say to you. Well Done—and Godspeed.

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WILLIAM VEAZIE PRATT, 1869-1957 "Live and grow."

"Sound leadership never taices another man's task from him."

by John D. Hayes '24 YEARS BETWEEN World Wars I and T HE II were, for the U. S. Navy, among the most critical in her history. The Nation in 1921 abdicated its position as the first naval power. A few years later its political leaders were advocating "abolishing war as an instrument of policy" at the very time when such idealism, with its blind disregard for the lessons of history, was creating problems which in the end could only be resolved by arms. Naval leaders of this period did their best to maintain a fleet, strong, ready and alert, and they had to discharge this responsibility in the face of a hostile people, without hope of glory, or even of honor. But there were giants in the Navy of those days. Among them was William Veazie Pratt, 1889.

Before World War I, Pratt had helped create the modern U. S. destroyer force. During that war he practically singlehandedly ran the Washington side of the naval effort. He had a large part in both the Washington and London Disarmament Conferences of 1921 and 1930. For six years from 1927 to 1933 he held the top posts in the Navy and during this period gave carrier operations its start and instituted the task force-type command method of fleet organization.

During World War II as a retired officer and member of the staff of the magazine Newsweek, he ably performed the task of interpreting and explaining to the American people, the sea power which was then advancing their country to the foremost position in the world.

It was, however, the fate of this man to serve his country as a naval officer in time of peace.

He was born, perhaps, a decade before his time.

So today he is forgotten by the people he served and all but by the profession of which he was a part.

William Veazie Pratt was born 28 February 1869, the son of Nichols Pratt, a seafarer and Civil War naval officer. His father, a native of Massachusetts, entered the Navy in August 1862 as a master's mate, then a grade between commissioned and enlisted rank. He was appointed acting ensign in Nov. 1863 and acting master (Lt. jg) April 1865. His record in the war was such that he might have become one of the few

volunteer officers selected for the regular Navy.

Instead he chose to marry Abie Veazie of Belfast, Maine, whose parents did not believe his Navy salary adequate to support a wife. Nichols Pratt eventually became a well-known sea captain in the Far East.

As a baby William V. was taken by his parents to China but he later returned and entered the Naval Academy from Maine. He graduated sixth in 1889, a class of 35. His first ship was the then new cruiser ATLANTA. Like all officers he served in many ships during the next twenty years, ending up this period as executive officer of the armored cruiser CALIFORNIA, later renamed SAN DIEGO. PRATT A N D SIMS

Pratt began the fruitful second half of his naval career by attending the Naval War College from 1911 to 1913. Following this, he became Chief of Staff to William S. Sims, 1880, then commanding the destroyer flotilla of the Adantic Fleet. He also served as commanding officer of the flagship, the scout cruiser BIRMINGHAM. Sims' biographer writes of Pratt: "For the success of the flotilla in those years, this able man deserves much credit.

Sims and he worked together in the harmony that is built upon professional respect and personal affection."'Command of the BIRMINGHAM gave Pratt the opportunity to have a part in the earliest combat operations of naval aviation. Eugene Ely had flown the first airplane from the deck of that ship in Nov. 1910 and during the Vera Cruz incident in 1914 the BIRMINGHAM carried on board three aircraft in which John Towers, 1906, Godfrey deC. Chevalier, 1910 and Lt. B. L. Smidi, USMC all made reconnaissance flights over Mexican territory.

Becoming Captain in 1915, Pratt went to duty the next year in Panama where he worked with Army personnel on the problems of the defense of the recendy completed Panama Canal. From there he went to duty on the faculty of the Army War College. These two assignments were the roots of Pratt's lifelong appreciation of the joint nature of all warfare. In February 1917, he was

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Charles Francis Adams and Chief of Naval Operations William Veazie Pratt '89.

called to the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, W. S. Benson, 1877.

Pratt's role in World War I has been ably described by Professor William R. Braisted of the University of Texas, an authority on the naval history of the period and a son of Frank A. Braisted, 1909: "As Assistant Chief of Naval Operations during World War I, Pratt was one of the most active agitators in favor of more vigorous prosecution of hostilities. I feel that he more than any other individual was responsible for preserving working relations between Sims and the Navy Department and for preventing the explosion in the service until after the war was safely won.

Benson and Sims, of course, were far from close, but Pratt worked earnesdv to secure what Sims wanted while remaining absolutely loyal to his superiors in Washington. When Sims wanted the Navy to concentrate on anti-submarine warfare, Pratt was largely responsible for getting the Navy's building program shifted from batdeships to destroyers. He accomplished this despite the opposition of conservatives in the Navy Department who opposed any slowing of the 1916 program. Again when Sims asked that a division of batdeships be sent to England, Pratt opposed those in Washington who wanted to keep all American batdeships at home prepared for some later war."2 Sims disliked Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. After the war the naval officer managed to expand a Senate investigation of the Secretary's unusual awards of decorations into a postmortem on the conduct of the naval war. Here Pratt was caught in the feud between his friend and his wartime superiors. Braisted again writes: "The Senate investigation at the close of World War I must have been a bitter disappointment to Pratt. He had done his utmost to meet Sims' demands, and he apparendy mistook Sims' outburst as criticism of his own efficiency in the Office of Operations. At any rate Pratt and Sims never again corresponded freely and cordially."

Braisted's appraisal of Pratt is borne out by T. B. Kitterage, apologist for Sims who understandably shared his subject's dislike for the Secretary. In his Naval Lessons of the World War, Kitterage admitted that Pratt's criticism of Sims was limited to the latter's contention that all power of decision should have been turned over to him in London.

Pratt accompanied President Wilson to the Peace Conference at Versailles as a technical adviser. From Jan. 1919 to Oct. 1920, he had command of the battleship N E W YORK and during this tour of duty took Secretary Daniels, his wife and two sons in that ship for a visit to Pearl Harbor. From Oct. 1920 to July 1921 he had command of the Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet and after that for the next two years was a member of the influential General Board.

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It was in this assignment that Pratt became closely connected with the controversial Wash1 E. E. Morison, Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy (1942), p. 293.

2 Personal letter to the author, 4 Sept. 1962.

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WILLIAM VEAZIE PRATT (Continued from page 20) ington Conference which met late in 1921. President Harding had entered the White House that year with a public commitment to the American people, disillusioned by World War I, to take early steps toward the limitation of naval armaments. The task was assigned to Secretary of State Hughes. Great Britain, whose era as first naval power would be over with the completion of the large U. S. 1916 building program, was anxious to cooperate but Japan had to be forced through the tremendous bargaining power that sixteen post-Jutiand batdeships, built or building, gave to the United States.

The disarmament proposals would have to come from this country. Two recommendations by the Navy's General Board were unsatisfactory to Secretary Hughes, and so the work of framing the one made was, according to Harold and Margaret Sprout, the work of four men, Hughes, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the then Chief of Naval Operations, Robert E. Coontz, 1885 and Pratt.3 Braisted claims that Pratt personally typed the draft which was locked in Hughes' safe until the opening session, on 12 Nov. 1921, two days later.

The reason for this secrecy was that the success of the conference depended on what the U. S. had to offer. The proposal was a 5-5-3 ratio between the three major powers with capital ship tonnage limited to 600,000. This meant scrapping all U. S. ships except two batdeships building and two batde cruisers to be converted into aircrift carriers. The reluctant Japanese, who believed that their security depended on a Navy at least two thirds the size of that of the United States, agreed to the ratio onlv with U. S. acceptance of the status quo for its Far East bases. Naval officers resented this concession more than the loss of the batdeships. In the end agreement on limitation was reached only for capital ships where the U. S. would make the big sacrifice. Cruisers were limited in size to 10,000 tons and 8-inch guns but no agreement was reached on limiting the number of this or any other type.

Pratt's was the only service voice raised in the defense of the treaty. Coontz regretted his part and most naval officers held the opinion of Frank H. Simonds, who in an article in the Washington Star some years later wrote that the conference "was disastrous because at a certain moment Mr. Hughes had to choose between facing the political consequences of failure or agreeing to what was clearly a bad bargain."

Pratt stated his case for the treaty in the North American Review of May 1922 and in Current History, April 1923. He admitted that the country had made unquestionably the greatest sacrifice but this would be worth it provided a strong balanced fleet were maintained, but this did not happen. He heralded the establishment of the balance of power between the two English speaking nations as one of the accomplbhments of the century but the treaty actually worsened British-American relations for the next decade.

The American people had demanded a disarmament treaty but they deserved a better one.

Following this eventful tour, Pratt went to sea in 1923 as Commander Battleship Division Four of the Pacific Fleet, composed of the N E W MEXICO,

IDAHO and MISSISSIPPI. While in this com-

mand the fatal flareback of the right gun took place in Turret Two of the MISSISSIPPI, on 12 June 1924 off San Pedro, Calif. This accident cost the lives of three officers and 44 men. At an impressive funeral ceremony on 17 June, attended by hundreds of officers and 4,000 men, Pratt gave a funeral address full of feeling and the traditional spirit of the service that stands as a classic of naval literature.

In Sept. 1925, Pratt assumed the duty of Presi3 H. and M. Sprout, Toward a New Order in Sea Power (1943), p. 146.

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ADMIRAL W. V. PRATT and his " p e r e n n i a l " Flag Lieutenant, " J i m mie" Campbell.

dent of the Naval War College. While there he carried out a staff organization which insured proper emphasis on operations, foreign relations and the interservice aspects of modern warfare while at the same time continuing the estimate of the situation and the game board which had been the major work of the college.

In 1927 Pratt began six vears in major naval commands, three in top posts in the fleet and three as Chief of Naval Operations. While Commander Batde Fleet, he made a major contribution to the development of naval aviation when he allowed the revolutionary concept of an independent carrier task force to be tested during the Fleet problem in 1929. The plan of Commander Aircraft, Batde Fleet, Joseph M. Reeves, 1894, was for the air group of the SARATOGA to make an unsupported strike on the Panama Canal. This first real opportunity for carrier aircraft was a huge success and from then on the fast carrier task force had a place in all fleet exercises and war plans.

As CNO, Pratt had to resist the pressure of the Army Air Force to take over naval air stations.

He did this by integrating land based air units into the U. S. Fleet. He also incorporated the task force-type command concept of organization into the two main divisions of the Fleet, then called the Batde Force in the Pacific and the Scouting Force in the Adantic. Some in the Navy believed he had not gone far enough, notably Joseph K. Taussig, 1899, who wanted this concept expanded to task fleets stationed at Hampton Roads, Panama and the Hawaiian Islands.

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Pratt's tour as CNO is most notable for the role he played in the London Naval Conference of 1930 which succeeded in extending limitation of armaments to other types after the failure at Geneva in 1927. As at the Washington Conference of 1921, no naval officers were appointed as delegates. Hilary P. Jones, 1884, a strong advocate of the 8-inch gun cruiser, had been a delegate to the Geneva Conference and this was connected in the public mind with its failure. At London in 1930, Jones was only an adviser. Moreover, Pratt, the cooperator at the 1921 conference, was selected to be chief adviser by the administration civilian leaders, according to McGeorge Bundy, biographer of Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State and Chief American Delegate. When Stimson with Pratt's concurrence agreed to accept 18 of the 8-inch gun cruisers instead of 21 and take the tonnage in 6-inch ships, H. P. Jones came home.

Experience in World War II was to prove the 6-inch gun ship with its hieh volume of fire a superior vessel, especially for the close-in night actions that characterized that war. This could not be foreseen in 1930 but it must be admitted that naval officers almost the world over made

a fetish of the 8-inch, 10,000 ton "trea^" cruiser.

This attitude was carried into World War II when 6-inch ships were hardly given the chance to show their worth until the 8-inch type had taken heavy losses.

One U. S. naval officer at London did dissent from the generally held naval viewpoint. Captain A. H. Van Keuren, 1903, the only naval constructor among the advisers, considered the 8-inch gun ship a monstrosity. There is no indication in Pratt's later writings, however, that he was influenced by Van Keuren. Rather it appears that he considered having a treaty was better than not having one, provided the U. S. would build up to the limit.

After the Washington Conference of 1921, Pratt had expressed the hope that the U. S. after taking the reduction in capital ships would build up the other types to achieve a balanced fleet.

This did not happen. Between 1921 and 1930, Great Britain and Japan each laid down 15 heavy cruisers while the United States laid down only eight. President Franklin Roosevelt after he came into office in 1933 endeavored to correct this but did not get far with his shipbuilding program against the isolation and economy attitudes of the American people until they and their representatives in Congress discovered during the depression that 90% of the cost of a warship goes into labor. By then it was too late and the U. S. Navy with a two-ocean responsibility entered World War II inferior to the Japanese in all major types except batdeships. Fortunately the losses at Pearl Harbor were mosdy in that class. The U. S. was saved by a people at last aroused and by the strategic stupidity of the Japanese.

PRATT A N D NEWSWEEK

These future events marked Pratt's two attempts at naval statesmanship as failures. In 1933 he returned to Belfast, Maine and what appeared to be the oblivion of a permanent retirement as a new order took over the destiny of the country and the Navy. However, the war in Europe gave him the opportunity in retirement to leave an impact greater than any officer has been able to do except Stephen B. Luce. In Jan. 1941 Pratt became a naval commentator for Newsweek Magazine and took over the task of interpreting for its readers the sea power he had helped to create and the naval warfare for which he had prepared the U. S. Navy. This work stands well up among his contributions as a public servant.

For six years he produced a weekly column of about 1,500 words which became the most popular feature in the magazine. He oudasted three military commentators, the last being the British authority, J. A. C. Fuller. He must have been the delight of armchair strategists and the frequent references to his work in the editors* (Continued on page 24) S H I P M A T E

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WILLIAM VEAZIE PRATT (Continued from page 22) column showed the respect and affection in which they held him.

For six months in 1941 he performed two jobs. In January he was ordered to active duty to expedite the development of the small carrier which he had advocated for ASW and transport work. During this period he did not miss a column.

His prediction of the trend of action in 1940 and 1941 showed uncanny accuracy based on the facts of geography and sound strategy which he explained to his readers in simple, understandable terms. During our own war years he was of course subject to the pressure of events but his comments on almost every engagement included its strategic significance or lack of it.

The decisive actions of the war, he considered to be the air batde of Britain, El Alamein and Midway.

Even during the darkest days of the war, Pratt's articles like his nature were optimistic. In May 1944 he gave a remarkable appraisal of MacArthur, West Point 1903, who had been Chief of Staff of the Army when he was CNO. In another article entided "Who Is This Man Nimitz.?" he wrote that the CinC, Pacific had the facility to cooperate with anybody and then continued: "When the Japs were defeated at Midway, a battle which meant more to the security of America and the success of our Pacific advance than the occupation of Luzon, little was heard of Nimitz though he was in full charge. . . . Evidently he preferred to remain in the background, as most naval leaders do, and let the praise go to those serving under him."

No animosity against the Japanese or Germans appeared in his column. In fact before the outbreak of hostilities in the Pacific he took occasion to praise the abilities of Admirals Nomura and Nagano and his warm friendship for the former survived the war.

Pratt was no narrow protagonist or "batdeship admiral," whatever that means. He pointed out that it was air power that had bridged the gap that previously existed between sea and land power. This, he reasoned, was why there were no great naval batdes in the classical sense. Instead, amphibious operations across the entire Pacific had made it one great front, far more extensive than the fronts in Russia or France. He did not hesitate to take to task critics of the heavy losses at Iwo Jima and the slow progress on Okinawa.

Always a man of moderation, he had taken issue as early as 1926 with the thesis of strategic bombing, claiming then that aircraft used in war must be bound by the laws of war. Twenty years later he took the same stand toward the military uses of atomic energy, holding that: (1) The bombing of Hiroshima without warning laid America open to the charge of adopting Hider's strategy.

(2) We missed a great opportunity for taking a leading position in the world at the time our moral influence was enormous when we failed to renounce the use of atomic energy as an instrument of war.

In December 1945 Pratt finally missed two weekly columns while he evidently took his first vacation in six years. He continued to write intermittendy until April 1946 when he quit and returned to the home he was born in and one of the prettiest rose gardens in the state of Maine.

Newsweek editors humorously portrayed his final return to Belfast after more than sixty years: "Been away, Willie.?" asked a townsman.

"A spell."

Even in this late retirement he refused to isolate himself from the world scene and write his memoirs. Newsweek continued to carry his name on the masthead and throughout the Korean War he kept in close touch with the editors.

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The admiral died on 25 November 1957 at Chelsea Naval Hospital, three months before his 89th birthday. "Well Done" wrote the editors of NewsweekMrs. Pratt still lives in Belfast. The couple had one son. Two nephews followed him in the Navy, W. V. Pratt, II, 1933 and R. R. Pratt, 1936, recendy selected for flag rank. This year, R. R. Jr. received his commission as an ensign, one hundred years after his great grandfather, Nichols Pratt, received his.

No account of Admiral Pratt would be complete without mention of his perennial flag lieutenant, Charles William Anthony Campbell, known throughout the Navy as "Jimmie." Campbell first enlisted in the Navy in 1899 and was promoted from Chief Gunner to Lieutenant during World War I. He was serving in the N E W YORK when Pratt took command in 1919. When Pratt was promoted to flag rank the next year he took Campbell as personal aide and so he remained for the next thirteen years. Jimmie himself retired in 1934 but came back during the war and was advanced to Captain on the retired list, his last duty being command of the Receiving Station, Washington, D. C. He died in 1962 at the age of seventy-nine.

got to learn to take minor objectives one at a time and to hold them until the big one falls in your lap. Otherwise you'll never get any place in this Navy."5 On one principle, he was very firm and it is good to call it to mind today. That is that the distinction between command and administration in naval affairs requires that the CNO have direct access to the President. "He and he alone commands," Pratt told a War College audience. "Under normal conditions it makes litde difference to the forces in the field how directives come or the source from which they issue, so long as they have the stamp of authorized responsibility. When, however, the question at issue is one of grave state importance or involves vital decisions which might affect the outcome of the campaign or the war, then supreme authority must be invoked.

This is true because the responsibility for the direction of the war is vested in the Commanderin-Chief and the responsibility for its execution rests with him and with the military executive at the scene of action."^

PRATT AS AN ESSAYIST Had Admiral Pratt published one book, he would be far better known today than he is. His writing for Newsweek amounted to the equivalent of three volumes. He did considerable other writing but like most naval officers preferred to oiler his thoughts in short essays. Nine are in the Proceedings of the U. S. Naval Institute, one of which won him the Institute's essay contest while he was CNO. Two of his articles on "Naval Policy," in Nov. 1922 and July 1932, are apologias for his actions at the disarmament conferences. His "Disarmament and the National Defense," Sept. 1925, is an expression of the professional philosophy to which he adhered through a lifetime. Perhaps even more significant than his articles are his addresses to the Naval War College, several of which can be found in the College library. One entitled "Naval Command and Administration," given first in Dec. 1925 and revised Feb. 1927, stresses the distinction between these two methods of control and warns of the danger of the latter usurping the powers of the former. Another outstanding lecture given in Aug. 1930 while he was CinC, U. S. Fleet has the tide "The Aspects of Higher Command." In it he outlined the differences in Army and Navy viewpoints and listed the strength and weakness factors in each.

His final article in the Proceedings is his best.

"Leadership" published in August 1934, a year after his retirement, and his address at the funeral of the MISSISSIPPI dead both deserve prominent places in American military literature.

No appraisal of William Veazie Pratt's full life can be attempted in a sketch like this. His professional philosophy, however, may be safely interpreted as that of cooperation and accommodation. He expressed himself forcefully on the former when he appeared before a board studying a reorganization of the Navy Department that would give more statutory power to CNO which he did not think necessary: "I'd rather sit around a table with a group of men, every one of them perfecdy independent and king in his own domain, and to get a man to work with you rather than to tell him what to do. I have found that all I have to do is make a suggestion to them and they will complete the job. If you can't get men who will do that, get somebody else."* Regarding his philosophy of accommodation, he was more guarded but he may have revealed it when he once told a younger officer, rather sharply: "You always see the ultimate objective and want to take it on the first assault. You've

BOOK REVIEW

4 E. J. King and W. M. Whitehill, Fleet Admiral King, A Naval Record (1952), p. 262.

5E. E. Wilson, Slipstream (1950), p. 152.

6 The italics are Pratt's.

PRELUDE TO PEARL HARBOR. The United States Navy and the Far East, 1921-1931. By Gerald E. Wheeler. University of Missouri Press. 212 pages. $5.95.

Reviewed by John D. Hayes '24 It is appropriate that this excellent litde work be reviewed in the same issue with the biographical sketch of Admiral Pratt. It treats, from the naval point of view, the most critical period in U. S. peacetime history, whose terminal points were the Washington and London Disarmament Conferences.

In this book one can discover the roots of the Pacific struggle of World War II in the 1921 Washington Conference on the Limitations of Armaments. The Japanese had always held that they needed 70% of the naval strength of the United States to assure their national position and Japanese writings since then indicate that they might have accepted two-thirds. Because of Great Britain's fears for her own and Dutch possessions in the Far East, a 60% ratio was forced on Japan by the threat of an arms race. Even then this was only obtained by the U. S. accepting a status quo on her bases in the Far East. Future events indicate that Britain's fears were justifiable but the Washington Conference both offended a proud nation and made it impossible for the United States to defend the Philippines or give any strength to the Open Door policy in China.

By 1921, senior U. S. naval officers were recognizing Japan as the future enemy, not because war was imminent or that they wanted it. It is the duty of the armed services to so regard a country with whom foreign relations are unstable.

At the same time it is the job of the diplomats to stabilize these relations for when they do not, war comes. Wheeler enables us to determine how good a job was done by both.

One important point Wheeler's book makes clear is that W. V. Pratt was not alone among naval officers in advocating acceptance of the 6" gun cruiser proviso in the 1931 London Disarmament Treaty. Admirals Harry E. Yarnell and Arthur J. Hepburn were also for it as well as Captain Van Keuren.

The author is a retired commander in the Naval Reserve who from 1952 to 1957 was a professor of history at the Naval Academy. He is far more qualified than most historians and political scientists in the field and it is therefore unfortunate that the work was not half again as (Continued on page 72) SHIPMATE

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For this "bridge of ships," augmented by other, smaller vessels, transports more than a milHon barrels a day of crude oil and finished petroleum products.

Ultimate destination—more than 100 countries in the free world. And this takes quite a fleet. Tugs, barges, and ocean-going tankers. All of them manned by JUNE-JULY,

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experienced Texaco officers and well-trained crews. They combine the traditional skills of seafaring men with the everincreasing knowledge that is required for modem ship operation, to deliver their essential cargoes around the entire globe.

It's a grotoing fleet, and soon it will be joined by new, larger tankers. When these enter service in the next year or two, Texaco's fleet will stand out even more as one of the most modern afloat, providing fast, flexible, economical transportation of petroleum to ports—and to our friends—throughout the free world.

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CAPITOL HILL

by Fred Lardner HAT will the Senate do with H. R. 5555, Wthe military pay bill.' And when will they do it.' In this connection, it might be pointed out that a Washington correspondent for a monthly publication is sometimes crossed up by the course of events. Thus, Capitol Hill copy in the May issue dealt primarily with action of the House Armed Services Committee on H. R. 5555. But the House as a whole took action on the bill May 8. This June-July issue is due off the press June 21. The Senate may have held hearings on the bill, but probably will not have passed it, by that time.

The only changes made by the House were restoration to the bill of the retired pay recomputation provision and of combat pay. Retired pay recomputation was in the original Defense Department bill, but was removed by the House Armed Services Committee. Combat pay ($55 a month) was placed in the bill by the Rivers subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, then removed by the committee as a whole.

The following comments on various provisions in the bill are based on reports and conversations with authorities on the subject: Basic Pay. As the bill now stands, take-home pay for officers would be $26 less than recommended by the Defense Department. The department recommended an increase in officers' subsistence from $47.88 to $77 per month. The Rivers subcommittee approved an increase in subsistence of only 6.6 percent, or $3.12 per month, at the same time adding $30 monthly to officers' basic pay. Secretary of Defense McNamara is said to be anxious to increase officer pay, by restoring to the bill the additional $30 basic pay added by the Rivers subcommittee and removed by the full committee.

It is possible that one or more authorities will request that the basic pay of officers with less than two years of service be increased. Discussing the shortages of technical officers in the Navy, Vice Admiral W. R. Smedberg, III, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and CNO, told the House Appropriations subcommittee: "We cannot get them because of the tremendous disparity between what the engineering graduate gets when he goes into business and what we can offer. This year he is getting an average of $588 a month. If he comes into the Navy, we have to start him off with about $270 a month."

Family Separation Allowances. H. R. 5555 now contains provision for family separation allowances of $30 or one-third of the bachelor BAQ, whichever is greater. The range of this allowance would be $30 to $53, with officers receiving the larger amounts. The Defense Department would like to make this a flat $30 separation allowance for all, except for those whose families occupy government quarters.

Foreign Duty. The Defense Department would like to have authority to determine who is entitled to foreign duty pay. Officials contend that some foreign duty is highly attractive, economically and otherwise. Sea duty pay would not be changed.

Retired Pay. The many thousands of officers retired prior to June 1, 1958, who would benefit from retired pay recomputation, might keep their fingers crossed, but it appears that retired pay recomputation for these and other personnel is in the bill to stay. This provision passed the House by a vote of 152 to 126, but the vote would have been overwhelming had it not been for the opposition of Representative Carl Vinson 26

(Dem., Ga.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Senator Richard Russell (Dem., Ga.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told a reporter, "This provision is in the bill for sure now," or words to that effect. In 1962 Senator Russell opposed a separate bill on this subject.

The only vote taken in the Senate committee was a vote to postpone consideration of the bill so that it could be considered in connection with the general pay raise bill, under study at that time. The vote to postpone consideration was 8 to 6, but two Senators voting for postponement of consideration, Clair Engle of California and E. L. Bardett of Alaska, had sponsored bills of their own favoring retired pay recomputation.

It is probable that what happens to retired pay recomputation will be determined by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Present members of this committee were listed in the May issue of Shipmate.

The table below was inserted in the Congressional Record in an effort to convince the House that retired pay recomputation would benefit higher ranking officers primarily. It is reproduced here to show approximate increases in compensation if retired pay recomputation is approved.

The table includes the proposed five percent increases for all retired personnel.

How Much Vessel Obsolescence?

Nothing much will be done to solve the Navy's problem of vessel obsolescence in the fiscal 1964 shipbuilding program. In considering H. R. 2440, the bill authorizing construction of new ships, aircraft and missiles for that year, the House Armed Services Committee and the House approved construction of 43 new vessels, but the Senate Armed Services Committee approved only 33. Both committees approved conversion of 36 vessels. '^ The House committee report points out that there are 860 ships in ^0day's active fleet, 598 of which were authorized during World War II, with an average age 6f 15 years, and the usual life expectancy of 20 years. The active fleet for 1973 contemplates about this same number of vessels, though the composition would be different.

The committee says there are 335 vessels in being or authorized which can be considered assets in 1973. From 1948 to 1963 387 vessels

were authorized, an average of 24 a year. In 1962 36 new ships were authorized, and in 1963 new authorizations totaled 37.

If 37 were the average number to be built on the average between now and 1973, new ships would total 10 (1973 less 1963 is 10) times 37 or 370, and in 1973 the fleet would total 370 plus 355, or 722.

Secretary of Defense McNamara apparendy does not agree with the House Armed Services Committee regarding the need for new Navy ships.

Earlier this year, he told the committee: "I am well aware that the Navy faces a difficult problem of 'block obsolescence' and that well over half of today's fleet was built during or just shordy after World War II. While it is true that these ships are now approaching the 20-year mark, the useful lives of many combatant types still can be extended by rehabilitation and modernization. Support and auxiliary types, in most cases, can be maintained in a serviceable condition much longer than 20 years. The right solution to the block obsolescence problem is not to rush into a crash program of ship construction now and thereby create another equally serious dilemma for the future. Rather, we should overcome the problem gradually over a number of yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the time, of course, ensuring that adequate naval power is always available to meet the essential tasks of national security.

"For end fiscal year 1964 we plan a general purpose forces fleet of 836 ships, the same number planned for the end of the current year. As new and more capable ships are delivered the overall number will gradually decline. The future force levels, of course, are highly tentative. Changing circumstances may require a higher or lower level but we would have time to make the necessary adjustments."

Secretary McNamara said the department "does not yet have acceptable situation-by-situation analyses of naval requirements comparable to those now available for ground and tactical air forces. Until such analyses become available we are accepting the presently programmed Navy General Purpose Forces as being generally the right order of magnitude and composition. It is chiefly with regard to the rate of modernization that differences of opinion exist."

He also stated, "There is also the long stand-

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ing question as to how much it is reasonable to invest simply to defend the Fleet against air attack. The entire question of the cost and capability of the fleet in relation to the cost of defending it against air attack is still in need of a most thorough analysis."

Perhaps the Defense Department cost analysis experts and their computer operators are beginning to give the Navy more attention. Can we get along with fewer ships? After all, we have many more than Russia has. And that question about defense against air attack—perhaps it should be, what would be the cost, not only in dollars, if the fleet were not protected against air attack.'

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The trouble with military housing is that too many agencies have to do with it. These are the military departments, the Defense Department, the House Armed Services Committee, the Senate Armed Services Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Senate Appropriations Committee.

If any body besides McNamara's runs the Defense Department, which body is it? The answer could be each or all of the above named committees. But, in the case of H. R. 6500, a bill authorizing military construction for fiscal 1964 (including housing), and in the case of H. R. 2440, a bill authorizing purchase of ships, airplanes and missiles, the Appropriations Committees may have the most to say, because they usually differ with what has been said and they have the last word.

For fiscal 1963 the Armed Services Committees agreed on construction of 13,792 new housing units, but when the Armed Services Committees had finished translating the 1963 military construction authorization bill into a construction appropriations bill, this number had been reduced to 7,500.

For fiscal 1964, Secretary McNamara asked for 12,100 new units, with 12,500 more for each of the next four years. The House Armed Services Committee reduced this 1964 request to 10,000 (Navy, 4,228 units; Army, 1,727 units; Air Force, 4,045 units), and suggested a program of 10,000 new units for each of the next five years after 1964.

The House committee is reducing the amount of the overall bill by 13 percent. But it admits that the Appropriations Committees are likely to slash its authorizations anyway. And it adds that the Defense Department is making things worse by being too slow about getting newly authorized housing under construction.

Of the 12,100 units approved for fiscal 1964, 2,949 units is housing authorized in prior years.

More than 4,000 housing units previously approved were not included in H. R. 6500, for construction in fiscal 1964. As a result, the committee included in the bill provisos that unfunded authorizations over two years old shall be repealed, and housing authorized in the current bill not initiated or executed by September 30, 1964, will be repealed.

The committee included in the bill authority for the Defense Department to continue utilizing 22,000 units of substandard housing beyond 1965.

By that time the other 24,000 units of substandard housing would have to be eliminated from the housing inventory. More than 1500 trailer spaces were approved.

Among the new Navy housing projects in the bill are: Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska, 250 units. Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, 100 units.

Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif., 300 units.

Marine Corps Cold Weather Training Station, Bridgeport, Calif., 40 units. Naval Air Station, El Centro, Calif., 100 units. Naval Station, Long Beach, Calif., 400 units. Naval Shipyard, Mare

Island, 300 units. Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 100 units. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, 400 units. Naval Radio Station, Cuder, Maine, 12 units. Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 75 units. Naval Station, Charleston, S. C , 592 units. Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., 280 units. Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., 300 units. Naval Radio Station, Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico, 100 units.

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Captain Joseph A. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.), finds the fight against the conflict-of-interest laws, court decisions, and Defense Department interpretations of these laws and decisions too much for him to handle alone. He has been instrumental in the formation of the Officers' Rights Court Fund, treasurer of which is Rear Admiral J. A. Briggs, USN (Ret.), located at Room 1018, 1625 Eye St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Four months ago Captain Taussig filed suit to require the government to clarify conflict-ofinterest legislation and legal decisions. He also challenged the constitutionality of DD Form 1357, requiring a "Statement of Employment" by retired Regular officers. He emphasized that retired Reserve officers and retired civil service employees do not have to file such statements.

Captain Taussig has asked attorneys skilled in military personnel law to help in this fight. These attorneys are: John F. Doyle, Brig. Gen. Thomas H. King, USAFR, and Oliver Gasch, former Federal district attorney in Washington. Since he can not bear costs of this suit alone. Captain Taussig is asking other retired officers to contribute money to this cause.

In addition to fighting the conflict-of-interest laws and regulations, the Officers' Rights Fund will attack the dual compensation and dual employment statutes and any other discriminatory legalities aimed solely at career officers and not applicable to other groups.

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ATHLETICS A 4 T H CONSECUTIVE national collegiate la-'-^ crosse championship, a share of the eastern league baseball crown, a 2nd in the eastern golf tournament, and a 49-20 record (excluding crew and dinghy sailing)—all represent the Naval Academy's level of accomplishment in spring sports.

The midshipmen suffered a disappointing setback in their spring weekend series with Arm)'.

The cadets took a 4-1 break with victories in baseball, lacrosse, tennis, and track. Navy's only win was in golf by 5-2 count. The West Pointers' splurge gave Army a 9-8 edge for the athletic year. It was Army's 1st victory in the spring series since 1957.

In plebe sports. Navy teams posted a 35-5 mark and fielded undefeated aggregations in golf, lacrosse and track. The plebe lacrosse team was the highest scoring 10 in Navy history with 161 goals on the way to a 9-0 season.

BASEBALL

For the 3rd consecutive year Navy figured in the eastern league baseball title picture. A loss in the final game to Army prevented Navy from taking the tide outright but the midshipmen shared the crown with Dartmouth and Columbia.

Navy had copped the laurels the previous 2 seasons.

The overall record in 22 games was 15-7 with the losses to Army, Pitt, Dartmouth, Villanova, Harvard, Rider and Maryland.

Bob Dougal, a junior catcher from Tacoma, Wash., led the team in hitting with a .435 average.

Dougal missed the first 4 games of the season with an eye injury sustained in spring practice but was a consistent hitter the rest of the way.

He just missed the eastern league bat tide with a l-for-6 performance against Army.

Bruce Terwilliger, another 2nd classman, topped the mound staff for the 2nd consecutive year.

"Twig" was the only undefeated hurler in the eastern league with a 3-0 hill record. He showed a 6-2 record overall and led the pitchers in strikeouts, innings pitched, batsmen faced and won-lost percentage. He also hit above the .300 mark.

Football quarterback Roger Staubach was a potent addition to Coach Joe Duff's lineup. Roger

rapped the ball at a .420 pace and played a lot of centerfield.

The plebes of Coach Bob Steidle started strong and raced through 8 games with an undefeated record before dropping their final 3 starts in succession. Pitchers Don Eshelman and Don Puckett, outfielder Gene Hardman, catcher Gene Parchinski and several other plebe prospects could bid for varsity berths next season. Outfielders John Nay and Al Jacoby, a couple of other varsity possibilities, finished 1-2 in the plebe batting race with .421 and .358 averages respectively.

HEAVYWEIGHT CREW

The crew had yet to win after 6 outings as Coach Paul Quinn prepared them for what everyone hopes will be a surprise at the 15 June Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta in Syracuse, N. Y. While the varsity shell was having trouble, the junior varsity had 3 firsts in 5 races but the plebes experienced similar difficulty and had to settle for 4 seconds and a third.

The varsity sweep-swingers dropped a 14 length decision to Columbia in the season's opener then finished a length behind a strong Princeton 8. At the Goes Cup regatta. Navy was behind all-conquering Cornell, the eastern sprints winner later in the season.

German's visiting Ratzebourg shell beat everyone but Penn still won the Adams Cup on the Schukyll River by nipping 3rd place Harvard and 4th place Navy. The midshipmen failed to qualify for the finals at the eastern sprints and a week later dropped a 2 '/z length decision to Wisconsin on the Severn.

LIGHTWEIGHT CREW

Other than 2 firsts by the junior varsity, the lightweight crew picture was also disappointing.

The 150 varsity hung up 2 seconds and a 3rd but did not qualify for the finals in the E.A.R.C. regatta.

The lightweight plebes topped Lower Merion High in the season's opener but did not win again. The plebes were 2nd on 3 occasions.

A steady cross-wind hampered the efforts of Coach Bob Jones' varsity lightweights in the 1st race of the season at Princeton. The Tigers, rowing in the lane nearest to the shore, sprinted to a length and a half win over the midshipmen.

Harvard beat the middle shell by almost the same margin and Navy was 3rd by an eyelash in the Callow Cup race won by M.I.T. Princeton edged out the midshipmen for 3rd in the sprints and went on to the finals. Navy took a 2nd in the consolation race.

Coach Williams has some fine talent to look forward to from the plebe team. Ken Lovett, who played number 3 most of the season, posted the best record for the undefeated plebe linksters with a 5-0 mark. Jim Burger and Stan Holm were each 4-1 while Gary Schmidt and Mike Stafford each had 3-2 logs.

LACROSSE

The lacrosse team won its 4th consecutive national collegiate tide and posted 8 wins in 9 games. Army shattered Navy's hopes of a 2nd straight unbeaten season and ended the midshipmen's 18-game win skein with an 11-9 victory in the season's finals.

The team's top scorer was Don MacLaughlin, winner of the N.A.A.A. sword, who finished the campaign with 24 points on 18 goals and 6 assists. He was followed in the scoring column by Pete (the Shot) Taylor who tallied 21 points on 18 goals and 3 assists. Captain George Tracy had 11 goals and 9 assists for 20 points and 3rd on the scoring ladder.

An injury to MacLaughlin in the Baltimore University game left the team undermanned for the Army match. Don suffered a shoulder separation against B.U. and had to sit out the clash with the cadets.

While the offense was rolling up 114 goals and scoring in the double figures against 7 of the 9 opponents, the defense was doing an equally magnificent job. Goalie Dennis Wedekind and the first 3 defensemen—John Newton, Mike Coughlin and Tom Long—limited the opponents to 48 goals and allowed only Army to reach the double figures.

The midshipmen attempted an astronomic 485 shots to 198 for their 9 opponents. The figure represents the ball control exercised by Coach Bill Bilderback's talented stickmen. Until the Army game. Navy's only close call was a 9-6 duel with Princeton. The midshipmen cinched the national tide a week before meeting the Black Knights with a 19-7 rout of Baltimore University.

There is no end in sight to Navy's dominance in the collegiate lacrosse world. The 1963 plebe team was among the finest ever assembled at the Naval Academy. The plebes tallied an amazing 161 points while going undefeated in 9 starts.

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Coach Bob Williams' linksters posted their finest record in 6 years during the 1963 campaign. The golfers won 11 of 14 matches, took a 2nd in the Eastern Intercollegiate Tournament, and were the only spring team to beat Army.

Three boys, all of whom return next season, tied for top golfer honors with identical 11-3 records. They were 2nd classman Jim Seeley and youngsters Dave Connifi and Tom Barry. Craig Burdick, Tom Flory and Captain Tom Haney each had 10-4 marks while Jim Koehn was 8-6.

Two of the team's losses, to Maryland and Penn, were by a single stroke. The other was a 5-2 decision to Princeton.

In the eastern intercollegiates, Flory was the pace-setter with a 144 round. The midshipmen led going into the final round but Penn State, playing its home course, closed fast to win by a single stroke, 750-749.

Photo by Whelan DON MACLAUGHLIN S H I P M A T E

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The Polaris fleet grows at Newport News! The "Robert E. Lee," "Sam H o u s t o n " and " J o h n M a r s h a l l " are commissioned and in service. Between now and 1964, we'll deliver the " T h o m a s Jefferson," " J a m e s M o n r o e " and five others.

Newport News is proud t o be one of the shipyards now building this type submarine, which the nation's President

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They set an Academy record with a 29-1 pasting of Bainbridge.

The 1st line plebe attack of Owen McFadden, Jim Lewis and Frank Markowski combined for 95 goals and 59 assists. McFadden, a product of Baltimore, was the team leader in total points with 59 on 27 goals and 32 assists; Lewis had 55 on 31 goals and 24 assists, while Markowski set a plebe scoring record with 37 goals and added 3 assists for 40 total points.

SAILING

Walt Lenhard and Willard Umphrey each led the dinghy sailors in 3 races during the '63 season to qualify for top skipper honors. Umphrey, the team captain from Orlando, Fla., paced Navy's victory in the M.A.I.S.A. spring invitational while Lenhard led the midshipmen to the Service Academy Championship.

After a blistering start, the dinghy sailors tailed off and had to setde for a pair of 2nds, a 5th and an 8th in their final 4 races. Coach Frank Daspit's lads opened the season with a 5-point 1st place bulge in the 14-school Middle Adantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association spring invitational regatta on the Severn.

A week later, with Lenhard setting the pace.

Navy copped the service academy title at West Point by topping the Merchant Marine, Military, and Coast Guard Academies.

In the Boston Dinghy Cup regatta. Navy finished a distant 8th but bounced back with a 2nd in the M.A.I.S.A. championship eliminations. Navy was again 2nd in the Owen Trophy regatta and missed 1st by only 2 points. In the season's big race, the M.A.I.S.A. spring championships at Kings Point, N. Y., the midshipmen were 5th.

TENNIS

Three different streaks—2 winning and 1 losing—characterized the 1963 tennis season. Coach Art Potter, in his 1st season at the helm, posted an 11-6 record.

Lee Pekary, the team captain from Santa Monica, Calif., concluded his varsity career in grand style with a 13-4 record as Navy's number 1 singles player. John Owens, a youngster who played number 4 and 5 during the campaign, posted a 12-5 mark for runner-up honors. The other individual records: Steve Coester 11-6, Clark Graham 10-6, Norm Radtke 9-8, Bob Teall 7-3, Jim Beall 5-2, and Geoff Kirkland 0-1.

Graham and Owens proved the most effective doubles combination from the standpoint of matches won. The number 2 team collected 12

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victories while losing 4. On a percentage basis, the Pekary-Coester combination clicked best. They won 8 and dropped only 1.

Navy opened the season by beating Dartmouth for the 1st time in 9 years and posted consecutive shutouts over Williams, Syracuse and Brown. The midshipmen went into a tailspin after the Brown match and dropped 5 straight before coming back with a 9-0 win over Penn State.

The Penn State victory started the mids on a 7-game streak that didn't end until Army won a 5-4 decision in the season's finale. The Army match was marked by a default in the number 3 singles match when Norm Radtke sprained his ankle and could not continue. The match was tied at 1 set apiece and was 1-1 in the final set at the time of Radtke's injury.

Bill Wood, an Olney, 111. product, posted the top individual record for the Navy plebe tennis team. Wood was 6-0 for the campaign, playing most of his matches at the number 6 singles position. Dwight Caldwell took runner-up laurels with a 6-2 mark. The plebes finished 6-2 for the season. The only losses were to the Maryland and Princeton freshmen.

TRACK

Tommy Thomson stepped down as Navy track coach after 37 years at the helm with another winning season. Thomson's thinclads mrned in a 4-3 record for the campaign.

Thomson's retirement was announced in late May. Announced simultaneously was the appointment of Jim Gehrdes, Thomson's assistant for 12 seasons, as the new head coach. Gehrdes has been cross country coach for 11 seasons. He is a former Ail-American track star from Penn State.

The "dean" of Navy's coaching staff, Thomson first saw Annapolis in 1927 after short terms at Yale, West Virginia and Dartmouth. A graduate of Dartmouth, he was an Olympic champion in the 110-meter high hurdles and held the world record in that event for 11 years. He is a member of the Helms Track Hall of Fame and the Canadian A.A.U. Hall of Fame.

In his years at the Academy, Thomson led Navy to 154 victories, against only 70 losses and 2 ties in outdoor dual and triangular meets. His teams won three I-C-4-A tides, one Heptagonal championship and the 1945 N.C.A.A. track crown.

Fourteen of Thomson's victories were over Army.

In indoor competition he led Navy to 18 victories in 30 meets since Navy 1st adopted the sport in 1957.

The 1963 season was a frustrating one for the Navy thinclads. After splitting a triangular meet by topping Morgan State but losing to Quantico, Navy beat Villanova and Penn State in dual meetings. Maryland edged out a 68-63 victory over the midshipmen by taking the final relay. After a 4th place finish in the heptagonals, Navy tuned up for Army by trouncing Pittsburgh. The cadets took the season's finale 82-67.

Three individual stars—Jim Thorell, Mike Berkowitz and Mike Brown—had outstanding seasons. Thorell, the only senior in the group, became the greatest broad jumper in Navy history. The lean Arkansas midshipman finally settled for a mark of 24 ft. 8 in., after breaking the old record on 2 previous occasions.

Berkowitz extended the Navy shotput standard to 57 ft. 3/4 in., with a herculean heave against Pittsburgh. It was the 2nd time during the season that the 2nd classman had extended the existing mark. Brown, only a youngster, was the 1st Navy pole vaulter in history to clear 15 ft.

Brown soared over the bar at 15 ft. 1 in. against Pittsburgh to add 5 inches to the old vault mark.

Considerable talent is on the way from Coach Ellery Clark's undefeated (5-0) plebe aggregation. Greg Williams may be one of the best distance prospects in many years. Williams, who set new records in the mile and 2-mile indoors, broke a record of 27 years standing with his 4:24.8 mile against the Penn State freshmen. Gary Dimmig

TOMMY THOMSON, retiring track coach.

twice lowered the record in the 440 and will be a strong varsity contender next year. Duncan Ingraham is an outstanding pole vaulter who cleared 13'7'/2" during the campaign.

MACLAUGHLIN, STAUBACH W I N TOP ATHLETIC AWARDS

NAVY'S

MacLaughlin will receive the Naval Academy Athletic Association sword as the "midshipman of the graduating class considered by the Athletic Council to have personally excelled in athletics during his years of varsity competition." MacLaughlin, from Baltimore, was an All-America in both soccer and lacrosse for Navy.

Staubach, a standout quarterback for the Navy football team last season, is the 1st sophomore ever to win the Thompson Trophy, which has been awarded since 1893 to the athlete who has "done the most during the current year for the promotion of athletics at the Naval Academy."

MacLaughlin, a senior, was captain of the 1963 Navy soccer team which won 10 and lost only 1.

MacLaughlin scored 4 goals and was named 1st team All-South and 2nd team All-America.

Last season MacLaughlin, a midfielder, led the Navy National Championship lacrosse team in total points with 38 on 18 goals and 20 assists.

He was a 2nd team All-America choice in 1962.

In high school Don won 3 letters in lacrosse and 2 in soccer for Catonsville teams. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald C. MacLaughlin of 303 North Rolling Road, Baltimore.

Staubach, a native of Cincinnati, came within 117 yards of breaking the Naval Academy record for total offense set by George Welsh during the 1955 football season. The sophomore sensation ran for 7 touchdowns and passed for 7 more.

He was the most accurate forward passer in collegiate football with 67 completions in 98 attempts for an average of 68.4. In 6 games of the 1962 season, Staubach's total offense exceeded 150 yards and in 3 of the contests it soared over 200 yards with a high of 22 Army.

Roger was named Sports Illustrated and Associated Press "Back of the Week" after leading Navy's 34-14 victory over Army by running for 2 touchdowns and completing 11 of 13 aerials for 188 yards and 2 more tallies. He was also selected Big Five "Back of the Week" after engineering the midshipmen's near-upset of Southern California with 219-yard output. The Eastern (Continued

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ADDRESS BY ADMIRAL ANDERSON

support and defend. We have confidence, not only in the men and women of the Navy, but in all of the people of this country and in the system under which we live. We believe that the zenith of man's progress will be reached under a political philosophy which recognizes and develops the dignity and worth of the individual human being. We give meaning to this belief through our sworn support of the Constitution of the United States.

We do not take our oath of office lightly. The words of that oath are charged with a solemnity seldom achieved elsewhere.

The oath is an obligation, taken freely. It is a statement of intent expressed most forcefully. It is a disavowal of any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and it is inherently a reaffirmation of belief in a Supreme Being.

Our intent to adhere to our oath of office is not diminished by danger or diluted by adversity. I cannot conceive of any other cause or purpose which would be so inspirational, dynamic, and profound as to shake us from the course we have chosen to follow—the support and defense of the Constitution of the United States of America.

{Continued from page 12) strength and has had his weaknesses shored up by his shipmates. Each has contributed to the code of the Wardroom, the Focs'l, the Gun Decks, the Ready Rooms. Each has shared his bounty with others and has had his misfortunes assuaged by his shipmates—the Navy takes care of its own. The composite of abilities combined through mutual respect is greater than the sum of the individual talents—in fair weather or foul.

To what purpose is this philosophy directed, and why.?

At the core of democracy is the belief that men and institutions can be improved if effort is devoted to this end. The requisite effort can be made only if there is time to work on the problem. The Navy and all of the Armed Services exist to provide the stability of peace and the time—under the rule of law—for men of good will to marshall their abilities in the cause of humanity.

We support the rule of law through support of the Constitution of the United States, which we are bound by oath to

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S H I P M A T E

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SEA BRnZiS

by Paul R. Schratz ' 3 9 THE HUNDRED A N D THIRD GREAT IDEA

ALUM Nl

We hear on all sides that the conflict between East and West is a conflict of ideas. The free world competes with the totalitarian society in a technological and ideological race in which there is no second place. And much of the world sits on the sidelines carefully noting relative progress in the test of strength, to see if the affluent, free enterprise system can compete with the soulless competitive drive of the state controlled economy.

NEWS

WHAT'S THE DOPE

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LAST CALL

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CHAPTER NEWS

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CLASSIFIED SERVICES

Inside Back Cover

OFFICERS President— ADM. WALTER F . BOONE, USN (Ret.) '21 (5735), Washington, D. C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— CAPT. ROYCE N . FLIPPIN, U S N R '26 (8278), New York, N. Y.

Vice President (Central Area)— RADM. LEON J. JACOBI, USNR (Ret.) '21 (5786), Detroit, Mich.

Vice President (Western Area)— CAPT. CLAUDE L . WEIGLE, USN (Ret.) '27 (9124), Los Angeles, Cal.

Past President— ADM. JERAULD 'WRIGHT, USN (Ret.) '18 (4915), Taiwan Executive Director— RADM. W . F . FITZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's

Representative—

CAPT. JOHN T . STRAKER, USN '40 (13960), Chief of StafI, USNA At

Large

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1964) MR. HANSON W . BALDWIN '24 (7405)

RADM. H . D . MOULTON, USNR (Ret.)

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

CAPT. WALTER L . SMALL, USN '38

'31 (10026) '24 (7181)

(Ret.)

(13017) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1965)

CAPT. C . E . BELL, USN '39 (13565)

M A J . R. J. PERRICH, USMC'47 (18611)

R A D M . E . M . ELLER, USN (Ret.)

LCDR. HARRY D . TRAIN, USN '49

'25

(7738)

(20423) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1966)

CAPT. W . S. BUSIK, USN '43 (15752)

M A J . G E N . J. N . HART, USMC (Ret.)

R A D M . E . B . FLUCKEY, USN '35

V A D M . R . B . PIRIE, USN (Ret.)

'25 (07864) (11861)

'26

(8189) F r o m Local C h a p t e r s

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1964) CoMO. RALPH S. WENTWORTH, USN CAPT. R . H . WESCOTT, JR., USNR '37 '25 (Ret.)

R A D M . A. W. MCKECHNIE, USN (Ret.)

USN

CAPT. L . E . DIVOLL, USN

(Ret.)

The Encyclopedia Britannica states there were a total of only 102 such Great Ideas since the beginning of time. Perhaps the 103rd should be our "conception of what ought to be" expressed anew to all the world. We take our wonderful system for granted. But we cannot presume such knowledge among the less favored peoples of the world, nor, in fact, can we ignore Hamilton's caution that our system not be buried in old records and musty parchments. America is famed throughout the world for her industrial greatness, yet the greatest gift to mankind we obscure even from ourselves.

'21

CDR. RALPH A. SENTMAN, USN (Ret.) CDR. F . R . EDRINGTON, USN

(Ret.)

'39 San Francisco

'27 (8869) Coronado (5059)

O^^

V A D M . G . H . FORT, USN (Ret.) '12

(3902) 'Washington

Detroit J U N E - J U L Y ,

FRANCIS H . WHITAKER,

'25 (8107) Philadelphia

'26 (8262) Connecticut MR. ROBERT G . WALDRON '19

CAPT.

Perhaps our Greatest Idea is the belief that a nation can be built on recognition of the integrity and essential decency of the individual.

Our nation was built 187 years ago on the assumption that there is a moral law inherent in human nature to which all man-made laws must conform. By virtue of this law man possesses certain inherent rights superior to the authority of the state. The preamble of the Declaration of Independence states that men are created equal, are endowed by the Creator with these inalienable rights and that the purpose of government is to secure these rights. In the words of Alexander Hamilton, "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rumaged for among old records or musty .parchments. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."

(6053) Peninsula

(7966) Chicago CAPT. W . L . PRYOR, JR., USN

'56

(Ret.) '22 (6231) New York

(12754) Boston CAPT. E . K . ZITZEWITZ, USNR

M R . AMOS R . L . DEACON, JR.,

Los Angeles

(Ret.) '12 (3883) Annapolis

It has been estimated that the total knowledge in the world doubles every seven years and that of all the great scientists in the history of the world, 70 to 80% are alive today. The increasing stress on ideas for our very survival and the fantastic progress we are making daily in developing new technologies makes one wonder how many truly great ideas are conceived in a generation. The wheel, the printing press, the internal combustion engine come easily to mind from past ages. Henry Ford had one truly great idea, that he could build autos for the common man at prices all could afford. Ford's great idea didn't include tail-fins and twin jet carburetors, fortunately, and hence he was able to retail a five passenger touring car in the 1920s, delivered, for $450. This single brainstorm meant over a billion dollars for Ford, kss what his son later lost on the Edsel, and to America it was worth every penny of it. Ford's idea eventually caused the national landscape to be festooned in concrete ribbon and transformed our culture and industry, economy, styles and leisure.

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ATTENTION—ALL MEMBERS

SHIPMATE COPY DEADLINES Issue

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Aug., 1963

House

July 15

Sept.-Oct., 1963 Nov., 1963

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WELCOME ABOARD '63 716 Ensigns in the Navy, 65 Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps, 18 Second Lieutenants in the Army, 56 Second Lieutenants in the Air Force, 16 graduates not commissioned and 310 nongraduates—all members of the Naval Academy Class of 1963! To each and every one the Alumni Association extends congratulations and a cordial welcome to the ranks of alumni who served as plebes on the banks of the Severn.

You are now members of the exclusive band of brothers which is proud to claim as its Alma Mater one of the finest institutions that this or any other country can offer. To be an alumnus of the Naval Academy is a mark of distinction. Most of you will continue in the naval service, some will embark on careers in other armed services, and some will cast their lot in civilian pursuits; but regardless of your profession, each of you' can throw out his chest and proudly proclaim "I am a member of the Naval Academy Class of '63."

For four years the Academy and the Naval Service labored in your interest to give you the education and training necessary to enable you to become the kind of men of which our country can be proud. Many thousands of equally ambitious young men have preceded you in completing the always exacting and diSicuIt course given at the Academy; thousands more will follow. Your predecessors have, in many ways, both tangible and intangible, contributed toward giving you the high standards and depth of character which are yours today. Now it becomes your turn to do your part in providing an equal opportunity for those who are still to come.

Ours is a proud heritage. It each of us to maintain the Naval Academy alumni, and of distinction to the classes ahead.

is incumbent upon high tradition of to pass our legacy of coundess years

Glad to have you aboard, '63.

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At its recent meeting the Board of Trustees voted to forward annual membership cards to only those members who request them. This action by the Board will save the Association considerable time and much expense, since experience has shown only a relatively small percentage of our members actually are interested in adding another card to the ever-growing list.

The Association will gladly send an annual membership card to any member who requests it. Merely fill out the form at the top of the inside back cover of this issue and mail it to Alumni House. Please do not remove the address sticker on the back of the form.

WANTED— BACK ISSUES OF SHIPMATE The Librarian of the Navy Department Library maintains a file of Shipmate issues. We have been informed that the following issues are missing: June, 1938 July, 1938 October, 1947 If you have one or more of these issues and are willing to part with them please send them to: Librarian, Navy Department Library Navy Department Washington 25, D. C. RICE INSTITUTE—NROTC USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD The Houston Branch of USNA AA sponsors an award to the midshipman standing first in oflficerlike qualities for the first three years of Naval Science at Rice Institute.

The award, a sword, was presented to Midshipman 2/c Preston W. Staats, Jr., by Mr. John Jay '35, President, Houston Branch, USNA Alumni Association.

RESULTS OF NATIONAL ELECTION The sincere thanks of the Alumni Association are extended to the volunteer Board of Tellers who on 15 May counted the ballots which were cast in the national election. The Alumni Association gready appreciates the time and effort put in by the Tellers in this important matter.

The Board of Tellers consisted of: Sherman R. Clark '22, Chairman, M. H. Bassett '20, C. D. Beaumont '23, J. F. Delaney '25, C. W. Gray '21, A. J. Greenacre '26, C. E. Lewis '15, R. A. Mitchell '27, C. F. Swanson '20, H. T. Walsh '22 and B. B. Wilson "23.

"Well Done" to each and every one of the Tellers.

MEET"

The results of the Board's count indicate the following elections: President (2 years): Adm. W. F. Boone '21 V.P. Central (2 years): RAdm. L. J. Jacobi '21 Trustees (3 years): VAdm. R. B. Pirie '26 RAdm. E. B. Fluckey '35 Capt. W. S. Busik '43 MajGen. J. N. Hart '25 FIVE USNA ALUMNI JOIN MILLION DOLLAR ROUND TABLE Five alum.ni received notification of membership in the 1963 Million Dollar Round Table of the National Association of Life Underwriters. All members of the 1963 Round Table must have sold at least a million dollars of life insurance in 1962 in accordance with rigid Round Table standards, or else must have met the special requirements for life membership by their milliondollars-a-year sales in prior years: George O. Brungot '47, Jefferson Standard Life; Robert P. Gatewood '47, Washington, Philadelphia Life; Capt. Patrick Henry, USN (Ret.) '27, Triangle, Va., and RAdm. William M. Rakow, USN (Ret.) '33, Jacksonville, N. C , both of United Services Life; and Robert B. Williams '45, Palo Alto, Calif., Equitable Life of New York.

1963 NAVY-MICHIGAN FOOTBALL WEEKEND The Detroit chapter has made plans for the Navy-Michigan football weekend^Dctober 4th and 5th, 1963. A Navy "Cheering Section" located between the 40- and 50-yard line of the Ann Arbor stadium which seats 101,001 has been established to support our team. Make sure to specify "Navy Cheering Section" on your ticket request card to the N.^ Athletic Association in Annapolis.

The Detroit area alumni activities are as follows: Friday, 4 October—Cocktails (6:30-7:30 p.m.) and dinner-dance (informal attire) with entertainment at the Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Mich. About $6 per person.

Saturday, 5 October—Charter buses from Dearborn Inn at 11 a.m. unloading inside stadium and return, departing 30 minutes after end of game.

About $3 per person.

Box lunches (to be served on the buses) about $2.50 per person.

Early reservations are needed to help finalize plans. Make checks payable to Detroit Chapter USNA Alumni Association, and send in your reservations to Mr. Frank R. Davis, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich, by September 1963.

Accommodations are available at the Dearborn Inn (rates: single $9—double $13 and up) by SHIPMATE

acting now. Write direct to: Manager, Reservations, Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan. It is suggested that when writing to the Inn you request alternate accommodations in nearby motels, if necessary. Be sure to specify that you are with the "Navy Party Group."

Finding your classmates and other long-lost friends will be made easier by registering your presence at the Dearborn Inn.

USNA ALUMNUS AWARDED ALFRED P. SLOAN FELLOWSHIP I N EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Cdr. Harry C. Sipe, Jr., USN (Ret.) '43, has been awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for a full year's study in management at MIT starting in June 1963.

Sloan Fellowships are considered among the highest honors which can come to young men during their business careers. The Sloan Fellows, in their 30s, are carefully selected by MIT from a group of exceptionally able executives whose employers nominate them for admission to the program because they show marked promise of growth into positions of senior responsibility in the future.

CORRECTION

In the article about the Navy-Marine Residence Foundation (page 13 of April Shipmate) in the paragraph concerning "Plans" it was stated that "The building will include approximately 300 units, one third of which at least will be for widows." We have been informed recendy by the Foundation that it should be: ". . . two thirds of which at least will be for widows." (Italics added.)

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SC USN

RET ' 1 3 ) , 14 M a y ' 6 3 , Summit, N . J .

BALLARD, W I L L I A M

HEARD, JR. (LT SC USN

' 5 9 ) , 2 6 M a y ' 6 3 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

BENGSTON, ROBERT GLENN (LTJG USN ' 6 0 ) , 14 M o y ' 6 3 , a t s e a , USS RANGER, A . A . , South Pacific BRANDT, BUELL FROMIER (CDR USN RET ' 2 1 ) , 28 A p r . ' 6 3 , H u n t i n g t o n V a l l e y , P a .

BUTZ, JESSE SAMUEL COOPER ' 2 7 , 2 5 A p r . ' 6 3 , G a i n e s v i l l e , Fla. COPE, HARLEY FRANCIS (RADM USN RET ' 2 0 ) , 21 A p r . ' 6 3 , U S N H , P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a .

COWARD, JESSE GRANT (RADM USN RET ' 2 2 ) , 2 0 M a y ' 6 3 , B r a d e n t o n , Fla. H O W A R D , OTIS W . ' 0 7 , 1 9 6 2 , Long Beach, Calif.

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The recording covers a typical operation of a carrier from weighing anchor to the dropping of the hook and setting of pelican hooks. In between are recorded the sounds of launchings and recoveries of various types of planes, announcements by the "air boss," emergency landings, catapult operations, and helicopter operations.

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' 6 3 , Los A n g e l e s , Calif.

THOMAS, NEWELL EDWARD (CAPT USN ' 3 7 ) , 30 Apr. ' 6 3 , Kaufman, Tex.

Sec'y, Capt. Frederick L. Oliver, USN (Ret.), The Cleveland Honse, 2727 29th St., N.W., Washington 8, D. C. MANLEY

HALE

SIMONS

The sad news has been received of the death of our classmate, RAdm. MANLEY HALE SIMONS, USN (Ret.).

Tom, as he was affectionately known by his classmates, passed away on 15 May 1963, in the Camp Pendleton Hospital in southern California, aged 84. Services were held in Paradena.

He was born in Portiand, Me., a son of Medical Director Manley H. Simons, USN. Brought up in the Navy, he spent much of his childhood in Newport, R. I., where he became an accomplished sailor of small craft.

Like many of his classmates, Tom served at sea during the Spanish American War. After being graduated from the Naval Academy, he had a wide variety of duties ashore and afloat. Among his commands were the USS PANTHER, KROONLAND, M A L V I L L E , MILWAUKEE a n d CHICAGO.

Ashore, he had several tours of duty in the Bureau of Ordnance, and at one time he was Budget Officer of the Navy Department. At the time of his retirement in 1943 he had been Commandant of the Fifth Naval District for several years, prior to which he had been Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard.

For World War I service, Tom was awarded the Navy Cross and a commendation from the Secretary of War. In addition, he held numerous campaign medals.

Tom married Katherine, daughter of RAdm. Arthur Phillips Nazre, USN, an 1869 graduate of the Naval Academy. Since retirement, Tom and Katherine have made their home in San Marino, Calif. Katherine's present address there is 551 Greenwood Ave. He is survived by his widow, Katherine; two sons, RAdm. Manley Hale (Buff) Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.) '30, of 5506 Cromwell Dr., N.W., Washington, D. C , and Arthur E. Simons of Palo Alto, Calif.; and by two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.

Sec'y, RAdm. A. H. Van Kearen. USN (Ret.), 8013 Aberdeen Rd. Bethesda 14, Md. Please see page 14 for your Secretary's report of his tour of the U. S. Frigate CONSTELLATION.

Sec'y. VAdm. Alexander Sharp, USN (Ret.), 6306 Bannockbnm Dr. Bethesda. Md.

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Edna Rosaco DECKER, widow of Cdr. WALTER B. DECKER, USN (Ret.), passed away suddenly of a heart attack at her home in Norfolk, Va.

Funeral services were held in Norfolk with interment in Arlington National Ometery. Edna was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Rosaco of Pensacola, Fla., where her father was a prominent lumberman and where she made her debut and was Queen of the Mardi Gras in 1911.

She attended La Salle Seminary in Massachusetts and Agnes Scott College at Decatur, Ga. During her 30 years of residence in Norfolk she was active in the Woman's Auxiliary of the Navy TMCA and was a past president.

After the death of Cdr. Decker several years ago she became active in civic welfare work and other affairs and was beloved by all who knew her.

Survivors are: Mrs. William E. Ellis, wife of RAdm. William E. Ellis of Arlington, Va.; Mrs. Howard A. T. Sugg of McLean, Va.; Lt. (jg) William E. Ellis, USNR, now at Midway Island and a sister, Mrs. Louis R. Moore, wife of Capt.

L. R. Moore, USN (Ret.), of Pensacola, Fla. Edna will be missed by her many friends who loved her for her charming attributes and many activities in the helping of others in the Navy and in civic affairs.

Our classmate Cdr. ROBERT V. LOWE, USN (Ret.), who died in April 1962 in California, was re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery on 23 May 1963. His widow, Helen Von Brunt Lowe, lives in Los Angeles at their previous address, 932 Tiverton Ave.

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OTIS W. HOWARD, grandson of a leading general at the Batde of Gettysburg, died recendy in Long Beach. A non-graduate member of 1907, he was 38 years in the Naval Reserve, including active service in WW I, and membership in President Hoover's commission for the relief of Belgium. He is survived by his widow, 2 daughters and a son, Cdr. George Howard, USN (Ret.).

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Phoebe Walker Dunn, widow of C. A. DUNN, died in this area on 22 April and was buried in Arlington on 25 April. Vincent Nichols, widow of N. L. NICHOLS, died in Baltimore on 24 April and was buried in Annapolis. Sarah H .

McKinney, widow of BOOTH McKINNEY, died in Richmond on 16 May and was buried in Petersburg, Va. During March CAP and Hazel BEMIS made a tour down one side of Florida and up the other, seeing numerous friends on the way, including some up from their former habitat in South America. The monotony of driving was relieved when they left their car and flew to Nassau for a few days.

On 24 April Louise BRUCE gave a very pleasant party and buffet supper at Alumni House in Annapolis for friends in that area and from Washington.

IRVING H. MAYFIELD is reported to have gone to the San Diego Naval Hospital to have an aneurysm patched up, but fortunately found that some less vital gadget had been making the trouble. He now looks fine, according to JOCK ABBETT, our informant.

Our dwindling numbers make it harder to keep informed about those still living, for the chance of any 2 being close enough to report on one another's disability or death grows less and less.

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has news of any more-or-less isolated USNA graduate, they send it in to the appropriate class secretary. Even if he has it already, you lose nothing but a postage stamp!

Sec'y, RAdm. Edward J. Foy, USN (Ret.) Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D. C. SELAH M. LA BOUNTY I am deeply sorry to report the death of our classmate, Capt. SELAH M. (SAM) LA BOUNTY, USN (Ret.), which occurred at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on 15 May. He died peacefully in his sleep. I quote, in part, a letter from a family friend. Capt. Max Welborn: "At the request of Mayo Brothers, an autopsy is being performed as they had done a most unusual operation on his heart and circulatory system 4 years ago. The body is to be cremated and his ashes committed to the deep by a destroyer leader, 20 May. It is the wish of both Sam and Mrs. La Bounty that no flowers be sent. Instead they would like any contributions made to the Naval Academy Foundation."

I have expressed the condolences of the class to Mrs. La Bounty and am sending a contribution to the Naval Academy Foundation, as suggested.

As this is being written I am receiving replies to the notices sent out the 1st of May regarding the 55th anniversary luncheon to be held here on 6 June. To date about Vi of those addressed have replied, regrets running 3 to 1 over acceptances.

A number of regrets contain checks for the class fund, I am happy to say, although this is definitely not (repeat not) a dun, as I think we have enough "to get by with" (if you get what I mean).

SQUIDGE BEARDALL writes me from Winter Park, Fla., that REG and Elsa KAUFFMAN spent 3 months there last winter. BILL BRERETON was there for 2 weeks and the RUFUS KINGs for a few days. I'm sorry the Beardalls cannot make the luncheon, but am hoping to see them here later on in the summer. I am not expecting many on the 6th as most would have long trips to get here for what might be called an "informal interim get-together," but there will be enough to mark the occasion, which, incidentally, will be history by the time this is read. I wish you all could come!

A letter from Mrs. Evan Smith, whose husband was engaged in writing CHINK LEE's biography before his sudden death a couple of months ago, thanks all those in the class who were helpful to him in his work. It has not been decided just what is to be done with the mass of information he collected for his book.

H. SMITH RICHARDSON, SR. (DICK). It appears to be never too late for an alumnus of 1908 to have honors heaped upon him! My information, from an associate of H. Smith Richardson, Sr., retired Chairman of the Board of the Richardson-Merrell Corp. and a popular member of our class, is that he recendy rendered some help to the Naval Academy in connection with the Academy's Foreign Affairs Conference. What follows are (1) an excerpt from the Superintendent's letter of appreciation, under date of 3 May, and (2) a commission the likes of which you have never seen. We join in congratulations to the newest admiral of 1908!

"And now, Mr. Richardson, please let us go back to some days I have looked into back in 1904-06. Frankly, this was before my own birth in 1907 but I find the records of the Naval Academy are fairly complete. First, there was the notice sent to your home in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, and dated 9 April 1904. Herein you were notified to report to the Naval Academy at 9 a.m. on 21 June 1904. And then on 5 June 38

1904 I note you were sworn in as a midshipman in the United States Navy. You must have had some great days as a plebe as they did in my day and as the plebes still experience—this, even though many, many changes in plebe indoctrination have taken place—all for the better, I hope!

I noted too, that later, in March 1906, the record shows that Midshipman Richardson, H. S., Third Class, U. S. Naval Academy, was in trouble.

Mainly, it appears that there were two separate excursions outside of academic limits—probably over the wall a night or two, and finally the young Third Classman left us here;—went back to Carolina and on to the many, many great things you have done. I can say with some authority that should you reapply at this particular institution we would be delighted to consider reinstatement. The wall is still here—sometimes midshipmen still use it in the dark of night— and some o^them don't get caught. But we continue to produce some of the world's finest naval officers—wall or no wall.

"A?ain, we are deeply grateful for your tremendous assistance. To us this is still your Alma Mater and we count you as a distinguished alumnus. In keeping with this I am forwarding with this letter a certificate making you an Honorary Admiral of die United States Naval Academy. It is a long time since those unfortunate days in 1906 but I'm mighty happy that you finally made the grade. I hope this small token will be ever a pleasant reminder of our high esteem and the gratitude of the entire Brigade of Midshipmen."

The certificate reads as follows: UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY To all sailors wherever ye may be, and to all mermaids, whales, sea serpents and other living creatures of the sea GREETINGS: know ye that H. SMITH RICHARDSON through his willing, earnest, and unselfish interest in the Brigade of Midshipmen has contributed substantially to the accomplishment of the mission of the United States Naval Academy and has proven himself a hearty mariner and worthy shipmate, by virtue of which he is hereby appointed an HONORARY ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY to serve from the twenty-seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three C.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. Anderson Chenault DEARING I received a newspaper clipping from HENRY SETTLE giving details of the death of Margaret's and Chenault's only son, Anderson Chenault Dearing on 21 April 1963, in Louisville, Ky. He died of a heart attack at his home in Louisville.

He was an executive of the First National Lincoln Bank and the Kentucky Trust Company. He had been with the 2 banks since 1934. He was prominent in civic affairs in Louisville. He was graduated magna cum laude at Harvard in 1934 where he was a member of the swimming team.

He was president of the Harvard Club of Kentucky, 1st vice president of the Kentucky Society for Crippled Children at the time of his death, and a member of many organizations and clubs in Louisville. He marked his 50th birthday this last 11 of April. During World War II he served in the Marine Corps, being discharged as a major in 1946.

He is survived by his widow, a daughter, and 2 sons (one named Anderson Chenault Dearing, III) and his mother, Margaret Swearingen Curd Dearing, who lives at 478 Lightfoot Road, Louisville. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, where his father is buried.

Chenault was retired from the Marine Corps 1 January 1935 with the rank of major, and died 7 January 1936 in Louisville. Henry Settle and Chenault were roommates 2nd class and 1st class years.

Marguerite SPALDING I deeply regret to report the death of Ralph's wife. Marguerite, at the Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla., on 6 May 1963. She had been in poor health for some time. Ralph and Marguerite Aikin Brown were married in Key West in 1912.

Their only child, Ralph David Spalding, Jr., was killed on 14 January 1945, while piloting a bomber leaving French Morocco, by a sabotage bomb.

Funeral services were held on 10 May at the Fort Myer Chapel followed by burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Classmates acted as honorary pallbearers. Ralph and Marguerite had lived for many years at 721 Waddell Ave., Key West.

CLASS LUNCHEONS The April luncheon was held on the 16th at the Army-Navy Club; present: Braisted, Coman, Glennon, Hustvedt, McCauley, Piatt, Robertson, Train, Williams and Admiral Tarrant.

The May luncheon, which is the one to which wives and widows are invited, was held at Alumni House on the 21st. Present: Howard and Lari Benson, Frank and Margaret Braisted, Levin and Lucille Campbell, Betty Davis, Bill and Anne Farrell, Dave and Mildred Hedrick, Husty and Irene Hustvedt, Charles unA Isabel Maddox, Jim Maloney, May Moses, and her daughter, Mary, Chester and Helen Roberts and their daughter, Alice Rice, Bobby and Lamella Robertson, Poco and Betty Smith, Fay Stuart, Harold and May Train, and Raleigh Williams.

ALAN KIRK. Alan resigned his Ambassadorship to the Republic of China for "medical reasons" and the President accepted his resignation as of 27 April 1963. On 18 May 1962 President Kennedy announced Alan's selection as ambassador, so he was able to serve as ambassador only a short time.

EARLE M C L A R E N . Had a fine letter from Earle telling me that on 24 April 5 classmates, Duke Applewhite, Duff Miller, Bob Mooney, Bob White and Earle McLaren, got togetiner for lunch at the Hotel Biltmore, downtown Los Angeles.

Earle was responsible for getting them together and made all arrangements. Said that all enjoyed themselves; all older, of course; both Duff and Earle had heart attacks last year, but all right now. Bob White claimed to be the oldest present and is still very active in business in his native Bakersfield.

JACK T H I E S E N . I received a very fine letter from Jack recendy. I quote part of this letter: "Mary and I celebrated our Golden Wedding Anniversary on the 9th of November 1962. Our 4 children (all married) honored us with quite a luxurious party, which, fortunately, was attended by a rather large number of those who were present at our wedding in Adanta on the 9th of November 1912. Our 9 grandchildren add^d to the gayety of the occasion, and, for some unknown reason, the youngsters were modesdy quiet—due to the guidance, perhaps, of the older ones in the group."

BEN TILLEY. Kristin Elizabeth Westholm, daughter of Capt. Rollin Everton Westholm, USNA '34, and Mrs. Westiiolm (the former Beth Tilley), will be married to Mr. John Henry Glover on Saturday, 15 June at St. Anne's Church, Annapolis. She is the granddaughter of Ben. HAROLD TRAIN. A daughter, Susan Hannan Flynn, was born on 19 April 1963 in Rochester, SHIPMATE

N. Y., to Mr. John Robert Flynn and his wife, Jane Train Flynn. Susan is their 5th child and only girl. The young lady is the 14th grandchild of May and Harold.

Capt. and Mrs. Amos Townsend Hathaway announce the marriage of their daughter, Joan Langdon, to Mr. Conrad Batchelder, Jr., on 17 May 1963 in Arlington, Va. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Batchelder, Sr., of Taylor, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. Joan is the oldest granddaughter of May and Harold.

CLIFF VAN HOOK. Prudence Evans Howard, the daughter of Capt. Hugh Wyman Howard, USN (Ret.) '37, and Mrs. Howard (the former Helen Van Hook), was married to Mr. Peter Alan Henderson on Saturday, 25 May 1963 at the Meeting House Hill Church, South Portland, Me. She is Cliff's granddaughter.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore. USN 725 West Boulevard. Kokomo, Ind. (Ret.), 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase 15, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey O. Thomas BYRNE, Capt. JOHN A. Nice note from Tim at his home, TLc Anchorage, Kilmarnock, Va.— down where the Rappahannock flows into the Chesapeake. Says nice things, but does not want to be quoted.

CLAY, Capt. ALFRED T. Nice to hear from Henry. Writing is a bit difficult for him, and his modesty makes him add a "not for publication."

GRAY, Radm. A. H. SKATE LUCKEL reports the Grays' party for their 30th wedding anniversary. It was co-incident with the election of Elizabeth to the school board. And the MOOREs were in town.

KING, Mrs. SAMUEL W. RED REINICKE reports meeting an ex-Lieut. Governor of Hawaii at a NY alumni meeting, friend of the Kings.

He gave an excellent account of Pauline. Said she was doing well and is as spry as ever.

KURFESS, Cdr. W. FRED, USNR. Your reporter was pleased to get a letter from Fred— 1911—about the deadi of TOM NICHOLSON. They were great friends and with comparable Navy careers. Fred is a retired big shot of Inland Steel, living in Santa Barbara.

LUCKEL, Capt. FRANK. A very handsome engraved invitation "requests the pleasure, etc." at a KT party on 28 May. That will be long past as this is read. It would have been great to have been there. Frank and Gladys joined in a round robin note to your reporter—and thus to all of 1910—from a luncheon party at Fanny SHERMAN'S house in honor of Charlie and Anna Louise Moore.

MOORE, RAdm. CHARLES J. With Charlie's permission, we will send a copy of his account of their visit to the West Coast. They contacted in person or by phone every 1910er, regular or associate, west of the Mississippi from BILL NICHOLAS in Tucson to Peg NICHOLSON in Oklahoma City—and sight-saw Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, besides.

POWNALL, VAdm. CHARLES A. A copy of Baldy's most interesting letter from Rome will be included with the Moores'. The Pownalls and the BEARYs have done Spain and will reach Geneva on 24 May. Will see the FLANIGANs— depending on how PAT is. He had a bit of pump trouble at Easter time and was still hospitalized.

They saw Louise (Mrs. LAWRENCE) REIFSNIDER in Madrid. Due back in New York about 12 June. Expect to attend the Golden (50th) Wedding Anniversary of JOHN and Virginia SMITH in Rosemont, Pa. The Smiths both were members of the Pownall wedding party OVER 50 years ago.

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TRA"iT^OR, Mrs. FRANCIS P. Evelyn spent Easter at the Biltmore in Goleta (Santa Barbara) but rushed back to Coronado to meet the Moores.

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she plans a fall and see the Taj Mahal." to POP GILLAM on less traveling—travel —remember ?

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winter cruise to India "to Your reporter referred her how to see the sights with folders and an easy chair

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

Annabelle and GEORGE McMILLIN were in Washington during April visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Capt. W. P. Mack, USN '37, and Ruth. They saw friends and classmates in a round of parties given for them. Annabelle has made a fine recovery from her illness of last year and George, as usual, was going strong. While East he will attend the Red Cross convention in Philadelphia as a representative of the Long Beach Chapter.

GLENN HOWELL is in the hospital at Bremerton where he has been since January with a case of detached retinas. He is recovering nicely and expects to be back in Boise doing his regular broadcasting work in June. His address is 909 Fort St., Boise, Idaho.

ROGER PAINE made one of his infrequent visits to Washington where he held forth at the charming residence of his son-in-law and daughter, Margaret (the William G. Whytes). Roger was in excellent spirits and appeared in good shape physically.

On 20 April the CHANDLERs had their fri;nds in to meet Miss Mae Mallory Spence, the fiance of their grandson, Lt. William Morris Krulak, USMC '62. Miss Spence will graduate from Goucher College, Baltimore, this year and will be the first to be married in the new chapel of the college.

Capt. Charles R. Chandler, USN '37, and family are headed for Japan where Charlie will be on duty at Yokosuka.

Amy Chandler, with her daughter Amy Krulak, is flying to the West Coast to attend the ordination of her grandson, Victor Harold Krulak, Jr., as a deacon in the Protestant Church. He is a member of the USNA Class of 1959. (Large and busy family, these Chandlers!)

CARLOS BAILEY came through Washington in April on his way home from Florida. He has 20-20 vision in the eye from which a cataract had been removed and is again enjoying reading books, a pleasure he had sorely missed for several years. He does not plan to have an operation on the other eye.

BIERI's son David and family were in a serious automobile accident while on the way to Washington in April. Elsie and BERNHARD are near Buffalo, N. Y., looking after the grandchildren and David, who was discharged from the hospital at the end of April. Eva, the daughter-in-law, will be moved to a hospital nearer home. Progress reports are favorable.

JOHN and Esther MAGRUDER were in Washington in May, both in fine health and spirits.

The HINCKLEYs, with a group of friends, are leaving Washington in June for a 2-month tour of Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland and Russia.

The BYRNEs are off to New England for 2 months, or until alterations to their home are completed.

FRANK CRAVEN reports that the entire Jamestown contingent of 1911—in fact, the NewportJamestown contingent—is in good shape and enjoying golf on their "cow pasture" course, as they did in every month of the winter which was mild with little snow.

BOB and Mary GRIFFIN visited Bob Jr. and family in Providence where Bob is a member of a city planning consultant firm. They rented a cottage for August in Little Compton, R. I., and expect to have Bob and Mary Alice and children, 6 and 4, as guests.

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The May class luncheon was held on the 13th, as the 11th fell on a Saturday. Present: Foster, Cygon, Reynolds, Loftin, Byrnes, Chandler, Hinckley and Zimmermann.

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

By the time you receive this copy of Shipmate our president will have concluded the agreement with the Superintendent to establish a permanent fund for the yearly award of a watch to the 1st class midshipman who stands 1 in English. The money is in hand (21 May). The response of the class to the request for support has been excellent. Many, who were not in favor of a permanent fund, have nevertheless joined the majority of the class who so voted.

The class will be sad to hear that "SCO" SCOFIELD passed away recently. MAMMY received a telegram from Harold Jr. with a short notification. We have sent Harold the condolences of the class and have asked for a concise account of Sco's career. Interment was in Howell, Mich.

HEINE GOOD remrned from Honolulu and is now in Bethesda for a series of treatments for infection of the lungs.

JACK BARON writes that he and his wife have recently (30 April) returned from 2 months in south Europe. Jack was returning to the scenes of his youth ('15 and '16).

Mammy spent a few days recently in Norfolk with the local chapter of the Navy League, visiting Naval Activities. The disturbing part of the trip is that he is just recovering from a repair operation to his side.

No word has been received from Barbara and JOHN FALGE since their deparmre for Baja Calif. No doubt they are back in Frisco by this time.

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

JAMES EMMET BRENNER Capt. JAMES EMMET BRENNER (JIM, SOPH), USN (Ret.), passed away on 26 April at Palo Alto, Calif. Private services were held there on 27 April, with interment in the Service Cemetery on Pt. Loma, San Diego, Calif. RED RUBLE arranged for class flowers to be sent to Palo Alto, and LLOYD and Edith GRAY represented 1913 at the services at Pt. Loma. Mrs. Brenner writes that Jim was always loyal to the Navy and to his 1913 classmates, and asked that her deep appreciation be given to all for the many expressions of sympathy and for the beautiful class flowers.

After graduation Jim served through World War I and retired as LCdr. in 1921 for disability incurred in time of war. In 1941 he was recalled to active duty during World War II and served until 1946 when he was released to inactive duty as a Captain, USN. He was born at Mt. Ayr, Ind., 10 November 1889. He was married to Florence M. Marshall of Rennselear, Ind., on 12 September 1914. He leaves his widow, 2 sons and 6 grandchildren.

In 1927 he graduated from Stanford University law school with the degree of "Juris Doctor" and was awarded the Order of the Coif. Remaining as a member of the faculty, his ability was soon recognized and somewhat later the State Bar of California asked for him to be its executive secretary to organize the work on an efficient basis. He was given a year's leave of absence from Stanford and was most successful in this work. After returning to Stanford he was made associate professor, and in 1936 professor of law. In recent years he has developed and directed both the placement service and the Stanford Law School

Fund. Upon his retirement in 1955 he was given a testimonial in the Stanford Law Review in which it was stated: "Few men are blessed with such a host of personal and professional friends.

Professor Brenner performed many tasks and all agree that he performed them with distinction."

The James E. Brenner Memorial Fund has now been started at Stanford Law School and will welcome contributions at Palo Alto.

CHARLES LINNELL AUSTIN RAdm. CHARLES LINNELL AUSTIN (CHUB), SC USN (Ret.), passed away on 14 May at Short Hills, N. J. Memorial services were held in Christ Episcopal Church, Short Hills, on 18 May, and he was interred in the church courtyard.

Chub was born 28 October 1891 in Moorestown, N. J. He was married to Marjorie Stout of New York City on 1 June 1920. He leaves his widow, 3 married daughters and 15 grandchildren; also a brother, RAdm. L. B. Austin, USN (Ret.) '17, of Washington, D. C. Our class was well represented by Abbott, Cassard and Thebaud; the latter had known him very well before either entered the Academy.

He graduated from Germantown Academy, Philadelphia, in 1909 and then entered and graduated with 1913 USNA. Our 1913 Lucky Bag says, "Chub believes the most completely lost of all days is the one in which we have not laughed.

His ability to smile and to make others smile has won him a friend in every man who knows him."

After graduation he could not get a USN commission because of the "color test." (8-10 of our graduates were in the same fix, or for "hearing," etc. 1 ought to know; 1 was one of them. PDS.) He then became a 2nd Lt. Army, for about 2 years, but in 1915 transferred to the Supply Corps, USN. He served loyally and well through both WW I and WW II, with duty at various times in Scoriand and London; the Naval Academy, Pensacola, BuSandA, Washington, Fleet Air Base, Pearl Harbor, Torpedo Station, R. I., on submarines, cruisers and batdeships; and on the staffs of Adms. King and Turner. In January 1947 he was appointed dean of the Navy Supply Corps School, Bayonne, N. J., until he retired 1 June 1953 to accept a position as an officer with the headquarters of Isthmian SS Co., New York.

He retired from this position a couple of years ago and joined the Manpower Development Co. in New York.

Chub never quit trying to help others, and was always most active in his church. His rector said at his final services, "A servant of God, a loyal churchman, a patriot, a vestryman of this parish, one of its ushers, a Sidesman, an advisor to the Crucifier's Guild, a friend in need for those of Ivy Haven, and a valued worker in the Diocese."

The service was conducted by the bishop of the diocese of Newark, and a RAdm. of the USN Supply Corps was in attendance to show their feeling for him. It was requested that contributions be sent to the Bishop Stark Discretionary Fund, 24 Rector St.. Newark, N. J., in lieu of flowers.

Since last reporting, contributions to our class fund were received from SEARLES, SEIBERT and WALLACE. Thanks from 1913.

Change of Address: CLARKSON—Has sold his home and moved into the Mayfair, Apt. 301, 1220 N. McCuUough Ave., San Antonio, Tex. Attending our D. C. class luncheon on 13 May were Abbott, Helmick, Doug Jones, Jupp, Lee, Miller, and Sleeper. We were delighted to greet MAC MILLER who seems to be in the pink.

CRISP tells me they will surely be at our 50th.

That will be great, FRED. DUDLEY reports—"Back in New Hampshire on our farm and busy. Had tine trip."

HATCH—"All on West Coast were unhappy SHIPMATE

about losing JIM BRENNER. He was an outstanding classmate."

HAZELTINE—Received cards from Monte Carlo, Vienna and Holland. "Having fine trip.

Expect to be home in June."

HILL—"Visiting in Alabama for about 2 weeks.

Our best to all."

BUCK JONES—"Believe I will be a member of Army-Navy Club in D. C. 50 years in 1964, and then join the Golden Circle and no more dues."

QUINLAN—"Will be at my cabin in Nederland, Colo., until I leave for our 30th. Tell all to stop to see me if they get anywhere near."

ROBINSON—"On trip to Pacific northwest, found DOC LEE in fine fettle and headed for the golf course at 8 A.M." SHINE—"We are planning to be at our 50th."

Also received notes or cards from Ard, Babbitt, Clarke, Clarkson, Dale, Dillingham, Donahue, DuBose, Gray, Grayson, Hudson, Hunt, Leighton, Loynachan, Masek, McGuire, McCawley, Ruble, Seibert, Todd, Thurston, Thebaud, Woodside and Zemke.

Best wishes, good luck, and do hope to see you all at our 50th.

PAUL

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Maury, USN (Ret.) 208 Prince George St., Annapolis. Md. West Coast Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.). 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, Calif.

RUSS and Jennie Belle PERRY are now spending three months travelling through Europe, three weeks of which will be in the general area of Vienna. They sailed from New York on the S.S. INDEPENDENCE on Wednesday, 22 May. Just before he left I gave him the names of three attractive Navy Belles who are sailing together on the same ship. Thev are Betty BROWN, widow of LEON F. BROWN 1916, Lotta Lee Riley, stepdaughter of NINO GREGORY, 1917 and Kitty VANZANT, widow of RALSTON B. VANZANT 1921. As you will notice at the head of the 1916 column of Shipmate Betty Brown is their Oirresponding Secretary. Incidentally, the JACK STONEs gave these pretty gals a Going Away Party just before they left Annapolis for the approaching trip abroad.

ARTHUR (alias GRACIE) WILLS sent me a copy of the spring issue of the Compass, a magazine which is published in New York and of which he is Editor. In this particular issue there is a very interesting and descriptive story entitled Chesapeake Bay Country by Arthur E. Wills. It contains not only historic information relating to this area of the country but also a modernistic touch of what it is like at the present time. The photography is excellent, some of which includes various places of interest in Annapolis and the Naval Academy.

ED PALMER is now back home in Sioux City after having spent most of the terrific winter in Mexico at a most enjoyable winter resort about eighty miles northeast of Mexico City. He and Dorothy have been going to this spot a number of times during recent years and have made a great many friends there who also make it their "retreat" at that time of the year. Ed gave me the good news that he and Dorothy will not only be present here for the Fiftieth in sixty-four but will also be in Annapolis for this year's Homecoming Weekend.

I heard from DEAC HANS recendy in which he stated that he still sticks to his usual Dawn Patrol on the golf links, teeing ofl his first ball shordy before sunrise each day. He never gives me his score for the eighteen holes but his score for the nineteenth is usually self explanatory!

Hazel and I were pleasandy surprised a short time ago when JOHNNY HALE and Lucy dropped by to pay us a call which we enjoyed very much. Both of them seemed to be very well JUNE-JULY,

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in spite of the fact that the two of them had not been too well a few months ago.

As of this date, 22 May, the answers to my questionnaire are still coming in and by the time you read this column in Shipmate you probably will have already received my comments, which I am putting in our next Bulletin. Incidentally, the Bulletin will contain a statement from me correcting a mistake I made regarding dates. The date for the beginning of our Fiftieth Reunion should have been Thursday, 24 September 1964 instead of the 22nd. The other dates should be changed accordingly. Believe it or not, no one in the class has, up to this moment, discovered my blunder, or if they did they were too polite to say so!

BERESFORD and Agnes WALLER had a most enjoyable visit on the West Coast during the spring and many of our classmates in that area had the great pleasure of seeing them while they were there visiting around. I believe they are now back at their home in Manchester, Mass.

"PENNUCKS" PENNOYER has returned to his home in Pensacola after having indulged in a fine bird watching tour around the Vera Cruz area of Mexico.

Before closing I would like to acknowledge receipt of generous checks for our class funds from PINKY POWERS and "PENNUCKS" PENNOYER. A TOAST TO THE BEST OF THEM ALL, FOURTEEN. BOB

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Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D. Stmble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, Md. Asst. Sec'y, LC^en. P. A. del VaUe, USMC (Ret.), 41 ComhUI St., Annapolis, Md.

A ceremony commemorating the late RAdm. FORREST BETTON ROYAL was held at die Staten Island Academy, Staten Island, N. Y., on the afternoon of 15 May 1963. Admiral Royal had been a former student of the academy.

A splendid address covering the naval operations in which Admiral Royal had participated during the Philippine campaign was made by Commander James Clute, Senior Master of the Upper School, and a former skipper of the FORREST ROYAL.

Mrs. Royal had provided the 2-star flag which Admiral Royal had flown in the Philippine campaign. The flag was presented to the school by Captain A. L. Becker, USN, Chief of Staff of the Third Naval District. Dr. Harvey MacArthur, headmaster of the academy, made the acceptance speech. A Navy band participated in the ceremony. Two classmates, CLAUDE VICKREY and ARTHUR STRUBLE, attended.

SAM JENKINS writes that he missed TULLY SHELLEY in London last January, but had a real IKE SCHLOSSBACH trip by auto tiirough the snow and ice of southern France and northern Spain on the way to Torremolinos where he will be for about a year.

Heather HUTCHINSON has left for 4 months in England, after compiling the questionnaire answers to date. Keep the answers coming in.

A bulletin and also a class address book were mailed from Washington on 18 May.

a very colorful Navy career. After retirement in 1941 he was the author of many articles, some published in the Naval Institute.

He worked tirelessly helping others, i.e., American Red Cross, Boy Scouts, American Rose Society, Virginia Rose Society, and was vestryman of Grace Episcopal Church. He is survived by his widow, son and 3 grandchildren, all of Yorktown.

On 20 April Charlene Halpine Hill (daughter of GRAHAM and Helen HALPINE) was married to Capt. Richard B. Derickson, Class of 1933, in St. Anne's Church, Annapolis. After the ceremony there was a lovely reception in the Halpine home, attended by many of the Class of 1916 and friends and neighbors.

The bride and groom will live in Annapolis where Capt. Derickson is on duty.

WEST COAST ACTIVITIES BUNNY COCHRANE BERT and Marie RODGERS are now proud possessors of an abode in Coronado—that community where News Week recendy had a field day and kicked up no litde commotion in the colorful city. But of even greater import to them, Michael Martin Casey arrived on this earth on 10 April. The parents are Mike Casey '43 and Betty. They have 2 girls and now a son to carry on the traditions of the Casey family. Congratulations to all; grandparents Bert and Marie are sure a happy pair.

Our congratulations to SLEUTH HOLMES on his book From New Spain to the Californias 1519-1668. The publishers. The Arthur H. Clark Co., Glendale 4, Calif. Sleuth's book, an unusual historical study, won him his Ph.D. As previously noted: RED KEADY's batde to retain the chairmanship of the board of Brown Co. of Berlin, N. H., has been concluded with Red in the driver's seat. Nice going. Red. The San Diego '16-'17ers held their April luncheon at the Marine Club Recruit Depot on the \6th with 16 attending. The usual schedule of events followed with the Prelims opening the fracus. The celebrants of that phase: Sleuth Holmes, whose interesting book caused most favorable comm-it and Congrats; GLOOM BATEMAN, whose 60-odd mile trek to and from the sessions do not hold him back, for which we are glad; and FRED HAEBERLE, whose efforts to attend our functions are greatly appreciated.

We were sorry to note the "Binnacle" list this month and certainly hope it will be eliminated in our next report: JOHN BARTHOLDI and PHIL WARREN were in the hospital with heart attacks.

Both are reported to be doing well and should be back on duty come the June festival. Dolly LOVENTHAL was recendy operated on at the Donald Sharp Hospital, and is now home well along the road to recovery. DUKE CARRINGTON is recovering from pneumonia, now home with Irma his nurse and dietitian. The LIL HERNDONs and the HOOK JENKINSes were off on forays —the Herndons to Tucson and the Jenkinses to the High Desert.

Plans were completed for the June festival at North Island. And thus.

Hasta luego, amigos.

RIP

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

San Diego 3, Calif.

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E. HERNDON JENKINS It is with deep regret that we report the death of "Billiken" (Col. E. HERNDON) JENKINS, on 24 April in Yorktown. Colonel Jenkins had

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

The '16-'17 April luncheon was held at A&N Club, Wash'n, on the 18th. Attending were: Len Austin, Walt Calhoun, Frank Dean, Earny Earnhardt, Bill Fechteler, Joe Gregory, Hot Hanafee, Jack Jenkins, Pete Merwin, Pete Small, Jack Stone and Dutch Wynkoop. EDDIE BRADY and JIM STEELE were in New York and CHUCK KELLY was planting his garden—some, perhaps all, of the worthiest sdill work.

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Your yeoman can't write legibly so somehow in the April Shipmate "a little 46th reunion" became a "lieute 47th." Better change the brand and vintage. To avoid this in the future he obtained a superb typewriter from which the results are even more obscure.

We received a sweet letter from Elsie ELY which is given in its entirety: "Dear classmates: "It is impossible to tell you how very much I appreciate all you did for Harold. He is more than pleased, I know, and must be thinking you are all the wonderful men he knew you all to be.

"I'm very grateful for the lovely flowers and mosdy for the tribute you all paid him by your presence in Arlington.

"It's good, too, to know that he enjoyed the 45 th reunion last October. He always counted on going to that one, and always enjoyed being with his classmates.

"Thank you all again. I am very grateful to all of you. Sincerely, Elsie B. Ely." PARK—PI galloped into Crabtown on his bronco, pulled it up on its haunches, and settled down for a quiet couple of days with NINO. It seems that Pi wanted to see Baltimore play the Yankees or Rotarians or somebody.

On 25 May the KELLYs gave a party at the Officers' Club and the CALHOUNs and NOBLEs came down from Washington.

At this writing, 10 May, it seems that '19 is having its 45th reunion and King Dierdorff is standing outside of Alumni House rubbing his hands and smacking his lips over the amount of space he will require in this issue. '17 cheerfully concedes.

But it seems like '19 must take up some of our space as NINO POST, who PG'd with diem, dropped by 248—looking very and feeling very fit—for an all too short visit. He expects to be down for Homecoming 28 September and Wm. and Mary game. It seems that there will be a party for '17 after the game—at 248—so those within reach of it do get tickets. Also try to be at the Alumni gathering on Friday night. Any widows wanting tickets for Wm. and Mary, let Jack know early—they will be for free. Same, but bigger after Pitt game on 26 October.

WARREN—PHIL is in Camp Pendleton Hospital with a small heart flare up. He will be there for a limited rest. Up and at 'em, Phil!

GREGORY—NINO has left for NY to see his daughter, Carlotta, and Betty Brown '16 off for a Mediterranean cruise and then he is off to the West Coast.

On 21 May many of the class were at 248 for a surprise party for Bernardine; down from Wash'n were the Bradys, Hoeffels, Nobles and Smalls, also Betty Murphy, Betty Price and Elise Skylstead, as well as the local boys and girls.

The occasion: her 39th birthday.

Don't forget the Pitt game!

With love and good cheer, JACK

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

CUSHMAN

Estelle CUSHMAN died suddenly on 22 April of a heart attack at her Natick, Mass., home.

Graveside services were held in Arlington on 25 April where we said "Farewell" only last 9 November to Estelle's beloved "Cush." The Cushman family pastor. Rev. James E. Turner, of Sherborn, Mass., read the last rites. Son, Cdr. Charles H. Cushman, Jr., his charming wife, daughter, Miss Jean Cushman, several family friends, SETTLE, Grace and Val SCHAEFFER and TARBUTTON attended.

The Cushmans and Setdes were good friends in Shanghai in the mid-30's when Cush was supervising naval constructor there. Tex writes, "They were stalwart leaders of the American community and splendid United States representatives."

Jean wrot- gracious notes to GEORGE DYER and me thanking the class for its kindnesses and flowers. She is doing college work in Boston and will continue for the time being in Natick. Charles Jr. is enroute to Scotland as executive officer of the new Polaris submarine tender HDNLEY. Of them Tex says, "They are fine youngsters. I was proud of them as class juniors." They share with '19 the memories of a fine mother and father.

WALTER and Eleanor ANSEL smoothly inserted '19's 45-year reunion into orbit with their much-appreciated welcoming party, 12-? on Friday, 10 May, at their farm "Gavea" and we main-

tained a delightful weightlessness for the next 2 days. In addition to classmates, they had invited all of our old-time professors available and their wives. These included Prof, and Mrs. Herman Krafft, Mrs. Carroll S. Alden, Senior Prof. Jim Galloway and his Ellen, Prof. Bill and Ann Farrell, Prof. John C. Gray, Assoc. Prof. Louis H. Mang and Assoc. Prof, and Mrs. Frank J. Sazama.

LCdr. Bill Jupp '13, our old-time D. O., was there to help Walter maintain order. And Doc Snyder, a spry 86, stood by in case any of the boys developed charley-horses. The class secretary has taken under advisement Walter's complaint that "Bowser," the Ansels' pooch, did not receive his '19 name tag.

The accompanying photograph was taken Friday evening at "Simmerdown" at the beautiful party given joindy by the GEORGE DYERs and the TOM WYNKOOPs. The much-appreciated corsages and boutonnieres presented there were gifts of HARRY and Kathryn GOODWIN. Saturday's luncheons at the Academy Officers' Club were preceded bv a social hour also given by the Harry Goodwins. The "boy" luncheon was followed by an interesting business meeting where the question of a 50-year Lucky Bag was extensively discussed. It is expected that later editorial and financial committees will explore the feasibility and desirability of this admittedly heavy undertaking.

Saturday night's buffet dinner in Carvel's Severn Room was preceded by a cocktail party. This pleasant affair was enhanced by the varied assortment of beautiful orchids just flown in from Pat KIERNAN in Florida. Their exquisite variety enabled each girl to select one to match her gown.

A combination of circumstances aided in making the dinner a great success; the excellent menu selected by Adaline Dyer last January, the 3 cases of Mumm's champagne provided by Pat Kiernan and the 5-piece orchestra sponsored by the Dyers, the Demarests and Nell Stevens. It concentrated on familiar "oldies" and was augmented from time to rime by Nell Stevens and TUBBY READ on the piano. Shades of Professor Bell! Even DIERDORFF thought he could dance! ("General" LEE please note). Pat Kiernan's long distance call of greeting from "Kinsale," her Stuart, Fla., estate, accentuated our regret that she wasn't with us.

There were reserved pews in Chapel for the 8 a.m. Mass on Sunday and the 10:30 Protestant

Photo by M. E. PARTY AT "SIMMERDOWN," 42

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10 May, given jointly by the George Dyers and the Tom Wynkoops during '19's 45-year reunion.

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service. Rear Admiral C. C. Kirkpatrick '31, the Superintendent, had most graciously had them marked with beautiful yellow chrysanthemums with blue and gold ribbons. After the service he and Chaplain James W. Kelly had them sent to the -Alumni House to grace our farewell luncheon.

Sighted at some or all of the events were Beany and Irene Adams, Dotty Allen from Coronado, Jo-Jo and Marian Anderson of San Mateo, the Walter .\nsels and Freddy and Sara Beltz from Bradenton, Fla.; the Win Brooks from Atlanta, Miriam Bryant, the Bill Callaghans and the Dave Clarks from Virginia Beach; the Yen Coneys, the Dick Crawfords of Port Royal, Pa., Maud Crichton and Shorty and Kathleen Day from Dunedin, Fla.; the Demarests, Dierdorffs and Dyers; the Bill Fergusons from St. Louis; the Carl Finks, Ed and Flo Friedman from Philadelphia, and the Harry Goodwins from Elkins Park, Pa.; Dopey Greer, the John Griggs of Virginia Beach, the Eric Grimsleys from Fayette, Ala., the Elmer Hills of Topsham, Me., and the Ralph Hungerfords of Abington, Pa.; the Chuck Hunts from San Diego, Marie Huse of Detroit, and Russ and Peg Ihrig of Los Altos, Calif.; the Ralph Jennings of Bethel, Conn., Tom and Bebs Jeter from Coronado, Piggy and Tini Jones, Virginia Kincaid (and her father, Mr. Arthur J. Morris), Jean Kirkland from Long Beach, the Don Kings, and Scott and Sallye Lamb^ of Devon, Pa.; The Dan McGurls from Merion Station, Pa., Elizabeth Metsel, the Ken Muirs from Grand Rapids, and the Sunshine Murrays of Santa Barbara; the Ralph Nettings from Grosse Pointe, Mich.. Pop and Adele Olds of La Mesa, Calif., and Florence Pelzman; Tony and Alix Pitre from San Francisco, Nino Post from Blue Point, L. I., and Tubby and Nan Read; the Shorty Roberts of Elmira, N. Y., the Harry Rochesters, and John and Hazel Roper from Coronado; the Val Schaeffers, Laurence and Etheljane Schetky from Rhode Island, the Schoeffels and the Schildhauers; Herbie and Mary Scull from Knoxville, the Tex Settles, and the Ray Smiths from Short Hills, N. J.; Al Staudt, Abe Stein from Winchester, Va., Nell Stevens and Tomb Sullivan of Red Bank, N. J.; Bill and Phyllis Tarbutton, Ray Thurber and the Count von Heimburgs from Ft. Lauderdale; Bob and Adelaide Waldron of Riverside, Ont., Cid and Ruth Wildman from Deal, N. J., and the Franz Willenbuchers; Mike and Jo Williams from Houston, Leon and Louise Wisenbaker of Macon, Ga., and Tom and Ransom Wynkoop of New York City.

Yes, boys and girls, it was a reunion long to be remembered!

JOE LANNOM's letter of 2 May reported that several '19ers in Southern California planned to gather at San Diego's Admiral Kidd Club on 11 May. He expects the Carters, Cooks, Gadget Crawfords, Halls, Lannoms, Ann Richardson and possibly die GRIFFITHS. His wire of the l l d i says: "Fifteen stay-at-homes will gather tonight and plan to attend the 50th in 1968. Meanwhile we will heartily toast the 45th."

Anent the handsome 45-year souvenir directory which RAY THURBER edited so ably, he writes: "The coordinating committee of Adams, Dierdorff, Dyer, Fink, King, Schoeffel and Settle gave generous governing guidance and ample ambulatory assistance. We had help, too, from members in prodding procrastinating penners. All in all, the cooperation and enthusiasm of '19ers was most cheerin? and rewarding."

Five-striper STEWART and Beth CROSLEY had fully expected to attend the reunion. However, delayed complications from Stewart's 14 January car accident flared up to prevent. Their wire of 11 May reads: "Please extend at both luncheons to widows, wives, officers, executive committeemen and honorable fellow plebes of honorable rear rank of our glorious class, our heartiest greetings and salutations on this memorable occasion and our sincerest regrets at not being present as planned. Futile attempt of male member of combine to play auto astronaut has J U N E - J U L Y ,

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prevented. Congratulations also to Ray Thurber for excellent and thorough 45th directory. Affectionately, Beth and Stew Crosley."

P. D. and Elizabedi DINGWELL had also expected to attend. However soon after they returned to Longmeadow, Mass., from the Bahamas, P. D. writes: "Tille was stricken with a circulatory condition which landed her in the hospital.

She is home now but recovery may be a lengthy process." We deeply regret the Dingwells' and the Crosleys' absence and wish them speedy recoveries.

Nadia MOORE's new address is 1550 S. Calle Ralph, Palm Springs, Calif. Her letter of 9 April carried a generous check toward the reunion which she had hoped to attend. But her doctor insists "there will be no long trips this year."

We join in the hope that she can attend one soon.

A clipping from the Coronado paper describing the March meeting of its hospital's board of directors reads: "New heart equipment demonstrated during the Auxiliary's Village Mart is now the equipment of the hospital, said Mrs. Frank Dean, auxiliary president. Mrs. CHARLES ALLEN gave the Pacemaker in memory of Admiral Allen and the auxiliary gave the defibrillator and stand."

Ted REYNOLDS cabled reunion greetings from Verona, Italy, where she now lives. GEORGE and Adaline DYER also had a nice letter from her. Ted likes Verona.

LAURENCE SCHETKY's letter from The Homestead, North Kingstown, R. I., expresses the wish that he could write individually to the classmates who "had a part in arranging the carrying out of all the details of our truly wonderful 45th class reunion." He requests that 1 convey "to all the others concerned our sincere and warm gratitude for their generous efforts on behalf of the class. Etheljane and I both feel that this was the finest reunion we have ever attended."

"WISIE" WISENBAKER from Macon, Ga., distributed the following trenchant cards at the reunion: No Business Phone

No Business Address

James Leon Wisenbaker RETIRED No Business

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No Worries

No Money

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

DANIEL C. WILKERSON

DAN WILKERSON died suddenly of a heart attack on 18 April at his home in Bethesda, Md. He had been well and active until the end, and in fact had expected to attend a technical meeting in Holyoke, Mass., the latter part of April. Following a lifetime career as a patent attorney for General Motors in Detroit he retired from the company and moved to the Washington area where he became active as a consultant. He had also served for General Motors in New York and in South America.

Dan had always been a strong supporter of the Navy, the Naval Academy and the Alumni Association. He had been a trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Association for many years and was most faithful in attending the meetings. He was the spark plug of the N.A. Alumni in Detroit for a long rime. Dan also served on the Detroit Council of National Defense for 30 years, the last year as chairman.

Early in his career Dan was the inventor of a small beeping radio transmitter that was the forerunner of present devices carried by satellites to transmit information back to earth. He was the founder and 1st president of the General Motors Chorus. He was a member of the Engineering Society of Detroit, the Michigan Patent Bar

Association and the Greater Detroit Board of Commerce.

Memorial services attended by many of his civilian and Navy friends were held in St. John's Episcopal Church, Bethesda. Dan is survived by 2 sons, Daniel C. Wilkerson, Jr., M.D., of Galax, Va., and Thomas D. Wilkerson of Adelphi, Md., and 5 grandchildren. The class extends heartfelt sympathy to them in their loss.

HARLEY FRANCIS COPE

HARLEY COPE died at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, on 21 April following a heart attack.

He was in Philadelphia on business and had been in good health and his usual cheery good-natured self prior to the heart attack. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery. We in the Washington area have been fortunate to have had Harley with us so often at the class luncheons and also to see him frequently at the Army and Navy Club where he generally came for lunch during the week.

After graduation, Harley served in a transport returning troops from France and later went to a Pacific Fleet destroyer. He subsequently served in destroyers on the Asiatic station. In 1923 he entered the submarine service and commanded several submarines, including the S-40 on the Asiatic station. From 1929-1931 he was an instructor in the Language Department of the Naval Academy. He later had duty at New London as an instructor in the submarine school and as an aide to the commander of the submarine base. In 1935 he became aide to Admiral Taussig, Commander Battleship Division Two and 2 years later he was aide to the Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory in Washington.

In 1939 Harley became navigator of the IDAHO and in 1941 he commanded the DAVIS. Later in 1941 he was skipper of the tanker SALINAS when hit by a German torpedo on the night of 29 October 1941, southwest of Iceland, shortly before our entrance into WW II. Harley was awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" in this action and was cited for his "excellent degree of judgment, effort and seamanship." Harley brought the SALINAS into port without losing a man. In 1942 he had a tour of duty at the Naval Academy and in 1944 he joined the staff of Commander Naval Forces, Europe and was in charge of their Paris office.

In 1945 Harley assumed command of the TENNESSEE operating in the Pacific. His next assignment was to command the Philadelphia Group, Adantic Reserve Fleet; this command he held until his retirement in 1949. He then made his home in Washington.

Following retirement from the Navy Harley was employed by Pierce and Von Storch (engineers) and later by Kuljian (engineers and architects). He was also at one rime the director of the American Sovereignty Campaign of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and did much public speaking throughout the nation to support their policy of opposition to "One World" government movements. At the time of his death he was on VFW's national committee as a member of their National Security Committee.

He is survived by his widow, Marjorieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;4115 Military Road, N.W., Washington, a son, Hariey F., Jr., of the home address, and a daughter, Mrs. R. W. Bean of San Diego. Also 3 brothers.

Freeman Cope of Mount Vernon, N. Y., Harold Cope of New Orleans, and Dr. Lewis Cope of Houston, and one sister, Mrs. L. S. Ferring of New Orleans. The class extends heartfelt sympathy to them.

Twent)-one classmates attended the class luncheon 26 .April at the .Army and Navy Club.

They were: Baber, Beck. Browder, Christmas, Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Daggett, DeWeese, Hitchcock, Holsinger, Lyon. Mansfield, Wap Martin, Mead. Mullinix. Nibccker. Pearson, Robbins, Sabalot, Tomlinson and Wachder. MYRON 43

B.ABER came from Lynchburg to be with us and CHESTER BECK came down from New York.

All hands enjoyed talking to them and finding them both looking so well. The class luncheon is held on the last Friday of every month except in September when it conflicts with Homecoming at the Naval Academy.

SAM CANAN for several years was on the was excellent and both returned north in the best faculty of Villanova but is now living a retired of health. life at his old home near Altoona, Pa. DICK and Kate GLASS have been in Europe All of the above news came from Bernard since last February. When I heard from Dick in Kelley. Let this be an example to other 1920 May they were staying at the Hotel Fenix at hot-shotsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;send me some dope.

Palma de Mallorca, where Dick is learning to loaf. With the Mediterranean less than 100 yards Also answering my quest for news, "WATER The chairman of the Washington group, away from his balcony, and with a swimming TIGHT" HART has written me in a humorous WALLY V/ACHTLER, has appointed ROS DAGpool in between, loafing isn't such a difficult vein from Charleston, S. C , and I quote: "A GETT to chairman the 45th reunion committee. pasttime. In mid-June they will be in Germany card came to me which announces that EDDIE Other Annapolitans on the committee are and Austria and do not expect to return to the TILLMAN is a new member of the Carolina Art WHITEY SWANSON, treasurer; SABBY SABAstates until fall. In any event, they plan on missing Association of Charleston. His joining is probably LOT and PAUL HEINEMAN. the Washington summer. influenced by the gallery's advanced policy in The committee has started to work and the 1st recent months. It now exhibits colorful paintings letter to classmates may be expected about 1 Sepwhich . . . (there is no further way of describing tember. The reunion will be held in Annapolis themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they have color).

Sec'y, RAdm. Floyd F . Ferris. USN (Ret.) either the 2nd or 3rd weekend in May 1964, de"Since his retina got loose last year Eddie has 4201 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Apt. 414W pending upon which weekend in May 1964 offers Washington 16, D. C. not been able to perceive the niceties of detail the most in Naval Academy activity attractions. which used to relate a painting to some form of As in the past, unremarried widows will be guests life. That aspect is outmoded. If one can now BUELL FROMIER BRANDT of the class for programmed events. All classdistinguish splotches and dashes, one qualifies as The death of Cdr. BUELL FROMIER mates are urged to cooperate with the committee an art connoisseur. This explains why Eddie BRANDT, USN (Ret.), on 28 April following in its time-consuming efforts by answering comhas joined the Art Ass'n, at long last. a heart attack while he was at home, is sadly munications prompdy to permit early and accurate reported.

"Somewhere down on Edisto Island there is a planning. large herd of smrdy black catde. By regular feedWhitey saw early service in batdeship auxiliaries BERNARD KELLEY has sent me die dope ing and watering they get sturdier each day. It and destroyers. Subsequendy he was executive from the Philadelphia area in answer to my plea costs money and takes untiring patience to deofficer of PECOS, LUZON and ARIEL and commandfor news. Bernard has been a judge in Philadelvelop a cow into an Army-Navy club steak. ing officer of TuTuiLA, WOODCOCK, ENOREE and phia's court of common pleas for several years That is what PAT MURPHY spends his days CHICOPEE. Among his awards were the Yangtze and this really keeps him occupied. His son and doing. Pat discussed at length the economics of Service Medal, the Philippine Liberarion Ribbon, namesake, Bernard, Jr., just graduated from the catde raising. It was long, it was erudite. He the China Service Medal and the Hairian DisNaval Academy with the Class of 1963 and is to finally summed up succincdy: 'I am not gainfully tinguished Service Medal and Diploma. be married to Miss Josephine O'Rourke in Philaemployed.' delphia on 15 June. He hopes to be assigned to Whitey retired in September 1945. In 1960-62 "In Annapolis they have a wooden building, he served on the (Philadelphia) Spring Garden Naval Air for flight training. the Spicer Shiplap House, being restored to its Institute's technical mission to Turkey as an inBernard Kelley sees HARRIS ALLER, JIM 1715 original condition. In Charleston we have structional staff specialist, and lately was an inDONNELLY and DEL FAHRNEY every month the Lining House of the same vintage. Ours is structor of mathematics and physics at the same or so at the monthly dinner of the Philadelphia now finished and rented. The securities dealer, institute.

Alumni Association. Harris Aller retired recendy the law firm and the real estate agent all enjoy Organizations of which he was a member are: from his post of long standing with the Bell Telethe ancient atmosphere even with central air Philadelphia Foreign Affairs Council, the Philaphone Co. and now lives at Alden Park Manor, conditioning and central heating. This restoration delphia Art Museum, and the Philadelphia Cricket Philadelphia. Jim Donnelly and GENE KIEFER is pertinent because it was accomplished during Club. are on the staff of Villanova University where the 2 years I was president of the Preservation Jim is head of the engineering graphic division of Services in Philadelphia were held on 3 May in Society. In March the presidency passed along, the mechanical engineering department and Gene Germantown at the Church of the Good Shepbut I stayed on as VP-in-charge-of Lining House. is the assistant chairman of the mathematics deherd. Classmates there who served as honorary "Preservation of historic buildings in Charlespartment. pallbearers were: Frederick Bardett, Wesley Bobton is a never-ending problem . . . the bull dozer Del Fahrney lives in Chester County but comes bitt, Thomas Dell, James Hughes, Renwick Mcto Philadelphia about 3 days a week where he is age is upon us. Some of our best merchants, and Iver and Henry Williams. older citizens are actively engaged in substituting on the staff of Franklin Institute.

At Arlington National Cemetery on 8 May, huge neon signs for historic structures.

The Philadelphia group gready miss ROSIE where interment took place with full military "My wife and I actively carry the torch for GILLAN, JOHNNIE McELDUFF and PACKY honors, the following '21ers were honorary pallposterity and we subscribe to the basic philosophy bearers: Barbaro, Billingsly, Ferris, Hamilton, GRAFF, all of whom have passed on. Rosie's that 'Progress is improvement of the old, not its son, LCdr. M. J. Gillan, 3rd, is an aviator aboard Loker and Thorp. destruction.' the iNTREPro; McElduff's only son is a Catholic In addition to his widow, Mary, Whitey "Best regards to you and the others who may leaves a son, Buell F., Jr., and a married daughpriest in the Allentown diocese. be anchored in that metropolis of retrogression.

Many of our classmates will remember Father ter, Nancy Brandt Harris.

"P.S. 'Retrogression,' because it seems that your Francis Murray who was at St. Mary's Church in fellow citizens are following the early precepts Katherine Ingalls Sloan GRAVES Annapolis during our plebe days and who took of John Smith who practiced the communal a great interest in our welfare unril he joined It is with regret that we report the death of theory of society (to him who hath not shall be the Army during WW I as a Chaplain. In recent Mrs. Edwin D. Graves, wife of Capt. EDWARD given) in 1607 . . . but not with complete sucyears he was at St. Boniface Church in PhilaDARIUS GRAVES, JR., USN (Ret.), which delphia and died a few weeks ago at the age of cess." occurred at her home in Washington, D. C , on 78. Bernard Kelley had lunch with him frequendy Thank you very much for your dissertation on 28 April. The former Katherine Ingalls was active and reviewed the old days. life in Charleston. in religious, civic and arrisric circles.

I received a nice letter from HOPPY HOPMrs. Graves was chairman of the woman's WOOD, enclosing a very generous contribution committee of the Washington National Cathedral to the class fund. Hoppy is busily engaged as USNA BLAZER BUTTONS N O W and of the woman's council of St. John's Church vice president of the Grace Lines, New York on Lafayette Square. She was a trustee of the AVAILABLE operations division.

Richmond, Va., Art Museum and an active patron Please send in any changes of addresses you of the National Symphony Orchestra, the WashAuthentic Naval Academy Seal know of in order to facilitate the delivery of corington Opera Club and the Corcoran Gallery of Blazer Buttons Now Available respondence pertaining to the 45th reunion.

Art. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames of 18 K T Gold Plate Seal and Rims The BROOKE MANSFIELDs spent 2 weeks America, and she was actively interested in the Blue Baked French Enamel Base in Orlando in March visiting their son's family, American Field Service and its foreign student including 4 grandchildren. exchange program. She and Ed were married in This handsome set of 7 buttons KRAUT and Kitty DETTMANN spent consid1949. In addition to her husband she is survived Only 17.00 per set erable time during the winter in their new apartby a son, Harvey I. Sloan, who is a medical stument in Coral Ridge Towers, Fort Lauderdale and dent at Western Reserve University.

Send check tnd order to: enjoyed it very much. However, they are still Interment took place in Arlington National residents of Washington.

Cemetery on 30 April. The Class of 1921 sent USNA Alumni Association FRED CUNNINGHAM and TOMMY TOMa floral spray and was represented at the graveAlumni House, Annapolis, M d .

LINSON played golf at Jacksonville from the side services by Billingsly, Ferris, the "Country" end of February until mid-April. The weather Moores and Stuart Purves.

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PROFILE: ARTHUR D. (RED) CONDON

DAN O. ROOT, II The following fine tribute to DAN ROOT, whose passing was reported in the preceding issue of Shipmate, appeared in The Daily Republic of Fairfield, Calif.: "Few men can combine the callings of the military and public service. When they are able to do so, their nation sometimes affords them weighty honors, as were visited upon George Washington, U. S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower.

"Even fewer men can live a life so full that it includes not only military service, but achievements as a public servant and even more productive service as an educator. Fairfield and Suisun City long enjoyed the good fortune of numbering such a man among their residents.

"Yet Daniel Ornon Root, II, went almost unsung outside his own chosen community. He sought no notoriety.

"True, Dan Root sometimes made headlines in this newspaper because of his firm actions in standing up for those things in which he believed.

But he often said he wanted to see things done, not just talked about.

"Dan Root combined his early training in the responsibilities of a military officer with later education in more gende academies. On top of this, he added to his knowledge of his people and their desires through public service as a city official. In his capacity as educator he won the respect and affection of many, many young persons who grew up to make Fairfield and Suisun City what they are today.

"Dan Root particularly demonstrated that public schools should have more than just the chore of molding the minds of youngsters who perforce attend them. He made the schools of which he was superintendent an integral part of the community, providing recreation for young and old, offering school faciliries for use of persons seeking hometown improvement through cooperative actions and establishing a close support between city government and school district.

"Dan Root was a Navy man.

"He'll know what we mean by: "Well done, Dan Root."

Following is the list of '2lets at the April luncheon at the Army and Navy Club: Barbaro, Costello, Ferris, Fitzgerald, Fullinwider, Jim Hamilton, Hyatt, Jamison, Tom Kelly, Loker, McCollom, McDowell, Country Moore, Purves, Russell, Al Smith, Thorpe, Waters, Wattles and Welborn. JOHN WATERS presided in the absence of HOMER EIMERS. BILL FITZGERALD brought us up to date on things in general at the USNA. DEKE HYATT promised to attend more often. We hadn't had the pleasure of seeing TOM WATTLES since January. We were also glad to see MAX (die) 'WELBORN, up from Florida and recendy back from a European trip —courtesy of MATS says Max. He reports that CAT and Eleanor BROWN in Paris are thoroughly enjoying life there.

Homer Eimers has made a fine recovery from his broken hip. Without the customary "pinning" operation he was out of the hospital and home in less than 3 weeks. He is now in middle May and becoming more familiar with his crutches. Good going. Homer.

In April JOE and Louise SAURETTE drove down to Charlotte, N. C , for a fine visit, he says, with FRANK and Jerry SHANNONHOUSE. Under the date line of 22 April the Wall Street Journal reports that LARRY LITCHFIELD was named Chairman of Aluminum Co. of America and that our classmate will continue as .Alcoa's chief executive officer.

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ness for the Stamford Research Institute, and they combined a bit of pleasure with business by seeing 6 of their grandchildren who are in the Washington area.

Mary Maxon, widow of "TUBA" MAXON '21, proudly announces the birth of a grandson, David Maxon Jones, on 21 March. He is the son of her daughter, Sally, and Air Force Capt. David B. Jones, USNA '53. The baby is also the grandson of George L. Jones, USNA '27.

A note from AL GRANUM in Albuquerque v/ho says he and Ethyl recendy had the pleasure of an overnight visit by RUFUS and Anna THAYER. CH.ARLIE and Agnes SMITH, having been in Florida since mid-December, returned to their Alexandria home on 1 May. Charlie is now in fine shape. Said that, in addition to having seen the BERT KERNs at Pompano Beach, they saw the PIXTONs in Sarasota, the latter couple thoroughly enjoying living in Florida.

TOM and Virginia KELLY gave a well-attended luau at the 1925 F St. Club in Washington on 15 May. Many of Virginia's congressional and press friends were there and many of Tom's Navy friends turned out for the occasion. Represented also were the diplomatic corps as well as our State Department. 'Twas a fine party.

HAPPY and Lula Lee BOWMAN are due to make an unusual and interesting trek to Northern Europe early this summer. They fly from N. Y. via Reykjavik to Oslo, then to Bdofuss. They then play tag with the fjords on a bus to Hammerfest, will be in the Land of the Midnight Sun on 21 June, and continue on around North Cape by coastal steamer to northern Finland. Proceeding to Helsinki they next visit Stockholm and then Copenhagen before flying Icelandic Air Lines back to Idlewild. Happy has been an account executive with Merrill Lynch for the past \2Vi years.

My few years in the regular Navy following graduation were in 2 principal phases. First, there was the grand tour of Europe on the UTAH, which has become legendary along with the music of John Waters who led a J.O. jazz aggregation ashore everywhere we went. After about 2 years of this delightful existence, I was transferred to a destroyer in Turkey where I continued my musical career with such maestros as Dick Glass.

During this tour we were in Smyrna when that city was sacked by the victorious Turks.

When I returned to this country in 1924 I married, resigned from the Navy and studied law.

My pracrice as a partner in this firm was interrupted during World War II when as a LCdr. USNR I commanded the training school in Washington, D. C , for the training of all naval intelligence personnel.

My last tour of Naval Reserve duty was on the Amazon River where a combination of heat and providing entertainment for V.I.P.s enroute across the Adantic took off 60 pounds, thus restoring the silhouette of my midshipman days.

My law practice has been general and broad in nature. Like most lawyers I have had my share of interesting cases but I doubt whether the details would be of particular interest to the readers of Shipmate. My most publicized case, of course, was my appearance on television in 1957 in "Face the Nation" program in connection with my representation of labor leader Dave Beck before the McClellan investigating committee at the U. S. Senate.

For about 25 years we have lived on a farm at Edgewater, Md., near Annapolis. For many years we have had open house on Friday nights of Homecoming weekend, where our friends can expect to find jazz music of the UTAH and Turkish days, along with some of our younger friends who can join in or otherwise enjoy that kind of noisy music.

PROFILE: FLOYD F. FERRIS When Floyd was retired in '52 he was retained in his assignment as the Navy Foreign Liaison Officer, and thus was kept in uniform until June '56 at which time he became 100% retired. During that assignment 10 foreign countries awarded him decorations.

Floyd and Alwilda were married in 1923 and they have 1 daughter, now Mrs. Ross A. de Matteo, who with her husband—Ross finished WW II as a LCdr., USNR—and their daughter, also named Alwilda, live in Hastings-on-Hudson, just above Manhattan.

Floyd's last (and only) tour of Washington duty turned out to be a 14-year hitch. He and his wife like the Capital City so much that it has become home for them. Floyd is a member of the Baronial Order of Magna Charta, the Mayflower Society, Society of Colonial Wars, Hugenot Society, and Sons of the American Revolution.

He belongs to the New York Yacht Club, the Army and Navy Club in Washington, and is also a Mason.

Floyd and his wife have, since final retirement, returned to Europe in 1960 and again in 1962.

In '60 they were accompanied by their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. In '62 Floyd and Alwilda made it alone. On this trip they saw many friends in Italy, the Low Countries, and in Scandinavia, most of whom had been former naval attaches in Washington.

The Ferrises are slated to make another European safari in USS CONSTITUTION, this time stopping in Casablanca, Palma, Messina and Naples; through northern Italy and Switzerland and thence via Paris and Lisbon to Madrid. Trouble is, Floyd is spending so much time being class secretary he scarcely has any time left in which to study his French (on TV) and Spanish.

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PROFILE: GEORGE W . GILLIAM

Following graduation I served 3 years in Batde Fleet, mosdy in the good ship TEXAS. Qualified in torpedo and deep sea diving preparatory to getting into submarines. Repeated requests for submarine duty turned down. As a result, after qualifying for jg. resignation was submitted and accepted. Refused a commission as ensign in the USNR. Probably too much ego as a result of having qualified for jg in the regular Navy.

The power company of this area—Central Power and Light Company—filled a billet which assignment will be completed upon retirement on 1 September 1963. This job entailed erection of steam and diesel generating units. Then management assignments in 5 properties, the last of which was largest owned by the company. This was followed shortly by promotion to district manager in 1931, which district comprised 40 towns, including Corpus Christi.

With outbreak of war in December 1941, services were again volunteered and commission of LCdr. received, with orders to COM 8, New Orleans. Served in joint operation center, and had the help of such competent officers as ARTHUR AYRAULT and WALTER HARRISON, both '21. This tour followed by mine countermeasure work at Yorktown, Washington and Norfolk; finally back to New Orleans as degassing officer for the 8th ND. Final year of the 4-year assignment was a billet in Galveston as assistant industrial manager for all Texas—outfitting, commissioning, overhaul and conversion of ships.

After being checked out of the Navy the writer returned to Central Power and Light Company in Corpus Christi, where he was made a vice president and member of the board of directors.

This assignment continues until September of this year.

With the electric utility business usually goes a considerable amount of civic and other "no pay" assignments. Have worked with Boy Scouts for many years, advancing to president of a 14county area council. Also served on Community Chest, United Fund, USO—was chairman of 1st USO operating committee when organized about 1940, and again resumed this assignment following military service in 1946. Enjoyed membership in Navy League, Corpus Christi Country Club, Town Club, and Rotary International throughout the years. Held almost every office in Rotary through that of district governor, and including the presidency of 2 clubs. About to complete 34 years of perfect attendance in Rotary.

In 1922 married home town girl Nell Wilson in Los Angeles, and have lived with this good wife for 41 years. Raised 2 daughters and have baby-sitting jobs with 5 grandchildren.

"Should any classmates find themselves in the Corpus Christi area," writes George, "please pass the word for them to be sure and look me up."

PROFILE: J O H N WATTS HARRIS

Doc became a naval aviator in 1924. He was navigator of the SARATOGA at the commencement of the war and wound it up as CO of a carrier in the East China Sea covering the occupation of Sasebo by the Marines. As part of a detachment sent into Nagasaki to evacuate our prisoners of war he and his crew were among the 1st Americans to see the damage wrought by the atomic bomb. From Sasebo Doc was ordered to Philadelphia

to commission

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and subsequendy completed his naval career as CO at NAS Peari Harbor and Moffett Field.

Upon retirement in 1951 he joined the General Electric Company's Hanford Atomic Products Operation at Richland, Wash., where he is the head of the Property Management Operation, which in broad terms covers the control, utilization and disposition of AEC property in the custody of the company. The plant covers 640 square miles, has capital assets in excess of a billion dollars and employs about 9,000 people.

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Doc says his years with GE have been a rewarding experience.

The Columbia River flows past his house, and as the area is a game preserve, thousands of ducks and geese rendezvous practically in his front yard while numerous pheasant and quail, plus an occasional deer, help themselves to his vegetables and shrubbery. He is active in routine civic affairs and a litde golf, swimming and dancing seem to keep him in reasonable trim.

He and Irene will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this year. On retirement from GE in 1964 they plan to live in the San Francisco Bay area where they have owned a home since the Moffett Field days. They extend a warm welcome to any classmates passing their way.

PROFILE: E D M U N D KIRBY SMITH

"I finished out WW II," writes Kirby, "as Chief Staff Officer of Service Squadron Eight."

He was awarded the Bronze Star and was retired in '47 "at my own request," says Kirby, "and in the grade of Captain. My last duty was serving on the 12th N.D. 0)urt Martial Board, so it was normal, therefore, for me to setde here after retirement, as both Mildred, my bride of 22 years, and I like the people and the climate."

Kirby first tried his hand at real estate and then as an insurance salesman, with indifferent luck. But, recalling his language teaching assignments back at the USNA, plus the language study in Europe, Kirby got the necessary additional credits under his belt from the University of California at Berkeley. He taught for 2 years in the Alameda High School. "Then, due to Mildred's health," relates Kirby, "we decided to leave the Berkeley-Alameda area and seek a dryer and warmer climate, and besides, we wanted to build our own home. So we moved to Palo Alto."

Subsequently Kirby found a teaching assignment at Menlo School in Menlo Park. "In 1959 I received a plaque in appreciation of my 5 years of service," states Kirby, and he continues, "This has been very interesting and satisfying work even though the remuneration has been rather meager in terms of 'greenbacks.' This is to be my last year here and I am afraid that come next September I'll miss it. We have a very nice and comfortable home in Los Altos overlooking the golf course, and you may be sure that I take full advantage of my strategic location—2 years ago I was senior champ at our club.

"Mildred Peterson and I were married in Honolulu. She has a B.A. from the University of Oregon and an M.A. in English from San Jose State. Unfortunately we have no children but we do have Mildred's 90-year-old mother making her home here with us. So I consider myself a very lucky guy. Aloha to the gang."

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NOTES

News during the past month has been about as scarce as sunshine. Maybe the late spring and the continual drip, drip, drip from the eaves have made ground hogs of this region's '21ers, and they are only hibernating till Ole Sol flushes them out into their customary activity.

Recendy we added another classmate to our group—WILBUR A. (SANDY) WIEDMAN, whose address is 10585 Flora Vista Drive, Cupertino.

On 20 April the JIMMIE HARRISes entertained a group of classmates and wives at their Berkeley home honoring Barbara Elliott and David Carlisle (son of AB CARLISLE) whose wedding is set for 16 June. After cocktails and a delicious dinner (Vera's food is never other than delicious, but that was even more so!)—Barb and Dave were taken to a corner of the living room where a pink parasol forecast an impending shower. Coffee cups and saucers filled a table, quite a collection, all different and of every variety and size from the dainty Limoges demitasse to huge pottery mugs marked "His" and "Hers."

PROFILE:

FREDERICK I R V I N G

ENTWISTLE

Both Looie and Marion Entwisde are such confirmed San Franciscans that when friends back East inquire when they are coming for a visit, Looie replies, "When the Mississippi River dries up."

Looie retired voluntarily in 1956 after having served in the rank of rear admiral for 10 years.

He joined the brokerage firm of Dean Witter in San Francisco, an occupation to which he was able to adapt like the proverbial duck to water.

His ability to grasp the intricacies of the world of finance resulted in his writing an extremely lucid litde book entitled A Practical Guide to Your Financial Future. Dedicated to American youth and written in the form of letters to his children, it can be useful to all ages. It tells not only how to invest, but also how to save the wherewithal for that purpose by wise apportionment of income. Throughout his motto "Save first, spend afterwards" is stressed, and every facet of money handling is covered, with graphs and tables to prove his points. Apparendy a great deal of research and hard work went into the production of the 128-page volume. It should be in the library of every young couple who want to "get ahead."

Admiral Entwistle was born in Lonsdale, R. I. He was attending Brown University when appointed to the Naval Academy. Although his assignments have covered nearly all types of ships, his specialty throughout his career was ordnance, and he has made notable contributions to developments in this field, including the Norden Bombsight, the Mark XXXVII Anti-aircraft director, and Mark I computer. He was among those experimenting with microwaves, the forerunner of radar. Another of his achievements was the project Ships' Habitability, delving into living conditions aboard ship, which were being given little consideration. This treatise stressed the importance of environment to the individual sailor.

Looie spent most of World War II in the Pacific, receiving the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star for achievement in destroyer commands. Service with the occupation forces in the Far East brought varied experiences including negotiations with the Chinese Communists to return our captured Marines.

Looie's 1st wife, Paloma, died in 1940. Their daughter, Sharon, a graduate of the University of California, lives in New York City where she is wriring French textbooks for the audio-visual method of teaching foreign languages in secondary schools.

Marion was the widow of Bill Ingram '20, AUAmerican football player. Their son and 2 daughters have a total of 13 children. Bill and Anne live in nearby Palo Alto and Sunnyvale; Nancy is in Montevideo, Uruguay.

In addition to enjoying the companionship of the many classmates in the Bay area, Looie is an enthusiastic member of the famed Bohemian and Pacific Union Clubs. The summer encampment at the Bohemian Grove in the redwoods on Russian River is an annual "must."

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Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller Farm, R2 Bos 146, Mercersbnre, Pa.

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The class cocktail party at the Army-Navy Country Club was unusually nice, probably because Martha PARSONS, Dotty MANSEAU and Peg PARKER came, and another special guest, Bobbie MARTIN, with BEANY and Ward JARRETT; BILL JOE was in Louisville. All the regulars were there, 51 in all, including the better halves. PETE NEMO just got back from Buenos Aires, ABE and Ruth STACEY came down from Mercersburg where Abe has just been made president of Rotary; and it was good to see S H I P M A T E

ERNIE BECKER and VIN GALL.AGHER whom we hadn't seen for several months.

JOHNNY SHULTZ and Martha are back from St. Croix to stay until after Christmas. They didn't make the KT party but John showed up at the May luncheon. The Ted Kennedys still have the Shultzes' house so Martha has set up housekeeping in the cottage on their place in Vienna (Virginia, that is). HITCH and Betty SAUNDERS have been in town for a few days, he for a yearly check-up and Betty with the PRATTs while the medicos went over Hitch. Hitch has the leading Ford agency in Toronto. They are headed back there to get ready for the marriage of their son, Lt. (jg) "Pinkie" Saunders, to Susan Arkell —of Toronto—in June.

SMITH in Oregon; BOB KNAPP in Texas; KEPHART, HOLLIS, DANIS and ASHLEY in Florida and SHORTY HIGGINS in Georgia. Davis missed the reunion by 2 days due to delay in travel but he and Smith said that they were going to try to make Homecoming this year."

JOE and Cleaves DUNN have been at the Jarrett Hotel for a short visit. Joe is the Assistant to the President of Vaughn, Inc. in Corpus Christi, does a lot of hunting in his spare time and sure looks fine; Gleaves, too.

Capt. HENRY ALLISON INGRAM, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Ingram announce the marriage of their daughter, Eleanor Bell, to Monsieur Paul Henri Gavin, son of Madame Henri Gavin, on Samrday, 18 May, 1963 in the Scottish Church, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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M i l d r e d CATRON

It is with deep regret that we report the death of Mrs. Mildred Catron, widow of our late classmate, PERRY CATRON. Mrs. Catfon passed away on 15 April 1963 in Sandusky, Ohio. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky. Survivor is a daughter, Cynthia, presently living in Boston.

It will be remembered that Perry died just a few months ago, 9 November 1962.

A note from EDDIE DURGIN advises that he ran across PERL CHARLES recently. Perl's address is 1014 E. Oregon Ave., Phoenix, Ariz.

GEORGE BAUERNSCHMIDT gave us a miniature thumbnail rundown—quote: Maude and I have just returned from a 5-month trip that took us over much of the United States and to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan. It was delightful, but as always we are glad to be home again. We saw many classmates along the way including the following who did not attend the reunion but who asked many questions about it: KEN DAVIS in Kamakura, Japan: OTIS "RED"

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FRANK AKERS, Pilot's Knob, 5932 Estates Drive, Oakland 11, Calif.

Mrs. WILLARD J. SUTTS, Brookside Apts. # 1 1 1 , 601 Four Mile Road, Arlington, Va. PHILIP H. GOLDSMITH, 4300 Western Ave., Apt. 512, Westmount, Quebec, Canada.

Mostest of the bestest, ABE

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

The reunion activities group is really moving now and the responses indicate a fine crowd will attend. It was interesting to note that we mailed out more notices than we have members who graduated.

Hotel and motel reservations are about gone but MORRIS will supply something.

The Washington-Annapolis group is planning a C and O canal boat trip in June, with food, drink and song. RAY LEWIS is the prime mover and it will be good!

Occasionally a murmur of question seems to arise on why wasn't this or that published sooner.

My stuff is submitted on time, but a considerable lag, not due to fault at the Alumni House, is involved before printing and mailing.

Pat and SCALEY SHOUP advised me of the marriage of son Frank to Regitze Resenorn of Copenhagen, Denmark, on 26 April 1963. Pat says she (the bride) is a darling. The newlyweds are in Albuquerque, N. M. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Reilly announce the marriage of their daughter, Ellen, to Mr. James Kesler McCormick on Saturday, 11 May 1963, at Watertown, N. Y. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. BOB McCORMICK '23 of Watertown. They, incidentally, will be at the reunion.

The absence of class funds is a source of personal embarrassment and financial loss to the

individuals who do so much of the spade work for the class. Your secretary would be real happy to see a $2.00 per year dues voted at our class meeting in September.

Those who may need assistance on tickets for the cocktail party and mess hall dinner Friday night, get your requests in early, please, with checks. The same goes for the football tickets.

A fine newsy letter from Marion GWATHMEY is the basis for the following bundle from the San Francisco area. CAB and Marion threw a party for a group of '23 and '21 members. The following were in attendance at the luncheon get-togedier on Sunday, 28 April at die Gwathmeys' home: Dick Thayer, Margo Main '21, Betty Lewis '21, Iris Rassieur, Alice Schade.

Also: Bill Thayer, Bob Lewis '21, Al Richards, Donna Davis, Burt Davis, Cab Gwathmey, Helen Richards, Marion Gwathmey, Packy Schade, "Bear" Arnold, Esther Stack, Bill Rassieur, Alyce Arnold, "Hat" Williams, Corrine Reisinger '21, Norduke Williams, Al Mini '21, Bill Stock.

Regrets were received from Bowers, Chapman, Duncan, Dunn, Holland, O'Regan, Tenscher, Walker and Williamson. No reply from KELLY and RUBLE. Some of the pearls of wisdom gathered from the assembled multitude were: BILL and Dick THAYER are taking a slow boat to Brussels to visit daughter in July.

PACKY SCHADE—get-togedier a great sue cess. Still teaching, as for many years, a professor at the University of California. According to Marion, Packy has a most attractive wife.

CHARLIE (?)—Lovely rime at the Gwathmeys'. Everyone got initiated (I looked twice too) to sailing at the Belvedere. I stayed ashore and tended bar. Much better than sailing (unsigned).

Alyce and BEAR ARNOLD—Wonderful seagoing date with Marion and Cabell Gwathmey in Belvedere on the Peninsula—Bear with Lockheed—Alyce busy with church work. We finally got to be grandparents. Nobody's changed a bit!

The RASSIEURS—The 28th of April Iris and I will remember as that wonderfully delightful luncheon with Marion and Cabell and a good session of reminiscing with our many friends in this part of the Bay. Those we missed departed before they could

AT THE COMMISSIONING OF USS JOSEPH STRAUSS (DLG-16), the portrait of Adm. Strauss was presented to the ship by its sponsor, Mrs. Lawrence H. Coburn, granddaughter of Adm. Strauss. Others shown are Cdr. W. M. A. Greene, USN, CO USS STRAUSS, RAdm. Elliott B. Strauss, USN (Ret.) '23, son of Adm. Strauss, and RAdm. W. R. Smedberg, III, USN '26.

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provide a quote. STOCK gave a rundown which I am sending to FRED WITHINGTON. HOLLAND is practically house-bound, but would love to have friends drop in. His address in the roster is O.K. Roster changes: Mendenhall—1401 S. 22nd St., Ariington 2, Va. Kelly, M. L.—1140 Laurel St., Apt. 4, Menlo Park, Calif. Boiling—247 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y. It would be really a deficiency for the remainder of the class if the below listed have not already sent in, or just fail to send in their sketches to Fred Withington for the 40th reunion record: Armknecht, Baker, Barnes, Bond, Browning, Buck, Burke, L. T., Burt, Casey, Castera, Caudle, Collins, Crommelin, Cunningham, Davidson, Day, Dennison, Doe, Donovan, Drake, Duncan, E. R., Flaherty, Foley, Ginder, Good, Graham, W. A., Haase, R. W., Holland, Harp, Harshman, Hartman, Hight, Hoffheins, Hurd, L. E., Jackson, Jenkins, E. F., Jenkins, P. H., Johnson, H. C , Kelley, H. M., Kelly, M. L., Kelly, T. E., Kelsey, Koonce, Loomis, P. L., MacMahan, Maeser, McCollum, McRight, Miller, C. R., Molloy, Monagin, Moran, Morris, Niemyer, Northcutt, Oliver, Olney, O'Regan; Parker, C. A., Parrott, Peck, Pickell, Pratt, Pria, J. W., Rassieur, Rembert, Renn, Rhoads, Riley, Robert (Last Call.?), Robison, Schoeffel, Scruggs, Severin, Spengler, J. B., Stevenson, Taylor, W. S., Tortorich, Trapnell, Trundle, Twining, Waldhauser, Walker, G. E., Wallace, Washburn, Waters, Williamson, Witz, Wood, J. E. M., Wood, McF. W. and Yoder.

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

HAROLD MacTAVISH SYLVESTER It was shocking for us to learn of the passing of HAROLD M A C T A V I S H SYLVESTER at Bethesda on 30 April even though most of us knew of his long illness. Recognized as one of our most intelligent and capable, he was also one of the most enthusiastic and loyal to his class, the Naval Academy, the Alumni and the Navy. In our 1954 Cruise you will see him pictured with class group meetings at Washington, New York and Chicago, for he did get around when in his prime.

Some of us first became acquainted with Red when he published "Sea Dust" in our plebe year.

He was prominent at Annapolis as a gymnast, and even with the Hellcats; and via a p.g. at Rensselaer and their fellowship in Europe, he became an outstanding civil engineer in our Navy.

Red might well be called "father of the Seabees" since he organized and commanded the 1st prototype Naval Construction Battalion in the Pacific in WW II. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his development of amphibious landing techniques.

Many of us remember him as an accomplished linguist and raconteur. Since retirement in 1948 Red had served as a consulting engineer for various firms, with Washington his home base.

He leaves a son, LCdr. Gerald D. Sylvester, USN '52, daughter, Mrs. J. D. O'Down of Baltimore, and brother, Malcolm (1925).

Services were held at Fort Myer on 6 May with interment at Arlington National Cemetery marked by large attendance of classmates and representatives of the Civil Engineer Corps. Honorary pallbearers were Cleaves, Winecoff, Gates, Bradley, DuVall, Tichenor, Nesser and Rook.

DONALD FRANCIS HORNE We regret also to have to record the death of another classmate, DON HORNE, on 8 April at Whitefield, N. H. We are embarassed in not having details of his demise, or even of his career. Don resigned at graduation, and did not maintain any contacts or record, and we would be glad to have any information concerning him from classmates who might have seen him from 48

time to time. Graveside services were held at Arlington on 15 April, with classmates from the Washington area in attendance. Our records do show that Don served in the war as Commander, USNR. GEORGE (BULL) TOWNER, recent Com 13, has retired; he and Betty toured Europe. They will settle in the Seatde area.

BILL MANSFIELD, our historian, adds to our list of 1924 Navy juniors the name of Joel B. Jaudon, USNA 1963, die son of LEONARD and Dorothy JAUDON, who is now on the color guard at USNA. The senior active duty 1924 junior is Cdr. O. L. NORMAN '48, who is CO of USS BUCHANAN, and the junior is Ens. NICHOLAS FERRITER '62, in the AFFRAY. Bill reports that we have 56 juniors in active service, out of 71 who graduated between 1947 and 1962.

"Never a dull moment," says LEW COLEY, in speaking of his retirement life (from Bus. Mgr. Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra); "I am as busy as a bird dog in hunting season, looking after our property, visiting our 2 sons and their families—and in doing just what I want to do when I want to do it. . . . I don't see how I ever had time to do anything else." Expressing appreciation of this column. Lew also casts a vote for a May reunion—"some privacy, some distinction," with better weather, and accommodations more available.

Capt. JOSEPH PHILIP THEW and Mrs. Thew announce the marriage of their daughter, Nancy Delia, to Mr. Martin Dennis Barnett, on Saturday, 20 April 1963 at Alexandria, Va. (At home: 1400 S. Joyce St., Arlington, Va.) At our 24 April Washington luncheon ED CLEXTON, our president, reviewed plans for the 40th reunion and yearbook (Cruise) and confirmed that all present planned to attend the reunion and were entirely satisfied to have it held in May. BERT KALISCH stated the aim to have Cruise include information (and a recent picture) on every member of the class, as well as of every widow. Bert and your secretary earnestly solicit letters from anyone who has addresses or information on classmates and widows who for some reason have not kept in touch with the class organization. Joe Thew, who within the past few days had tramped through the snows of Kurdish, Iran, caught a plane which brought him direct from Teheran, and announced that he is retiring from his position in the FAA and expects to setde in the Washington area (please log your address with Bert, Joe).

This meeting drew 19 other stalwarts: Bachman, Bradley, Bullis, Hoffman, Johnson, Longfellow, Mellon (out-of-towner), Mercer, Neale, Nesser, Purple, Ramsey, Robinson, Rook, Sinclair, Sisson, Swart, Van Steenbergh and Wright. BOB SWART promises better attendance in the future, since he is tapering off on that job which has been taking him to Annapolis 5 days a week, down to 2 a week, he says.

And now, a salute to ANGUS SINCLAIR— he has volunteered to help Bert Kalisch put out the 1964 Cruise, offering "one pair of stooped shoulders to help carry the load, and one (alert) mind to assist in gun-decking the material which most of us will forget to submit." Again, Sinclair: "SKIPPER WARBURTON's idea of a stag night is fascinating, but unworkable. Very few of the wives I know would entrust their husbands to Skipper's care for a night out . . . besides, what do you do in Annapolis when you do have overnight liberty.?"

Here's more for Skipper Warburton, from Bess HURST: "I personally got quite a kick out of the perennial bachelor, Skipper Warburton, suggesting that the Friday night dinner be stag! If the gals scrape up the dinero and clothes to travel with their mates 3,000 miles (more or less) to attend the reunion, I should think they would rate one gala evening with their lesser-halves, even if they didn't graduate from the Academy

themselves." (Any more gals wanna comment on this issue.?)

In April Toddy and RED RUHSENBERGER arrived at Coronado to spend a couple of weeks, parked their trailer in which they are touring the USA before setding down anywhere after Red's 2nd retirement. Naturally they contacted the Hursts, and things began to happen. With no San Diego area class party scheduled, the Hursts got on the telephone and arranged a "No Host 1924 Party" which was held at the Naval Air Station Club on Sunday evening, 28 April.

They didn't get 100% attendance of their very social group, b i t were joined by some 13 couples at the roast beef buffet: Dora and Bill Bailey, Alice and Jack Bellerby, Ruth and Blackie Carroll, Lucy and Frank Deam, Helen and Eddie Edgar, Tooie and Gus Fish (plus Tooie's mother), Babe Handly and escort, Tom DuBois, Bess and Willie Hurst, Fern and Lank Lankenau, Lloyd and Don McLean, Evelyn and Dutch Shultz, Evelyn and Hal Tiemroth, Ethel and Count Wolowsky, Betty and Rufe Young. Sounds like Coronado is a place to visit if you want to see classmates and their wives.

There are some 35 '24 couples in the San Diego area, so that it is now easy to entertain the group in a home party. Hence the group is now considering the adoption of a pattern of quarterly "No Host Class Parties," with a rotating management to select the place and make arrangements.

New addresses: Capt. H. B. EDGAR, 921 Newkirk Drive, La Jolla, Calif. And (unril new home is ready) VAdm. C. E. EKSTROM, 825 Margarita Ave., Coronado, Calif.

The BURROUGHS, EV and Kay, took a fabulous trip this spring to Yokohama, Taipei, Hongkong, Tokyo and other principal Japanese cities, and Honolulu. From Hawaii Ev sent in some details (which adds to the prestige of this column)!

Lunch at the Press Club in Tokyo with EDDIE LAYTON was quite an event, followed by a visit to "Amber House," home of Eddie and Marilyn.

Now we learn what took Eddie to Tokyo: Director of Far East Affairs for the Northrop Corporation. The occasion for the Burroughs trip: 34th wedding anniversary! (And your poor reporter will soon arrive at his 34th w.a.!)

A new report from the GWINNs, down under at Sydney, tells of the "invasion" of the U. S. Fleet and what a wonderful job Adm. John H. Sides '25 did while in Australia. The Gwinns spent the summer (now ended) in the farm and the boys are now back in school. Lou (Shorty) has completed a course in contour cultivation and tree line planting. One result: they just completed a 170-foot dam and now have 4 million gallons of water back of it. The paddocks have been sod seeded on the advanced contour plan, and they use aircraft to fertilize. As for social life, writes Lou: "Denise and I have become identified with the country people . . . we gave several American barbecue parties, which were a great success. The old homestead is 125-years-old, and lends itself well to country parties."

"We are having a good time," reports our distinguished Anchor Man, RALPH 'MILLS, from Athens (Greece, not Georgia), where he and Elizabeth are touring. Next move, a trip through Yugoslavia up to Vienna.

And have you heard of the disappearance of the grandest beard in Anne Arundel County?

COLBY RUCKER writes: "I shaved off my beard a year or so ago, to the joy of half and the chagrin of the other half of the community."

Cdr. THOMAS CALVIN RITCHIE, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Ritchie of Sal Si Puedes, Lilian, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen-Thomas, to Lt. Eugene Russell Donnelly, Jr., USMCR, of San Clemente, Calif., son of Mrs. Donnelly, Sr., and the late Mr. Donnelly of Pepperell, Mass.

Miss Ritchie is a graduate of St. Margaret's School, Tappahannock, Va., and is attending Mary Washington College of the University of SHIPMATE

Virginia, Fredericksburg, Va. She made her debut in 1959.

Lt. Donnelly is stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and Harvard College, Class of 1960. He is a member of Hasty Pudding, Institute of 1770.

A July wedding is planned.

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On die sixth of April DUSTY RHODES and Louise Lawhorne were married. The wedding took place in Orange Park, Fla., at the home of Dr. Edwin P. Heinrich, Headmaster of St. John's Country Day School where Louise teaches. They had arranged an altar under the beautiful oaks in the garden, from which gendy swayed the Spanish moss above it. On the stroke of five Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" sounded the beginning of the ceremony as our Dusty appeared with his son, young Dust>', who had flown from California to be best man for his dad. Louise came to the altar on the arm of her young son, David, and joined Dusty there before the Rev. Roland G. Riechmann who wed them in a beautiful ceremony while the small group in attendance stood in hushed silence. When they rose from the altar Dusty turned and said, "Well, what are you waiting for.?" So, after everyone congratulating Dusty and kissing the bride, the reception followed with much talk and happiness as the champagne flowed and they cut the wedding cake. After a honeymoon in Southern Florida, the happy couple returned to Jacksonville.

ED and Miriam WALKER announce the marriage of their daughter, Helen Gail, to Mr. Charles Robert Renning, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Renning of Wellsville, N . Y., on 27 April 1963, in Grace Episcopal Church, New York City. The bride graduated from Hollins College, Hollins, Va., in 1959, and since then has been with Steuben Glass in New York City.

Mr. Renning graduated from Alfred University, and after two years in the Army has been associated with Kaiser Refractories. The couple will

THE CHASE W A N G L I N ('25) FAMILY.

live in Oakland, Calif., for a few months prior to taking up their residence in Europe.

P. WHITE writes that the reason we haven't had any news from him for a while is that he's been hospitalized for two months, but hopes to be discharged soon. We're all hoping that you are all recovered by the time this is in print, P. Travel notes: BILL and Alice TURNEY returned in April from a trip to North Africa, the Mediterranean and Black Sea, where they spent the winter. He says to advise anyone contemplating a visit to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria or Russia to contact him and he thinks he can save them the trip. Bill joined us at the April lunch. . . .

GEORGE and Estelle WRIGHT are back from a motor trip to Florida, where they saw lots of classmates. . . . The JOHNNY JOHNS spent a pleasant two weeks in Bermuda recently. . . .

BILL and Elizabeth GOULETT have recendy completed a round-the-world trip which began

with their departure from Maine on 5 December 1962; they spent Christmas with their daughter in Oklahoma, then after some weeks in Palo Alto they embarked 26 January in USNS GENERAL PATRICK for Manila via Pearl and Guam.

In Pearl they had a short visit with ROSY MASON, then on to Guam and Manila where they had a 12-day visit (and local pick-pockets lightened Bill's pocket of 144.00). On 26 February they sailed in the Blue Funnel Line MV ASPHALloN for Liverpool via Borneo, Malaya, Singapore, Ceylon, Suez, with many side trips in most of them. . . . CHASE WANGLIN brought his family East to enjoy June Week, then after sightseeing in Washington, Williamsburg and New York, off for a week each in Nassau, Jamaica and Mexico City before returning home to California.

Attending the 30 April Luncheon of the Washington Group were: Brown, Burrowes, Cash, Elliott, Fitzgerald, Gill, Goetz, Hurd, Johns, Loomis, McFarlane, Pefley, Rod Smith, Turney, Wright.

Paul Siegrist '24 sends a quote from a letter of a classmate Lou Gwinn, now in Australia. He wrote, "We have been invaded by the U. S. Navy . . . if you have any contacts with any of the class of '25, please tell them what a wonderful job SAVVY SIDES did whde in Australia. He is a real credit to the country. Savvy is surely wired for sound, his speeches were those of a seasoned diplomat." We gready appreciate outside confirmation of what we all believed. Savvy was in Sydney as the representative of the United States at the commemoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea. He wore his flag in USS CORAL SEA.

DUSTY RHODES '25 and Mrs. Louise Lawhorne are married, 6 April 1963.

RAdm. CLARENCE C. RAY, USN (Ret.), is a newly elected member of the American Institute of Fine Arts advisory board. He was elected during a recent meeting in the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. His wife, the former Ruth Hurst of the concert and operatic stage, accompanied him.

The institute includes more than 1,200 authors, singers, artists and sculptors.

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late Ma>' to be the President of the Admiral Selection Board which has recendy reported its selections. He reports that he left Dorothy touring Spain, during his 12 days in the United States, in excellent health and high spirits. Incidentally, ROY GANO was also a member of that selection board, which had the extremely difficult task of selecting only 21 line flag officers from among the more than 1,600 eligible fine captains; an unenviable task.

There was quite a reunion of classmates in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in early May, at the Navy League Convention, when CHARLIE HORNE assembled Herman Reich, Fitz Lee, Bob Cavenagh, Charlie Lyman and Bill Smedberg for cocktails one evening.

There was a '26 class luncheon in April and a large 1926 Army-Navy luncheon at the ArmyNavy Town Club in Washington on 23 May. We regret that in the April issue of Shipmate it was incorrecdy reported that the address of Virginia Stanford was "35 Monk Ave., Hopkins, Minn." It should have read "435 Monk Ave."

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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.

JOE TAYLOR CLASS OF 1925 REUNION at Navy League Convention, Puerto Rico, 29 April.

taken in Washington and showing that all is not work in that city.

Two classmates participated in the April commissioning of USS JOSEPH STRAUSS (DLG-16) at

which BOB CAVANAGH, the Commandant of the Fourth Naval District, turned the ship over to the commanding officer and BILL SMEDBERG delivered the commissioning address in Philadelphia.

to learn that we were classmates. The doctor wrote Chick and I heard from Chick yesterday.

He is very active in the American Friends of the Middle East."

Adm. JIM RUSSELL came to Washington in

JOE TAYLOR, retired Rear Admiral and 3time winner of the Navy Cross, was buried in Forrest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Calif., on 6 May. Admiral Taylor, in retirement since 1950, died on 4 May of lung cancer.

He commanded a World War II torpedo squadron credited with sinking 2 Japanese carriers and other shipping in the battle of the Coral Sea and

JIMMIE RAUGH, the President of Haws Refractories Co., writes from P.O. Box 350, Johnstown, Pa., that he has been out of general circulation for some time, having spent the winter having a coronary occlusion and recovering from it. He says that, although that is one way to take a long winter vacation, he doesn't recommend it because the initiation into the coronary club is rugged.

VAdm. ROY GANO and Harriet report the birth of their 2nd grandchild. Dawn Eugenia Steele, on 3 April to their daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Steele of Lincoln Park, N.J. JOHNNY and Audrey O'SHEA have returned to the United States from their self-imposed exile in the Marshall Islands, specifically, at Kwajalein.

Johnny has been relieved as the boss of the RCA Defense Electronic Products project "Tradex" which was a classified radar project. We should be seeing more of them from now on, as they will be located near Moorestown, N . J. CHARLIE MOSES writes from 3146 Liberty St., Allentown, Pa., that he and Peggy are busy running a portrait studio which they started this past winter and which they find interesting and rewarding work. Charlie reports a small incident for the "Small World Department" as follows: "Recendy as chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Allentown Kiwanis Club I met at the airport our Kiwanis speaker of the day, Dr. Mohammed Mehdi from the Arab States Delegation Office in New York. As we left the airport, Dr. Mehdi asked if I knew a retired officer on the West Coast by the name of EVENSON. I asked if his 1st name was CHICK. It was!

The doctor told me Chick was a friend of his and that he knew him very well. Really surprised 50

VADM. W. R. SMEDBERG, I I I , USN '26, Chief of Naval Personnel, and RAdm. R. W. Cavenagh, USN '26, Comd't Fourth Naval District.

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Slate # 2 won the election for class officers for the fiscal year 1964. They are: Chairman, EASTON, Secretary-Treasurer, O'DONNELL, Committee members, RICHARDSON and DYE. Congratulations.

JERRY O'DONNELL was guest speaker at the New York Alumni Association luncheon on 16 April. Other '29ers present were BACHER, BUTLER, DOWLING and WALES. Received a letter from PHIL OSBORN, Blair Academy, Blairstown, N. J., in which he says: "After a 4-year 'tour of duty' at Blair, in June Caryl and I will move to Annapolis where we have purchased a house on Monticello Ave., within fairly close view of Spa Creek. We are looking forward to being back in this area and seeing old friends and acquaintances again. Our daughter Caryl was married in February to Llovd Cryer of Washington, D. C."

1926 GROUP. Left to right: Jimmie and Elvo Leeper, Dwight and Thelma Agnew, Otto and Martha Livdahl.

at Tulage Harbor, and a seaplane carrier off Lae, New Guinea. Survivors include his widow, Frances, daughter, Mrs. Barbara Lavime, 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers and a sister.

BUTZ, JESSIE SAMUEL COOPER

SAM BUTZ, former managing editor of the Jacksonville Journal and the Florida Times-Union, and one of the South's best-known newspapermen, died on 25 April 1963 at his home in Gainesville, Fla. The funeral was held in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Gainesville, and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, in the same town.

During his career in Jacksonville, Fla., Sam gave enthusiastic support to many civic projects.

Always interested in sports, he played a key part in establishing the Gator Bowl Association, served a term as its president and was a member of the board.

In addition to his widow he is survived by 2 children: Mrs. W. T. Stringfellow of New York City, and Jesse Samuel Cooper Butz, Jr., of Fairfax, Va.; his mother, Mrs. Mary F. Butz of Daytona Beach, a sister, Mrs. John Mann of Houston, Texas, and 8 grandchildren.

Thorn GIAMBATTISTA and Annette St. Amour were married on the 4th of May 1963 in the wedding chapel of Our Lady of the World Basilica in Montreal, Canada. The wedding was performed by the bride's cousin. Father John Goulet. Her only attendant was her sister Louise.

A reception followed immediately after the ceremony at the Mount Stephen's Club in Montreal.

The couple will honeymoon in Bermuda. Thom graduated from the USNA in 1958. His attendant was Capt. Patrick O'Toole, USAF. Admiral and Mrs. Giambatrista and daughter Helen drove to the wedding, taking in sights along die way.

RAdm. L. V. (MIKE) HONSINGER, USN (Ret.), has joined William Underwood Company, One Red Devil Lane, Watertown 72, Mass., as Manager, Production and Purchasing.

On 20 May 1963 a daughter, Lisa Pryor, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr., in New York City. The paternal grandparents are RAdm. JOHN E. FITZGIBBON, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Fitzgibbon of Granville, Ohio.

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

JIMMIE JAMES, who retires this month, was relieved as Chief of the Bureau of Ships on 29 April. At the time of the change of command.

Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth presented Jimmie with the Distinguished Service Medal.

The Citation accompanying the Award reads in part: "For exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States in duties of great responsibility as Chief, Bureau of Ships, and Coordinator of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repain for the Department of Defense from April 1959 through April 1963. During his dynamic leadership of the Bureau of Ships, the Fleet's strike capabilities have been revolutionized by the expeditious completion in ever-increasing numbers of new missile-armed surface ships, aircraft carriers, Polaris submarines, and nuclearpowered ships, both surface and submarine. A tireless, eloquent advocate of the Navy before Congress, technical societies, industrial groups and various other audiences, both in this country and abroad, he has made a major contribution toward promoting understanding of the Navy's objectives and accomplishment of its goals."

(Editor's note: I understand that this is the first time a peace-time Bureau Chief has received the Distinguished Service Medal. Congratulations, Jimmie.)

All hands were shocked and saddened by the deadi of STEVE BRODIE who died suddenly at his home in Sonoma, Calif., on 2 April. A Requiem Mass was offered at St. Francis Solano Church in Sonoma on 5 April and interment was in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno.

A native of Indiana, Steve held a civil engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He served at various West Cbast stations, at Samoa, Pearl Harbor and Panama, and retired in 1958 while with the 12th Naval District. He was a member of the Society of American Military Engineers.

Steve is survived by his widow, Mary, who can be reached at 20530 Pueblo Road, Sonoma, Calif.; a daughter, Anne Marie, also of Sonoma, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret MacMasters of Georgetown, Conn.

The class extends deepest sympathy to them.

H. G. "PLUTO" CLARK writes: "In case you are short of items for the Class of '30 section of Shipmate I send you the following information: "I put in for voluntary retirement several months ago and the Secretary jumped at the idea.

Accordingly, I will go on the retired list as of 1 June of this year.

"Helen and I will make our home after retirement here in Honolulu, having bought a house some rime ago at 4757 Farmers Road, Honolulu

SECRETARY OF THE N A W Fred Korth presents the Distinguished Service Medal to RAdm. R. K. James, USN '28.

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16. I am now really finding out what it means to be a Public Works Officer. June 3rd I go to work in private employment.

"My eldest son, John Garner, is now a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force, and even worse, my youngest son, Robert Arthur, will graduate from the University of Notre Dame in June, under the NROTC Program, and will be commissioned an ensign in the Navy. I sure have had a hard time rooting for Notre Dame to win football games after the 4 years of rivalry at the Academy. Incidentally, my cheers have apparently not been too effective.

"If any of our classmates are in Honolulu, please look me up. DON WELLER is here now, as Deputy FMPac, and I see STEVE CORY quite often, also WHITEY LLOYD, now living on the Island of Maui, on occasion."

The following letter from WAT T. CLUVERIUS, III, has been found after a long and diligent search through our files and is reprinted herewith with elaborate apologies to Wat (who has never raised Cain about its not having seen the light of day): "I thought the safe arrival of my grandson might be of interest. Wat Tyler Cluverius, V, makes his home in Evanston; his dad is Lt. W. T. Cluverius, IV, USNR, who has just completed a tour of active duty.

"This lad is well supplied with 'Naval Antecedents'—Adm. William Thomas Sampson, Class of 1861, was his great-great-grandfather, and RAdm. Wat T. Cluverius, Jr., Class of 1896, was his great-grandfather."

(Your corresponding secretary regrets very much that publication of this wonderful announcement has been delayed so long due to his own negligence; congratulations to Wat V, his dad, his grandfather, and to his illustrious forebears!)

The following letter from Iris GUSHING was not received in time for the May issue, but is reprinted herewith as an item of great interest to all of us who will never forget DANA; "May I please borrow an idea from the widows of '29 and contribute the address of Iris, Nancy and Whitney Gushing until further notice: 9536 Wells Parkway, Norfolk 3, Va. You may also include Yellah Fellah, a cat of somewhat dubious lineage and a handsome tail, as being among those present. My cooking is somewhat better than my typing, and even if I can't balance the check book in less than 5 days of alternate swearing and despairing, I have not yet been evicted for non-payment of taxes.

"I am happy to note that the Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel (with which Dana was working) is being classified as one of the great engineering feats of the modern world, and I do know that he was enjoying his work to the fullest degree.

All good wishes to any and all classmates and their families."

Your secretary and corresponding secretary apologize for the dearth of material pertaining to the class in recent issues; and again we urge you to send us anything of interest (besides rosters of those residing in certain areas—although we are glad to receive them). We admit that "Letters to the Editors" are an excellent means of expressing one's self, and therefore take plcassure in letting you-all get the latest dope from our perennial European correspondent, DUTCH WILSON: "In case you are scratching for some filler material for Shipmate, use this. If not, consider it general information on life in Europe. Which reminds me that you (I don't include Elinor who can't write) owe us a letter.

"Jo and I just returned from a long weekend in Paris where Lili is a freshman at the American College. While there we saw JOE and Elena RUDDY who were extremely kind to us and hosted a party at the Lido. In case you've forgotten, it hasn't changed and is still considered an extravaganza. Oddly enough the hit act was 52

a deadpan dog named Louie. The only way I can explain it is that after 2 hours of bare flesh the sight of fur is refreshing. Joe and Elena are enjoying their life in Paris where Joe represents United Services Life. They have a very attractive apartment near the Arc de Triomph. Joe's French has improved since Bancroft Hall as witnessed by myself when he succeeded in talking his way out of a traffic ticket after running a red light. Not many of us can do that in French or English.

Elena handles the Spanish conversation, and her description of a successful argument with a French truck driver, she speaking rapid and explosive Spanish, should be recorded. My only regret about the trip was my inability to match my appreciation of French cooking with my aging and deficient appetite.

"Joe Ruddy and I, plus baggage, will be returning to Washington in mid-July to attend a company convention at the Shoreham. While there Joe and Elena will have the added responsibility of disposing of their 2 daughters, both by marriage. Whether they are losing 2 daughters or gaining 2 sons hasn't been decided at this point, but Joe is apprehensive.

"Life in Bavaria is once more becoming green after a very white and cold winter. Jo and I have taken up skiing by necessity. If you left the Autobahn you either skiied or died in a snow bank.

"After returning to Munich from Washington this summer, the Wilsons plan to take a house at Lingaivo Beach on the Adriatic on the way between Trieste and Venice. Remember when you and Elinor planned to join us there.?"

RAdm. JAMES W. DAVIS, USN, and Mrs. Davis, U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announce the engagement of their daughter, Nina Elizabeth, to Wayne Edgar King, son of Mrs. Mary King of Hickory, N. C , and Mr. Weldon King of Chariotte, N. C. Miss Davis, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina this June, is a French major. She graduated from the American Community School in Paris, and also attended the Munich Branch of the University of Maryland in Germany; Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.; and the University of Mexico, Mexico City.

Mr. King attended the State College, Raleigh, N. C , and the University of North Carolina from which he will graduate in February 1964. He is a member of the Order of the Old Well, Order of the Grail, and Sigma Delta Chi.

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Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN (Ret.) 1109 Grove St., N.E.. Albuquerque, N. M. Corr. Sec'y. Capt. S. W. Betts, USN Atmospheric Sciences Program National Science Foundation Washington 25, D. C.

Verna JOHNSON

In Sarasota, Fla., last month Verna JOHNSON, DUB's wife, passed away. Her heart stopped quite suddenly for unknown reasons shortly after she and Dub had finished a round of golf. Classmates and friends attended the graveside ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on 10 May. In honor of no special occasion, but just because we like to see them once in awhile, our girls were invited to the regular monthly Washington group luncheon on the 13th of May. Next time we'll plan for the 30th of some month as just 13 wives showed up. Those enjoying this very enjoyable session were: Peggy and Tom Booth, Grace and J. B. Colwell, Gwen and Johnny Crumpacker, Ruth and Sherry Betts, Cel and (iarl Lucas, Cesca and Dick Steere, Bobby and Floyd Myhre, Evie and Tommy Rogers, Peggy and Jack Fitzgerald, Elizabeth and Ed Hooper, Roberta and Jack McCain, Lynn and A. B. Metsger, Ruth and Barney Sieglaff, Ray Hunter, Don Wackwitz, Bill (L. W.) Williams, Bunky Head, Jack Parham, Tommy Payne,

Dub Johnson, George Peckham, Ward Shields, Bucky Bouve and Doc Snyder.

A bit of delayed news that reaches us by way of FLOYD MYHRE—Sine and Eileen have done it again! Report has just reached us they are the parents of another child, Stephen ROLAND, born last 26 September in Carmel, Calif. This makes them the 1st 2-time winners of the Last Baby Trophy, which is being suitably engraved by the HARRY SEIDELS and sent to the new champs direcriy. Ckjngratulations, Sine, from all hands.

Mr. and Mrs. FREDERICK E. KRAUSS have announced the engagement of their daughter, Carol, to Mr. Nathan Scott Shrewsbury, Jr. The wedding is scheduled for 20 July in Euclid, Ohio, where both families reside.

Mr. Shrewsbury received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baldwin-Wallace College, attended O.C.S. at Newport, R. I., and was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve. His active duty was in the Pacific where he served aboard the USS AGAWAM (AOG-6) based in Hawaii from 1953-57. He rated lieutenant junior grade at the time of his resignation in December 1962. Mr. Shrewsbury will receive his Master's degree in business administration from Western Reserve University in June. He is employed by the Diamond Alkali Corp.

Miss Krauss received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1961 and is employed as a teacher of junior high mathematics.

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

The gauge of attendance at monthly luncheons shows continued interest on the part of the Class of 1932. Twenty-six appeared at the Army-Navy Club on 3 May, the 1st Thursday of the month.

This was a signal meeting, enhanced by the presence of our distinguished class president, CORKY WARD, and also by the presence of "ranking" classmates from out of town who have joined the civilians: DICK MANDELKORN and SKI SOSNOSKI. (Ski makes an appearance at more Washington luncheons than do many of his classmates who live in the area.)

Corky had some interesting words on the doings of Norfolk area residents and told members about the projected midshipmen's cruise for this coming summer, when the training squadron under his command will work the East Coast, with midshipmen embarked in a CVA, a CA, two DLGs and two DDGs. The liveliest topic for general discussion was post-retirement employment. There was a consensus of opinion that the discriminatory nature of laws which assist the reservist in obtaining employment with the federal government are nowhere more sharply highlighted than when a career officer phases out his service and encounters multitudinous restrictions on who may employ him and in what capacity. It was agreed that there is little prospect for early change. The result is that the know-how accumulated in a lifetime of service is often unmarketable and unused, to the general detriment of our defense posture.

The group determined to keep the monthly luncheons going through the summer months, and expressed its sympathy and concern for DICK FRANKLIN. Dick was reported off intravenous feeding, but his most recent bout with a postoperative infection is said to have brought him several pounds "below his best fighting weight."

BULL DREANY was present and in good shape again.

BEAU LYONS has taken an engineering position with Jansky and Bailey Division of Adantic Research Corporation, and is now employed in Alexandria.

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DIMI DIMITRIJEVIC has also changed jobs and now is a senior research associate in the management systems division of Dunlap and Associates. Dimi will be in the Washington office of this research company, headquartered in Stamford, Ck)nn.

Others present were "co-chairmen and keepers of die keys" EMERSON FAWKES and SAM MONCURE, and also DEBNEY WATERS, JOE COUNIHAN and RAY PITTS. Keeping up the flag-officer ratio were Bill Stuart, Lou Bryan, Eddie Ruckner, Swede Eastwold, Al Shinn, Bob Fulton and Joe Wylie. The civilian contingent was further represented by Lindsey Williamson, Gus Wellings, Al Croghan, Mel Young, Al Slayden, Norm Blaisdell, Harry Lockwood and Jerry Miller.

HERE AND THERE We understand that DICK and Catherine MANDELKORN will shordy join those of us who are marrying off their offspring. One announcement, coming up I There also comes to hand the current address of JOHN and Mary Jane GRIDER, now living at 228 E. Parkway, Memphis 12, Tenn. John expects to come East about mid-August.

We hope you were watching the televised Presidential garden party for Medal of Honor winners. Our own BRUCE McCANDLESS was clearly discernible in several shots, and during one particular sequence when he engaged the full attention of our Commander-in-Chief.

DOWN IN CAROLINA Easter Sunday marked the occasion for the 1st annual spring meeting of the Durham-Chapel Hill chapter of the Class of 1932. The real reason was the visit of BILL and Biddy KELLY to Durham, where Bill was tentatively checking in the math department prior to starting his year in the Special Retired Officers' course at Duke University, to begin this coming July. Thanks to the hospitality, southern style, of ALEX and Frances COXE, the entire group had dinner in the Coxes' lovely Chapel Hill home on Easter Sunday. Present, in addition to the hosts, were the touring Kellys almost direct from their long stay in Hawaii; BAXTER and Pat BILLINGSLEY (and Bax, incidentally, is coming down the stretch in his quest for a Ph.D. in history at the University of North Carolina); and GRIMSHAW MOORE and ANDY NISEWANER, both over from Duke University where they are working on their Master's Degree in arts and teaching.

JOHN and Mary CHITTENDEN, unfortunately, had to miss the occasion because they were in Winston-Salem visiting their grandchildren. With a quorum of 5 present, there were plenty to carry out the business in hand so that the meeting was concluded in high style. Only the matter of a date for a future get-together was left undetermined.

in the Washington area, where the groom will serve with the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Warren Lee of Short Hills, N. J., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Elizabeth, to Mr. Robert C. Simmers, son of Capt. C. R. SIMMERS, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Simmers of Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Lee will be a senior at Smith College next year and Mr. Simmers graduated from Yale University with the Class of 1963.

A wedding in early June is planned.

The Simmers have also announced the engagement of their daughter, Ann Rogers, to Lt. Richard Drew Dowling, USMC. Lt. Dowling is presendy attached to a Marine fighter squadron at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and is the son of Judge and Mrs. Frank B. Dowling of Miami, Fla. H e is a graduate of Auburn University and Miss Simmers attended Jacksonville University.

Plans call for a wedding in late August in Jacksonville.

Chmn, Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. Washington 6. D. C. Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. E. S. Miller, USN Dep. U. S. Rep. NATO and Standing Group, Military Committee, Room 2E326 Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. AL PEELING wrote from San Diego to enclose a picture of a '33 class party held at his Naval Station Officers' Club. Also, he sent a roster of '33 officers, active and retired, in the San Diego area.

A reprint from the Port of Houston (Texas) Magazine of an article on the newly established Texas Maritime Academy says in part: "The Texas Maritime Academy got underway on the plains of A. & M. at College Station deep in the heart of Texas last fall, as Capt. BENN E T T M. DODSON welcomed aboard 21 'saltwater Aggies,' the 1st students in the new 4-year course for budding Merchant Marine officers.

"Superintendent Dodson, himself a Master Mariner, retired U. S. Navy Captain and former professor at both the national and California schools, has high hopes for the budding Texas venture."

Our congratulations to the new Supe!

Herewith a short commercial for our enthusiastic Navy supporter, CHARLEY ROUSSEAU.

News from this luncheon meeting, as follows: The Book (Committee was authorized to make a study on a method of making 30-year books available to widows.

30-year book data forms and questionnaires on the 30th reunion at Homecoming in Annapolis will be completed and mailed within the next 10 days. Advance reservations shown on forms will be good until 1 August. All class members are asked to mail their reservations and checks direct to hotels listed.

RAY THOMPSON and CHARLIE TRAVIS were elected to function on the class Finance Committee since it is understood that ED GRIMM will be leaving the area.

On 20 April at St. Anne's Church, Annapolis, Capt. RICHARD B. DERICKSON and Charlene Greham, daughter of the late Capt. Charles G. Halpine (Class of '16) and Mrs. Halpine, were married. The wedding, attended by many friends including members of '16 and 'ii, was followed by a small reception at the home of the bride's mother. The Dericksons expect to be at home at 171 Williams Drive, Annapolis, after 1 August.

Capt. WILLIAM V. PRATT, USN, has retired as Chief of Staff to the Commandant, 9th Naval District, Great Lakes, III., after 34 years of distinguished service. He and his family are on a West Coast vacation before he launches a 2nd career in a new field.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR Parkside Apts., 10630 Kenilworth Ave., Apt. 204, Bethesda 14, Md.

BOURKE-CHRISTIAN Capt. ROBERT E. BOURKE, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Bourke of West Hartford, Conn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Elizabeth (Betsey), to Robert Meade Christian, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meade Christian of Richmond, Va. Miss Bourke is a senior at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Va., and her fiance is a senior at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. An August wedding is planned. Miss Bourke's grandfather is Capt. George S. Hathaway, M.C., USN (Ret.), of North Wilmington, Mass.

RAdm. LEON S. KINTBERGER and Mrs. Kintberger have announced the engagement of their daughter, Suzanne Hope Kintberger, to Ensign Lee Alfred Perlman, USNR. Plans are for a wedding on 24 June at Annapolis.

The bride's parents, Leon and Dora, reside in Annapolis. Her father, winner of the Navy Cross in the batde off Samar, is now with the Armour Research Foundation, operating the Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center at Annapolis.

The groom's father is an officer of the New York Central Railway.

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and has a Navy jet pilot son.

The regular monthly luncheon of the Washington area classmates was held at the ArmyNavy Town Club on Tuesday, 14 May. Attending were: RAdm. C. A. Blick, RAdm. J. O. Cobb, Capt. D. W. Davis, Jr., Capt. W. L. Dawson, Capt. R. B. Derickson, RAdm. C. K. Duncan, Mr. T. A. Duncan, Capt. E. H . C. Fredericks, Capt. R. L. Taylor, Capt. J. W. Koenig, RAdm. W. C. Mott, Capt. M. Slayton, Mr. R. H . McRae, RAdm. H . S. Monroe, Capt. R. W. Thompson, Capt. C. W. Travis, Capt. Joe Enright, and Capt.

L. C. Cxinwell from San Diego.

Capt. L. M. SLACK died Wednesday, 8 May 1963, at die USNH, Bethesda, Md. He is survived by his widow, Kitty, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Slack of Grand Rapids, Mich.

An expression of sympathy of his classmates, and their wives, was extended to Kitty. Interment was at the Christ Church, Owensville, Md., following a service at the Navy Chapel, Naval Security Station, Washington, D. C.

ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED

JUNE-JULY,

made cruises in RANDOLPH and

LESLIE MARTIN SLACK

Your secretary is hopeful that Bill Kelly will give the class an account of the wonderful tour that he and Biddy have just concluded. They swept the country and visited classmates by the dozens. We'd like to get the up-to-date word on you and them. Bill. How about it?

After the wedding the young couple will live

He makes those indestructible Levi's as president of Lucky Star Industries. Charley, who lives in Tupelo, Miss., writes that he keeps up on Navy affairs through his contacts while traveling, has

CAPT. WM. V. PRATT '33

Helen Bourke also sends: "Butch, we would like to tell our friends as well, that Gus (now known in Conn, as Bob) recendy had the honor, for the second time, of swearing in a son to the Navy. Ens. Michael has joined his brother, Lt. (jg) Robert, on the West (Doast. Mike is in an attack 53

transport, the BAYFIELD, and Bob is in the submarine. MENHADEN. Our best to you both and to the Washington classmates. We are looking forward to the reunion next year."

From FRANK PINNEY at sea off Corsica: "The arrival yesterday of the April Shipmate and a temporary lull in the tempo of Sixth Fleet operations give me the opportunity to pass on some news. WILLIE MARTIN relieves Adm. Chick Hay ward 17 May as ComCarDiv Two and Commander Task Force Sixty and breaks his flag in ENTERPRISE. HARRY COOK is his Chief of Staff, and as I command the other Attack Carrier Striking Group with my flag in CANBERRA, '34 is firmly ensconced in the Mediterranean. Most of our operations revolve around Italy where BROWN TAYLOR serves as Alusna Rome. He and Myra are doing an outstanding job and I hope to catch a glimpse of them the end of this month. Ellen is following my travels, so after five previous tours over here as a 'sea bachelor' I now have the same girl in every port. So far we have been in Genoa, Corfu, Athens, Taormina, Palermo, and Toulon and will meet in Leghorn this weekend. While I was at sea Ellen has managed to get to Paris, Cannes, Florence, Rome, Patras, and Olympia. She is now in Venice—I think. Incidentally, we have found living expenses over here very reasonable and travel by train most economical. Air travel is another matter, but since I am usually at sea a week at a time she has only had to go by air on two occasions. Our older son, Frank, graduates in June from University of the South, Sewanee, and will be commissioned a 2nd Lt. USMCR. Son John (Mids'n 3/c USNROTC) is rowing # 7 in the JV crew at Yale, the same seat he occupied in last year's Freshman crew. If any of '34 are among the anticipated one million tourists to Europe this summer, my flag flies in USS CANBERRA ( C A G - 2 ) , SO please check in."

LESTER JAY STONE gave a private showing of "Portraits and Other Paintings" Sunday, 12 May, from one to six o'clock at his home 3212 Woodbine St., Chevy Chase, Md. To Jean and BOB BENGSTON the deep sympathy of all of us in the loss of their son, Robert Glenn Bengston, Lt. (jg) USN ('60), in an aircraft accident while operating from the USS RANGER.

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Sec'y, Capt. F. M. Lamkin, SC USN, Defense Supply Agency, Cameron Station, Alexandria, Va.

AMOS and Marianne HATHAWAY announce the marriage of their daughter, Joan Langdon, to Mr. Conrad Batchelder, Jr., on 17 May 1963 in Arlington, Va. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Batchelder, Sr., of Taylor, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. She is the granddaughter of RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) '09, and Mrs. Train.

Sec'y, Capt. K. C. LoveU, USN 3948 Garrison St., N.W. Washington, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN 4029 Downing St. Annandale, Va. CALVIN HAMILTON LAWRENCE It is with deep regret that I report the sudden death of our classmate and friend CAL LAWRENCE on 26 April 1963 at Akron, Ohio. Cal was employed at the time of his death by Babcock and Wilcox Co. at their Barberton, Ohio office as a nuclear components specialist. He is survived by his widow, Winifred, and his daughter, Barbara, who is a student at Northwestern University, to whom we all express our deepest sympathy. Classmates and friends may address notes to: 109 Pembroke Road, Akron 13, Ohio.

Twenty-seven years ago this month 262 of us tossed our hats high in the air and then either 54

pinned on that coveted shoulder board with one big shiny stripe or went on our way to join industry. Today the question is often asked, "How many are still on active duty.'" As a result CASEY and I did some research which may prove interesting to all. As of April 1963 there were 7i still on active duty: Unrestricted Line 53 EDOs 7 AEDOs 1 SDO (Communications) 1 Supply Corps 4 CEC 2 Marine Corps 5 The above means that about Xs of the class still active are now on duty in Washington. This probably accounts for the successful joint '36 luncheon held in April at the Army-Navy Country Club, with West Point '36 the host. As usual we were outranked, but we polled the bigger attendance with 28 out to the Pointers' 20. Would have had 31, but JACK CARMICHAEL, DON DOCKUM and GORDY FOWLER didn't make it at the last minute.

Present were: Bjarnason, Combs, Kimmel, Mann, Chuck Phillips, Tyler, Woodville, Hanger, Crawford, Folsom, Ed King, Morton, Preston, Tyree, Bradley, Butler, Law, Osedi, Richardson, Willman, Jim Gray, Heyward, Parham, Romberg, Wilson, Stark, LoveU and Ellis. Said Casey after this campaign, "There seems to be a distinct possibility that we would have done better if I had a 100% foolproof list of all classmates in the area. I learned at the luncheon of the probable presence of several not in my records; I took this job 2 years ago not believing it possible for military officers, active or retired, to get lost. I know differendy now! Let me know if you are in the area."

Long letter from H. VON A. BURKART reports that he and Virginia are living at 3728 Lime Ave., Long Beach 7, Calif. Von reports: "Kitty, our older daughter, has been married since July 1960 and we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a grandchild in mid-May. Kitty is married to Paul Travers and lives in Santa Barbara. Yvonne, our younger daughter, will be 20 this August and is a sophomore at Long Beach State College.

Virginia is in her 17th year of multiple sclerosis and is pretty much confined to her wheelchair, but her spirits are good and she still rules the household, ready to help where she can. I am just the same old 'Von,' only 15 pounds heavier, but I manage to visit the Long Beach Shipyard just to keep in touch with the Navy. Anyone oassing through LB, stop in and see us. Give my best regards to all the '36 class—may we see you out here soon." Thanks for the news, Von—let's hear from you and Ginna more often.

A note from CHARLIE ELLIS inquires about Homecoming this year. To him and all others may we say, nothing special is planned. Just come! Charlie is now regional vice president for General Electric Co. His address: 1860 Peachtree Road, N.W., Adanta 9, Ga. TOMMY KING writes that though late reporting same, the Pearl Harbor contingent had quite a shindig when RANDY MEADE came to Pearl last January. Says Tommy, "All the classmates available stopped in to join the ear-rending session of music and singing. Among those present were BUZZ and Louise LAIZURE, DIXIE and Dorothy NOHRDEN, and Ann WRIGHT. Also visiting recendy was DICK FOWLER in on AirPac business. Trouble with this island state is that friends seem to stop by only briefly and then take off for either WesPac or home. Expect my time here with DesFlot 5 is nearing an end, and that I'll be relieved this summer. Great place for duty here, or would be if it would stop raining for awhile.

Regards to the Washington crowd." Good to hear from you. Tommy; how about shipping some of that rain to dry old Washington?

A note from Bucky SOUTHERLAND, PUG's widow, announces the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Rodier, to Michael Carruthers Cord-

ingly. Elizabeth is a graduate of Goucher College, and is presently teaching at the American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr. Cordingly, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cordingly of Accrington, Lancashire, England, is a graduate of Victoria College of the Manchester University and completed graduate work at Exeter. He is presendy teaching at Darrussafaka Lisisi in Istanbul. A summer wedding is planned. Our best wishes to Elizabeth and Michael. For friends, the home address is: Mrs. J. J. Southerland, 210 Oriole Drive, Bird Neck Point, Virginia Beach, Va. Recent duty changes: "MOOSE" BROWN to Assistant Chief BuShips for Design, Shipbuilding and Fleet Maintenance, Navy Dept.; E. J. HOFFMAN to ONR, Navy Dept.

Happy 27th anniversary to you all.

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

NEWELL EDWARD THOMAS At the Fort Myer Chapel on 3 May at 10 a.m.

Chaplain Henry Duncan of the Security Station, Washington, read the funeral service of NEWELL EDWARD THOMAS. It was conducted simply, with understanding for those present— Ned's family, friends and many classmates. Ned was buried in Arlington with full military honors. Among the 8 honorary pallbearers were his classmates, Charlie Minter, Bush Bringle, Fred Janney, Don White and Dick (Dolbert. Mort Lyde was the honor guard. In addition to these there were 20 other classmates. The grave site is most befitting; across from BuPers overlooking the Pentagon, with the city of Washington, the Capitol and Washington Monument in the background —the capital of the nation which he had served.

One could not escape this observation as the day was sunny and clear.

Ned's duty was Executive Director of the Office of Plans and Programs at BuWeps. He died of a heart attack on 30 April 1963 while on a visit to his hometown, Kaufman, Texas. He is survived by his widow, Joan, a daughter, Joan Kuhn, of Pittsburgh, and a son, Marshall, a student at the University of Virginia.

The class sends its deepest sympathy to Joan not only in the loss of Ned, but also in the loss of her father just a week later on 8 May. WASHINGTON NEWS The new Executive Committee of the class for the year of 1963-64 is: Chairman, Capt. J. L. Kelley, Jr., USN V. Chairman, Capt. D. G. Baer, USN Sec.-Treas., Mr. John P. M. Johnston Battalion Representatives: First, Capt. F. A. Patriarca, USN Second, Capt. R. F. Farrington, USN Third, Capt. A. Soucek, USN (Ret.) Fourth, Capt. E. K. Soucek, SC USN These results were announced at the class luncheon on 10 May at the A and N Club.

Eighteen classmates were present at this luncheon to hear the election results. JACK OBERMEYER, the outgoing chairman, was not present. He and MONTY BALLINGER, Jack's relief at the Model Basin, were on an official trip. JACK SLAUGHTER announced that this was his last meeting for his tour of duty here in Washington. He would be leaving before the next meeting to become Chief of Staff to CinCPac. BOB ERLY is also leaving Washington for new duty before the next meeting and said his au revoirs. JERRY HUGHES served as head of the group while Jack was away. GUY NARTER announced that he retired 6 June 1963 and his new address is 566 Brandon Road, Bay Colony, Virginia Beach, Va., and that he would be entering real estate. Guy has been acquiring a litde experience here and there with the Miller Real Estate Co. of Annandale, Inc., so is all set. STRETCH KELLEY, DON SHIPMATE

'37 AT A & N CLUB, left side, front to back: Jack Whistler, Ruth Whistler, Jimmy Scales, Ginny Crenshaw (Willie's daughter), Willie Crenshaw, D. J. Bottomley, Syd Bottomley, Virginia Rankin (at head of table). Right side, front to back: Gerry Joyce, Stumpy Baker, Kay Joyce, Johnny Morse, Barbara Hall, Bud Hall.

BAER, JOHN JOHNSTON and BOB FARRINGTON of the '63-'64 slate were there. The others present at the luncheon were Buck Wilsie, Don White, Red Schneider, Bill Mack, Larry Brantley, Swampy Lajaunie, Vine McCormack, Curt Kelly, Hank Rowe and Jimmy Denton.

tion of Martin Schwarzschild of Princeton University. G. C. Ellerton, Jr., project engineer for Vitro, is in charge of his firm's big part in the program." Vitro is responsible for the management of the balloon system, including launch, flight and retrieval.

Recendy the Washington Post carried a picture of a learned gentleman with horn-rimmed spectacles pointing to a chart entided "Stratoscope II Balloon System Characteristics." The legend under this picture reads: "Scientist GEORGE C. ELLERTON, of Vitro Laboratories, Silver Spring, points to a chart used for the recent balloon borne telescopic examination of the planet Mars. Ellerton headed the group which designed and built the StratoscoDe II unmanned balloon telescope system." Another paragraph from the 14 column inches reads: "The project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and is under the technical direc-

Another Washington Post mention of USNA 1937 is again a picture legend, this time of President Kennedy laying a wreath at a monument.

It reads: "President Kennedy lays a wreath at the monument to LCdr. EDWARD (BUTCH) O'HARE during dedication ceremonies at Chicago's O'Hare Airport yesterday. Wreath was given to the President by Philip Tovrea, III, a military academy student, and Edward Palmer, at right. Both boys are relatives of O'Hare."

SQUIRE PRIDMORE sent the enclosed invitation with the following return address: Commander Fleet Training Group, Navy No. 115, Box 55, c/o Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y.:

You are cordially invited to attend the Change of Cx)mmand Ceremony in which Captain James D. Ferguson, U. S. Navy will be relieved by Captain James A. Pridmore, U. S. Navy as

Commander Fleet Training Group Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Saturday, 18 May 1963 at 1100, Headquarters Building

Sec'y, Capt. G. S. Heston, USN 2727 N. Norwood St. Arlington 7, Va. WASHINGTON

NEWS

Preparations for the class reunion in Washington 1 June are proceeding at an ever increasing rate. From the returns it looks like a banner turn-

'37 AT A & N CLUB, left side, front to back: Jo Gibson, Charlie Gibson, Margot Buckley, Frank Buckley, Lorraine Baker, Meg Hale, Ed Pace (standing) and Duke Ferrara. Right side, front to back: Stevie Hanson, Skeet Gardes, Kay Pace, Syd Freedman, Katie Freedman, Swede Hanson, Judy Ferrara and Flick Hale.

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out. I'll try to keep notes and give a full report in the next column. Deadlines being what they are, this is being written prior to the festivities but will be published well after everybody has recovered from the weekend.

Twenty-three classmates attended the April luncheon. Those attending were: Rindskopf, Washington, McDowell, Owen, Smale, Elwood, Al Church, Irvine, Heston, Robinson, (Conrad, Mason, Dwyer, Semmes, Hunnicutt, Bartol, Hilton, Dybdal, ciiffen, Moore, Art Johnson, Carter and Benge. JOHN MASON gave die group a rundown on his duties with the Disarmament Commission. Sounded fascinating but frustrating.

A. G. MELVIN flew into town for a few days from Honolulu and stayed with the HANK JACKSONs. Hank and Connie, at a moment's notice, put together a delightful party to give some of A. G.'s friends a chance to see him. It was good to hear how the other half lives out Pearl Harbor way and A. G. gave good reports on the FRORATHs, ADAIRs and RYNDs. Bob Rynd's had a bit of back trouble but is back to battery.

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Had a short note from BUD WOLFE in San Francisco regretting that a change in plans will prevent him from attending the June reunion in Washington. However, he said that there are about 15 classmates in the area and they plan to have a local celebration at Treasure Island.

Hope to see you in the fall. Bud. I really begin to feel like an "Old Fud" when I hear about June weddings for classmates' daughters. So far, plans seem to line up that way for the FERRITERs, BOOZERs and HARRISes. Any more ?

CECIL BOLAM went to Bethesda for an operation recendy. ED CONRAD visited him 3 days later and reported he was doing well. Hope to see you back to battery soon, Cec. It is with deep regret that I pass on the news that LO WEYMOUTH'S modier died. She was known and admired by many of the class. The

Photo by Baiisch & Lomb JOHN D. HARBY '39 funeral was at Arlington Cemetery and the class was represented.

GERALD MAPES writes that his correct address is: 1973 Kobara Lane, San Jose 24, Calif.

One last item: The Washington wives had their annual picnic lunch last month at the Weymouths' delightful place on the Potomac. Over 20 turned out and had a great time.

Sec'y, Capt. Thomas R. Weschler. USN 4300 Hawthorne St.. N.W. Washington 16, D. C. JOHN D. HARBY has been appointed general product manager for the Ophthalmic Division of Bausch and Lomb, Inc. in Rochester, N. Y. He and his wife, Josephine, and 3 children, Stephen,

Diana Lee and John Michael, live at 46 Park Lane, Penfield, N. Y., a suburb of Rochester.

FRANK EDRINGTON writes from Castro Valley, (palif.: "Miki and I will be back in Annapolis for 2 reasons—to attend the Board meeting at the Alumni House, and to see Frank II throw his hat in the air on 5 June when he graduates with '63. In spite of the crowd around, I hope that I will be able to see some of my old friends."

The historical fact of the accompanying picture is that this was the 1st time since 1 June 1939 that the only 4 people in '39 to room together for 4 years had been in the same area. TEX HARRIS (CO MIDWAY) was invited as chaperon.

A close smdy of the picture will reveal that HENRY ELLIOTT and CHUCK JENKINS are still trying to see who can lose hair the fastest; JOHN WILLIAMS has aged die least and even in mixed crowds can show a well-turned leg; all wives appear to be holding up well over the years; Tex Harris qualifies as a fine chaperon.

HARRY DAVEY (Prof, of Naval Science, University of Idaho) was aboard on 12th and 13th of April here at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with a group of Navy Leaguers from Moscow, Idaho. Must report he looks great.

The WESCHLERs head West with pleasure and look forward to the excitement of sea duty and a new locale after 17 years on the East Coast.

It has been fun doing this news gathering and we will miss the close contact with so much of the class.

Three items to consider: (a)—The new Alumni Register (1963) is terrific and an excellent buy. It is much more up-to-date than you'd expect for addresses and it has a geographical locater so that you can find people by states and even large cities if you're traveling, (b)—Our 25th reunion is coming up. We need action for a graduation remembrance (June) and for Homecoming (September)—1964. (c)—^What about a "25 Years After" book or anything to update "Nine Years After".?

Your Washington committee needs ideas and volunteers.

T O M WESCHLER

A REUNION OF '39 ROOMMATES. Left to right: Rip Kline, Muriel Jenkins, Chuck Jenkins, Eleanor Elliott, Henry Elliott, Tibbie Kline, John Williams, Lois Williams and Tex Harris.

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lent background for management, and I find I can fully hold my own with academicians, both of the liberal arts and engineering disciplines, with my Naval Academy B.S." Gene reports that a USNA Alumni chapter is being formed in Santa Barbara. Anyone interested can get in touch with him at his home, 73 Mallard Ave., Goleta, Calif.

Sec'y, Capt. Harrey B. Seim, USN National War College, Washington 25, D. C. Corr. Sec'y. G. G. WilUams, c/o J. C. Wheat & Co., 15 Selden Arcade, Norfolk, Va.

Recendy the Norfolk contingent of '40 gathered for conversation and refreshment. Those present —sec picture—were: Chuck Beers, Bill Benbow, Al Bergner, Bob Clements, Phil Glennon, Gary Hall, George Hawes, John Lacoutre, Ike Peters, Bob Quinn, Sal Walline, John Whitacre, G. G. Williams and their ladies. Peggy Lockett represented Larry who was in the Med.

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WASHINGTON REPORT Nearly 50 classmates and wives attended the final luncheon of the season at the Fort Myer Officers' Open Mess on 9 May. The group, by unanimous acclaim, endorsed the selection of BOB MILLER to take charge of arrangements for a class dinner-dance in June. (Bob was absent momentarily so the democratic process trapped him.) After-lunch diversion was offered by HARV SEIM who showed some slides and gave a running commentary on his recent 3-week trip to 8 European countries.

The gang took advantage of the occasion to wish die best of luck to BILL WILLIAMSON who was leaving in the near future for Sunnyvale, Calif., to set up a West Coast office for Vitro Corporation, with whom Bill has been associated for a number of years. At the same time, BILL SCOTT was welcomed back in the Washington area. Bill is a member of the Technical Staff of ITT Intelcom, Inc., an affiliate of the ITandT Corp. The Scotts live at 4204 Dahlia Court, McLean, Va. Others present included Bill Hodges, Art Maltby, Bill Dobie, Chief Ereckson, Leigh Winters, Bob Harris, Chick Obrist, Stan Orser, Art Esch, Pappy Dupzyk, Art Berndtson, Ike Blough, Tommy Taylor, Bill Keating, Fred Karch, Bill Boehm, Fritz Freund, Gene Lamiman, Roy Anderson, Herm Klare and Ed Wann, most of whom were accompanied by their wives.

RANDOM NOTES JACK LONGINO was recendy inducted into the Delta Eta Chapter (Georgetown University) of Pi Sigma Alpha, a national honorary science society, on the basis of his overall scholastic achievement and distinction in the field of political science. Jack is completing his work toward a Ph.D. at Georgetown, concentrating in international affairs. He holds an M.A. degree from Oilumbia in the same field. Jack and classmate JOCKO ANTONELLI completed the National War College course in June.

JOHN R. BURWELL '41 JOE MORRAY, author, journalist and lecturer, spoke recently in the Washington area on the subject "Cuba and the C^ld War." He is the author of several books—Pride of State, From Yalta to Disarmament and recently The Second Revolution in Cuba as well as numerous periodical articles. He has served as visiting professor of law and speech at the University of California at Berkeley, and as visiting professor of political science at the University of Havana during 1961 and 1962. Joe holds an LL.D. degree from Harvard and had 7 years of active service in the Navy, during 5 years of which he was the Assistant Naval Attache in Spain and Paraguay.

GENE DUEBER is Planning Analyst at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and is deeply involved in an extensive Five-Year Building Program there. "It is a most interesting and challenging position," he writes. "Our campus is now a general campus of the university, with a 15,000 student goal. We are about 5,000 this year and they are rolling in fast. Getting the funding from the legislature to build the physical plant is quite an operation—we are only 1 of 7 major campuses of the university. The atmosphere here is also quite an experience—it is big business, government and ivory tower all inextricably intermingled. But 3 years in the Pentagon was good training for the high finance and planning; military staff and command are excel-

Sec'y. Mr. TuUy Shelley, Jr. 69A West Road New Canaan, Conn.

JOHN R. BURWELL has been appointed Director of Administration of the Squibb Division of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 745 Fifth Ave., New York City. In his new position he will be responsible for industrial relations, personnel, purchasing, transportation and such other administrative functions as the vice president and general manager may assign.

John joined Olin in 1947 and immediately prior to his appointment in the Squibb Division was in Research Services in New Haven, Conn. He is still living at 4 Woodvale Road, Branford, Conn., and making the long commute to New York.

GRANT PALMER joined Pratt and Whitney Aircraft on 1 March 1963. He is a project engineer in the Long Range Military Requirements Group. While he is only a short-time civilian, he sends word that he is enjoying civilian life.

His home address is 190 Olde Stage Road, Glastonbury, Ckjnn.

DEKE CARR is also widi P and W A in foreign marketing. He is responsible for marketing of marine and military aircraft power plants. He sends the following information: "Residence, 32 Quincey Road, Glastonbury, Conn. After 18 months in similar position to Grant's, I was recently brought into the marketing group. It is very challenging and interesting work involving more widespread travel than I experienced in the Navy. Miss the 'Boat Club' some, but try to keep in touch through Shipmate and chance meetings here and there."

GEORGE NOLTE joined P and W A in August 1916 as a requirements engineer in the Government Marketing Group of the sales department. His field of interest is the non-aircraft application of gas turbine engines with particular emphasis on marine applications. Home address: 21 Terrace Road, West Hartford, Conn.

CHARLIE CARR wrote in April that he had just completed a TAD trip around all the NATO capitals. On this interesting trip Charlie reports that he had the pleasure of talking with many officials of our allied governments, including King Baudoin, Chancellor Adenauer and Admiral Lord

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Louis Moimtbatten. The other high spots of the trip were meetings with classmates. Charlie reports seeing DICK WRIGHT at die Hague where Dick is Naval Attache. Charlie says that Dick is in great shape and very pleased with his job, travels in Europe, and progress at mastering the Flemish language. At Bonn Charlie ran into GEORGE NOLTE at the Embassy reception desk and at Lisbon he spent official and unofficial time with CURLY PLEMONS. Curly and Billis entertained Charlie—along with a Porwgese Admiral and Commodore and their ladies—at the Plemons' sumptuous home in Estoril. Curly's 3/4 years in Lisbon will end with summer when he goes to a ship command.

RUSSELL BLAIR writes from Oxford, Miss.: "I was graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School on 26 January of this year. The law is an ambition I set aside some 27 years ago.

I find it tremendously interesting.

"Along with the law, I find time to play tennis regularly after a 12-year lay-off, play a littie golf, fish a litde, and help John Vought with his football team on Sawrdays." Russell's address is 426 South Lamar, Oxford, Miss.

Our last elected class committee was around 1955, and CHARLIE CARR, as Washington group executive chairman, is trying to determine who the class officers of the elected '55/'56 slate were and their current locations. If you can help him out will you please drop him a note at Op 604 or 7838 Jay Miller Drive, Falls Church, Va. JACK HADLER and Capt. Obermeyer '37 acted as hosts for our April Washington luncheon at the David Taylor Model Basin. Present were Charlie C ^ r , Bud Greenlee, Dick Marquardt, John Newland, Alan Ray, Bob Starkey, Ed Svendscn and Joe Zirkle. The Washington area plans include a husband-wife luncheon at the Officers' Club of Fort McNair on Friday, 14 June.

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News of the moment is almost entirely from the Washington area. NORM NASH dropped me a line from the Charter House, Portsmouth, N . H., advising that the hearings on THRESHER had a much higher priority than class news. Norm and JIM OSBORN were members of the board, while FRANK ANDREWS, BILL HERONEMUS and CHARLIE BISHOP were involved in testimony or otherwise, in trying to untangle the twisted skein of tragedy.

GENE FARRELL advised from the coast that he is now CIomDesDiv 232. I have written JOHN DREW to see if he can get us a report or 2 from the West Coast, and now note that John has moved up from DesDiv command to be Chief of Staff and Aide to ComCruDesFlt Nine.

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The Washington contingent had the "mixed doubles" luncheon on 8 May at the Army-Navy Club with 28 couples in attendance and DICK AREY and myself as stag. DAN BERGIN was the "guest" speaker and did a fine job of letting the girls know just what is in store for the class in the immediate future. He also stressed what the Pay Bill can and cannot do for us and for the Navy in general, and explained the types of duty which could be available.

The new Executive Committee was presented to the class and consists of George Bliss, Don Burrows, Hap Day, Ed Gallagher and Bill Spiegel.

HANK FIELD has been appointed ex-officio member without portfolio, but with Scorebook- The latter is being covered in a separate newsletter, but is moving forward. JACK HILL, III, is acting as Hank's treasurer and we hope to have the financial end of the book in hand soon.

Attending the luncheon were Buck and Rivers Shaw, Bill and Joyce Simmons, Don and Elmyra Burrows, Peggy and Frank Tofalo, Phil and Kay Cole, Bob and Jan Stahl, Buck and Dru Buhrer, Bob and Maggie Liz McWethy, Beryle and George Folta, Jerry and Ginny Peddicord, John and Odette Davis, Walt and Ann Esworthy, Bill and Patty Spiegel, Ed and Carmen Gallagher, Corky and Annabell Corkran, Willy and Honey Nyburg, Doug and Peggy Plate, Bill and Anne Underwood, Vern and Francie Bionio, George and Milly Halvorson, Dan and Peggy Bergin, Trav and Sue Tabor, Frank and June Berry, George and Harriet Bliss, Jerry and Bev Clarke, Bill and Amy Betzer, Frank and Nancy Knight, and Bill and Betty Lou Houser.

So that those of you who may feel smug now that your offspring are in college, I might remind you that JACK and Lou JAMES became the parents of a baby boy the end of April; and that the CORKRANs and BERRYs are infanticiparing this summer.

Our local group will be somewhat depleted after this summer as we seem to have more leaving than coming, for a change. BILL SIMMONS and BILL BETZER leave in August, the 1st to Norfolk and the latter to San Diego, for commands. PHIL COLE heads for Newport, BUCK BUHRER for CinCLantFlt, DAN BERGIN for the Naval War College, WALT ESWORTHY to retirement, GEORGE HALVORSON to command DesDiv 172, JIM CONGER to command DirxBORY BAY, and TOM COPPEDGE, having retired in April, to work for Minneapolis-Honeywell in St. Petersburg, Fla. BUNKY HERNDON retires this summer and is going to setde in his Kensington, Md., house if he finds the right type of job in diis area. DOUG WINNER has followed his Aerojet-gas turbine project from Ft. Belvoir to San Ramon, Calif. Finally, DICK OPP has moved back into their home in Dun Loring, Va. and is working for Research Analysis Corporation while Ruth teaches chemistry at Woodson High in Fairfax County. Dana is a freshman at Marshall High, where BILL SHONERD is teaching science, and Trish is at Elmira (College.

Understand BOB REILLY hits OpNav in July and GIL ACKER the JCS about the same time, while PAPPY SIMS setded in SP in May. JOHN MAROCCHI is slated for OpNav, BILL RICHARDSON for BuSandA, DICK CREECY for OSD and BOB MOTTERN and LOU STECHER for BuWeps.

Also leaving Washington are HANK SEITZER to command HOWARD W . GILMORE; PHIL GUTTING as CO BEXAR; ROY ROBISON to ComOceanSysLant; GEORGE BRITNER now commanding DesDiv 102 and AL GRIMES now commanding PICTOR.

Would like to close with warmest congratulations to GERRY MILLER who is moving up from command of WRANGELL to Oimmanding Officer, USS FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT, and best wishes

for smooth seas to all of our new commanding officers.

LEO CULJAT writes: "On 26 April die Seattle chapter visited Bremerton (Puget Sound Navy Yard) and were guests of that chapter (see report in rear pages of this magazine). '42 was represented by DICK LCWE, CED BERQUIST and Leo Culjat. ART TAGLAND and B. ROBB were absent, as Art had to work late that night.

"There's always a 4.0 meeting at Pier 91 the 1st Wednesday night of every month. Cocktails at 6, dinner at 7, cordials at 10. Anyone in the area is always welcome.

"RALPH PORTER visited Seatde several weeks ago, mentioned seeing many of '42 down in California. Dick Lowe goes to SHAPE in Paris soon; he's leaving Seatde 5 July. Has already received his briefing on the Follies Bergere, Lido Club, Pigalle and the Rive Gauche. Ah, c'est la vie!"

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Sec'y, Cdr. William Thomas Peach III, USN (SC), Naval Snpply Center, Oakland 14, Calif.

Wash. Area Sec'y, Capt. J . E. Volonte, USN, 4914 Yorktown Blvd., Arlington 7. Va.

WASHINGTON AREA The 22 April (4th Tuesday of the month) luncheon at the Army-Navy Country Club yielded a turnout of about 25 classmates. FENTON SMITH happily announced BOB GREENWOOD (ARPA) as his relief on the liquor locker concurrendy with the news that the slush fund had been reduced to zero and the liquor prices remrned to post-war levels. CLARENCE FROSCHER was in town on leave from Alameda; LES HESELTON put in an appearance from the Staff, CJTF-8; STUB DORAN (BuPers), MOOSE GROSSETTA (InSurv) and HERB WARD (OpNav) showed up to take bows on their 1st times out. An announcement that BILL COBB's (Chlnfo) son is about to become a member of the Class of *67 brought so many cries of "Me, too" and "Him, too" from the floor that the verbatim record rapidly went to pot. Maybe we should designate a deputy for sons at USNA. BOB and Jane BEAVER visited Washington on the hunt for a house, but left trying to weigh the conflicting advice on whether to rent or to buy.

JIM HERRING passed through the Pentagon in April, having come to town from the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, Conn.

Jim was here in connection with an ASW symposium .-.nd reports that he will soon be finished 10 years with EB. SCOTTBE UMBARGER can be seen as a regular customer in the swimming pool in the Pentagon Officers' Athletic O u t e r .

As Director of Congressional Investigations in the SecNav Office of Legislative Affairs, SPENCE ROBBINS has been kept plenty busy with TFX matters lately. JOE KEMP has had TFX problems from the Op-73 end of the business.

DICK LAW is executive secretary of the Joint Secretariat, JCS; he and Julie are living in Alexandria.

BUD ZUMWALT's son, Elmo, III, appears to be a chip off the old block as he continues to take public speaking honors at Annandale High School.

The entire family is in the act as evidenced by the following quote from the May "NOW News": "Mrs. E. R. Zumwalt, chairman and teacher of the Russian language group, was born in North China in Harbin, Manchuria. She went to the Russian School in Harbin where, in addition to English and some French, she learned Chinese and Japanese. She was in Shanghai during World War II. This is where she met Capt. Zumwalt.

Mouza came to the United States in 1946. She began teaching Russian last year when her husband was at the National War College. The Zumwalts have 4 children."

JACK BARRETT'S orders to XCAF have been cancelled and he will be going to Polaris duty with the special projects group.

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From his trip to London LEFTY LAVRAKAS (a good and faithful reporter) brought back news of PUGGIE POGGEMEYER, who is a Marine with ALUSNA, London; also JOHN DANIEL, whose office is at Berkeley Square House, London, W . l , has his eye on a prof's job at Cal Tech.

The column just isn't big enough to carry all die news of TAZE and Jan SHEPARD during his tour as Naval Aide to the President; just read the newspapers.

When last seen, GERRY COLLERAN was busy trying to round up a classmate to serve as a member of the local Army-Navy cotillion committee. Appears that the Class of '43 has finally worked up to being in charge.

HAM and Carolyn RIES expect to move into their house at 4534 N . 19 St., Arlington, early in July.

HAL KAUFFMAN made the "NOW News" through Lois, who was recendy elected as "NOW's" 1st vice president: "Lois Kauffman, who has served the NOW club for 2 years, first as NOW news co-editor and this year as the capable manager of the new NOW office and chairman of the Japanese brush painting activity, attended UCLA in her home state. Lois developed a great interest in antiques and antique silver and its history while she and her husband were stationed in England. When Captain Hal Kauffman can take time off from his duties at the Bureau of Ships, the Kauffmans love to go sailing."

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Reliable reports have it diat KENNY WILSON is the 1st grandfather in the class; son Kenny Jr. (also the proud father) lives in Norfolk where he is attending college. Kenny Sr. and the remaining 9 members of his immediate family are in Key West with duty on the Staff, Commander Key West Forces. Grandpa certainly owes this column a letter!

We note diat HOMER HAISTEN made the news as CO PT. DEFIANCE, the LSD which carried the bathyscaph TRIESTE to the East Coast.

JIM COPELAND writes from 2 Devon Road, Greens Farms, Ckinn., to inquire about the 20year Lucky Bag, and to report that he sometimes sees TOM CARTER (Miami) and BUD CARTER (Philadelphia).

Couldn't help but be a litde starded as we saw BILL ANDERSON'S picture pop out at us from an advertisement in the March issue of Reader's Digest. Bill has since been recalled to active duty in connection with the THRESHER inquiry. Newspaper accounts show that Bill has been named by the President as a consultant to head a study group on the proposed domestic Peace Corps and that he is expected to be appointed director of the program, formally known as the National Service Corps, if Congress approves the establishment of the organization.

LARRY KURTZ (Norfolk) spent a couple of weeks in Newport attending a special course at die War College. Word is that he and ED CUMMINGS participated in a short dog and pony show for the benefit of the students.

NavShipRepFac Subic Bay to InSurv; Jack Barrett from OpNav to BuWeps; Al Cox from ComDesDiv 202 to ComFleTraGru, Newport; Sodie Hale from MaTechTra Com, NAS Memphis to MATS Scott AFB; George Bryan from USNA to CO ALDEBARAN ( A F - 1 0 ) . To BuShips:

Dave Sterren, Staff, CinCLantFlt; Art Sibold Staff, CinCPacFlt; Frank Omohundro, Naval Mission, Brazil.

NORFOLK NEWS

KAY SAPPINGTON The T. C. HURSTs are now on duty in Paris.

Therese and WOODY WOODWARD announce the arrival of Marie Paradis on 30 September 1962, their 4th child and 2nd daughter.

BERNIE FRESE is CO of die Naval Ammunition Depot, St. Julians Creek, Portsmouth, Va. BRICK WALL recendy became Director, Fleet Computer Programming Onter, Dam Neck, Va. HOMER and Alice HAISTEN will be returning to Norfolk in July from the West Coast.

Homer will report to ComOpTevFor as Director Combat Direction Systems Division.

MERRILL SAPPINGTON, who at present is commanding a destroyer division and is in the Med, will also report to ComOpTevFor in July as Director Surface Warfare and Space Division.

Bob Beaver, Jim Donaldson, Jack Hudson, Phil McManus and Bill McQuilken are all commuting between Norfolk, where their families are, and Washington, D. C , so we don't see much of them there either—that commuting is rough I Jane BEAVER will move to D. C. when school is out and so will Fran HUDSON. JIM DONALDSON will report back to Norfolk when he finishes at the National War College. He will be operations officer, Cxammander Carrier Division 4 aboard

ation with the president's People-to-People program.

JOHN TAZEWELL is CO of the Norfolk division of ComOpTevFor. DAVE STERRETT is being transferred to Washington this summer and they will live in Annapolis. In the meantime Whimey, the boys and Whitney's mother are spending the summer in Europe.

CARMICHAELs will be leaving Annapolis and coming to Norfolk for duty this summer. He will report to CinCLantFleet.

The Navy will lose a fine officer and his wife when ED DAVIS retires this summer. He and Nancy have always been active and enthusiastic workers for '43 doings and they will be sorely missed here. They plan to setde in the San Diego area, so they can pick up the class activities out there. Nancy will continue college until she gets her degree and then plans to teach. Ed also plans to return to college so that he too can teach. Our best wishes to the Davises.

The Norfolk contingent would like to say a large thank you to Maxine and BERT THOMPSON for the fine job they have done the past 2 years as co-chairmen of the group. Bert has now recovered from surgery and is doing fine.

BILL CAFFERATA was in town recendy for a conference. News from him is that he and Dudie and family will be—at long last—leaving Charleston for duty in Brussels, Belgium, and they are really looking forward to it. Bill is at present commanding a destroyer division out of Charleston.

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Pres., Cdr. Paul W. Crntchfield, USN, 802 Cannon Lane, Alexandria, Va. Sec'y, Cdr. Maylon T. Scott. USN, 4441 N. 19t!-. St., Arlington 7, Va.

As we mentioned in our last notes, one of the great and pleasant by-products which has resulted from our efforts in connection with the 20th reunion ball has been in the newsy letters received from classmates scattered far and wide. In the following paragraphs we will try to excerpt some of the items that have been received.

BILL BENNETT sent us a memo which said in part, "On a recent trip to London and Paris I had a chance to chit-chat widi RED TUCKER . . . who doesn't look a day older than the last time I saw him. Also in London, KEN GUMMERSON was standing the duty and guarding the intercontinental telephone circuits, while SKEETS EATON was attempting to keep all of Paris and the French aircraft industry happy by learning the language which he now speaks fluendy and uses to good advantage in his duty at DefRepNAMA. All wished the class the best of success on the ball."

Among the prospective summer retirees are: PINKY and Ann JOSLIN who are moving to

PHIL ERKENBRACK has had his leg in a cast recently. He hurt himself while playing basketball with the children; think he needs that booklet—"How to Exercise After 40."

Alicia BARQUIST has been elected chairman of the wives' group for the coming year. This automatically makes DICK co-chairman. Anyone coming to Norfolk please get in touch with Alicia and Dick.

WACO WALKER, now commanding a destroyer division out of Norfolk, will be reporting to CinCLantFleet this summer.

JACK and Betty GRIGGS will soon be on their way to Equador. Jack has been administrative assistant to Adm. John McNay Taylor, SACLant here in Norfolk.

BOB and Dottie HAWTHORNE are leaving for duty in Norway. Bob has been skipper of the SPEIGEL GROVE and recently made a goodwill

trip to Africa in connection with Operation Handclasp, a Navy project conducted in cooper-

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Biographical sketches also were received from Homer Grosskopf, Hap Trottier, Art Major, Bill Seeger, Jack Godfrey, Lee Preston and Charlie Becker. BILL BOOSE, writing from Coronado, also reports that he is retiring this summer "after the best 20 years anywhere in the Navy." JERRY REHBERG says that he will break Navy tradition and volunteer to be the Hawaiian representative for the 22-year Lucky Bag.

plete success. Among those attending and enjoying themselves were Sue and Homer Adrianse, Muriel and Ray Bates, Beth Behm, Sara and Guy Best, Genie and Jim Braun, Sarah and Roy Brotherton, Petie and Russ Bryan, Darlene and John Charles, Lacy and Frank Clifford, Aline and Paul Converse, Sue and Will Crenshaw, Bobby and Hub Davidson, Betty and Bob Ewing, Dorrie and George Fitchett, Nat and George Griffith, Jackie and Lee Haines, Bobby and John Haines, Marty and Jens Hansen, Nat and Ed Hastings, Jean and Don Hill, Dee and John Hill, Carolyn and Bill Hoover, Jeane and Alex Julian; Pat and Bob Kays, Rusty and Andy Kerr,' Flo and Vic Knick, Elaine and Louie Knudsen, Priscilla and Julien LeBourgeois, Helen and Bob McDevitt, Sarah and Joe Midgett, Mary Helen and Jim O'Neil, Athena and Alex Padis, Jeanne and Jack Peters, Helen and Don Poe, Sue and Chuck Priest, Art Red, Electra and Lou Scliris, Helen and Bob Sherman, Lucy and Sam Simpson, Harriet and Jim Smith, Mary Jane and Sparky Sperberg, Nancy and Thad Taylor, Nancy and Dick Van Orden, Julia and Ben Wallace, Kay and Dick Wilson and Mickie and Bob Wood.

sisted of an oyster roast and grilled steak affair scheduled in my back yard. It didn't really matter that it rained—it has always rained on my watch anyway—we just set up the portable grills in the garage, which had the added advantage of being closer to the liquid refreshment. In attendance were RALPH and Gloria LIPFERT, STAN and Helen McCORD, PALI and Zori KING, PHIL and Jeannie GALE, myself and Ginny. Sadly missed were JOE and Betty MARZLUFF, JOE and Marian BONDS, DON and Phyllis CARPENTER, DICK and Hope ALEXANDER, but operational commitments, etc. have this unfortunate faculty of interfering with one's social activities."

HERE AND THERE

PHIL SPERRY, president of die College Fund Corp., dropped a note saying that he had lunched with CURT ATHERTON a couple of months ago. Also Phil saw E. J. McDOWELL who is now an accountant and a CPA to be.

Once again, many thanks for the help I received writing the column and I hope that the "January Incident" is now a closed chapter.

The Rt. Rev. GEORGE A. SCHLICHTE has A combo from the Navy School of Music helped liven the party with tunes new and old. ED been appointed as 1st Rector of the St. Pius X Seminary for Delayed Vocations, now under conBEHM was present in spirit only since he has struction in Weston, Mass. The Seminary is a already reported to his ship in WestPac. ART unique national institution which will train older RED happened to be in town from Los Angeles men for the Catholic priesthood. on a business trip.

Msgr. Schlichte served in the Navy during the war with the rank of lieutenant. He was ordained EVANSVILLE, IND. a priest on 15 July 1950 at the North American JIM BARTMAN sends his best from Portiand, Received the following letter from L. L. ROY College in Rome.

Pa., where he is plant superintendent for MetroRYAN: "After keeping up with you and the politan Edison. Dr. MOON MULLIN informs us others in our class by Shipmate, I am prompted that he has been practicing medicine for 10 years to write and report on my doings since leaving and now has 4 daughters, the oldest of whom is the Navy in 1947. My wife Mary and I are the Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR a student at the University of Michigan. WAYNE 3016 Santa Clara Ave. proud parents of 7 children, the oldest of whom Alameda, Calif.

FITZPATRICK is about to join the staff of Comis 16 years old and who was born at New LonPhiPac along with his wife Hope and 5 children. don, Conn., now a student at Georgetown PreMarquita MILLER writes from Gales Ferry, From CHUCK GROJEAN: "Dear Daisy, I am paratory School near Washington. We have lived Conn., that DON will not be home until the end in Evansville since 1947 and I have been in the enclosing a picture of 4 '46ers holding forth in of June and he is currendy CO (Gold) in the Pasacagoula, Miss. From left to right in the picconstruction business with my father until his ABRAHAM LINCOLN. KEN DUKE says that he, ture are: yours truly, ROCKY HART, JACK death and more recendy by myself. Our company, too, is retiring 30 June. JAKE PENNINGTON WALSH and ORD KIMZEY. The submarine the Ohio Valley Construction Co., Inc., has sevwrites diat he, TOM COOPER and HAL GRIMES model is of the THRESHER class. The ship I shall eral contracts in Washington, D. C , and I get are all on the Staff of Seventh Fleet and JOHN command is the BARB which is in the final phases up there about every 2 weeks.

HANCOTTE is due to report in as XO of the of testing now and will be delivered in July. JACK "I had the pleasure of attending the commisPROVIDENCE. JOHN DELARGY sends a note with WALSH will command DACE which is scheduled sioning of the USS THOMAS JEFFERSON in January, a heading that reads "North of the Bonins, to be delivered in December. Ord Kimzey is in which CHUCK PRIEST is the skipper of the Headed West" and says that should be sufficient prospective executive officer of the Polaris SubBlue Crew. It would be a real pleasure for me to marine Tender HOLLAND which will be completed explanation as to why he can't make the ball. attend one of the class luncheons or other gatherin August. Rocky Hart looks after the construcThis is only a partial summary of the wonderings there in Washington and to see all of you tion of all our ships as inspection officer for the ful letters that the ball committee has received after so many years.

Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Ingalls Shipbuilding and we will try to re-cap the rest when we give "Unfortunately, Evansville is not much of a Corp. in Pascagoula. . . . Life for us has been the write-up on the ball in the next issue. In the Navy town and I have had few opportunities to magnificent. My XO in PATRICK HENRY was interim, to all our classmates everywhere, happy visit with classmates or other graduates. I will nothing short of wonderful. There was a fair 20th and let us hear from you! watch for the announcements of the future amount of work but the challenge of the Polaris luncheons and would like very much to attend program far outweighed all else. Then to come if possible. Needless to say, we would be happy to BARB, with the opportunity of being on the to have any classmates come to see us any time ground floor of this ASW ship, has been another Sec'y, Cdr. Edward E. Hastings, II, USN they might be in the vicinity of Evansville."

BnPers, Navy Department thrill. We have high hopes for BARB and can't Washington 25, D. C. wait to get to sea to prove her worth. . . . Best CHARLESTON, S. C. of everything, Chuck."

WASHINGTON TOM POLK wrote in as follows: "Just a few Pris FOUST, Norfolk: "Again I'm sure you're When I turned in the last column last month words from the Charleston contingent of '45. ready to turn me in for a new correspondent but I fully expected that I wouldn't be doing this I won't belabor more the void space in the Janlife goes by too quickly these days . . . now to one. TED COCHRANE, who is going to do the uary issue of Shipmate but must say it may have events, some may be old, you decide that. A column in the future, is TADing, and I'm pinchhad one beneficial aspect—it has prompted me lovely coffee was held at Mickey MORSE's on 26 hitting. to write my 1st letter to the Sec in some 18 years.

February. A nice snowy day started it off which Not that anything I have to say might prove kept several home at the last minute. Those atOn 7 May the monthly class luncheon was held beneficial least of all to myself, but I'm proceeding tending were: Betty Evans, Jane Johnson, Trish at the Army-Navy Town Club. I wasn't there on the assumption that you must be starved for Robertson, Ursula Uhwat (there's a new name; and I'm not sure that this list is complete but news. scratch one more bachelor!), Lois Roulstone, from eyewitnesses the following were present: Kathy Macon, Rene White, Kathy Layton, Jackie Homer Adrianse, Ray Bates, Don Brooks, Les "We aren't much on administrative and organkent, Dolly Harlan, Mickey Morse and Pris Buck, Frank Clifford, Hub Davidson, George ization in the Chasn area but we have a sort of Foust.

Griffith, Don Hill, John Hill, Joe King, Joe Mid- loose knit marching and chowder society—dedigett, Jim O'Neil, Alex Padis, Don Poe, Sam cated to the consumption of large quantities of "Then, thanks to Lois ROULSTONE, Mickey Simpson, Dick Van Orden, Paul Converse, Bob medium grade Bourbons and/or distilled torpedo MORSE and Marilyn JONES, on 15 March a McDevitt, Bob Davis, Bill Cosgrove (up from alcohol mixed with vermouth. (Some call them 'His and Hers' luncheon was held at Breezy Point New Orleans) and John Rich. martinis.) We gave it a go on St. Patrick's day, Officers' Club. Those attending were Laytons, there being just enough Irish blood in the crowd Robertsons, Marg Gardner, Guentzs, Vieles, VarThe dinner-dance of 11 May was (and this to provide an excuse for a party. The latter condys, Whites (Al and Rene), Hambergs, Joneses, is 1st hand as my wife and I were there) a comJAKE HEIMARK (M.D.) writes from die Mankato Clinic (Minn.) that he can't attend a reunion both now and in the fall but if no formal party is planned for Homecoming he will make this June party. It is sure that there will be a '44 rendezvous of some sort at Homecoming time, but as of now there are no formal plans that have been made. WADE HILLER sent us all the data we need but refused to divulge his weight. JAKE LABOON wrote us from Japan and says that he has now been selected for LCdr. (CHC) USNR, but hasn't put his stripes on as yet—he will be on his way shordy to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. BOB BAGBY also wrote from the CONSTELLATION in Yoko that these last 20 haven't seemed like a day over 50!

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Macons, Barcuses, Bergs, DeMayos, Wils Engel, Don Bayly, Mickey Morse, Roulstones, Ursula Uhwat, Cummings, Chuck Sueur, Paul Boyd, Bob Dise and Fousts. PAUL BOYD and BOB DISE both had their ships here for a few days.

We have 3 wives in the Med at present—Stu TIERNEY, Ursula UHWAT and M ^ v FULLER. Jim is in the Med again, but, fortunately, only for a 5-month cruise this time. Was so thrilled to see Marilynn and BRUCE ALTHOFF and am hoping they will stay with me when Bruce brings the ship up here for a month in the yard at Portsmouth."

KEN BAUMAN has orders to Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, San Diego, from Fleet Operations Control Center, Pacific, in Pearl. BOB BAYLIS has orders to BuShips from the NROTC Unit, MIT, where he is an instructor in naval architecture and marine engineering. BUCK BUCHANAN reports to the staff of Deputy Commander Submarine Force, Adantic, in New London, from BuPers.

JOHN CRITCHLEY has orders to Naval Communications System Headquarters, Washington, D. C , from U. S. Naval Forces, Europe.

JOHN DEVLIN has orders to the Joint Staff, CinCPac, Pearl Harbor, from Adantic Division, BuDocks and Area Public Works Office. Third Naval District, New York. BILL FAUCETT has orders to the NROTC Unit, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, from Staff, NavAirLant, Norfolk. BOB FINLAY has orders to Submarine Squadron 10 from BuPers.

JIM FISHER has orders to USS BON HOMME RICHARD, San Diego, from command of Fighter Squadron 213, Miramar. JOE GREEN has orders to Naval War College (instruction) from Staff, CinCLantFlt, Norfolk. JACK GULLETTE has orders to Fleet ASW School, San Diego, from duty as U. S. Naval Liaison Officer at Gibralter.

BOB KAUFMAN has orders to become Commanding Officer, Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho Falls, Idaho, from command of USS SCORPIO.

Jackie KENT writes: "Dear Daisy, We sure enjoy the fine '46 column in the Shipmate each month. Thought I'd like to bring classmates up to date on the Kents. John is finishing up a very happy tour as skipper of VS-24, based at Norfolk NAS. VS-24 won the 'E' plus the Isbell Trophy this year. In May he has orders as P.C.O. of VS-30 in Key West, Fla. It will be our 2nd tour of duty on that 'island outpost' and

YACHT ARGO, cruising home of Jeanne and Gill Gilliam '46.

we're really delighted. Our 2 boys, Johnny, age 9, and Brian, age 7, are looking forward to the sunshine, fishing, and water skiing as much as their folks. Best ever to you and all '46ers, Jackie Kent."

JACK LINDSAY has orders to relieve ALBIE BEUTLER as Exec of USS NEREUS in San Diego from duty on the staff of Submarine Squadron 14 in New London. Haven't seen Albie's orders yet. TED LONNQUEST has orders from OpNav to Assistant SecNav for Research and Development. ED M A H I N S K E has orders from BuShips to Defense Communications Agency, Arlington.

BILL PECK has orders to First Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, from Republic of China. DICK R A B E has orders to the Naval Station, Sangley Point, Philippines, from Tactical Air Control Squadron 13, North Island. BOB SCHABACKER has orders to Attack Squadron 126 from the Staff, CinCEur, Paris. Well, at least you're back in California. I'm not sure at this point where VA-126 is located. JACK SEARGEANT has orders to take command of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 11, Quonset Point, where he is now on duty, I'm assuming, as Exec.

RAY SPICER has orders from Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, to Third Marine Division, Camp Pendleton. MARV SWANBERG has orders to OpNav from duty as Commanding Officer, Naval and Marine Ojrps Reserve Training Center, Gary, Ind. How did you survive 3 years Marv.?.'?

BOB TISDALE will not take command of USS

COCHRANE as previously reported but will command USS MULLINIX instead. Believe that will keep Bob and Nancy in Newport at 183 Kay St. Right, folks.? DICK WEST has orders to OpNav from the Staff of Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Pacific, Pearl Harbor. ED WOLF has orders to Lake Mead Base, Las Vegas, from USS HORNET in Long Beach. CHARLIE WOODS has orders from OpNav to SubLant, Norfolk.

From OSCAR CARR, Mascot Plantation, Clarksdale, Miss.: "Recendy, being a bit nostalgic for Blue and Gold news, I renewed my Shipmate subscription after quite a lapse—I really enjoy Shipmate in general but especially your lengthy, witty, newsy column. Don't see too many of the Class of '46 around these parts but I did catch a visit with Coach BEN MARTIN and MARSHALL STEVES passing through not long ago.

I'm living the quiet cotton plantation life with a household of 4 children and we would welcome visits from any old USNA friends whether they be transients enroute from one billet to the next or here on official business with the Department of Justice! Best regards to you and let me hear from you—Oscar."

From Jeanne GILLIAM: "Dear Daisy, Thought it about time we gave you and '46 a position report. After 3 perfect years in Key West with Gill Ops. for VX-1, a new duty station calls—about 1 July we leave for Brunswick, Me., where Gill will be attached to FAW 3. This seems like a simple enough change of dut>' until you recall

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we live on a so-called 'cruising houseboat.' We intend to give that 'cruising' bit a checkout!

Wanted to alert friends and classmates who live near the Inland Waterway to give us a hail when they see us hove into view and come aboard to splice the main brace. We will depart Key West the end of June and hope to make about 100 miles a day. We intend to go right on living aboard in Maine but admit we have a few wrinkles to iron out. Our kids are now 12, 11 and 7 and still enjoy life afloat as we do. Since we bought ARGO we have cruised the Keys from Miami to the Tortugas and the Bahamas—Biminia, Cat Cay, Berrys and Nassau. ARGO is a Trumpy boat built in the good year of 1912. She is 76 ft. long with an 18-foot beam. We have 4 bedrooms—each can sleep 2—2 Vi baths—and are really very comfortable. The Gin pennant will be up so give an ahoy."

Shordy after I received the 1st letter from Jeanne she sent me a clipping from the Key West Citizen: "Truck Runs Amuck, Rams Boat Afloat."

It seems that a trailer truck was parked up the hill from their mooring place and apparently the emergency brake slipped. The truck rolled down the hill and slammed into the ARGO and then the truck sank in 30 feet of water. Damage to the ARGO was only minor but Jeanne probably had a terrible time explaining the mishap to Gill— "Now the man with the keys to the alcohol locker." Hope we'll hear more about the cruise of the ARGO in the next issue. Let's have a sharp lookout along the Inland Waterway.

From Doris lACOBELLI: "The D. C. area spring cocktail and dinner party was held at the Bediesda Officers' Club on 10 May 1963. BOB GAUTIER and WES SCHMIDT were in charge.

The crowd was small but the company was good.

Attending were: John and Adiene Carl, Bob and Barbara Clark, Chuck and Barbara Cbyer, JigJig and Marian Dougherty, Bob and Fran Gautier, Butch and Pat Hansmann, Ted and Rosemary Haselton, Fred and Doris lacobelli, Don and Jacqueline Iselin, Lucky and Jerry Jordan, Les and Nancy Kelly, Jack and Madeline Langille, Dave and Helen Leighton, Phil and Kathy Plummet, Robie and Mary Robeson, Ted and Helen Saunders, Wes and Lis Schmidt, Harry and Marg Watson, and Bob and Shirley Williamson. The last luncheon was held on the 1st Thursday in April and the following new officers were chosen: President, WES SCHMIDT; Secretary-Treasurer, ROD WINGO. As for those leaving and arriving you probably know more than I do. However, I do know that the WILLIAMSONS are off to Hawaii, the lucky dogs, and SWEDE and Marty HANSEN are due to arrive here from War College."

BOB GAUTIER has asked diat all new arrivals in the D. C. area please give him a call so that he can more readily keep the files up to date. His office phone is OX 6-2249 (Office of Legislative Affairs) and his home phone is 356-3784.

OVER-DIRECTION I wonder how many of you read "The Message Gap" in the May issue of the Proceedings^ The article had some good examples of the thing we are (or should be) fighting, especially those of us who are in command billets. Here is one I just received for action. The names have been omitted to protect the guilty!

"Subj: Telephone Logs. " 1 . Excessive telephone calls and costs must be reduced immediately. Long distance calls must be used for essential calls only where time is the controlling factor. Effective immediately, officersin-charge of all electronics facilities will institute a telephone log for all outgoing telephone calls.

This log will consist of 5 columns with the heading of each successive column as follows: Date; Telephone number called and town; By whom; Purpose, i.e., R—recruiting; D—division business, F—facility business; and actual length of call.

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mandant will order detailed billing service on message unit toll calls. This service provides an itemized listing of all toll calls (message units) giving date, number called and the number of message units per call. This tape will be verified against the telephone log to determine if there are any unauthorized calls being made, to see if excessive amounts of calls are being made and if so by whom and to see if excessively long calls are being made, etc. The facility stationkeeper will verify the tape by inserting an R, D or F as appropriate alongside each tape entry. Upon verification of the tape the tape will 'oe forwarded by the station-keeper with the telephone bill to the officer-in-charge for certification and forwarding to the Commandant for payment. Bills considered to be excessive will be returned for justification. " 3 . For those facilities where this service is not available a tabulation of the log coinciding with the billing period will be made as to the number of calls made for each of the 3 uses. Long distance bills will indicate use for which made by insertion of use code by each entry. The tabulation will be forwarded with certified bills to the Commandant for payment.

"4. Facilities will insure security of telephone from unauthorized use, utilizing a dial lock ($1.50 each appropriate) where necessary."

Can you top this?

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Sec'y. Mr. Joseph P. Flanagan, Jr. 401 E. Mill Rd., Flonrtown, Pa. Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. E. S. Fritz, USN BnWeps (RUDC 34) Navy Department, Washington 25, D. C.

ERNIE FRITZ, prompted by the uneven news coverage of class events, has undertaken to do something about it. For this reason, a commendation is immediately in order and Ernie is hereby designated corresponding secretary until class elections can be finally conducted. Herewith is Ernie's report: Dear Joe: An OPEN letter to die Class of 1947.

How many times has each of us opened Shipmate to the '47 section only to find it barren.?

The natural inclination then is to criticize "them" •—yet more sober reflection would reveal that this condition exists because each of us has failed to communicate news and information to those willing and responsible to print it. This condition exists not because we have indifferent members but merely because each good member does nothing personally to contribute. Our secretary has begged over the years for news items, pictures, reports of gatherings and meetings, and we have failed him. Look at the columns on either side of this one—to Malaprop Father Keller—these class members have each lit their one litde candle and "Oh what a wonderful bright column tiiey have."

I even tried to get deep selected a year early so I could join "Daisy's" group but BuPers wouldn't go along with my suggestion. Even I, who with no qualifications now call upon all of you to take up the pen, freely admit this is my 1st venture (but not the last) in sending in such a presumptuous letter to be printed. Heretofore and in the now dim past—I contented myself with writing the 18th Co. Dope Sheet. This noble journalistic venture lasted about 4 years thanks to JACK FISHER'S wit (and Scotch—it was always written at his home). Finally it too failed because the only response came from about 3 loyal wives (bless 'em) who eventually ran out of news—except in the offspring department.

So what am I offering—nothing really except some news on the Washington scene. Like Times Square, this is the crossroads of the Navy and during the past year (and my 1st venwre into Bureaucracy), I've seen a lot of classmates, heard about a lot of classmates, and now want to start die ball rolling so that YOU too will fearlessly expend a 5c postcard and tell us about yourself.

The Washington group of '47 is undoubtedly the largest in one area and I was amazed to learn there are over 100 in the immediate vicinity, both military and civilian. (We meet monthly at the Army-Navy Country Club on the 1st Friday of each month for luncheon at 1145—all are welcome!—and CHAN VON SCHRADER, die only Cdr. in the Navy who looks young enough to be a Lt. (jg) is the gracious host.) Surprisingly, each month about 30 people show up, and each month is a different 28 (2 of us tend the spirit locker and are always there). Consequendy, the contingent looks like this (no apologies for omissions or errors): The dean of the civilian group is faithful lawyer BOB MARMET; Rev. BILL SCURLOCK, DOUG CUMMINS, who works for the Government; Daystrom's WALT DAY (9 children); the AEC has MERS BOOTH, BILL MURPHY is in Interior. BOB KEATING is in State; odier leading money makers are Mike Coerper, Clarence Pollock, Bob Gatewood, Tom Bell, Ed Myerson, Ray Baker, Ed Case, Art Robbins. Richard Lilley, Grier Boyce, Leonard Schempp, and Walt Moyle.

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KETT to V A - 4 4 from CarDiv Six (my last relief), KEN EKELUND to CO of VS-28 (congrats), MOODY BROWN of G.E. visiting die Bureaus, likewise for WALT JOHNSON of Goodyear; LOU OZIMEK of Hazeltine, VERNE JENNINGS to CinCLantFlt Staff, DON FARSHING to London, OGDEN KING to Second Fleet, GUY FORD building in Annapolis area, BOB GOWER from NWC to VW-4 (The Hurricane Hunters), DON McVEY from aide to CNO to Lima, Peru (he's going there to play soccer against ART CALISTO).

The Navy is represented by—in order of cubic feet—DON WHITMIRE of CNO, GRANT APTHORP of Ships and RED MATULA of Pers.

Seen in the Pentagon corridors recendy were Ken Cole, Jack Fisher, Al Maynard, Don Chandler, Jim Moss, Bill Oiler, John Nicholson, Bill Aicklin, Walt Meginniss, Lou Guertin, Dick Layser, Jim Griffin, Hal Edwards, Kermit Suriiff, Worth Bagley, John Crane and Barney Martin.

A litde deeper in the Virginia hills at BuPers we saw JERRY NUSS, DICK COLQUHOUN, BO FOSTER and BOB GROCVER. Also three 50-mile hikers in their drab olive fatigues were on the scene—DUSTY RHODES, DON OILMAN and BLUE MIDDLETON—all at Hdqtrs MarCorps. LARRY MAROUSEK is holding down the fort at Quantico.

Naturally, the real workers are in the Bureaus, and over on Constitution Ave. in BuSandA area are George Fowler, Willy Kash, Bob Van Osdol, John Prehn, Bernie Bandish and John Marshall.

There is a rumor that BuWeps and BuShips might merge, move to Louisiana and be known as BUY'ALL—at least dial's what BEN JOHNSON, III, wrote—and helping solve the technical problems of ships, aircraft and missiles we find Bo Heininger, Jim Anderson, Hal Carpenter, George Hedrick, Don Mayer, Bill Teasley, Luke Sisson, Frank Elefante, Charles Slonim, Frank Korb, Lou Markesano, Dick Gardiner, Gordon McPadden, Frank Adams, Mo Muncie and Jim Davidson.

We're not through yet! Parkinson's Law, you know. BuShips also has Bill Porter, Keith Lakey, Reggie Clubb, Don Hathaway, Bob Lee, Hilton Stanley, Jerry Lenihan, Joe Evans, Buck Williams, George Maragos and Bob Enright.

There are other military scattered all over the area of Va., Md., and D. C. Fort Meade has JIM GARDNER, GEORGE MARCH and JOHN DOHENY. Ft. Belvoir, Va., is home to BERGIN MERRILL. Then there are Stu Kearney, Ernie Stacy, Joe Adelman, John Pavelle, Bud Kinser and John Geary. Reporting in are OLLIE HALLETT, BILL JOHNSON and JIM HILL. Obviously, this letter contains little news from SHIPMATE

the fighting seagoing forces—there are 2 reasons for this: (1) We shore duty sailors don't see much of diem, (2) I'd like to have diem tell dieir own story. Even those in large metropolitan areas or schools such as NWC or AFSC have time too.

Write! I notice some members are quite active in area associations so form a sub-group from '47 and send in a blurb.

In closing: (1) Write to JOE FLANAGAN or me—address at top of column, (2) Subscribe to Shipmate, (3) Attend class functions, (4) Standby for a 20-year book, (5) News will be published, (6) Me? Cdr, aviator, wife Gene and 3 kids live in Alexandria, presendy BuWeps, future aspirations: Sea duty, please.

JOE P. FLANNAGAN received the following letter from C. TURNER JOY, JR.: "I hope this reaches you by the 15th so that the West Coast and the submarine information I have can coincide with that of ERNIE FRITZ. "On the West Coast in the Bay area, AL CARPENTER, KAY KIDDOO.TOM JOSTE and yours ttuly are with Lockheed here in Sunnyvale while OLLIE LOPER is with the Bureau of Naval Weapons Representative on Polaris. Elsewhere, ED SCOLES is with Stanford University and BILL FOY widi Stanford Research Institute. Bill is the latest addition to our area having recendy reported on board after obtaining his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. DICK BEAUBIEN is holding down the San Mateo area for us while DOUG RUMBLE keeps us posted on what's going on in Fresno where he is PWO for Leemore Naval Air Station. So for the little black books, the latest addresses of those above are: Al Carpenter, 1162 Cordelia, San Jose Kay Kiddoo, 25228 La Loma Drive, Los Altos Hills Tom Joste, 22526 Redcliff Court, Mountain View OIlie Loper, 580 Cascade Drive, Sunnyvale Ed Scoles, 844 Esplanada Way, Stanford University, Palo Alto Bill Foy, 768 Stone Lane, Palo Alto Dick Beaubien, 2054 Queens Lane, San Mateo Doug Rumble, Leemore NAS, Fresno Turner Joy, 23600 Wooded Glen Way, Los Altos "From the submarine aspect, the whereabouts of those classmates that were in my submarine class are listed below.

"The Fleet Ballisric Missile Program (Polaris) is well represented with '47ers and are as follows: Jim Wilson, PCO SSBN (Gold), MINSY

Sam Ellis, PCO SSBN (Gold) EB, Groton Cal Dew, PCO SSBN (Gold) NNSDDC C. S. Cariisle, PCO SSBN (Gold) EB, Groton Walt Douglass, PXO SSBN (Blue) EB, Groton "Elsewhere with sea commands find: Jim Riley, CO CUTLASS, Norfolk; Matty Matthews, CO CLAMAGORE, Charleston; Duncan Packer, CO CHIVO, Key West; and Bill Hazlip, CO SALMON, San Diego.

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"However, all are nearing the end of their tours and this summer should be on their way to other jobs.

"Elsewhere, BILL CROWE is studying for his Ph.D. at Princeton while ART NAPIOR is die director of training, ComSubGroup, Mare Island.

"On a recent trip to Pearl Harbor I ran across PETE BURKHART. Pete seems to enjoy die land of pineapples and hula skirts while holding down the job as O in C, Submarine Training Facility at Pearl Harbor.

"And so it goes from the West Coast. I would appreciate very much a note from any '47ers on the West Oiast so that I can keep my files current—or a telephone call if in the area (9685595)."

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Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Ray Lochner, SC, USNR-R, 1221 Van Buren Drive ^ Annapolis, Maryland EAST COAST Sec'y, LCdr. Robert W. Hanby, USN 20 Moore Ave., Brunswick, Maine

Have finally setded down to a permanent address after many months of wandering. While I may not be here all of the time you can reach me at the above address for the next 2 years.

In my travels did not see too many of the gang.

Found WALT ALT in Norfolk where he is aboard the INDEPENDENCE. On arrival in Brunswick found DALE MARSH as Operations Officer of VD-26 and DICK DUNCAN holding die same job in VP-23.

Since that time I have run into JASON LAW in San Juan. My apologies, Jason, but have forgotten which sub you have out of Norfolk at the present. In Newport I spent 4 hours with RUSS McKECHNIE, STOKES CLARK and TOM NUGENT. Russ and Stokes have the SABLEFISH and SEA OWL out of New London, while Tom has the COURTNEY out of Newport. Unfortunately, we were all there for a "Hot wash-up" and no time to really bat the breeze.

Now that I have found a place to hang the hat I welcome all news of '48B. I would appreciate hearing from all the company reps so we can update the class book.

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Sec'y, Mr. Fred G. Baur P. O. Box 2651 Washington 13, D. C.

DEAN TURNER OUSTERHOUT It is with deepest regret that we report the passing on Thursday, 2 May, of DEAN OUSTERHOUT at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. Services were held at the Fort Myer Chapel and burial at Arlington National Cemetery with many classmates and friends in attendance.

A native of Michigan and a wonderful runner during undergraduate days, Dean succumbed after a long bout with brain cancer. He leaves his widow, Anne, and 4 young sons. Dean Jr., John, Andrew and Paul, presendy residing at 5207 Danbury Rd., Bethesda, Md.

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ured in dollars, cents, or batdes won. For those of us who have been close to him over the years and who have watched his recent batde with cancer, there can be nothing but the greatest admiration and respect. He's truly as much a victim of war and the cold war effort as those who have died by other means. Anne, our thoughts will continue to be with you and with the boys.

After duty in the aircraft carriers LEYTE and HORNET, Dean went into submarine engineering and did postgraduate work at Webb Institute. He was decorated for service in the LEYTE during Korea and made a contribution to the submarine effort while at SupShips, Groton and the BuShips Submarine Type Desk, which can never be meas-

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after graduation for 2 Med cruises and a trip around the world. Mine sweeping duty off Korea in FIRECREST ( A M S - 1 0 ) followed.

Next, Special Physics P.G. at Monterey and MIT and a resulting M.S. in 1955. Reddy spent a little over 2 years as operations officer and navigator in WiTEK working for OpDevFor, and then made a tour in the Polaris program at the Office of the Naval Inspector of Ordnance, as re-entry body officer in Sunnyvale, C^lif. In accordance with an offer from BuPers, he returned to MIT for further education and received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics in June 1962.

Last July the redhead reported as XO in N E W (DD-818) a unit of Task Group BRAVO. In January he took over as CO prior to entering Norfolk Naval Shipyard for FRAM I conversion.

A sign of old age: this really Ist-class ham n' egger now prefers to have them at the breakfast table, served by the bride of 10 years, the former Eugenia (Genie) Moore, daughter of Capt W. W. Moore, CEC. The Cobbs have 1 daughter, Frances King, now just over 6 months old, and' live at 753 Harton Circle, Lynnhaven, Va. (Birchwood Gardens).

PEOPLE ON THE GO Spring and summer are bringing many address changes and transfers. PLEASE KEEP US POSTED. There is space on the ballot for president to report any changes in address. If you haven't received a ballot, the candidates are JIM PATTON, BOB WALTERS and HARRY TRAIN. Please get your vote and latest address (home and duty) in to the class secretary.

JIM GOBER has transferred from USMC to the Army for duty in the missile development field.

We are awaiting his acttial duty assignment information.

BART BARTHOLOMEW is now marketing manager of the Desomatic Division of Adantic Research. From the looks of the better half at a recent Washington function, we expect the B's may have something else to report soon in the way of progress.

HARRY DONOHUEs on die go, diis time for a considerable tour in Paris. They'll never, never understand the Pittsburgh brogue, no matter how much you parlez-vous.

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DICK WHITESIDE is Hughes Aircraft Manager in the Philly area, residing now at 15 Brook Dr., Doylestown, RD-3, Pa., with office at 55 N .

York Rd., Johnsville.

E. B. (BRUCE) BROWN reports a mailing address at P.O. Box 16084, Washington 23, D. C. JACK CARTWRIGHT is now with Dresser Industries and living at 5131 Deloache Ave., Dallas, Tex. LCMr. GERRY BRUMMITT has temporarily deserted the blue and gold for a tour at Headquarters, 26th NORAD Region, Hancock Fid., Syracuse.

BOB NELSON is OIC, NavPetRes, Box 188, Midwest, Wyo. HARRY MORGAN is now in WHITFIELD COUNTY (LST-1169) via FPO, San Fran.

One of our best correspondents, GENE WIELKI, reports an address for MILT GOLDBERG at Worringerstraase 87, Dusseldorf, Germany.

RALPH WILSON is enroute to become chief

Jim Linder of BuPers stir up a debate about the paybill. Rumors also flew of a new potential honor for KEN McARTHUR who could very well represent bottom man on the commander list in fiscal '64. Only a rumor now.

Fritz and Sue, by the way, threw a farewell party to terminate his vice presidency, and drew as guests the Gerry Smiths, the Lechners, Meanixes, Tapps, Baurs, Haynes, Adams, Cooks, Lalors, Frosts, and Kretschmers. EMIL ACHEE might have made it, but he lost his driver's license a few days before!

Our class treasurer, LCdr. FRANK BENSON, has reported that well over $30 was donated to the Heart Fund in memory of MERWIN SACAROB. Any others desiring to add to this are invited to send their donations directly to the Fund, mentioning the purpose.

In addition to flowers sent by the Washington chapter for DEAN OUSTERHOUT, it is intended that a similar donation will be made to the Cancer Society in his memory. This can be done either direcdy through the class secretary or engineer in the KEARSARGE ( C V S - 3 3 ) . Maybe he through Frank at BuPers or his home address, can find some of those steam lines most of us 5620 N. 19th St., Ariington, Va. said didn't exist back on 2nd class cruise.

It is the intention of your executive committee J. W. HANSON now promoted to Director, to continue our policy of obtaining chairs in Computation Center, University of North Caromemory of those departed classmates at the Melina, and residing at Lake Shore Drive, Chapel morial Stadium, Annapolis. We will bring you Hill, N. C. up to date on the status of this in the very near ED RAWSTHORNE checking into VX-4, Pt. future.

Mugu and reporting that JIM FOSTER is also SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT now in the squadron with BILL EGAN nearby and Maj. TOM McELROY attached to the manned It will be FIFTEEN years in 1964. Any sugspace section of PMR Hdq. gestions for a reunion, a publication, or what TOM WALTERS has resigned and is now livhave you? ing at 119 Botetourt Rd., Newport News, Va. Homecoming is not too far off. The usual class JIM HALEY is also leaving the reactor program party will be held at the Elks Club after the and should be in civvies by 1 July, according to game. If you have any questions or would like JACK WALMSLEY. Jack, himself, is now living to make a reservation, drop us a line in Washat Apt. 1506, 185 Hall St., Brooklyn 5, N. Y., ington. and is attached to NY Naval Shipyard, Code 333A. The old HERM BADING is due out of BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE the Brooklyn Yard momentarily to relieve AL A L U M N I ASSOCIATION JENKS in Naples.

The Class of 1949 was a leader in obtaining MIKE McCREIGHT sends in a vote and states representation on the board for the more junior diat GENE SHINE is due back in CONUS classes. As a result, HARRY TRAIN is one of shortly for a tour at RPI—a 3rd year of electronics a number of post-war graduates on that body.

P.G. He will live at 2600 Lavin Ct., Troy, N. Y. Mike says that GTMO is as grim as ever, but it's An election for additional members is now being held! even worse when you try to bring back a suitcase full!

CLIPPINGS LEE NOEL writes that JOHN WALKER is at Metalworking News, in its edition for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and that CARL American Foundrymen's Society dated 8 May, BRANDT is living at RED # 5 , Box 862, Gales describes the tremendous shop facilities found, Ferry, Cotin. Not too far away at 107 Wayne not in a shipyard, but aboard the USS AMPION Rd., Groton, is GERRY SYNHORST. and under overall direction of AMPION's Repair Officer, LCdr. E. A. MILLER. Ed now has a deW A S H I N G T O N NEWS gree in naval construction and a Master's in Those of you who complain about the electoral naval architecture and marine engineering from college should try to keep UD with an internaMIT. Always did carry a hot slip-stick, it's just tional organization on the move like the Class that he's now putting it to better use. of '49. Your executive committee is relieved at RICHARD G. GREENWOOD writes: "I left having finally gotten ballots in the mail for a the office of District Attorney for Brown County, replacement for RIC TAYLOR. All we can tell Wise, in December 1962. I have subsequendy you now is that indications are that every last been engaged in private law practice here in vote will be an important factor in deciding the Green Bay under the name of Bittner, Petijean winner. and Greenwood at 735 E. Walnut St. and I serve We have recendy had need to replace FRITZ in the capacity of Assistant City Attorney for the SMITH as executive vice president and chief of City of Green Bay, Wise. the Washington chapter. He was just doing too "Any '49er who might be passing through this good a job and, besides, his time was up. This area is invited to call me at my office or home— job has taken time and only a pair of the calibre both numbers are in the phone directory. In of Fritz and Sue Smith can handle it—it really football season I usually have extra Packer has taken the 2 of them, even though Fritz won't tickets." admit it. Thanks to you both.

combination gab fest and bowling party. Attending were Cliff and Nan Church, Fred and Nancy Duggan, Frank and Janle Featherston, Len and Juanita Greene, Bob and Mary Oliver, Tom and Eleanor Rogers, Larry and Jeannette Stapp, Bob and Elaine Watson and Dorothy and myself. I took a couple of pictures but they have not been developed yet so will have to forward them to you at a later date.

"WAYNE JENSEN left here in March widi orders for BuPers so he should be turning up at the monthly get-togethers at Hogate's. JOHN and Carolyn BRICK have recendy reported here. John came here from duty with VF-34 at Quonset Point, R. I. "On a recent trip to Sunnyvale 1 saw LEE MINNIS who is on duty with BuWepsRep at Lockheed. Also at Lockheed for the Air Force is A. B. (SONNY) WHITE. Sonny was kind enough to be an usher at our wedding on graduation day and we had not seen each other since.

"Another get-together was planned for late May to which Bay area classmates were invited."

Recent information from BILL RICCI indicates that he and Phyllis with sons, William, Jr., 5, Michael, 4, and daughter Marianna, 3, have been living at quarters 523-B, NAS, Atsugi, Japan. Bill is on the staff of ComFltAir Japan.

Orders are in hand to report to the Naval Academy in September.

Visitors to Washington lately included RON ANDERSON from Norfolk where Ron is Aide and Flag Lt. to CbmNavAirLant. Also HARRY PARODE stopped by while in town. Harry is enjoying duty in the Institute of Naval Studies, Cambridge, Mass.

Coming to Washington for duty this summer from War College will be JOHN McNALLY who will be working in BuPers. Major ED (SNAPPER) GOLDING, USAF, and DUFF ARNOLD are both here at the Defense Communication Agency. GENE MORIN is due to report to the InSurv Board after a MinLant tour.

GEORGE FERGUSON is enroute to an electronics billet on the staff of DirLant Docks Rep. in London after being XO of a West Coast LDS. T. ALBERT D E B A C K E R has been named director of marketing for LFE Electronics, a division of Laboratory for Electronics, Inc. He will be responsible for domestic marketing activities for airborne Doppler navigation systems, radar systems, etc., and in addition he will provide program guidance for proprietary laser and other research activities. DeBacker has taken a number of advanced graduate courses in electronics, mathematics and business at Denver, Florida and Temple Universities.

To relieve Fritz, the Washington chapter has elected GEORGE KLING and to replace another real worker on the exec committee (TIGER BAILEY), they have voted on JIM LINDER. The regular monthly luncheon in Washington is now held at O'Donnell's on E St., on the 1st Wednesday of each month. A fine turnout participated at the May meeting to drink, eat, and to hear

The minutes of the annual meeting for 1963 are given below. Following the meeting everyone stayed fcr the candlelight and champagne dinnerdance special at the U. S. Naval Weapons Plant Officers' Club.

This is the last column submitted by outgoing secretary BERNIE MORGAN. Note die address of the new secretary listed above.

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Sec'y, LCdr. M. J . Schultz, Jr., USN 6404 Abilene Drive Springfield, Va. MARSH TREADO reported the following: "The Class of '50 in Monterey recendy took time out from their studies and other pursuits for a

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Sec'y, LCdr. C. R. Watts, J r .

836-A 31st St. Arlington, Va.

JOHN F. McGREW has been appointed principal of the Duarte, Calif., high school effective 1 July; about 1250 students will be enrolled in the school next year. John received his Master's degree from Long Beach State and his administrative credential at the Claremont Graduate School, and was recently admitted to the University of Southern California where he will get his doctorate.

He and his wife, Ann, daughter Jean, 8, and son Jim, 5, live in Anaheim but will move to Duarte in July.

A N N U A L MEETING

S H I P M A T E

mirauits OF ANNUAL MEETING The 7th annual meeting of the Association of the Class of 1951, USNA, Inc., was convened at 1745 4 May 1963 at the Officers' Club in die U. S. Naval Weapons Plant, Washington 25, D. C. Class president JIM H U N T presided.

It was determined that a business quorum, consisting of 33 members of the association including corporate officers, could conduct the meeting in accordance with the 5th article, 4th section of the bylaws. Class secretary Bernie Morgan read the minutes of the 6th annual meeting. They were approved as read.

Treasurer ASHBY REARDON read the financial report for the fiscal year ending 30 April 1963. The class has a note for $3900 at 5 % to cover the cost of the 10-year book. We have to file an information copy of our net worth to the Bureau of Internal Revenue and so we now have a tax reporting number. Also we have an audit committee who will check the books for tax purposes.

DICK DALLA MURA stated that 435 copies of the 10-year book were mailed out. Total expendimre for the book at this moment is $4,292.45. (There still are some people who are owed money for postage. An estimate of this is $20.) WARD DEGROOT gave a history of the book. The job of printing it was given to E. Smith Associat- The rise in the cost of the book was due to its increase in size, from original estimate of 173 pages to 231 pages.

The secretary reported on significant happenings. These include the establishment of a social activities committee in the Washington area with SAM GINDER and GERRY CONNOR as co-chairmen. Luncheons were changed to stag night at the Naval Weapons Plant. (2nd Wednesday of every month.) Parties scheduled included Homecoming, Christmas and a pot luck at PAT BURKE'S. SAM JONES was nominated for trustee at large for the USNA Alumni Association.

The 10-year book was completed.

JIM HUNT discussed progress on "Advancing Cause of the Service." Actually litde has been done. Only concrete effort has been to get Sam Jones nominated for trustee at large for USNA Alumni Association.

WASHINGTON AREA ACTIVITIES GERRY CXJNNOR stated that a cruise or picnic is planned for late summer. We have reserved the Annapolis Roads Country Club for Homecoming. In 1964 we hope to be able to reserve the Tecumseh Motor Club which is being built now.

The following new members of the board were elected: Executive Vice President, Dick Dalla Mura; Secrtary, Bob Watts; Treasurer, Ashby Reardon; Board Members, Pat Burke, Jack and Bernie Morgan. The meeting was adjourned at 1900, 4 May 1963.

HERE AND THERE A note from HOWARD RUGGLES states: "Had to reluctandy leave the San Francisco area in January as a result of a promotion to District Sales Manager for Bissell in Los Angeles. Saw SCOTT HIGHTCWER who is living in Sacramento area, at the last meeting I attended with Reserve Submarine Division 12-9 at Alameda.

Joan, the 3 small Ruggles and I are now pretty well established at 2701 Via Rivera, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., and I am attached to Reserve Submarine Division 11-7 at San Pedro."

CARL COURTWRIGHT writes: "Am completing a short but very interesting tour with the Defense Atomic Support Agency at Albuquerque, N. M. Have spent most of my time, however, at the Nevada Test Site, and with the AEC at Las Vegas. I am now moving on to the Public Works Department, U. S. Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, Calif."

J. B. CARR is now at Quantico, Va. BILL HERNDON writes from Groton, Conn., that he JUNE-JULY,

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being passed about the class, its members or their activities.

To assist in implementing this resolution, an annual newsletter was approved. It will include, among other information, the plans for Homecoming 1963 as well as a request for volunteers as area news-hawks.

Tentative plans for Homecoming include a class party at the Alumni House better than the one held this past year. A plaque of the Class Crest will be formally presented to the Alumni Association at that time. Detailed information concerning the party, cost, how to obtain reservations, etc., will be contained in the newsletter. If you do not receive a copy of it by 30 June, please drop us a line. Our address source for the mailout will be the current edition of the Alumni Directory and we're certain it's not completely up-to-date.

HERE AND THERE R. D. "BOB" WILSON recendy moved to 6341 Warren Ave., Minneapolis 24, Minn., with family of three children. He is employed as a sales engineer for the Torrington Co., Bearings Division, J. F. McGREW '51 Torrington, Conn. Bob's neighbor is DAVE ACKERSON, an area representative with DuPont Polyethylene Division. Bob recendy saw BILL enjoyed die 10-year book. FLOYD MARIIN QUIMBY in Chicago and reports that Bill is genseconds Bill. Floyd is now at College Station, eral sales manager, Construcrion Equipment Co., Texas. BILL PATTERSON writes, "I am still Dorval, Quebec. running my command (USN Facility) up here in Argentia, Newfoundland, and am enjoying the The following letter received from Dr. LEROY tour although I must admit a few days in the APPELL, 271-21 Schucht Village, Gainesville, Fla. warm sun would be most welcome about now."

"Presendy I am living in Gainesville where PHIL PAHL writes, "I am looking forward to an I'm on the house staff of the University of Florassignment at the RCAF Staff (College in Toronto ida's Medical Center and rarely get the opportunity this summer (after 5 years at Wright Field)." to see classmates.

DICK CHILDS sends his hello and Congrats on "However, last month K.arian and I along with the 10-year book from London. He also states: our two boys spent a lively weekend at BILL "Saw HARRY GAMBER in London on leave STEELE'S home in Ormond Beach. We had quite from Rota, DICKY BALTZ twice on trips through a reunion since we hadn't seen each other since the states and of course BOB ADLER with the living in Syracuse two years ago. To add to the London branch of ONR is a frequent sighting." festivity TOM BAKKE drove up from Patrick Dick is in the Office of Naval Attache.

AFB to join us.

"Should any '52er be passing through this part of Florida we'd be happy to see him. Although the town is dry, we aren't."

Corr. Sec'y. LCdr. David R. Carlisle Class of 1952, USNA, P . O. Box 225, Lasdyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a letter received from PETE STARK Annapolis, Md. just a few days too late to include in the last Issue of Shipmate: The annual meeting of the Class Association "Just a few words for the column from the was held on 5 May at the Alumni House. The San Diego area. Like all the others, I've been t-easurer's report indicated $300 accounts receivgetting to this 'note' for the past year or so and able (deposit on 30 motel rooms for Homecomnever quite made it. Now that I have orders in ing), $226.47 cash assets and 617 shares of Lexhand to return to the Washington-Annapolis ington Income Trust Fund with a current value area, thought it best to establish contact. I hope of $11.24 per share. to be in a position to become active in class activiElection of officers for the Washington-Annapties again and will be in touch with those of you olis area was held. Officers elected to serve until in the area to volunteer my services. My orders June 1964 are as follows: ART GUSTAFSON, read O in C Naval Prep School, Bainbridge, Md. Executive V. P.; CHARLIE SEEGER, AdminisRemrning to Bainbridge will be 'returning to the trative V. P.; TONY SCALESE, Treasurer; DA'VE scene of the crime' as I left in '48 for Plebe CARLISLE, Secretary. GENE AVALLONE, TOM Summer.

GRIFFIN and JOHN LANGFORD were elected "Presendy XO of HOEL ( D D G - 1 3 ) , I've had a to one-year terms as members of the Executive chance to meet some of the '52ers in the area but C mmittee from the Washington-Annapolis area. had no idea that there was so many of us until It is noted for the record that PETE STARK is talking with JERRY HELLAND a few weeks the Association President and MIKE SORRENback. Barbara and I had a nice evening with TINO and CURT WAKEMAN are Members-atJerry and Mary at their home and became eduLarge. Their terms of office run for 5 years and cated in the relative merits of German wines. expire March 1964.

Jerry is enroute WestPac on board KEARSARGE in It was resolved that a twenty-year book be an air group staff billet. Have also spent some published with Homecoming 1969 as a kickoff time with BOB and Sue MICHAELS. Bob just date for assembling information. All members received orders to remain in San Diego at NRF present agreed to pursue the best jiterests of this (NavSta San Diego) in an electronics billet. He project wherever they might be, with the goal joins BO GAIR at NRF where Bo is sitting at the of having the book ready for distribution at the DD desk and enjoying his position. I too have 20th Homecoming. It was further recommended lost the bubble with all the orders issued in the that all past and future members of the Executive past few mondis. JIM SAGERHOLM and MIKE Committee volunteer their services to this project QUARTARARO were holding XO, DD positions circa 1969-1972. in SPROSTON and WEDDERBURN respectively and JACK WARD had S T . CLAIR (LST-1096). I It was also resolved that area representatives haven't been too active outside HOEL as commisbe solicited for their tour in whatever locale they sioning details in the Boston area last June, deare serving to assist in channeling news to the ployment in PacFIt, SQT, FAT, shakedown class. There is at present very litde information

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training, NTPI, and trials at Dabob Bay/Carr Inlet have kept me tied up. Hawaiian ops will keep me that way until I am relieved in midJuly. See you in August."

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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.

ANNAPOLIS June Week is happily upon us once again and all its associated signs indicate that it will be the best time of the year.

We are losing a few of our classmates to the operating Navy and one to exchange duty up at the Point: ROD CRAWFORD is going to VS-27 in die Norfolk area; GERRY McCARTHY joins die USS REMORA in Hawaii; CHUCK OLSEN also heads for NAS Norfolk; AL SMITH goes to the USS AFFRAY; and HARRY SWEET becomes die new exchange officer at West Point.

NEWPORT Once again the wives have come through and we received a long letter from Dotrie FRICK who caught us up on the Newport area news.

"The following classmates are in the area though some of us will soon be departing for new (l_ty stations: Jeannette and Ted Ascherfeld, XO of die USS BEATTY; Bill Crawford, XO of die USS LESTER; Eileen and Bart Dalla Mura, XO of the USS HARTLEY; Fran and Phil Donovan, XO of die USS GARY; Dottie and Walt Frick, XO

of die USS

MILLS;

"Dick Kelly, XO of die USS CALCATERRA; Lynn and Dick Murphy, XO of the USS VAN VooRHis; Betty and Wally Orsik, weapons officer of the USS MITSCHER; Joan and Leo Orsino, operations officer of ConDesRon 12, Staff; Jan and George Post, engineering office/ of the USS T H E SuLLivANs; Pris and Charlie Poreda, force communications officer, ComCruDesLan Staff; Anne and Robbie Robertson, XO of the USS COURTNEY, and Carol Ann and Ted Walker, Supply Depot.

"Two classmates left this year to become CO's of MSOs—Rose and DALE SMITH to die Charieston area, and Kay and BUCK McCLELLAN to Long Beach. COURT SNYDER, I believe, is still Ops officer in the USS WILLIS T . L E E .

"The DALLA MURAs, MURPHYs and FRICKs leave in June for Monterey. DICK KELLY has orders to the destroyer school here in Newport to teach ASW." MONTEREY We heard from the CONAUGHTONs: "Class of '54 welcomed alumni newcomers to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey with a March party at the Warehouse. Dee ROSE is the new president of the '54 wives group. Those present and accounted for were: Newcomers: Siegenthales, Dancers, Coles, Bill Stickling, Tim Wood. Also present were Gans, Dessyns, Dennises, O'Briens, Whites. Those attending who have received orders were the Lamberts—Lemoore, Calif.; Wyckoffs—Princeton; Wilmers—San Diego; Hamlins — Oceana; Pattersons — Norfolk; Fergusons—Long Beach; Conaughtons—Jacksonville and Barney Greisen."

MISCELLANY EARL WHIPPLE stopped by last month and mentioned that he had seen a few of the boys during the Cuba crisis last October. BILL NEEL is aboard the USS BAINBRIDGE in Charleston.

JESS OWENS is in Camp Lejeune with Earl.

BARNEY GREISEN also stopped by Annapolis awhile back. He is out of the Navy and is working for Lockheed in the Long Beach area.

That is all the news for this issue. I hope, during the intervening summer months, to contact DICK DEAN down in South America and have 66

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Have a pleasant summer and keep Homecoming La mind.

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NEWS FROM ANNAPOLIS The Norfolk group had a dinner party at the NOB O-Club on 11 May, and Boots and I took a few hours off from our house hunting expedition to attend. Local '55ers attending included the Longs, Robinsons, Matthews, Blandfords, Mackenzies, Bates, Powells, Benningtons, DeGroffs, Adams, Sympsons, Ways, Shepards, Bob Smiths, Hastoglis, Ed Smiths, and Judy Stembel while Dave was at sea. Some of their duty stations, both present and future, are listed herewith.

JIM BLANDFORD is material officer on DesRon 22 Staff; DUDLEY MATTHEWS is staff communicator for SubRon 6; ROLF SHEPARD is 1st Lt. in DENEBOLA (AF-56); JOHN LONG has orders from FAETULant to NavSta Argentia; JIM D E G R O F F is on the precommissioning detail of JAMES MADISON at Newport News; BOB SMITH is submarine coordinator for CkimFAIRWingsLant; BILL SYMPSON is presendy weapons officer in PRATT but has orders to USNA. HOOD POWELL has orders to teach meteorology at PG School. BERNIE WHITE will be leaving VA-76 for PG School also. He and Dottie recendy welcomed Paul Andrew on 26 April, their 5th child and 2nd boy. RAY WAYS is flying the F4H widi VF-41 at Oceana. ROBBY ROBINSON is an attack instructor with VF-43 at Oceana also. On the way back to Annapolis we stopped by for a brief visit widi Pat SUTHERLAND. PAUL expects to be relieved as CO of the NESPELEN sometime in September which should be near the conclusion of his present Med cruise.

Orders are vitrually complete for the USNA group departing this summer. PAUL SLACK is going down to Camp Lejeune with the 2nd Marine Division; TONY CAJKA goes to the USS TANG at Pearl and CARL BRAUN, JACK GARROW and myself head south to Norfolk; Carl to the SEA LEOPARD, Jack to ASDEForLant staff, and yours truly to DesRon 18 staff.

Several of the localites and their wives gathered at the Boiling AFB Club recendy for a farewell party. Attending were the Slacks, Rules, Brauns, Millers, Scotts and Tindalls.

Hot item for the useless information department! The latest Navy Register lists 276 classmates in the unrestricted line, with 3 1 % surface types, 2 6 % brown shoes and 4 3 % submariners.

KIRK ROWE has reported to die DE, DER and Minecraft desk at BuPers.

P. O. Box 1926 Annapolis, Maryland The THRESHER tragedy will not soon be forgotten by those whose loved ones were lost nor

by Academy graduates whose classmates were aboard her. The mail that I have received expressing sorrow over the loss of our class president, MERRILL COLLIER, is in itself testimony to this truly outstanding man. One letter in particular, which was received from Merrill's roommate, JOE HARRISON, expresses very well what we all feel.

I quote from this letter: "As most of you know by this time our nation, the Navy, and indeed our class has suffered a great loss. On board the USS THRESHER, along with 128 other brave men, was our class president and brigade commander, Merrill Collier. As Merrill's roommate during those years at the Academy it was my privilege to learn, as I am sure many of you also did, what a truly outstanding individual he was.

"Of course a tragedy such as this brings great grief to all of us, but let us never forget the wonderful and meaningful memories and experiences all of us can recall of Merrill.

"Now it is time for us to get back to our occupations, but I must say that I shall never forget Merrill, and especially what he stood for. In Merrill I saw the dedication and devotion to one's country which so few of us really have, and so many of us in civilian life regretfully don't appreciate or understand. May we take pride in the knowledge that there are men willing to give their all so that freedom will reign."

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEWS Litde ole P.O. Box 1926 has been crammed the past few weeks as our class letter information sheets come pouring in. To date we've received about 250 and the following interesting bits of info have been tabulated.

The total number of '56 juniors is 415; 208 boys and 207 girls. Thirteen '56ers and helpmates account for 52 of this total, contributing 4 per.

On the other side of the scale, we have 23 "uncatchables" still on the loose. And last but not least, JIM TOWNSEND reports he has some 60,000 hens on his farm near Ripon, Calif.—San Francisco area. He extends an invite to anyone passing through to stop by and stay awhile. Jim says they have a spare bed and can nearly always find an extra egg or 2.

With regard to the class monument mentioned in the class letter, we have been asked if the bronze plaque will be erected separate from the tree and if it will be of such a nature as to list the members of our class who have passed on, or if it will be stricdy a memorial to deceased classmates.

The plaque will be mounted near the tree so as to maintain the identity of the tree, and it will contain an inscription appropriate enough to honor all deceased classmates. This was decided so that we would not have to keep adding names nor have to replace the monument for some time to come.

I might add that the tree—American holly— has been planted on the forward corner of the plot of ground bordered by Maury and Mahan Halls and that the construction of the accompanying plaque is underway. The memorial should be ready for dedication at this year's Homecoming.

As with any class mailing there are always those parcels returned bearing the stamp "address unknown." And as in the past I will invite the following to send me their current address, and I will forward their copy of the committee bulletin: R. R. Hatch, R. D. Peterson, D. C. Owings, N. M. Smith, C. A. Levis, R. E. Cook, C. A. Borden, C. S. MuUoy, F. E. Wright, W. H. Niles, J. D. Lakey, V. W. Roper, R. V. Clock, F. L. Boebert, J. C. Brokaw, B. J. Kinney, J. A. Dickey, R. G. Bird, A. T. Leyler, R. L. Wadiins, C. H. Murray, M. F. Tyler, C. O. Taff, and E. A. Wrobel.

Our Air Force rep and committee chairman, E. E. HANSEN, is back with us and just in time to take over the Shipmate column while yours truly sojourns to Spain for study and travel. NAT D E V O L L has already been forewarned of my impending arrival. What's the old saying: "Forewarned is forearmed?"

ANNAPOLIS NEWS The Annapolis chapter held a luncheon in May at the Officers' Club. Plans are underway for Homecoming. JIM SIKES is committee chairman in charge of locating a suitable spot for an after the game cocktail party. More specific Information concerning Homecoming will be put out at a later date.

NEWS FROM MONTEREY One of the best parties that '56ers here have enjoyed was held in February in the "hayloft" SHIPMATE

of the Officers' Club. An evening of square dancing provided more dian 20 couples with a couple of hours of fun and vigorous relaxation.

A professional square dance instructor was on hand to show the way and before die night was over the group had drawn a gallery from the rooms of the club. AL and Jan EACYE, JIM and Alice CANNON, DICK and Sally JENSEN and STEVE and Joyce WISE were responsible for arranging a most enjoyable eneving.

'56 now boasts the largest alumni membership of any Naval Academy class at the PG school.

The March import for the spring term Swelled the total here to 80. Al Newbury, Ham Byng, Dick Snyder, Wendy Powell and Ted Oliverio reported in as aspiring students for the science curriculum.

A stag dinner, the 1st of what is planned as a biannual function, was held in March. The speaker was VAdm. Hugh Goodwin '22 (Ret.), who entertained 40 of the class with an excellent talk on career guidance. Sven Nelson, Leb Leaton, Squirt Crone and John Kirkpatrick produced the affair which included roast beef or lobster, happy hour prices and much good fellowship.

A '56 Monterey golf tournament is planned for early May over at the new PG School golf courses. BUD ALEXANDER, JIM BLANCHARD and PERRY STONE are organizing the handicap tournament which should uncover the local '56 version of an aspirant to Arnold Palmer's throne.

'56 JUNIOR

ARRIVALS

A boy to TOM and Joan BRUYERE, 23 April; a giri to NED and Peggy ROBERT, 11 March; a boy to DEAN and Marguerite SACKETT, 19 March; a giri to DIXIE and Barbara HOWELL, 7 February, and a boy to PETE and Peg PETERSON, 12 December '62.

NEWS FROM NEAR A N D FAR

JOHN HENRY writes that he missed the ways of the Navy and was compelled to return to the f.eet. His 1st duty was at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Welcome back, John! H e says he and 4-year wife RICH THOMAS, who had just left Ship's Supt job for chief snipe aboard the COONTZ, got together and had several "spicy" reunions.

BILL HULL who is now " A " Division officer aboard the ENTERPRISE spent Easter Sunday with TOM and Betty NORTHAM, who are now stationed in Naples, Italy. Also, JOHN and Maria BOYD were there. John is with CinCSouth staff as a personal aide to Adm. Russell.

PETE PETERSON is chief smokemaker in die USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, and he and wife Peg are

currendy residing in Hawaii. They have run into JOHN BUCKLEY and CHIP and Beryl HONSINGER and would enjoy meeting any others who might be on the island.

TOM BRUYERE and wife Joan are partaking of the quiet, sedate life of New Haven. "Tom says, "It's a far cry from being in the Navy. I'll have to admit, however, I am enjoying teaching the ROTC's. After watching them come aboard ship for all of our cruises, it's a challenge to see if I can't make them look and act more like navals when they get their summer training. Trying to teach naval history keeps me pretty busy, but I'm learning a lot more about it now than I did when I was only taking the cruise." Tom and Joan live about 5 minutes off the Conn, turnpike right in New Haven and invite any weary traveler ('56 type) to stop by for a refresher.

JOHN LALLY has been and still is widi SAC. His duty takes him to England occasionally but only for 30 days at a time. This doesn't keep him and his crew away from their families too long, which is probably good. He has 4 children, his copilot has 5 and the navigator 6.

John and wife Rosemary are at Lockbournc AFB, Ohio, and are living in Reynolds, Ohio.

MILLARD .ALLEN and wife Frances now residing in Richardson, Texas, near Dallas. He reJ U N E - J U L Y ,

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ports that after 7 years he and roommates AUDIE AUDILLET, DON FLOOD and MIKE McBRIDE and wives Lorrie, Betty and Joan respectively, got together at Audie's place in Monterey. Also he saw MEL and Casey KENASTONâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mel is finishing up his 1st year at PG School.

BILL STEWART and family are at Columbus AFB, Miss., and would like to hear from MAURICE TYLER. JAY RANSON is instructing at Nuclear School at Bainbridge. He and Dale have 3 boys and are living in Elkton, Md. PERRY WESTMORELAND sends die following from Key West: "I reported to NavSta Key West in March and relieved BILL SCOTT as Material Officer. Bill went with his wife Darlene and 3 children to Norfolk for duty aboard NORTHAMPTON as Assistant Supply Officer.

"We arrived here from Subic Bay, Philippines, where I was attached to the Naval Supply Depot.

There I served with BOB WILLIAMS who left in June 1962 for PG School at Monterey with wife Elaine and children. Also stationed in Subic area was HAL HUSSEY and his wife Jane and 3 children.

"While diere, 2 classmates, JAY RANSOM and BOB JAEGER, came through on nuclear subs. In fall of 1962 Bob left his submarine in Subic for another outfitting on the East Coast, and reunited with wife Diane and daughter on the way back.

Bob told me diat JOHN FORSBRICK is stationed at McChord Field, Tacoma, Wash., flying multiengines for the Air Force. Also, GEORGE CONNOLLY visited us in Subic Bay with his Field Food Service team from Japan. He is married, wife's name, Beverly, and has 3 children.

"PETE RANDRUP wrote that he setded down with wife and family to a civilian job for a publishing firm in West Hartford, Conn. My wife Bev and I have been living the good old Navy life. We have 2 children, Jody, 6, and Thomas, 4.

I've enjoyed tours as follows: Supply School, MOUNT

KATMAI,

WHITEHURST,

NSC

Oakland,

NSD Subic and now NavSta Key West."

Before closing I would like to sincerely thank all of you on behalf of the executive committee

ARRIVAL

FRANK and Biss SMITH have announced the arrival of Elizabedi Ann on 20 May 1963. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and joins Scott, who is 3 years old.

EAST COAST Lt. James E. Shay, USN Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md. WEST COAST Sec'y. Lt. Parke L. Brown, Jr., USN, Box 1146, U. S. Postgradaate School, Monterey, Calif.

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LARRY BRYSON writes from Litde Rock, Ark.: "At long last I'm entering my 3rd year at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Litde Rock, wondering if anyone else has joined the M.D. trail. I hope some of you will drop by on your way across country and let me show you one of the finest medical centers in the country.

"Except for my summer travels with USPHS I have only run into Frank White '56 here on the golf course. Frank still shoots a mean game and heads the Litde Rock Jaycees between rounds and Merrill Lynch et al.

"My address is Box 233, Student Union, University of Arkansas School of Medicine, 4301 West Markham, Litde Rock, Ark." FROM

MONTEREY

On 4 May clan '57 gathered complete with families for a picnic at Big Sur State Park. Lois and MIKE GUBITOSI joined in from San Francisco. Mike had orders to the PICKAWAY. The next weekend TED ERIKSON was up from San Diego making his headquarters with die HARRY YOCKEYs while he looked over the PG School. He and Chris will be moving up this summer. DENNY ROCHE popped in for a visit with the URB LAMAYs while he was out west visiting his parents.

BOB SARACCO would like to ask die 3rd battalion to contribute toward memorial chairs for SHERWOOD GIFFORD and BURKE WARD who were members of the 10th company. Checks should be made out to the "Memorial Stadium Foundation" and forwarded to Bob at Box 1208, USN Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. Bob also reports that BILL FINN, who will be attending the aero-eng course here this August, is planning on getting married in July. What are the details. Bill?

Welcome aboard to: Charles Edward Biele, III, son of Nancy and CHARLIE BIELE, who arrived on 21 April 1963 to join his sister Janice, 3.

And Linda Ann Sawyer, daughter of Mary Lee and TOMMY DON SAWYER, who arrived on 19 April 1963 to join her brothers, Stephen, 5, and Gary, 2. Linda ran the stork a good race all the way to Fort Ord Army Hospital, but the stork won! Mary Lee and Linda were fine, but Tommy Don wasn't the same for days.

EAST COAST Pres., Lt. (jg) Charles R. Larson, USN U. S. Naval Nuclear Power School, Class 63-2, USNTC, Bainbridge. Md. WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. W. N. Moore, USN, Box 2014. U.S.N. Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.

SKIP SCHROEDER has written from Philadelphia where he is assistant PWO at the Naval Air Engineering Center. He and his wife announce

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that their 2nd son, Philip Dudley, was born 16 April 1963. Skip also said that BILL SCHULZ was married last June to a charming Philadelphian. Bill and Dottie are living in Annapolis where Bill is instructing in the Department of Naval Weapons. Skip lives aboard the base in Philly and hopes to see some '5 Sets at the Army game this fall. His quarters are D-26.

GEORGE BRENNER is on his way to BuPers for duty in the- surface missiles program after spending 20 months in USS DEWEY. Joy and George are the proud parents of 3—2 girls, Linda and Karen, and one boy, Robert. LANCE HEROLD was also in the DEWEY with George, reporting there from VF-13 in Jacksonville, Fla., where he had trouble with his annual aviation physical.

Lance was flying F4D's with Air Group Ten aboard USS SHANGRI-LA. Lance is currendy D E W EY'S navigator. BOB NAZAK was DEWEY'S C I C Officer until he and his wife Martha departed in February for a long trip across country and PG School in Monterey.

Two '58ers with me in class 63-2 at the Bainbridge, Md., Nuclear Power School are RIC THACHER and MILT LEAKE, both of whom reported here after destroyer duty.

HOMECOMING Just another reminder about our class party at Homecoming this fall. More details will be forthcoming in the August Shipmate. With more of us on shore duty in the area, we should have a large turn-out for our 5th reunion.

WEST COAST Good news from JOHN ROHRBOUGH, our class plaque committee chairman. He now has 20 orders for the proposed plaque and reports that arrangements will be completed this summer when his East Coast leg man, GEORGE CHAFEE, reports to Annapolis. It is still not too late to get in on the ground floor of this offer; so, if you haven't sent in your order yet, write to John. We anticipate that once the manufacturer casts the dye, you will be able to order them direcdy from the manufacturer. More information will be forthcoming on this subject in a later column.

John also reported during our April luncheon that he had received an order for a plaque and a suggestion from PETE KIRBY (who is now at King's Point instructing in the naval science department) that a plaque be donated to the Alumni Association on the occasion of our 5th reunion.

This suggestion was prompdy put to a vote and the result is that the Monterey contingent will sponsor a plaque to be presented during Homecoming week this fall. Several other classmates wrote to John, all from the East Coast; and perhaps if I hide the news here in the middle of the paragraph, CHUCK LARSON won't notice that his territory has been invaded. CHARLIE BOWNE wrote that he will be in San Juan for 2 more years. His address is U. S. Naval Station, Box 6, Navy # 1 1 6 , FPO New York. STEVE BARRETT wrote that he is aboard the USS CUBERA, FPO New York. Steve has seen BILL HAYES and ERNIE MERRITT who are both aboard the USS ARGONAUT, FPO New York.

USNA; and BOB WARREN, Executive Dept., USNA. Norm Elliott will receive a B.S. in EE. Coming events at Monterey include: a cocktail party at the club on 3 August to welcome our incoming classmates; a 5th reunion party during Homecoming week; and an Army-Navy game TV party. An invitation is hereby extended to any of you who may be able to come to these events. Write me if you desire further details.

Officers for the coming year at Monterey will be FRANK GAMBOA, Chairman; AL CARRETTA, Vice Chairman; NEWT MOORE, Secretary and MAC BALDWIN, Treasurer.

STORK OPS Those joining the swelling ranks of '58 Navy juniors lately were: Maria Leigh MEINIG, born to Janey and GEORGE on 16 April, at Fort Ord, their 1st; Melora Kay BUELL, born to Marilyn and TOM, 9 April at Fort Ord, their 2nd; and Greg JENKINS, born to Pat and GEORGE, 3 April in Norfolk, their 1st. Congratulations all!

EDWIN W. OLDHAM has been elected National Vice President, 6th Circuit, of the American Law Student Association. A dean's list student, Ned is a 2nd semester freshman attending the University of Akron, College of Law, in Akron, Ohio.

EAST COAST Sec'y, Lt. (jg) Michael S. Stnrges, USN 43 Badger Rd. Annapolis. Md. WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. (jg) George Brainerd, USN USS STERLET (SS-392) FPO San Francisco WILLIAM HEARD BALLARD, JR. It is with deepest regret we announce the death of BILL BALLARD. He died at 0930 on 26 May 1963 in Bethesda Naval Hospital from the effects of bone cancer. The last several months since being admitted to Bethesda were ones filled with great pain and suffering for Bill. He fought the last fight well, using the same tremendous spirit and vitality that he had shown as a midshipman and junior officer.

Bill, or "Peach" as he was known to many, came to USNA from Monticello, Ga. He soon was holding his own on the varsity lightweight football field as well as in the classroom. Upon graduation he became Ensign SC USN and headed south for supply school and his bride-to-be, Mary Ruth Gleaton of Arlington, Ga. He reported to USS MEREDITH after graduation from supply school. Bill built a fine reputation aboard ship.

After 2 years in MEREDITH he came ashore to become supply officer of an air squadron out of Key West, Fla. It was here that the 1st signs of

I received a letter from GEORGE and Frances JONES, lately of 21 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, that they ". . . are now living in the Santa Ynez Valley and hope that all their good friends of the 17th Company who may be on the West Coast now will come to see them soon. . . ."

Their mailing address is Box 352, Solvang, Calif., and they promise a detailed map as a guide to find their ranch if you will write or phone first.

Our ranks in Monterey will be thinned by 6 members in June. Those leaving and their new duty assignments are: GEORGE CHAFEE, Command Dept., USNA; NORM ELLIOTT to USS GALVESTON; DON JONES, Asst. PIO Officer, USNA; JACK SUTTON, ASROC Section, Fleet Training Center, Norfolk; GUY VEASEY, 4th Class Committee, Dept. of Marine Engineering, 68

SUE AND DICK ENGEL '59

ill health came forward. The disease moved rapidly and certainly to its final phases of the last 2 months.

Bill is survived by his widow, Mary Ruth, son Heard (3 yrs.) and twin daughters, Marie and Becky born in October 1962. We who knew Bill cannot express our sympathy with words to his widow and family.

Bill Ballard lived as an example for all; what better tribute can there be.

To all who knew him his death will come as a great shock; we have lost a good friend, shipmate and classmate.

May he rest in peace.

TREASURER'S REPORT The class has in its treasury the following funds: 5 U. S. Savings Bonds $1875.00 Cash (Farmer's Nat'l Bank) 134.39 Total 12009.39 These funds will be transferred to the treasurer, executive committee, when the proposed constitution is adopted. Some amount may also be used to get the memorial fund on the road.

CLASS CONSTITUTION In the near future you will receive a 2nd letter containing a proposed class constitution. This constitution provides for the establishment of an association of the Class of 1959. We hope you will be interested enough to vote when you receive it. This will be for a more effective, congruous class organization, and leadership of that organization.

Shortly you will be receiving (if you don't it's because we don't have your address) a letter describing the fact that we have lost 6 classmates since June 1959. To honor them we have proposed the establishment of a memorial fund. The monies in this fund would provide for the purchase of memorial chairs in honor of our deceased classmates.

To make this a working thing—we need your support.

WESTPAC While in Subic your West Coast secretary ran into several '59ers. DICK ENGEL is presendy attached to VAW-13 and is deployed TAD to NAS Cubi Pt., P. I. He is accompanied by his wife Sue. They were married on 22 December in California and honeymooned over Christmas in Palm Springs. Dick and Sue are thoroughly enjoying duty in the Far East with interesting trips to such places as Manila and Hongkong. Also deployed with VAW-13 are KENT CLARK and JAY BAINBRIDGE. Jay and Pat recendy welcomed their 2nd son. VAW-13 is homebased at Alameda. Dick reports that ART MERZ is attached to VAW-11 aboard YORKTOWN. Art's wife Puddy recently gave birth to their 2nd child.

DOLE LEKEBUSCH is serving aboard an oiler operating from Subic.

A former '59er from the 22nd company was also in Subic—DAVE ZIMMERMAN. Dave is DCA in the USS HOOPER. He graduated from Kansas U. where he majored in architectural engineering. He and wife Barbara and son David Marshall reside at 4301 , Temecula St. in San Diego.

No matter where one goes in WestPac, '59 is well represented. While STERLET was operating near Guam with a DER, the chief observer for an ASW exercise turned out to be DICK DAWDY. Dick is operations officer in the USS BRISTER. Dick, Doree and their son Grant are enjoying the Guam sunshine—not to mention 2 typhoons in the past few months.

NAS QUONSET POINT From the pen of Joan ILER comes the following account of important events concerning the SHIPMATE

J^'ers at MAS Quonset Point. 1962 arrivals: daughter to DAVE and Joan SULLIVAN; daughter to ERNIE and Joanne EHLERS; son to BOB and Nicky PETITT; son to JACK and Joan ILER; son to JACK and Sandy AUSTIN; daughter to BOB and Cathy OLIVER; and a son to DENNY and Jean LAFFERTY. Married in 1962: HARRY LEWIS to Barbara Stannard of Cranston, R. I. They are residing at 99 Saxony Drive, Warwick, R. I. DAVE and Jean GUTHRIE returned to civilian life this past summer. Dave is teaching English on the secondary school level in Indiana.

Thanks, Joan. The number of letters received from wives indicates that as many if not more wives read this column than do their male counterparts. Your interest is encouraging and very beneficial, both from the aspect of keeping track of '59ers round the world and providing something to read under the heading '59 class column. Your efforts are appreciated and continued efforts solicited. Please be patient with the results since copy deadlines do not always agree with operating schedules.

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Pres., Lt. (jg) H. A. Lawinski, VF-162.

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Sec'y. Lt. (jg) J. Chavez, Air Development Squadron One, NAS, Key West, Fla.

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. and Mrs. William J. Byatt of Union, N . J., announce the marriage of their daughter, Nance Edna, to Lt. (jg) JOHN J. MICHALSKI, JR., USN, on 4 May 1963 in Union, N . J. NEW ARRIVAL MIKE and Dottie PORTER are pleased to announce the birth of their 2nd child, a boy, born to them on 2 April 1963.

HERE AND THERE DAVE MONTGOMERY'S wife Susan very thoughtfully wrote to inform us about our classmates who went down in the THRESHER and the goings-on of some of our submariners. Of course, we already know of the loss of RON BABCOCK and JIM HENRY (May issue) and there is not much else to say, except that if anyone wishes to write to Ron's widow and Jim's parents, or contribute to the THRESHER Memorial Fund, Susan has provided us with the addresses: Mrs. Martha Babcock, c/o J. Robertson, Valley Drive, Glenhills, Rockville, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 4591 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, N . Y.; THRESHER Memorial Fund, Box 00, USN Sub Base, New London, Conn.

Susan goes on to tell us that she, Dave and their 2 sons, Stephen, 2, and Jonathan, 1, are living in Groton and are enjoying their stay in the area very much. Dave is the communications and sonar officer in USS TULLIBEE, and has been aboard for 16 months. Living nearby were JOE and Rowena JAAP and BOB and Betty MEYER. Joe was aboard the USS TRENCH but has reported to the Supply Corps School at Athens, Ga., for the May class. Bob was at sub and nuclear school there but is now at Windsor, Conn., where he has just completed prototype training and is with the staff unril he is assigned to a sub. DON BROADFIELD is in die USS STARK out of Norfolk, RON BOOTH is in USS SARGO out of Pearl Harbor, where BUTCH THOMPSON and his wife Ginny are also stationed.

From WesPac we hear from JOE TRANCHINI for the 1st time since graduation. He is now happily tied down to a family of 3; it was last 23 March that Cookie presented him with their 2nd child, a boy by the name of Joe. Big Joe joined VP-28 in November 1962 and was immediately shipped to Japan but returned home to Hawaii in May. He puts out the welcome mat to any and all classmates in the area or stopping by and invites all to "come over for a tip or 2."

He tells us he's run into JAY GRAFTON flying JUNE-JULY,

1963

AD's and AL LANSDOWNE flying F8U's from die RANGER, and BILL "TANK" THOMAS who is with VP-4 out of Okinawa. He's heard from a couple of our boys in blue (that oudandish AF blue): JOHN COTIS who's flying for MATS out of McGuire AFB in Jersey and "BO" AGLIO flving FlOl's at K. T. Sawyer AFB in Michigan.

Old Joe's interested in knowing where JACK CARPENTER is now, so how about it, Jack.?

How about letting us all know what you've been up to lately and where you are? Finally, Joe makes the classic remark "working with PIO gives one a little more appreciation of news."

Sure wish we had more sympathizers like Joe. Since we last ran into DAVE KALB and called his wife Nancy instead of Alice, he's been to destroyer school at Newport and is now assigned to the DOUGLAS H . Fox (DD-779) as chief engineer. He tells us of our comrades in and around the Norfolk area: BERT JOHNSON in the USS HOLDER is fighting his way through a FRAM conversion in NNSY; AL BISSEL is engineering officer in USS STICKELL, another ship doomed to FRAM; FRANK MUNGER is the chief snipe in USS STORMS but is headed for a new DE construction soon; PAT SULLIVAN recently became a staff officer with DesDiv 322 and is presendy aboard the Fox; BILL BASS is also a chief engineer in the USS LOWRY; BOB TAGUE is the gun boss of the newly frammed AULT ( D D - 6 9 8 ) now homeported in Charleston; JIM EVANS is in the USS DEALEY, wondering to which job he will be assigned and making the best of the opportunity. Last but not least Dave lets out the scoop of what he terms quick-acting WALLY CUMELLA's "comedy of errors wedding" (4 days after the engagement) which took place on 2 February. He married his 2/c summer sweetheart, Mary Richards of Jacksonville; somehow Dave leaves us in the air about the errors that were committed.

From the cradle of our illustrious corps (Supply) came word from VANCE FRY who is with the teaching staff confusing the young minds of green supply corps ensigns with detailed facts and figures about disbursing. Vance returned to the Supply Corps School at Athens last September after serving aboard the USS MADDOX (DD-731) in Long Beach. He, his wife Charlynne and 18month-old Van Jr. are enjoying the slow, quiet life of quaint Athens. CARL RIPA is the public works officer and he's setded in Athens with his wife Ginger and 14-month-old son John Scott.

Two of our classmates, line transferees, graduated from NSCS in March: STEVE MUENSTER, who was assigned to USS BLANDY (DD-943) in Norfolk, and DICK ANTOLINI to USS CAPRIcoRNUs (AKA-157) also out of Norfolk. He says these are the only classmates he's seen lately but we suspect he'll be seeing a steady stream of them filtering through.

In fact, BOB OSMON, one of the original misfits, tells us that his roommate, JOHN ROGERS, who's presendy flying P3V's with VP-19, is applying for transfer to the corps because of an attack of asthma. Bob went up to Oakland for 2 weeks of transportation school and on the way stopped by to visit a few classmates. At NAS Lemoore he spent a couple of days with his other roommate, DICK MACHE. Dick and his wife Janet have a litde girl, and he is in V,\-23 flying .\4D's. Also at Lemoore is HENRY PAPA who's with VA-22; Bob was extended an honorary membership after having sampled so much of Hank's home-brewed beer. And while umpiring a Softball game between VA-22 and VA-23, he ran into several odiers: PAUL ILG, DON NEWMAN, BOB BATULKA and JOE FEBEL. Bob says he found BOB FRAZER (another Supply type) leading the life of Riley at the Naval Station Treasure Island where he is with (ximTwelve staff. Bob Frazer is still a carefree and foodoose bachelor and naturally showed Bob Osmon the town, all the ins and outs, which he knows quite well, and the charms that San Francisco has to offer. Finally Bob O. reminded

us to extend a well-deserved pat on the back to JACK GREENHALGH, CHARLIE SIMMONS and JOE MATHIS, who are the 1st Supply Corps officers to be selected for submarine duty. Jack is already assigned to USS LAFAYETTE

(SSBN-616)

while Charlie and Joe are still at sub school.

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Pres., Lt. (jg) James R. Traa USN USS HADDO (SSN-604) c/o FPO New York Corr. Sec'y, Ens. Ken. Craig, USN USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON FPO San Francisco

KEN O'DEA writes from the shady palms of Hawaii to say hello and aloha. Ken is presendy flying Super Constellations between Hawaii and Japan.

Those of you who are entering the flight program will probably have TOM DIEKM.'\NN as your instructor. Tom is presendy in the training command at Pensacola, Fla., and is anxiously waiting to get out into the fleet.

BRUCE MAXON writes to let everyone know that he is bound for the West Coast and a supply billet aboard USS NAVASOTA (AO-106).

JIM TR.A.A has heard from many of the class as the following will attest.

GARY (GUERINO) SERALY writes from Corpus Christi, Texas, to say that the Seralys are expecting a new addition around the middle of April. PETE FERRISO was married last year to his hometown sweetheart, Jeanne Loggio, and they are expecting an addition this coming July.

Gary is off to NAS Brunswick, Maine, to fly P2Vs and should be there by the time this letter reaches print. Gary would like to contact BUFF JOHNSON wherever he may be, so Buff, get a note off ASAP. JOHN BOYER also writes from the Corpus Christi area to say hello from JIM LUPER, TIM KELLEY (now married), GARY SENIFF, and HANK HAHN, who is making a comeback to the Corpus Christi area as an NAO as soon as he loses a few pounds. He also writes about the strange disease that the Seralys, Ferrisos and PETRUCCIs have contracted. He says that it has even spread to Mrs. WOODROW T. BROOKS who lives close by and is now expecting.

FRANK MORROW writes from NAS Jacksonville where the last of the white scarf boys are flying AD'6s. Frank is presendy in a RAG about to be deployed to the ENTERPRISE. Flying with him are Freddy West, Benny Allen, Tony Pampandria, Ernie Frankenburg, Charlie Stackhousc, Dick Storm and Pat Taft.

Dorothy HULME, NELSON's official correspondent, writes to say that they were married in June 1962 and have been living in Norfolk ever since. Nelson will be attending Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, Md. BOB WASSERMAN was married to Irene Murray last June and now has a baby boy named Robert Murray Wasserman. Bob hopes to get orders to submarine school this spring.

JACK KENNEDY writes to say hello from die USS YORK

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where

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presendy the Ops officer. Jack was married to Joan Saunders Friedman on 15 December and is presendy in Jacksonville, Fla. PETE SMITH, attached to the USS DOGFISH (SS-350), qualified in submarines in December.

JOE BENEDICT is aboard die USS ROBISON (DDG-I2) after having been in USS BARRY since graduation. He has just highlighted his WesPac tour with a visit to Hongkong and expects to return to San Diego in June.

MIKE OUARLES is presendy in Memphis, Tenn., attending Maintenance Officers School, after which he is due to join VP-49 in Bermuda.

A. J. DESROSIERS writes to say that he will report to USS BERKLEY in June. While he was aboard the HELENA, SLICK GARDNER dropped in to say hello. Slick was aboard the HENRICO at the time.

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DAN RUSH has embarked with VP-4 to Okinawa for the next 3 years.

JIM and Deannie BOURN proudly announce the arrival of a new model, 20 January 1963, young Jeffrey Steven Bourn, in Milton, Fla., where Jim is finishing up helicopter school.

GEORGE SAUPE is presendy making the MATS run to Europe in DC6s and offers his help to any would-be travelers.

JOHN DICKEY is stationed at Pope AFB next to Fort Bragg and FRANK BUTSKO is at Camp Lejeune.

CLIFF DUNNING has received orders to— guess where—the Marine Barracks, Naval Station, Annapolis. He should be one of the 1st '61ers to go back to the old boat school.

DUDLEY MOORE, DAVE WEST and JERRY CHASKO have been sent back to Pensacola as flight instructors and are looking forward to getting out into the fleet. As Jim says, "Aren't we all."

PAUL DIDIER was married to the former Miss Katharine F. Louvain in Rochester, N. Y., on 24 November 1962, and they are expecting a new addition around the end of August.

BERT CASSELS says hello from die USS RuPERTtJs (DD-851) where he will abide until transferred to the precommissioning detail of the USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20).

GORDY CALLENDER is presendy at Georgia Tech taking his master's and JERRY SMITH is at Stanford going for his doctor's. KENT RIFFEY is also at Georgia Tech.

RON REIMANN was married to Janice Bertram of Danville, III., on 30 March. Participating as best man was JERRY KENNEDY, and JOHN GRAFTON, MIKE BRADLEY and JIM TRAA did the honors as ushers.

NEIL HOLBEN and his wife Clarol are presendy at Whiting Field in Florida, and are joined

by G. Theroux, Ted Langworthy, Dave Patz, R. Smith, Hal Melendy, D. Moore and D. Nichol, where they are doing a bang-up job instructing in T-28s and T-34s.

MIKE BICKEL was married to the former Miss Monica Schultz in the Naval Station Chapel, Pearl Harbor. Attending the ceremony from '61 were RED and Susie WATTERSON, WALT and Nancy DRAPER, and JIM and Colleen SNIEZEK. Mike and Monica are living in Honolulu where Mike is the ASW Officer in USS TAYLOR ( D D 468), homeported in Pearl Harbor.

JACK MATECHAK was married to the former Miss Joanne Haldesky last June and is presendy at NAS Lemoore in Hansford, Calif. Skip and Pat Bennett, Kathy .and Bill Clark, Bob and Scatty Davis, Sue and Dee Bronk, Phil and Karen Buder, Barry and Sue Gastrock, Bob and Mary Jane Metcalf, Jay and Bonnie Shower, Gwen and Dick Kibbe, and Bill Newman are all out there flying versions of the A4D. TIM KELLY was married on 28 December to Miss Marcia Hurd of Cleveland, Ohio. Tim is flying P2Vs, and JACK MATECHAK requests him to write to him at Lemoore, VA-125.

ED KELLER writes from the DAHLGREN that he, HANK OCHEL and ED NELSON are now on their 2nd Med cruise and spending a lot of time in Naples.

JACK WILLIAMS is now in Okinawa widi VP-4.

BILL LONG writes from Mayport that he and WAYNE BRATSCHI are keeping the USS W. C. LAWE squared away, and that he is planning on going to destroyer school in June along with ED NELSON, GIL PERRY and HANK OCHEL. CARL MORRISON sends his best from the Air Force. He is checking out as an Aircraft Commander in T-29s at James Connally AFB, Waco, Texas.

GARY MELENYZER has been communications officer for the past year aboard USS PREBLE 70

(DLG-15) and is about to take over as CIC officer.

BUTCH N U T T is in a RAG Squadron in Jacksonville, Fla., and is due to go to VP-45 in Bermuda.

WILLIE BYRD writes that he has had some bad luck while over in the Philippines. It seems he had an abdominal operation while he was there and it turned out to be cancer. Willie is now in Seatde on limited duty, and we all wish him the speediest of recoveries.

Doug McDaniel, Howie Winfree, Ron McKeown, Frank Brown, Larry Desha and Jim Abbitt are at Glynco studying to become instructors at CIC School.

HAL COCKERHAM writes to say that he is becoming a civilian as he has had some trouble with an ulcer. He is going to enroll in the predental course at the U. of North Carolina.

PHIL MERRILL writes from the great northwest, Seatde, where he is finishing up his graduate work at the University of Washington. Phil and his wife expect to head south to Los Angeles where the Air Force has assigned him to the Space Systems Division near the LA International Airport. Phil hopes that anyone in the LA area after August will stop in and say hello. He reports seeing AL (THE BEAR) ZENSIUS and adds diat Al is still quite the woman-killer.

JIM LUPER writes from Corpus Christi bringing us up to date on many of the flyboys of the class. WHISKEY JIM (JOHN) BOYER just finished the flight circuit at Corpus and has orders for Brunswick, Me., to join a big group of '61ers diere. Jim saw die FRANKENBURGs, CHARLIE STACKHOUSE and die BROOKs in Jax while he was on a hop. He also reports that he is delighted with the orders which read P3Vs at Moffett Field near San Francisco. Jim, Kim and daughter Kelly will head to San Diego 1st for RAG and expect to be there until November.

Jim recendy heard from TONY LUCCI and learned that Tony and Donna are branching out and welcomed young Anthony in December. Tony will be finishing graduate studies at North Carolina this summer with a master's in math.

JOE and Shirley KASALES are in Ckjrpus Christi where Joe is going through the NAO program. Jim Luper also heard from FRANK VISTED who spent some time in the USS SELLARs as DCA and on staff duty with SubRon 4.

Frank is hard at work in submarine school; he took the big step and got engaged to a cute blonde ensign in Jacksonville, and is planning a fall wedding. He said that he had seen SID and Margy DRISCOLL in Charleston, and RAESE (SUITCASE) SIMPSON and family. Sid is believed to be in the MCDONOUGH and Raese in the BAINBRIDGE. Other letters that Jim received contain the following news: DICK (KIWI) KIEVET saw BOB PELOTT at the intelligence school at Fort Holabird, Baltimore. Bob is stationed at Camp Pendleton and Kiwi is battalion intelligence officer at Camp Lejeune. DON GRINNELL writes that he is CIC officer in USS ABBOT. He enjoys the can life and reported that HAL SPOONER was doing well in sub school and that HERKY HARDISON flew back from the Med to attend destroyer school.

A note from NED KUHNS states that he should be on his way to instructor duty at the Naval Supply School, Athens, Ga. Ned learned that JERRY O'DONNELL also has orders to Athens.

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SOCIAL Pensacola, Fla., was the scene of the wedding of Ens. TONY MANESS to Miss Thomasine Burke of Albany, N. Y. The marriage took place on 14 April.

SUBMARINES I received a letter from JOE HANZEL who is stationed in Key West and he reports that he and his wife Sharon and baby Sigrid Dawn are doing fine. LINDSAY TRAX has left die land of die bachelors and PHIL RIDGELY is engaged. Joe says he saw many of the '62 crowd enjoying themselves in New Orleans during Mardi Gras time.

I also heard from WALTER WHIPPLE, a classmate of ours who left after plebe year. Whip received a B.S. in engineering and now works for General Electric Company as a field representative on Polaris fire control systems at Groton, Conn. He invites all of '62 to drop by for a social call anytime they are in the area.

FAR EAST I'm here in Yokosuka, Japan, awaiting the arrival of my ship and I saw PAT HART on a street corner in 'Tokyo just taking in the sights.

I also saw ED SULLIVAN here at die BOQ awaiting new orders to a ship in the area.

That's all for the month. Please keep your cards and letters coming so I can keep the class informed on our activities and whereabouts.

SOCIETY It is with a great deal of pleasure that I announce to the class the marriage of 2/Lt. MALCOLM BEYER to Miss Margaret Tower of N. J. on 15 March. Cap is stationed near Fort Bliss in El Paso where he is undergoing missile school training for the Marine Corps.

On 20 April in Corpus Christi, Tex., JOE SHAW was married to Miss Frances Laver. Joe is stationed on the West Coast aboard a destroyer.

On 16 March BOB GILES was married to Miss Colleen Ann Shields of Annapolis. The wedding was held in the USNA chapel. Ushers included BILL THURSBY, DEL H U N T and AL FULTON. ANNOUNCEMENTS STU FITRELL and his wife Lynn are the proud parents of a baby girl, Kirsten Lee, born on 12 March. Stu is with VT-4 at Pensacola.

TONY YANNARELLA and his wife Nellie Jo take pleasure in announcing the birth of a son, Michael Dominic, born on 21 April. Tony is stationed at George AFB, Calif., in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

JOHN and Darlene HICKMAN are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter. Tammy Lynne, on 9 April, also at George AFB. U. S. AIR FORCE I received a letter from WILL SLOWIKOWSKI who along with his wife Rena are the proud parents of a baby boy, William Francis, born on 3 May. Will is presendy stationed in Biloxi, Miss., at electronics maintainance school. He is scheduled to graduate in July along with BILL CHAVANNE and TOM EPLEY. Graduating at a later date are Earl Maloney, Rocky Cole, Dick Tash and Jim Hanley.

J. D. RUNNELS reports that he will receive his wings and report to Mather AFB, Calif., sometime in June for navigator-bombardier training.

J. D. was at Cbnnally AFB in Texas, along with TERRY and Pauline GALLOWAY. Some odier 2nd company mates of J. D.'s—CHUCK SPRINGER, B. D. SMITH and GARY DUKES—are at the reactor site in Idaho and husding to meet the Admiral's qualification curve.

From Williams AFB near Phoenix comes word from JIM KIEHLE diat DAVE THACHER, BILL PATTERSON and himself are still going strong in the flying program. Jim says that both Dave and Bill are married now, Dave to Miss Carol Simmons of Baltimore and Bill to Miss Diane Tutde of Mesa, Ariz.

Also in the Phoenix area are JAY SHERMAN, SANDY SANDERS and DICK POWELL at Arizona State University P. G. School.

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AL FULTON is at Nordi Carolina State working on his master's degree in industrial engineering. Al says diat BILL THURSBY is also diere, working on his degree in physics.

FRED WICKS finished up at special weapons school at Lowry AFB in Denver up in the top of his class. He and his wife Judy are now stationed in Duluth, Minn.

NAVAL AIR LOU GRANT writes from Whimey Field that Bill Vincent, Chuck Koeber, Dale Brandt, Val Sharp, Mike O'Connor, Pedro Malave, Pete Nelson and himself are undergoing training diere, while at Meridian George Brown, Jerry Munger, Mike Newell, Tex SchroUer and Mike Sullivan are well along in the jet phase. Pretty good representation from the "terrible lOdi Co." Lou says he has seen ROCKY COLE and EARL MALONEY at Keeder AFB where they are undergoing electronics school.

CHUCK NORTON is just about finished CIC school at Glynco, Ga., and will be reporting aboard ORISKANY (CVA-34), homeported in San Diego. Chuck reports that while at Glynco he has seen PHIL RUPPRECHT who, incidentally, was selected to play on the varsity basketball team at Glynco. He is reporting to an F4H squadron at Miramar. Also BOB EVERETT, who goes aboard DAVIS in Newport, and BARRY SPOFFORD, who reports aboard SARSFIELD. Chuck says he is starting a 24th Co. newsletter so anyone who has any news of 24th Co. classmates, pass it along to him.

The '62 men in VT-4 include: Dan Condon, Mike Newell, Dick Luker, Cecil Tune, Dan Hertzfeldt, Dave McRae, Neil Sapp, Mike McGrath, Geoff Osborne, Ralph Santi, Doug Penny

and Dick Hastings who are undergoing gunnery and carrier finals.

SUBS JOHN KNUBEL, our brigade commander, is stationed aboard a boat in Holy Loch and his skipper gave him a few days' leave to visit Oxford, the school he will be attending in the fall.

I heard from SMILING JACK TELLER, who is aboard CORPORAL (SS-346) out of New London, that he just completed a delightful 2-week nuclear weapons school in Norfolk. Jack met many '62 people at the local happy homecoming, including PAUL GALANTI and JOE MUNROE. At New London Jack says that our president JOHN HEWITT is doing well in sub school course. MIKE KOBAR in SABLEFISH is enjoying the silent service, as is RUSS WATERMAN in SEA LION. SUPPLY CORPS JOHN COSTELLO is aboard die ESSEX and HARRY OLSEN is in BLANDY, both enjoying the duties of supply officers.

ARMY JOE LANE and his wife Lynn are stationed in Dexheim, Germany, where Joe is a platoon leader.

Many woopoos are in Joe's company and many debates on the relative merits of the 2 schools are held. In fact, Joe gave a speech at the West Point Founders Day dinner.

He says BRUCE TRAPNELL is on his way to Germany and VIC DEWEY and AL GEZELMAN have finished the engineer officer orientation course.

Major Roush, 23rd company officer our 1st class year, and a great officer, completed airborne school last summer.

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ANNAPOLIS Over 100 members and guests attended the chapter party in Alumni House on 8 May for the final "meeting" before the summer holidays. No further meetings will be held until September.

BOSTON The final meeting of the 1962-63 season was held at Portsmouth on Tuesday, 7 May. This going to Portsmouth has become a tradition with the Boston Chapter. By bringing our meeting to Portsmouth we are able to renew acquaintances with many of our "down east" friends who are unable to come to Boston for the regular meetings. Also the " O " Club at Portsmouth is most attractive and the drive "down" from Boston is most pleasant. Our thanks to Frank Mitchell '29 who made all the arrangements for us this year.

Our speaker was Colonel Roland E. Carey, USMC, the Commanding Officer of the Disciplinary Command, Portsmouth. Colonel Carey gave a most enlightening talk on the Navy's new concept of discipline. It has changed from one of punishment of the offender to one of helping to rehabilitate him. The services of many specialists are utilized at the Disciplinary (Zk^mmand, including psychologists and psychiatrists. The offender is given many more privileges and opportunities to become a responsible citizen.

The annual election of officers was held at this meeting and the following were elected: President—John A. Glick (incumbent) Vice. Pres.—Walter J. Toner '43 Secretary—Russell B. Allen '34 (incumbent) Ass't Sec.—Thomas T. Craven '25 Treasurer—Timothy F. Donohue '27 (incumbent) JUNE-JULY,

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MARINE CORPS AL SOMMERS reports that after finishing basic school at Quantico he travelled across country by VW to Camp Pendelton, Calif. Along the way he saw DOUG COTTON and JIM JACKSON, both stationed aboard ships in the Charleston area. He spent a weekend with JOHN BUTLER and PHIL OLSON, who came down to Los Angeles from their nuclear power training in Idaho Falls.

LINE I just heard from TOM GRZYMALA, who's in COURTNEY (DE-1021) out of Newport, that he just returned from Gitrao and in August leaves for a 4-month cruise around South America. Tom has seen JERRY BLESCH, JIM GAUL, BENNIE ROSENBACH, STEVE KEHL and WALT MARTIN in Key West. STEVE STOKES is attached to the public works department there and is scheduled to go to Georgia Tech this summer. BILL MILLER leaves this summer to go to Stanford as part of the Burke Program, to get his master's in electronics. Tom says that Lt. George Biles the assistant operations officer, is soon to become the XO of LESTER (DE-1022).

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DCA. ED MANN is in DAHLGREN serving as assistant gunnery officer while LARRY FULTON is aboard SAMPSON (DDG-IO) as DCA. All are enjoying life aboard ship and Pete says they don't miss lab reports and P-works a bit.

DUSTY and Landy SYKES are the proud parents of John Martin, born on 28 February. Dusty is on an LST homeported in Yokosuka.

CHARLIE INGRAM is aboard DUPONT serving as division officer and navigator.

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Trustee to Nat'l Association— Robert H. Wescott '35 Trustee until '66—Lionel D. Paradis '35 The following continue as trustees: Trustee until '64—Horace P. Rounds '32 Trustee until '65—-Warren E. Haycock '20 Twenty-eight members attended the meeting.

CARACAS Attending the regular monthly meeting of the Caracas Chapter of the Alumni Association were the following: Warren McKenney '32, Max Crawford '33, Dan Henry '38, Bill Walker '40, Henry Rodner '43, Jim Cronander '46, Nat Heller '47, Woody Johns '51, Dave Anglim, Si Browning, Art Bullen and Bill Lahadney.

A local USNA golf tournament was suggested

by Henry Rodner to enliven our social calendar.

This will probably take place next month.

CLEVELAND The following have been elected to serve as officers for the year: President—F. E. Krauss '31, Secretary-Treasurer—E. L. Truax '48.

Mr Krauss is associated with Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp. Mr. Tru::x, LCdr., (SC) USN, is attached to the Navy Finance Center, 1901 E. 13th St., Cleveland.

The Cleveland Chapter meets regulariy at the Hickory Grill Clubrooms, 929 Chester Ave., at 12 noon on die 3rd Friday of the mondi widi programs following lunch.

Highlighting the year's activities annually are the Father-Son Christmas luncheon and the Navy Symposium for local high school youdi. Mitlshipmen of the area, home on leave, and their fathers are guests at the Christmas luncheon.

The 1963 Symposium was held on Friday, 26 April in the U. S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center. LCdr. W. P. Vosseler '49 from the Bureau of Weapons was the featured speaker. Almost 100 boys and their fathers attended.

The chapter also participated in the Eagle Scout Association Recognition dinner in February at which time it acted as sponsor for 4 of the Eagle Scouts.

INDIANAPOLIS New Officers of the Indianapolis Chapter recendy elected are: President: John R. Carlson, Cdr., USNR '38; Secretary: Justin L. Wickens, Capt., USN (Ret.) '31.

The regular monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Naval Armory, 30th St. and White River. New arrivals or visitors are welcome. Our president's (Carlson) address and phone are 5744 Washington Blvd. and CL 3-2676. Our secretary (Wickens) lives at 30 Highland Manor Court and his phone is CL 3-0824.

A spring party was held on 20 April at the home of Justin and Margaret Wickens. Among those present were the following members and wives: John Carlson '38, Bernard Boyland '50, Bart Day '34, Fritz Graf '26, Nova Kiergan '33, Bob McMurray '22, Curt Payntor '34, George Romy '22, Ed Shock '40, Tommy Thompson '21, plus Louis and Ann Volk from Oxford, and our host and hostess.

NEWPORT The regular April meeting of the chapter was held on "Tuesday, 30 April in the Fleet Room of the Officers' Club, Naval Base, Newport, R. I.

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After dinner Mr. William Corcoran, guest speaker, gave an interesting talk, illustrated with colored slides, on the subject of "Urban Renewal Program for Newport."

SEATTLE On 26 April the meeting of the Seatde Chapter, annually held in Bremerton, consisted of a cocktail hour, dinner, a short business meeting and dancing.

As in the past, the 2 tugs with 60 alumni and guests departed NSD Seatde for Bremerton at approximately 5:30 p.m. Upon arrival at the shipyard, buses were waiting to take these passengers to the COM OPEN where approximately 40 more alumni and guests were enjoying the .-cktail hour.

The tugboat NANIGO departed the shipyard at 10:15 p.m. loaded with tired but happy alumni BOOK

and guests. Another enjoyable time with bur Bremerton area shipmates and friends was had by all.

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long. Moreover its potentialities as an important reference work can never be realized because of a culpably inadequate index.

Three excellent scholarly works now deal with the period in U. S. history between World Wars I and II when isolation and a blind idealism were carrying the nation into a war that would radically change its position and its attitudes. The first of these is Harold and Margaret Sorout's Toward a New Order in Sea Power (1943), which takes this period through 1921. Wheeler's book covers the next decade. Robert G. Albion and Robert H. Connery, Forrestal and the Navy (1962) takes the reader from 1940 into the first of the postwar years. What is needed to complete the picture is a comparable work spanning 19311940, the period in which the American people finally aroused themselves—but not fast enough.

Sfiipmafe: Cdr. Iselin's is one of many articles and studies dealing with qualifications of today's naval officer, which have been appearing in professional magazines. One cannot but be impressed with the learned and convincing arguments that have been presented and the recommendations advanced.

But for those officers who have not shared the advantages of postgraduate education, and who have been reared in the "Jonesian" tradition, many of the arguments advanced in his treatise on education are disturbing to this officer. (Ed. note: see Shipmate, Feb. 1963, p. 4.)

Regardless of the visions of Utopian planners, who see short-cuts through the forest of education and practical experience, the education of a naval officer has always been a most complex and challenging business. Programmed aids, like those offered by postgraduate courses, have a significant role to play, and I find no fault with their continued use. The Navy has need of its various postgraduate curricula to provide a judicious "professionalizing" balance in training and educating officers for the countless tasks which are assigned. But when they are placed on a pedestal and called panaceas, our "Lagging" Educational Structure, I feel compelled to speak my piece.

In reading and reacting to Cdr. Iselin's pitch for a universal program in the postgraduate education of naval officers, I find that he has climbed aboard the progressive school's bandwagon and has uttered a number of untruths that are all too 72

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popular in today's criticism of education in or out of the military system.

Cdr. Iselin's postulate that "the day of the generalist officer is behind us" appears hollow and frightening. In today's world, the opposite appears to be true. There may be a conflict, possibly a misunderstanding, of definitions here, but regardless of the class or type of naval officers categorized, there still remains a pressing need for the general line officer, reared and trained primarily in that environment which still requires, by its versatile demands, the highest of qualifications—command at sea.

There have been many changes in methodology and technology since World War II. The reasons for many of the major changes affecting the assignment of personnel are well known. Suffice to say that a long war and the results which followed shordy thereafter transformed the sociological and technological structure of the Navy c well as the society on the outside. (The role of the fleet remains the same, however.) To further complicate the problem of perpetuating efficiency and maintaining morale, a number of compulsory compromises were effected which still plague us today. Some of these compromises were necessary because it has been impossible to muster the officer manpower to stabilize the cycle of sea duty, shore duty, and schooling. Necessity, the mother of invention and improvisation, more than any other reason has forced us in the Navy to accept the situation which exists today. I'm sure the naval officer knows the basic differences between the Navy that currendy is and that which he would like to see.

The improvements which Cdr. Iselin foresees through postgraduate training are, as they always have been, nothing more than part of that in-

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tangible, finishing process whose intrinsic worth is impossible to assess. Unless the picture has radically changed in the fleet, and turnover, experience and efficiency are no longer problems, the availability of experienced, competent general line officers is as great a problem to the commander of a man-o-war as the lack of specialists and technicians. Are our ships still being sailed by "uneducated" OODS.? Contrary to the thesis ol Cdr. Iselin that "simple courage and loyalty might once have sufficed to make a good line officer," it is just these attributes which keep many ships on the line today performing their missions throughout the world.

Cdr. Iselin has somehow missed the lesson which all mariners, young and old, learned early and never forgot. The sea is still the greatest of teachers. All too well known a credo, yet somehow this simple fact has lost its place in today's search for the more pedagogic strainings for easy solutions to our problems. Regardless of the progress in science, space or weaponry, it's inconceivable to this officer that the Navy of this century shall se the day when there will no longer be a need for the line officer who has been schooled in the mastery of the sea. It does not take a historian to point out that, of all environments, the sea still rolls and surges today as it did in cenmries past. The classroom, an ersatz sea at best, is no proper substitute.

Many years at sea are still required to learn the operational skills of a full-fledged ship's captain, the command specialist whose responsibilities are almost promethean in scope. The true situations and the real solutions to naval problems of which Cdr. Iselin speaks must be sought at sea and not in a scholastic market-place. Certainly the classroom has its role, but mechanical and classically-approved solutions acquired in a leisurely-paced manner should not take place of ascendancy.

There appear (in writing at least) to be more crusaders today in support of the educational process for specialization than for generalization.

(Whatever that means.) It is evident to this officer that the emphasis on specialization, and those latent forces associated with it have served to dilute the mariner's basic skills. How harmful the effects of this campaign to specialize will be on the growth patterns of our young officers will not be known for some years to come. Certainly the officer who seeks to specialize in a technical field must be afforded the opportunity to do so.

In the majority of cases, the specialist has that special talent and intelligence, and motivation, to pursue a direct path to the attainment of his professional goals. Perhaps his motives include a need for more stability and a sedentary life which traditionally has not been the lot of the professional officer educated at sea. There have been and will continue to be a significant talented and competent body of naval officers who are not willSHIPMATE

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ing to accent the responsibility and the hardships which command at sea entails. This is the basic difference between the commander at sea and his brother ashore; therefore, in evaluating the educational needs of each officer, particular care must be given to the relative value which formal, higher education imparts to each officer.

Service to our country is still the essential and final criterion in determining how great a role formal education should play in molding an officer's career. The commanding officer of today's and tomorrow's ship will be hard-pressed to know and to fight his ship. There is no greater task for him, and for that matter, for any aspiring naval officer.

In our mad scramble to arrive at that happy state where all careers are planned perfecdy, all personnel needs are satisfied, and interservice competition stimulated, we must not forget nor neglect the overwhelming contribution which duty at sea* makes to the education of a naval officer.

While we have ships and submarines who roam the seas looking and waiting for the enemy over the horizon, the officer who takes his ship "in harm's way" must continue to be in the vanguard of our Navy.

•(Another thought while writing) Rather than devote 5 0 % of a line officer's career ashore acquiring "magic" from books, and lecturers, and dry games, wouldn't it be far more useful to our Navy and country to assign them to a broader spectrum of duties afloat which make them a part of the carrier, the landing ship, the

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L. LAURAKAS, Capt. USN '43

Shipmate: My hearty congratulations on the outstanding 25th anniversary issue, to you and all the staff!

It is quite the best I've seen since I've been a subscriber. I'm particularly glad to see so many lush advertisements and wish there were some way we could keep this up. Perhaps it would be useful if members would remember to tell advertisers, "I saw your ad in Shipmate" when they buy something. Not many of us are buying a personal flying banana, but there are other items listed in the various issues which we do buy. I notice many of the commercial magazines urge their readers to "tell them you saw it in Popular Mechanics," or whatever the name of the mag might be.

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DISTRICT-MARYLAND REALTY, INC. 5504 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington 15, D. C. (III-V-VI) MONTEREY—HOUSE FOR SALE OR TRADE. Have orders to Norfolk. Lovely 3 bdr, 1% bath home, 1 block from elem. school. Fenced yard and garden, double garage, separate dr, eat-in kitchen, built-ins, disposal, fireplace, carpeting, central heat. 5 min. from Com and Exec, 15 min. from PG school. Contact Lt. Robt. C. Austin, 3199 Melanie Rd., Marina, Calif. In Norfolk for details call Mrs. F. B. Wyatt, Jr. (VI) ANNAPOLIS. Large town house in old Annapolis IVi blocks from Academy. Spacious rooms with fireplaces give distinction to this fine old home built in the early nineteen hundreds. The 6 bedrooms, 3 tiled baths and powder room and large garden make it ideal for the large or growing family. Street frontage on both front and rear of property.

EVA GUDE BRANDT Realtor 20 West Street, Annapolis (VI)

For sale in south SAN DIEGO. Large 3 yr old, 4 bdrm, 2bth, den, dble gar. Fireplace, built-in oven, drapes, carpeting, disposal. Lovely front and rear patios. Short walk to all grade Catholic and public elem. and jr. hi. schools, 22 mins. to NORIS or IINDHQTRS. Will pay all closing costs for buyer with $4000 who assumes FHA in-service loan at $155/month including taxes and ins. Other terms if desired. CDR. R. W. NETTING, 1458 Signal Ave., Imperial Beach, Calif.

(V-VI) NORFOLK, VA. Looking for reliable, conscientious couple with max. 1 crib age child to live rent and utility free in our completely furnished 2 bdrm. den home from late Aug. to early Dec. in exchange for care of 2 children (boy 4, girl 5).

Wife desires to accompany husband on S. Amer. good will tour. Home located in popular subdivision convenient to shopping and Navy facilities.

Car avail. Children in school mornings. 2 character refs. req. Contact Lt. William N. Palmer, 5547 Springhill Rd., Norfolk.

(VI) INVESTMENTS FREE TRIAL ! Continuing personal guidance from long-experienced investment adviser, registered with Securities and Exchange Commission since 1951. R. Adm. Ion Pursell, USN (Ret.) c/o Pursell's Investment Service, Southern Hotel, Frankfort, Kentucky.

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ATHLETICS (Continued from page 30) College Athletic Conference twice selected him "Sophomore of the Week."

Staubach set these individual marks for the 1962 football team: Most points scored—42; Longest run from scrimmage—68 yards vs. Cornell; Longest pass play—66 yards to Jim Stewart vs. Pittsburgh; Most yards rushing (1 game)—113 vs. Southern California (19 carries); Most yards passing (1 game) —192 (8 completions) vs. Pittsburgh; Most passes completed (1 game)—14 vs. Boston College, and most yards passing (1 season)—966 (completed 67 of 98).

The versatile sophomore reported out late for basketball but won an N-star by playing more than a quarter of the Army-Navy game. He held the cadet's top sophomore to a single goal while covering him defensively. Staubach scored 5 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in the 4 games he played.

In baseball, Staubach also reported late because of spring football but won himself die regular center field position. In games through May the Cincinnati sophomore was hitting .425 on 17 for 40.

Staubach is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Staubach, 3734 North Berkley Circle, Cincinnati.

INVESTMENTS Stocks—Bonds—Mutual Funds—RAdm. Russell C. (Rusty) Williams, USN (Ret.), now associated as Registered Representative with the Norfolk office of Abbott. Proctor & Paine—Members New York Stock Exchange and other leading exchanges. For investment information call MA 2-4711, or drop by to see me in our office, Royster Building, Granby St.. Norfolk. Va. Telerester Board and Quotron Service.

(VI-VII-VIII-IX-X-I-II-IIIIV-V-VI-VII) We deliver your car to or from any U. S. city.

Bonded drivers. Atlantic-Pacific Drive-Aways, Inc., 707 Ryoster Bldg., Norfolk, Va. Tel. 625-0804. J. T. Brown, Capt.. USN (Ret.) '27.

(V-VI) 1964 JAPAN OLYMPIC TOUR Send for detailed brochure of Admiral Tom and Emmie Hamilton's October 7-25 Olympic Tour including Hongkong and Bangkok. Space limited— W. H. Worden 1939, Worden Travel Agency, 9 Moraga Way, Orinda, Calif.

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Florida—Southwest Coast Bradenton-Sarasota Sixty retired Naval officers enjoying over 300 miles waterfront.

Ten golf courses.

Inquiries welcome Compare our living costs WALTER S. HARDIN, Realtor 36 years right here Box 1610, Bradenton, Florida

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