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January, 1967

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CRUISE OF THE LANIKAI

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USS LANIKAI, formerly the yacht LANIKAI, was ta\en over from the Luzon Stevedoring Co., Ltd., of Manila and on 5 December 1941 was commissioned as a United States man-ofwar at the Navy Yard, Cavite, P. 1.

With a largely Filipino crew, commanded by Lt. Kemp Tolley, USN, the only officer aboard, LANIKAI operated in the Manila area until 26 December.

Departing on that date, the last surface warship to leave Manila and survive (other than PT boats), LANIKAI sailed by night and lay concealed by day alongside islands en route, arriving in fava on 22 January 1942.

On 1 March she sailed for Fremantle, west Australia, arriving there on 18 March 1942. Following a month's reconnoitering cruise to the north, LANIKAI was turned over to the Australians, with whom she remained for the duration of the war.

While being towed bac\ to Manila after V] Day a fire broke out in LANIKAI, doing considerable damage. She was then taken to Subic Bay for repairs where she subsequently san\ at anchor.

In the above photograph, taken in south fava in February twenty-five years ago, members of the crew are aloft, busily painting the masts green for better camouflage e^ect. It will be noted that LANIKAI is flying Netherlands colors, a measure taken to avoid alarming the Javanese home guard units to whom any •flag not Dutch was subject to suspicion, if not a few pot shots.

CRUISE OF THE LANIKAI

by RAdm. Kemp Tolley, USN (Ret.) SHIPMATE

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EARING A BRIEF PAREU and in full, ravishing color, Dorothy Lamour—some time during the mid nineteen thirties—^revealed her fair curves in an MGM production entided, "Hurricane." As a major background prop, the two-masted schooner LANIKAI billowed out her white sails or fought the fury of the South Seas storm that gave the movie its name.

It would have been a far-out pipe dream to have imagined in those days that this little windjammer LANIKAI would one day fly a U. S. Navy commission pennant. It would have been even a wilder flight of fancy on my part—as I sat watching with equal admiration the trim lines of Lamour and LANIKAI —that several years hence I personally might be standing on LANIKAI's deck—^not only as skipper, but embarked on an adventure no less fantastic than Dorothv's "Hurricane."

By 1941, the erratic winds of chance had blown LANIKAI to the Philippines, where she had been bought by a group of wealthy Manila businessmen to provide a weekend escape hatch for fishing, loafing and "to get away from it all." There she lay, dainty and white, off the waterfront near U. S. naval headquarters.

On 3 December, 1941, Admiral Thomas Hart, CinC Asiatic, was much mystified to receive top secret orders direct from President Roosevelt^ ". . . to charter three small vessels . . ." and send them ". . . as soon as possible and within two days if possible after receipt this despatch . . ." to stations off the Indo-Chinese harbors (named by FDR) where the Japanese invasion forces destined for Malaya then lay at anchor.^ For the President's purposes, the little schooner was a natural. His message had said that, ". . . Minimum requirements to establish identity as U. S. man of war are commanded by a naval officer and to mount a small gvm and one machine gun . . ."

The state of affairs in Manila after 8 December might be described as "ordered disorder." The first day of war had all but wiped out American air power. Thereafter, Japanese planes came and went unhindered over Manila Bay with milk-run regularity, bombing and strafing. After a heavy raid on 10 December, Cavite Navy Yard no longer existed. All major warships and merchantmen had long since departed for the south. Submarines in for replenishment spent the daylight hours scattered across the bay sitting on the bottom with only a periscope to mark the spot.

The magnificent casus belli provided at Pearl had of course rendered LANIKAI'S original raison d'etre invalid; she fell into place as a member of the Inshore Patrol, a heterogeneous collection of river gunboats, minesweepers, converted yachts—anything that could navigate the calm waters of the bay, carry a machine gun and power a voice radio. "Patrol Stations Able and Baker under sail and report to Station Cast" was PatCom's directive to LANIKAI to take her virgin leap into the cockpit of war.

To everyone's surprise the ship's structure remained intact when the "main battery" mounted atop the after deckhouse sent several three-pounder test slugs whisding and skipping toward the horizon. LANIKAI'S 30-calibre chattered away at Japanese planes, the bullets more often than not falling harmlessly short, but just the same, giving us a feeling of reassurance and participation in a war that was fast becoming very close and personal. American shrapnel raining from the sky was as much of a menace as enemy bombs and bullets; we "armor plated" the roof of the after deckhouse with sandbags and scurried under it for cover when Japanese planes approached the eager guns of Corregidor, our only really effective anti-aircraft installation.

On 4 December (Philippine time) I arrived in Manila from Shanghai aboard the Yangtze gunboat OAHU, as an available and presumably expendable passenger, and was instantly designated as LANIKAI'S prospective commanding (and only) officer.

On 5 December, LANIKAI was commissioned as a U. S. man-of-war. Following the President's directive, she carried one small gun—a Spanish-American War three-pounder on a shiny brass pedestal—and two World War One 30-calibre Lewis machine guns. Rice and salmon filled the provision locker; in compliance with a "suggestion" in FDR's message, twelve of LANIKAI'S crew of 18 were Filipino.

After the frantic two days allowed to ready the ship for sea —man, equip, arm and provision her—we lay off Corregidor waiting to transit the minefields at dawn on 8 December (7 December Pearl time). At 0300 came the radio flash, "Orange war plan in effect." We upped anchor and according to the entry in the journal in lieu of a log, "Hoisted foresail, jib staysail, inner and outer jibs and proceeded to Cavite." LANIKAI'S niche in history had been left unfilled through the advent of a far more satisfactory incident gratuitously provided by the Japanese at Pearl, the little schooner's one-way mission to Camranh Bay aborted by a narrow margin.

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The "main battery," a Spanish-American W a r 3-pounder of a type used in the fighting top of the USS OREGON.

" O h ! All this is only a temporary setback!" we told each other at the Army-Navy Club over a San Miguel beer snatched between alerts after a sweep at sea.

"Yeah! And I hear hundreds of planes are coming u p via Australia!"

"And don't forget the Fleet! Maybe they did get the old OKLAHOMA, but she was no damn good anyway. W e still outnumber the Jap BB's five to three."

"Just you wait! In six months we'll have those s . . . e . . . b . . . on the run right back to their home islands!"

Brave talk! Alas! H o w little did we know!

W e lay alongside dock in Manila, taking on a mixed cargo of office equipment and planeless aviators, destination Corregidor. There was very little evidence in the scene of desperate haste that it was Christ's birthday, December 1941. Manila was being declared an open city and on short, short notice CinC Asiatic's staff was evacuating. T h u s , I was not surprised to see two shorts-clad lieutenant commanders hop the gap between dock and ship. There was urgency in their manner and no time for small talk. "Skipper, we've got a proposition.

H o w would you like taking a crack at breaking the blockade and running for Java? T h e boss is about to depart in a submarine. N o room for staff. T h e seaplanes have all just been shot u p at Subic. H e says we can take the LANIKAI south. It's your ship and a long chance. W h a t do you say?"

At dusk on 26 December, LANIKAI threaded her way through the minefields, according to the journal entry, "destination unknown." On board were passengers Harry Keith '23, Charles Adair '26, and C. A. WalrufI, radio electrician, who together with the skipper would take their turns conning LANIKAI through the nights to Java, a month away. Each distant shadowwould be suspect; each cloudy night a blessing. A fourth passenger, Peter Nygh, lieutenant. Royal Netherlands Navy, was a cavalryman by trade and thus off the watch list. In the hold rode a three-ton piece of radio equipment desperately needed in the new headquarters in Java. W e were flattered to be trusted with so vital a cargo. Or were they in extremis and we their last hope? W e did not know it then, but LANIKAI, " T h e Lucky LANIKAI," some later called her—would be the last surface warship to leave Manila and survive.

women have all gone to the hills. They have heard bad things about the Japanese."

"Were there any Japanese h e r e ? " we would ask. "Yes!" generally would be the reply. "But they were unfortunately all killed resisting the constabulary. They were here for a long time as merchants, but we could not be sure."

T h e month in Java demonstrated with startling clarity how a healthy giant can in so short a time sicken and die. On 22 January 1942, LANIKAI approached Soerabaya, the first time she had gotten underway in daylight for almost a month. The harbor and docks of Soerabaya were crowded with warships and merchantmen. T h e naval base was h u m m i n g with activity.

Streets were crowded with colorful civilians and the uniforms of A B D A troops and sailors were everywhere. Exactly one month later, the harbor was filled with merchantmen, but they were sitting on the bottom—scuttled by their crews or sunk by Japanese bombs. T h e warships were gone; either to the bottom of the Java Sea, or at that moment heading for disaster south of Java. T h e Navy Yard was deserted, the workmen departed for the hills. W h a t A B D A troops still remained would soon be prisoners of the Japanese, spat upon from the sidelines by the erstwhile colonials, the Javanese. It would be in sharp contrast to the powerful loyalty of LANIKAI'S Filipino crewmen, or the Philippine Scouts, fighting and dying alongside their American opposite numbers in the Bataan jungles. It would be a burning lesson in what breeds loyalty and what breeds contempt.

While in Soerabaya, Fleet Maintenance Officer Harry Keith had seen to it that LANIKAI was not forgotten. Bottom newly scraped, machinery overhauled, ammimition replenished, lockers full of salmon and rice, the little ship was ready to go when Adair hurried aboard with the news that Java would soon fall. W e might have a chance to run for it; there was no other way out.

LANIKAI, once more on the dusk-to-down routine, felt her way through the narrow, swift flowing channel between Bali and Java. T h e enemy was landing in force on both islands.

W H O A M O N G U S in this Navy of rockets and atomic power has dozed off to the music of wooden hull and masts creaking and groaning in a seaway—the slap of blocks and running rigging—the strangely modified roll of a ship steadied in a gale by a spread of canvas—the gentle "lap-lap" of the sea against the turn of a bilge exposed by a heeling windjammer?

T h e long tropical days were spent anchored close in to islands, watching apprehensively the comings and goings of flights of aircraft. They could only be Japanese; American planes no longer dared the Philippine skies. H a d they seen us and reported? Would ships be coming to search us out? W e hid our three-pounder and its brass pedestal under canvas; perhaps at least one shot from her slim barrel if the enemy came close enough. Four high explosive shells lay in the ready box by the gun.

W e dried the driftwood in the sun so that no smoke would rise from the cooking fire that burned in the sandbox amidships. Native dogs came down furtively to the beach, lifting their noses to sniff the tantalizing odors of frying fish and boiling rice, salted with sea water and sweetened with coconut milk from the palms that helped conceal us at shore's edge. An occasional chicken traded with natives ashore for empty Coca Cola bottles or shotgun shells enlivened the menu. " W e thought you were Japanese!" the village schoolteacher and spokesman would say, in his precise English, delivered as though he were conducting a lesson in pronunciation for his pupils. " T h e

Fish drying on the forward deck house provide a powerful stench in the ship when sailing close hauled.

As we watched the brightly lighted Bali horizon where the Dutch were in desperate retreat, burning their bridges behind them, we remembered our three days with the gentle people of Bali, where the pace was that of the buffalo that drew the carts or tilled the rice paddies. T h e bare breasts of the young women in their smooth round fullness expressed nature's bounty on this lush isle where all that life required for happiness and sustenance came with little effort.

S H I P M A T E

"XT'INSON HALL, the first retirement residence that the Navy-Marine-Coast Guard Residence Foundation will build, is ready to go. The Foundation's President, Mr. William C. Allen, announced that die Vinson Hall mortgage application is now under consideration by the Federal Housing Administration under conditions similar to those that led to insurance of the mortgage for Army's Distaff Hall six years ago. He said further that we expect that as soon as the Foundation has in hand about ninety signed contracts with prospective residents, it will be able to enter the mortgage market for its construction loan.

Therefore, with nearly two thousand letters on file from interested persons, the Foundation confidendy expects to start construction in the Spring of 1967.

The architectural firm of Carroll, Grisdale and Van Alen, of Philadelphia, whose plans won over many other submissions when the Vinson Hall project was announced, has submitted its final construction plans.

The general contractor for the project has been advertising this job widely and submitted its overall bid accompanied by sub-contracts on 30 November. Circumstances appear to be very favorable in today's rather slack construction market for reasonable pricing and rapid construction. The building should be ready for occupancy about Christmas-time 1968 or at the latest die Spring of 1969.

The HaU is named for the former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Honorable Carl Vinson. It will offer nearly three hundred apartments, two thirds of which will be eflSciencies. There will be twenty-two apartments with two bedrooms which will be rented to retired couples only. Sixty-six one bedroom apartments will be rented to couples or single individuals. All apartments will be complete with kitchens and ample closet space.

In addition, Vinson Hall will be fully equipped to meet the impending physical problems of people as they grow older. Corridors will have handrails; grab bars wall be strategically located in the bathrooms; each apartment will have an emergency buzzer to the nursing station. The infirmary or health center will be capable of rendering the type of nursing care that is provided by the better nursing homes. A dining room on the top floor of Vinson Hall will offer meals every day of the year to those who choose to buy them.

Mr. Allen commented further that this first residence, which is being built on the Foundation's beautiful 13-acre plot in Fairfax County, Virginia, will be followed at about two-year intervals by similar buildings in other areas where ofiEcers of the three sea services like to retire.

San Diego, California, Norfolk, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida are likely locations for the future. It is the Foundation's resolution to build as many of these residences as may be required to meet the full demand.

Vinson HaU is intended primarily to satisfy an urgent need for companionship with comfort and safety in dignified surroundings for widows of officers who are over 62 years of age. 62 is the minimum age because many Federal Housing benefits start for residences operated for people 62 years old or over. It also will provide a degree of financial assistance where needed through the Foundation's Endowment Fund. It is expected that about 20 percent of the ladies in residence will be receiving assistance, if not at first, then later as their resources become depleted.

AH interested persons should write to Rear Admiral John Crumpacker, who is the Administrative Director of the Foundation. Address communications to him at Building 59, U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C. 20390.

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A CCORDING to news reports and polls, a -'-^ great many Americans are worried because of constantly increasing Federal civilian expenditures and the uncertain political and military situation in Vietnam.

The rate of civilian spending exceeds the rate of defense or military spending, and poses a threat to the adequate prosecution of the war.

On December 5, 1966, the Treasury Department revealed that the U. S. debt was then $329.7 billion, only $300 million less than the legal limit. In order to obtain operating funds, the government has been borrowing from the Federal Reserve System. If the government had to sell securities to match increasing expenditures, the legal limit would be exceeded.

Federal civilian spending is increasing faster than defense spending. It is estimated that from fiscal 1961 through fiscal 1967, defense spending will increase from $44.7 billion to $66 billion, an increase of $21.3 billion, while civilian spending, not including Social Security and other trust fund spending, will increase from $36.8 billion to $59 billion, a hike of $22.2 billion.

Various civilian spending programs have been approved by the Congress, though not all of them are fully funded, and some are not funded at all. Others are contemplated by pressure groups who would like to have the Vietnam war stopped and the funds spent on it diverted to their plans.

More than half of the new members of the House favor expanded military action in Vietoam if necessary, according to an Associated Press survey, and believe that domestic spending could be cut back to permit increases in military spending.

It is possible that this may be the attimde of the House as a whole. But what about the Senate?

Viemam presents a series of problems, news reports indicate. Perhaps the United States was never in a war in which it had less cooperation from the people it was trying to defend. Presentiy there are some 355,000 fighting men in South Vietnam, and the Defense Department plans to increase this number to 450,000, perhaps by the end of fiscal 1967, and level off there. Top military authorities do not believe that 450,000 would be sufficient, and would like to have some 700,000 men, on the assumption that Americans may have to do almost all the fighting and much of the pacification. The best security for South Koreans is now provided by Americans, South Koreans, and Australians.

A Gallup poll reveals that a majority of Americans do not believe the South Vietoamese could resist Communist pressures in case a truce is established and American military aid is withdrawn. Such an opinion had already been expressed by various members of Congress and qualified observers. But too many South Vietnamese operate to handicap the American military effort. There is the story of a South Vietnamese general who has refused to let the Americans get started in fighting the Viet Cong in the Delta area, a vital area heavily populated by South Vietnamese . . . and the Viet Cong. This Vietnamese general, in command of the South Viemamese 25th division and responsible for operations in three Delta provinces very close to Saigon, blocked plans of the division's American advisers to airlift Vietnamese troops to fight the Viet Cong.

Various Senate and House committees, and even the General Accoupnting Office, have been investigating operations in South Vietnam, including the pacification program, theft of imports from the U. S., Vietoamese military activities, etc.

It is hoped that some of the resulting reports will recommend that Americans should have more authority in Vietnam.

SERVICE MORALE IMPROVEMENTS The 90th Congress will be asked to consider various bills designed to improve service morale for both the individual member and the service family.

Pay—Rear Admiral Lester E. Hubbell's Compensation and Retention Study Group has made some recommendations regarding pay which would result in various changes in pay and allowances. However, these recommendations are subject to review and possible change by several other groups, as the Defense Department Pay Review Board, headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas D. Morris (Manpower); the Secretary of Defense; the Budget Bureau and the White House; and the Armed Services Committee of the Congress.

HOUSING AND HOMES It is ironic and unfair that during 1967, when private housing starts are expected to be within a range of 1,050,000 to 1,150,000 units (as compared to 1,200,000 starts in 1966), the Defense Department plans no construction of housing for military families. A group within the department is trying to influence the Secretary of Defense to release at least some of the housing funds withheld, but it is doubtful that they will succeed.

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said in November that the construction projects authorized by the Defense Department construction appropriation act for fiscal 1966 is desirable but not required at the moment. "We believe that," he said, "considering the shortage of construction labor and of materials, we're well advised to defer the start of that construction until such times as our economy can both absorb and benefit by it."

But there is no noticeable shortage of labor or materials, considering the Commerce Department's statement of 1967 programs, the value of which may be $18.3 billions, about 5 percent below the 1966 level. Single-family housing starts are expected to increase, and might rise to an annual rate of 900,000 by the end of 1967.

The Hubbell group is reported in favor of a new basic pay including current basic pay and quarters, subsistence, and enlisted clothing allowances. An amount equal to the taxes on these allowances, after incorporation into pay, would be added to the basic pay. Rents would be charged for occupation of public quarters, and an increase in quarters' allowances would be recommended (the last such increase was in 1962). Special pays would be retained. A cash retention bonus for officers in critical occupations might be added.

"While credit stringencies are expected to carry over into the early months of 1967," the department said, "the forecast assumes there will be some easing of credit in the second half of 1967 which could bring an upward trend in housing starts at that time."

This group's recommendations include establishment of a contributory retirement system, which would guarantee each member an equity in his payments, so that those who decide to leave the service before retirement could get their money back. The Swedish and the Canadian navies have a contributory retirement system.

In November, by administrative order, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board was authorized to release $500 million to savings and loan associations and mutual savings banks for the construction of 30,000 new homes for civilians.

Many of these new homes will be in the rent subsidization program.

Proposals for gross pay and for a contributory retirement system have been recommended before.

Almost every body, military or civilian, in and out of government, which has studied military pay has considered them. Opinions have varied, but no bill recommending gross pay and/or contributory retirement has been approved by the House Armed Services Committee. In 1948 President Truman made a recommendation for a gross military pay, and the House committee would not go along with it.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

Pay Increases—The Hubbell group made no recommendation for an overall pay increase, leaving that matter to the Administration. Whether or not the military likes it, the best indicaion of an increase in miliary pay is to watch what happens to Federal civilian pay. In the past year or so the "guidepost" governing increases in all pay has been 3.2 percent, and this generally has applied to Federal civilian and military pay. But industrial pay increases have recendy exceeded 3.2 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows government salaries trailing industrial salaries by 3 to 20 percent. According to some reports. President Johnson will recommend an increase in Federal pay of 4.5 or 5 percent. Postal and classified employee unions are expected to campaign for pay increases of 8 to 9 percent, using newspaper and television advertising and bringing pressure to bear on members of Congress.

Recendy the Defense Department approved wage increases averaging 4.4 percent for 25,000 government per diem (blue collar) workers in the Nation's capital, including 11,000 working for military departments. This 4.4 percent increase was approved by the Civil Service Commission.

At least one chief of a civilian Federal agency— R. Sargent Shriver, who administers the war on poverty and the Peace Corps—is urging increases in military pay and benefits. He would like to keep enlisted men's families out of poverty programs.

The following is a quoted Associated Press story: "The Defense Department has ordered the Navy to take a further look at its ambitious multibillion-dollar program to supply new planes for its anti-submarine warfare fleet, sources revealed recendy.

"The step means that the Navy's acquisition of a new anti-submarine warplane—first authorized in 1963—may be delayed until 1974.

"Navy officials, leery of the growing Soviet submarine fleet, had hoped at one time to begin taking steps toward production next year. The mainstay of the present U. S. fleet is the Grumman S2 initially delivered in 1952.

"The Navy specifically wanted Defense Department permission to move next year from the current phase of the planning known as concept formulation to contract definition, the step just before actual procurement from the aircraft industry. " 'We decided that they just were not ready to go into contract definition,' one Defense source said.

"A Pentagon official said the Navy still hasn't decided just how many of the new planes it wants to be land-stationed and how many at sea.

There are other problems, too, he added, saying: " 'What's the Navy's job for the future? What's going to be our international posture? These are very difficult problems that need a lot of study, especially when you're talking about tactical warfare.' " After reading various reports and hearings over the past several years, we believe there are some chaps in the Defense Department who do not think the Navy has much of a future, or who would like to find some means of replacing part of it. No one has suggested how this might be done.

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ATHLETICS

by Budd Thalman

it is still early, there have been ALTHOUGH some surprising developments on the winter athletic scene as the Midshipmen prepare to adjourn for the Christmas holidays.

Coach Dave Smalley's basketball team, for one, is proving a lot better than many people expected.

The cagers, you'll remember, lost the number 1-2 scorers and rebounders at graduation. With one game remaining before the Yuletide break, however, Smalley has guided the Midshipmen to a 4-2 record that could just as easily be 5-1 or 6-0.

One of the Navy losses was a 77-76 overtime decision to Penn and the other was a 5-point setback at Delaware. In that one, the Midshipmen, playing their second road game in as many nights, blew a nine-point first-half edge.

second classman Dave Spooner, who had pulled down 44 in the first six outings. Tolmie had 39 and Carroll 33.

Coach Ed Peery, naturally enough, was delighted with his wresding team after the big Minnesota win and a 26-10 conquest of Cornell in the season's second outing. Three different grapplers—Pete Vanderlofske (137), Dick Mies (152), and Guido Carloni (191-Unl)—all showed perfect 2-0 records. Each had one fall in the two matches.

The wresders, missing such stalwarts as Wayne Hicks, John Nichols, and Bob Sanders, opened with a strong 23-6 victory over Minnesota, a club that was 16-3 in the tough Big Ten circuit last season.

The pistol team, a disappointing 4-4 a year ago, gunned down four straight opponents, including a Bureau of Weapons club that featured the National Pistol Champion.

Coach John Higgins' swimmers experienced difficulty getting off to a good start, dropping their first two meets to Harvard (38-57) and Nordi Carolina (41-54).

In other sports, the fencers edged St. John's University 24-3 in their only pre-holiday action, the gs'mnasts split tests with Springfield (losing 169.85-174.90) and Syracuse (winning 171.45157.15), the track team bowed with an easy 7 5 ! ^ 3514 conquest of St. John's, the rifle squad defeated C.C.N.Y. and Georgetown, and the squash rackets returned from their annual New England swing with a perfect 4-0 record.

Returning for a moment to basketball. Coach Smalley showed excellent results from a starting five that included four second classmen and youngster John Tolmie, the top scorer on last year's plebe five. Tolmie, held to four points in the opener, averaged 26.4 in the next five outings and had basketball buffs recalling the sensational efforts of John Clune and Don Lange.

Second classman Chet Carroll of Birdsboro, Pa., and Hank Schmidt, another segundo, were locked in a close batde for second spot in the scoring statistics. Carroll, a JV last year who did not even make the Midshipmen's pre-season basketball handbook, had a 13.8 average while Schmidt was scoring at a 13.5 pace.

In the all-important rebounding department, Smalley was getting his most consistent work from

E. E. "Rip" Miller, assistant director of athletics, was inducted into the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame on December 6th. The ceremonies were performed by Admiral Thomas Hamilton, a former athletic director and head football coach at the Academy.

Following the season, assistant coaches Ernie Jorge and Hugh McWilliams announced their resignations from the Navy staff. Jorge coached the offensive line and McWilliams handled ends and offensive backs. A search is now underway to recruit replacements for the two men.

Photo by Stu Whelan

Basketball Coach Dove Smalley '57 J A N U A R Y ,

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Kim King and John Hunter traded top marksman honors as the rifle team swept past C.C.N.Y. and Georgetown. King fired a 295, the season's individual high, to lead the shooters past C.C.N.Y. while Hunter sparked the victory over the Hoyas with a 294 effort.

In squash, five different men retorned from Navy's New England trip with perfect 4-0 individual records. The quintet included Dave Scott, Captain Bob Earl, Bob Hughes, Bob Cowin, and Mike Minter. Number one man Scott Ryan was 3-1 in individual play.

In early December, Sports Illustrated magazine announced the selection of Captain William S. Busik '43 as a member of its 1966 Silver Anniversary All-American team.

The team annually honors former athletes "for extraordinary achievement in life in the 25 years since they played their last college football season." Captain Busik is the eighth Naval Academy graduate to be selected for the team.

Busik, a former Director of Athletics at Navy (1962-65), is presendy Commander of Destroyer Flotilla Five based at Pearl Harbor.

John Tolmie—Navy basketball

Photo by Sfu Whelan

Delesie (parallel bars) and Larry Morris (high bar) had other firsts for the Midshipmen.

First classman Buzz Lawlor, fresh from one of the most sensational cross country seasons in Navy history, ran a record 1,000 to highlight Navy's opening track meet of the campaign.

Lawlor tumbled both the Academy and Field House standards with his time of 2 minutes, 11.7 seconds. The other initial first-place winners were: Ray Smidi, 35-pound weight (55'11!4); Tom Fahy, high jump (6'4); Jim Kiffer, 600 (1:12:5); Ron Holcombe, pole vault (14'6), Eric Houin, hurdles (7.5), Jim Dare, 2-mile (9:11.6), and the mile (3:20.6) and two-mile (7:46.4) relay teams.

Eighteen different midshipmen fenced for Coach Andre Deladrier in Navy's convincing 24-3 triumph over St. John's University. It was the first meeting between the Midshipmen and the Redmen since the latter boasted a fine young fencer named Andre Deladrier in 1942. Navy, as expected, showed great strength in epee and sabre, sweeping both weapons by 9-0 scores.

In gymnastics, the Midshipmen demonstrated their greatest proficiency on the side horse. First classman Dave Gentile placed first on this apparatus against Syracuse and tearrunate Jay Long was second twice. Veteran Gordon Pettus led the team in total firsts with two—on the long horse and parallel bars vs. Syracuse. Youngster Gerry Gallagher (floor exercises) and firsties Steve

All-American Tom Decker of Mount View, Ark., paced the pistol team to victories over M.I.ir., Villanova, Air Force, and BuWeps. Decker fired a 570 series in a triangular with M.I.T. and Villanova. The Air Force match, scored on a 10-man basis, went to the Midshipmen by a final of 5446-5325. Decker's 566 total was also Navy's best in the Bureau of Weapons match.

Youngsters Chris Johnson and Bill Poirier were the early standouts for Coach Higgins' mermen.

Johnson recorded two firsts in the 200-yard freestyle and one in the 100-yard free in the first two meets. Poirier twice took the 200-yard individual medley. Tim Ferguson, Bob Holihan, and the 400-yard freestyle relay team had Navy's other first-place finishes in the Harvard and Carolina outings.

Bill Busik '43 is a v/inner of the 1966 Sporfs lllusfrated Silver Anniversary AllAmerica Award.

PUBLISH AND POST DR. HERMAN O. WERNER IS HONORED The tide of Professor Emeritus was bestowed upon Dr. Herman O. Werner who recendy retired after teaching for 20 years in the English, History and Government Department at the Naval Academy. RAdm. Draper L. Kauffman, Superintendent, presented the certificate from the Secretary of the Navy to Mrs. Werner, in the absence of Dr. Werner who is ill.

While teaching in the Department, Dr. Werner served as coach of the debating team and founded and maintained a bookstore for midshipmen. He also instructed midshipmen in sailing. From 195360 he was a senior associate editor of the Naval Institute Proceedings. Dr. Werner is co-author of Men in Arms and of Sea Power: A Naval History, a textbook for the Academy which has been translated into seven languages. In 1963 he taped a 22-lecmre series on naval history for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. which has been broadcast across the nation.

DOLPHIN SCHOLARSHIPS Mrs. Claire Lowrance, wife of Vice Admiral V. L. Lowrance and director of the Dolphin Scholarship Foundation, has announced March 15 as the deadline for applications in the 1967 Dolphin Scholarship competition.

Scholarships are awarded to selected students who are sons or daughters (namral, adopted, or stepchild) of members, or former members, (officer or enlisted) of the Submarine Forces and in the U. S. Navy, living or deceased, who have: a. Served in the Submarine Forces at least five years after qualification or b. Served at least six years with the Submarine Forces at any of the following support activities: (1) (2) (3) (4)

Submarine Base Submarine Tender Submarine Rescue Vessel Shore activities including (a) Submarine Missile Support Activities or Facilities (b) Naval shipyards and civilian shipyards engaged primarily in the construction of, repair of, or overhaul of vessels of the Submarine Forces. (c) Schools engaged primarily in the instruction and training of personnel of the Submarine Forces. (d) Naval Laboratories with a primary mission of support of the Submarine Forces.

(5) Non-qualified personnel on Force, Flotilla, Squadron and Divisions staffs.

(6) Naval personnel of all special facilities and offices whose primary mission is support of the Submarine Forces in any capacity.

Time required in the Submarine Force is waived if the member dies while on active duty in the Submarine Force.

Scholarships are awarded based upon recommendations of an impartial evaluation committee which makes recommendations to the Foundation after screening all applications. This committee is composed of individuals qualified in educational matters. In the past, the board has been filled by civilian educators in the Training Division of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Recommendations of the Evaluation Committee are based upon scholastic proficiency, character, allaround ability, and financial need.

Twenty-eight students have received the renewable $500 scholarships to the colleges or universities of their choice since the Foundation was established in 1960.

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Early submission of application will insure their full consideration for an award.

MAIL BOAT shipmate: Over the years Shipmate and the Alumni Association have plugged away (and properly so) for more paid-up members.

I assure you that so far as Shipmate is concerned, about the best item in it (and reason enough to keep paid-up) has been the Class Notes section. These are clearly contributed by and represent very hard work^ by unpaid people other than the editorial department. I would point out that in the average issue, these Notes are the only item read.

It is therefore disconcerting to note in the November 1966 issue, last sentence, Class of '46— that you are trying to trim down the Notes. Nuts to this!! Raise the dues if you must; but Nuts to diis!!

This will constitute my reply to your plea for a fitoess report.

W. F. SEARLE, JR. '46

Shipmate: I heartily support the idea of the Company Wardrooms and am more than willing to do my share in supporting this program.

Enclosed is a check for $14.00 to cover the years since I was the Company Commander of the 14th Company.

Best wishes for a bright beginning and continuing success of this excellent idea.

C. C. HoFFNER, JR. '53 Shipmate: A welcome dividend in writing articles for Shipmate is the fallout of letters from old friends, plus some new ones, who have some tie with the tale. Such a letter is one from Mrs. Morton Sunderland, wife of "Modoc" Sunderland '32.

She has kindly permitted me to quote from it.

"I christened her!" Mrs. Sunderland writes of GUAM, in the recent story, "The Chameleon."

"It seems the Admiral was of the old school," she says, "who felt the launching of a ship was its maiden voyage, and the honors could only be done by a virgin." (She adds that you really had to comb Shanghai in those days to find one.)

"The fact I was a teenager and my daddy (Bryson Bruce '07) engineer in charge of building the river ships, probably influenced my selection.

"GUAM had another unique feature besides those you mentioned. Prohibition was on in the States in 1927. Since the launching report was to be sent back—and who knew by whom read—• it was decided that champagne would not look well written up in the report. I christened her with charged Hwangpoo River water! I think that's a first!"

Thus do we add an interesting facet to the tale of an interesting ship.

K E M P TOLLEY '29

LUCKY BAG OF BOOKS THE GREAT WHITE FLEET. By Robert A. Hart. Litde, Brown and Company, Boston, Mass.

362 pp. $6.95.

Sixteen batdeships in gleaming white paint and ornate gilt figureheads sailed from Hampton Roads on 16 December 1907, under the flag of Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans, USN. Their announced destination was San Francisco but everyone, even European diplomatic circles, knew that they were to continue on around the world. During most of the trip around South America the flag officer in command was confined to his cabin with acute gout. Relieved in San Francisco, his replacement held command one week before he too fell in ill health and shordy died. These two unhappy events were just the beginning of fourteen months of disconcerting happenings, trials and tribulations.

They embellish a fascinating story of what was probably the greatest and most controversial cruise ever undertaken by the U. S. Fleet.

Idea, decision, and first planning belonged solely to President Theodore Roosevelt. Virmally acting as his own Secretary of the Navy and without consulting Congress or the Cabinet, the President announced that sixteen batdeships of the Atiantic Fleet (Grand Fleet, or Batde Squadron, by any of several names then popular) would visit Pacific coast ports. At once cries of alarm and controversy rose on all sides. Eastern seaboard states took a dim view of denuding their coast to the mercy of the British fleet; naval circles claimed it impossible to go beyond coaling and maintenance facilities; and foreign capitals viewed with suspicion such a sword-rattling gesture.

Author Hart has written with thorough research and keen interpretation not so much a story of the Navy as an account of the diplomatic jockeying, squabbling and frantic maneuverings in protocol and public relations. He sets the stage for the cruise by noting the political situation in Europe, the newly formed Triple Entente and Triple Alliance and the consternation of old-world leaders at the upstart Roosevelt who talked of U. S. "prestige" and moved to brush aside American isolationist traditions so to lead the United States into world affairs. During early months of the globegirdling cruise, Great Britain was pointedly unfriendly and uncooperative while Kaiser Wilhelm II openly courted American favor hoping to incite war between the United States and Japan and gain U. S. strength on the side of his alliance.

By the time the fleet got as far as Japan the diplomatic winds had exactly reversed.

For fourteen months there was a continuous round of entertainment and naval pageantry.

Countries and cities vied with one another to outdo all previous lavish entertainment and show.

More than one officer failed in health under the demanding and ceaseless social routine. Exacdy half of the flag and commanding officers failed to complete the cruise because of failing health or shortcomings of performance. (Average age of admirals was sixty years and that of captains fifty-six.)

All in all, the Great White Fleet scored a success. In spite of predictions they did return. The American flag was shown, for the most part favorably, around the world. Lessons were learned and weaknesses brought to light that were important in preparing the Navy for World War I. And in spite of war cries and alarums of 1907, no war with Japan was ignited.

This well written chronicle will interest and delight any Navy-minded reader. Those of our elders who made the famous cruise surely will find it full of nostalgia. Those who now sail in modern nuclear splendor will find it amusing but from it also should appreciate more fully their present-day comforts and reliability. The ladies, too, will find the book full of old Navy glamor and have many a chuckle over the champagne activity and social scrambling. This book is highly recommended for its entertainment value alone. There are, however, lessons on every page and each Navy reader will recognize them according to his rank, position and experience.

J. G. SPANGLER '32

S H I P M A T E

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SEA BREEZES

by Paul Schratz '39

ALUMNI

NEWS

OFFICERS President— V A D M . WILLIAM R. SMEDBERG, III, USN (Ret.) '26 (8367), Washington,

D.C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— RADM. ROBERT H . BARNUM, U S N R '33 (11102), Scarsdale, N. Y.

Vice President (Central Area)— MR. JOHN F . GORDON '22 (6330), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Vice President (Wesurn Area)— VADM. HAROLD O . LARSON, U S N (Ret.) "25 (7899), Coronado, Calif.

Past President— ADM. WALTER F . BOONE, U S N (Ret.) '21 (5735), Washington, D.C. Executive Director— RADM. W . F . FITZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's Representative— CAPT. R. E . HAWTHORNE, USN '43 (15416), USNA, Annapolis, Md. At Large (To serve until Spring Meeting 1967) RADM.

GORDON

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CASWELL,

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(Ret.) '27 (9125)

RADM. H . B. MILLER, USN (Ret.) '24

(7380)

RADM. L . S . KINTBERGER, USN (Ret.)

•32 (10515)

CAPT. D . J. WALSH, USN

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'39

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CAPT.

PAUL

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(13436)

RADM. C . S. COOPER, USN (Ret.) '27

(8653)

CDR. HARRY D . TRAIN,

(20423) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1969)

LTGEN. A . L . BOWSER, JR., U S M C '32

(10650) RADM.

J.

VADM.

R. B . PIRIE, USN

(Ret.)

'26

(8189) E.

KIRKPATRICK,

USNR

CDR. C . A. H. TROST, USN '53 (23314)

(Ret.) '31 (10277) From Local Chapters (To serve until Spring Meeting 1967) CAPT. A. J. GREENACRE, USN (Ret.) '26

MR. W . J. TONER, JR. '43 (15778),

(Ret.)

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(7572), Detroit LCDR. E . R. QUADY, USNR '43 (15800)

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CDR. ROLAND R. RIGGS, USN (Ret.) '04

(2653), San Francisco

(6952), Coronado F . R. DAVIS, USN

CDR. R. A . SENTMAN, USN (Ret.) '25

(8107), Philadelphia

'35 (11825), Connecticut R A D M . C . S. SMILEY, USN (Ret.) '23

J A N U A R Y ,

RADM. J. A. ROBBINS, USN (Ret.) '30

(9912), Peninsula

Boston RADM. JOHN D . GERWICK, USN (ReL)

LCDR.

RADM. E . B . DEXTER, USN (Ret.) '28

(9254), New York

(8197), Annapolis

V A D M . F . T . WATKINS, USN (Ret.) '22

(6359), Seatde VADM.

JOHN SYLVESTER, USN

ON GRUNTLING THE DISGRUNTLED The opinions of the loyal old grad are usually welcome at a civilian alma mater only when accompanied by the flourish of a checkbook. The service academy grad, however, has a professional responsibility far beyond sentimental attachment.

His solemn obligation to his country includes a direct interest in the successors following in his footsteps. The heart of that training traditionally throbs in the splendid young men of the U. S. Naval Academy.

Yet the impressions of the Academy formed by reading the papers recently may cause the devoted grad frequent concern. The Superintendent's Board of Advisors hinted at views connoting extensive dissatisfaction and gave no indication that the Academy had equal time, or that the complaints were general attitudes or isolated instances. Enough critical comment has been published to suggest that the time may be ripe for a forthright discussion.

Is there a rift between civilian instructors and the administration or are reporters merely writing to sell newspapers? Is the new elective program a gratifying success or has the Academy "tarnished its image as a front ranking engineering college".'

Have we a skillful blend of the seaman and the scholar in the faculty or have we two groups suffering petty t>'rannies in a seedbed of fretful discontent?

In the competitive life of the energetic, ambitious midshipman this corner offers an unqualified endorsement of the excellence and the urgency of the electives program. I have praised it before and will again. My lament is only that an elective scheme didn't exist in those carefree days when I was part of the problem. The only choice then was whether one marched leisurely to church in Crabtown early Sunday or stiffly to the Chapel in full dress at mid-morning.

Much more needs to be said about the relations between civilian and military faculties than has been publicized. Any military staff has built-in problems in an educational instimtion. Whether at the Academy, the war colleges or service schools, the military faculty traditionally has a blind side in its approach to scholarly duties. Too often the uniformed instructor lacks specific training as a teacher and is overtrained as an administrator. Reluctant to engage intellectually at close quarters, the natural energy output is vented in administrative tasks- which by university standards are grossly overmanaged. The civilian, on the other hand, regards academic freedom as a personal Bill of Rights and is unimpressed by the need for a disciplined mind and spirit in the fledgling officer. He reacts negatively to both the regimentation and to his bete noire, the "establishment." These caricatures are exaggerated but they are not fictitious. I welcome rebuttal.

When West Point and the Air Force Academy faced this problem, both reached the same compromise. Military officers were carefully selected and trained to M.A. and Ph.D. levels, transformed magically into permanent instructors, and withdrawn from career rotation. Hybrids they may seem, but their academic credentials are impressive and discipline at both schools is certainly more ubiquitous than at Annapolis. Perhaps our decision to hire outside scholars could benefit from further scrutiny aided by hindsight. It's worth kicking around if only, as we say, to gruntle the disgruntled. Where do you stand, shipmate ?

(Ret.)

'26 (8148), Washington, D. C. 11

SHIPMATE COPY DEADLINE Copy Due at Alumni House

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March, 1967

March 10

April, 1967

SLATE OF NOMINEES FOR USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 1967 ELECTION 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 1967 spring election.

FOR PRESIDENT (two years) Adm. Robert B. Carney '16, USN (Ret.) Washington, D. C. FOR VICE PRESIDENT CENTRAL AREA (two years) Mr. John F. Gordon '22 (incumbent) Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

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The most frequendy recurring criticism of Shipmate, not only in the "fitness reports," but in numerous letters as well, has to do with the long lead time in getting the magazine out. If anyone is more concerned than Shipmate readers about this distressing situation it is your editor; he is the nominal "sack holder."

Shipmate is your magazine. Its content and its format should reflect the desires of the Alumni Association membership. The contribution of a story or an article is welcomed by your editor and appreciated by your fellow members. But don't wait to write a story; if you have criticisms or suggestions, send them in.

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Before leaving the subject of that content which bears no relationship to the class news section of Shipmate your editor must respectfully acquaint all hands with a few very basic facts of life (insofar as alumni publications are concerned).

Paid commercial advertising is a service to the consumer as well as to the advertiser, AND without paid commercial advertising the cost of Shipmate would be more than doubled. The real point to be made here is that advertisers are not interested in buying space in a magazine which is devoted primarily or exclusively to the social doings and family affairs of old gratis.

Of the approximately 65 class submissions that are made each month no more than a very few arrive at Alumni House before the deadline. All of this material requires reading and to some extent editing. Some of it requires retyping or the making of second copies. The three-man working party in the Shipmate office manages to complete this step in three to four days. By the fifth day copy has been delivered to the printing plant in Baltimore and typesetting begun. Toward the end of the month, or first of the following month, all galley prcwfs have been completed and remrned to Alumni House. Proofreading is finished and the "dummy" magazine made up in a matter of no more than two additional working days. Back to the printer by special messenger, the magazine goes into the final phase of press preparation, printing and binding. Ten to twenty days later 14,000 copies of Shipmate are in the mail and on their way to you.

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Response to the tabular part of the form is indicated in the accompanying table. The figures given are percentages of the total response within each of the horizontal lines. The average line at the bottom of the table has no specific significance except possibly as an indicator of Shipmate's general health (or so the editor hopes).

Many "reporting officers" submitted both critical and complimentary remarks on the forms mailed in. Because of the wide diversity of opinion in many areas and an almost equal balance of strong "pros" and "cons," where controversy was evident, the editorial staff is convinced that no drastic changes are indicated. No clear cut man-

Several contributors remarked that Shipmate should not compete with the Naval Institute Proceedings in the type and general subject matter of articles published. Others, perhaps more in number, suggested that Shipmate's articles for the most part should be of a professional nature. A number of individuals called for more "first person" articles of historical value. One distinguished alumnus wrote, "More from still living Naval Acad, gratis, whose personal but still unrecorded experiences will make a contribution to history.

Also forthright articles on contemporary military matters." This is not a new plea; Mr. Hanson Baldwin '24 of the New Yor\ Times and recent Chairman of the Association's Publications Committee and RAdm. E. M. EUer '25, Director of Naval History and Chairman of the Public Relations Committee, have several times voiced the same hope. There is no doubt that much of interest and historical value still remains unrecorded; and for an alumnus of the Naval Academy what better means of recording than in Shipmate?

for mailing before the 20th of the following month; the 25th is a more realistic date. Call it six weeks from start to finish; and this does not count the time it takes second class bulk mail to reach its destination.

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FOR TRUSTEES AT LARGE (three years) (Four to be elected) RAdm. John W. Crumpacker '31, SC, USN (Ret.) Washington, D. C. RAdm. James F. Calvert '43, USN Washington, D. C. Mr. Oreal J. Crepeau '44, Chicago, 111.

Capt. Carvel H. Blair '45, USN, Alexandria, Va. Mr. Richard Duden, Jr. '47, Annapolis, Md. Mr. Thomas E. Alexander '48, Cincinnati, Ohio Maj. John P. Monahan '55, USMC, Washington, D.C. LCdr. Robert B. Pirie, Jr. '55, USN, Washington, D.C. SHIPMATE'S REPORT OF FITNESS The August-September issue of Shipmate carried a blank form with the caption of "Shipmate Fitness Report." On the form the reader was asked to submit his opinions and comments concerning the magazine. Although the return in numbers was disappointing, there was sufficient expression of thought to support the following remarks.

date is evident where there are as many individuals calling for curtailment of class notes and an increase in "feature articles" as there are those who write with much feeling and indignation, "Nuts to the feature articles; let's have more class news—that's what Shipmate's for!" It must be added that no one spoke for the total elimination of class dope and it remains a foregone conclusion that this section is the most avidly read part of the magazine and is definitely here to stay.

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MORE QUESTIONS A N D

ANSWERS

Homecoming Alumni Assembly questions received too late to be included in the assembly hand-out and the December issue of Shipmate are published below, together with their answers, for the information of all hands.

1 . W i l l m a j o r studies a t t l i e N a v a l A c a d e m y channel a f u t u r e officer's sub-specialty a n d / o r specialty status?

R. P. GLOVER '61

Although it is possible for a midshipman at the Naval Academy to continue his smdies beyond the required courses in sufficient depth to acquire a major in a given field, this has no direct bearing on either his sub-specialty or later career pattern as a naval officer. Such studies may have certain influences on the officer; however, no special designation or sub-specialty recognition is possible as a result of the education received. As a matter of record, 294 midshipmen were awarded majors in the Class of 1966, while 53 others received two or more different majors.

Major fields do not mirror any specific subspecialty but may influence a midshipman's future decision later in life into selecting a particular subspecialt)'.

2. W h y is t h e r e N O p r o g r a m m e d course of instruction f o r t h e m i d s h i p m e n o n t h e i r summer cruise? The m a j o r i t y of t h e m consider t h e cruise a w a s t e of t i m e since t h e y had l i t t l e o r no o p p o r t u n i t y to l e a r n a n y thing a b o u t t h e ship t h e y w e r e i n .

ARTHUR D . SOT-LIVAN '42

During the summer at sea training period, all midshipmen are required to complete a comprehensive manual which contains professional questions on all facets of life aboard ship, shipboard equipment, and operating procedures. In addition, midshipmen stand watches throughout all the spaces in the ship to help them understand how a ship functions.

These two requirements are specifically designed to intimately acquaint the midshipmen with the ship in which they are embarked, and are a major part of the professional training a midshipman receives. The afloat period is definitely not a waste of time.

3 . W h a t c r i t e r i a a r e used f o r assigning m e m b e r s o f t h e g r a d u a t i n g class t o t h e i r first ships, i.e., h o w do t h e y fit into t h e career p l a n n i n g s y s t e m .

ROBERT R . CRAIGHILL '30

There are enough career enhancing sea billets available annually to afford every newly commissioned regular officer the opportunity to serve in such a billet. Specifically, the prospective USNA graduate who is qualified and appointed to serve in the uiurestricted line is permitted to choose his billet in order of his class standing. Since career enhancing billets are initially offered, the officer's career can be started on a firm foundation. Further assignments are made on the basis of the individual's performance and motivation for a naval

Because of the long lead time in pilot training, significant increases in the pilot inventory will not be realized prior to Calendar Year 1968. Nevertheless, based on current and projected levels of operation, the Navy can meet tactical manning levels and at the same time observe reasonable limits in combat exposure.

Our current shortage is direcdy attributable to the low pilot training rates during the past eight years, and to low retention rates. Many of our younger pilots have been attracted by the oppormnities offered by tire commercial air lines. At the present time, the Secretary of the Navy is examining methods of making a Naval Aviation career more attractive, thus increasing retention.

These past low training and retention rates will be manifested in a shortage of Lieutenant Commanders and Commanders in the early 70's.

Several years will be required to overcome the shortages in these grades. Beyond this, the impact of our current pilot management practices on the future Naval Aviation Personnel Force Structure is difficult to forecast and becomes a matter of conjecture.

5. This p e r t a i n s to academic standards, specifically t o USNA entrance procedures.

A r e changes to t h e present procedures being considered which w o u l d w i d e n t h e l e v e l of competition b y , f o r instance, centralizing t h e admissions a u t h o r i t y , lessening t h e i m p o r t ance of g e o g r a p h i c a l q u o t a s , or by creating a class of a p p o i n t m e n t s based m o r e upon o p e n competition f o r those candidates w h o a r e not w i t h i n t h e groups n o w p r o v i d i n g plebes.

ALEXANDER MORRIS '56

Two steps have been taken recently to increase the number of appointments based upon more open competition.

One of these steps was the law passed in October 1966 which increased the Presidential quota from 75 to 100 annually and included for the first time the sons of reserve officers with at least 8 years of continuous active duty.

The other step was the inclusion for the first time in the law passed in March 1964 of a specified quota of 150 qualified congressional alternates in addition to the previous provision of law permitting the appointment of qualified alternates and qualified competitors in excess of quotas to bring the entering class up to the desired strength.

Hagt Call BELL, CHARLES (CDR USN RET ' 2 1 ) , 14

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' 6 6 , Willis, Tex. C O R W I N , ARIE ALVERDO (CAPT USN RET ' 0 7 ) , 3 Sept. ' 6 6 , B r i d g e p o r t , Conn.

FARQUHAR,

ALLEN

SHANNON

(RADM

RET ' 0 7 ) , 18 N o v . ' 6 6 , Jacksonville, 2 2 N o v . ' 6 6 , U S N H , San D i e g o , Calif.

FLOYD, HENRY FLETCHER (CDR USN RET ' 1 3 ) ,

The Navy has a pilot shortage that predates Vietnam. By redistribution of pilot assets from non-fleet assignments, tactical units have been manned to the levels required by the present situation. The Secretary of Defense has recendy approved an increase in the annual pilot training output to assist in meeting present requirements.

The need for a further increase is under smdy.

J A N U A R Y ,

1 9 6 7

N o v . ' 6 6 , A A , Gulf of

Ala.

Tonkin.

H A W K I N S O N , LESLIE HERMAN (CAPT USN RET ' 2 4 ) , 12 N o v . 6 6 , U S N H , M i l l i n g t o n , Tenn.

KURLAK, W I L L I A M MICHAEL 23 Nov. '66, AA,

(LTJG USN ' 6 4 ) ,

Mediterranean.

McFALL, ALBERT DODGE (CDR USN ' 5 0 ) , 6 Dec. ' 6 6 , A . A., USS BON HOMME

(CAPT Royal,

SWOPE, CHARLES FREDERICK (CAPT USAF ' 5 7 ) , 9 N o v . ' 6 6 , South

Vietnam.

TOZER, CHARLES N E W T O N (LTJG USN ' 6 3 ) , 16 N o v . ' 6 6 , A A , a t sea.

WEAVER, PHILIP RIDER (CAPT USN RET ' 1 4 ) , 2 5 N o v . ' 6 6 , Des M o i n e s , l a .

W I R T Z , PAUL CYRIL (RADM USN RET ' 2 3 ) , 2 3 Nov.

'66,

Honolulu,

Hawaii.

WOLCOTT, THEODORE (LCDR USN RET ' 2 5 ) , 5 Oct. ' 6 6 , San R a f a e l , Calif.

W R I G H T , PERCY TALMAGE (CAPT USN RET ' 0 9 ) , 13 Dec. ' 6 6 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

ALBERT NORRIS

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Capt. Albert Norris, USN (Ret.), died of cancer in the Scripps Hospital, La Jolla, Calif., on 28 Nov. Graveside services were held at Arlington National Cemetery on 2 D e c , with interment adjacent to the grave of his older brother, Capt.

William Norris, USN (Ret.), class of 1901.

Capt. Norris was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He received an appointment to the Military Academy in 1899, entered in 1900, stayed two months, then resigned and applied for an appointment to the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1905. He served in USS MASSACHUSETTS; almost four years in the WASHINGTON, then later in the GALVESTON on the Asiatic Station.

During World War I he was in charge of the material laboratory at the Navy Yard, New York, then in April 1919 he became Inspector of Machinery and Ordnance at the Todd Shipbuilding Plant in Tacoma, Wash. From 1920-21 he served in the N E W MEXICO, the first electric batdeship, then was assigned Engineer Officer of the Charleston Navy Yard. He became Inspector of Engineering Material in New York, served as fleet engineer on the staff of Scouting Fleet, then was Inspector of Naval Material for the Schenectady District with headquarters at the General Electric Co. He was retired in 1939 but recalled to active duty and served throughout World War II. His last duty before retiring in July 1945 was in the Bureau of Engineering in Washington, D. C , where he served four years.

Survivors include his widow Maude of 316 Palomar Ave., La Jolla; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Varney Dennis of Silver City, N. M.; a grandson, Peter Varney, a postgraduate student at the University of Colorado in Boulder; two nephews, Capt.

Charles R. Norris, Jr., USN '38, who is in the Executive Office of the President, Washington, D. C , and Col. William A. Norris, USAF (Ret.) of Orlando, Fla., are sons of his younger brother, the late Cdr. Charles R. Norris, USNR (Ret.) '08.

ALLAN S H A N N O N

FROSIO, ROBERT CLARENCE (CDR USN ' 5 0 ) , 12 4 . Briefly discuss t h e current N a v y Pilot shortage a n d impact on f u t u r e N a v y p e r sonnel force structure.

JOHN E . ALLEN '51

STEWART, GEORGE VANDENBURGH, USN RET ' 0 5 ) , 10 N o v . ' 6 6 , Front Va.

USN Flo.

FISH, HOWELL CHURCH (CAPT USN RET ' 2 4 ) ,

2 9 Oct. ' 6 6 , M o n t g o m e r y ,

SMITH, W A L T O N WILEY (RADM USN RET ' 2 0 ) , 19 N o v . 6 6 , H a r t f o r d , Conn.

RICHARD.

MARU on 4 Oct.

NORRIS, ALBERT (CAPT USN RET ' 0 5 ) , 2 8 N o v . ' 6 6 , Scripps H o s p i t a l , La J o l l a , Calif.

PERLEY, REUBEN NOEL (COL USA RET ' 1 1 ) , 5 Dec. ' 6 6 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

RENFRO, JACK DENNIS (LT SC USN ' 6 2 ) , N o v . ' 6 6 , South V i e t n a m .

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1918.

In 1920 Adm. Farquhar was in charge of the Naval Radio School at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., then he commanded the destroyers

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FARQUHAR

RAdm. Allan S. Farquhar, USN (Ret.), died on 18 Nov. in Jacksonville, Fla. Services •wa^e^ held in the Fort Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. Farquhar was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1907. He served in USS ALABAMA with the Great White Fleet. In 1915 he was inspector-instructor of the Naval Militia of New York and New Jersey. During World War I he was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service as commanding officer of USS STERRETT in the convoy of troops and cargo ships in the war zone, and for rescuing the passengers and crew of the Japanese steamer HIRANO

SELFRIDGE,

RATHBURNE,

MCCORMICK, 13

FARENHOLT and STRIBLING. He headed die Public

Relations Branch, Navy Department; was graduated from the Naval War College in 1930, and became Inspector of Ordnance in charge of the Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Wash. He commanded the SALT LAKE CITY; was Assistant Direc-

tor of Naval Intelligence, then became Chief of Staff, Atiantic Squadron.

Allan Shannon Farquhar '07

After serving as District Material Officer, Fourth Naval District, he was transferred to the Fifth Naval District as Chief of Staff and Aide with additional duty as Chief of Staff Naval Operating Base, Norfolk. After being retired in 1945, he was recalled to active duty as a member of the Compensation Board in the Navy Department.

His next and last duty was as president of the Court Martial Board of the First Naval District, Boston, Mass. In 1953 he and his family moved to Jacksonville.

He also held the Cuban Pacification, Mexican Service and Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medals, and the Order of the Officer of the Crown by Belgium.

Survivors include his widow Charlotte of 2507 River Road, Jacksonville; tiiree daughters, Mrs. Daniel Malone of Fort Sill, Okla., Mrs. John Hubinger of Barneveld, N. Y., and Mrs. Robert Graham, III, of Arlington, Va.; a brother, Ivan Farquhar of Utica, N. Y., and six granddaughters.

with the class of 1920. While a midshipman he served during World War I in USS VIRGINIA; following graduation he served in PUEBLO and MooDY, then in destroyers in the Pacific. He had instruction in heavier-than-air at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and was designated a naval aviator in June 1923.

In July 1930 he served on the staff of Commander Aircraft Squadrons, Batde Fleet, later redesignated Commander, Carrier Divisions, U. S. Fleet, continuing in that duty until after the command was renamed Aircraft, Battle Force, U. S. Fleet in April 1931. He attended the Naval War College, with additional duty at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., then joined Fighting Squadron 5, based in the LEXINGTON, taking command of the squadron in June 1936 when it was transferred to USS RANGER. He was navigator of WASP from her commissioning in April 1940 until October 1941.

In November 1941 Adm. Smith was aviation officer on the staff of Commander, Scouting Force, USS INDIANAPOLIS flagship, and was awarded a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon for his services from 31 Jan. to 26 March 1942, and the Bronze Star Medal with Combat " V " for services during this time off Rabaul and New Guinea. He was operations officer, then Chief of Staff and Aide and finally commanding officer of Commander, Fleet Air Alameda, Calif., then of the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville. He commanded USS CABOT in 1945, which participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns, and was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism, and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with star.

As a commodore he was designated Commander, Carrier Division 19 in January 1946, followed by temporary duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He was retired on 1 Nov. of that year. Among his other awards are the AsiaticPacific Campaign Medal with two stars, and the Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. David P. Dunbar of Hartford; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walton Wiley Smith, Jr., widow of his son, Lt. Smith, Jr., USNR, and several grandchildren.

PAUL CYRIL W I R T Z ' 2 3

RAdm. Paul C. Wirtz, USN (Ret.), died of a heart attack at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 23 Nov.

PHILIP RIDER WEAVER ' 1 4

W A L T O N WILEY SMITH ' 2 0

USS GENERAL A. E.

ANDERSON,

after

After retiring in July 1953, Adm. Wirtz was named commercial manager of radio station KHON and later was an appraiser for Pacific Insurance Co., until he retired in 1964.

He is survived by his widow Jane of 5373 Papal St., Honolulu; two sons, Peter M. Wirtz of Honolulu and David P. Wirtz of China Lake, Calif.; a brother, Assoc. Justice Cable R. Wirtz of Wailuku, and five grandchildren.

HOWELL CHURCH FISH ' 2 4

Capt. Howell C. Fish, USN (Ret.), of Coronado, Calif., died on 22 Nov. after a short illness at the Naval Hospital, San Diego. Graveside services with full military honors and interment were at Ft. Rosencrans National Cemetery.

Capt. Fish was born in Bath, N . Y., and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1924. He served 31 years in the Navy, primarily in submarines but also in surface ships, including USS ARKANSAS, USS BEAVER and USS TRUXTUN. He

had three tours of duty in naval shipyards; served as commander of the Mariana Group Pacific Reserve Fleet and with AG-15 during World War II. His principal commands were USS BUSHNELL, USS Fox and the Submarine Base at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

LESLIE HERMAN H A W K I N S O N ' 2 4

Capt. Leslie H. Hawkinson, USN (Ret.), died at the Naval Hospital, Millington, Tenn., on 12 Nov. Graveside services with military honors, and interment, were at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.

Capt. Hawkinson, who was born in Chicago, 111., enlisted in the Navy in 1918. He received a presidential appointment to the Naval Academy in 1920, and was graduated with the class of 1924. He served on the Yangtze Patrol from 1927-29, in USS WEST VIRGINIA from

1933-36,

then commanded an Eagle Boat for two years.

Paul Cyril Wirtz '23 During World War II he served in the South Pacific, first in the sub tender USS FULTON, then Adm. Wirtz, who was born in Honolulu, atlater in command of the tanker USS VICTORIA; he tended St. Louis College in Honolulu, and was commanded the repair ship USS LAERTES in the graduated from the Naval Academy in 1923. He Pacific.

RAdm. Walton W. Smith, USN (Ret.), died on 19 Nov. in Hartford, Conn. Services with full served in USS WEST VIRGINIA for three years, and military honors were held at Fort Myer Chapel, on the staff of Commander Destroyer Squadrons, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. Smith, who was born in Commerce, Ga., Batde Fleet. In 1931 he received his Master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Techattended Tennessee Military Institute and the nology.

University of Georgia before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1919 While serving as squadron torpedo officer on the 14

manded

which he was commanding officer of the Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, N . J. He also held the Yangtze Service, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, and China Service Medals, among others.

His first wife, Susan Widenmann Fish, died in 1963 and in 1964 he was married to the former Miss Janet D. Wallace of Coronado, who survives and is now living at 1504 Park View Place, Coronado.

Capt. Philip R. Weaver, USN (Ret.), died on 25 Nov. at his home in Des Moines, la. Services were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Capt. Weaver was born in Cranston, R. I., and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1914.

He served in the Haitian Campaign in 1915; the Second Nicaraguan Campaign, and in World War I. He was retired in 1935, but was recalled to active duty in September 1940. He served during World War II and was in the U. S. Navy Recruiting Service, 9th Naval District, prior to his retirement in December 1946.

From 1951-61 he was the Des Moines-Polk County Civil Defense Director, and was active in community affairs.

He is survived by his widow Margaret of 635 Foster Drive, Des Moines; a son Philip A. Weaver of Omaha, Neb., and four grandchildren.

staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron Five, Asiatic Fleet, he was present during the Shanghai incident in February 1932. After duty at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., he commanded USS TANAGER, flagship of Commander Mine Division Four, Battle Force, which conducted special work in the Aleutian Islands in the fall of 1937.

After commanding USS TRUITT he became executive officer of the Naval Torpedo Station at Alexandria, Va., from 1939-43, and received a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon for his outstanding work in the manufacture of torpedoes. He commanded Mine Squadrons 12 and 5, then served as operations officer on the staff of Commander Minecraft, Pacific Fleet. He was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally meritorious conduct against the Japanese forces in minesweeping operations in the East China Sea. He continued in that command as Chief of Staff from June to October 1946, then headed the Naval Ammunition Depot at Lualualei, Oahu, T. H. In July 1949 he com-

He was retired in January 1947 for physical disability, and made his home in San Francisco where for some years he was supervisor of a building trade commission. In 1960 he moved to Marion, Ark., where his wife Martha died last

July.

S H I P M A T E

He is survived by a son, Frank B. Hawkinson of Montclair, N . J.; a stepson, Lt. William P. Blair, USNR '47, of San Bernardino, Calif.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mary Blair Arnold of Portola Valley, Calif., and four grandchildren.

THEODORE W O L C O T T ' 2 5

LCdr. Theodore Wolcott, USN (Ret.), died of a cerebral hemorrhage in San Rafael, Calif., on 5 Oct He had been living in San Anselmo, where he was connected with the Don Geddes Real Estate Co. .\bout two years ago he suffered a serious attack of asthma and emphysema and had retired from business.

LCdr. Wolcott, who was born in Iowa, was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. He served in World War II, and was retired on 1 January 1947.

Survivors include his widow Catherine of 112 Oakcrest Road, San Anselmo; a son, Theodore, Jr., of San Anselmo; a daughter, Mrs. Althea Keyes, and three grandchildren.

DANIEL T H O M A S EDDY ' 2 7

Graveside services for R.\dm. D. Thomas Eddy, USN (Ret.), who died on 30 June in Honolulu, were held on 22 Nov. at -Arlington National Cemetery. .\dm. Eddy was born in Saratoga Springs, N . Y. He was graduated from New Y'ork Military Academy prior to entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1927. His first duty assignment was in USS WY'OMING in the Atiantic.

He attended the Submarine School at New London in 1929, and was attached to USS S-19, then with Submarine Force, U. S. Fleet based at Pearl Harbor.

Adm. Eddy was graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1936, in marine engineering in submarines: commanded S-22, then served as aide and flag lieutenant on the staff of Commander Batde Force, then on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet, in USS PENNSYLV.ANLA. Early in May 1941 he remrned to the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor for shore duty, where he was serving at the time of the Japanese attack. Until July 1943 he served as engineering and repair officer at the base, and was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct.

In 1945 he was executive officer of USS WISCONSIN, and received the Bronze Star Medal for his services against enemy forces in the Pacific. In November he assumed temporary duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, then in January 1946 he became Deputy Chief of Naval Operations in Personnel. He was one of five Naval and Marine Corps officers who acted as observers in the Palestine truce effort, and later served as legislative liaison officer to the Board on Decorations and Awards. He was retired on 1 Feb. 1949.

Survivors include a son, Thomas Todd Eddy of Honolulu, a daughter, Mrs. Leilani Hughes of Richmond, Va., and five grandchildren. His widow, Mrs. .'Vnne Todd Eddy, who moved to Washington, D . C , following his death, died on 5 Dec. at her home at 2501 Q Street, N.W. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on the 7di.

in March 1952, then reported to Fighter Squadron 53 at the Naval Air Station, Miramar, Calif.

While serving with this squadron he was awarded four Air Medals and the Navy Commendation Medal for services in Korean air combat operations.

course at the Naval War College in 1962. In October 1965 he became executive officer of VA-76 aboard USS ENTERPRISE operating in the South China Sea, then became commanding officer.

Following duty as flight instructor at Whiting Field and at Pensacola, he completed the Photo Reconnaissance Pilot course, then had all-weather replacement pilot training at VF-101, NAS Key West, subsequentiy joining VF-82 at NAS Oceana.

He was transferred to VA-76, serving as operations officer and maintenance officer for two and a half years. After graduating from the Naval War College in July 1962 he served on the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, Atiantic Fleet as attack training officer. He completed A-4 refresher training at VA-44, NAS Cecil Field and joined VA-12 as executive officer in May 1965; in April 1966 he became the Squadron's twenty-second commanding officer.

He also held the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross for Vietnam service, and had been recommended for the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for meritorious services as commanding officer of VA-12. He had completed 4600 flight hours, 1200 of them in the A-4, and 460 carrier landings.

Albert Dodge McFall '50

Survivors include his widow, the former Jean Livingston of Jacksonville, Fla., and two children, Catherine Gardner and Albert Dodge McFall, Jr., of 4426 Country Club Road, Jacksonville; his parents, RAdm. and Mrs. Andrew C. McFall of Ponte Verde, Fla., and a brother, Andrew C. McFall, Jr., of St. Petersburg, Fla. HAROLD FRANCIS HICKS ' 5 2

Cdr. Harold F. Hicks, USN, died on 16 Aug. in an aircraft accident off USS INDEPENDENCE in the Western Mediterranean. A naval aviator, he was serving as executive officer of Attack Squadron 75 at the time of the night catapult launch accident.

Robert Clarence Frosio '50

Surviving are his widow, the former Elizabeth Anne Calhoun of Pensacola, and five children, Robert Michael (14), Kathleen Anne (12), Allan Edward ( 9 ) , Stephen Andrew ( 4 ) , and Mary Teresa ( 2 ) ; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Frosio, Sr., 114 Celeste Place, Warrington, Fla.

Cdr. Hicks was born in New York City, and served in the U. S. Navy in the China Station before his appointment to the Naval Academy; he was graduated with the class of 1952. He served in USS SICILY in Korean waters; completed flight training at Pensacola in 1954, followed by advanced training at Corpus Christi, Tex. He was personnel officer in USS ORISKANV, then served as operations officer in VF-94, and as an aviator in USS HORNET and USS YORKTOWN.

He returned to the Naval Academy in 1958 for a three-year assignment as an instructor in the English, History and Government Department, during which time he was a graduate student at ALBERT DODGE McFALL ' 5 0 Cdr. A. Dodge McFall, USN, died on 6 Dec. in Georgetown University, where he received a Master's degree. He also studied at Oxford Unithe crash of a Skyhawk bomber following takeoff versity in England. He was communications officer from the BON H O M M E RICHARD during a night training flight off the coast of California. He was in USS INDEPENDENCE during the Cuban crisis, commanding officer of Attack Squadron 76, and and on the staff of Commander Carrier Division had recendy returned from Vietnam where he had Six, followed by duty as operations officer in VA66, and as an aviator in USS AMERICA. He joined flown 119 missions. Memorial services were held VA-75 last July. in the Naval Academy Chapel on 13 Dec. ROBERT CLARENCE FROSIO ' 5 0 Among his awards were the China Service, Cdr. McFall, who was born in Baltimore, Md., Cdr. Robert C. Frosio, USN, commanding attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Del., Philippine Liberation, National Defense (1 star), officer of Attack Squadron 12, died in an aircraft Korean Service (1 star), Cuban Expeditionary accident in the Gulf of Tonkin on 12 Nov. H e and was graduated from the Naval Academy in was pilot of an A4E Skyhawk returning to USS 1950. He was designated a naval aviator in Janu- Medals, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation.

He was a member of the American Historical ary 1953 and reported to Attack Squadron 175 in FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT from a night combat the Atiantic Fleet. He had tours as aide and flag Association. mission over North Vietoam at the time of the lieutenant to Chief of Naval Air Basic Training, accident. Memorial services were held aboard ship He is survived by his widow Christina, and four Deputy Commander in Chief, Atiantic Fleet, and and at the Naval Air Station Chapel, Cecil Field, children, Harold F., Mary C , Sheila A. and the Superintendent, Naval Academy.

Fla. Brian E. Hicks, who have been living in Quarters He served in five operational attack squadrons 678 Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia Beach, Cdr Frosio was born in Coronado, Calif., and Va.; his mother, Mrs. Mary C. Hicks of Long was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1950. including VA-175, VA-105, VA-15, VA-75 and VA-65. He completed the Command and Staff Beach, Calif.

He was designated a naval aviator at Pensacola J A N U A R Y ,

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FRANK ELMER LIETHEN '53 Maj. Frank E. Liethen, USAF, was killed on 12 Oct. in the collision of two planes over the desert near Indian Springs Air Force Station, Nev. The accident occurred when Major Lietiien, the executive officer of the Thunderbirds, famed precision exhibition planes, was piloting an F-lOO super sabre jet in practice maneuvers. Services with full military honors and interment were at the Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.

Maj. Liethen, a native of Appleton, Wis., was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1953 and commissioned in the U. S. Air Force. He completed pilot training at Marana Air Force Base and Williams AFB, Ariz., and F-86 gunnery training at Nellis AFB, Nev. He was then assigned to the 494th Fighter Bomber Squadron at Chaumont Air Base in France, where he flew the F-86 and F-lOO for three years.

He received his Master's degree in electronics in 1959 from the Air University at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and remained there for duty as fire control system engineer in the F-105 system program office.

In 1961 he was selected to attend the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, Calif., and was chosen outstanding pilot and overall swdent in his class. After a year as a project officer in the research and development section of the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB, he returned to the pilot school as an mstruc-

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Frank Elmer Liethen '53

tor. While there he flew an F-104 Starfighter modified with a rocket engine to an altitude of 108,000 feet. He reported for duty with the Thunderbirds in December 1965.

Surviving are his widow, the former Charlotte McFadden of Lyons, Colo., and four children, Robin, Laura, Gretta and Tony.

in nuclear engineering in 1962, and completed the Squadron Officers School, correspondence course, in July 1964.

Photo by Ted Miller Robert Owen Bartlett '55

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CHARLES NEWTON TOZER '63 Lt.(jg) Charles N. Tozer, USN, died on 16 Nov. in an accident while a passenger in a helicopter en route from USS HORNET to the Naval Air Station, Ream Field, Calif. He was serving with Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 37 at the time of the accident. Memorial services were held in the North Island Naval Air Station Chapel.

Lt. Tozer, who was born in Ramona, Calif., was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1963.

After receiving his wings at Pensacola he reported to VS-37 for duty, serving as the legal and public affairs officer. He was under instruction to become the Squadron landing signal officer.

In October 1962 Capt. Bardett was assigned as nuclear safety officer in the 1211th Test Squadron, Kirtiand AFB, later redesignated 58th Weather Squadron, and was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for outstanding accomplishments in that assignment. Since February 1965 he has been an aircraft commander of an RB-57 F, a high altitude aircraft, and his name has been submitted for the Air Medal for accomplishments while involved in aerial flights.

From January through June 1966 Capt. Bardett was commander of a new operating location in Argentina, wherein he established a complete working base of operation with minimal support.

He had been cited by the Argentines and the U. S. Air Force for outstanding accomplishments in that capacity, and had been cited for the Commendation Medal. He had compiled 2810 hours with Senior Pilot rating as of August 1963.

Surviving are his widow Sigrid of 1803 Maiden St., San Diego (in care of W. O. Peterson), and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen A. Bartlett of 1216 Rock View St., Los Angeles.

JACK DENNIS RENFRO ' 6 2

Lt. Jack D. Renfro, (SC) USN, died on 7 Nov. in Da Nang, South Vietnam, while serving with Mobile Construction Battalion 6.

Lt. Renfro, who was born in Kansas City, Mo., served in the U. S. Navy before entering the Naval

ROBERT OWEN BARTLETT '55 Capt. Robert O. Barriett, USAF, died in a mili tary aircraft accident in the Sandia Mountains neai Albuquerque, N. M., on 7 Nov. He was serving with USAF 58 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Kirtiand Air Force Base, New Mexico. Memorial services were held by the Squadron in the Base Chapel on 9 Nov.; services were also held at the Goodbody Mormary in San Diego, Calif., with interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery Mausoleum on the 10th.

Capt. Barriett, who was born in Los Angeles, was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1955.

He received primary pilot training at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas, then fighter pilot training, followed by duty as fighter pilot, 4 Tow Target Squadron, George AFB, Calif.

In June 1958 he was assigned to Johnson AFB, Japan, as a B-57 pilot, 8 Bomb Squadron, then he attended the Air University at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. He received a Master of Science degree

Academy, from where he was graduated in 1962.

He was an expert rifle and pistol shot, and was a member of the All American Pistol Squad in 1962 and of the All Navy pistol team.

After completing the Naval Supply Corps School at Athens, Ga., in 1963, he served in USS FoRRESTAL, then in Headquarters, Fifth Naval District, Norfolk. He became supply officer of MCB-6 in October 1965.

Surviving are his widow, the former Linda Lou Brooks of Norfolk, who is living at 8018 Danbury Drive, Norfolk; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Renfro of 6408 W. 81st St., Overland Park, Kan.

Jack Dennis Renfro '62

Charles Newton Tozer '63 Surviving are his widow, the former Sally Stone, of 213 Ovideo St., Gulf Breeze, Fla.; his fadier, Mr. Eugene N. Tozer of 430B East Line St., Bishop, Calif.; his motiier, Mrs. Rebecca G. Petersen, and a brother Samuel E. Tozer of 320 3rd St., Ramona, Calif.

WILLIAM MICHAEL KURLAK '64 Lt.(jg) William M. Kurlak, USN, died on 23 Nov. in an aircraft accident off USS SHANGRI-LA in the Mediterranean. Services were held on board ship, and at the Naval Air Station Chapel, Pensacola, Fla. Interment was in Ft. Barrancos National Cemetery.

Lt. Kurlak, who was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., attended Kailua High School in Hawaii before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1964. He was designated a naval aviator in December 1965, and completed advanced training at the Naval Air Station, Kingsville, Tex. He served with Attack Squadron 45, NAS Cecil Field, then in May was assigned assistant avionics and weapons officer with VA-83.

He held the National Defense Service Medal.

Survivors include his widow, Mary Jane, and a son Brian Michael, of 303 Savannah, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; and his parents, LCdr. William B. Kurlak, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Kurlak of 134 Laurel, Gulf Breeze, Fla., temporarily of 4491 Montalvo St., San Diego, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Plunkett of Spring Valley, Calif.

SHIPMATE

Capt. Louis P. Davis, USN (Ket.) Dresden Apartment 2126 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Wasliington, D. C. Graveside services were held for our classmate, Capt. Albert NORRIS, who died of cancer on 28 Nov. in the Scripps Hospital, La Jolla. Graveside services were held at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, 2 Dec., prior to interment in a grave adjacent to that of his older brother, Capt.

William Norris '01. Mrs. Maude M. Norris, his widow, was unable to attend the burial due to doctor's orders.

Capt. and Mrs. C. R. Norris, Jr., represented the family at the services. Classmates and wives in attendance were Adm. and Mrs. R. E. Ingersol, RAdm. and Mr. W. R. Furlong and Capt. and Mrs. J. O. Gawne. Mrs. W. O. Spears, widow of RAdm. W. O. Spears, USN (Ret.), and otiier close friends also attended the services.

A letter was received from R. C. MacFALL saying that his wife, Idamaye, had died on Sunday, 11 Dec, at their home in La Jolla, Calif. She was buried in El Camino Memorial Park.

Born in New York City, she was a descendant of the Dutch Colonial Beekman family. Her father, the late John Culver Beekman, was a physician in New Y'ork at the mrn of the cenmry.

Her paternal grandfather, Daniel Beekman, helped remove President Lincoln from the Ford Theater where he was fatally wounded by an assassin.

She was graduated from the National Cathedral School in Washington, D. C , in 1903, and from Vassar College in 1907.

Surviving are her husband and our classmate, who lives at 7330 Monte Vista Ave.; a son John McFall, and a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Spooner, all of La JoUa.

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See'y. Capt. R. C. Parker. USN (Ret.) 5706 Bradley Bird., Bethesda, Md. 20014

Our classmate Allan S. FARQUHAR, died at Jacksonville, Fla., on 18 Nov. and was buried in Arlington with full military honors on the 22nd.

Among those attending the funeral were Hoover, Schuyler and Windsor of 1907, also Admirals Shafroth and Heffernan.

Present were his widow, Charlotte Monette Farquhar of Jacksonville; three daughters, Mrs. Daniel Malone of Fort Sill, Okla., Mrs. John Hubinger of Barneveld, N . Y., and Mrs. Robert Graham of Arlington, Va.; six grandchildren, and a brother from Utica, N . Y. Known affectionately to his classmates as "Fuzzy" Farquhar, his last regular duty was as president of the Court Martial Board, 1st Naval District. Subsequentiy he was recalled to active duty as a member of the Compensation Board in Washington.

Naval Hospital, Annapolis. She was a native of Annapolis, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Miller.

Services were held in the Taylor Funeral Chapel, followed by interment in Arlington National Cemetery on the 16th.

She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Ina C. Hubard of Owings Mills and Mrs. Margaret C. Hazard of Durham, N. C ; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. 21401 CLASS LUNCHEON: We had another fine attendance at the November luncheon held on the 15th. Twelve of us were present.

Bain McCANDLISH: I had an interesting letter from Bain, dated 21 Nov. The Darlington Kiwanis Club gave him the 1966 Kiwanian of the Year award for public service of the greatest value to the community. He said a mutual friend brought Hasell and Margaret Dick to see him; said they both looked in good shape. Hasell lives in York, S. C , not too far from Darlington.

1909 PLEBE FOOTBALL TEAM: I am indebted to Nick Goulard for this picture. Front row reading from left to right: Ben Todd, Lyford Lang, Nick Goulard, Cummins Carey, Claude Gillette, Fitz Green. Second row reading from left to right: Levi Bye, Ray Jones, John Saxer, Phil Hambsch, Eddie Lange, Fred Humbert. Top row reading from left to right: Al Lanphier, Andrew Pendleton, Doug Kilduff, Stanley Canine, Spuds Murphy, Max DeMott.

You '09ers look at the picture and see if you could recognize them witiiout looking at the names.

BIRTHDAYS IN JANUARY Happy birthday to: Whitmire on the 3rd, McCauley on the 4th, Keester on the 6th, Stoddard on the 13th, Carver on the 22nd, Donelson on the 31st and Sloan on the 31st.

HAROLD TRAIN

See'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.), 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Doraey O. Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. 46902 1910 was represented in the recent Regional Bridge Tournament in Coronado. Our Chet (Capt.

C. C.) JERSEY was 1 of 3500 contestants. Odds were on Chet winning one of the 6 regional championships.

A recent news release by the Department pub-lishes a picture of Lt. Ted Langworthy '61—son of our Elmer and Mildred—and a story of his citation by the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet for "Heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight in developing an effective anti-surfaceto-air capability and associated tactics with Carrier Air Wing Nine while attached to and serving with Attack Squadron 36 embarked in USS E N TERPRISE from Sept. 1965 to July 1966." Our congratulations to Ted and to his parents.

The grandson of our classmate, Tom (Cdr. T. A.) NICHOLSON, is a candidate for admission to the class of 1971 USNA. His name, Thomas Nicholson Cabell. Good luck to him! May the young man be as beloved by the class of '71 as his grandfather was by the class of 1910.

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Red (Como. F. G.) REINICKE and Nan are meeting the years very comfortably and very graciously in their mid-Manhattan apartment.

Your reporter's camera caught them beside the portrait of Red done by noted portraitist Ben Ali Haggi during WW II when Red was on duty as Director of the Port of New York.

Tod eye on He got —some

(MGen. John E.) SLOAN keeps an eagle athletes that come from Kokomo, Ind. his nickname from the most famous one 60 years ago.

11 11 Sec'y. Como. Harry A. Badt, USN (Ret.) 11 n ^Pt. 609, Blair House, 8201 16th St. U U surer Sprinsr, Md. 20910 Mrs. Elizabeth Draper Kauffman, widow of VAdm. James L. KAUFFMAN, died at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, on 9 D e c , of heart failure following a long illness. A native of San Francisco, she had lived in Annapolis for the past 18 months.

Prior to Admiral Kauffman's death in 1962 they had lived in Washington, D . C. Survivors include her son, RAdm. Draper L. Kauffman, superintendent of the Naval Academy; a daughter, Mrs. Prescott Bush of Greenwich, Ckjnn., and six grandchildren.

Services were held in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy, with interment in the Naval Academy Ometery.

Mrs. Isabelle M. Cochran, the wife of Cdr. Schamyl COCHRAN '08, died on 14 Dec. at the J A N U A R Y ,

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See'y, VAdm. R. M. Griffin, USN (Ret.) 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008

In the December issue you will find the obituary of Frank LOFTIN. But it is well to note here how much he will be missed by those of us living in Washington. Frank was a constant participant in our class luncheons and added much to their enjoyment. Although he had been in poor health for some time, it was hard to believe that this fine athlete was nearing his end.

Bob HINCKLEY'S grandson and the husband of Dwight Chandler's granddaughter are meeting at the Officers' Club in Subic Bay en route to Vietnam. Lt.(jg) Robert M. Hinckley, Jr., USN '64, is on leave after five months in Vietnam. He is meeting the son of Col. R. J. Hester, USMC (who married Betty Chandler), namely 2nd Lt. Mike Hester, USMC. We wish them the best of luck in Viemam.

Bill SIMONS' granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Simons, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bentham Simons, Jr., made her debut at a dance in South Carolina Society Hall, Charleston, on 23 Dec. Mary Bruns maintains her residence at the Kennedy-Warren in Washington, but spends much of her time away checking on her 27 grandchildren. In late January or February she will be off again, first to San Antonio to see two sisters, then to the west coast in March to see sons David and John and daughter Betty (Mrs. Walter V. Gallagher) and doubtless numerous grandchildren. Before returning she plans to visit her son William Henry in Okinawa where the State Department has recendy transferred him from his previous post in Japan. Eventually, Mary will return to Washington.

Ruben Noel PERLEY died on 5 Dec. at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda. It will be remembered that on graduation he was commissioned in the Army where he reached the rank of colonel prior to retirement. He had been in Washington, in and out of the hospital, for several months which gave those of us living here the opportunity to renew our friendship. He hadn't changed much, or lost his interest in the class, so we enjoyed meeting with him again.

At the memorial services at St. Alban's Episcopal Church and the subsequent interment in Arlington, Buder, Byrnes, Chandler, Cygon, Griffin and Hinckley acted as honorary pallbearers. Ruben is survived by his widow Anne; sons Cdr. R. N. Perley, USN, and Col. Robert L. Perley, USA; and eight grandsons.

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Sec'y, Como, R. S. Wentworth, USN (Ret.) 1922 Carrollton Rd., Annapolis, Md. 21401

John V E N T E R ' S second son, Si, will join the Navy in February 1967. He will be a Supply Corps officer. At present he is studying at the University of London, majoring in economics. D. E., the oldest son, is a captain, USNR. Josh is very proud of these boys.

Elisabeth Ten Eyck is planning to move from Branford to Eastport.

Grace Saunders has moved from Takoma Park to 1320 Homewood Lane, Annapolis. Tip and Dorothy TISDALE are moving from Vallejo to 4200 Cathedral Ave., Washington, D. C.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Maury, USN (Ret.) 208 Prince Georee St.. Annapolis, Md. 21401 Corr. See'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.), 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, Calif. 920^2

It was a great shock to me recentlyXwhen I received an air mail letter from Ed PAtMER, who lives in Sioux City, la., informing me that Phil WEAVER had passed away at his home in Des Moines on 25 Nov. Phil had been ill for IS

some time and about a year ago had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., because of a malignant growth in his larynx. The follow-up x-ray treatments were of no avail in spite of his long and futile fight for life.

Last April I received a picture postcard from Phil which was sent from Point Clear, Ala., where he and Margaret were spending a vacation. The card was so cheerful that I wrongfully assumed that he was in perfect health.

Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on 28 Nov. In lieu of flowers a donation to the Cancer Fund was sent by the class.

You will find more details relating to Phil in the Last Call which precedes the class columns.

Zeno WICKS sent a recent clipping from the Toledo Rotarian which was sent to him by one of his friends in Toledo. I am sure that the information given in this clipping will be of great interest to all members of the class as it pertains to Bob GARY. I will now quote: "Not all Medal of Honor winners were soldiers.

Some travelled the seas and skies. Navy Ensign Robert W. Cary (now a retired rear admiral living in Toledo) saved the lives of his men aboard the USS SAN DIEGO when an explosion ripped the ship on January 21, 1915.

"He stood by a boiler that was ready to explode, and jammed an electrically controlled door, keeping it from shutting and trapping a dozen men. The men fled while Cary held his position.

When all were safe in another compartment, he allowed the door to close. Moments later the boiler exploded."

Hazel and I were gready pleased on the afternoon of Sunday, 4 Dec, when Helen and Jimmy RAY dropped in and paid us a call. With them were their daughter and her husband who is a Marine officer now stationed in Quantico, Va. Jimmy and Helen had driven from their home in Nevada City, Calif., right after election day and have been visiting not only in Quantico but also some of their relatives in Washington, D. C. They left on Pearl Harbor Day for Chicago where they visited more relatives, after which they returned home by the southern route to avoid the frigid weather in the north.

Ed PALMER has recendy gone through the same operation that President Johnson had a short time ago. I am glad to say that Ed has recovered very nicely and expects to be "back to battery" very shortly. He wrote me that the operation was no more complicated than fixing a punctured tire.

He did not mention it but I believe that when he regains his strength, etc., he and Dorothy will carry out their regular routine of spending the remainder of the winter at a famous winter resort in Mexico. I have forgotten the name of it.

At the time of this writing both Liz Jalbert and Miriam Slingluff are still patients in the Naval Academy Hospital and are progressing nicely. Incidentally, they are roommates and for that reason there are no dull moments for either of them so far as conversation is concerned!

By the time you receive this copy of Shipmate Christmas and New Year's Eve will have come and gone. However, it is assumed that during the holidays each of you lifted your glass and gave: "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. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. M. W. Hutchinson, Jr. 6 Acton Place, Annapolis, Md. 21401

On Friday, 18 Nov., Lucille and Pres MARSHALL gave a cocktail buffet party at the Ft. Leslie J. McNair Officers' Mess, Washington, D. C , for about 100 of their friends, none of whom except a very few with very long memories— and they were sworn to secrecy as soon as they

made their first suspicious sound prior to the party —suspected that the inspiration for the party was anything unusual. It was unusual, however. As the first guests arrived, they were startled to see the ballroom decorated in a distincdy gold motif with the tables covered with cloth of gold spreads, a profusion of yellow chrysanthemums around the room, and a receiving line awaiting them. It was the MARSHALLs' golden wedding anniversary!

They had kept it a secret because, as they expressed it, "We just wanted our friends to come help us celebrate and we did not want any 'loot' which, we felt sure, they would bring if they knew the reason for the party." Lucille looked lovely in white and gold-beaded gown as she graciously greeted her guests, her figure belying her 50 years of married life. Besides the "bride" and "groom," those in the receiving line were their son, Preston Fairfax Marshall, his wife, Gwendolyn, or "Mickey" (daughter of our classmate. Jack SMALL), and "Patsy," Mickey's mother. The grandchildren could not be present because of school. All hands had a good time and joined in wishing the beaming couple many more years of happy married life.

Rip received a letter from Nat PIGMAN, as follows: "As I sit here poking out a letter to you in the autumnal mist, I can but note the date, 10 Nov.—the First World War and the years immediately preceding it. YAZZAH! A lot of water has flowed over the dam—and an important water mark of its flow is that Julie and I celebrated our golden wedding anniversary here October 25th.

We enjoyed a family dinner with our dear children and a communion breakfast following a jubilee mass at St. Rose Roman Catholic Church of this city. Nat Jr. and family were here as was Sr. Julie D. C. All very pleasant. Yet we both were constandy minded of the passage of time by the absentees. And, too, we can but reflect that the horse and buggy, and the railroad were the accepted means of transportation in yesteryear.

Nat, Jr. and Sr. Julie were here in a matter of hours from the east coast and Phoenix, Ariz.— incredible! The foregoing is a matter of vital statistics of the likes of you and me.

"We were sorry to learn of the passing of Tully Shelley and Chester Lewis. The clock keeps ticking.

"Julie and I hope that you are keeping as bright eyed and bushy tailed as you appeared at our class reunion. The holiday season is approaching and so we extend to you our best wishes. Needless to say, please convey our greeting to any of the classmates whom you may encounter along the foggy banks of the Potomac."

Hoke and Margaret SMITH attended the American Assembly Conference in Yosemite in November and returned to Seatde in time to vote.

Hoke ran for committeeman in the 44th Precinct.

He reports that Lew STEDMAN, who was ill, is recovering nicely now.

A few recommendations about a memorial for Tully Shelley are being circulated.

Our prize correspondent. Horse PENNOYER, sends us the following dope—"Four classmates are mentioned by name in WWII latest book, entided The United States Navy in World War II by S. E. Smith. They are Ralph Christie, Sam Jenkins, 'Dutch' Kriner, and 'Frog' Low. This 1049-page volume is an outstanding work consisting largely of stirring dramatic eye-witness descriptions of epic actions. It evidences a tremendous amount of painstaking fact-finding, and publishes for the first time much background material only obtainable by thorough search and study of Navy Dept. archives. It doesn't pretend to be a chronicle history of the war at sea, which accounts for the missing names of such stalwarts as Lynde McCormick, Art Davis, Rip Struble, Dutch Portz, Ralph Mitchell, Hoke Smith, Ted Chandler, Jonus Wagner, Rafe Bates, John McCrea, Chick Glover, Forry Royal, Pete Del Valle, Swede Overesch and Tully Shelley.

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"We just received a postal from 'Nellie' Kirby, describing his cruise on the Swedish American deluxe liner during which they visited all the main ports of South .'Vmerica and transited the Straits of Magellan. They are arriving back in Hobe Sound, Fla., today, 2 D e c , and I presume he is now processing his equally deluxe yacht out of modiballs. He's a true adventurer, always on the go."

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West Coast Sec'y, Cdr. E. F. Cochrane, USN (Ret.), 4315 Aralon Blvd.

San Diego, Calif. 92103 Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. Leon F. Brown 20 SoDtligate Avenue Annapolis, Md. 21401

Polly and Bunny COCHRANE celebrated their 50th golden wedding anniversary with a repeated wedding at .'^ll Saints Church on 11 Nov. at 4 P.M. Over 100 attended and about that many came to the reception at the .\dmiral Kidd Club.

Their son and daughter and members of their families, as well as grandson Mike and his wife, and a granddaughter and her husband all attended.

The service was brief; Red Keady was best man and Martha Joy was matron of honor. The organist played Navy Blue and Gold, and then Eternal Father Strong to Save. We all wish them another fifty years of happiness.

WEST COAST An MSG from Jim STEELE . . As many know, Jim had a setback while attending the alumni dinner in the mess hall and was taken to the Naval Hospital, Annapolis. Jim's MSG indicates that it was probably the result of too much excitement and a very low sugar content. Erma and Jim are okay now, for which we are thankful. . .

While at the 50th reunion we came across a column written by our Jake Davis, On Soundings, which appears in the Forest Press in Tionesta, Pa. It is controversial and deals with the curriculum, present and past, at the Naval Academy. We personally think Jake has a lot going for him and suggest those interested contact him in Tionesta. . . . Our Duke Carriugton, unfortunately, had a coronary on 19 Oct. He had taken out the trash early that morning and passed out while so doing. In his fall he broke a bone in his cheek which bled profusely, and also incurred some damage, as yet not fully diagnosed, to his hip. When he came to, he managed to drag himself into the house and called Erma, who called an ambulance. He is in fair shape but no real estimate can be given at this time on when Duke will get out and rejoin activities.

Keep plugging, Duke!

It was Thursday, 17 Nov. Another month had gone by and the SD '16-'l7ers were Admiral Kidd Club-bound to pick up where they left off on 21 Oct. Two guests—Bill Cochrane, the son of the late original Bunny Cochrane '07, and his college roommate, Howard Mathews, were B. Cochrane's charges. These two hombres are Princeton gratis in the early '30s and are now top characters in the Nepmne Cbrps. hdqrs. in NYC. Their wares are military, among other products, and are breaking into the brisk business of Southern Calif. They sure enjoyed the prelims as did the customers who made that production possible at no small expense! Activities then shifted to the always enjoyable pastime of consuming food. Again, our capable chef, Mel Linke, hit the jackpot with his main course.

Our Princeton visitors were loud in their praise of this unusual gathering of young oldsters. Our '17ers particularly were interested in hearing about '16's golden anniversary. With copies of schedules of events from the Supt.'s Office, the Alumni Association and Bob Bourne's schedule at hand, B. Cochrane painted a word picture of that most wonderful and impressive event. But time had run out again, as it seems always to do, and it was anchors aweigh! Stand by for the next session, the Christmas outing! Hasta luego, amigos.

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President, Walter C. Calhoun, USN Presid 4230RAdm. Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016 Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) King George St., Annapolis, Md. 21401 I (Ret.) AsI ofWashi 1 Dec. the following have indicated that Sec'y.attend the 50th Reunion of the class they/ would f 248 Ki in May: J. H, Jenkins, C. D. Headlee, C. K. Post, A. I. McKee, R. L. Porter, A. G. Noble, L. F. Small, F. J. Hanafee, J. B. Heffernan, L. Harvey, F. O. Rogers, R. H. Harper, F. L. Worden, F. H. Park, F. C. Denebrink, I. N. Kiland, J. H. Forshew, F. T. Spellman, E. E. Brady, W. G. Ludlow. The following widows have also indicated that they would be present: Mrs. J. V. Murphy, Mrs. T. B. Gale, and Mrs. T. L. Schumacher.

Class notices published in Shipmate do not reach all members of the class. It is therefore imperative that these notices published in Shipmate be passed along to nonsubscribers by members of the class.

A preliminary bulletin regarding the 50th reunion has been printed and forwarded to all original members of the class and all widows whose addresses are known. Further information will be furnished in a second bulletin to be published in March 1967 and a final bulletin containing schedule of reunion events in May. Shipmate will continue to publish pertinent information on the reunion and the usual 1917 class notices.

Listed below are the names of original members of the class of 1917 USN.A whose addresses are unknown. Anyone having such information kindly notify the committee so that a notice of the reunion can be forwarded to them: H. O. Baker, A. B. Brightman, H. W. Brown, O. G. Brush, R. R. Byers, J. F. Bynon, N. H. Critchfield, J. A. Curran, P. M. Daab, H. L. Drought, D. B. Fitch, S. G. Fitz Simmonds, J. C. Gathings, O. C. Gleich, F. D. Halstead, D. R. Hooks, E. A. Kimbal, G. T. Lindstrum, E. J. Lowry, J. DeW. Perry, R. E. Ransbottom, E. B. Merrell, H. J. Nichols, J. D. Robnet, B. N. Rock, D. N. Ross, G. E. Rourier, O. E. Spruance, W. F. Svec, R. F. Sweet, T. W. Tolman, A. H. Truxes, V. A. Villamena, W. C. Vyse, C. S. Ward, E. B. Wheeler, J. J. White, J. A. Whitson, L. B. Woolford.

The following were present at the 1916-17 luncheon held at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, D. C : Len Austin, Walt Calhoun, Frank Dean, Jack Jenkins, Frank Hanafee, Connie Forshew, Pete Merwin, Bill Fechteler, Bill Hawthorne and Ernie Earnhardt. Talk in general centered around the present football season.

Word from Janet DUNWOODY states that she will be unable to make the 50th Reunion and writes, "Please give my best to everyone, you can be sure I'll be thinking of you. King did so plan to be there as it is practically our 50th anniversary, 31 May. Sorry but without King it would be too much and I am flying to Switzerland on 15 May." Word has been received in Washington from Austin, Tex., of the death on 23 Nov. of Elizabeth Rhea Hanson, better known in the Navy circles as Betty. Mrs. Hanson was the former wife of Capt. Carl L. Hanson '17. For the past several years Mrs. Hanson had lived in Austin where she had a wide circle of friends among the retired Navy contingent as well as among civilians. Her many friends will regret to learn of her loss.

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Sec'y, RAdm. E. E. Duvall, USN (Ret.) Apt. 755-B, The Westchester Washington, D. C. 20016

We have just received Christmas greetings on a fine color photograph of a view of Easter Island showing one of those remarkable monolithic stone heads for which that island is noted and about which so littie is known of the carvers of these monuments. The card was from James FINE of Stonington, Conn., and we hope to hear further of his travels that took him to Easter Island.

Arthur S. ADAMS has moved from Washington and his present address is Cedar Point Road, Durham, N. H. 03824. He is presently serving as the consultant to the president of the University of New Hampshire. He arrived at the beginning of the college year in September and since that time has been "up to his eyebrows" in a variety of activities and is enjoying living in New Hampshire and being involved in the affairs of the university.

On a National Press Club chartered flight Leland P. LOVETTE left in September for London where he did some research in the tremendous library of the British Museum, also in the Public Records Office where, he said, one finds logs of ships of the Royal Navy for the last 300 years. While in London he saw a spectacular water pageant on the Thames in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the great fire of London (it was from this fire that the great London of Christopher Wren emerged, including St. Paul's Cathedral as we know it today).

Also, Leon attended some readings in the Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey and services in connection with the year-long commemoration of the 900th anniversary of the founding and consecration of that historic church.

Carrying out his practice of the last few years, Lovette visited vineyards in the Rhine, and Rudesheim in particular, from whence come the most distinguished Rhine wines in the world; one also finds there the oldest castie on the Rhine, dedicated to the wine industry booming since the Roman days. He tasted in seven wineries—as the book says: "Cellars well worth seeing (and drinking in) where the noble products are maturing."

(Take us along next time, Leon.) He ran into his old friend Bill Schott '16 at Bad Godesberg near Bonn. Schott is now acting as a consultant to the American ambassador at Bonn.

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Class Chairman: VAdm. George C. Dyer, USN (Ret.), P. O. Box 549 Annapolis, Md. 21401 Sec'y, VAdm. H. E. Thurber, USN (Ret.) 1661 Crescent PI. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20009

We take up reporting class activities again after 40 years' absence from the secretary's desk, and therefore are rusty. In trying to fill Scott's shoes—• which will be difficult—we repeat his request: please send us news of your activities, those of classmates. And add any yarns of our midshipmen days, such as "Do You Remember When . . . ?"

Otherwise, in reporting, we will have to resort to the stand taken by Fleet Admiral Nimitz when he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee some years ago. As Chief of Naval Operations, he had changed his position on a matter of major organizational importance, and was being needled therefore, gentiy but firmly, by Senator Saltonstall. Finally, the Admiral closed that line of questioning by his calm statement, in essence: "Senator, when I joined the Navy, I took an oath to do my best . . . not to be always right."

The Washington area was brightened toward the end of the year by the presence of the Jack REDMANs, the Charlie RENDs, and the Malcolm SCHOEFFELs. Jack and Lillian were on their way home after a three-months' cruise in Europe, where they had visited England, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Switzerland, Italy and France. A Volvo was shipped from Sweden to San Francisco, to be there by the time the Redmans returned home.

(Jack had to get there in time to see the Bears49ers game . . . the score must have been rewarding.) While in "our town," Jack and Lillian based in Brother Joe's ('14) and Marion's home in Maryland. Jack reported cheerfully on some west coast shipmates, and volunteered (?) to supply future news from that region. (Likewise, Tex SETTLE did same for east coast.)

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Thomas T. Donahue, USN (Ret.), daughter Lonnie, and grandchildren. They were sighted at some of the social activities in the WashingtonAnnapolis complex, and Charlie observed that game in Philadelphia, with son-in-law and grandson. Charlie has closed out his business activities with Plastics Manufacturing, and is enjoying the luxury of being a man of leisure.

Malcolm and Marcia Schoeffel headed south for their winter home in Naples, Fla., after disposing of their long-time residence in Belle Haven, Alexandria, establishing northern headquarters in River House W., Alexandria, and in between times seeing their many friends, and family.

Some bits picked up here and there: Dan McGURL returned in the fall to teaching three days a week.

Harry GOODWIN played 18 holes of golf, tabbing an 87, on Samrday morning before that game.

Dulany DIERDORFF vacationed in November in Cruzana, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I. Walter and Eleanor ANSEL are faced at Gavea with a new freeway approach to the Bay Bridge, and may have to find substimte pasturage within the limits of the old homestead for their Hereford "girls."

Seen at that game were Professor and Mrs. Harry L. Coles, he of Ohio State University, and now mid-term in the Admiral Ernest J. King chair of history at Naval War College. She, of course, was Patricia SINNOTT, daughter of our "Des" and "Dot." Virginia KINCAID and Ted REYNOLDS are among those planning to be present at our 50th reunion, 10-12 May 1968.

And, non sequitur, dates for our forthcoming 49th class reunion, 13-14 May 1967, should be placed on your do-things calendar Now! Area attendees at the class luncheon on 1 Dec. at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, were: Callaghan, Dyer, DuVal, Fink, Greer, King, Rochester, Schildhauer, Setde, Slocum, Tarbutton, Thurber, Willenbucher. Charlie REND was a welcome bonus from the west coast. Which reminds us to renew, in behalf of all hands in this area, a warm invitation to all classmates to join us at the area luncheon, brought to order at noon at the ANC the first Tuesday of every month except May to August, inclusive.

Dutch SCHILDHAUER, a constant and, as usual, enthusiastic gourmet at class luncheons over the years, was elected during the 1 Dec. gathering to fill a vacancy on the executive committee, which thereupon consisted of Dyer, Callaghan, Setde, Thurber and Fink.

At "that game,'' seen by a reporter were Bill Callaghan, the Dyers, the Goodwins, the Jenningses, the McGurls, Charlie Rend, Franz Willenbucher. Also, as previously noted, Charlie Rend's son-in-law (and one grandson); and, not previously noted, David Corrin, grandson of the Dyers.

Incidentally, my good Army friend. Col. J. Hunter ("Trapper") Drum (Ret.), West Point '37, was properly enthusiastic about the results of 1966 until told about the reaction of Ainsworth Hunt, one of my grandsons, age nearing 12. Ains was depressed at the score, until an eyewimess reported vigorously that "the Midshipmen marched better than the Cadets!" On hearing this, "Trapper" exploded: "Well . . . next year we'll take care of T H A T ! " (We were glad diat he, being a gentieman, didn't add the word, "TOO!")

Sec'y, Capt. Roswell B. Daggett, USN (Ret.), P . O. Box 201 Annapolis, Md. 21404 The monthly luncheon at the Army and Navy Club on 25 Nov. was attended by 20 classmates as follows: Beck, Browder, Christmas, Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Daggett, Savvy Harrison, Hart, 20

Hitchcock, Holsinger, Mead, Paul Miller, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Patterson, Shope, Clyde Smith, Thompson, and Wachtier. It was a pleasure to have two out-of-towners present. Chester BECK was down from New York and Water-Tight HART up from Charleston, S. C. The latter was spending the Thanksgiving holidays with his married daughter who resides in Annapolis. Jack LYON missed this one as he motored to Florida for the holidays.

We lost two classmates during Nov. 1966.

John (Jake) REES died on 14 Nov. after a short illness. He was buried in Arlington on 18 Nov. with simple graveside services. There were no honorary pallbearers. The following classmates attended: Browder, Bryan, Bunch, Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Dettmann, Mansfield, Mead, Osborn and Pearson. Jake is survived by his wife Ellie, three sons and his brother Bill ' 2 1 .

On 19 Nov., Walton Wiley SMITH died in Hartford, Conn. Catholic services were conducted in the Fort Myer Chapel on the 23rd, followed by burial in Arlington. The honorary pallbearers were: Bryan, Arty Doyle, Savvy Harrison, Hitchcock, Mansfield, Mead, Nibecker and Osborn. In addition the following classmates were present: Browder, Bunch, Fred Cunningham, Dettmann, Hague, Clyde Smith and Thompson. Wiley's daughter, Mrs. David P. Dunbar and her husband and children, drove down from their home in Hartford. Wiley's daughter-in-law and her children were also present. She is the widow of the son who was killed a few years ago. Wiley's wife died in 1962.

Arty DOYLE was in this area and able to attend the Smith funeral as he was north visiting his injured son-in-law who is a test pilot at Patuxent, Md. I received a nice note from Hoppy HOPWOOD's widow, Jean. She has returned to her home town of Shamokin, Pa., and is with her mother at 908 N . Washington St., zip code 17872. This is a move she and Hoppy had planned when he retired from the Grace Line.

USIS Headquarters. They have just completed four years' duty in Africa, two at Leopoldsville and two at Douala, Cameroons. As their other daughter, Martha, with her family is living in Annapolis, Willy and Virgie will have their combined families in the near vicinity for the first

time.

The travelers—Paul and Frances SCHUBERT report they are poised to start, the end of Dec, on the European trip via Suez as reported in this column last month. They think they had better do this while they have the physique, ambition and impulse as the 70s are getting mighty close.

I found passing into the 70s quite painless and I seriously doubt that Paul will pull the curtain down when he reaches that milestone. Wally DILLMAN reports that he just returned from a trip that included Africa from 9 Aug. to 19 Oct. He considered it a great experience, especially since it was not part of a package tour and he could handle details as he wished. The principal jumps were by air. Short trips by bus were arranged from the centers to main points of interest. He emphasizes that Africa is full of surprises, probably the greatest being the extreme cleanliness of its cities and hotels and its general freedom from insect pests. Wildlife is easily viewed in the principal game reserves and far exceeds expectations. Wally says that as a "different" trip he can recommend it for anyone's consideration.

Don and Happy OSBORN departed these parts in early Dec. by auto for the west coast. They will spend Christmas with son Don Jr. '51 and family. Don Jr. practices law in Glendale, Calif.

The younger son, Jim, is a senior at Stanford and he will join them for the holidays. Ruth and Ho SEXTON will occupy the Osborn home in Bethesda during their absence. Melvin and Eleanor BASSETT are flying to Norman, Okla., to spend Christmas with their daughter and family. They will be joined by their two sons and their families. Son Sage '53 is with the Jet Training Command and son Bing '58 is attached to the S. S. HENRY CLAY. The Bassetts expect to be away

from Annapolis about four weeks.

Lest any classmates saw Rosita Cowdrey being carried out of the stadium in Philadelphia during the Army-Navy game. Slim wants them to know that it turned out not to be serious. At the time, he was afraid it might be a recurrence of her heart trouble. The Philadelphia police took both of them by ambulance to the Naval Hospital where she received prompt medical attention. A cardiogram and several other tests showed the heart was not involved and the diagnosis was an attack of 24-hour virus.

Paul and Emily Heineman

Our host and hostess with the mostest, Paul and Emily HEINEMAN, who entertain the class royally after each Homecoming football game, also had a few of us in to watch the Army-Navy Game on 26 Nov., which we discovered was their 46th wedding anniversary. So those of you who have not seen Paul and Emily in recent years can see that father time has treated them kindly. The picture was taken in their home by Billick WHELCHEL at this year's Homecoming.

NEW ADDRESSES: L. Y. MASON, Apt. 332, Creekside Glen Apts., 125 Near Court, Walnut Creek, Calif. 94596.

W. T. HART, JR., 6 Prices Alley, Charleston, S. C. T. C. SCAFFE, 1216 Vinita Lane, McLean, Va. 22101.

Wilhelmina and Virgil KORNS report that their youngest daughter, Brenda, and her husband, Robert Cattell of the U. S. Information Service, expect to be in Washington for three years. Bob has a personnel assignment at the

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Sec'y, Capt. S. S. Banting, USN (Ret.) Kensington House, 1022 Kensington Parliway, Kensington, Md. 20795

Bascom JONES reports from San Diego that the following classmates attended their regular monthly luncheon on 22 Nov. at the Marine Base Officers' Club: Terry Acuff, Hook Butterfield, Galusha Fewel, Judge Hailey, Bascom Jones, Logan McKee, Ivan Miller, Charlie Perdue, Stogie Roberts, Eppie Schell, Don Smith, Leo Stafford, Ray Tarbuck and Bunny Wray.

Bascom also said that he wishes to apologize to Tom and Virginia LEWIS for omitting their names from the list of those attending the last mixed party. The Lewises came all the way from New Orleans and should have had special mention.

The following classmates attended the 23 Nov. luncheon at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D. C : Wayne McDowell, Wop Barbaro, Oz Colclough, Heber Brombaugh, George Russell, Howard McCbllum, Dolly Fitzgerald, Dan Gallery, Bill Fletcher, Ed Fullinwider, Legs Leggett, Stew Purves, John Waters, Harold Hauser, Sherwood Smith, Don Giles, Country Moore and Homer Elmers.

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Photo by Parsons Studio RAdm. John H. Willis ' 2 1 , USN (Ret.)

John WILLIS has recendy been appointed manager of the Portsmouth, Va., brokerage office of Mason and Company, members of the New York stock exchange. John has been in the investment business in the Tidewater area since his Navy retirement with the rank of rear admiral 15 years ago. John is a native of Richmond, Va. He and his wife now make their home in Churchland, Chesapeake, Va. BAY AREA NEWS In early November Marge and R. K. DAVIS entertained at dinner in their Menlo Park home for a small group of classmates. After dinner Corinne and Jim REISINGER and Frank TALBOT who had just returned from the reunion brought us up to date on many classmates.

They agreed that the reunion committee had done a 4.0 job.

Tram and Charlie ROLAND are en route home after attending the reunion at Annapolis.

Dodie and Scup MILLER have returned to their Berkeley home after an extensive voyage in the Western Pacific. The trip benefited Scup a great deal and he has now regained all of the weight that he lost after his operation.

Arm and George van Deurs have just returned from a 9,000-mile automobile trip. They first visited Florida where they spent their vacation and then on to Mexico City where they were joined by their daughter Kay. Kay is now in the Peace Corps in Panama. Congratulations are in order to George on the publication of his book Wings for the Fleet.

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Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller Farm, R2 Box 146, Mercersburg, Pa. 17236

From Natick, Mass., Al FISHER sent in several interesting notes. Though the appointment was made about a year ago, we agree that the naming of Howard OREM as a consultant by Navoceano was not widely known by classmates.

Also Larry HOLCOMB is now a resident of Beantown. He is a professor at Emerson (College in the art of broadcasting. His wife, Alice, is a prominent artist and the winner of many awards in New York. Al and Florence attended her first Boston showing, a presentation of the Copley Society of Boston. Speaking as a "know-nothing," Al says that Alice Holcomb has a lot of talent and definite creative ability. The Holcombs reside at 209 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. 02115.

Kemp Tolley '29 sent a fine testimonial concerning our late classmate Jimmy McHUGH: "It is probably unusual for me to be writing to '22's secretary, as I rarely do so in the case of my own '29 secretary, but I did want to convey to you my sympathy in the loss of an unusual man who did unusual things.

"In 1937-38 I was in USS TUTUILA, at Chungking. Mac operated in those parts, coming and going to Indo-China, Hong Kong, and heaven knows where in the vast interior reaches of China.

I was able to get some idea of his widespread activities in that as special disbursing agent of TUTUILA, a sort of amateur, temporary paymaster, J A N U A R Y ,

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I used to reimburse Mac as per the vouchers he presented. He guarded his secrets well, but even the fringes were enough to make him interesting company during his short visits aboard.

"Some months ago he mentioned in a letter to me that he hoped soon to resume work on his book of reminiscences. I don't know the present status of it, but it should have been highly interesting and I hope that Mac's plans in bringing it out will eventually be realized. In his unique association with the Chiangs during a period of intense political and military flux, it is likely he had access to information available to no other American diplomat."

Jimmy CLAY checks in with a travel item: "Spent a month in Europe in September on a chartered flight by A-N Club of Washington.

Hitch Saunders and George Bauernschmidt, complete with nice wives, were also aboard. Hitch and I had been shipmates in Constantinople in 1922; he reports changes. We picked up a car in Germany and spent three weeks nervously avoiding various cyclists and demented motorists. Strongly recommend Bavaria and Austria, especially army recreational facilities in the former."

Your traveling reporter took a rather circuitous route to wimess the Navy-Vanderbilt football game. Maude and George BAUERNSCHMIDT did likewise, arriving Nashville via Camp Lejeune.

Ham WALLACE was out of town but very kindly had us invited to a grand pre-game luncheon.

Roger MURRAY dropped by the motel for a visit; we talked with his wife, Ethel, who was in a Nashville hospital recuperating from surgery on a leg vein.

Then we drove to Chattanooga where Kap and Hugh HUFFAKER took over as guide and host.

We visited Harriet's birthplace, the Cravens House on Lookout Mountain and other places of interest and scenic beauty. The tour included the lovely Huffaker home.

Our final stop was Radford, Va., where we had a nice session with Verna and Bud RIPLEY. We perused the two books relative to Rip's retirement. A great many classmates contributed materially to these volumes, for which Rip is duly grateful and understandably proud.

Sherman CLARK reports on the '22 wardroom project: The class has completed its initial gift of $500 for furnishing the wardroom. This is being expended for a large rug, curtains and for a share of the cost of a color TV. Both the first and second class midshipmen chipped in their own money toward the purchase of the TV. The books presented by Jasper HOLMES, Bill SEBALD and Henry ECCLES are in the bookcase and are being used. Cy OLCH is presenting three panels of the color prints of the French and Allied navies

by Gervese as well as some framed montages of his gay postcards of naval subjects.

check with Sherman before acting in order that there will be no duplication.

If any individual or group is interested in loaning or contributing any of the above, or has any ideas that will give the decorating a '22 flair, please write Sherman.

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Sec'y and Recorder, Capt. Charles Beaumont, USN, Ret. 37 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, Md. 21401 Asst. Recorder, RAdm. J. N. Wenger, USN (Ret.), 4918 Tilden St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20008

An airmail letter from Don FELT contained the sad news of the loss of RAdm. Paul C. WIRTZ at his home in Honolulu on 23 Nov. He is survived by his widow Jane of 5373 Papal St., Honolulu; two sons; a brother, Assoc. Justice Cable A. Wirtz, and five grandchildren.

In response to an inquiry from the class secretary, the McCUTCHENs, who were living in Florence, Italy, at the time of the catastrophic floods, report that due to their location on higher ground they suffered minimum personal damage and inconvenience from the high water, mud and oil.

Randolph OWSLEY, Sam FUQUA, and "Farmer" DUNCAN got together in Clearwater, Fla., on 2 D e c , called Zeke SOUCEK and conveyed their greetings to all hands.

Claude BENNETT'S widow Margaret writes from her Florida home that she would enjoy having '23ers drop in and see her. Her address is: Mrs. Margaret Bennett, 316 Canal Road, Sarasota, Fla. 33581.

Julia Holt stayed at your secretary's home for several days while visiting Mrs. Douw on Southgate Ave. The Bob McCORMICKs have moved from Watertown, N. Y., to 132 Glen Road, Wellesley, Mass. 02181. He has retired from the paper business and says the New England winters are not as severe as northern New York.

On Saturday, 3 D e c , Al RICHARDS, his lovely wife Virginia, and Red ROBERTS pulled up in front of our door for a short visit and to show us Cortez, their home on wheels. They had driven cross country in it, southern route, and were staying with friends in Virginia. They were to eventually head back home to California.

Thirty members of the class were present at the November luncheon. We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 1200, so when you come east, plan things so you can attend.

Through the generosity of the CO USS AULT we are receiving a ship's plaque to hang in the room in memory of Bill AULT. Our getting a plaque with the '22 class crest depends on finding a sample from which to make a mold. Otherwise the sculpturing of a new crest would be very costly—probably in excess of $300. George Meell of Bailey, Banks & Biddle thinks one or more exist, but he is not sure and he has uncovered no record of one at B. B. & B. Anyone knowing of one please notify Sherman Clark. George guarantees no damage to one in making the mold.

The major needs of the wardroom are: Two square end tables about 2' high; table lamps to go on the tables; nautical paintings, prints or photographs from which a montage of photographs could be made. These can be given outright if the cost—or value—is low, but in case the intrinsic value (even second hand) is obviously high, a loan to the wardroom would be better in order to stay within the limit set by the Academy for follow-on gifts—the total value of all gifts shall be no more than $100 annually. In any case, please

Frank Good, ex-battalion commander, and A r t Ageton the Sunday before someone else got their stripes.

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George WELKER and Jerry are staying with their daughter Eleanor's children, while Eleanor and her husband Dick are in Hawaii for an AAU meeting.

Si BEESON and Mary are back in Washington from Nigeria, where Harold was the State Department's medicine man in charge of all the western half of Africa.

Good clear snapshots, old or new, are excellent material for our class notes, so send them in.

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Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.), 22 Macopin Are. Upper Montclair, N. J. 07043

Sadly we refer to the Last Call section of this issue, where are listed the obituaries of two more of our classmates: Gus FISH and Pinky HAWKINSON. We had had no contact with Bob McLeod (obimary in prior issue) for some time, and he did not respond with information in our 1964 Cruise. Apparently he had no class contacts in the Sacramento area where he died suddenly on 11 Nov.—in fact it was December when we learned of his passing. We are making a contribution to the Heart Fund in his memory.

By a coincidence. Bob Keyer had written a letter to the postmaster of Marion, Ark., on 9 Nov. to ascertain the address of Pinky Hawkinson and the reply told us Pinky had passed on 12 Nov. Pinky also had not given us any information as to his whereabouts and activities for some time. But Gus Fish was always in good company out there in Coronado and a regular attendant of our class parties. As his name implies, Gus was a fine swimmer and probably could have done more in that line than he did because of his easy-going disposition. Some of us remember him best for his unique piano-playing in the old days. Gus and Janet attended the class dinner at San Diego 17 Nov. and he was hospitalized just three days before his death on the 22nd. A very large crowd was present for his services, including many from other classes. In this instance we did have our usual floral tribute. For Pinky we made a contribution to the USNA Foundation.

We regret also to learn of the death on 25 Nov. of Mrs. Alberta Wilkes Doran Arison, wife of RAdm. Rae E. ARISON (Ret.), at Charleston, S. C. In addition to Rae, survivors are a daughter, three step-daughters, a step-son and 19 grandchildren.

Our Washington group welcomed back George ROBILLARD from his European trip at their 23 Nov. luncheon at which George presided and gave a good report to the assembled: Bachman, Bradley, Hartwig, Hayes, Johnson, Kalisch, Lewis, Longfellow, Neale, Nesser, Petersen, Robinson, Sinclair, Swart, Wilson and Wright. In Europe George seemed most impressed by a new friendliness on the part of the French people, and the continuing good welcome that prevailed in Belgium and Holland.

LaReah and Joe LILLARD were hosts at the San Diego quarterly cocktail-dinner held on 17 Nov. at the CO Mess North Island, where there was a very large turnout with a total of 47 present.

Helen and Fireroom Bunker were heard talking about a four-month cruise around South America they'll begin soon, with the intent of making their next cruise around Africa (sounds like they are really interested in "getting around"). Ann and Pablo Graf were down from Claremont, the latter steadily improving and looking forward to a foot-race entry soon. Willie and Bess Hurst reported on Annapolis Homecoming in October, and Nat Hudnall told something of his trip with Polly through Mexico by jeep. The Lankenaus reported on their auto trip back to the Berkshire Hills where they spent three months. Ches and Bernice Evans came from Corona del Mar for this party; Wayne Gamet from Long Beach, as did Sunshine (Mrs. Minor) Heine. Other regulars 22

(who also had much to report which we can't cover here) present were Gloria and Bill Bailey, Alice and Jack Bellerby, Easley and Cowboy Cameron, Blackie Carroll, Margie and Jim Dancy, Lucy and Frank Deam, Esther and Abie Dickie, Helen and Eddie Edgar, Betty and Swede Ekstrom, Jan and Gus Fish, Orville Gregor, Babe (Mrs. Al) Handly, Lloyd and Don McLean, Jessie (Mrs. B. L.) Rutt, Evelyn and Dutch Shultz, Evelyn and Hal Tiemroth, Ethel and Count Wolowsky, and Betty (Mrs. Rufe) Young. Other commitments apparently kept away the Bill Hickeys, Sam Bailey and Jacie (Mrs. Ray) Anderson; and absence on trips east applied to the Pete Dunns and the Austin Magleys. We also learned that the new address of Mrs. Carl (Shaggy) Cullen is 56 Nob Hill Road in New London, Conn.

If you've worried about how Noble made out on his annual motor trip to the Army-Navy game, be informed that this year he did not attend. Martha and RoUo Wilson were there from the Washington group, but report our class had tickets in separate sections. Tom GRIFFITH (FY) was there with Jessie and their younger son Chuckle, and among those Tom recalls seeing at the game (which he reviews constructively) were John Buxton, Ed Hake, Preston Mercer, Min Miller (FY cum laude), Rollo Waller, Al Walsh and Ed Woodyard; most of these had their wives along, and with the Millers were sons Harold and Barry.

The Griffiths have other pleasant news to report: their daughter Valerie has made Phi Beta Kappa at Smith College, where she majors in physics. And Tommie has retired, saying "I plan to get myself a stick of wood and a good sharp knife and just start whittling for a while!"

In our ranks it seems more are seeing the Army game by television. One group which met with the Mike Bradleys at their Springfield, Va., home included the Dick Johnsons, Longfellows, Sissons, Swarts, Mrs. Dot Abdill, Neale and Sutiiff. In Montclair, N. J., the Lazells were up with the Siegrists to join the Broussards (1926) and McNallys (1925) in TV-ing the game.

In at least two Service magazines in November we have enjoyed seeing an excellent picture of Winnie (Mrs. H. C.) Collins (Captain USN (Ret.) and former Asst. Chief of Naval Personnel) as she received from the Chief of Naval Personnel, on behalf of SecNav, the Legion of Merit.

The award was for meritorious service while Winnie served as head of the WAVES. Your New Jersey reporter interrupted his leafraking in November long enough to attend the monthly luncheon of the N. A. Association of N. Y., where Rip Miller made another of his outstanding speeches, and where he found only Min Miller and Whalen present from 1924. The three of us sobbed about the scarcity of our classmates at these meetings, and Jimmy produced a list of those who attended one of our 1954 class lunches. There were 22 present then, and he asks "where are they now?" Well, a few have departed this life, many others have moved away from our immediate area, and apparentiy others just don't get the word.

Wilbur MELLON is one of our N. Y. group who at this writing is hospitalized at Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, N. Y. Wilbur weathered a very serious heart attack 22 Nov., but at this December writing is reported as progressing nicely, so that he may be home by year-end.

Because of his devotion to the Navy League, the Blue and Gold program, and his active interest in the discovery and encouragement of potential naval officers. Stock COLT was quick to note that in the USNA Christmas leave "Operation Information" programs no midshipman had been assigned to speak in the Pensacola area. Early December ("they can't leave us out!") found Stock pointing out this irregularity and taking steps to have it corrected—he even had particular

named midshipmen to recommend for the Pensacola assignment. And Stock was on hand to welcome to Pensacola Howie Collins and his wife (Capt. WAVES USN Ret.) when the latter, a national vice president of the Navy League, was the principal speaker at the 8 D e c meeting of the Pensacola Council of the Navy League. Stock is also very interested in the expanded pilot program which the Navy is carrying out at Pensacola. The buildup will result in an estimated 2,200 pilot graduates by 1968, compared to 1,907 this year; and that obviously should be meaningful in the Pensacola economy. Another Pensacola item: we learn that Brom NICHOL has retired from active business in the investment field with which he has been identified.

Joe CABANILLAS is entering his third career!

He is going into the law field, specializing in tax law. Joe retired from his second career as law librarian at the University of Richmond, after retiring (RAdm.) from the Navy in 1955. He was very popular at the University, and there was general regret on his departure from that post.

The University retirement in September was marked by a dinner, with the presentation to him of an inscribed sterling silver platter. We are told that this was the only retirement dinner there which ever brought out a 100% faculty attendance. Joe did his preparatory work before his bar examination while at the University. We'll be interested in the details of his place of practice in law.

In the November column we predicted that comment would be forthcoming on Hanson BALDWIN'S Readers Digest article "To End the War in Viemam, Mobilize!" Before the column appeared we had comment from Lou GWINN (FY), who of course has read a great deal of Baldwin, but finds this article so outstanding that he sent in a comment of appreciation. Lou says Hans is so right in writing "The man in the street (in Australia) is confused and dubious about Vietnam." Our Australian correspondent also gives us some insight to his life in Sydney and on the farm: "Times goes so fast once you are retired: two or three days at golf, two days on the farm, and a week is shot. I am the manager of Exeter Farm which belongs to my wife, and am looking forward to the day when our oldest boy fires me. Life is easy 'down under,' provided you have it made before you come out."

We learn with interest of the I Dec. marriage of Mrs. (Will S.) Georgia Musselle Hays to Mr. James T. Overbey, in Mobile, Ala. From the committee on elections we have a report from one voter who says "The committee is to be commended for such a fine choice of candidates." This seems to be borne out by a hint from the committee that the votes for most of our association offices is very close. Interest in the election is really running high. We mailed out 351 ballots, and 8 were remrned as not deliverable at the addresses we had. In late November the secretary had received a total of 300 executed ballots; which were forwarded in the unopened envelopes to the committee (Beakley and Mercer).

The by-laws provide for a 90-day voting period which will end 5 Jan., and announcement of the elected slate of officers will be made in this column next month.

The committee on elections did return to the secretary several litde messages enclosed with their ballots, which can be released. A note from Hal LESLIE gives us his address change to 3621-29 Vista Campana South, Oceanside, Calif. 92054.

Let's send him a notice of the next quarterly San Diego dinner. Ezra ELLIS also gives us an address change to 1514 Hull St. South, Gulfport, Fla. 33707; and, back from their European safari, Bob MATHEWS and Cbrinna say they have a permanent address again, at 2447 South (Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colo. You'll recall that sometime ago we asked "What happened to Lonnie McLaughlin," and his note says: "Since my old SHIPMATE

heart gave me a lot of trouble, I have been confining my trips to the city to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. As a result my outside activities have been practically nil. This therapy seems to have worked, because now I feel fine—best regards to all." Lonnie's present address is 62 Barker Drive, Stony Brook, N. Y. Sam MORROW—gee, when have you seen Sam—writes greetings and says, "I hope you like your job." It is a reminder of the old Army days of Sam, when he was the CO of a small Army post on Long Island where he "owned" a wonderful beach which his classmates enjoyed, with their wives. Whitey RICHARDS' message should have come Uiru sooner— he was expecting Paul and Norma at the NavySyracuse game. Sam SINGER'S note reported Walter Graesser in the hospital (he's out and o.k. now) and also said he was recommending your secretary for a part-time job in the city!

Bert KALISCH reports tiiat his 1966 Eagle Reunion (12th Army Group Assn.) was the best ever. Held at Ft. McNair on 8 Oct., it gave Bert a fine background of material and excellent pictures for his latest edition of The Eagle, the "sometime publication" of the Association. Bert is intrigued by the third generation "24" in his family: Bertram Kalisch III wears no. 24 while playing end for St. Pius School, just as his father, Bertram Jr., did when playing for Kenyon (College.

But the original Bert has not yet received numerals for playing for Navy B squad!

An inquiry to John RHAMSTINE finds him sticking rather close to home, but doing all right in December. John says he plans to delay going south until early spring. .And, from down south, "John C." Alston (D.\LHOUN sends his regrets on the loss of our president Ed Clexton, and tells of contacts he's had with John Caples and Count -Austin. -Alston is still active in his pulp and paper corporation at Greenwood, S. C. And now, what will you report in the New Year for this column.?

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Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.) 3055 FoxhaU Road. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016

Bill KIRTEN sends news from a long lost classmate. Our star quarterback, Eddie NORRIS, dropped out of sight when he left us at the Naval Academy and none of the Quiver editors have been able to reach him since. It is, therefore, a great pleasure to print an extract from his newsy letter to Bill: "Just to keep our records straight, my home address is: 1720 Dorchester Road, Birmingham, Mich. 48008. I am still working for the Sheller Mfg. ODrp. which will soon be merged with another corporation after D e c 1st and it will then be known as Sheller-Globe Corp. I'll be 65 on 1-4-67 and due for retirement. They have asked me to work for another year, which I may do, as I still have a boy (John) who is going to Univ. of Michigan Law School and graduates in June 1967.

Need the extra money. He will be the 6th one thru college and the last. Had four in college at one time. One boy, Mike, has been in Vietnam since last Feb. 14th and has just volunteered for LRRP (Long Range Recon. Patrol), a new unit used to find where Viet Cong are situated, e t c They are organized in 5-man units and are landed from choppers, etc. Osurse I'm proud of him but will be glad when his year is up and he is reassigned elsewhere. He enlisted as a private and will have two more years to go.

where we want to live, other than here, but who knows what will happen.

"I have enjoyed the boys and hunted and played with them a lot but they, as age changes us all, have their own friends and expect our trips together will be less and less. Bill, I can remember how you loved to hunt and fish in Arkansas so you'll be interested to know I went goose hunting in James Bay this year. Never saw so may geese in my life. Will go deer hunting Nov. 19th with Phil and John.

"Have you maintained touch with our old gang.? I frankly don't know where any of the boys are. I tried to contact 'Mitch' at Pensacola, Fla., but found when I called that he had moved to Jacksonville. If you have any dope on the gang, let me know. Write soon as time allows."

Bill KIRTEN reports on himself—that he is progressing with his speech retraining although progress was held back for a while with a siege of dental trouble. He feels that by 4 Mar., the anniversary of his laryngectomy, he will be able to make most anyone understand him.

Vic and Virginia LONG drove up from Coronado to San Francisco in November to visit their daughter Ginny, who has an interesting job in a hospital laboratory. While there they gave a dinner party at the Club on Treasure Island.

Among the '25ers attending were C. D. and Mary REYNOLDS, Frank and CamiUe TIMBERLAKE, and Minerva LUDEWIG. Frank writes, "C. D. and Vic look just like midshipmen still— make me very envious—hardly a gray hair in their heads." Frank is still making chocolate but is considering the thought of retirement. His oldest son, Tom, and his wife, Margot, have a new baby boy, Stephen. Frank claims that this makes him the oldest grandfather with the youngest grandchild in the class.

John BROWN reports on the '25 attendance at the Army-Navy game (we need not go into the score) as being the sparsest on record. Present were Doc and Rosalind Bradbury, Hamp and Eugenie Mitchell, Alec and Cordelia Sledge, Peggy and Marie O'Neil, Von and Mary Von Kleeck, Bob and Estelle Gardiner, Bob Foose and a lady (whom he introduced as of the class of '26, and whom he wished to promote to '25), and John and Pat Brown.

Florida news: Zelda and Lew PARKS completed a 13,000-mile trip which occupied most of the summer and early fall. After a long visit to Mexico they moved on to Coronado for several weeks. It was the off-season for bull fights, except in the border towns, so these two aficionados had

an opportunity to see one each Sunday by a short drive to Tiajuana. The gay life in the San Diego area included very enjoyable dinner parties by Vic and Virginia LONG and Marvin and Maude WEST. Doris and Cam BRIGGS had a most unusual cocktail party—serving escargots to a couple hundred people. From California the Parks took the Florida shortcut to Bucks County, Pa., for a visit with friends. They got back to their sunny Florida, just outrunning a Georgia snowstorm.

Butch and Betty PARKER brought their good ship THREE STAR down to Pompano Beach, mooring it temporarily at Byron and Louise LOOMIS's dock, just a couple of blocks from the Parks.

They had signed Bill and Elsie ROMOSER on as crew—probably the first time in history it ever took the talents of two senior flag officers to navigate a cabin cruiser down the Intra-Coastal Waterway to Florida.

Walt and Julie MAYER were recent visitors in Annapolis, during a trip to the east coast from their Hillsboro, Calif., home. . . . Hamp MITCHELL was in Washington for the November class luncheon. He has bought himself a 42' cruiser and is thinking of joining Butch PARKER and the other yachtsmen in the Annapolis area.

The destroyer escort VOCE was commissioned at 3 P. M. (EST) on 25 Nov. at Boston, Mass.

VAdm. E. W. Grenfell, USN (Ret.), was the principal speaker.

RAdm. Richard G. Voge, USN, for whom the ship is named, was a submariner who received the Distinguished Service Medal for his services as operations and combat intelligence officer of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force from September 1942 to June 1945.

The VOGE is 414 feet long, has a beam of 44 feet and a standard displacement of 3,400 tons.

Designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, the ship is equipped with the drone anti-submarine helicopter (DASH), anti-submarine rockets (ASROC), and anti-submarine torpedo launchers.

She also has a 5-inch, 38-caliber gun forward and one aft.

VOGE'S keel was laid on 21 Nov. 1963, and she was launched on 4 Feb. 1965, with Dick's widow, Alice, sponsoring. Cdr. William F. Heller, USN, of Harrisburg, Pa., will be the commanding officer.

Vic LONG reports that Larry and Ruth HAUGEN have returned to San Diego from a two-month motor trip to the east coast, visiting relatives along the way, delighting in the fall colors of New England and attending Homecom-

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'25 PRACTICE CRUISE Coaling ship How many can you recognize?

"Here's a rundown on the rest of the boys.

Eddie Jr. is in an Episcopalian Monastery at Three Rivers, Mich. Bill Norris is a captain and flying commercial planes for Frontier Airlines. Cliff Norris is a stockbroker in Detroit with Paine Webber. Phil is working for Pontiac Motors and doing well. Harriet is teaching school which helps and keeps her occupied. Come June we'll start taking life easy. We haven't given any thought to J A N U A R Y ,

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ing at Annapolis. • The medicos had Larry under hack at the time of our -40th last year, so guess they figured that this year's trip was the next best choice.

Sid and Betty GOODWIN have moved to Sacramento, where Sid is assistant professor of business administration. He says that they are looking forward to re-retirement in 1974.

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Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th St., North Arlington, Va. 22201 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg, III USN (Ret.), 8405 Burdette Rd. Bethesda, Md. 20014

As I write this, just before the deadline for the January Shipmate, on 8 D e c , it seems hard to believe that another year is almost upon us; is actually well underway when you read this.

Hank and Grayce FRAVEL managed to stir up a total of 58 classmates and wives for what has been reported to me as a very nice kt party at the Bethesda Officers' Club on 4 Dec. The list of those present will follow immediately, if Hank carries out his promise to mail it immediately.

Those attending were Thelma and Dwight Agnew, Jerry and John Sylvester, Marge Lyman, Harriett and Phil Morgan, May Jones, and her son Bill and wife, Rosemary Anderson, Ruth and Jim Morrison, Harriett and Henry DeB. Claiborne, Virginia and Oscar Stiegler, Ruth and Ben Lovett, Bill Miller and guest. Bay and Tiny McCkirkle, Orlin Livdahl, Tinka and Ford Taylor, Katrinka and Mario Vangeli, Bea and Benny Katz, Alice and Frank McQuillen, Mary and B. B. Bierer, Babs and Upton Brady, Helen and Ham Dow, Jim Ward, Bunny Benjamin, Cecil Burnside, Alice and Nat Barker, Grace and Sam McKee, Anna and Val Havard, Grayce and Hank Fravel, Rita and Harold Conway, Becky and HoUis Hill, Marne and Rowland Groff, Elva and Jimmy Leeper, Charlie and Kack Buchanan.

The corresponding secretary and his wife missed it, by reason of being on the west coast on that date.

This has been an extremely busy month for the SMEDBERGs, Smeddy having accepted two Navy assignments. The first was a two-year appointment to the Academic Advisory Board to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy; mosriy civilian college presidents, deans and prominent business men, with a naval flavor furnished by Smedberg and Adm. H. Rivero '31. Our first meeting was at the Academy on 17-19 Nov. and was reported in the Washington Post Sunday, 20 Nov., as follows: "A select advisory board, named last summer to review academic affairs at the U. S. Naval Academy, wound up its first meeting with four recommendations today but said it needed more information before recommending major overhaul." I think all of the board members were as startled as I by the latter part of that statement. The article continued, "The board, appointed by the Secretary of the Navy following disclosures of faculty unrest over grade controls and charges of undue emphasis on military and athletic programs, urged: that "Studies be made immediately on the possibilities of expanding postgraduate programs for midshipmen, including a fifth year at the Academy, and postgraduate programs at other schools

by Academy graduates.

"A review of time allocations in the daily schedules of the midshipmen. Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman, Academy Superintendent, told a press conference that many civilian faculty members feel time spent by midshipmen in academic activity should be 'drastically increased' while there should be cutbacks in military and athletic programs.

"Construction of a new library. A plan now to expand library facilities at the Academy by renovating one of the existing buildings was criticized as inadequate.

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"Increased emphasis on technological aids to education including computers and television.

"The three-day meeting came on the heels of a new wave of faculty unrest at the Academy over Kauffman's refusal to let members of a newlycreated faculty forum elect their own officers, pass any resolutions or meet more than once a semester.

"The forum was originally designed to serve as a conduit for ideas and gripes between the Academy's civilian faculty—about half the 500-member staff—and military faculty.

"Kauffman said he refused to let the body name its own officers because 'this is a military installation and you don't let junior officers get together and elect someone to represent them in deciding what the commanding officer should do.'

"Kauffman, who named himself chairman of the forum, said it 'would have to move very slowly.'

"Dr. Richard G. Folsom, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and vice chairman of the advisory board, told the press conference the board would make 'a continuing smdy' of the Academy over a period of years. He said outside consultants would probably have to be hired, and promised an exhaustive review. Other meetings of the advisory board were set for February, June and November."

Incidentally, Augustus C. LONG '26, John F. Gordon '22, and William E. McGuirk, Jr. '39 are also members of the board; all very successful leaders in the business world.

The second assignment for the corresponding secretary, which took the major portion of time, required reporting for active duty on 14 Nov. for about six weeks, to serve on a small committee headed by Adm. George W. Anderson, Jr. '27, to make a study for the Secretary of the Navy. It entailed some travel, which included trips to Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Long Beach and Norfolk.

As the year 1966 ran out its sand, so did most of the members of 1926 on the corresponding secretary. Only wonderful Sarah LeHardy came through with a news item or two; bless her!

She reports with understandable pride the arrival of her 8th grandchild, Peter Kingsley LeHardy, born at West Point—of all places!—where young Ward and Judy are on duty. Sarah's daughter Linda, and her husband, LCdr. H. J. Sweet '54, and their four boys are living at 1303 7th St., Coronado. Jauncey has orders from his present submarine to command another one, USS DIODON. I doubt if any one of us who has been privileged to have a Navy command of his own will ever forget the thrill of that first one, or lose our respect and deep admiration for those who follow us. However, having just had a short trip on board Cdr. W. R. Smedberg IV's newest command, USS BERKELEY out of Long Beach, I can truthfully say that I am glad it is he, rather than his old man, who has the responsibility for that mass of electronic sophistication, today!

The accompanying picture of a small group of '26ers, joining with the Company Officer and the Midshipman Company Commander in a very informal dedication of the 26th Company wardroom should have been in the last Shipmate, but was received too late for the December issue.

Jack and Rosemary GREENSLADE have returned to Washington from an extremely interesting trip between their departure on 24 Sept. and return on 5 Dec, to the South Pacific. They sailed in SS MONTEREY, via the Tonga Islands, BoraBora and Tahiti, to New Zealand, where they spent three weeks. Jack had known the captain of the MONTEREY from the days after World War II, when he had brought him back to the States from Japan, where he had been a prisoner of war.

The Greenslades flew over to Australia for 12 days and then returned across the Pacific in SS MARIPOSA stopping in the Fijis, at Raratonga and in American Samoa, where Jack had known the Samoan Chief for a long time.

It is with regret that we report the death of Mrs. Louise F. Stout of 5183 Roxbury Road who passed away 8 Oct. in San Diego, Calif. Louise was the wife of RAdm. Herald F. STOUT. She is also survived by three sons, two sisters, three brothers and five grandchildren. Interment was in Dover, Ohio.

My last contribution to this first column of 1967 is to report that Claudia and I saw Jack and Betty WELLS in Coronado, in early December, and also Max LESLIE—on the Coronado golf course, of course. All three looked in magnificent shapes and spirits.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Howard C. Adams, USNR Pacific Far East Line, Inc., 918 16th St. N.W,, Washington, D. C. 20006 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. Howard W. Gordon, Jr., USN (Ret.), 3127 North 18th St. Arlington, Va. 22201

40TH REUNION FLASH! Plans for '27's Fortieth Reunion are proceeding apace as the committee, consisting of Cliff (iooper, Oscar Dodson, Frank Gilday, Herb Riley, Bill Saunders and Parker Fairlamb, tackles logistics. An inquiry recently mailed to all classmates at their last known addresses has drawn 290 replies as we go to press, or 6 5 % of the class. Of this number about 220 indicate their intention to attend, just over 400 guys and gals! The dates are 13, 14 and 15 Oct. 1967. If you haven't replied to the mailing, please do so—the committee is reserving motel rooms and needs a fairly accurate head count. You will be notified by another mailing soon as to the details of these arrangements.

RAdm. and Mrs. Henry MARSHALL of Seatde, Wash., announce the marriage of their daughter, Susan Magruder, to Dr. James Karam Mish'alani, son of Mr. and Mrs. Karam Mish'alani of Beirut, Lebanon. The wedding took place 25 Nov. in the chapel of St. Mark's Cathedral, Seatde. Following the wedding, a reception was held at the Naval Supply Depot Commissioned Officers' Club. The bride, who attended Canal Zone Junior 0>llege and was graduated from San Francisco State &)1lege, is studying for her Master's degree in drama at the U. of Washington graduate school. The groom was graduated from American University in Beirut, and received his Master's degree and doctorate from Brown University. He is an assistant professor of philosophy at the U. of Washington.

It is with deep regret that we report the death in Milton Hospital, Milton, Mass., on 27 Nov., of Mrs. Martha (Pat) Knight Carter, wife of Mr. James A. Carter, chairman of the Classics Department, Milton Academy. Pat had previously been married to Jim WILLIS '27, who, as ComDesDiv 48, was killed in action off Okinawa in April, 1945. In addition to her husband, who resides at 11 Whitelawn Ave., Milton, Mass., she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert O. (Ann( Willis) Hedage of 6353 Washington Blvd., St Louis, Mo., and five grandchildren, including James S. Willis, III, son of the late Lt. James S. Willis, Jr. (USNA '45), who died as the result of an aircraft accident while a test pilot at Patuxent River, Md. Burial for Pat took place at Milton.

Fritz and Betty HABECKER of New Canaan,: Conn., report having spent a weekend with Pat last July.

About 60 members, wives and widows of the class enjoyed a sumptuous cocktail buffet at the Fort McNair Officers' Club in Washington on 2 Dec. Jack and Rita MAGINNIS did tiieir usual bang-up job on the arrangements.

Anne EDDY died of cancer in her Washington apartment where she had been residing since returning from Honolulu with Tom's ashes for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Her death followed by only a few days Tom's final interment.

Marge Haley and Libby Shands were hostesses for the Washington '27 wives' luncheon on 14 S H I P M A T E

Oct. Cocktails at Marge's home were followed by lunch at the CoUingswood-on-Potomac near Mount Vernon. Nineteen of our lovely wives gathered.

Bert and Bob QUACKENBUSH have returned to Washington after a trip to the west coast and Honolulu where they were entertained by tiie SHARPS and SUTHERLANDs. On 29 Oct. in Ottawa, 111., John D. Dodson, L'SNR, and Miss Terri Ann Pixley were married.

The young couple are graduates of the University of Illinois. John received his law degree from Illinois Law School in June, was admitted to the Illinois bar in November, and is associated with the law firm of Durward Judy in Champaign.

John is the son of Polly and Oscar DODSON, and the grandson of the late Pauline and Jack Wellbrock '10.

Bill and Mary KERN hosted a. delightful ArmyNavy game party for the Los Angeles chapter of '27 at their charming home in Cx)rona del Mar. .\bout a month before. Gill Richardson had called a meeting of the group, the main purpose to determine where we would meet for the game vrith BEAT ARMY vocally expressd, and Bill volimteered. It was a great gathering—good food, good drinks and everything fine except the results of the game. Those who joined for the party were Walt and Virginia Bayler, Ed and Karen Eckelmeyer, Lee and Gardner Grout, Sam and Sal Jack, Levi and Billie Knight, Fred and Agnes Leatherman, Les and Florence Mye, Skinny and Paddy Tallman, Jack and Thelma Weigle and Dutch and Marg Woelfel.

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Sec'y, Mr. John T. Kent 6209 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016

Nineteen members of the class of 1928 convened for the first Washington fall luncheon at the Army-Navy Town Club on 15 Nov. Present were: Anderson, Binney, Boyd, Ctarusi, Gerin, James, H. B. and T. W. Jones, Jordan, Kent, Norgaard, Peden, Rittenhouse, Roberts, Stanley, Stringer, Urquhart, Watts and Wood.

It was the first luncheon held since the death of our beloved John Quinn whose memory was honored on the occasion.

A report of developments on the 40th reunion to be held in May, 1968, was made by co-chairmen ROBERTS and BOYD, die gist of which was that the affair will be "first class all the way."

Swede NORGAARD reported on his program to insure publishing of the 40th anniversary issue of the Twenty-Eighter just prior to the class reimion. Swede shordy will be canvassing all classmates, soliciting their editorial and financial sup-

port for this project. We hope this will be a truly great issue and I urge support by all hands of the project.

Your secretary reported on the healthy state of the support for the 28 th Company wardroom with our contributions covering the initial outfitting requirement of $500, and a reserve for annual maintenance for approximately 5 years in the future. Let this not deter any who still might wish to contribute $28 in support of this program.

These additional funds will continue to extend our assured support of the Company Wardroom program further into the future. In this respect I would like to quote an excerpt from a recent letter from the Commandant of Midshipmen: "The class of 1928 has provided not only the original $500, but an additional $424 for a maintenance fund (the largest amount by far of any class until now). Over half the classes have given less than $500 with no maintenance funds." . . . We may be small, but we obviously are affluent.

Bill Schoech was not present to report on his efforts to elect a new class president, by what—as your secretary—I must term stricdy "Russian tactics."

As news comes hard from you fellows, I again make an urgent appeal for transmittal of any newsy items worthy of publishing in Shipmate.

Bob NIEMAN announces a very happy event which occurred in his life on Saturday, 29 Oct., when he married Miss Nell Nickels Mullen. The Niemans are residing at 4700 Balcones Drive, Austin, Tex. Our best wishes go to Bob and Nell on this very auspicious occasion.

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Sec'y, RAdm. C. B. Laning, USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Drive Falls Church, Va. 22041 WEST COAST Sec'y, RAdm. Robert N. S. Clark, USN (Ret.), 2510 Via Campesina Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. 90275

Jerry and Ruth O'DONNELL held their annual Army-Navy game get-together again at Monterey.

We'll do well to get as many together at the fortieth reunion. Maybe we'd better hold it at Monterey. Here's the report Jerry sent along with the picture. "We had the class get-together ArmyNavy game as scheduled. Present were the Ashfords, Bairds, Dick Ballinger and his bride, Virginia; Beardsleys, Brandleys, Dickensons, Duborgs, Folgers, Hezleps, Kuhns, Loomises, the J. R. 'Dinty' Moores, Rodimons, St. Angelos, Welshes, the Al Whites, and Phil Walker's widow, Kathryn. The format was much as last year, assembly Friday afternoon, a party at our newly redecorated club on Friday night, game viewing and lunch at the quarters on Saturday. Joining us for the game and lunch were Maj .Gen. and Mrs.

Edwin 'Bat' Cams, USMA '29, and their daughter, Mary Cams Ismay, who is the wife of Cdr. Arthur Ismay, USN. The Cams were delighted with the hospitality inasmuch as Army won on all three television sets. They joined us for the group picture with their daughter. The other member of the group photograph is our number 2 son, James. Except for the game, I think that all hands had a very good time. We had beautiful weather and the grounds were at their best after recent rains. Last minute problems prevented the Art Hills, Cy Johns and the Nick Franks from coming. About eight couples stayed over Samrday night and we got together for dinner at the club.

This was a very pleasant, quiet evening; also an early evening because all hands were getting an early start on Sunday."

Don HELWIG writes from Minneapolis, "As you can see from the enclosed notice the rumor about me being dead is somewhat exaggerated.

As Josh Billings once said, 'The trouble with most folks ain't that they're ignorant—they just know too darrm many things that ain't so.'

Knight Pryor is still over in St. Paul working for Remington Rand UNIVAC. I may see him this Saturday at the annual gathering of the Twin Cities-West Point and Annapolis Alumni Societies to watch the Army-Navy game. You may not have heard of the tragedy at our house—two days before Christmas in 1964 my wife had a fatal stroke. She had been in good health and there was no preliminary warning so her loss was a terrible shock. I have been trying to readjust ever since, but it is rough. Miles Canning '29 works for the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. at Fargo, N. D.—Traffic Department."

Al BOYD tooled through Washington in November en route from Cxmnecticut to winter quarters in San Francisco. Don't know whether he and Lily are going to paint Mexico this season.

We didn't get a notice of Lily's regular one-man show in the New York galleries this year. Sam GRIFFITH'S recent source study of Chinese policy has been published by Praeger as Peking and Peoples Wars; the sources are the bombastic policy statements of Lin Piao and Chief of General Staff Lo Jui-Ching. Sam's analysis and comments are good reading for any of us who are keeping up on strategy.

Frank NOVAK disappeared from our sight several years ago after completion of graduate work at Columbia U. A Christmas card from Garmisch provides us with the interesting permanent address of Box R, APO, NYC. Frank hints that he is skiing, but more proof is needed by your secretary who had the sense and a fracture to quit long ago. Says Garmisch-Partenkirchen is his headquarters after living for a year at Berchtes-

'29 cheering section for the Army-Navy game at Jerry O'Donnell's.

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gaden and going to school in Bad Reichenhall.

Jack Pohl '26 and Dutch Wilson '30 have been nearby associates in Bad-Trotting. Frank mentions bullfights in Madrid with the Vissars "every Sunday" during a visit. So let us put Garmisch on our Free Loader Chart forthwith.

The November and December meetings of the class executive committee were combined in one meeting on 8 Dec. The main subject was discussion of what support shall we give to the 29th Company wardroom at the Academy. Your secretary reported on his visit to the wardroom in November. He was escorted to the third deck of the old Fourth Batt wing, by the Company officer, one Lt. Van Meter, son of Van Meter of '30. John Keiley, 29th Company three-striper, met us at the wardroom which occupies the space of two of our old rooms about where TRES(X)TT and WYATT lived. Your secretary came with an attimde of skepticism in regard to the luxuries and frivolities of the modern middies' life, but left convinced that the wardroom idea is a good one. At this time the '29th's wardroom is barren in comparison to all but four of the 35 other wardrooms. Tolley and Osborn visited the wardroom on 7 Dec. and also made a favorable report to the executive committee. The committee approved the following actions: ( I ) Reconsider the resolution of two years ago not to help with a wardroom; (2) Approve class support for the wardroom; and (3) Provide full information to our class members and seek individual subscriptions.

Sec'y, BGen. Ronald D. Salmon, USMC (Ret.), 640 Oakland Ter., Alexandria, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. F. E. Wilson, USN (Ret.) 8507 Burning Tree Road, Bethesda, Md. The Washington group is looking forward to a class cocktail party at Naval Medical (Center Bethesda on 14 Dec. A large turnout is expected.

Dave DALLMAN writes that he recendy moved from Ambler, Pa., to Tucson, Ariz., where he is engaged in marketing commercial gases.

Fred STEWART was recendy elected executive secretary to the Methods-Time Measurement Assn. for Standards and Research in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Previously, he served as senior cost analyst with General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat 0>mpany in Groton, Conn.

The following letter from Joe ROBBINS will interest many classmates who enjoyed Joe's hospitality when he was on OjmNavFE's Staff in Yokosuka: "Dear Dutch: Mary Ann and I were lucky enough to get a flight to Japan on November 1st, and a remrn flight on November 22nd. We had a delightful time, visiting Tokyo, Nikko, Hakone,

and Yokosuka. Frank L. Johnson ('Buddy'), class of 1930, is Commander, Naval Forces, Japan, and lives on the base at 17 Halsey Road. He is a busy man, flying down to the Philippines, helicoptering up to Tokyo, etc., but I did get a brief visit with him and Nina in their quarters. We spent two days at my favorite hotel, the Fujia at Miyanoshita. There we exploited the natural and man-made beauty; also, the natural hot water baths, massages, and good meals. The hotel has registers back to 1885 and I found on research that I had visited there previously in May and June of '56 and March and April of '57. It was on 6-9-56 that Mrs. Francis E. Wilson and Mrs. Edward L. Koch are registered. That was ^ weekend when 1 extended 'courtesies of the port' to the tourists! I had done likewise to 'Fu' Rutter and George Seay. We had stayed in the Flower Palace, in the Water Lily Room! At that time the rooms were identified only by flower names, but now I note that the flower names are supplemented by numbers.

"Is there any chance of your being out this way soon.? We plan to stay put through the New Year. In the spring we shall probably be in Nashville for a visit."

We hope Frank JOHNSON will provide us with some news items from Japan. Dick H U N T on vacation in Palm Beach reports he is looking over the field. Joe and Elena RUDDY in Madrid house hunting, also expecting # 5 grandchild.

Chips off the old block.

Happy to report that Buff Simons, Ted Stevens and Rebel Lowrance are out of the hospital and back to battery. Rebel was recendy assigned to head the Defense Intelligence Agency. A super spook.

George SEAY writes from VMI that he enjoys teaching mechanical engineering at the Institute.

In addition, to teaching he is also an elected member of the Cbunty School Board where he provides the opposition to the "old guards" policy of status quo.

George and Helen live in Goshen, Va., and will enjoy a reunion with any and all classmates whenever they are in the area.

That's '30 for now.

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Sec'y. RAdm. Robert B. Fulton, II, USN Commander, NAVSEC (6600) Dept. of Navy Washington, D. C. 20360

HERE AND THERE WITH '32 We had a good crowd at the December luncheon of the Washington Chapter. Present were: Leonard, Fawkes, CoUett, Kintberger, Slayden, Lyons, Lamade, Holt, Van Evera, Roach, Pierce,

Dreany, Counihan, Williamson, Waters, Taylor, Stewart, Klinksiek, Brown, Wellings, Blaisdell, Reiter, Lockwood, Kirn, Fulton, and the new arrival—a recent transplant from Ohio—-Barry Atkins.

Jack COUNIHAN checked in with the following report: "Have just returned from two months in Bangkok. That city is like the Rome of the East—everyone goes there one time or another.

During my stay the King and Queen returned, Pierre Salinger, P. D. Stroop, CNO, thousands of tourists, and finally, the President and a large entourage all stopped by.

"I am associated with Stamford Research Institute and have been working in the international and developing-nations field. It is a fascinating challenge to interface U. S. technology and resources with old cultures.

"In Thailand we were working for the Thai Government in developing systems to assist in international defense.

"Since joining the Institute I have been in Africa, Asia and Europe and hope to work in the other two continents soon. There is a great need for the kind of assistance research can provide to these new nations, and I find my Navy experience and research in Puerto Rico and Port Lyautey, where 1 dealt daily with many of these problems, has been most helpful.

"On my way around the world I had a wonderful weekend in Hong Kong with George Mundorff and family. He is doing a fine job there for an American corporation.

"Finally, was glad to have an opportunity to see the fine work CinCPac and the Services are doing out there with a difficult war in a distant area.

The work the Navy and Marines are doing makes you proud, and perhaps, after all, we did train our reliefs."

Adolph WILDER passed through town recendy for a brief session with the medics.

John S. MILLER announces that he is now living at 11019 N. 105th Avenue, Sun City, Ariz.

85351. He formerly made his home at Bowie, Md. Chmn., Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.), U. S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Md. 21402 Henry RUMBLE sent in the following account and accompanying photograph of the most recent gathering of the class on the west coast.

A gathering of members of the class of '33 was held at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Allen Center, Naval Station, Long Beach, Calif., on Saturday evening, 5 Nov.

'33 party at Allen Center, Long Beach.

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Forty-one members were present and counting drags there was a total of 78 people—most of them are in the group picture. The mess manager went all-out to provide an attractive setting. There was even a cake to wish us a happy reunion. A beautiful centerpiece of flowers was provided by the Washington, D. C , contingent through the auspices of Turner Duncan who had been in the area a few days prior to the big event.

There were 13 couples from the San Diego area and three couples from the San Francisco area.

We were all most happy to see Tom South come walking in with Pauline to join us for cocktails before dinner. Tom has made real progress in his recovery from a stroke.

In addition to Carl Jones, commander of the naval base (Corinne was out of town taking care of the latest grandchild), other active duty flag officers attending with their wives were Lee Kimball, Howie Kuehl, Dave Lambert and Hank Monroe. Champ Blouin was unable to attend.

A great tune was had by everyone and the overwhelming consensus was that there should be further get-togethers, possibly in San Francisco in February, 1967; San Diego in May, 1967; and El Toro in November, 1967.

The complete list of attendees follows: from the San Francisco area—Jim and Lee Elliott, Dick and Mary Lou Gazlay, Tay Pay and Carol 0'Ck)nnell. From the San Diego area—Ron and Ruth Beyer, Gary and Berniece Coleman, Marty and Nita Gibbons, .\ce and .A.urore Ingels, Lee and Dorothy Kimball, Dave and Pat Lambert, Ken and Danny Meneke, Clay and Lee Miller, Hank and Karin Monroe, Al and Maggie Felling, Ralph and Dorrie Pray, Bob and Lee Riddell, George and Gail RouUard.

From the Los Angeles area—^Jos and Mabell Bailey, Tom and Katherine Black, Juanita Brown Coverdale, Francis and Harriet Dolan, Bill and Lib Formne, Henrv and Eleanor Fox, Bob and

Jane Garrels, Elmer and Alice Glenn, Joe Hatcher, Carl Jones, Gus and Dottie Kiergan, Howie and Jean Kuehl, Leo and Virginia Leon, Clifford and Jeannette Robison, Henry and Ernie Rumble, Herb and Grazie Schwab, Don and Ernie Shaul, Tom and Pauline South, Elliott and Eloise Stanley, Jack and Sally Steinbeck, Hank and Millie Sturr, Vic and Jean Turner, Buck Walsh, Larry and Helen White, Larry and Fran Kuhn.

The annual get-together of the Washington group with the class of 1933 at West Point was held at the Officers' Club, Washington Navy Yard, on Tuesday, 22 Nov. The usual bet on the Army-Navy game was made and in this case, unfortunately, was lost to our West Point contemporaries. We will ti-y to get our Army friends to double the bet for next year so that we may recoup our losses. The following classmates. Navy and Army, attended: Navy '33—Hal Bowen, Bob Camera, Bill Dawson, Tad Duncan, Pickles Heinz, Russ Kefauver, Chick King, Dick Lane, Elliott Loughlin, Bill MacDonald, Don Macintosh, Mac McMullen, Jim Reedy, Ralph Shifley, Frank Sinclair, Lou Stocker, Rufe Taylor, Ray Thompson and Charlie Travis.

Army '33—Charlie Carver, Freddie Coleman, Bill Baumer, Bing Downing, Ned Gee, Harry King, Sam Otto, Jimmy Polk, Phil Pope, Bill Quinn, Oscar Senter, Bill Ryan, Solly Solomon, Milt Summerfelt, Bennie Ray, Felix Vidal, Neil Wallace, Paul Walters, Chet DeGavre, Sid Giffin and Bert Sparrow.

In a recent issue of Shipmate it was announced that the class had approved a proposal thit voluntary contributions to the class fund in the amount of $5.00 or above would be accepted in January of each year. Those classmates desiring to send a voluntary contribution to the class fund may send them to the class secretary, U. S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Md., enclosing their check made payable to the Class of 1933 Fund.

Sincere sympathies are extended to Draper KAUFFMAN upon the death of his mother, Mrs. James L. Kauffman, on 9 D e c at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis. She was the widow of VAdm. Kauffman '08.

Services were held in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy on the 12th, with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Besides Draper she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Prescott Bush of Greenwich, Conn., and six grandchildren.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, Md. 21401

A couple of years ago this column contained some notes on the whereabouts of Chuck COLEY. He is still in Oklahoma City with the rest of the Coley clan and one of his brothers, Lewis E. Coley, class of 1924, sends m,ore recent news.

After five years of teaching math to junior high school students, Chuck was promoted to principal of an elementary school. His own command, so to speak, and he loves it. He does a fine job with the fond parents and the boys and girls. In addition, he and Dorothy are quite active in family activities of the church and Chuck has served a "tour" as deacon, besides acting as a regular usher.

Corr. Sec'y, Capt. E. D. Vestel, Jr., (SC) USN, Supply Officer, Key West Naval Station, Key West, Fla. 33040 Sec'y-Treasurer, Capt. Louis N. Detweiler, (SC) USN, 6650 Van Winkle Drive, Falls Church, Va. 22044 From the pen of our favorite handicapper Lew SHOCK we learn something of the trials and tribulations of Jack McCORMICK since his departure from the Hague where he administered the USN shipbuilding program in Europe. Jack was to work in San Diego with a new division of Gen-

'35's representatives at 35th Company wardroom dedication ceremony. From the left, seated: Margie Fee, Mary Lou Wheeler, Elise Seymour, Ida Mary Detweiler, Ruth Tarantino, Beatie Sharrocks, Trudie Petrovic, Barbara Gay and Lib W a r d . Middle row: Lou Detweiler, Frank Wheeler, Bob Kelly, Joe Lyie, Art Torontino, Rodney Badger, Jack Seymour, Spurg Sharrocks and Buzz Borries. Top row: Jesse Gay, Tony Parry, Wyman Packard and John Bottoms. The dedication ceremony was reported in the December S/iipmate.

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eral Dynamics concerned with fixed fin hydrofoil production which had been pioneered in Europe.

About the time he was ready to start his second career. General Dynamics told him they were transferring the hydrofoil division to Quincy, Mass. Not being an admirer of New England winters. Jack said goodbye to Quincy soon after he'd said hello. He returned to Southern California by way of Charleston after visiting # 2 son.

The McCormick Thanksgiving turkey was cooked

by Jerry in Coronado. She and Jack are now ensconsed there in Apt. 41 at the El Cordova, 1351 Orange St. Amos HATHAWAY is wearing his Navy blues again as a Citadel math prof. He and Marriane are happily setded in Charleston where Sw FLETCHER is secretary of the local chapter of the Alumni Assn., Nev SHAFFER commands the Atiantic Fleet Mine Force, Bob BLACK enjoys his retirement and Johnny BECKER is 6th Naval District Chief of Staff.

In a November letter Sammy SAMPSON, then a Coronado independent operator, told us he'd moved to 550 Marina Ave. on the "genteel poverty" side of town near the ocean. Sammy and Skippy SELLERS are very active in the local Navy League Clouncil. Among the regulars at die monthly meetings are Walter East, Snuffy Smith, Ralph Baum, Charlie Harris, Dave Nash, Rebel Ramey and Beppo Ross.

Wyman PACKARD and Margaret have completed their very contemporary house at 5600 Yorktown Blvd. in Arlington, Va., and are now residing there. They spent Christmas at Huntington Beach, Calif., with their daughter Sara and her three sons. Sara's husband, Dave Mares '60, had just remrned from a 7th Fleet tour. Wyman swore his son Robert into the Navy. He's in boot camp at Great Lakes.

Attending the November Washington area luncheon at the Navy Yard were Sookie Badger, Jack Brandt, Johnny Gotten, George Hutchinson, Fletch Lamkin, Ridgy Power, Em Stanley, Art Tarantino, Lou Detweiler and his dad, a fine gentieman and a great friend of the Navy. Mr. Detweiler was responsible for five young men from Zeigler, 111. (population 2000) entering the Academy. They were Lou '35, Austin Detweiler '43, Bill Hanson '47, Bob Detweiler '53 and Bill Westmeir '53.

Spurge SHARROCKS is taking time off from his job as administrative director of the city of Lancaster, Pa., this month and he and Betty are driving down to Florida to look at some real estate they own. Their son Chuck is attending Blair Academy.

A few weeks ago we were going through some old papers when we ran across a souvenir booklet of a Neptune Party held aboard LEXINGTON when that gallant lady crossed the line on 20 May 1936. Included among the officers were the following ensigns: Johnny EICHMANN, exec in TKITON, lost at sea to enemy action 15 March 1943 just north of New Guinea near the same old Equator.

Norm MEYER, forced out with bad eyes and came back when the international sitoation "hottened u p " to command ships in the Adantic and the Pacific. After the Japanese surrender Norm spent a lot of time in Mexico and South America with the Bakelite Co. He now lives near New York City where he is a hospital administrator.

Jack O'HANDLEY, Norm's former roommate, who lives close by in New Jersey. Jack parlayed his Supply Corps business background into an executive position with the Macy Department Store organization.

Jack SEYMOUR who returned from London to live near New Haven where he directs something like a Navy Relief Society for Connecticut merchant seamen.

Gene SHELLWORTH reported to be a power in Boise, Idaho, political circles.

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George HUTCHINSON, married to Jack O'Handley's pretty sister Monica. They're at home in Bethesda from where George serves as an ONR consultant.

Chuck LANGSTON, who's put away his horn and (judging from the dearth of letters) his pen.

Chuck retired in Albuquerque where he was on duty with the Sandia Base project.

Charlie LYNDON, the only one to attain flag rank. Still on active duty, he runs the Naval Reserve Training Command from Omaha.

Swede LARSEN, now a Birmingham, Ala., resident.

Glen CLEGG, who's retired somewhere near San Francisco (we think).

George FULLER, lost at sea with the JUNEAU when that ship was sunk by enemy action near Guadalcanal the night of 13 Nov. 1942.

Dick McGOWAN, who lost his life 24 Oct. 1944 when his plane crashed at sea during the batde for Leyte Gulf. Dick was flying from another LEXINGTON in command of VB-19.

Sib WARD, who always seemed to be in an engine room and who returned back home to Little Rock after he retired.

George Towne BAKER, our carousing companion of long ago, who now manages marinas, teaches navigation, plays a litde tennis, swims at every opportunity and enjoys the good life in Coronado.

And finally your reminiscing reporter whose current address is at the top of this column.

Sec'y, MGen. P. R. Tyler, USMC 5529 Edgemont Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22310 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN 4101 Downing St. Annandale, Va. 22003 Thirty and one-half years down and a very happy new year to you all wherever you may be.

While a large contingent of the retirees seems to have drifted toward the west coast, particularly in the San Diego area, 30 Nov. found that we're still doing pretty well in the Washington area.

Our first attempt at resumed class luncheons, again at the Hotel Jefferson in the Garden Room of the Hunt Club, found 18 present to discuss business and old times. They were: Baumeister, Dick Bradley, Davenport, Ellis, Ender, Fleming, Jim Gray, Hanger, Ed King, Tom King, Law, Oseth, Rice, Ryder, Dick Teel, Bob Williams, Tyler, and a TADer from out of town, Dick Pratt.

Nothing earth-shaking in the way of business was transacted, but we did agree to try and get together each odd month on the third Thursday. So if you are around these parts come 19 Jan., let Paul TYLER or me hear from you, and we'll furnish the time and place. The only item of significant business was the reopening of the question regarding sponsoring the 36th Company wardroom at the Academy. You should soon be hearing from Paul on this matter when he solicits your views. This is an urgent matter, so prompt replies would be greatly appreciated.

Our apologies to the Randy MEADEs and Dick MYERSes for publishing garbled words hurriedly received during the confusion of the Navy-Duke game. Notes from both bring the following correct dope: From Randy: "My handwriting must not have improved with the passing of time—although my colleagues here have accused me of a fair job of sequestering my family against any invasions by posters on the Kennedy-Delaware Turnpike.

My address correctiy should read 210 Hullihen Dr., Newark, Del. 19711, rather than 2le Hullihen to which you credited us. Although the Post Office has since riddled this out, I'm not sure the man-on-the-street would if queried for directions.

In any event, the latchstring is out—find us if you can. We're hoping the Navy-Delaware basketball game will bring a few friends in this weekend.

Regards to all." Thanks, Randy, for keeping us

tuned in on the correct channel, and keep the dope coming this way.

Dick Myers brings us up to date with: "We now have 2 grandchildren, Elizabeth Ann Darr (12 Nov. '63) and Richard Glenn Darr (30 Oct. '66), both born in Annapolis. They are our daughter Glenn's children. We feel very fortunate in having been home when our grandson arrived.

We were on the west coast when Elizabeth Ann arrived, but natorally made a flying trip to the east."

Last issue also reported on Rita and Paul TYLER'S new granddaughter, Christine Marie, born 13 Oct. Subsequent news brings us up to date with: "Our other grandchild is Billy U'Ren, aged 3. Our second daughter, Paula Jean, is in the Navy and stationed in San Diego. We still have Carol Robin (15) and Paul Junior (11) at home with us."

It was good to see Dick PRATT again and have the chance to talk over old times, the latest doings in Paris, and his forthcoming move to Stuttgart, Germany. Dick was here attending the 7th Joint Communications-Electronics Conference representing USCinCEur. We were also glad he was able to get off long enough to attend the luncheon.

John OSETH is director of program development planning for the Stanwick Corp., Arlington, Va. Our best wishes go with Johnny as he assumes his new responsibilities and embarks on an industrial career.

Dottie and Dan ENTLER join the '36 grandparents club with the announcement of a son, Stephen Mecklin, born to their daughter Dawn, at San Diego, Calif., on 13 Nov. The proud father is Lt. F. P. Mclntyre, USN '59, presentiy stationed at North Island. Our congramlations to all, and our best wishes to the potential new member for the class of '86. Dottie travelled west for the big event and reports Dawn and young Stephen doing well; Dan stayed home, being kept very busy getting setded in at their new home across the Severn, 234 Anchorage Dr., Providence, Annaoolis, Md. 21401.

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Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. J . P . M. Johnston, USN (Ret.), 5439 41st St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20015

WASHINGTON NEWS Walt BARRY has written a news letter in the past and has contributed to this column thereby.

He is keeping up his good work so that more areas than Washington, D. C , can be heard. He says: "Things have been pretty quiet here in Norfolk. I had lunch with Joe Dalton and Rex Wheeler yesterday. Joe is CO of the Naval Station and Rex is Chief of Staff to ComFive. There are quite a few classmates in the area but many are now retired. Paul Hartraann and Bill Mack are in flag billets afloat and Dick Colbert took over Dave Bell's flag billet on the CinCLant Staff.

"Joe Dalton, Rex Wheeler, Sneed Schmidt, Red Hessel, Jerry Joyce, and I are probably the last of the four-stripers still on the job in this area.

Charlie Burch retired in the late summer and is on the administrative staff of Old Dominion College, formerly the Norfolk Division of William and Mary, here in Norfolk.

"I am planning to teach in the Norfolk High School system after retirement. I will be joining quite a contingent already in the system, including Prof. 'Waffles' Ingling, who is teaching math at Norview High School.

"Another Army-Navy game has come and gone, and although we lost this one, it was a good game. We enjoyed the color, tire company and the march on, if not the result.

"We had an added incentive for going this year as we had an opportunity to visit with our third son, Bill, who is a plebe. Needless to say, S H I P M A T E

he was somewhat disappointed with the defeat and I could readily sympathize with him as I recalled our first Army-Navy game in 1933.

"There was a rather scanty turnout from '37 and Norfolk, believe it or not, had the largest representation with the Barrys, Curries, Schmidts in attendance. In addition we enjoyed visits with the Wadleighs, Tates, Huelsenbecks, Phalers, Hirschbergers, and Hank Burfeind.

"Walt and Marge Phaler were attending their first game since Walt last 'marched on' 30 years ago. They came all the way from San Diego."

The 10 Nov. luncheon brought forth 14 classmates: Bob Farrington, Jimmy Denton, Curt Kelly, Dinty Moore (New York), Tony Zavadil, Chuck Stein, Frank Buckley (Glendale, California), Bunny Shupper, Wyman Howard, Morgan Baldwin, Jim Cresap, Jack Wadleigh, T. Mac Adams, John Johnston.

From this meeting came the news that Joe DODSON has moved to Joliet, 111., and will be in the specialty foods business. Frank BUCKLEY says he is working with Lockheed California Co. on -iVSW projects including Lockheed's rigid rotor helicopter. He says he sees Dolly and Walt Keen occasionally.

Dateline, 4 Nov, Florida newspapers: . . . "Injured in the crash was Thomas L. Miller of 3510 Matheson .\\e. He is in fair condition in Morton Plant Hospital, and medical authorities said he is suffering from 'immersion and shock.'

"Both men were racing buffs and apparendy had flown into the area to get an aerial view of the 200-mile Hurricane Classic motorboat race.

"Miller, a well-known yachtsman, was spotted by the crew of the 21-foot Banshee as he held lo the wing of the battered plane.

"Wallace Ctole, operator of the yacht and a friend of Miller's who teaches at the Ransom School in Oiconut Grove, yelled to the injured man: 'Hang on, we'll be right there.'

"By the time the Banshee reached the plane Miller had slipped into the ocean but Jim Mander, a mechanic, dove in and brought him aboard."

With a letterhead "Off Soundings Club" showing Tom as Vice Commodore, Tom sent me the clippings and in his handwriting stated: "I'm one formnate person to be able to write this." It might be added that the pilot of the plane did not survive.

THE THIRTIETH REUNION in 1967 is drawing nearer. Classmates have sent in their biographies from 1957-67 for the updating of the Twenty Year Fix. Some classmates have not. Will they please do so, so that the information will be comprehensive. BETTER YET will all hands send in their reservations, come and make the reunion a real reunion. Make the reunion—^just don't read about it.

As an enticing preview here are a few excerpts from the biographies received so far. Bernie BIERl writes: "Duty in Hawaii has given me the fine oppormnity to see many classmates transiting the Pacific. In pursuing one of my hobbies— golf—I make regular contributions to the retirement fund of two classmates in particular. Bush Bringle and Don Gay. Am a great believer in keeping the money in the '37 family. Peggy is now a devotee of ballroom dancing, the old style hula, Japanese brush painting, and Chinese brush painting."

G. A. BREWER—"Tests take me all over the world. Oil platform off Libya, underground power plant in British Columbia. Tunneling in Alaska, cloud research for Navy in Caribbean." He is president and chief engineer of Brewer Engineering Laboratories.

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Boyd CLAPHAM, general manager. Survival Equipment Corp., Sausalito, Calif.: "In May of this year we moved down the Peninsula and tried our hand at owning a home. It seems to be working. Have an interesting job building and J A N U A R Y ,

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selling inflatable aircraft escape slides, life rafts, and air-supported buildings. Hobbies are airplane flying and sailboat sailing."

Francis E. CLARK: "Since 1962 have been seagoing in the Merchant Marine as a licensed deck officer with either American Export Isbrandtson Lines or with First Atomic Ship Transport Inc. On 1 March 1966 qualified (after special training) for NS SAVANNAH and am presendy assigned to SAVANNAH. In spare time am interested in maritime history—mainly merchant sailing vessels—do occasional research."

George C. ELLERTON: "Remarried July 1965—wife Josephine (Jo)—now have six children—seven grandchildren—two daughters-in-law and two sons-in-law." * U Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley. USN 11 11 3900 Watson PL, Apt. 7B U U Washington, D. C. 20016 WASHINGTON AREA The Washington area group seems to be continuously growing and perhaps as retirement catches up with all of us the '38 action can be continued from this area. The latest area class roster shows 90 classmates available for the purpose. Attending the last men's luncheon at the Fort Myer Officers' Club were Alexander, Bagby, Jake Boyd, Don Brown, Calhoun, Carter, Al Church, Homer Conrad, Dalton, Decamp, Dwyer, Ela, Hansen, Hartigan, Hunnicutt, Ingham, Irvine, Red Johnson, Luby, Mann, Mansfield, Melvin, Mugg, Norris, Raymer, Rindskopf, Small, Trickey and Waters.

January, and I know that Les and Ev will enjoy this delightful island as much as we have.

"While filling out the recent Shipmate Fitness Report, I couldn't help but think that the '38 class column is the best of the lot. I suppose this is pardy due to our own special interest in the news in it, but even more so I think it is because of your own dedicated efforts in getting the word and writing it up in such an interesting manner.

Anyway, many thanks. Jack, for carrying on for so long with this, and for being our semi-permanent Washington group chairman.

"Pictures always seem to help, and so I've enclosed one which you are welcome to use if you think it would be of interest. Admiral Mountbatten visited Malta recendy, where he was the first Commander in Chief Allied Forces, Mediterranean, to help film a documentary on his life.

Since he played in 13 of the annual Army-Navy polo matches here at one time or another, the film clearly had to feature some action down at the polo grounds.

I chanced to run into Woodrow McCRORY in these endless corridors of the Pentagon and I am happy to report that he looks the picture of health.

He has cleared the hurdles with the medics at Bethesda and is free to perform limited duty for a year and then undergo reevaluation. The Norfolk group will be happy to learn that Dort and Mac are headed their way for dut>' as ComPhibTraPac at Little Creek. Good luck, Mac. It's sure good to have you home and better yet to learn that a little heart attack didn't even slow you down.

Dottie and Louie DECAMP are busy decorating the Andrews AFB Officers' Club for our holiday cocktail dinner-dance. We expect to join West Point class of '38 for a luncheon in March and then there is that happy occasion to look forward to when the wives join their husbands for an annual luncheon.

NEWS FROM THE MED Bob McNITT writes to say: "Class news from this part of the Mediterranean has been pretty thin. Occasionally Phil Beshany, Jake Reed and I would hoist a few in Naples, but Jake left last summer and Phil and I return to the U. S. this winter. Les O'Brien will relieve me in mid30

William T. Ingram, I I , '38 has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Aluminum Association of New York.

Photo by Dementi Studio

Bill was one of the Navy's youngest destroyer skippers during World War II and, in 1941, was aboard the batdeship OKLAHOMA when it was bombed at Pearl Harbor. He holds the rank of captain in the Naval Reserve. During his Association presidency, Bill was active in organizing the trade group's many market development programs. He crossed the country several times to address industry meetings and business gatherings on behalf of the Association and the aluminum industry. Bill and Martha and their three children reside in Richmond, Va. Congratulations, Bill, and the class is mighty proud of you.

On a recent field trip to Pittsburgh with a group of smdents from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Grant HESTON by chance ran into Nels NELSON in the hotel lobby. Nels works for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and asked to be remembered to all the class. This only adds proof that the sun rises but never sets on the class of '38. Happy New Year.

Carl DWYER is retiring in January and has a job lined up in this area. We wish you good luck and Godspeed in your second career, Carl, and are happy that you and Kay will still be able to participate in our local functions. Bill LEONARD arrived in town for new duty in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering and we bid him welcome. Herbie MANDEL stopped in for a visit on one of his many trips from New London to Washington in connection with the Fast Deployment Logistic Ship project. I was happy to learn that Frank LYNCH has remrned to work for General Dynamics in New London.

We received a note of appreciation from Eli VINOCK saying: "Especially noted and appreciated was the beautiful floral piece from my friends and classmates. I lost my most precious possession. It hurts and I miss Barbara, brave and uncomplaining through 2 /4 years of suffering.

Please express my deepest thanks to the class."

Luz and Joe ELIOT also sent a kind note of appreciation for the flowers sent by the class when daughter Sandra Louise passed away.

meeting. You will recall that Bill was an AllAmerican halfback at the Naval Academy in 1936 and won the most coveted of academy sports honors, the Navy Athletic Sword. He has been with Reynolds, primarily in sales capacities, since 1947, and was general sales manager and regional sales manager for the company's Pacific region.

Sec'y, KAdm. C. E. Bell, USN 6359 Cavalier Corridor Falls Church, Va. 22044 RAdm. Robert W. McNitt '38 talks with Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, after a polo game on Malta in v/hich Adm. McNitt played as a member of the Royal Navy team. The game was filmed for the documentary, "The Ufe and Times of Mountbatten."

"Our club played a couple of matches which Lord Louis narrated for the cameras. I've been playing with the Navy team during the last year and so was privileged to take part. I suppose Malta is the last place in the world where a naval officer can afford to play this great game.

This is the oldest club in the western hemisphere, having been founded in 1868. The game is played on a hard clay surface using the tough, fast African ponies called barbs. Being used to the desert, I suppose, they don't seem to mind the dust that occasionally hides both the ball and the players during the dry months, and makes the very social after-game tea, shandy, or gin on one of the few grass lawns on Malta especially welcome. With very best regards."

Many thanks for the kind words, Bob, and the very best to you and Barbara.

NEWS FROM ALL AROUND Bill INGRAM, vice president of Reynolds Metals Co., has been elected chairman of the Aluminum Association's board of directors. Bill has been president of the aluminum industry trade group for the past two years and was elevated to the board position at the Association's fall

9 December—It's unformnate that all news can't be good, but we all know it's not possible.

A few weeks ago Lee SAVIDGE's wife Anne passed away rather suddenly. Anne was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on a beautiful wooded slope two or three graves removed from LGen. Arthur MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur's father. We all extend our sincere sympathy to Lee and his family on this sad occasion.

Murry FRAZEE retired last summer, and has setded down in Gettysburg, Pa. That is where, I believe, he came from in the summer of 1935 when we all got together in Annapolis. Murray says, "We are only 80 miles from Washington, and would enjoy getting down for an occasional social affair. Home address is simply RD #3, Gettysburg, and office address as above (Brown, Swope & MacPhail, Attorneys at Law, Gettysburg, Pa.).

"Much to the surprise of all concerned, and especially to my own surprise, I was successful on the first try at the Pennsylvania bar exam, and have setded down to the peaceful existence of a small town lawyer. It is hard work, especially at first, and long hours, but I sure do love it. We have about as general a practice of law as one could imagine. We are right across the street from the courthouse, and every kind of a case and problem seems to come our way—trials, estates, divorces, real estate transactions, and all the rest.

The partners are gradually giving me more responsibility now that I have finished the required clerkship, and I hardly have time to miss the Navy.

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"We are building a large house on a three-acre lot just outside town. We have a magnificent view and lots of woods, and expect to move in by springtime."

Tom WALKER too has come in with a delightful note to help me out on news of '39ers. It couldn't be more timely. Tom writes from the waters off Vietnam, and I think you will find his news particularly interesting: "At present I am deployed on Yankee Station with TICONDEROGA as flagship. We relieved Vince de Poix six weeks ago. Shortly after being relieved, Vince was recalled to this area from Alameda to head up the ORISKANY Board of Investigation. Our operations in North Vietnam have been hampered by lousy weather. There's nothing more frustrating than having three carriers cocked and primed only to be shot down by low ceilings nearly every day.

"Before deploying we had six nice months in Alameda. Peg and I were formnate to have quarters on the Air Station and to be about a block from Vince and Betty Anne. While there we saw Grant and Betty Rogers frequendy. He is busy and doing well manufacmring glazed tile. George Scott and I had lunch and a tour through the - facilities of the invesmient firm for which he : works. Others I've seen include Herm Spector who : is also in the invesmient business; Tom Eddy who ; tangled with the beatniks at Port Chicago; and . Rhythm Moore who accompanied Admiral ; McDonald on his recent WestPac trip."

Can't say very much for the Army-Navy game - except that it looked beautiful on Kay and Pete PETERSON'S new color TV. It would have been L a flawless afternoon if we could have pushed Navy into some offense. Skeet BEMIS wrote that the ^ Coronado '39ers would have their annual A-N - get-together at Bob and Eileen CL.ARK's. I'm . sure that was a bang-up affair. Skeet also writes that Tom WESCHLER had been home from Da Nang, Viemam, on a few days' leave. My lat. est info is that Tom will be returning from that . assignment soon and will be stationed in the San Diego area. Hope this is the case. Skeet has recendy left the San Diego school system and is now an administrative analyst in the San Diego County Chief Administrative Office. He's enjoying the work very much and has Gene KNOX a couple of doors down the hall in the County Planning Dept. Don't know why I never seem able to get some of that wonderful California duty.

Ellen and I seem to be on a Washington-Norfolk treadmill with sixteen of the last seventeen years to prove it. It's time for a change! ._ The Washington wives have organized a class party this coming Sunday at Ft. McNair. Unform- nately, my deadline is today, so I can't get the news in this issue.

Frank VANIN'OY and Loretta are on the point . of deparmre for the Philippines where "Foo" will ., take command of Amphibious Group One which . is based at Subic Bay. I'm green with envy. I'd love to have had that job myself—so would six . or seven other people I'm told! i Missed the class luncheon in Washington this ; month. I was out of town on a trip to Norfolk, ; Tampa, Omaha and Colorado Springs. RAdm. - Roy "Pig Boat" BENSON was the special guest of the class. Wish I could have been there. Saw Joe LINEHAN in Norfolk where he gave my team ' a fine communications briefing. It was class luncheon day in Norfolk, and I'd love to have gone, but had to leave town before noon.

Bill and Carol RUHE were in Milwaukee • where their son Edward was married to Martha Schulz of Milwaukee on Sunday, 11 Dec. Both .; are in their junior year at Wisconsin and will be ' returning to school after the holidays. We all wish .- them the best of everything.

Paul SCHRATZ is in the final throes of examination before attaining his doctorate. He should have it wrapped up by Christmas. r Doc ABBOT has orders to take command of the "Operation Deep Freeze" Task Force in the IJANUARY,

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Antarctic. Don't know whether this means Doc and Marge will have to move to Christchurch, New Zealand, or not. Regardless, it should be a fascinating assignment, and made to order for an imaginative type mind like Doc's.

Joe and Charlotte WEST have orders to Norfolk where Joe will be in a new Atiantic Fleet organization just now under formation.

There are an awful lot of us who have moved or retired from the Navy during the past year. It would be tremendously helpful if you would drop me a postcard with your new address.

AND a happy 1967 to YOU! Sec'y, Capt. Arthur G. Esch, USN OpNav (Op-60C), 4E566 Pentagon, Washington, D. C. 20350 WASHINGTON REPORT This finds many of us hereabouts in that great "hurry up to wait," holiday frame of mind; and yet there are other times when we are "waiting to hurry up." The boys' lunch went on schedule this month; the brides were too busy to meet. . . . Deacon FICKENCHER has moved from his spot as the logistics organizational czar to another hot seat. This finds him. as the Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Plans and Programs.

From my biased viewpoint, this is the right tiger for the job. . . . Jake HEIMARK is retiring in February. His plans are not firm, but I notice his chatter says that yours truly is not "off his assured income" hook, i.e., ill-gotten golf gains. I hope this means much more in Washington.

Mike HANLEY, noted author and naval scientist, is no less capable on the Chautauqua circuit.

By this is meant that he is doing a creditable job indeed as he describes with forensic fervor his intriguing surface effects ship program in top briefings. Late flash: Mike has just received orders soon to become Deputy Chief of Staff, CinCUSNavEur in London. We spare a giant for this "hardship tour," but only with regret.

Not so serious. Washington destroyermen went into deep caucus a few days ago, via the regular destroyer party. Many classmates were on hand.

Quite a gala; even broke the attendance record.

Moist sea stories were rampant. A mite late, the local commodity quotation was going something like this: One destroyer is clearly the equivalent in total power of five point six three seven seven eight four nuclear attack carriers if the latter are assisted by the Amphibious Forces. Notice the precision of this objective determination; I was there and not one slide rule did I see. To be sure, a more profound matter really needs be examined.

Never, never have I seen so many former Force and Flotilla Commanders present and looking so young, happy, and healthy. Some came from afar, too. My first inclination was to reason: What else? And then (down with those who remember with accuracy) it came out ever so vividly that seldom in office were they so young, happy, and healthy. Q. E. D., they got that way from being rid of us. Alas, since this is the wrong answer, the matter (in the best Washington tradition) must be returned for further, pardon my French, study. And I am sorry I ever brought up the darned subject at all. Not really.

HERE AND THERE RAdm. Ted RODGERS called for a nice chat.

It was good to hear from him. Ted is the superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine. Me. He is as happy in that billet as we are proud of him. He extolled the virtues of Castine to all classmates who could visit. He is genuine in this warm invitation. Several already have—with pleasure for all.

Had a nice note from Ben FRANA out in Chicago. He retired from the Navy last July 1st.

He is employed on the Professional Electrical Engineering Staff at Northwestern University as administrative assistant to the department chairman.

He reports that Jo is managing fairly well. Their daughter is married. His son is in the Marine Corps, after being administered his oath by his dad on the Marine Corps' birthday, 10 Nov. 1965, in the same federal building in Des Moines where Ben 31 years earlier enlisted as an apprentice seaman. Just prior to his retirement, we note with pride, that Ben was awarded by VAdm. LYLE, Director of the Defense Supply Agency, the Meritorious Service Award. Splendid!

A recent report has Bill MORTON recovered and given a clear bill of good health in Norfolk.

Happy news. You recall Bill underwent sudden and serious surgery in November. . . . By the grapevine we believe Johnny WILLIAMS in Sanford, Fla., continues to recover at an encouraging rate from his October heart attack. Mary, we hope you keep him almighty close to the regimen.

Good health is a first order of business for all the good guys; and we hope our collective good wishes sustain more than somewhat.

Cary HALL in Hampton, Ga., has my apology in no trumps. For I have managed to misplace his very informative letter. In addition to his active politicking, Cary reported a good deal to us as I recall. For example, he enjoys his engineering managership more each year. It is a big job.

As well, he is also doing some original patent work. Dorothe and Cary have built a fine new home with lots of extras, like swimming pool and land aplenty (42 acres). They have, bless them, as well confessed to extra rooms by inviting all mobile mates to come see them. This wayward lad would like to accept; Hampton or bust, cry Jo and I. Sometime. Their son, Mike, is doing well as a junior at Emory University; son Cary, Jr., is a star sophomore and wresder at Princeton; Stephanie is the light of dad's eye at home.

Pappy DUPZYK reports to Ace BARTON from his post as Professor of Naval Science, UCLA. Of 29 classmates in the Los Angeles area, all but four are retired. As before, it is good to know that the group has had some fine meetings.

WHERE AWAY The Norfolk pipeline has Ted HILL soon leaving command of the GUADALCANAL. And that unhappy thought is greatiy offset by the prospect of his becoming Chief of Staff to Commander Carrier Division Four. Great news.

Get your red pencil in hand for some updating of our class roster. Capt. Bill ANTLE, Jr., 2500 N. Van Dorn St., Alexandria, Va.; Capt. Art BERNDTSON, 4390 Lorcom Lane (Apt. 501), Arlington, Va.; Capt. R. R. DUPZYK, 15352 Stonewood Terrace, Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91403; Cdr. Ben FRANA, 1420 Chicago Ave., Evanston, III. 60201; Capt. John GREENBACKER, 3819 Van Ness St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016; Capt.

John LACOUTRE, OpNav (Op-50B), Rm. 4E378, Pentagon, Washington, D. C. 20350; Capt. Bud NEWHALL, 6900 Fern Lane, Annandale, Va. 22003.

AH SO.?

Enterprise recognition. Let's sally over to Enterprise Corner for a visit with a triple-threat classmate. I refer to David Clark CALDWELL, better known as Whiff. A fine athlete. Whiff has always been a gentleman of stature and appointment. He first joined the PORTLAND as fire control and deck watch officer. Here he saw the batdes of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Gilberts at close quarters.

In late 1942 he reported for flight training. In due course he deployed as exec and skipper of Bombing Seven. From the HANCOCK and from the BOXER, as CO of Bombing Twenty, his outfits paced the air war with hard-hitting effect. A Navy junior, he won the Navy Cross, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and 5 Air Medals. It is interesting that his brother, Turner, was also "caught doing the right thing" to the tune of 3 Navy Crosses and many of the other personal awards.

In 1949, after Test Pilot School and-project pilot duties. Whiff" resigned for personal reasons.

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He accepted the position of vice president of production with Bowers Manufacturing Co. of Los Angeles. For seven years he served in this capacity.

In June of 1956 career number three beckoned.

Douglas Aircraft snagged Whiff for their customer relations department. Thence, he was successively appointed assistant project engineer in 1957 for the A4 aircraft and in 1959 as its project engineer. In 1961 he was again promoted to Washington representative for the Aircraft Group of Douglas. In this key position he has represented Douglas to all federal offices for both commercial and military products. With good touch, he keeps on top of all phases of the federal complex, from systems analysis to contracts to the regulatory requirements of aircraft agencies.

This versatile tiger has certainly devoted much to his successful careers. So also is he devoted to his charming wife, Skeeter, and to their four children: Claudia, Diane, David and Carolyn. However high the banner of career enterprise. Whiff and Skeeter are even more enterprising in their devotion to the Naval Academy and to their friends. Saludos!

About the time I seem to have definitized my ignorance on a normalized problem, I am tempted to maximize my disgust for "izes" or whatever gargon is h»urly in vogue. Of course, one here doesn't properly criticize so direcdy. Rather, he should attack the "confidence intervals" to the same end. Howsomever, my un-intervaled confidence is truly in wonderful people—all of you; may your New Year be rich and blessed. See you. Art.

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Sec'y, Capt. V. A. Moitoret, USN 6000 Merchant Rd., S.E. Camp Springs, Md. 20031

One more '4Ier has retired from active duty.

This is Fred C. "Rebel" WYSE. Our five-yearsafter magazine listed this doughty submariner as having earned both the Silver and Bronze Star medals during the war, and we read then how Fred became a "charter member of the South China Sea swimming society on 25 Sept., 1944" when the sub he was in made an unheralded

his men's fire and offering advice and encouragement. As a result of his leadership, the Marines halted the advancing enemy. Disregarding his own safety, he moved among the wounded and under intense enemy fire helped supervise their evacuation to a more protected area. He remained there about his days in STURGEON and DOGFISH and until the last of the wounded had been removed other subs, the excitement of being chief of staff to safety. The 1965 Naval Academy graduate is to Commander, Key West Force, during the now serving with I Battery, I2th Marines." We Cuban missile crisis, skippering the attack transshare your pride, John and Jane. port TELFAIR, serving as chief of staff to ComPhibTraLant, then rounding out his career in the Marines just can't stop being "can d o " types.

Field Support Activity of OpNav. Fred tells me he We found that out once more at the November has no civilian job yet, but is not looking for one, Washington area class luncheon. It was time to either. He just wants to be "retired, period." We get the revised listing of classmates' names and wish him happy relaxation! addresses reproduced, and we looked around the table for one of the civilian element to take on Dutch SPRITZEN has been transferred from the chore with the help of his office force. Unusuhis ROTC stint at Notre Dame and now comally, there was only one non-government employee mands the Marine Barracks at the Naval Base in present, but that one was our retired Colonel Wild Philly. This gives him quarters that are just a Bill HERRING. The need had only just been stone's throw from the O Club there, so he's mentioned when he said, "Consider it done." handy and welcomes visitors, at game time or Public thanks to you. Bill. throughout the year. Dutch and Weezy are doing more for the Navy, too; their daughter has been This November luncheon drew our area chaircommissioned as an officer in the Nurse Corps man, Lloyd Young, plus Styer, Moitoret, Wyse, and is now stationed at Jacksonville.

Werth, Nicholson, Sisk, Thomson, Eddie Miller, Word is out that Chuck MERDINGER will be Elliott, Herring, Bangert, Overton, Price, and one or two others who will be justifiably irked because getting orders in January which will take him I didn't jot down their names. Principal program away from the old BuDocks desk—a long way item was an interesting discourse by Maury away, in fact, for he's to become the public works WERTH on his experiences with logistics on the officer at Da Nang. Our Marines there are using a lot of PWO service, so he will be busy—but J Staff of ComUSMACV in Viemam during die build-up. Maury indicated that the Navy really ready to look up and grin at visiting classmates proved once more it could meet challenges, from who may say, "Dr. Merdinger, I presume?" building docks faster than the Army to dropping Last month we mentioned John DOHERTY's commissary deliveries by air. son, John Bruce, and his having earned the Silver Next Washington area luncheon is the last Star and Purple Heart already in Vietnam. Navy Wednesday in January, the 25th, with the wives Times carried details: "Normally, 2nd Lt. John joining us, so the locale is to be switched to the B. Doherty serves as a forward observer with L Army-Navy Country Club. If you're to be in Co., 3d Bn., 4th Marines. But on July 18 during town, plan to join us.

Operation Hastings in Viemam, when his outfit was sent to reinforce a company of besieged Three more classmates will be added to the Marines, he stepped out of his role as an FO Washington area roster shordy. Mickey WEISNER and provided his men with the kind of leadership is hauling down his two-star flag as ComCarDiv that won him the Silver Star Medal. Arriving at One and comes back to BuPers to be Assistant the scene of action, Lt. Doherty began to assist in Chief of Naval Personnel for Personnel Control. the positioning of the reinforcing units, directing Jack BEARDALL finishes his fascinating tour as dive during enemy action on a very dark night.

He had no life jacket, so he spent an hour of strenuous swimming practice before being located and recovered. That will probably rank with other stories Fred will have for his grandchildren

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chief of staff and aide to the Commander, Sixth Fleet in the Med and will find more prosaic tasks awaiting him in the Naval Ordnance Systems Command H Q in D. C. And Bob H.AYLER will see an end to his cruising to exotic ports as chief of staff for ComSoLant to switch to a paper-pushing job in OpNav. Our '41 penchant for non-reg elections continues in full force. You didn't get a chance to vote on it, but you have a new prospective Class Secretary! Since I've turned in the papers to Mr. Nitze telling him I'd like to leave his fine outfit effective 1 June next, I elected Charlie STYER as my successor in the same way that I was myself chosen for the job by my predecessor, Tully SHELLEY—just a quiet notice of "Hey, bud, you're it next . . . and I'll ship you the records."

Charlie, of course, is admirably suited for the job. Remember his talent with words, starting with the plebe issue of The Log'? And his fine job in putting together our first post-graduation effort of Classmate 1941} Relief date is set for 10 March, after I've met the deadline for the April issue of Shipmate, so stand by to keep feeding news and pictures to Charlie. (I emphasize the pictures, because he can make up news about you, but he can't fake photographs as easily!)

Maybe I'd better explain why I'm mrning in my own suit next June and bugging out as your secretary. I will be the U. S. nominee in the election next May at the 9th International Hydrographic Conference for election to the three-man directing conunittee of the International Hydrographic Bureau. When people hear that the IHB headquarters is in Monte Carlo, Monaco, they start to be envious. The Riviera sunshine does make for a pleasant environment! First comes that election, though. Each of the 41-member nations will vote, and they have weighted votes depending upon the toimage of their shipping, both merchant and naval. Small countries get two votes; four nations have the maximum of six votes (U. S., U. K., Norway, and Japan). The directors must be of three different nationalities and they serve for a five-year term. Work of the IHB aims at standardization of nautical charts, sailing directions, light lists, and other publications and cooperative efforts for hydrographic surveys to improve the safety of navigation. If all works out well, I may get to see some of you as Sixth Fleet sailors at home near the famous casino after next August.

It has been fun (and work) putting together this column. I now appreciate the services rendered by Joe TAUSSIG for several years up through Aug. 1961, dien by Tully SHELLEY from Nov. '61 through the Aug.-Sept. issue of 1965.

My first effort was the Dec. '65 issue. Appropriate at this point to mention the splendid support we get from the unsung workers at Alumni House who put this magazine together from the columns we send in. Their proof-reading is almost 100% foolproof—an outstanding effort in my opinion, deserving a "Well done!" from all of us.

We didn't beat Army in November—and I had a hard time finding out that we hadn't!

After years in and out of the Washington area, I seized upon a good-weather Thanksgiving weekend to take Rowena and the four children to see Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. On the day of The Game, we were driving across the new bridge-tunnel to Cape Charles and then up the Eastern Shore, with no radio in the car, to spend a bit of time on Assateague Island. When we finally stopped for supper I asked the waitress how the game had come out, and I don't think she knew football was a sport! But I was resourceful: I told Rowena we would just turn off in Annapolis and drive through the Yard and we'd be able to hear the midshipmen beating on the bell; the children should experience this good old Navy tradition. We passed the chapel and I cranked down the car window—dead silence! And that's how I learned that we didn't sink the Army in '66.

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As a final item this month, let me give a wrap-up on the status of the class crest project. It's been almost a year since this was broached, so let me remind you of the details. Rollo RIEVE investigated with Bailey, Banks & Biddle after hearing what other classes had done. He found our class crest would be made of bronze, size about 6 inches in height, suitable for mounting on a bulkhead at sea or ashore. First we have to amortize having a mold made, so the cost per crest would be $25, including postage and handling, and it would take a minimum of 30 orders to make the project solvent from the beginning. (After that we'd acmally generate a slight profit for class funds from each one sold beyond 30.) Classmates were asked to indicate interest but not send money until we had a firm 30. To date we now have only 18 signed up: Rieve, Moitoret, Houghton, Southard, Tucker, Quinn, Weyrauch, McLellon, deStefano, Silverman, Morrison, Burwell, Bennett, Blount, Pollard, Richardson, and two wives (whose anonymity I will protect, since they want to surprise their husbands with gifts). If I have not heard from 12 more by 10 April when I turn over to Charlie Styer, this project will be called off and forgotten.

So consider this a Final Call: if you're interested, just send 'Vic Moitoret a postal card saying "Sign me up on the class crest list." (And don't everybody assume that the two wives include yoursl) Cheerio, VIC

Joe and Betty TAUSSIG of Annapolis have announced the wedding of their daughter. Miss Susan Somerville Taussig, to 2nd Lt. Perry H.

Graves, III, USMC '66, on Thanksgiving night m St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. A reception followed the ceremony in the Army and Navy Town Club.

The bride was graduated from Holton Arms School and attended the University of Maryland.

She is the granddaughter of Adm. and Mrs. Robert B. Carney, and of Mrs. Joseph Knefler Taussig, and the late 'VAdm. Taussig, of Washington, D. C. Lt. Graves, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. Graves, Jr., of Robinson, 111., has temporary duty at Fort Sill, Okla. His brother. Cadet Dennis Graves of 'VMI, was best man. His sister, Leslie, was a junior bridesmaid.

Among the bridal attendants was Mrs. Joseph K. Taussig, III, matron of honor. 2nd Lt. Taussig, III, USMC '65, brother of the bride, served as an usher. A cousin of the bride. Miss Pardee Carney, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Robert B. Carney, Jr., of Washington, D. C , was a bridesmaid.

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Sec'y. Cdr. R. S. Day, USN (Ret.), P. O. Box 6042 Shirlington Station Arlington, Va. 22206

This edition winds up the old year and rings in the new. Having had difficulty over the years in accepting Christmas festivities which predate Thanksgiving, I now find that our best wishes from Washington for the holidays will postdate the event due to press deadlines. Nevertheless, it is our fond wish that Christmas shall have been merry, as well as spiritually inspiring, and that, indeed, 1967, has begun with fair winds.

The post-reunion slump in correspondence was anticipated, but did it have to be so deep.?

Bobby LIM, writing from home base in Manila, voiced the expressions of many, "The class reunion was worth every bit of effort taken to get there to participate. This was especially true of the four members of our room since Eda Boyd, the widow of Ray Boyd, joined Stan Arendts, Barney Reinhart and myself for the reunion, which gave us a perfect batting average." Barney and Jane Reinhart had the additional incentive of visiting their son who is a plebe.

Bobby brought a very lovely painting from Manila for the reunion. It was the work of a contemporary artist who shows great promise; I know that Sam and Beez JONES were most overwhelmed when they won the painting in a raffle during the reunion. Now, Bobby has offered to secure another painting for the class and to donate it to the Eighth Company wardroom. This generous offer has been accepted on your behalf and we hope to have it in hand at the time of the formal dedication of the wardroom in the spring.

Norm NASH checked in with a holiday note and advised that the Navy had finally found the BAYFIELD and exposed it to such a routine of training and checking that he has not had time for reporting. They did take time off for Thanksgiving, which found Muff rejoining and all staying with Jean and Paul SMITH in their lovely Spanish-style house in San Diego. Had missed Dick SEWALL while he was in Washington the end of November, but Norm lured him back west so that he could join up with Barb and Muff to check out Ann Corio in "This Was Burlesque."

Those of you who know Dick's approach to life will be pleased to know that his secretary made a full investigation beforehand and reported it as "high class burlesque!"

Bill SIMMONS sent along the new Norfolk roster and noted 32 classmates in that area. They continue their third Friday luncheons at Breezy Point. New to the area are Jim Callender, Handy Cruser, Gene Farrell, Lindsay McCarty, Harry Rice, and Alden Whitney. Lew Stecher has COLUMBUS, but keeps busy in the Med, as does Jim Alexander in PhiBron Two. Ted Balis is now 33

on CinCLant staff; while Vern Binion is now headed back to Washington. There is no evidence that Norfolk did much better with an anniversary party than we did in Washington. Seems the reunion served a double-purpose, albeit unintentionally.

Joe TULLY sent along a copy of the Saratoga News, a smardy drawn news sheet all set up for mailing. Looks like Joe has a good PR man on board, altho this may be Joe's task in the main.

Can't say that he made a shipyard availability sound romantic, but it did give the wives and sweethearts a good idea of when they might see their loved ones.

It is always with deepest regret that I announce the passing of classmates or their wives; yet I am able to take some solace from the fact that the class responds so quickly when the need arises.

We cannot obviously bear the grief of the individual families, but I am sure that the warmth of our presence and concern offers consolation. Such was the case on the 30th Nov. when we gathered in their family church with Jack JAMES and the children to say farewell to Lou. Jerry MILLER and Jim CONGER served as honorary pallbearers and the sanctuary overflowed with friends and classmates. Lou passed away after a brief illness on the 28th. She was laid to rest in the family plot in Wildwood, N . J. Jack and the children will continue living at 4716 N . Dittmar Road, Arlington, Va.

reception at the Detweilers' attended by a large delegation of classmates including the Phelps, Harnishs, Moultons, Sullivans, Ketty Dankworth and the Heseltons. It was a splendid wedding. The mother of the bride made the lovely wedding gown. All in all, it's been a busy year for Lanell.

The November luncheon at Army-Navy was the biggest since last spring. There were 21 in attendance. Serious business included signing up a few more people for the 25-year Lucky -BagFrank REH reported about 112 paying members so far with a concerted drive underway to reach the 300 figure by the time you read this. The effort is to get as wide participation as possible to improve the coverage and quality of the book.

The class is committed to support the venture. In December all of you should have received a later reminder and progress report from Frank. Just before deadline, Frank indicated that 140 affirmative answers had been received. We are fortunate to have Frank and enough volunteers in the D. C. area to execute this project. All we need from you is information and money. Please procrastinate no longer.

News from Bob STUART is always welcome, since it brings us up to date on happenings in the big ocean. "The late June party at the Pearl Harbor O Club was such a success that in late summer (although it's a litde difficult to tell the seasons apart out here in Alohaland) a goodly crowd gathered at the Kailua home of Bill and Nan Peach for a bring-your-own-bottle-and-steaks party. Present and all in good voice for the close Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, III (SC), harmony of late evening were Ed and Barbara USN (Ret.). 647 Kaimalino St. Kerr, Ed and Ethel Cummings, Dave and Whitney Kailna, Hawaii 96734 Sterrett, Will and Jane Pardee, and Bob and Wash. Area Sec'y. Cdr. Frederic T. Hansen, USN (Ret.), 6424 Cavalier Corridor Connie Stuart. Carol Lang was a doe (that's a Falls Church, Va. 22044 girl 'stag' isn't it.?) since Bob had gone west with In case your local papers haven't given him the the Marines. same coverage as the Washington and Virginia "The other big class get-together was a fall papers, here are some highlights from a recent cocktail party given by the Sterretts at their Makafront page article with picmre in the Northern lapa quarters. All classmates in the area showed Virginia Sun. The caption read: "Arlingtonian Is up except Zastrows (Herb on a WestPac trip) Commuter With Eyes Set On the Moon." It stated: and Dave Stanleys (last minute illness in the "Lee R. Scherer, Lunar Orbiter Program manager family). for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis"Transients this fall have included Ann Helme tration, is directing the NASA program which put a second U. S. spacecraft into orbit around the and children on way to join Charlie in Japan for duty; Taze Shepard on way home from Vietnam Moon. with his ship USS PRINCETON; N . E . 'Sunshine' "Scherer, who lives at 3619 Peary St., was at Aubrey westbound in USS VANCOUVER ( C O ) ; Cape Kennedy on Nov. 6 when Lunar Orbiter II Amadeo Galvani headed in same direction in his was launched. Since that time he has directed a USS BRYCE CANYON, and Frank Reh and Jim team of flight controllers at the Space Flight OpTraylor in town to brief CinCPacFlt and staff on erations Facility, Pasadena, Calif., which is guidsome Washington items. ing the spacecraft's flight.

"Sorry to report that Gordon and Mary Ann

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"On November 10, a small rocket was fired aboard Orbiter which put it into orbit around the moon. For the next several weeks. Lunar Orbiter is scheduled to make several hundred highly detailed pictures of the lunar surface to help prepare for the U. S. Apollo manned lunar landings.

Facer have left for other duty. Mary Ann's departure has left a big gap in local tennis circles in which she has been one of the top-seeded players.

"Next two big events in Hawaiian '43 circles will be (1) the annual Destroyer Ball (we seem to be mosdy ex or honorary destroyermen out here, and will be going) sponsored by ComDesFlot Five—Bill Busik and (2) the Army-Navy game broadcast breakfast. Who better than the former Director of Athletics at USNA (Busik) to be local Navy chairman? And speaking of Bill, he was named to Sports Illustrated's Silver Anniversary All-America—see Athletics in this issue. Congratulations, Bill.

terback receiving so much nation-wide attention, is Jim O'BRIEN'S son. Colie attended St. John's in Washington, D . C , his last three years of high school, while Jim was serving a term in OpNav and driving his deep draft. I've chided Jim for not personally letting me in on this. Around our house, watching the tuhe or otherwise, "my dad knows that boy's dad" routine adds a lot of interest.

Patsy and Hos COOKE had a baby girl, Priscilla Anne, on 9 Aug. Jane Dankworth (younger daughter of Ed and Kitty Dankworth) was married to Edward H. Lesesne, Jr., on 18 Dec. at Chapel Hill, N . C. Bart CONNOLLY was awarded the Legion of Merit as CO ORISKANY—May to November 1965.

Bob HANSEN and Ken RUIZ completed die Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School on 9 Dec. Dee (Wagner) and Jim EARLE hosted an Army-Navy game party that turned out to be tremendous fun despite the game being less than the artistic success we were rooting for. A bunch of Jim's old Army buddies almost out-cheered the '43ers in attendance—Hills, Charlie Taylors, Joe Sullivans, Detweilers, Hansens and Hudsons.

Am still waiting for that influx of newsy notes from people we haven't heard from for a long time. Some of you must have the time to dash off a paragraph or two now that it's too wintry to garden, golf, sail, etc.

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Class Sec'y, Mr. D. V. Ness 1331 Barger Dr.. Falls Church, Va. 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. C. E. Tucker 2247 N. Upton St., Arlington. Va. 22207 Annapolis Corr., Capt. Edgar E. Mallick, USN, Office of the Academic Dean, USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

THE CLASS TAKES ON A PROJECT Mother Bancroft has provided something new within the past few years—space for each of the 36 companies in the Brigade to have its own separate wardroom. But the perennial shortage of appropriated funds left much to be desired in the way of furnishings. Assistance from another source had to be found to provide the niceties that make a wardroom a wardroom in the true sense of the word.

It didn't take long for the alumni to jump into the breach. Classes of old grads took it upon themselves to sponsor the company wardrooms.

Believe it or not, the formidable class of 1944 adopted the 13th Company in this effort. Why the 13th Company? Perhaps the number " 1 3 " has an odd ball connotation sometimes associated with our class. Perhaps its because Bob Bagby was once the I3th Company officer. Or perhaps it's because the 13th Company has excelled many times of late by either winning the color company competition or by being a close runner up.

Our adopting the I3th Company for this project seemed to be sort of a spontaneous thing, but it's my impression that Red Tucker is the one who HOLIDAY DINNER DANCE did the original sparkplugging. At any rate it's an outstanding idea, and an excellent way to This year's Christmas spree for '43 is being build a living memorial from the class. staged by Lanell Detweiler on 10 Dec. which also happens to be the deadline for this submission.

Our contribution is an initial grant of We were tardy in reserving Arlington Hall " O " and an annual maintenance fund of $100. The Club facilities so the party will be at the Det"Plans are for a '43 table. As reported after midshipmen use this money (with the approval of weilers. Lanell points out that the usual fling will last year's game, the Army hosts the affair at Fort the Company officer) to furnish and maintain consist of a before-dinner cocktail hour at bargain Shafter O Club this year. their wardroom. Each wardroom that has a clas.s prices—dinner consisting of Ship's round of beef sponsor devises some way to recognize the help it "Aloha, with all the trimmings. Music for dancing for as receives by highlighting the accomplishments of BOB" long as most of us will be up to it. In short, the the sponsor. I'm happy to report that a 1944 "P.S.—Just got a message hot off wire that K. Lucky ^ag (in addition to a color TV) already works, including ample parking in the neighbor's C. Wallace will be arriving with his nuclear circular driveway. Attendance—about 80 people has a special place in the wardroom! cruiser LONG BEACH tomorrow afternoon on way and it could go higher. For the third year in a The funds to support our project shouldn't be west." row the Hansens will split the evening since the too difficult to raise. Almost a quarter of a century Acacia Christmas party conflicts. after graduation, we should have many rich and NOTES FROM ALL OVER famous classmates. Ideas, however, are little more While we don't normally give society news, the In the belief that I can't be the only one who difficult. If you have any suggestions for novel 13 Nov. wedding of Pat Detweiler and Edward class of 1944 donations to the wardroom, please didn't get the word, the following is announced: W. Stephenson at the Annandale Methodist let us know.

Colie O'Brien, the sophomore Notre Dame quarChurch was exceptional. It was followed by a "Scherer has headed the Lunar Orbiter program at NASA Headquarters since 1963."

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13th Company wardroom. From the left, seated: Capt. Jack Creamer, Capt. Charlie Becker, Cdr. Hugh Butler (Ret.), Lt. Troyer, 13th Co. Officer, Cdr. Bill Campbell (Ret.), and Capt. Ray Burke. Standing: Midshipmen Wright, Harkins, Roll, Downing, Lucas, Thompson.

TAKE NOTE, YOU CLASS O F 1944 SKIPPERS. The 13th (Dompany midshipmen would like plaques of men of war skippered by the class of 1944 to put in their wardroom. Please cooperate and send to: 13th Cx>mpany Wardroom Bancroft Hall U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland 21402 The picture accompanying this article was taken in the 13th Company wardroom (note lack of drapes) during one of the November organizational meetings with 13 th Company and class of 1944 representatives. Ray Burke is chairman of our wardroom committee. I'm sure, too, that you all recognize Don Downing, 13 Cx)., who was captain of the 1966 football team.

When you next visit Annapolis, stop by Bancroft Hall and ask to see the wardroom you are sponsoring. I'm sure someone from the I3th Company will be happy to show it to you. Beat Army! . _ I L /I n U|l IU

Sec'y, Capt. William H. McLaughlin, SC, USN. 9123 Volunteer St., Alexandria. Va. 22309 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. John B. Haines, USN (Ret.). 6011 Hibbling Ave. Springfield, Va. 22150

1967! How did it get here so fast? No wonder the Gemini program is over and the Apollo started; we have to be there by the end of '69.

What better way to start something off than by a new chip off a '45 block? Hedy and Shirley LAMAR are the proud parents of a little Thanksgiving girl, Michelle Marie on 24 Nov. And now they have the '45 loving cup passed on from the Fallens. And another birth for the Navy is a ship's commissioning. Bob HAYES commissioned the guided missile frigate JOUETT at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in December. Oh, about that loving cup; hear that it won't be with the Lamar's long. Tied in with a commissioning.

Cliff BERM.ANN, who joined Humble Oil in '47, was recendy named coordinator of marine sales in the Marketing Dept. He will work out of Houston, coordinating all phases of Humble's fuel and lube oil to the inland and coastwise marine trade throughout the U. S., as well as the international marine markets around the world.

MOVES AND SHIFTS. Ben LUCAS leaves Armed Forces Staff College for CinCPac, staff not command, but on the way. Sid WYNNE waves farewell to the stacks of bullets at NAD Crane to join Mike MARSCHALL in SVN, as Da Nang Base Development Officer. Larry SMITH stays at sea, from his VERMILION to staff CarDiv 9. Jim BRADLEY in his MAGOFFIN struck a good blow for crew retention by shipping over seven men.

Make that a monthly ceremony, Jim. Al SLAFF will be leaving the career study board after three years for the Advanced Management Program at Harvard.

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LETTERS FROM MEDDYBEMPS. Winnie BOWCOCK, Virginia Beach. "Down Norfolk-way we've sorta organized a few of the Look Alivers.

At least by the good time we all had at the Petersens' on I I Nov. I'd say we're very much alive.

We hope to keep up some kind of occasional gettogether, but because of sea duty, a rather spreadout area, diversified interests and our big enemy TIME, a formal class chapter seems rather unlikely. At present Swart and I are holding the anchor which is a roster of 38 names and addresses. Anyone coming into the area can give us a call and we'll gladly add the name to our INAREA group, and find a copy for them. With the help of the Cogswells, Petersens, and Sulicks, on II Nov. we rounded up the following party: Barnes, Barretts, Bowcocks, Bryans, Chapmans, Cliffords, Curtis, Doris Divito, Doaks, George Hecker, Hertzigs, Hirshs, Knicks, Manherzs, Mclntyres, McPikes, Mitchells, Olsens, Purkabeks, Scherrers, Schultzs, J. Smiths, L. Smiths, Visserings, and Wilders. Those unable to attend: Chambers, Dedricks, Ellenbrands, Lowerys, Nortons, Steeres, Taylors, Volks and Waters." Thanks, Win, and I want to practice writing plurals of people's names.

Hugh MURPHREE, Subic Bay. "I assumed command of ESTES on 7 Oct. at Subic Bay with Sam Gorsline and Bill Ferguson of CTF77 staff present for the occasion. They both invited me to accept their hospitality in the Tonkin Gulf Yacht (ilub suite at the Hong Kong Hilton the next week. Looked for them several times but they must have been working too hard and couldn't get to the beach. Subic has quite a '45 group: Bill Geiger (WASHBURN), Dick Alderton (VEGA), Pali King (MANATEE), and Carl Gronemann

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VANA). Was in Da Nang recendy and had the pleasure of the company of Hal Lamb (BEXAR) for lunch. Bill tells me that recently when two '45-skippered ships were underway in Da Nang, BEXAR was flying that well-known flag hoist— LOOK ALIVE. "Was shocked to receive obituary of Railroad RILEY. He had retired in June and was employed in his home town, Andalusia, Ala. He and I roomed together for every single day of our three years at the Academy. He was the finest roommate that anybody ever had. I never heard a cross word from Railroad during those three years. He always had at the ready a smile, a joke and a pleasant word. On 11 Nov. five of us gathered at the Subic O Club for dinner: Joe Moorer, Julien LeBourgeois, Bill Ferguson, and Sam Gorsline. On 18 Nov. Julien had Bill Geiger and I over for dinner aboard HALSEY. A wonderful repast. After dinner we witnessed the ESTES basketball team's victory over HALSEY. Sorry about that, Julien."

Hey, you skippers! How about a picture of your ships underway for the '45 room at the Academy?

RETIREMENT. Zee LOFTIN was the only man to leave on 1 Nov. Just remembered. If some of you chapter or at-large members are in contact with anyone who had only a midshipman picture and no write-up in the 20-year-after book,

create the form and send in the dope. After it is printed here, cut it out for the book.

LUNCH. A magnificent turnout at Ft. Myers, occasioned principally by the desire to hear Dr. Frosch, AstSecNav (R&D). His forthright remarks left no doubt that he will leave a mark.

Thought-provoking. Among those lucky enough to hear were: Pat Hannifin, Fred Gore, Ed Snyder (to whom we are indebted for inviting the good Dr.), Thad Taylor, Bill McLaughlin, Jud Beardsley, Bill Haylor, Paul Adams, George Erickson, Stu Nelson, Bill Stewart, Stan McCord, Bob McDevitt, Tom Polk, Carvel Blair, Hank Bagbey, Guy Best, Dick Wilson, Warren O'Neil, Sam Rorex, Don Poe, Jack Kalina, Dick Van Orden, Joe Midgett, Frank Sperberg, Cal Cobb, Jack Peters, Jack Barron, Tom Bush, John Haines, Ed Behm, Bill Rand, Phil Crosby, Jerry Rester, Bert Findley, Ed Beasley, Chan Swallow, Jack Wilhelm, Jack Gillooly, Chuck Priest, Bill Brown, Bill Strong, Tom Utegaard, Pete Perkins, Ed White, Al Slaff, Bob Coulthard, Bud Geneste, Jerry Johnson, Bill Crenshaw, Bill Sims.

All you husbands, remember Valentine's Day! James C. MATHESON was one of four USNA graduates to complete the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration on 9 Dec. He was a member of the "golden" 50th AMP class.

Graduation ceremonies followed a special daylong symposium on "The Changing Patterns of Executive Leadership" which celebrated the completion of 50 sessions of the world's oldest and largest university executive development program and featured some of the nation's top business leaders. Principal speaker at the graduation exercises was James E. Webb, administrator of NASA. The AMP program numbers nearly 6000 alumni, and includes nearly 2500 men in top business and government positions in the country and overseas. Among them are 116 general or flag rank officers in the military services.

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Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR USS MARSHALL (DD-676) FPO San Francisco 96601

Seems as if there is always something important going on at column-writing time and this one is no exception. The movers will arrive in the morning to pack our household goods for the trip to Tacoma and we'll be leaving beautiful San Diego for the rain forests of the great Northwest. On 10 Dec. I'll take command of USS MARSHALL, the Naval Reserve Training destroyer in the 13th Naval District, with additional duty as Commander Reserve Destroyer Division 273. Though Dorothy and I hate to leave our classmates and friends in San Diego, we look forward to getting acquainted with Al and Norma BENEDETTI, who live in Tacoma, as well as the dozen or so classmates who live in and around Seattle.

The Benedettis live at 3502 N . 19th St. and Al is assistant director and water superintendent in the Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities.

He is also a captain USNR and chief staff officer on the Staff of the Group Commander in Tacoma.

At least Tacoma appears to be a friendly city and we have already received a packet of information from the Chamber of Commerce, in the person of Capt. Henry F. Agnew, USN (Ret.) '23. Incidentally, his son, Cdr. R. S. Agnew, USN '49, is relieving Jim BURTON '46 as commanding officer of USS COLONIAL.

Our last chance to say farewell to the San Diego group was at a class party held at the "Ballast Tank," Submarine Support Facility, on I I Nov. It was a broil-your-own-steak party, the highlight of which (for us, at least) was the presentation of a plaque which reads: " '46—Dorothy and Daisy Wilhoit, from the classmates and wives of '46 in sincere appreciation and admiration for the continued outstanding services you both have tirelessly and effectively given for more than twenty years.

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Your contributions have immeasurably enriched the lives of contemporaries and acquaintances. Best wishes for a successful and rewarding future."

It was good to see: Vince and Nancy BACON, who certainly hold the class record for party attendance in San Diego. Don't believe they have ever missed one. They live at 5005 August St., 92110, and Vince works for General DynamicsConvair, statistics which haven't changed essentially since we came to San Diego in '56. Dan and Connie BRIMM, 1124 Random Road, El Cajon. Dan still runs Chemtronics, Inc. at Gillespie Field in nearby Santee. "Dagwood" and Bev BUMSTEAD. They are back at their old address, 5580 Warbler Way, La Jolla, after a short tour on the east coast with General Dynamics. Dagwood is now working for Ryan. Jim BURTON, about to be relieved as CO USS COLONIAL and report to Fleet Computer Programming Outer, Pacific, on Point Loma. Joe and Janie CAMPBELL who refuse to budge from their house at 32 E. Mankato St., Chula Vista, although Joe must commute to Long Beach where he is chief staff officer for ComPhibRon 11. Chris and Pat CHRISTENSEN, 6365 Lake Apopka Place; Chris relieved Bob THOMPSON as ComSubDiv 32. Bert and Dona DECKER, 4025 John St. Bert is teaching at Hoover High School and exec of a Naval Control of Shipping Organization Div. of the Naval Reserve. Bob and Fran GAUTIER, 4455 Monaco St. Bob is chief of staff to ComSubFlot One. Bob and Marigold GORTON, 1615 Beryl St. Bob works for Impulse Products Corp. Pearl Groves was present without Tommy, who is in WestPac commanding USS HOEL. They live at 911 Ocean Blvd., Coronado. Jim and Fil IRVINE, 30 Ocean Court, Coronado. Jim's working for Ryan. Joe and Mickey JACKSON, 6065 Broadmoor Dr., La Mesa. Joe is working for Computer Sciences Corp. Jack and Madeline LANGILLE, 250 " I " Ave., Coronado. Jack is ComDesDiv 213. Ck)rliss and Berfi NUGENT, 4853 Noyes St. Corliss is exec of Fleet Anti-Air Warfare (Center, San Diego.

John and Olive RENN, 500 Alameda Blvd., Coronado. John is on the Staff, ComFirstFleet.

Robie and Mary ROBESON, 350 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado. Robie is ComDesDiv 172. Marv and Shirlee SWANBERG, 631 Coronado Ave., Coronado. Marv is CO Beachmaster Unit One, San Diego. Bob and Jan THOMPSON, 2330 Plum St. Bob is CO of USS TULARE. Ed and

Lorry

TREACY, 2457 Willow St. Ed is on the Staff, ComFirstFleet. Including Daisy and Dorothy, that completes the list of those present. Living in the San Diego area but not attending the party are: Bill and Judy ADAMS, 1071 Albion St., who usually are about as faithful as the Bacons at class parties. Perhaps Bill was busy at Ryan Electronics.

Ken and Leia BAUMAN, 4738 Mt. Alifan Dr., who planned to attend but probably had last minute interruptions. Ken works as a computer programmer for Planning Research Corp. "Chic" and Ann BOWLING, 2125 Rosecrans St. Chic is CO of USS MOUNT MCKINLEY, flagship of ComPhib-

Group 3, and probably had too much Marine Corps Birthday celebration the night before. John and Georgia BURHANS, 1718 Visalia Row, Coronado. John works for Ryan and has been spending a lot of time at Edwards AFB. Ben and Jean CHASE, 4316 Vista Coronado, Chula Vista, planned to come but a crisis must have developed at Chase Furnimre & Appliances in National City.

"Deke" and Helen DIETRICHSON, 1434 3rd St., Coronado, had a previous commitment and couldn't make it. Deke is chief staff officer for ComPhibRon 5. Bob and Ev DISE; Ev and the kids are with her folks and Bob had the OGDEN in Long Beach for thewe ekend. Bill FORSYTH is in WestPac serving as exec of USS UNION. Hank and Jackie GLINDEMAN, 1625 Annette Way, El Cajon. Hank is Air Wing Training Officer on the Staff, ComNavAirPac. Jack and Jean GUENTZ, 5334 Via Carancho. Jack is exec of USS PROVIDENCE, which left for WestPac deployment the next day! Jack and Gloria GULLEI'TE,

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960 Moana Drive. Jack is ComSubDiv 51 (relieved Sam ANDERS). Marian Hooks, 642 Margarita Ave., Coronado, planned to attend but had chummy house guests from out of town. Marian is in her first year of teaching the third grade in Imperial Beach. John and Sally Ann HUGHES, 1844 Alta Mira Place. I never hear from them and they never attend class parties but are listed in the San Diego phone book so I will guess that John still works for General Dynamics-Convair. "Jan" and Gracia JANKOVSKY, 2271 Dunhaven St. Jan is supply officer in USS HANCOCK but has orders to the Staff, ComNavAirPac before the ship deploys again in January. Frank and Evelyn KERN, 11724 Altoona Dr., El Cajon.

Frank is intelligence officer on the Staff of ComFirst Fleet. Ernie and Sibyl Lowen, 5769 Erlanger St. Ernie is deployed in WestPac as ops officer on the Staff of ComCruDesFlot 7. Joe and Rose Ann OCHOA, 6270 Henderson Dr., La Mesa. Joe is operating supt. for Sears Roebuck in San Diego and we never see them at class parties. "Ace" and Caroline O'NEAL haven't been located yet locally, although Ace is supposedly attached to Carrier Air Wing 12 at Miramar.

Ace, where are you? Bob and Jean PARKER, 13628 Putoey Road, Poway, are probably too adjusted to country living to attend class parties, although we never saw them while they lived closer in. Bob still works for General DynamicsConvair. "Robbie" and Peggy ROBINSON, 610 Balboa Ave., Coronado. He is on the staff of Operational Test and Evaluation Force.

"Si" and Jeannie SIMONS, 929 " E " St., Apt. L, Coronado, sent their regrets that they would be out of town at party time. Si represents HydroMarine, Inc. Met Jack WASH on the Coronado boat landing a few days prior to the party. Jack and Nell had recendy setded at 941 Coronado Ave., Coronado, and Jack has reported as exec of USS JASON, soon to deploy to WestPac. Bob and Pat WELANDER, 1002 Santa Barbara St. Bob was tied to the ship with the usual difficulties incident to shakedown of a new ship. By commissioning the Fox in Long Beach recendy, Bob became the first classmate to command a major command.

He had some help when BuPers recendy decreed that DLG's 16 and on would be considered major commands and Bob was in the right place at the right time. Bob showed me around the ship briefly last week and I will attest to the fact that she is indeed a beautiful ship with loads of modern fighting equipment which Bob will have the opportunity to try out before the year is over.

A card from Ruth Johnson says: "Dear Daisy— Wanted to keep you posted on Doc (who happens to be in Alaska at the moment). We moved here in August. Doc is with Test Command, 2534 B 25th Loop, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. 87116. We seem to be inching closer to reunioning with the west coast group. Sincerely, Ruth Johnson, wife of D. R. J." Doc: I kept looking for you to land one of those Orions in Alameda.

What happened?

Note to George and Leah TARLETON in Tokyo. You won't believe this, but I carried six jars of peanut butter to WestPac in TULARE just for a gag (no pun intended) but couldn't get off the ship long enough to deliver them to Tokyo.

Maybe next time, eh? A note from Yoshiko says that the TIFFANYs are now living at 129A West Hillsdale Ave., San Mateo, Calif. 94403. "Tiff" (she calls him Emory, which is his real name) is with U. S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory at Hunter's Point, as is Gerry GIBSON, LCol. USMC (Ret.). Dorothy has had a couple of newsy letters from Delly Bowen and Dorrie Pearson, the only news we received recendy from the Washington scene, including an account of the Homecoming activities. Cummon, fellas. Where's the organization? The Bowens live at 3159 Patrick Henry Dr., Falls Church 22044, and the Pearsons at 5922 Wilton Road, Alexandria 22310. Although I have missed it in Navy Times, Delly says that Ted HASELTON has retired and is working for

some company in Buffalo, N . Y. She promised to find out the details. And Dorrie says that Buzz is slated to be the next class president, effective in January. Hope for more details in the next issue.

A note from Helen HENNINGSEN says: "We like Northridge a lot, particularly since Hughes Aircraft bought the old Bunco-Ramo plant here in the Valley and now 'dad' has to go only 15 minutes to work and no freeway!" Their address is 9850 Vanalden Ave., Northridge, Calif.

Thanks to Bob SCHABACKER, I have anodier claim to fame. I am undoubtedly the only class corresponding secretary with ceramic calling cards!

They are blue with white lettering and have a Naval Academy seal and Class Crest done in gold.

Just a litde something Bob cooked up to advertise Erie Ceramic Arts Ck)., for which he is the sales manager. Bob and Betty live at 315 Monaco Drive, Erie, Pa. 16505. Bill TOUTANT wrote to send me the address of Jeb BRYANT in response to my "where are they?" list in the March '66 column. It seems as if Jeb's fame has spread ever since he was written up in Who's Who in the West. Bill also says his own correct title is chief engineer, JEFFBOAT, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind. (Always glad to correct the files. Bill.) "Incidentally, my plebe, Ralph Goodwin '48B, is now our sales manager. Pure coincidence. We are currentiy the largest inland waterways shipbuilders.

Our 1966 production includes about 265-270 barges, 9 towboats from 660 to 5000HP and three oceangoing seismographic research ships for Shell Oil Co. But nothing for the Navy. We have enough problems now without government work.

Our oldest daughter, Claire, was on the TV program 'College Bowl' last spring in a losing effort for Ursuline College. . . . Our youngest entered kindergarten last month so now all eight are in school and Eileen says she hears strange sounds (called 'silence' I think) around the house during the day . . . this may not be news to you, but Ray B. WHITE, a shipmate of mine 18 years ago, retired earlier this year and has some kind of engineering job for the Kroger grocery chain at their headquarters in Cincinnati. Don't know his address."

"Daisy"' William E. CAMPBELL was one of four USNA graduates to complete the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration on 9 Dec. He was a member of the "golden" 50th AMP class.

Graduation ceremonies followed a special daylong symposium on "The Changing Patterns of Executive Leadership" which recognized the completion of 50 sessions of the world's oldest and largest university executive development program and featured some of the nation's top business leaders. Principal speaker at the graduation exercises was James E. Webb, administrator of NASA. The AMP program numbers nearly 6,000 alumni and includes nearly 2500 men in top business and government positions in the country and overseas. Among them are 116 general or flag rank officers in the military services.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Jack M. Stevens, USN 4779 Parkman Court, Annandale, Va. 22003 Wash. Corr., Cdr. C. E. Donaldson. III.USN 1824 Baldwin Dr., McLean, Va. 22101

Bob MARMET attended the Navy-Vanderbilt game in Nashville in mid-November and returned with a clipping from the local paper mentioning USNA alumni active in Nashville, including the names of Harry Joyce and Duke Rose. Bob reported a fine time by all and probably the outstanding football game of die season.

Joe FLANAGAN sent in a resume of the class activities in Philly after the big game. Joe reported that the turnout at the Princeton Club was the lowest to date and that he is seriously thinking of discontinuing the arrangements for the future.

"Before deciding either way I would like to get a SHIPMATE

better idea of the extent to which our classmates enjoy this get-together. It's no strain from the standpoint of our Philadelphia '47ers but I am afraid it is getting to the point of diminishing returns." Here is a list of the classmates who were at the Club: Flanagan, Sullivan, Bob Thompson, Clement, Mayer, Cross, Beane, White, Oliver, Hess, Sloan, Ridgeway, Yeatman, Maxon, Diftendorfer, and Unangst. We were unable to make the game ,md suffered instead in front of TV. Understand from those who attended that after 20 years we haven't progressed very far from the end zone seating section. Did you see Wes McDONALD waving our new '47 guidon with his one good arm? While on the subject of the flag, John PREHN bought it for the class and hoped to pay for the flag with a few pennies left over from the '47 20th reunion tiles which he arranged. At last reports, some of us were still remiss in sending the money after already having received the tiles.

How about a gende nudge in case it has slipped your mind? -And while you have your checkbook out, don't forget to order your reunion pictures from Larry M.\ROUSEK. The order blank mailout has been completed by the Marouseks and the deadline is actually passed for getting your order in, but I would guess that the cash would speak for itself if you don't delay any longer.

From what I understand, it was quite an unclertaking to identify as many classmates as possible from looking at the proofs. It is another example of the tremendous efforts exerted by so many of our D. C. classmates.

Got another nice note from Jeep DONALDSON who will return to D. C. before this is published.

Jeep very wisely suggested that we mention George GROVES' Chastellux Ave., Newport, R. I. 02840 address in case anyone wants to try and receive one of his newly published New England class rosters.

Jeep said: . . . "That complimentary copy of Shipmate was intended as a not-so-subde hint that it would be much nicer if each of you sent SIO to the .\lumni Association in Annapolis for your own subscription to our magazine. All of us are tr\-Lng hard to make it interesting reading for YOU. "Just one word about Robbie and Pat Brady's party in honor of Bruce and Carmen Maxon, who are about to depart on other duty. Robbie called me at 0100 on 4 Dec. during the middle of the party and, as you know, I talked with fully half the participants, long distance Bethesda to Boston. All I can say is that it must have been a really swinging affair! . . ."

Robert R. Horner, Jr. '47, General Financial Manager, AT&T Co.

Photo by Foster Studio

Bob HORNER is another classmate who has a good hold on the civilian world. Bob had been general commercial manager for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Ck). of Virginia since 1960 after having first started to work for C. & P. in 1949. The new job moves him from Richmond to NYC where he is the general financial administrator in the Treasury Department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Bob was very active in the Richmond area in a variety of community efforts.

Had a short but pleasant visit from Bob HADDEN a few weeks ago. Bob is a project engineer with North American in Columbus, Ohio.

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does come to D. C. frequently on business, I am trying to interest him in scheduling a business trip on the first Wednesday of any month to join us for lunch at the Gun Factory.

The December luncheon was well attended.

Floyd BOWDEY rapped the gavel, so to speak, and presided (which means he had to collect the cash and pay the check) over Gardiner, Stevens, Appert, Rossi, Yuengling, Vose, Marmet, Walter Johnson, Pate, Groover, Bell, Day, Schempp, Turnage, Matthews, Edwards, Blaha, Wood, Yeatman, Gary, Cummins, Jex, Heininger, McDonald, Atitinson. Chamberlain, Renz, Brady, and visitors Ace Adams up from Texas Instruments in Dallas and Red Hertzog in from California. Bob Marmet reported our massive class mailout of Shipmate had brought about half a dozen responses with contributions—not a very auspicious beginning, is it?

Tom BELL had brought along an excellent colored film from NASA covering Gemini 12—some of the most spectacular photography I've ever seen. Dick Gardiner mentioned that he had been in St. Louis recently and had dinner with Dave GARDNER. Dave is secretary and assistant to the president of Laclede Gas Co. in St. Louis. He, Anne and five children live at 3 Mayfair Road in St. Louis.

The Washington area wives were royally received at the Gokeys in November when Mickey Gokey, Betty Nivison, and Helen Riley were hostesses for a "wet brunch." The explanations I received of a wet brunch were rather vague except they sure had fun. Next gathering is planned for January. And that's it from the big city.

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scores a g a i n . " Mrs. Wiiitmire, Whitmire, RAdm. Williams.

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Don WHITMIRE has been awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service from July 1964 to July '66 as the first director of the Tactical Analysis Group on the staff of Commander Submarine Development Group Two. He currently is commander of Submarine Division 102.

Presenting the award was RAdm. Joseph W. Williams, Jr., Commander of Submarine Flotilla Two. Attending the ceremonies held at Flotilla Two headquarters at Groton, Conn., were Joan Whitmire and Capt. M. U. Moore, Commander of Submarine Development Group Two. Don will always be remembered as Navy's AllAmerican in 1943 and '44. He also was an AllAmerican at Alabama in 1942 before entering the Academy. He was awarded the Knute Rockne Trophy as the outstanding lineman in the United States, and was also selected to the Navy's all-time team. In 1956 he was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame.

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Sec'y, LCdr. Robert W. Hanby, USN 1864 Branchwood St., Norfolk, Va. 20113 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. S. K. Moore, USN 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria. Va. 22302

Fellow classmates and friends, be advised that another month has slid by, and your secretary's mailbox remains vacuous. However, I did solicit the following excellent item from Jim AHERN:

Jim and Rose Ahern

"Just couldn't resist responding to your request for personal news, particularly because it provides me with an opportunity to do our classmates a big favor. Now, hoping this Madison Avenue opening of something free has established reader interest, I'll elaborate. Specifically, the favor applies to all present and potential Washingtonites and concerns membership in the Army and Navy Country Club of Arlington/Fairfax. As the newly elected treasurer/comptroller, I feel all '48ers should be alerted to two facets regarding the club.

First is it's new look—it has just been made bigger and better than ever. In fact, with its new enlarged roof for dancing and its plushly reconditioned interior, the club is truly something to be proud of—a great place to entertain the family and friends. Secondly, if '48ers do not join while on active duty, it is almost impossible to become a member after retirement because the retired waiting list is lonnnnng! So, if any of you classmates would like a Cook's tour of the club—to see what you're missing—just call me at OX 6-3411.

"On the personal side, I am currently thoroughly enjoying a tour as Executive Assistant and Aide to Admiral Hersh Goldberg, (SC) USN, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and Chief of the Supply Corps. Rose, Jimmy (16), and Janet (14) are doing their best to 'a-go-go' while operating out of our new home at 4015 25th Road in Arlington, although this takes some doing after three years in Hawaii. We welcome one and all to look me up when in the area and guarantee that having a scotch on the rocks ready and waiting is not just a promise!"

Ray LOCHNER reports from Annapolis: "By the time Homecoming 1967 arrives, the fund balance (including interest) should be $400. We have been trying to line up a good place to have the next one, so we can have food and a real good time. A news item concerning myself. Since Homecoming, I have made a change in employment. I resigned from Trident Engineering Associates, Inc., and have joined a number of other classmates at Westinghouse, Baltimore. I am in the Advanced Development Engineering Subdivision of the Surface Division. I started on the 24th of Oct. I am in my last year of Naval Reserves— transferring to the Fleet Reserve on 30 June 1967.

(Non-pay retirement until age 60.)"

Joe JOCHUM called me recently, and somewhat breathlessly told me that he and Mary were the proud parents of a girl. Rose Marie, born on 3 Nov. The Jochums now boast of two girls and six boys. I say congramlations. Joe also reports that the class is now represented in Congress with the election of Peter KYROS to the House of Representatives from Maine, presumably from his home bailiwick of Pordand. Pete, a Democrat, spent six years on active duty, went to Harvard Law School, and has practiced law in Maine since.

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otiierwise spending all their spare time in boatsitting. They live in Bethesda, and Jim works for IBM in Gaithersburg. They have an excellent crew in a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.

On Tuesday, 8 Nov., the Washington area classmates gathered once more, as is their wont, at the Gun Factory Club for luncheon. Some new faces appeared, as those of you who peruse tills regularly appearing item will notice. Present were: Bob McGihon, Walt Spangenberg, Frank Corley, Chuck Gorder, John James, Roger Chapman, Cab Davis, Charlie Mertz, Wilbur Klemm, Oz Osborn, Bill Bartow, Roger Gregory, Jim Ahern, Bob Pyle, Bill Arnold, Sumner Moore, Snipe Hoffman, Warren White, Willie Lee, Jack Ledoux, Bob Kraus, Ken Phillips, Bob Slater, Ed Welch, Norm Norman, Mat Mathews, Frank Tiernan.

The formal winter dinner-dance for the Washington classmates will be held at Ft. McNair on Saturday, 28 Jan., and Tom HAYWARD is the chairman.

Among those seen at the recent Destroyermen Ball at the Bethesda " O " Club were Bob and Gunvor McClinton, Bud and Pat Kraus, C. A. Whitmore, Willie and Edwina Lee, Frank and Jean Corley, Jack and Grace Bell, Karl and Jerry Christoph, Cab and Libby Davis, Oz and Quinn Osborn, and of course, Jane and I were there.

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Al and Elinor and their two children, Alan and Linda, live at 4903 King Richard Drive, Annandale, Va., where the door is wide open to all '49ers with sea stories and/or gardening tips to swap.

WASHINGTON AREA NEWS It was a warm and pleasant fall day that attended the December gathering of the class for luncheon at O'Donnell's. The turnout, though small for the large number of classmates in the Washington area, included Ace Boughton, Jack Benoit, Frank Benson, Bill Lynch, Bill Dotson, Harry Train, Ted Hammer, Harry Morgan, Jim Patton, Bill Bodager, Bill Broughton, Jim Wilson, Don Smith, Robair Mohrhardt, Dick Wolford and John Barrow. As a reminder, if any of the class members are in the Washington area on business or for any other reason, plan to put in an appearance at the monthly luncheon at O'Donnell's, downtown Washington, on the first Wednesday of each month.

Bill DOTSON reports that Pete FULLINWIDER was in town from London for a couple of days.

Herman BUSHMAN was also in Washington from the Army Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, for a short official visit early in December.

Sec'y, Cdr. F. W. Benson, Jr., USN P. O. Box 2651 Washington, D. C. 20013

FORTY-NINER OF T H E MONTH

Al Thomson '49

Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Al reported for duty to USS CABOT, the training carrier at Pensacola. Summer 1950 brought sudden orders to the Mighty Mo in time for her first Korean deployment. After two years in MISSOURI came a PacFlt destroyer tour aboard USS ARNOLD J. IsEELL, followed by two golden years in the Paradise of the Pacific where he served as Aide to Commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. The General Line School in Monterey served as excellent preparation for the billet of executive officer in USS CHAMBERS, one of the DERs in the Atlantic Barrier. In March 1959 he took command of USS STALWART at Charleston, S. C , remaining in that billet until assignment to the Naval Postgraduate School in 1960 for the electronics engineering course.

Ted ANNENBERG took time out of his busy schedule to drop a line. H e reports that since July 1965 he has been employed by Union Camp Corp. as associate counsel, spending about onethird of his time in labor relations work, and the balance on general corporate legal problems.

This is a paper company that manufactures paper, containers and bags.

Dick "Tiger" BAILEY sent in a brief rundown of his recent activities. He was relieved as CO, NEWMAN K . PERRY shordy after they put on the "E." He reported as executive officer. LITTLE ROCK

in November and is once again in the thick of RefTra

at Gtmo. LITTLE ROCK relieves SPRING-

FIELD in January as SixthFlt flagship for the next two years or so. As soon as the homeport is decided, Dick's family will move to the Med. They will be looking forward to seeing friends as they pass by his new home, wherever it may be.

"My best wishes to the Washington contingent and hope to see you soon."

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. W. F. Diehl, USN 5307 RoIIingr Road Springfield, Va. 22151 The '50 detachment aboard USS FRANKLIN D .

ROOSEVELT sadly reports the death of Bob FROSIO while attached to and serving as commanding officer of Attack Squadron Twelve. At the time of his death, he was piloting an A4E Skyhawk returning to the ship from a night combat mission over North Vietnam on 12 Nov. A beautiful and moving requiem mass and memorial service was held at the Station Chapel, NAS Cecil Field, on 15 Nov. Wayne SMITH, Casey SPAYDE, Bob FOLEY, and Kelly CARR served as ushers. Classmates paying their last respects were: Brick, Phil Johnson, Clarke, Marty Hardy, Bo Davis, Denmark, Boney, and Goodiel. Betty and the children were residing in Quarters " P , " NAS Cecil Field, and notes of condolence will reach her through that address. Classmates and friends wishing to contribute toward the memorial chair in Bob's name at the stadium may do so through John MALLOY at Pers C l l , Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C. 20370.

Dodge McFALL failed to return to USS BON HOMME RICHARD from a night training flight off San Diego on 6 Dec. He was commanding officer of VA-76. Memorial services were held on 13 Dec. in the Naval Academy Chapel. His widow Joan and two children are residing at 4426 County Club Road, Jacksonville, Fla.

Jack BRANSON reports that classmates with him in FDR are Buddy BURT (XO, VF-32) and Bob HARRIS (XO, VA-172). Jack saw Jim Some of the class who did not attend the WILKINS and Chuck MULL in his travels Army-Navy game in Philadelphia reported friendthrough the Far East. ly, spirit-filled gatherings in the Washington area.

Judging from the outcome of the game, the rooting If you missed seeing Bob MANDEVILLE's picfrom these gatherings was not enough, even ture in a recent issue of Time, you can write to though there was much spirit. John and Flo Bob as I'm sure he's got extra copies.

BARROW joined Jack and Rose Marie BENOIT John HENDERSON, presendy training officer at and a most enjoyable time was had by all. Jim Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga., wrote and Athie WEBBER and family mustered at asking for J. K. NOBLE's address. Seems John Frank and Ginny BENSON's house. Even with mislaid the October issue of Shipmate which carthe help of all the children, they could not influried the address. So for those of you who haven't Reporting in 1962, Al commenced a happy ence the disastrous course of the game. received your copy of The Years Between, write three-year association with USS BORDELON in to J. K. at 45 Edgewood Lane, Bronxville, N. Y. Charleston where he served as executive officer, CORRESPONDENCE 10708. I've yet to hear from anyone who has not FRAM CO, and then commanding officer upon The following message of appreciation and grabeen extremely pleased by the job J. K. did. In her return to full service. During his tour on titude was received from Joyce Mayfield: summary, it was well worth waiting for. board, BORDELON participated in the Cuban block"Dear Classmates in '49, grateful thanks from ade, Adantic Fleet ASW exercises, and finally, a The Washington area group is planning a getall our family for your fine concern over our Sixth Fit deployment, a good portion of which together at Ft. McNair on the night of I I Feb, mutual loss of Stan. consisted of Red Sea patrol duties. The latter trip Anyone passing through or in a position to visit occasioned a meeting with King Neptune and his "I will cherish forever the loving kindness of D. C. that weekend is invited to attend. Gathered those with whom he worked and in whom he Royal Court. Shellback Thomson reports that alat Hogate's for the monthly luncheon on 7 Dec. though the encounter was a memorable one, he believed over the years. The ties to our Navy were: Schultz, Don Dunham, Morin, Springer, family have grown strong, and he would expect Lisanby, French, Manci, Greenley, Dungan, did not lose any hair over it. and be jusdy proud that they are of such comfort Terrell, Ruble, Whitehead. Ayers, Conley and After a year of absorbing the Naval Warfare now.

Diehl. "big picture" at the Naval War College, in July "A quotation Stan liked was the following: 1966 Al joined the Surface ASW Branch of Op-71 Before closing, I wish to thank Jack BRANSON 'May the wind be at your back, and God hold you and John BRICK for providing the information where he holds down the Surface Ship Sonar in the hollow of His hand.' " desk. on Bob Frosio's death. It was a task neither 38

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wanted. As a class, we are the poorer having lost Bob's warm, ready smile and the laughter in his voice.

in, and I look forward each day to hearing from everyone. If you haven't written—do!

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BACON and Joe GRACE are on the Command and Staff School Staff.

Gus LEAHY (Cdr USN) comes up with a new address. He's living at 4704 Ferrylanding Road, Alexandria, Va. I received another letter from Pete HILGARTSec'y. Lt.Col. J. W. Hammond, Jr., USMC NER (LtCol USMC). I don't think that Pete will Editor & Publisher, Marine Corps Gazette Box 1775, M.C.S., Quantico, Va. 22134 be finding much time to write in the future. My informers at HQMC indicate that Pete has just But stilt when two or three shall meet. taken command of the 1st Bn. 5 th Marines. Take And old tales are retold, . . . good care of that outfit, Pete! Since I was a platoon leader in that battalion (Korea 1952) and Last November, the ninth to be exact, there was served in it again in 1957, I have a fond feeling an impromptu and unscheduled meeting of '51. for it. Who knows, maybe I'll serve in it again The place was in front of the Munitions Building next summer when I go to WestPac? on Constimtion Ave. As reported to me by Bob Other MarCor news concerns Tom STUART BRODIE (LCdr USN Ret), this is what hap(LtCol USMC) and Brooke Read (LtCol USMC). pened. Bob was coming out of the building when Tommy was awarded the Legion of Merit for his he ran into Lou SAROSDY (Cdr USN). While performance as CO of the 3rd Reconnaissance shooting the breeze, I.B.M.'s Washington area Battalion in Vietnam. The rose-colored ribbon is representative. Bill BARB.\ZETTE, walked up; much prettier than the purple colored one he got it wasn't long until Perry STEPHENS (Maj. for Korea. Brooke received a gold star in lieu of USAF) and Don KNTJTSON (Cdr. USN) joined his second Bronze Star. The first one was of 1953 them. It was all completely spontaneous and vintage. Brooke is quite a marksman (everything unrehearsed. True to the lines above, the short from .45-cal pistol through 155mm. how.) so he meeting turned into five-handed conversation of has every right to be proud of his second "shoot"How's ?" "Have you seen ?" "What ing badge." As he used to say when he yanked ever became of ?" "Remember the time the lanyard "O.K., Charlies, now count your ?" etc. The story intrigued me since I have troops!" been running into '51 for the past 15 years in the strangest places and on the oddest occasions, e.g.

The Air Force news has been light, but for II Bill HEN^NESSEY' one New Y'ear's Eve in Boston of our class the new year brought good news. The (1954): Bill POTOTSKY in a dimly lit cocktail 2,727 new promotions to lieutenant colonel did not lounge (1955); Ken SCHLAGER in Milwaukee find '51 in the zone, but below zone selections (1957); Warren STEVENS occupied the seat next picked up: Hank Baulch, D. K. Cole, Al Crews, to me on the plane home from Okinawa (1959); Dixie Billingslea, Gerry Connor, Bob Mcintosh, John BRES was my host aboard TALBOT COUNTY Joe Mularz, Jim Murphy, Phil Pahl, Bob Rehwaldt for the "Cuban Crisis Champagne Trip"; Spider and Dave Stockman. Congratulations to the boys MADERI.A. bumped into me crossing the street in "sockbag blue!" in front of the Olympic Club in San Francisco I had a nice note from Bill PURSE. Bill is the (1959) and many more chance encounters that assistant director of public relations for the State have convinced me that wherever I go, there will National Bank of El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79999. be someone from '51. Let's hear from some more Our Exec V. P. is turning into a roving amof us who have had similar experiences. bassador of '51. Bill St. LAWRENCE returned Incidentally, Bob BRODIE reported that Lou from a trip to Naples and reports on John REDSAROSDY was a proud new father. I'm sorry FIELD (Cdr USN). The last time I saw John, but at this writing I still don't have any word he had Norma and me to dinner at their home on die latest FITZPATRICK. Maybe someone in Norfolk when I was TAD. Thus I am happy (hopefully Joe himself) in Charleston can fill us to hear that the five Redfields are well and that in before the next column. they are enjoying some fine duty. John was in Naples on a visit, but is stationed in Oslo, Norway, Marv DUKE (Cdr USN) sent in the photo. He on the staff of CinCNorth. Prior to that, they said that the lack of exuberance can be explained were in Wellington, South India, where John atby noting that the picmre was taken just after tended the National Defense Service Staff College. the 1966 Army game became a matter of historical I can almost hear John saying "Inja." record. Perhaps it should have been taken at half-time ?

A Christmas card arrived from Betty Jones. It seems that our class president, Sam (Cdr USN) Marv gave me a rundown on the Newporters. would not be home for the holidays. His ship, Bill and Sherry MARIN (Cdr. USN) couldn't CANBERRA, was back in WestPac and due home make the party. Bill was off loading a ship. Also after the New Year. Sam will be detached, and the YOUNGs, Bob and Jeanne, were absent. They as you read this will be attending the Armed were finishing the scenery for the Navy Relief Forces Staff College in Norfolk. Betty seemed play. Bob was running the play and taking a part. elated about the impending shore duty for Sam. Marv's lady, Judy, was also a star. In addition to That's about the news for this edition. I'm those in the photo. Bob BALDWIN is in the area happy to say that the information keeps coming on the Staff of the Navy Command Course. Jim

'51 party at Newport, 26 Nov. 1966.

From the left, standing: John Bres, Judy Duke, Bob Cornwell, Sugar and Jim Bacon. Chin on couch: Johnnie Johnstone. Sitting on couch: Marilyn Miller, Joe Johnstone, Joan Grace and Pat Cornwell. Sitting on deck: Bob Miller and Joe Grace.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Angnstus B. Cheatham, USN Superintendent's Office USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

Found: one class of '52 miniature ring. This ring has obviously been missed by its owner for an appreciable length of time, and will be returned to the owner in exchange for a description of the ring and details of its loss. It's truly a quirk of fate that this ring has reached me, and someone should be very happy to have it back.

Mrs. John S. Tonetti (Janet) writes from their home in Canada—John seems to be as busy as many others these days. He is general manager of Orenda, a gas mrbine company in Toronto.

The Tonettis have six children, John Jr. (11), Mary Catherine (10), David (8), Richard (7), Tommy (5), and Jim (3 months). John and Janet make their home at 2413 Robin Drive, Clarkson, Ontario, Canada, and would like to hear from old friends and classmates.

Zug ZASTROW, who is a much more prolific writer than your secretary, comes on strong. His letter, with deletions (and apologies to Zug for them), follows: "I am still with Fleet Air Wing Eight and arrived home from a six-month deployment to WestPac in August. Our permanent CONUS duty station is Moffett Field, Calif. The week before I remrned, Nancy Berg (Dick and Marilyn Berg's daughter) spent a week here with our daughter, Debbie. Dick works with Booz-AUen Applied Research in Los Angeles. The Bergs have moved into their new home in Palos Verdes and I'll include their address: 30405 Via Victoria, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. In early September we visited with Tom and Jackie MEEKS at the PG School in Monterey. We had much to talk over, especially baseball standings, as Tom is and always has been a loyal Dodger fan. Since then Tom and Jackie have spent a weekend with us and we haven't come up with a logical excuse for the World Series yet.

"While visiting with the Meeks in Monterey, Tom and I were tossing the football around with the boys when a familiar face flashed by in a car.

The sun's reflection on the driver's head convinced us it was none other than Joe Tombari. He did stop and we had a short visit. Joe is in the management course—he left with promises that we should all get together in the fumre.

"Two weeks ago we had a small '52 reunion here. It was the weekend of the Stanford-Air Force Academy football game at Palo Alto. In addition to seeing Ben Martin, we had a great visit with his backfield coach, Nick Liontas. Red Stein had his sub, the SEAFOX, at Hunter's Point and came down for the game and weekend. Paul 'Moose' Tetreault, who is now with VP-31 at Moffett Field, was with us. Also, Ira 'Killer' Kane (Philco Corp—Sunnyvale) joined us. We didn't enjoying seeing Stanford win the game but we did have an enjoyable weekend visit. On the following day I took my boy and a group of neighborhood boys up to Hunter's Point where the CO of SEAFOX was holding open house. Ira Kane and his family joined us in accepting Capt. Stein's most gracious hospitality. I read a short article in the San Francisco paper the other night stating that Cdr. Paul Gilchrist had successfully ejected from an F-8 out here in Calif.

"We had a very sad event in this area last week —the passing of our former USNA football coach, Eddie ERDELATZ. Paul Tetreault, Ira Kane and I attended his funeral in San Francisco last Monday. While we were in WestPac stationed at Sangley Point I saw a great deal of Dick Hedges.

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aboard USS ENTERPRISE out there. Two weeks ago I saw Paul German at the annual Lockheed Safety Symposium. He mentioned that he had visited with Ken Weir, who is now associated with the Lockheed Corp. I saw John MacPherson at Moffett Field last week—he is with the Fleet Weather Facility at NAS Alameda."

Zug's address is 1520 English Drive, San Jose, CaliL 95129.

While on a flying trip north a while ago, I ran into Bob DENBIGH in Boston. He is CO of IREX, in overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard.

Cdr. Dave STAPLE has reported for duty at the Academy from XO of ROBERT L . WILSON. He

is in Quarters H - 1 , Perry Circle with his wife Kay and daughters Julie (8) and Peggy ( 6 ) .

The Washington area Christmas party was a great success, with lots of new faces in the crowd.

We'll have a breakdown of the classmates in the area in a subsequent issue. Keep the mail coming—the view from the banks of the Severn has limited horizons otherwise.

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Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Thomas J. Lawson 3140 Anchorage Dr., RFD 3 Annapolis, Md. 21403

Only a couple of items this month. First the following news release from Georgia Tech: "Marine Major Fitz V/. M. Woodrow was awarded the Bronze Star with V-device, a Navy Commendation Medal, and received a letter of appreciation from the Commandant of the Marine Corps in recent ceremonies at Georgia Tech.

"Woodrow, who is a Marine officer instructor for Tech's Naval ROTC unit, was cited for his achievements in operations against the Viet Cong while he was assigned to the First Marine Regiment in Vietnam.

"The citation states in part that Major Woodrow was 'instrumental in the organization and coordination and successful execution of his battalion's assignments.' During the monsoon season when his battalion was in a defensive position, Woodrow recommended tactical employment of units and coordination of supporting arms to provide protection for the Da Nang airfield, as well as a Light Anti-aircraft Missile Site and support units.

"After being wounded in Operation Long Lance, Woodrow was assigned to the Third Marine Regimental Headquarters where he 'continued to exhibit exceptional professional skill and determination, contributing in large measure to the accomplishment of the Regiment's mission.'

"He was cited for 'devotion to duty and exemplary services which were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Marine Corps,' in a letter from Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps.

"Woodrow received the Navy Commendation Medal for his rescue of a drowning man near Camp Pendleton, Calif. A native of Washington, D. C , he was graduated from the United States Naval Academy and commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1954. He reported for duty with the Naval ROTC unit at Georgia Tech in September."

Next received was the following letter from Dick GASKILL: "Mike and Carole Bassford provided the setting for a delightful muster of the '54 West Coast Attack Pilots at their Lemoore home on 2 Nov. Celebrating the end of a long summer and enjoying the Bassford hospitality were Ted and Jan Casimes, Jim and Joyce Dunning, Dick and Diane Gaskill, Fred and Sandy Gates, Dave and Ann Glunt, Walt and Kathy Nix, and Tom and Lynn Watson. Mike Bassford, Ted Casimes, and Dick Gaskill are ready replacement pilots undergoing training with VA-125. They will be reassigned to their permanent squadrons in the near future. Mike and Dick recentiy returned to the states from 40

Bob Fesler and Bill Cook in CONSTELLATION; Vic Brilliantes, PN, aide to President Marcos; Willy Viray, civilian, living in Manila; Ernie James, NAS, Atsugi; Windy Powell of VQ-1; Dick Tarbuck in USS DALE; John Sterling (last seen as CO of an LST); Bruce Clark, navigator in CHICAGO; Jim Clark, weps in BAINBRIDGE; Dave McClure, XO of POMFRET; Jack Wilburn, VAW11; Bob Kemper, VA-146 in RANTER; Mile Elinski, USS PICKEREL; Rick Klinginsmith in VMF125; Frank Zechlin, XO of RATON. "A couple of days after this list was compiled I was visiting a weird place called the DOOM club (for Da Nang Officers Open Mess)—who should walk in but Emil Block, Captain, USAF, also in the area. We had a fine two-man class party. We all missed being at South River for the Sec'y, LCdr. S. W. Resztar, USN real 10th reunion but we did the best we could Weapons Dept., USNA under the circumstances. Maybe us WestPac ComAnnapolis. Md. 21402 mandos will make it back for the 20th!"

Alex ARONIS is not coming to the Naval Charles CH.WARRIA dropped us a line indiAcademy for duty as previously stated. He is prescating he can now be reached through E. B. ently serving as chaplain at Naval Air Station, Blackler, 539 East Indian Spring Drive, Silver Patuxent River, and will be there for two years.

Spring, Md. 20901. Charles was formerly with Bob FISCHER is attending the John F. Kennedy Gordon Hamilton Construction Co. Bob ALLEN Center for Special Warfare (home of the Green writes that he is now back from Saigon and is Berets) at Ft. Bragg, N. C. Previously Bob was living at 23 Budhollow Lane, Willingbow, N. J. stationed at Camp Lejeune and will soon go to 08046. Bob is with the Aviation Supply Office in Vietnam as an advisor to the Vietnamese Marines.

Philadelphia.

Ted PARKER is executive officer in USS SELLERS based in Charleston. Prior to reporting to SELLERS, he attended the Nuclear Power School at Bainbridge with practical training at the reactor site in West Milton, N. Y. Bruce NEWELL was at the reactor site serving as executive officer. Ted has also visited with Si ULCICKAS and Tom DAVIS. Si is sales engineer with Sprague Electric and lives in Williamstown, Mass. Tom is an engineer and lives in Charlotte, N. C. Ted and Ann live at 1212 Symmes Drive in Charleston and offer their home and house-hunting assistance to any classmates headed for the area. abbreviated staff tours in London and Naples, respectively, while Ted was the aerologist aboard the FORRESTAL in the Med. Jim Dunning and Walt Nix are instructor pilots in VA-125. Walt reported in after a WestPac cruise with VA-36 in the ENTERPRISE and Jim was with VA-112 in the FORRESTAL. Dave Glunt is the Operations Officer of VA-216, having recentiy returned from WestPac in the HANCOCK. Tom Watson is heading west in the ENTERPRISE as Air Group 9 Operations Officer after a tour with VA-65 in the AMERICA. Fred Gates, the only one of the above group not flying A4's, is a replacement pilot with VA-122—home of the Spads and new Corsairs."

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Sec'y, LCdr. G. S. Connolly, Jr., (SC) USN P. O. Box 1926 Annapolis, Md. 21401 AROUND THE WORLD Tom LANGLEY writes that he and Sheila are the proud parents of a second daughter. Amy Ellen, born at Subic Bay, Philippines, on 8 May 1966. "Sheila, Victoria Ann, Amy Ellen and I are at home at 84A Finback St., West Kalayaan, NavSta Subic for any '56ers hereabouts."

Del Cory receives medal.

From Great Lakes—Lt. Delbert J. Cory, CHC, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Cory of 2879 College Hills, Fairborn, Ohio, was presented a Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V" during ceremonies at Great Lakes. Capt. R. J. Norman, commanding officer, Administrative Command, Naval Training Center, made the medal presentation. Chaplain Cory is now serving as administrative assistant for the Chaplain's Department at Great Lakes. He was cited for meritorious service while serving as battalion chaplain for the First Battalion, First Marine Regiment in Vietnam. Del made homecoming but never let on.

Our congratulations.

ANNAPOLIS -WASHINGTON Yours truly still needs more news; just a short note will do.

To all the class, wherever you are, a very joyous New Year.

'56 tenth reunion at Subic Bay.

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EAST COAST Sec'y. LCdr. Richard L. Madouse. USN 31 S. Parli Drive, Arlington, Va. 22204 WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. Thomas E. Dyer, USN Box 2700, USNPGS. Monterey. Calif. 93940

In the picture taken at the class of '56 (Subic Bay chapter) tenth reunion are: Fred SPELLMAN, Spence McMANES writes: "I resigned my comVA-22 in CORAL SEA; Sheila, Tom, XO, USS mission on 30 June 1965 and took a position with TUNNY; Ted SHULTZ, Ops on Staff DesRon 15; the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. in the New Bob WATKINS in CORAL SEA; and Joe TALYork City corporate offices. Anne and I moved BERT, XO, USS STERLET. with our 3-year-old daughter, Meg, to Somerset, Tom relates, "The five of us sat down and N. J. (27 Flower Road), in Sept. 1965, and on after a few toddies compiled the following list of the morning of the A-N football game that year '56ers seen in WestPac this year: Ralph Schwartz Albert Spencer McManes, Jr., arrived. I went to and Bill Loveday at NAS, Sangley; Harold BarnNew York University during the fall semester of hart, VA-155 in CONSTELLATION; Sven Nelson, '65 to complete my degree requirements started at S H I P M A T E

George Washington during my tour with CNO. I am now in the middle of my Master's thesis in financial management. My brother Kenmore is completing his tour of duty on Observation Island and is slated to go to Washington in November."

(I spotted him in Main Navy the other day.)

Jim GALLAGHER writes from 220 Goldengate Drive, Centerville, Ohio: "I resigned my Air Force commission in I960 and went to work for the Autonetics Division of North American Aviation as a representative in the Central Region, operating out of Dayton. I left North American in 1962 and joined the Civil Service at Wright-Patterson AFB. I served as contracting officer for the X-20 (Dyna Soar) Program until it was terminated in late 1963. Since then I have been associated with a new Air Force missile program—die AGM-69A Short Range Attack Missile—first as the procurement manager in the System Program Office cadre and now as chief for the Configuration Management Division.

I find Civil Service more interesting and challenging each day. I am secretary of the Kittyhawk Chapter of the Alumni Association (which I helped to organize) and I keep quite busy with chapter activities. We have over 100 members, about a dozen of whom are class of '57. Nancy, Tim age 8, Mary age 4 and I would enjoy hearing from classmates and friends, either by mail or when they pass through the area."

Clark ROOK brings us up to date from Headquarters, MAAG, Germany, Box 340, APO, New York: "After graduation and six months at the Supply Corps School in Athens, I spent a very interesting two years on board ESSEX. The only other members of '57 on board at that time were Tom Burke and Dwight Avis. Following that tour of duty, I spent the next two years at the Naval Station in Newport, R. I. And while on duty there I met the future (at that time) Mrs. Rook— Elaine. In March of 1962 I left Newport and reported on board LONG BEACH. One month later we entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for an eleven-month stay. The '57 representation on board her consisted of myself, Ted Dyer and Ben Simonton. In November of that year I took the big step, and Elaine and I were married in Newport The ship left the shipyard the following April (1963), and in August she departed on her first deployment (Sixth Fleet). To make the deployment all the better, Elaine followed the ship making most of the ports and seeing much of Europe. I left LONG BEACH in February of '64 and after a short prociu-ement course at Ft. Lee, Va., I moved on to the Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N . H . While there I saw a few more out of '57—Dave Balding stopped by while up from New London, the LaSalles (Bear was in JACK), Ron Wiltsie and Dick Scales (both in "TINOSA which was in the yard for some quick work— Dick will probably rebut that after going through the new construction period), and Sam Underbill

"And that's about it. Although we won't be making any of the Homecomings for the next few years, the 'homecoming' mat is always out over here for anyone passing through. The address here at the office is H Q , MAAG, Germany, Box 340; APO New York, 09080. And the address at home is 532 Bad Godesberg; Steubenring 5 / 5 ; Germany—the telephone number is Bad Godesberg 74155."

LCdr. John Livingston CLEARWATER has been awarded his Master of Science in civil engineering from Princeton University.

Dave SMALLEY reports that Pedro and Iris VASQUEZ were up from San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the Army game. Pedro left the service in 1964 and is now a lawyer in San Juan.

Incidentally, Dave has a mighty interesting Navy basketball team swishing them through the hoop at the Field House. They're going to win their share of games.

The most recent class luncheon in Washington was a fair-sized success. There are presendy about 80 classmates, both officer and civilian, in the Washington-Baltimore-Annapolis area. Once a month we're going to get together, either in Washington or Annapolis. Watch for the next flyer.

From Gail Bauer of 31 Bliss Road, Newport, R. I., came this letter: "Since Herb is busy with a rather large pile of books, I thought I'd take this opportunity to let you know why 9 classmates were not at Homecoming There are 9 members of the class of 1957 here at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I. They are: Al Koster, Jimmie Moore, George Blessing, Terry Mahoney, Shannon Heyward, Garry Wilson, Sherwood Ritchie, Ken Robinson and Herb. All are attending the School of Naval Command and Staff.

"We have tickets to the Army-Navy game and hope to see many of the classmates that we missed because we were too far away to attend Homecoming.

"Our next door neighbor here in Newport is Leon C. Hull, 29 Bliss Road, Newport, R. I. He's a member of the class of 1924. We live very close to Tom Maguire's parents and see them quite often. Tom and Marie and 5 daughters have recendy moved to Norfolk, Va. "Guess that's about all. Please include our address and I can supply the addresses for any of the others if they are needed."

Secy, Lt. James E. McNulla. USN Engineering Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

EAST COAST The following letters were received: From K. W. P. "Odie" O'DONNELL "It's been a long time, so I'll bring you up to date on the affairs of O'Donnell. After I left the (he put NATHANAEL GREENE in commission). As .Academy I went to work at General Electric for a note of interest Ben Stallman (best man) and I (usher) partook in Sam's wedding last December. about a year and tried to go to schcx)l and get a degree. Couldn't do both, so I went NAVCAD Incidentally, Ben Stallman is happily ensconced in and arrived at Pensacola about the same time as Doylestown, Pa., as a city planner. the class of '58. Went through training with them "And that brings us up to my present assignand got my wings and commission in February ment—Navy Section, MAAG, Germany. I left 1960. From there to FAETULant, VP-30 DetachPortsmouth last May and headed to Washington ment Alfa, and on to VP-44, where I flew the for a four-week course with Elaine and Douglass P5M, transitioned to the P2V, and was in the (our two-year-old prospective member of the first transition to the P3V, which is now called the class of '84) following right along. The latter P3A. From VP-44, I went to VP-30 as an inpart of June we flew over. We are living in a U. S. structor pilot in the P3A. I am now in my last housing area called Plittersdorf. It is really a month of shore duty in VP-30. I detach in suburb of Bad Godesberg and if you look at a January, go to NucWepTraCen in Norfolk for map you'll find Bad Godesberg just south of Bonn right on the Rhine. You guessed it! We can five weeks and then report aboard the USS AMERICA in February for two years of sea duty sit on our porch and watch the river traffic. The as operations administrative assistant, homeport work is most interesting and has me on the road Norfolk. much of the time. Our offices are located in the American Embassy and for anyone over this "I married Mary Leonard Trippe, who you way, the telephone number is Bad Godesberg will remember as Mai, the girl I dragged at the 60155.

Academy, and we have two lovely children, a JANUARY,

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boy of five, Shawn, and a girl of two, Kathy. We live at Chancellor's Run Road in Great Mills, Md. Mai will be staying here while I am aboard ship, because it looks like two nine-month deployments on my cruise.

"I have been in close contact with many of the old gang here at Patuxent River. Up until a few months ago, Mike Woodbury, Wayne Pumam, and Dan Bellay, all from the 7th Co., were here.

Jim Martinez, Jesse Hernandez, Gil Troutman and Mel Runzo are also here at NATC, and George AUender is an instructor pilot here in VP-30 with me. Russ Mowery just checked in as a replacement pilot for training on his way to VP-II in Brunswick."

From Bill FREAKES: "Five of us finished the Naval Construction PG at MIT this June. We all received Master of Science degrees and Naval Engineers degrees. I received my degree in naval architecture and marine engineering and am now stationed at SupShips, Newport News, Va. "Carl Triebes also received his degree in naval architecture and is bound for Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Dwight 'Joe' Hutchinson received his Master's in electrical engineering and is going to Charleston Naval Shipyard.

"Art Immerman received his Master of Science in mechanical engineering and is going to the Naval Repair Facility in Yokosuka. Roland Evans received his Master's in mechanical engineering and successfully qualified to go on for a doctorate. He will be remaining at MIT for two more years.

"Also at MIT with one more year to go in the Naval Construction PG are Lance Herald and Dave Johnson. Zach Pate has just reported to start a nuclear engineering PG. "Pete 'Rip' KIRBY is out of the Navy, living in Farmingham, Mass., and attending Baleson Institute taking a course in finance.

"That's about all I have. I appear to be the only '58er in Newport News at the present. I'll be looking for anyone coming in here to New Construction."

From Ted SMEDBERG: "Marty and Adrianne McCuUough live across the street from us here in Coronado. Marty left on 4 Oct. aboard BENNINGTON with VS-38. Dale Westbrook is still the training officer in VS-41.

Mike and MaryAnn Chappel had a litde girl, Karen, in mid-October. Mike is in SPINAX out of San Diego; Taylor Keith is slated to become weapons department head aboard BAINBRIDGE in January. Rumor has it that Taylor and Susan expect to have a playmate for R.T.S.K. Ill in the spring.

Gordy Goldenstein is in the F-8 rag at Miramar."

1967 REGISTER OF A L U M N I The new 1967 REGISTER is available for distribution $5.00 plus postage ($1.25 west of Miss.; 75^ east of Miss.)

Enclosed is $ Please send 1967 REGISTER to:

Mail to: ALUMNI HOUSE Annapolis, Md. 21402 41

At the Army game the following faces were seen: Chuck Smith who is on his way to reactor department of LONG BEACH; he reports Ed Browne is well into his year in Vietnam; Pete Westphal, who recentiy received his Bronze Star for a Vietnam episode; Al Hospes, Tom Michels, and Marty Kuhneman; Bob Barger was in from Cleveland—very much a civilian; Mike O'Connor; Bob Mason, J. D. William, Wally Bridgeman, Micky Carson (under Supe's tow), Keith Featherston, Bruce Wilcox and others to whom I apologize for forgetting their faces.

Jack Chrisman and Joe Port are on duty at BuPers. Jim Corder is a civilian at MEL, North Severn; George Meinieg expects relief from his LSMR 409 in March. His ship was on die NBC special "Pearl Harbor." Frank Gamboa is in Korea for a regular tour of duty.

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EAST COAST Sec'y. Lt. John M. Machesky, (SC) USN U. S. Naval Station Annapolis. Md. 21402 WEST COAST Sec'y. Lt. David D. Sullivan, USN Box 2092 USNPG School Monterey, Calif. 93940

NEWS FROM VIETNAM While on his 193rd combat mission in Vietnam, Gary FINDLAY was shot down south of Saigon on 14 Sept. 1965. He ejected from his F-IOO at 300 feet and sustained numerous injuries. He was picked up by helicopter and has subsequentiy been remrned to the States. The most serious of his injuries was severe damage to the nerves in his right arm. He has undergone surgery and skin grafting and faces a rather lengthy stay in the hospital since there will be additional surgery to repair the nerve and therapy.

Gary had been at Bien Hoa since November of '65 and was due to return home next month.

He has been awarded 9 Air Medals, the Purple Heart, and his name has been submitted for DFC as well as the Air Force Commendation Medal.

He is now at Letterman General Hospital, The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif. He will be there for some time and would surely appreciate hearing from classmates.

Jerry and the three children are living in Escondido, near San Diego, so Gary is hoping to be transferred to Balboa eventually. Their home address is 879 Mills St., Escondido, Calif. 92025.

HERE AND THERE J. HAUMONT, after having a two-year tour in command of a minesweeper, has been sent to Brussels as the aide to the Chief of Staff Belgian Armed Forces. He took the big step and was married in August of 1964 and has since added a boy (16 months) and a girl (3 months) to the Haumont crew.

Marshall H. WOOLDRIDGE writes that he joined RMK-BRJ in Chu Lai, Vietoam, to work in the Soils Engineering Dept. While there, he ran into Ed HOYNES and Len ETCHO botii of the 5th Batt.

John KANUCH tied the big knot on 19 Nov. in Peoria, 111. The Kanuchs are residing at 30727 Rue Tanglois, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif., and extend a standing invitation to any classmates and friends who are in the area.

The MACHESKYs take great pride in announcing the birth of Julie Ann on 23 Nov. Jan, Johnny and myself are really enjoying "1986 Drag of the Week."

Sec'y, Mr. Chico Chavez 4624 Verplanck Place, N.W. Washington. D. C. 20016 Anthony John LANZETTA We are grieved at the recent death of Tony, and we take this opportunity to convey our most sincere condolences to his family and friends. Any 42

classmate wishing to contribute for a chair to be dedicated in his memory at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium may get in touch with Larry SARNO at 4617 Jeanne St., Virginia Beach, Va. FROM VIRGINIA BEACH Larry SARNO tells us that he's now stationed at the U. S. Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center at Dam Neck, Va., as an electronic warfare instructor.

HOMECOMING 1966 I did not attend the dinner in the mess hall and the cocktail party on Friday evening, but I understand the attendance was great and that the high point of the evening occurred when Bob DeMAIO and his wife Eleanor walked in almost at the conclusion of the meal. All our classmates there gave the wonderful couple a standing ovation and scrounged around for left-overs; Eleanor said the cold turkey was great. I arrived after the game had started and was conducted to the section where most of our classmates were seated—I was amazed at all the familiar but somehow changed faces in the crowd. My seats were right next to Jim and Carol DUFFY, so I enjoyed the pleasure of their company throughout the game—behind me sat Fred PHILLIPPI and his wife, who were obviously having great fim yelling and singing at the top of their voices whenever Navy made a good play. Jay GRAFTON made it obvious he was there. A couple of classmates who were at the game but did not attend the party were: Neal PARKER and his wife (Neal had just returned from Vietoam, but I didn't get a chance to find out where he is now stationed) and Bob and Elly KRESE (he is out of the service now and working for AT&T in the Washington area.)

After the game, since my date had never been to the Naval Academy, I gave her a nickle tour, then we stopped by Jim Duffy's place, where five or six other classmates were gathered, including Ken and Joanne CLARK, Dick and Rosemary FORD, Bill KEE and his wife, and Jim EILERTSON and Ed CLEXTON (bodi sans wives). Dick Ford (who left us during 3/c year) went on to become a naval officer, and since he's partially color-blind, he is considering switching to the Supply Corps. I remember the last time I saw Ken Clark was when I went aboard his ship to investigate a ship's store theft in 1962 and stayed over for Christmas.

The cocktail lounge at the Pirate's Cove, where we held our party, was so crowded when I entered that my first impression was that I'd gone to the wrong place—a roomful of classmates was unthinkable. One of the first couples I ran into was Ed and Joan KELLIKOA—Joan complained that I'd never mentioned them in Shipmate. It was the first time since graduation that I'd seen Ed and of course I'd never met his wife Joan. Finally we sat down for dinner—^I had the good fortune of sitting with Lyn and Nancy HALE. Again Bob and Eleanor DIMAIO came in a litde late and were joyously received—I was especially pleased to see them, 'cause I had not seen them since our Supply Corps School days in Athens. Professor Al HOLDEN was the sensation of the evening when he showed up with his bushy beard. I had a very enlightening conversation with his wife, who is also a college professor in Baltimore, and she says Al doesn't shave because he doesn't like to; it seems a pretty simple and logical explanation. Then there was "Merf" MOERSHEL and his lovely wife Caroline, who had created a sensation the year before. Of course, there was Jay GRAFTON again, teetering on chairs, tables, etc., taking pictures. And finally, what I thought is really admirable is the annual attendance of Tom GLEW, who comes all the way from Cleveland, this time with his wife Maryann. Space does not permit to mention a little something about all our classmates who attended, so I'll attempt to list all the others: Pete and Phyllis Garfield, Al Ames, Jerry Tierney, Tom and Toni Solak, Cliff and Lorry Schumann, Bud Pezet, Mike and Shelby

Willsey, Rusty and Betsy Hays, Bernie and Sherri Eberlein, Ed and Suzanne Mangan, Fred and Margey Hale, John and Jean Mendelis, Jim and Sigga McLean, Mike and Joan Treacy, Carl and Mary Harris, Bill and Marjean Ellington, Tom and Joan Richardson, Roy and Joanie Hughes, Ivan and June Lowsley, Jerry and Jane Nelson, Keith and Marcia Young, Don and Betty Wheeler, Jim and Fay McConnell, Jim and Julianne Gilstrap, Buck and Patti Wangeman, Bob Powers, Don Delude, Tom Mariano, Rusty Chain, Jim McCusker, Douglas Morgan, Dick and Adele Dodson, Bob Raymond, M. L. Sheppeck, Cad Mott, Larry Patterson, Gerry Nelson, Brad Purinton, Don Foery, Lou Thames, Gene Gardner, Dick Burgess, Dave Markee, Jim Hancock, Dave Hoffman, and George Prebola. Anyone desiring the address of the foregoing classmates, please let me know.

The party was a huge success, and most of the credit goes to Bob ROHR, who was the prime organizer and promoter. T. V. Richardson, who organized last year's party, laid the ground work, but it was Bob who did most of the husding this year and was ably assisted by Jim Duffy. They asked me to announce that next year's blast will be held at the same place, same time. Bob says he came out a bit short on cash, so if anyone forgot to pay, please send a check made out to "Class of I960 Fund" to Lt. Bob Rohr, 27tii Co., Executive Dept., USNA. HERE AND THERE Ordinarily our HERE AND THERE section is comprised of the information from correspondence received from several of our classmates. This time, the tide hardly seems appropriate, since only one letter was received during the month of November, but I thought I'd use it as a crutch for a scathing reproach to all those of our classmates whose intentions to write may be good but who never quite get around to doing it, those who feel that what they have to say is not important, or those who would prefer to just sit back and let George do it. If we're going to have a column in Shipmate, and we should, because it's the only means through which we can keep track of our classmates scattered throughout the world, then it is essential that the flow of correspondence be kept up. How about writing and letting us know what you are doing.' A classmate who has an interest in you might pick up an abandoned copy of Shipmate—if he doesn't subscribe to it (alumni dues, by the way, are only $8.00 and all you have to do is send a check in to the Alumni Association), read about you, and who knows, you might be pleasantiy surprised to get a letter from that longlost friend and classmate.

The lone correspondent was Chuck PARKER who, while presendy stationed at Sandia, is expecting orders to WestPac. In simimarizing his past 654 years since graduation, he tells us that after the first year, which is better forgotten, he setded first in USS SOMERS (Jim KINNEY served aboard with him), then went on to ServPac duty aboard USS NECHES for a rewarding tour as operations officer and navigator, which then brought him to Sandia. During this period he has acquired three lovely girls, Michelle (4), Sally (3) and wife Fran (though he says not necessarily in that order). And another family accomplishment, for which he is proud, is the entrance of his brother Dupree to the ol' trade school with the class of '70. Some of our classmates he's seen include Dick Shawkey, with whom he recentiy hitched a plane ride; Bill Hamilton, who is now a civilian living in Fla.; Jim Prather, Bob Parker, George Mann, Fred Marsh, and Frank Gansz, Capt. USAF, who he says had many comments following the Navy-Air Force game this fall.

FROM WASHINGTON I ran into Pete SHANLEY in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall after the Homecoming game. He's working for the Commerce Dept. here in Washington, so the following week he called to invite SHIPMATE

me to a party at his place, which I was not able to make. Anyway he tells me Pablo WEHRSTEIN is one of his colleagues in Commerce—all these years we've all been wondering what happened to Pablo after he refused to heed Castro's summons to return to Cuba upon graduation.

Bill Davidson's mother called to invite me to a party she was organizing for one of Bill's recent visits home. I was surprised to learn that Bill had returned to the fold—^he resigned in 1964, then worked for Minnesota and Mining, but apparendy the call of the sea was much too strong for him to resist, and he was back again in 6 months. He's now on a destroyer out of Norfolk. Also at the party was Jim McCOY, who has a staff job at the Pentagon and seems very pleased, because it's connected in some way or another with international relations, his field of study at -American U. during the '64-'65 school year. He was escorting his fiance, so we can expect an announcement of his wedding within the next two weeks.

I walked into the main reading room of the Library of Congress not too long ago and noticed what appeared to be a familiar face, looking up at the gaudy overhead. It was Bob PARKER, who happened to be doing some research on a subject for his job with DOD—can't remember exacdy what he said he was doing. Anyway, I was glad to run into a classmate, cause I had lost my pen—thus experiencing one of those completely useless feelings—so he came through with a good ole government pen and saved the day.

Had the occasion to fly to Los Angeles over the Thanksgiving holidays and took the opportunity to visit with the Rob KUNKLES in Huntington Beach, and call the Kenny MacLEODS in San Diego; they are all doing real well.

Back in Washington I was called by Lou HEACOCK and Bill GRIFFIN. I haven't been able to get in touch with Lou, but Bill, to my surprise, is attending law school at American U. After 3 long years of night school, he will be completing his program this Dec. Will have to get together with him on the campus sometime.

Corr. Sec'y. Lt. Kenneth G. Craig. USN 5736 Salerno Rd.. W. Jacksonville. Fla. 32210 John ZENYUH sent a note with his data card informing us of his Dec. '65 resignation from the Air Force. He and his wife Loretta, and sons John Paul and Christopher Mark (1) live in Watsontown, Pa., at 218 Baylor Rd, John's future plans include a Master's degree in math with an eye toward teaching.

Jim GEORGE sent us some revised information for his data card. Would appreciate more of you foUowiug his example. Jim is presendy an outpatient at Bethesda. H e was released from the hospital in SepL of '66 after an operation for cancer of the larynx. H e certainly got the tops in care, for his doctor was Bob Cantrell '56. Jim, Patricia, and their daughters, Laura (5) and Leslie (2), live at 11332 Cherry Hill Road, Apt. 203, Beltsville, Md. 20275. The Georges extend an invitation to all in the area to drop in for a brew. Via Jim came word that Jim MORRIS and wife, Sandy, are in the same area.

Ernie FRANKENBURG left Cecil Field in Jax in Dec, and is now at the Naval Air Facility, Andrews AFB, Washington, D . C. To Paul and Liz ARNETH, a blessed event: Evan Andrew, born 25 Nov. '66, NAS Jax, Fla. Jack and Diana PALMER have two girls now: Elizabeth (6 mos.) and Katherine ( 2 ) . Jack is teaching Sub School in Groton.

Denny MOORE is in VA-12 deployed on a WestPac cruise. Kim is home in MLnnetonka, Minn., enjoying the winter sports for the duration of the cruise.

Happy news from Va. Beach area. Patty Prudhomme and Ray HERZOG were wed in December.

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A long letter from Jay DECKER brought us up on his experiences since graduation. At present Jay is CO, USS HARNETT COUNTY, a PBR support

LST deployed in WestPac for a year. Carole and their two children, Ellen and Cary, are in Arkansas during the cruise.

Jay sent news also of Bill EMMERICH, now in Long Beach as XO of an MSO, and John PRICHARD, head of die Military Dept. at NAPS. In Nov. a group of us got together in the O Club in Yokosuka. It'll never be the same. Those present were Jim Joyner (VA-65), Steve Weriock (VA-153), Dave Patz (VA-153), Skip Bennett (VA-153), all flying from CONNIE; Roger Onorati (USS STARLET); Bob Shaw (USS WILTSIE

DD-716);

Chuck

Denney

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TUNNEY); Hank Hahn (VAH-IO); and myself from the ROSIE.

Neil HOLBEN and Dick KIBBE are bodi A4 pilots in VA-155 in CONNIE. The Holbens welcomed their second son, Robert Brett, on 23 Oct. News of Mike PRESTON, who got out a litde over a year ago. He is now flying for Delta Air Lines. The Prestons' address is 2435 Chapman Springs Rd., Apt. 8, College Park, Ga. Hope all of you checked the Dec. issue of Shipmate for information needed on each data card.

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during the Homecoming weekend. The picmres were taken by Gene NELSON and die party was held at the Andrews AFB Officers' Club.

Among those attending were Ellen and Gene Nelson, Nancy and Tom Grzymala, Libby Honeywell, Tom and Sandy Draude, Ellen and Jon Rueckert, Diana and Lynn Shoup, Ron and Jean Pitzer, Mary and Barry Spofford, Fred and Kathryn Perril, Maryann Dudash, Dale Pearson, Rich and Annette Rich, Judy Duden, Jeff Nelson, Emil and Grace Damato and Dick Racquillet.

MARINE CORPS A special news report was released from the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, N. C , last month stating that Capt.

Thomas V. DRAUDE, USMC, is assigned as an instructor in the Special Warfare School internal defense/development department. He was married on 26 Nov. to Woman Marine 2d Lt. Maryandra Campagna, daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Joseph R. Campagna, Ft. Gordon, Ga. Capt. Draude was awarded the Gold Star in lieu of the second Silver Star in a ceremony at Ft. Bragg on 24 Nov. by Brig. Gen. Albert E. Milloy.

Sec'y. Lt. H. S. Pinskey, (SC) USN USNAU Box 26. Clarksville Base Fort Campbell. Ky. 42223

NAVY LINE Bob BYRNE wrote to me last month from sunny Hawaii stating that he and his wife Karen are comfortably setded at 705 Murray Drive, Radford Terrace, Honolulu, and are enjoying every minute of it. Bob is presendy assigned to the staff of CinC PacFlt after being relieved as the chief engineer in USS HANSON. Bob has seen Larry RANK, an Air Force type who is stationed at Hickam AFB. Larry will be returning to the mainland around the first of the year to enter the graduate program at the University of Missouri. He and his wife have two boys and the entire family is really enjoying the Air Force life.

Brad CUTHBERT has just finished Air Force pilot training and is flying F-4s. After some TDY at Shaw AFB in South Carolina, Brad will report to Mountain Home AFB in Idaho. He also says that Myron FLEMING is attached to the staff of DesRon 19 and Tom HITCHCOCK is in VP-42 at Whidbey Island, Washington, while Bill CLIFT is assigned to a squadron on Barber's Point, still a bachelor and preparing for a six-month deployment to Adak. Brad ran into Don WOODFORD in September while he and his wife Darlene were enjoying some R&R. Don is stationed in Da Nang, Vietoam, with a Seabee outfit and is acting as the operations officer of the lOth CB battalion.

NON-GRADUATE NEWS I received a letter from Mrs. Emilie H . Jones, the mother of one of our classmates, who wanted to pass along some word about her son.

Christopher JONES left the Academy after a year and went to the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with a degree in physics and then was accepted at OCS school in Newport, R. I. Chris returned from duty off the Vietoam coast aboard USS LEADER in November 1965 and went to school in San Diego. He was then assigned as a communications officer aboard USS PROVIDENCE which left for the Far East on 12 Nov. '66. Mrs. Jones enjoys reading the service news of the class of 1962 and says she knows several of her son's classmates. Thank you for your interest in our class, Mrs. Jones.

ANNAPOLIS AREA Tom GRZYMALA of the Naval Science Department sent me some pictores that were taken at an informal class party held in Washington, D. C ,

Capt. Thomas V. Draude '62, USMC, receives a Gold Star in lieu of a second Silver Star for heroism in Vietnam from Brig. Gen. A. E. Milloy, commander of the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare (home of the Green Berets).

Capt. Draude is assigned as an instructor in the Special Warfare School.

The month of December is a slow one when it comes to mail. Most people are taken up with the holiday season and are busy shopping or planning for that trip home. I do hope that all of you had a happy and joyous holiday season and when you return home or back to your duty station you will drop me a card so the rest of our class can share a litde of your experiences.

I would still like your opinions concerning our proposed memorial fund for our departed classmates.

Please send that card along today!! This column needs your support.

EAST COAST Sec'y, 1st Lt. John L. Newton. USMC Depot Athletic Officer, Depot Special Services, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. S. C. 29905 WEST COAST Corr. Sec'y, Lt. (jg) W. B. Orgera, USN VAW-U. NAS North Island San Diego, Calif. 92135 Bob TANIS and John CONROY sent this sad news from VS-37: "It is with deep regret that we report the loss of our classmate Chuck TOZER. 43

chuck was a passenger in a helicopter which crashed at sea on 17 Nov." Chuck was a truly outstanding member of VS-37 at NAS North Island. He worked many long hours as legal officer and public information officer, and was under instruction to become the squadron LSO. He was impeccable in bearing and dress and served as an example to all of how a naval officer should look. He had a precise, methodical mind, attributable to a devoted interest in his favorite hobby, mathematics. Also, being an avid reader, there were few moments in the day which he did not use productively.

Chuck will always be foremost in the minds of his shipmates and held in the greatest esteem by all who knew him.

Tony ISGER called from Yuma to say hello.

He was out over Thanksgiving for some bombing practice. He is going to deploy in April with VA-15

in the INTREPID.

From WestPac, Huey LONG wrote to say that it was great to be back. With him in Tico are Bob GIDDENS and John PARKS flying A-4s and Gene DEHNERT in A-Is. John McCABE is aboard with ship's company, but he has orders to USS TOPEKA as a turret officer. One of the small boys in company, the USS PARKS, has Wes JORDAN and chief snipe, Ray HEINS, aboard. In Hawaii, Huey ran into Mike STOUT and George NOLAN, weapons officer, in USS TAYLOR. Capt. Ed KOLBE is also in Hawaii.

In Yoko, heading home, were Tom GREENE and Al SHERMAN, bodi dept. heads in USS CHEVALIER. Also saw Tom REEMELIN, who was sporting a wife. Seems his good friend (?) Al SHERMAN introduced him to this girl and two months later they were married.

A letter from Joel HEINE took a trip around the world but finally caught up with me. On 17 Aug. he became the proud father of Eric Martin Heine weighing in at eight pounds. He hasn't seen much of him yet as he went on cruise the day after his wife Karen came home from the hospital. Joel is in H S - I I , shore based in Quonset Point and presendy at sea in the WASP. Joel said that Mark SCHWING married the former Miss Gale Knapp of Mystic, Conn. Mark is on an SSN out of New London.

He also enclosed a clipping on Bob GIDDENS. Bob was shown receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial combat in Vietoam. On 16 Nov. 1965, attacking the Phong Bai bridge in North Viemam "in the face of intense ainti-aircraft fire, he delivered direct hits with 500-pound bombs on two consecutive runs, rendering the bridge impassable . . ."

Bob also received the Air Medal with three gold stars and the Navy Commendation Medal with the Combat "V." Bob is with the VA-195 Dambusters, presentiy in the Tico.

Steve DUNCAN wrote from the CARRONADE (IFS-I) to say that he was finishing up a 15month tour as weapons officer. Steve left the CARRONADE in Nov. for Dartmouth Colleg as an assistant prof of naval science with the ROTC unit.

He said Tony CELEBREZZE is on die staff of ComNavForPac in Yokosuka. Jerry HARKEN has been busy getting the FRANK KNOX ready for sea trials. Jerry PRATHER is at PG school and Roger GLAES is the new weps officer in USS CHEVALIER. A letter from OUie DONELAN brought the news of a second Ollie, John O. Donelan, Jr. This is the first for him and his wife, Sandy.

He said that Vern BROWNE, Tom HALL, and Vince GILROY are at Sangley Point flying with VP oudits and Skip PRICE is still there with the "pork chops." Also, Ross ANDERSON, Art DAY, Mike CRONIN, and Nick DRAMUS are all flying off the CORAL SEA. Phil GUBBINS, Dick SITF O R D , Mdler DITRICH and Dave THORNHILL are on their way back to the States in the INTREPID.

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Eli DABICH, with his wife and two sons, dropped in to see Bob POLICH. Eli is flying P-3s. Bob and Buzzy BARLOW are grinding it out next door to me in VC-3. Ron MACHENS is still flying VS at Nortii Island. Ken McGUIRE is driving a boat up and down the Viet rivers.

Joel JAUNDON is at Miramar flying F-4s. Terry ABELL is on a tender out of Newport and Jack COLYER received orders to the ROTC unit at Columbia.

Larry GRAHAM is our latest addition to Seals.

I guess that '63 is beefing up the program whether we want to or not.

An announcement from Dave and Patty MEYERS from Honolulu announced the arrival of Monica Diane on 20 Nov. at Tripler General.

Weight 5 lbs. 11 oz. Donn and Emily McCRORY dropped a note to announce the birth of Donna Marie on 2 Nov. Now Dusty has a playmate.

Tim and Jaquie HARVEY are in Norfolk now.

Donn is flying F-4s off the FDR. And lo and behold a letter from Bobby CAMPBELL. After leaving VAW-11 in Aug. '65, he went to RPS school in Norfolk and then flew MATS to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to pick up CoMidEastFor flag ship, USS DUXBURY BAY. He was CIC, EMO and then first It aboard. The ship carried the admiral all through the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. They went to Mombassa, Kenya, where he and several others rented a guide and went to visit Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanganyika. The ship was home based in Baharain, an independent Arab state, where Bobby had the opportunity to dine at a sheik's palace.

Upon returning to the states, the ship was decommissioned and he received orders to the Naval Air Test Facility in Lakehurst, N. J. He and Diane and 18-month-old David are living in Beachwood, N.J. He recendy talked to Major HOWE, who is still with North American Aviation and doing quite well. He and Marcia have three litde ones now. Bobby said he saw Johnny McINTYRE in Norfolk who had just received orders to USNA as the pork chop who patrols the mess hall. Jack REED is in ALEX HAMILTON, blue crew, as radar and sonar officer. At last count, he and Linda had two boys.

Buzzy and Cecilia Barlow, Ed and Joan Gill, Bob and Liz Polich, Satch and Gayle Baumgart, Denny and Terry Bell, and Sally and I got together to watch the A-N game at Bob's house in Montgomery Palisades.

Carol and Ray ROSS, the parents of Charles Raymond, who arrived last December, are living at 7830-C Woodall Road, Norfolk, Va. Ray is still in VS-27, that Norfolk-based outfit that never quite goes to sea. But he and Tom Green didn't appear too hurt when they let Chuck Donovan, Jim Metcalf and Bill Himchak take their December cruise in RANDOLPH.

Mike Bracy, Ray Ross and J. C. Singler were among those who attended the wedding of Tom Reemelin and the former Miss Fran Swicegood.

Jim SLAUGHTER decided that he would be stateside for a while so he and Hope are sporting a new Mustang. John Calande, Fred Meyett, Norm Shackleton, Terry Abell and Bill Brinkley are seen about Norfolk occasionally and always appear to be in good health.

Would George Leever, Tom Reemelin and Denny Vaughn please make their addresses known?

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Sec'y. Lt. (jg) James L. Roberts. USN VF-142. NAS Miramar, Calif. 92145

Again it is necessary to begin our column with word of an accident to a classmate. Bill KURLAK was killed on 23 Nov. in the Med when his parachute failed to open following ejection. Always remembered will be his quick

smile and easy going nature. We join his parents and wife Janie of 3030 Savannah, White Sands Missile Range, N. M., in the regret of his passing.

Everyone is reminded to ascertain that their Alumni Association address is correct, regardless of whether you are a member or not. There will be another edition of the annual class newsletter later this spring and you will be assured of receivit only if your address is correct.

Joe and Ray FRENZEL brought us up to date since Joe's last letter. They were married on 16 April 1965 at Canton, Ohio, with Ernie CHRISTENSEN, Art COLLIER and David CAREY in the wedding party. Then on 7 April of 1966 Joe received his wings in Beeville and on 20 July became the father of Joseph Wdliam Frenzell III. He is presendy aboard AMERICA in the Med with VA-64. Also aboard are John WATKINS and Bill LIFSEY in VA-66 and Rick GIBSON in VA-64. Doug PETERSON is back from a Med cruise and he and Dee are living in Jacksonville.

Morrey KEMPLE and Bob MALONEY are deployed from Jacksonville to Vietoam aboard FDR. Don BURNS is in the Med aboard SHANGRI LA. Jerry and Melisa HOGAN lived next door to Joe and Kay, but Jerry has been transferred to Lemoore.

Chariie DESANTIS is in VP-10 at NAS Brunswick, Me. Bob MABIE and Bob HENDERSON are deployed from Brunswick with VP-23 to NAS Sigonella, Sicily. Dick MERRITT will be going to VP-10 in February. He is presendy in Pax River widi VP-30.

When LAWRENCE returns to Norfolk in February, the class will lose two more bachelors. Paul ROWE, First Lt., and Steve JARECKI, fire control officer, are both contemplating the big step when LAWRENCE makes port. Bob ROBERTS is also aboard as ASW officer. Also in Norfolk are Hank KETTLEHODT aboard BOXER, Paul JENNINGS aboard YARNELL, Bob SILVERT aboard the submarine BLENNY, and Harry SELL aboard MCDONNELL.

Bruce RUNBERG and Jim HAUGEN are bodi taking grad work in CE at the University of Minnesota. Bruce recendy saw Line SMITH, who is working in the Pentagon for IBM. Nick PRESS is deployed from HC-4 in Lakehurst, N. J., to the cruiser COLUMBUS for six months in the Med. Larry BERNARD is a shipmate aboard COLUMBUS. On the way over they saw Bill SHAUGHNESSY living it up in St. Thomas before leaving for river patrol outfit in Vietnam. Bob BONDI and Bob DONALSON are deployed from Brunswick with VP-23 to NAS Sigonella which is rumored to be one of the best ports in Europe.

Mike and Nan FARMER announce the birdi of Wayne Michael on I I Nov. Mike is presently deployed from Honolulu aboard STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) gold.

Dick ROBBINS received orders to Coastal Group 28 as assistant advisor and is due in Saigon on about 30 March. He will be in Coronado during Jan., Feb., and March for II weeks of C/I training. Stationed aboard SEMMES in the Virginia Beach area, Dick met Dick MERRITT and Dan BENNITT going through FAETULant. Stu JOHNSON, recendy married, left for WesdPac with VA-35 in November. Bill SPRIGGS, Rick UMFRID and Bob MILHISER are in the area aboard subs. Rick WILLIAMS left SEMMES for Swift Boats just before Dick arrived. Jim SHANAHAN left for Des Tech in November. Bill SLOVER is in WestPac on an APB and Don SMITH is flying Willy Fudds at NAS Norfolk.

Dick was among those members of the class who supported our cause at Homecoming. Also in Annapolis were Jeff Jefferies, Jeff Kirkland, Jay Green, Bob Bishop, Barry Beck, Lonnie Morre, Dave Sjuggerud, Soupie Campbell, Dave and Diane Thornberg, Sandy and Dagmar Coward, Bruce Kastel and Rex Ageton.

SHIPMATE

Andy ANDREWS, Pat PROUT, Barry BANKS .uid Ed HINE are all stationed at Kaneoke, Hawau. Andy was in San Diego for four weeks in December and January for more school.

Tom SW.A.RTZ returned from WestPac in PoMODON shordy after Christmas. In addition to many good stories of down-under in the Western Pacific, Tom said that Dave TUMA just became die proud father of David Foster II. After completely destroying Tom's red convertible, Bill HOLMES had sense enough to deploy to WestPac before POMODON arrived home.

San Diego has become a crossroads for 1964.

Cap PINNEY spent a week in our area while on leave from Cherry Point, N . C. Chuck is flying Phantoms and expects to deploy in February to Viemam. Bill BENSON managed to break an ankle playing sandlot football just in time for Thanksgiving. Bill and Cindy were hosts on that occasion for Jerry and Sue DUNNE, who have since departed for Y'oko; Bill and Peg BAKER, Gary and Teddy KELLNER, who has since left for VC-IO in Roosevelt Roads, and myself. The Friday night dance at MCRD has produced such faces as Mike FOLEY, a ghost who returned from WestPac, Arch WOODARD, Larry MYERS, Art HOLZ, the first member of our class to receive a DFC; Tom BARNETT, Jim N U N N and John SANDE, recendy returned from ORISKANY, and Jim BROWNING. Charlie PLUMB, who set records going through flight training and became one of our first Phantom n aviators, got as far as Hawaii on his way to WestPac where he broke his leg in a motorbike accident. Presendy Charlie is ONC of maintenance for his Air Wing in Subic Bay and will join KITTY HAWK on the line in January. Mike QU.\INTANCE and Dick EARNEST recentiy finished the Phantom RAG and have joined their squadrons in WestPac. Bob and Sharon SHUNK are in San Diego where Bob is in VF-I2I.

U n Sec'y, Lt.jg Edward A. Orr, Jr.. USN n 11 5845 Everhart Rd., Apt. 66 U U Corpus Christi. Texas Let me begin this month with a note of congratulations to the most junior Lt.jg's in the Navy. No matter how litde that new half-stripe is, we're making progress.

Ted KRAUSS sends word that he was married on 17 Dec. in Anaheim, Calif., to the former Janice Paquette. Ted met Jan last February shortly after his ship, USS FECHTELER, remrned from WestPac deployment. She is a home economist with Hunt-Wesson Foods which Ted says poses a serious threat to his waisdine.

Ted joined the FECHTELER in the South China Sea in the summer of '65, shordy after it had begun a seven-month deployment. After returning to the States in the spring he assumed duties as communications officer. The ship is in refresher training now and will leave for WestPac again in late January.

While in San Diego in mid-November, Ted visited Roy and Janet Ahlgren. Roy received orders to Saigon in an operational capacity. He was previously assigned to USS ROWAN as ASW officer and was expected to be detached around the middle of December. Roy and Janet have a blue-eyed blond son named Eric.

There was also some good news from Ted concerning Mark KITTRIDGE, who as you will remember had a tragic automobile accident the week of our graduation. Mark is living with his parents in New Haven, Conn., and his health has shown steady improvement. H e is even driving a new MGB. Skip MOORE is attending John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare, home of the Green Berets, at Fort Bragg, N . C. H e was recentiy assigned to Camp Lejeune. Skip will soon go to Vietnam as an advisor to Vietnamese Marines.

JANUARY,

1967

Dave ROBINSON is presendy in tiie Med aboard USS CONYNGHAM as electrical officer, following a stint as missile officer. Since graduation he has attended missile school in Dam Neck and DCA school in Philadelphia. He expects to take over as DCA shortiy. John H U N T is also aboard CONYNGHAM serving as MPA and is reportedly enjoying his first trip to the Med. While in Genoa, Italy, Dave saw Dave SHIPLEY with whom he attended Damage Control School.

Dave is DCA aboard USS LAFFEY, where Joe GIARDINA is also serving. He also saw Fred ROWE at DC school. Fred is MPA aboard USS BRUMNY out of Newport.

Bruce LISKA recentiy returned to the States after a six-month deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea. He has been DCA aboard USS POWERS for the past year. The ship goes to the yards in April and Bruce is hoping for orders to Destroyer School in Newport. 'With Bruce in DesRon 7 have been Paul ROGERS, DCA aboard USS WILTSIE, Charlie STEPHAN aboard USS HALSEY, and Ernie TEDESCHI aboard USS BUCK. They've all been busy on gunfire support and SAR. Others whom Bruce has seen are Burt SAFT in USS HOEL, Gordie PETERSON in USS WiLHoiTE, Dick SCUBA in USS FLOYD PARKS, Forrest HORTON in the N E W LONDON COUNTY and Wally UTLEY in US PREBLE. He

also saw Clem MEEHAN and Jan CHENEY of the Supply Corps. Clem is supply officer in a destroyer out of Norfolk and Jay holds the same position aboard USS MULLANY. Recendy about 60 of our classmates reported to Sub School in Connecticut from prototypes throughout the country. They expect to get subs during the early part of April. Bill FRAHER and Mitch HENDERSON extended an invitation for anyone who is in the area to drop in and see them at 43 Middle Field Road, Groton Longpoint, Coim. Bill BOWER wants any of the bachelors left from the 14th Company to let him know any information they have about the "Bachelor Pool" which was started back at school. He can be reached in care of Sub School, New London.

Mitch HENDERSON sent some information about a project that would be very worthwhile.

Mitch saw quite a lot of Dean SEDAR's family while he was at prototype school in Idaho. Dean's father died two years ago, and after his death a memorial fund was set up. Contributions to this fund provided a scholarship to a local boy from Wyoming, where they live, for a college education.

When Dean was killed in the aircraft accident earlier this year the fund was changed to the Mike and Dean Sedar Fund, and contributions still provide the scholarships. If anyone wishes to make a contribution to this very worthy cause, you can send the money to Dean's uncle, mentioning the fact that you were one of his classmates. The address is Mr. Dick Sedar, 2748 South Poplar, Casper, Wyo. Dick PIERSON is now in VA-122 in Lemoore, Calif., flying the A-1. In February he will go to VA-2I5 and join the BON HOMME RICHARD in the

South China Sea. When Dick and Hope were married in July '65, Rand CASE, Ken CASTELANO, and Dave DRIVER all made it to Minnesota for the wedding. Rand is now in Sub School at New London and Dave will be going to VA-52 after completing Maintenance Officer School in Memphis. Although VA-52 is an A-1 squadron and Dave is a jet man, they will be going to the A-6 in April. Mike PAUL is also at Lemoore for a year of NFO shore duty, and Jon NEARY is there in the A-4 RAG. Although Dick is in VA-122 for A-l's, it is also the RAG for the new A-7, in which Wally WITHERSPOON and Al JONE began training in December.

Here in Corpus Christi, several of our newly designated aviators have received orders back to the Basic Training Command in Pensacola. Among them are Dave MILLER, Johnny WEBBER, Bruce DAVIDSON, and John KOHLER.

Wedding bells rang on 17 Dec. for Wayne HANSON and the former Margaret Williamson at the NAS Chapel in Pensacola. Wayne is now at Corpus Christi after playing this football season with the Pensacola Navy Goshawks.

Sec'y, Ens. Robert G. Johnson, Jr.. USN Bldg. 44. U. S. Naval Station Long Beach, Calif. 90802 Since last writing, note that my address has been changed to the above. Here on the west coast Mark WHEELER is chief engineer in an MSO in Long Beach. I saw Ernie SCHOOLFIELD and Brian SIBOLD at the Officers' Club in Long Beach. Both are enjoying destroyer duty here. Pete HOWTON just finished RPS school in San Diego and it formnate to be RPS custodian in USS BRUSH in Long Beach.

From Hawaii in the monsoon season, Jim BEESLEY writes that duty aboard USS JENKINS as assistant comunications officer is pretty good.

Charlie VOLTAVA finished engineering school in San Diego and joined the Pineapple Fleet last month aboard USS FLETCHER. Others in Pearl Harbor include Skip CRAMER and Dick BARCHI in USS GOLDSEOROUGH; Dick BARNETTE in USS SMALL; Doug VAUGHN in USS RADFORD; Mike SHERMAN in USS JOSEPH STRAUSS; Jerry HODGE in USS TAYLOR; Dallas CLARKE in USS I N GRAHAM, and A. C. BECK in USS

PHILLIP.

From Quantico Bo WILEY is going into Marine Aviation at Pensacola. Sam LINCOLN is leaving Supply School for USS TOLAVANO in Long Beach, and Tim BEARD is leaving his soft job in the P. E. Dept. at the Academy to go to Pensacola this month. From San Diego Ron MAGNUSON is DCA in USS BRIDGET.

The wedding of Miss Susan Somervell Taussig and Perry H . GRAVES, III, was held on Thanksgiving night in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. A reception followed the ceremony at the Army and Navy Town Club.

The bride is the daughter of Capt. Joseph K. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Taussig of .'Vnnapolis, and the granddaughter of Adm. and Mrs. Robert B. Carney and of Mrs. Joseph K. Taussig, and the late Vice Admiral Taussig, of Washington, D. C. She was graduated from Holton Arms School and attended the University of Maryland.

Perry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. Graves, Jr., of Robinson, 111. A second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, he has temporary duty at Fort Sill, Okla. His brother. Cadet Dennis Graves of VMI, was best man and his sister Leslie was junior bridesmaid.

Mrs. Joseph K. Taussig, III, was matron of honor and 2nd Lt. Taussig, III, '65, brother of the bride, was an usher. Other ushers were Ens. Bennette McGraw, USN, and 2nd Lts. Robert Spooner, John Gracida, Guy A. Pete, Warren McPherson, Andrew Finlayson and William McBride.

At the Bellevue on Samrday morning before the Army game, Ned SARNO presented a handsome plaque to E. E. "Rip" Miller, making him an honorary member of '66. Rip's wife, Es, and daughter, Joanie, were among those at the presentation ceremony.

The plaque reads as follows: "The Executive Council by popular demand and unanimous consent of the class hereby proclaims that E. E. 'Rip' Miller is an honorary member of the Class of 1966, U. S. Naval Academy, and that he is entitied to enjoy the status and privileges connected therewith.

"This honor is extended in deep appreciation of more than 40 years service to the U. S. Naval Academy and for the inspiration, guidance, and sincere friendship to the Brigade of Midshipmen and the Class of 1966."

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Rip was deeply touched by the presentation, calling it "the finest thing that has happened to me in my long association with athletics." In addition to the plaque, Sarno also presented Miller with a blazer complete with '66 crest, cuff links, and a tie bar.

NAPLES ACTIVITY An alert group of alumni in Naples, Fla., has started action toward formation of a local chapter of the Alumni Association. The sparkplug is VAdm. George R. Cooper '22. Those attending the first meeting were: David M. Armstrong '41, Charles A. Baker '16, James E. Betts '16, George R. Cooper '22, Frederick W. McMahon '20, William S. Morris '22, Malcolm F. Schoeffel '19 and Miles B. Scofield, Jr. '46.

On 6 Dec. the newest member of '66 was officially inducted into the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame in a |75-a-plate affair in the Grand Ballroom of New York's WaldorfAstoria Hotel. Rip is the first of Notre Dame's famous "Seven Mules" to make the Hall of Fame, the most exclusive fraternity of former football greats in the country.

PHILADELPHIA

That seems to be all that came in for this month. Be sure to keep us informed of what's happening to any of our classmates and don't forget that new address.

E. E. "Rip" Miller '66

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS AHNAPOUS

DETROIT

The Alumni House was the gaily decorated site of the Annapolis chapter holiday cocktail party held on Wednesday, 14 Dec. The program of holiday cheer was attended by over 180 members and guests.

Arthur "Red" Condon '21 brought his banjo and some of his talented friends as guests who provided lively music for the party.

It was a wonderful opportunity for all to get together in preparation for the holidays ahead.

The Detroit chapter scored another success with the color telecast of the Army-Navy game on 26 Nov. at the Brodhead Naval Armory, even though Navy didn't score too well. Philco color TV sets obtained through Frank "Pancho" Davis '24, decorated with yard markers, gave almost everyone 50-yard seats. Many of our friends from Woo Poo, who got even friendlier after the game, were also in attendance. The crowd from USNA was too large to enumerate but the following were observed: "Pancho" Davis '24, "Wish" Egan '22, Jake Jacobi '21, Frank Drayton, Jr. '56, Ken LaBarge, Jr. '59, John Mehelas '51, and Bob Waldron '19.

ATIAHTA The Atianta chapter continues to enjoy a fairly stable membership, with most meetings held at the Naval Air Station. The president, Gil Weston '23, reluctanriy resigned because of job conflict, and Sparky Scrymgeour '26 fleeted up from vice president to fill the vacancy.

During the November meeting the president, Scrymgeour, made arrangements for all members and their wives to visit the full-scale mockup of the C5A being built by Lockheed Georgia Co. All hands were impressed with the size of this huge transport. Cocktails and dinner at NAS Atlanta followed the tour of the mockup.

Chapter meetings are always held on the third Thursday of the month. All visiting alumni are invited to attend; contact Capt. Bill Carver '42 at 428-4461, ext. 701.

BOSTON A luncheon meeting was held on 13 Dec. at the Officers' Club, Charlestown Navy Yard, when Capt. Fremont B. Eggers, USN (Ret.) '25, talked and showed his film on "His Majesty, the Atiantic Salmon."

This was a premiere showing of the film which was photographed on 25 of the greatest salmon rivers in Canada by Capt. "Monty" Eggers and took over 10 years to accomplish. After retiring in 1955 he said that he "dedicated myself to catching up on my fishing and making movies of fish and wildlife."

Prior to his retirement he was Supervising Inspector of Naval Material and commanding officer of the Office of Naval Research.

CHARLESTOH Lt. Victor Meyer and Lt. Hal Spooner, Navy football stars of the late '50s and early '60s, presented an Army-Navy game preview as the program at the November meeting of the chapter.

Capt. W. C. P. Bellinger, chapter president, presided during the business hour at the Charleston Naval Base Officers' Club.

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On 29 Dec. the annual Holiday Cotillon will be held for alumni and midshipmen at Brodhead Naval Armory. This has been a tremendous success in the past and another enjoyable social evening is anticipated.

EUROPEAN Cdr. George Cornelius, USN (Ret.) '43, newly elected president of the newly organized European Chapter, presided at the initial dinner meeting of the group, and their ladies, on 28 Oct. at the Rue Marbeuf Officers' Club, Paris. He stated that the formation of the chapter had received strong support from RAdm. W. F. Fitzgerald, USN (Ret.), Executive Director of the Alumni Association in Annapolis.

The nominating committee, composed of Capt.

A. H. Hamilton, USN '42, Cdr. J. E. Drain, USN '49 and Russ A. Thom '52, proposed a slate of officers, which was voted and passed upon. It was later moved and carried that the nominating committee be appointed as a by-law drafting committee.

The new officers are: president, George Cornelius '42; vice-president, Richard Neuendorffer '45, and secretary-treasurer, Morris H. Lax '45.

The Area Councilmen are: France, Cdr. W. M. Maginnis, USN '47; Italy, Cdr. C. U. Klett; Germany, Capt. A. H. Graubart, USN (Ret.) '25; United Kingdom, Capt. Charles Rush, USN (Ret.) '41; Iberia, RAdm. J. A. Ruddy, USN (Ret.) '30; Benelux, Jacques P. Haumont '59; Scandinavia, Capt. W. A. Golden, USN '43.

A key-note address was given by RAdm. Charles S. Minter, USN '37, on "The Naval Academy Today." The German Area Councilman will announce the date for the next chapter meeting to be held in Frankfurt.

Anyone requesting information concerning the chapter should contact Cdr. Cornelius at 4. Place de la Concorde, 75 Paris 8^, France, or Mr. Lax at U. S. Embassy, 2 Avenue Gabriel, Paris, France.

The annual business meeting was held on 9 Dec. at the Naval Shipyard Officers' Club, when the election of officers and directors took place.

The new president is John W. Buxton '24; first vice president, James V. Healy '54; second vice president, Arthur J. Fleming, Jr. '24; treasurer, James W. Humrichhouse '32, and secretary Francis J. Brennan, Jr. '61. President elect is William C. Marble '46.

To continue to serve as directors for one year are: Joseph A. Callaghan '24, Ralph A. Sentman '25, John H. Simpson '26, Joseph C. Snyder '30, Reginald F. Ockley '39, and Benjamin F. Price '51. Mr. Sentman was also elected chairman of the board.

To serve as directors for two years are: Paul H. Wiedorn '22, Robert C. Giffen, Jr. '38, James M. Dunford '39, Max H. Ostrander '42, Michael J. Belensky '46, and Wayne C. McKee '58.

Members of the nominating committee were Thomas M. Dell, Jr. "21, John W. Buxton, chairman, '24, Joseph A. Callaghan '24, Joseph C. Snyder '30, and William C. Marble '46.

RICHMOND The 29 Nov. meeting of the Richmond Association was held in the Romnda Club with 18 members and guests attending. On hand were David T. Baskett '23, C. E. Bennett '49, J. M. Cabanillas '24, M. W. Clark '26, Joe L. Gammon '43, R. D. Hughes '27, L. L. Hunter '12, R. A. Keyer '24, S. R. Povedano '60, Olin Scoggins '23, E. J. Taylor '44, John A. Wedell '58, L. V. Wickham '45, W. C. Wickham '09, I. R. Williams '50, C. F. Wordiam '43.

Guests included Paul G. Watson, Jr., principal of the Hermitage High School, a Naval Reserve captain, retired, and Joseph S. Black, staff assistant of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of Richmond, who served during WWII. Vice president of the Association who presided at the meeting was Joe Lee Gammon. John Wedell has been very active in the Association; he is with Reynolds Metals which is transferring him to the Los Angeles area in February.

The date of the next meeting is 31 Jan., which will be a mixed party. Meetings are held every two months.

SAN FRANC/SCO The fortieth anniversary of the chapter was held at the FAdm. Nimitz Club Annex, Treasure Island, on Saturday, 5 Nov., with 80 members and guests attending. On hand for the dinner meeting were RAdm. John E. Clark '27, Commandant of the 12 th Naval District, and Mrs. Clark; VAdm. and Mrs. F. C. Denebrink '17, VAdm. and Mrs. T. D. Ruddock '14, and Mrs. Jewel Ziegemeier, widow of J. H . Ziegemeier '90.

Ned Marbourg '17, the founding member of the chapter, gave a brief account of the efforts he and his friends put forth in locating alumni and sparking interest in getting together, and reviewed the high points of chapter history. Mrs. Crawford, widow of A. D. A. Crawford '20, and John Falge '12, who represented the senior class present, assisted in cutting a large and appropriately decoi-ated cake with a Navy sword.

Cdr. Gordon Smith, commanding officer of a fighter squadron in USS ORISKANY, spoke at the 7 Dec. meeting. He gave a revealing account of SHIPMATE

the air war over Vietnam, illustrated with color photo slides. He reported briefly on the disastrous fire his ship recentiy experienced. Some 52 members attended.

SEATTLE Col. George Lhamon, USMCR, vice president and treasurer of Pacific Car and Foundry, discussed the second largest industrial employer in the Seatde Area at the December meeting of the chapter.

Mrs. Louise Anderson sang appropriate songs in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day. The meeting was held in the N.AS Seattle Commissioned Officers' Mess.

ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Chapter and the West Point Society of St. Louis joined forces for the annual .Ajmy-Navy television reunion at the Bath and Tennis Club, Ladue, Mo. Some 90 guests and alumni mustered in to splice the mainbrace and to watch the Kaydets and Fighting Tars in action.

Signing the logbook for 1966 were the following Blue and Golders: SOPA, Lloyd C. Stark '08, former Governor of Missouri; Ferguson '19, Melling '20, van den Berg '25, Farnsworth '26, Ross '27, Brinson '39, Deibel '39, Teig '40, Murch '42, Kuhnmuench "Look Alive '45," Walsh '50, Hunter '52, Val Smith '52, and Simpson '61.

The class of 1926 had the most members present, with the class of '06 the most senior represented and the class of '57 the junior. The speaker for the 21 Dec. meeting was to be Adm. Alfred G. Ward, USN.

WILMINGTON WASHINGTON,

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RAdm. .Arthur R. Gralla '34, Commander Naval Ordnance Systems, was speaker at the 16 Nov. meeting held at the Army and Navy Club.

VAdm. John Sylvester, first vice president, presided during the business hour, with 78 members and guests attending.

Admiral Gralla stated that the current war is being fought with guns and that there was an ever-increasing demand for bullets and shells which would fly on a predictable trajectory to hit a target running, walking, sitting or flying. He also armounced that BuOrd was furnishing bombs for the Air Force to drop.

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Capt. George P. Steele, II, USN '45, was guest speaker at the 15 Dec. dinner-meeting held at the Executive Inn, with ladies attending. He was executive officer in USS HARTER, commanded the HARDHEAD, and was commanding officer of the nuclear submarine SEA DRAGON during its historymaking cruise through the Northwest Passage—• under the ice. He is author of the book Sea Dragon. Before his present assignment in the Pentagon he was commanding officer of the blue team in the Polaris submarine DANIEL BOONE. Twenty-six members attended the November meeting when Dr. Marshall W. Fishwick discussed his recent trip to Turkey. Future meetings will be held at the DuPont Country Club.

SECRETARIES

AKRON-CANTON Mr. Earl L. Coen 1053 Rotch Ave., N.E. Massillon, Oh. 44646

CHICAGO Mr. Douglas Nankervis P . O . B o x 188 Crete, 111. 60417

HOUSTON Mr. William B. Matney 7314 Carew St. Houston, Tex. 77036

ALBUQUERQUE Capt. Anthony J. Chiota, US.\F 2042-A Mercury Dr. Kirtiand AFB Albuquerque, N. M. 87117

CINCINNATI Mr. Robert E. Reid 540 Laramie Trail Cincinnati, O. 45215

HUNTSVILLE Cdr. Edward F. Ferguson, USN (Ret.) 803 Fariey Dr., S.E. HuntsviUe, Ala. 35802

CLEVELAND Mr. George R. Whitmyre 4625 West 227di St. Cleveland, O. 44126

INDIANAPOLIS Cdr. Edward G. Buck Naval Avionics Facility, Qtrs. B Indianapolis, Ind. 46218

COLORADO LCdr. Thomas W. Madigan, USN (Ret.) 2285 Albion Denver, Colo. 80207

INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Cdr. C. Turner Joy, Jr. USNR-R 808 E. Mill St., Suite 208 San Bernardino, Calif. 92402

COLUMBUS Cdr. Robert L. Rubel, USN 275 Brookhaven Dr. Gahanna, O. 43020

KANSAS CITY Mr. Durward W. Gilmore 1250 West 61st Terrace Kansas City, Mo. 64113

CONNECTICUT Cdr. Landon L. Davis, Jr., USN (Ret.) Warren Ave. Mystic, Conn. 06355

KITTYHAWK (DAYTON, OHIO) Mr. James M. Gallagher 220 Goldengate Dr. Centerville, O. 45459

CORONADO Capt. Francis R. Drake, USN (Ret.) 910 Alameda Blvd.

Coronado, Calif. 92118

LOS ANGELES Mr. Dean L. Strong George Elkins Co. 978 Monument St. Pacific Palisades, Calif. 90272

ANNAPOLIS LCdr. Richard P. Inman, USN 92 Bowyer Rd., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402 -ATLANTA Capt. William E. Carver, USN CO., Naval Air Station Adanta, Ga. 30063 BALTIMORE Mr. Charles H. Brooks 5302 Leidi Rd., Apt. D Baltimore, Md. 21212 BOSTON Mr. G. Gilbert Tallau 225 Franklin St. Boston, Mass. 02110 BREMERTON LCdr. Warren A. Chase, USN (Ret.) 553 Juniper Bremerton, Wash. 98310 CARACAS Cdr. Carlos E. Tovar Escuela de Guerra Naval Avenida Cuyuni Colinas de Bello Monte Caracas, Venezuela CENTRAL FLORIDA Pres., RAdm. James J. Vaughan, USN (Ret.) 602 S.E. Daytona Dr. Palm Bay, Fla. 32905 CENTRAL JERSEY Mr. William V. Booream, Jr. Box 484A, RD # 2 Flemington, N. J. 08822 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA LCdr. John H. Slough, USN 108 Tradd St. Charleston, S. C. 29401 JANUARY,

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DETROIT Mr. Kenneth LaBarge, Jr. 1539 Bennaville Birmingham, Mich. 48008 EUROPEAN Mr. Morris H. Lax U. S. Embassy 2 Avenue Gabriel Paris, France

MI.A.MI Pres., Cdr. Elmer C. Powell, USNR-R 11345 S.W. 108th Court Kendall Branch Miami, Fla. 33156 MILWAUKEE Mr. James H. Wheeler 5906 N. Port Washington Rd, Milwaukee, Wise. 53217

GREATER COLUMBIA Pres., RAdm. William L. Anderson, USN (Ret.) 5729 Pinebranch Rd. Columbia, S. C. 29206

NEW ORLEANS Mr. John W. Sharp P. O. Box 5378 NewOrieans, La. 70115

GREATER ST. PETERSBURG Cdr. William W. South, USN (Ret.) 7429 2nd Ave., N. St. Petersburg, Fla. 33710

NEWPORT LCdr. Peter C. Bennett, USN Staff, Naval War College Newport, R. I. 02844 47

NEW YORK Mr. Charles F. Rutherford, Jr. c/o Braun, Rutherford, Inc. 164 William St. New York, N. Y. 10015 N O R T H TEXAS Mr. Stanley Schiller 1510 West Tendi St. Fort Wordi, Tex. 76102 OKLAHOMA CITY RAdm. Lewis E. Coley, USN (Ret.) 4212 N. Harvey Parkway Oklahoma City, Okla. 73118 PENINSULA LtCol. Bernard W. Giebler, USMC (Ret.) 862 Bremerton Dr. Sunnyvale, Calif. 94087 PHILADELPHIA Mr. Francis J. Brennan 10238 Ambridge Place Philadelphia, Pa. 19114 PITTSBURGH Mr. Peter F. Shields RD # 3 , Box 165A Export, Pa. 15632 RICHMOND Mr. Robert A. Keyer, Jr. 3226 Hanover Ave. Richmond, Va. 23221 ROCHESTER Pres., Lt. David F. Hopkins USNR-R 151 Winona Blvd.

Rochester, N. Y. 14617 SAN DIEGO Capt. Harold H. Connelley, USN (Ret.) 544 Silvergate Ave. San Diego, Calif. 92106 SAN FRANCISCO Cdr. E. George Tiffany, USN USNA Alumni Assn., San Francisco Chapter Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club Treasure Island, Calif. 94130 SAN JUAN Mr. Felix R. Carr 1605 Kings Court Santurce, Puerto Rico SANTA BARBARA Capt. Edward E. Roth, USN (Ret.) 424 Pimento Lane Santa Barbara, Calif. 93103 SEATTLE Capt. John N. Longfield, USN C. O. Naval Air Station Seatde, Wash. 98115 ST. LOUIS LCdr. Robert F. Deibel, Jr., USN 5 Fair Oaks St. Louis, Mo. 63124 TWIN CITIES Pres., LtCol. Charies A. Cox, USNR-R 4120 Sheridan Ave., S. Minneapolis, Minn. 55410 WASHINGTON, D. C. RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter, USN (Ret.) Navy Relief Society Room 1030, Munitions Bldg.

Washington, D. C. 20360 WILMINGTON Mr. John R. Swanson 2406 Twist Lane Wilmington, Del. 19808 48

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For real estate services in Northern Vireinia Call or write: MANNA REALTY, INC. J. W. Moreau, Col. USMC (Ret.) '36, President H. C. Detlie, Col. USA (Ret.), Vice President J. A. Kauflin, Cdr. USN, Secretary T. R. Rampy, Maj. Gen. USAF (Ret.), Director 109-113 Annandale Road Tel. Code 703 Falls Church, Va. 532-5460

WHITEHALL MANOR . . . » protected waterfront community located between the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Academy on Whitehall Creek. Only a 10-mlnute drive to Annapolis and 35 minutes to Washington on limited access U. S. Rt. #50. Deep, protected waterfront offers residents the finest in waterfront living available near Annapolis today. Lots range in size from % - 3 acres ; priced from $4,600 - $16,000.

Financing, if needed, can be arranged. For brochure write:

HOUSES—ANNAPOLIS and VICINITY New and Used—Personalized Service Mail your requirements. We'll send information.

John Larkin 212 Providence Rd. Annapolis, Md. 21401 (Tel. area code 301 767-3515) RICHARD A. LARKIN, Realtor

BEAUFORT—PARRIS ISLAND. Choice, 1 acre DEEP WATER Retirement Homesites. Year round Sportsman's Paradise near St. Helena Inland Waterway. Outstanding Hospital, Comraiissary, Exchange privileges. Write: Col. Ted Sheffield, USMQ| (Ret.) ; Associate, DULAMO Development Corp.* Dulamo Estates, Frogmore, South Carolina.

ORDERED TO WASHINGTON, D. C.7 We specialize in the District and Maryland. 100'B of listings, rentals and complete insurance facilities. Inquiries invited. Contact Walter M. Johnson, Jr. '47.

DISTRICT-MARYLAND REALTY, INC. 5504 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington 15, D. C.

GLENCO REALTY COMPANY 30 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. N.W. Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061 or call 301-766-6800 JOB-HUNTING? We will conduct a nationwide search for you (or any of your men) free of charge, presenting your skills to 950 employers.

Send us 6 copies of resume, or ask for free registration info. HARRINGTON ASSOCIATES, INC., national clearing house for mature military men seeking second careers. Nat'l Press Bldg., WashiTigton, D.C. 20004.

INVESTMENT SECURITIES GERALD G. WILLIAMS '40 WHEAT & COMPANY, INC. Members New York Stock Exchange & American Stock Exchange 15 SELDEN ARCADE—Tel. (703) 625-4281 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23514 INVESTMENTS IN STOCKS, BONDS, MUTUAL FUNDS ALBERT M. AMES '60 ESTABROOK & CO. since 1861 Members New York, American & Boston Stock Exchanges 80 Pine Street, New York, N. Y. Call: (212) WH 4-7800

100-DAY FREE T R I A L ! ! !

RETIRING PERSONNEL—Need industrious, imaginative men with management ability'to assist in expansion of sales organization with old established firm. New product; dignified procedures; self-programmed hours; wide choice of location.

Unlimited opportunity for the ambitious. Send resume to: Col. J. S. Skoczylas, USMC (Ret.) '40.

GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 1511 Landmark Towers, 101 Lincolnia Rd., Alex. andria, Va. 22304.

Safe Harbor JUST OFF THE CHESAPEAKE OVERLOOKING WHITE HALL BAYl

Providence influenced b y t h e needs a n d desires of n a v a l officers a n d their families, P r o v i d e n c e offers stately h o m e s s t a r t i n g at $40,000. H e r e is o n e of t h e country's finest residential c o m m u n i t i e s , located a few y a r d s o£E t h e 10th tee of t h e N a v a l A c a d e m y G o l f Course.

Kenneth

O. Vanous,

Inc.

A long experienced investment adviser, listed in the "LEADING MEN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" (1965) and in THE BLUE GRASS STATE WHO'S WHO (1966).

P.O. BOX 1828 • Annapolis, Md.

R. Adm. ion Pursell, USN (Ret.)

Tel. 974-0711

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e/o Pursell's Investment Service Southern Hotel, Frankfort, Kentucky

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