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This General Motors personnel expert is searching out bright young talent.

He and others like him are charged with the important task of selecting the best prospects from among thousands of qualified people for jobs in industry.

He conducts interviews at dozens of colleges every year.

His job calls for an analytical and understanding mind. He is very careful to get aU the facts before making a decision. He looks into the background of each student—scholarship, mental attitude, previous work experience, health and scope of interests. Often the difference between the merely competent person and the future leader can be reduced to a matter of desire. It takes expert judgment to spot the real thing.

Getting its share of outstanding young men each year is vital to General Motors' future. And so, naturally, are the "talent scouts" who find them for us.

They deserve much of the credit for the continuing success of the GM team.

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HOW TO TAKE A BEACHHEAD WITHOUT GETTING YOUR FEET WET. We're talking about a prototype landing craft developed for the U.S. Marine Corps by Lycoming.

Officially, it's an LVH. Unofficially, we think it's the hottest assault boat to come along in 20 years.

This new LVH uses a powerful Lycoming TF-14 marine turbine engine and

automatically controlled hydrofoils to "fly" over the water at speeds up to 35 knots, (Even in five-foot seas.)

of 210 miles and can carry men or equipment from troop ships anchored beyond the reach of shore batteries.

On land, it climbs beaches, hurdles obstacles, and rumbles down paved roads at better than 40 mph.

Someday, hydrofoil vessels of every size and every class will be the backbone of Naval operations.

The Lycoming LVH is unique in still another way. It has a nautical range

The Lycoming LVH is only the beginning.

Lycoming Division— Aveo Corporation,Stratford, Connecticut

HOW TO SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A NEW CAR The Mistake Most People M a k e Most prospective car-buyers look at the price posted on the windshield of a new automobile and assume it's the selling price. It isn't! It's the manufacturer's s u g g e s t e d list price, and most dealers will sell for much less.

An auto dealer buys a standard-sized car from its manufacturer for approximately 75% of its suggested list price. This means that you can probably buy this class of car at a figure up to 20% less than list price—if you follow a few simple rules.

InVeStiaate Then ' NeaOtiate Don't rush into a showroom and buy the first car that appeals to you. Do a litde research so you will be able to negotiate intelligendy. Check the NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association) wholesale and retail values of the makes and models in which you are interested. Don't forget to find out the current value of the car you intend to trade. Trade-in values differ by make, model, condition, year and geographic location. For this reason, the best bet is to find out the current NADA average wholesale and retail prices for your present car. After you have obtained an appraisal of your old car, determine how much your new car would cost with no trade-in. From this figure, deduct the value of your present car. Then you will be ready to

"^^"^" Don't Appear Too Interested Even if the car you're bargaining for is the exact make and model you want, don't appear too interested. An eager buyer rarely wins significant price concessions.

^ ° " won't pay the one they're asking. The best thing to do is give the salesman your phone number and ask him to call you if and when he is ready to meet your price.

Dnn't Cnlit TllA l/On ¥ ^pilT I n e Difference When your preliminary research has indicated that your price objective is reasonable, don't compromise with the dealer by agreeing to "split the difference." If the suggested list price of the car you want is $2800 and you're willing to pay $2500, don't let the salesman persuade you to pay $2650 (50% less than he wants to accept and 50% more than you want to part with),

Most salesmen cannot offer sizable discounts without first obtaining the permission of their superiors. This takes time. Furthermore, many salesmen will not cut prices until they're certain

If you shop for your car with your wife or another member of your family, you'll probably find the salesman using a strategy of "divide and conquer." By winning one of you over to his side, he'll force you to retreat from your position. So if you must take the rest of the family along, let o n e person do all the negotiating.

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An auto dealer receives a 2 % factory rebate on each car he sells whenever his sales exceed the monthly quota established for him by the manufacturer. The pressure to surpass this quota is generally greatest at the end of the month— especially if cars have moved slowly during the first part of the month. For this reason, a dealer may be willing to sell a car for a smaller profit in order to make a sale.

Shop Around Before You Buy Factors such as overhead and car turnover vary from dealer to dealer. Due to this fact, some dealers are able to offer better prices than others.

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are more anxious than ever to meet quotas and salesmen, who are paid on a commission basis, will tend to offer lower prices to cinch more sales.

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Vol. 28

January, 1965

Editor R. B. DERICKSON '33 Capt. USN (Ret.) Editorial Assistant ORETHA SWARTZ Confr/bu/ors HAYES, SCHRATZ, LARDNER

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UNITED STATES SHIP BENHAM

A DESTROYER AT M I D W A Y A 1,500 Tonner and 925 Survivors.

A Record Rescue?

O b y RAdm. Joseph M . W o r t h i n g t o n , USN (Ret.)

N T H E M O R N I N G O F J U N E 4, 1942 I was in command of the United States Destroyer BENHAM, D D - 3 9 7 , 1,500 tons, stationed in the screen of the carriers ENTERPRISE and HORNET. Our aircraft were then engaged in intensive offensive operations against the large Japanese forces approaching Midway. Shordy after noon, orders were received from our task force commander, Admiral Raymond W . Spruance, to join the heavy cruisers PENSACOLA and VINCENNES and the destroyer squadron flagship BALCH, and to proceed at maximum speed to reinforce the cruiser-destroyer screen of the aircraft carrier YORKTOWN, which was under heavy attack by Japanese carrier aircraft. Our small group had no sooner started in the direction of the YORKTOWN task force than we sighted dead ahead a huge column of smoke over the horizon, which was pouring skyward from YORKTOWN'S first battle damage of the day.

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After joining, about 1335, the YORKTOWN task force which had stopped while repairs were being made to the carrier, our ships took their stations in the screen, and as soon as possible all ships increased speed to the m a x i m u m the damaged carrier could attain, at first 5 knots, but 17 knots by the time that the Japanese torpedo attack reached the launch point.

At about 1432 the planes had been reported approaching the formation from a radar bearing 200 degrees true distant 30 miles, and about three minutes later BENHAM opened lire on the enemy planes at m a x i m u m range bearing 270 degrees.

T h e torpedo planes flew so low that they appeared to be dipping between the masts of the ships in the screen. Every anti-aircraft gun in the task force which could be brought to bear was firing on the attacking planes. Some cruiser eightinch guns were also firing into the sea in advance of the torpedo planes in the hope that the shell splashes would interfere with the accuracy of the torpedo fire.

D u r i n g this attack Ensign Walter E. Pierce of BENHAM was mortally wounded and four others also were wounded by fragments of an anti-aircraft shell which struck the stack, and severely damaged our only lifeboat. All the enemy planes were shot down, most of them by anti-aircraft fire from our ships.

I remember radically maneuvering the BENHAM to avoid being struck by falling flaming planes which hit the water close aboard. Some flaming aircraft narrowly missed other vessels in the screen as they crashed into the sea. T h e BENHAM was credited with assisting in shooting down five planes. Nevertheless, two torpedoes struck the YORKTOWN, and she quickly took a list toward the damaged side.

T h a t famous aircraft carrier had been structurally weakened by battle damage in the Coral Sea engagement, and had had only hurried twenty-four-hour emergency repairs at Pearl

The YORKTOWN takes a direct hit from an enemy bomber despite the intensity of anti-aircraft fire.

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Harbor enroute to Midway. She had already sustained bomb hits from enemy carrier planes in the first attack of the day and she now received severe underwater damage from torpedoes. Extensive damage control measures were attempted, but the ship lay dead in the water, and took a severe list, which steadily increased from progressive flooding. Capsizing appeared likely, another air attack was imminent, and enemy submarines were known to be present in the area; the order was given to abandon ship.

About 1500, 4 June the officers and men of the YORKTOWN climbed down cargo nets and ropes and slid into the sea, while several destroyers closed in to effect the rescue of some 2,300 men in the water. Life rafts were dropped into the ocean by all the ships in the vicinity. T h e one damaged lifeboat of the BENHAM was launched immediately and did splendid service both in rescuing personnel from the sea, and in towing heavily loaded life rafts to the destroyer.

One near tragedy occurred when another air attack was reported. T h e destroyers were ordered to cease rescue operations, and resume their anti-aircraft stations in the screen of the now crippled carrier, which still lay dead in the water. T h e BENHAM interrupted rescue operations momentarily. But her position near the stern of the carrier, in the middle of hundreds of men close aboard awaiting rescue, made it impossible to turn over the propellers without the great danger of injuring some of those struggling in the ocean to keep afloat.

Fortunately, this air attack was unable to penetrate the surface screen, and rescue operations were quickly resumed.

W h e n the first rescuing destroyers were loaded, they returned promptly to stations in the screen as ordered, and other destroyers relieved them in the lifesaving operations. Because of the BENHAM's position in the middle of the floating mass of

Joe Worthington is a Marylander, born and bred; in fact he's from "Crabtown-on-the-Bay" and now lives in retirement at Gibson Island, Maryland. In addition to command of the BENHAM during World War II he was on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet and in the last year of the war commander DesRon 57 in the Western Pacific. He's a member of the class of '24 and a mighty tennis player.

young doctor learned that among able assistants in the wardroom were the medical and dental officers of the carrier recently rescued from the sea. They had been far too busy caring for those needing attention to identify themselves. D r . Brown's comment afterwards was: "I thought those volunteer assistants seemed well qualified in rendering first aid."

T h e task of feeding so many from so small a galley was quite an operation. Soup, coffee, beans and other foods were quickly broken out from the storerooms, and the galley was operating to capacity on an around the clock basis, with the galley force ably augmented by all the cooks among the YORKTOWN survivors.

humanity in the sea she did not follow the prescribed procedure, but continued rescue operations. W e took aboard, in all, 725 survivors of the aircraft carrier, by cargo nets, lifelines, rafts, stretchers and our damaged lifeboat.

T h e task of caring for such a large number of survivors in so small a ship, with such limited facilities, was a stupendous one. All those taken aboard who were able to walk were directed aft to the fantail, where oil-soaked clothing was removed and thrown in a pile. Several hoses were led out to enable survivors to wash off as much oil as possible. Then the rescued were directed in groups as large as could be accommodated to the boiler and engine rooms, steering engine room and to every available compartment below decks, where they could dry off and warm up. These groups were followed by successive groups until all had been taken care of as well as possible.

Officers and men of the BENHAM supplied the naked men with clean and dry clothing from their personal wardrobes.

T h e large number of rescued were crowded into every possible space in the ship for the night. Some forty officers were squeezed into the commodore's small stateroom and day cabin which I used as my in port cabin. They took turns throughout the time they were aboard standing and sitting, and they left behind them oil smudges on the bulkheads.

Shortly after sunrise the following morning June 5, Ensign Pierce was buried at sea. Chaplain Hamilton, recently rescued from the YORKTOWN, conducted the service, and shipmates acted as pallbearers.

T h e next task on the 5th was the transfer of 7 officers and 16 men, selected damage control personnel from the YORKTOWN survivors, to the ASTORIA for subsequent salvage work. T h e remainder of the 725 rescued were then transferred to the heavy cruiser PORTLAND, while both ships were underway at sea. Five breeches buoys were used simultaneously to transfer personnel, and the airplane crane of the cruiser was employed to handle stretcher cases, the entire operation lasting nearly four hours. T h e transfer by means of breeches buoys seemed a comparatively smooth and simple operation from the destroyer viewpoint. PORTLAND personnel controlled all lines, had more space to work from than the destroyer, and her men were well trained and proficient in this work. Handling stretcher cases was a much slower operation, and required considerable care, since for each transfer the destroyer had to move in very close to the cruiser to enable the airplane crane to reach over to the smaller ship's well deck, and then sheer out as soon as the stretcher was lifted.

About midpoint during this transfer operation, in response to an inquiry from the PORTLAND, the writer estimated total transfers would reach a figure of about 400. T h e executive officer of the cruiser. Commander T . R. Wirth, then advised that that number had already been received aboard his ship by actual count. W h e n informed then that only about onehalf of the survivors had been transferred his comment was: "You must think this ship is the Grand Hotel."

One unusual incident occurred when the crew started to throw overboard the pile of oil-soaked clothing, which had reached such proportions as to seriously impede service to weapons in the fantail area. ( B E N H A M mounted four five-inch 38's. One five-inch, the depth charge racks; four K-gun throwers and 20 m m . were aft.) A survivor suddenly remembered having left a large sum of money in the pockets of his discarded dungarees. An inspection not only resulted in recovering this money, but much more money and many valuables from the clothing. Money and personal possessions were returned to their owners, w h o had been much more concerned with the safety of their shipmates than in recovering their valuables.

T h e final rescue on June 4 by the BENHAM was that of a fighter pilot, a tall Texan, who was spotted on his little raft at sunset by an alert lookout. His shouted comment, as the BENHAM approached him, is worth quoting: " T a k e your time Captain—I'm in no hurry. This raft won't run out of gas."

Subsequently one of his shipmates revealed that this same pilot had been forced down three times recently in flight operations because he had a habit of chasing Japanese aircraft to the limit of his own gasoline supply.

T h e rescuing destroyers and the cruisers were ordered to retire eastward during the night. Every effort was made by all hands to render first aid to the injured, and to feed and care for the survivors.

put back on board volunteer members of the latter's crew, and also furnished auxiliary power for lighting and operating salvage pumps in the carrier. Salvage work was progressing favorably early on the afternoon of June 6th when torpedoes were reported approaching YORKTOWN from 195 degrees true from outside the screen. A little over two minutes later these

T h e more seriously injured were attended in the destroyer wardroom where the ship's doctor. Lieutenant (jg) Seymour Brown ( M C ) , had set u p an operating room. Later, when the urgent work of attending the injured was completed, the

T h e destroyer disappeared beneath the sea in about three minutes, and suffered very heavy personnel casualties; the carrier still floated, listing heavily.

W i t h the crowded conditions then prevailing in the destroyer, it was difficult to obtain an accurate count, so we were happy to receive the PORTLAND figure as official. A m o n g incidental operations concurrently conducted by the cruiser without interrupting breeches buoy activities were fueling the destroyer and catapulting and recovering scouting aircraft engaged in anti-submarine patrol.

T h e transfer was completed about 1223 June 5. Aboard BENHAM it had been standing room only for almost 20 hours.

Upon completion of the transfer operations the BALCH, BEN-

HAM and HAMMANN were sent back some 150 miles to the YORKTOWN then drifting virtually derelict and severely damaged, in tow of the ancient tug, VIREO, a converted minesweeper.

T h e destroyer H A M M A N N took station alongside the YORKTOWN,

struck the H A M M A N N and the YORKTOWN at the same time.

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Destroyers undertake rescue operations around the damaged YORKTOWN.

It is ironic that the HAMMANN, the only destroyer in the screen equipped to measure underwater sound conditions, had reported earlier in the day that sound conditions were very bad due to thermal layers prevailing in the area at that time, and as a result, destroyer underwater sound detection was reduced to almost zero.

For the second time in three days the officers and men of the BENHAM were engaged in rescue operations, although this time their task was to prove far more difficult. Many of those awaiting rescue were wounded, a large number severely. The one life boat and life rafts, all badly damaged, had had to be abandoned upon completion of rescue operations two days previously, and there were few medical supplies, or spare clothing left in the ship.

The BENHAM eased into the sea area of struggling survivors and floating debris. Some 18 of BENHAM'S crew jumped into the oily water swimming with life lines to the aid of those in urgent need of help. The rescued were pulled back to the ship, and a great many seriously wounded were lifted aboard in stretchers which had been lowered to the water's edge.

First aid for the lightly wounded was administered by members of the crew, for Lt. Brown, the ship's doctor, and his several medical assistants were fully occupied caring for the severely injured.

Too much praise cannot be given to all those officers and men who displayed such selfless devotion to duty in very dangerous waters in order to save others: swimming to the aid of the severely wounded, resuscitating the apparendy drowned, and attending the severely injured, who filled nearly every bunk in the ship until the BENHAM reached Pearl Harbor.

The BENHAM rescued some 200 officers and men on June 6, most of whom were survivors of the destroyer HAMMANN, herself at the time engaged in aiding the crippled carrier YORKTOWN. The other survivors were from the YORKTOWN, a number of these having been rescued from the same ship by the same destroyer for the second time in three days. When I recognized several of the YORKTOWN rescued from their previous "cruise" aboard BENHAM, I could not resist remarking: "The next time you get rescued by a good ship, be sure to stay aboard and don't repeat the ordeal."

The only engineering casualty suffered by the BENHAM occurred early during operations in the debris filled sea, when the starboard main circulator became clogged, and went out of commission. Thereafter there was no backing power on the starboard engine until repairs were effected at Pearl Harbor.

Most fortunately full power ahead was available, and that was of vital importance toward completing this rescue mission of delivering wounded to hospitals at Pearl Harbor.

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While the wounded were being cared for as well as could be done with the destroyer's limited medical personnel and facilities, funeral services were conducted by the commanding officer for the 26 who died; 16 late on June 6 and the remainder on the next two days. The bodies were sewn in canvas and weighted with drill shells until BENHAM'S allowance was gone; then we used live ammunition.

As Captain I conducted most of the services from the forecastle reading extracts from the burial service for the dead at sea from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. Lieut. Sloat, the exec, conducted some of the services. BENHAM slowed when the bodies were committed to the deep—but did not stop; we were in submarine waters.

At dawn on the 7th the small salvage group still stood by the YORKTOWN in the hope that with additional help reported enroute to the area, it might still be possible to save her. But the carrier settled to starboard, and soon went under as the ships present rendered honors. Aboard BENHAM we stood at attention facing the great dying ship and half-masted our colors.

The BENHAM was directed to transfer all wounded to a submarine tender cruising in a rear area as an emergency hospital, but I reported that many of the wounded were too severely injured to risk transfer at sea at that time. We were then ordered to Pearl Harbor where the best medical attention and adequate hospital facilities were available.

On departure from the area the BENHAM received from Commander Destroyer Squadron Six, Captain E. P. Sauer, a "Well Done," always most welcome by all hands. Fortunately, a calm sea enabled the ship to proceed at 27 knots, and we arrived at Pearl Harbor early in the afternoon of June 9, the first combatant ship returning from the Battle of Midway. At Merry Point the ship was met by Admiral Nimitz, members of his staff, and a large number of medical personnel and ambulances. Approximately 50 stretcher cases, and 25 ambulatory cases were transferred to the Naval Hospital at Pearl Harbor, and U. S. Mobile Hospital Number 2. All other survivors were transferred to the jurisdiction of their respective type commanders based at Pearl Harbor.

The performance of duty of all officers and men during the brief action against enemy planes on June 4, and again during rescue operations on that date and on June 6, was of such high standard as to make it difiEcult to single out individuals for especial noteworthy performance. But these men and others reflected the highest traditions of the naval service: Lieutenant Frank P. Sloat, Executive Officer, for work at his battle station, and general supervision of all rescue operations, and attention to survivors after rescue.

Lieutenant Robert B. Crowell, Gunney Officer, for controlling the main battery during air attacks, and maintaining the battery alert for expected additional attacks.

Lieutenant ( j . g.) Aimer P. Colvin, Chief Engineer, for indefatigable efforts in giving first aid to the injured, and resuscitating the apparently drowned.

Lieutenant ( j . g.) Russell Merrill, Communications Officer, as officer-of-the-deck during action and both rescue operations.

Ensigns Oliver D . Compton and James V . Heddell, for assisting injured personnel out of the water, caring for them on deck, a n d finding places for them in the ship.

Lieutenant ( j . g.) Seymour Brown (M.C.) first attended a number of wounded from the action on June 4. For the first two hours after the torpedo attack on June 6, he was the only medical officer attending 82 seriously wounded, and a large number of more lighdy wounded patients. Later in the day, Lieutenant ( j . g.) Edward A. Lee (M.C.) was borrowed from the BALCH. H e remained overnight and rendered most valuable service. Also, Lieutenant ( j . g.) J. J. Peterson (M.C.) was rescued from the HAMMANN, and after recovering from shock was able to help out.

Pharmacist Mate First Class Kenelm Oyches most ably assisted the medical officer day and night from June 4 until arrival in Pearl Harbor on June 9.

Many others were untiring in helping the medical personnel throughout this trying period among them: Pharmacist Mate David Walker, Fireman Jackie Spieler, Mess Attendants Alonza Crawford and Leroy Spiller.

T h e point in this story, which is as vivid today to the writer as it was when observed at close hand over twenty years ago, is the extreme danger to which m a n will expose himself to save his fellow man. There were a great many examples of

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personal heroism in the rescue operations carried out by BENHAM. Every officer and m a n did his utmost, seemingly with no thought of the personal danger that was always present from the enemy in the air, and under the sea. This personal heroism may best be described by quotations from two citations (chosen from among m a n y ) for awards submitted subsequently: . . . " O n 4 June 1942, in the Batde of Midway, during rescue operations of YORKTOWN personnel, Coxswain Hughes, Seaman 2nd Class Gallon, Fireman 1st Class Sims and Fireman 3rd Class Horton voluntarily manned the BENHAM'S only available whaleboat, well knowing it to be in dangerous condition with falls cut, engine and hull holed by shell fragments, and that another air attack was imminent, fearlessly launched the boat, and by valiant efforts to keep it afloat and running, succeeded in rescuing a great many YORKTOWN personnel, particularly the more seriously wounded in urgent need of assistance. Their courage and devotion to duty contributed much to the success of the rescue operations and was at all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service." . . . "For distinguishing himself by gallantry and conspicuous devotion to duty while serving in the USS BENHAM (DD-397) in the Batde of Midway on 6 June 1942. W i t h utter disregard for his own personal safety. Chief Boatswain's Mate Webb plunged overboard from the USS BENHAM immediately after the HAMMANN and YORKTOWN were torpedoed, and for more than an hour swam in sea strewn with debris and thick with oil to the aid of seriously injured personnel of those ships. By his great courage, personal daring and determination, he personally towed at least twenty injured men to safety. H i s leadership, courage, and devotion to duty contributed largely to the success of the rescue operations, and was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service."

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Never before or since as far as Shipmate knows has any destroyer rescued more survivors than did BENHAM during the Battle of Midway. T h e editor has not combed all the afteraction reports (or ship's logs) of World W a r II but history probably offers no statistically comparable rescue operations, with the possible exception of the British destroyers that rescued the survivors of the PRINCE OF WALES and

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H E N I W A S Y O U N G E R I was discussing the problems of being under the command of a skipper whose qualities—from the worm's eye of a junior officer at least— were lacking in luster. My companion was an elderly and wise retired oflncer who had served more than forty years afloat and ashore. After listening to m e rant he replied that the situation which I had described was probably non-existent, but that the real problem was that of the commanding officer whose execudve was less than inspiring.

Twenty years and four commands later I can appreciate the truth of this statement. But after having had the privilege of serving with five uniformly outstanding executive officers I still have no firsthand experience in this situation. Frequently we read excellent studies of many of the problems of command, leadership, administration and paperwork. This together with observation of others in command has also made m e realize how lucky I have been. Many of the problems of shipboard administration I know about only through reading. This reenforces the notion that has been floating around for some time. I have been exceptionally fortunate in the executive officer department.

It is the purpose of this article to describe the many ways in which these officers did their jobs, kept m e out of trouble, and helped to manage a complex organization.

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T h e first exec who began the momentous task of educating this young and inexperienced skipper was Mac. T h e ship a Service Force L S T . T h e time was two years following World W a r II. T h e confusion of demobilization doubtless explains why the two of us arrived aboard about simultaneously and why we both happened to have the same date of rank as j.g.'s.

But I had him beat by a few numbers so I got the nod to command. Together we composed two-thirds of the strength of the wardroom and along with forty-five men our problem was to maintain and operate the ship. O u r commitments varied from carrying dependents including babies, diapers and botdes from Honolulu to Hilo as well as longer cargo runs in all directions except east. More glamorous ships made the San Francisco run.

Mac had been a quartermaster and was a professional sailor and a capable mariner. H e was intensely practical and had an inquisitive mind. H e was also blessed with an excellent sense of humor and had a generous share of tact. In short, he was a priceless asset. T w o years of service together turned us into a well coordinated team.

Of necessity the turnover in the wardroom between the two of us and our predecessors was brief, uncoordinated and confused. D u r i n g the scant twenty-four hours together Mac brightened up the conversation by commenting at lunch that this was the first time he had been seated with three officers all of whom had orders to command the same ship. These were the previous skipper who had been taken to the hospital on a stretcher and was now an outpatient, the acting skipper who had succeeded JANUARY,

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to command and whose orders had briefly been confirmed by BuPers, and myself who had been ordered to relieve the hospital case.

Our first evolution after the departure of the previous two commanding officers was a day at sea to conduct some elementary exercises for the " E . " T h e competition had just been reinstated after the war and getting the system back had its share of growing pains for the ships involved and probably also for the type commander.

T h e first seamanship exercise, appropriately enough, called for an officer other than the captain to get the ship underway.

Regardless of who did this it had the makings of a Hollywood spectacular. None of us in the wardroom had gotten any ship underway before, but by the rules I was very providentially benched. Mac may have been a better prospect, but I had one u p on him in another respect. I'd just gotten a Navy driver's license for the ship's jeep so I could steam it around legally even though no one had taken time out to check my credentials for soloing its parent organization!

T h e chief inspector, skipper of our companion Pearl Harbor L S T , was a friendly soul who conveniently did not hear the shattering of one or two pilings whose awkward placement led to their quick demise upon our departure. D u r i n g the day we ran through man overboard drills, rubber docking, and fire-drills—the last of which had been u n k n o w n aboard for more than a year. T h e return to our moorings in Pearl was simplified by the assignment of a convenient berth, a kindly wind and a rabbit's foot. This time the novice skipper had the conn—it wasn't a competidve exercise. But we lucked out.

Everyone felt better after the first day at sea. After all, the ship was still afloat!

Administration and paperwork take a disproportionate amount of time. A small ship has the same reports as does a cruiser or carrier. With us the problem was complicated by lack of a yeoman's striker who could type. W e made no formal staff study, but under Mac's tutorage we went to general quarters. H e acted as overseer and typist for the daily personnel diary until the striker could grow into the job. T h e chief hospitalman ran off the smooth deck logs. T h e storekeeper did the plan of the day. T h e captain wrote, typed, and logged the correspondence.

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staff of the Naval War College at Newport. Writing is an avocation with Bill and he has been published in Shipmate, Naval Institute Proceedings and other service publications.

The daily diary in particular had all the makings of a lukewarm whodunit. Machine personnel accounting was in its early stages and some of the guidelines had not been clearly established. Further, some of us had the temerity to think that there was a lack of desire on the part of the staff personnel section to permit us to take a practical view. For example, all our Hilo passengers came aboard on temporary additional duty for transportation. They were aboard only for twenty-four hours. Frequently we had a hundred passengers. Adding them to and removing them from the daily diary would have been an impossible job with our spare time office force. But personnel pointed out that one of the main objectives of the machine system was to insure that there was at all times an accurate record in the event of an untimely disaster. What if we struck a floating mine off Waikiki.? We shipboard buffs could only agree. So we undertook to comply. Shortly we were the only ship in the Navy with ten dentists, five doctors, and one army veterinarian on our personnel records. The ServPac machine accounting system became temporarily derailed. Our bargaining position improved. Informal agreement now permitted us to omit the passengers from our daily diary.

bring him into the cubby hole I shared with Tut and we would go over the exec's laundry. Together we would decide which shirts needed only washing, which could be mended, which should have the sleeves chopped off, and which were beyond help. I thought the system was infallible but unfortunately Tut got wise. The first day at sea next time out Tut arrived on the bridge beaming. He had hidden one of his favorites and had washed it elsewhere. Unfortunately for the captain's tidiness campaign he was spordng only one sleeve.

Tut had a sincere interest in and a concern for the crew.

Like all good execs, he carried on a considerable correspondence with parents and wives, an activity which was not known.

One day after return to Sasebo one of the seamen approached him with a request to go ashore and place a phone call home.

He had not heard from his wife in two or three weeks.

"Hell," replied Tut, "You've got nothing to worry about.

I haven't gotten any mail for three months."

"But Mr. McKee, probably nobody loves you!"

Tut told this story on himself. "You know," he concluded, "The kid might have something."

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The next exec was a footballer from Nebraska known as "King Tut" because of his size and build. We met in mid1951 when I reported aboard an LSMR bound for Korea. Tut and I were the same age. After midshipmen's school he had gone into the LSM program and prior to release to civilian life had had his own command based in Shanghai.

There was a lapse of about four years between the time Tut and I turned over the rocket boat to our successors and my next adventure into command. This time the ship was a DE conversion and the exec had preceded me aboard by about a year. I arrived towards the end of the deployment in Japan.

Under the previous skipper and the executive, whom I inherited, this ship had been a magnificent piece of machinery.

It was necessary for the new captain only to inspect and keep the moving parts properly oiled.

The only problem here—and it was minor—was that the exec had been forced to shoulder more than his share of the load because of a turnover in department heads and because of other considerations which would divert us from the story.

This had its price in limiting the time he had available to spend on his primary responsibilities.

We started out the decentralization trend by relieving Barry as navigator for the trip home. This transit was run as a convoy exercise, and he had plenty to do without navigating.

Besides, the Pacific is a big ocean, and as long as our position reports were in reasonable agreement with the squadron commander we would not get in trouble. We also had enough confidence in our own prowess to think that in the event our junior navigator got in trouble either of us could discover where we were within an acceptable period of time. We did, though, hedge our bet to the extent of having the exec officially resume his navigating dudes for entry into Pearl and arrival in San Diego.

There were two stories about his orders back to active duty.

They differ only in detail and are indicative of his enthusiasm and generally buoyant nature. The first relates that when he heard the news about Korea he took the nearest handy piece of paper—a cocktail napkin—and pencilled thereon: "Dear Mr. Bupers, "I want to go back to sea.

Signed, Tut McKee." The variation to this story states that the paper was really one of his father's doctor prescription slips.

Tut was a good sailor and a magnificent seaman. During the course of our deployment to Korea we lived within range of the shore batteries on both the East and West Coasts. Generally it was quiet but it had its moments. I found that there was a finite limite on the amount of time I could spend on the bridge and do justice to either the ship or myself. So Tut spelled me and kept the store while I napped. He also conned during rocket firing. After our first bombardment off Hungnam we found that there was a vast difference between the noise and smoke generated by a few rockets fired on the range at San Clemente and a large volume fired in anger. We juryrigged a phone line between myself on the open bridge. Tut in the enclosed and quiet pilot house, and CIC. Tut kept the conn and took recommendations from CIC unless I over-rode his orders. This worked and it kept me free to watch for the abnormal.

All of us, though we may be perfect in most respects, have shortcomings. In Tut's case even a charitable skipper had to admit that he wasn't precisely tidy in dress. This was aggravated because there was no laundry except for a washer of the household variety and it was generally out of commission.

So when we returned to Sasebo after thirty days on the line the Chinese laundryman was almost as welcome as the mailman. After the laundryman took care of the crew I would 10

The profit we reaped from this exercise worked two ways.

Both were beneficial. The young officers we trained as navigators learned far more than they would doing a day's work in navigation on a hit and miss basis. On arrival in San Diego we had two rising young navigators. The one who took us from Yokosuka to Pearl, and the one who took over for the remainder of the voyage.

The exec's unaccustomed leisure gave him a chance to be an exec—an opportunity which he had not had for some time.

The ship benefited from his efforts. If you have not had the misfortune to decommission a ship you can have no appreciadon for the infinite pains which must be taken before she can be put to bed—ready to awaken on short notice when a new crew walks aboard. To our sorrow we received orders to put the ship in mothballs. At Pearl Harbor greetings from the Reserve Fleet Commander came aboard in the form of one whiskey carton-sized container chock full of regulations, inSHIPMATE

structions, notices and forms. Many of these were obsolete and in some cases much was missing. T h e carton itself had the appearance of being in mothballs prior to shipment.

Barry tackled the problem of reviewing this morass of information and insuring that we were provided with updated material where there were gaps. H e also organized the ship for mothballing, and lobbied with the various staffs to insure that the crew was detached in an orderly fashion as their work was completed. In view of the fact that our desires, the requirements of the active fleet, and the requirements of the reserve fleet were frequently at odds this was a major undertaking.

But Barry's success can be measured by the fact that several days before our time had expired in the private shipyard with the mothballing contract we were through. W e celebrated by having a beer and hamburger party for all hands with the remainder of our recreation funds in the shipyard cafeteria Friday afternoon. This required special dispensation from the shipyard president which—to the astonishment of his staff— he granted for the first time since World W a r II. Unfortunately Barry was detached before we finally put the ship to bed. But largely due to his efforts the ship retained an esprit de corps until the decommissioning orders were read, the commission pennant hauled down, and all hands had vacated a now lifeless hull.

W e may have decommissioned the ship in good style thanks to Barry but together the two of us jointly oversaw and engineered the most colossal blunder of either of our naval careers.

A few months earlier we had our Board of Inspection and Survey before reporting to the Reserve Fleet. T h e ship was alongside a pier at the Destroyer Base in San Diego and had been torn apart and shined up in accordance with the requirements. T h e President of the Board, a well-known and much admired flag officer, made known his desire to be furnished with a boat from the Coronado ferry landing to the ship at the foot of the bay. My gig was a plushed up personnel landing craft—a " P L " which had received love, affection, and a full set of mahogany trim at the hands of my predecessor. W e put it out of commission ahead of time to insure its being immaculate. T h e witching hour of the inspection was 0900 and the boat was due to pick up the admiral at 0845. As a last minute finishing touch we installed a recently arrived ensign as boat officer whose gleaming new gold matched the gig. This was our big mistake. Unfortunately we had sent him to school at the Amphibious Base the week before and he had noticed a misleading sign "Coronado Officer's L a n d i n g " where he disembarked. T h e Amphibious Base is in Coronado only by courtesy, and about three miles from the ferry landing. H-hour of the inspection came and went. N o admiral. There was tension on the quarterdeck by the time the gig hove in sight at 0945. T h e saving feature was that the admiral, a thorough gentleman and an understanding soul, appreciated the situation.

T o relax the distraught boat officer he started talking football —his favorite subject. T h e ensign just happened to be a Notre Dame halfback of the previous season. They emerged from the boat practically on a first name basis!

IV My good fortune in execs continued several years later when I arrived aboard a destroyer to command. D u r i n g this tour I had two execs. T h e first had been in harness about a year and overlapped me by six months. T h e second arrived just before deployment and remained a year. Although they may have differed in techniques, there was no choice in quality.

Being an exec of a destroyer is not difficult in any one particular. T h e problem is that there are so damn many particulars. T h e exec must decide which area requires his attention the most. Just like the Dutch boy who discovered the hole in the dyke. On this basis the job can get pretty drab JANUARY,

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and a wise skipper will do well to insure that this does not happen.

One way of livening u p the exec's existence is by giving him a chance to show his stuff on the bridge. T h e formal destroyer command qualification had been in force for a year or so before I returned to the force this d m e . T h e exec was well on his way to qualifying and lacked only the requirement that he conn under the eye of the commodore during the course of the normal evoluUons in harbor and at sea. H e got underway from the nest in fine style and headed for the tanker rendezvous. T h e fueling was beaudfuUy done and normal m all respects—except one. Bob was shocked and horrified to look u p and see his skipper halfway to the tanker via the high-line. T h e commodore and I had connived to play the dirty trick. It showed that he had our full confidence and further was capable of doing the job. Besides that, it gave the crew something to brag about.

There has been m u c h discussion over the years as to when is the best time to take over command in the ship's operadonal cycle: Is it just as the ship returns from a deployment.-' As it leaves the Navy yard.? Or does it really make any difference.'' Personally I would just as soon not assume new responsibilities just before getting underway for an Operational Readiness Inspection but barring that it has been my feeling that any time is a good time for a new captain to appear. T h e same applies to the exec. A good man can step in any time.

T h e new exec arrived before we set the special sea detail for the Far East but not long before. T h e time for a turnover was minimal and it speaks well for the organizational abilities of the two of them that I was never able to find any Irish pennants of responsibility which were forgotten or left hanging in the bite. It also is an appropriate commentary on the assistance which a helpful and a well-coordinated wardroom gave their new taskmaster.

Gordon was one of the hardest working officers I have ever seen. H e did leave the ship a few times during the deployment, but only when physically pulled ashore by the captain, and then only once or twice to leave a naval base. Although a ship will probably run more smoothly and with less effort at sea than at home, this deployment presented some problems which are—we hope—not normal. Specifically, all the department heads were detached within a month of one another, and with the exception of supply, all the new incumbents had "fleeted up." T h a t the transitions were accomplished with no more difficulty than the loss of O.O.D. talent was due to the exec's efforts and patience. It is always fascinating to observe how someone else works, and how he employs his resources. But it is not possible for the captain to be the cockroach on the bulkhead all the time without turning into one. So I never did learn as much about Gordon's methods as I wished. My main observation after being shipmates with him for a year was that he was quiet, had a sense of humor, and was vocal only on the point that the only dessert better than two heaping scoops of chocolate ice cream was three heaping scoops of chocolate ice cream.

A good executive must keep his ear to the ground and this was one of Gordon's attributes. Occasionally there will be a crisis aboard ship and when this happens an executive with a "feel" for the situation is indispensable. This happened in our deployment.

Our division was nested alongside in Subic prior to joining a combined U.S. - U.K. amphibious exercise in Borneo. T h e Australian contingent arrived a few days before sailing. T h e U.S. destroyer wardrooms hosted their Aussie destroyer counterparts in the club. There the trouble started.

T h e guests returned the favor in their own wardrooms until early morning hours and our officers were included. Finally, and with considerable deliberation the BUCK contingent m a d e 11

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their way back home. This meant crossing over the division flagship which was nested inboard.

Prior to my arrival and to that of the incumbent flagship skipper the spirit of rivalry between the two wardrooms completely submerged that of camaraderie. Proudly displayed on the flagship were all the "E's" which it was possible for a ship to win in competidon. Aboard my ship remained shreds of a feeling which was not entirely generous.

On the night in question on the well-lighted pier the "E's" gleamed brightly. Further, painting ship was in progress and the paint pots and paint brushes remained at the ready.

The next morning our neighbor woke up horrorstruck to find that during the night he had lost all his "E's." There were no witnesses but somehow the accusing hand was pointed in our direction.

It was made clear to me that the mystery of the phantom painters was not officially amusing and I set out to find and keel haul the culprits, but with no idea where to look. My main thought was that relations between the two ships had improved over the past year and I did not want them jeopardized. I told this to Gordon in the wardroom and further said that I was prepared to quiz the entire crew. He thought this unnecessary and suggested that I let him do some preliminary sleuthing.

I agreed. Shortly the two bleary-eyed painting experts presented themselves to me in my cabin. They apologized to the other skipper and to the flag and the incident was closed.

V In retrospect I can only conclude that the advice I received many years ago prior to assuming my first command was indeed correct and timeless in its content. A good exec is a priceless asset and a necessary ingredient to any ship. I am delighted that I have had no experience with any other variety.

I owe these gentlemen a debt which cannot be fully repaid.

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED

REGISTER OF ALUMNI 1845 - 1965 The date of publication of the 80th edition of the REGISTER OF ALUMNI is 1 February.

In this volume will be listed the names of every individual who has enrolled for the regular and prescribed course since the founding of the Naval Academy. The main section starts with the class whose date of entry was 1840 and which graduated 47 members between the years 1846 to 1848. The 47 names are followed by the names of the 8 members of the class who, for one reason or another, left the Academy prior to graduation.

From this first class to enter up to and including the class of 1964 the REGISTER will provide basic information, including addresses where known, for every person who has accepted ap12

pointment as a midshipman or naval cadet at the Naval Academy.

In addition to the main listing and an easy to use index the REGISTER will contain a geographical locator in which names are listed by geographical areas, a list of principal flag comraands and incumbents as of 1 December 1964, a list of non-Naval Academy flag officers and general officers of the Marine Corps, the names and addresses of class and local alumni chapter officers and considerable other information of interest and use.

For your convenience this issue of Shipmate contains a number of easily clipped coupons which, together with your check or money order, will facilitate an early receipt of this, the latest edition of the REGISTER OF ALUMNI. SHIPMATE

THE NAVAL ACADEMY INFORMATION PROGRAM

by LCdr. F. J. Thomas, USN

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LL ALUMNI have an interest in improving the Naval Academy. Whether we believe that in our day it was at a peak from which it has since declined, or whether we believe its finest days are yet to come, we want it better. The Academy staff can and will improve the curriculum. The Board of Visitors can and will recommend changes in the physical plant. The Navy Department can and will change emphasis in subject matter and course content. What can be done to improve the individual.'

A great deal can be done. The Naval Academy can be improved dramatically and immediately. In a single step, we can silence the querulous cry, "Since my day, the whole place has gone . . . downhill." How is all this to come about.'' The easiest way is to improve the quality of the end product by starting with a better quality of raw material. To have better graduates, start with better nominees.

The Naval Academy has had high standards for many years. Each year it examines several thousand young men for entrance. In 1964, 26% of those examined were admitted.

This indicates high selectivity. In 1968, it is probable that only 70% of those admitted will graduate. Some 16% of the entering class will, to judge by past performance, be gone by June of next year. This indicates that our selectivity may not be high enough.

There are no simple diagnostic tools to tell us why. There is no single criterion to mark future success or failure. Each year each midshipman costs the taxpayer about $8,000.00 Even at this, he is a bargain. But without in any way reducing investment, appropriations, salaries or other costs, can his upkeep be reduced.'' One way to perform this "hat trick" is by reducing needless attrition—that caused by initial lack of motivation. The man who enters the Naval Academy seeking to become a Navy doctor; the man who wishes to become a minister; the man who wants a free education . . . each will be disappointed in the Academy. The majority of these will resign after one or, at the most, two years. Had they understood in the beginning the purpose of the Naval Academy; had they appreciated its demands and its standards; their time and our money would have been saved. Other qualified young men might have stood in their places when their Oath of Office as Midshipmen is taken.

A first step in this direction is the Naval Academy Informadon Program, or Blue and Gold Program. Now in its third year, the Blue and Gold Program tries to find talented young men who have the desire and the ability to become naval officers through the Naval Academy. About one hundred seventy-five Naval Reserve Officers have been trained to do this since July 1962. Training is conducted at the Naval Academy during one of the annual two-week acdve duty periods and encompasses physical and mental standards, evaluation procedures, academic, military and extracurricular programs, and career opportunities. The Blue and Gold Officers are selected insofar as possible for their background in education or in youth counseling. Most are high school teachers, guidance counselors or coaches.

Selection is actually made by the Naval Districts, and the method of selection is theirs. Some call for volunteers, and others do not. The optimum man is an educator with an outstanding drill performance record who lives in an area of maximum population density. Generally, the average Blue and Gold Officer approaches this ideal. Few have had much to do with the Naval Academy, but most start their training with JANUARY,

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an open mind. In the enure program at this time, there are only three alumni (exclusive of the regular administrative staff)—two nongraduates and one graduate.

The Blue and Gold selectee is not given a free ride. He attends class six days per week. His evenings are often taken up with lectures. He lives in Bancroft Hall, and eats in the Midshipmen Mess. He meets rigid uniform standards. The academic departments brief him intensively on their courses.

Over and over he studies the admissions requirements, learns to interpret the scores of candidates, weighs the values of courses of instruction and grades in high schools, evaluates the multitudinous forms of extracurricular activities participated in by boys throughout the country. No one sugar-coats the standards; no one points out shortcuts in the tortuous path of candidate guidance. The Blue and Gold Officer works hard during his training, and he will learn soon enough that his work has only begun.

The Blue and Gold Officer has two primary concerns. First, he must make the Naval Academy's advantages known to schools; second, he must make them understood by individuals.

While he may be invited into schools as a Naval Academy representative, he may encounter difficulties. Every school wants accurate information from colleges. Too often, the uninformed aliunnus who volunteers his services presents a dim picture of half-remembered and obsolete admissions requirements, fondly discusses long-dead members of the faculty, and speaks in hazy generalities of a vanished curriculum of dusty courses and forgotten books. The schools know this from bitter experience. They want only the admissions staff of a college to speak to their students. The Blue and Gold Officer must convince them that he is an accredited representative, and that he knows whereof he speaks. Here his own background as an educator is invaluable. He can speak the language of the guidance counselor, and can discuss PSSC preparation, "Chem Studies" programs, the advantage of honors courses, the virtues and faults of psychometric testing, the meanings of test scores . . . all the myriad tools of the counselor.

Whenever possible, the Naval District Commandants make arrangements for the Blue and Gold Officers to bring groups of educators to the Naval Academy. Accompanied by their Blue and Gold Officer, the educators from a pardcular area come to Annapolis. They are quartered in historic Carvel Hall.

Their arrival is timed to permit a brief tour of the Academy and then a YP tour of the waterfront. It is a time for the escort to answer factually the first tentative questions, and for the visitor to savor the beauty of the Academy Yard. After Joe Thomas attended the Coast Guard Academy and Boston College before arriving at the Naval Academy. After graduation in 1953 he served in the Pacific Fleet and then at Headquarters, Field Command, Defense Atomic Support Agency, where he was the only qualified Navy diver in the deserts of New Mexico and Nevada for nearly two years. After another sea tour he was assigned to MAAG in Vietnam. From there he came back to the Naval Academy as a navigation instructor. In June 1964 he became the Academy's first Candidate Guidance Officer.

CDR. MICHAEL R. TRAVALIO, USNR, Blue and Gold Officer In Harrlsburg, Pa., has the complete attention of his audience at a recent College Night.

The presentation will be climaxed by a showing of "Ring of Valor."

the boat excursion, the educators see "Ring of Valor" at the Field House. The gentlemen then eat at the Midshipmen's Mess, and the ladies at Carvel Hall. Their evening is free so that they can enjoy the sights and colonial charm of Annapolis.

After breakfast at Carvel Hall, the visitors are escorted to the Blue Room in Ward Hall. Here, seated in the comfort of our Alumni Association's Captain's Chairs, they are given the Command Presentation, an overview of the Naval Academy, and they participate in a discussion on admissions requirements.

The heads of departments brief them on the basic and elective courses which are offered, the merits of various high school preparatory courses, the fields of concentration available to the midshipman, and his graduate study opportunity. After lunch, the Executive Department briefs them on the midshipman's life outside the academic departments, and stresses the demands the Academy places on him. Finally, the visitors tour the chapel to learn of the moral training the chaplains offer, and the crypt. In the evening, a social hour (and dinner) at the Officers' and Faculty Club or Alumni House provide an opportunity to ask their hosts searching questions—and, almost always, to express their thanks for an honest, straightforward presentation. Few have any lingering doubts about the merits of education at the Naval Academy. The old impression of a "trade school" is erased; in its place, there is the knowledge of a fine college to educate Navy and Marine Corps officers for demanding careers.

The next morning, the visitors leave Annapolis for a halfday tour of Washington. Their Blue and Gold Officer has usually made arrangements for them to meet their Senators or Representative, and many have set up special White House tours. For a surprising number of the educators, this is their first visit to the national capital. It is a climax to an impressive visit.

This visit usually eases the task of the Blue and Gold Officer, by giving the educator a knowledge of the requirements of the Naval Academy. The counselor will often seek out qualified students for the Blue and Gold Officer. The educators who visit the Academy take a proprietary interest in it. They have realized that it is their school, and they want only the finest young men to enter it.

The Blue and Gold Officer will also speak at College Nights throughout his area. He is usually provided with a script and a series of color slides, and can obtain a copy of "Ring of Valor." He has copies of the latest Catalogue of Information, Profile of the latest Plebe class, the Admissions Regulations, and information pamphlets. He has photographs of the Academy to set up a static display. The competidon for the outstanding student is keen, especially for the type of young man the Naval Academy seeks—the man of varied interests, a sports participant, a student leader. The Blue and Gold Officer must be well-armed with accurate information to be a proper representative of the Naval Academy.

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The Blue and Gold Officer speaks to other organizations as well. His standing in the community must be such that he can address civic organizations, service clubs. Reserve units and similar groups. He must make television and radio appearances, and interest newspapers in writing stories on the Academy and his purpose. He must pursue direct mail campaigns.

It is an arduous, time-consuming task. He must be dedicated to its advancement. He will spend his own money on it; few of the Reserve officers are fortunate enough to occupy paid billets.

Once the Blue and Gold Officer has contacted an interested candidate, he must evaluate his chance of obtaining a nomination. This requires personal interviews, with the candidate, his teachers, his guidance counselor, and his parents. His transcript must be critically examined. His extracurricular activities must be discovered and evaluated. His apparent physical condition must be determined, and the physical standards discussed and interpreted. The candidate's program of academic preparation must be thoroughly examined, and omissions or weaknesses corrected. The candidate must be told of the sources of nominations and for how many he may be eligible. He must be assisted in applying for nomination. Most Blue and Gold Officers write an appraisal of the candidate for each nominating authority. Some are even requested by Members of Congress to serve on committees to evaluate candidates and to recommend those who are best qualified for nomination.

Each nominee must be supervised in his preparation for the College Entrance Examination Board tests. He must be assisted in the preparation of his personal history statement.

Those people whom he wishes to write his character references must be told what salient points of his character should be covered. And, of course, at every step both the nominee and his parents must be scrutinized carefully to determine if the nominee is genuinely motivated to a naval career or if he is succumbing to overweening parental desire.

The value of the Blue and Gold Officer has not yet been fully determined. This is the first year that results could reasonably be expected. It is probable that another two years will elapse before his effectiveness will be apparent. Both the Air Force Academy and West Point, however, feel that their counterpart to his is essential. The Air Force Academy asks each incoming plebe whether or not he has met his local Air Force Liaison Officer Coordinator. Woe betide the Liaison Officer who has not interviewed each nominee from his area!

The Blue and Gold Program is still growing. Not all states are covered, and in many heavily-populated areas the Blue and Gold Officers are too few and too thinly spread. Until we reach an optimum level, when each candidate has been interviewed by a Blue and Gold Officer, it must continue to grow.

As alumni, we can do one of two things. First, we can support the Blue and Gold Program by knowing who the Blue and Gold Officer is in our area, and telling him of interested young men. Second, an alumnus who is a Naval Reserve Officer, and who is active in the field of education, can ask his District Commandant to consider him for the program. Accurate information and informed evaluation will give us better, more highly motivated candidates. Better candidates will be better midshipmen. Better midshipmen will be better officers. To face tomorrow's challenges, our Navy and Marine Corps must have better officers than they have ever had.

Support the Naval Academy Information Program—it needs you.

For further information on the location of Blue and Gold Officers, alumni should contact their local chapter president or write: Candidate Guidance Officer Superintendent's Office U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland 21402 S H I P M A T E

ATHLETICS

by Budd Thalman ROUNDUP

One of the high water marks in Naval Academy athletic achievement came December 5th when the Midshipmen copped their first NCAA soccer championship.

It was an uphill fight all the way for Coach Glenn Warner's team, which capped a perfect 15-0 season by defeating Michigan State 1-0 in the championship game on Jim Lewis' 13-foot kick.

To reach the finale, Navy had to upset tourneyfavorite St. Louis, collegiate champion in four of the five previous NCAA competitions and 3-0 victor over Warner's team in the '63 windup.

In the quarter-final round. Navy bounced back from a 3-0 halftime deficit to eliminate Bridgeport 5-3. Over the 15-game span, five regular season and three of the four tournament contests were decided by a single goal.

Captain Paul Daulerio, a first classman from Philadelphia, finished as the team's top scorer and Myron Hura, a first team All-America as a youngster a year ago, was second in total points.

The overall fall record was 31 victories in 40 varsity outings. In addition to the soccer team's outstanding season, the cross country and 150pound football squads also turned in noteworthy performances. The harriers were 8-1 and won the Heptagonal Championship for the second time in three years. Coach Jack Cloud's 150's finished second behind Army in the Eastern League with a 5-1 record.

The varsity football squad, dogged by injuries the entire season, ended up with a 3-6-1 record. .•\11-America Roger Staubach and halfback Kip Paskewich dominated the final statistical summary. Staubach, sidelined for the better part of three games, finished as the top passer and high man in total offense while Paskewich was number one in scoring and rushing. Kip missed the final three games of the season with a shoulder separation.

Staubach shattered four Naval Academy individual records and equalled two other marks during the '64 campaign. He connected on 119 passes in 204 attempts for 1,131 yards and four TDs. Paskewich rushed 65 times for 363 yards to finish well ahead of Pat Donnelly, who picked up 211 yards in 61 tries. Ed Orr was the top pass receiver with 31 grabs for 299 yards. The kickoff return column was topped by Tom Leiser and Tom Williams turned in the best punting.

BASKETBALL

Coach Ben Carnevale hopes to see some of the fruits of last year's rebuilding program in his 1964-65 Navy basketball team.

The Midshipmen, hard hit by graduation two years ago, relied heavily on sophomores last season and wound up with a 10-12 record.

"Last year's sophomore group must mature this season," Carnevale says. "The juniors will be the making of our ball club. If they come through as we expect, it will mean quite a few games on the plus side. We figure to be improved in almost all categories."

Of the seven lettermen on this year's squad, second classmen Bill Radcliffe and Chris Reddington were most consistent as youngsters. Radcliffe led the scorers with a 13.2 average while Reddington was second in scoring (11.9) and was the top rcbounder with 183 recoveries.

Center Larry Mack, the team captain and a two-time letterman, is a good rebounder and J A N U A R Y ,

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defensive man but needs to improve his scoring touch. First classman Mark Rein and junior Gene Parchinski round out the probable starting five.

Top prospect from the 1963-64 plebe team is backcourt hotshot Tim Cohane of Scarsdale, N. Y. Cohane averaged 15.3 points for Coach Pat Mahoney's 11-2 team. Dick Rolfes and Norb Ryan are other possibilities from the plebes.

Varsity reserves who will see plenty of action include: Ralph Mitchell, Frank Smith, Roy Bell, and Don Eshleman.

The remaining schedule: January 16, George Washington; 23, Manhattan.

February 5, at Gettysburg; 6, at Penn State; 10, Long Island University; 13, Virginia; 17, Hofstra; 20, Maryland; 27, Army.

FENCING

The loss of six lettermen signals a rebuilding year for Coach Andre Deladrier. The Navy fencers lost only to Columbia a year ago and copped the Eastern three-weapons championship.

The Midshipmen enjoyed great overall balance with almost identical records in foil, epee, and sabre.

First classman John Flynn posted the top record among the returnees with a 14-5 mark in epee. He is a strong contender in this weapon but will miss Bill Benson, last year's number two epeeist who has graduated. Captain Norman Fluhrer, a lefthander, is Deladrier's top prospect in foil.

The most uncertain weapon is sabre where all three members of last year's Eastern co-champions have graduated. Bob Killion, a first classman from Lander, Wyo., will carry the load if some help does not materialize.

The remaining schedule: January 16, Cornell.

February 6, Brooklyn College; 13, Columbia; 20, at N.Y.U.; 27, at Penn State.

March 6, C.C.N.Y. GYMNASTICS

The addition of two new events and the implementation of a new scoring system make the Navy gymnasts an unknown quantity for the 1964-65 season. In an effort to standardize its program with others around the nation, the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastic League revised the system under which its meets are conducted.

The new events added are trampoline and allaround.

Coach Chet Phillips' top hopeful for stardom is Captain Wayne Durham, a "firstie" from Jacksonville, Fla. Durham was a consistent placewinner on the high bar last season. Alan Siebe (parallel bars), Paul Robinson (long horse and still rings), and Bob Byerly (trampoline-floor exercise-long horse) are other key performers.

Three youngsters from the unbeaten plebe gymnasts of a year ago rate solid chances of making the varsity. They are: Steve DeLeslie, Gordon Pettus, and Dave Gentile.

The remaining schedule: January 16, Merchant Marine Academy; 20, Penn State.

February 6, at Pittsburgh; 13, at Massachusetts; 27, at Army.

PISTOL

The nation's two top college marksmen brighten Navy's pistol prospects for the coming season.

Coach Bill Geil has Tom Harding, the NRA

intercollegiate indoor champion, and John Foy, the NROTC, ROTC, and Service Academy national outdoor tiriist, ready at the firing line.

"Harding and Foy give us a 1-2 combination that is difficult to top," Geil says. "Ed Engle, Harold Hansen, Les Jacobi, and Dick Vidosic are other sharpshooters who will play a large role in our hopes."

The top youngster candidates are Doug Matthews and Jim Gilbert.

The remaining schedule: January 16, Rutgers; 22, Merchant Marine Academy.

February 6, at Coast Guard; 13, at Villanova; 20, Bureau of Weapons; 27, Army.

SQUASH

Seven lettermen are back from last year's squash team which lost only to Princeton and Army in 13 outings. "We have the best depth in many a season," Coach Art Potter says. "Barring injuries and illness, which hurt us in the pre-season, we will do very well this year."

A brother combination—Lloyd and Steve Abbot —figures prominendy in Potter's plans. The Abbots finished with identical 11-1 records a year ago. Second classman Bob Emery is the lone returnee to finish unbeaten last year with a spotless 11-0 record.

First classmen John Owens and John Bishop and second classmen Mark Campaigne and Bob Spooner are other experienced players. Youngsters Bob Earl, Bob Hughes, and Dave Scott round out the key hopefuls.

The schedule: January 16, M.I.T. February 6, Fordham; 19, at Pennsylvania; 27, at Army.

SWIMMING

A year ago, swimming coach John Higgins relied heavily on new talent to assemble Navy's 8-5 tank team. The same situation confronts Higgins in 1964-65.

"We lost four lettermen at graduation and although that doesn't seem like a lot, the absence of Mike Collins alone makes us thin in three different events," Higgins says. Collins was Navy's All-America sprinter, anchor man in the freestyle relay, and sometimes member of the medley relay team that won All-America recognition.

On the brighter side, Higgins has veterans back in several events with the backstroke and breaststroke best stocked with letterman talent.

Captain Bill Fries and Tim Beard top the backstroke candidates. In the breaststroke, Art Czerwonky and Dallas Clark are both monogram winners.

The butterfly and 200 and 500 freestyle events should be stronger this season. Butterfly artist Doug Morris may be even better this year with youngster Sheldon Arey around. In the distance freestyle events, junior Buddy Weir may get help from youngsters John Selmer and Tommy Zinkand.

Collins' role as top sprinter is up for grabs with Andy Hogg, Dave Hunter, Les Heselton, and youngster Tim Ferguson as the top hopefuls.

Meets ahead: January 16, Maryland.

February 2, Duke; 6, Yale; 10, Villanova; 13, Princeton; 17, West Chester; 20, at Cornell; 27, at .•^rmy.

March 3, at Pennsylvania; 6, at Dartmouth; 11-13, Easterns at New Haven, Conn.; 25-27, Nationals at Iowa State.

INDOOR TRACK

Five of the seven thinclads to set Naval Academy indoor track records a year ago are back to staff Coach Jim Gehrdes' squad this winter.

The pacesetters are pole vaulter Mike Brown, 15

broad jumper Bill Bliss, miler Greg Williams, hurdler Courtland Gray, and sprinter Kip Paskewich.

Gehrdes' chief problem areas are the sprints and the weight events—the shotput and 35-pound weight toss. In the weight events, Harry Turner and John Quinlan must compensate for the loss of Mike Berkowitz in the shot while George Conn is heir apparent to Bill Gleeson in the weight throw.

For the first time in memory, the Midshipmen are loaded with good distance men. Williams heads the pack with such reliables as Bob Sermier, Forrest Horton, Paul Donaldson, and Jim Koons behind him. Plebe sensations Buzz Lawlor and Dick Brantigan swell the distance forces.

The field events appear well staffed with Brown in the pole vault, Bliss and George Webb in the broad jump, and Ed McLyman and youngster Harold Hickman in the high jump.

Dual meets remaining: January 16, Maryland.

February 6, Penn State; 13, Pittsburgh; 20, at Army; 27, Heptagonals at Cornell.

March 6, IC4A at New York City.

WRESTLING Two Eastern Champions—Captain Gerry Franzen and second classman Wayne Hicks—form the nucleus of Ed Peery's 1964-65 Navy wresding team. The coach has five of nine lettermen returning from last year's 6-2-1 mat squad. Peery's nutshell analysis is that a successful season hinges on exceptional performance by the middle and heavyweights and rapid improvement of the lightweights.

Befiind Franzen and Hicks, Navy's three other monogram winners are good ones. Second classman Bob Sanders was the 147-pound champion at the '63 Coast Guard Tournament and had a 7-2 dual meet record last year. Bo Wiley and John Nichols gained considerable experience as

157-pound and heavyweight entrants last season.

The most critical problem looms at 123 and 130 pounds where Dale Lucas and Fred Crawford, last year's starters, have both graduated.

Youngsters John Barber and George Samaras are candidates for Lucas' role while another third classman, James Buchli, has the inside for a starting assignment at 130.

The remaining schedule: January 16, Virginia Tech; 23, Temple.

February 6, at Lehigh; 13, at Maryland; 20, Penn State; 27, Army.

RIFLE Only two lettermen, Dennis Johnson and John DeThomas, return from Kendall Barber's highlysuccessful 1964-65 rifle team. The rifle picture was further complicated when the Midshipmen had to forego out-of-season practice due to construction of a new range.

Nevertheless, Barber is hopeful for a good campaign. Bob Finley, Larry Stewart, and Mike Hester all had match experience in Navy's 8-2 season a year ago and could be extremely valuable.

Youngster Dwight Hughes of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was the top marksman for the undefeated plebes in '64 and could make the traveling squad along with fellow third classmen Dennis Kreps, James Welsch, and Bill Holland.

Matches to be fired: January 16, Citadel; 22, Merchant Marine Academy.

February 6, at Coast Guard Academy; 13, Lehigh; 20, Penn State; 27, at Army.

HARDIN RESIGNATION On 17 December Wayne Hardin announced his resignation as Navy football coach after six years at the helm.

The Superintendent's statement. Announcement of Wayne Hardin's resignation as Head

Football Coach of the Naval Academy was made just as this issue of Shipmate was going to press.

It isn't possible to give all the details leading up to this action, but, because there were some unresolvable differences between Wayne and the Athletic Association, acceptance of his resignation was felt to be in the best interests of all concerned. Wayne had a fine record as our coach and we wish him every success in the future.

It is regrettable that circumstances developed which let to the action ultimately taken.

Director of Athletics' statement. The Athletic Board of Control, with the concurrence of the Superintendent, has accepted Wayne Hardin's resignation as Navy's head football coach. A mutually satisfying settiement was reached on the remaining four years of Coach Hardin's present agreement. The Board acknowledges the fine job Coach Hardin has done in his six years as head coach and four seasons as an assistant.

His efforts on behalf of Navy football are sincerely appreciated.

We wish Wayne nothing but success in any future undertaking.

At the present time we are not prepared to name a successor as head football coach. We will be considering prospective candidates over the next several weeks and should have a further announcement after the first of the year.

Coach Hardin's statement. I have submitted my resignation as Navy's head football coach.

I leave the Naval Academy after ten years in Annapolis with many fond memories. The friendships I have made here will remain the rest of my life. The athletic officials have been most cooperative in reaching a just settlement on the remaining four years of my contract.

The play of my six Navy football teams will always be a source of inspiration to me. I am proud of every young man I have coached here.

I hope in some measure my contribution to each of these young men will be at least partially as important as their contributions to me.

CAPITOL HILL

by Fred Lardner

W " I L L 1965 and 1966, the years of die 89th Congress, be happy years, legislatively speaking, for military personnel? Various major and minor bills are under consideration in the Defense Department, and it is logical to say that many of these bills will be enacted in the next two years, some of them in 1965.

But it would not pay to become enthusiastic about legislation to improve military life, either for members or for families. There are two primary factors which might limit the number of Service improvement bills, and the value of certain major bills enacted. One is money. The total Federal budget for fiscal year 1966 will be near $100 billion. The various Federal agencies asked for a total of $108.5 billion, but the White House and the Budget Bureau have cut down these requests. The defense budget will be around $50 billion. The Administration likes to harp on savings made by such minor factors as turning off the lights, more efficiency in government procurement, etc. It is boasting of the savings to be

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achieved annually (£1.1 billion) when bases and installations described as unnecessary will finally be closed, and of the $150 million a year which allegedly will be saved when changes in the organization or the National Guard and the Army Reserves become effective.

Such talk can not disguise the fact that overall spending is certain to increase, and that savings made in military or defense spending will be transferred to agencies engaged in civilian spending. The enlargement of existing civilian improvement projects and the addition of such new projects must inevitably increase total spending, and this increase, combined with an expected reduction in revenues resulting primarily from reductions in taxes, will increase the national debt.

The Navy will not get all the new ships it has requested. Of course, it is usually expected that the Bureau of the Budget will reduce the amount of money requested for additional Navy ships.

The problem of modernizing the Navy by pro-

viding new ships is being undertaken on a piecemeal basis, and some wonder if the overall problem is being relegated to the future when, as if by magic, necessary funds might become available.

The second factor which might influence adversely the enactment of some legislation is the program of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to reorganize the National Guard and the Army Reserves. This pending reorganization concerns only the Army, but reports suggest that the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserves might also be reorganized. Apparendy no reorganization of the Marine Corps Reserve and the Navy Reserve is contemplated, though some changes might be made.

These reorganizations will detract from the influence and the status of the Reserves and increase the influence and status of the National Guard. Many members of the Army Reserves will be transferred from the Ready Reserve to the Stand-by Reserve, and included among these will be several thousand Reserves now employed by SHIPMATE

the Federal Government. More than one hundred members of Congress and even a larger number of influential members of Congressional committees are members of the Army Reserve forces.

Speaking of these men in a press conference, Secretary McNamara said: "They will have to choose between serving in the Ready Reserve and retaining their current Federal Government positions. We will not tolerate the dilution of the combat readiness of the Ready Reserve by retention in it of men who are holding posts that quite clearly would prevent them from being called to active duty in the event of an emergency. This is a simation which was faced by President Roosevelt during World War II. You may recall at that time he stated to Members of Congress they must choose between serving in the active forces on the one hand and retaining their Congressional seats on the other. It is this kind of simation that requires that we remove from the Ready Reserve individuals holding key Federal posts from which they could not be moved in the event of an emergency."

Secretary McNamara was asked: "What will happen to a man's pension rights if he has 15 or 16 years in and there is no place for him in the National Guard? Does he lose all the points he has earned?"

McNamara replied: "Let me say we are not going to maintain a pension system or maintain an organization just to support a man's desire to obtain a Federal pension. As I mentioned a moment ago, the unfunded past service liability for retirement pensions is $61 billion. This is a cost to Defense that is never reflected in any of the budgets and it is a cost we ought to seek to reduce. We have just one standard for expenditures in this Department and that is a military requirement."

At another point, Mr. McNamara said: "Finally, we are today issuing new regulations relating to travel by members of Congress and Congressional staffs. Such travel falls into two categories. First, the travel authorized by the Chairmen of Congressional Committees. The Department furnishes transportation for trips by committee members and their staffs when on official committee business. This category of travel is not affected by the actions I am announcing today.

"The second category of Congressional travel is initiated within the Department of Defense and is designed to acquaint the Congress, which shares responsibility with us for the Nation's defense, with what is actually happening in the field.

"Such travel is important and is appropriate where it is necessary to keep members of Congress adequately informed with respect to our program. . . .

"Most of the travel in this category, however, is sponsored on a unilateral basis for the Military Departments without a reference to each other.

As a result, there is a great disparity between the departments in the amount of travel they sponsor.

U. S. counterpart funds. These funds are foreign money paid for purchase of U. S. agricultural products, but our government was hoodwinked into an agreement which prevents these funds from leaving the country to which the U. S. products are supposedly sold. Consequentiy, there are always counterpart funds lying around unused in most of these foreign nations. Why shouldn't a member of Congress, or other official of the U. S. Government, use these funds when abroad on official business?

There is litde doubt that the Army ReserveNational Guard reorganization will be approved

by Congress. But it will deprive many members of Congress and their staffs of easy overseas travel, and it will deprive many of pensions tLjy would otherwise be entided to, eventually, as members of the Ready Reserve.

Consider the following statement of Representative F. Edward Hebert (D. La.), chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Reserve and National Guard Affairs: "Once again Secretary of Defense Robert E. McNamara has demonstrated his contempt for the Congress of the United States by issuing orders for the merger of the Army Reserves and the National Guard without consultation with the Congress, the Army Reserve Policy Committee (created by stamte), the adjutants general of the several states or many keymen in uniform of the Department of the Army.

"This latest display of arrogance on the part of the Secretary of Defense causes me to repeat here what I have told him personally. Secretary McNamara does not think that the Congress is a necessary evil. He thinks it is an unnecessary evil."

What have we now? First, the fact that many members of Congress and their staffs will lose their Reserve pensions. Many members will be deprived of easy overseas travel. More than a few share the Hebert viewpoint. The reorganization can't be stopped. But will other legislation suffer as a result?

Pending Legislation Pay. There have been various reports concerning a pay increase bill. All the associations of military men, all the Service secretaries, some influential members of Congress, and other authorities have come out for a substantial pay increase. The Defense Department has been largely silent.

We can assume now that some pay increase bill is almost certain. Recent discussions on the fiscal 1966 budget reveal that the Administration plans to ask for an increase in the pay of Federal civilian employees. The average raise would be about 3 per cent, based on the fact that Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that industry pay has increased 2 to 5 per cent for professional, administrative, technical and clerical employees in the year ending February-March, 1964. Under the Federal Pay Reform Act of 1962, the annual BLS findings are an integral part of government salary adjustments.

In general, the new regulations stipulate that tlie military departments can continue to have authority to initiate Congressional travel in this country, but will no longer have authority to initiate Congressional travel overseas.

If Federal civilians receive a pay increase, military personnel are almost certain to receive one.

Question is, how much?

Medical Care For Retirees—A bill on this subject is certain to be introduced this year, but not immediately. Question is, what will it do?

There may be a dental care bill for dependents of active duty personnel.

Bolte Bill. This bill has been pending in Congress. Its purpose is to unify and simplify officer promotion and retirement. However, it is still too complicated for Defense Department experts, who are still modifying it.

Some newspapers editorially and some newspaper columnists object to overseas Congressional travel, whether it be for military purposes or otherwise. Most of this travel is done by military aviation, which involves some expense. But much of the expense of this travel involves the use of

Hazardous Duty Pay For Flight Deck Crew Members Serving On Aircraft Carriers. On the way, according to reports. $110 monthly for officers and $55 for enlisted men. Navy has been arguing that this service is more hazardous than some other work for which pay is provided.

"The travel is not necessarily oriented to the duties and the responsibilities which the Department and the Congress share. Opportunity for the travel under the auspices of all four Services which could better present the totality of the Department's efforts and do so at a lowest cost is neglected."

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A bill providing exemption from income taxes for deductions made from retired pay under the Family Protection Act. Certain to be introduced.

Other bills expected to be introduced early: To increase claims for setdement for losses suffered from damage to household and personal goods, from $6500 to $10,000; Permit active duty members to accept scholarships and grants offered by foreign governments; Authorize government-financed transportation for bodies of deceased dependents dying abroad; Permit Americans serving in Vietnam to accept decorations awarded by the Vietnamese government.

Budget Bureau is still considering bills: To authorize commercial travel for members on emergency leave; To provide commercial transportation for dependents stationed at remote duty stations who need medical treatment not available at those stations; To authorize foreign language training for dependents of men assigned abroad or to soon go abroad.

Still being considered in Defense Department: Bill to permit members selected for promotion prior to retirement for disability to retire in grade for which selected; Reimburse members for local travel for which compensation can not now be granted; Provide transportation allowances for members on leave from isolated posts; Pay transportation costs on automobiles of deceased and missing Service men; Permit payment of accrued leave and travel pay for members discharged early so they can reenlist.

Also, a bill will be introduced to negate the ruling of the Internal Revenue Service to make dislocation allowances subject to income taxation.

Of course, there will be other bills sponsored by either the Defense Department or members of Congress without immediate departmental sanction. The department wants more military housing. In this connection, the General Accounting office has suggested that the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration enter into an arrangement with the Defense Department whereby Service members could lease government-owned housing managed by the FHA and the VA. To make this possible, Congress would have to broaden the housing authority of the FHA and the VA and the leasing arrangements of the Defense Department.

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PROFESSOR ROBERT GIET RETIRES FROM USNPGS

Prof. Robert Giet completed almost 40 years at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif, with the end of the current year. This is longer than anyone has been connected with the school since its beginning in Annapolis in 1909—a record that will stand for many years. He became an Assistant Professor of Radio Engineering in 1925, rising to Professor, Chairman of the Electronics Department, Fellow of the Naval Postgraduate School; on the effective date of his retirement, RAdm. Charles K. Bergin conferred on him the rank of Professor Emeritus.

In l'-'2S, Protcbior Gict married the former Cary Ellis of Pensacola. They number among their friends innumerable Navy families they have known in their years in Annapolis and Monterey.

USS BELKNAP

COMMISSIONED

The guided missile frigate USS BELKNAP was commissioned on 7 November 1964 at the Boston Naval Shipyard.

Second ship of the Navy to bear this name, she honors the late RAdm. George E. Belknap, USNA date of 1847, and his son, the late RAdm. Reginald R. Belknap '91. Commanding officer of the new BELKNAP is Capt. John P. Law, USN of Chicago, 111.

Latest destroyer to join the fleet the BELKNAP is the first of a new class of nine foremounted DLGs. She carries the most advanced weapons sysems afloat and is interesting in that she is the first ship to have a combined ASROC (rocket launched torpedo) and missile (Terrier) launcher.

She has the capability of dealing effectively with any threat, on, over or under the sea. Ships of the class have an overall length of 547 feet, beam of 55 feet, displacement (fully loaded) of 7930 tons and a speed in excess of 30 knots.

to be installed in the Museum along with hundreds of history making items salvaged from the U. S. Navy's past. The XAF is still in workmg condition. When installation is complete the museum visitor can look at an actual radar presentation of the Potomac and Anacostia River junction.

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Washington, D. C. (NAVNEWS). If you are scheduled for retirement within the next 18 months, you should be in the midst of post-Navy career planning and taking advantage of the publications and services of the BuPers Retired Activities Section.

Seven publications are available to assist you in planning for retirement. (See BuPers Inst.

1740.3 of 14 Oct. 1963 for content and source of supply.) For helpful information on determining a civilian position objective and preparing a resume of your qualifications and experience, you will want to obtain "Your New Career— Planning for Retirement" (NavPers 15895B).

Sample resume formats are included, as well as tips concerning the job interview.

Other publications provide information on the industrial employment opportunities, teaching as a second career, restrictions governing civilian employment of military retirees in the Federal Government, and the privileges and benefits of retirees and their dependents, including uniformed services. Veterans Administration, and Social Security benefits.

Radio engineering was in its infancy when Prof. Giet was recommended by Columbia University, his alma mater, at the request of the school to organize and develop courses to meet the Navy's needs. He literally grew up with the new science, keeping abreast of new developments. In the '30s, (now) VAdms. Leland Lovette and Duncan were stationed in Annapolis and as both were keenly interested in providing the Navy with trained officers in the new field, they advised Professor Giet to enter the Naval Reserve in order to further his knowledge of Navy needs and adapt new developments to meet them.

Each Reserve tour advanced his usefulness to USNPGS and its reason for being . . . to prepare officers for their future duties. With Charles F. Home (RAdm. USN Ret., now president of Convair), he had several tours in the USS SEMMES, when they began early experiments with underwater sound. He is a retired captain in the Naval Reserve. Professor Giet has participated in the expansion of USNPGS, from a staff and faculty of less than 25 and 70 or 80 students to its present staff and faculty of 248 with a student group of 1400. He has taught thousands of officers in the last 40 years and many of his students will agree with Adm. Bergin in a letter accepting his requested (earlier than required by law) retirement: "While it may be difficult to discontinue your responsibilities you indeed may do so with just pride and satisfaction in having given your best to building our great Navy to its present and continuing state of responsibility. This you have done at the highest level of contribution, that of educating naval officers, who in turn have become distinguished in their accomplishments because of your ability and devotion to duty."

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USS BELKNAP is commissioned.

"FLYING

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Washington, D. C. (NAVNEWS). In 1939 an odd looking bedspring contraption was mounted aloft in the USS N E W YORK. This was the antenna of the Navy's first seagoing operational radar. Measuring 25 by 19 feet it was soon dubbed the "flying mattress" by bluejackets on board who had no idea of its purpose when it first appeared.

Now an antique the XAF radar system, first used 25 years ago to demonstrate the potential of this new electronic marvel, has left its birthplace at the Naval Research Laboratory for a permanent home in the Naval Museum at the Washington Navy Yard.

The entire XAF system—electronic gear, oversized bedspring antenna and video repeater—is

You should also take advantage of a recently established civilian employment assistance program described in BuPers Inst. 1740.4 of 18 March 1964. Through this program comprehensive retirement briefings are conducted at local commands, with representatives of the state employment offices participating in a discussion of the current job oudook.

The BuPers Retired Activities Section maintains liaison with members of industry, educational institutions. Federal agencies, and such organizations as the Navy League of the United States, the Retired Officers Association and the Fleet Reserve Association, each of which has an employment assistance program. As described in BuPers Manual C14503, the Retired Activities Section maintain a file of resumes of retirees (officer and enlisted) seeking civilian employment.

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The Mail Boat Shi'pmafe: Naval officers—representatives of the traditional "Silent Service"—are normally shy about use of the first person singular. They do not want to be accused of tooting their own horns and, as a consequence, many fascinating details of history are never recorded. This is the prefatory to my main point: that the vivid accounts of World War II experiences now appearing in Shipmate (by Admirals DuBose and Wirth in the November issue; by .Admiral Worthington in January, and others yet to come) were written in the first person singular at the request of the editor and of the chairman of the publications committee.

These articles represent an attempt, which we hope readers of Shipmate will support, to record the unwritten history of World War II and Korea as graduates of the Naval Academy experienced it and made it. New light on some of the great actions of yesterday is needed. Take your pen in hand!

HANSON W . BALDWIN '24

Chairman, Publications Committee Shipmate: I was surprised and dismayed to read the article "Liberals and Conservatives in War and Peace" by Eugene E. Wilson in the December issue of Shipmate. I question the propriety of publishing this patentiy political material in our alumni magazine, even if the point of view represents that of the majority of alumni (and it may not). By its very nawre Shipmate performs a semiofficial function, and it hardly seems the proper place for an article which attempts to link our nation's international fortunes to a particular political philosophy.

But I am even more disturbed by the disreputable nature of the article. We would all like to be able to prove that our own beliefs are good and that we are invariably on the side of the angels. But we are usually more responsible in our arguments than is Mr. Wilson, whose assertions do the utmost violence to historical fact.

Perhaps Theodore Roosevelt, admirer of Upton Sinclair and famous "trust-buster," would object to being classed as one of our conservatives. But he would be consoled by the fact that Mr. Wilson apparendy thinks that Winston Churchill is a liberal along with Warren G. Harding. Calvin Coolidge, in whose administration the Washington Limitation of .Armaments Treaty was ratified, is apparently a liberal in this case and a conservative in the case of the Presidential Advisory Committee.

Mr. Wilson explains away international victories during liberal administrations by claiming that conservative holdouts within the government were responsible. He apparendy means to indicate that failures during conservative administrations are caused by hidden liberal factors. All of which is a great deal of authorial integrity to sacrifice for the sake of a thesis which—the shortcomings of the article suggest—is sadly deficient.

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STANTON GARNER Capt.

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Merdinger:

One purpose in writing this letter is to congratulate you heartily on the article, "Naval Academy Performance and Service Success" appearing in the December issue of Shipmate.

I hope that this carefully prepared, microscopic focus on the subject matter proves to be the big beginning of a reasoned study of the big, big question.

The other purpose; by copies to the office of the Secretary of Defense, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy and the Editor of Shipmate; that your kind of thinking and approach to the question be initiated, encouraged and implemented.

As far as 1 am concerned, it is the most thought provoking article to appear in Shipmate in twenty years.

MICHAEL A. CENSALE '42

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Captain Merdinger's article in your December issue was very interesting and I think people not alumni of the Academy and not readers of Shipmate will find it so. Accordingly (with the approval of Capt. Merdinger and Shipmate) 1 am preparing a much more extensive than usual rewrite for publication in Navy Times.

JOHN SLINKMAN

Editor, Navy

Times

Shipmate:

In my opinion. Naval Academy alumni and the naval profession are in Shipmate's and Capt.

Charles J. Merdinger's debt for his informative, stimulating and provocative article in the December issue. "Naval Academy Performance and Service Success" ranks with the best that Shipmate has published. That the author had the USNA Alumni Register available for his prime source is another well deserved kudo.

My own overall reaction was that, insofar as the class of 1941 is concerned, the people of the United States have received their money's worth.

The next thought is that each class should make this self-analysis, perhaps once a decade. Every class is both the same and different. None are typical—depressions, prosperity, war, peace and other acts of God take care of that. Such an analysis must be done by a classmate; no other alumni, no outside expert, no computer can put full meaning into the figures as Capt. Merdinger

has strikingly made plain. I am challenged to attempt this for my class, 1924, which began World War II with the LCdr. rank that 1941 ended. We went through a rugged selection to reach that.

Capt. Merdinger's figures and his deductions from them are a testimonial to the naval career, short as it has become—41% of the class reaching the rank of captain while only 15% resigned despite the blank prospects of the profession after World War II. His figures indicating correlation of service success with class standing and grease marks are a heartening confirmation of intuition and common sense but those on athletes and the younger membership of the class are somewhat startling.

Has there been improvement in the scholarship of athletes in the past two decades? And who can answer his devastating question: "Has our countrywide search for candidates concentrated on the top athlete who is academically inclined or on the top student who is athletically inclined?"

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The poor showing of the younger entrants was a surprise to me as I do not believe this was the case with our class. Does this indicate failure in the high schools or that American "momism" has extended adolescence?

Most of Capt. Merdinger's figures sound a happy note but those on voluntary retirements among captains are ominous, three times as many from the first quarter of the class as from the other three quarters combined. At that rate few in the first quarter will still be in the Navy when a class comes up for flag rank—"the front runners will not even be in the race at its climax."

Here's a book that every Service member and family should have. It is the only book which keeps you informed of old and new laws and regulations concerning the rights and privileges^ economy and health, of members and dependents, active and retired. Costs only $ 1 . 0 0 . W r i t e : U n i f o r m e d Services A l m a n a c , Box 4 0 0 , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.

More significant and fruitful than Capt. Merdinger's figures are his forthright, tough and piercing questions. But he does not ask the big one. Are flag officers today more interested in strategy, world affairs, science and weapons than they are in personnel? The seasoned officer who entered World War II had some serious limitations but he did know MEN. JOHN D . HAYES '24 19

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SEk BREEZES b y Paul R. Schratz ' 3 9 THE SERVICEMAN'S CODE OF CONDUCT The New Year is a splendid time to make new resolutions and dust off the old ones. Swearing off the vices in favor of the pure life can become an annual ritual, but some of our pledges have a bit more than ritualistic significance. Few are potentially more important than the Serviceman's Code of Conduct, particularly in view of the recent newspaper publicity given certain changes to our widely publicized post-Korea code of ethics. As a public service, therefore, the code is republished with certain liberties and minor changes made necessary by recent "Caesar's wife" amendments.

ALUMNI

NEWS

1 am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. 1 am prepared to give my life rather than be obligated to the defense industries.

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OFFICERS President— ADM. WALTER F . BOONE, USN (Ret.) '21 (5735), Washington, D. C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— Vice President (Central Area) — RADM. LEON J . JACOBI, USNR (Ret.) '21 (5786), Detroit, Mich.

Vice President (Western Area)— RADM. MARSHALL W . W H I T E , USN '34 (11548), San Diego, Calif.

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. ROY B . COWDREY, USN '40 (16118), Executive AssisL & Aide, USNA At Large (To serve until Spring Meeting 1965) R A D M . C . E . BELL, USN '39 (13565)

M A J . R . J. PERRICH, U S M C '47 (18611)

R A D M . E . M . ELLER, USN (ReL) '25

CDR. HARRY D . TRAIN, USN '49

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

M A J . G E N . J. N . HART, USMC ( R C L )

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

V A D M . R . B . PIRIE, USN (Ret.) '26

'25 (07864) (8189) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1967)

R A D M . L . S . KINTBERGER, USN (Ret.)

'32 (10515)

R A D M . H . B . MILLER, USN (ReL) '24

(7380) CAPT. D . J. WALSH, USN (ReL) '27

From Local Chapters (To serve until Spring Meeting 1965) R A D M . G . E . PETERSON, USN

(Ret.)

R A D M . BEN S . CUSTER, USN (Ret.) '26

(8549) New York

'24 (7611) Boston CAPT. E . K . ZITZEWITZ, USNR '25

(796) Chicago

CAPT. W M . A. SULLIVAN, USN

(Ret)

'35 (12035) Peninsula

(Ret.)

CAPT. J. C. SNYDER, USNR (ReL) '30

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

CDR. F . R . EDRINGTON, USN (ReL) "39

CAPT. W . L . PRYOR, JR., USN

•26 (8262) Connecticut '27 (8869) Coronado R A D M . O . H . DODSON, USN (Ret.) '27

(9147) Detroit M R . AMOS R . L . DEACON, JR. '56

JANUARY,

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(9980) Philadelphia San Francisco CAPT. FRANK M . EDDY, USN (ReL) '37

(12779) Seattle V A D M . H . B . JARRETT, USN (Ret.) '22

(6670) Washington

When questioned, should I become a prisoner of communists or contractors, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions or accepting free meals and drinks to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral nor written statements disloyal to my country and its allies nor harmful to their cause.

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IV If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information nor take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. I will endeavor to be self-sufficient so that I need accept neither food nor water from my captors, lest I be influenced thereby. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.

(20423) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1966)

(11861)

Ill If I am captured 1 will continue to resist by all means available. 1 will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will not accept parole and I will be particularly careful of accepting special favors from the enemy, which I will report to my superiors within 48 hours in each instance.

MR. HANSON W . BALDWIN '24 (7405), New York, N. Y.

(7738)

I will never surrender of my own free will.

If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist.

I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles of free enterprise. I will trust in the United States of America and in God, as the Supreme Court will allow.

VII I will not use government personal correspondence.

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INFORMATION—PLEASE

Issue February, 1965 March, 1965 April, 1965

Date January 15 February 15 March 15

A short time ago the Library of Congress phoned the Alumni Association and requested a list of Naval Academy alumni who have served in the Congress of the United States.

We should have such a list—and also industrial and professional listings of doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs, etc.—but such information was not kept in the years gone by and its compilation now would require research time, expense and personnel beyond the capacity of our present staff.

We request the help of all hands. We know that many of our alumni served in the Senate or House of Representatives. If you have knowledge of any alumnus, past or present, who was or is a member of the Congress of the United States, please send the information along, including the State or District he represented and the Congress in which he served.

P.S. We have knowledge that at least three alumni were elected to the House last November: George Grider '36, 9th Tennessee; Bill Anderson '43, 5th Tennessee; and Tom McGrath '50, 2nd New Jersey. Any others?

W. F. F.

SLATE OF NOMINEES In compliance with Article VI, Section I, of the By-Laws of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc., the nominating committee has submitted the following slate of candidates for the Association's 1965 spring election.

FOR PRESIDENT (two years) VAdm. W. R. Smedberg, III, '26, USN (Ret.) President, Navy Relief Society, Washington, D. C. FOR VICE PRESIDENT CENTRAL AREA (two years) Mr. John F. Gordon '22. President, General Motors, Detroit, Mich.

FOR TRUSTEES-AT-LARGE (four highest, three years; fifth highest, two years)

"A CAPTAIN'S PRAYER"

Mr. Peyton T. Anderson '29. Telegraph News, Macon, Ga.

The Director of Naval History has a request for a poem entided "A Captain's Prayer." Any having information on this poem please communicate with: RAdm. E. M. Eller Director of Naval History Room 1210, Navy Department Washington 25, D. C.

CapL Edward L. Beach '39, USN. OpNav, Washington, D. C. D. P. JOYCE '61

13 GRAND! WHO WILL BE 14?

NEW SCHEDULE FOR SHIPMATE At the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees, USNA Alumni Association, a decision was made to modify the publication dates of Shipmate, commencing in 1965. The change disestablishes the August issue as such and establishes an October issue. In effect, the former September-October issue will become the August-September issue.

The Board believes that the advantages will be two-fold; first, it will insure the timely publication of a pre-homecoming issue and, second, it will provide coverage during the hitherto long "holiday" of October.

It is expected that deadline for the AugustSeptember issue will be in the 1st week of August with a publication date early in September. The October issue, like other monthly issues, will close in mid-September with publication about 15 October.

In processing the paid-up memberships this year the Alumni Association mrned up the card of L L (jg) Dennis P. Joyce '61 as member number 13,000. This is the first time in history the Association has passed the 13,000 mark and we extend congratulations to Denny Joyce for breaking the ice on this plateau.

After graduation in 1961 Denny was assigned to the

USS

CHARLES F . ADAMS ( D D G - 2 ) , where

he served until September 1962 at which time he reported to the Submarine School in New London. Upon completion of his Sub School instruction in March 1963 Denny reported to the USS BANG (SS-385) where he is now serving as weapons officer.

Denny is married to the former Patricia Galloway of Coatsville, Pa. Denny and Pat are the proud parents of Carolyn Sue, born August 1962, and Kevin, born November 1964. Rumor hath it that Kevin is already showing signs of tossing his botde around the same way Roger Staubach heaves a football.

Who'll be member No. 14,000.?

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LINCOLN LIKENESS OFFERED C. T. Carmichael '25 writes that he is looking for a copy of the November 1942 issue of Shipmate and offers in exchange "a fair etching of Sly Old Abe" (in the form of a five-dollar bill) for the said copy. Mr. Carmichael may be addressed at the State Highway Commission, Raleigh, N. C. 27602.

LL A . Clark Boughton, III, '49, USNR. American Aviation Publications, Washington, D. C. RAdm. Gordon L. Caswell '27, USN (ReL).

President, Washington Associates, Washington, D. C. RAdm. Clifford S. Cooper '27, USN (ReL). Retired stock broker, La Mesa, Calif.

Mr. Augustus C. Long '26. Chairman of the Board, Texaco, New York City.

LCdr. Malcom MacKinnon, III, '55, USN. San Francisco, Calif.

LCdr. Joseph Metcalf, III, '51. Monterey, Calif.

Lt. Jan S. Prokop '56, (SC) USN. San Lorenzo, Calif.

LCdr. Emmett R. Quady '43, USNR. Mgr., Western Operations, Univac, Rolling Hills, Calif.

LCdr. Paul D. Richmond '42, USNR (Ret.) Stock broker, Grosse Pointe, Mich.

CapL Paul R. Schratz '39, USN. Office of the Ass't. SecDef, Washington, D. C. Cdr. Harry D. Train, II, '49, USN. Aide to SecNav, Washington, D. C. (now a member of the Board).

Unless indicated as retired the foregoing candidates who are USN are currendy on active duty.

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DIERDORFF, ROSS A I N S W O R T H (RADM USN RET ' 1 9 ) , 25 Dec. ' 6 4 , U S N H , A n n a p o l i s ,

Md. ESDEN, HERBERT GRAY (COL. USA RET N ' 1 4 ) , 13 Dec. ' 6 4 , T h u r m a n , l a .

FOY, EDWARD JAMES (RADM USN RET ' 0 8 ) , 11 Dec. ' 6 4 , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. FRENCH, WALTER HUNTT N ' 2 4 , 6 N o v . ' 6 4 , Zanesville, O. GAYHART, EVERETT LEROY (CAPT USN RET ' 1 3 ) , 2 4 N o v . ' 6 4 , NASH Jacksonville,

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HATCHETT, EDWARD WALLACE N ' 2 3 , 11 Oct. '64, Orlando,

MACDONALD, HAROLD ALEXANDER (CDR USN RET ' 3 3 ) , 15 N o v . ' 6 4 , Los A n g e l e s , Calif.

MARLEY, ALBERT SIEGAL, JR. (LCDR USN RET ' 1 8 ) , 13 A u g . ' 6 4 , San D i e g o , Calif.

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WOODSIDE, ELMER LEE (CAPT USN RET ' 1 3 ) , 8 Dec. ' 6 4 , N e w H a v e n , Conn.

CHARLES PHILIP SNYDER ' 0 0

Adm. Charles Philip Snyder, former Commandant of Midshipmen and one time President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, died on 3 Dec. at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the state of West Virginia he graduated in 1900, standing number four in his class. His long career of active duty included many important assignments—commands in WW I, Commandant of Midshipmen, Commandant of the Portsmouth, N. H., Navy Yard, President of the Naval War College, Commander Battle Force, U. S. Fleet, and Inspector General of the Navy are but a few.

Adm. Snyder retired from active duty in 1947.

He was President of the USNA Alumni Association in 1946 and 1947.

J A N U A R Y ,

ALDEN HALL

'06

W. Alden Hall died 2 Dec. at his home in Clearwater, Fla., with interment in Arlington National Cemetery on 7 Dec. CapL Hall, USN (Ret.), is survived by his widow, Nell Sellers Hall; a son William A. Hall, Jr., who served as a major of infantry in WW II; two daughters, Dorothy Hall and Virginia Hall Slater, wife of L L Irvine H. Slater, (MC) USAR, and a stepdaughter. Norma, wife of Lt.Col. James T. Bryan, USNR. EDWARD JAMES FOY ' 0 8

R.Adm. Edward James Foy, who served in the Great White Fleet on its celebrated world cruise from 1907 to 1909, died 11 Dec. in his apartment in the Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D. C. A veteran of both World Wars, Adm. Foy's naval career spanned 38 years and included duty in

the

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CONNECTICUT, the

flagship

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the

Great White Fleet. He also served as deputy commander of the old Army-Navy Staff College from 1942-46.

Adm. Foy was a 1908 Naval Academy graduate and served on the staff of the Commander in Chief of the Adantic Fleet from 1916-19.

Two years later he was given his first command, that of the cruiser LITTLE ROCK, and from 1927-29 he served as aide and flag secretary to RAdm. Yates Stirling, Jr., commander of the Asiatic Fleet's Yangtze Patrol.

He graduated from the senior course at the Naval War College, Newport, R. 1., in 1930, and in 1932 was executive officer of the cruiser CHESTER.

Fla.

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WILLIAM

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CRIST, R A Y M O N D FOWLER, JR. (BRIG GEN USMC RET ' 2 9 ) , 12 Dec. ' 6 4 , A l e x a n d r i a , Va.

GROSS,

Services were held at the Ft. Myer Chapel and were followed by interment with full military honors in the Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. Snyder is survived by his widow, Edith, of 1870 Wyoming Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C , and by three children: RAdm. Philip W. Snyder, USN (ReL), New York City; Mrs. Ethelbert Watts who resides in France and Mrs. William Collins of San Diego, Calif.

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After a brief period ashore, he returned to sea and commanded the cruiser RALEIGH in the Mediterranean during the Spanish Civil War. He then took command of the batdeship OKLAHOMA, a post he held until he was assigned to the Staff College.

For his duty at the College, now the National War College, he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his "foresight, initiative, . . . fine character, . . . and distinguished contribution to the war effort."

He remained in Washington after his retirement in 1946 and was secretary of his 1908 Annapolis graduating class. He is survived by his widow, Elise Dandridge Foy, and a sister, Jeannie Foy, of Litde Rock, Ark. JAMES GARFIELD STEVENS

'08

CapL James G. Stevens, USN (ReL), died 24 Nov. at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, with services held at the Naval Academy Chapel on 28 Nov. Interment was in St. Margaret's Cemetery.

Captain Stevens retired from the Navy in 1945 after 42 years of service which included action in the Yangtze River area of China and in several Cuban and Mexican campaigns. He was in charge of the Naval Hydrographic Office in Boston during World War II. Born and educated in Ohio, he taught several years in Ohio public schools before entering the Naval Academy in 1903, where he was a member of the football and crew squads. He held a law degree from the University of Buffalo.

He is survived by his widow, Ethel Lounderee Stevens of Log Inn Estates, Annapolis; a son, James G. Stevens, Jr. of Lake Shore, Md.; a

daughter, Mrs. Robert D. Ringle of Edgewater, Md., and five grandchildren.

EVERETT LEROY GAYHART

'13

Everett L. Gayhart died at the Jacksonville Air Station Hospital, Fla. on 24 Nov. Graveside services were held at Arlington National Cemetery on 30 Nov. He is survived by his widow, Juliet, and a son Everett, Jr. of New York Citj\ Born 6 July 1890 at Louisa, Ky., he attended Case School of Applied Science in 1909, graduated with the Naval Academy class of 1913, and later received his Master's Degree in naval architecture at MIT. During World War I he was superintendent of aircraft construction at Curtiss Corp., Buffalo, N. Y. and later at Canadian Airplanes Ltd., Toronto, then transferred to the Construction Corps. After serving at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Bureau of Construction and Repair Navy DepL, the Experimental Model Basin and the New York Shipbuilding Co., he became production officer, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I. from 1938-40, then transferred to the line as engineering duty officer. From 1940 until retirement due to diabetes on 1 Feb. 1943, he was assistant supervisor of shipbuilding at Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Va. He was kept on active duty as a captain, U. S. Navy, however, until 1946 when he was released from duty.

In 1946 he joined the applied physics laboratory of Johns Hopkins University, from where he retired in 1959, when he moved to Florida.

ELMER LEE WOODSIDE

'13

Elmer L. Woodside died at Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, Conn., on 8 Dec. Services were held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New Haven, with interment at Arlington National Cemetery on 11 Dec. He is survived by his widow, Margaret, and two sons, Robert C. of Alexandria, Va. and Peter L. of Burlington, V L Born 29 SepL at Denver, Col., he was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1913 and attended the Naval Postgraduate School from 1919-21, and the Naval War College in 194041. During World War I he served in the USS TEXAS, and again in the same ship from 192123, 1934-35, and as her executive officer from 1938-40. During World War II he was in charge of Strategy Section, Naval War College from 1941-42; commanded the USS COLORADO in the Pacific theater of war from 1942-43, and was CO of the Naval Ammunition Depot at McAlester, Okla. from 1943-46.

He retired 1 Jan. 1947 as a captain, and joined the faculty of Clarkson College of Technology as assistant professor of physics. In 1955 he worked in the underwater sound research section of the Physics Department at Yale University, and was there at the time of his death.

BENJAMIN

FRANKLIN

PERRY, III

'15

RAdm. Benjamin F. Perry, USN (ReL), died 30 Nov. at South Lake Memorial Hospital in Clermont, Fla. Interment v/as in Oakhill Cemetery at Clermont. Glenn Easton and Mel Powers represented the class of 1915.

Admiral Perry was born in Jefferson, O. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1915. He served in World Wars I and II. His last command afloat was the German ex luxury liner EUROPA, a 49,746-ton flagship of the German merchant fleet, which was seized at the end of the war in Bremerhaven. Admiral Perry was assigned to sail her to New York, arriving there in September 1945. He was in command of the USS SACRAMENTO when she was bombed by the Japanese in Shanghai harbor in 1937. .After World War II he served with Naval Intelligence in Washington until he retired in 1949. He had lived in Clermont since 1951.

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Thompson Perry and Benjamin Franklin Perry, IV, and by a brother Lyman S. Perry.

WILLARD AUGUSTUS KITTS '16 The death of Bill Kitts took place 21 Nov. at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. Services were held at Fort Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers from the class of 1916 were Carlson, Carnes, Durgin, E. S. Fechteler, Hussey, Steele and Granat of 1915.

Born in Oswego, N. Y., Bill commanded cruisers, destroyers and batdeships during a 35year career. When World War II broke out he was chief gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet. He then commanded several vessels in the South Pacific, finishing the war as deputy chief of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance. His last naval post was commanding officer of the Naval Proving Grounds, Dahlgren, Va. He was a vice admiral, retired.

Bill leaves his widow, Fredrika; two sons, Willard F. of Albuquerque, N. M., and Dr. David B. of Norman, Okla.; a daughter, Mrs. J. M. Sherwood of 980 Ramsgate Terrace, Alexandria, Va., and 10 grandchildren.

THOMAS SELBY COMBS '20 VAdm. Thomas Selby Combs, former commanding officer of the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, died 9 Dec. after a heart attack in Tallahassee, Fla., where he made his home. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery on 14 Dec. following services at the Fort Myer Chapel.

At the time of his retirement in 1960, Adm. Combs was commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier and of the Adantic Reserve Fleet as well as the naval representative to the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations.

He was a native of Lamar, Mo., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1919. As a naval pilot in 1926 he was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for making the highest individual bombing score in naval aviation.

He returned to Annapolis for postgraduate training in aeronautical engineering and later received a master's degree from MIT. During World War II he served as commander of the naval aircraft of the Seventh Fleet in the Southwest Pacific, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

In 1944 he assumed command of the aircraft carrier YORKTOWN, that participated in operations in Okinawa, the Philippines and at Tokyo Bay. He was awarded the Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry."

After the Japanese surrender, Adm. Combs became Chief of Staff to Adm. Kincaid, Commander of the Seventh Fleet. He held a similar position with the Atlantic Fleet before being appointed chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics in 1951. He became commander of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1954. After retiring from the Navy he served as vice chairman and executive director of the Florida Judicial Council, examining the state's judicial system.

in engineering at Columbia leading to the degree of M.S., he commanded the destroyers TILLMAN and LAMSON, after which he had duty in the Bureau of Engineering. He then became chief engineer of the LEXINGTON. At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, he was executive officer and later commanding officer of the submarine tender HOLLAND, servicing submarines on patrol in the western Pacific. For this service he was awarded the Bronze Star with the Combat "V." Penny then had duty in the Bureau of Ordnance. At the end of WW II, he had command of a division of attack transports operating in the Pacific. After the war, he was professor of naval science and tactics at Yale, where he remained until his retirement in 1950 as a rear admiral.

THOMAS ALDRED '22 Cdr. Thomas Aldred, USN (Ret.), died 4 Dec. at the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. Services were held at the Bigelow Chapel, Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. He is survived by his widow Frances, two daughters and a son.

"Gadget" was assistant Chief of Staff for the First Naval District during WW II. He formerly commanded the USS CONSTITUTION.

LAWRENCE MOYA BAILLIERE N'22 Cdr. Lawrence M. Bailliere, USNR (Ret.), died at F L Lauderdale, Fla. on 21 OcL He is survived by his widow, Violet, and a brother, Thomas H. G. Bailliere, USNA '19.

"Bally" was the holder of the Silver Star for World War II bravery. He was a commander of rocket ships at Salerno, Italy, and later at Okinawa.

WILSON BALDWIN McCANDLESS '22 Cdr. Wilson B. McCandless, USNR (ReL), died at Coral Gables, Fla., following a brief illness, on 10 Dec. During World War II he was appointed the first commander of the newly established WAVES. "Venus" founded the McCandless Corp., a rubber products manufacturing firm, of which he had been president for many years, then chairman of the executive committee.

EDWARD WALLACE HATCHETT N'23 Edward W. Hatchett of Orlando, Fla. died 10 Oct. following an automobile accident. He attended the Naval Academy in 1923 and was graduated from Duke University and Columbia University.

Perley Pendleton died suddenly 9 Dec. of a heart attack at his home in Deerfield, N. H. Following funeral services at the United Church, Deerfield, N. H., graveside services were held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Penny entered the submarine service early in his career and commanded the R-17 based at Pearl Harbor. Following postgraduate instruction

He is survived by his widow, Nancy; a son, Edward W., Jr., Panama Canal Zone, and a brother and sister.

PERLEY EARL PENDLETON '20

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Steve Barchet died at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, on 30 Nov. He had been moved there from Chelsea Hospital with a lingering illness a few weeks earlier. Those of us who have not seen much of Steve since Academy days proudly remember the litde quarterback (and third baseman) as our champion on the athletic fields, and the class secretary for three years. He was named on more than one AU-American football team during his midshipman days, and at graduation was awarded the Thompson Trophy, having excelled for four years on the football and baseball teams, in each of which sports he won the Nstar. A native of Annapolis (St. Margaret's area), Steve was a direct descendant of Johann Friedrich Von Schiller, the German poet.

Penny is survived by his widow, Mary Willis; two daughters, Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Barnes of Wilton, Conn., and Mrs. Mary Lois Reye of Palo Alto, Calif.; a son Brian Willis Pendleton of Portsmouth, R. I. and 12 grandchildren. The class extends heartfelt sympathy to them.

Ed taught for many years at Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone and the Canal Zone Junior College. He also taught at Durham High School, Rollins College and Mid-Florida Technical Institute. He was a life member of the American Federation of Teachers, the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Assn., the University Club of Winter Park. He had been honored by the Fundacion Elray Alfaro International Award, the Order de Vasco Nunez del Balboa with rank of commander and a Master Key to the Panama Canal while in the Canal Zone.

He is survived by his widow, Agnes M. Williamson Combs, and two brothers, Clyde and Carroll of Lamar, Mo.

STEPHEN GEORGE BARCHET '24

From 1927 he specialized in submarines, and served most of his career in that branch; assignments included command of ARGONAUT, SubDiv 80 operating from Australia, and operations officer of Atlantic Fleet submarines. He also commanded USS TUCSON in 1948-49. Shore assignments included USNA and the Postgraduate School, Naval War College, Amphibious Base at Litde Creek, and Chief of Staff 9th Naval District. His awards include the Legion of Merit, Gold Star, Bronze Star Medal, and the Cloud and Banner Medal.

Since retirement as rear admiral in 1954, he had been active in business, his latest post being analyst for special projects with Thiokol Chemical Corp. at Brigham City, Utah. Surviving are his widow, Louise Lankford Barchet, now residing at 680 Americana Dr., Annapolis; a son, LCdr. Stephen Barchet, (MC) USN, and a daughter Betty, now Mrs. Robert B. Schabacker.

Graveside services were held at the Naval Academy Cemetery on 3 Dec. Many classmates were in attendance, including Beakley, Collins, J. D. Hayes, Dick Johnson, Kalisch, Longfellow, Patterson, Wallis Petersen, Rook, Rucker and SwarL RICHARD JOSEPH BOURKE '24 Cdr. Richard J. Bourke, USN (ReL), died 19 Nov. at Veterans Hospital, Martinez, Calif., where he had been a patient for a month. Interment was in Golden Gate National Cemetery.

Jo Jo was born in Scranton, Pa. in 1914. He graduated with the Naval Academy Class of 1924, served during WW II, and was retired in 1947 with the rank of commander. For several years he was connected with the California Division of Highways as an engineer, and he received his Master's Degree from the University of California.

He had taught at St. Mary's College in California and at St. Lewis College in Honolulu. He had been active in Civil Defense work in California.

He is survived by his widow, Jeannette; four sons and three daughters. The family home is at 201 Sierra Dr., Walnut Creek, Calif.

SHIPMATE

WALTER HUNTT FRENCH N'24 Walter H. French died on 6 Nov. following a brief illness of pneumonia. His wife, Bonita McCarthy French, died on 6 Dec. 1962.

He is survived by his father, three sons, a daughter, and 22 grandchildren. A son, W. H. French, Jr., is a lieutenant commander, class of 1951.

VIRGIL FRANCIS GORDINIER '25 RAdm. Virgil F. Gordinier died 21 Nov. of a heart attack while hunting. Memorial service 30 Nov. Born 12 Feb. 1902 at Burrton, Kan., he was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925.

He retired from the Navy in 1956.

He served as an instructor at the Naval Academy from 1937-39, and as ROTC instructor at KU from 1953-56, commanded a convoy escort group in both the Adantic and the Mediterranean in WW II, and commanded two destroyers in the Pacific.

Survivors include his widow, Mary Kridles Gordinier of 422 S. Oak S L ; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Winslow, Prairie Village, Kan.; a brother, Lt. Col. Bill Gordinier of Colorado Springs and three sisters and two grandchildren.

HAROLD ALEXANDER MACDONALD '33 Harold A. "Chummy" MacDonald died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles, Calif, on 15 Nov. Funeral services were held at the Westwood Village Mortuary Chapel with interment in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego.

Chummy retired in 1946 as a commander, and became a leader in the motion picture and television industries. Classmates will remember that his wife, Betty, passed away a few years ago.

He is survived by two sons, Duncan and Alexander; a daughter, Elizabeth, and two brothers, Donald J. (RAdm. USN ReL '31) and Charles, a retired Air Force colonel.

GEOFFREY PERCIVAL NORMAN '37 Jeff Norman died 1 December at Pensacola, Fla., with interment in the Fort Barrancos Cemetery. He was born 2 May 1915 at Quitman, Ga. and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1937.

Jeff served throughout WW II, and was chief of staff for the Chief of Naval Air Basic Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola, prior to his retirement on 1 Aug. 1959 with the rank of rear admiral. He was president of the Gulf States Land Co. He is survived by his widow, Susan Swift Norman; four children, Geoffrey Walter, James Edward, Margaret Brenda and Susan Eleanor, of 1801 East La Rue S L , Pensacola.

CHARLES KNIESE BERGIN '27 Military services for RAdm. Charles K. Bergin, Baltimore-born superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., were held on 11 Dec. at the Fort Myer Chapel, Va. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Admiral Bergin, decorated for heroism during WW II, died 6 Dec. in Monterey following a brain hemorrhage on 2 Dec. He was a graduate of Polytechnic Institute and attended the Johns Hopkins University for two years before becoming a member of the class of 1927 at the Naval Academy, where he played lacrosse.

A veteran of the batde of Leyte Gulf, he received the Navy Cross for "exceptional heroism" following action in Suringao Strait in 1944. Commanding the USS MoNSSEN, he led a "daring torpedo attack and returned without loss or injury," according to the Navy citation.

He was later awarded the Bronze Star medal for his work as commander of a destroyer division attached to a task group.

Admiral Bergin in 1952 was named commander of the heavy cruiser USS DES MOINES and three years later was promoted to flag rank.

Before taking command of the school in Monterey in August, 1963, he served as commander of the Mine Force of the Pacific Fleet, the Naval Reserve Training Command and the Operational Development Force.

Surviving are his widow, Katherine, and three daughters, Cecilia, Katherine and Patricia.

THEODORE CORDY FREEMAN '53 Theodore C. Freeman died in an aircraft accident near Ellington Air Force Base on 31 OcL 1964. Ted was on a routine training flight conducting "touch and go" landings in a T-38 jet trainer and as he was conducting his second approach a snow goose struck the canopy. The impact caused both engines to flame out. He still had control and attempted to make the field.

When he apparendy realized that a landing was not possible, he veered to the left into an open field, probably in order to avoid buildings at Ellington. Seconds later, at slightly under 100 feet altitude, he ejected from his aircraft, too late for his parachute to deploy fully.

RAYMOND FOWLER CRIST, JR. '29 Brig.Gen. Raymond F. Crist, Jr., USMC (ReL), a combat veteran of Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima, holder of the Legion of Merit and two Bronze Stars, died 12 Dec. at Alexandria Hospital, Va. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Gen. Crist, a native of Montgomery County, Md., was graduated from the Naval Academy in die class of 1929.

During his 26-year career in the Marines he served in China as a company commander at Tientsin and as commander of the famous Horse Marines at Peiping. He left China in 1936 to serve a tour of duty in Washington.

In WW II Gen. Crist was awarded the Legion of Merit for "exceptionally meritorious conduct" at Iwo Jima and won two Bronze Stars for service at Bougainville and Guam. He served again in Washington until his retirement in 1955.

He is survived by his widow, Mary D., of 5402 Sanger Ave., Alexandria; two sons, Raymond F. Ill and John D., and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Walker.

Captain Freeman, the first U. S. astronaut to die while in training, was buried 4 Nov. with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, with the entire astronaut team attending the services.

Ted joined the astronaut team on 18 Oct. 1963 and began his training at the Manned Spacecraft Center last February. He was an experienced pilot, having logged more than 3,300 hours flying time, including more than 2,400 hours in jet aircrafL He was also a graduate of both the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot and Aerospace Research Pilot courses.

He attended the University of Delaware for one year, then entered the Naval Academy and was graduated in 1953. In 1960, he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Ted's astronaut working specialty assignment was to follow the development of launch vehicles used in the manned space program. He had been assigned as booster monitor in the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy for the forthcoming GT-2 and GT-3 flights.

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THOMAS NEIL BAKKE '52 Major Thomas N. Bakke, USAF, who had been assigned to Headquarters, Air Force Eastern Test Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., was killed in an airplane crash on 10 Dec. He was in a B-57 when he lost an engine some 50 feet off the ground in a takeoff at the base.

A memorial service, and interment, were at Arlington National Cemetery on the 15th. He is survived by his widow, Dorothy, and five children; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Bakke of Roswell, N. M., and a brother George B. Bakke of Omaha, Neb.

Photo by NASA Ted is survived by his widow, the former Faith Dudley Clark, and a 10-year-old daughter Faith Huntington, from Nassau Bay, and by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman of Lewes, Del. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN '59 Bill Cain was lost at sea when his airplane went down in the Atlantic early in the morning of 10 Dec. at Norfolk, Va. He was a lieutenant, class of 1959.

Since earning his wings Bill had been attached to an Air Anti-Submarine Squadron at Norfolk Naval Air Station. He is survived by his widow, Sandra.

JAMES HAROLD NEWELL, JR. '63 While enroute to the Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, Calif., Jim Newell, Jr. was killed in an automobile accident at Oklahoma City, and died of injuries sustained in Mercy Hospital. He was an ensign, U. S. Navy.

Jim had completed flight training at Pensacola, Fla. and Corpus Christi, Tex. and received his wings in October. He was the son of CapL James H. Newell, USN (ReL), and Mrs. Newell of 1219 Manchester Ave., Norfolk, Va.

The guided missile frigate WILLIAM H . STANDLEY was christened by Mrs. Charles B. Wincote of San Diego, Calif., daughter of the late Adm. William H. Standley '95, at the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Me., on 5 Dec. Due

to the bad

weather, WILLIAM H . STANDLEY

was not launched into the Kennebec River but was scheduled to go down the building ways on 19 Dec. The 7,900-ton frigate is the first vessel to be named in honor of the late Admiral Standley who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 193337 and Ambassador to Russia from 1942-43.

RAdm. William H. Standley, Jr., USN (ReL), of 334 W. Paseo de Christobal, San Clemente, Calif., principal speaker at the ceremony, said . . . "as my father has said many times, we must each of us know honor and frequendy recall the eternal values and beliefs we hold, for which we struggle, for which we work, for which we are committed to fight, by which, in the long course, we must live or die."

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STANDLEY is 547 feet long and has a 54-foot 9-inch beam. The frigate's keel was laid on 29 July 1963. She is the sister ship of the USS BELKNAP, JOSEPHUS DANIELS, and

WAINWRIGHT,

all built and launched by Bath Iron Works.

For a description of this type ship see Publish and Post this issue.

Sec'y, LCdr. John T. Bnrwell, USNR (Ret.) Millwood, Va. A letter from B. C. ALLEN states that the Allen family and the family of Clarice Yates are in a war of production—that is, of producing descendants. Each family now has 10 great grandchildren, with the Aliens soon to claim an eleventh.

A quotation from Admiral Allen's letter states: "If anybody else in the class can beat that I'd be glad to know."

Sec'y, VAdm. Alexander Sharp, USN (Ret.), 6306 Bannockburn Dr, Bethesda, Md. RAdm. Edgar Lyons Woods, USN (ReL), 82, who had served as fleet surgeon for both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, died 13 Dec. at his home in Washington, D. C. He was an honorary member of the class of 1906, as is Admiral Tarrant. Harter and Fletcher were honorary pallbearers. Services were in the Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Admiral Woods was a veteran of more than 40 years of service, which included duty as commanding officer of the old naval hospital in Washington, and naval hospitals at Annapolis, Md. and Portsmouth, Va. He never missed a class luncheon at Army and Navy Club, and will be sorely missed for his lively and keen personality by his many friends.

Surviving are his widow Grace, of 2126 Connecticut Ave., N.W.; a daughter, Mrs. Douglas Sprunt of Chevy Chase, Md. and three sisters of Arrowhead.

The class of 1906 sent flowers to the services for W. Alden Hall who died 2 Dec. at his home in Clearwater, Fla. Your secretary has been in the hospital but "I am now home and back to battery."

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

The death of Capt. George Logan '07, together with the recent Christmas season, bring to mind the days immediately after World War I, when U. S. destroyers found themselves in various Mediterranean and Adriatic ports, often with no clear idea what they were there for except to show the Flag and, if possible, to dissuade our recent Allies from starting World War II immediately.

There had not been time for our Navy to organize any regular system of supply; and hence, at Christmas time, 1918, the skipper of the destroyer LUCE found himself in desolate Cattaro Bay on the far side of the Adriatic, amid wonderful scenery but with nothing wherewith to feed his crew, let alone provide a real Christmas dinner.

The Italian Army and Navy were around there in force and willing to be helpful, but had nothing but macaroni to give us; and as a result our Christmas menu consisted of macaroni for breakfast and ditto for lunch and dinner. The French admiral, who was senior officer at Cattaro, had generously offered us a quarter from the horse they were butchering on the flagship.

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some sea-lawyer in the forecasde would write to his congressman that they were being fed on horse-meat, and that I would then spend the next year or so writing explanations.

So it was that when we of the USS LUCE took our bunks on Christmas Eve 1918, we were not starving but far from full of real Christmas cheer. And then, hooray! Around 11 P.M. in came George Logan (in the GREGORY as I remember it), with deck piled high with good Navy provender and with mail from home. In nothing flat all hands in the LUCE were on deck, taking aboard provisions while our cooks started a belated Christmas dinner.

There was no reveille next morning, but in the forenoon George and I took a walk on shore to work up an appetite. We nearly worked up a couple of 1907 obituaries. The circumstances were as follows: With the Armistice, most of the Austrian military and naval personnel had gotten out of the Balkans, leaving behind them ships, naval and military bases, and equipment. Those of them native to that area now became good Jugoslavs and took over everything, aided enthusiastically by the local population. So much military material had been abandoned that every half-grown boy now sported a rifle, bandoliers, and assorted pistols and bayonets—with an apparent urge to use them on somebody. We could hear shots ashore at any time day or night, tho most of it may have been merely in light-hearted celebration.

Anyhow, as George and I strode along a path skirting a forested mountainside, there was the sharp "kapow" of rifle bullets, whistling so close to us that we were obviously the targets. There was no shelter; we had nothing to shoot back with, and to turn and run would have been fatal.

So what to do?

Now at that time the war-stricken peoples of the Balkans were eager to win support from the United States, but were full of suspicion towards some of our recent allies who also had ships and troops in the Cattaro area. Ergo, the shooting was probably a mistake in identifying uniforms, since it profits nobody to shoot Santa Claus!

But how to correct the error and in a hurry?

Our ability to speak in Jugo-Slavic or German was nil. Yet there is one language pretty well understood all over. So with one accord George and I faced towards the origin of the shots and cut loose in good old American profanity. We described the hidden marksmen in terms derogatory to them, to their ancestry and to their posterity.

No old-time boatswain's mate, on whom a bumbling recruit has just dropped a can of paint, could have expressed himself more forcibly.

And, glory be, it worked! There were no more shots, and George and I finished our walk, unperforated. Cbuld it be that our diplomats of today might also get results by calling a spade a spade, and an S.O.B. an—er—er a Slighdy Off Balance opponent? It will bear consideration!

From RAdm. Worrall R. Carter of Washington, D. C. comes word of the death of the class of 1908 secretary, RAdm. Edward James Foy, on 11 D e c : "Foy was always, from Naval Academy days on, one of those members who put Navy and country and, for that matter, general welfare ahead of himself—and that notwithstanding the fact he was a very savvy fellow who stood well with the higherups and therefore could easily have gone roughshod over his less able fellows.

"We of '08 will miss him greatly. Also, as class secretary he was outstanding in keeping track of the scattered members of the class. It will be difficult to fill his place."

Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. Edna M a r i e K e e v e r McCABE

I deeply regret to report that Rooky's wife, Edna, whom he married in 1917, died on 14 Nov. and was buried in the Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Va. In addition to her husband she is survived by a son, Hugh V. K. McCabe; a daughter, Virginia Ann, whose husband was killed at SL LO, France, 26 July 1944, and two grandchildren. Rooky and Edna have maintained a home at 5047 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. for many years. Rooky suffered a stroke about four years ago and has never fully recovered.

I had a nice Christmas card from Matilda Koehler informing me that her son, Hugo Gladstone Koehler and his wife, Polly, had their first child last February, a daughter named Ellen.

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Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan.

Tracy McCauley George Stoddard George Keester Josh Carver Stuart Brown

CHANGES I N ADDRESSES

I. M. Alexander, new business address: 222 Lorraine, Cbrpus Christi, Texas 78411; Irma Rutter, effective 28 Dec, 115 D Via Estrada, Laguna Hills, CaliL HAROLD TRAIN

Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.), 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase 15, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey O. Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind.

"LE PRIEURE"—Home of RAdm. H. A. Flannagan in Noyon, Switzerland.

The above picture is certainly one of the most interesting houses—"La Prieure"—home of Howard A. (Pat) and Marge FL.A.NIGAN. It is a restoration of a 15th century monastary, a Priory —hence the name. Surrounded by sycamore trees 400-pIus-years old, and with an open view to Lake Leman, they have "blended the present and the past with loving thought and graciousness."

Location: village of Noyon—some 30 minutes out of Geneva, Switzerland. Photograph by Tom Tiedeman, who renewed his acquaintance with Pat's grandson at the Army-Navy game. Description by Tom's mother.

"Ducky" BLANDIN (vice president Goodyear, retired) says he is making plans to attend the 55 th reunion of 1910 this year. All hands take notice.

Nice letter from "Stumps" ECCLESTON (attorney Howard R. ret.). He keeps his office in the American Security Building, Washington, but does little work there. The occasion: an old nostalgic picture from the files of "Skate" LUCKEL—a farewell party to Alex WILSON. "Pede" CYGON also was grateful to get it. He is sorry that 1910 has discontinued its monthly luncheon in Washington. The other living memS H I P M A T E

ber in that picture, "Chink" LEWIS, is still to be heard from.

Nice letter to CJM from Bob LEE (RAdm. R. C. USNR Ret). His picture among the candidates of 1905 last month intrigued his good wife, Elsie. Between running Lee Farms at Blairstown, N. J., attending board meetings of Moore-McCk)rmack, attending parties at the Plaza, taking Caribbean cruises, and visiting Switzerland, he obviously has litde time to nurse his heart trouble—maybe that is the best way to handle that ailment!

Most interesting card from Elmer and Mildred LANGWORTHY. It seems that at the homecoming football game last fall in a casual purchase of tickets, the Langworthys drew the seat with Elmer's dedication name on iL It made news to the Annapolis paper. They said the odds were 28,135 to one of that happening. Your reporter doubts if they correcriy figured the "probabilities and chances." He would recommend a computer.

"Skate" LUCKEL (CapL Frank) is a loyal supporter of this monthly letter. He has been researching the genealogy of his plebe roommate, Jefferson Davis CRANBERRY, and has come up with the fact he was a descendant of one of the six 0>nfederate generals lost in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., on 30 Nov. 1864. That is of interest to your reporter, who also has some ancestors buried in that same town. He wonders if there are any other classmates serving on Civil War Cientennial Commissions.

From "Red" REINICKE (Como. F. G.): "Spent a very interesting and informative evening with Webb TRAMMELL on the eve of his return to Turkey. Webb is always well primed on world affairs, including our own." Your reporter and Charlie Moore also encountered Webb in Washington. He was here for a physical check up, and to visit his son, LCdr. Webb, Jr., on duty in Washington.

A surprise card from Evelyn TRAYNOR from the SS STATENDAM of the Holland-America Line, and postmarked Cristobal, Canal Zone. How that lady does get about!

Your reporter seemed to be the sole representative of 1910 at the Army-Navy game. With guests of DOT Jr., and grandsons, D O T III and Tom Tiedeman, it is a fitting close of 58 years of attendance. Sat next to John Harold SMITH'S son-in-law, an Army file, and student at Carlisle Army War (College. He reports Jack and Virginia just doing fine in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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

Julia Langhorne COLHOUN We regret to have to report that Julia Langhorne Colhoun died 22 Nov. at Anne Arundel General Hospital following a short illness. She and John Harrison Colhoun were married in San Francisco in 1927, and for many years resided at "Winsor Farm," Harwood (near Annapolis) in a most attractive house designed by Harrison and erected under their supervision.

Harrison resigned in 1909 for physical disability. He entered the Supply Cbrps in 1912 and retired for physical disability in 1921 as a lieutenant commander. He still resides at Winsor Farm.

Tip and Dorothy returned from their Thanksgiving interlude in Los Alamitos with the Callaways. They start back to Washington for the 18th year on his job—expect to reach there the 23rd. The latest information is that Mare Island is not going to be closed, but will be merged with Hunter's Point.

Raymond PAYNE is still quite sick. He was operated upon for an abscess on the spine.

John FALGE attended the 6th annual Service Academy sports dinner at the Presidio Officers' Club. John was the only member of our class who attended. Oliver Bagby's brother was there.

One of Josh VENTER's eyes has been infected but that did not prevent him, Dorothy, and the children from attending the Army-Navy game.

Not many of our class attended. Mammy WEEMS was there—who, by the way, has made another pilgrimage to Tennessee. Pinky SCHUIRMANN and his lady were there also. Josh said he saw no one from '10, '11, '13, '14 whom he recognized.

Edna Woodruff is on her way to Manila to attend a memorial service for her son who was lost in the PRINCETON 20 years ago.

Wentworth OSGOOD writes that Bobby HAGGART has had hernia surgery at the hospital in San Diego. He is doing well, it's reported. The Osgoods planned to spend Christmas in Arizona then to fly to Phoenix.

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Exec. V.P., Paul D. Sleeper 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington 8, D. C.

Again it is our sad duty to report the loss of two fine classmates, Everett Leroy Gayhart and Elmer Lee Woodside.

Everett L. Gayhart died at the Jacksonville Air Station Hospital, Fla. on 24 Nov. Graveside services were held at Arlington National Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Juliet. Flowers were sent by the class, which was represented

by Davis, Helmick, Thebaud and Sleeper. "(3orto" graduated No. 2 in our class and was a "Star" all four years. He was Brigade Commander, secretary of the Midshipmen's Athletic Assn., and served on the Lucky Bag staff. He was born 6 July 1890 at Louisa, Ky., attended Case School of Applied Science in 1909, graduated from USNA with the Class of 1913, and later received his Master's Degree in Naval Architecture at MIT. He served in WW I and II, was retired in February 1943 for diabetes, but was kept on active duty as a captain until 1946 when he was released from active duty. That year he joined the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University, where he was an expert in flame ignition studies and high-speed photography. He developed high-speed spark lighting techniques with which he photographed flames during the first millionths of a second of their existence.

During his work he obtained two patents and published many articles and also presented two papers at the 4th International Symposium on Combustion held at MIT in 1952. He retired in 1959 when he moved to Florida. He will be missed by his classmates, and we all send deepest sympathy to his widow and family.

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

Elmer L. Woodside died at the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, Conn., on 8 D e c , with interment at Arlington National Cemetery.

He is survived by his widow, Margaret, and two sons. Class flowers were sent and attending were Glenn and Marguerite Davis, Abbott, Helmick, Thebaud and Sleeper.

Just a personal note to say that I am making slow progress and hope, if a few minor repairs heal, to be able to get around shordy. I'm using a walker going up and down the physical therapy corridor and if I listen to the physical therapist, I'm making good progress.

"Woody" graduated No. 6 in our class, and was a "Star" his last two years. He was one of the best rifle shots at the Academy and won his Navy " N . " He also was vice president of the YMCA, stage manager of the Masqueraders and a member of the choir. He attended the Naval

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PG School, the Naval War College, and following retirement studied advanced physics at S L Lawrence University.

Woody was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the South McAlester Lodge, Okla. The Masonic service at graveside was beautiful, given by the rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Alexandria.

Josh Venter '12 has been a close friend of Woody's, especially after Woody's retirement in 1947. In writing to me he expressed this real tribute—"He made rare and valued contributions to his fellow man after retirement, first as a teacher, then in his service at Yale University, and in New Haven."

All of his classmates will miss him and we all send our deepest sympathy to his family.

As this is written on 12 Dec. it will not appear until the January issue of Shipmate. All general news of classmates was included in my "All Hands" bulletin which was sent out shordy after 1 Jan. 1965. This is desirable since some of our classmates and many of our widows do not subscribe to Shipmate.

Good luck to all and a Happy, Healthy 1965.

PAUL

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

Arthur WILLS sent me a list of those members of the class whom he saw at the Army-Navy game. Including himself they were: BEARD, McGUIGANs, MITTENDORFs, ROSENDAHLs, Jane Doyle and Bette Boak. There may have been other 'Hers there but the seats were so spread out that it was difficult to identify others.

I still have a number of the reunion photographs on hand ready to send out to anyone who might desire them. You will find them better than the ones shown in the November issue of Shipmate; the original ones used were touched up later by a local photographer.

Due to a generous donation by Ralph DAVIS recendy the financial status of our class fund is now in very good "shape."

In the November issue of Shipmate I mentioned that the ELLSBERGs were making a cruise through the West Indies. I was only pardy correct in this as the cruise ship also took them down to Rio de Janeiro and other ports on the east coast of South America.

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I received a very nice letter from Mabelle Arvin thanking the class for its contribution to the Long Beach Heart Assn. in George's memory.

Now that the most important year in our class history (EXCEPT THE YEAR 1914!) has terminated it is hoped that the surviving members of the class will continue to keep the activities of our outstanding class in the limelight and away from the sunset. I have already begun making out plans for die SEVENTY-FIFTH. I mean my seventy-fifth birthday which will occur within less than one year! So now: A TOAST TO THE BEST OF THEM ALL, FOURTEEN! BOB

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

1915 mustered eight representatives at the Army game: Rafe Bates, Bing Sperry, Lois and Claude Vickrey, Grot Wood, Ed Izac, Bud Fisher, Ike Schlossbach and Rip Struble.

Tim and Lily BROWN headed south the day after Thanksgiving for the Keewaydin Club, Naples, Fla. 33940 and expect to be there until about the first of May when they will trek north for the reunion.

Katherine and Pedro DELVALLE returned recendy from their sixth trip to Spain. They made their headquarters in Madrid and took trips from there.

Mrs. Myron W. Hutchinson, Jr. won first place in the Four Rivers Garden Club flower show in the class "Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen."

Heather is the current president of the club.

Mark and Lois SPERRY had die Grot WOODs and Rip STRUBLE for an overnite stay at their home in Middlebury. There was much discussion of the Yale-Navy game when all were present about 30 years ago. The Sperrys showed some excellent and very interesting colored slides of darkest Africa taken three or four years ago.

The attention of all '15ers is called to the article

by Laurence Stallings on page 23 of the November Shipmate about Scotty MINNIS. Minnis had been Stallings' first captain in France in World War I. Also notice in the picmre where Stallings is shown receiving his World War I and II medals from Maj .Gen. Kier that our old classmate Merian Cooper is standing in the uniform of a brigadier general, USAF (ReL).

We lost a great man when Scotty Minnis was killed in 1921.

In the same issue on page 16 in the article

by Adm. DuBose, Sam JENKINS, then in command of the ATLANTA, is mentioned.

The traveling HUNTOONs visited the famous atoll of Bora Bora while in Tahiti, and report that Bora Bora is one of the loveliest of all South

Sea Islands. I agree. I took the TRENTON into the lagoon of Bora Bora in early February of 1942 when we started the establishment of a fueling base there. It was quite unspoiled at that time. We landed about 4500 Army troops in addition to the naval fueling party. Frankie reports that life is beautiful with a Mai-Tai by your side, and that the wahines get prettier with each swallow.

Merian C. COOPER is supervising the production of the "Boilermakers" at the CBS Studio Center in Hollywood for CBS-TV in the 1965-66 season. The "Boilermakers" deals with the exploits of a U. S. Army band in the post-civil War west.

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San Diego 3, Calif.

EAST COAST NEWS

George and Allene CHAPLINE arrived in Crabtown for the Navy-Duke game, made their headquarters with friends in Baltimore, and finally journeyed down on Monday after the game for a chat and refreshments with Nino Gregory and his daughter at Bette Brown's home, and to dinner with more lively conversation. It is always a pleasure to see these nice people on the east coast, and we feel a great loss when they journey west.

WEST COAST ACTIVITIES

We are glad to report that Angle Grassie's operation has been accomplished and that she is recovering satisfactorily. For some time Angie has had trouble and a check disclosed that an operation was necessary. This was done at the San Diego Naval Hospital, on 15 Nov. We are also glad to report that Possum Webb is coming along okay at the SD NH. He will probably be in the hospital for some time.

An MSG from Bill BOYER reports that he and Virginia have a new home in Hall's Point near Burlington, Wis. Their daughter lives nearby along with her youngsters. Bill extends an invitation to any of the class who may be in the area to stop by. Bill indicated the possibility of their taking off for SD during the winter and we hope they can time it to be with us at our Valentine party.

That SD '16-'17er Valentine party is now definitely scheduled for Tuesday, 16 Feb. at the North Island O Club. All '16 and '17ers who may be in the area at the time are most welcome to join with us in this grand celebration. Of course, the wives and our charming widows are invited for without them, there would be no party.

CDR. JOSEPH H. CHADWICK '15 and Mrs. Chadwick were honored at a testimonial dinner given upon the occasion of the commander's retirement as head of the Chadwick School in California which he founded. With them are the new Headmaster and Mrs. Melcher.

That SD '16-'17er 19 Nov. luncheon at the Admiral Kidd Club was quite a session. Our visiting firemen did a real job for us. Rosy FEINEMAN brought Joe Chadwick '15 along.

Joe resides in Rolling Hills, operates along witii Margaret a great school; Bobby WALKER of Tequesta Estates, Jupiter, Fla., rolled into town a few days before the affair, and Don Curtis '18, of Singing Hills, hit the trail about dawn and skillfully negotiated the usual obstacle course on Freeway 80 to arrive just in time to participate in those Perplexing Prelims.

Our Marines took charge of that event and came out with the tab. There, too, were three of our faithful who have been AOL these past few sessions—Gloom RUTLEDGE, Spike FAHRION and Phil WARREN. After consuming beef Stroganoff together with other staples, several of our VF'S addressed the forum. Joe Chadwick expressed his appreciation in being with us, many of whom had been shipmates with Joe in those days of yore. Rosy, now a junior at UCLA's law institute, gave forth with a classic legal expose which was confusingly amusing. Gloom Rutledge announced his recent marriage to Harry Lytde's widow, Marion, a life-long friend of Paul and the late Elsie. All hands were very glad to have Gloom with us again and extended their best wishes to the newlyweds. Bobby Walker then took charge and extolled the many exclusive features that abound in Sunny Florida, especially around Jupiter. We Southern Californians were very attentive and appreciated his discourse—sure gave us a new slant on our C of C promotions. All in all, it was a grand session and we are grateful to Joe, Rosy and Bobby for coming aboard.

Now for the Christmas gathering! As we were about to secure for this edition, we read the morning paper and though previously warned were shocked to learn Bill Kitts was dead. Bill was one of the original founders of the SD '16 group from which, happily, the present SD '16-'17ers came to be. His interest and support made it all possible. Always cheerful and a truly fine friend. Bill cannot be replaced in our hearts.

We sorrowfully extend our heartfelt sympathy to Teddie and their family. Hasta luego, Amigos.

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

The American Batdeship Assn. has asked that those who have served in batdeships, and are interested, contact the Association at Box 11199, San Diego, Calif. All we know from here is that on 2 April 1917, Ben Buckhalter, Eddie Jones, Herb Knowles and Stoney, all dressed to the teeth in frock coats, gold pants, swabs and swords, arrived at the starboard gangway of the ARKANSAS to report to Captain Bullard. The last named also remembers that they were received by his brother Ellis, who had the deck. We were impeccably dressed—those were the days of Rice and Duval—and heel-length trousers. About the same hour Eddie Hagen reported in his Marine suit. It was a big day for the Navy!

FORSHEW—Connie came by 248 in early December. He and Anne had been to the west coast where they had seen Gale Poindexter who was in fine fettle. He will be on for our 50th at homecoming time 1967. We have been unable to get the exact date as, for some obscure reason, it has not been decided between 23 Sept. and 14 Oct. of that year. Of course the October date is the logical one.

CONOVER—our Jim, in a recent letter to Connie Forshew, assures him that he will attend our 50th.

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ROGERS—Tex and Janie have returned to their farm after a visit at Bethesda where Tex was staying at BOQ while Janie was under treatment.

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SPELLMAN—Frankie writes that he is in good shape and enjoying the New England winter— what he really wrote was good wishes for Stoney's recovery.

KELLY-—Chuck has been released by Bethesda from all regular visits. He only has to go for occasional checkups. The doctors are very pleased with the results of treatments.

RICHMOND—John said in a recent note that all is well in Tucson and sends greetings to the class.

JAMAIL—Jimmy—our only '17 all-American football player though he had to go to Brown to get it—now runs three to ten miles a day in Central Park. This report comes from Sheldon Kinney, the Commandant of Midshipmen who saw Jimmy recendy in New York.

May you all have a happy 1965—this is the wish of all of us in our homeport of Crabtown on the Bay. With love and good cheer.

JACK

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Acting Sec'y. Capt. W. R. Read, USN (Ret.), 210 S. Cherry Grove Ave. Annapolis. Md.

The Cid WILDMANs report returning to their Deale, N. J. home after a lengthy stay in Germany and Austria, with shorter stops in Paris and Madrid. It appears that they are commuters, having spent three years out of the past 10 in Europe.

Look us up on your way South in January.

Peg and Demmy DEMAREST were off recendy on a Caribbean cruise in celebration of their 45th wedding anniversary.

Maud Chricton is remaining in her home at 3565 Brandywine S L , N.W., Washington, D. C. instead of moving, as was previously reported.

Joe BUCHALTER continues his South African safari. The accounts are most interesting and will be reported in detail in the coming bulletin.

Mike WILLIAMS writes that he has been ill for the past three months but is now on the mend. Mike has been active in oil exploration in Texas for some time and with his eternal optimism knows that he will bring in a big one soon. Our best wishes.

A Christmas card from Elizabeth Metzel tells of her concern for her son Bill, who is now in Kasai Province, Congo. No mail can come thru at present and her last letter was dated 28 Oct. She has been encouraged by the State Department who informed her that his location is one of the most peaceful in the Congo. We fervendy hope that it continues to be.

Her son. Bill, Jr., is now skipper of the Gold crew of the Polaris VAN STEUBEN and her daughter, Patty, lives close by in Chevy Chase. Elizabeth is now the proud grandmother of 14.

Nineteeners seen at the recent Army game include the Dyers, Goodwins, Jennings, McGurls, Scott Lambs, Settles, Virginia Kincaid and DeKay, Jones, Schetky, Schildhauer and Willenbucher—a goodly turnout considering the pains and penalties of 46 years ouL Tex SETTLE reports a very full weekend before, during and after the game, including looking in on the George Cunninghams' ('20) annual cocktail party at the Warwick Hotel.

Class lunch on 1 Dec. brought out Adams, Dyer, Callaghan, Duval, Read, Rochester, Setde and Tarbutton. It was particularly nice to see Beany after several months absence. After lunch the executive committee voted a "builder's donation" of $300 to the Army-Navy Museum, Pemberton Hall, National Historical Park, Philadelphia. Jim Holloway is chairing the fund raising committee.

The deadline for the next annual bulletin is 31 Jan. Letters are invited.

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Sec'y, Capt. John F. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.), 4431 Volta PL, N.W. Washington 7, D. C. Twenty-six classmates and their wives enjoyed the gracious hospitality of Paul and Emily HEINEMAN following Navy's victory over Duke on 14 Nov. After this thriller, a libation was certainly appreciated.

The following 25 classmates attended the class luncheon on 11 Dec. at the Army and Navy Club: Browder, Bryan, Christmas, (jrowe, Curts, Daggett, Dettmann, DeWeese, Goggins, Greer, Hawkins, Holsinger, Korns, Lyon, Mansfield, Maxwell, Nibecker, Osborn, Pearson, Plaskitt, Robbins, Sabalot, Stoddert, Swanston, Wachder.

A good time was had by all. We were glad to have "Pug" Stoddert with us; he has moved from the backwoods of Virginia to the citified area of Severna Park. His new address is 100 Evergreen Rd., Severna Park, Md. Pug has a son who is a midshipman, first class. So we have classmates' sons ranging from captain to midshipman.

The class lunch is held on the last Friday of the month; out-of-towners arrange your trips so that you may attend a class lunch at the Army and Navy Club.

Jack and Gladys LYON drove down to Sarasota, Fla., to spend Thanksgiving with friends.

They spent one night enroute on the way down.

Jack reports that the new thruways are still only in patches, but when all of the pieces that are under construction are connected, it will be a simple trip. Before breakfast on the second day, they stopped at a famous Christmas fruit cake bakery in Georgia. Jack said he thought he had a rugged stomach until after sampling fruit cake before breakfast. He has now decided that the day should start with something simple, like tea and toast.

Florida has many beautiful and interesting spots to visiL They especially like the Busch Gardens in Tampa, Cyprus Gardens which are always a thrill, and Marineland near St. Augustine.

A note from Loretta Watson passed on the good news that Paul's condition has improved somewhat and that he has been home since September. PLEASE send in some news.

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

Reports received in a Reuters dispatch state that RAdm. Rodger W. Simpson, USN (ReL), was killed in an automobile collision near the Naval Base at Rota, Spain, on 10 Nov. BuPers advised that the interment would be in Arlington National Cemetery. Rodger and Grace have lived near Malaga in Spain for quite a few years, and they had just recendy visited in California.

At the November luncheon at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, the following were in attendance: Abercrombie, Barbaro, Brumbaugh, Bunting, Elmers, Ferris, Fullinwider, Gallery, Giles, Houser, Jamison, McDowell, Morse, Ojuntry Moore, Purves, Russell, Charlie Smith and Waters.

We were particularly pleased to see Bill MOISE from Sarasota.

Bill brought us up to date on classmates from his vicinity and oudined the good life down Florida way. We learned that Don and Sophie SMITH have moved from Lusby, Md. to Coronado. And so our loss is California's gain.

Dal EMORY writes that Dutch GREBER is doing splendidly following a massive heart attack, and after rest and a low-calorie dieL "He has lost fifty pounds and looks like his picture in the Lucky Bag," writes Dallas. (Congratulations from the class of '21, Dutch!

Effie SCHELL sends a postcard from Marseilles saying they are bound for Hong Kong via Saigon and south Viet Nam. Ed and Charlotte KLINE looked around at the Army-Navy game and spotted the following '21ers: Bardett, Bobbitt, Cijne, Dell, Duncan,

Gallery, Hughes, Jamison, Kane, Knowles, Leggett, Mclver, Shugg, Swigart, Thorp, Waters and Webster. Ed says that Ed, Jr. has command of USS McCoRD and that his son, being a political science postgraduate (from the University of California at Berkeley), recently finished two interesting years in Washington—one with SecDef and the other with the State Department.

Photo by Van Deurs THREE '21ERS in a relaxed mood: Lew Johns, Rufus Thayer and John Madden.

A postcard from Tim O'BRIEN states he is enjoying a sojourn in Guadalajara, Mex. Raleigh HALES writes that when he and Gwen were recently visiting Norman and Eleanor McKEE in Woodside, Calif., they had cocktails and dinner with the following classmates: John and Elinor AMES, Nick and Gypsy COULTER, Hank DIVOLL, Kirby and Mildred KIRBYSMITH and Johnny McQUEEN. Later, while in Carpenteria, they enjoyed a visit with Ells and Vera ROTH. The Hales plan a trip east, seeing family both in Cambridge, Mass. and WinstonSalem, N. C. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NOTES

The bi-monthly class luncheon was held at Treasure Island on 24 Nov., attended by: Cloughley, Craig, Davis, Erwin, Hoover, Jessup, Lewis, Madden, Main, McKee, McQueen, Miller, Reisinger, Roland, Schwien, Thayer, Thomas, Van Deurs, and Wirth. Since the '21 celebration following the Navy-Cal game in October was such a success, it was unanimously decided that one or two such affairs be held each year. Definite plans were not made but one may be set for early summer, and one for the day of the Stanford-Navy game next fall.

Two delightful parties were given at Treasure Island in mid-Nov., a cocktail-buffet by Slats

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and Kay MOORE and a large cocktail party by Jimmie and Vera HARRIS. Dewey HILDING writes: "Some two years ago Monta Lee and I returned to Adanta from a memorable 50 days in Europe, spent mosdy in the Scandinavian countries. Driving to Charleston, S. C , we hitched a ride on a MATS non-stop jet to Frankfort. We stayed two days at the 'Refugee Hotel' on the Air Base and then took an SAS flight to Copenhagen. Our next move was across Sweden by train for a week at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. Next to Rattvik for a few days at a resort hotel on Lake Siljan, in central Sweden. Gothenborg next and then on to our main objective, namely a rendezvous with relatives in Smaland—my ancestor's homeland.

The Stadtshotel in Varnamo served as our base since it is near the village of Dannas whence came both my mother and father. Needless to say, we were surrounded by innumerable cousins, with one of whom we toured the surrounding countryside by car. We saw relatives, met relative's friends, and sought out ancestral sites. Ck)ffee, sandwiches and cakes everywhere, and within a week's time in this farming and small town industrial area we felt that we had truly gotten down to ground level of Sweden's people and their way of life. I found my great-great-grandfather's home in its original location to be the center of an outdoor historical museum depicting the early life of this part of Sweden.

The week culminated in a family reunion of relatives from both my father's and my mother's side of my family. It started on a Sunday morning in the Church yard of Dannaskirk, built in 1642, where both my grandparents are buried.

Many of the more than 50 present were in their colorful native costumes which differ for each community. Custom called for a certain Swedish folk hymn to be sung at the graveside. This done, it became my duty to place the wreaths, and my remarks were duly translated by one of my young second cousins who, in high school, has already learned to speak English perfecdy—with a British accent, however. Ultimately we arrived at a countryside restaurant on the shore of a beautiful lake where the smorgasbord had been prepared.

Showered with affection and gifts, so ended our month in Sweden.

Next, back to Copenhagen where we decided to see more of Denmark, something of Norway, and to come home via Scotland and England.

Accordingly, we toured Western Denmark through Judand to Frederikshavn; overnight by boat to Oslo; from Oslo by bus and ferry to Stalheim, high in the mountains. Thence through scenic Western Norway to Bergen where we encountered the first rain since leaving the States. The MV LEDA offered a luxurious passage from Bergen to Newcasde where we entrained to Edinburgh.

While there we took a quick trip to St. Andrews for a wee game at the Old Course. Following that, a three-day tour from Edinburgh gave us a half day at Cambridge where we had a close-up of the university while housed at University Arms Hotel. After a short stay in London, we came home by Pan Am Clipper jet. That, in itself, was quite an experience: breakfast in London and home in our apartment at 8:30 P.M. the same day!"

Alphabet DAVIS writes: "Completing final active duty tour on staff of ComOne in 1951 in triple affair with Pete Money and Phil Nichols, I fled further immediate association with fellow staffer Louie McGlone and Spot Quinby and Newport neighbors Slim IngersoU and Van Hamilton and headed south.

Enroute Texas I stopped off in Vicksburg and was sold on its attractions for a retiree—principally by Carlton Todd's relatives and in-laws.

After successful de-hospitalization of wife, Maude, we revisited Vicksburg, bought our lot and built our home, strategically located as a base for son W. S. G., Jr. at Vanderbilt and daughter, Maude Frances, entering Sophie Newcomb.

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Well-laid plans! Young Gardner married Carol Ann Eakins, his San Antonio school sweetheart, in '52 and M. F. in '55 wed James L. Terry, Harvard grad then completing duty with Marines at Cherry Point. Thus our young dispersed from the newly built nest, but the family gained two fine new members and has by now been further augmented by five swell grandchildren. The juniors currendy live in Huntsville, Ala., where he is with Chrysler Missile Division, and the Terrys are in Cambridge, Mass., Jim joining an "old line" Boston law firm after graduating from Harvard Law School.

A flurry of gardening activity was easy to give up in favor of only such growths as survive during owner-absence. My great enthusiasm for baseball wasn't enough to sustain Vicksburg in the expiring Cotton States League.

With Todd's re-retirement to his home town, the old Pillsbury trio of 30 years ago was reunited and the Little Theatre activities of the two Thames sisters who married Todd and Bottom (plus John Tom's persuasive pleading) soon had me involved with them.

After our youngsters flew the coop, we started taking advantage of being foot loose and fancy free. In addition to starting our annual trips—to Florida for spring baseball training season, and to New England during mid-summer heat down here—we have managed many other tours during which I've been thoroughly enjoying my hobby—that is, maintaining or renewing contact with relatives, classmates and other friends.

We'd love to see more of you guys and gals come to Vicksburg where the old Pillsbury Boys have backing from '22s Chief Mee and Ted Titus. And, in the meantime, as they say on TV, don't be surprised if sometime, somewhere, someone comes up to you and says: 'Look out, it's the traveling Alphabet Davises!' To ' 2 1 — the best!"

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Sec'y. Gerald A. Stacey. Golden Propeller Farm, R2 Box 146, Mercersbnrg, Pa.

It is with deep regret that we report the loss of three classmates: Thomas ALDRED, Lawrence Mayo BAILLIERE and Wilson Baldwin McCANDLESS. "Gadget" Aldred attended Homecoming last September and appeared to be fine. Thus his passing comes as a particular shock. Services were held at the Bigelow Chapel, M L Auburn Cemetery at Cambridge, Mass.

"Bally" Bailliere passed away at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on 21 OcL He was holder of the Silver Star for World War II bravery.

"Venus" McCandless died on 10 Dec. at Coral Gables, Fla. after a brief illness. During World War II he was appointed the first commander of the newly established WAVES. Harry STEVENS provides a vital statistic: A new grandson as of 24 Oct. Frank WHITAKER forwarded a page from the Westfield (N.J.) Leader which features a picture of Charlie HOOPER together with the announcement that Charlie has been reelected for a three-year term as vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Additionally, Charlie was elected delegate to the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.

Along with George Watson and Charlie Hooper, Al FISHER reported our loss of Tom Aldred. Al also sent along dope on classmates attending the Naval Academy alumni luncheon: Warren HAYCOCK was retired from GE last summer and is setding down in Lexington, Mass.

Whitey BLICK looks very well. Stan PULLEN is still working in insurance, but goes in late and comes home early. "Can't tell you what Harry INGRAM is up to as we talked primarily

about colleges for boys. I am still plugging along and am looking forward to retirement in '66."

The Class 40-Year Book has been distributed and it is great. Doc Pratt and his staff deserve a rousing vote of appreciation from all of us for a magnificent job.

Should you not have received your copy, write to Class of 1922, Box 22, Army-Navy Club, 17th and Eye Sts., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006.

Attending the class luncheon at the A-N Club, Washington, on 8 Dec. were: Espe, Marston, Dunkelberger, Davison, Harold Baker, Coleman, Kneeland, Gardner, Don Johnston, Sanborn, Atkeson, Murray Stokes, Pratt, Toney, Bibby, Litde, Ralph Hudson and Beau Fink.

W. F. "Bud" THOMPSON advises that his new home is located at 677 Royal Palm Blvd., Vero Beach, Fla. George WATSON reports seeing Eddie DURGIN at the Brown-Harvard game. George is "still at MIT Lincoln Lab. Health, morale and spirits are high—for which I am duly grateful."

Mostest of the bestest, ABE

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Sec'y and Recorder.

Capt. Charles Beaamont. USN (Ret.) 37 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, Md.

Adm. Arleigh A. BURKE, former Chief of Naval Operations, took office the first of January as president of the American Ordnance Association for a two-year term. He succeeds Lt.Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau, USA (Ret.).

Among the vice presidents elected was Adm. Albert G. Noble, USN (Ret.) '17.

The collection of class dues is moving along at a good rate. To refresh some memories notices of the dues were recently mailed out to all classmates, ten dollars in dues for the five-year period 1963-68. Make checks out to Class of 1923, send them to the class secretary. In about one month second notices will be sent to laggards. This is a most unnecessary process, increasing both the work load and the cost. The process will result in a new roster.

The meeting of the Washington chapter resulted in the record attendance of 36 members!

A lively and convivial group made a litde more than the usual noise. To encourage visiting classmates, the group meets on the second Wednesday of each month from September to June, at the town Army-Navy Club. Arrange your travels to attend.

DUNCAN reports that the THAYERs held their annual Army-Navy game party and that classmates and wives present were the CHAPMANs, DUNCANS, and GWATHMEYs. The Thayers had returned from a visit to their daughter in Belgium.

Bob and Maurine COFER are tickled with their second grandchild, a daughter.

Don FELT decided to remain in the Pacific area when he hung up his suit. He is the Far East consultant for the Crocker Citizens National Bank, San Francisco, and for C^sde and Cook along with C. Brewer Co. of Honolulu. By February he will decide whether to remain in the Golden Gate area or shift to Honolulu. He sends his warm regards to all.

The recent communications received from the class are a source of pleasure to classmates. Keep them coming!

Dick STIMSON is up and about, looking fit and able. Art AGETON is still on his world trip.

Take your roster with you when you tour, mighty useful. Some seem to object to our "Stay alive for forty-five" slogan. Suggestions are welcome, send them in.

Class finances are in better shape than usual, at the 12500 level, with the large bulk in B&L societies.

"Strive to arrive for Forty-Five."

SHIPMATE

HIGH TIDE (Lines celebrating a memorable gathering at CNO Quarters, Naval Observatory, in 1960) Who could have guessed that this would be High tide for us of Twenty-three?

High tide? We surged and mounted 'till We topped Observatory Hill!

We flowed past Arleigh's welcoming grin And Bobbie's smile. They welcomed in Ourselves, some wives, some widows, and Some children (grown, of course) who spanned Gaps in our ranks. The bilgers, too, Turned out in force; our numbers grew Till reunited Twenty-three Seemed closer knit than years when we Were young. Ck)mparing now and then.

The admiral and the citizen Had in two score of years apart Grown more together! On the chart Our wanderings on land and sea Seemed random, yet unfailingly Had brought us here, made each aware That we were part of something rare And well worth being! Each, I know, Felt in those hours a heightened glow Of friendship. In some special way We knew that here, and on this day.

Was time to treasure and remember So long as in our hearts an ember Glowed red amid the ash of time; Here Twenty-three had reached its prime!

All good things end; this party ended.

We went our separate ways, attended By separate fates. No one can know For certain, but it seems as though There must be echoes on that Hill Of such good fellowship. Until Somebody proves it isn't true I'll wager there's a ghost or two Remembering there what used to be At Arleigh's Party for Twenty-three! — " A R M Y " ARMKNECHT

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

We regret to announce the passing of Jo Jo Bourke on 19 Nov. at Veterans Hospital, Martinez, Calif. All of us remember him as one of our colorful classmates, particularly during midshipman days.

Funeral services were held 23 Nov. at Walnut Creek, Calif, where Jo Jo had resided for several years, with Harry Richter and Joe Farrell attending. Interment was in Golden Gate National Cemetery, with Dick Carlson representing our class at graveside services.

Surviving are his widow, Jeannette Dingee Bourke; four sons and three daughters. A son Donald is a 1955 graduate of the Naval Academy.

At the Army-Navy game at Philadelphia we had a broad representation, from Abrahams to Wright, alphabetically, and including the Beakleys, Bloughs, Bullises, Buxtons, Closes (why don't we get special word when Boney returns to USA!), Collinses, Cookes, Darlington, Dukes, Fleming, Grant, Griffiths, Hakes, Hartwigs, Kalisches, Keyers, Lovejoy, Mercers, Miller, Morrills, Wally Petersens, Rode, Thomases, Wallers, Rollo Wilsons, Wights. We understand the Wights shortened their European trip to get back for the game.

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the other, and when I left Monday for Ithaca there were four exhausted families in my wake."

We are glad to report that this time Noble got back home safely and without incident.

RAdm. and Mrs. John M. KENNADAY announce the engagement of his daughter, Nancy Ripley, to L L (jg) George Varga, USNR. Miss Kennaday, a graduate of University of New Hampshire, is now teaching physical education at Stamford (Conn.) High School. LieuL Varga is attached to the Naval Science Department at Maine Maritime Academy.

Christmas cards received by your editors are few at this early December writing, but we are much impressed by the card used by Chrissy and Bill MANSFIELD, the motif of which is our memorial window in SL Andrew's Chapel. The BRERETONs are established in their winter home at Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Box 1157) and ask us to say they are at home to "our crowd." They had to miss our reunion because of a world cruise, and Bill says the blow-by-blow account of the reunion they received from the Pete PETERSONS made him envious.

In their card, Easley and Cowboy CAMERON report that Sam BAILEY is wintering at San Diego (580 L St., Chula Vista, Calif.). Kay and Ev BURROUGHS give us news of their change of address to 4000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. ("all on one floor") and some of their recent travels: Thanksgiving with daughter Kathie and grandchildren at Topsfield, Mass.; earlier visits with the John BUXTONs at their Ocean City cottage, and with Harriet and Lloyd THOMAS in New Hampshire, where at Bald Peak Colony Club Ev and Tommy won the 3d flight in the member-guest golf tournament.

Ed CLEXTON is really occupied in his retirement with many construction and renovation projects at his clubhouse, and they account for his not getting away for homecoming last September.

Which reminds us that Gene ROOK has joined the ranks of the retired also, having left the Blaw-Knox payroll 1 Jan. But Gene is not going to confine himself exclusively to his Remo estate —he's fixing it so he'll be in Washington regularly, and we expect him at all monthly luncheon meetings.

New names on the retired list are Monty BERTHOLD, Joe FARRELL and Milton MILLS. We are late in reporting a Manila news item that "Samuel G. Kelly, director of the U. S. Corregidor-Bataan Memorial (Commission, is looking for a site on Corregidor for the WW II MonumenL". . . Hans BALDWIN reports attending the December luncheon of the American Ordnance Assn. at Washington, where he was joined

by Dan MARTIN and welcomed aboard by Joe WRIGHT. . . . Jack KENNADAY writes, "I'm extremely happy in my second marriage, and continuingly so in my work at Maine Maritime Academy." Jack's annual cruise with the Academy cadets begins soon, and will include Europe, mostly Spain and the Balearics.

Schuyler PYNE writes that his daughter Sally was married 31 Oct. to Mr. David Boyd Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Kennedy.

The wedding was performed in the Church of the Epiphany in Seattie, where Sally had been living for the past two years. The bridegroom attended McGill University and the Universities of Michigan and Indiana, receiving his B.A. from the latter. During his three years in the Army he attended the Army Language School.

After graduation from the University of Michigan Law School, he attended the Yale Institute of Far Eastern Languages. He is associated with a law firm in Sheridan, Wyo., where the couple will live.

The Pynes have been doing a lot of traveling, as usual. In June to Buenos Aires, Rio, Costa Rica, El Salvador, where they ran into and had cocktails with Ray LUKE and his wife. Ray, who left us on graduation, is with AID there. In .August they went to the great northwest to see their two daughters. Ellen, wife of L L Stuart J. Crow, USA stationed at Fort Lewis, expected to present them a grandchild in December. Then as a litde side trip, Jane and Schuyler hopped on to Hawaii to see son Dick, captain, USMC, stationed at Kaneohe. He reports seeing Pop Landers, Rosy Mason and Hamp Mitchell from time to time.

Mort MUMMA reports that he and Jinny took their first long auto trip in many a moon, going to San Antonio for Thanksgiving with their daughter and family, Lt.Col. and Mrs. R. M. Dorsey and their three children. He is in the G-3 Staff, Headquarters 4th Army, at Fort Sam Houston. Mort will be in Washington in late March for the annual meeting of the National Rifle Assn. of which he is a past president and life member of the executive council.

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Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th St.. North Arlington 1, Va. Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg, III, USN (Ret.), 8405 Burdette Rd. Bethesda, Md. 20014

The best news for this issue is that, for the first time in several months, we have no report of a classmate having left us!

This issue might reach those in the WashingtonAnnapolis-Philadelphia-Baltimore area in time to remind them that the 1926 class luncheon for January will be on Tuesday the 26th. Those who can make it should phone either Hank FRAVEL at JA 8-5533, or the CS at OX 6-5411 before the 25th. We still hope that it will be combined with our West Point contemporaries of '26.

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

We are sorry to learn that Gordy Gordinier of Pratt, Kan. died very suddenly of a heart attack on 27 Nov. He and his wife, Mary, were out hunting when it happened and his daughter Betsy writes, "Mother was with him when it happened and it was very quick and easy. The blessing for which we are grateful plus the fact that he was doing what he loved mosL" After his Navy retirement as a rear admiral, Gordy went to a gunsmith school in Denver and opened the Cannon Ball Gun Shop in Pratt, Kan. He is survived by his widow, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Richard L. Winslow (Betsy); two grandchildren, Mark William and Susan Elizabeth Winslow; three sisters and a brother.

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harbored in your new house which I understand is in a location most convenient to the Burning Tree Golf Course. Dorothy joins me in sending all the best."

Again the CS wishes to point out that he can't "make" the news of classmates; you have to help by sending it in so that he can report iL We had a brief few lines from Jim BREWER, "Retired Countryman," as he once styled himself, which merely indicated that he is active in the local New Hampshire branch of the Retired Officers' Assn., having voted for a couple of classmates for the National Board of Directors, both of whom were elected, GANO and SMEDBERG. Incidentally, the new national president of this Retired Ofls. Assn. is '26er (West Point) Maj.Gen. Preston Corderman, USA (ReL).

Those, probably few, who read the Maryland Independent, Charles County's award winning newspaper, 3 Dec, noticed in the center of the front page a picture of a distinguished, serious appearing gentleman captioned, "Captain BUSEY of the Chamber of Commerce speaks out at Council Meeting." Frank has for several years been an influential citizen in La Plata and in Charles Co., Md., being mainly responsible for its progressive Chamber of Ckjmmerce. Harriet is also an active leader among the ladies. Although living in the country, they are far from isolated in their approximately 100 acres on the Potomac across the river from Dahlgren. They had a large group, including a number of '26ers, down from Washington on Sunday, 13 Dec, for a party which included picking-your-own-hollyfor-Christmas.

'26ERS IN NAPLES The Army-Navy game is now only a sad memory; won by a team of cadets who were so determined to win a game for the first time in six years that there was little real threat by Navy's offense, so effectively was it bottled up by Army's determined rush. There didn't seem to be as many classmates and wives in the '26 area as usual. More and more appear to be finding the warmth and comfort of a living room, combined with the magnificent TV coverage in both picture and expert broadcasting, preferable to taking chances on bad weather in Philadelphia.

However, among the other hardy die-hards the CS and his wife saw Bruno Albertson, Eddie Schanze, Ted Aylward, Don Alexander, Royce Flippin, Ben Katz, Dave Shapiro, Ben Helmick, Val Havard, Charlie Buchanan Henri Claiborne, Jack Greenslade, and a few others, most with wives. With the new beltway around Washington, the tunnel under Baltimore Harbor, and the year-old J. F. Kennedy Highway from Baltimore direct to the Delaware Memorial Bridge, the drive to the Philadelphia stadium is very simple. The CS left his house at 8:45 and arrived at the New Jersey Turnpike toll gate at exacdy 10:45, with the only light at the toll gate of the Delaware Bridge. However, it took an hour and a half from Exit 3 from the turnpike to do the remaining 16 miles of the 150-mile trip.

The CS was a guest of Ben KATZ at the December luncheon of the Armed Forces Ckjmmunication and Electronics Assn. and was interested to learn that whereas those monthly luncheons had been drawing about 700 people, the new Secretary of Defense directive regarding military people accepting favors from civilian vendors was apparendy responsible for the slim crowd of 275. It was announced by the president of the Association that the few military men present had all paid for their own lunches! Do we wonder that the Services are finding it difficult to persuade sufficient numbers of young officers to accept a career in the military today?

Ben Katz remains one of the most energetic of our classmates. As administrative vice president of the Technical Materiel Corp. subsidiary, TMC Systems, he is responsible for its accounting.

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purchasing, material control, manufacmring, and contracts, among other bits. The firm is in Alexandria, Va. The accompanying photograph of Jim RUSSELL, sandwiched between Jack and Gladys WILFONG, and Herman and Ruth REICH was taken in Naples, Italy. Dorothy RUSSELL was in Germany at the time of the photograph, as stated in Jim's letter, which is quoted, herewith, dated 17 Nov.: "The enclosed two photographs, one of Wilfong, Reich and Russell, and the other the same with wives Gladys Wilfong and Ruth Reich, are proof that '26 occasionally gets together even in such a far away spot as Naples, Italy.

"Jack and Gladys Wilfong, who normally reside on Mercer Island in the city of Seatde, picked up a Volkswagen station wagon in Germany and proceeded on a leisurely tour of Europe.

They telephoned me from Verona, at which time I persuaded them to spend ten days here in Naples as houseguests in the quarters provided us by a beneficent Italian governmenL Needless to say we had a wonderful time together. We found that the historic spots surrounding Naples can be enjoyed much more thoroughly when they are being shown to a classmate and his wife.

"One of the highlights in the stay of the Wilfongs was their attendance at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, an event which I missed because I had to be away in Eastern Turkey. I understand that Jack Wilfong was introduced as the oldest Marine presentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you will remember that, telling a fib as to his age, he enlisted in the Marines and saw service in that illustrious (x)rps during World War I. "Herman and Ruth Reich arrived on an excursion cruise to disembark from the Norwegian steamer BERGENSFJORD in Naples, where they spent a couple of days on local tours. They took time out, however, for a dinner party at our quarters, hence the opportunity for the enclosed pictures. I regret that Dorothy was not in the picture with the ladies because she was away in Germany at the time.

"We hope you and Claudia are securely

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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.

Word has been received of the death of Paul Gross on 30 Nov. at La Jolla, Calif. Funeral services were held on Monday, 7 Dec, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

The following letter is from our honorary classmate, the Hon. William B. Franke, former SecNav: TO OUR FRIENDS: We are happy to report that Bert is much better than she was a year ago. While she still tires quickly and has to rest frequendy she is greatly improved and can do many more things.

For this we are so grateful.

In October Bill, on his way to a Board meeting in Providence, collapsed and was taken to a hospital. After exhaustive tests the doctors decided that he was suffering from postural hypotension and low blood pressure, both possibly brought about by over-work. He was told to ease up and try not to do so many things. While this is difficult he has accepted the advice and has resigned from some of the Boards on which he was serving.

We have decided that we both need a long rest and therefore are embarking on a two-month Mediterranean cruise in the OSLOFJORD starting early in February. We look forward to seeing our Navy and other friends, including our attaches, in this area. CHINFO will send out the word in advance.

Once again we salute our friends and wish for them a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we wish to add that never have two people had such wonderful friends as we.

BERT AND BILL FRANKE

RAdm. and Mrs. G. S. EVERETT have just returned from a two months trip to Europe.

They sailed in September, and visited Germany, France and Italy. They were able to visit East Berlin, which they found very interesting.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. ADAMS spent three weeks in Portugal and Spain during November.

While in Madrid they were able to visit the Hank JARRELLs, but they missed connections with the George ANDERSONs in Lisbon.

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Sam GRIFFIN writes as follows: "Hello everybody. Time marches on. Lillian and 1 now have five grandchildren! I am associated with the L. J. Barwood Manufacturing Co., Everett 49, Mass. Phone 387-0942. Home phone 729-0787 and would appreciate hearing from '27 in this area, elsewhere too, and a visit with us would be a pleasure. Hi particularly to Dutch Deutermann, Ray Mitchell, Tim Donohue, Oty Gregg and George Anderson."

ADM. DAVID L. McDONALD '28, Chief of Naval Operations, was the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, of which RAdm. Ralph K. James '28, USN (Ret.), Is president. The banquet was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in November.

On 15 Dec, at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, a class luncheon turned out 15 members of the class to enjoy the tall tales being told by those present: P. R. Anderson, R. J. Archer, A. F. Binney, P. D. Gallery, R. K. James, H. B. Jones, F. C. B. Jordan, J. T. Kent, D. M. Logsdon, R. Norgaard, R. C. Peden, B. N. Rittenhouse, J. G. Urquhart, C. R. Watts and R. W. Wood.

During the course of the discussions it was learned that Don GORDON, as a result of an automobile accident last March, suffered severe injuries that have kept him paralyzed from the neck down, ever since. Don is presently in the Navy hospital at Norfolk but may soon be moved to some nearby veterans hospital. I am sure he would appreciate hearing from his close friends in the class. A Christmas card extending greetings of those present at the above luncheon was sent to Don. SAMUEL H. GRIFFIN, JR. '27

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Sec'y, RAdm. R. K. James, USN (Ret.) Apt. B611, River Hoase South, 1600 S. Joyce St., Arlington, Va.

California '28ers are foodoose. In Washington in the past two weeks we have had the pleasure of visits from two well-established Bay Area '28ers. D. K. SMITH and Lee were guests of Dave and Tommy McDONALD for the several days preceding the Army-Navy game. D. K. is nearing the top of seniority of American Airline pilots and operates on the night flights San Francisco to Dallas. They left Washington to attend the Army-Navy game, sitting in premier seats obtained from his midshipman son, a roommate of Roger Staubach.

Also foodoose was Slim QUIETER, arriving in Washington sans overcoat, having left 88 weather to be plunged into 25° Washington climate. John QUINN made it possible for a number of Washington '28ers to see Slim during his brief stay, who were encouraged to come visiting to California.

Red GALLERY'S midshipman son is rooming at the Naval Academy with a son of a graduate of the class of '45. When this fact was established between the two young men, the '45 son asked young Phil Gallery, "Is your father still living?"

When last seen Red was dispossessed of most of the energy that characterized his four years at the Naval Academy, but it sure was a sign of the times.

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Washington has had a good stream of '28 visitors in the last month. It was previously reported that D. K. SMITH and Slim QUIETER were in town, as was Boker BATTERTON. Boker lives in Springfield, 111., where he is an insurance broker. His visit to Washington was occasioned by a hunting trip in Pa., and a desire to see old friends in D. C. John and Jessie SCOTT were in D. C. to visit their daughter and family. Scottie is with Link Aviation Co., of upstate N. Y. Big D. C. news is that on Sat., 19 Dec, Tommy Quinn, son of John and Kay, took himself a bride here in Washington. It was the occasion for a turnout of many classmates to wish the new couple the best in happiness.

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Sec'y. RAdm. E. J. O'Donnell. USN Weapons System Evaluation Group, OSD Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C.

In deference to the holiday season an in-between luncheon date was selected for November-December. On 10 Dec. a splendid luncheon was served at Roy BENSON'S quarters. Present in addition to Roy were Ray Crist, Jack Dalton, Bud Easton, Gus Johansen, Spud Marcy, Bob McLaughlin, Jerry O'Donnell, Joey Ray, Les Richardson, Kemp Tolley, Chuck Triebel and Whitey Beardsley. Chick Frankel had hoped to be there but was prevented by business. The Frankels recendy returned from a very long tour of Europe. I have not had an opportunity to pin Chick down about his trip. When I talked to him on the telephone, he did say that they had an automobile accident in Greece but that all ended well.

Gus JOHANSEN looked well after having a double hernia operation. In fact driving to the luncheon was Gus' first driving since his operation. Ann Johansen and Joey are in England where Joey is undergoing some special therapy.

You will remember that Joey Johansen was in a serious automobile accident a few years ago.

Whitey BEARDSLEY is in town in connection with a couple of smdy efforts set up by the Secretary of the Navy. He talked again about Marjory RICKETTS' projectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; a book about Claude, and there were certain suggestions passed for methods to expedite this project. Whitey also told us that Ben and Mary COE have set up their own real estate office and- are doing extremely well. He also had seen Pete CARVER who seemed to be getting along quite well after the recent death of Alyce. At the Navy-California game Whitey saw Jim FOLEY who was up from Stockton and looking chipper. Whitey said that Marjory Ricketts had stayed with the Beardsleys about four days in Menlo Park on a recent trip to the west coast. Marjory is back in Washington living at the River House, 1100 Army-Navy Dr., Arlington, Va. Kemp TOLLEY reports that he is working on a book about the Far East back when we were young fellows and welcomes jokes, more or less true experiences, etc. Kemp indicated current publishing customs would give contributors a very wide latitude in their subject matter. Fortunately O'Donnell has lost his notes about the Beach Cafe in Chefoo.

Your secretary has been traveling some in the last two weeks. I flew to Pearl Harbor with Charlie MARTELL to attend a critique of antisubmarine exercises on 19 Nov. and returned on the 23rd. The flight was accomplished in a P-3 ASW aircraft which was extremely impressive.

While there I stayed at the PERSONS. I saw Pete only briefly because he was accompanying a Navy League group to Midway. Rosalie and her sister, Annie Mae Brooks, were at the quarters. The Persons are really staying busy; Pete is going all out as Commander, Hawaiian Sea Frontier and as Commander of the Naval District in Hawaii and Rosalie continues with her commission to provide sculptured figures of the Twelve Aposdes for the new facade of St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Honolulu. This sculpture is a tremendous undertaking and just now Rosalie is waiting the return of the first two figures that were cast in bronze in Italy from the plastic molds of her original work. The first two figures, S L Peter and S L Andrew, will probably be in place by the time you read this.

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The accompanying photograph is one taken during a ceremony at which Jim FLATLEY's aviator son, Lt. James H. Fladey, III, USN, received the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing a KC-130 Hercules transport aircraft on the USS FORRESTAL. Young Jim and his co-pilot, LCdr. W. W. STOVALL, made about 50 landings at weights from 80,000 to 121,000 pounds. The KC-130 is the heaviest aircraft ever landed on a carrier. RAdm. James R. "Buckey" LEE, commander at Pamxent, made the presentation to young Jim and a Gold Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of third Air Medal to LCdr. Stovall.

Present in addition to young Jim's wife, Nancy, and two of his four children, James H. Fladey, IV and Joseph Fladey, were Dottie Fladey, Janie Hall and her son, Bill Hall whose religious name is Brother Leo, and the ever faithful Joey and Ruth Ray. Young Jim took Joey Ray and Brother Leo on a tour of the hangars to see new aircraft and then all hands went to his quarters where Nancy served supper.

This will be my last effort for the class notes.

At our luncheon on 10 Dec. Roy Benson volunteered to take over about 30 seconds before he was elected unanimously. This is the second time I have had this job and I do know these notes bring a great deal of pleasure to people, particularly those who do not see their classmates very often—so I urge strong support in sending material to Roy. Sometimes people think things are unimportant; it isn't so. His address is: RAdm. Roy S. Benson, USN, AVCNO/DNA, Room 4E621, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C.

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I shall be leaving to take over as Superintendent of the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif, in January and will, of course, welcome all comers.

Sec'y, BGen. Ronald D. Salmon, USMC (Ret.), 640 Oakland Ter., Alexandria, Va. Corr Sec'y, RAdm. Parlie H. Brady, USN (Ret.), ISOl Foxhall Rd., Wash. 7, D. C. Ed and Jane Colestock's daughter was killed in an automobile accident in California in November. Ed returned to California from Brazil for a few days following the tragic accident. He is Chief of the Navy Section, MAAG, Brazil, APO 670, Postmaster, New York 09676. Our first baby of the class leaves four children. A drunken driver created this tragedy.

On a trip to Washington with his daughter.

Foxy Newsome died suddenly in his hotel room.

Burial was in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego. His widow, Grace, resides at 1210 Third St., Coronado, C^lif.

Hank (or Mike) SANCHEZ passed through Washington in October, on a recent visit from Spain. Hank is residing in Spain; he is a representative of Grumman Aircraft Corp. and several other U. S. industries.

Brick and Marion BLACKBURN departed Washington in December for a six-month tour of duty in Korea with the U. S. Armistice Commission.

Jack AGNEW is now teaching Spanish at Vernon Court College, Newport, R. I. Jack obtained a Master's Degree from the University of Madrid, Spain last winter.

Rebel and Claire LOWRANCE are now at home in the West Virginia House, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va. VAdm. V. L. Lowrance is now Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet.

Buff SIMONS has been appointed secretary of the Marine Technological Society (Executive Building, 1030 15th S L , Washington, D. C ) , a non-profit scientific organization in the oceanographic field. Buff was formerly with J. I. Thompson Co. since his retirement in 1959.

In the event any classmates would like to contact the San Diego branch of the class, Ed Brumby is the local secretary; his address is 4976 Chaparrel Way, San Diego.

In October Eddie and Ann WAGNER visited their son, Capt. Robert E. Wagner, USA in Paderborn, Germany. CapL Bob Wagner is in command of a tank company of the 13th—18th Tank Regiment Royal Hussars, QMO (Queen Mary's Own), as an exchange officer.

A class luncheon and business meeting for the Washington group was he''' -'n 10 Dec. A sizable

number of classmates were on hand: Yardley Yokes, Peter Home, Mac MacColongha, Ed Dorner, Ted Stevens, R. C. D. Hunt, Jim Davis, Buff Simons, Red Sharp, Pete Brady, Stan Alexander, Bob Maynard, (Ilharlie Martell, Jean Caillouet, Eddie Wagner, Bob Moore, Rollo Adams, Curly Arwine and his guest Mr. McLaughlin, Dave Whelchel, Bill Snead and Red Salmon.

At the meeting a new committee was elected to not only steer the Washington group for the coming year but to plan for the 35th class reunion. The committee chairman is Effe Holmes, who will be assisted by Buff Simons, Eddie Wagner, Dave Whelchel, Bill Snead and Pete Brady.

The Washington group, following the appointment of the committee, selected the 1965 homecoming weekend at Annapolis as the date and place for our 35th reunion. We will hear more from this high-charged and go-go committee and all hands should begin planning for this milestone event. The first thing to do is to "find" our classmates, as we are becoming more and more scattered each year. Let us get at this! Send names and addresses to either Buff Simons (address noted above) or Red Salmon (640 Oakland Terrace, Alexandria, Va.).

Plan to save your vacation for October 1965 and be at the 35th reunion.

From Emmet O'BEIRNE: "Dear Parke, move over! I'm ready to join you.

I retired on 30 Nov., and Jan and I proceeded immediately to Fort Lauderdale. We intend to buy the boat first and then use it for househunting.

"I'd appreciate it if you would put my address, such as it is, in Shipmate: Box 2126, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33303.

"We had a reunion of the water polo team a few weeks back when Chick Hayward was here for a day. John Bristol joined us for lunch, making 3/5th of a quorum of our old team presenL I had hoped to get Pablo DeVos out too, but he has been suffering with a bum leg and couldn't make it.

"You all have been doing a very fine job on the Class of '30 dope in Shipmate, and I'll try to be of some help from the Southern Florida field."

A letter from Fred BRADMAN of Los Angeles: "Sorry that a previous obligation will keep me away from the dedication ceremony, your invitation to attend which reached us earlier today.

It's a sign of progress and we congratulate you on your accomplishment.

We will go to Cxironado and stay with Willie and Betsy Wilbourne and share their traditional hospitality at TV on Saturday—Army-Navy game.

These outings are always great fun for us.

While Else gallivanted this fall in Europe with Raye Hindrelet and Louise (Mrs. O. D. T.) Lynch, I stole away for a weekend in Berkeley for the California game. Went up with Willie and Evelynne Coates. Had fine time, particularly in renewing acquaintances with Bay Area '30s.

Probably you have heard from Dave Hawkins who set it up for us—in the form of a report for Shipmate. I won't try to tell you who was there, lest I forget some names.

Things go OK here. Recent merger involving our firm presages good things, as to which perhaps I'll report as they develop. Our love to everybody at your house."

The Washington Post on 30 Nov. stated: . . .

"An 11th contender has entered the race for the Montgomery 0)unty Council seat that was vacated by Republican Dr. Thomas M. Wilson, who resigned earlier this month. The latest applicant is Richard C. Drum Hunt, a retired naval commander who heads the firm of Richard C. D. Hunt Associates, which specializes in historical research. Hunt considers himself a 'middle of the road' Democrat and has taught history and political science at Maryland and George Washington Universities. . . ."

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Hunt, a native Montgomery Countian who was born on what is now Hunt Ave. in Chevy Chase, Md., is a former naval aide at the White House (1937-39). He has six batde stars from World War 11.

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

A slip of the ladder on 29 Nov. dropped Tommy ROGERS about 18 feet from his roof to a concrete deck! Results—a shattered heel, many sprains, a cracked vertebra and Tommy is reposing reasonably comfortably in a "Ted Kennedy" sling at Bethesda. Should be out about mid-February as good as new.

The Duke game provided a junior homecoming with Pauline and Andy YOUNG and Edna and John MALONEY coming down from New York; Anne and Rusty WILLIAMS up from Norfolk, and Jean and Andy HILL just making it back from a European holiday. Incidentally Frances and Ray HUNTER, Virginia and Johnny WEBSTER and Ruth and Sherry BETTS also made it to various parts of Europe for R&R. Ray and Johnny picked up snappy nev/ Volkswagens, red and blue respectively, to make their trips a litde easier.

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WEDDINGS Capt. and Mrs. Malcolm T. Munger announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Susan, to LL Kent Randolph Clark, USN, on 20 Dec. at the Navy Chapel, Treasure Island.

CapL and Mrs. John S. Fahy announce the wedding of their daughter, Judith, to Lt. (jg) Steven Richard Cablk, USNR, on 7 Nov. at die Washington National Cathedral.

ENGAGEMENT RAdm. William J. Cadett, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Cadett of Warrenton, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Antoinette, to LCdr. Richard Anthony Peters, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Peters of Wassaic, N. Y. Miss Catlett is a graduate of the Beard School, Orange, N. J., and attended Northwestern U. LCdr. Peters is a graduate of the University of Rochester, and currendy is on the staff of the USS

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Others on hand for the fun were Ennis Taylor, Al Wellings, Lloyd Mustin, Bull Dreany, Willie Williamson, Harry Lockwood, Norm Blaisdell, Swede Eastwold, Emer Fawkes, Jack Lamade, Al Slayden, Harry Hull, Corky Ward, and Jerry Miller. Bull Dreany had just returned from a trip to Brazil.

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WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF '32 LUNCHEON There was lots of fun and a merry round of stories at '32s luncheon on 3 Dec. at Fort McNair. Livening the proceedings was Tommy THOMAS, on a trip east from his Douglas Aircraft job in foreign sales. Sam MONCURE received rousing thanks for his administration of the chapter's affairs in 1964. He and the incoming chairman, Dimi DIMITRIJEVIC, collaborated in establishing a committee to produce the early spring dinner-dance which has become a chapter tradition. Named to the committee and charged with arrangements for a date just following the winter snows are: Jim COLLETT, Sam MONCURE, and Hank SEELY. As now planned, the dinner and dance will be held at the Army-Navy Country Club.

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ATTEND SUBMARINE FORCE CONFERENCE for a '32 party at Breezy Point on 4 Dec. Dimi and Gwen were guests of Nemo and Marty HOWE at their lovely home, "Beaulieu," and exchanged news with the following classmates and their wives: Bernie Freund, Ken Letts, Dick Matter, George Pressey, Howard Prince, and Bill Stuart.

Missing for a very good reason were Buck and Boots James, away in Chicago to welcome their first grandchild (a boy, we're told).

The Norfolk area roster yields some heretofore missing addresses, reported as follows: Dick and Betsy MATTER, at SP-23, NAS, Norfolk; George and Betty Lee PRESSEY, 503 Brackenridge Ave., Norfolk, and Larry and Wanda SMYTHE, 421 West Plantation Rd., Virginia Beach, Va. Noral E. Thorn, widow of Bill Thorn, now lives at 1307 Pamla Place, Norfolk.

Add two classmates who have found interesting and construcdve add-ons to their civilian careers: Norm BLAISDELL, who is president of the Washington chapter of the International Torch Club, made up of professional men in all disciplines and who is active in the Cosmopolitan Club here. Beau LYONS finds his duties as program chairman for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assn. have only one drawback: their monthly luncheons often conflict with '32s.

We note changes in assignment for two classmates: Ralph JOHNSON fleets up from deputy to become Director DASA, at Sandia Base; Bill GROVERMAN comes ashore from ComCruDesFlotLant 3 to become Director, ASW Division, OpNav. 36

Scattered seating broke up the usual Army game meetings, but between the stadium and post-game cocktails '32 was represented by Andy and Eddie Nisewaner and daughters Holly and Sherry; Dimi and Gwen Dimitrijevic, John and Margaret Van Evera, Bill and Maryemma Short, and Corky and Nona Ward, together with Marge Mitchell. We understand that Bill and Maryemma Short are running strong in the Descendants Derby, counting on grandchildren Nos. 5 and 6 in February.

Our thanks to Kay KASPAREK for relaying the following address: CapL Henry C. DELONG, USN (ReL), 4 Lakeside Dr., Star Lake, Warrington, Fla. 32507.

The substantial number of '32 who were batdeship men may be interested in an association chartered to memorialize the battleship and to perpetuate the memory of men who served in them: American Battleship Association, P. O. Box 11199, San Diego, Calif. 92111. Some members of '32 are in ABA now, we are told, and more are wanted for its second annual reunion on 5-8 Aug. 1965, in Long Beach, Calif.

Chmn, Mr. Turner A. Dnncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. Washington 6, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.), U. S. Naval Academy Musenm Annapolis, Md. Pete GALANTIN and John TYREE recently represented the class of 1933 at a most unusual submarine conference. Two hundred sixty-seven years of naval service are represented in the

accompanying photograph which was taken at Fleet Admiral Nimitz's quarters in San Francisco on 3 Nov. The five submarine admirals with Admiral Nimitz were brought together for a Submarine Force Conference at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco the week of 2 Nov. After the call. Fleet Admiral Nimitz remarked that, "This was the largest group of submarine officers to gather under his roof in many years."

From left to right, are: RAdm. John A. Tyree, Jr., Deputy Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Adandc Fleet; VAdm. Vernon L. Lowrance, Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Adantic Fleet; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; RAdm. Eugene B. Fluckey, Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet; RAdm. I. J. "Pete" Galantin, Director, Special Projects Office, Washington, D. C ; and RAdm. Eugene P. Wilkinson, Director Submarine Warfare Division, Naval Operations.

Kneeling are Lt. John M. Leeds, aide to ComSubLant, and Lt. Roland Brandquist, aide to DepComSubLant. Standing behind RAdm. Galantin is LCdr. Charles N. Diesel, flag secretary to ComSubPac. Another submariner present but not shown was the photographer, Lt. James A. Buckner, administrative assistant to the Director, Special Projects Office. The range of personal experience extends from PLUNGER (Ens. Nimitz commanding in 1909) through NAUTILUS, first nuclear submarine (Cdr. Wilkinson commanding) and up to Polaris FBM submarines, developed by the Special Projects Oflice (RAdm. Galantin) and operated by ComSubLant (VAdm. Lowrance) and ComSubPac (RAdm. Fluckey).

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A comparison of submerged displacement shows PLUNGER with 123 tons as compared widi 8250 tons for the recent Fleet Ballisuc Missile submarines.

Word has been received from Larry NEVILLE that his daughter, Carla, will be married on 30 Jan. to L L (jg) Gregory G. Golden, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Golden of Northport, Long Island. Lt. Golden is now serving in

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Larry reports that he is still with the Gyrodyne CO. of America, manufacturing drone helicopters for the DASH Weapon System. He also reports that he had a delightful reunion at the ArmyNavy game with Joe and Virginia ENRIGH"!*.

Joe and Larry were roommates at the Academy.

Larry's address is Beach St., RFD # 1 , Sound Beach, Long Island, N. Y. Readers of this column will recall that in the March issue there was a brief announcement of the engagement of Susan Lynn Shellabarger, daughter of Shelly and Betty, to L L (jg) William J. Cadett, III, son of R.'Vdm. William J. Cadett, Jr. '32. A recent letter from Betty gave interesting details of the wedding which took place on 27 June, and also stated that in early September Susan sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident. Happily, she is now mending and is able to get about with a back brace. While Shelly maintained the homefront for Janet and Jill, Betty visited the newlyweds in Virginia Beach, Va. While touring the east coast she enjoyed visits with Carl and Corinne JONES, also Dee and Pickles HEINZ. We also learned that Jimmy and Dotde BETHEA have been adopted by the young Cadetts as their Tidewater family, and that the Betheas just became grandparents for the first dme. Shelly is director of athletics and teaching math at the Denver Country Day School. He has a very busy schedule but manages to get out to his family's ranch frequently where he recendy bagged a 4-point buck.

Molly and Weaver GARNETT have announced that their daughter, Nancy, was married on 29 Aug. to Mr. Robert M. Ludewig at the Metropolitan Methodist Church in Washington, D. C. The bride graduated from the University of Maryland and the groom is an Ohio Wesleyan graduate. He is now attending the George Washington University Medical School.

Among other responses to the secretary's recent plea for dope, Bob M A C P H E R S O N came through with this interesting report from the west coast: "I've run into Charlie Robertson, Joe Hatcher, and Bob Stanley in the Long Beach Officers' Mess and recendy had Walter Newton aboard the BENNINGTON for two weeks at sea. Incidentally, Walt and Loma had a bunch of '33ers in for the Army-Navy game, including the Stanleys and Belchers. Pres and Beth Belcher are living in Sun City and enjoying every minute of iL I've seen Henry and Eleanor Fox quite often and Hank says he's seen Buck Walsh from time to time. On recent trips I saw Ed and Fran Miller, and Hank and Karin Monroe in Coronado, all looking hale and hearty; and Tom and Carrie Moorer in Hawaii, happy with duty there. Quite a contingent of '33ers are here in the Long Beach area and we hope to get together sometime soon."

An exchange of letters with Jim ELLIOTT reveals that he now resides at 177 Frederick Court, Los Altos, Calif., where he serves as a reliability engineering specialist for Lockheed.

Jim reports that he and Lee see Dick and Mary Lou GAZLAY frequendy, and had the pleasure of visiting them after the Navy-California game.

They have also visited with Dick and Mary KIBBE at their beautiful new home in Saratoga.

Ezra HOWARD has been unheard from for quite sometime, but a recent letter reveals that he is living at 848 Cohaba Dr. in Auburn, Ala., where he teaches math at Auburn University, and is also doing some graduate work. Some classmates will recall that Ezra's new assignment is actually a homecoming for he was attending Auburn (then called Alabama Poly) when he J A N U A R Y ,

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was appointed to the Naval Academy 35 years ago. Ezra reports that he is thoroughly enjoying his work at the University.

Word has been received that Tom SOUTH, who suffered a serious stroke not long ago, is making steady progress at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Altho the class of '34 claims Tom, all of '33 will remember his famous statement, "It's a 5-year course but some of the smarter ones make it in 4." Tom is much in our thoughts and prayers and we are all pulling for him.

Sixteen of the faithful attended the December meeting of the group at the Army-Navy Club on Tuesday, 8 Dec. During the meeting Charlie Travis reported that the contract had been signed to publish the "30-Year After" book and that all material was being delivered to the publisher on 14 Dec. The contract calls for mailing of the book in early April 1965. Present at the meeting were: Blatchford, Blouin, Caldwell, Cobb, Croghan, Dawson, Galantin, Garnet, Kefauver, King, Macintosh, Mayberry, McMuUen, Selby, Thompson, and Travis.

Bob BARNUM wrote to tell us that he met Jim (Soupy) CAMPBELL down in Charlotte, N. C. a couple of weeks ago and had a wonderful visit with him. Soupy is with the Carded Yarn Assn. as executive vice-president in Gastonia, N. C. His home address is 1614 Hertford Rd., Charlotte. Bob also reported that he dined with Hal Bowen, John Tyree, and Johnny Oren at the recent American Ordnance Assn. dinner in New York. He also added that he has had several letters from Pete and Mary Staley who are very busy enjoying their retired life. Bob suspects that Pete may be trying to get him up to Rhode Island to do some carpentry for him.

FLASH!

While assembling some last-minute data for inclusion in the 30-Year Book, Charlie Travis learned that "L. C." CONWELL, long thought to be one of the few confirmed bachelors in the class has turned in his bachelor's ticket and embarked on the Sea of Matrimony. Unfortunately, no details of the wedding are available as we go to press.

Response to recent pleas from the Secretary for dope has been excellent. Please keep it up!

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR Parkside Apts.. 10630 Kenilworth Ave. Apt. 204. Bethesda 14, Md.

HILTON-BOURKE

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hilton of Ceres, Calif, announce the marriage of their daughter, Portia Ann, to Lt. Robert Hathaway Bourke. USN, on

14 Nov. in Saint Christopher Chapel, Naval Air Station, San Diego.

The bride graduated from Stockton College and San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing in Calif. Lt. Bourke is the son of Capt.

Robert E. Bourke, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Bourke of West Hartford, Conn. He is the grandson of Capt. George S. Hathaway, (MC) USN (Ret.), of North Wilmington, Mass. and the late Mrs. Hathaway. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1960 and completed the course at the Naval Submarine School, New London. At present he is attached to the Fleet Anti-Submarine School. They are at home in San Diego.

Helen BOURKE reports that this occasion brought forth a reunion of the Bourke clan. Gus and Helen flew out with one daughter, Mrs. R. Meade Christian Jr. (Betsy), and their brand-new grandson, Jon Britain Christian. Lt. (jg) Michael Bourke who is on duty in San Diego was best man for his brother. No. 1 daughter, known as Bunky (Mrs. J. Rogers Firth), and her husband and two litde girls drove down from Seattle for the event. So Christmas came early for Gus and Helen.

MURPHY-HARLLEE

Mr. and Mrs. William Benno Murphy of Arlington, Va., announce the marriage of their daughter. Nan Kathryn, to Mr. John Harllee, Jr., son of Adm. John Harllee, chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, and Mrs. Harllee, on Nov. 28th at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown.

The bride graduated from Visitation Convent and received a doctorate in economy upon graduation from George Washington University. Mr. Harllee is a graduate of Harvard.

John HARLLEE has been on an extended speaking and inspection tour of port facilities.

Alex HAY has forwarded clippings from San Diego newspapers reporting what John had to say to members of the San Diego Propeller Club.

Hugh LEWIS has provided a fine photograph of John being presented a certificate of appreciation by the vice president of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, Ray Sparkman, one of John's PT boat skippers during the war.

A fine letter from Gordon GRIFFIN sounding like a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Clearwater, Fla. and its immediate environs. He highly recommends it to all retirees. Ed DISSETTE and Bart DAY are also in the vicinity.

He closes with the invitation that anyone from '34 is always welcome at: 203 Driftwood Lane, Harbor Bluffs, Largo, Fla. (Phone: Clearwater 581-1508).

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A note from Dick KANE reported the whereabouts of John FLORENCE—5617 Ann Arbor Ave., N.E., Seatde, Wash. 98105. He and Dottie have now setded in a house at 16 Devondale Lane, St. Louis, Mo. 63131.

Jim CRAFT was appointed dean of men at the University of Pennsylvania on 30 Nov. As dean, he succeeded Robert F. Longley, who resigned to join the University's development department.

Since 1962 Jim has been working toward a doctorate in political science at Pennsylvania. Jim and Carolyn are living at 2025 Montgomery Ave., Villanova, Pa. Their daughter, Carolyn, is working toward a Master of Arts degree in English at Pennsylvania, and their two sons, Frederick and James, are students at the Episcopal Academy.

Lady and Ray OURS held an open house at their quarters in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard before and after the Army-Navy game. For those classmates who were able to drop by it was great fun and a most enjoyable way to see a disappointing game.

Sec'y, Capt. F. M. Lamkin, SC, USN Defense Supply Agency, Cameron Station Alexandria, Va.

MRS. McCORMICK christens the KNM KAURA.

of us retiring in the near future who are job hunting will do well to see what Em has to offer. Write to: '35 Second Careers Room 2333, Arlington Annex Department of the Navy Washington, D. C. Virgie VESTEL, our new Washington area luncheon chairman, launched his new assignment with a very successful luncheon at the Naval Station Annex Officers' Club. The second luncheon was at the same place on 16 Dec.

JACK BARLEON '35

Your secretary recendy received a letter from George POWELL, from which is quoted: "I was fortunate this last summer to hear an unfair labor practice case in Haverhill, Mass.

Formnate, because this is just a short drive from West Roxbury where our classmate. Jack BARLEON, is in the Veterans' Hospital, and I was able to visit with him. Jack drove up to see me.

The enclosed picture shows how he gets around in a fully equipped Pontiac. It also shows his indominable courage and will. He can reach around in back of his seat, remove the collapsible wheelchair and get himself out of the car or into it without other help. He has developed many devices and gadgets to make life easier for those who are paralyzed and is actively engaged in furthering the lot of paralyzed people through organizations devoted to that end. He travels extensively—even to Europe—and is an extremely busy man."

Jack is truly a remarkable fellow.

Jack McCORMICK's wife, Jerry, was accorded the honor of being the first non-Norwegian citizen to ever christen a Norwegian man-of-war.

The ceremony took place in Emden, Germany, where submarines are being built for the Norwegian Navy under a joint U. S.-Norway cost sharing program. Mrs. McCormick christened the ship K.N.M. KAURA in the Norwegian language.

Jack is the U. S. Navy Shipbuilding representative, Europe, stationed in "The Hague, Netherlands.

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From W. P. SMITH III: "I have been architectural representative for the Federal Housing Administration for central Georgia for one and a half years, based at Macon. I was transferred from Miami to take charge of this area. Enjoy it here immensely where, instead of boats as in Florida, I now ride to the hounds—that is, fox hunt. Sincere good wishes to all hands in '35 for a Merry Christmas and happy New Year."

Sec'y, Capt. F. G. Law, USN 1142 N. Illinois St. Arlington. Va. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN 4029 Downing St. Annandale, Va. 22003 The holidays over, and here it is 1965. A happy New Year to you all! May the months that follow bring you good health, wealth and prosperity as '36 enters this, its 30th year as a class, and we begin to look toward the GRAND REUNION being planned for Homecoming Weekend. Get your pencil—red that is—and make a big circle around 8-10 Oct. before you forget it.

Big doings are planned, and the ball is rolling as you will see a bit later.

Ede and I didn't get to the A&N game, but understand those who did had a ball in spite of the disappointing outcome. At any rate all are agreed it was a good game with much excitement and many hopeful moments. Reported by my back-up team. Bunny and Vince COMBS, comes the following from the '36 headquarters, Emily and Paul STIMSON's quarters at the Naval Base: "The red carpet was out to all with the usual VIP treatmenL Seen at Stimmy's were Pat and Dick Bradley, Joan and Chet Nimtiz, Davey and Bill Wendell, Audrey and Randy Meade with their wonderful family, Georgiana and Bob Odenning, Katie and Fred Chenault, Bunny and Vince Combs, Lillian and Tom Dabney, Margie

and Henry Hemenway, the Coddingtons, Anne and Warfield Bennett, Gene Riewe and son, Arnold; Joe Icenhower and son, David; Davvy Davenport and his sister—Lucille, unfortunately, was feeling less than par and was unable to make the trip. She was missed by all.

The pre-game lunch included turkey and a perfecdy delicious North Carolina ham. The latter was the work of Emily's brother and sisterin-law, John and Roz Wood who joined the class for the game. We wish they were permanent members, cuz they're awfully nice people. All who attended wholeheartedly agreed that the class is fortunate to have the Stimsons in Philly to replace the Rices. What will we do when there are no '36ers in Philadelphia area at A&N game time?

Thank you both, Emily and Paul, from all of us!"

At the game were Lurline Eisenbach and her lovely daughter. Charlie elected to stay at home and watch the game on TV. Also seen at the stadium were the Richardsons who were unable to join the gang at Quarters N. In all, everyone had a bang up good time. Our thanks to Paul and Emily.

On 10 Dec, the second of this season's luncheons was held in the Far East Room of the Officers' Mess at the Navy Yard Annex. Twenty were present including the following: Combs, Ryder, Mark Hoffman, Robertshaw, Ender, Hanger, Chuck Phillips, Chenault, Woodville, Kimmel, Baumeister, Willman, Jack Turner, Buder, Davenport, Cole, Law, Kaufman, Gillette, and yours truly. It was probably the best luncheon we've had in a long time; a good crowd, filet mignon with all the trimmings, story swapping, etc. Norm Gillette reported on the long awaited 20-yearbook, now to come out in March as a 30-yearedition. He's ready to go to press, but some of his dope needs up-dating. So mail him a letter with pictures of you and the family and a short history of the years since '36. The address: RAdm. N. C. GILLETTE, USN, 2065 Joyce St., Arlington, Va. 22202. Otis Cole and I have volunteered to help him get the book edited and off the press prior to the grand reunion.

Biggest topic of discussion at the luncheon was Vince COMBS' organization of things to get the reunion rolling. Collectively it was decided to make Homecoming '65 our BIG HOMECOMING. While it doesn't mathematically hit the traditional 30 years on the button (29 yrs. 4 mos. to be exact), it makes sense in as much as the followS H I P M A T E

ing year many will have retired and moved away from the Washington area. Plans include box lunch at Randy Meade's before the game on 9 OcL, transportation to the game, dinner-dance in the Coral Sea Room of the Officers' Club Saturday evening, sailing, etc. as well as all the hijinx of Friday night's KT party and dinner in the Mess Hall.

So get ready now; plan to come. Drop me or Frank LAW a note now. Tell us your plans so we can begin estimating the head count for planning purposes. If you need accommodations, get in touch with Davvy Davenport PDQ. He is chairman of the Motel Committee and has 25 rooms at Holiday Inn (Bowie, Md.) reserved— 10 singles at SH per night and 15 doubles at | 1 3 .

As of the luncheon, he had two singles left and seven doubles. So HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! His address: Col. W. K. Davenport, USMC (Ret.), Office of the Superintendent, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Appointed to the various committees are: executive committee—Combs, Law, and Davenport; Saturday brunch—Meade; dinner-dance— Chenault, Ender, and Dowsett; pep (stunt men) —Rice and Jack Turner; Homecoming treasurer —Chuck Phillips; reunion book—Gillette, Ellis, Entler, and Cole; mailmen—Law and Ellis. You can see for once we are really organized!

George GRIDER was in town recently, but didn't make the luncheon. Guess he had too much to eat the night before when he attended the president's party for all the plebe Congressmen. George was elected, and reports to the Hill shordy to take up his seat in the halls of Congress. Good Luck George! Sorry we missed you, but we know we will be seeing a lot of you in the near future. Again, congratulations.

Davvy DAVENPORT is now the management engineer and administrative officer on the staff of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Congramlations Davvy!

Speaking of promotions, a recent article in the Washington Post states that Chester NIMITZ has been elected president and chief executive officer of the Perkin-Elmer Corp., scientific instrument manufacturer. He joined the firm in 1961 after working for the Texas Instrument Corp. since 1957. Our best wishes for continued success, Chet!

Don't forget the dinner-dance at the ArmyNavy Country Club on 16 Jan. BYOL, |4.50 per person; get your reservations into Frank Law ASAP. Also, don't forget the next class luncheon is scheduled for 1130, 11 Feb., at the Rhine Restaurant on 22nd S L , N.W. Plan to be there!

Frank LAW has just published a new directory on the class. I'll have to do a new run on the statistics. We now have 66 Navy and 4 Marines still on active duty. If you want a copy, request same from Frank; it's complete with current addresses of all active and retired classmates.

'Sail for now. See you next month. Meanwhile, Happy New Year again!

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Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. J. P. M. Johnston USN (Ret.), 5439 41st St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20015

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The November class luncheon on the 12th found 17 classmates gathered at the Army-Navy Club including Larry Brandey, Morgan Baldwin (Baltimore), Fil Gilkeson, Tom Cunningham and Jim Cresap.

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well during our Naval Academy days and had the pleasure in recent years to see him again at their lovely home on Deep Creek Lake in Garrett Co., Md. Our deepest sympathies. Grant.

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Our regular monthly luncheon was held at the old Gun Factory and attended by Alexander, Alford, .Aurand, Bogley, Bolam, Carter, Al Church, Glennon, Heston, Irvine, .Art Johnson, Luby, Mann, Mansfield, Luke McDonald, McDowell, Morrison, Muse, Robertson and Silk.

Harry Stott was visiting from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he is Chief of the Naval Mission.

In reply to questions on the recent revolution, Harry pointed out that a recent article in the Reader's Digest on the revolution was excellent.

He thought the revolution had not come too soon and that we should support the present government since the people of Brazil can make a good contribution to hemispheric defense. Harry reminded us that there was a weekly space available flight from Charleston to Rio and we were cordially invited to visit anytime until March when he and Rose Mary leave for new duty in Jacksonville, Fla. where he will be Commander, Fleet Air Wing Eleven.

The football schedule this year made it convenient for many of us to attend the games. A delightful custom has been well established whereby lunch and refreshments are packed in the car trunk and groups arrive early in the parking lot and enjoy an hour of drink, food and conviviality. Among the trunk diners at the Navy-Duke game v/ere: Shirley and Jim Andrews, Mary Jane and George Muse, Jean and Grant Heston, Betty and Al MacFarland, Jean and Red Coward, Jean and Ollie Bagby, Connie and Hank Jackson, Kay and Unk Alford, Bobbie and Dick Bowers, Ann and Al Church, Norma and Bill Glennon, Diantha and Mac McDowell, Jane and Walt Small, Rose Mary and Red Johnson, Eve and Frank Whalen, Peggy and Hugh Robinson, Charlie Norris, Marie and Bill Spears, Betty and Bill Boykin, Mary and George Bullard, Dolly and Charlie Robertson, Kay and Chet Owen, Rose Mary and Harry Stott, Janette and Swede Olsen, Lila and Bob Morgan and Barbara and Ed Anderson. Of particular note and interest during the game was a fancy brass oriental horn which Jean Bagby blew continuously as we cheered the team to a stirring victory.

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Johnny Hess, John Johnston, Bunny Shupper, Wes Steesy, and Pat Patriarca.

The Naval Historical Foundation secured VAdm. Frederick Ruge, German Navy (Ret.), to speak on the defenses of Europe. This address was given in the National Museum of Natural History auditorium. This brought out three classmates: Frank Worth (Annapolis, Md.), Ed. Finney and John Johnston.

The December luncheon on the second Thursday had 18 classmates seated at the table: Ace Barton, Zeke Soucek, Chuck Stein, Tom Cunningham, Charlie Gibson, Bernie Bieri, Dick Holden (Ohio—North American Aviation), Syd Bottomley, Dick Colbert, Wyman Howard (Ohio —North American Aviation, living at 1946 Tewksbury Rd., Columbus 21), Red Woodard, Jimmy Denton, Larry Brandey, Bunny Shupper, Jack Wadleigh, Jim Cruse, John Johnston, Johnny Hess.

Joe DALTON joined us during his trip here from his duties as CO Naval Station, Norfolk.

Joe has two boys in school at S L Paul's in Baltimore, while his wife Frankie and daughter Sue enjoy the south at Norfolk.

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Continuing with those present there were Dick ColbcrL Jack Wadleigh, Ace Barton, Jim Cruse,

We were saddened to learn that Grant Heston's father had passed away. Many of us knew him

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We were also well represented at the ArmyNavy game. The Melvins and their parents, the Decamps, Glennons, Smalls and Spears went up together on the train. Agee and Emilou Melvin had mixed emotions on the game as their eldest son is a cadet. In fact, Emilou missed the train coming home and had to take a later train.

Others attending were the Bagbys, Boykins, Ed Conrad, Cowards, Foleys, Gus Francis down from Long Island, Joe McDowell, Bob O'Neil from Seattle, Robinsons, Don Snyder, Stotts, Tom Suddath, Alfords, Bauers and Bob Shaw.

Since retiring, Tom SUDDATH has gone into foreign trade. He is in the schooling phase now and expects his first trip to South America in the near future. Bob O'NEIL is a lawyer in Seatde and came on in connection with an aviation physical evaluation program. Gus FRANCIS is still in the electronics business in Long Island.

THE YOUNGER SET

Except when I see my face in the mirror each morning, I find it hard to realize that our Navy juniors are no longer kids. On 21 Nov., Sue and Ship PALMER saw their daughter Margith Janice married to Lt. (jg) Norman Lee Wells, USN in the Memorial Chapel, Naval Station, Key West.

On 28 Nov. Lou and Ralph WEYMOUTH attended the wedding of their son Yann Ralph to Elizabeth Morris Graham at the Navy Chapel, Security Station, Washington, D. C. Elizabeth is a senior at Radcliffe. Yann graduated from Harvard in 1963 and is now taking postgraduate work in architecture at MIT. After a honeymoon in the Barbados Islands, the young couple will setde down in Cambridge, Mass. and finish school.

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Jean and Ollie BAGBY journey to Seaside, Ore. for the wedding of son Richard to Martha Chave at the Episcopal Church on 26 Dec. Martha and Richard are classmates at Oregon State University and will finish senior year together and then Richard will join the Marine Corps.

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE Ham HAUCK, RAdm. (Ret.), and an expert in various missile systems, has been appointed executive vice president of Infrared Industries., Inc. He comes to Infrared from Raytheon Co's.

Missile Division, where he was director of program development, in Bedford, Mass. Prior to that. Ham was general manager of Raytheon's Missile and Space Division's Santa Barbara operation. Infrared Industries is a major manufacturer of guided missile electro-optical components, remote temperature sensing systems for medical and industrial purposes, and a broad range of optical components and electro-optical equipment for industrial and aerospace applications. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif., the company also has a plant in Waltham, Mass.

Congratulations and best of luck Ham. Pete AURAND will soon be frocked when he reports to his new duty assignment as Commander, ASW Group One in PacFlt. Fred BARDSHAR has orders to Washington shore duty and reports in to Op 60, the Strategic Plans Division.

Gigi and PhU BESHANY were in town for some pleasant social get-togethers before heading for new duty in Naples where Phil will be assistant chief of staff for logistics on the staff of CinCSouth. My apologies for the slip in the last column showing Phil going to CinCSouth. Howard DE LAUREAL paid us a visit from Norfolk and as chairman of the Norfolk group promised to send some news for the next column. Luke M C D O N A L D is one of those fortunate classmates who gets a bonus command on top of a major command. Luke and Anne head for San Diego where Luke will take command of Submarine Flotilla One. Congratulations you lucky people.

Harry MASON writes from San Diego where he is CO NEL diat die ZIMANSKIES have setded in Coronado after a nine-month trip in Europe. Wanda and Dan HENRY came up from Caracus for a visit and the occasion was celebrated with a party attended by the Finns, Harmons, Harts, Henrys, Masons, Muirs and Zimanskies.

Recent orders have Bob RYND, now on the Joint Staff of CinCPac, going as chief of staff and aide to ComCarDiv Three. Hank JACKSON, now on the Joint Staff of the JCS, will go across the river to be on the faculty of the National War College. Happy New Year.

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Sec'y, Capt. Edward Mnhlenfeld, USN OpNav <0p-91C), Room 4A686, The Pentagon Washineton 25, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, G. G. Williams, c/o J. C. Wheat & Co., 15 Selden Arcade, Norfolk, Va.

The class was spread out at the big game in Philadelphia. Our reporter advises that what is probably an incomplete list of '40 present includes: Bowell, Hughes, Orser, Berndston, Snuffy Smith, Wann, Chase, Hechler, Chris Cochrane, Sugar Cain, Walker, Bud Schafer, Hebeisen, Hinman, Lanier, Hunker, Rader, Chandler and Dave Marks.

At the December luncheon, held as usual at Fort Myer, some 27 classmates gathered for a cup of cheer and an excellent meal. The speaker of the day was Bob Triplett, who by day is director of mathematical formulation and analysis at the National Civil Defense Computer Support Agency. Bob also "moonlights" as a professor at George Washington University, and chose this background against which to talk on opportunities in teaching operations analysis, and how to complete one's preparation for such a second career.

All classmates in the Washington area, or who pass through, are reminded that the standing luncheon date for all of '40 is at 1130 on the second Thursday of the month. The vagaries of the "guard mail" being what they are, sometimes the formal notice may reach you late or not af all—but save the date and if you aren't contacted, call Jake BOWELL or Ed MUHLENFELD and say you will be there.

From Philadelphia we hear from Orville DICKES, who retired in January and is now owner-manager of Harper Associates, Inc., an executive employment agency in Philadelphia.

Dick's home address is 66 W. Princeton Rd., Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; house phone MO 7-4682. He sends regards to all and says be sure and contact him when in the area.

Buff HEBEISEN, Lt.Col. USMC (Ret.), is now associate superintendent of Philadelphia schools.

He and Betty Ann live at 9094 Pine Rd., Philadelphia 15, Pa. Hooky WALKER has joined Emlen & Co., real estate, at Haverford, Pa. He and Loise give their home address at 41 Shawnee Rd., Ardmore, Pa. Bud and Ruth SCHAFER live at 617 Ocean View Rd., Brielle, N. J. Jack HINMAN is now CO, NAS New York, Brooklyn, N. Y. Rex RADER is holding forth at NAS Patuxent, Md. Barron CHANDLER is with Mille-Switch Corp. at Gladwyne, Pa. The home address for Barron and Kay is 1600 Sweetbrier Rd., Gladwyne, Pa. Dave and Floy MARKS' home address is River Rd., RFD No. 1, St. James, N. Y. Dave is with A.I.L. at Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y. Bill PENNOYER will be moving with his family to the Washington area from Norfolk after Christmas. Bill reports to OP-43 for duty. He has completed a year as skipper of UVALDE. And so we pass into '65, the year of our big 25th reunion. Don't forget to send any address changes to Ed at the masthead address—and we all wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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Sec'y. Mr. Tnlly Shelley, Jr. 69A West Road New Canaan, Conn.

25TH REUNION Plans are moving ahead for the 25th Reunion.

Harry VINCENT is chairman of the committee which includes Vic MOITERET, arrangements.

Norm ACKLEY, entertainment, and Tully SHELLEY, communications. Tentative initial plans are to get together for the regular Homecoming affairs at the Naval Academy Friday, 8 Oct. 1965, and Saturday—then adjourn to Washington for a big blast Saturday night. Also, Sandy LANDRETH and Tully Shelley are working on a

questioimaire for a 25th anniversary publication of some kind. You will be contacted—but if you think we may not have your current address, please send it in.

Curley PLEMONS writes from 1204 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, Calif, that he had a heart attack last July while CO of the CALIENTE and will probably be retired in early '65. He and Billie plan to stay in Coronado and would be happy to see any classmates. Recendy he's seen Lloyd YOUNG, Paul GRAY, and Ken STEEN who command ships—and Bob THOMAS who works for Orange Co. in the fiscal department.

Sandy LANDRETH is getting a new company launched in the advertising media measurement business. Current company name is Media Management, Inc., at 8121 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md. Charlie TRUMBULL writes that he is administrative manager of Columbia University Geophysical Field Station, Bermuda, and spends about half of his time traveling for various oceanographic research projects. On a joint project with the Argentine Navy, he sailed from New London to Barcelona in the square rigged naval training ship, LIBERTAD. Charlie's "tough duty" since retirement in 1961 has included 21 trips to the West Indies and involved a 3-week trip to Honolulu and Midway in December before he

CHARLIE TRUMBULL '41 returned home to Bermuda for Christmas. His mail address is Navy Sofar Station, APO No. 856, New York, N. Y. Buck NEWSOM wrote from Kansas that he retired last September and is now director of sales with Centron Corp., a business communications firm doing motion pictures, sales meetings, and filmstrip business throughout the country.

In his letter, "We purchased a nice home a block from a grade school (for my 414-year-old), three blocks from a junior high (for my 13-year-old), a mile from the University (for my 18-year-old), and a 5-minute walk from my job. We are enjoying the crisp, colorful fall weather with the many trees looking like rainbows; the football games, the plays, the midwestern friendliness— we're happy!" Buck's new address is 3008 Nathan Dr., Lawrence, Kan. 66044.

Buck also reported that Vince MUIRHEAD has retired in Lawrence and is an assistant professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering SHIPMATE

Department. Vince's address is 503 Park Hill Terrace, Lawrence.

Gleaned from the chatter at the Christmas party—Dory and Bud CARTER are enjoying life on Long Island, how about a report. Carters.?

The RASMUSSENs are setded in Lynn, Mass.

Ras is working for GE and apparendy thriving on civilian life. Ditto John SULLIVAN who is now with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Silver Spring.

Joe VOLONTE called to beat the deadline with info that he enjoyed having lunch in Los Angeles with Jack V.AN NESS, who is in the Air Force ofiice; Bill BUSIK, who was on Academy business, and Emmett QUADY who works for Univac in LA. Joe also reports visiting with Jim EATON at the Duke game. Jim is with Hemphill Noyes & Co., stock brokers, and lives at 12 North Seventh St., Allentown, Pa.

'41ERS AT CHANGE OF COMMAND Charlie CARR writes that a group of classmates gathered for Bob HAILEY's turnover of command of USS SANDOVAL to Capt. Al Barrett '43.

Those present were: Bill Maddocks c/s Phib Group 2, Bob Hailey, Charlie Carr CO ELOKOMiN, Fred Wyse c/s Phib Tra Lant and Ed Miller CO RALEIGH.

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Sec'y. Cdr. William T. Peach, III, USN (SC), 10 Roberts Court Moragra, Calif.

Wash. Area Sec'y, Cdr. Frederic T. Hansen, USN (Ret.). 1403 Cavalier Corridor Falls Church, Va.

The Washington group held a fine Christmas dinner-dance at the Arlington Hall O Club on 12 Dec.—quite formal, but fun. The following attended: Naylors, Dorans, Shors, Greenwoods, Bob and Fritz Hansens, Zimmermans, Clyde Andersons, Everetts, Buckwalters, McTighes, Heseltons, Drachniks, Beavers, George Davises, Fearnows, Grkovics, Hunts, Padgets, Pattersons, Peddicords, Phelps, Sherers, John Sullivans, Thomases, Van Dusens, Richard Whites, Vescovis and Spreens. Also Bill Kirkland, who was in town on a study group from O&R Alameda; Kay CoUeran (Jerry ship driver Pacific Division) and Woody Woodward and Fran Reh. Jess and Barbara NAYLOR were Puerto Rico bound on 27 Dec. for a few days. The VITUCCIS (Vito is CO of NavCom Station, San Juan) are arranging accommodations.

Hazel Greenwood is back from six weeks in Europe full of vigor. Bob spent only three weeks abroad but both apparendy had fun. They ran into the SIBOLDs in London.

Danny HUNT, who participated in the preliminary acceptance trials of USS AMERICA at Newport News, reports Larry HEYWORTH is enthusiastic about his ship.

Cay Drachnic was featured in a half-page article in the 23 Nov. Sunday Star. Cay, whose paintings have won many awards over the years, is having a one-man show at the Lee Gallery in Alexandria.

The RAPPs were up for a weekend from Norfolk. Barney is very pleased skippering USS RANKIN.

I am very happy to pass on the following note from Danny FREEMAN: "I completed all requirements for a Master's Degree at George Washington University (own money, own time) on 15 July, and retired on 1 Aug. I am working with Raytheon in the Missile Systems Division.

Having been in the guided missile program from 1951 to 1960, it is a real pleasure to be back in the program again. I shall leave out the commercial about the company (Raytheon) for whom 1 work and simply say I like it.

We have leased a house at 81 Sudbury Rd., Concord, Mass. It is a monstrous old New England house and a real pleasure for all of us.

Concord has a small town atmosphere, but Boston is close enough to be readily accessible. For the benefit of anyone who might have worked in Washington, rush hours up here are really tough.

I sometimes see as many as 8 or 10 cars on my way to work. They tell me that the winters here are rough, however I have a suspicion that most of the drivers have learned by now how to cope with snow on the roads. Moreover the extra delay getting to and from work shouldn't be too unbearable—so it's 15 minutes instead of 10 minutes.

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Class Sec'y, Mr. D. V. Ness 1331 Barger Dr., Falls Church, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. James C. Van Pelt, SC. USN, 2428 North Potomac St. Arlington, Va.

Danny and Sunie HERLONG entertained all available Washington area classmates at an ArmyNavy game TV viewing at their home on the day of the big game. Although it is reported that the group enjoyed the first half, many had to drown their sorrows in demon rum during the second half. The following classmates, most accompanied by wives, attended: Collins, Sheffer, Bennett, Dupre, Holt, Prestwich, Christman, Godfrey Dyar, Holbrook, Stockton, Flannery, Morris, Crutchfield, Kiser, Przystas, Barrow, Turner, Livingston, Buder, Foss, Miller, Whidden and Harkins.

Those of us who were swpid enough to go to the game and sit in those fine seats we now rate after 21 years, wish we had stayed in Washington and enjoyed the Herlongs' hospitality.

Randy King reports he enjoyed Al STICKLES' hospitality at luncheon aboard the USS NITRO at Athens, in October. Al is the CO. Classmates on the staff of CinCUSNavEur include Russ Blalack, Pat Grosskopf, Ed Biddle, Hank Cuder and Bill Payne.

Urey PATRICK has been named administrator of the Naval Warfare Analysis Group of ihe Center for Naval Analysis, Franklin Institute.

Spike and Pat TURNER have bought a beautiful inn at Grand Lake, Col. The name of their place is Lone Pine Lodge and they go into business as proprietors this January. Spike promised all '44ers rates at 50% of standard and enthusiastically described his new venture at the Washington, D. C. chapter luncheon in December.

Such phrases as, "West Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park," "magnificent mountain scenery," "family sports," "lakeside view," and "every modern comfort" came out in his conversation. If this sounds like a commercial, I'm sorry, but the picmre postal cards he passed out looked great. Besides, who can ignore a 50% rate reduction.' Good luck. Spike, and keep in touch.

As I said, we do really have a monstrous house here, and we would enjoy hearing from anyone in the vicinity. The phone number is EM 9-9171.

Give my regards to all—Dan."

The December luncheon of the Washington area chapter of '44ers was well attended with 24 classmates present. Chapter president Ed Mallick announced that election of officers for 1965 would be held at the January luncheon, with results to be announced in the February issue. Luncheons are held monthly on the first Thursday at 1200 at the Gun Club. Y'all come!

Bob KITT advises he is enroute from Com Seventh Fleet staff to San Diego where he will relieve as ComDesDiv 12 in early January '65.

How about some of you unheard from "recent retireds" dropping me a note so we can all be up to date on who's doing what.'

Ruth Ann Harkins, daughter of Jack and Jane Harkins, was married in Quantico, Va., to 2nd Lt. Donald Davis, USMCR on 19 Dec. Two of

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the bridesmaids were Cathy and Debbie Godfrey, daughters of Jack and Helen Godfrey.

Shuford SWIFT is the executive officer, NavPhibBase, Coronado, Calif. Jerry ASHCROFT is on duty at NavPhib School, Ckjronado. He recently returned from Saigon where he was awarded the Vietnamese Medal of Honor. Congratulations, Jerry.

Russ BLALACK, command and control requirements officer. Staff, CinCUSNavEur, advises his address is 7 N. Audley St., London W l , England. Phone MA-49222, ext. 7424.

Bill GRANT retired 1 Jan. and is establishing a law office in Oakland, Md. Bill and Cile plan a six weeks Mediterranean holiday trip before he hangs out his shingle. Also retiring 1 Jan. was Fred STOUT, who is locating in the Washington, D. C. area.

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Sec'y. Cdr. A. R. Olsen, Jr., USN 5806 N. 19th St. Arlington, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. John B. Haines USN 6441 Hibbling Ave. Springfield, Va.

What a beautiful, smooth ocean! The FORRESTAL's wake was visible to the horizon—but this was Thanksgiving! It was an impressive view of potential might, this mighty carrier, with all aircraft alert but parked, and with 4 airmen playing football on the flight deck (one in his bare feet). A pause in the middle of an exercise, to observe the American holiday. Bill Chaires as exec, Jerry Johnson operations, and Bud Nance, CAG were the '45 representatives aboard —and effective men of authority. It is refreshing to see classmates in action, each respecting the position and responsibilities of the other. Congratulations, gentlemen.

of our carrier Navy at its best. Machine-gun and rocket strafing, with conventional bombs and napalm as a follow up, loft delivery of a dummy nuclear shape, precision flying and bombing, side-winders, photo bombs, and intercept tactics of the fighters. For you civilians, you may be able to go aboard for such a demonstration as a representative of the Navy League and guest of SecNav. It is worth a try.

John DUFF, Torrance, Cal.: "I guess my name fell through the crack after I resigned in '57.

My main reason for being inactive was living It was good to visit with those good destroyerin Milwaukee and having litde to do with the men at the annual Bethesda affair. Some of the Navy, except Naval Reserve. Things should change '45ers present were: Tom and Mary Bush, Al and here in California. A year or so ago I left GenDottie Olsen, Al and Mary Slaff, Ed and Mary eral Motors and came here. I am now with AeroSnyder, John and Ruth Swank, Mark and Jane space Corp.—a non-profit organization providing Tremaine, Bob and Maggie Hogsed. technical advice to the Air Force Space System Command. My specific function is program manORDERS ning manager for a new space guidance system."

Ted Cochrane leaves the KING for work with The Washington chapter will have a "can you Chief of Naval Materiel; hope this tour will be top this" party at the Army-Navy Country Club longer than the last with BuPers, Ted. Lando on 30 Jan. If this is printed before, come with Zech interrupts his sea duty at long last, as he your best girl and latest sea story.

DESTROYER PARTY

departs JOHN ADAMS (Blue) for BuPers. One of

you SSBN COs must have a record for continuous sea duty in command. Don Edge and Bud Nance bid farewell to squadron flying as they leave their Wings for less romantic but necessary skirmishing of the hallowed Pentagon halls. And not under Navy orders but a dramatic shift is Les Buck's new address, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Be sure to stop, whether you want to trade rum or real estate, Les probably has the license.

LETTERS

John PRICE: "I relaxed the entire summer after retirement. But started work in Sept. as math instructor and wrestling coach for Canyon Valley High in Castro Valley, Calif. This looks like a good deal—something for any '45ers who may It takes only a little travel around the Medihave decided to stop moving every several terranean to make one realize the advantages of years. . . ." free access in our travel between states. Customs, "JayKay" LAWRENCE. "Just wanted to tell immigration, monetary systems, and of course you that Pat HANNIFIN came to Flint in Octolanguages, all combine to fashion barriers, the ber, after a nuclear power recruiting mission at absence of which we seldom appreciate here.

There are many things we can learn from Europe, the NROTC at Notre Dame, and did more for but the corollary is also true, and the versa is not the Navy in a few hours than a barrel of admirals. At the Lions Club luncheon his talk on all vice. Suffice to say that the trip was interesting, Polaris missiles and submarines literally held but the bodily adjustments to transoceanic jet those Lions in rapt attention. A somewhat elderly travel are slighdy weird . . . awakening in the member approached me afterwards and said, middle of the night unable to get back to sleep, 'After seeing and hearing that man, I feel a or being alert late into the evening. I'm sure great deal more secure.' Pat then toured General our Polaris sub crews can tell some good air-sea Motors Institute where his intimate knowledge stories about their commuting. of so many varied engineering fields gave the One of the side benefits to the study of carrier dean a pleasure instead of a chore to act as operations in FORRESTAL was witnessing the fire escort. That evening, Pat showed a film and gave power demonstration by the Air Group. Although a talk at GMI. After an hour-long question many of you have seen them, those of you who period which he had to interrupt, Pat visited the have not have missed a true view of a sampling local Naval Reserve surface division and spoke briefly at quarters for dismissal. I understand several of those men are now hot for the nuclear program. He made friends from high to low and 1965 comments are still coming in on his visit here.

REGISTER OF A L U M N I In the 20-year-after book where I list classmates I've been bragging about, add Pat Hannifin."

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Roy RYAN: "After resigning from the Navy in 1947, 1 returned to Evansville and entered our family construction business. Since my father's death, I have continued in business alone and now operate the Ryan Contracting Co., which does marine and heavy construction work in the midwestern states. Mary and I live in Newburgh, Ind., near Evansville, on a hilltop overlooking the Ohio River. We would be very pleased to hear from and be visited by any classmates who may be coming through our area. In January, 1963, I had the pleasure of attending the commissioning of the USS THOMAS JEFFERSON, skip-

pered in the blue crew by Chuck PRIEST."

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a half I have not had the family together at one time and one place. Steve has been in the Naval -Academy, and Molly, the oldest girl, off at school when I have been home from the Polaris patrols.

The best I can do is a single of some, with a group shot of the others. I wasn't home this summer, last Christmas, nor will I be here this coming Christmas when school vacation comes."

Bob McDEVITT: "I've resigned from Martin and plan to continue living and working in York.

Since I've commuted so long to work, I plan to commute to the class luncheons as often as possible."

Pat H.\NN1FIN (CO LAFAYETTE): "Sorry about the family picture—for the last year and

CONGRATULATIONS

Bill and Ginny CAMPBELL for the congeniality, exhuberance, and plain hard work contributed to making the night of the Army-Navy game so enjoyable to so many. About 65 stopped by, and a baker's dozen couples stayed for dinner.

RETIREMENT

George Hecker and Frank Kleber joined the majority on 1 Nov. Welcome, and may that green grass remain green.

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Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 300 2nd St., Coronado, Calif. 9218 Anniversary Corr., Cdr. A. P. Kulik, USN 1271 N. Van Dorn St. Alexandria, Va. 22304

The move from Alameda to Coronado was accomplished most painlessly and things were going so well that I was just sure something had to foul up before the move was completed.

Thanks to wives of classmates, especially Fil Irvine and Dorrie Pearson, who were on the lookout for rentals, we arrived in Coronado Friday afternoon, rented a house before dark and moved in the following Sunday. People tell us this is pretty unusual in Coronado. Also, we have already organized a '46 cocktail part>' for this coming Friday so you see we haven't been idle!

NORFOLK

'46 wives held a coffee 29 Oct. at the home of Nancy Tisdale with the following attending: "B. G." Ashley, Lani Bayly, Mary Alice Cummings, Mary Fuller, Marge (Gardner) McMahon, Molly Kephart, Corny Monthan, Helen Cantwell, Ann Hall, Liz Wagner, Bernie Junod, Lynn Lessman, Pam Viele, Mary Ray, Bee Duberg, Mary Clifton, Mallie Barlow and Nancy Tisdale. Plans were made for another coffe on 11 Dec. and a party in Jan. (Jane Ledbetter).

Jerry HENDERSON commissioned USS BELMONT on 2 NOV. at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Light and Matt proceeded independentiy to Norfolk and Jerry says "if everything proceeds on schedule, we'll leave Bremerton in early Dec. and make it to Norfolk, our homeport, by Christmas."

Heard from Bruce ALTHOFF in September saying that he is "Back in Washington for the fourth time—three of which have been for language school, Russian, French and now Polish at the Foreign Service Institute. My orders to Naval War College were cancelled and we're on our way to Warsaw as Naval Attache after about a year here for language and other training."

Things you don't know about classmates until you read it in the paper! According to a clipping from the Washington Post of 26 Aug. 1964, sent to me by Bruce Althoff, Andy LEMESHEWSKY is a champion speedboat racer. He stepped into a racing boat—a 280-inch hydroplane—for the first rime last year, won the 1963 national high point championship and later was elected to the S H I P iW A T E

CLASS OF 1946 20TH ANNIVERSARY STEERING COMMITTEE. Charting the plans for the big 20th anniversary year celebrations, which include a grand ball in Washington during weekend festivities 4-6 June, homecoming weekend at Annapolis in October and the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia in November, is the steering committee composed of (seated) Swede Hansen (Chairman), Harry Watson (Co-Chalrman), and (standing) Don Iselin, Al Kulik, Harry Farmer and Don Heberling.

Absent from the photograph but on the committee is John Collins.

Marine Hall of Fame. According to the clipping, Andy became involved in the sport after Andy, Jr., won the Soap Box Derby in Norfolk in 1962.

Apparendy, he met some boat enthusiasts at the races who gave him the fever. Haven't heard how Andy made out at the Capitol Power Boat Regatta on the Potomac River in August.

As previously stated, I'm cutting the "dope" short in the next several issues in order to make room for information concerning plans for the Twentieth Anniversary. Help pass the word!

"DAISY"

THIS IS OUR YEAR! And it's going to be a big one! The wheels are in motion and we are gaining momentum!

Accompanying this column is a photograph of the 20th Anniversary Committee. With the help of classmates and wives principally in the Washington area, this Committee will chart the course for the weekend of 4-6 June. Additionally, this committee will help coordinate the plans for homecoming and the Army-Navy game.

Daisy tells me that the Alumni Chapter organization isn't all I had hoped it to be. There is no up-to-date list of '46 Alumni Chapters and many areas are not that formally organized. So to recoup the steam I had hoped to build up through area organization, would you drop me a postcard or letter with the name and address of the chapter president, or, if you are not so organized, with your own name as a point of contact to help disseminate class anniversary information in your area.? I will build up a file of class area contacts and feed it back to Daisy to help bring his records up to date.

With the Christmas card exchange over, I am sure we can not only bring Daisy's addresses up to date but locate some of our classmates that haven't been heard from for quite some time.

But we will need your help. So do drop either Daisy or me a line.

The anniversary committee met with Julian LeBourgeois who headed up the class of '45 anniversary committee. Julian gave us a run-down on the problems '45 ran into, how they handled them and how their celebration turned out. The committee appreciated this background and although acknowledging the first rate affair '45 had, vowed to make ours even better.

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Effy FIELDS is already on the bandwagon.

He called in to the committee with the good news that '46 has 50 rooms reserved for homecoming 8 and 9 Oct. 1965 at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, U. S. Route 301, Revell Highway, Annapolis, Md. 21404. Included in the 50 rooms are rooms with 1 double bed, 2 twin beds and 2 double beds. The rates will be set next spring but are currently $14-116 for 2-person occupancy.

These will go on a first come first served basis and will be held for '46 until 1 Sept. 1965. So make your reservations early (indicating you are class of 1946) direct to the Motor Lodge, Attention: Mr. A. R. Arnett.

Now let's get everyone else on the bandwagon.

In order to make our 20th the successful anniversary our committee has planned, we need the cooperation of all classmates and their wives. The monumental task facing us is contacting all classmates, so project your enthusiasm for this project far and near and let's make this anniversary a truly memorable occasion.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Jack M. Stevens, USN 36 Lafayette Dr. East Greenwich, R. I. 62818

And another short copy is sent from the Western Mediterranean. WASP is almost homeward bound and our all-expense paid cruise is drawing to a close. The cruise did permit a couple of visits with long-lost classmates, however. On a quick trip to Paris I had a fine evening with -Mildred and Ollie LOPER. Widi daughter. Shannon, and son, Larry, they are living on the economy while Ollie slaves away with SHAPE. Since we were in the same company and had not seen each other for numerous years there was much bantering back and forth regarding the "old days." Mildred and Ollie are cordial hosts and encourage any stray classmates to look them up when in the area.

In Naples I found George FOWLER and Bill OLLER both Cdr, Supply Corps types and obviously in complete charge of NATO activities in the area. Again a most sincere invitation was extended to all visitors. Understand Ken COLE was also tied up in Naples in NORRIS but our

liberty schedules must have conflicted plus the old "liberty but no boats" situation and I missed seeing Ken. Ernie slipped me a note he received recendy from Walt JOHNSON confirming the fact that he is a sales engineer with Goodyear Aerospace Corp. in Akron (Zip 44315). Other than that the mail bag has been empty plus no one on the ship has received a Shipmate in several months so we are sort of in the dark.

It will be too late for Christmas cards but here are a few more names and addresses from the deep dark past: Vernon M. DUPY reports in as regional manager, Gulf and Western Industries, with his wife and two kiddies lives at 10050 S.W. 63rd Ave., Miami, Fla. Don ERICKSON, Jr. (Florence plus three) is a building contractor in DuBois, Pa. and lives at 310 E. Sheridan in that city.

Robert P. FLETCHER, III (Nancy plus three boys) is a manufacturing executive and resides at 244 Churchill, Nordifield, 111.

David L. GARDNER (Anne plus five) reports he has been a civilian since 1953 and is secretary of Public Utility, Laclede Gas Co. of St. Louis and is living at 110 Pointer Lane, St. Louis 24, Mo. J. D. GLECKLER (Sara Lee plus four) is now an industrial engineer with Procter and Gamble and makes his home at 217 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Allen F. MAXFIELD (Marjorie plus three) is presendy working with the Testing Laboratory of the U. S. Testing Co. in Hoboken. They are living at 136 Winslow Terrace, Glen Rock, N. J. Edward J. McCORMACK, Jr. (Emily plus two) is an attorney in Boston and sends his home address as 1110 Morton St., Dorchester, Mass.

The old mailbag brought a couple of very nice letters this month which just sneaked in ahead of deadline. The first is from Cdr. John JOHNSTON who writes from 349 D Ave., Coronado, Calif. John has just been relieved as CO VAH10 at Whidbey and has reported to ORISKANY as Asst. Air Boss. He reports that he and Virginia and the children (two girls according to my records) are all setded and enjoying Southern 43

California after two years of wind, rain, and clouds at Whidbey. He adds: "I am sure there are many classmates in the area, but so far have only run into a few. Saw Stu MURRAY for a few minutes Halloween night at the Coronado Carnival and met Jim STOCKDALE at church.

Also Mike LARKIN, very recendy a civilian, was aboard ORISKANY for several days as a member of the Stanwyk Corp. team doing a bit of design research. Jarl DIFFENDORFER was aboard as CO VA-163."

Also received a newsy report from Paul MILLER who reports that he resigned in 1957 and went into the business world. He went into the business world with a computer organization in La Jolla, Calif. Paul is now general manager of Control Data Corporation's Control Systems Division with offices at 4455 Miramar Rd., La Jolla. Paul, that is sure impressive and I'll bet we would not have had as much trouble selling those 74,000 Christmas cards with your group to help. Paul writes: "Last month I had dinner with Don LUTKEN and his wife, Melissa, in Jackson, Miss. It was wonderful to see them both.

Except for Lutken's cigars neither of them has changed in the 18 years that have gone by. My wife and I had dinner several weeks ago with J. D. and Gloria La Haye. As J. D. always said, 'we never had it so good.' He is skipper of VF-IU. Also last month, I had dinner with Wayne and Rosemary WARLICK in Houston. Wayne is with IBM, as is Emil MEISEL. Meis and Harriett vacationed in San Diego last summer and we had a good visit with them. Other classmates I have seen in the last year include Sam Linder, Ed Case, Jerry Lenihan, Bill Porter, Joe Evans, and Dave Toll. The Lutkens, La Hayes and ourselves were thinking of a litde get-together for the glory of '47. Those interested, particularly 8th Co. comrades, are invited to send their addresses to me. It will probably be somewhere between New Orleans and San Francisco because that is where the three of us are planning. Best regards to all. Paul."

That is what it takes to start the old ball rolling. A couple of nice, thoughtful letters like that each month and my job will be a breeze.

Thank you ever so much John and Paul for answering the plea. And that is about it from this corner. JACK. WASHINGTON AREA NEWS From all appearances, '47 was well represented at the Army game. Since the outcome is history, no post-mortem is in order! Your correspondent could not get all the names to go with the many familiar faces, but there was considerable effort to log the addresses of all who attended and could be reached, especially our civilian classmates.

After the game there was a warm and friendly cocktail party at the Princeton Club under the auspices of the '47 members of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter. Our hosts and hostesses were especially gracious and their hospitality was much appreciated by all their guests.

Classmates at the party were: Jim and Vi Dickson, Mickey and Jack Sullivan, Bren and Nita White, Bob and Bobbie Barker, "Moose" and Jane Longmuir, Clem and Evelyn Clement, Dianne and Howard Unangst, Bob and Rosemary Enright, Jeep and Pat Donaldson, Jean and Joe Cross, Paul and Martha Fitzgerald, "Cab" and Maggie Callaway, "Bo" and Betty Heininger, Bob and Pat McDougal, Rufus and Mary Sadler, Bill and Terry Ridgway, Karl and Betty Portz, Norm and Babs Finch, and Ed French.

The December luncheon was held at the Navy Yard Officers' Club, Washington, on 2 Dec. On the roster for the day were: Callaway, Holfield, Bryan, Toohill, Urban, Atkinson, Groover, Bill Johnson, Jack Fisher, Gary, Haizlip, Crane, Donaldson, Updike, Stu Evans, March, Heininger, Clement, Day, Jim Hill, Marmet, Tom Williams, Yeatman, Becken, Gokey and French.

We were especially happy to welcome Stan GARY who finally arrived from Sandia. He and

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Marie are now setded in Springfield, Va., with Stan on duty at BuWeps. Marwood "Clem" CLEMENT visited with us at the luncheon just prior to enplaning for home (UNIVACâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;St. Paul). After lunch, "Cab" CALLAWAY gave a review of his inquiries into the 20-year-party arrangements of both '45 and '46. Much of what he unearthed will be of real use to us here when we do get organized for our 20-year arrangements. Unfortunately Cab will not be with us as he has orders to sea duty. He will have command of USS TURNER this spring.

W. R. "Bob" and Peggy HARTMAN announce the birth of their sixth child, fifth boy: Randall Curtis Hartman, born 27 Nov. at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda.

As my train stopped in the Wilmington, Del station the other day, I spotted a Wilson Lines steamer moored nearby in the river. She had a fresh coat of paint and shone like a proud lady.

Emblazoned on her bow in freshly painted letters was her name: SS BAY BELLE! Friends, if you think you're too old and worldly wise to be nostalgic, try that exercise just one time!

Regards, "JEEP"

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Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. R. A. Hoffman, USN MOQ 92 OB, NATC, Patuxent River, Md. EAST COAST Sec'y. LCdr. Robert W. Hanby, USN 20 Moore Ave., Brunswick, Maine

In relieving Ray LOCHNER as corresponding secretary, I feel the first order of business is to extend to Ray the thanks and appreciation of the whole class for his work. For many years he has kept the column alive with very litde assistance or even cooperation from most of us (including me). As we grow older and our duties and jobs become more responsible and interesting, I feel interest in the class column will increase.

If we are able to expand its coverage and news, keeping alive the friendships we started some 20 years ago, we will owe a great deal of what success we have to Ray. He will remain our man in Annapolis for those fine homecoming parties.

Since Ray and I have not been able to make personal contact, I do not have access to the class files. Therefore, for the first edition or so, the format of the column will necessarily be in the first person singular. I will be more than happy to cease the egotistical style as soon as you start feeding me the news.

One more policy itemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I, for one, have enjoyed the " '49er of the Month" technique used by our adjacent class. I would like to start something similar, but with a few differences. I would like the biographies in the first person, accompanied by not only a recent photo, but a midshipman or ensign picture as well (photos will be returned if requested). Sort of a "Then and Now" technique. Since I will have to write the next column before you read this one, I will probably start with myself as a sample. I solicit your biographies and/or comments.

Now for what news I have.

Mary Lou and I took a short trip to Europe via space available in October. After a five-day wait in McGuire we got a TWA MATS charter jet to Madrid. Our wait at McGuire included a wonderful weekend with Rich and Hettie HAWVERMALE. Rich is the director of the engine laboratory at Philadelphia and lives on base. Bill HARKINS is director of the structures laboratory. We spent four fascinating days in Madrid and caught a C-130 to Paris where we were shown the sights by a PG classmate, Don Fraasa '50 and his wife Bev. Took the boattrain to London, then on to Prestwick, Scoriand to catch a plane home. Space available travel can be pretty exasperating, but we would do it again!

After our return, I took off for Norfolk to start the schools necessary for my new job as XO of VP-8. The school, Breezy Point and visiting classmates and friends are hard on an old

man, but I did pick up a lot of news. Had a fine visit with Chuck and Nan ROCKCASTLE. Chuck takes over VS-27 in January and reports Norm GREEN is CO, VS-24 and Jim GAMMON is prospective CO, VS-36. Guy BUCK and Andy YATES are on AirLant staff and Hal SMITH is a staffer for ComOpTevFor. Jack RYDER is supply officer, USS INTREPID. After recovering from Rocky's hospitality, I visited Ben and Alice GOODMAN. Ben is communications officer in BOXER, although expecting orders shortly. I hit Wink and Pat WINKLER next, where I enjoyed some SACLant libations.

They provided me with a partial listing of Army game attendees: Winkler, Hawvermale, Alford, Bacon, MacDonald, Herb Green, Park, Robbins, Anderson, Pritchard, Doxey, Curl and Gorder.

I plan to descend upon more of the 30 or so classmates we have in the Norfolk area, so should have more news next month.

Ray passed on that the CHAPMANs announced the arrival of John Alden III on 7 Nov. Congratulations. Mary Lou and I have enjoyed our "grandson" as we call our latest, and I'm sure John Alden will bring joy to the Chapman house.

This ends my initial effort at providing you a column. Start the dope flowing this way!!

DICK

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Sec'y, Cdr. J. H. Demyttenaere, USN P. O. Box 2651 Washington, D. C. 20013 FORTY-NINER OF THE IHONTH

WILLIAM J. NORRIS '49 After graduation Bill became a destroyer sailor serving his first tour in USS HYMAN and then in USS OWENS, specializing in various ensign type jobs. He applied for and was selected to attend the Naval Construction and Engineering Course at MIT in 1951. In Boston, Bill met and married the former Beverly H. Mason of Worcester, Mass.

Upon graduation from MIT he was designated EDO and assigned to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a two-year tour working on the waterfront as ship superintendent and docking officer. The Long Beach tour was followed by two years in Japan at the Ship Repair Facility, Yokosuka, with jobs in the planning department and again as docking officer. In May 1958 Bill reported aboard the USS WASP in the Mediterranean for a tour as main propulsion assistant.

After the WASP, he journeyed to the Bureau of Ships and served two years in the preliminary design branch before moving across the river to SHIPMATE

'49 DINNER-DANCE AT THE ARMY-NAVY CLUB PEOPLE O N THE GO

OpNav. Since reporting to the Office of the CNO, he has had a year and a half in the Development Programs Division and one year in the Strategic Plans Division. Bill, Bev, Mark 10, Gregory 6, and Perry Ann 2 live at 5901 Anniston Rd., Bethesda, Md. WASHINGTON

Our roving reporter Fred BAUR dropped in to pass on the good news that Ken BOTT has been elected a vice president at the First National City Bank in New York and also that Jack CARTWRIGHT has been elected a vice president at Studebaker. Robert J. GILLILAND was presented the Iven C. Kincheloe award by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots on 26 Sept. in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. The award is presented annually to the nation's outstanding test pilot. Bob received the award for his experimental flight test work on the A-11 aircraft.

NEWS

Bill DOTSON was elected to the executive committee during the class luncheon at O'Donnell's on 2 Dec. to replace Steve Krause who will depart Washington soon for a tour at Jacksonville.

The holiday season got off to a good start with the Washington area '49er dinner-dance at the Army-Navy Town Club on 12 Dec. Those attending were: Bill and Kathy Dotson, Al and Bobby Jenks, Ace and Mickey Boughton, John and Jackie Gardand, Steve and Rita Krause, Ray Chote who was in town for a few days on business, Harry and Alice Morgan, Warren and Allie Vosseler, Gene and Carol Speckart, Byron and Jackie Bartholomew, John and Flo Barrow, Demy and Jean Demyttenaere, Harry and Catherine Train, the Rev. Robert Farley, S.J., who is taking graduate work at Catholic University prior to going to Milwaukee to teach; Tom and Joan Gill, and Jack and Rose Marie Benoit. The decorations were done by Rose Marie Benoit and were superb to say the least.

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My apologies for no article last month. I am afraid that the deadline passed by me.

AROUND THE WORLD

ANNOUNCEiVIENT

Ted and Jan ANNENBERG proudly announced the birth of Mathew Douglas on 9 Dec. J A N U A R Y ,

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Sec'y, LCdr. C. R. Watts, Jr., USN 836-A 31st St., S., Arlington, Va. 22202

Photo hy 1-irst Nat'l. City Bank, N. Y. KENNETH A. BOTT 'A<>

Bulletin from J. MILLERâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^I am sure you will be happy to hear that my wife Arlene and I had a new daughter, Barbara Ellen, on 5 Nov., just in time to qualify as a much needed tax deduction. She is our first child and we both have fallen into the typical pattern of worrying about every cry while watching with amazement her rapid development and growth. Up to the time Barbara Ellen was born my life was pretty routine. Those prognasticators who said that 45

"your life wLU never be the same after the baby comes" were correct. Although I've learned at 3 A.M. that being a proud father means more than just passing out cigars, I find the experience makes life more meaningful.

From Fox-Mathis Hollywood—Charles D. McINTOSH has become a partner in the Hollywood ad/marketing firm of Fox-Mathis. Mac says the agency is unique because it caters especially to the Southern California technical/aerospace industry. The principals are all degreed engineers, with overlays of technical sales experience, business, management, and advertising experience.

Market research, supporting services and advertising are offered.

Mac also writes that Chuck GANGLOFF, now a true high-level executive at Autonetics in Anaheim, Calif., is a few weeks away from adding an attorney's license to his MBA from the Harvard Business School. Chuck also dabbles in real estate successfully.

Also at Autonetics, as a patent lawyer, is Ton\ FERNANDEZ. Tony, who used to rave about the paradise of New Mexico, now admits he's hooked on Southern California "probably for the rest of my life."

Ralph GILBERT recently arrived in the Los Angeles area, and is looking to settle down here.

Mac would like to hear from other new arrivals.

Telephone 213 H O 4-8354.

Reg ROWLEY has reported his arrival in Annapolis as an Engineering Department instructor.

W A S H I N G T O N AREA

Just a reminder, the second Wednesday of the month join the Happy Hour Rendezvous at the Gun Factory Officers' Club—1730 to —!

On 14 Jan. the local class contingent met for the first of many pleasant formal affairs. A formal dinner with VAdm. Smedberg as guest speaker will be held at the Bethesda Officers' Club.

For details of this dinner and future affairs contact LCdr. George YEAGER, USN, 12103 Flint Lane, Bowie, Md. (phone 301 464-1395).

As an extra added attraction Sam GINDER and Fred GAMBKE are planning a gourmet wine-tasting party in February. The details of this affair will be announced later.

FOOTBALL

From Newport, R. I.: LCdr. William (Billy) EARL, commanding officer of the radar picket destroyer CALCATERRA, based here, not only leads his men through the simulated batdefield of ship's operations, he also leads them on the gridiron batdefield.

The skipper is CALCATERRA'S football quarterback.

1965 REGISTER OF A L U M N I The new 1965 REGISTER will be available for distribution by 1 February $4.00 plus postage ($1.25 west of Miss.; 75^ east of Miss.)

Enclosed is $ Please send 1965 REGISTER to:

Mail to: ALUMNI HOUSE Annapolis, Md. 46

CLASS OF '52 GRADUATES of the Naval War College on 18 June were Bob Bell, D. Davison, Jack O'Donnell, Jean Fitts, Bob Hill, Bill Fisher, Dick Smith, Jim Smith, Ace Lyons, Jack Blackwood, F. C. Johnson, John Longford and Dave May. Missing from the picture were Jim Woolway, Moose Tetreault and Frank Hannegan.

Under his leadership, CALCATERRA copped the Adantic Cruiser-Destroyer League touch football championship by defeating the Newport destroyer GLENNON, 40-2. This completed a winning streak in which the CALCATERRA gridders went undefeated for the entire 11-game season.

Earl led his team to victories over the destroyers MoALE, GAINARD, W . A . L E E , HAMMERBURG, DIXON, CAMP, LESTER and GLENNON and also defeated tenders ARCADIA and CASCADE and the

CruDesLant Staff eleven.

Against GLENNON, Earl threw six touchdown passes and four extra points. GLENNON'S score came on a hard rush which caught Earl behind his own goal for a safety.

This is the most gratifying football press release Navy has had this year. Despite the gloom surrounding this year's season, '51 was well represented in the stands and around the TV.

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Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. E. M. Avallone, USN Eneineerins Department U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Md. 21402

It is with deep regret that I announce that Thomas N. BAKKE was killed in an airplane crash on 10 Dec. Tom was taking off at Patrick Air Force Base in a B-57 when he lost an engine.

He was only about fifty feet off the ground and hadn't cleared the field. With only one engine he was unable to control the aircraft. One wing hit the ground and it began cart wheeling.

Tom is survived by his wife and five children.

He will certainly be missed by his classmates.

Those of us who had the pleasure of knowing him couldn't help but admire and respect him.

This death brings the total of deceased classmates to 46. A memorial chair has been purchased for Tom by the class. It is seat 18 in row 1 of section 4 at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

LCdr. Frederick M. FLEEMAN has been assigned to the Science Department, USNA, where he is teaching physics. He came from the USS NANTANALA out of Norfolk and prior to that had been on the west coast. Fred, his wife Ellen and their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Caroline are in quarters at Perry Circle.

I received a note from M. A. ARNHEITER who is XO of the USS INGERSOLL. He writes that he ran across Capt. G. W. Rahill, USN, who was a company officer in our days at USNA. Heard also from Marilyn POHLMAN who reports that she and Jack are now living in Shamrock, Tex. "In August Jack went to work for United Carbon Co. as plant engineer at the

Shamrock plant. If anyone is up in the Texas panhandle area look us up at 404 S. Wall St., Shamrock."

Heard from Gene FITTS again when he sent me the negative for the June '64 class '52 graduates of the Naval War College at Newport, R. I. Thanks Gene!

Heard also from Al MASON who reports that he is living in New York. ". . . Just a note to let you know that I'm upset with the fiasco in Philadelphia (ArmyNavy game). In addition to paying $8.50 for a ticket, I was also unfortunate enough to give away five points realizing a profit of minus | 2 5 . We had a baby daughter, Linda, in June.

She looks like me only with hair. . . ."

Al is working at the U. S. Navy Ship's Store Office in Brooklyn and living at 105 Kelvin Ave., Staten Island, N. Y. Ron CAMPBELL sent in a letter from Idaho Falls: "Just a note to let you know a few from '52 are here at Idaho Falls in the Nuclear Power Program. In addition to Ron there are Larry Valade and Larry Layman who are in class 64-2 which will graduate in May 1965. It's a lot of work but very interesting and quite challenging."

We are all happy to see so much class news coming out these days.

Remember fellows I report what you send me so keep the news coming.

On Thanksgiving Day Red STEIN was married to Miss Lonnie Milburn. The reception was held at the Gun Factory O-Club with a Hawaiian motif. A roasted pig and a large cooked fish dominated the food table. '52 was well represented also. Phil Case came up with his wife from Norfolk for the affair. Phil is stationed at the Naval Shipyard as the Submarine Type desk officer. Ace Lyons and his wife were there also.

Ace is at OpNav. Gene Avallone and Nancy came in from Annapolis. Bill Hippie who is stationed at OpNav was there also. Tom Weller and his wife came down from Philadelphia. Tom is on the 4 Naval District Staff.

Some new addresses which came in are: John W. Jeffries 1592 Lexington Ave. San Mateo, Calif. 94402 LCdr. Glen W. Lennox, USN VF-33 c/o FPO, New York, N . Y. LCdr. Grady H. Roby, USN 77 Suffolk Dr. N. Kingstown, R. I. Keep the news coming fellows!

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Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. C. E. Mnmford, USN Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md.

SPECIAL ORDER OF DEDICATION

From Hurlburt Field, Fla. comes official word that the Special Air Warfare Center dedicated Hurlburt's streets in "the memory of the gallant Air Commandos who died while serving in the Republic of Vietnam."

A command review with more than 1000 officers and airmen and a fly-by of four Douglas A-IE Skyraiders highlighted the ceremony. Fortyseven relatives of the Commandos were in the audience that viewed the parade and heard the special order of dedication.

The streets which were renamed for those lost included the fohn H. McClean, named in remembrance of Capt. John Howard McClean, USAF '53, w h o died 16 Aug. '63.

winding up an eight-month (with extensions) deployment in WestPac. Upon arriving in San Diego on 15 Dec. we will have been at sea for 80% of our deployment which must be a dubious record of some kind for WestPac carriers . . . the Med was never like this!

HERE A N D THERE

Just in case your dog sled goes astray and you wind up in Minot, N. D. you can seek refuge at die igloo of Dave HOWELL. Address 148-2 Coral Court, Minot AFB, North Dakota. Phone PA 7-3985. He states "The spring, summer and fall seasons are quite nice but that winter wind leaves one breathless. I don't recommend this area as a winter vacation haven."

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waddell announce the marriage of their daughter, Lorah Sue, to LCdr. Robert J. SKERRETT, USN, on Monday, 26 Oct. at Milford, N. H. Lorah and Bob are now residing at 300 Park Terrace Dr., Melrose, Mass.

A N N A P O L I S AREA

HUMOR CORNER

Here at USNA we still have a few classmates and I owe you a report on the members present.

I am the only one assigned to the Executive Dept.

Will HAYS and George APTED are in the Weapons Dept.; Chuck SIEBER and Keith NELSON are in Engineering; Art CORNELL in Naval Science; Dick COWLING, Denver EDDY and Bill ALBERS in Science; and Joe THOMAS is assigned to the Supt's. office. Other classmates on active duty living in the area are Roy GIROD (who has volunteered to be your new corr. secy), Tom PARKER, and Bob UMBERGER. Civilian classmates living in the area are Gayle STUCKER and Hel HILLER.

As a sidelight to homecoming this year one of our quick thinking classmates "scored" while driving to the reception on Friday night. The bumper to bumper traffic was bad enough but as he entered Gate ^ 1 he was asked "What class?" and when he answered " 5 3 " he was told "Park on Farragut Field." At the next intersection he was again asked "What class?" and he again answered " 5 3 " and was again told to park on Farragut Field. While still passing the Field House on the way to Farragut Field he was again asked "What class?" and when he quickly answered " 4 5 " (Look Alive was celebrating their 20th), he was very smartiy escorted to a convenient parking space v/ith a "Park right here, SIR." Upon hearing this story I was going to place him on report—but alas—he is a civilian and can't be touched.

MORE O N THE 19TH C O . NEWSLETTER

My brief reference to the 19th Co. Newsletter invited reply and I got some. First allow me to congratulate the ol' 19th on their ability to keep track of so many of their former group. My reference to some "dirty fink" was borrowed from the note attached to the copy I received and was not intended to offend anyone. Please accept my sincere apology for that indiscretion. Actually this newsletter, published about once each year, complements the class column nicely and serves as a summary of annual news from each classmate in much more detail than this column would permit. I can't help but wonder just how many other former groups are still in contact as well as you are.

Dick and Dottie SCHWENZ had a small gettogether for the Boston area 19th Co. mates last September. Bob and Peggy BICKNELL, Frank and Jean MORELLI, Joe and Lisa BORNSTEIN, and Leo and Jan BRACHTENBACH attended.

Dick and Bob are both at the MIT/Instruinentation Laboratory, in the business office and guidance system development work respectively. Frank has been with Allstate for several years and has just switched his allegiance to MinneapolisHoneywell. Leo is an Air Force Air Science professor at MIT, also working on his Ph.D. in Political Science. Joe is in the Air Force Systems Command at the satellite tracking station in Manchester, N . H .

WEST PAC

There are only two classmates aboard TICONDEROGA, Joe MUKA in the VFP-63 photo detachment and Dave YOUNG as ship's company holding down the assistant Air Ops billet. However, with the big buildup in the South China Sea area as a result of the Tonkin Gulf actions Joe and Dave ran into a batch of classmates: Ted LLOYD is in an A-4 squadron aboard CONSTELLATION, Don WELLS is flying F-4's off RANGER, Chris WOLKE in VAP-61 driving RA-3's, Bill STURGEON in VAH-10 aboard CONSTELLATION, Red McCANNA is flag secretary to ComCarDiv 3 in RANGER, Wally HUTCHINS in a Marine F-4 outfit out of Atsugi, Al MANHARD at MCAS, Iwakuni George HALL flying RF-lOl's out of Saigon, Bob KLEE, XO of a DD, and Bill BENTLEY in VS-29 aboard KEARSARGE. TICO is just J A N U A R Y ,

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possibly name all of them but for instance— D. L. MILLER works in the next office over, Jo BRENDEL was just recendy transferred from here as was Bill HOOVER; J. C. BRICKER is stationed at Vandenberg AFB and gets down here off and on. Do you remember Walt SHUMAN who was with the class for a while? He is a marketing rep. for Philco in our area. Frank ELSBREE is also a civilian and a marketing rep. for Philco but he is up in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Barney GRIESON is a civilian working for Lockheed in Sunnyvale. G. G. (Pete) KOOPS is here at SSD as is Grant DEAN. Lee CHARTAINE is with us. Bill GLOVER and Dave JENKINS are civilians working in the area.

I wouldn't dare try to start naming those from other classes and I'm pretty sure that I've missed some of our class.

It looks as if this place is the Air Force gathering point for Naval Academy graduates.

Be delighted to hear from any classmates in or passing through the area."

Thanks for the word, S. J. It seems you are the only one on the west coast who has pen, paper, stamp and desire occurring simultaneously in real time. How about sending specific addresses for our class locator?

BIOGRAPHY

More humor—While approaching the entrance to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the Navy-Duke game last fall, one of our classmates was observed headed away from the stadium. He had both arms full and was carrying two containers the contents of which was not coffee or tea. When asked where he was going he answered, "Back to the car—they wouldn't let me in with my own liquid refreshments." I never did see him at the game later.

Bob, I'll always wonder if you came back to the game or stayed in your car and turned on the radio!

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Annapolis Rep: LCdr. Terry Sutherland. USN Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md.

RICHARD G. HOLLENBACH '54

WEST COAST

S. J. SHAFFRAN writes: "You know it was over 15 years ago that you and I took the exams for NAPS at NATTC in Millington, Tenn? That seems like a tremendously long time ago. I was reminded of it when reading our class column in Shipmate.

Jane, the two children and I have been here in Los Angeles for over a year now. We came here from George Washington U. where I finished my Master's in Engineering Administration in Aug. 1963. Three of the four of us Air Force types who came out here from there are ex-Navy types as well. The other two are Dane Bannermann '51 and Bill Deale '53.

We are all three assigned to Headquarters, Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command. Now get this: I am an electronics engineer assigned as ground equipment project officer in the Satellite Control Office of the Deputy for Space Test Operations, Space Systems Division.

The office mailing address is: Hq. Space Systems Division (SSOCD), Los Angeles, Calif. 90045.

My home address is: 221 W. Sycamore Ave., El Segundo, Calif. 90245.

We have a great many USNA people out here and a lot of '54ers among them. I couldn't

Dick HOLLENBACH reported to the JAMES C .

OWENS in Norfolk following graduation. He served on board for 29 months and held billets of gunnery and ASW officer. Next, he moved up the road to Yorktown, Va. as XO of the HUMMINGBIRD, as school ship for the Mine Warfare school. May '58 found him in the Persian Gulf beginning a most interesting tour as aide and Flag Sec to CoMidEastFor. CoMidEastFor for the last part of this tour was Adm. Flaherty, father of class and company mate Bob Flaherty.

After 75 days leave (it can be done), he reported into PG school Monterey and after two years, he pocketed his second B.S., this one in engineering electronics.

In August '61 he took command of the QUAPAW in Pearl Harbor. Instead of the usual WesPac tours, the QUAPAW deployed twice to Adak, Alaska. The QUAPAW tour was topped off with the winning of the E the last year and Dick reported into the Science Department at the USNA in July '63. Since then he has been teaching electric circuits and fielding football ticket requests. He expects to move to Newport next summer for the Command and Staff course at the War College.

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Sec'y, Lt. W. G. A. Sympson, USN Dept. of Mathematics, USNA Annapolis, Md.

Paul SUTHERLAND sent in the following about the '55 pineapple people in Pearl Harbor.

"The class of '55 was well represented at Lockwood Hall, Sub Base, Pearl to cheer for the Blue and Gold during the Army-Navy game. Otto Zipf and Tonly Cajka arranged this gathering, starting with breakfast before the kickoff via radio at 0830. Those enjoying themselves despite the losing score were: Marion and Otto Zipf (Shipyard Pearl), Nancy and Savvy Sanders (USS REMORA), Elma and Tony Cajka (Staff ComSubRon 7 ) , Nancy Guille (Les deployed in WAHOO), Mary McDonnell (John deployed in GREENFISH), Alice and Dick Pyne (Marine Air Station, Kaneohe), Kitty and Norm Wallin (Shipyard Pearl), Sandy and Chuck Henry (Marine Air Station, Kaneohe), Kathy and Preston Reynolds (FOCCPAC), Betty and Bill Lavallee (VP 22), George DeLano (Fleet Wea, Central Pearl) and Pat and Paul Sutherland (RADFORD).

Unfortunately some of our number stationed in the area were unable to be with us at the 'game'. . . Denny Sullivan (SARGO), Jim Willis (PLUNGER),

Bill

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(NICHOLAS),

"Finally, after seven years, Babs and I are happy to report the birth of our first child, a daughter, Cathy Ann, born on 16 July and who displaced 8 pounds, 4 ounces.

"Academy graduates are not unique to our litde community of 9,000, McMinnville claims five as their own; three in residence and two on active duty. Of the latter group, Rawleigh Miller '54 has been our most recent visitor.

"To all our classmates we extend a warm and sincere invitation to drop in at our Tennessee abode anytime they are traveling cross-country."

Many have returned their ballot pertaining to the class constitution. Jim TODD made a count of the 126 received and reported almost all in favor of adoption. We would like to complete the tabulation so if you have not mailed your ballot please do so. If you have a chance drop us a note about yourself at the same time.

Jim Todd, by the way, is back at Bethesda for another operation before Christmas. I know you all join us at Annapolis in wishing him a speedy recovery.

News and pictures of class get-togethers make a more interesting article. Be sure to pick someone to mail the information in.

Bill

Greene (SEADRAGON) and Andy Wilkinson (ComBarForPac). Arriving on board TECUMSEH at noon just a litde too late for the game was Jack Renard. TECUMSEH made a brief stop while enroute to Guam.

Sec'y, Capt. E. E. Hansen, USAF P. O. Box 1926 Annapolis, Md. DISTINGUISHED

FLYING CROSS

Bob BLAINE passed through Pearl a few days ago and indicates that he is now stationed at China Lake. Bob and his wife Irene now have two children, Sarah age 2 and Amy born in July '64.

The Sutherlands have been enjoying the past year here in Hawaii. I was relieved as CO of NESPELEN last November and reported

to RAD-

FORD as XO in December. As usual the ship was deployed when I finally caught up to her. Pat and I are presendy living at 755 Murray Dr. and would be happy to hear from any classmates passing through the area. I expect to be here until June when we will move to Monterey for a stint at PG School."

Since you did such a fine job Paul, how about continuing as corresponding secretary for the class of '55 in Pearl?

Dick and Elizabeth GERO report a new exemption, Allison Elizabeth, 6 pounds I ounce, born 10 Nov. The Geros are now located 1603 Harmon St., Norfolk, Va. Leonard and Naomi DUFFY with their four children are presendy at 149-1 Barber's Point Rd., NAS, Alameda, Calif. They are looking forward to their return to the east coast.

At the Army game the class of '55 was rather scattered. One of the new faces was Larry WIGLEY, who is now in the insurance business in Ohio. Charlie ZADD, Al DAWSON and Bill SPANGLER were also there with their lovely wives. Charlie is presently attached to the Sub School in New London. Al is on a submarine in Norfolk and Bill is an east coast MATS pilot.

Tom and Betty CANN were at the game too.

He is presendy attached to NAS, Oceana and living at 2300 Sibley Ct., Virginia Beach, Va. Tom is interested in knowing of any groups interested in purchasing memorial seats at the stadium for departed classmates.

Bernie CARAWAY writes from RFD 4, McMinnville, Tenn.: "Give all '55ers enough time and eventually we will all attempt to contribute something to the column. This is my first.

"Having changed my status to USNR, 7 May 1963, Babs and I and our two dogs departed BuPers (my last duty—submarine desk in the allowance and complements branch) for the Southland, namely, McMinnville. I presendy hold the position of General Manager of Vesco, Inc. (our family business) and I'm busily engaged in setting up our new furniture plant facilities.

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launchings were made v/ith loads ranging from 85,000 lbs. to 121,000 lbs. What is amazing is that he made shipboard trials just 22 days after receiving the plane. The landing procedure included reversing the engines while still airborne in order to remain on the carrier. H e normally stopped the plane within 460 feet with his maximum load.

The objectives of these flights were (1) Determine the optimum pilot technique for takeoff and landing v/ith emphasis placed on sink speed and touchdown dispersion, and (2) obtain enough data from a series of maximum effort landings and takeoffs between 80,000 lbs. and to 120,000 lbs. gross weight to determine realistically the feasibility of taking the aircraft aboard ship.

Objective number one was accomplished on his second flight and objective number two is aviation history. Hats off to Jim Fladey, a great pilot, and all our congratulations from the class of '56.

NEWS OF MONTEREY

Ham BYNG and Tom FREEMAN organized a very fine pre-holiday cocktail party which was held on 5 Dec. in the Trident Room at the Postgraduate School. This was our first class gettogether this year. Among the guests attending were: Ham and Dinky Byng, Cecile and Ken Dickerson, Bob and Lee Fesler, Tom and Ann Freeman, Roy and Anne Gulick, Hoppy Hohenstein, Jim and June Johnson, Larry and Lucy Nagel, Al and Pooge Newbury, Jim and Fran Newcomb, Ted and Lynn Oliverio, Wendy and Fran Powell, Rich and Mary Lee Seesholtz, Ray and Maureen Schriener, and John and Arline Schulze.

Another happy event occurred in late October when a baby boy was born to Cecile and Ken DICKERSON. Born on 23 Oct., David Kenneth weighed 7 lbs. 7J4 ozs.

We hope that the afterglow of a wonderful Christmas season will cheer you during the "dark ages" when most of our readers will probably read this column.

Happy New Year from Monterey.

NEW HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLER

Ed and Jackie ZABRICKI are the proud parents of Big Baby Boy, 9 lbs. and 7 ozs., born 27 Oct. Ed as you all remember was '56 wrestling captain and heavyweight wresder. If the size of this baby is any forecast of the future there may be another Navy wrestler on the mats with the name of Zabricki—only next time it will be Timothy. All congratulations should be sent to 3115 Enkanto Dr., Nampa, Calif.

PLAQUES

We've been a great success in the sale of our class plaques. Those of you who have written for them and found us out of supply will be able "Lt. James Fladey, III, has received the Disto get them shortly, a new supply has just tinguished Flying Cross at Patuxent River, Md., arrived.

Naval Air Station for test landings of a C-130 To all others interested, we sell them at cost Hercules transport plane on the carrier FORRESTAL at 116.95, shipping cost included. They are a last year. The plane represented the heaviest airbeautiful piece of work—I have one myself. craft load ever landed aboard a carrier."—from Until next time—write more letters.

The Washington Post.

JAMES H. FLATLEY '56

"Early in October 1963, NATC Patuxent River, Md., received a problem assignment which caused all hands to do a double-take: Determine the feasibility of operating the C-130 Hercules aircraft aboard the CVA-59 and later class carriers.

"Once authenticated, the assignment was passed to Carrier Suitability Branch of the Flight Test Division. The branch, having never had a multiengine pilot on its roster, had an immediate problem. It was decided it would be easier to teach an experienced carrier pilot to fly the C-130 than it would be to teach an experienced C-130 pilot to fly a carrier approach."—from Naval Aviation News.

The carrier pilot was Jim Fladey, and before he was through he'd made many landings and launches from the carrier. These landings and

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EAST COAST Lt. Stephen B. Sloane, USN Box 60, Route 2 Arnold, Md. 21012 WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. Harry M. S. Gimber, USN Box 1918, USNPG School Monterey, Calif.

WEST COAST

Only two classmates arrived to start studies at the PG school—Roy and Carole ARNOLD with their Marine brood, fresh from a recruiting tour in Louisville, and Doc DUGAN, and Jane, from a destroyer in Newport.

We prompdy elected Roy as the new head of the organization, while George LANMAN is the new vice president. Many thanks to Charlie NOLL S H I P M A T E

and Ted ERICKSON for their hard work in '64.

They arranged some fine get-togethers.

Bob SARACCO has finished his studies and is back at sea in the MENHADEN operating out of San Diego.

EAST COAST Corr. Sec'y. Lt. Edwin B. Smedberg USN Exec. Dept.. USNA, Annapolis, Md. WEST COAST Sec'y. Lt. W. N. Moore, USN Box 2014, USN Postgraduate School Monterey, Calif.

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Sec'y, Lt. Lloyd H. Adams, USN Exec. Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md. CLASS BUSINESS

For those of you who missed the last issue, a brief statement to inform you that I have taken over the writing chores from Ralph CHRISTY for the '59ers column here in Shipmate. I also want to mention again that the executive committee of the Association of the class of 1959 has been officially organized and has been actively engaged in class business. This committee consists of Pete VAN NORT, chairman; myself (Lloyd H . ADAMS), secretary; Vic KRUSIC, treasurer; Ralph CHRISTY and George SIMMONS. Several business items have already been brought before the executive committee. Changes have been proposed for our class constimtion and are now being considered. We hope to have these proposals to you for your consideration very soon. Many '59ers have indicated a desire for an up-to-date class directory. We are working on this. In order to hasten this project we need your present address and that of any other '59ers you know. Addresses of '59ers who are no longer in the service are the hardest to find and would be a big help. With everyone's cooperation we'll have an up-to-date directory in your hands by 1 June.

Like any other organization or enterprise we need money to carry out these and future projects. Purchasing memorial chairs in the NavyMarine Corps Stadium for deceased members of our class has almost depleted our funds. Our constimtion calls for an annual assessment of | 3 a member to defray these expenses. For those of you who may have forgotten to send your check for this year's assessment, send it to Vic Krusic or myself. Executive Department, USNA.

I received a letter from Larry LARSON, who, in September, assumed the officer-in-charge billet of USS CERO, the reserve training submarine in Detroit. He is attending school there and working on his Master's Degree. Last June, Larry and Annette became the parents of their third child and first son, John Christian.

The weekend of 3-4 Oct. Larry attended an alumni party in honor of the Navy football team which was in town for the Michigan game. At the party were Tony PALMER and his wife, Terri. Tony is stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB at Dayton, O. Tony and Terri have two boys and two girls.

Larry said he would like to hear from any 16th company '58ers to keep in touch.

I also received a letter from Jack CHRISMAN which was temporarily misplaced. My apologies to you. Jack. Jack has reported to BuPers, LTJG/ENS Assignment Section, after two enjoyable years as CO, USS ROCKVILLE. An interesting side note is that ROCKVILLE is homeported in Washington, D. C ; and since it was the only ship in commission there. Jack was SOP.A Washington.

However, as Jack reports, no one seemed to pay much attention to that. Jack and his wife. Donna, ANNAPOLIS have two children, a boy and a girl, and they The group here at USNA is already making are currendy residing at 2522 Carriage Dr., Alexplans for homecoming 1965. We hope to have andria, Va. Jack reports that Massie Hughes, Bill even a bigger turnout this fall than last. The Spane, and Burt Robbins are all in his section, date is 9 Oct., so start making plans to be here. and Bruce Hall is in the lieutenant section.

To help in planning, let us know as soon as Lee MINK has written from Jacksonville, Fla. possible if you will be joining us.

Lee got out of the Navy in March 1964 and has Two more '59ers have joined the staff here at entered the insurance business as an underwriter, the Academy. Chuck COSKY arrived shordy a work which he is thoroughly enjoying. Lee before the Army game and Jim CURTIN checked is real close to breaking the million dollar mark in late in December. Both are in the Executive (a record he'll probably make before this article Department and expect to be around for at least is in print). He and his wife, Lyde, are residing two years. This brings the total number of '59ers at USNA to 13. at 5130 Greenway Dr., North in Jacksonville with their three children, Jeff, Jeanie, and Jody.

A R O U N D THE GLOBE The Jacksonville alumni are actively organizing a Jacksonville branch, and Lee is helping.

Received a letter from George BRAINERD, our former west coast corresponding secretary.

George is now at the West Milton, N. Y., Nuclear N E W CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Prototype Site. Since he is no longer on the I would like to announce that this issue will west coast we are looking for a volunteer to take end my writing for Shipmate, due to the fact

over out there. Until we find someone please send all news for Shipmate direcdy to me at USNA. George also writes that he saw Lowell and Sandy PRESTON in Honolulu. They were on their way to Lowell's new duty station at Charleston. They should be there by this printing. Anodier item from George stated that Paul and Dale THORNTON are the parents of a boy born 4 May. Bernie GEIGER writes that he really enjoys married life. He and Judy were married in July.

Bernie is working as an electrical engineer (civilian type) for the Air Force in Ogden, Utah. His spare time is spent operating a 60-unit trailer park that he and his partner acquired last winter—that is, when he and Judy aren't hunting or fishing. He was hard pressed this fall to beat her 8-point buck, but finally nailed a 10-pointer himself.

Sec'y, Lt. Chico Chavez, USN, NSD Guam, Navy 926, c/o FPO S.F. 96635 HERE A N D THERE

Mervin FLURGG, oops that is, Hal LANSING, by now a captain in the AF, says the column has been looking so sick lately, he had to do something to try to remedy the situation, so he wrote (wish others would follow suit). He says he's presendy stationed at McGuire AFB as a C-118 navigator. He served tours in Arias missiles in Kansas and Thor missiles in England, and is an old married man with one son. He tells us Charlie FISCHER III is still in the Navy, serving as a damage control instructor at the Philly Navy Yard. He is happily married and has one litde girl. Ed SZWEDA, now a civilian, works for DuPont in Wilmington, Del. He lives with wife and three children at 2203 St. James Dr. in Wilmington. Hal is interested in hearing from Bill Evans, Arnold DuPont, Dan Hastings and Bugle Harris, and extends a welcome to all classmates to his home at 4220 A Falcon Cts., North, at McGuire AFB. Commenting that PG School at Monterey, Cal. is quite a challenge for an old sea dog, Tom McDONOUGH wrote us a quicky to let us in on the class of '60 invasion of PG School. Already they have set up an informal organization with regularly scheduled monthly luncheons and a monthly blurb called "The Sliver," in the traditional trend of USNA oriented pubs. The wives held a get-acquainted coffee at Beth Knorr's place on 9 Nov. and they all got together in the Trident Room to watch the Army-Navy game and root for the good old Navy blue and gold.

The following are the names and addresses of our classmates at PG School: Al Ablowich, Apt. 5 Cartwright; Bill Babaish, 834 Pederson Ct.; Al Baker, BOQ; Roger Bennett, 1081 Lighthouse; Gene Burroughs, 1141 Isabelle;

that I have reported to the USS NATHAN HALE

(Gold) and will be unable to receive mail or write an article during our Polaris missile patrols.

I have enjoyed these past 6/2 years of receiving your letters and keeping track of old tr'endj while writing the article; I only wish I d had the time to answer each of your letters, but since I didn't, I'd like to thank all of you now tor your contributions. The class of 1958 article has missed only a couple of months in those 6/2 years, an excellent record which was due to those contributions.

Commencing with the next issue, Ted SMEDBERG of the Annapolis '58 contingent will take over the duties for the east coast. His address is: Lt. Edwin B. Smedberg Exec. Dept. USNA Annapolis, Md. Thank you again for your letters. Let's continue to support this article and the Association of the class of 1958.

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'62 DINNER-DANCE, NEWPORT, R. I. Bill Calvert, 977 Leahy Rd.; Cas Caswell, 935 Torro Ct.; Chris Christopher, BOQ; Rusty Dowell, 350 Ramona; Jim Hancock, 950 Portola Dr.; Dick Hoecker, 1172 5th St.; Drake Hoffman, 2741 Ransford; Krank Kay, 3rd & Carpenter; Ed Killinger; Jim Knorr, 3187 Susan Ave.; Dave Mares, 1251 Leahy Rd.; Tom McDonough, 3104 Martin Cir.; Fred Morrow, BOQ; Frank Munger, 1047 Halsey Dr.; John Pethick, 73 Mission Fid. Rd.; Willie Ross, 500 Ramona; Jim Rowley, 1186 Santa Ana; Don Schlicht, 102 Bromwell Cir.; Earle Schweizer, 500 Ramona; Grant Sharp, 1117 Isabelle; Bob Strand, 3092 Zanetta Dr.; Stan Stumbo, 246 Beach Rd.; Dave Topp, 3097 Salinas Ave.; Bob Towle, 1457B Plumas; Bob Traister, 230 Grove Acres; Lowell Webb, 1130A Noche Buena.

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Sec'y, Lt. (jg) Howard S. Pinskey (SC) USN, USS Mount Eatmai (AE-16) c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

I am sad to announce the death of two members of '62, Charles T. ACREBACK, who was killed in an automobile accident on 26 Oct. at Alleghany, Pa., and John Morton FULTZ, III, who died 27 Oct. in an aircraft accident off the coast of Spain. John was attached to VS-32 aboard USS CHAMPLAIN.

Both Charlie and John were fine officers and friends and their passing will be mourned by all of us. Our deepest sympathies are extended to the families and friends of our classmates.

Floral wreaths were sent by the class to both services.

NEW GRADUATES Ten members of the class of '62 graduated from the U. S. Naval Destroyer School in Class 9. Their new duty stations are: Bill Brennon and Pete Huchthausen to Yokosuka in USS ORLECK; John Kelly, to USS J. P. KENNEDY out of Newport; Steve Chadwick, to USS EVANS out of San Diego; John Poe, to USS MULLANY, San Diego; Bill Story, USS BARRY, Newport; Walt Martin, USS O'HARE at Norfolk; Jerry Blesch to USS 50

VoGELGESANG at Norfolk; Richard Tripp, USS TATTNALL out of Charleston, and Pete Labyak to USS SHELTON, San Diego.

One of the high spots on the social calendar at destroyer school is the formal dinner-dance.

On 9 Nov. the following class members attended, with their ladies, at the Officers' Club, Newport: Seated, left to right: Lynn Brennon, Rolanda Fiola, Maureen Chadwick, Joan Conkling, Martha Story, Cindy Martin, Karen Blesch, Karen Tripp, Patt Huchthausen and Gail Labyak.

Standing, Bill Brennon, John Kelly, Steve Chadwick, John Poe, Bill Story, Walt Martin, Jerry Blesch, Richard Tripp, Pete Huchthausen and Pete Labyak.

NAVY AIR I received a letter from Bob KENNELLY last month from the Med. Bob is stationed in VS-28 flying S2Es. His squadron is presendy aboard USS WASP, enjoying the wonderful sights in the Med. Also in VS-28s is John ARTHUR. In another squadron aboard WASP is Steve NYSTROM, a pilot in VS-31. Among '62 line types aboard is Rudy LOSOYA who is the fire control officer and an excellent OOD. Ron ELLIOTT is aboard in HS-11 which is the twin engine jet helicopter unit. While attending survival school at Langley AFB outside Norfolk, Bob ran into Scotty GORDON and Tom BRANDON who are both helo pilots in HU-4 stationed at NAS Lakehurst. Another of '62 was in the area in the person of Dan COUGHLIN, who is stationed at Langley AFB working as one of the Air Force's computer experts.

I also heard from Fenn BEASLEY and his wife Arleen. Fenn is currendy stationed at Brunswick, Ga., but has received orders to NAS Miramar in the San Diego area and expects to be out on the coast bv January, after a pleasant cross-country drive.

NAVY LINE Our class is beginning to assume more and greater responsibilities in the ships and squadrons.

Wayne FRANCIS has just been relieved as

executive officer of USS REXSURG in San Diego.

He spent the last two years in USS KING as gunnery assistant and ASW officer. His present ship has a complement of six officers and 55 enlisted men. They are attached to a command which works with scientists from the Navy Electronics Lab in San Diego. Wayne joins with Rog KAMMERDEINER as the first two of our class to assume the positions of XOs. Congratulations again to Rog and Wayne.

What is your duty station and current billet assignment.? Why not drop me a line and let me know, I promise to pass it along to Shipmate readers.

I also heard from Marty SEELIG of sailing fame. Marty is stationed aboard USS SPRINGFIELD and is a deck division officer. He is presendy on another Med cruise and is enjoying his bachelor status and the ports of call.

SUPPLY CORPS A great duty station for single men is Washington, D. C. and George GREER has landed himself right in the middle of the town. George came from USS KEARSARGE and is now in the control division of the Supply Department at the Washington Navy Yard.

John CARROLL stopped by on his way to submarine school and spent the week with George.

John is studying and preparing to become a Supply officer aboard one of our complicated SSBNs. Also in Washington is "J." SHERMAN who is with the Air Force, and as can be expected of "J" he is leading a whirlwind social life. Ask him about the mansion that he has in town.

Another member of our corps has an interesting billet. Lex FLEMING writes that he is stationed at the Naval Applied Science Lab in Brooklyn, N. Y. and maintains an apartment in New York City. Lex recendy saw John COSTELLO, who is at submarine school; Bob FULGHUM, on duty at MSTS Lant; Frank EGAN who was headed for Camp Lejeune, and Chic WEBB, a fellow porkchop at the Defense Supply Agency in Philadelphia.

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^liT HELICOPTER PILOT TRAINING at Pensacola for '63. From the left, 1st row: Robert " D " Shaw, Jr., Benjamin F. Ross, I I I , Charles C. DIbarl, Robert Wildman, Russ Berry, Sandy Daunis, Jerry Smith, Jr. 2nd row: Vernon H. VonSydow, Joel D. Millen, Joel K. Heine, John O. Donelon and Richard "Rocky" Pratt.

As usual during the holiday season, not many classmates had time to write to me. However I do hope that most of you do some thinking about the setting up of a special fund to handle the class expenses at the funerals of our classmates. One excellent idea has been that each one of us send | 1 to an appointed member who will be in charge of sending flowers in behalf of all of us. I would appreciate more suggestions along this line and a decision will be made next month as to the policy to follow. I would also appreciate some more suggestions concerning area, company or billet correspondents for our column.

Max and Sanda KIRKPATRICK became the proud parents of a son, Kenneth Marsh, on 7 Nov. Max is in class 128 at sub school in Groton, Conn.

A good New Year's resolution to make and keep . . . send me some news about yourself, your family and friends, your billet or any thoughts you may have concerning '62 and I'll pass them along to our eager readers.

Be a helper and WRITE!

Sec'y, 2nd Lt. John L. Newton, USMC K Co., 3rd Bn. 2nd Mar. Regt.. 2nd Mar. Div. Camp Lejeune, N. C. It is with deep regret that I must announce to the class the loss of one of its members, James H. Newell, Jr. Jim was killed in an automobile accident on 6 Nov. in Oklahoma City while enroute to Moffett Field, Calif.

Jim had attended flight training at Pensacola and at Corpus Christi, Tex. He received his Navy wings in October.

Ray K U T C H and die former Miss Judith Ann Serr of Eureka, S. D. were married on 3 Oct. at the Barber's Point Chapel, Hawaii. Best man was Doug DAVIDSON; other members of '63 who acted as sword bearers were W. H. Thompson J B. Clancy and C. S. Spadafora. The new Mrs Kutch is a graduate of Northern State Teachers' College. Ray is a transport navigator in Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 21 at Barber's Point.

G Alan HELLAWELL, Jr. and the former Miss' Eileen Louise Donelan of Chevy Chase, Md. were married on 31 Oct. Members of '63 who were ushers included Joe Poll, Brian Perkinson, Ted Delgaizo, Traian Benchea and Joe Fossella.

Alan has graduated from sub school in New London and nuc school in Bainbridge. The Hellawells are presendy living in West Milton, N. V. J A N U A R Y ,

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Sec'y. Ens. James L. Roberts, USN Executive Dept., U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Md.

A year ago we were sweating exams and a year from now we'll be JGs or 1st LTs. It is a pleasure to see that as time passes, we get more and more communication. Keep us informed and you'll read it in Shipmate.

At the time this is being written, there is no word as to whether John D.ALTON was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship or not but from the letter I received, he seems to be quite happy in submarines. John says that the USS BLUEBACK, homeport Pearl Harbor, is a fine boat and has a great

group of officers. No mention of the liberty but I'll wager that there are no complaints there either.

Rick HARRIS wrote his first letter in his years as a Navy man in order to squelch the rumor that he was getting married. He is now flying out of SAUFLEY and has a beach house near Pensacola. In early December Jim Nunn, Ted Triebel, and Bill Kelly moved out and Rog Keithly, Denny Pignotti and Rich Ruble moved in with Rick. It sounds like quite a boarding house.

One of the members of old Fourth Company has turned defector and is now in Army Intelligence. James Fazekas, who left '64 second class year, married Judith Rizzo shordy after leaving us and his son, Scott James, is almost a year old now. In spite of his Army affiliation, Jim still roots for '64 USNA and would like to hear from some of old Fourth. His address is: Colliers Mills Trailer Park, New Egypt, N. J. John KLEIN also writes from Pensacola. He informs me that the NAOs are finding that they are getting all the electricity and electronics they received in four years at USNA compressed into a five-week course. John says that thus far he has learned that E ^ I R â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a n amazing amount for my old roommate to cram into a short five weeks!!!

Phil and Carol JACOBS left USNA for Pensacola the Monday after Army game. While in Philadelphia, Phil and Carol attended Bob ORLOSKY's party where they saw Sharon and Hal Sisson, who is in DCA School in Philly, Dave Aabye and his fiancee, who had been engaged the day before; Skip Pentz, Gary Jones, Eric Westberg, Read McCleary, Jim Shanahan, who is in ASW School in Key West, and Emil (Stump) Morrow, who just reported to Bainbridge. Old times were made new as Jim and Emil gave an old 9th Company party revisited skit.

Just down the hall was a reunion of the '64 football squad. Dave Sjuggerud, Jim Campbell, Kathy and Tom Lynch, Teddy and Gary Kellner, John Sai, who flew in from the West Ciiast, Pam and Dick Earnest, Bruce Abel, and Al Krekich made up a team which could easily have made the difference earlier in the day.

While in Philadelphia for the weekend, Phil also happened to meet Paul Graves, Jim Hubbard, Eric Carlson, who is now at Bainbridge, Bob Bell, Butch Ballbach, who is still in the Steam Department at USNA, Jim McDonald, and Hugh Rissieuw.

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Jerry ATWELL and Linda Fulton were married in St. Anne's Chapel on 5 Dec. Jerry and Linda are going to Norfolk where Jerry is in the USS SAUFLEY.

During Army weekend I happened to meet Barry H(X>PER who is homeported in San Diego.

By some twist of fate he has been sent east for six weeks of school—to the very town in which his fiancee Jackie Baer lives!! Tom STICK and Waddy GARRETT stopped by for a moment.

Jim Shanahan, Emil Morrow, Bernie McGuire, Dave Lister, Bruce Welch, and Paul Caldwell, who will be in Pensacola very shortly, were enjoying a fifth Army game when I saw them.

While watching Navy trounce Western Maryland in a basketball opener, I saw some familiar faces as Pat PROUT and Bill G%EESON worked out on the indoor track. Bob''SPRINGER was visiting USNA a couple weeks earlier while on a speaking tour from Quantico. The only other '64 Marine I've seen lately is Cap PINNEY who returned only to see Navy edged by Pennsylvania.

Woody VAUGHAN, now in Supply School, Athens, has been commuting from Vogel State Park where he has a cabin.

Joe INCE tells me that he has no words of wisdom because Nuclear Power has drained him of knowledge. Phil and Jane Boyer and Big Daddy Lipscomb began Nuclear Power in November along with Win Peterson, Jerry Ellis, Bill

Spriggs, John Gorman, and Mike Hewitt who are living in a huge house near Vallejo. Joe is happy now that he's back where at least the majority appreciate country music.

Also from Vallejo, Tom SWARTZ retains his title as number one news reporter. Dick HALBERT and his wife are expecting more than a diploma about the time he graduates from Nuclear Power School — congratulations. Denny HOFFMAN got married the weekend of 5 Dec. Bill SPRIGGS and company held a pre-ArmyNavy game cocktail party Friday night. The day of the game about 30 members of '64 got together in Bill's haunted house to cheer for Navy.

The following is a newsletter which Tom sends to the class: Dear '64, One thing that has always made me proud of '64 is the way we stick together and the thoughtfulness we have for other people. Now that we are out of those hallowed halls (or walls) a few problems face us as a class. One is communications, as the Leadersleep prof once said. One of our few means of keeping in touch is through Shipmate but we cannot print anything until we hear about it. Therefore, if you hear of someone getting married or anything interesting to the class as a whole, send it to Jim or myself.

Secondly comes our thoughtfulness of others.

If you hear of a disaster involving a member of

'64, please let us know in order that we may express our sympathy as a class. If you have comments on the quality or quantity of news printed in Shipmate, let us know since we cannot act effectively as your class officers without your assistance.

Finally, on behalf of the class officers, I wish everyone a happy and successful year in 1965.

TOM

SWARTZ

Just before submitting our article for print, I saw Gordy CLOW and his wife in the Midshipmen's Store. Gordy says that Dan Ckjnnell, Jim Myers, John Borsosky, Dick Bowers, George Leonard, John Tenbrook, Al Struck, Dave Ahern, Rick Ricci, Tom Raffo, and he had just graduated as a part of class OI-25 from NAO School and Saufley. From all indications, NAS Pensacola is peaceful once again. Gordy had also heard that Willy Lawton, Read McCleary, Jim Latham, Karl Vogeler, and J. J. Johnson had made jets and were on their way to Meridian.

In closing out this month's article, it gives me great pleasure to announce that a member of our class has received two decorations for heroism in the face of the enemy. While engineering officer in the USS CONSTELLATION off the coast of Viet Nam, Alan Russell (Grub) COULSON received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation. Grub—we're proud of you!

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS BOSTON chapter secretaries are invited to take note of Shipmate deadlines. These dates are published for issues three months in advance and may be found on the first page of the ALL HANDS section.

A delay of no more than two or three days in preparing and mailing chapter notes to Alumni House can sometimes result in a delay of almost two months before they appear in Shipmate. Cooperation of the secretaries is solicited.

ANNAPOLIS The annual Christmas cocktail party was held Wednesday, December 9, at Alumni House and was one of the best attended in recent years with over a hundred members and guests.

The next meeting is scheduled for January 13, when Admiral John M. Will, USN (Ret.), will speak on the U. S. Merchant Marine.

BALTIMORE Midn. James L. Minderlein '65, was guest speaker on the subject of Operation Information, USNA, at the 15 Dec. dinner-meeting of the chapter at Bernie Lee's Penn Hotel. Naval Academy applicants were invited to attend the meeting, along with their parents.

Midshipman Minderlein, a Baltimorean, is the son of Police Lieutenant and Mrs. James P. Minderlein. For the past three terms he made the Superintendent's List and has played three years of varsity 150-pound football. As a part of his program he showed the film on Academy life, "Ring of Valor."

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RAdm. William B. Sieglaff '31, Commandant of the First Naval District, was guest speaker at the 8 Dec. luncheon meeting of the chapter at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Mass. His subject covered submarine warfare in World War II. In December 1941 Admiral Sieglaff was serving at Pearl Harbor as engineering officer of submarine division 62. He served with the division in the Australian area until 1942 when he took command of the USS TAUTOG which accomplished six successful war patrols in the Pacific combat area. His medals include the Navy Cross, Navy Cross with Gold Star, Silver Star and Silver Star (Gold Star), Legion of Merit, Legion of Merit (Gold Star), as well as the Navy Unit Commendation.

Members attending included: J. C. Hunsaker '08, Henry A. Ingram '22, Stanley Pullen '22, Maxwell Cole '16, R. Tate Simpson '32, O. M. Read '11, W. E. Haycock '22, M. B. Duffill '27, C. A. Marinke '38, W. H. Buracker '20, J. W. Carpenter '49, Robert Eastman, Jewett Baldridge '43, F. C. Jones '38, A. N. Daniels '31, Alexander K. Tyree '36, A. C. Edwards '40, V. Havard '26, Claude Bassett '07, J. A. Click '26, M. L. Deyo '11, Cyrus Brewer '32, Lee Ellis '31, Lt. Smith, Walter Toner '43, T. T. Craven '25, John F. Crehan '46, Harold P. Keller '11, and seven guests.

COLORADO A group of about 60 Service personnel joined forces on 28 Nov. for the Army-Navy game, with 90 per cent Navy and 10 per cent Army attending. While this affair proved to be strictly for the benefit of the minority, "Wait 'till next year," writes Art Stiles '29, secretary of the chapter.

A group of about 30 members and wives from Denver attended the Air Force Academy-Wyoming University football game on 14 Nov. After the game a cocktail party and dinner were held at the AFA O Club in conjunction with alumni on duty at the Academy and at NORAD as well as others from the Colorado Springs area. Thanks were extended to Capt. Richard Denfeld '52 for the arrangements.

HOUSTON The December meeting of the chapter was held at the Ben Milam Hotel, with the following attending: Everett Christensen and Leon Ince, honorary members; S. M. Robinson '03, A. D. Blackledge '20, C. A. Whiteford '21, M. I. Kearns '24, H. W. Goodall '24, Frank Karshner '25, T. G. Schirmeyer '27, Lynn T. Elliott '32, John Jay '35, James M. Cook '44, Floyd G. Avey, Jr. '46 and Vince Hurley, a guest.

Meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month. President is Arthur Leman '24; R. J. St. Germain '33, first vice president; Earl Weaver '35, second vice president, and John Granville '58, secretary-treasurer.

HUNTSVILLE A letter has been sent to the Huntsville, Ala. superintendent of schools offering support for smdents who are interested in the Naval Academy.

The chapter has asked fellow alumni for ideas for a chapter badge design. Ideas and suggestions should be ready by the January meeting, when they will be discussed.

The get-together for the Army-Navy football game was held at the Redstone Arsenal Officers' Club.

The fall dinner-dance was attended by the Blues, Calhouns, Halls, Harrises, Robinsons, Smiths, Snyders, Thalhamers and Mrs. O'Neill.

LCdr. and Mrs. Paul Bennett of the Naval Reserve Training Center were guests.

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T h e Indianapolis g r o u p hosted a g a t h e r i n g of a b o u t 45 at t h e N a v a l A r m o r y Mess, to enjoy t h e A r m y - N a v y g a m e in c o m p a n y . T h e A r m y , N a v y a n d M a r i n e Cx)rps—active, retired and reserve, w e r e represented. After a social h o u r a n d l u n c h e o n , three color T V s w e r e available to w a t c h the g a m e a n d festivities.

M i d n . A n d r e w S. Prince '65 was guest speaker at the 15 Dec. luncheon m e e t i n g of the chapter at the N e w Y o r k University C l u b . His subject was the n e w c u r r i c u l u m instituted with the Class of 1968. Y o u n g m e n interested in the N a v a l A c a d e m y , a n d their parents, attended.

T h e N a v y rooters w e r e led by Capt. M. C. T h o m p s o n , U S N ( R e t . ) ' 2 1 , a n d the A r m y rooters

by M a j . G e n . E . J. Bean, U S A ( R e t . ) , U S M A .

T h e a l u m n i g r o u p was represented by Bernie a n d Phyllis Boylan '50, Jean a n d Jerry Clare ' 4 3 , L a r r y Ingels ' 5 7 , G u s a n d Dottie K i e r g a n ' 3 3 , Bob a n d Skip M c K i n n c y ' 4 7 , C u r t and M a r m i e P a y n tor ' 3 4 , Eli Roth ' 3 9 , Ed Schock '40, Bill a n d Pat T h o m a s ' 5 1 , Bill Ullrich '44, Bill a n d Sheila W a r d '35 a n d T o m M c C o o k ' 4 5 . O u r oldest m e m b e r , Dorsey T h o m a s '10, sent regrets a n d w e n t to Philly to see the g a m e this year.

KITTYHAWK (Dayton, O.) S o m e 2 0 0 N a v a l A c a d e m y and W e s t Point g r a d u a t e s a n d guests attended t h e T V party in t h e m a i n b a l l r o o m of the W r i g h t - P a t t e r s o n Officers' C l u b w h i c h had been decorated to simulate a g r i d i r o n . Pictures of the A r m y and N a v y football players, b a n n e r s , blankets, bathrobes, etc. w e r e used in decorations.

O n each " s i d e l i n e " w e r e five color T V s , d o nated for t h e occasion by F r a n t z T V a n d A p p l i ance in D a y t o n . A m o n g those a t t e n d i n g w e r e General Bradley, C o m m a n d e r Air Force Logistics C o m m a n d , and General Ascani, C o m m a n d e r Systems E n g i n e e r i n g G r o u p .

T h e 19 January m e e t i n g was held at the L a w yer's C l u b , Ben Scott Custer, executive director of the Academy of Political Science of C o l u m b i a University, is chapter president.

R u d d o c k and Capt. R. F . H a n s of '14, to Capt.

Jack H a r t ' 5 3 , U S A F .

T h e Class of '21 was the best represented w i t h the following a t t e n d i n g , w i t h their ladies: S. T .

Cloughley, R. G. T h a y e r , M . E . T h o m a s , C. W .

Roland, W . D . H o o v e r a n d N . C . M c K e e .

N e d M a r b o u r g '17, w h o started the chapter in 1926, escorted Mrs. A. D . A. ( W i n ) C r a w f o r d , w i d o w of " P u g " Crawford '20. John Dale H o d a p p '39 is chapter president.

SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA V A d m . Ralph E. was D e p u t y Chief of w a s guest speaker at Naval Base Officers' Merchant Marine."

Wilson '24, w h o formerly N a v a l Operations, Logistics, the 8 Jan. m e e t i n g at the C l u b . His topic was " T h e

T h e business affairs of the chapter w e r e discussed at the 11 D e c . d i n n e r - m e e t i n g held in the D e l a w a r e R o o m of the Officers' C l u b .

T h e sixth a n n u a l Father of M i d s h i p m e n a n d Athletic N i g h t will be held 11 Feb. at Kenney's S u b u r b a n H o u s e , 106 Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill, N.J. Congratulations were sent to T o m M c G r a t h '50 for his success as Ck)ngressman from the 2 n d District of N e w Jersey. Joseph A. Callaghan '24 is president of the chapter.

SAN FRANCISCO T h e second a n n u a l c h a m p a g n e social was held at the Commissioned Officers' Mess ( O p e n ) on 4 Dec. Seventy-one m e m b e r s and wives attended, with classes represented from V A d m . T h e o d o r e

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A cocktail h o u r , d i n n e r business m e e t i n g a n d p r o g r a m highlighted the m e e t i n g on 4 N o v . at the Commissioned Officers' Mess ( O p e n ) , w i t h the following m e m b e r s a n d guests present: J. B. A n d e r s o n ' 3 9 , C. B. Bergquist ' 4 2 , K. R. Borgen '24, D . C. B r o w n '26, O . M. B r o w n e '30, O . E . Cartmel ' 2 3 , B. B. Cassels ' 2 2 , T . J. Colley •32, L. M . Culjat '42, C. D . E m o r y ' 2 1 , W . E .

Ferrall '27, E . P. Finney '32, J. A. F l e n n i k e n '32, R. R. F o x ' 2 2 , F . L. H e t t e r ' 2 7 , H . R. H o r n e y '27, F . S. l a q u i n t a , D . F . Krick '30.

A n d R. A . LaBarron '46, T . D . F . L a n g e n ' 3 2 , H . L . Lasell '39, J. L. P. M c C a l l u m ' 3 5 , H . D .

McPike ' 4 5 , H . M. McLcllan ' 2 3 , H . V. M .

Richardson '44, R. A. S m i t h '37, L . F . S u g n e t ' 2 5 , W . T h o m p s o n ' 2 8 , P. V a n L e u n e n '34, F . M .

W e l c h '39, H . F . Willey, and P. E . Pflueger, guest.

Capt. Willard Lloyd N y b u r g '42 discussed t h e operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. F o l l o w i n g his presentation h e answered questions from the floor.

D r . D o n a l d H . Clark, retired University of W a s h i n g t o n professor, spoke o n " G h o s t t o w n s and m i n i n g camps in the state of W a s h i n g t o n " at the 2 Dec. meeting of the chapter, w h e n ladies were invited to attend. D i n n e r was followed by a business h o u r and the p r o g r a m . President Jack Colley '32 presided.

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