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CONTENTS A Few Eatables RAdm. J. K. Davis, USN (Ret.) Athletics Capitol

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Captain Davis, General Lee and Lieutenant Marshall

by RAdm. James K. Davis, U S N (Ret.) Q N E day in late February, 1932, I anchored the USS ^ ^ BARKER in the Yangtze, some 180 miles inland, just off the south bank at Chinkiang, China. We had come upriver from near the heavy Chino-Japanese fighting around Shanghai, which was threatening trouble all along the Yangtze Valley.

The BARKER was taking over local station-ship duties from another destroyer, the USS BULMER, to protect American interests. Before I relieved him, Bischoff, the BULMER'S commanding officer, told me: "Set-up's changed here in the last day or so. Chinese Army divisions are moving in.

Country's crawling with troops."

"They'd better get those troops down toward Shanghai," I volunteered. "The Japs had the Chinese on the ropes when we left Woosung."

"Things may be drifting into a mess up here," said Bischoff. "These troops naturally don't like the Japs, they don't like the Chinese down at Woosung, and the Chinese generals actually don't much like each other." He added: "You see the railroad runs exposed to river-view for a long way along the south bank over there, and some of these days those Jap cruisers, steaming up and down the river, will probably open up and have a field day shooting up troop-trains all around Chinkiang."

Although it was no surprise to learn of a cluster of Chinese Army divisions around strategic Chinkiang, still it was a bit of a jolt to learn that the BARKER'S new assignment carried some promising potential for headaches. The outlook worsened, the more I learned. Naturally, how to safeguard American interests in the area, if and when violence erupted, became my first concern as commanding officer. These interests, I soon realized, were lodged largely in an extended complex of long-established American church missions, all in a remote part of the city.

Hemmed in by impassable ground in the rear, mission properties could be reached only by going through typically Chinese, ever-winding, wheelbarrow-width streets. The chances seemed far from bright that any destroyer-rescueparty could get through as an effective group, if the 170-odd souls of these missions were attacked. In those years, when fighting broke out, the Chinese populace were prone to work themselves into murderous frenzies of anti-foreign violence.

A spokesman for the missions told me: "We know things are getting bad. We'll endanger the lives of you Navy men, as well as ours, if we stay on."

"We'd go to the International Settlement in Shanghai," he elaborated, "if the local Chinese general only would protect the mission properties while we are away. But the general, Lee Ming Yang, who heads the province's occupation troops, is firmly noncommittal."

Pondering this scrambled and potentially critical situation, I knew that the need for sending rescue-parties must be forestalled. The missionaries were right in holding on to their properties, but still they must leave.

Meanwhile, I had learned that General Lee Ming Yang recently had lost face, a devastating blow to an Oriental.

Chinkiang coolies had roughed up a shore party from the only Japanese warship in port, a destroyer. The General had to appease the Jap skipper—a bitter dosage for a Chinese, especially the number-one man of a city and commander of 20,000 troops. But it was apologize "or else," since the Japanese destroyer was anchored at point-blank range from the bund.

Could this affair, I wondered, serve the BARKER'S, mission?

Somehow, the General had to be brought around to protecting the mission compounds. Could we help General Lee regain face? This might be the key. Besides, it would be a decent, sporting thing to do. ' y HE Chinese love a good show. Accordingly, the next •*- morning I appeared before the General's headquarters in the city to make my official courtesy-call. Flanked by Phares, a handsome, six-foot-two junior-lieutenant, the impact of our approach upon the giggling, jabbering streetcrowd of coolies and small tradesmen was encouraging. Their exclamations attested to the grandeur of our attire: cocked hats, gold epaulets, frock coats girdled by dress belts, goldbraided "railroad" trousers, swords and medals—all of these sparkling trappings, and more, we sported, and supported as live clotheshorses.

While my aide had the advantage of height, I, a seasoned lieutenant commander, excelled in girth. Unique perhaps in the annals of the Navy, my waistline was accentuated, not by just one gold-medallion belt buckle, but by two in a row. The ship's most gifted artisan had labored late to enlarge my dress-belt to accommodate, and unflatteringly emphasize, a mushrooming midriff. Moving through the crowd, we soon were ushered into the presence of General Lee Ming Yang.

Short, a bit rollypoly, like most Chinese officials of the period. General Lee's face registered its only touch of animation faint and fleeting, when the interpreter relayed: "General, he say he go Germany, big war, long time ago, boom, boom."

Here at last was an opening. Protection of mission properties in our conversation, so far, had fared badly. But this flash of pride in his military-observer service with the Kaiser's armies could mean a fresh start.

Quickly, I suggested that the General and his staff plan to stay on for a midday meal when he would return my call aboard the BARKER in the morning. Free from traditional SH I P M A T E

filATABLES Oriental indirection, it became unmistakably plain that the General would be ready, willing, able—and delighted.

Twenty-four hours later my gig, Chinese colors streaming in the bow, approached our ceremonial gangway. Low-caste Chinese defined the day's cold weather by the term, "a threecoat day." However, our visitors appeared clad but single gowned, in fur-lined. Oriental attire, the General in rich brocade.

At that moment, Sperry, my engineer officer, pointing to the Jap destroyer, nearby, exclaimed: "Don't miss this, Captain, the Japs are bug-eyed. Every glass from bifocals to gunsights are trained upon us."

True, we were laying it on a bit thick. Overreaching regulation-book side-honors, all hands were at quarters in dress uniform, part of the crew manning the rail, that "ultragesture" for heads of state, stemming from the days of sail.

Then, as the General led his two aides aboard, through an avenue of saluting side-boys, bugles trumpeting "attention" and blaring improvised flourishes, and boatswain's pipes shrilling to the highest pitch, the ensign of the Nationalist Chinese Republic was broken at the fore. We were proceeding according to plan. We hoped that it was a good show.

The high point, literally and figuratively, of the General's inspection of the ship came when we reached the navigating bridge. His staff members were graduates of "States-side" universities: one sailing under the colors of Southern California, the other under the banner of Michigan. They made it possible for me to exchange ideas with the General above elementary-grade syntax, the conversational level during our visit the day before.

Freer conversation now proved fortunate. Turning to the campus-schooled aides, I asked: "Would the General like to see how interested our neighbors are in our affairs?" I pointed towards our 30-power, mounted, signalman's telescope, aimed at the Nippon destroyer. Despite the sharp winter weather, the Japs, still avidly curious, were continuing to look us over.

General Lee studied the Jap ship for some time through the large glass. Belying reputed Oriental impassivity, he gloated, he laughed and he voiced deep-vowelled sounds of enjoyment. Finally, he had his aides look through the glass.

Presently, the Southern California alumnus inquired: "General Lee wonders if we could have a group picture; American officers with us?" Several hovering camera-bugs had the party posing almost within seconds. Before a picture was snapped, however, the son of Ann Arbor broke in: "The General wants, if you will, that the Japanese destroyer will show." This was done. Rapt Nipponese curiosity in bang-up honors for a Chinese war lord was filmed for posterity. From that minute as Stokes, the communications officer, phrased it, "The General was our pigeon."

With the final camera-click, we welcomed the below-decks warmth of the wardroom, and its linen-and-silver bedecked table became the focal point of the party. The BARKER officers justly boasted of the culinary wizardy of their wardroom steward, and that day his chicken Creole and baked Alaska soared far above par.

Lingering over the coffee, there could be little doubt that our guests had enjoyed their Western fare—a courteous FEBRUARY,

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General Lee and members of his staff with BARKER officers. From the left they are: Lt.(jg) Sperry, the USC alumnus (name not recalled), Lt.(jg) Stokes, Gen. Lee Ming Yang, Lt.(jg) Speck, Captain Davis, Lt. Marshall, the alumnus from the University of Michigan, and Lt.(jg) Phares.

Chinese guest indulges in uninhibited belching after "good eating." The General turned to an aide, who translated, saying: "General Lee always enjoys really fine Western food. It makes him think of happy days in the German Army messes."

This was the cue, heaven sent. I replied: "As an old campaigner, would the General want to see some films of those days ? Some action films of World War I ?" Weeks before, the BARKER'S movie operator had been stuck with some silent films of trench warfare on the Western Front; militarily significant, but deadly boring as entertainment.

As hoped, the General quite transparently accepted the proposal as a compliment to his own military background.

During one of the pauses for changing reels in the movieprojector, conversation touched upon possible local fighting.

General Lee ventured that hostilities in the Chinkiang locality might be close at hand.

At last the critical moment in my plan. "General Lee," I asked, "would you help me get the American missionaries out of Chinkiang? If you would protect their property with your troops, they would go."

After much "wallah wallah" with his staff, the General spoke emphatically (the missionaries said that he often spoke in Mandarin, the court language of the vanished Empire). The interpreting officer said: "General Lee remembers United States has a long time been a true friend of China; and you are a nice friend since you come here. The General is so happy to send soldiers to the missions when he gets ashore." ' y RUE to his word, guards were soon at the missions.

Towards sundown, the following day, the first boat-loads of mission refugees boarded one of the few river-steamers still running the Yangtze, Shanghai bound. While watching this vanguard of evacuation, I felt the BARKER receive a jolt, identifiable as a bumpy landing by some small river-craft coming alongside. On my way forward to the scene of difficulties, I was met by the commissary steward excitedly shouting, "Honest, Captain, I didn't order no food."

From the native junk, finally secured under the bow, there climbed to the forecastle a tall, gaunt Chinese in a long white gown. He stood before me and proceeded with marked dignity to read from a paper held at arm's length. He read without pause or accent, in sounds which for brief passages resembled a polished version of Pidgin English. It was a communication from General Lee Ming Yang. Gradually I

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Admiral Davis, Naval Academy class of 1916, retired in 1947, one of the few living alumni who served in sail. It was in the U S S A N NAPOLIS, the last gfunboat under sail (with auxiliary power) to operate actively. Since retirement he has owned, published and edited a brace of weekly, county newssheets, and served sixteen years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Now retired from publishing and political paths, he has embarked upon a fourth career: a self-defined pursuit of some very low-powered, lowly aimed professional writing. This career is supplemented by a weekly newspaper column, "On Soundings," devoted to government and politics, which he has written for twenty years. got the drift, and the concluding sentence I took in clearly: "Herewith, I have a few eatables, which I am sending members of your boat, and I wish they like them."

T h e crew of the BARKER seldom had known such a time of unrestrained shipboard-fun. Among the "few eatables" were released aboard, alive and cackling, 120 chickens, mingled with the outraged "quack quacks" of 80 ducks. F e w "Barkerites" had time for the evening movies. Until hours after "pipe down," the squawks of hunted fowl rose above the humming-sounds of a destroyer at anchor. T h e icebox doors finally did close on the last bird, cleaned and dressed.

But live fowls were only part of the "few eatables." There were also four thousand eggs, hundreds of Tientsin cabbages, Chinese oranges and scores of Chinese-cured hams. Truly, an imperial gesture of good will.

One other item had been listed, but cancelled: a case of brandy. T h e General, amazed, finally had accepted the comprador's assurance that Americans were funny people; liquor in naval vessels, in Pidgin parlance, "no can h a v e ; bad joss."

However, some of the brandy did appear several days later at a luncheon in the General's country home. Although this meal of European dishes was a triumph of good cooking and warm hospitality, still more clearly in my memory, after more than a third of a century, stands out the General's eloquently personalized way of showing friendship.

On our way to the luncheon, we walked from the boatlanding toward the country home, atop a beehived-shaped hill at the edge of the city. A s we approached the hill, we spotted a lone figure on foot coming slowly down the winding, hillside road. I t was the General.

H e met us at the bottom; bareheaded, in the crisp winter weather, and without an interpreter. Simply, with manifest and innate sincerity, by courtly bows and gestures, far plainer than words, he got over to us how pleased he was to see us.

I thought, "This man's ancestors well could have been civilized, polished gentlemen when mine were primitively sheltered and motivated deep within the forests of northern Europe."

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F E W days later, Mr. Tung, one of the General's civilgovernment associates, entertained us in his quarters at a luncheon of native, Chinese food. Greeted by General Lee and staff, we sat down to a marathon of meat dishes mixed with bamboo shoots, interpersed with bird's nest soup, thousand-year-old eggs, shark's fins—delicacies reserved for important occasions—and various kinds of fattish and jellied concoctions. Toasts to the Presidents of our countries were offered with sweetish, alcoholically starved, Chinese wine.

Heavier fare, later on, was set before us on the long chow-bench. But it had to be taken from one large, common bowl. I t was indeed a sporting exercise in togetherness. As Specie, the BARKER'S torpedo officer, later told i t : " F r o m there on, it was every man for himself; a chopstick handicap."

W h e t h e r it was compassion for my sorry showing with ; chopsticks at the common bowl, or perhaps an added, per- j sonalized courtesy, the General, sitting across the low chow- I bench from me, was moved to assume a startling burden of \ hospitality.

I It became his self-imposed task to make sure that I did not ; miss any of the good things, as he regarded them, within j the common container. Diverting his own chopsticks from his I own service, from plate to palate, General Lee frequently j would fish out some rare tidbit and deposit it for my con- i sumption on the small dish before me. Under these circum- ! stances, trapped by mandatory etiquette, my only choice was j a show of eager, Cocker Spaniel-like anticipation before ; swallowing, trying not to think about contagious diseases, and i the Black Plague of a millennium ago. | T h e finale, however, left me petrified. W h e n live, to-be- I eaten, shrimp-like, crawling, crustacean morsels appeared ; worming their ways across the polished surface of the chow- j bench, "a game of hounds and hares played with chopsticks," j as recounted in a subsequent BARKER wardroom critique, i I gave up. : Fortunately, my failure placed no strain upon our local j Chino-American relations. A t last, the missionaries were I evacuated, and the threat of ground hostilities was receding. J One morning, Stokes called, "Captain, here we go again." j H e presented a decoded message ordering the BARKER down- i river. One final problem remained. j " H o w in the world," I asked D r . John Hayes, "are we \ ever going to make the General understand, before we leave ; here, that we so highly value and deeply appreciate his co- ; operation and fabulous kindness?" This was the same dis- '• tinguished, internationally known, missionary-educator to the i Chinese, whose unflinching courage and broad grasp became j the subject of a Reader's Digest article, which appeared in i July 1955, entitled " T h e Brainwashing of John Hayes." I J knew him then as a delightfully congenial man, one of the 1 great humanitarians, heedful of F a r Eastern problems. A t the time, he was arranging for the distribution of the several = shiploads of food, just in from America, destined for China Flood Relief along the Grand Canal, just to the north. Clearly, Dr. Hayes was one of the best qualified Western authorities > in all China to advise me. i "Don't destroy the lavish effect which the General has \ created," counselled Dr. Hayes. "You restored General Lee's | face before those who had humbled him—your call upon him j and your entertaining him aboard with such visible respect." j "Now that he, in turn," continued the doctor, "has made a ] tremendous gesture, don't spoil it by trying to compete, gift for gift. Instead, send him some simple thing, carrying mean- 1 ing and appreciation. Then he, having made the greater show, s will continue to enjoy great face." i Some hours later, as the BARKER steamed away for duties \ elsewhere. General Lee Ming Y a n g received a greatly en- | larged snapshot, ornately framed, of the Chino-American I group—Japanese destroyer, and its curiosity-smitten crew, J in the background—filmed during the General's visit to the \ BARKER. Upon this enlargement, I had written a personal ,] message of esteem; a message that was shared by all hands, i OFFICERS OF T H E USS BARKER February 1932 (Rank as noted in the current Register of Alumni) Davis, James K., RAdm. U S N (Ret.) '16—Commanding Officer Marshall, Charles J., Capt. U S N (Ret.) '21 (deceased)— Executive Officer Sperry, Edward R., Capt. U S N ( R e t . ) '23—Engineer Officer Phares, Jesse L., RAdm. U S N ( R e t . ) '26 (deceased)— Gunnery Officer Speck, Robert J., RAdm. U S N '27 (Presently C o m F O U R ) — Torpedo Officer Stokes, Philip G., RAdm. U S N (Ret.) '28—Commanding Officer

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ATHLETICS catching up with an already BEFORE bustling winter program. Shipmate readers should know that the fall athletic squads finished an even .500 for the season which ended November 30th.

In 35 varsity contests in four sports (football, cross country, soccer, and 150pound football), the Midshipmen racked up 16 victories, suffered an equal number of losses, and were involved in three ties.

A 21-14 loss to Army in the season's football finale left Na\7^ on the short end of a 2-1-1 log in the annual fall series with the Cadets. Army also won the 150pound football game (17-14). Navy scored a major upset in the cross country race (26-29) and the soccer game ended in a 1-1 tie.

The best record of the fall belonged to Coach Glenn Warner's hooters, who wound up 8-2-1. The 150s, third in the Eastern League behind champion Army and runner-up Cornell, posted a final mark of 3-1-2 and had four men on the All-League team. Captain Ron Moseley, a first team choice at center for the third consecutive year, led the Navy contingent on the League all-star squad. Other Midshipmen winning berths were offensive guard Richard E. Alvarez, a youngster; defensive tackle David Lilly, Jr., a first classman, and defensive halfback Gary A. Gradisnik, also a firstie.

Both the football and cross country records slipped under the .500 level. The gridders were 2-8, the poorest won-lost mark since the 1948 team was 0-8-1. The harriers finished 3-5 but gained considerable satisfaction from the startling upset of a heavily-favored Army team on its home course at West Point. Ross Dunham, who finished second vs. the Cadets, was 17th of 24 runners a year ago and third-place finisher Mike Frick was 23rd in the 1967 meet at Annapolis.

CAPTAINS NAMED FOR 1969 FALL ATHLETIC SQUADS

For the first time in 20 years and only the second time in its football history, the Naval Academy will have grid cocaptains next fall. Members of the squad chose halfback Dan Pike of DeQueen, Ark., and offensive tackle Jeff Krstich of Denver, Col., in their annual captaincy election held following the 1968 season.

The only other time the Midshipmen have had football co-captains was in 1948 when Pete Williams and Scott Emerson were the squad's choices.

Pike, a two-time letterman, was Navy's top rusher this past season with 500 yards on 123 carries. He scored four touchdowns and had the best single game rushing total in five years with 141 yards on 24 carries in Navy's 35-15 win over Georgia Tech. A 3.78 student (4.0 is perfect) with a major in aerospace engineering, Pike captained the DeQueen High School gridders to two straight District Championships.

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by Budd Thalman Krstich, who spent most of his youngster year on the junior varsity, was elevated to the varsity squad this past fall and quickly won a starting assignment as the Midshipmen's offensive left tackle.

Krstich and quarterback Mike McNallen both finished with an identical 256 minutes in 10 games, leading the team in total playing time. A graduate of Bear Creek High School in Morrison, Col., Krstich won honorable mention AllCounty honors at tackle his senior season.

New captains for Navy's 1969 soccer, cross country, and 150-pound football squads, as announced by Captain J. O. Coppedge, Director of Athletics, are: Soccer—Walter E. (Casey) Bahr of Feasterville, Pa.; Cross Country— Michael G. Frick of Atlanta, Ga., and 150-Pound Football—Esmond W. Marks of Jacksonville, Fla. A graduate of Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pa., Bahr was a key performer on a defensive front line that surrendered only seven goals in eleven games and recorded six shutouts this past fall. He demonstrated his versatility by also scoring two goals during the 1968 season.

Mike Frick, a key figure in Navy's 26-29 cross country win over Army, turned in a top time for the five-mile course of 26 minutes, 19 seconds, in the Navy-Maryland meet. Third place vs.

Army and another third in the Upsala meet were the top finishing positions he recorded during the campaign.

Halfback Es Marks, a graduate of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School, was the second-leading scorer for Coach Jack Cloud's 150-pound football team. The Jacksonville native racked up 14 points on two touchdown runs and a two-point conversion scamper. Marks' 21-yard TD sprint vs. Rutgers was the longest scoring run of the season for a Navy lightweight.

THREE NEW OPPONENTS ON 1969 VARSITY FOOTBALL CARD

Texas, Rutgers, and Miami are new teams on Navy's 1969 football schedule released during the Christmas holidays.

They replace Michigan, Air Force, and Georgia Tech on the Midshipmen's grid card.

Seven holdover foes from 1968—Penn State, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Army —round out the 10-game lineup.

For the second consecutive season, the Midshipmen will open with Penn State, winner of the Lambert Trophy as the top team in the East and paired against Kansas in the Orange Bowl.

The opener with the Nittany Lions is one of three games scheduled for the Midshipmen's 29,000-seat Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Other Annapolis dates are Virginia on October 25 and .Syracuse on November 15. The Virginia game will be Homecoming.

The 1969 Schedule: Sept. 20 Penn State Annapolis Sept. 27 Boston College Boston Oct. 4 Texas (Night) Austin Oct. 11 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Oct. 18 Rutgers New Brunswick Oct. 25 Virginia Annapolis (HOMECOMING)

Nov. 1 Nov. 7 Nov. 15 Nov. 29

Notre Dame South Bend Miami (Night) Miami Syracuse Annapolis Army Philadelphia

WINTER TEAMS ADJOURN FOR HOLIDAYS AFTER WINNING RED-HOT 8 4 %

The Christmas holidays caught Navy's winter athletic teams in the midst of a red-hot string in which the Midshipmen won 21 contests and lost only five. Hopes are high that the pre-Christmas promise will bring an armload of victories in the new year.

Showing the way in total triumphs for the indoor teams is Coach Art Potter's squash rackets, who have racked up five straight foes, three of them by shutout scores. Bracketed at 3-0 are the wrestlers, who have now racked 13 straight dual meet triumphs, and the pistol team. Coach Dave Smalley's cagers, who reeled off three straight to open the campaign and give Navy its best basketball beginning since 1959-60, were cooled off by Princeton (56-55 in a heartbreaking overtime loss at Princeton) and Georgetown (70-55) before the holidays. The Midshipmen carried a 3-2 mark into the Triangle Classic at Raleigh, N. C. The two-day tournament featured North Carolina State, Wake Forest, and Washington as the other participants.

The other winter won-lost records: Fencing 1-0, Gymnastics 1-1, Rifle 1-1, Swimming 2-1, and Track 2-0.

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Big D r i v e For H u b b e l l Plan

Apparently all military legislation of a personnel nature will take a back seat in the first half of 1969, while the Hubbell plan sponsors make a determined drive for approval of the Hubbell compensation methods by July 1, 1969.

"This legislation must become law prior to July 1, 1969," said a spokesman for the Hubbell Military Compensation Study Group. "If it does not, a flat pay raise of 12.6 percent will become effective on that date. The imposition of this size flat pay increase will adversely affect a primary purpose of the Hubbell plan—the achievement of pay comparability within the services and with Federal civilian pay."

The Hubbell plan sponsors have been engaged since December in a promotional or sales campaign designed to put over the plan prior to July 1. They are enlisting various military organizations, labor organizations, chambers of commerce, industry, etc., in support of their drive.

Status In Congress

The Hubbell plan may enjoy some early success in the House. Representative L. Mendel Rivers (D.-S. C ) , chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has agreed to have his committee consider the Hubbell plan before the usual procedure of considering the fiscal 1969 military construction program first. But even if Hubbell can get through the House by the first of May, there wouldn't be much time for the Senate to consider the legislation. The Senate Armed Services Committee does not like to be pushed. Besides, the Hubbell proposal is highly complicated, and Congressional committees usually demand time to investigate complicated legislation. They like to form their own opinions. The Hubbell plan must have the approval of the new Administration (Budget Bureau, Secretary of Defense, etc.), yet as of this writing it hasn't had the approval of all elements of the present Administration.

Complaints

Retired Pay,

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Painful

The Hubbell people are reported as disappointed, and somewhat pained, because most of the mail received, as of late December, is against the Hubbell plan in some way or other. They say such mail results largely from the fact that a considerable majority of service people do not know how much money they earn. Many servicemen, Hubbell officials claim, do not consider allowances as compensation, nor do they know the amount of taxes they would pay if they received their allowances as salary.

"We must get general acceptance of facts such as the following," said a Hubbell group official, "that an E-5 or an E-6 who leaves the services to take an $8,000-a-year job is in effect taking a pay cut."

Hubbell spokesmen say that more than 88 percent of career men on active duty would get more take-home pay after July 1 under the Hubbell program than they would get under the flat 12.6 percent pay increase.

The mail douubting the value of the Hubbell plan comes primarily from the following sources.: (a) E-5s and E-6s with children, 0-2s and 0-3s with children, and E-7s with 26 years of service, who are closest to comparability with Federal civilian and industrial pay, and therefore would get the least pay increases under Hubbell; (b) Non-career servicemen—those below E-4s and E-7s who have completed two years of service and have an active duty commitment of at least six years. Many of these, perhaps, most, do not intend to become careerists, yet believe they are entitled to as large pay hikes as any other class; (c) Active duty and retired members who do not understand the program and fear it might not give them an even break. Non-career servicemen would get a 9 percent increase under Hubbell; if Hubbell is not approved by July 1, they would get the already authorized 12.6 percent increase.

Proposed Pay Tables

When the Hubbell program is better understood, it is probable that more servicemen will speak out in favor of it.

At least this attitude can be expected from active duty servicemen. The pay schedules as outlined in the proposed legislation look pretty good. The lowest officer pay, for an 0-1 with one or less years of service, would be $8,144. 0-5s with more than 20 years of service and up would get $21,148 to $23,051, and 0-6s with similar service, but with increases at over 31 and over 34 years of service, would get from $24,371 to $29,038.

Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would get almost $50,000 under this table, and would get $50,000 if Congress approves a proposal for substantial pay increases for top civilians in government, including the President, Cabinet members, and other civilians not subject to classified civil service pay.

The Hubbell plan pay table, as existing in late December, is printed herewith.

Pay Grade 1 or less Over 1 O-IO 0-9 0-8 0-7 0-6 0-5 0-4 0-3 $11,125 $11,532 0-2 9,762 10,084 0-1 8,144 8,396

Over 2

$11,939 10,406 8,648

Etc.

The Hubbell plan presently contemplates two steps in retired pay, with the first step being the same as present reretired pay of younger officers and slightly higher than present pay for older officers, and the second step being higher than the first. The latest name for these steps is Regular Retired Pay and Increased Retired Pay. The general idea behind these different levels of retired pay is that a very great majority of military retirees obtain some sort of civilian employment after retiring, and while they are working at second careers, so to speak, they can get along with less of their military retired pay, and thus would have more military retired pay when they quit their second careers and finally retire.

A part of the table of retired pays, illustrating this method of compensation for 0-5$ and 0-6s, is printed below.

Typical Officer Years Grade Present Step 1 Step 2 •20 0-5 $ 6,493 $ 4,493 $ 6,622 21 0-S 6,817 6,817 6,968 22 O-S 7,393 7,393 7,563 23 0-6 8,733 8,733 9,034 24 0-6 9,113 9,113 9,535 25 0-6 9,493 9,661 9,997 26 0-6 10,710 10,888 11,208 27 0-6 11,122 11,422 11,703 28 0-6 11,534 12,041 12,285 29 0-6 11,946 12,590 12,783 30 0-6 12,358 13,148 13,284 The pay levels shown are not static, and of course are subject to the regular cost-of-living increases based on increases in the Consumer Price Index. Regular Retired Pay would be paid immediately upon retirement, after Hubbell is enacted, and would continue until the retiree is 55 to 60 years of age, depending on his years of service at retirement (as 20 years at age 60, 21 years at age 59j^, 23 years at age 59, and continuing to 30 years at age 55). Increased Retired Pay would be paid at 55 to 60 years of age.

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It was assumed long ago in the Hubbell studies that Congress could enact the bill so that changes in active duty pay could become effective July 1, 1969, while changes in the military estate plan (retired pay and survivor benefits) could be based on tentative plans. As part of this plan, a so-called Military Benefit Base table was established to serve as a temporary base, being 9 percent higher than the regular basic pay, and used as a level on

Over 3

$13,962 12,346 10,728 8,900

Over 4

$16,072 14,473 12,753 11,050 9,152

Over 6

$16,707 14,984 13,160 11,372 9,404

Over 8

$17,341 15,495 13,567 11,694 9,655

Over 10

$23,764 20.482 17,976 16,005 13,974 12,015 9,907

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Concerning the two-step retirement pay plan, one might ask if the plan for withholding part of retired pay until final retirement would be really beneficial to the retiree. A man might invest his retired pay, or merely bank it, and be better off financially when he finally retires from all work than he would be with the government withholding part of his retired military pay for years.

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As for the two-step retirement plan, Hubbell officials admit that it would save the government money. Would it cost the retiree money?

Pay Increase For The Retired. Under

Pay Grade W-4 W-3 W-2 W-1 Pay Grade E-9 E-8 E-7 E-6 E-5 E-4

1 or less $9,067 7.706 1 or less

Over 1 $10,858 9.335 7,923 Over 1

the formula providing for increases in retired pay based on increases in the Consumer Price Index, retirees will receive an increase of 3.6 percent in compensation February 1, 1969.

Over 2 $12,106 11,192 9,603 8,140

Over 3 $12,566 11,526 9,871 8,356

Over 4 $13,026 11,860 10,139 8,573

Over 6 $13,486 12,194 10,407 8,790

Dver 8 $13,946 2,528 0,675 9,006

Over 10 $14,405 12,862 10,943 9,223

Over 2

Over 3

Over 4

Over 6

Over 8

$ 7,631 6,945 6,443 6,189

$ 7,812 7,103 6,583 6,315

Over 10 $11,750 9,870 8,539 7,734 7,143 6,820

$ 7,994 7,261 6,723 6,441

$ 8,176 7,418 6,863 6,568

9,655 $ 8,357 7,576 7,003 6,694

Pay Grade Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 Over 28 Over 31 Over 34 $47,071 O-IO 0-9 $42,330 0-8 ^6,809 0-7 $24,702 $25,640 $26,578 $27,516 28,454 29,392 30,330 $31,268 0-6 21,260 22,038 22,816 23,594 24,371 25,149 25,927 26,705 $27,483 $28,260 $29,038 0-5 18,610 19,245 19,879 20,514 21,148 21,782 22,417 23,051 23,051 0-4 16,516 17,027 17,538 18,049 18,559 19,070 19,581 0-3 14,381 14,788 15,195 15,602 16,009 0-2 12,337 12,659 O-l 10,159 10,411 Pay Grade Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 Over 28 Over 31 W-4 $14,864 $15,324 $15,784 $16,244 $16,703 $17,163 $17,623 $18,083 $18,543 $19,003 W-3 13,197 13,531 13,865 14,199 14,533 14,867 15,201 15,535 W-2 11,211 11,479 11,747 12,015 12,283 12,551 W-1 9,440 9,657 9,874 10,091 10,308 Pay Grade Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 Over 28 Over 31 E-9 $12,012 $12,273 $12,534 $12,795 $13,056 $13,317 $13,578 $13,839 $14,100 $14,362 E-8 10,084 10,299 10,513 10,728 10,943 11,157 11,372 11,586 11,801 E-7 8,721 8,902 9,084 9,266 9,447 9,629 9,811 9,992 E-6 7,892 8,366 8,523 8,050 8,208

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(Continued from page 43) West Pointers were: Junius Jones '13, Jack Knight '17, Sam Walker '18, and Art Webber '51. Cdr. and Mrs. C. T. Rock, with a cadet son in '69, joined the Armyrooting section.

New members of the New Orleans chapter are Capt. Frank T. King, USN ( R e t ) , '46, who recently joined Ingram Contractors, Inc., Harvey, La., and Lt. Gary M. Burris, (SC) USN '65, officer-in-charge. Navy Exchange, Naval Support Activity, New Orleans.

PHILADELPHIA The 12 Dec. meeting at the Philadelphia Navy Base Officers' Club, was highlighted by guest speaker Col. David Lownds, USMC, commanding officer of the Khe Sahn Combat Base. Col. Lownds, who was awarded the Navy Cross, discussed the courageous American fighting men who withstood the onslaught of the North Vietnamese at Khe Sahn.

WASHINGTON Adm. George W. Anderson '27 officiated at the 20 Nov. meeting of the chapter held

in the Washington Room of the Army-Navy Club. He had just returned from a safari in Africa and gave a brief report on the trip and made some potent comments concerning this country's foreign policy toward that part of the world. He stressed that we should not confuse our ideals by injecting them into our foreign policy, that this did the inhabitants an injustice, put an additional financial burden on the United States and actually contributed to a turnover of the area to the Communists.

The roll call revealed class groups 1900 and 1964 as the extremes with the most populous present 1940. This spread of year groups is considered remarkable and the performance of 1940 replacing 1926 was refreshing.

RAdm. James F. Calvert, superintendent of the Naval Academy, gave a very interesting presentation on the Academy and its problems. He talked mainly in three broad areas. First actions taken: budgetary additions and appointments of three boards to improve management. Secondly, problems that were being solved, plebe summer and youngster cruise, and lastly the areas of unsolved problems which need assistance from the alumni: provision of a new library and the recruitment of additional candidates.

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OFFICERS President— ADM. ROBERT B. CARNEY, USN (Ret.) '16 (4521), Washington, D. C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— VADM. FELIX L. JOHNSON, USN (Ret.) '20 (5289), Leonardtown, Md.

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

Vice President (Western Area)— CAPT. J. L. P. MCCALLUM, USN (Ret.) '35 (11761), Seatde, Wash.

Past President— VADM. WILLIAM R. SMEDBERG, HI, USN (Ret.) '26 (8367), Washington,

D.C. Executive Director— RADM. W . F . FITZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's Representative— CAPT. THOMAS E . JACKSON, USN '47 (19165), USNA, Annapolis, Md. A t Large

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1969) LTGEN. A . L . BOWSER, JR., USMC '32

(10650)

VADM. R. B . PIRIE, USN (Ret.) '26

(8189)

RADM. J. E. KIRKPATRICK,

USNR

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

(Ret.) '31 (10277) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1970) CDR. WILLIAM R. SMEDBERG, I V , USN '51 (22237)

MR. H . R. DUDEN, JR. '47 (19003) LCDR. R. B. PIRIE, JR.,, USN '55

RADM. J. W. CRUMPACKER, USN (Ret.)

(25101)

•31 (10294) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1971) CAPT. C. H . BLAIR, USN '45 (16617)

LCOL. W . G. LEFTWICH, JR., USMC '53

CAPT. W . C. CHAPMAN, USN (Ret.)

CAPT. E . P. RANKIN, USN (Ret.) '37

(23456) '44 (15857)

(12728) From Local Chapters

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1969) RADM. SCHUYLER N . PYNE, USN (Ret.)

'25 (7724), Annapolis CAPT. T . H . SUDDATH, USN

'24 (7369), New York (Ret.)

CAPT. F . K. B. WHEELER, USN (Ret.)

USN

CAPT. T . M . DELL, USN (Ret.) '21

(13135), Boston CAPT.

HERBERT

'35 (11962), Peninsula I.

MANDEL,

(Ret.) '38 (13155), New London RADM. CAMERON BRIGGS, USN (Ret.)

'25 (7873), Coronado RADM. L . J. JACOBI, USNR (Ret.) '21

(5786), Detroit

(6087), Philadelphia CDR. ROLAND R. RIGGS, USN

(Ret.)

'04 (2653), San Francisco CAPT. J. B. BURROW, USN (Ret.) '33

(10961), Seattle

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

Los Angeles FEBRUARY,

CAPT. PAUL W . SIEGRIST, USNR (Ret.)

RAdm. R. P. HUNTER, USN (Ret.) '31

(10130), Washington, D. C. 1 9 6 9

SEA BREEZES

by Paul Schratz '39

. . . A n d Lack of Confidence

Last month we discussed several instances of "harassment" by Commissaries and Post Exchanges insisting on identification of officers in uniform as well as of dependents who may accompany them. W e also cited the fact that these regulations, in the case of commissaries, are specifically prescribed by the Service Secretaries after careful review by the House Armed Services Committee.

The letter which prompted our inquiry came from Commander Matt Pasztalaniec '54 in Patrol Squadron 31 at Mofifett, California. The commander feels that indoctrination in the moral responsibilities on one hand and stricter disciplinary action against violators of "special trust and confidence" on the other, would help. Matt's letter sounds much like Bob Heinl's widely read Proceedings article (May 1956) of the same title. I strongly support both views.

I, in fact, am more concerned with the relaxation of our honor code in issues far more basic than showing ID cards. For years I have not been satisfied with our efforts at character building. There is much reason to feel today recruits and perhaps young officers are not receiving the positive character training so badly needed, particularly if they never learned the basics at home. Ship's Orders and Regulations tell what one can not do; what he can do he infers from tall tales of old seadogs, some not wholly factual. The chaplain gives moral guidance, but his credibility is questioned.

After all, he's supposed to be against sin and loose living in all its seductive forms; even the Ten Commandments, like ships orders, are more often "thou shalt nots."

A still more pervasive attitude, while I am off the subject, is that the troops also learn that there seem to be two disciplinary codes, one for officers, one for enlisted.

Character or moral offenses by an officer are by nature far more serious since the officer sets the example. Yet formal punishment is likely to react out of proportion to the offense and as a result he too often appears to be unpunished. Who among us has not covered up for a fellow officer at one time or another in a matter involving honor and integrity? Who among us has not repeatedly taken advantage of his juniors in the guise of R H I P , to the point that a major element of the senior's character as seen from below suggests selfishness, ruthlessness and expediency more than a fine sense of honor?

The system itself is often insidious. Selfishness is a deadly enemy of "trust and confidence" ; to what extent are such attitudes accepted by junior officers as norms and hence a real cause of sagging morale, resignations and disillusionment with the Navy as a career?

An inherent belief that somebody is trying to get away with something inspires more than lack of confidence. It encourages somebody to try to get away with something. Both honesty and moral courage must be second nature to the true professional. If we want to improve our prestige, let's start with the disease which we can treat rather than with a symptom which somebody else is treating.

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April Copy due at Alumni House 10 February May Copy due at Alumni House 10 March EDP SUMMARY

In October 1967 the Board of Trustees of the Naval Academy Alumni Association authorized the conversion of the Association's records to electronic data processing ( E D P ) .

On the 28th of February 1968 the Association entered into contract with Systems Science Corporation of Silver Spring, Md., to accomplish the conversion and perform the first year's operation of the completed system.

The first operational output of the system was the homecoming mailing in July 1968, followed by a non-member mailing in the same month. The first Shipmate mailing from computer-produced labels took place in September.

Since the first output in July, more than 30 requests for class and chapter mailing lists have been fulfilled, including a District Commandant's request for the names and addresses of all Naval Academy alumni in his district.

By 1 November 1968 the customary backlog of address changes had been eliminated and the computer outputs were, and will continue to be, within a week's time of being 100 percent current for all records.

On 16 December 1968 the class and alphabetical sections for the 1969 edition of the Register of Alumni were produced and delivered to the John D. Lucas Printing Co. The geographic locator section followed two weeks later. The scheduled publishing date for the 1969 Register is 1 February.

The new Register will be the first in which all the information contained will be no more than six weeks old at the time of publication.

There are bound to be some minor errors, such as misspelled words and the occasional omission of an item. Such errors, however, will automatically be revealed during the ensuing year's operation. On the other side of the coin it is to be noted that a number of errors of long standing in the Association's records and in previous editions of the Register have come to light and been corrected in the process of conversion to EDP. Throughout the conversion period the interest and cooperation of the contractor have been outstanding and for this the Association is most appreciative. The staff at Alumni House feels that automation has been achieved with fewer real problems than might reasonably have been expected. With this experience behind us we have learned of areas wherein our ability to use E D P can and will be improved in order that we may render the best service possible.

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ALL HANDS PREP SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS

The Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy awards scholarships to young men for preparatory schools to prepare them for entrance into the Naval Academy. Young men eligible are as follows: Category I—Sons of deceased, retired and active Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

Category II—Sons of personnel of other military services.

Category III—Sons of civilians.

Sons of deceased and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel shall have precedence over sons of active duty personnel who shall, in turn, have precedence over the sons of personnel of the other military services. Sons of military personnel shall precede applicants whose parents are not members of the Armed Forces.

To receive such an award an applicant must be acceptable to the Scholarship Committee of the Society of Sponsors as to character, aptitude for the naval service, scholastic standing and physical fitness. The financial situation of his parents, or of the applicant himself in case he is an orphan, must be as to warrant the expenditure of the funds of the Society in making such an award.

Application blanks may be obtained from Mrs. Edward L. Cochrane, Jr. 7703 Viceroy St. Springfield, Va. 22151 The deadline for making application is 1 March 1969.

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

The Alumni Association has received additional contributions in memory of RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) '09, since publication of the original list of contributors which appeared in the December Shipmate.

Those making the recent donations in honor of Admiral Train are: Mr. Frank S. Carter, Jr. Capt. James D. Maloney, USN (Ret.) Lady Catherine H. Moore Mrs. W. W. Smith BGen. Oliver L. Spiller, USA (Ret.) Capt. Raleigh C. Williams, USN (Ret.)

FOR QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE

In June of 1970 Prairie View A & M College of Prairie View, Texas, will graduate the first class to have completed NROTC training on the campus. To promote quality and encourage achievement in this most recent addition to the Navy's NROTC units, the Houston Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Houston Council of the Navy League have each made arrangements to present a sword to an outstanding graduate. The Chapter Sword will go to the new ensign or second lieutenant who, while an N R O T C midshipman, has shown the greatest aptitude for the service.

The Navy League Sword will be won by the young officer who has achieved the highest academic standing in his class.

Provided each year as a continuing incentive to quality and performance, the presentation of these swords will become one of this newly formed unit's earliest traditions.

CLASS NEWS

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RAdm. C. W . Fisher, USN (Ret.) Box 1 1 0 1 , Carmel, Calif. 93921

Graveside military burial services were conducted at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, Calif, on 27 Nov. for Mrs. Mary D. McCrary, 72, who died in her home in Coronado, Calif, on 23 Nov. Cause of death was heart failure. Mrs. McCrary was the widow of Capt. Frank Robert McCrary, USN, a pioneer Naval aviator who was born and raised in Lonoke, Ark. He died in 1952.

Born into a military family at the former Whipple Barracks, an Army post in the Indian territory of Arizona, Mrs. McCrary was the daughter of Col. Lorenzo Paul Davison, a Cavalry officer stationed there. Mrs. McCrary served as a Navy chief Yeomanette in Ireland during World War I. She is survived by a son, Capt. R. D. McCrary, U S N '45, of McLean, Va., stationed in the Pentagon; a daughter, Mrs. J. R. Thomas of San Rafael, Calif.; two brothers, B.Gen. P. R. Davison, USA (Ret.), of La Jolla, Calif, and Col. F. M. Davison, USA ( R e t ) , of Miami Beach, Fla., and six grandchildren.

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Sec'y, VAdm. Alexander Sharp, USN (Ret.)i 6306 Bannockburn Dr. Bethesda, M d . 20034

It is our sad duty to announce the death of RAdm. Norman M. S M I T H , U S N (Ret.), who died 25 Nov. and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on 27 Nov., with graveside services. H e became Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks in 1933, and served until his retirement 1 Dec. 1937. After a very active life he became President of the University of South Carolina and served seven and a half years. H e was married to (Jenevieve 'Thompson Smith.

S « ' y , Cdr. Allan G. Olson, USN (Ret.) El Miradero, P. 0 . Box 131 Sonita, Ca. 92002

The following excerpts are from Beach Outlook of August, 1968: "A historic film collection, depicting carrier task force operations in 1930-31, has been donated to the Eugene E. Wilson Foundation of Palm Beach for use in a planned television series.

"VAdm. F. W. Pennoyer, Jr., U S N (Ret), of Coronado, Calif., presented the 1,400 feet of rare footage which he filmed while an officer aboard USS SARATOGA. The reels show highlights of Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet operations in 1930 and early 1931 near San Diego, the Panama Canal Zone, Cuba and the West Indies. . . .

"Cdr. Eugene E. Wilson, U S N R ( R e t ) , founder and president of the Wilson Foundation, said the gift from VAdm. Pennoyer, 'greatly enhances the proposed T V documentary series on tlie History of American Air and Sea Power.'

"The Commander is spearheading a drive to collect historic films of early carrier task force operations and other movies to show the Navy's role in air power development since the turn of the century. Navy and Marine Corps films, and other rare, unofficial movies, have been made available to the Foimdation. Government officials in the Defense Department and Navy Department have approved the idea of the documentary, planned for once weekly viewing at least six months and possibly a year, and have pledged cooperation.

"Negotiations for production of a pilot film, sponsored by the Foundation, are expected to be completed this summer. . . .

"Cdr. Wilson, a pioneer Navy aviator, former president of United Aircraft, anci architect of the U. S. Carrier Task Force Doctrine, envisioned the T V documentary series during his annual winter stay in Palm Beach six months ago. Since then he has enlisted the aid of various prominent former Navy officers, who agreed to serve as advisors for the series. . . ."

It was a pleasure to run into the widow of Briggs McClain (Cdr. J. F., Ret.) during Thanksgiving. She was looking very well and is still living in their home in Coronado.

The death of Mrs. Charlotte L. Berry, widow of our classmate, Cdr. Fred T. BERRY, Sr., was noted in the San Diego Union. "Mrs. Berry, who died 12 Nov. in a hospital, lived in Coronado. Born in Portland, Ore., she lived in this area 35 years, retiring from the Vault Section, Registered Publications Issuing Office, 11th Naval District, which employed her 25 years.

"Mrs. Berry's husband was Cdr. Fred T. Berry, Sr., who was commanding officer of the Lakehurst ( N . J.) Naval Air Station, then a dirigible base, when the lighter-thanair craft AKRON crashed at sea off the New

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"Berry later was skipper of the dirigible Los ANGELES and, briefly, the AKRON, but

not at the time of its fatal crash.

"Surviving are two sons. Navy Capt. Fred T. Berry '45 of San Diego and Thomas N. Berry of Coronado; a sister, a brother, and six grandchildren.

"Interment will be in the Naval Academy Cemetery. . . ."

Sec'y and Treas., RAdm. Frank A. Bralsted, USN (Ret.) 3104 Cleveland Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008

A letter was received from our classmate Adolph B. MILLER of Los Angeles, which just missed the January deadline but is of interest to all of us. It concerns Harold TRAIN and is quoted in part: "On 10 June 1905, a small crowd of candidates were assembled outside the office of Lt. Comdr. Magruder. An orderly approached the crowd and stated, 'Mr. H. C. Train and Mr. A. M. Miller, please step forward and follow me.' We were then presented to the Commander and duly sworn in. This was the beginning of a long and lasting friendship between Harold and me.

"Another encounter was at Shanghai about 1911-12. I was a second lieutenant in command of the marine guard (34 enlisted) in

CLASS L U N C H E O N We had a good attendance at the December class luncheon: Bowman, Braisted, Glennon, Hustvedt, Piatt, Robertson, Haller Belt '08, Gillam and Moore '10. Luncheons on the second Tuesday of the month will be continued during the coming year.

S T E P H E N S O N wrote from his old address, P.O. Box 3093, Carmel, Ca. 93921— while at the Letterman Hospital, a pacemaker was installed in his chest which is working perfectly. H e has a young man's pulse of 73 again and sends best wishes to all.

B I R T H D A Y S IN DECEMBER A N D JANUARY Happy Birthday t o : Mark Bowman on 3 Dec.; Henry Settle, 4 Dec.; Bobby Robertson, 8 D e c ; Bub Comfort, 9 D e c ; Ralph Spaulding, 13 Dec.; John Saxer, 23 D e c , and Steve Stephenson, 25 Dec. In January, George Stoddard, 13 Jan. and Josh Carver, 22 Jan.

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Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey 0 . Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. 46901

It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing to the Great Beyond and just at Thanksgiving time of two close friends and U S S HELENA, 'The Queen of the Yangtze.'

China was in the midst of a revolution and loyal classmates: Capt. Robert T. MERthe Yangtze patrol was right there. We had RILL, USCGR ( R e t ) , affectionately know Thomas just come down the river after an 8-month as The Skipper; and Capt MORAN, U S N (Ret.) The Skipper died tour at Hankow guarding Standard Oil installations and dodging both rebel and im- at a nursing home in Lighthouse Point, Fla. at 1958 on 27 Nov. Tom died at the peralist artillery shells. home of his younger brother, RAdm. Henry "Harold had just arrived from the Islands G. Moran '23 at 305 11th St., (Zresskill, and we had quite a party at the Carlton Cafe. N. J. on 29 Nov. Skipper was buried with Several members of the class were present simple graveside services in the U S N A but after a lapse of over 50 years my memory Cemetery with only his widow Margot, and is not too good. family, Charlie Moore representing our "It was the early '30s. The Pacific Fleet class, and officers from the Coast Guard arrived under command of Admiral Reeves in uniform. Tom was buried with full mili(the patron saint of '09). A Japanese Fleet tary honors in Arlington beside his beloved also arrived about the same time and wife, who preceded him in death early in '68. anchored off Long Beach. This called for a Three members of the class of '09, three big party which took place at the Am.- of '10 and two of '11 acted as pallbearers. bassador. As the rank left the cars I spotted The parallels between these two fine men Harold as he was entering the lobby. This are striking. Both were New Englanders. called for an extra party with a few good Both were company mates as midshipmen friends. As the international atmosphere for three years—your reporter also belonged was charged with big explosives at this to the old 9th (Zo. crew. As Passed Midcritical period we were very hush-hush in shipmen they were steerage ( J O ) mates our conversation, but it was a very enjoyable on the old battleship NEBRASKA. They both occasion. spent the last quarter century of their lives "After Harold retired in 1946 he became as residents of Washington. Skip was Commander-in-Chief of the Military Order editor-in-chief of our Lucky Bag, and with of World Wars, and was on an inspection Russ Osmun edited the 1950 Class Bulletin trip of the various chapters of MOWW. with its complete history of the careers of First of all there was a luncheon given by each 'lOer. Tom edited the Class Bulletin the Los Angeles Chapter of the U S N A thereafter for eight years, part in collaboraAlumni Association. The members are a tion with Russ Osmun. Both have been invery friendly group. Harold briefed them valids for a year or more. They were within on the latest dope at USNA, also Washing- days of the same age. We grieve with their ton. That evening the president of the L. A. families.

Chapter M O W W had a beautiful garden While the arrangements for the funerals party at his home for the membership with Japanese lanterns, etc. The next night there devolved on our good secretary, Charlie (RAdm.) C. J. MOORE, he had to break was a party at the Masquers Club, a Bohis left collar bone. H e says: "Don't ask hemian group, mostly theatrical, but May how." and Harold enjoyed it no end.

On quite a different note we report a "I never saw Harold again; but every very happy occasion when Gus (RAdm. year when he sent around the little notice A. H.) (jRAY and Elizabeth had a reception for $2 both May and Harold sent a warm for some 200 of their friends to celebrate message." his 80th birthday. Because it is the cleverest, here is quoted from the invitation in verse: "1888-1968. Birthdays come and birthdays go. Some people just ignore them. The pagan folk, so we, are told, Did happily adore them. Whate'er your age, maturity, philosophy, or state. Just cast discretion to the winds And help us celebrate. On November 11

nine at the Officers' Club, Your presence (no presents) we pray; Festivities start at six o'clock—Heave Ho for a Happy Birthday!" A birthday card to Gus brought from him a note saying that '10 was represented by Capt. Frank LUCKEL and Gladys; Capt. Hap H E I N and Cornie; Frances Mitscher; Marian Steinwachs ; Mary Beary and Evelyn Traynor. And, the Grays took in the Army-Navy game with a visit to their Philadelphia son.

Capt. Webb T R A M M E L has arrived back in the States for permanent. He is set up in a lovely apartment in Washington—address next time.

Evelyn Traynor was off on another cruise.

She spent Christmas aboard the SS STATENDAiM of the Holland American Line at Acapulco, Mexico. Back home in mid-January.

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Sec'y, Capt. W. D. Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Adm. Harry W. H i l l , USN (Ret.) 201 Prince George St. Annapolis, Md. 21401

Mary Bruns flew to Honolulu in mid-December for Christmas with her daughter, and later to Singapore, where her son, recently in Okinawa, has been ordered as the second senior diplomat at the U. S. Embassy.

Bernard BIERI and Elsie spent Thanksgiving in Austin, Texas with their son, and now have moved on to winter quarters at 3600 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, Tx. 78412, where they will remain until April.

A cheerful note from Jack T H O M says, "Mate's leukemia is still well controlled but she suffers at intervals with some related effects. During the summer I had a bad case of cervical radiculitis which sent me to the local hospital and later to Denver for further hospitalization and therapy. This was successful to the point where I can live with myself. Our eldest grandson. Jack, has finished his Army stint, and is now with a New York firm. Our next grandson is finishing at medical school and has signed up with the Navy." More power to them all.

RAdm. George J. McMillin ' 1 1 , USN (Ret.)

George McMILLIN contributes the following interesting item. A new book "Torpedo Boat Sailor," recently published by the Naval Institute, records life in the destroyer MCDOUGAL in World War I. The following quote is of interest "—the Executive Officer, Lt. Francis S. Craven, who was noted for being able to smell a crap game the length of the ship and two decks down."

Capt. and Mrs. Charles R. Chandler '39 announce the marriage of their daughter, Kathryn Amy. She is the granddaughter of Dwight and Amy CHANDLER. A cheerful letter from Phil BAKER says, "I am as all right as one can be on a no-salt diet, but I convinced my doctor that gin was a therapeutic. Was 79 last week, and shared a birthday-dinner with my eldest greatgrandson, aged 1 year. Please give my good wishes to classmates.

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C. Q. W R I G H T says, "We (Det, Ann, and three grandchildren) have purchased and moved to a 20 acre farm and are enjoying life. With Disney moving in, Orlando was going to be a Coney Island, and we didn't like the prospect. We are all well and hope if you come this way you will look us up— the latchstring is always out." The new address is Star Route A, Satsume, Fl. 32059.

Frank CRAVEN, our newest bridegroom, writes that his bride, Mary, is godmother to one of his children. He is now a wintertime Philadelphian (150 Bethlehem Pike, Philadelphia 19118), and a summer-autumn Jamestownian—a perfect arrangement.

Acting Sec'y, RAdm. H. A. Spanagel, USN (Ret.), 5302 Briley PI., Washington, D. C. 20016 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.), 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, Calif. 92042

With the passing of time, less and less news is received concerning the activities of members of the class and of their families.

Unfortunately, even some of that news is stale to many of us when it appears in Shipmate. Many times that is due to the fact that material for publication must be submitted two months before it comes out in the next issue, which requirement becomes rather embarrassing, particularly when it concerns a misunderstanding in regard to a report of the death of a classmate or of one of his immediate family. Such was the case, recently, in the announcement of the death of the wife of Bump BUMPUS, which appeared in the November issue of Shipmate. Subsequently, it was learned that it was not Josephine Bumpus who had died, instead it was Gayle Bumpus, the beloved wife of Foster Bumpus, Jr., a lovely girl who is deeply mourned by her husband, two small children, her parents and by Bump, Sr. and his wife. While Bump, Sr. and Josephine were struggling to adjust to that loss, a new catastrophe struck them. He had parked his car on a slope when the brake slipped and the car began rolling. He tried to reach into the car to stop it, but was dragged down the slope, across the street, and was thrown violently onto the road when the car struck the curb on the opposite side. Bump sustained a severe skull fracture and an extensive scalp wound. He was taken to a hospital in South Laguna, after the accident, where he remained in critical condition for some time. As of 11 Nov., he was recovering slowly and, if no further complications arose, it was hoped that he would be home by Thanksgiving. It is sincerely hoped that Bump has fully recovered by this time and that they will experience no further misfortunes.

A very nice letter was recently received from Dada BRYANT, enclosing a donation to the class fund and informing us that he and Betty have moved from Maine, and are now located at 400 E. Pedregosa, Santa Barbara, Ca. 93103. Evidently, about four years ago, they started to visit California to avoid the Maine winters, then would return east for the summers. Now, they have sold their home in Maine and bought a new one in Santa Barbara. Their daughter still lives in Maine and Carl, Jr. has a home in Scituate, Mass. so they hope to get back east for a visit now and then. They have a grandson who is a first classman at the Academy and another one who is a Lt. (jg) U S N R on duty in a destroyer based at Norfolk.

Here's hoping they will come east this spring for graduation and will be able to attend our 55th reunion in May '69.

It is now planned to hold a get-together in Annapolis on 16-17 May in celebration of

our 55th anniversary of graduation. We expect to use the Annapolis Statler Hilton Inn as the base for class functions. Accordingly, it would be most helpful if those who presently plan to attend would so inform either Hazel Maury or Dutch S P A N A G E L as soon as possible in order that provisions may be made to accommodate them. Hazel has graciously offered to make local arrangements for the reunion.

There was a notation in the November issue of Shipmate that Conrad Dickinson (Dick) FRY died on 12 July in Willets, Calif. There was no other information concerning the cause of his death nor place of burial. The loss of another classmate is deeply regretted.

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The class secretary regrets to announce that about three months after Sarge HEMMING passed away, Mary, who was living in the family home at Little Flower Hill in Edgewater, Md., died on 13 Nov. Funeral services were held in Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel in Owensville, Md., with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Mary is survived by two sons, John R. of Edgewater, Md., and George A. of Bethesda, Md., a a granddaughter, Mary Patricia; a brother, Simon Lonergan of Hemet, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Lamar Weaver of San Antonio, Texas.

All who attended the 50th reunion will remember the delightful ladies luncheon at Alumni House which Mary engineered and the splendid help that she gave for our final big dinner at the Boat House in the Naval Academy. Mary was a gallant gal.

In a final postcard from London, Pinky K N E I P , our oldest 1915 Hunky Dunky, reports the completion of his trip through Asia and that Hunky Dunks are not too old and feeble to travel.

Our scout at the big football game in Philadelphia, a stepson named Andy Ringle, reports that he talked to two big 'ISers at the game—Admirals O V E R E S C H and BATES. Sec'y-Treas., Capt. H. C. Merwin, USNR (Ret.) 8104 Kerry Lane Chevy Chase, Md. 20015

The luncheon meeting of the '16-'17ers was held at the Admiral Kidd Club, with Rosey F E I N E M A N , guest of the day. We are all rooting for him to pass his bar exams.

Bunny COCHRANE, as you know, died 18 Nov. in the Naval Hospital, San Diego.

He had been readmitted to the hospital on 24 Oct. due to- a serious setback in his con(lition. Capt. R. E. Thebbs and nurse Lu(;ile Haskell assisted Mrs. Cochrane in caring for Bunny at home before he returned to the hospital.

It was a long hard pull for Bunny but the Lord was merciful and extended his hand to Bunny on Monday, 18 Nov. at 12:55 A.M. The Last Call section of this issue has a full account of the loss of our classmate and class president.

There is little left to say except that he will be missed more than can iDe told.

The class extends sympathies to Polly and family.

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President, RAdm. Walter C. Calhoun, USN (Ret.), 4230 Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016 Sec'y, Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) 248 King George St., Annapolis, Md. 21401

Pago Pago after five weeks in Australia; they have had 10 weeks of traveling in the South Pacific.

The customary '16-'17 luncheon was held at the Army-Navy Club on 21 Nov.; Len Austin, Walt Calhoun, Frank Hanafee, Jack Jenkins, Chuck Noble, Pete Merwin and Bill Hawthorne attended. The Annapolis contingent was unable to get up and go.

Eddie and Peg BRADY report in from Rio, now back in Washington.

After the last home game here (Virginia), Commy COMSTOCK told us that Bunny Cochrane was seriously ill. Bunny died 18 Nov. in the Naval Hospital at San Diego, Calif.

1916 and '17 were very amiable during our years at the Academy and in later life. It was Bunny who brought out how close we were and combined the luncheons of '16 and '17, or maybe it just occurred after talks with Billy Fechteler and Mick Carney and others in the area. At any rate we shall miss Bunny and his flair for gaiety. May he rest in peace because of the happiness he brought to us all.

A letter from Walt follows: "Not much in the way of news for Shipmate. . . .

"I thought the midshipmen did very well considering the way the season treated them. Three power plays around the ends and a forward pass did the trick for Army.

Had hopes that after intercepting that Army pass that tied the score, that our team could gather some momentum and win. However, that was not to happen.

"Here everyone is looking forward to Christmas. David is now stationed at Ft. Meade, Md., so all the family is here. . . ."

Though Clifton E. D E N N Y and Elizabeth were unable to attend our 50th Reunion they took pleasure in spotting various classmates and their wives in the class photograph and in writing to many. Writing from 220 Medford Dr., San Antonio, Tx. 78209, Clifton said it was now his sad duty to report that Elizabeth had passed away on 25 Sept. at Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston; the Dennys had been married 47 years. Our sympathy, Clifton.

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The Goodwins, Jennings, Dyers, Sallye Lamb, Elizabeth Metzel, Dan McCiurl, and Dutch Schildhauer represented '19 at the Army-Navy game and were pleased to see the midshipmen play their best game of the season.

Three days later Dyer, Schildhauer, Greer, Brooks, Rochester, Gus Bowman (from Kentucky to visit his niece) and King joined up at the December class luncheon. Gus BOWMAN was very cheerful because of a clear slate from the medicos. It is also a pleasure to report that Matt GARDNER had been released from Bethesda after a successful throat operation in late October.

While Shorty MILLS will be laid up for some time to come he was sitting up in a wheelchair enjoying the sun last week and looked much better than last summer.

Leonore has disposed of their house in Rutherfordton, N. C. and is staying near Philadelphia with relatives, and is able to drive down almost weekly. Shorty is at the University Nursing Home, 901 Areola Ave., Silver Spring, Md. Elsa Cook's new address is 3828 Cherokee Ave., San Diego, Ca. 92104.

George DYER, in reporting on the travels he and Adaline had made in the last couple of months, made a pithy comment on the many classmates, wives, and widows they had seenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"we are meeting our age well."

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Ned MARBOURG's wife, Betty, wrote the following letter, "Ned has asked me to write to you for him, as he is now in bed most of the time due to a severe emphysema.

He wants you to know that this spring after he received his ship's clock and barometer, we had a clock warming party. We tried to get a few of Ned's Academy friends with us. We were fortunate to have T. D. Ross and Bess, and also Larry Sargent and Margaret. The Davenport Browns could not come at that time, but came over later. The Denny Brinks were not able to come because Denny is not very well.

"I am enclosing a snap Ned, Jr. took for us and Ned thought should send it to you.

We keep up with as many of the Academy men as we can."

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

We had a very handsome card of the harbor of Sydney from Don and Frances CUR'TIS who reported leaving for Fiji and FEBRUARY,

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Somebody in the class took an excellent Polaroid color picture of Mila and Yen alone at the wonderful shinding the ANSELs gave at Gavea- last May. A copy was sent to Yen but was mislaid. Since it was the last picture taken of Mila before her death and was a very good likeness. Yen hopes that the unknown taker will send him another copy, if possible.

Sec'y, Capt. Roswell B. Daggett, USN (Ret.), P. 0. Box 201 Annapolis, Md. 21404

Our class luncheon for November fell on the day after Thanksgiving which was probably responsible for the meager attendance.

Even our faithful chairman, Jack Lyon, deserted the ship and spent the holiday in F"lorida. Anyway we were happy that the following attended: Browder, L. P. Collins, Crowe, Curtis, Daggett, DeWeese, Goggins, Hague, Holsinger, Mansfield, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Sexton, and Wachtler. All of us were sorry to hear Wally W A C H T E R say that he and Lee were moving from this area to Norfolk on 10 Dec. I'll let you have his new address as soon as I receive it.

Last month I noted Charles McVAY's death and that a memorial service was to be held at the Fort Myer Chapel on 14 Nov.

The following from the class attended this service: Bryan, Crowe, Savvy Harrison, Hitchcock and Louise, Felix Johnson and Fay, Lyon, Mullinnix and Helen, Nibecker, Osborn, Pearson, Robinson, and Clyde Smith. Charles' ashes are to be scattered over the Gulf of Mexico. He is survived by his wife, Vivian; two sons, Kuno of Honolulu and Charles IV of The Plains, Va.; two stepsons, Gordon Linke of Washington and Win Smith of Litchfield, Conn.; and two grandchildren.

I regret to report that Roy GRAHAM's wife, Jeanne, died on 30 Oct. in Overlook Hospital, Summit, N. J. She passed away peacefully in her sleep while under medication for lung cancer. Services were held on 3 Nov. at Christ Church in Short Hills, N. J. In addition to her husband, Jeanne leaves a son, Roy, Jr., of Reidsville, N. C , and four grandchildren. Roy writes that he is still V. P. of Herculite Protective Fabrics Corp., of Newark, N. J. He says his tennis is now conversational. He is planning to attend our 50th Reunion and expects to bring our classmate, Orin HASKELL, who is now settled in Schenectady, N. Y. I was pleased to hear from E. Hall D O W N E S who is living in Dover, Del. He sent a nice contribution to the class treasury together with his biography. Hall resigned in 1922 to enter the educational field. He obtained a Master's degree from Columbia and was in public schools as teacher, principal and superintendent. He returned to the Navy in 1941 to 1946 when he resigned as a Cdr. USNR. Since then he has had considerable employment in Peru, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Central America and Iran. He has written several books for industry and a series of books on contract bridge. He has one son, a medical doctor, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in preparation for research. Hall and Hazel plan to attend our 50th.

Roy COWDREY was also kind to the class treasury and at the same time sent in his biography. I have now received 192 since Aug. 1965. Of these, 18 classmates have subsequently died. Of the 256 still living, 82 have not responded with a biography, or 32 percent. I hope they continue to trickle in.

Jimmy NOLAN's wife, Lina, died suddenly on 3 Dec. at the Andrew Rader Clinic, Fort Myer, Va., about three hours after Jimmy had left by automobile for Florida. As of the date of this writing efforts to locate Jimmy had not been successful. Funeral services were held on 6 Dec. at the Everly Wheatley Funeral Home in Alexandria. I understand interment must be deferred until Jimmy returns to sign some papers. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Lina L. Malone, and a son, James E. Nolan III. Sec'y, Capt. S. S. Bunting, USN (Ret.) Kensington House, 10225 Kensington Parkway, Kensington, Md. 20795

On 27 Nov. the class monthly luncheon was held as usual in the Army-Navy Club, Washington, D. C. The following members attended: Homer Eimers, Oral Swigart, L. A. Brown, Ossie Colclough, Bill Fletcher, John Waters, George Russell, Dash Madeira (from Virginia Beach), Ducky Lamdin, Ed. Fullinwider, Cat Brown, Wayne McDowell, Heber Brumbaugh, Abe Abercrombie, A. H. McCollum, Fred Boone, and Howard Houser. At this luncheon Luther BROWN was chosen to manage the Washington-Annapolis class monthly luncheons. He kindly accepted the thankless task.

I have just received word that Allen Blow COOK is in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital 13

having had a rather severe heart attack. We interesting and informative talk on current all hope and pray that Allen will soon be on efforts to attract outstanding candidates to his feet again. the Naval Academy and urged all alumni to assist whenever and wherever they can.

W E S T COAST We see by the papers that Clyde King is The monthly class luncheon was held 26 the new manager of the San Francisco Nov. at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Giants. Our investigation disclosed that our in San Diego. Those members of the class Clyde is not embarking on a new career, it present were as follows: Acuff, Butterfield, is just a namesake.

Cullins, Dodd, Gorry, Hailey, Jones, It is with deep regret that the death of McHugh, McKee, Miller, O'Brien, Owsley, Roberts, Schell, Stafford, Don Smith and Beau F I N K is reported. He died in the Bethesda N^val Hospital on 12 Nov. after Wray. a long illness and was buried in Arlington Last month Leo S T A F F O R D brought a on 15 Nov. with full military honors. Carl portfolio he is making of pictures of the Espe, Ralph Hudson, Al Toney, Sam GroseSan Diego group. The first set is taken close, Omer Kneeland, St. John Butler, from his Lucky Bag of us as midship- Harvey Walsh and Al Malstrom were the men. The second set will be pictures of us pallbearers and a number of other classas we are today in our "golden years of mates were among Beau's many friends who retirement." This portfolio is to be kept attended the services. intact and passed on until the last remaining Beau had a distinguished career in the one wills it somewhere else.

Civil Engineer Corps which unfortunately We all think that Leo deserves an ac- was terminated in 1949 by illness. One of colade of appreciation for his undertaking. his most interesting assignments and one We wish that you all back East could be of major importance to our successful war effort was Chief of the Construction Section with us in our glorious weather. of the Logistics Division of CinCPac from Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1945. In this capacity he Sec'y, Capt. E. R. Gardner, USN (Ret.) had the responsibility for planning the con1700 San Carlos Ave. struction of all advanced bases in the Central San Carlos, Ca. 94070 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. H. D. Baker, USN (Ret.) Pacific. After the war he served as asst.

2210 Wyoming Ave., N.W. chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks for Washington, D. C. 20008 plans and research. In recognition of his Notice from Zeke SANBORN reports his achievements a Seabee museum was dedinew address as 708 Holly Dr., North, Route cated as the Fink Building in his honor at 6, Amberly, Annapolis, Md. 21401. H e has the U. S. Naval Construction Battalion not moved, the post office just gave him a Center, Port Hueneme, Cal. new street address.

Beau was one of our most enthusiastic Recent travelers—Sherman and Eliza Lane classmates and his devotion to the Navy and CLARK spent a fine summer traveling in his classmates was a lifelong characteristic.

Europe, returning to their home in An- He was a regular attendant at the Washingnapolis in October. Hitch and Betty ton group luncheons and he will be greatly S A U N D E R S spent last summer in Toronto missed. Idella has written a touching note and have returned to their recently pur- addressed to "Dear Classmates" expressing (Jiased home in Annapolis. Ed and Carmen Beau's devotion and interest in the class GARDNER have been touring Mexico and and thanking them for their expressions of report having a great trip. Marion and sympathy.

Gladys S T A P L E S missed the homecoming as they were traveling in Europe at the Recorder, RAdm Joseph N. Wenger, USN (Ret.), 4918 Tilden St. N.W., time.

Art and Midge BRYAN wrote from Madrid on Thanksgiving Day that they were sailing the sunshine route home leaving Bilbao on 6 Dec. and touching at Puerto Rico and Vera Cruz before their arrival in Norfolk on 28 Dec. It seems like a nice way to spend Christmas. They were returning home for a short period before returning to their home away from home at La Palmesa, El Sauzal de Tenerife, Espana. They really love it there and their accounts of its climate, beauty and charm make it very tempting these cold days.

Attending the Washington group luncheon on a snowy 12 Nov. were St. John Butler, Hal Baker, Howard Davison, Beany Jarrett, Omer Kneeland, Al Malstrom and Milt Jackson, down from Philadelphia. Milt brought the group up to date on the activities of the Naval Academy Foundation and our class scholarship fund.

The New York group which meets regularly at the alumni luncheon in New York mustered Frank Borden, Brim Campbell, Art Schmidt, Harry Harshman (from Florida on a business trip), Frank Whitaker, Rupe Lowe, Val Sinclair and our correspondent Herb Berger. Charley Hooper couldn't attend because of an illness that hospitalized him for a while. They all extend their greetings to our new president, Zeke SANBORN, and wished him the best of success as our new leader. Rip Miller was the principal speaker and made an 14

Washington, D. C. 20016 Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow, (SO USN (Ret.), 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis, Md. 21401

News from the Florida area: Sam FUQUA has written, "I am back at school after a fine summer; Edna and I are looking forward to spending Christmas holidays with our daughter, Pat, and her family in Atlanta, Ga. "We had a most enjoyable trip to the Medal of Honor Reunion in Seattle. The Chamber of Commerce there really rolled out the red carpet for all hands. Edna talked on the phone to Evelyn Shaw—Jack was playing golf in the rain. Our good friends, Mac and Florence Bledsoe ('18), gave US a beautiful dinner party, and it was wonderful seeing old friends again."

Karl H E N S E L relayed news from Clarence CARTY that the latter and Evelyn were not well but hoped to visit Ft. Myers, Fla., in a month or two. Karl and Olive spent Thanksgiving in Englewood, Fla., and were expecting their daughter, Pat, son-in-law (Col. Tom Fields, USMC) and four grandchildren in F t Myers for the Christmas holidays. "The place will be bursting with children picking oranges and manning the boat." Karl's son is now living near Swarthmore, Pa., after receiving a fine promotion on moving from Maine.

In response to a request for news. Bob HICKS, now living in Tequesta, Fla., obligingly brought us up to date on his

activities since 1940, and included several rare photos of midshipman days.

"We (still have my Amy) moved from Fairfield County, Conn., to Central New York in 1940," wrote Bob. " L i v e d 24 years in Cazenovia while working for Lamson Corp. of Syracuse—conveyors and other material handling equipment. During the war, added aircraft elevators for the Princeton type conversions, machine gun mounts and their post combat rehabilitation, merchantmen ammunition hoists, paravanes and related gear, shell fuses (the only time I ever had to handle 400 women at one time) and, by direct orders from 'supreme authority,' one Goldberg land mine exploder based on some Englishman's North African Desert caused hallucinations. Also heavy unloading conveyors for Murmansk Ruskies.

"Retired in '64, and moved down here, about 25 miles north of Palm Beach, in '65. We left a bachelor son, a married daughter and two granddaughters—Holly, 7 and Amy, 4—up in the snow and ice that for some reason they all seem to love.

We both hope that any old colleague coming this way will get in touch with 305746-3824. Have talked to Karl Hensel but we have not been able to connect yet as he's on the other waterfront some ISO miles away."

Ray L E A V I T T , having migrated to F t Lauderdale for the winter, wrote that he and Catherine had joined the MACKERRAC H E R S and greatly enjoyed seeing them after a hot summer in Washington. Saddened by the news of Charlie KEEGAN's loss, Ray recalled that Charlie, Dick Kendall, and Ira Kimes hiked with him to the top of Mt. Tantalus in Honolulu, youngster cruise, and were always close after that Enclosed with Ray's note was a copy of a press release announcing his election as president of the local chapter of the Retired Officers Association. In commenting on this, he said that the 3rd V.P. on the new slate was Col. M. C. McComas, U S A F ( R e t ) , a former rector of St. Ann's Church in Annapolis.

From the West Coast, Mike CONNELLEY reported that he expected to be on a two month trip to the Far East, riding his nephew's ship, USS KLONDIKE, to Japan, then beating his way to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Hawaii. H e hoped to spend Christmas in Honolulu with his daughter, wife of Capt R. D. BOONE.

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In regard to Bill BURFORD's death, Mike wrote, "all of us will sorely miss Bill.

He was a good shipmate." (There is no better eulogy.)

According to Mike, at the time of his writing there were 28 members of '23 (now reduced to 27 by the loss of Bev Harrison) plus 13 class widows living in the greater San Diego area. The area members held another of their bi-monthly luncheon meetings (5n 21 Nov., this time at the USMC Recruit Depot, but details were not yet available at this writing.

Cabell G W A T H M E Y , a visitor to Washington, D. C , from the San Francisco area early in December, brought news that he and Marion had joined the Stan L E I T H S to watch the A-N game. Bill THAYER confirmed this on a card, noting that "Stan, Cabell, Eddie Duncan here for A-N game," and adding that he, Bill, was staying home for the holidays.

Also on a card, Lou B R E N D E L wrote "My son, Jo, a major in the A. F. just back from Vietnam is at the Pentagon on duty now—is that safer?'

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Paul DUGAN informed us that he had retired from teaching, June 1967, and was now busy with various civic, fraternal and political activities. He is on the National A(lvisory Committee, National Council of Senior Citizens, and also vice president, United Nations Association of San Diego.

Al RICHARDS, who seems to revel in a nomadic life, reported from his home base in Berkeley, Calif., that he was on the point of leaving for the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game in his Cortez. He expected to spend Christmas in Palm Springs, "and after that, who knows?" He had received a visit from Brick R O B E R T S over Thanksgiving, and Brick, writing separately, added that the two of them, together with Duke WILLIAMS and Savvy N O R T H CUTT, "sat ( ? ) thru A-N game at T. I. Officers' Club."

Planning to join the West Coast contingent temporarily was Pierce KINGSLEY. He expected to visit his son at the PG School in Monterey, spending about two months there, and then proceed to the San Diego area for a month's stay.

News from the East included a note from Layton ZIMMER reporting that wife Kay was unfortunately in the hospital with a slight stroke, but apparently recovering nicely.

Bill McCAFFERTY wrote that he was still up in the snow country (Delhi, N. Y.) but enjoying it. "Next year will be the 50th anniversary of our first Army-Navy game.

Could we promote a get-together at the game?" (May be worth thinking about.)

Regular monthly luncheons were held by the Washingfton Environs Chapter at the Navy Yard Officers' Club. Twenty-six memhers attended the former, and 30 were at the latter. Those present were pleased to see in their midst again Jack McCUTCHEON, repatriated after his long sojourn in Florence, Italy, and now living at 27 Decatur Ave., Annapolis, M d 21403. Among absentees, encouraging progress was reported in the recovery of Jack CURRY, Mort NEELY, and Allen BRES, all of whom had undergone serious operations, while Will WRIGHT and Dick S T I M S O N were evidently at least holding their own. Needless to say, we wish them all well.

Bill VON D R E E L E was at his farm in Alabama, though expecting to go to New York. Shorty W A L T O N was off to Panama for the wedding of his older son. Bill WADBROOK was still teaching school, as was Bob COOK. Joe BRIGGS visited the Bill H A M I L T O N s in Norfolk, and reported that Duke C H A N D L E R was warming himself in Key West. Doc H U D S O N was out of town, due unfortunately to the death of a grandson in Tennessee where he was a student. Also reporting their absence from town were Fred W I T H I N G T O N and Charley BEAUMONT, both involved with grandchildren. Returning none the worse for wear apparently, Fred commented, "Everybody still friends!", and Charley, "still going strong." Brick ROBERTS, back in San Antonio after his brief visit to the West (Toast, was hoping to return to Washington, D. C , about mid-January. Arleigh BURKE was, among many things, occupied with preparations for a T V interview. He was also anticipating a trip to Japan late in January.

Other travelers were Hank D U S I N BERRE to Manchaster, Vt., for an investment symposium, and Alden R E D F I E L D to Chapel Hill, N. C , for Christmas. In a note received from Wink FOLK upon his return to Knoxville, Tenn., from the "Coming of Age" reunion of the Midland RNVR FEBRUARY,

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Association in England, he reported "The London-Birmingham jaunt proved to be fabulous and, in time, I'll send an account of it. I was away nearly a month, with stops here and there in the U. S. before and after my visit to England. I hope to make the January luncheon in Washington."

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'23ers Stephens, G w a t h m e y a n d Herlihy.

From overseas, Art AGETON, having arrived in Honolulu and established himself and Jo at the Ilikai Hotel (Apt. 1236, 1777 Ala Moana Blvd.), reported that they had spent five days in Alameda, S. F. area, enroute.

"Had four lovely days at Coco Palms, Kauai," he added. "Moved here 21 Nov. Address good until March, we hope, then home. Enjoying almost too warm weather and old friends. Thirty-fifth anniversary dinner on 'Top of the I' with best view in town of city, harbor, and famed beach. Too much rock and roll in Hawaiian tunes. Too many anti-war, anti everything."

Elliott STRAUSS, writing from Geneva, Switzerland, indicated that he and Beatrice expected to return to Washington, D. C, in late February and to continue working there with a group called I N T E R P L A N . Washington '23ers will be glad to see them both back home again after their lengthy absences abroad.

Long lost Terry H A R P surfaced in North Egremont, Mass. 01252 (P. O. Box 456), after being out of contact for many years, and wrote: "Research has dominated my life since the early 1920's, and all my military service since 1942 has been in military research and development, first in the Army Air Corps, and later in the Air Force. I was retired as career reservist from the Air Force Systems Command in 1961, and since then have worked on my own research projects. I have kept my planned research within non-defense areas, but one of my projects crossed over into a very important defense area.

"As things are now, all my time, effort, and resources are committed to a resear(:h program planned in 1959, with no end in sight, and my main project is not even started yet. In order to push the work, I retired from all social activity about five years ago, and maintain no personal cor-

respondence. I work as a loner and pay for my independence by struggling with all manner of handicaps. If there is a classmate or other retiree with research interests or standing as an author, we might possibly find an area of cooperation. I sincerely believe that this would be strongly in the national interest."

Again these notes must unfortunately record more losses from the roll of surviving '23ers. The report of Bev HARRISON'S death in San Diego on 11 Nov. just missed arriving in time for inclusion in last month's notes. His funeral was attended by a number of classmates and other friends living in the area; interment was at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Bev had a fine career in the Navy and achieved added distinction after retirement by serving as a city councilman and later as mayor of Coronado.

Added to the foregoing, word came from B. B. Wilson that a neighbor of his in Winter Park, Fla., and early member of the class.

Dr. U. T. BRADLEY, had died on 25 Nov. Brad transferred from the Naval Academy to Princeton University in youngster year, then earned a doctorate in history at Cornell, and subsequently taught at Rollins College. For '28 years as crew coach there, he was honored in 1965 by election to the Helms Foundation Rowing Hall of Fame.

Regrettably, your recorder must also report the sad loss of Elizabeth H. Keegan in Yardley, Pa., on 20 Nov., after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at St. Ignatius Church in Yardley, and interment was in Ogdensburg, N. Y. "One of the last things she spoke of," wrote Charlie, "was her pleasure at attending the Burkes' party in Bethesda and the subsequent class reunion at Annapolis. I believe she made many friends in the class of 1923."

In addition to our deep sympathy for the families of these departed class members, we extend our condolences also to Pat MORAN whose brother, Capt. Thomas Moran '10, died in Cresskill, N. J., on 29 Nov., and was buried in Arlington on 3 Dec. In a note of appreciation for the secretary's expression of sympathy to Chet SMITH'S widow, Kitty, she wrote: "One minute Chet was trying to decide whether or not to go fishingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and then he was gone. We thought he had many years to go." As previously reported in Shipmate, we lost Chet on 31 July.

Having finally found Terry Harp, Morris SMELLOW who has been diligently pursuing missing members is hopeful that someone may be able to give him a lead as to the whereabouts or fate of the following classmates still "missing without trace": J. R. Bell, R. R. Buck, G. R. Crowther, R. H. Cunningham, H. M. Kelley, F. W. Long, F. L. McCollum, T. R. Molloy, R. D. Pratt, Hugh Severin, and W. B. Trundle, as well as W. A. Graham, R. Hight, and J. R. Nunn who are presumed dead. Help from any source will be much appreciated.

Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.), 22 Macopin Ave. Upper Montclair, N. J. 07043 Asst., Mr. Robert A. Keyer Box 7234, Richmond, Va. 23221

We go to press as the early-bird Christmas cards are beginning to rollâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and we've seen some good ones, including those with current news. The John D. H A Y E S card is early, with this explanation from Nellie Mae: "We start on a travel jaunt 2 Dec, and will be away until the end of March.

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and thought Texas the best state for that— especially as my family lives there. Plan on renting a furnished house. . . . Of course, Johnnie will have to take a lot of his library and gear . . . we will just pack his Volkswagen and tow that. So, with the towed car, and mine full of Hayes' and two dogs, just call us 'Oakies on the move' (to) Box 2915, Texas City, Tx. 77590."

The Dottie and Wendell (you called him Herman) K R A F T card is also early, because "together with father Spurr (now 95) we are flying to southern California to spend holidays with our two families: (daughter) Marcia's in Los Angeles, and (son) Fred's in San Diego (Skipper Fred and his COGSWELL will have returned from his third tour at Vietnam). Daughter Barbara and family have moved to Genoa, Italy, where Tod expects to spend the next 14 months building tankers for Esso."

The Walker H O L L E R S report they "visited Rosemary and family at Fort Sill.

Went by way of Hemisfair and fell in love with San Antonio all over again. Hope to spend Christmas with John and his tribe in Charlottesville, and January in Florida."

Incidentally, Thelma reports only seven for Thanksgiving this year (last year it was 11 —remember ? ).

The Cowboys CAMERONs card is also early because of many plans for visiting around, birthdays, etc. prior to the big Christmas gathering of "the family." From it we learn of the great success of the November San Diego party, and that Sam Bailey got back there before the Pennsylvania snows set in. The Camerons saw Ellen and Weary W I L K I N S as their ship came into San Pedro on the return trip from the Orient. And here's a sentimental Christmassy quote from Easley: "Cowboy and I have often remarked how fortunate and what a privilege it has been to have such a nice friendship with so many of his classmates and their wives." Christmas does bring out some mellow truths.

As host of the San Diego quarterly dinner on 8 Nov., Bill D E U T E R M A N N selected a new environment: the Towne Room of the Town & Country Hotel; and his selection was well received by the around 40 attending : Sam Bailey, Gloria and Bill Bailey, Ruth and Charlie Beatty, Alice and Jack Bellerby, Helen and Forest Bunker, Easley and Cowboy Cameron, Blackie Carroll, host Bill Deutermann, Helen and Eddie Edgar, Betty and Swede Ekstrom, Bernice and Ches Evans, Sue and Jasper Fleming, Dottie and Wayne Gamet, Anne (Mrs. Paul) Graf, Orville Gregor, Izzie (Bedford) and Dr. Hardie, Babe and Truman Hedding, Polly and Nat Hudnall, Bess and Willie Hurst, Evelyn and Dutch Shultz, Evelyn and Hal Tiemroth. The next San Diego party is scheduled for February, and Heinie says "Why not come and join us?" We also learn that Virginia and Dick STOUT are expected to permanently join the group in the San Diego area.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirk Edgar have the honor of announcing the marriage of her sister, Sarah Roberts Beasley, to Capt. Edgar Tilghman NEALE, USN (Ret.), on Sunday, 13 Oct. in Baltimore, Md. At home, 4108 Penhurst Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21215.

All Hands are pleased to learn that Hanson W. BALDWIN is the nominee to serve as president of our USNA Alumni Association. We are all familiar with his outstanding accomplishments as analyst, lecturer, historian and author; particularly important to his successful leadership of the Association is his past experience as a trustee, and his devotion and help to the publication of Shipmate in earlier years.

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Here's word from John S C H E I B E L E R : "I went to the 1 Nov. dinner meeting of the Connecticut chapter of USNA alumni at the Sub Base, hoping to see Kraft and Woodyard, but neither showed. . . I am well, but Margaret has had a stream of ailments, none serious, but all troublesome." The only unusual event for them in 1968 was a "near miss" on the highway, when a spare wheel from a speeding truck bounced across the highway in front of the Scheibeler car, crashing thru the roof of the car ahead, and causing a collision of that car with John's Volvo. Summarizes John: "I was able to drive away from Westport the next morning, after the wreckers pried my left front fender and bumper free."

And a report from Hap GOODALL: Louis (J. L. ALLEN had a grand trip in southwestern Texas, visiting sites of early Texas history, federal wildlife refuges, irrigation farms along the lower Rio Grande, and the Kleberg ranch, but did not wet a line fishing. "We reached Laredo in a cold wet storm, and after its departure, though we enjoyed fair skies, it was just 'too cold to fish' for bass or any other of the finney tribe. Louis left for Pompano Beach, both of us several pounds heavier."

Well, we've learned that Bill KANAK A N U I got back to the Islands safely after his trip to the mainland: "After visiting # 2 son and family, we took off for Chicago for a week's visit with Lillian and Paul BRYANT. They plan to visit their oldest son in Venezuela, where he is with a naval mission. After (Chicago we visited Bunky and Peter Wray '21A in Coronado, and then a couple of days in Los Angeles. Saw Willie H U R S T , BURROUGHS, CARROLL and Joe LILLARD in Coronado. I'm in the hospital since arriving home, for a general check-up; expect to be discharged in a week or two. P.S. Our # 1 son has orders to command DesDiv 162."

From Pensacola we do not have a lot of news, but we note that at the annual Navy Day K-T Party of the Pensacola Council of the Navy League, '24 was represented enthusiastically by COLT, G O L D T H W A I T E and H A R R I S on 16 Nov., the latter two accompanied by their wives.

This column is now competing for interest against the "Cruise," which is being completed at this writing. -A.nd now we are anticipating the 45-year reunion, about which you may now have received the first mailing. Our reunion chairman, Roy H A R T WIG, writes: "Bob Swart and I drove to Annapolis, and I got his concurrence on a few items and details, so there's not much holding me back now except that I don't want to compete with the Christmas mail. . . . The present plan is to get the typing, printing and mailing all out by the end of January." If you don't have that mailing now, it should reach you soon.

A letter from Noble ABRAHAMS shows he has not lost his use of adjectives. Can't you just see Noble reporting this: "Tis a great privilege and an infinite joy to report a most wonderful occasion—none other than seeing our trusted, tried and indefatigable classmate and Naval Patent Lawyer 'Lord Nelson' George ROBILLARD and his very lovable, beautiful and charming Margaret.

They were here visiting their incomparable and pulchritudinous daughter Margaret Ann and her husband, and of course the two sweet grandchildren." We're limited in space here, so we'll just summarize the rest by saying that the Robillards came out from Ithaca to take in the Army-Navy T V football game with Noble and Mickey at their Trumansburg home. Also, we have an an-

nouncement that "George N. Robillard has become counsel to the firm" of Finnegan, Henderson & Farabow in Washington.

From Ames, Iowa, Pop SEAWARD boasts: "On the 9th we had an earthquakeno damage—and on the 10th we got seven inches of snow; just to remind us that there are variations in weather."

"My shoulder muscles are returning to normal capability," writes Ken RANDOLPH, as he forwards us an account from the Sheep and Goat Raisers magazine of the origin and development of Navy's new mascot, BILL XVII, who boarded a plane at San Antonio as just a common (but impressive appearing) grazing goat, but who soon thereafter found himself thrust into stardom.

Bill XVII, dressed in Navy blue, made his official first appearance at the Naval Academy homecoming pep rally.

Correction! Bob S W A R T corrects us: it is not he, but Bob S U T L I F F who is the chowder master, or Head Clam of the Washington Chowder Club which marches on Fridays. At the 15 Nov. meeting the marchers included Hartwig, Dick Johnson, Kalisch, Sutliff and Swart. If you're in Washington on a Friday, telephone one of these staunch marchers to learn if they're meeting that day.

Ed A U E R B A C H is still reai-estating down in Montgomery, and says: "I guess I am too old and to 'sot' in my ways to have much contact with old classmates. I used to travel some, including Pensacola, so had an occasional contact with Dale Harris and others. Lately I have been sticking at home, so I am delighted to hear from you" (Bob Keyer). Well, Ed joined Ekstrom, Herlihy et al in correcting our address list of widows. He confirms that Mrs. James T. (W. S. Hays) Overby is at 1759 Springhill Ave., Mobile, Ala. And thru Ches Evans we learn that Mrs. Thomas J. (Mary) Ball has married, and is now Mrs. E .P. Motter, 315 Willeke Ave., Ada, Oh. 45810. Thru the patient, tireless efforts of Bob Keyer, we have the addresses of all the other widows in the new 1969 "Cruise."

We had no Washington luncheon meeting in December. At the 27 Nov. meeting there were 14 present. . . . And in New York, even with Rip Miller as speaker, we had only four at the November meeting of NAA of New York: Sayers, Siegrist, Viault and Whalen. . . . We've just learned that Tilghman Neale is confined to his home, following hospitalization, but we have no details.

(Announcement of his October marriage appears earlier herein).

With regret we learn of the November death of Arthur HELLER, whose obituary appears under the Last Call of this issue. Art had outstanding experience in World War I before joining us for a short stay. He had a fine business career, and also served well in World War II with the Army. Clint Blount '22 reminds us that at one time Art had three brothers-in-law from the class of '22: Wally Lee, Rupe Lowe and Blount.

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

At the class luncheon at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, D. C. on 26 Nov., a note was handed to us which read as follows: "To the Class of '25—Greetings. Would be pleased to see you again. I was Exec.— when you were sworn in. Will be in Reading room 1st floor. H. E. Shoemaker."

Most of us at the luncheon dropped down to the reading room to pay our respects to SH I P M A T E i^^

RAdm. Harry E. Shoemaker, USN ( R e t ) , class of 1905, who was indeed executive officer, Bancroft Hall, when we entered the USNA in 1921. It was very pleasant for us all. Admiral Shoemaker now resides in his home state of Indiana.

The surprise wedding of Mrs. Archibald Kirkland and Capt. George L. P U R M O N T took place 2 Nov. at the Naval Chapel on Treasure Island, San Francisco. The bride is the widow of Archibald Kirkland who died about a year ago, as did George's wife, Hope. The best man was George's son, George, Jr. The bride and groom met last June through Mrs. Sinclair Weeks, the widow of Adm. Francis S. Low, at a party at her house in San Francisco. George had served on Adm. Low's staff. The couple are now dividing their time between the bride's apartment in San Francisco, and her house in Pebble Beach.

Preacher McFALL writes in to give us a new address and goes on to a nice newsy letter; ". . . In May we moved from our home in Saratoga over to The Villages, an adult condominium community located in the Evergreen Valley, against the hills in East San Jose. We can not praise The Villages too highly; it has all the features for such a community that we had been looking for the last few years that doesn't demand much maintenance.

"In addition to the good fortune in seeing such classmates from time to time as the John Murphys, Sam Simpsons, Walter Davidsons, and the Ranald MacKinnons, Edith and I had the pleasure recently of hosting over a weekend the (Dr.) George B. Fowlers from Tucson, Ariz., whom we had not seen for 40 years. George, who was my roommate at the Academy, is a retired history professor from Columbia, and more recently from Pittsburgh University where he won many academic honors.

"After working at Lockheed (Sunnyvale) and four years on the Saratoga Planning Commission, Edith and I have enjoyed traveling like so many of the class have been doing; the highlight being an around the world trip aboard P & O liners during which Edith, the girl I met in Sydney on the 1925 Fleet Cruise to Australia and New Zealand, and I were able to visit her brother and his family in Sydney. Also during the trip we were P & O's guests in London while waiting out a Seaman's strike. Next September we plan a month's British Isles/Scandinavian tour."

Schuyler. P Y N E recently received a fine writeup in the Annapolis Evening Capital by the poet laureate of Maryland, Vincent Godfrey Burns. The occasion was the appreciation of his devotion of a full month's work as chairman of the Every Member Canvass of S t Anne's Church. After praising his church work, the author went on to list his other civic and patriotic activities. In addition to being president of the class of 1925, he is on the board of directors of Historic Annapolis. Inc., a member of the Navy Leagiie, the Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Military Order of the World Wars, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the American Society of Naval Engineers.

Christine Baldwin Triebe, 64, died on 18 Nov. in Holston Valley Community Hospital following a long illness. She had been admitted to the hospital the previous day.

Her husband, Edward J. T R I E B E of Kingsport, is president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Kingsport Press, Inc. Born in Croydon, Surrey, England, she came to the United States when she was FEBRUARY,

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seven years old. She graduated from Tennessee High School in Johnson City and attended East Tennessee State College. She received her diploma from Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1926.

She established the first school of practical nursing in East Tennessee, trained and staffed the county-wide Civil Defense first aid stations, developed industrial health education methods which were adopted by Columbia University; statewide recruitment and counseling of student nurses through T E A ; and established the Triebe Foundation for scholarships for student professional nurses.

She established and gave 38 years of daily volunteer service to the Kingsport Chapter of the American Red Cross, and for 34 years served as chairman of the Nursing Service.

She also served as volunteer field consultant.

For 20 years she served on the board of directors and executive committee.

Mrs. Triebe was presented the Nursing Services 50th Anniversary Award of the American Red Cross in 1959, as well as state awards, and she was presented the Red Cross 40-year pin.

Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. James P. (Christine) Donahue, Berkeley, Calif.; a son, Edward J. Triebe, Jr., New York City; her mother, Mrs. Esther J. Baldwin, Kingsport; a brother, Lynn H. Baldwin, Kingsport; and six grandchildren.

Just as the deadline for this issue neared, we learned of the death of Elva Mary Hourihan, wife of Red H O U R I H A N , on 2 Dec. at Clearwater, Fla. Survivors in addition to Red are one son, John J. Hourihan, Jr. of Rock Hill, S. C.; two daughters, LCdr. Catherine T. Hourihan, USN of Yokuska Naval Hospital, Japan, and Mrs. R. J. Schelberg of Miami, Fla.; one brother, R. J. Monogue of Philadelphia, and three grandchildren. Interment was in the Naval Academy Cemetery on 6 Dec. following graveside services. They had been living in Clearwater, Fla. 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.), Box 178, Crystal River, Fl. 32629

The following letter has been received by the corresponding secretary for information of all interested classmates, from Bob P I R I E , president of the Naval Academy Foundation: "Jack Greenslade has forwarded to me a check for $1,000 to the U. S. Naval Academy Foundation as the class of 1926 contribution to the Foundation's scholarship program.

"In behalf of Adm. Denfeld and all of the trustees of the Foundation, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the members of the class of 1926 for this generous support of the Foundation's Preparatory School program. As you know, we are assisting 82 young men this year in their efforts to attain admittance to the Naval Academy. Hopefully, with such additional support as that provided by the class of 1926, we can reach our goal by 1970 of assisting 100 young men in our program.

"Again, my thanks to our class of '26 for their contribution to our educational program . . . a program which continues to provide a significant input to the Academy of qualified, motivated young men interested in the Academy, and in a career in our Navy and Marine Corps."

As a matter of related interest, the CS was at the Naval Academy on the Monday

after the Army-Navy game and had lunch in the Mess Hall in Bancroft Hall sitting between the two '26 Naval Academy Foundation scholars: 2nd classman Nicholas Williams and youngster Mike McNallen, who will be remembered as the first string quarterback of the Navy team during the past season. When I asked him why he had not thrown more passes during that third quarter of the Army game, when Navy had the wind at their backs and when our passing attack had been so exciting during many of the previous games, he replied that the game plan had called for keeping the ball away from the Army as much as possible, that our field position had not been good for passing, andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a twinkle in his eyeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"I've had a lot of interceptions this year, you know; perhaps setting some kind of a record." Actually, I believe I am correct in my belief that McNallen's overall passing record this first year was better than that of either Staubach or Cartwright during their first two years. If he continues to progress as those two magnificent quarterbacks did, the class of 1926 may well be even more proud of our honor scholar, Mike McNallen.

Jack GREENSLADE reports several more contributions for the class fund received since the last report, from Bill ROMOSER, Bill PRYOR, and from Natalie Halloran, who sent a significant one in memory of Tom, to be used for our Naval Academy Foundation support. An interesting item from Natalie told of their daughter, Martha, living in Santa Barbara while her husband, a major in the Army Engineers, was in Vietnam. Most helpful to Martha in Santa Barbara have been Boot and Betty DODSON's son Ned and his wife, also living there. Natalie says that although she doesn't see many '26ers these days, she did have a visit with the Doug GLADDINGs this summer in Annisquam, and that she hears that Neil Banks and Sarah have bought a home in Annisquam this past year.

Dottie Miller, widow of Danny MILLER, whose death in November was reported in the January issue of Shipmate, has asked the CS to thank the class for the flowers which were sent to Arlington and to express her's and Danelle's gratitude to those members who were present when Dan was buried in that National Cemetery on 5 Nov. At the Retired Officers Association biennial convention in Clearwater, Fla., in November, W. R. SMEDBERG, III was elected chairman of the board and president of the Association, which has gone over the 100,000 membership mark in officers who have retired from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Services.

During Jack and Rosemary's month away from Washington in October they visited Coronado, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Pebble Beach and, with Jewel and Charlie DUNN, visited Fee J O N E S at their new home near Escondido. Jack golfed with Charlie Dunn, Max L E S L I E and Mike Hunte, '27 at Coronado and Rancho Sante Fe. Sec'v, 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., \iSH (Ret.), 3127 18th St., North, Arlington, Va. 22201

Delighted to welcome Bob and Virginia H I N N E R S to the Washington area group.

Their new address is 1201 Bucknell Terrace, Wheaton, Md. 20902. Bob retired on 1 July from the position of professor of naval 17

architecture and, Luckenback Graduate School which he held at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture for the past 12 years.

Eastern Corr., Maj.Gen. Arthur F. Binney, USMC (Ret.) 2815 Cathedral Ave., N.W. Washington, D, C. 20008 Western Corr., Mr. A. Mclntyre Leary 944 Oneonta St. Shreveport, La. 71102

Louise and Bob MORRIS gave a beautiful party at their McLean, Va., home during Thanksgiving week which drew a wide attendance from the capital areas, including such rara avis as Steve TACKNEY and the Pres HASBROUCKS. There was much talk about the Army-Navy game, but few going.

George and Mary Lee Anderson and John Elmore of Brawley, Calif., In Mozambique.

A letter from George ANDERSON follows : "George and Mary Lee Anderson have returned from an extended trip to Europe and Africa. In Africa they were in the bush on a safari in Mozambique. They report that the hunting was fantastic. George bagged 16 fine animals including cape buffalo, eland, sable antelope, zebra, water buck and wildebeest. It was a thrilling and different experience for a sailor man and turned out to be far more hazardous than thought of in the planning stage. Frank Jameson, former national president of the Navy League, who was in the party, was charged by a herd of elephants and shot three, killing the closest one at five meters as the gun-bearers took to the trees. After the safari, they visited South Africa, Rhodesia and Angola. On 13 Oct. while sitting on the terrace of the hotel at Victoria Falls they looked up and saw Wally Shirra passing overhead in Apollo 7. The world is really getting much smaller than when '27 heaved coal on its midshipmen cruises."

Thanks to Rita and Jack MAGINNIS for organizing and arranging a wonderful pre Army-Navy game buffet supper at the Fort McNair Club on 29 Nov. Forty-nine voices yelled Beat Army while Bob Quackenbush snapped his inevitable Polaroid. Enjoying the festivities were Betty and Brook Schumm, Bert and Bob Quackenbush, Ellen and Charley Tooke, Dot and Bus Gordon, Louise and Bob Foley, Louise and Donk Donaho, Betty and Bob Barnes, Marguerite and Blinn Van Mater, Isobel and Howie Adams, Barbara and Parker Fairlamb, Marj and Gordon Caswell, Elizabeth and Bill Leahy, Ethel and Cliff Wickman, Helen and Gordon Everett, Eleanor and Bill Saunders, Virginia and Bob Hinners, Caroline and Bill Irvin, Mary Lou and Bobbie Snyder, Marie and Eddie Herron, Alice and Dick Phillips, Sue and Pat Henry, Rita and Jack Maginnis, Jackie Bauer, Alice Nilon, Dora Lewis, Herb Riley and George Anderson.

The only '28ers to attend the game, and to accept Jean and Mike FLAHERTY'S kind invitation to their quarters at the Naval Home following the game, were Ed DEXTER, Bill ETTLINGER, and Georgina and George KING. The group that did arrive at the Flahertys' had a most enjoyable time.

Nancy and Bob W A T T S announce the arrival, on 8 Nov., of a new grandson, Bruce R. Watts, Jr., born to their younger son Bruce and his wife Susan at Newport, R. I. The proud father is stationed in U S S WARRINGTON which operates out of Newport.

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.) 29303 Stonecrest Rd. Rolling Hills Estates, Ca. 90274

Bob CLARK's West Coast report is augmented this month by a lot of dope picked up by Bill DARNELL in the course of getting the Army-Navy game party together.

Bill writes: "Mrs. W. W. White has a new address . . . 709-lOth St., Coronado. Ashfords have moved to Dallas to be near daughter Betsy and three grandchildren.

Betsy was widowed by Braniff crash last May. George now teaching at University of Texas . . . address (Ashfords') is 7621 Village Trail Dr., Dallas 75240. Helen (Mrs. H. N.) Coffin just leaving on flight to Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, A-NZ, with Christmas in Honolulu. Berkleys intend to retire really in June, 1970, and settle near Morro Bay. They promise fuller participation in class affairs after that.

"I (Bill Darnell) am corresponding with a Lt. Bouchard, VA-196 in CONSTELLATION, His home is in Missoula, Montana. Trying to get a reading on Bull Bouchard, but nothing final (nor very hopeful) as yet.

The Davisons and Duborgs plan to watch the game together in Paradise (Calif., that is). Dick Ballinger says the reason they can't come down is viticulture. Setting out 15 acres of assorted exotic varieties. He says allowing five years for the vines to mature, five years to age the juice, that leaves at least ten years of dividends from the cellar.

But how do you suppose he will manage these next ten years ? Ballingers, by the way, just returned from a month in Italy.

Might have been possible to learn something about his wine business over there."

The report continues, "Nic Frank going in for third operation 25 Nov. Earlier opertions complicated by persistent infection.

We will miss him at the game. Nic and I shared a J. O. stateroom in W E S T VIRGINIA.

I had to trade bunks with him the first of every month because bedbugs gave him fits, and they never seemed to notice me in Cdr. John G. Urquhort '28. the other bunk. . . . Melba (Mrs. Hubert) Nash unable to attend because of earlier The only Washington classmate to make plans. She reports a fine Med cruise last the society pages recently was Johnny summer . . . Italy, Greek Island (Skorpios?), Urquhart. The accompanying photograph, North Africa, Istanbul, and Athens. Lee Mclntyre now on a trip around the world, which appeared in the Washington Post of 4 Nov., shows Grand Marshall URQU- returning 12/1. He confirms that Bud H A R T in the kilt directing the grand march Roethke died (in 1965). It was noticed in of the annual Tartan Ball of the 133-year- Shipmate and in current issue Register of Alumni. Buck Brandley now jousting with old Saint Andrew's Society of Washington. the doctors (cataract operations). Started Classmates will be saddened to learn of six weeks ago, coming around, but very the death of Bill K E N N E D Y at Jackson- slowly. Beardsley sends long news-packed ville Naval Hospital on 3 December, follow- letter covering summer activities. All over ing a long illness with emphysema and pneu- the United States, seemingly, and visited monia. Graveside services at Arlington assorted friends made during active service.

National Cemetery on 6 Dec. were attended Notice sent Joe D'Avi came back 'not by a large number of '28ers from the D. C.- forwardable', which in P. O. jargon means Annapolis area. Elizabeth Kennedy spent gone from that address more than two years. some time with her sister in Annapolis beI called Fullerton information and Los fore returning to her Florida home.

Angeles information (no listing for him at all). (Secy's note: believe we have traced Peg Edsall hostessed the Washington gals Joe to ^Vâ&#x20AC;˘arren, N. J. Will someone up there at their regular luncheon on 22 Nov. Two phone him?) I also took advantage of the Annapolis belles. Loud and Steiner, jourtelephone company, trying to come up with neyed to Peg's Alexandria home for the clue on Garrett in Salt Lake City, Bouchard in Butte, and Dieter in Los Angeles, all occasion. with no luck. I had checked the Salt Lake Courtney S H A N D S was found dead on City directory, and in other letter I rehis front lawn the latter part of November. ported having correspondence outstanding, Services were held in Fort Myer Chapel requesting info on Kenny. The Garrett I attended by an overflowing group of his classthought might help has not replied so far." mates and friends, prior to his interment The Modern Languages Department of in Arlington National Cemetery. He will be the U S N A announces the following: "Semimissed by all of us and our sincere sympathies nar to be held on 26 Nov. in the Brigade go to you, Betty.

Assembly Hall. Subject: China, A New 18 SH I P M A T E Photo by the Washington Post Co.

World Power. Speaker: Gen. Samuel B. Griffith, USMC ( R e t ) . " Phil OSBORN will audit.

T. W. and Margaret DAVISON visited Delores and Bob CLARK in the Clarks' new house in Rolling Hills Estates, on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 19-22 Oct. Bob reports it was a perfect weekend and a wonderful happy reunion for old friends. The Davisons both looked very well, in spite of Dave's reported encounter with the medicos not very long ago. Margaret and Dave, on their descent from Paradise (Calif.), brought their stringed musical instruments and good voices to provide entertainment much appreciated by their hosts. The Davisons were enroute to some other Southland places, including Santa Barbara, before heading back to northern California.

CANOE MAIL? There may be substance to the recent criticism that the Post Office Department is behind times in its operational methods. Answers to the letters to classmates requesting recent biography information for the edition of Muster Notes have been slow in coming in. It is possible that the stamps which were used, bearing a picture of a canoe, have some meaning.

Twenty-niners, wherever you are, please get your dope in the mail early!

Our Newport reporter, Dan CARLSON, sends the following, "The program of the Cornerstone laying ceremony for Weakley Hall together with newspaper clippings is enclosed. My only additional comment is that Charlie has a new skillâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maneuvering a sweet silver trowel. I attended a cocktail party given for Charlie and Jerry and, it goes without sayingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they have a lot of friends in the Newport area. Herewith the newspaper story: "On 31 Oct, the cornerstone of Weakley Hall was laid at Naval Base, Newport. The building is the technical training building extension to the Naval Destroyer School Engineering Laboratory, a two story, 54,000 sq. ft. structure, costing 1.5 million dollars. It will contain 17 classrooms, three automatic combustion control laboratories and a 300 seat auditorium that converts to three additional lecture halls through the use of automatic sliding walls."

Sec'y, BGen, Ronald D. Salmon, USMC (Ret.), 640 Oakland Ter., Alexandria, Va. 22302 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. M, H. Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, D. C. 20016

It has been decided to hold the Fortieth reunion in May 1970. It is scheduled to commence on Friday, 9 May and terminate on Sunday, 11 May. Make a note on your calendar. Red AILES will arrange to reserve about 50 rooms for the reunion at one location, such as the new Statler Hilton Inn near the yacht club.

Thanks to Pete BRADY, the "Forty Year Aiter Book" is on its way. A prospective publisher has been contacted. A questionnaire is being formulated for distribution to classmates for book material. The book will include a write-up and photos of the Fortieth class reunion and therefore will be completed and distributed two or three months after the reunion. A tentative price is estimated at $12.00 per copy.

Ray MALPASS has had a bout with the surgeons at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda.

Mrs. Harry Wallace Englund and Mr. Donald Wilson Adams announce their marriage on 28 Sept. 1968 at Nevil Memorial Church of St. George at Ardmore, Pa. They are now at 145 Rodney Circle, Bryn Mawr, Pa. If you know the addresses of the following classmates, please send them to Buff SIMONS at 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, D. C. 20016: B. E. S. Trippensee, R. L. Grannis, J. G. Lang, Stewart Boyle, E. W. Edgerton, D. Kiefer, W. B. Steiner, H. S. Hubbard, A. R. West W. R. Sheely, E. A. Montgomery, L. L. Koepke, J. E. Sisson, B. E. Blanchard, A. P. Douglas, L. Cardwell, J. O. Vosseller, A. J. Barrett, J. S. Abbott, F. A. Adair, J. E. Alexander Jr., E. A. Anundsen, S. Appelton, W. H. Ashbaugh, C. O. Ashley and H. B. Atterbury Jr. William A. BURGETT has written a book which will be of interest to classmates.

It is "The Schools Have Failed Us" and has been published by Vantage Press, price $3.95. Following his retirement in 1957, Bill picked up his education once more, receiving

his M.S. degree in math from Purdue Unversity, plus doing some additional postgraduate work at the University of Texas in El Paso, where he is presently engaged in teaching mathematics.

The Washington contingent had a delightful cocktail party at the Officers' Club at Bethesda on 7 Dec. This was arranged by Bill and Lil NELSON and the following were present: Rolla and Vola Adams (just back from six months in Europe), Red and Peg Ailes, Stan and Lois Alexander, Brick and Marian Blackburn, Mike and Dottie Block (visiting the Millers), Farley Coates, Bob and St. Clair Craighill, Tim and Helen Dorner, Bill Doyle and guest, Bob and Dottie De Graff (from Philadelphia), Lot and Kate Ensey, Bill Gentner (who reported that Kay was out welcoming the new grandson Bill I V ) , Peg Hanson, Joe and Harriet Hartman, Dick Hunt, Jenks and Ann Jenkins, Nick Lucker, Chief and Charlotte Masterson, Towser and Jean Miller, Bill and Lil Nelson, Fish and Marion Salmon, Bill and Patty Snead, Red and Ev Stevens, Waddy and Lillian Wadsworth, Dave and Margaret Whelchel, Glenn and Vera Williams, and Dutch and Jo Wilson.

Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN (Ret.) 13600 Sunset Canyon Dr., N.E. Albuquerque, N. M. 87111 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. S. W. Betts, USN (Ret.) Atmo?piieric Sciences Program National Science Foundation Washington, D. C. 20550

VAdm. Bernard F. ROEDER, USN, and Mrs. Roeder of San Diego, Calif, announce the engagement of their daughter, Franke, to Lt. (jg) Hans George Haimberger, USNR, of Peabody, Mass. Adm. Roeder is Commander of the First Fleet.

Miss Roeder is the granddaughter of Walter Fitch, Jr. of Cornado, Calif, and the late Mrs. Fitch, and Mr. and Mrs. William P. Roeder of Cumberland, Md. She attended Immaculate High School in Washington, D. C. and was graduated from the Academy of Our Lady of Peace, San Diego, and Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. She is a member of the Spinsters Club of San Diego.

'29's A r m y - N a v y g a m e cheering section. From the left, standing: G e n e Nelson, Bob C l a r k , M o n e M c C a u l e y , Pete Folger, T. P. W i l s o n , Gus G r a y , Red Lynch, Miggs Berkley, Josephine G r a y , Joe Berkley, W a l l y Baird, Stan S t r o n g , W a r n e r Rodimon a n d C a r l Armbrust. S e a t e d : Delores C l a r k , J o a n M c C a u l e y , Helen Folger, Ruby A r m b r u s t , Eleanor W i l s o n , M a r y Lynch, Tiger W o t t o n , M a r i e D a r n e l l , M a r y B a i r d , Leonor Strong a n d Dosh Rodimon.

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Lt. Haimberger was graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 1965.

He is a member of two engineering fraternities, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. The young officer is attached to U S S OUTAGAMIE COUNTY based in San Diego.

Lt. Haimberger is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hermann J. Braemer of East Prussia, Germany, and Dr. and Mrs. Paul Theodor H. Freiherr Von Haimberger of Traunkirchen, Austria.

A summer wedding is planned when the OUTAGAMIE COUNTY returns from duty in Vietnam.

Brute Roeder further reports that son Bernie is completing a course at the PG School in Monterey and will soon get his Master's degree in communications engineering. He has just been selected for lieutenant commander, and the young Roeders are the parents of Brute and Kay's only grandchild, a daughter aged 2 ^ . The report continues, "Our youngest, Kathy, is off to college this year—she is attending St. Mary's College at Notre Dame, Ind. She attended the Navy-Notre Dame game in New York but couldn't root our team in. Anne and Franke are with us here at Quarters D, Naval Air Station, North Island. They are both Kelly girls and find the variety of that work just to their liking.

"Kay is busy with her golf and a number of the wives' activities. Having been raised in Coronado, she naturally has a great many friends on both sides of the Bay." Brute affirms that Commander First Fleet is the greatest job he has ever had, but a busy and full schedule keeps him from seeing as much of classmates in the San Diego area as he would like.

We were saddened to hear of the sudden death of George D E M E T R O P O L I S in Athens on 17 Nov. Demo had been retired since 1959 and had been living in Athens since 1965. Maria and son George, Jr. with Demo's brothers Andy, James, and Ted were joined by several classmates for the

moving graveside ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were Johnny Hughes, Jack Fitzgerald, Floyd Myhre, Pete Peters, Sam Taxis, and A. B. Metsger.

More new addresses: Fred S T E I N K E , 126 Circle Drive, Concord, Ca. 94520; Lew L E W E L L E N , summer only, P. O. Box 245, Encampment, Wy. 82325; Eddie GUILBERT, 825 Bayshore Dr., Apt. 707, Pensacola, Fl. 32507; Les WOOD, 1404 Carolyn Dr., Virginia Beach, Va. 23451.

Joe T O T H writes to promote the American Express Company's Foreign Independent Travel ( F I T ) trips. He and Margaret just finished a beauty that took them to 20 countries and islands and about 30 cities in Europe including the Near East. They flew from New York to London on 15 Aug. and came back from Cannes in the MICHELANGELO on a leisurely eight day trip arriving in New York 12 Nov. Jack W U L F F reports a visit from Fran and Bobby BENCE last summer. Bobby has joined the boat owner set of '31 with a 36-foot craft which he keeps on the Illinois side of the Mississippi opposite St. Louis. The Bences were cruising the Florida Keys with othfer friends before taking off in their own boat later to explore the northern reaches of the Mississippi as far as Minnesota.

When Fuller BRUSH was in Hollywood, Fla. to address the Navy League chapter there on 4 Nov., he managed a round at the Hollywood Beach Hotel Golf Club and holed a 150-yard # 8 iron shot from the ninth tee for a hole-in-one I Pres., Capt. S. P. Moncure, USN (Ret.) 3625 Trinity Drive, Alexandria, Va. 22304 Sec'y, Capt. J. D. Lamade, USIM (Ret.) P.O. Box 6294, Washington, D. C. 20015

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Filipino alumni and Draper Kauffman, ComNavPhil, gathered for a picture at the pre-Army-Navy gome rally held at the Naval Station, Sangley Point. From the left, standing: Col. Leon E. Hernandez '44, Col. Marcelo Castillo '38, Capt. Carlos J. Albert '39, Como. Jose Francisco ' 3 1 , RAdm. Kauffman '33, Capt. Abraham C. Compo '40 and Lt. Humberto Amoranto '57. Front row: Lt. Corlito Cunanan '58, LCdr. Rodolfo T. Bermejo '54, Lt. Victor L. Mamon ' 6 1 , LCdr. Vincente Brillantes '55, Ens. Mario Boltczar '66, Lt. Bonifacio Lomotan '60 and Lt. Peregrino Casaquite '63.

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this copy was reached. However we did hear that Al SLAYDEN was married to Erma V. Rutley of Bethesda, Md. on 28 Dec. Congratulations from all of us, Al, and we wish you and your bride many years of happiness.

For advanced planning, the Washington chapter expects to hold a dinner dance at the Bethesda Naval Hospital O' Club on Friday, 11 April. All classmates are of course invited. If you plan to be in the area send a note to Sam MONCURE. We did receive a letter from Rollins MAYER, formally establishing area ten, as defined by Rollins, Europe (East of Greenwich and west of the Iron Curtain).

Rollins address is Sonnmatt Haus A, Siebnen SZ 8854, Switzerland. All you 32'ers in Europe send your copy to Rollins.

In closing our copy for 10 Dec, we hope that everyone had a great Christmas and this new year keeps us all healthy, wealthy and a little bit wiser, or should we say, healthier, wealthier and just as wise.

Chm., Mr. Turner A. Duncan P.O. Box 90 Arnold, Md. 21012 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.) U. S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Md. 21402

Draper and Peggy K A U F F M A N were both heard from this month. A brief note from Draper accompanied the photo showing Filipino graduates of the Naval Academy assembled for a pre-Army-Navy football rally at Draper's Sangley Point Quarters.

Included in the photo, standing from left are: Col. Leon E. Hernandez, '44; Col. Marcelo Castillo, '38; Capt. Carlos J. Albert ( R e t ) , '39; Comm. Jose Francisco (Ret.), '31; Capt. Abraham C. Campo (Ret.), '40; and Lt. Humberto Amoranto, '57. Front row from left are: Lt. Carlito (Tunanan, '58; LCdr. Rodolfo T. Bermejo, '54; Lt. Victor L. Mamon, ' 6 1 ; LCdr. Vincente Brillantes, 'SS; Ens. Mario Baltazar, '66; Lt. Bonifacio Lomotan, '60; and Lt. Peregrino Casaquite, '63.

Peggy's letter was much more informative, she wrote most interestingly of their new life in the Philippines, and the excitement of the first few months of their new assignment. Her big news, of course, was the marriage of their daughter, Margaret Cary, to Mr. Michael Anthony Mulligan of Bend, Ore. The wedding vras held in the Sangley Point Naval Station Chapel on 4 Oct. Draper gave the bride away, Gary's sister Kelsey was the maid-of-honor and her brother Larry was best man. Cary will continue to teach 11th grade American literature at the American School in Manila until April, when she will join her husband at Oregon State University where he is majoring in forestry management.

Peggy described their first few months in the Philippines as anything but dull. They arrived only hours ahead of the first typhoon of the season; then came the disastrous earthquake which was much in the news a few months ago. Draper's duties have involved much travel to such interesting places as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan as well as Cebu and Tacloban. The one regret expressed in Peggy's letter was that they could not join us for the 35th reunion—this is a regret that we all share.

The time has come to announce our annual drive for voluntary contributions to the class fund. As a result of some unusually heavy expenditures this past year (mostly associated with preparations for the reunion), the fund needs a substantial shot S H I PMATE

A few of the many at '33's 35th reunion at Homecoming.

in the arm. The drive last year was something less than a spectatcular success—only about 20 classmates contributed. This year we have fond hopes that a minimum of 200 classmates will take time to write checks for $5 or more and send them to your secretary. Checks should be made payable to "Class of 1933 Fund".

Keith HUDSON has sent in a change of address. He is still in Pompano Beach, Fla. 33062 but now resides at 305 Pompano Beach Blvd., Apt. 1501.

We reported briefly last month that Jim REEDY is now with Conam Services, Inc., of Long Beach, Calif, as vice president for planning. A recent letter from him reports that he and Jean are now settled in a house they have purchased at 140 Harbor Island Rd., Newport Beach, Calif. Jim mentioned having attended a class of 1933 get-together sponsored by Howie K U E H L . Also enclosed in Jim's letter was a photograph of Rosario PECKSON taken with Jim and your secretary during Rosario's visit to Annapolis in the early fall.

Along with their contributions to the class fund these classmates added the following messages : Roy SMITH—"Your current '34 dope column in Shipmate is the most extensive ever, and its letters truly express the esteem in which we all hold you, for so many years of devoted service to the class. It also makes me realize that I'm among those who procrastinated in contributing to the class fund, hence this belated check and another apology. For updating your records and information of old friends away from Washington, I was placed on the retired list 1 July '66 but 'retained on active duty in present assignment' as director of the U. S. Naval Historical Display Center and its Navy Memorial Museum in the Washington Navy Yard. Nothing could be finer than to combine vocation and avocation in the same billet, and I hope to remain here for a good many years to come. Our oldest son Roy IV '60 resigned as a lieutenant in 1964 to attend Harvard Business School, earned his Master's degree and is now a happy financial type in Wall Street.

"Younger son Douglas, NROTC, North Carolina, is a Lt., USN and at present is flag lieutenant to Clyde Van Arsdall, ComCruDesLant, in Newport. We have four grandchildren, a boy and a girl in each family, which puts the ship on an even keel for the time being. Mother, whom many classmates remember well, is still in Newport, in fine health, and continues her semi-annual visits to Washington and Annapolis. Incidentally, when Chick Clarey took over as VCNO he did the Museum and me a great favor. In his office was an old portrait and, deciding that something more modern would better fit the decor, he sent it to me for exchange. I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw the original Gilbert Stuart 1803 portrait of Commodore John Rodgers, which now has the place of honor in my office here."

Jim Reedy, Rosario Peckson and Dale Mayberry in front of the USNA Museum.

The annual get-together of the Washington Group of the class with our West Point classmates was held at the Army-Navy Town Qub on 26 Nov. Thirty-seven attended the luncheon—Navy outnumbered Army 20 to 17.

The usual bet was made, and in view of Army's astounding good fortune the following Saturday in Philadelphia, the Army's treasury was enriched by the amount of the bet. We'll get them next year!

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

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Ballantine have the honour of announcing the marriage of his daughter Alice Ballantine Bush to RAdm. Thomas H . DUBOIS, U S N (Ret.), on 9 Nov. at Siesta Key, Fla. FEBRUARY,

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Hobart KEY—"Enclosed herewith is exchange on Texas for the class fund. I notice by the current Shipmate that you are at last receiving reinforcements and I wish to participate in whatever is in prospect. This move on my part is prompted by the sacred traditions of the old 5th Company which always arrived on the scene too late for the fight, but in time for the photographs.

"The main purpose of this correspondence, however, is to comment on the statement of Bill Brockett whose published remarks about 'all that money Hobart Key made for us in Texas' cannot pass unchallenged. The way he put the matter, some of the younger generation might get the idea that a $2,000 profit on $200 invested was a poor return.

I note by his letter that he has been associating with such well known Southern sympathizers as Shelton (not Fink) Fisher, Bill Crutcher and Alex Cloud. This may have something to do with his distorted view of my heroic efforts in behalf of the class funds, but a timely reminder here as to the true facts will not be amiss. I came on stage in 1934 with $207 in the class treasury and

made my exit some years later with $2,400 in the class fund. Now admittedly, today that sum would hardly make a down payment on a secondhand Volkswagen but then —1937—ah, that amount was the very stuff that dreams are made of. At the time, the more successful oil men, here in Texas, were smoking Golden Grain. It was cheaper than Bull Durham at .04^ the pack and you got two sets of papers, so you could cut the tobacco with pin oak leaves. A good pair of boots cost $5.88, with your initials in white calf stitched on the sides.

Anyone who had more than $100 cash on hand was regarded as being the mastermind in a whiskey running enterprise or, at the very least, was thought to have his home mortgaged to the hilt.

"The true story of how I made that $2,200 may never be told. (There are yet living those who remember a small but determined band of masked men who held up the Frisco train at Ashland, Texas, on the night of 8 Sept., 1938, and made their escape on horseback.) But the remarkable part of the whole story is how the class, once it had the money in hand, was able to keep it. At one time the N. R. A. officials accused me of needlessly prolonging the depression by deliberately withholding such a magnificent sum from the national economy. Others approached me with the idea of purchasing municipal bonds, but I steadfastly kept the class money invested in the safety of wildcat oil leases (as any prudent man would do).

"Having earned the sobriquet of the 'Shrimp Boat Test Pilot' among that rugged group that defended our Southern Shores from the aggressor in World War II, I cannot relinquish without a struggle a title even more dearly won, as that of 'High Iron Key, Treasurer of '34'. Please see to it that Brockett is advised to tread carefully among the autumn leaves. I must congratulate you on the really magnificent response to whatever it was you wrote that caused all our classmates to write in to the November Shipmate."

Dave MILLER—"Happened to be reading Shipmate the other night and learned that I have not been reading my mail.

I mean about the donation for the class fund. Funny, I remember getting the questionnaire about the class reunion at Las Vegas or Bethesda, but I don't remember seeing anything about the class fund. Maybe I am getting those kind of eyes, I can't see that kind of stuff anymore. Anyway I am enclosing a check and hope it is of some help for the cause. If I can't figure out how to make it out, I will make it out to you.

"Saw some classmates at the NavyMichigan game. Ben Walkup sat right in front of me so there was plenty of second guessing going on. Saw Rip Miller after the game. He told me that you had become quite an avid movie fan, on the game movies that is. Not too many of '34 around here now, though I do see Elizabeth and Bud Heerde down at Kentucky Lake ever so often. They have a nice sailboat so we have a real seagoing reunion. Speaking of which we are looking forward to next fall for number 35. Please give my best to your good wife and my good friend Doc Snyder if you see him. If you ever get out this way please get in touch, also any classmates, come in summer, we have a sailboat so we can have a reunion in the right atmosphere."

With their contributions to the class fund the following classmates sent best wishes and regards to all: Marvin ROSENBERG, Ed B A T C H E L L E R and Art GRALLA. 21

In a recent letter, recorded in Sept.-Oct. Shipmate, Hugh M A P L E S mentioned the acquisition of a computer by his department at Whittier College. Bob Newcomb '40 now follows this up \vith a full account of Hugh's efforts in establishing a computer program, including setting up course and obtaining the computer, in a recent article in Whittier College's newspaper the Quaker Campus.

Hugh has also studied computer science extensively at UCLA and at the IBM center in Los Angeles.

Herm KOSSLER's 19-year-old daughter Judith Anne is the only military dependent in the nationwide "Queen of College Football" contest. Bright and beautiful, Judy is a sophomore at Clemson University, an A student majoring in math, a cheerleader of the Clemson Tigers, Miss Clemson University, and the reigning queen of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Early holiday greetings and messages from the Charlie S T E P H A N S , the Allyn COLEs, and the Mike SELLARs. The latter, dispatched by Mary Agnes, is the class spirit and cooperation that makes this job worthwhile: "Mike is presently in California, but a quick look at his checkbook shows no record of a contribution to the class fund— hence the enclosed."

Jack Martin and Bill McCormick. There were about 28 people overall. The Army Choir, some 20 strong, presented an outstanding program of appropriate songs. Jack Martin gave a brief resume of RAdm. Jim Calvert's talk at the U S N A Alumni Association (Washington chapter) meeting the day before.

16 Jan.—Luncheon, host, Don I R V I N E assisted by Doug Fuller, place, "Tingey House," Washington Navy Yard.

20 Feb.—Luncheon, host, Marriner BERTH O L F , place yet to be designated.

29 March—Joint dinner-dance, host, USMA '34 assisted by Butch HARBOLD, COM Arlington Hall.

17 April—Luncheon, host, Jack MARTIN, place tentatively the Skyline Inn. 26-28 May—35th reunion, host, Class of '34 reunion committee, 540 G Ave., Coronado, Cal. 92118, place Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas.

Hotel and publicity material will soon be in the mail.

31 May—Graduation plus 35 Years K T Party, host. Butch Harold, place COM NNMC Bethesda. Details will follow in a separate mailing.

1? June—Luncheon, host, Bill GUTHRIE, place yet to be designated.

Aug.—Joint picnic, host, Wendell BAILEY assisted by Butch Harbold, place, Wendell's Piscataway Farm. Details will follow in a separate mailing.

18 Sept.—Luncheon, host. Jack Martin, place yet to be designated.

24-26 Oct.—Homecoming, place, Annapolis.

25 Oct.—Tailgate brunch 1000-1300, host, Cecil and Butch Harbold, place, 129 Spa View Ave. All classmates and other invited guests.

25 Oct.—35th reunion homecoming KT party 1700-1900, host. Jack Martin, place.

Alumni House. Details will follow in a separate mailing.

20 Nov.—Joint luncheon, host, Doug Fuller assisted by Butch Harbold, place yet to be designated.

Sec'y-Treasurer, Capt. Louis IM. Detweiler, (SC) USN (Ret.) 6650 Van Winkle Drive, Falls Church, Va. 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. E. D. Vestel, Jr., (SC) USN (Ret.), 680 Virginia Dr. Winter Park, Fla. 32789

Jo Beth H a r l l e e christens the SS K O R E A N M A I L assisted b y Donald H o l d e n , president of the N e w p o r t News Shipbuilding a n d Drydock C o .

W A S H I N G T O N AREA R E P O R T To get '34 activities in the Washington area back on the track, a steering committee met at the O Club, Washington Navy Yard on 14 Nov. to schedule luncheons and dinners for the remainder of this year and 1969, and to discuss other prospective class projects. Those in attendance were: Bertholf. Fuller, Harold, Ingram, Jack Martin, Savidge, Roy Smith (Bill Ciuthrie had to cancel out at last minute but stated he was "for" whatever was agreed on). This copy will not hit the street until February so it will be reporting both completed and scheduled activities of interest to all hands.

Be sure to mark your 1969 calendars.

21 Nov.—Joint luncheon, host, USMA '34 assisted by Doug FULLER, place, COM Arlington Hall. The following were in attendance: Bradley, Bertholf, Fuller, Gralla, Guthrie, Harbold, Ingram, Irvine, Keller, Savidge, Shaw, Roy Smith, Les Stone, 22

This is an alert for the Los Angeles-Long Beach contingent! As we write this in December Mildred Mini, aided and abetted by Skippy SELLERS and Sammy SAMPSON, is planning a Valentine class party to be held in Coronado or San Diego. So if you don't have the details by the time you read this we suggest you telephone Mildred, Skippy, Sammy or Dave N A S H and get the latest dope. They not only want you to attend but they think it would do you good to get away from the smog for a day or two.

We understand J. C. G. WILSON gave up teaching in Garden Grove and is back in his Coronado home at 653 B Ave. Another citizen who returned home was Ralph BAUM who had been doing a stint in New England. On the mainland Bruce ROSS moved up to the Adoption Section in the San Diego County Welfare Dept.

Jack BARLEON who has either put or is putting three daughters through college is now making plans for his son to attend.

Ethel and Fletch LAMKIN along with Ida Mary and Lou D E T W E I L E R represented '35 at a recent Bethesda reception for active and retired Supply Corps officers and their ladies.

Eddie O U T L A W heads a nevv NATO air arm. Maritime Forces Mediterranean responsible for conducting surveillance of Soviet ships in the Med. The command consists of Italian, British and U. S. aircraft.

Eddie continues to be U. S. ComFairMed and ComNavActsMed. In Washington our gang got together with West Point "35ers for a pre-ArmyNavy game cocktail buffet at the Ft. McNair quarters of Lt. Gen. Jim Alger USA (USMA '35) on 23 Nov. This fine affair was conceived, planned and sponsored by our worthy contemporaries from the USMA. Holding up the Blue and Gold end were 34 (we should have had one more) representatives including the Brandts, Detweilers, Marion Eppes, Gabberts, Gays, Harlfingers, Husbands, McEntees, Mecklenbergs, Reggie Powers, Gussie Scotts, Sneeringers, Bub Wards and Westins. Dotty Mecklenberg won a prize for recalling the scores of our four Army-Navy games. Jay Westin and Barbara Gay also won prizes in this contest with the Army wives.

November ended on a sad note for three '35 families. Marge and Steve SHERWOOD'S daughter Diana lost her life in an automobile accident near Charlottesville, Va. on the evening of 8 Nov. Miss Sherwood was a college graduate who had been living and working in Washington. On the 26th Joe P L I T C H A passed away at Bethesda, and on the 30th Walter E A S T sucummbed in San Diego. To Marge and Steve Sherwood, Dorothy Plichta and Joan East all classmates express sorrow and extend sympathy on your loss—and ours.

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Sec'y, MGen. P. R. Tyler, USMC sec y, mber 5529 Edgem Edgemont Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22310 5529 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 4101 Downi ng St. Annandale, 'Va. 22003

Wow I Wasn't that Army-Navy game a cliff hanger? Thought for a minute we had it again when that bombshell pass almost made it. Oh well, as we heard one youngster say, "Our team did good!", and it surely did that. So in '69, let it really be BEAT A R M Y ! Let's make it an all NAVY year this time.

Again news is sparse, but with the next few weeks bringing in Christmas greetings there should be scads of dope to share with you in the March issue—at any rate we hope so! One thing we can do—even at this early date while looking at a piano top heaped high in wrapped presents waiting for a tree under which to be placed—is to wish all '36 OAOs a happy Valentine's Day, wherever you may be—and that we all do.

Thirteen Nov. found Alford, Dabney, Ellis, Fleming, Gordy Fowler, Jim Gray, Law, Oseth, Ryder, Tyler and Williams, all gathered at the A-N Country Club Stag Room for the last bi-monthly luncheon of '68. Guests were Adm. Boone, VAdm. Pirie, and RAdm. Loughlin who were invited to tell us about the Naval Academy Foundation, its objectives, its current program and its needs. It was emphasized that the Foundation is not in business to proselyte outstanding athletes for Navy teams (as so many think). It is in business to find and sponsor highly deserving boys—good scholars and leaders—who are extremely motivated toward and desirous of a military career; boys who really want to be in the Navy and who have all the potential of being future leaders. '36 was asked to join the many other classes by considering a class sponsored donation to the Foundation's cause. After an interesting discussion period during which our guests answered all our SHIPMATE

questions, Al F L E M I N G tabled a motion that we give the matter thoughtful consideration and bring it before the class at our next meeting in January. This motion was carried, and you will no doubt be hearing more about this in the very near future. Meanwhile, your views are solicited; let your president know what you think about a class sponsored donation.

Not to be outdone by the Washington contingent, the Long Beach/LA clan is still going strong keeping the class in the LA area together. On 3 Dec. Jimmy R U T T E R reported: "We had another enjoyable luncheon on 15 Nov. with 12—Warren Bradley, Brent, Burkart, Fussell, Hayler, Neyman, Quackenbush, Ryan, Rutter, M. J. Smith, Thompson, and Wilson—in attendance at the newly reiurbished Allen Center.

We had one of the upper rooms all to ourselves in a most sociable atmosphere. Would have had more out, but we have some school teachers who caimot get away for such events, and so we have to expect them for our co-ed dinners. We hope to have another get-together in late January or February depending on when I get back from a Chamber of Commerce tour of the California Water Project, a project destined to bring water from the Feather River (and others in the north) down to thirsty Southern Calif. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us to all of you in the weather country."

Note from Jane and Syd S H E R B Y says they've done it again. Yep, you guessed it, made another move. Syd joined Varo, Inc. of Garland, Texas in July as their chief of staff, corporate office. As of 2 Nov. their new home address is 7523 Overdale Dr., Dallas, Tx. 75240; phone: 214 239-4308.

Also reporting a change were Helen and Jack TURNER. They completed their new home "Dolphins" and moved in on 1 Dec. They are now country squires at Dolphins, Warrior Woods Rt. 3, Carthage, NC 28327; phone: 919 692-6370. Says Jack, "Y'all come see us."

Bunny and Vince COMBS also report their quarters address as 33 Makalapa Dr., Honolulu, Hi. 96818. They send greetings to all.

Bobby and Bob S L E I G H T were in town for the Christmas holiday season, having finally made the long trek north. Says Bob, "With tornado alerts, torrential rains, and nothing but cold weather in Florida, we figured trailer life in the north country would be too rugged and not for u s ; so we unhitched our mobile home and left it behind." When he phoned, Bobby and Bob were visiting with their married daughter in Vienna, but while here for their short stay had rented an apartment at the Regina in Alexandria. We'll see the Sleights later this week after our deadline, so will have to postpone a full report on our bull session until the March issue.

Understand Hoyt MANN is out of the bicycle business and now operating a drydock and marina in Coronado in partnership with Skeeter GARDES. Good luck to both of them in this new venture.

Tom DABNEY and his committee are still hard at it trying to get a new updated '36 "Register" on the street. Recent addition to the team is Jack RYDER who is assisting in the printing and binding phase.

With Jack's help it is hoped to get out a whole new book more economically and within the limited funds still available. Just be patient with your committee, and a copy will soon be rollin' your way. Of course, anyone wishing to bolster the slowly dwindling class kitty, donations, large or FEBRUARY,

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small, will be gratefully received by your secretary and treasurer.

In conjunction with the "Register" we have recently completed research on widows of classmates and have succeeded in obtaining addresses for 19 out of 21. Anyone having recently contacted or corresponded with the widows of Forest SIMONEAU and/or F. T. T H O M P S O N , please advise your reporter of their latest address and any news you may have concerning them. Your assistance in this will be greatly appreciated by your committee.

S'all for now; again our plea: "How about some news, huh?"

Corr, Sec'y, LCdr. J. P. IVl. Johnston, USN (Ret.), 2118 Bancroft Place, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008.

WASHINGTON NEWS The December news bulletin of the ArmyNavy Country Club shows Bunny S H U P P E R as the president; and Bill M.\CK re-elected to the board of governors for three years. Chuck STEIN's term on the board of governors did not expire at this annual meeting.

A slight insight to the happenings in the Norfolk area comes from Walt BARRY as he completes his truly meaningful effort at selling "Thirty Years Fixes." "Here is Guy Narter's check. I hope to have either a check or cash from Bud Watkins in a few days and I will forward it to you. We are having a get together soon. . . . Several whom I thought were still in the area have departed. I'm still looking for Ray Parker who should be here."

Saverio F I L I P P O N E writes, "Ruth and I are still living in San Francisco and enjoying it and I am still working at the headquarters of the University of California (located in Berkeley but not quite on the Berkeley campus). Also, I am still going to school at night and should receive my Master's in public administration in 1969."

Paul H A R T M A N provides the list of those who attended the second Thursday luncheon at the Army-Navy Country Club: Chuck Stein, Bunny Shupper, Larry Brantley, Cliff Messenheimer, Bernie Bieri, Tom Adams, Fred Janney, Bob Farrington, Jimmy Denton, Wes Steesy, Fred Schneider, Dave Bell, Fog Blasdel.

Larry BRANTLEY has opened his second Shakey's Pizza Parlor, this time at 7131 Little River Turnpike in Annandale, Va. Having been to his Rockville, Md. Pizza Parlor I went over to have a look at the new one. Other classmates did also. While there the following appeared (some there when I arrived, some there when I left) : the GILKESONs, the MESSENEIMERs, the BLASDELs, the S H U P P E R s , the DAVIEs, the CRUSEs. In any event the pizzas were good and many enjoyed them.

The place was active with parents and their children.

Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN (Ret.) 3900 Watson PI., Apt. 7B Washington, D. C. 20016

W A S H I N G T O N AREA N E W S This has been a hectic ending to our 30th anniversary year with Thanksgiving, the Army-Navy game and Christmas seeming to fall on top of each other. However, the gang seems to be weathering the storm in '38 style and 1968 will go out with a blaze.

The COWARDS and HARTIGANs went up to Philly for the game and ran into the DALTONs and S W E E N E Y s . Nan Sweeney was bursting with pride that she was soon

to become a grandmother and that they were really enjoying life in New Hampshire.

Most of the rest of us watched the game on color TV and were proud of the fine game Navy played.

Our monthly class luncheons are still being met with enthusiasm and our last for the current year was attended by Norris, Raymer, Al Church, Sonenshein, Owen, Trickey, Alford, Hank Jackson, Harry Mason Ferriter, Spears, Wells, Heston, Dwyer, Bidwell, Tucker, Aurand, Hunnicutt, McEntire, Dacey, Homer Conrad, Ingham, Andrews, Don Brown, Hartigan, Luby, Melvin and yours truly. We were happy to welcome Bill GLENNON here on a business trip from Houston where he works for Tenneco, Inc. The girls met at Annabelle DuBois' lovely home in McLean, Va. with Betty Bolam as co-hostess.

Walt SMALL, now ComSubPac in Pearl, was back on a visit and promised to send me a letter on the activities in that area.

Some additional information on the second careers of our local classmates finds Baines BLASDEL working for the McLaughlin Research Corp. in Silver Spring, Md. Good luck in your second career, Baines.

S E A T T L E AREA N E W S Rab I R V I N E writes to say that "We surely do miss the Washington scene (D. C , that is). But it has been grand to have a few visitors, even by phone. The Raymers came through just after we had moved in, and last Thursday night Chet Owen called from Seattle. Pete Aurand was a visitor to Boeing last week, but I didn't get to see him.

George Dalton is to be here tomorrow with some G. E. people from Philadelphia. Shipmate is avidly read, so please keep the news flowing through that medium. And if you, or others of the class come this way, we have beds, food, and drink—Phone AC 206, SH7-0791.

"The Seattle area classmates recently gathered to say So Long to Mary Anne and Bob Schelling who left for Kodiak, Alaska 99615 where Bob is district manager for the Alaska Steamship Co. We were the hosts for cocktails at our new home at 231- 173rd Place N. E., Bellevue, Wa. 98004. Answering to muster were Rene and Iggy Bliss, Connie and Bob O'Neill, Mary and Monk Masterson, Newell Varney, Leda and Tex Guinan, Eloise Johnson (Steve was on travel), Helen and Don Ramage, Diane and Bill Cranford, Leo Schwabe (Lee was at home with a cold), and the Schellings. Muriel and Gordy Williams were kept in Bremerton by the press of politics. I apologize for going to Seattle instead of Palo Alto, but the welcome mat is out in Bellevue." Thanks for the news Rab and my best to all the Seattle gang.

E U R O P E VIA V W B E E T L E Harry S T O T T pens his travels to say: "I am writing from Lewes, Sussex, England where Rosemary and I are staying for a couple of days in our motor tour through the south of England. Lewes, an ancient and historic city, is of particular interest to me because I grew up and entered the Naval Academy from Lewes, Sussex County, Del., a sister city to Lewes, Sussex, England.

During our 1952-54 tour in London, Rosemary and I attended a large civic celebration and ball here as guests of the Mayor of Lewes—a memorable occasion due to the association between the two cities.

"Our grand tour started back on 3 Sept. when we departed Kennedy Airport for Luxembourg, where we spent the night and proceeded by train, with a two day stop over in Cologne, to Wolfsburg to pick up 23

our new Volkswagen beetle. After Wolfsburg, our first stop was Lubeck. You will recall Lubeck from our youngster cruise, a lovely old medieval-built city of Hanseatic League fame. It remains the same, all of the considerable war damage having been restored. Thence, we continued on to Denmark via Puttgarden on the Kiel peninsula, over the new bridge to Fehmarn Island, and by ferry to Rodby Havn, Denmark. From Rodby Havn, we drove to Copenhagen where we spent four fun-filled, memory-packed days, observing among other things the seasonal closing of the Tivoli. It was then only a short ferry crossing from Helsingor, 20 miles north of Copenhagen, to Halsinborg, Sweden, and we drove on to Alvesta in the southern lake district for a visit with Rosemary's relatives. This was a wonderful opportunity to observe and participate in the warm and friendly customs of Swedish family life. . . . Our brief visit concluded, we drove on to Stockholm where we lingered for five wonderful days, enjoying this beautiful and progressive capital. Here can be seen, I am convinced, the world's loveliest young ladies. And I must add that the miniskirts which are worn to extreme in Stockholm don't detract one solitary bit from the scenery!

"We drove northwest from Stockholm via Rattvik and the beautiful central lakes region through the ski country into Norway. We proceeded via Hammer and the rugged mountains of central Norway (with new snow already in evidence, and midst lingering snow and ice in the roadways of the mountain passes) into the fjord districts east of Bergen. We spent several delightful days admiring the wild, natural, unspoiled beauty of the region. Norway (and all of Scandinavia) had enjoyed their finest summer in years, a tropical summer. The apple and pear trees that border many of the roadways throughout the fjord country were everywhere laden to the ground. . . .

The innumerable flower gardens we observed in front of countless homes and cottages continued to blossom profusely in spite of the lateness of the season. As I carefully threaded the little beetle through the narrow, winding roads . . I believe I fully appreciated for the first time the advantages of a small car. (To this, after 20 days of driving in London and through the English countryside from the left side, I can only add a fervent 'Amen'!)

"It was with reluctance that we bade goodbye to the rugged beauties of the fjords and turned once again over the mountains and on into Oslo. I had not been to Oslo since youngster cruise, but found it remained a city of great natural beauty populated by a very friendly and attractive people who admire and like Americans. Four days in Oslo was not nearly long enough in this inviting city but onward we must, having added a quickie visit to Berlin to our itinerary. After an overnight stop at Goteburg we passed the second night en route in Lubeck again, after pausing to pick up our mail in Copenhagen.

"From Lubeck we drove to West Berlin (subject, of course, to the usual harassment by the East Germans)—probing of gas tank, looking under the rear seat, change of license plates, etc. upon entry and exit from their area of control. But it was all worthwhile to experience the exhilaration that comes from living 'under the gun' in such a remarkable citadel of freedom for a few days and having the opportunity to compare this with what we observed of East Berlin in a brief tour of that unhappy metropolis.

"After Berlin came London (via Dussel24

dorf, Calais and steamer crossing to Dover) and 10 days of revisiting the scene we remembered so well from our 1952-54 tour plus catching a few shows and 'doing' a few of our favorite pubs. Our tour of the countryside to date has encompassed mainly Devon and Cornwall, overnighting at Torquay, Salisbury, St. Ma wes, Tintagel (site of King Arthur's castle on the Cornish coast— magnificent!), Bath, Amesbury (Stonehenge), and now Lewes. Before we return to London for a final week to 10 days in England, we plan stops at Oxford, Cambridge, Braintree and Coventry with a visit to Greenwich and Rye as well as Hastings en route."

said he'd bring the plaque and make the presentation. But then the CP, alias SCHRATZ, did make it to the lunch, figuring to do Charlie the honors right, complete with one-and-a-half hours oration—and lo and behold old Paul L. wasn't there, and neither was the plaque. The CP had two lunches that day and couldn't stay, and he kept hoping the absent plaque would show up, with or without its escort. Finally time got him in a real up tight bind and so he picked up a plate from the table and used that for a stand-in. He ceremoniously presented the plate to Charlie with a shorter oration than originally planned, and took off flying.

Many thanks Harry and we will pick you and Rosemary up again in London in a future column.

Shortly after the class fiddler left Patton Hall, the real plaque stood up; Loustaunau got there after all, having sweated out one of those annoying sudden delays which Buck used to think never happened to anybody but himself. So the class really showed its regard by presenting the plaque twice, and this must be one of the few times in history that something like this has happened.

Another first by '39. Now there are those whom you'll find in every group who claim that it is the Fort Myer O' Club dinner plate which is hanging on the wall in the Chandler living room, but the gendarmes of the place wouldn't let him out the door with it.

Sec'y, Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) U. S. Naval War College Newport, R. I. 02840

OLD BUCK R E P O R T S By direction of the EXCOM, by and with the consent of all the voting members of the class who could be found, a testimonial was presented at the December lunch to Charlie (the address list) C H A N D L E R in recognition and appreciation of his efforts— hours of labor would be more precise—for the class over the past several years. Exofficio chairman of the Wednesday lunches, if nobody else turned up with a claim to the seat of unpower, always on hand to help with the arrangements, and most important of all the walking repository of everyone's whereabouts from China to Timbuktu, Charlie has well earned the thanks of the class. The testimonial consists of a class crest, mounted on a mahogany shield with a brass plate affixed beneath attesting to sterling worth of the recipient and the gratitude of all hands.

Charlie was totally surprised by the gift, which had been prepared surreptitiously, and the CS said he was quite overcome by it.

It just goes to show, I guess, that some of the people will some of the time recognize true value and accomplishment when they see it. As usual with a thing of this nature, however, something is bound to fall between the chairs. In this case, the presentation was scheduled to be made by the CP, but he, the fiddler, wasn't sure that he could be there. So another member of the EXCOM, our good friend Pablo LOUSTAUNAU,

The reason for the plaque presentation at this time was more the departure of the official presenter than of the recipient. Chas will be around until next July, and will keep the address list chore until the 30th reunion at least. Could be, depending on what happens then, that he could be talked into keeping it up a while longer.

Don't forget—30th REUNION AT HOMECOMING, 1969! Tom WESCHLER is steadily cranking up speed on the arrangements, and has a bloc of rooms in two places, one in town and one out of town.

First come, first served, gents. Crabtown ain't that big it could take us all in one place, and it's a doggone good thing old Tom got with the program when he did or we'd really have been out in the boondocks. Buck didn't get the exact word on the tab, but it's something like 32 buckniks for the entire period for two. Send your 32 for reservation to Tom ASAP. He's an honest type ancl will send you change if there is any. Specify if you want to walk to Dahlgren Hall or will fly your own helicopter; if you write in soon enough you might get to walk.

Army-Navy game crowd at Capt. Bob Clark's quarters, Coronado, Calif.

SH I P M A T E

A word on the retirement problem brought up last time. The comptroller has ruled that those who retire voluntarily as of the end of next June are considered as having retired on the first of July and therefore share in the rather significant pay raise which takes effect on that date. Those who permit themselves to be automatically and involuntarily retired will find that the magic date is the 30th of June, and you don't get the extra boost. So anyone who feels that he really didn't earn whatever the govt, wants to give him can just sit back and let events take their course. But the rest of us, now— The Washington lunch for December was down a bit from the usual count; only 29 present, against an average of more than 35.

Pete SHUMWAY got an extra dessert for having come from the greatest distance, and Hal GEHMAN just about popped all the buttons off his blouse listening to his number one son, just back from Vietnam, tell the assembled outfit how it was to be a JG rimning around in a Swift boat looking for gun-runners and water-borne saboteurs, etc. The yoimg officer was the principal speaker of the meeting and wound it up by fielding all questions for 20 minutes or so in great style. Also present was Jim McCROCKLIN, who was describing his company, which he is in the process of forming, to market an anti-pollution device for automobiles which he has patented. Apparently he is awaiting the results of some tests by H E W , and then will be off and running. More power to you, Jim! Keep in touch with your old broken down classmates after you become a big industrial tycoon, eh?

The CP has a house to rent, but it probably will be rented to somebody by the time anybody reads this. One of the prospective lessors wants the place like immediately, which is kind of hard on our fiddler, whose plans have been to leave part of the family in Washington until he got settled in St. Louis. Anyway, he's moving there to take on his duties in charge of the international relations and national security studies of some 44,000 students on four campuses. Also, he will have to oversee the immediate expenditure of 650 thousand buckniks to buy books for the libraries thereof. Paul would not admit to having to sign all the checks himself—but, now, wouldn't that be a good idea, Paul? After all, isn't that where the power lies?

The San Diego undercover agent reports that the Army-Navy game frolic at the Bob CLARKs' in Coronado was, as usual, something more than somewhat, though the wrong team won—howcum so many Army guys were going around paying bets after that game? Could it be that they gave too many points? Anyway, attendance at the said frolic was real good, with a few missing. The picture will probably not reproduce in black and white too well (Buck has it in color, which is generally fine for ordinary undercover work, but our type of overt covert operation demands something a little special, like sharp contrast B & W ) . Note the weather: sportshirts outside and a patio scene while those in Philadelphia had to sort of hug their neighbors to stay warm (has its specialized advantages at that, however!). Those in photo as follows: seated, left to right. Art Fischer, Bob Clark, Boots Mathews, Betty Clarke, Eileen Clark, Scotty Crouch, Madeline Barker, Ouida Reilly; standing, Ray Laird, Gordy Glaes, Skeets Bemis, Kathy Bemis, Bull Dawson, Ben Jarvis (cain't see much of him), Betty Dawson, Partee Crouch, Jim Smith, June Glaes, Fred Clarke, Martha Smith, Danny F E B R U A R Y ,

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Reilly (not much to see of either Jim or Dunham), Pat Jarvis, Sam Caldwell, Nellie Laird, Tut Fargo, Bill Fargo, Donna Fischer, Cris Mathews. Ken Barker musta took the pic, or maybe he was standing behind old Ben J A R V I S . The SDUCA want particular note taken of the presence of new arrivals Bull and Betty DAWSON, now living at 435 "D" Ave., Coronado .

Here's a note from the top of the Washiiigton Monument which got buried in the pile on Buck's desk. Says the Wash, contingent has acceded to the CP's request for a nominating committee to propose a slate of at least three candidates each for the offices of president and treasurer. So dust off the thinking caps and pass on any good ideas you might have to the NOMCOM (Buck doesn't know who the NOMCOM is, or he'd tell. Maybe you can find out by writing somebody in Wash.) Evidently the post of column-writing sec'y isn't up for vote—Buck almost wrote "grabs", but there isn't anybody going to grab for it, that seems pretty sure. Not even Buck, though it's nice to keep in touch.

reached completion, we would like to thank you, the class of '39, for your very important and much appreciated contributions.

We are proud to display the class of '39 plaque and Lucky Bag. We do regret that on homecoming weekend, when these presentations were made, our wardroom had not been completely remodeled. Consequently, we would like to extend an open invitation to the members of the class of '39 to visit us whenever you happen to be in the area, in order to view the finished product. We are truly indebted to you for your sponsorship which has made it all possible."

Midshipman Moffit didn't mention that the Ninth Company, which was last in the competition last year, is going to try to do a bit better this year, and although we do believe they've got the message, we can't be absolutely sure. Buck was going to write that they couldn't do any worse than last year, but then he realized that they could, indeed; like, being last twice in a row. If anyone down in Crabtown with an interest reads this, will he please clip and send a marked copy to the Ninth Company?

Not much news this month from the Newport area. Means J O H N S T O N flew off to the Med on 1 Dec. and will be back in August or something like that. Hope stays in Newport until after the first of the year and then joins the Med swing circuit for a while. Readers of the early December issues of Time and New Yorker magazines will decide that Means makes an excellent photographer's model for a diamond mine advertisement. With all respect, it looks as though Means wasn't looking at this one, and they caught him unawares.

All the best, from your old pal. Buck.

Sec'y, RAdm. R. G. Anderson, USN WSEG, 400 Army-Navy Drive, Arlington, Va. 22202

RAdm. D. K. W e i t z e n f e l d ' 3 9 a n d M r s . W e i t z e n feld's d a u g h t e r Kathy A n n e was m a r r i e d on 19 O c t o b e r 1 9 6 8 to Ens. (now Lt.(ig)) W i l l i a m M i c h a e l Rose.

Danny W E I T Z E N F E L D ' s version of it will probably not please the principals, maybe nobody but old Buck, but anyway he writes, "I didn't lose a daughter, I gained one car; and Virginia gained a closet. . . ."

Date, 19 Oct.; place. Chapel in the Woods at NAS Norfolk; outcome, Kathy Anne Weitzenfeld became Mrs. (Lt.jg) William Rose and moved to Charleston, S. C. and USS OBSERVER. And, speaking of NorVa, the CS writes, "As you probably know, we have a class luncheon the first Monday of every month at Breezy Point Officers' Club, with wives. Latest attendees, the Higgins, Cassidys, Dashiells, Dolans, Gordon Smiths, Steve Johnsons, Sam Collins, Majors, Daileys, Mannings, Weitzenfelds, Barrys, Browlies, Nicodemuses, Bernses, Linehans, McCalls and Swaynes." Breezy Point figures in some other correspondence here, too, for it says that the Weitzenfelds threw a real nice reception for their daughter and her new husband, and asked all the local members of '39.

Another wedding reported, Alexandria this time. Kathryn Amy Chandler on 24 Oct. to Tim Gunter. But the CS sure fluffed on this one and only found out that the bride will continue to go to school for the time being.

Final item, a nice letter received, addressed to the class of '39 from Midn, Jim Moffit, chairman of the Ninth Company wardroom committee: "Now that our wardroom has

WASHINGTON REPORT Once again it is in between time in Washington. Homecoming, Army-Navy game, Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone and we find ourselves in the dead of winter, between fall activities and hopes for the warming days of spring. Believe it can also be safely said that in between or transition time to the new administration has quickened the pulse/pace and kept everyone most alert through the short days and long cold nights.

We Washington classmates welcome Pat and Betty CLANCY back to Washington.

Pat and Betty have moved back into their house in North Arlington (310 N. Quincy St.) and Pat's new job is project manager for reconnaissance. Electronic Warfare, Special Operations and Naval Intelligence Processing, NavMatCom. Though Pat did not really fulfill all the prerequisites in his last job for us to save him a seat here in Washington, the class voted to let him return on a trial basis. 'Tis good to have the Clancys around again!

Tad S T A N W I C K and lovely wife returned recently from about a one month trip to Europe. High points of their trip were visits with Fritz F R E U N D in Germany and with Art and Joe ESCH in Naples, Italy. It can safely be said that the class of '40 couldn't have better ambassadors in Europe than the Stanwicks. Next time take us too.

H E R E AND T H E R E Ralph GERBER writes news from New York and from his travels as executive director of Guy B. Panero, Inc., consulting engineers. Ralph reports that our good classmate, John McMULLEN, was selected as 25

maritime man of the year by the Hague (merchant marine) post of the American Legion of New York, 9 Nov. Over 1,000 guests, including many distinguished naval and business dignitaries, filled the WaldorfAstoria grand ballroom in his honor. Mac is president of United States Lines.

Furthermore Ralph said, "that while on a trip through Vietnam as a consultant for Hudson Institute (a broad policy advisory group), I saw Willie HOUSE, who is deputy commander, U. S. Naval Forces, Vietnam. Willie looks great, and is proud that he still has the sylph-like figure he had as a midshipman—210 lbs." Thanks, Ralph, for the good news about yourself, John and Wayward Willie. Continued success and keep us posted.

Sold!—one copy of "A Score and Three More" to William J. MAUER. Good to hear from you. Bill; give us a call next time you're this way from 25 East Washington St., Chicago 2, 111.

For General Info: Lots more copies are still available at $4.99 per copy.

Jake BOWELL and Betty send lots of news from 325 City Towers, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 10. Jake is with ESSO Standard Eastern, Inc. and his position keeps him not only very busy but on the move about the lower end of Southeast Asia and part of the sub-continent. Jake and Betty say they would love to see any classmates coming Singapore way. It was reported that the living is easy, golf is good and the shops will take your money. Thanks for the news, Jake, and hope to hear from you both again soon.

A happy note from Chuck BEERS tells us that his daughter, Susan Hamilton Beers, is to be married on 14 June to Capt. Milton J. Hester, USMC. The wedding is to be held at the David Adams Memorial Chapel, Naval Station, Norfolk. Capt. Hester, the son of Col. and Mrs. James Hester, USMC (Ret.) of Harrison, Ark., graduated U S N A class of '65 and is currently stationed onboard U S S NORTHHAMPTON. Susan Beers will graduate from Hood College, Frederick, Md. in June.

Sec'y, Capt. Charles W. Styer, Jr., USN 8113 Birnam Wood Dr., McLean, Va. 22101

A welcome note from Tully SHELLEY brings us the news that he and Maggie are back among us CONUS denizens: "Our two years in London have slipped by and I am now back in McKinsey's New York office.

Tully Shelley, Jr. '41 congratulates Ens. Tully Shelley I I I , (CEC) USNR, on commissioning at OCS, Newport.

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and we are back in our house at 570 West Rd., New Canaan, Conn. The main news item is that Maggie and I watched Tully III commissioned as ensign (CEC) U S N R at Newport 22 Nov. We missed his graduation from Princeton (B.A.-architecture) last June. There must be something notable about the third Tully Shelley to become an ensign ('IS, '41, '68).

"Classmate news: We went sailing with Nancy and Bob Searle (neighbors) on his 35' Ahlberg—impressively shipshape. Played tennis with Jim Marion—impressively competitive. Also saw Virginia and Jim Marion at Dad's Day at Denison University, where their son 'Jersey' is a freshman, their daughter Meredith is a junior, and our Bill is a senior."

The November D. C. area class luncheon was held at the Ft. Myer O' Club. Present were Charlie Rush, Ben Byrnside, Joe Taussig, Jerry Engle, Rudy Marzetta (our gogetter luncheon chairman), Dick Foster, Jim Jamison, Mo Werth, Bob Hayler, Rollo Rieve, Bill Reinhardt, Tom Bbunt, Hutch Cooper, Jim Thomson, Harry Vincent, John Doherty, Jack Rogers (our president), and your class secretary. Jack reported on his recent luncheon meeting with the Naval Academy Foundation hierarchy concerning the possibility of '41 support to that organization. Since this would be a sizeable financial step for the class to take as a whole, it was decided that action would be taken to poll the class to determine what would be an appropriate response. The other business item of the '41 luncheon was the collection of stipends for an Army game (ugh!) football pool.

Charlie and Jackie RUSH announced the marriage of their daughter Suzanne on 28 Dec, at the Naval Academy Chapel, to Marc Oken, an ensign-type naval aviator currently at Pensacola.

Your class secretary has a daughter marriage in the offing, to wit: "Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Styer, Jr., of McLean, Vir., announce the engagement of their daughter, Katharine Turner, to John Alan Weitzel, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Weitzel of New Hyde Park, N. Y. Miss Styer attended the University of Maryland at Munich, Germany; Mills College in Oakland, Calif.; and is a graduate of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Penn. Her fiance is attending Gettysburg College."

An interesting item appeared in a recent Navy Times, headlined "Navy Bell Tolls for U S A F Club" and is partly quoted: "The U S A F Officers' Club at Da Nang, Vietnam, has its coveted bell, thanks to a triple play pulled off by the Navy, Army and Air Force. Air Force officers had hunted fruitlessly for a bell. When they were on R and R in Yokohama they inquired of the commanding officer of the Army Procurement Agency, where one could be obtained.

He, in turn, called on Navy Capt. Kenneth Steen, commanding officer, Navy Housing Activity, Yokohama. Steen then passed the 'bell' to Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. There, the Navy came up with a fine ship's bell complete with chrome plating.

This was duly delivered to Da Nang."

Congratulations from all to Frank SANGER for award to him of a Legion of Merit on the occasion of his retirement from the Navy in October.

Grant PALMER says he is enjoying his new job very much since his promotion at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and that it is great not to be traveling as much as before. He still hopes to get to D. C. now and then. Grant noted that he, George N O L T E and Deke CARR still make up

Mike Miller, Dave Rubel, Charlie Nelson, Eddie Miller and Shirley Rubel.

Al and Ruth Fronta, Rollo and Ivey Rieve, Betty Taussig, Vance and Helen Hudgins.

Overtons, Nicholsons and Blounts.

Bill and Joe McReynolds, Howie and Montgomery.

the '41 contingent here at P&WA. George is now engaged in foreign aircraft sales efforts, and every time Grant sees him he has just returned or is just leaving for an overseas junket. Deke (Zarr is engaged in long-range market studies.

Hoke SISK is now with Ross Bass Associates (consultants to legislative branch of government) here in Washington (1120 Connecticut Avenue, N . W . ) . He and Willie had a fabulous trip in November on the QUEEN ELIZABETH'S last trans-Atlantic run.

Willie noted there couldn't have been much caviar left after all they consumed! Unfortunately, Willie came down with the flu during their three-week stay in England, so was unable to buy out all the antique shops.

She claims she will try to return in May in an effort not to leave that stone unturned.

Hoke and Willie traded sea stories a couple of times with Jay and Alice HOUGHTON during their gay London social whirl.

Dick F O S T E R dropped us a recent note: "Since you said you had nothing for the February Shipmate, I thought I would let you know a few items. Mostly, I think SH I P M A T E

it would help us gather a crowd for the February party if we had some advance notice in Shipmate. I hope to get reservations at the Army-Navy Country Club for Saturday, 8 Feb. If not there, at Bethesda Officers' Club. I retired in the middle of September and am working at Systems Research Corp. here in Washington. We moved to 4809 Granby St. Bethesda, where we are digging in as deep as we know how. Hopefully we won't have to move again. (5ur daughter Sara Ellen was married 14 Dec. to John Williamson '67, 1/Lt., USMC, of Hamilton, Ohio."

Charlie and Betty N E L S O N entertained in their usual delightful fashion in early December at their McLean townhouse. We chatted with George and Eileen BRANDT, Frank and June SANGER, Dave and Shirley RUBEL, John and Jane D O H E R T Y , and Andy and Meg A N D E R S O N .

Sandy L A N D R E T H called in December with the sad news of the passing away of John CASTER on 29 Nov. John's wife Ginnie noted that he had been ill for the past six months with a cancerous brain tumor, but mercifully did not undergo too much suffering. John was 51 when he died. He had lived in Jamesville the past 13 years, where he was most recently employed as an engineer by the Niagara Mohawk Power Co., and previously with the Industrial Applications Laboratory of Syracuse University Research Corp. John was a member of the DeWitt Town Board, the State Society of Professional Engineers, the Jamesville Optimist Club, and a founder and director of Pompey Hills Golf Club. John is survived by his wife, a daughter, four sons, and a grandson. The class of '41 extends deepest sympathy to John's family. Those classmates desiring to write to Ginnie can reach her at (Mrs. John M. Caster) Box 266, Jamesville, N. Y. 13078.

Chuck F O N V I E L L E is now back in CONUS from his extended stay in Europe on the SACEur staff. Writing to Hoke SISK from his new duty station in Newport, R. I., Chuck notes that he is glad to be back in the good old USA. Vic R O W N E Y is now working for the Stanford Research Institute at Menlo Park, Calif. His new home address is 1208 Await Dr., Mountain View, Ca. 94040.

Joe MARKS has a new assignment in the Ships System Command (Code 378-72) here in Washington, and recently attended a 10-week project management course at the Wright-Patterson Defense Management System Center in Ohio. Joe's new address is 9415 Balfour Dr., Bethesda, Md. 20014.

Sec'y, Cdr. R. S. Day, USN (Ret.), P. 0. Box 6042 Shirllngton Station Arlington, Va. 22206

At this writing, Harry A L L E N D O R F E R and committee have the plans for the annual Washington area dinner-dance well in hand. Due to my lead time, I am not sure just which weekend after the middle of February it will fall, but we are promised a happening befitting the season at Ft. Myer Officers' Club. If you plan to be this way about that time, get in touch and you will receive all of the latest info plus price list.

Bill and Anne R I C H A R D S O N had their final Army-Navy game get-together in Quarters A, and, as always, were most generous of time, talents and fixings. Bill expects orders, but I know that the Richardsons and all who have had a chance to enjoy their wonderful hospitality sincerely hope that they could remain. The class is grateful and we certainly wish the RichardFEBRUARY,

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Aboard USS REPOSE in DaNang are: (ladies, from the left) LCdr. Marion Perlow, Lt. Pat Ludwig and Chief Nurse Cdr. Dolores Cornelius; (gents, all '42) RAdm. Jim Osborn, BGen. Jake Click, Capt. John Drew and Copt. John Marocchi.

sons every happiness in their new station â&#x20AC;&#x201D;wherever!

The flow of mail (and dues checks) has slackened somewhat since last month; unfortimately, I cannot report that it is because everyone has indeed paid up. However, the overall response was good. Now, if we can get some response to our quest for 30th reunion talent. (Dh, well!!

Continuing with the updating of classmate?, here and there, let me turn to some more of the fine letters received with the dues submittals. John MAROCCHI is well into a third year with CinCPacFlt staff in Hawaii.

He lauds the professional and personal advantages of his work, the wonders of Hawaii-nei, and the chance to see passing classmates. They had intercepted our roving reporter, Jim SEAMAN S, enroute to Brisbane ; Jerry MILLER off to WestPac; seen Phil C O L E off to his new command as ComNavMarianas; and made the rounds of the front and back nine with Ed ROSENBERG, Bob REILLY and Bill DOZIER. Buci KOBEY is on the staff _ with John.

Incidentally, wayfarers are invited to look in at Makalapa and make themselves known.

Bud W H E L S O N noted that his oldest son Rick is a footballer (defensive tackle) in the class of '71. Ike KIDD checked in from Mayport (ComCruDesFlot 12) praising the ocean front living thereabouts, which Angelique and the children are enjoying particularly. Also, a firm and friendly pat on the back for (Tharlie PAYNE's earnest endeavors on behalf of Ike's DD's up in Charleston.

Bud BACHHUBER, with Federal Electric Corp., P. O. Box 489, Pt. Hueneme, Calif., since the day following retirement (5/1/66), is now a civilian sailor as "ship's manager" for F E C on board U S N S H U N T S VILLE. The crew is MSTS civil service, but Bud has 68 engineers and technicians operating and maintaining the Instrumentation Complex on board. They broke the ice on Apollo 7, and are gearing up for Apollo 8 and beyond. Older daughter, Leta Anne, graduated from the University of California, took graduate work at Claremont, and is now married to Andrew Richter of San Bernardino and a third grade teacher. Younger daughter, Peggy, is a sophomore at Washington State. Ann (the better half) is still in the throes of adjusting to her new found freedoms!

Bob SEQUIN, with National Casket Co., and living at 2753 Shannon Rd., Northbrook, 111., would "be excited to see any classmates who come through the 'windy city area." Unfortunately, he is in about half the time, as Bob's responsibilities include three branches of the company in 11 states. This brought him to Detroit for the Michigan game and into Bill Chapman '44 and company who handled the brunch. Bill is not only an alumni trustee, but the prime

mover in stirring the Detroit Navy League into action.

Bill BETZER inspired himself as a keynote speaker for a local Veterans' Day ceremony to the point of writing and kindly enclosing a flyer and roster for the 27th anniversary party which Grif and Sue STOKES hosted at North Island in December. Jack BOWEN and Bill had served the past three years at the Naval Ship Missile Systems Engineering Station, Port Hueneme; Jack as GS-15 and deputy director of engineering, while Bill was XO and the second to hold the job, Mark Woods having set up the specs and having done a most creditable job of it. Bill has now moved up as CO, Naval Fleet Missile Systems Analysis and Evaluation Group at Corona, and "20 minutes from Disneyland." Bill had been in touch with Jack RICKABAUGH (Raytheon), Swede MOMSEN (General Motors, Santa Barbara), and Ed GALLAGHER (now C/S ComNavBase Los Angeles) ; and looked forward to Rosemary and Frank TOFALO's takeover as Navy plant rep at Pomona.

Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, 111, (SC), USN (Ret.), 647 Kaimalino St. Kailua, Hawaii 96734 Wash. Area Sec'y, Capt. Robert B. Greenwood, USN, 1400 South 22nd St. Arlington, Va. 22202

At the regular Washington class luncheon Dick ZIMMERMAN discussed the role that the Naval Academy Foundation is playing in assisting good candidates to gain admission to Annapolis. He had been in touch with Adm. Boone to find out the whole story on the organization and the method of operation of the Foundation. A letter has been prepared for distribution to the class to explore how '43 may participate. All hands should give thoughtful consideration to our responsibility to join the team. Please make your thoughts known in your reply to the letter.

On Army game day '43 T.V. rooters gathered in force at Det and LaNelle DETW E I L E R ' s house. In the group were Bill and Jean Luberda, Jack and Fran Hudson, Bob and Hazel Greenwood, Bill and Jane McCulley, Bill and Lois Doyel, Frank and Helen Ault, Ellrod and Orpha Mae Suggins (they won their bet), and Les and Jane Heselton.

Next month's edition will contain a rundown of the '43 Christmas party scheduled for 14 Dec. at Arlington Hall Officers' Club.

While Dave H O L M E S has been guarding the fort in D. C , Squidge has been out in Colorado greeting the first granddaughter and helping daughter Diane. From Colorado Squidge went on to California to report that (jeorge and Betty W H I S L E R were enjoying the afloat life in their boat. The 27

Whislers' address is 13534 Baliway, Marina del Rey, Ca. 90291.

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

MILLARD SCHOOL Donald E. Perry '43

Preparation for WEST POINT-ANNAPOLIS AIR FORCE ACADEMY COAST GUARD ACADEMY MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY

Don P E R R Y has been elected vice president of General Electronics Consumer Electronics Division in Syracuse, N. Y. Don and Winifred and their three children, Carolyn, Donald and Melissa, live in Fayetteville, N. Y.

Sec'y, Capt. S. P. Hills, USN 7111 Enterprise Ave. McLean, Va. 22101 Annapolis Corr., Capt. Edgar E. Mallick, USN, Office of the Academic Dean, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

W A S H I N G T O N CORNER The 25th celebration has come and gone but never to be forgotten by all those in attendance. It all started with beginning of homecoming Friday evening with the cocktail party in Dahlgren Hall, followed by dinner in the Mess Hall. As usual, the crowd was tremendous and time was too short to chat with all old friends and classmates.

Saturday morning was bright and clear. A beautiful day to be marred only by the results of the football game with Boston College. Although we all valiantly cheered till our throats were raw, it was of no avail.

The '44 party celebrating the 25th Anniversary was held at the Boat House. To say that the party was a tremendous success is a masterful understatement. The food was great as was the service. In all, 440 classmates and wives showed up for the gala affair. Fate smiled on us, as the evening was mild and we overflowed the Boat House in all directions.

All that attended the homecoming and reunion received souvenirs of the occasion. His and Her matching love beads with medallion which read, "25th Annivertary—'44." For the girls, a bracelet with the class crest, and for the boys a tie pin with class crest and an ashtray properly embellished for the occasion.

The class roster, which is being published as part of the package for the reunion, is now at the printers and should be mailed out by mid-January.

Capt. E. E. Hollifield, Jr. '44, CO USS PROVIDENCE, says "So l o n g " to son Reid after a visit in the Gulf of Tonkin.

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Reid flew aboard via helo and was met on the fantail by his father.

It was the first meeting of the two naval officers since Ens. Hollyfield left San Diego in July to report aboard TOWERS. Both are graduates of the USNA—Reid in June, his dad 25 years earlier. U S S TOWERS is Reid's first assignment, and he serves as assistant combat information center (CIC) officer.

In the "what's with the '44 offsprings department" are a couple of news items, with due apologies to those concerned for the tardiness in posting.

Bill and Mary Lou B E N N E T T ' s oldest daughter Chris was married to Lt.(jg) Charles M. McLain at Holy Trinity Church in San Pedro, Calif, on 13 July; Beth, Chris's sister, was maid of honor. Bill is now chief of staff to the Commander, ASW Group One. Bill and Peg BURLIN's son Bill was married to Miss Judy Pittman in Clarendon, Texas on 31 Aug. Bill retired in '65 and is working at United Aircraft Research Lab in East Hartford, Conn.

A N N A P O L I S CORNER '44 Leads the Way. By coincidence the officer representative of the basketball team is an old '44er, and the young captain of the team, Midn. John Tolmie 1/c, wears that famous number—44. In addition to being captain of the team, John Tolmie will undoubtedly be remembered by historians as one of the all time greats ever to play basketball at the Academy. He's truly outstanding.

What other number for him could be more appropriate I

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Small classes and a select faculty assure each student of personal and professional attention.

Woodward welcomes boarding boys, grades 6-12. and boarding girls, grades 9-12. $4,500,000 plant, new chapel, indoor pool. Open to qualified applicants as shown by personal interview and potential.

For information and catalog, please write: Capt. W. R. Brewster. Jr. '42. Woodward Academy. Box 87190-Q. College Park, Georgia 30337.

We all owe Vince and Kay CASSANI a vote of thanks and a Well Done for spearheading the effort which resulted in a highly successful and enjoyable weekend.

Aboard USS PROVIDENCE, Gulf of Tonkin, 29 Oct., the young ensign stepped off the helicopter and was immediately whisked away for the next four hours by the commanding officer. When the junior officer finally parted company, it was with a handshake, a smile and "Goodbye, Dad." Ens. E. Reid Hollyfield, 22, recently paid his father, Capt. E. E. HOLLYFIELD, JR., 47, CO of the guided-missile light cruiser PROVIDENCE, a visit while their ships were in the Gulf of Tonkin. Ens. Hollyfield is serving aboard the guided-missile destroyer TOWERS, which is currently patrolling North Vietnamese coastal waters.

When the PROVIDENCE, which is the flagship to VAdm. William F. Bringle, Commander U. S. Seventh Fleet, steamed north to rendezvous with the battleship N E W JERSEY, with which TOWERS was operating.

Basketball Captain Tolmie and Officer Representative Mallick.

News Away from Crabtown. Information from other areas isn't as good as we like to report. Fritz Rau, general manager, Eaton Yale and Towne, Inc.; Yale, hoisting equipment division, Forrest City, Ark., sent in a newspaper clipping that told of Guy FREELING's death in the crash of a private airplane last fall. At the time of his death, Guy was executive vice president of the First American National Bank, North Little Rock, Ark. He is survived by his wife Peggy; a daughter, Laurie; and a son, Guy III. We are also grieved to report the sudden and untimely death of the daughter of Kit (A. C.) and Kathy CARSON. Young Kathryn, 18 years of age, was killed in an automobile accident in Columbus, Miss, on 7 Dec. She was a freshman at Mississippi SH I PMATE

State College. Kit just retired from the Na'vy last August. He and Kathy reside in Arlington, Va. Best Wishes for the New Year. The deadline for this issue of Shipmate is just at the start of the holiday season. Hope you all enjoyed a happy one, and that 1969 is the best year yet. Beat Army!

James W. KELLEY, formerly vice president—sales of the Industrial Chemicals Division, has been appointed vice president— product management of the newly formed Specialty Chemicals Division at Allied Chemical Corp. Jim resides at 54 Acorn Dr., Tall Oaks, Summit, N. J. After getting a BS at USNA, he went to University of Buffalo for an MBA.

Sec'y. Capt. Vernon F. Anderson, USN 300 S. Cherry Grove Ave. Annapolis, Md. 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Lawrence N. Smith, USN 1002 Darton Drive Alexandria, Va. 22308

V. J. A. is going the L. B. J. way. Out! Yes, it's true dear readers and to my most loyal typist at the Shipmate headquarters in Annapolis, "Thank you very much." I must honestly give my better half her due credit. Yes, she did take my rough roughs for the first four months of my year's service and make very palatable reading for all of you. I finished the last 20 months of my oneA l e x a n d e r Julian ' 4 5 James W . Kelley ' 4 5 year tour as your editor. I made several mistakes but one day I refused to go shopping with Liz, so I started doing my Al J U L I A N has joined General Electric's own article, by mutual agreement? re-entry systems organization, Philadelphia, as manager of oceanics projects. For the I must say though you are getting an out- three years prior to his retirement from standing classmate, Larry S M I T H , the hand- the Navy, he was assistant to the director some, congenial husband of that beautiful for strategic weapons in DDR&E. For the girl named Kelley. Larry is ready for his past 14 years he has been engaged in aeronew pen pals, and I regret losing them be- space development for the Navy. Al and cause they made this job fun. family reside in Valley Forge, Penn., with Amanda 15 and Matthew 8. The two older sons are in college.

John DUFF, JR. writes, I am still alive and 45. John sent his dues and a carrying charge. That is unique since we don't have such a charge, but I am sure Dan CLEMENTS, our treasurer, will accept it. John mentioned that he now works for North American Rockwell in Downey. He sees Jim BRAUN and Joe SCHROEDER occasionally. Strange, because Jim is in Washington, D. C. while Joe is with T R W Joe Henson a n d friends a t t h e Olympics. on the West Coast. John D U F F has stayed in the reserves and made captain three Joe H E N S O N returned from the Olympics years ago. Congratulations ! John resides at with many fine stories about our famous 4913 Paseo del Pavon, Torrance, Calif. athletes. In the picture with Joe Henson 2Sth Reunion. There appears to be a good are, from left to right: Jesse Owens, Joe, Johnny Weissmuller, Sammy Lee and Pat head of steam building up for the 25th. We McCormick. Joe does keep good company all must be prepared to support our treeven when he is not operating with the mendous effort to make this the biggest and class of '45. Maybe I can- impress you with best 25th ever. (Even if we have to have Joe's importance in the Olympic games as he our wives do it.) Big Bob CRAWLEY from is the only Navy representative to the La Mesa, Tex. is still sending the class Olympic games. We had eight Navy boys messages about the 25th. He now signs on the Olympic team and they won two his messages "Joe" Crawley. It appears I can't even make an honest mistake any more. gold and two silver medals.

I believe the class has grown closer throughJoe MARZLUFF is now serving his fifth out the years and with this big reunion comtour in Charleston; this time he assumed ing up our Washington, D. C. monthly command of Naval Schools, Mine Warfare. luncheons are always oversubscribed. Sam Joe served in Vietnam from Sept. 1967 to ROREX has been putting out secret 2Sth Sept. 1968, first as operations, plans and Reunion information at our luncheons and army liaison officer on Commander River the '45ers that attend are all excited about it.

Assault Flotilla One staff, then in forming Needless to say, if we are successful with and training Mobile Riverine Group Bravo. 50 percent of our ideas everyone will be He received the Legion of Merit with Com- surprised. bat "V" for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service," while serving in billets mentioned above. Charleston appears to be the happy home of many '45ers. Bob S T E E L E , CO USS HOLLAND, and Mike

MARSCHALL

as NavFac are still in Charleston and love it.

In Korea, RAdm. George S T E E L E , USN, is doing an outstanding job and really enjoying it. In the picture, George is shown at a Korean base in South Korea called Chinhae. The other officers are Commo. Oh, RAdm. Chang, ComRokFlt, Commo. Chung and another Commo. Oh. "Oh" must be a popular name in Korea.

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Class Dues. Received a check from Mary Callaway. Cal, you are now a paid up lifetime member. Also for your information you have contributed to U S N A Foundation.

Mary keep up the good work.

Limelight. Hank SEARLES, a real writer, has exploded with many ideas in his latest book "The Hero Ship."

"Look Alive with '45 At the Twenty Five" Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 11410 94th Ave. Ct. S.W. Tacoma, Wash. 98498 Washington Corr., Mr. C. W. Kennelly, II 7911 Sleaford Place, Bethesda, Md. 20014

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Sec'y, Capt. C. Turner Joy, Jr., USNR 1001 Priscilla Lane Alexandria, Va. 22308 Washington, D. C , Area Sec'y: Capt. Pat March, USN 2713 S. Grant St. Arlington, Va. 22202

Archie BRADLEY reported from Atlanta that the Georgia Tech-Navy game was something that will be remembered. After the game several '47ers whooped it up, namely, Joe Pline, Jimmy Carter, Joe Gibson, Buddy Becker, John Snyder, Bob Wise, Chan VonSchrader, Frank Thurtell, Bo Coppedge and Dick Colquhoun at a cocktail reception at the Marriott Hotel that was hosted by the Atlanta alumni chapter. The Marriott, I am told, will never be the same.

Al DILL writes from Port Hueneme where he is CO of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory. "After two years on Salvage Ships (an ARS and an ARSD) and almost 12 years in the Civil Engineer Corps (Dulns at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NavSta Subic Bay, Dulns at University of Illinois, the now defunct BuDocks, the Civil Engineer Corp Officers School at Port Hueneme, and the Defense Atomic Support Agency, Washington), in Jan. 1960 I decided to try the grass on the other side of the fence.

After leaving Pennsylvania State University as an associate professor of architectural engineering and deputy director, shelter research and study program, I returned to the University of Illinois to complete the P h D in civil engineering and remain on as associate professor of civil engineering. Since I found that 'blood was thicker than water' and I had more 'blue and gold' coursing through my veins than I had ever thought, I requested recall in July 1964 and was assigned to Taipei, Taiwan as public works officer. Headquarters Support Activity and officer in charge of construction, BuDocks contracts, Taiwan for almost two years. I next reported to the Defense Atomic Support Agency, Albuquerque, N. M., only to be 'loaned' to the Air Force Weapons Lab, Kirtland A F B as chief, Civil Engineering Research Branch. In Nov. 1967 I reported to the Naval Civil Engineering Lab to relieve classmate Capt. Don Andrews as executive officer and assumed duty as commanding officer in August this year.

"Port Hueneme is the 'Home of the Pacific Seabees' and hence have seen many CEC classmates on their way through to or back from SEA, Jim Hill being the most recent. If any of the classmates are in the Port Hueneme area (60 miles northwest of Los Angeles) would be glad to see them.

"Re the family vitae—Barbara and I again will soon be two with daughter Dianne in college, son Ronald a high school senior, and son John just two years behind. Where have all the years gone?

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"Hope to be in Washington area soon on T A D and hope trip fits in with class luncheon."

"Dear Mr. Joy, We of the 7th Company wish to thank you of the class of '47 for your generous support of our wardroom project. Your class has enabled us to build a truly comfortable area in which to relax.

We have already begun construction on the improvements which we outlined for you at homecoming.

"We hope your class will be with us in spirit on 30 Nov. when we BEAT ARMY in Philadelphia." Signed, Thomas P. Tonden.

It is with deep sorrow that I report the death of Peggy Jean Readdy, wife of Frank Readdy, on 13 Nov. at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. The Requiem Mass was offered at St. John's Church, McLean, Va. Peggy was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. Several members of our class were present and extended our deepest sympathy and respects to Frank.

Planning is starting on a 2S-year book for the class. We will be mailing out forms for each of you to fill out and to return.

I need not remind each of you that this venture will only be as successful as the response we receive from individuals. Your cooperation and rapid response to requests will be greatly appreciated.

So until next month, keep the correspondence coming in.

Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22302

The month of November has squeezed by, and Christmas is hard upon us. The 12th of Nov. saw the Washington area chapter bi-monthly luncheon in session at O'Donnell's downtown with a very good turnout. In addition to your writer, we were represented by: Winkler, Edelson, Grechanik, diLorenzo, Kays, Keenan, Castruccio, Dick Hoffman, Chelgren, Bartow, Jochum, Spangenberg, Boushee, Nelson, Pierson, Andrus, George (Snipe) Hoffman, Gralow, Tiernan, Troy Stone, Marsolais. It was a very pleasant occasion, and we shared a room with some Internal Revenue people, who hastily ate, drank, and furtively slipped out the door to return to their nefarious business. Perry NELSON, president of the local group, has pledged to continue efforts to get out an upto-date address gouge for the class. This project was started earlier this year, and has resulted so far in a local area list only.

Snipe H O F F M A N arrived at the luncheon grinning behind a huge green cigar, full of plans for his forthcoming retirement. A new face at the affair was Larry MARSOLAIS, who has recently flopped aboard the Washington merry-go-round.

Bill and Barbara C H A N D L E R are battling the usual vicissitudes of settling in a foreign land. They found housing in Brussels a bit trying, and discovered what some of us have learned before, that European unfurnished housing means four utterly bare walls, maybe with plumbing fixtures and maybe not. I T T has Bill trotting about the continent a good bit, while Barbara puts up the lighting fixtures.

Tom WOODS of the Burry Biscuit Division of the Quaker Oats Co. sent me a page from a periodical called The Confectioner, which features an article about Andy FRAHLER's promotion to executive V P of M. J. Holloway & Co., division of Beatrice Foods Co., Chicago. So, Andy is now very successfully pitching candy bars.

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WESTPAC '49ers. From the left: the Albers, Walters, Bryants, Longinos, Eustaces and Jack Danis.

at homecoming this year for the first time in some few years, and Tom was amazed at how young everyone looked. I don't know why he was surprised.

This month, as you can see, there is a dearth of class information, and so I'll insert this rather clever item: Bob McCLINTON, George BALL, and Sumner MOORE all three have daughters in the senior class of St. Agnes Episcopal School in Alexandria, and it is reported that the school has seldom seen a more mischievous senior class.

Write me a letter and tell me something about yourself and what you are doing. I guarantee the column will enliven.

Sec'y, Capt. Stanley S. Fine, USN P. 0 . Box 2142 Washington, D. C. 20013

W A S H I N G T O N AREA N E W S The 4 Dec. monthly gathering saw Washington newcomers Dick Agnew, Johnny Green, Nort Harding, Bob Kennedy, Lloyd Lauderdale, Ken McArthur, Ray Smith and Slim Somerville join class president Dee Butler and perennials Jack Benoit, Karl Cook, Jim Donovan, Chip Higgins, Jim Junker, Jim Linder, Ed Miller, Ted Hammer, Chuck Reid, Red Tolbert and John Wamsley at O'Donnell's. There were a few Army game post-mortem remarks, with all attending hoping that the game next year will have a more cheering result in honor of our twentieth. Jim L I N D E R was elected to the executive committee, replacing Jack BENOIT. Approximately 15 percent of those who graduated in '49 are now located in the Washington area. Seventy-eight of the 116 are still in the Navy, 26 are civilians and/or retired, nine are in the Air Force and three are in the Marines. I have been attempting to keep a current Washington list up to date; I'll be glad to supply a list to anyone who wants one.

GENERAL N E W S The mailbag was rather skimpy this past month, with only John DRAIM providing any news in volume. He and Bill MEANIX attended the change of command aboard RANDOLPH on IS Nov. at the Boston Naval Shipyard. Bob F E L L O W S relieved as decommissioning commanding officer and will be responsible for putting up the carrier at Philadelphia. John also reports he saw John McTAMMANY, currently assigned to the NROTC Unit at Tufts, at South Weymouth Naval Air Station, and also Chuck MEYRICK, now living in Bedford, Mass. while employed by Raytheon on the S P A R R O W Program.

We all congratulate Bill MYERS who relieved as Commander Destroyer Division

262, 6 Dec. Bill will fly his pennant from the missile destroyer DEWEY, homeported in Norfolk.

Hugh ALBERS reports from the WestPac contingent that the Seventh Fleet '49ers have shifted

from

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CITY, with Jack DANIS now the flagship XO. Bob W A L T E R S will be leaving as XO of PROVIDENCE to a new job in NavOrd,

while Reaves BAYSINGER departed MARS to take command of a Mayport based DD in the Mediterranean. Hugh sent a photo of the boys and girls together.

T H E RETIREDS The University of Vermont reported that Bill E M E R Y has now joined their staff in the Technical Information Center, College of Technology.

GENERAL R E M I N D E R Remember, our twentieth is comiiig up in a very few months. Dee and his committees are generating big plans.

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Charles L. M u l l , USN 5200 Lawn Way, Chevy Chase, Md. 2001S

Bv now you all should have received a letter concerning plans for our 20th class reunion and our plans for expanding the class general operating fund. I hope you have already responded to the requests therein so that we can effectively plan accordingly.

With Valentine's Day nearly upon us, our fraternal desires have led us to schedule another Washington area festive occasion at Fort McNair or Andrews AFB. Since plans are not firm at this writing (3 Dec), I cannot stipulate time and place. But if you plan to be in the area at this time, be sure to contact me or Leight P A L M E R T O N who should be able to provide you with further details.

Several of you have come through with substantial donations in support of the Memorial Stadium and for chairs dedicated to deceased classmates. Our treasurer, Joe MANCI, informs me that he now has $118.60 towards the purchase of the two remaining chairs required at this time. The recent contributions of Corky ANGLEMAN, Tom ROSS, Bud SPROULL, Ish WILLIAMS and Bob W I S E are very much appreciated.

I picked up the IS Oct. issue of the Maritime Reporter and Engineering News recently because the picture on the cover of the 79 foot draft and 312,000 dwt tanker SS UNIVERSE IRELAND being built in Japan attracted my attention. Since I had seen the

206,000 dwt

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151,000 dwt TOKYO MARU being built during the three years I was in Japan (it took the Japanese about nine months to construct the TOKYO M A R U ! ) , this still bigger jumbo S I I PMATE

tanker made me wonder if there was any limit to what the naval architects can do.

I found no assurance of this. Anyway, of particular interest to you was an article in this same magazine about Frank PERRY. "F. M. Perry, Jr. has been appointed director of nuclear overhaul and refueling for the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton Industries, it was announced by R. H. Slaughter, Jr., Ingalls vice-president, nuclear power.

"Mr. Perry has been employed with Ingalls for six years and held the position of manager of the nuclear overhaul department prior to his current promotion. In his new assignment, Mr. Perry will be responsible for planning, technical direction and coordination of all nuclear power related matters concerning Ingalls' nuclear submarine overhaul and refueling program.

"A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, Mr. Perry also holds a B.S. degree in marine engineering and an M.S. degree in naval architecture from Webb Institute. He served as lieutenant commander in the Na'vy.

"Mr. Perry is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and is currently serving as chairman of the Military Affairs Committee of the Pascagoula Chamber of Commerce." Congratulations, Frank. Maybe we'll be seeing each other occasionally if Litton gets into the surface nuclear shipbuilding business."

After promising to get together following homecoming 1967, Sally and I, a couple of weeks ago, finally did have dinner with Dan and Jane MAYO. Dan was one of the regular rotation of bridge players to migrate to the Bixby-Mull smoke-filled habitat ( I still don't smoke because of this over-exposure) following evening meal every night for our latter three midshipman years. He has been with Westinghouse in Baltimore since early 1955 and continues to design radars of all sorts and sizes. Dan is now reasonably well recovered from a serious heart attack suffered last March and is back at work full time. I might indicate that Dan passed on to me another Baltimore classmate's address: Dr. Bill DOMBROWSKI, 6701 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore 21212. Bill is a dentist now.

Corky ANGLEMAN writes a very informative note from Charleston. "Have just started receiving Shipmate again after a lapse of several years and thought I could add some news to your very fine column.

"When Roger Buck brought his ship KRAUS to Charleston last summer, half of the skippers in DesRon were class of 'SO. The others were: Frank Cassilly, BORDELON; Sam Doak, MCCORD; and myself aboard JAMES C . OWENS. Since then Sam has been transferred to an amphibious staff in Norfolk.

Also in destroyers here are Tom Bigley, SAMPSON and Bob Homan, SELLERS. Also

in the area are Stu Hughes and Rocky Holman at the Naval Shipyard; Polaris sub skippers Bill Cossaboom, J. C. Calhoun and Marv Schenker, NATHANAEL GREENE; Zef

Schultz, XO HUNLEY and Tom Perry who works for the local newspaper.

"Appears I am way overdue on a memorial chair contribution and I am glad to help.

Having never been stationed in Washington I am looking forward to my next orders and a chance to join you at Hogate's."

Everyone please take a lesson from Corky.

Since he mentioned 12 classmates in less than one piece of stationary, I wonder if anyone can top him. Well done. Corky, and thanks very much for taking the time to write.

Gorky's address is in the OWENS

FPO NY 09501.

FEBRUARY,

1969

(DD-746),

Tom ROSS also drops us a note from Jacksonville. "Couldn't turn down your plea for the stadium seats, having been deeply involved in getting a few while stationed in Annapolis a few years back myself! Good Luck! I'm about to deploy with my squadron, VP-16, to Bermuda plus other points farther N, E, and S for a few months.

I have it on 'fairly good authority'^—Dick Powell—that I'll be joining you all in Washington about next May." Tom and Ann's address is 2131 Holly Leaf Lane, Orange Park, Fl. 32073.

A voice from afar at one of the crossroads of the Pacific communicates to us in the person of Betsy Wilkins from the Ship Repair Facility, Subic Bay, Philippines where Jim is the planning officer. "Each time we read Shipmate, Jim and I mentioned how we should write and ask you to put something in the '50 column about our being here. And then we never get around to i t ! ! Anyway, would you mention every now and then until July we are at Subic Bay as I know we miss classmates passing through here. Jim is at SRF, phone is 44-2161 and our quarters phone is 44-3294 and if anyone will just call we'd be delighted to have dinner guests.

"Hope this finds your family all well, and enjoying life in the States. We expect to return in July and hopefully to the AnnapolisD. C. area. Will look forward to seeing you then." Betsy, once again you prove how well you gals can do by taking pen in hand and speaking for your indecisive husbands who say they will but never seem to get around to doing it. I'll be expecting to receive stirring news reports from your combat zone vantage point fairly soon. Jim and Betsy's address, incidentally, is Box 34, F P O San Francisco 96651.

I know all of you will be glad to hear that George NELSON went back to work on a full time basis in early November after recovering from a slight heart attack last July.

The selection for promotion to colonel in the Air Force was just announced and again our classmates have done very well among the early selectees. Included this year are Tom Anderson, Joe Bretting, Hank Collin, Frank Dungan, Bill Haidler, M. J. Hanks, John Hobson, Bill Simons, R. G. (Bob) Smith, Daryle Tripp and Frank Young. Congratulations fellows. This select group joined the six who were selected two years early last year as indicated in my October and November columns.

While I indicated that Jim W I L K I N S was indecisive in handling his correspondence, I must certainly admit that he is not in handling his trips. At our regular monthly luncheon at Hogate's on 4 Dec. was none other than the same Jim Wilkins, an advocate of instant communications. I guess Jim can take claim to have been the furthermost out-of-towner ever to attend our luncheon.

Others who attended were Duff Arnold (who just reported to O N R ) , Jack Branson, Dave Heerwagen, Joe Manci, Dick Powell, Bob Wise, Pete Wood and myself.

Bob W I S E was visiting from 2871 Terraza Place, Fullerton, Calif, where he works for Hughes Aircraft. His new title with Hughes is just being formulated, but it amounts to being the sales and marketing manager for selected projects. Pete WOOD, as I indicated in a recent column, is with Booz Allen Associates and is very active in the engineering consultant business—a very productive occupation in the Washington area I might add.

Although keeping track of our class in each of the services is somewhat difficult, I

was distressed recently to find that I can't even keep track of my own group, that is engineering duty officers. So, belatedly, I'd like to indicate that Dave SPACE arrived in Washington several months ago for duty on the staff of the Chief of Naval Material.

Dave's address is 10106 Ranger Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030. Perhaps I can derive some consolation in the fact that Dave turned right around after he arrived to make a two months trip to WestPac. I hope more of you will take time to drop me a newsy note. I know you all have appreciated hearing from those who have already done so.

Sec'y, LCdr. R. Brodie, I I I , USN (Ret.) Quatron Corp., 1075 Rockville Pike Rockville, Md. 20852

"Whenever two or three shall meet, And old tales are retold. . ."

As the early December deadline for this column approached my mail bag was so nearly empty that desperation had begun gnaw.

In my frantic search for mid-winter comic relief, I broke out the accompanying photo and edited the recent press release. Fortunately Sam J O N E S (Cdr. U S N ) and some others have come to your rescue. The comic relief will be mercifully short.

For the "benefit" of those who have not seen me in eight years, the beard is a memento of TRITON'S shakedown cruise back in 1960. My new job, director of projects for QATRON Corporation's Computer Systems Division, is really a great challenge and a lot of fun. My work requires the direction of engineers and analysts from many disciplines in work for a number of government agencies and commercial organizations.

It is a very logical extension of my previous work with CONSULTEC, and before that, as chief. Reactor Operations Branch at NASA's 60-megawatt nuclear test reaction in Sandusky, Ohio.

Robert Brodie III '51

Sam J O N E S presently commands U S S SAMUEL B . ROBERTS. Although the ship is in

overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard, her homeport is Newport, R.I., and Sam sees lots of our gang around there. Classmates attending the senior course at the Naval War College include: Bill Marin, Paul Tuzo, Bryan Compton, Ozzie Fourzan and Gerry Cravo Guimaraes. George YEAGER is on the W a r College staff, imparting great wisdom to these guys. Sam mentioned something about E = I R and F ^ M A . I wonder if George is still trying that shabby old line: "The picture works the prob."

Sam's letter continued with updates on more classmates. While in the Med he saw Mel C U N N I N G H A M (Cdr. U S N ) flying from SHANGRI L A ; Bob BALDWIN (Cdr. U S N ) in COLUMBUS, and Dave GREATH O U S E (Cdr. U S N ) commanding K. D. BAILEY. In the Boston area Rich GARDI N E R (Cdr. U S N ) is shipyard planning 31

officer, while John McCAFFREY is there with the Bureau of Public Roads. John is very active in area alumni work. Dee BRANCH (Cdr. U S N ) now commands U S S BARNEY, while Les E T C H I S O N (Cdr. U S N ) was just missed as he passed through Newport en route to Norfolk and command of J O H N W . W E E K S .

I am indebted to Charlie N Y Q U I S T (LCol. U S A F ) for my first news of four more Air Force colonel selectees. They are: Bernie MORGAN, now on duty at the Air Force Academy; Bob KALISCH, here in Washington; Tom CONLIN, flying in Vietnam after a long tour with S A C ; and Dixie BILLINGSLEA, also here in Washington where he does such a fine job as our executive vice-president.

Alex SINCLAIR (Cdr. U S N ) , last year's executive V P , has made the transition to the surface Navy. He was detached from the SUBROC office just before Thanksgiving and planned to drive to the west coast where he will be XO of U S S

DALE.

John B U T T S (Cdr. U S N ) sent a very timely Christmas card announcing that he and Joy are now in Brussels, where he is attached to S H A P E .

The turnout for our December meeting was quite good; some new faces, too. The group included: Skidmore, Schutz, McCaffrey, Danner, Clausner, Brodie, Boyes, Billingslea, Barnes, Allsman, and Allen. Bill D A N N E R has recently come to Washington for duty in the Oceanographer's Office.

John M C C A F F R E Y was in town from Boston. Bob ALLSMAN is the manager for marketing and sales, for American-Standard's air conditioning. He now calls Columbus, Ohio, home. John ALLEN was home from Vietnam, but will return shortly.

Art and Mary ISMAY proudly announce the birth of their first daughter, Catherine Cams. She was born on 22 Nov. at Bethesda.

Sec'y, Cdr. Grady H. Roby, USN Science Department USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

Zug ZASTROW's last letter was dated 3 Nov.; at that time he and Dick DIETZ, with Air Group 59, aboard BENNINGTON, were en route to the states from WestPac. Here's his report: "After reading the last Shipmate I discovered that I was on the same ship with Jack Coiner and Jim Madigan many times in the Gulf of Tonkin and didn't even know it. I must have landed aboard PROVIDENCE (ComSeventhFlt flagship) a dozen times to deliver personnel/cargo and even VAdm. Bringle, ComSeventhFlt. . .

Sorry Jack and Jim, I didn't know you were there.

"I did land aboard the MAHAN one day and had a chat with the CO, Dave Altwegg.

He was kind enough to invite me for lunch, but I couldn't stay.

"Here a few weeks ago I came back from a flight and as I entered the ship's island structure I heard . . . Joe Stanley. Joe was out on Yankee Station updating himself prior to his assuming command of VA-192 later this year. I believe he said he would relieve Gus Eggert. . .

"During our last Yankee Station period CAG and I had the honor of flying the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Ignatius, and Adm. Bringle to various ships in the Gulf and ultimately to Da Nang. While spending three hours aboard the N E W JERSEY, we were treated to observing her 16-inch guns shelling targets on the North Vietnam coast and then had a tour of the turrets and the ship, courtesy of our classmate Pete Roane.

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"We sure were pleased to see the success of the Apollo Mission with Donn Eisele aboard. Fifty-two is certainly well represented by our astronauts. We are all proud of them."

Zug restated that his squadron would be decommissioned in December, but did not know where he would go next. Wherever it is, Zug, keep the letters coming and many thanks for the ones received to date. I keep thinking that others will soon be inspired, follow your lead, and send forth continued correspondence to keep this column interesting and informative.

On 22 Nov., Robert A. COOKE became commanding officer of VP-19 at NAS, Moffett Field, Calif. After graduation he served in USS KEPPLER then on to flight training. His first squadron was VP-23 followed by graduate studies at U S N P G S and Rutgers. Since 1959 he has had duty in VX-1 and VP-46, where he was one of the first Pacific Fleet pilots to qualify in the P-3 aircraft. Prior to reporting to VP-19 he served on the staff of Commander Fleet Air Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Bob, wife Nancy, and children, Meredeth, Robin and Robert, Jr., reside at 861 Hanover Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif. Congratulations and the best of luck.

With regret I report the death of our classmate Maj. Charles D. BALLOU, USAF. After flying more than 200 combat missions he was killed in action 7 Nov. when his plane was shot down by enemy groundfire. He is survived by his wife, Joan; two sons, Thomas and Douglas, and a daughter, Catherine. Services were held at the Ft. Myer Chapel, with burial in Arlington Cemetery. In his memory the class will obtain a memorial chair in the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Curtis 0 . Anderson, USN Naval Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

Two more classmates have been selected for full colonel in the Air Force.

They are Glenn S H E R W O O D and Tom McCREERY. Congratulations from all of us.

Word about some other Air Force classmates in Vietnam: U. S. Air Force Maj. David W. H O W E L L was recently decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam.

Maj. Howell received the award for extraordinary achievement as an AC-47 Dragonship navigator near Saigon on 17 Feb. 1968, when he participated in a mission against an armed enemy flotilla attempting to supply hostile forces. Despite anti-aircraft fire and turbulent weather conditions, the major was instrumental in establishing the exact location and extent of the flotilla. As a result of his competence and skill, 69 sampans were destroyed and a large shipment of arms and ammunition were captured.

Maj. Howell, who is assigned to the Third Special Operations Squadron, has logged 310 combat missions. His decorations also include 15 Air Medals and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

The major earned an MS degree in industrial management from the University of North Dakota.

He and his wife Barbara have three children, Elizabeth 11, Cynthia 9 and Richard 6.

U. S. Air Force Maj. Donald L. MANG has been decorated with the U. S. Joint Service Commendation Medal at Pleiku AB, Vietnam.

Maj. Mang received the Department of Defense medal for his meritorious service

as staff civil engineer of the logistics division. Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik.

A 1947 graduate of Niagara Falls (N. Y.) High School, the major earned his MBA degree at the University of Chicago in 1961.

Maj. Donald D. S M I T H , U. S. Air Force tactical fighter pilot from Sigourney, Iowa, flew a recent F-lOO Super Sabre strike that crippled an enemy emplacement east of True Giang, Vietnam.

The U S N A graduate and a fellow fighterbomber pilot blasted the enemy to inflict damage that included three bunkers and a sampan destroyed.

Maj. Smith flies the supersonic jet from Tuy Hoa Air Base, 230 miles northeast of Saigon, as a member of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing. The major was assigned Vietnam duty after completing the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va. in June. Maj. Smith is married to the former Alice C. Spaight.

Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Thomas J . Lawson 3140 Anchorage Dr., RFD 3 Annapolis, Md. 21403

Either the latest class mailing concerning our rapidly forming association is in the mail or will be out shortly. Besides the election of our Exec. Committee, one of the matters to be voted on concerns the investment of our class funds. Roy PATTERSON has made a study of the investment policies of other classes and submited the following report.

"The purposes of the Association are to provide for the organization and administration of the Class of 1954, to support such projects as may be undertaken by the Association in behalf of the Class of 1954, and to encourage participation and dedication by all members in the furtherance of projects undertaken by the Association in support of the United States Naval Academy."

The majority of the members of the Class of 1954 would like to see their class be more imaginative and active in the support of the United States Naval Academy than it has been; however, observation of other USNA alumni classes leads to the discovery that the more active classes are those with sizeable class treasury to support their activities.

Our class treasury presently stands at $8,753.74, a relatively small amount to be imaginative and active with.

How should we go about increasing our treasury? The annual dues of two dollars per member authorized by the new Class Constitution was an important first step. It could supply annually better than $1,000 to the Class Treasury. The next step should be to invest properly the money from the treasury.

"Funds of the Association shall be maintained in the name of the Association in an accredited banking institution or invested in non-speculative/negotiable investments, as practicable and as directed by the Executive Committee."

"Non-speculative / negotiable investments" is a purposely broad statement to allow the Executive Committee room to act without frequently having to amend the Constitution.

The purpose of these paragraphs is to present a basis in support of a particular form of investment for our class treasury, and then poll the whole class so as to provide the newly elected Executive Committee with guidance on the form of investment desired by the majority of the class.

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ing a sound financial plan is to decide if our nation will fail or succeed. In the judgment of thoughtful and rational Americans, our nation is not going to fail. On the contrary, it is going to succeed in a big way, and it behooves us to plctn accordingly. There are ample reasons for this optimism. Vast economic and social changes have occurred in the United States since the Great Depression of 1929. Whether we agree with and like all of these changes, some of these changes or twne of them, they are here to stay so we might as well adapt.

Today, we have a Federal government required by law to take steps to reverse economic downturns by promoting employment, pushing public works, cutting taxes, deficit spending and taking other steps to restore business activity. The supply of money is no longer tied to gold, and credit is expanded or contracted as controlled by the government. Today, accounts in most banks and savings and loan associations are insured up to $15,000, and government underwrites liquidity. As a result, "runs" on insured banks are rare and nationwide failures are improbable. Today, billions of dollars of mortgages are underwritten by government.

Home loans are paid off over many years, and foreclosure laws have been liberalized in favor of home owners. Workers today have unemployment legislation insuring them with benefits for up to six months in case of lay offs. Workers also have a system of built-in protection in that wages are supported by powerful unions, and millions work on long term contracts providing stable or rising pay rates. Today, extensive government regulations in the stock market mean less speculation than in the days when people went in over their heads with only ten percent down.

The typical investor today owns stocks outright, and sustained demand for quality stocks by institutional investors tends to serve as a "floor" in declines. Today, because our economy is more stable, recent stock market declines, though sharp, have been only temporary.

There is little doubt that social and economic legislation of the past 35 years has created a more predictable environment. Does this mean we will no longer have ups and downs ? Of course not! In a relatively free society, imbalances are bound to occur, but in the long run, prudent government, in conjunction with enlightened businessmen and consumers, will be able to minimize . . . not eliminate . . . excessive fluctuation. Therefore, when considering a long term investment plan, we should be relatively unconcerned about any single year, "good" or "bad." Because if our nation succeeds, as we believe it will, the results of any one year will be merely incidental in the long run.

The second step to formulating a sound financial policy is to decide whether we should be lenders or owners. Lenders receive a relatively small fixed sum called interest, and if all goes well, their money is repaid at some future date. Owners, on the other hand, pay expenses of the enterprise and keep all that remains! If our nation succeeds, will we be better off as lenders or as owners? In finding an answer to this question, let us review the past quarter of a century or so bearing in mind that the future will differ from the past—it will be better or worse. Through the past 30 years, as a lender in bank and savings and loan accounts of government and corporate bonds, one would have earned approximately 4 percent compounded annually. During this same period, as an owner in a typical portfolio of leading common stocks—investment grade stocks not speculations — one would have earned about 12 percent compounded anFEBRUARY,

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nually. Professors Eiteman and Smith of University of Michigan found in their study that ninety-two listed stocks of larger U.S. companies when punchased systematically from January 1937 to January 1950 increased at a compound rate of 12.2 percent. In a later study. Professors Fisher and Lorie of University of Chicago found that during the 35 year period—1926 through 196fr—the rates of return, compounded annually on all common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with reinvestment of dividends were 9 percent. In the past 25 years, stocks as a whole and especially investment grade stocks have done better than the 9 percent discerned by Professors Fisher and Lorie.

Let's look at the difference between lending at 4 percent and being an owner earning say 12 percent. At 4 percent compounded annually for fifteen" years $10,000 grows to $18,009 while at 12 percent it grows to $54,735. If we want to progress financially, we must be essentially owners—not lenders.

But doesn't ownership involve risk? Of course it does, but risk is present everywhere. The main risks to lenders are inflation and failure of borrowers. The main risks to owners are price fluctuation and failure of the companies in which investments are made; however, these risks may be minimized by intelligent selection and knowledgeable supervision of investment media.

The third and final step to formulating a sound financial policy is to delegate the selection and supervision of investments to specialists. Prudent, productive, investment management of capital is a task requiring specialized knowledge and training. It is a full time job. In typical investment companies, investment interests receive the group judgment of approximately 35 full time men trained in the analysis and selection of investment values. Each security is carefully chosen and continuously checked. Day to day supervision; widespread investigation of securities' values through field trips to all parts of the country; contact with men high in the ranks of the managements of leading corporations; thorough analysis of up-to-date economic and statistical information . all are obtained through ownership in leading investment companies. Because they can often obtain information not available to the typical investor until a later date, leading investment companies can make decisions on portfolio switches which only the exceptional investor can duplicate. Additional advantages to owning of investment company shares includes: Diversification.

Spreading investments among many securities is a time tested investment principle to reduce risk.

Continuity of Dividends. Because income of investment companies comes from many individual securities, continuity of dividend payments rests on a strong base.

Convenience. Investment companies automatically handle safekeeping and bookkeeping problems such as recording transactions and dividends received, reinvesting dividends, taking care of proxies, rights, splits, etc.

Marketability. Open end investment company shares (Mutual Funds enjoy a ready market, and a fund stands ready to redeem its shares for cash at a price based on the market value of its investments at the time of the transaction.

Reasonable Costs. Assuming investment in one of the many "no load" mutual funds, there is no cost for acquiring or selling investment shares. And the cost of fund management averages about one half of one percent of net assets per year.

In summary, the judgment of many leading students of finance, well selected, diversi-

fied, professionally managed portfolios of leading common stocks offer more safety and convenience, more liquidity and mobility, more chance for appreciation and income than other investments generally available. The typical mutual fund fits this description.

The preceding has been a rationale in support of investing most of our class treasury in one (or possibly two or three) well seasoned, no load mutual funds.

To provide guidance to the Executive Committee as to the feelings of the majority of the class on the recommended method of investing our treasury funds, please return the ballot you receive in the mail with your ballot for the election of the Executive Committee.

Thanks Roy, for this most interesting report. I want to point out that Roy's $1,000 a year income estimate would require a 500 member association. So far, only 135 have expressed an interest in becoming members.

How about each of you 135 becoming salesman for our organization.

The following two pieces of information have been received recently from the Air Force Home Town News Center.

"Maj. Nicholas (Phil) Callas has received the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Norfolk, Va.

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"Phil was decorated for meritorious service as associate professor of mathematics at the U. S. Air Force Academy, Colo. He made outstanding contributions to the academy mission as an exceptionally skillful teacher, researcher and author. Phil is now a student at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk.

"Since graduating from the Academy, Phil has studied at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, and received MA and PhD degrees from the University of Colorado."

"U. S. Air Force Maj. Charles N. D. Smith has received his third award of the Air Medal and second award of the Air Force Commendation Medal at the Pentagon, Washington, D. C. "Smitty, a systems program staff officer, received the Air Medal for his meritorious achievement while assigned at Clark AB, Philippines. He was cited for his outstanding airmanship and courage on successful and important missions under hazardous conditions.

"He earned the commendation medal for his exemplary job performance at Clark.

"Smitty is now at the Pentagon in a unit of the U S A F Headquarters Command. He earned an MS degree in 1961 from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and an MS degree in 1965 from the George Washington University, Washington, D. C." 33

Our intelligence network has also turned up the information that Walt Q U I N N received an MS degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn last February. Congratulations Walt.

USMC News : Maj. E. C. Tipshus, USMC, DPP31 H & S Co H & S Bn, 3d Force Service Regiment, F P O San Francisco 96602. "Sorry I did not get a line in last month, but I was enroute out here and I didn't hear from any of the Marines. I do have a little to report this month. For myself, I have successfully completed my course of study and the comprehensive examinations in the fields of computer systems and management information systems. Soon, the American University will mail me my Master of public administration, technology of management degree. About one half of the class of '54 Marines were in the temporary selection zone to LCol., and the folio-wing were selected: Dick Dean, Bill McKinstry, Glen Sanford, Al Slepicka, Fred Mathews, Phil Frederichs, Bob Gibson, Steve Eisenhauer, Ernie Evans, Pete Yadlowski, Dick Dennis, Jess Owens, Rails Thomley, and Dick Alger.

"Don Bowen and Al Slepicka are both on orders to WestPac. For those Marines in Vietnam: I'm living at the MCAF Futema BOQ and work at Camp Foster. If you are up this way, give me a buzz or drop in for a snort. Drop me a line and let's let the class know what you all are up to 'Down South.'

"The November Navy Times has Rails Thomley on orders to Quantico, Va. Bob Gibson is in Vietnam working at I I I M A F Headquarters. I bumped into Dave Sayes at the Futenma MCAF on Okinawa recently.

He was up from Down South where he was recently flying helicopters. H e is on orders for MARTD, N A S New Orleans, La. His wife Macky and his daughter Leslie, age 11, are in Hawaii awaiting his return to the States, and their new duty assignment.

Dave tells me that Bob Moon is now flying for Lufthansa Air Lines and lives in Germany."

will shortly be reporting to conventional boat commands at New London.

Ray mentions that Jim T O D D just reported to the Fleet Electronics Warfare Evaluation Group, Norfolk. This relatively new and growing organization should make for a very interesting tour.

Don and Nancy K E L L E R M A N enclosed a newsy letter with their Christmas card.

They report that their first year has gone by very fast and that they are enjoying their "big adventure" overseas. Nancy says that Gaeta is quite a small Italian town and many of the U.S. facilities are sorely missed.

Travel to date has included trips to Nice, Athens, Taranto, Valencia, Palma, Tunis, Malta, and London. (Nancy, we are going to hold you to your promise to tell about these "two wild days" in Tunis.)

attached to the American Embassy.' Pete reports seeing Joe T A F F , X O of TENCH, frequently, and occasionally Compton W A R D , CO of

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Many thanks to those who aided in locating some of our "lost" classmates.. Bob and Liz ALLEN gave us info on Benton T H O M P S O N , and Mai MALLOY sent us some dope on Sam K O U T A S . Channing M E D W E D E F F ran into Bill LABARGE and between the two of them, they managed to pin down the '56ers from the 21st Company.

Jim S H I L L I N G L A W is in the I Corps area and expects to see Rick KLINGENS M I T H soon. Jim and Rick just completed tours with the Sixth Marines at Camp Lejuene.

Finally Lou "Choppy" CUSACHS is interested in knowing if there is sufficient interest in miniature class rings to revive the project which envisioned a single order for those whose wives have come aboard during recent years.

That wraps it up for this month.

Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Richard N. Lealiy P. 0. Box 885, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, D. C. 20044

Maj.

Kenneth H . Moses ' 5 5

Congratulations are also in order for Ken MOSES. Ken received the Air Medal for air action in Southeast Asia. He has been flying the 0-2B Super Skymaster on many important missions under very hazardous conditions.

The swinging W A D C social scene reports a November luncheon held at the WA Navy Yard O' Club with some new and some familiar faces. In attendance: Mel Alkire (9) ; Dave Balding (20) ; John Clearwater (20); Jim Cox ( 1 6 ) ; Jim Gant (14); Harry Gimber (04) ; Bernie Gleason (08); Don Jones ( 0 1 ) ; George Kachigan (23); Darrow Kirkpatrick (10) ; Bill Knodel (04) ; Dick Leahy (10) ; Gary Lowe (24); Mike McHugh ( 0 2 ) ; Ken McManes (18); Charlie Noll (06) ; Dave Smith (02) ; Bill (W.S.) Smith (14) ; Jess Smith (14); and Bob St. Martin (12).

HERE AND THERE Hal MOONEY (07) writes from Talcahuno, Chile, that he is the only U.S. type Sec'y, LCdr. Edward A. Sechrest, USN at 3300 man shipyard where he is serving P. 0. Box 1926, Annapolis, Md. 21402 Sec'y, LCdr. Ray Hine, USN as advisor. From Rand H A V E N (16), "I 6203 Tyner St. Springfield, Va. 22150 November was a good month for parties in graduated from Boston University School of law in May and now practice with my father Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. W. R. Overdorff, USN the east and there were a few '56ers present Science Department, USNA in Athol, Mass. Have four children and a at each happening.

I missed the War College Annapolis, Md. 21402 class of '67 reunion in Washington but Joe 200-year-old house which is large and roomy W A S H I N G T O N / A N N A P O L I S AREA E D W A R D S was there to represent '56. The (and will take the next 20 years tofixup).

Destroyer Ball at the Bethesda O' Club was We are enjoying our new life and would love Our monthly luncheon continues to be to have any of the old friends come to see well attended. About 26 'SSers attended the a ringing success. Among the revelers were us in this historic part of New England Carl and Barbara NELSON and Tom and November luncheon at the Gun Factory. The (80 miles west of Boston)."

Betty N O R T H A M . location will be varied in future months to I have received a number of letters from various Washington area restaurants. By the The weather and the final result of the way, if you find yourself in the area, call Army game failed to dampen the spirits close friends of John BARTOCCI (02) who Ray H I N E at OX 6-6969 for any late word of the '56ers in Philly. Saw Bob J A E G E R was lost at sea on 31 Aug. Rather than quote from these, the following excerpt on class functions, meetings, luncheons, etc. and heard that his party in the Bellevue was Tentative plans are underway for some real swinging; sudden onset of the flu from a letter I received from his widow, (Hong Kong variety) caused me to miss Barbara, is a most fitting memorial for this sort of a Dark Ages gathering early in 1969. that one. Also Perry and Bev W E S T M O R E - class column: More word will be out later by direct means LAND, Tom BRUYERE, and a few other to all area classmates.

"I was greatly moved by the outpouring classmates were in Philly for the game. of professional respect and personal friendFAR AND W I D E ship felt for my husband. The skipper from Bob K E M P E R sent the latest news from Ray Hine reports recent contact with Lemoore. Fred SELLMAN is still attached his very first squadron flew out for the Hank M U S T I N at Port Hueneme on the to VA-125 and Walt CARLSON is with memorial service; as did our dear friend Bill (Mickey) Finn (10). These and other west coast. Hank was there for a one day ComFAir Alameda. He also reports that expressions of affection have been very fam en route to command of the DDG H. B. several '56ers turned up in Las Vegas for WILSON, based out of San Diego. Hank was the "tailhook" reunion, including Jim Flatley, comforting to me. I feel as though a part due to report in January.

Ben Jack Kinney, Larry Nagle, Tom of John will still live, captured in the Bruyere, Skip Dyer and Buz Husted. Jim meriiories of his friends.

By coincidence Ray also met Ted F L A T L E Y won the award for the most "I have remained in San Diego with our P A R K E R at an A A W conference in Northree children. I'm sure I needn't add that folk. Ted is commanding the DLG M A C - carriers landing as a LCdr.; Bob Kemper DoNOUGH based out of Charleston. Congratu- received a plaque for 200 sorties over Viet- John's classmates and friends will always be nam. welcome at my door." Signed Barbara L. lations to Hank and Ted, both early selectees and both among the first in the class with Pete P E T E R S O N appears to be enjoying Bartocci, 3002 Kobe Dr., San Diego, Ca. 92123. major "G" commands. his tour as CO of DEALEY. Peg joined I have received a letter from Gardner Congratulations are also due Charlie him for a few days in Rome, where they ZADD and Bob EMERY, both of whom met Bill and Eileen DOERNER. Bill is BREWER'S (08) mother noting that

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Gardner was posthumously decorated for bravery. He was killed in action in Vietnam in Dec. '67 and awarded the following: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Order of Vietnam, including the Gallantry Cross with Palm, Vietnamese Air Medal and Purple Heart in ceremonies at Hanscom Air Force Base last March. Gardner's mother (Mrs. Harold C. Brewer") resides at 97 Locksley Rd., Lynnfield, Ma. 01940. I have no address for his widow.

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. John D. Rohrbough, USN Superintendent's Office USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

The dead of winter has set in here on the Severn in the same fashion as during our student tenure not too long ago. Those northwest winds will be bringing the snow soon enough but the way was open to Philadelphia last month to allow many to witness personally Navy's best game of the year.

I saw Bill RORER, Ken F E L I X and Terry COOPER cheering loudly. Many more classmates were present, I am sure.

The following letter has recently been received from RAdm. Fitzgerald, the executive director of the Alumni Association, in response to recent action by the class executive committee. "The U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association extends sincere thanks to the Class of 1958 for the contribution of $58 which has been received from you in response to our recent appeal to class and chapter secretaries.

"It is most thoughtful and kind of the Class of '58 to participate in this extraordinary fund raising campaign. Your donation helps us in taking care of the large expenditure which was made for our recent conversion to Electronic Data Processing.

"The Alumni Association sends best greetings to the good Class of '58 and trusts that our mutual efforts will continue to serve and support the grand U. S. Naval Academy."

Jerry BELLOWS is in Cambridge, Mass. and writes: "I am busy in the second year of Harvard Business School and after two years am ready to get back into the working world."

Ralph BUCK now attached to HS-S in the ESSEX has filled the class in on his life to date with the news as follows: "Just wanted to give you a little filler material on my more recent activities and, incidentally, to-express (1) my deep regret at being unable to attend the tenth reunion and (2) the reason why; that being my wife's, Nancy, condition at the time. Although a little late (just like his dad back when on Saturday nights), David Hunter Buck arrived at one minute past expiration of second class liberty on 5 Oct. His two siblings, Michael 7 and Jean 6, were amazed at his 9 lb. 13 oz. physique, but recovered nicely and have set the watch on him smartly.

"After reporting to H E L A S R O N Five in May 1967, I worked up in the operations department until last month, when I was designated prospective maintenance officer.

Never having been that route before, I was lined up for seven weeks of assorted schools, the last of which was the DOD management information system course at WrightPatterson AFB, Ohio "My personal experiences in the squadron this time around (I was in HS-5 from 1959-1963) have included a four month Med/Northern Europe cruise in ESSEX, two night plane guard detachments to the LEXINGTON in Pensacola, an Apollo recovery FEBRUARY,

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detachment aboard AUSTIN out of Norfolk, and a support det based in Jacksonville with CVSG-S4's ace sub killers.

"We have several '58ers aboard ESSEX now. Almost enough to staff a chapter, in fact. Bill Pendley is assigned to ship's company as ass't navigator, while Ed Clune, Fred Victor, Monte O'Armand and myself are with the Air Group. One additional former '58er, now 'S9er John Estes is with the V A W detachment aboard."

The Washington area '58 group is planning an evening on. 19 April, the exact site as yet undetermined. Either Bethesda or Andrews will get the nod and proper publicity will be sent to all known addresses in the region very soon. Let me know your address if you have doubt your presence is known. Last year's bash at Andrews was first class; we expect the next to be at least as good.

Treasurer's Report: "As of 1 Nov. the net worth of the Association was $3281.58.

The funds were distributed as follows: Savings Account $2909.22 Checking Account 335.72 Petty Cash 36.64 There are no outstanding debts owed by the Association."

Send the news to anyone in the Annapolis complex. It might have historical value at some future date.

Corr. Secretaries: Mr. Albert T. Mays, Mr. Harry C. Ketts, I I I P. 0. Box 1692 Annapolis, Md. 21404

The mail bag was empty again this month, except for the following very welcome letter from S. D. S T R A T T O N , who is now living in Visalia, Calif. "I read the letter from Lloyd Adams and it prompted me to write this one about 'S9ers in the Pensacola area.

"Gale Turner was here until last year.

Now he is working for a construction company in Atlanta, Ga. He claims to be working about 12 hours a day and says he never worked so hard before. Frank Orr is a flight instructor at NAS and teaches advanced radio instruments for future helo drivers; VT-6 is his present squadron. He was one of the last '59er bachelor holdouts; he married Rose Marie this year. Jack Her showed up in the Pensacola area late last year. He had served with the support of the Antarctica troops. Now he is a flight instructor at the primary squadron, VT-1.

Ben Todd is at HT-8. He gets the students after Frank Orr is finished with them. In his spare time, he managed to pick up a Master's degree in industrial sciences and engineering from the University of Florida's continuation education program at PJC. He was leaving for Vietnam in December. Larry Pizinger was on board VT-2 at NAS Whiting when I reported aboard two years ago. He was flying in the formation unit.

He left about a year ago to report aboard a carrier as ship's company. That's about it on the others in the area.

"I've been in the Training Command at VT-2 and VT-6 for the past two years.

My permanent squadron was VT-2, but I was sent to VT-6 twice for temporary duty.

The last time was as OinC of the BTG which instructed the flight students on the Navy Goshawks football team. They had a seven and two record this year.

"My orders came through; I am going to the Commander Seventh Fleet, Department C at Saigon. My predecessor at Detachment C is Al Thresher. I will be relieving him

in March as the administrative/personnel officer. When I'm not pushing papers, I'll be flying CIA's filled with VIP's and news media out to the CVA's. Well that's it for now.

R I S E A N D S H I N E W I T H '59.

Sec'y, Mr. Chico Chavez 1805 Brazos, Apt. 51 Austin, Tx. 78701 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. James F. Duffy, USN Executive Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21412

After several meetings, our committee on the proposed class charter has completed its work. Gene GASSER, Jerry COOPER and Harvey KRAMER have spent a great deal of time and effort in preparing the document.

It has been accepted unanimously by the officers on duty at USNA and others in the local area. The work done by the committee on our behalf is sincerely appreciated.

Although copies of the charter will be mailed out we are running it here in order to insure that everyone has the opportunity to see it before it comes into effect.

In the interest of brevity all other news items will be held for the March issue.

C H A R T E R OF T H E ASSOCIATION O F T H E CLASS O F 1960 U N I T E D S T A T E S NAVAL ACADEMY Article I NAME The name of the association will be T H E ASSOCIATION OF T H E CLASS O F 1960, UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY. Article II PURPOSE The objective of T H E ASSOCIATION shall be: 1. To facilitate the systematic management of the affairs of the Class of 1960, United States Naval Academy.

2. To promote fellowship and to keep the members of T H E ASSOCIATION informed on matters concerning themselves and their classmates, which are professionally, socially or otherwise of interest.

3. To further the advancement, growth and development of the United States Naval Academy and the United States Naval Service.

Article III MEMBERSHIP 1. All persons who were members of the Class of 1960 of the United States Naval Academy at any time may become members of T H E ASSOCIATION without election, except as noted in paragraph 2 of this article.

2. Active members shall be defined as those who have paid all assessments (refer to Article VII-3). Active members shall be eligible for all rights and benefits of this organization.

3. All widows of members of the Class of 1960, United States Naval Academy, may become honorary members of T H E A S SOCIATION. 4. Any person who has been dismissed from the military service, separated from the military service without a certificate of satisfactory service or who has resigned for the good of the service, shall be removed from membership in T H E ASSOCIATION. 5. T H E ASSOCIATION may expel by a vote of a majority of the active members of T H E ASSOCIATION any member whose conduct endangers its welfare, interest, or character.

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6. Each member of T H E A S S O C I A T I O N shall keep the Secretary of the Executive Committee informed of his home and forwarding address, and of any information of value to the Secretary in the performance of his duties, or which might contribute to the success of the Purpose of T H E ASSOCIATION. Article IV OFFICERS 1. The officers of the Class of 1960 shall be as follows: President, Treasurer, and Secretary. The President and Treasurer shall be active members elected by the active members at large. They shall serve for a period of five years and shall be eligible to succeed themselves in office. The Secretary, who will also be Secretary of the Executive Committee, shall be elected by the active members of the Annapolis/Washington Area Chapter.

2. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Annapolis/Washington Chapter. For purposes of definition, the Annapolis/Washington area is that area approximately within a 50-mile radius of Annapolis, Maryland. Officers of the Annapolis/Washington Chapter shall reside, or be stationed, within this area. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once each quarter and at such other times as T H E ASSOCIATION President or Committee Chairman may decree. The officers of the Annapolis/Washington Chapter (Executive Committee) shall be elected by the active members in the area for a term of one year and shall be eligible to succeed themselves in office. If a vacancy occurs, an election shall be held to fill the vacancy.

3. The Annapolis/Washington Area Chapter of T H E ASSOCIATION shall meet at the call of the Chairman at a location selected by the Executive Committee. It shall be the purpose of these meetings to provide the Executive Committee with guidance concerning any pending matters of interest for T H E ASSOCIATION or that Chapter.

The Chairman shall insure that all members in the Annapolis/Washington Area are notified of the time and place of any meeting.

He shall also be responsible for determining if the number of members present constitute a business quorum.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS 1. The President of T H E ASSOCIATION will insure that the provisions of this Charter are properly carried out. He is responsible for the administration of class policies and may direct the Executive Committee to place before the membership of T H E ASSOCIATION any proposition which he deems necessary. He shall preside over the local chapters whenever present in that area.

He will be responsible for the administration of T H E ASSOCIATION Investment Fund.

He will make an annual report of the affairs of T H E ASSOCIATION to the membership, the report to include a financial statement, said report to be published in the Class column of the March Shipmate.

2. The Treasurer will assist the President in the supervision of T H E ASSOCIATION funds. He will be responsible for the accounting of T H E ASSOCIATION Investment Fund and will make an annual written report of audit to the President. The Treasurer will be SECOND in line of succession to the Presidency.

3. The Secretary shall be responsible for all correspondence of T H E ASSOCIATION and shall keep minutes of all Executive Committee meetings. He will maintain a complete list of the membership of T H E ASSOCIATION, be responsible for publishing, at least once every three years, a 36

directory of T H E ASSOCIATION, and will also be responsible for the monthly articles in Shipmate Magazine. He shall maintain a permanent address as follows: Secretary, Class of 1960 U S N A Alumni House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Article VI DUTIES OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1. The Executive Committee will be responsible for the routine administration of T H E ASSOCIATION including, but not limited to, the conduct of elections and referendums and the organization of all Class of 1960 Homecoming festivities. In addition, the Executive Committee will assist the Chairman in the control of the T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund.

The Treasurer of the Executive Committee is responsible for the accounting of T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund and will make an annual written report of audit to the Executive Committee and T H E A S SOCIATION President.

2. The Executive Committee may submit to a vote of the members of T H E A S SOCIATION such propositions as it desires, and must submit, within a reasonable time, any propositions presented in writing by a member and having the signed endorsement of five per cent (5%) of the active membership of T H E ASSOCIATION. 3. The Executive Committee is empowered to appoint such committees as may be necessary to further the purpose of T H E ASSOCIATION. 4. All meetings and records of the Executive Committee shall be open to members of T H E ASSOCIATION. 5. Standard procedures for the administration of the Executive Committee shall be contained in separate bylaws.

Article VII ASSOCIATION F I N A N C E The initial ASSOCIATION financial assets will be established by transfer of the assets presently in the Class Fund to the assets of T H E ASSOCIATION. The assets of T H E ASSOCIATION will be divided into two funds, T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund and T H E ASSOCIATION Investment Fund. The purpose of this division is to provide the Executive Committee with sufficient readily available funds for the administration of the business of T H E ASSOCIATION, but to retain the bulk of T H E ASSOCIATION assets in some interest-accruing investment.

1. ASSOCIATION O P E R A T I N G FUND. T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund will be used to finance the routine administration of T H E ASSOCIATION by the Executive Committee of the Annapolis/Washington Chapter. The Chairman of the Executive Committee will be responsible for the control of this fund.

A. T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund will initially be established at Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) from the assets of T H E ASSOCIATION. B. On 1 January of each year, T H E ASSOCIATION Treasurer will re-establish T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund at Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) by transfer, as necessary, to or from T H E ASSOCIAT I O N Investment Fund.

C. A petty cash fund not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) is authorized for the use of T H E ASSOCIATION President.

D. Expenditures from T H E ASSOCIATION Operating Fund will be made with

the approval of the Chairman or the ViceChairman of the Executive Committee and may be authorized by the signature of any two committee members.

E. The Chairman of the Executive Committee may make a written request for additional funds to T H E ASSOCIATION President at any time.

2.

ASSOCIATION INVESTMENT FUND. The bulk of T H E ASSOCIAT I O N ' S assets will be maintained in some form of interest-accruing investment. The President, with the advice of the Executive Committee and officers, shall be responsible for the management of T H E ASSOCIAT I O N Investment Fund. The President may place a substantial part of the investment fund in a growth type investment such as a mutual fund which has as its stated objective capital growth.

3. A S S E S S M E N T S . The President, with the advice and consent of T H E ASSOCIAT I O N officers, may assess T H E ASSOCIAT I O N membership as deemed necessary to maintain a workable Operating Fund. The deadline for payment of assessments will be determined by the President and shall not be less than three months from the mailing date of notification. Any member failing to pay authorized assessments will be deprived of his active membership. Any member who has lost his active status may regain his previous active status by payment of the reinstatement fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) plus payment of all delinquent assessments.

4. A U T H O R I Z E D E X P E N D I T U R E S A. Expenditures may be authorized only for those purposes which are of benefit to the entire ASSOCIATION or which are in furtherance of the purposes of T H E ASSOCIATION. Obligations shall not be incurred in excess of available funds.

B. Expenditures at funerals for the remembrance of deceased classmates is authorized and should not exceed the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00). Classmates in the immediate area are authorized to make this expenditure. Bills should be forwarded to the Executive Committee Treasurer who will make a reimbursement from the Operating Fund.

C. In the event of dissolution of T H E ASSOCIATION by the majority vote of THE ASSOCIATION, the funds in the ASSOCIATION treasury shall be disposed of as decided by the majority vote of the active membership at that time.

Article V I I I ELECTION, P E T I T I O N AND REFERENDUM 1. E L E C T I O N OF ASSOCIATION O F F I C E R S . Commencing in 1970 and every five years thereafter, elections of ASSOCIAT I O N President and Treasurer will be held as follows: A. Elections will be administered by the Executive Committee.

B. Notice of the election will be promulgated to the members of T H E ASSOCIAT I O N during July of the election year.

C. Nomination for election to office 'will be made by petition of at least fifteen (IS) members of T H E ASSOCIATION. Petitions must be submitted to the Executive Committee not later than 1 November of the election year. In addition, the Executive Committee is authorized to propose two nominations for each office.

D. The election will be held in December and the results published in Shipmate in the earliest practical edition.

2. P E T I T I O N S AND REFERENDUMS. Petitions for action signed by at least twenty SH I P M A T E

(20) members may be submitted to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall inform T H E ASSOCIATION Officers of the nature of all petitions. The Executive Committee must submit to a vote of the members of T H E ASSOCIATION such propositions as T H E ASSOCIATION President may direct, and must submit within three months any propositions presented in writing by a member and having the endorsement of five per cent (5%) of the active membership.

3. VOTING. A. Each active member of T H E A S SOCIATION is entitled to one vote.

B. Voting by proxy is prohibited.

C. Voting shall be by mail.

D. Elections and Rerefendums will be decided by the plurality of the V O T E S CAST, provided that one-fourth of the active membership does not vote against the issue. In the event fifty per cent (50%) or more of the active members vote, a plurality vote will be sufficient to carry the election.

E. Votes shall be counted by at least two members of the Executive Committee.

F. Voting will be closed sixty (60) days after the postmarked mailing date of the ballots to the members of T H E ASSOCIATION. The results of an issue being voted upon will be published in Shipmate.

4. Matters can be submitted to vote of the ASSOCIATION members only by the Executive Com.mittee or T H E ASSOCIATION Officers.

Article IX AMENDMENTS Amendments to this charter may be proposed by petition and approved by referendum as provided for in Article VIII. If approved, an amendment will become effective within thirty (30) days after the close of voting.

Article X RATIFICATION This Constitution will be in effect as of 1 May 1969 if not disapproved by one-fourth of the graduating members of the Class of 1960. Upon ratification, all graduating members of the Class of 1960 shall be considered as active members.

Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Kenneth G. Craig, USN 532 Harton Circle Virginia Beach, Va. 23452

The SCHROEDERS' annual note (one of the few of our classmates who keeps us upto-date) serves two purposes. One, to update Dan's data card and the second is to provide information on his recent activities.

Two important milestones occurred in Feb. '68 for the Schroeders: Karen and Dan welcomed their third daughter, Karen Elizabeth, born at Wright-Patterson AFB on 19 Feb. '68 and then ten days later on the 29th Dad had the gold leaves of Maj. pinned on his collar, possibly making him the senior ranking officer of our class. Dan was selected from below the zone of the Army officers in the zone and thus earlier than the others who went into the Army from our class.

Our sincere congratulations, Dan, for this significant achievement. In March, Dan graduated from Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB with an MS in systems management. In Aug. Karen and Dan were in New York and saw Pete F E R I S S O and family. Pete flies with TWA as do Gary SERALY, T. P. MANNING, and Howie W I N F R E E . Pete and Jean Ann have two fine sons and they live in northern New Jersey. In October the FEBRUARY,

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Schroeders traveled to Chicago to see the Navy-AF game. While there they visited with Joe A L L E G R E T T I and family (three sons). Joe works for GE and has a lovely home north of the Windy City.

Dan (in Nov.) was in the process of relocating his family to Miami, Fla. after which he will go to RVN to the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile).

From Navy Tech. ( U S N P G S ) in Calif., Bob HOAG writes that he is in a new oceanography course along with Chuck ST. L A U R E N T . Bob's activities since early '66 include duties as prospective weapons officer in the pre-com details of SCHOFIELD for one year and RAMSEY. Bob became plank owner in RAMSEY in Seattle in June '67 after which the ship sailed to Long Beach for fitting out and then deployed to WesPac in April '68. Bob detached in August in Sasebo and headed for Monterey. In the welcome home ceremony, Caroline presented Bob with twin girls. In this presentation Bob would like to establish a class first claim. In Sept. '65 Bob's U S N A roommate John Guthrie and Sheila had twin girls.

Next Sheila's roommates at the U. of Ariz, gave birth to twins. So John and Bob are claitning the first roommates to have twins.

Sounds to the C. S. as if that business must be contagious. Bob! Bob feels slightly outnumbered now that he and Caroline have four gals.

Bob saw John G U T H R I E in Hawaii where he is on SubRon 7 staff and Charlie S T E W A R T in Seattle who was OinC of a reserve DE. Bob reports that Gary ABRELL is with Edison Co. in Illinois in a nuclear power plant. Tom KINBERG, Bob believes, is working for the FBI. Bob and Chuck St. Laurent get together besides in the class rooms, on the squash courts there at Monterey. Bob enclosed a list of those at P G : Bardeschewski, Bennett, Black, Butsko, Carlson, Churchill, Crawford, Dattilo, Davis, Dean, Decker, Desha, Drustrup, Eddins, Erchul, Frelich, Gastrock, Graham, Hanson, Harden, Hoag, Hofford, Holly, Hyde, Kiel, Kirk, Knepell, Koch, Kulesz, Michaux, Morrison, Moynahan, Nowotny, Onoratti, Passarella, Pearson, Petrucci, Post, Rauth, Roth, Rothwell, Schottle, Seneff, Shapiro, Smith, St. Laurent, Sullivan, Thorell, Trice, Van Sickle, Waer, West, Willetts, Williams, Winant, Zimmerman.

Don CAMPBELL after graduation served in ZELLARS and VOGELGESANG, then attended

Tulane for a Master's and switched to CEC. Don's first assignment in that specialty was Public Works Center, Pensacola, Fla. Don presently has orders as XO to MCB 128 which is headed for Vietnam, Don and Martie have three sons: Donald, Joseph, and Richard. Don reports that Van T E M P L E is out of the Navy and planned to attend 'Ole Miss in law. Gordon CALLENDER is in Gulfport, Miss. Don mentioned that the Army wasn't alone in recognizing the merits of our classmates as CEC types, Gordon CALLENDER, Al SMITH, Lou SANDRINI, Hank S C H W I R T Z and Don are all "Majors" too.

Don CHIRAS has "retired" from the Navy and is now in the "wildcatting" business. Don, after becoming the first in the class to win his N A O (naval aviation observer, now N F O ) wings and duties with Project Magnet at Pax River and as an instructor in Nav at USNA, is now working for Shell Oil as a project engineer in the Offshore Louisiana Design Facilities, which assists in processing crude oil and gas on offshore platforms. Don graduated from the Univ. of Fla. in April '68 with a

Master's in mech. eng. Don and Gloria live at 4612 Purdue Dr., Metairie (New Orleans), La. 70003.

Chris NICHOLS brings us up-to-date on his varied activities since graduation. A tour in destroyers was first for Chris who spent six months in PURDY with Tom K N E P P E L L who is now a brown shoe, then a year in WARRINGTON with Mike MORELY. Chris received a "summons" from Naval Reactors in the fall of '62, thereafter commenced nuc training in April '63 in a class behind Dave MORENCY, Bob DUNKLE, and a few other classmates. After Sub School, Chris served in JACK which was in final phase new construction. Two and one half years later JACK got commissioned and then Chris got qualified in subs in Oct. '67 and soon after took his engineer's exam with Herb MENSCH (then in QUEENFISH) and Ollie ( H . A.) OLIVER (then in CASIMIR PULASKI). Chris took his second and final engineer's exam in Feb. '68 with Tom ECKERT (then in a New London F B M ) .

In May '68 Chris went to VON STEUBEN as engineering officer where Ollie Oliver joined him as weapons officer. They started their tour with a big bang when the vs hit a submerged tow. Their first patrol was spent alongside U S S CANOPUS, the longest "refit" in history.

Anne and Chris now have two young ones and have just returned from a whirlwind tour of Morocco. They expect to be in the Charleston area until June when the boat goes into overhaul at Electric Boat. Chris and Ollie will keep her company there.

Chris provides us with the following leads: Brian VAN M E T R E is presently weapons officer

in SIMON

BOLIVAR

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Charleston;

Kathy and he have three sons and a daughter; Lee RUSSELL is engineering officer in JAMES MADISON; Ollie Oliver and his Kathy have a daughter, Kari; Bud BRONSON left POLK and was on his way to new construction at Newport News.

John and Brenda MORRIS proudly announce the arrival of their "third" . . .

John Covington, III, their first child.

Ray and LaRue WILSON have three children: Karen, Noel, and Lynn. They reside at 15 Dana St., Staten Island, NY 10301. Ray, after duties in BLANDY and HUNTINGTON, got PG at Texas A&M for

an MS in oceanography, then served as XO of PARLE from '67-'68, and is now in transit to Rota, Spain, to the Fleet Weather Center there. Ray has recently been selected for transfer to the restricted line as AEDO (meteorology-oceanography), 1530 designator.

Another of our Seabee types writes: Gordon CALLENDER is in Phu Bai, Vietnam, as S-3 (ops. off.) with MCB-133.

About 600 Seabees are building and paving roads for our friends in greyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Army, in the Phu-Hue area, now that there are few Marines left in that area. Gordon relates that Jack GARDNER w a s ' in the Fleet Logistic Support Group/aAlfa G-4 office until the Marines began pulling out.

Gordon will be in CONUS by Christmas (past) to join Ann and Winter in Gulfport.

MCB-133 rotates as a unit, and will return to Vietnam next summer.

While in Hong Kong Gordon ran into his first classman, Tony Miller, and Moore Thompson, both of '58. Other USNA grads in MCB-133 are Dave Bottorff '59, Tim Meyers '65, Tom Dames '65; Brad Purinton '60 is S-3 for MCB-121.

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Sec'y, Lt. Howard S. Pinskey, (SO USNR-R c/o W. R. Grace & Co. Clarksville, Md. 21029 Annapolis Corr.

Lt. John C. Eller, USN Engineering Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

MONTEREY Bea Agamaite, Jim's wife, wrote last month informing the class of recent activities of the '62 club in the Monterey area. The wives club sponsored a booth at the Delmonte Coimty Fair in which articles of children's clothing and toys made by the wives were to be sold with the proceeds going to the memorial fund. Bea is happy to announce that over $400 was collected and sent to our treasurer. Their long hours of work paid off in another way when the girls were rewarded for their efforts by winning second prize and $50 in the best decorated booth competition. Congratulations for a fine job!

In November the '62 club met at the N A L F Officers' Club to cheer on the big Blue and afterwards held a farewell dinner party for the following classmates who graduated in December. They are listed below followed by their degrees and new duty stations.

Jim Burrow, oceanography, staff, Quonset Point, R.I.; Dave Clark, operations analysis, MACVN, Saigon; Bob Champion, oceanography, ComMineDiv 112; Steve Crooks, oceanography, military advisor to Vietnamese Navy; Bill Estell, oceanography, TEvDet, Key West, Fla.; Wayne Francis, computer systems analysis-USS PROVIDENCE, San Diego, Calif.; Paul Jeffers, electrical engineering, USS SPRINGFIELD, Norfolk, Va.; Chuck Keithley, oceanography, Destroyer School, Newport, R.I.; Carl Moritz, oceanography, USS SALMON, San Diego, Calif.; Jim Pacquin, oceanography, Oregon State University to work on doctorate; Steve Wallin, oceanography, staff, ComNavForV; Paul Tully, operations analysis (with honors). Supply Dept., Mechanicsburg, Pa.; and Dave Williams, aeronautical engineering, VA-128, Whidbey Island, Wash.

Newcomers to the Monterey area are Bob and Maureen FALKENBACK and Joe and Joan CORCORAN. Jim and Bea are happy to announce the birth of daughter Tracy Ann on 7 Aug.; Tracy joins Lori Ann and Michael. The KOBAR residence was enhanced on 23 Sept. with the arrival of Jennifer Margaret.

Mike and Jo Anne are the parents of four children. Ward W I N T E R left the Navy last fall after a tour at Patuxent River. He and Judy have a daughter Mae Ann, born 30 Jvme. Ernie P E R K I N S and wife Jeanne welcomed their first child, daughter Jennifer Lynn, on 29 Sept. Ernie was expected at Monterey in January after a tour with V P 31 on North Island.

CIVILIANS Marty SEELIG sends word from the far northwest that the rainy season is upon them.

He is doing a lot of sailing and enjoying it.

He spoke with Paul HARVEY who is flying for Western Airlines, and Marty understands that Marty FARBER is also a pilot for Western. Bill BOOTH, a classmate who left after third class year for medical reasons, is now working for Boeing as a mechanical engineer. It appears that '62ers are all over in many types of jobs.

A N N A P O L I S AREA Recently received some information concerning the ISth Company wardroom from the company officer, Jim GAUL. Jim reports that a new coffee maker has been purchased and that new curtains now add 38

to the appearance of the wardroom. Several plaques received from classmates who have commands now are displayed in the wardroom. Ship plaques have been received from Bob N E R U P , CO USS UMPQUA, John W H I T E , CO USS POLK COUNTY, and Steve

CHADWICK, CO USS WARBLER. Steve also sent the ship's bell from the WARBLER for use in the wardroom. In addition, Jim has also received an autographed picture of the Blue Angels from our own Smokey T O L B E R T . Jim extends a cordial invitation to all classmates when in the area to stop by to see him, the wardroom, and last but not least, to sign the Lucky Bag. Two children have recently been added to the families of '62ers in the area: a girl to Steve and Barbara TODD, and likewise a girl to Marge and John ELLER. Both babies were born in October.

It is my sad duty to inform the class of the death of one of our classmates, Capt.

Thomas Lee CARTER, USMC. Tom was killed in action in Vietnam on 10 Nov. The class wishes to convey its deepest sympathies to Tom's widow, Doris who is residing at 5725 Ferber Drive, San Diego, Ca. 92122, and family. We have all truly lost a great person.

As you can read this month the news coming into your secretary is sparse. Only you can keep this column alive. Jot your news on a card and mail it along. There are many waiting to hear about you.

Sec'y, Lt. I. H. Sargent, USN Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. W. B. Orgera, USN VT-1 NAS Saufley Field Pensacola, Fl. 32510

Gerry J O H N S O N is a second year student working for a degree in business administration (MBA) at Harvard Business School, and has been named a George F. Baker Scholar. The designation Baker Scholar is bestowed each year on the top five percent of the second year students at the school. This award represents the highest scholastic honor given a student before his graduation.

A letter from Joy Calande says that Pax River is filling up with '63ers too. John is in VP-30. Others in the area are Donn McCRORY, in T P S , Frank H I L T O N in VP-30, Matt SMALL, and Lee T I L L O T SON. Patty and Dave ANDERSON had baby number three in August. Dave has orders to the Bureau.

Some of you I am sure have read of Rick TRANI's death in Vietnam from inflicted wounds. I noted that he had been awarded two Silver Stars before this happened. Tom MILLER confirmed this from Saigon. They have quite a group there too, including Ron Wills, Tony Womble, Don Palen, Charlie Minter, Fred Meyett, Bob Harper, and Ray Heins.

Dave MOORE is advisor to Coastal Group 26, Cam Ranh Bay. Ed H U T C H E SON is protocol oflicer for ComNavForV. Ron W I L L S is going CIVLANT and to grad school in Feb. Ray H E I N S to PG School, Monterey in March. Tony WOMBLE goes to USNA in March and Tom to BuPers in April. He would like to see anyone in the D.C. area. Al M E R K E L is on ComNavForV staff in Saigon also. He is currently raising homing pigeons and about has them trained to fly somewhere! Dave W E L L S is also at ComNavForV. Larry A T K I N S O N is at Supply Corps School with his wife and a new baby boy.

My old roommate Birney P E A S E was decorated for meritorious service as a controller at Whiteman AFB, Mo., with the AF Commendation Medal. He is assigned to the university under the A F Institute of Technology education program studying toward a Master's degree in mechanical engineering.

G e o r g e C a n d e l o r i ' 6 3 d e c o r a t e d a t McConnell AFB.

George CANDELORI was decorated at McConnell AFB, Kansas, with 11 medals for his accomplishments in Southeast Asia.

George received the Silver Star, the DFC, and his 4th through 12th awards of the Air Medal. From the sounds of the press release, George had some fun flying the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter gunship. He logged over 700 combat sorties from Nha Trang AB. He is now flying the UH-1 as a member of the 381st Strategic Missile Wing at McConnell.

Down here in the land of sunshine where the sun seldom shines we had a little AN game party. Out of the 25 guys in the area nine of were able to make it. We had a gettogether here at my house and I think a good time was had by all feasting on turkey, ham and all the trimmings. The couples who were here were: George and Janice Howell, Bonnie and Bill Baumhofer, Dave and Pam Maples, Bob and Darlene Eastman, Roy and Vicki Warren, Glen and Claire Laury, Vern and Elise Browne, Ray and Carol Ross, Vern and Gail Von Sydow and Sally and myself.

T. Grayson R E D F O R D is the latest addition to VT-1.

And lastly I would like to announce that Sally and I (Win Orgera) are the proud parents of girl number two, Valerie Leigh, born 1 Aug. at 7 lb. 1 oz.

As can easily be seen by a quick look at last month's '63 column, I am not being deluged with cards and letters. With such an opportunity so presented I made a tentative decision to use this column as a vehicle for my autobiography. Needless to say, when someone leaked this possibility the immediate reaction was not altogether encouraging. Given this adverse audience reaction everyone gets a break for a month or two to see if the possibility of such a story might persuade some of you to provide me with some decent material. How about it?

I know at least some of you can afford six cents for a stamp and most of you can write even if we did largely precede the academic revolution.

Attaboys are in order for at least two of our classmates for additions on the homefront. Miller and Connie D E T R I C K are deserving of an award for their first production: Susan Rebecca born on 11 Oct. in Lemoore, Calif. Miller has been stationed in Lemoore since Feb. '68 where he is an A-4 instructor. From the info I get from him, however, I'm not sure that he's doing anything other than attempt to make wine from Fresno raisins. Joe and Jean FOSSELLA, SH I PMATE

in New London, announced the arrival of Ann Christina on 3 Dec. Anne thus becomes the third little Fossella.

Received a note the other day (by the time you read this it will obviously be many days ago) regarding the marriage of W. G. (Bill) ANDERSON. Bill was married to Miss Elana Garrels on 19 Oct. in Longmeadow, Mass.

A DFC a n d N a v y Commendation M e d a l for Peter C. Corrothers ' 6 3

directory. Some of you have had questions concerning the directory that I'd like to answer in this column. The directory had been planned initially as a class book including pictures, etc. This idea was dropped for two reasons; the cost to the class of publishing a book with pictures would have been prohibitive and the personal cost to individuals for the type of picture necessary to produce a book of reasonable quality would have been high. It has been proposed that we wait until 20 or 25 years after before undertaking a project of such magnitude. The legwork and publishing of the directory will be handled by those of us here in the Annapolis area; we would be appreciative, however, for ideas on the cover.

On to news of the class.

Phil A S H E R and John BARSOSKY are both at Illinois Institute of Technology after completing tours in V P squadrons. Phil, wife Mikie, and daughters Kim and Mary live in Dolton, 111., on the outskirts of Chicago.

Mario G E R H A D T wrote from San Clemente, Calif, where he was living while attached to Camp Pendleton. Mario, still a bachelor, was discharged from the Corps on IS Jan. '68 and hopes to enter Medical School in Ohio this fall. Mario had visited Dave and Marge F L E N T I E in Chula Vista a number of times. Dave is now CO of YRBM 18 in Vietnam while Marge teaches 11th grade history back in California.

Dave C H E N A U L T sends his best from Pebble Beach where he is enjoying "the good life" following two tours in destroyers.

Dave is working on his PG at Monterey.

Judd and Betsy OSTEN are still out in Hawaii where Judd is serving aboard

Tom and Kathy LYNCH and their two daughters, Jill 3 and Allison 1, recently moved into the Annapolis area. Tom is ,â&#x20AC;&#x17E;ii1iw over in the Admin. Bldg. (by Gate 3) and DANIEL BOONE. Judd will leave the Navy is attached to the Candidate Counseling this summer to work on a law degree.

Office, providing info for prospective midBob BONDI has joined Tom LYNCH in Pete C A R R O T H E R S recently was shipmen. Tom just completed a tour as awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and engineer aboard a Newport-based DD, the the Candidate Counseling Office here at the the Navy Commendation Medal for service DICKSON. On board with Tom was Jim Naval Academy. Bob reported on board while attached to Recon Attack Squadron HUBBARD, who served as ops officer. Jim in mid-December from a tour as A S W Seven embarked in ENTERPRISE. Pete was recently left behind his wife, Sisty, for a Tactical Coordinator at the Air Developawarded the DFC while flying as navigator year's tour as a gunfire liaison officer in pient Center in Johnsville, Pa. in an RA-5C on an important photo mission. Vietnam. Al K R E K I C H recently arrived If you haven't done so already, let me Pete, by the way, is now living in Norfolk, off the coast of Vietnam in the DAVIS, a urge you again to send in your class diVa., where he is attached to the staff of Newport-based D D ; Al left behind wife rectory form as soon as possible. Regarding Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force, Atlantic Bobbie whom he married last 30 June. Tom the proposed "5-year-after" party, please Fleet. had also seen Bob and Betty ORLOSKY, inform me if your plans change and you do Not to be outdone, the U S A F P A O peo- who live in the Newport area with two- plan on attending. If we keep going at the ple provided a picture of Ed W E A T H E R S . year-old Robert, Jr. Bob is flying S-2's off present pace, we should have 200 -f- attendEd's attached to the 37th Combat Support the W A S P , which recently returned to ing.

Group at Phu Cat AB. H e is pictured do- Quonset from a Med deployment. Johnny SAI is in Vietnam as a gunfire spotter innating a raincoat Emd pair of boots to a Sec'y, Lt. Richard P. Genet, USN student of the Immaculate Conception Parish country with a Marine division and Cliff USS BLUE (DD-744) BURGESS recently returned from duty as FPO San Francisco 96601 School in Phu Cat. an aerial spotter. Cliff, wife Pam, and sons Ralph DOBSON has transferred from Qui Brian and Tommy are now in the Newport Nhon to An Toi and is now with CosDiv 11. area while Cliff attends DD School.

Dave NEAL has completed his in-country Mike and Nan FARMER have moved to tour and is now in Postgraduate School at the New London area following a two-year Monterey. Dave had the pleasure of making tour in Hawaii aboard STONEWALL JACKSON. his return to CONUS via Sydney, Australia.

Mike's current job is engineer, BANCROFT Clyde BINGHAM has just reported in for (Blue). The Farmers reside with their a tour in Swifts. Thanks to Rick B R U S H two-year-old son Wayne on Gales Ferry for the latest.

(Oakwood Dr.) and welcome any of '64 Ralph and Diana LOBDELL announce in the area to drop by and say hello. Serving with Mike in BANCROFT is pork-chop Chuck the birth of a son, Craig Vincent. Diana is holding the fort with the new arrival while WILDE. Ralph is deployed in U S S GUARDFISH in the Jerry E V A N S wrote from NAS Lemoore, capacity of communications officer. where he is attached to VA-122, the A-7 Don H A L L W A C H S gives us the latest RAG. There were a total of eight '64ers in VA-122, including Mike Foley, Walt from the vicinity of Sangley Point. Don is Lenhard, Bruce Newell, Doug Peterson, flying P-2's for VP-1 and is writing the Squadron's Cruise book in his "spare" time.

Marty Phillips, Bob Rinker, and Don Taylor.

Capt. Edward A . W e a t h e r s ' 6 3 , USAF, o n e of Jerry, Marty, and Bruce, the only three We all remember Don's fine work as waxer many Phu C o t Junior Officers Council members bachelors in the group, all have received in the Log and Trident Calendar. Don presenting needed articles t o Vietnamese children orders to Monterey for their PG. While on would like to hear from Charles S A P P and at Immaculate Conception Parochial School, Phu a scouting trip in the Monterey area, Jerry Paul BLOCH. Cat, Vietnam.

Also flying for VP-1 are John "J.V." ran into his old roommate, Hernan V I L DeTHOMAS, aircraft division officer; Carl The only other information presently avail- LALBA, of Ecuador. Hernan is one year able, relayed from Pete B R O W N E over in away from his PG in electronics ( M S ) and SPANGLER, flight training officer; and is well on his way to being CNO of the Jim TUCKER, schedules. VP-1 is deployed the Naval Science Dept., is that Tony from N A S Whidbey Island, Wash., and is NARGI got himself a MIG. Have no de- Ecuadorian Navy. currently involyed in Market Time and tails except that Tony was flying off the Joe and Judy SAUL were in the stands INTREPID and the incident took place in in Philly on 30 Nov. (Joe is in a DD out Yankee Station Ops. Ed B U R R O W S and Ted GALE are flying October or November. of Norfolk) as were Walt and Martha Well, that's it for this time. Keep the KESLER. (Walt is on Sub Lant's staff as a with VP-22 out of Naha, Okinawa. Scott H A R R I S is with VP-49 and Jim "Moose" cards and letters comingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who knows, you career counselor and is anticipating orders CLIFT is with VP-47. to Germany for graduate work.) may be the first!!

I saw Mike B U T T E R F I E L D on a recent Jack and Glennis E V E R E T T became sojourn to San Diego. Mike is XO in U S S parents of Jack William on 19 Nov. weighSUMMIT COUNTY. ing in at 4 lb., 11 oz. Jack is an instructor Sec'y, Lt. James S. Baiftnstark, USN at Nuclear Power School, Mare Island.

All those '65ers in the Long Beach/San Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402 Diego area who are interested in a class Charlie PLUMB's wife Barbara is livget-together are asked to contact John ing in Kansas until the end of the Vietnam Initial response to thte class newsletter, war. Charlie, as many of you know, was BLUMER who is the aide and flag secretary mailed out on 1 D e c , has been excellent. I captured by the North Vietnamese on 19 to ComMinePac here in Long Beach; Mike can't state too strongly how dependent we May 1967, while on a mission off the KITTY Butterfield, aboard SUMMIT COUNTY in San are upon your participation for the class H A W K .

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(St. Bernards) before Bob left for Whidbey.

Al's address is 255 Lombardy Lane, Lemoore Ca. 93245.

I had a letter from Ted H O L L E Y who First in the way of class business, our is working for Spatz Bros, clothing manufacturers in New York. Hols was down at beloved treasurer Al SEARS came out of homecoming and ran into Jack H A S T hiding to give us a report on our financial status. At the present time we have $7,175.72 R E I T E R and Scott BAUM. Ted's adin savings, plus $1,010 earmarked for our dress is 104-40 Queens Blvd. Apt. 16E, Forest Hills, N. Y. He says to drop him class memorial. We have $101.09 in our checking account and $8,000 invested in a line when anyone gets to New York corporate bonds. Recently we donated $600 as he knows where all the wine, and song in the name of the class to help fix up the are found I Lucky Bag spaces. Through the sale of the Mike MELONEY \yrites from Nha Be year book and the great work of Guinn RVN where he is senior patrol officer for CLARK, Tom MARFIAK, and the others RivDiv 554, a newly activated P B R dion the staff we received $3,863.33. vision. Also in the division Ed MORGAN The parents and friends of Bob COLLINS and Dave "Boy" BILL. Also at Nha Be certainly made a fine gesture in donating is Carl CRABTREE, the base NILO who $1,000 to erect a monument to our deceased can usually be seen practicing his Vietnamese classmates. Al Sears suggested planting on the local CO's at the O' Club. Mike a tree near Tecumseh with a plaque as a said that he was married in Feb. 1967, to the permanent memorial. He would like to get former Miss Lynn Pisani of Union City, away from just seats in the stadium and N. J. and has a one-year-old daughter, Michelle Lynn. Ed MORGAN added an would be willing to allow $S,000-$7,000 for a good memorial. I asked for suggestions addition also with daughter Michelle. Crabs and "dirty" Dave are still confirmed before and didn't get much response, so if anyone would like to suggest, now is the bachelors. In other RivDivs out of Nha Be are Pete W R I G H T , Oke S H A N N O N , and time.

Andy BECK. Mike Meloney's address is Joan and Al Sears are up at Lemoore, RivDiv 554, F P O , San Francisco 96621.

Calif, where Al is finishing up in an A-4 Rag. Skip CRAMER writes that he and Ron Dave F I T C H and Al will be in operational squadron VA-19S. Frank B U R K H E A D left GURLEY are in VP-4 presently in Iwathe Rag and is now "stuck" in the Med in kuni, Japan. Skip ran into 1/Lt. Tom VSF-1. Tim BEARD and Wil T R A F T O N , S T O U F F E R at the Armed Forces Language the fish and the toe, are in the A-4 Rag School, Monterey. Tom returned from a also. In operational squadrons are Far one year Fulbright scholarship in Vienna.

ARRINGTON, still working in the rings, Dave CLAUDE is with VP-47 at Cam Chris BRIX, Dave BROWNING, and Andy Ranh Bay. Tom GIBBONS received orders SIMON P I E T I . Clint and Sally FARMER to VP-4 for April. Skip would like anyone added their second, a girl, to the family stopping in Hawaii to look him up at 5816B several months ago. The A-7 Rag has Dave Fulman Ave., Ewa Beach, Hi. 96706.

WALKER, Georgeous George GORYLance W I L M A R T H writes from up in A N E C plus wife, and Al ROODHOUSE, Argentia, Newfoundland where he is flying his wife Joy, and 8-month old Edwin. in VP-16, a Jacksonville squadron. He's on Mike W U N S C H is in Vietnam while his a three-month split deployment flying P-3's. wife Diane is finishing college in West The other three months are in Bermuda.

Chester.

Lance was married 17 Aug. to the former Al Sears spent a few days in Los Angeles Miss Hope Buchanan of Kensington, Md. with Bob and Suzanne W I T T E N B E R G She is finishing her last year of nursing school at University of Delaware. Mike and their two monsters Baron and Brigetta H O L L A N D was one of the ushers at the wedding which was held at the Academy Chapel.

19 6 9 Going through the Rag at the same time as Lance in Pax River were Owie REGISTER OF ALUMNI McFADDEN, Jack H A S T R E I T E R , and Bill CLAYTON. Mike H O L L A N D is flyThe newest edition of the ing B-3's with VP-49 out of Pax River after REGISTER, the first to be proreturning from a deployment at Sangley Point in the Philippines. Mike BROWN duced by Electronic Data Processis a TACCO in P-3's and spent some time ing, is ready for distribution. home in Brunswick, Maine after his Containing the most up to date squadron was replaced up north by Lance's. data ever published by your Chuck GRUTZUIS is commanding a Alumni Association, it is now Swift boat and was recently wounded acciavailable to you at $8.00 a dentally by a shotgun which fell on the deck. He was wounded in the back but copy, postpaid.

Mail your was last heard to be recovering fine. He check and the below coupon to was headed for Destroyer School in Newport.

U. S. Naval Academy Mario and Heather BALTAZAR (Philippine Navy) are living in Cavite City, PhilipAlumni Association pines. Mario is an engineering oflScer in a Annapolis, Maryland 21402 PCE (whatever that is) I Finally, I would like to extend to all the Name class the best wishes for success and happiness in this New Year. Thanks to all of Address you for the letters that make my column possible. I hope you will all remember to keep writing. Remember to send changes of address to Alumni House, Annapolis, Zip Md. 21402 to insure getting your copy of Shipmate.

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Sec'y, Ll.(j"g) Robert G. Johnson, Jr. Navy Public Affairs Office 6087 Sunset Blvd.

Hollywood, Calif. 90028

Sec'y, 1/Lt. Edward H. Mills, USMC VMCJ-2, MCAS, Cherry Point, N. C. 28533

A letter was received from the other half of our classmates who were commissioned in the Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bob H U N T . After completing artillery and ranger school, Bob was assigned to the 5/81st Airborne Artillery in Wiesbaden and served as the fire direction officer until April. At that time he was assigned as the junior aide to MGen. George Mabry, CG of the 8th Infantry Division.

During the summer he became the only aide and it looks as though he'll stay on as senior aide until the spring. He said that his schedule is quite hectic, but the experience in dealing with people and learning about the Army is most educational. He catches quite a bit of kidding regarding his salty background, but he has had no problem in adjusting to the Army way of life.

Peter A N T O N I A K is in charge of a Seabee civic action team at Can Tho. Pete describes his work as initiating worthwhile projects at the grass roots level such as roadbuilding, bridge repair and hospital improvement. His team doesn't actually do the work, rather they lend their know-how, equipment and occasionally, financial aid; people hired in the individual villages do the actual work. Pete is also training several Hoi Chanhs, of former VC who have rallied to the good guys side.

Lt.(jg) Peter R. Antoniak '67, (CEC) USN, works on a project in Can Tho.

Paul Ward, Clint Wright, Russell Tadych, Tom Ballantine, Tim Moore, Jim Potts, and Al Lawver graduated from Nuclear Power school at Bainbridge on 25 Oct. and are now at Windsor Locks, Conn.

Al and Sharon L A W V E R had a daughter, Kimberly Dawn, on 28 Aug. and Jim P E T E R S became the father of a girl.

Heather Marie, on 16 Oct. In the November Shipmate, I stated that Wayne Olsen married Ditsy Guinn but actually it was Bill OLSEN. Wayne married Betsy Bruce on 21 Sept. in San Diego.

Wayne has been M P A in OZBOURN for the last year homeported in Yokosuka. He attended M P A school with his youngster year roommate, Tom SOMMERS. Wayne will be going back to school in September under the Burke Program, but he hasn't decided whether to go to Scripps Institute of Oceanography or to the University of Washington, but his field will be oceanography.

Bob F I S C H L in DUPONT was married to Diane Sharp in July and foimd out three days later that the DUPONT'S schedule was changed from a Med cruise to another WestPac cruise, so he is now in WestPac again. In September he spent a couple of days with Sam SAMOLIS, asst. supply officer in ASHTABULA at Long Beach.

Bill F E N S T E R M A C H E R is in BOXER and Jim M c Q U E E N is in NORTHAMPTON,

hopefully awaiting orders to Supply School.

Jim H I C K S is in Miramar, Qilif.

Bob and Jeanne H A V A S Y were reunited in San Diego when his L S T finally returned from WestPac. There must be more news of our class somewhere. Please write and let us know where the action is.

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Sec'y, Ens. R. M. Brown I I I Box 111B Sikes Hall 2942 NAAS Whiting Field Milton, Fl. 32570

Here it is February already and the Academy is still immersed in the Dark Ages; I'm glad we as a class are not still wading through that quagmire of listlessness. Being well into the second half of our first year as officers, the changeover from those pre-commissioned days seems more complete with each passing week. It won't be long now before most of us will advance in rank!

Where does the time go?

A letter from Chris SLEBOS last week stated he had just reported aboard his DE, the GARCIA. Chris had spent four months at CIC school and ASAC in Glynco, Ga. He is now with his ship in Boston, along with John DRANCHAK, who attended the same schools. Chris writes that Pat Marvil, Tom Perry, Don Snyder, John, Guy Eastman,

Steve Wilson, and Lindsey Alley all went through with him at Glynco, sounds like old home week at USNA. It seems our stalwart class treasurer finked out on us bachelors last 20 Nov. and is now happily settled with a Georgia bride, Sylvia. Congratulations you old dog, wish I could have been there.

Having mentioned Lindsey ALLEY in the previous paragraph. Ward MADSEN asked me to convey his greetings to Lindsey aboard his "can" in the North Atlantic. Poor Ward has to "gut out" the cold in Meridian, Miss., these days.

Peat C H A P P S left at the end of November to join his DE, the FURER, in the Mediterranean. His wife Sherry has been substitute teaching and this has enabled her to join him in Europe for Christmas in Athens.

Sounds like a terrific idea for future plans for other marrieds in the class.

Down Pensacola way I was fortunate to spend Thanksgiving dinner recently with

Tom and Kathy PRESECAN. It was a gala occasion, and we were joined by Denny ROWLEY, John McKEE, Bill MATT H E W S and Duane GLISAN. It sure was great to see and taste proof that new Navy wives can cook an excellent meal. The home of Navy Air has been rocking recently, with Mike TKACH throwing a great party, and Al COSTLOW and Dirty "Joe" sponsoring the Army-Navy game bash. As usual '68 won the parties by an overwhelming score.

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Houston, Tex.; in Feb. 1945 he was relieved of all active duty. Admiral Smith served as president of the University of South Carolina for seven and a half years, and was then named president emeritus.

Surviving are four brothers, Winchester C. Smith of Williston, Dr. J. Gregg Smith of Forsyth, Ga., J. Ryerson Smith of Orlando, Fla. and W. Murray Smith, 3100 Brant St., San Diego, Ca. 92103; and a sister Mrs. Philip G. Harris of Spartansburg, S. C.

of 1906, and served in U S S RHODE ISLAND and COLORADO. In 1907 he was transferred BEAN, R A Y M O N D WESLEY (LCDR USNR RET '49), 2 1 A p r . ' 6 7 , La J o l l a , Calif.

BRADLEY, UDOLPHO THEODORE (LCDR USNR RET ' 2 3 ) , 2 5 N o v . ' 6 8 , W i n t e r P a r k , Fla. BROWN, WILBURT SCOTT (MGEN USMC RET '24),

13 Dec. ' 6 8 , B i r m i n g h a m , A l a .

CARTER, THOMAS LEE (CAPT USMC ' 6 2 ) , 10 Nov. ' 6 8 , V i e t n a m .

CASTER, J O H N M A R I O N

' 4 1 , 29 Nov. '68,

Jamesville, N . Y .

COCHRAN, CHRISTIAN HESSLER (CDR USN RET ' 4 0 ) , I S Dec. ' 6 8 , U S N H , Bethesda, Md. DeMETROPOLIS, '31),

GEORGE

(RADM

to the Civil Engineer Corps and was ordered to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, N. Y. where he received a Master's degree in civil engineering. He then served in various Public Works Departments. During World W a r I, he had duty involving the development of Pearl Harbor, then was public works officer of the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111. where he built up a Public Works Battalion which was the forerunner of World War II Seabees. He served as public works officer of the Charleston Navy Yard, Sixth Naval District, Naval Operating Base, San Diego, Calif., and the Norfolk Navy Yard.

USN RET

17 N o v . ' 6 8 , Athens, Greece.

EAST, WALTER JAMES, JR. (CAPT USN RET '35), 3 0 N o v . ' 6 8 , C o r o n a d o , Calif.

FREELING, GUY ALEXANDER, JR. ' 4 4 , 2 Sept.

'68, Lake V i l l a g e , A r k .

GILBERTSON, GEORGE BERNARD (CDR USNR RET ' 2 7 ) , 4 Dec. ' 6 8 , B u r l i n g t o n , V t .

GOOD, GEORGE DEVEREAUX (CAPT USN RET '35), 13 Dec. ' 6 8 , M i a m i , Fla. HELLER, ARTHUR ELIAS COURVOISIER (LCOL USAR RET ' 2 4 ) , 18 N o v . ' 6 8 , N e w a r k , N . J .

KENNEDY, W I L L I A M DEWITT (CDR USNR RET '28),

3 Dec. ' 6 8 , U S N H , Jacksonville, Fla.

LAWRENCE, NEWBOLD TROTTER (LCDR USNR RET ' 1 6 ) , 18 N o v . ' 6 8 , Long Island, N . Y .

MERRILL, ROBERT TAYLOR (CAPT USCGR RET '10), 2 7 N o v . ' 6 8 , Lighthouse Point, Flo.

Norman Murray Smith '06

M O R A N , THOMAS (CAPT USN RET ' 1 0 ) , 2 9 Nov. ' 6 8 , Cresskill, N . J .

PLICHTA, JOSEPH PHILIP (RADM CEC USN RET ' 3 5 ) , 2 6 N o v . ' 6 8 , U S N H , Bethesda, Md. ROOK, WILSON CRAWFORD (LCDR USN ' 5 7 ) , 25 J a n . ' 6 8 , ofF C a l i f o r n i a coast.

SMITH, N O R M A N MURRAY (RADM CEC USN RET ' 0 6 ) , 2 5 N o v . ' 6 8 , W i l l l s t o n , S. C. WOOLDRIDGE, EDMUND TYLER ( A D M USN RET ' 2 0 ) , 15 Dec. ' 6 8 , U S N H , A n n a p o l i s , Md. N O R M A N MURRAY SMITH ' 0 6

RAdm. Norman M. Smith, (CEC) U S N (Ret.), who was responsible for the founding of the Seabees, died 25 Nov. at the home of a brother in Williston, S. C. Graveside services were held in Arlington National Cemetery.

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In 1925 he attended the Naval War College, Newport, R. I. He served in the Bureau of Yards and Docks as project manager of the Ordnance Establishments Section, and was public works officer of the Boston Navy Yard and First Naval District. As Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Admiral Smith obtained approval for setting up Construction Battalions during future wars. He retired at his own request 1 Dec. 1937, after completing 30 years of service. In 1939 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

During World War II he was recalled to active duty and served as officer in charge.

Naval Construction Battalion Replacement Depot, Camp Parks, Shoemaker, Calif., then Superintendent, Civil Engineers, Area HQ.,

I find myself at present (December) moving to Whiting Field for training in the T-28, so I can safely assume my new address will remain accurate for four to five months . . . in case anyone might like to write. For those of you unfamiliar with the area. Whiting is just on the edge of nowhere, so keep those letters coming in order to bolster my spirit, if for no other reason.

Keep the faith.

ROBERT TAYLOR MERRILL ' 1 0

Capt. Robert T. Merrill, USCG ( R e t ) , died 27 Nov. at Lighthouse Point, Fla. A graveside service with simple honors was held in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Capt. Merrill was born in Mine LaMotte, Mo., and graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1910. He served in battleships, and was assigned to the Bureau of Navigation to organize the merchant marine personnel section of the Naval Reserve Act of 1916. When the United States entered World War I, Capt. Merrill was responsible for manning all merchant shipping going into the war zone with blue-jacket crews and reserve officers; he was then named supervisor of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in New York. He resigned in Nov. 1919 and joined a New York steamship company. After a period of leave to the Shipping Board to help prepare and present a ship subsidy bill, he spent 15 years with the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co., becoming vice president and general manager.

Capt. Merrill was commissioned in the Coast Guard in April 1942 and served in the office of the Commandant, and as shipping consultant to the State Department. From 1946 to 1948, he visited various European maritime countries in preparation for postwar international maritime agreements. He was designated as one of the three experts to represent world shipping at a conference of representatives of the telecommunications, aviation and meteorological bodies of the United Nations. Capt. Merrill retired in 1950, but was recalled to active duty and assigned to the State Department as a specialist in foreign affairs shipping. From 1953 to 1955, he was in Tokyo as transportation attache. In 1961 he retired as Chief, Shipping Division of the State Department. Capt. Merrill was awarded the Navy Cross Medal for services during World War I, a Legion of Merit and a Letter of Commendation. He had served as a 41

mernber of the board of directors of the Retired Officers Association, and was active in the class of 19i0, as editor of the 40th anniversary bulletin and member of the class advisory committee.

His widow Marguerite resides at 4211 N.E. 23rd Ave., Lighthouse Pt., Fl. 33064.

EDWIN FRIDLEY COCHRANE '16

Cdr. Edwin F . Cochrane, U S N (Ret.), died 18 Nov. in the Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., of cancer. Services were held in All Saints Episcopal Church, with interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Cdr. Cochrane was born in Steele, N. D., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916. He served in destroyers during World War I, then in submarines; his last command was the SS-4S. He served in lighterthan-air at Lakehurst, N. J. and at Sunnyvale, Calif., and was engineer officer in the dirigible MACON when it crashed off the coast of California. His last duty before retirement in July 1937 was in U S S ARKANSAS.

was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916. During World W a r I he served in submarines operating out of Bantry Bay, Ireland. Following his resignation in July 1920, he was a Merchant Marine officer from 1920-22, then became an executive with the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. After joining United States Lines as a member of the operating department in 1924, he held increasingly important posts for the line in Cherbourg, Antwerp, Hamburg and London before being named general manager. In 1948 he was appointed assistant vice president; then in 1951 he was named vice president, serving until retirement in 1958.

Upon his recall to active duty prior to the outbreak of World War II, Cdr. Cochrane taught in the Department of Seamanship and Navigation at the Academy, then commanded the supply ship TALETA in the South Pacific. In 1944 he was designated aerial navigator by the Army Air Force Central Flying Training Command at Selman Field, Louisiana.

Following retirement 1 Oct. 1947, Cdr. Cochrane worked for Western Airlines and the Convair Division of General Dynamics.

He had been class treasurer from July 1941 to Sept. 1944; was a long-time corresponding secretary for his class, and had been vice president then president of '16, a post he held at the time of death. He was former trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, and while serving as secretarytreasurer from 1937-38 founded and was the first editor of Shipmate.

Surviving are his widow, Margaret (Polly), of 4315 Avalon Drive, San Diego, Ca. 92103; a son, LCol. Edwin F. Cochrane, Jr., U S A F R of Fullerton, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret C. McDonnell of Whittier, Calif., eight grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

NEWBOLD TROTTER LAWRENCE '16

Mr. Newbold T. Lawrence of School Lane, Lloyds Harbor, Huntington, Long Island, N. Y., died 18 Nov. in Huntington Hospital.

A requiem mass was offered at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church.

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UDOLPHO THEODORE BRADLEY '23

LCdr. Udolpho T. Bradley, U S N R (Ret.) of Winter Park, Fla., died 25 Nov. Graveside services were held in the Palm Cemetery, Florida.

Cdr. Bradley, born in Frankfort, Ky., was Mr. Lawrence was aboard the liner AMERICA'S test run in 1940, and gave techni- a member of the Naval Academy class of 1923. He earned a Bachelor's degree in cal lectures in SS UNITED STATES when she was completed in 1952. He was a past presi- architecture from Princeton University in 1923, a Master's degree in 1930 and a Ph.D. dent and director of the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and of the in history in 1933 from Cornell University.

Security Bureau. He was a past vice presi- He taught at Pomfret School, Pomfret, dent and director of the New York Shipping Conn, from 1923 to 1931. During World Association and a member of the Marine War II, he entered the Naval Reserve and taught aerial gunnery at North Island and Society of New York and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He Puerto Rico, and history at the Naval had been a member of the advisory council Academy; he was retired from the Naval of t h e State University's Maritime College Reserve in December 1953. A professor of at Fort Schuyler, and was active in organiz- history at Rollins College, Cdr. Bradley was ing and judging the International Lifeboat also crew coach for 28 years before retiring from active coaching in 1965 when he became Races. faculty director of rowing. He was elected to His wife, the former Evelyn Cromwell, Helms Foundation Rowing Hall of Fame, died earlier in November. Surviving are two the only small college crew coach so honored sons, Newbold, Jr. of Lloyds Harbor, and to date. He was a founding coach of Dad Richard of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Vail Rowing Association and author of the Association's official history "The Dad Vail five grandchildren.

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EDMUND TYLER WOOLDRIDGE '20

Edwin Fridley Coclirane '16

in May 1961. In addition to other awards, Adm. Wooldridge held the Navy Commendation Ribbon and the Peruvian Navy Cross.

Survivors include his widow Marion Lee of 7l0 Americana Dr., Apt. 53, Annapolis, Md. 21403; two sons, Cdr. Edmund, Jr., USN 'SO and Marshall H. '59; a daughter Mrs. Marion Lee Duvall; and nine grandchildren.

Adm. Edmund T. Wooldridge, U S N (Ret.), died 15 Dec. at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., following a heart attack.

Services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel, followed by interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Adm. Wooldridge was born in Lawrenceburg, Ky., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1919, with the class of 1920.

He served in submarines based in New London, Conn., and the Panama Canal Zone, as well as the Naval Academy where he was instructor of physics and engineering. He was executive officer in U S S DOBBIN, based at Honolulu, and assistant operations officer on the staff of Commander Support Force, Atlantic Fleet. During the early period of World War II, he was chief of staff. Commander Support Force, and Task Force 24, and was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service Medal, respectively. Assigned to the Navy Department until Dec. 1944 he then served in the Pacific

He is survived by his widow Cecile of 320 Knowles Ave., Winter Park, Fl. 32789; three daughters, Mrs. F. Lee Fanger of Summit, N. J., Mrs. Mary Virre of New Orleans, La., and Mrs. Barbara Hall of Fairfield, Conn.; and five grandchildren.

WILBURT SCOTT BROWN '24

MGen. Wilburt S. Brown, USMC (Ret.), died 13 Dec. of emphysema in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Birmingham, Ala. He was a veteran of both World Wars, the Korean War and the Nicaraguan campaign.

Gen. Brown was born in Beverly, Mass. and attended the Phillips Academy in Andover. He left school to enlist in the Marine Corps in 1918, served in the Twentieth Company in France and received the Purple Heart. He was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1920 to accept an appointment to the Naval Academy; he attended with the class of 1924. He left the Academy and re-enlisted in the Marines, theater as commander of U S S N E W JERSEY. Under his command the battleship partici- where he was commissioned a second lieupated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa cam- tenant from the ranks in 1925. Following paigns, and in the first naval raid on Tokyo. duty at Nicaragua, Gen. Brown was at variFor this service he was awarded the Bronze ous posts across the United States and abroad. During World War II he was Star Medal with combat "V." He remained in the Far East after Japan's surrender, executive officer of the Defense Battalion commanding the Naval Occupation Forces in the Pacific theater. He commanded the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment in Okinawa in Northeast Japan. Returning to Washington, D.C, Adm. Wooldridge became the as- and China. In Korea he commanded the First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division sistant chief of Naval Operations and aide until his return to the states in 1951. His last to the Joint Chiefs. In that capacity, he repduty was commanding general. Force Troops, resented the Chiefs on the National Security Council. Following tours with the Atlantic Fleet Marine Force, Pacific at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gen. Brown retired beFleet, he became Commandant of the National War College, Ft. McNair, Washing- cause of physical disability in Dec. 1953.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal, ton, D.C.; he was awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit. He re- and the Legion of Merit with oak leaf tired 1 August 1958. In 1960 he was recalled cluster, among others. Gen. Brown earned a Ph.D. in history in 1963 from the Unito active duty and reported as a member of versity of Alabama, and became a professor the Ad Hoc Committee for the study and revision of the Oflicer Personnel Act, and of history at the University. served as such until relieved of active duty Survivors include his widow Martha of S H I PMATE j<di

"The Downs," Tuscaloosa, Al. 35401; and two sons Robert J. who attended the Naval Academy with the class of 1956, and Philip S., both of Burlingame, Calif.

with the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal, he received the Purple Heart Medal, and the Ribbon for the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the Division. For services in Commander Fleet Air, Quonset Point, and Commander Air Groups, Hampton ARTHUR ELIAS COURVOISIER HELLER '24 Roads, he was awarded the Bronze Star LCol. Arthur E. C. Heller, USAR (Ret.), Medal. In 1945 he was assigned to the Naval died 18 Nov. at St. Michael's Medical Center, Analysis Division of the U. S. Strategic Newark, N. J. Services were held at the Bombing Survey, a presidential mission to Haeberle and Barth Home for Funerals in Japan.

Irvington, N. J. After the war, Admiral Shands attended A native of Newark, Col. Heller enlisted the National War College; commanded the in the Marines at age 17, and saw service ORISKANY, which operated with Fast Carrier at (Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood and Task Force 77 in the Korean theater, and Soissons. He later attended the Naval was awarded the Legion of Merit with Academy with the class of 1924. Col. Heller combat "V." He was Director of the Atomic enlisted in the Army in World War II, and Energy Division Office of Chief of Naval was commissioned a major in 1942. He was Operations, and as Deputy Commander, Field overseas with the transportation office, and Command, Defense Atomic Support, Albuafter the African campaign was transferred querque from 1957-60, he was awarded the to the Tank Corps. Wounded in Italy, he Commendation Medal. Following duty as was awarded the Purple Heart. At the time Deputy Chief, Defense Atomic Support of his death he was a lieutenant colonel in Agency, Washington, D. C., he retired in the Army Reserve. His business career was 1961. principally with Heller Brothers, Newark He is survived by his widow Elizabeth of tool manufacturers, and he was president and board chairman of that company when 403 Sky Hill Rd., Alexandria, Va.; a son he retired and the business was sold in Courtney, Jr. of S t Louis, Mo., and a daughter Mrs. Carey E. Lane of Con1955. necticut.

He is survived by his widow, Maureen of 380 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark, NJ 01704, WILLIAM DeWITT KENNEDY '28 and three sisters.

Cdr. William D. Kennedy, U S N R (Ret.), died 3 Dec. in the Naval Hospital, JacksonGEORGE BERNARD GILBERTSON '27 ville, Fla., following a long illness. Services Cdr. George B. Gilbertson, U S N R ( R e t ) , were held at the Westberry Griffis Riverdied 4 Dec. in Burlington, Vermont. Grave- mead Funeral Home in Orange Park, Fla., side services with full military honors took with graveside services and interment in Arlington National Cemetery. place in Arlington National Cemetery.

Cdr. Kennedy was born in Raleigh, Miss., Cdr. Gilbertson was born in Minnesota, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927, and graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1928. He resigned from the and served in the U S S FLORIDA and Naval service following graduation, and was CouGHLiN. He resigned from the Naval service on 10 April 1930, and became a employed by a Chicago public utility combond salesman for Halsey, Stuart and Co. pany as electrical and mechanical engineer. of New York City. During World W a r II, After working in the rubber industry in he served in the Naval Reserve in the capacities ranging from salesman through Bureau of Naval Personnel and had ad- buyer, to broker of crude rubber, he was vanced study in strategy and sea power at employed in the Maritime Security Division the Naval War College. He served in U S S of the Hydrographic Office.

PC-621, and commanded PC-622 and BEBAS. Following duty in the Ordnance Department at the Naval Training Station, he was stationed at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. He was executive officer of THURSTON,

before he retired from the Naval Reserve in January 1955. He was a security salesman associated with Byrd Brothers of New York City in 1949, and president of Aegir, Inc. in 1960.

in USS W A S P and the RANGER

escorting

to Iceland and Europe. As comof Fighting Squadron 71, operating WASP, he shot down six Japanese in the Solomon Islands battle of

Aug. 1942; a month later the W A S P was

torpedoed and sunk. He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Air Medal. For service FEBRUARY,

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RAdm. George DeMetropolis, U S N (Ret.), died 17 Nov. at his home in Athens, Greece. Graveside services with full military honors and interment were held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. DeMetropolis was born in New York City, and in 1931 became the first Greek-American to be graduated from the Naval Academy. He served in U S S TEXAS, FULTON, J. D. EDWARDS, and DENT. In 1938

he was transferred to the Third Naval District and Navy Yard, New York, as aide to Commandant and assistant shop superintendent. During World War II he was commanding officer of the PRINGLE, in which he earned two Bronze Star Medals, with combat "V." As commander of the WALLACE

L. LiND he was awarded a gold star in lieu of a third Bronze Star Medal with combat "V." He was on board the

LIND

when she was present during the ceremonies in Tokyo Bay marking the Japanese surrender. Adm. DeMetropolis was executive officer of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit, Columbia University, N. Y. For his services as fuel and cargo officer with the U. S. Naval Mission to Greece from 1947 to 1950, he was decorated with the King George I Order of Commander, by that country. After serving in the Third Naval District, he commanded the WRANGELL. Following duty as administrator of the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn and instruction at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I., he returned to Greece in 1956 as an advisor at the Royal Hellenic W a r College. He retired 1 Nov. 1959.

Adm. DeMetropolis is survived by his widow, Maria of 5 Lykabittou St., Athens (135), Greece; a son, George; two daughters, Angelica and Lillian; and three brothers, Andrew and James of New York City, and Ted of Washington, D. C.

RAdm. Joseph P. Plichta, (CEC) U S N (Ret.), died 26 Nov. at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. following a heart attack.

Services were held at the Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. Plichta was bor., in Virginia, Minn., and attended the University of Wisconsin before he graduated from the Naval Academy

COURTNEY SHANDS '27

convoys mander off the aircraft

GEORGE DeMETROPOLIS '31

JOSEPH PHILIP PLICHTA '35

He is survived by his widow Magnhild, of R t 2, Bristol, Vt. 05443; a daughter Elsa and a son Lars.

RAdm. Courtney Shands, U S N (Ret.), died 21 Nov. of heart failure at his home in Alexandria, Va. Services were held in Ft. Myer Chapel with interment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Admiral Shands was born in Ferguson, Mo., and attended Hall's W a r College before entering the Naval Academy; he was graduated in 1927. Following flight training, he was designated naval aviator in 1929.

During World W a r II, Admiral Shands commanded Fighting Squadron 72, operating

as the first president of the American Society of Personnel Administration; he was a member of the Jacksonville area Chamber of Commerce, and a former treasurer of the Travelers Aid Society.

He is survived by his widow Elizabeth Robbins formerly of Annapolis, Md., residing at Rt. 1, Box 510, Orange, Fl. 32073; a daughter Mrs. E. Faye Parker of Orange Park; a son William, Jr. of Lakeland, Fla.; four sisters; and six grandchildren.

in 1935. After duty in U S S IDAHO, he atWilliam DeWitt Kennedy '28

Cdr. Kennedy entered the Naval Reserve and served in Pacific, European and Mediterranean theaters of operation during World War II. In 1945 he was commanding officer of U S S LIDDLE, assigned to various operations in the Philippines and Borneo; he was awarded Letter of Commendation. Following occupation operations in Korea and North China, Cdr. Kennedy returned to the United States; he retired on 1 June 1947. After joining the Florida State Employment Service in 1948, he served as metropolitan area supervisor, retiring in August 1968. He was instrumental in organizing and served

tended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y. where he received his Master's degree in civil engineering. He then served in the Naval Operating Base at Newport, R. I. and the Naval Construction Center, Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va. Adm. Plichta, assigned to the staff of Commander, Amphibious Forces, U. S. Pacific Fleet, participated in the invasion of Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Following World War II he was officer in charge of the 104th Naval Construction Battalion; and public works officer at the Naval Amphibious Base, Norfolk, and at the Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Wash. In 1954 he became deputy officer in charge of construction for contracts for 43

the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Madrid, Spain. His last duty was district public works officer, First Naval District in Boston; he retired on 1 Aug. 1958. Adm. Plichta received the Bronze Star Medal while serving with the Amphibious Forces in the South Pacific, and the Navy Unit Commendation with star. Following his retirement, he became vice president of Scatter Communications, Inc., of Leesburg, Va., until 1963. He then joined Rader and Associates as project engineer, traveling to Iran and Chile to supervise airport construction ; he retired from Rader in October.

aboard Naval ships and headed a group of engineers who put a missile system aboard the battleship

OKLAHOMA

CITY.

His survivors include his widow Mary of 5212 Saratoga Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. 20015; a daughter Maia C. Morrison; a son, Midn. Charles Townsend Cochran, U S N A class of 1971; and a brother, John B. Cochran of McKeesport, Pa. CHARLES D A V I S O N BALLOU ' 5 2

Douglas; and a brother Victor Ballou, Jr. of Lancaster, Pa. He is the son of Mrs. Victor Ballou of 1024 W . Clay St., Lancaster, Pa. 17603, and the late Maj. Ballou.

THOMAS LEE CARTER ' 6 2

Capt. Thomas L. Carter, USMC, died 10 Nov. as a result of wounds sustained during a hostile rocket attack on an artillery outpost, where he was commanding Battery C, First Battalion, Twelfth Marines, Third Marine Division. Services with full military honors were held at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Chapel in San Diego, (Talif.,

LCol. Charles D. Ballou, USAF, died 7 Nov. in Southeast Asia, when his 0 - 1 aircraft crashed as a result of intense ground fire. Services were held at Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Col. Ballou was born in Chambersburg, Pa., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1952, and was commissioned in the Air Force.

After training, he was awarded electroniccountermeasures wings in 1953, and pilot's wings in 1954. With the Strategic Air Command, Col. Ballou was assigned to Lockbourne AFB, Ohio; Westover AFB, Mass.; Forbes AFB, Kan. where he checked out as aircraft commander of KC-97; and Kindley AFB, Bermuda where he was instrumental in locating a missile-carrying Russian ship during the Cuban crisis. At Merced A F B , Calif., he had KC-13S aircraft commander transition training. After ten and a half years with Strategic Air Command, he was released to Systems Command at L. G. Hanscom Field, Mass. where he served in test operations. In February 1968 he was assigned to the Twentieth Tactical Air Joseph Philip Plichta '35 Support Squadron, stationed in DaNang, Thomas Lee Carter '62 where he directed air support for U. S. He is survived by his widow Dorothy of Special Forces troops.

Col. Ballou had flown 5432 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20015; a son David E . ; a daughter more than 200 combat missions. He was followed by interment in the Ft. Rosecrans Military Cemetery.

Mrs. Gail E. Heimes; five sisters; and one posthumously promoted to the grade of lieutenant colonel. Col. Ballou received the brother.

Capt. Carter, born in Galveston, Texas, was valedictorian of his class at Torrance High School, and entered the Naval CHRISTIAN HESSLER COCHRAN ' 4 0 Academy with the class of 1962. While atCdr. Christian H . Cochran, U S N ( R e t ) , tending the Academy, he participated in died 15 D e c , in the Naval Hospital, cross-country, wrestling, and reached the Bethesda, Md., following a long illness. finals of the 155-pound boxing tournament Services were held at the Navy Security He made the Superintendent's List conStation Chapel, with interment in the sistently, and was Third Battalion comArlington National Cemetery. mander and Brigade administrative officer A native of Wilmerding, Penna., Cdr. in his first class year. H e graduated fifth Cochran attended the Citadel, and graduin his class scholastically, and was comated from the Naval Academy in 1940. H e missioned in the Marine Corps. Capt. Carter served in a number of battleships and attended Basic School, Quantico, and Arcruisers in the Atlantic Fleet during World tillery School, Ft. Sill. H e served with the War II. Cdr. Cochran was aboard U S S Mortar Battery 2/11, First Marine Division BALTIMORE for commissioning, shakedown, at Camp Pendleton, and was assigned to and duty in Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.

Headquarters, Air Fleet Marine Force H e served in the MISSISSIPPI, INDIANA, and Pacific at El Toro and Camp Holland M. MASSACHUSETTS until 1946, when he reSmith, Oahu. H e received a Master's deported to staff, Commander Battleshipsgree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate Cruisers. In 1949, he had orders to OpNav, School, Monterey before reporting to lOSmm followed by duty in SALEM in the Sixth howitzer battery, Vietnam in August 1968.

Fleet; he then was assistant inspector genCapt. Carter was awarded the Purple Heart, Charles Davison Ballou '52 eral on the staff of Military Sea TransporVietnam Service Medal, and National Detation Service. In 1955 he was placed on fense Medal, among others.

National Science Foundation Certificate for the temporary retired officers list, and in photographing solar eclipses. H e was October 1960, on the permanent retired list He is survived by his widow Doris of 5725 for physical disability. Cdr. Cochran joined awarded the Air Medal, the Air Force Ferber Dr., San Diego, Ca. 92122; three the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Commendation Medal, the Vietnam Service daughters, Kristin Ann, Kimberly Susan and Medal with two bronze stars, the Republic Kerry Lee; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins University, as specialist in Naval of Vietnam Campaign Medal, among others. Allen D. Carter, 401 Susana Ave., Redondo Weapons Systems, and later as senior staff He is survived by his widow Joan of 17 Beach, Ca. 90277; and two sisters, Mrs. engineer, TALOS System Group, and TALOS/TYPHON Test Group. H e played an Baldwin Rd., Chelmsford, Mass. 01824; one Barbara Pesterre of Chatsworth, Calif, and important role in establishing guided missiles daughter Catherine; two sons, Thomas and Mrs. Carol Meka of Hermosa Beach, Calif.

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ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS In the interest of timely chapter reporting, chapter secretaries are requested to forzvard their material with as lit.le delay as possible. Copy received after the 15th of the month misses the issue then in preparation and may not reach the reader until two months or more later.

ANNAPOLIS The annual Christmas cocktail party took place on 11 Dec. at the Alumni House. There was a fine attendance with 140 people present.

Music was supplied by a group known locally as "The Bars and Tonics." They are doctors and lawyers in th Annapolis area, of which two are Naval Academy graduates of the class of 1921. Mr. Arthur D. Condon (attorney at law and banjo player) and Capt. Justin H. Dickins, USN (Ret.) (also banjo player) played together as midshipmen and again in the USS UTAH for two years following graduation. The others of the group are Dr. Richard I. Hochman (pianist), previously a medical officer in the Navy; Dr. Logan Holtgrewe (saxophone) who also served as a Navy medical officer; and Mr. Harold Slanker (trumpet), a local businessman and graduate of Culver Military Academy.

BALTIMORE On 17 Dec. the annual recruitment meeting took place at the Penn Hotel, Towson, Md. Capt J. O. Coppedge, USN, director of athletics, U S N A ; Cdr. A. J. Simmons, USN, head of the Naval Academy Preparatory School, Bainbridge, Md.; LCdr. T. B. Potter, Jr., USN, the Naval Academy Recruiting and Guidance officer; and three "Operation Information" midshipmen took part in the program.

A number of yoimg men from the Baltimore area who are prospective candidates for the Academy, members, and their ladies attended the meeting which was accompanied by cocktails and dinner.

BOSTON Capt. Thomas H. Suddath, USN (Ret.), '38, president of the Boston chapter, discussed "Oceanology and its Economic Potential" at the 10 Dec. luncheon held at the Officers' Club, Charlestown Naval Shipyard.

In addition to being in charge of executive development programs at Boston College, Capt. Suddath is a member of The Governor's Advisory Committee on Ocean Management.

It is in this capacity that he spoke to us.

RAdm. C. D. Nace, Commander Submarine Flotilla Two, who was to have been our speaker this month, sent his regrets on having to cancel due to the Investigation Board for the SCORPION being reconvened.

The content of the following letter from R.A.dm. James Calvert, Superintendent of U. S. Naval Academy, is of value to all interested in furthering the Academy. "Dear Trustee, I was honored to have the opportunity of talking with members of the Board of Trustees of the Naval Academy Alumni Association at its meeting in Annapolis.

"During the meeting you asked me to send you some of the salient facts concerning nominations and qualifications of candidates for the Class of 1972.

"Decline in Candidates. The number of young men who were nominated as candidates for the Naval Academy declines from 6220 for the Class of 1968 to 5467 for the Class of 1972.

"Qualifications of Candidates. Of the 5467 candidates (duly nominated individuals) for the Class of 1972, there were only 18S8 who FEBRUARY,

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met USNA scholastic and medical qualifications. There were 145 who withdrew from candidacy after having qualified. Offers of admission were extended to 1590 qualified candidates. Of that number there were 221 who declined appointment to the Academy.

(This is a much smaller refusal percentage than even the top colleges experience.) The number finally admitted to the class was 1369.

"Congressiotial Nominations. For the Class of 1972 the number of congressional vacancies available was 1211. Since congressmen were permitted to nominate six young men for each vacancy, this meant that 7266 could have received congressional nominations. As a matter of fact, 2478 of these nominations were unused. This points out the great opportunity that exists today for young men to obtain nominations for Annapolis. The opportunity will be further enhanced this year and in coming years as a result of the July 1968 law which authorizes congressmen to nominate ten candidates instead of six for each vacancy. Congressional nominations are our largest source of Midshipmen and accounted for 1100 of the 1369 admitted to the present plebe class. â&#x20AC;˘'Qualified Alternates. Of the 1100 admitted on congressional nomination to the present plebe class, 466 were admitted as qualified alternates. (A qualified alternate is defined as a man who has met all our requirements, has been nominated by a congressman, and who does not become a principal.) This points up the fact that a well-qualified candidate with a congressional nomination, even though it be a 9th alternate, has an excellent opportunity for admission.

"I hope that this summary of facts will be of use in your efforts to help us in the recruitment of highly qualified candidates for Annapolis."

CORONADO The 14 Nov. meeting honored West Point alumni residing in Coronado. Highlight of the evening was the speech given by Mr. Rembert James, news service editor of the Copley Press in San Diego, who, following the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, explored the European continent with a keen nose for news. While there he interviewed renowned statesmen like Gubb Pasha of Great Britain, Near East expert, politicians, and newsmen, and gleaned colorful gossip and opinions from men on the street, concierges, hotel maids and countless others.

He enlightened and pleased the audience with his report on the European and Middle East situation : De Gaulle, French politics and the French people; the Czech situation ; Russian fear of Germany; the Turkish-Greek confrontation ; the Russian Fleet in the Med; public opinion of the US and the Vietnam war; public reaction to the Kennedy-Onassis wedding; etc.

Savvy Huffman, chapter president, reported on his customary courtesy call on Adm. R. H. Jackson, USN ( R e t ) , '87, our oldest living alumnus. The Admiral is in excellent spirits. He recently voted in the Presidential elections marking the SOth anniversary since he first voted. We were informed as a matter of timely interest to West Point and Annapolis alumni gathered together, that except for fate Adm. Jackson

might today be Gen. Jackson as he tried in vain to enter West Point. Having been beaten in the congressional competition by another he settled for Annapolis as a second and more certain choice.

Among the 76 distinguished gentlemen attending the meeting were the following, Talbert '20, Binford '20, Briggs '25, Libby '22, Bond '25, Cole '36, Campbell '53, Nesbitt '53, Abbett '07, Foster '31, Baughman '07, Leeman '34, Ramsey '27, Callahan '26, Zimanski '38, Rankin '37, Fitzhugh Lee '26, Woods '23, Bowser '32, Pray '33, Berm '45, Hall '31, Chase '23, S. E. Burroughs '24, Smiley '23, Robeson '46, Hurst '24, Sackett '20, A. H. Gray '10, Tarbuck '21, William Rogers '38, Dowden '25, Ogle '38, Kanakanui '24, (TarroU '24, Wideman '25, Brendel '23, Dugan '23, Isgrig '20, Stoker '20, Chapman '23, Robbins '34, McCauley '36, Price '33, Abernethy '21, Huffman '22, M. A. Anderson '20, Heilig '31, Price '30, Wilson '35, Bailey '32, Nash '35, Munns '46, Anderson '23 Sprague '18, Swain '14, Curtis '18, Miller '21, Gillespie '12, Arnold '23, Bruning '33, Kiland '17, Grassie '16, Moore, Ward '23, Erskine '18, John Slade, USNR, Col. Kelly, Col. Kirby, Lt.Gen. Styer, Col. Irvine, E. R. Anderson, USNR, Mr. Ware Marshall, Mr. Cooper (Copley Press), and Mr. Rembert James.

Recent settlers in this area are the following : Leon Rogers '38, Ogle '38, and Sinnott '38.

NEW ORLEANS Members of the chapter had the recent pleasure of joining together twice within a week. On 30 Nov. in a joint session with the West Point Society, and with the ladies as guests, we gathered around a bank of color TV sets in the NAS Officers' Club at Alvin Callander Field and put forth our best remote efforts to gain a Big Blue Team victory. The final resolution of the day was to Beat Army in 1969. But even the West Pointers agreed that if Navy had played that second half twice it would have been Beat Army in 1968.

At the regular monthly luncheon meeting on 6 Dec, Bob Ponti '55, who is with the Chrysler Corp. space division at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, narrated a 20-minute color movie of the recent APOLLO 7 operation. With terrific slow motion footage of the blast off and some vivid shots of Earth from the spacecraft in orbit, the movie could be described as nothing less than spectacular; an engineering-quality production, much more in detail and precision than any commercial television broadcasts to date. Bob's talk along with the movie gave us a quick but thorough education in the design and function of some highly sophisticated space hardware.

The combined attendance at both events included: Tommy Ryan '21, Bill Ware '22, Kit Carson '23, Jack McCue '28, Aubrey Bourgeois '30, Bill Hyde '30, Bob Macpherson '33, Hugh Lewis '34, D. K. Mitchell '39, Jim Miller '39, Russ Moon '40 (Russ was off on a Boy Scout outing in Tennessee, but Mary Lou made a valiant effort to beat Army), Don Wilson '42, Dunbar Lawson '43, Gene Sullivan '44, Milton Seller '45, David Levy '45, D. A. Versaggi '45, Fred Wendt '46, Tom Peace '46, Frank King '46, Tom Atkins '48, John Sharp '48, Don Harlan '49, Bill Sherar '52, Luke Boudreaux '55, Bob Ponti '55, Choppy Cusachs '56, Fritz Klumpp '61 and Gary Burris '65.

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