1973-February Shipmate

February, 1973

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PURPOSE OF THE U.S.N.A. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Your Alumni Association exists for the purpose of serving and supporting the United States, the Naval Service and the United States Naval Academy. In the broadest of terms the Association seeks to accomplish its mission by furthering the highest standards of the Naval Academy, by assisting in what ways it can the continuation of a professional officer corps second to none, and by sponsoring such activities and programs as will perpetuate the history and traditions of the Naval Academy and promote the esprit de corps of its alumni.

The foregoing elements of the Association's mission are tangible and their effective accomplishment is not realized without the spending of money. Administrative expenses, the maintenance of records, the printing and distribution of the Association's publications, and other logistic costs, are met for the most part by the judicious use of membership dues. In an indirect way disbursements such as these contribute to the achievement of the Association's aims. However, membership dues alone are incapable of providing any significant furtherance of plans, programs and projects which the Association hopes to undertake for the benefit of the Naval Academy in an ever increasing degree.

The Naval Academy's primary financial support is provided by the Congress in the form of appropriations. Ostensibly these moneys are sufficient to meet the actual cost of operation and such expansion as may be found necessary. However, it is well known by all who have worked on the preparation of an annual budget for any command, installation or bureau that many an item sincerely believed to be essential has been curtailed or eliminated as the program advanced up the ladder and competition for the available dollars increased. The Naval Academy's proposed budgets have felt the knife along with all the others and the Academy has done without items which we as alumni could not help but agree are essential.

The Naval Academy Alumni Association has made substantial monetary contributions in support of programs and projects at the Academy. With the wholehearted support of its membership achievement of the tangible aims of the Association will become more and more a reality. You, as an alumnus, are asked to help. The Commissioner of internal Revenue has ruled that this Association is "organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes" and hence contributions ore tax deductible.

United States Naval Academy Alumni Association

Shipmate Volume 36, Number 2 Executive Director W. S. BUSIK, '43 Captain, U. S. Navy (Retired)

February, 1973

FEATURES Thumbnail Facts About Today's Naval Academy

Assistant to the Executive Director RICHARD A. TEEL, '36 Captain, U. S. Navy (Retired)

The Great Goat Rescue

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DE-1052 Class Escorts; Facts and Fallacies

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Director of Publications ROY C. SMITH, III, '34 Captain, USNR (Retired)

Fleet Problem One

by RAdm. Robert E. Mailing, USN (Ret.)

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Hanky Panky at Sea

by RAdm. D. V. Gallery, USN (Ret.) Executive Secretary BARRIE DUREE

Editorial Assistant ANN DONALDSON

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De Commissioning of De Haircraft Carrier TENROH Instant Poverty or Financial Security

by Cdr. fames A. Dic\ey, (SC) USN

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DEPARTMENTS Contributors PAUL R. SCHRATZ FRED LARDNER BUDD THALMAN MICHAEL OSULLIVAN

Contributors

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The Mail Boat Sea Breezes All Hands

Capitol Hill 4

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Lucky Bag of Books

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Class News

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Chapter News

A Few Inches From the Yard

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Last Call

A chart of the operational area covered by Fleet Problem One

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Contributors' Biographies REAR A D M I R A L R O B E R T E. MELLING, U S N (RET.) Robert Melling '20 graduated in 1919 and served in the usual variety of large, medium and small ships for six years. During Fleet Problem ONE he was in USS JOHN FRANCIS BURNES ( D D - 2 9 9 ) , after which he took a

PG in Communications with a Master's Degree from Harvard in Radio Engineering. Most of his subsequent duties were in that field except for pre-war command of USS PARROTT ( D D - 2 1 8 ) in China in the late '30s.

During WWII he served on amphibious staffs for the invasions of North Africa, Normandy and Okinawa. He retired in 1950 holding three Bronze Star medals and the Croix-de-Guerre with gold star, all from combat operations.

C O M M A N D E R JAMES A. DICKEY, (SC) U S N Jim Dickey '56 has overseen a greariy expanded financial advisory program since being named Financial Advisor to the Brigade of Midshipmen in August 1970. Besides delivering numerous lectures to all classes, including many fiancees, he has also presented his financial lectures at NROTC Units and at the Naval Supply Corps School and recently insdmted an advisory newsletter to all NROTC Units explaining to them the successful program he has developed at the Naval Academy. Prior to assignment here Commander Dickey was Personnel Officer, Naval Material Command and, in 1966-67, was Senior Supply Advisor to the Vietnamese Navy.

REAR A D M I R A L D A N I E L V . GALLERY, U S N (RET.) Dan Gallery '21 has had "a temporary job with the Navy" since his admission to the Naval Academy in 1917. His "early" retirement from active duty in 1960 did not dampen that same spirit that led him to capture an enemy warship on the high seas during World War II, nor did it curtail his activiries. He is a prolific writer and has authored many books (The Brink, Now Hear This, Eight Bells and All's Well, Cap'n Fatso, The Pueblo Incident and many others) as well as innumerable magazine arucles, both serious and humorous. Shipmate readers are fortunate to have him as a contributor.

P A U L R. S C H R A T Z Captam USN (Ret.), USNA 1939 and now Director of International Studies at the University of Missouri. His service record includes major command, policy and planning roles and attendance at both the Naval and National War Colleges as student and faculty member. He was the first naval officer to receive a Mershon doctoral fellowship at Ohio State and the first U.S. officer to receive the Wilton Park Fellowship from the British Foreign Office.

L. B U D D T H A L M A N A 1957 Journalism and Army ROTC graduate of West 'Virginia now in his eleventh year as Sports Information Director at the Naval Academy. After graduation he joined the Associated Press, then served two years as Information Officer at Fort Jay, N.Y., and returned to the A.P. in 1960. In the Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association he is a Past President and present District Representative on the NCAA Public Relations Committee, National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Screening Committee.

FRED W . L A R D N E R '22 'Tred Lardner '22, who writes our legislative reports, has been a newspaper reporter, business magazine writer and department store advertising manager in Chicago; a correspondent for newspapers, business and military magazines and a managing editor in Washington. He has done many things in the editorial field, except making money. About 35 years ago he received a Christmas card from a girl co-worker with the greeting, 'From one editorial bum to another.' Believing that this girl would not push him too hard, he married her." FWL MICHAEL O S U L L I V A N Midshipman Michael P. (Patrick, what else.?)

O'Sullivan, from South Boston, Mass., is Vice President of the Class of 1973 and Deputy Brigade Commander for the fall term. He majors in Political Science and is a member of the French Club.

He is a former Brigade boxing champion still active in JV boxing, and a member of Big Brothers.

USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President— ADM. G . W . ANDERSON, JR., USN (Ret.) '27,

McLean, Va. Vice President (Eastern

Area)—

Thumbnail Facts About Today's Naval Academy

R A D M . ROBERT W . M C N I T T , USN (Ret.) '38,

Annapolis, Md. Vice President (Central

Area)—

Size of the Brigade—Limited by law to maximum of 4,442 midshipmen plus sons of Medal of Honor winners who qualify for appointment.

M R . DAVID B . BENH.AM '41,

Oklahoma City, Ok. Vice President ( Western

Area)—

L G E N . VICTOR H . KRULAK, U S M C (Ret.) '34,

San Diego, Ca. Past President— M R . HANSON W . BALDWIN '24,

Roxbury, Ct. Executive Director— CAPT. W . S. BUSIK, USN (Ret.) '43

Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's

Representative—

CAPT. W . L . FOSTER, USN '47,

USNA, Annapolis, Md. At Large

Rooms in Bancroft Hall—There are 1,791 living quarters, 36 Wardrooms and 36 Company Offices for a total of 1,863 plus additional spaces used by the Commandant and his staff.

Candidates NominatecI: Class

Number 6,038 7,076 (Record) 7,297 (Record) 7,432 (Record)

1973 1974 1975 1976 Entering Plebe Class: Class 1974 1975 1976 1977 (Est)

Black 21 44 73

Total

Other Minority

1,399 1,338 1,333 1,350

5 14 20

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1973) CAPT. LUCIEN CAPONE, USN '49 LCDR. T . C . LYNCH, USN '64 CAPT. S. O . JONES, USN '51 CAPT. R . H . ROBESON, USN '46

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1974) R A D M . W . A. BROCKETT, USN (Ret.) '34 L T . ROGER T . STAUBACH, USNR '65 CAPT. C . J. MERDINGER, (CEC) USN (Ret.) '41

Average Attrition (Class of 19681972)--37% Attrition among present USNA CI asses as of 20 November 1972: Now on Board Class Entered 1973 1974 1975 1976

1,380 1,399 1,338 1,333

R A D M . C . A. CURTZE, USN (Ret.) '33

Pay of Midshipmen—1265.35 per month

897 954 1,049 1,211

Attrition 35.7% 3L9 21.5 8.8

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1975)

Cost of Four Year USNA Education—$52,000

M R . WILLIAM A. ANDERS '55 CAPT. CHARLES E . GURNEY, III, USN '52 V A D M . PAUL D . STROOP, USN (Ret.) '26 LCDR. WOODROW W . VAUGHN, JR., (SC) USN '64

Courses Offered—576 (74% of these may be taken as electives depending on an individual major)

From Local Chapters

Majors Offered—27 (The program objective is to have 40% of the midshipmen in an engineering major and 30% in science or mathematics)

RADM. JOHN W . AILES, III, USN (Ret.) '30,

Washington, D.C. MR. OWEN F . KEELER, JR. '43, Detroit

Faculty Members, Civilian and Military—The ratio is 50-50 with positions authorized for 273 civilian and 275 military faculty members

MR. IRA W . KANE '53, Peninsula M R . STANLEY W . LEGRO '59, Coronado

CAPT. J. L. P. MCCALLU.M, USN (Ret.) '35, Seattle CAPT. GEORGE L . NEELY, USN (Ret.) '22,

San Francisco CAPT. JACK H . PENNINGTON, USN (Ret.) '44,

New York RAD.M. S. N . PYNE, USN (Ret.) '25, Annapolis

MR. R. D . RUSSELL, '59, Southeast Florida (Miami) CDR. RALPH A. SENTMAN, USN (Ret.) '25,

Philadelphia CAPT. JACK M . SEYMOUR, USN (Ret.) '35,

Connecticut MR. W . J. TONER '43, Boston.

Faculty Members with Advance Degrees—93% of the civilian and 69% of the military members have one or more advanced degrees.

Average Size of Classroom Section—20 in common core subjects, 16 in elective courses.

Library—The new Nimitz Library will be open in the spring of 1973. It will initially contain 370,000 books and will later expand to 500,000. The building will accommodate 750,000 books. By comparison Harvard's Undergraduate Lament Library has 160,000 books, Oberlin 695,000, Air Force Academy 340,000 and West Point 345,000. Schools with graduate programs usually have much larger libraries. Harvard, for example, has a total library of over 3,404,000 volumes.

The Mail Boat Executive Director U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Alumni House Annapolis, Maryland 21402 Dear Sir: Publication in the November 1972 edition of Shipmate of "A Collision with She Can Ruin Your Entire Day," the "humorous vignette" on women aviators, was noted with dismay. At this time, when the Navy has initiated numerous policies and spent millions of dollars on programs designed to enhance the dignity and worth of each individual, publication of this type of "ethnic humor" is counterproductive and in poor taste.

I am sure your editorial staff would have been quick to recognize the insidious message in such a story if the fiction had addressed an all-black squadron, SOULRON for example, in which members were interested only in getting soul food into the wardroom and whose landing gear were jammed with chicken bones and watermelon seeds.

Stereotyping of women as featherbrained, incompetent and obsessed with glamour is unjust and serves only to foster the myth that women have no real interest in making a professional contribution.

Sincerely, Sara P. Denby Commander, USN P.S. She has ruined my entire day.

Shipmate deeply regrets having mined Commander Denby's day. Certainly we had no intention of deriding the Navy's excellent programs to enhance the status of its women both in opportunities and responsibilities. Nor was there any intent to derogate the dignity and ability of women by depicting a group of them as featherbrained and incompetent.

Your Editor thought the story amusing and frivolous, a light touch in an otherwise all serious issue of Shipmate. But, knowing that women—in or out of the service—are not such flibbertigibbets, we first checked with wives and ladies of the staff for their reactions to the story. Without exception they thought it funny and recommended publication. Other wives have since said that they enjoyed reading it and, from the lack °f other criticism, we assume that the majority of our readers at least did not object to the story.

Hoivever, it is "ethnic humor" and, unfortunately, that genre has been so furiously condemned by so many groups that it is dangerous to use. In this case discretion may have been the better part of valor, but we truly deplore the fact that Americans are fast losing their gift of being able to laugh at themselves.

Shipmate: Over the years variations creep into the records. The enclosed version of "The Laws . . ." was given me at the Naval Academy before I graduated. If it was really written by the Captain my version shows, it might be well to give credit to the Royal Navy.

W. T. Hart, Jr. '20 Shipmate: Today "racism" is a serious problem in the Navy as noted in the headlines of any newspaper. Tomorrow the problem will be "sexism," or women's rights, and the article you printed by Ms. (sic) Ebbert in the November 1972 Shipmate will have contributed to the problem.

I am intelligent enough to recognize that the story was intended to be funny but I am shocked to think that both Mrs. Ebbert and the editorial staff are so out of touch with what is happening in today's world.

As a reasonably aware adult male (Class of 1958) I was embarrassed by the article and consider it an insult to the many competent women that are presently serving in the U.S. Navy.

Both "racism" and "sexism" are subjects that should be constructively dealt with by Shipmate, both for the health of the magazine and the unxjerstanding that your readership so badly needs.

Might I suggest to Mrs. Ebbert that a subscription to "Ms." might be a worthwhile investment on her part? Possibly it might also serve the Shipmate's editorial staff as well.

Gerald E. Bellows '58

Absolutely right! "The Laws of the Navy" was written by Captain Ronald A. Hopwood, R.N., and he certainly should have been properly credited. Shipmate obtained the four photographic prints from the Naval History Division of OpNav to publish as an unannounced Christmas present to the Alumni, but failed to note that the author was neither given rank «or nationality in the original print. Perhaps the error was too obvious to be seen in such a familiar setting.

Shipmate: There is an error in the obituary of Admiral Stark on page 88 of the November issue.

I reported to the WEST VIRGINIA in the fall of 1923

when she was being built at Newport News.

Harold Stark was the Executive Officer and, on commissioning, I occupied the next cabin to his until my resignation and leaving the ship in October 1924. Harold Stark was there all the time. I rather doubt that the NITRO was the type of ship that he would have commanded at that period. I made my passage from San Francisco to Norfolk in the NITRO as a means of the Navy saving transportation costs across country.

H. H. H u b b e i r 2 1

Our obituary quoted the official Navy biography which reads: ". . . he served as Executive Officer of the WEST VIRGINIA from her

commissioning

until December 9, 1923 when he assumed command of USS NITRO." Since Commander Stark left the War College in mid-1923 for pre-commissioning duty and the WEST VIRGINIA was only commissioned on December 1, it should have been obvious that he was not detached eight days later.

On the other hand, NITRO was a three-striper's command but we have no record to indicate whether he went to her in December of 1924 or 1925. Sic semper typographical errors!

Shipmate: 1 would appreciate any assistance you might be able to offer me in locating pictures and maps, as well as other materials, which show the operation of the W.B.&A. electric railroad which ran between Baltimore and Annapolis. I am particularly interested in material which shows the large, inter-urban cars moving through the crowded downtown streets of Baltimore and Annapolis. Such information should be available, since originally the terminal in Annapolis was located at the Eastern Shore Ferry Dock where the Navy Field House is now located, and the Baltimore terminal was on the site of the Civic Center. Passage through the streets was required to reach both stations—as well as the station in Washington, D . C , which was located near 14th Street and New York Avenue.

I thought your old files may produce some |)hotos, as the "Ferry dock terminal" was in use in 1942. Later the terminal moved to Bladen Street which was used as recendy as 1951-52.

Many Mids took the train to Washington and Baltimore and at one time the enrire Brigade boarded RR cars in Annapolis for the trip to Philadelphia (or Baltimore) for the Army-Navy game.

Cdr. Jack D o w n i n , U S N (Ret.) 235 Anchorage Court Annapolis, Md. 21401

Our very limited photo files do not contain any of the old W.B.&A. but our memory has pictures galore. The ferry dock ^"^^ the turn-around for the cars coming in from West Street, down Main and back to West Street via King George and College Avenue. West Street was the terminal for the Washington line and Bladen Street for Baltimore, but intra-city fares were figured from the dock, ^s late as the early 30's the entire (then) Regiment of Midshipmen marched out to West Street to board chartered trains for all trips to football games away; Baltimore, Philadelphia, Princeton and New York—and we always pulled down all the shades in every car while passing through Baltimore.

Perhaps others of our readers will have more solid material to offer.

Paul Schratz '39

The Modern Navy: P e o p l e or Machines?

There lives hardly a man with soul so dead that he hasn't seen and heard the flak in the press on permissiveness, lack of discipline and race rioting now presumably besetting the Navy. Racial problems, sabotage, drug use and discipline failures are grave reason for concern throughout the services. W e are equally concerned at the heavy bias, unsupported judgments and near total absence of legitimate middle of the road criticism now appearing in print as interpretations of underlying causes. T h e danger is that the remedy may be forced on the apparent and not the real causes of failure.

W e hate to see a revolution go by without being out in front in some capacity.

Since the vocal comment appears to be heavily concentrated among senior retired officers, a great many of whom also profess to be faithful readers of these pages, it is upon this hallowed turf that we have decided to take our stand. With customary frankness and candor, we would like to state our bias: —-We believe that there is legitimate cause for concern among naval leaders that difficult days are upon us.

— W e believe that a crisis over minority problems has been brewing for a long time in the Navy.

— W e believe that a major contributing cause for racial and discipline problems in the Navy can be laid at the door of leadership failure.

— W e believe that two polarized societies in the Navy, whatever the personal feelings of leaders on both sides, are no longer possible.

— W e believe that recruitment of record numbers of young blacks, under favorable circumstances and normal peacetime operations, would have presented serious morale problems.

— W e believe that with heavy demands of wartime operations, only outstanding leadership skill in command and subordinate petty officer levels could have minimized the crisis potential.

— W e believe that the required level of command and executive performance has generally not been apparent.

Fortuitously, as 1 write these words, the morning mail brings an apt quote from Rear Admiral John Hayes published a very long time ago in the Naval Institute Proceedings on the eve of World War II. The introduction of a large number of new men in time of war has an undermining effect upon the discipline of a man-of-war.

Naval discipline is foreign to these men and their background does not make them amenable to it. Admiral Mahan says, "The yoke of military service sits hard upon those who do not always bear it." The Navy offers no inducements to these men, the ship is not their life and their interest in both is only superficial. In a highly geared organization like that of a large ship it does not take many of these men to upset not only the material upkeep but also the whole mental ouriook of the ship. Their effect is felt when the glamour of war and the emotions of patriotism have been worn off by the drudgerous duties crews of large vessels are called upon to perform in war.

T h e consequences of command failure, we emphasize, are not unique to the few ships which have made headlines with major episodes of sabotage and discipline failures. W e emphatically do not point the finger at specific individuals or their commands. Our concern is of much longer duration. " T h e system" has for so many years made our people leaders of machines rather than leaders of men that the only wonder is that the crisis was so long in erupting into violence. W e are technicians in an era which worships technology; it is near impossible for a commanding officer, even a great one, to appreciate that the only specific duty opposite his name on the roster is "morale." Granted that current leaders may find themselves unable to rise above political and managerial mandates to study the problems of men, the highest call of professionalism is still the subjugation of machine to morale and not the contrary.

T h e challenge in developing morale under

present circumstances is certainly as difficult as a military leader has ever had to face. The common belief is that a line officer is automatically a personnel expert. W e just got caught short on it. T h e system may impress major emphasis on the intricacies of machines rather than men. T h e blueprint for success will find this never more misleading, however.

These are troubled times and we have our share of trouble. T h e Navy isn't what it used to be; it probably never was. It's different today from the Navy we may have known only a few years ago. W e may disagree, even violently at times, with the way it is being run, but both the responsibility for management and the responsibility for criticism carries an obligation of loyalty and honesty to a cause far above the personal goals of the individual.

We strongly support the right of legitimate dissent. Today we happen also to strongly support the Chief of Naval Operations and the excruciatingly difficult problems of his office. T h e real danger is far less the actions taken direct from his chair to the source. More serious are prior leadership failures at command and subordinate level which made the C N O action necessary.

All Hands

Naval Academy Chapel Services On 18 December 1972 the Supreme Court refused to hear the Government's appeal from a lower court ruling that compulsory chapel services were unconstitutional on grounds that they represented "establishment of a religion" in violation of the First Amendment. The Court's action, without comment by the Justices, neither approved nor disapproved the 30 June split decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. But, the service academies must now obey that decision and find some other way to instil moral and spiritual values into the future leaders of our armed forces.

Shipmate notes that one "Friend of the Court" brief supporting the Government's appeal was filed by Cdr. John W. Malley, USNR (Ret.) '27, who deserves credit for his interest and effort.

New Director of Musical Activities

Mr. John Talley made his debut as the Naval Academy's new Director of Musical Activities directing the 26th annual presentation of Handel's "Messiah" last December in the Academy Chapel. Previously Director of the Academy's Glee Club, he was named to his present post upon the retirement last fall of Professor Donald C. Gilley. Since joining the Academy staff in September 1971, Talley has led the Glee Club on concert tours through the Far West, the South West and at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Formerly he was Conductor of the Baltimore Comic Opera Company and the Harford Choral Society where he directed a wide variety of musical and choral works ranging from musical comedies to the classics, including "HMS Pinafore," Mendelssohn's "Elijah" and Honneger's "King David" with members of the Baltimore Symphony. He has conducted the Oilman Summer Music Theater for the past two summers, was the Organist-Choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd from 1969 to 1971 and was a member of the music faculty of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore from 1967 to 1971.

Mr. Talley, a native of Princeton, Kentucky, is a graduate of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, holds a Master's Degree in Music from the Peabody Institute in Baltimore and is currently a doctoral candidate there.

A Ne-w Naval Reserve On 25 November 1972 the Secretary of the Navy announced that he had approved the long-rumored consolidation of the Naval Surface and Air Reserve Commands into a single command under a Vice Admiral, with two Rear Admiral deputies for the Surface and Air components. Both the CNO and the Secretary are convinced that consolidation will strengthen the Naval Reserve and increase its readiness, for the

change is directly responsive to the Total Force Concept enunciated by the Secretary of Defense.

The new commander will be Vice Admiral Damon W. Cooper, USN, who will be entitled, "Chief of Naval Reserve," corresponding to opposite numbers in the other services. He will report directly to the CNO and for additional duty to the Commanders-in-Chief Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. He will also assume an additional, new position on the staff of CNO as "Director, Naval Reserve," in which capacity he will be directly responsible to the CNO for Reserve affairs.

The headquarters of the Chief of Naval Reserve will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, but activation date of the command has not yet been announced. Also still in doubt when this was written are whether or not the Surface and Air Reserve component headquarters will also move to New Orleans from their present locations at Omaha and Glenview, and what effect the consolidation will have on the titles and functions of the DCNO (Manpower and Reserve) and the ADCNO (Naval Reserve).

French Midshipmen Visit Annapolis Four midshipmen from the French Naval Academy (I'Ecole Navale) in Brest, France recently arrived in Annapolis for a four-week exchange visit. Four Frenchspeaking U.S. Midshipmen, assigned on a one-to-one buddy basis, are showing the French first classmen around the Academy.

These same American midshipmen will be hosted by the Frenchmen for several weeks in May when the Annapolis men will tour the French Academy and participate in a two-week cruise on a French training vessel in the North Sea. Upon arriving at Annapolis, the French midshipmen were surprised at the large size of the Naval Academy. "We

make advanced research possible.

Both of these films and 25 other educational oceanography films are available to the public on free loan. A current list of the films and the addresses of Naval Districts where they can be borrowed are available by writing to the Oceanographer of the Navy, 732 N . Washington Street,-Alexandria, Va. 22314.

will be affected. T h e only effect of the merger on the operating forces is the future inactivation of the guided missile cruiser USS PROVIDENCE for an annual savings of approximately $14.5 million in associated manpower and operational costs.

N o inactivation date has been set, for PROVIDENCE is still operating with the SEVENTH F L E E T .

T h e T H I R D F L E E T number designation

was last used by the Navy on 1 January 1947 when the post-World W a r II T H I R D LCdr. Nick Daramus and LCdr. Guy Gervais de Lafond of the French Navy, an exchange officer assigned to the Naval Academy, show French midshipmen Yann Bertrac, Jean-Christophe Collonnier, Daniel Fremont and Dominique Salles around the Academy

More Midshipmen Win Engineering Awards

really didn't know what to expect," explained visiting Midshipman Jean-Christophe Collonnier. " O u r Academy is considerably smaller."

L'Ecole Navale is a two-year professional institution offering an equal balance between class work and actual seamanship experience. Approximately 140 midshipmen are enrolled in the academy. Before being accepted at I'Ecole Navale, a young Frenchman must study several years in a preparatory school to pass an examination for the equivalent of a U.S. college degree.

Candidates for I'Ecole Navale are accepted on the basis of their scores on this test. Of the 400 who applied for entrance to the French Academy in the four visitors' class, only the top 70 were accepted. After two years of professional naval training at I'Ecole Navale, the French midshipmen serve a third year aboard a training ship before being accorded full officer status.

They are then commissioned as Naval Ensigns and are required to serve 15 years in the French Navy.

Three Second Classmen (left to right), Bradford Moore, Michael Moran and D .

R. Donaghue, received honorable mention for their recent entry in the Creative Engineering Design Display competition of the American Society for Engineering Education, Cdr. Anders T . Anderson, Chairman of the Naval Systems Engineering Department, and Asst. Prof. Leon Billow, faculty advisor, look over the final blueprints of their design for a ship's accommodation ladder. T h e entry won Honorable Mention in competition with 66 other design projects from colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Well done.

Navy Oceanography Wins Top Film Awards

Navy Establishes New Third Fleet

T w o new documentary motion pictures produced by the Oceanographer of the Navy recently won top award gold and silver medals at the N e w York International Film and Television Festival. A First Prize gold medal was given for "Plankton—Life of the Sea," a film which describes plankton studies by world-famous ocean scientists, and a silver medal was awarded for "Assault on the U n k n o w n — Ocean Research Platforms" which tells h o w sophisticated ocean research platforms

(Reserve) FLEET was dissolved. T h e World W a r II T H I R D F L E E T was commanded by

Admiral W . F . (Bill) Halsey until 22 November 1945.

At the time of this writing, the new Third Fleet Commander had not been named.

Scientific Exchanges

T h e Navy has announced the establishment of a new T H I R D F L E E T c o m m a n d

effective 1 February 1973, to be formed by a merger of the present FIRST F L E E T and ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE FORCE PACIFIC.

T h e new command will be headquartered on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. Formation of the new T H I R D F L E E T and dis-

establishment of the two present commands will result in a net savings of 15 officer and 43 enlisted billets, and $570,000 annually in combined salaries. N o civilian billets

V A d m . Mack, the Superintendent, a n d Capt. Earle Sapp, U S N , Director of the Naval Research Laboratory, on 11 December signed an agreement for scientific interchange between their activities. T h e objective of the program is to further the understanding and application of science and technology as they apply to the interests of the Navy and the education of its personnel. In particular, the program will broaden the opportunity for Academy faculty members to keep current with new developments in their fields and so increase opportunities for the midshipmen to become aware of the latest developments that will significantly affect naval systems.

This scientific exchange program is part of the continuing effort to enhance the recently instituted academic majors program, and will expose both midshipmen and faculty to meaningful learning experiences through participation in practical, scholarly research activities associated with the Academy's academic disciplines. Each of these disciplines affords midshipmen the opportunity to pursue independent study by way of research projects or seminar elective courses. Other features of the

exchange program will be exchanges of visiting professors, seminars on timely topics and field visits to naval laboratories.

Midshipmen Support For POW's and MIA's

For the second year, as part of the Naval Academy's P O W Program, the Brigade of Midshipmen provided Christmas presents for 600 children throughout the United States whose fathers are prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia. Typical presents, including Navy T-shirts, goat and football player bean bags and pennants, were purchased through contributions by midshipmen, faculty and staff at the Naval Academy. T h e gifts were delivered to the children personally by midshipmen during the Christmas leave period, December 14 to January 4.

According to Midshipman first class D a n Musmanno of Harrisburg, Pa., chairman of the P O W Program at the Academy, the children were selected at random from the more than 2500 children between the ages of 5 and 15 years whose fathers are P O W s or MIAs. "Their fathers are from all the armed services, but we tried to match children with midshipmen from the same area so the gifts could be delivered personally," he said. T h e presents for P O W children project is the largest and most ambitious effort accomplished by the midshipmen on behalf of the P O W and MIA program.

Seventy-seven graduates of the Naval Academy are prisoners of war or missing in action. A display of their photographs

including information on each man from the Academy's yearbook, Luc1{y Bag, is located in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall.

T w o years ago, the Brigade sponsored an extensive letter writing campaign in a drive to collect letters to be presented at the Peace Table in Paris. As a result, the midshipmen delivered several hundred thousand letters to the National League of Families and became a recognized working unit for the League's national cause.

Another continuing activity of the P O W Program at the Academy was initiated last winter when 175 midshipmen began writing letters to more than 400 children of P O W / M I A fathers. Many midshipmen and people in the Annapolis-BaltimoreWashington area wear P O W / M I A bracelets purchased through the Brigade's P O W / M I A activities. T o date, the midshipmen have sold more than 8,000 of these bracelets, on behalf of the national campaign.

New Brigade Leaders

John Frank Stevens Panama Canal Architect

T h e John F . Stevens Hall of Fame Committee is actively spearheading an effort to memorialize him in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. H e was the Chief Engineer and later Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1905-1907), who developed and won adoption of the high-level lake and lock plan for its construction, staunchly supported Gorgas in eliminating yellow fever and other diseases from the Canal Zone, and won fame as "the basic architect of the Panama Canal."

His knowledge and ability made possible the construction of the Canal, without which our naval history would have taken a far different course. Stevens was also the engineer who located passes through the Rocky and Cascade Mountains in building the Great Northern Railroad's transcontinental route (1889-1903), and who served as Minister Plenipotentiary in charge of U.S. and Allied missions to rehabilitate Russian and Chinese railroads in Siberia and Manchuria after World W a r I. Officers of the Committee include Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor '23, A d m . Ben Moreell, U S N (Ret.), V A d m . T . G. W .

Setde, U S N (Ret.) '19, Capt. Miles P. DuVal, Jr., U S N (Ret.) '19 and Capt. C. H . Schildhauer, U S N R (Ret.) '19.

USS SAVANNAH Reunion Plans are being made for the fourth annual reunion of USS SAVANNAH ( C L -

42), to be held 7-9 September 1973 at Indianapolis, Ind. Those interested should contact G M G C O. J. Jindracek, U S N (Ret.) at 63 Thayer Drive, N e w Shrewsbury, N.J. 07724 as soon as possible.

Midshipman Dan Musmanno displays bumper stickers and bracelets supporting concern for U.S. POW/MIA's in Southeast Asia.

Deputy Brigade Commander John M. Kelly of Alexandria, Va. (left) and Brigade Commander Charles P. Voith, the second consecutive six-striper from San Antonio, Texas, will command the Brigade of Midshipmen for the mid-year term.

"Chuck" Voith is an operations analysis major who plans to make his career in naval aviation. For three years he has been an outstanding linebacker on Navy's football team and last year won honorable mention All-American rank as a lacrosse defenseman.

As this issue went to press we received word of the death on 8 January of Captain Laurence S. Adams, ( C C ) U S N (Ret.) '94, our oldest alumnus.

Details will be published in the March issue.

T h e new senior alumnus is Rear Admiral Henry Williams, U S N (Ret.) '98, Apartment 621, 4000 T u n l a w Road, Washington, D.C. 20007.

The Great Goat Rescue Allen Scott

The Unsung Hero Long after the details of the 1972 ArmyNavy football game have dimmed, the memory of how the admiral rescued the goat will still be bright. T h e hero of the saga is A d m . Max K. Morris, Commandant of Midshipmen, and the goat is the brigade's beloved mascot. Bill XVIII. Bill had vanished from his Academy haunts earlier this year, presumably the victim of a kidnaping plot by students at D u k e University or cadets at the Air Force Academy, both Navy football rivals. A stand-in goat filled Bill's role at the football games while the original mascot's fate remained a mystery. As the Air Force and D u k e games came and went and Bill remained among the missing, there was a growing suspicion that the mascot was in the hands of the Army. This possibility had first been discounted because of an agreement between A d m . Morris and his opposite number at the Point not to interfere with the other school's mascots. "Too often there's a confrontation on the field when they show up at the game. There are cracked heads and hard feelings and all on national television. It's the kind of thing we don't need," the admiral said.

T h e suspicions that Bill was in Army custody became stronger as the date of the interservice classic approached and some thinly veiled hints were heard from West Point. Knowing that if Army indeed had Bill he would appear at the big game.

Navy deployed its forces, keeping under surveillance likely locations where the goat might be kept overnight to be ready for the Saturday festivities.

On the night before the game. Admiral and Mrs. Morris were attending a formal dinner at Philadelphia's Racquet Club.

Dinner was over and the speech-making had begun when the admiral was called to the telephone.

"It was one of our 'spotters' who said a strange-looking panel truck had been driven into a garage at the Defense supply base. H e couldn't see what was unloaded but the whole operation had looked fishy to him," the admiral related. "I quietly collected my wife and left the dinner. I was in formal clothes and my wife had on a

long red evening gown. I borrowed a station wagon and wanted to round up some reinforcements but could only find one, Mid'n. Jim Brill, Brigade Operations Officer." T h e evening clothes proved helpful when the Morris party arrived at the main gate of the base. T h e admiral talked his way past the guard with the excuse that he was bound for a party at the officers' club. " W h o was to doubt us, dressed in evening clothes.''" he said.

Taking a U-turn on the club parking lot, the goat hunters drew up in front of the building where the spotter had seen the mysterious delivery. "As we got out of the car, a civilian policeman roared up and demanded to know what we were doing there. I identified myself and said 1 was searching for stolen property that 1 had reason to believe was hidden on the base and said further that interstate transportation of stolen property was a serious offense. Meanwhile, 1 had sent Brill around to the back of the building to make sure that nothing came out the back door while I was tied up in front. After arguing with the policeman, 1 finally got him to call the chief of the base police and when he arrived, I spoke sternly of the dangers involved in compounding a felony and demanded that I talk to the O D of the base."

T h e O D , an Air Force officer, was swayed by the admiral's threat to swear out a warrant and his demands that the base commander be notified. After more prolonged negotiations, the base deputy commander was contacted and gave his permission for the admiral to search the premises. " W h e n the door of the garage was opened, there stood two of the meanest-looking MP's I've ever seen. They had their hands on their pistols and one said, 'Nobody crosses that line. We've been posted here and we'll protect our post.' " T h e admiral, an Army enlisted man in World War II, resumed his "I'm searching for stolen property" routine, complimented the guards on their devotion to duty, "You men are damned good sentries," and renewed his threats of legal action. T h e MPs were unmoved by any and all approaches.

Telephone negotiations followed with the admiral attempting to call the Superintendent at West Point and finally making

contact with Brig. Gen. Phil Feir, the Commandant of Cadets, through the general's wife. "She told me she wouldn't have answered the phone if she had k n o w n who was calling," the admiral said later.

Grudgingly, the MP's were ordered to allow the admiral to search the premises— no easy task in the mammoth building. "1 looked and looked and all the while I had this strange feeling that the goat just might not be there or if he was, I couldn't find him. I was wondering where else I could search when I saw this big compartment over on one corner. It was an oven used to bake newly painted trucks. T h e door was locked but in poking around, I found a small door on one side that was open.

About 10,000 lights came on and there, curled up asleep in one corner, was the goat."

"I pulled him out, one horn at a time, and had just gotten him out of the big oven when one of the MPs said, 'Hey, the general just said you could inspect. You can't take anything!' " T h e admiral, still hanging onto the goat, informed the guards that he now had the stolen property in his possession and would take whatever legal means necessary to keep it. H e ended up giving guards a receipt for the goat and marched the animal to the borrowed station wagon.

"It was a new model to me and I couldn't see how to get the tailgate down, so there I was pulling the goat with my wife in her red evening gown pushing him into the back seat of the wagon. And that's how we drove him over to the Navy Yard, where he was put under tight guard."

"On the way over, my wife said she finally realized what the expression 'smell like a goat' really meant. H e was pretty rank. T h e strange thing was that he was in better shape when we got him back than he was before. They must have been feeding him oats and things because he had gained about 10 pounds."

"Now, 1 suspect that no matter what else I do in this job, I'll only be remembered for rescuing a goat," the admiral says.

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USS ROARK

DE-1052 K N O X CLASS OCEAN ESCORT VITAL STATISTICS No. in Class—46

Full Load Displacement—4,100

No. in Fleet—37

Screws/Shaft Horsepower—1/35,000

No. under Contract—9

Maximum Speed (Knots)—27

Length Overall—438'

Officer Accommodations—18

Maximum Draft—25' Enlisted Accommodations—213 Extreme Beam—47' Number & Type of Boilers/Engines —2 boilers (Combustion Engineering) —gas turbine engine (Westinghouse)

Armament (varies within each class) —1-5"/54 gun, 1 antisubmarine rocket launcher, 1 Basic Point Defense Surface Missile System

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DE-1052 Class Escorts; Facts And Fallacies Prepared by the Office of Naval Operations (Op-97A)

In view of the extensive controversy over this class of ships, Shipmate o^ers, without a defense of them.

For too long a time, throughout the Navy, there has been widespread misunderstanding about the mission of the DE-1052 class.

T h e DE-1052's were authorized by Congress as single purpose escorts and never were intended to serve in the role of the more costly general purpose destroyer.

There has always been a need for both ocean escorts and general purpose destroyers and the DD-963 class is the replacement general purpose destroyer program. T h e ocean escort DE-1052 was designed to meet the national requirements for ocean escorts which operate offensively against submarines and to screen support forces and convoys at long range from home bases. One of the objectives in all Navy shipbuilding programs is to achieve optim u m capabilities related to primary mission in each ship class. It would be nice to have nothing but the best of all "worlds" in one ship, but this is obviously financially impractical in the context of national priorities. It is not possible to optimize, in a single limited size hull, the capabilities for all general purpose destroyer missions. T h e large number of A S W escorts required dictated building single purpose ships.

With regard to the performance of the engineering plant, the DS-1052s are only now deploying in large numbers to the fleet.

While there have been a number of technical problems with the early ships, most of these have now been resolved. Redundancy such as two turbines, two sets of reduction gears and two propeller shafts does add in a small measure to ship reliability, but is also costly. Based on the analyses of W W I I ship damage experience, the provision of two shafts had no bearing on whether a ship the size of a DE-1052 survived battle damage or had to be towed to port. Extensive vulnerability studies show that for the close distance between shafts on a DE-size hull, a single torpedo hit will just as likely stop a twin-screw ship as a single-screw

ship. T h e equipments which make up the propulsion system on the DE-1052 are, for the most part, equipments which have been proven reliable in previous classes of ships. T h e DE-1052 class now has attained a high degree of engineering reliability.

A second deficiency attributed to the single screw DE-1052 ship is speed. As a matter of record, the ship will do considerably in excess of 27 knots. However, the need for speed is often misunderstood. In escorts, 27 knots is well in excess of the speed of convoys and support forces with which the DE-1052s will operate. T h e superior capability of its excellent long range sonar, supplemented in 80 per cent of the ships by the Variable Depth Sonar, to enhance detections when thermal belowthe-layer conditions exist, assisted by the L A M P S helicopter, which is being installed in all ships of the class, makes the difference between 27 knots and 30 knots insignificant. A 30-knot-speed capability would have added up to 4 million dollars in additional costs to each ship.

As the DE-1052 class was being conceived in the early 1960s, several systems presently being installed were only paper ideas and were in the early engineering development stage. Therefore, space and weight compensation were incorporated into these ships to enable future installation of desired weapons systems. T h e alternative would have been to fill these spaces with inferior equipments which could not cope with the current threat. Unfortunately, many people, including some naval officers, jumped to the conclusion that the ships were inferior in weapons capability. Today, sophisticated new sensors and weapons have been or are being installed (i.e. Basic Point Defense Surface Missile System, Independent Variable Depth Sonar, Interim Surface to Surface missile, L A M P S A S W and Anti-Ship Missile Defense H e l o ) .

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Many of the DE-1052 class will have three choices of surface to air weapons, two choices of anti-submarine weapons systems to be controlled from data obtained from two different sonars. This does not include L A M P S , which adds a new dimension to Anti-Submarine Warfare and self defense.

It has been alleged that the program cost would exceed two billion dollars by inclusion of such items as claims settlement costs and the cost of the D A S H helicopter itself. T h e Navy emphasizes that the program cost figure of $1.4 billion included all claims settlement cost estimates. Further, just as the Navy does not apportion aircraft costs to aircraft carriers, missile costs are not prorated to the ships that will have launchers installed, nor shells to ships with guns. T h e DE-1052 shipbuilding program end cost increased only about 10.2 per cent over the amount appropriated by the Congress for this purpose in fiscal years 1964 through 1967.

There is substantial evidence that the DE-1052s perform well even when they have been employed with the fast carriers, a task for which they were not designed.

They are performing in an outstanding manner in the role for which they were designed. In their primary and designed mission area, a squadron commander recently reported from the Mediterranean, after extended anti-submarine operations including close contact with elements of the Soviet fleet, that a DE-1052 class ship had performed in an outstanding fashion. This experienced operational commander spoke very highly of the maneuverability, range, command and control facilities, and sensors' performance of this class of ship. H e concluded one report by stating, " N o one should ever sell the DE-1052 class short.

W h e n properly handled and employed they are superb ships and valuable assets. . . ."

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Fleet Problem One Rear Admiral Robert E. Melling, U S N (Ret.)

Fifty years ago what was left of the U.S. Navy after WW I demobilization and the Washington Naval Conference had never conducted a real fleet exercise to test its readiness for war. This is the story of the first Fleet Battle Problem.

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leet Problem One marked a turning point in the concept of naval training. Until then, most training consisted of tactical drills of small units of one type, and gunnery was almost exclusively an individual ship event. Fleet organizations were primarily for administration. Whether or not an entire fleet of mixed types could operate successfully as a unit was an unanswered question.

T h e principal role of the Navy in World W a r I, primarily a land action, was to provide safe transportation of the Army to Europe, which required strong anti-submarine warfare. As a result we wound up with a plethora of small, quickly built destroyers, aptly called "tin cans." These, with a few battleships and old cruisers, made up the combatant surface forces of the U. S. Navy. Within a few years, the Navy slumped into a state of poverty which would be incomprehensible to the affluent Navy of today.

Rapid demobilization left the personnel situation perhaps worse than the material condition. T h e distorted rank structure caused by rapid wartime promotions created huge humps which prevented normal

advancement for many years. Some officers, after a few weeks as ensigns and jaygees, spent the next ten or twelve years as lieutenants, which wasn't so bad when you consider that those junior to them spent almost as long a period as ensigns and jaygees. The enlisted structure was also top heavy, with the higher ratings staying in to complete their sixteen or twenty years, and the lower ratings leaving because of the hopelessness of promotion. We had plenty of chiefs but not enough Indians.

T h e Navy Department, perhaps in order to hold the rank pattern as stable as possible and thus avoid demotion from wartime promotions, kept far more ships in commission than could be efficiently manned, at the same time that Congress was cutting appropriations to the bone. Shortage of fuel, and lack of enough men to maintain continuous watches, prevented many ships from getting underway oftener than about once a month, and few ships could fire their guns more than once a year. Operational training was almost non-existent.

After decommissioning about two hundred destroyers, and scrapping other ships following the Washington Naval Conference, the redistribution of personnel permitted bringing crews of the remaining ships up to about 9 0 % of complement, and operational training of the reduced fleet was begun in earnest. Although individual ship qualifications hardly warranted the

This was an aircraft carrier.? USS OKLAHOMA ( B B - 3 7 )

step, the Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet, Admiral Hilary P. Jones, decided that a large scale fleet problem should be undertaken. A team of officers at the Naval War College, headed by Cdr. Adolphus Andrews, drew up the basic plans. In brief, they were founded upon the defense of the Panama Canal. As Admiral Jones stated, there was no doubt but that the Canal would be the objective for attack in case of another war.

All available forces were divided into two fleets. T h e Blue Fleet, which would defend the Canal, consisted primarily of ships based in the Atlantic, and was put under the command of Vice Admiral John D. McDonald. T h e Black Fleet, which would attack the Canal, consisted of ships based in the Pacific, and was commanded

by Admiral E. W . Eberle. Their fleets were composed of the following:

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BLUE FLEET battleships destroyers old cruiser submarines F5L airplanes with tender

B L A C K FLEET 7 battleships 38 destroyers 2 "aircraft carriers" 9 submarines Miscellaneous tenders, tugs, etc.

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'He who is prepared has the battle half fought."

Spanish proverb

T h e Black aircraft carriers were "constructive" and were represented by the N E W YORK and OKLAHOMA, as the Navy

then had no real aircraft carriers. Because of the drastic economy imposed by Congress, battleships were restricted to maxim u m speeds of 12 knots, destroyers to 18 knots and submarines to 10 knots, for the entire operation.

Early in February 1923 the Black destroyers, tenders and tugs got underway from San Diego and joined the battleships which had left San Pedro a few hours earlier. T h e writer at the time was a Lieutenant (jg) serving on board the JOHN FRANCIS BURNES SO this account will be

from that point of view. T h e Black submarines were somewhere far in advance, acting as scouts. In those days submarines were considered an integral part of the fleet, but the fleet commanders always seemed to be at rather a loss as to what to do with them, and usually assigned them as scouts far in advance of the main body, perhaps just to keep them out of the way.

T h e speed limitation caused us to spend most of the first day taking stations in a circular cruising formation with the battleships, pseudo-carriers a n d miscellaneous auxiliaries in the center, and the destroyers on concentric circles around them, each circle separated by several miles. Ships on the outer circle usually had only three other ships in sight, one ahead, one astern and the third on the next inner circle. T h e one on the inner circle was the communication relay ship, for passing messages and tactical signals from the fleet flagship in the center of the formation. T h e fleet speed was 10 knots which made station keeping in those old four-stackers sheer murder. T h e steering was no problem, but the engineers could not control the speed accurately at less than about 15 knots.

T h e first few days were delightful, with the temperature steadily climbing as we headed south, and the young seamen seconds crowding into the sickbay for sunburn treatment. Facilities in the destroyers for food storage and preparation were quite

Batdeships entering Panama Bay immediately after Fleet Problem ONE. Taken by aircraft from USS WRIGHT

primitive. There was an AudiffrenSingrum refrigerator standing on deck just abaft the bridge and that was the total cold storage. It held only a few days supply of meats and vegetables, and when they were gone we depended on canned vegetables and meat, plus smoked bacon and h a m .

W e left San Diego with a good supply of bread, but after several days in the warm and humid weather, the bread not only became stale but the slices became smaller and smaller as the cooks trimmed off the moldy outsides of the loaves. At the end, the slices were not much larger than silver dollars and as tough as bride's biscuits.

When we got far enough south to risk possible sighting by Blue scouts, we were ordered to steam darkened. Station keeping was difficult at night with lights showing, but without them the destroyer screen scattered badly, and morning found ships everywhere except in position. I remember one morning watch when dawn disclosed that we were all alone, not another ship in sight. A long voice-tube discussion with the

engine room failed to produce a clue as to whether we were ahead or behind position, and a check of the gyro against the magnetic compass showed nothing amiss. A radar would have been mighty handy, but unfortunately its development was years in the future. A request to the Captain for permission to change course 10 degrees toward the fleet guide brought him to the bridge where he delivered a few remarks about the incompetence of the current crop of young officers and expressed grave concern about the future of the Navy, etc.

About that time the lookout reported a destroyer becoming visible on the port quarter. She promptly signalled "what is your bearing and distance from the guide.''" beating us to the draw by seconds.

We later found that the fleet had changed course during the night and some of us had failed to get the word. Radio silence was in effect and the visual signal did not reach us. It was not uncommon to have tactical signals arrive many hours after they had been executed.

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15 Commander Black Fleet had decided that the best way to attack the Panama Canal was by aerial bombing. His plan called for the two "carriers" ( N E W YORK and O K L A H O M A ) to use Culebra Bay, Costa

Rica, as the base from which to launch planes for the attack. T h e specific target was the Gatun d a m spillway, as its destruction would empty the lake and prevent the use of the canal for a long time. T h e attack would have to be made in daylight for there was no moon on the dates of the problem. T h e rest of the ships of the Black Fleet were assigned various scouting and support missions en route, with later entrance into Culebra Bay. T w o submarines (R-5 and R-8) under the command of Lieut. Bert Rodgers were sent ahead to patrol off Cape Mala and also act as decoys by frequently using their radios on high power. They blasted away valiantly on 675 meters, the regular submarine wave length, for several days but no one reported hearing them.

Commander Blue Fleet correctly estimated Black's course of action, and planned his defense of the Canal against a bombing attack, but erroneously assumed that the attack could not be made on the Atlantic side. T h e Black bombers, he knew, could not attain enough altitude to get over the intervening mountains. H e also assumed that the Black carriers might carry planes other than bombers, but only the large bombers could damage the Canal and these must rise from either land or very smooth water. Since Blue's defending aircraft had a range of 375 miles, Black's launching point would have to be at least that far from Panama to avoid being caught on the surface. T h e bombers were also of limited range when loaded so the launching point could not be much greater

Seaplanes and tender deployed at a fleet base in the I920's

than about the same distance. Blue's defense, therefore, must be to prevent the Black carriers from reaching a launching base.

By the time the problem started, the 25 destroyers that had been assigned to Commander Blue Fleet had dwindled to 19. H e put these on a scouting line running from a point near Culebra Bay almost to the coast of Ecuador. They were spaced 30 miles apart and scouted toward the southwest at 12 knots, using the "in-and-out" method. Shortly after reaching the scouting line the scouts started sending numerous contact reports, all of which were false.

These caused so much confusion on the Blue flagship that orders were sent to all destroyers to retire to the east at 18 knots, but these orders were soon cancelled and scouting resumed. However, this displaced the scouting line to the east and contributed to the failure to find the Black Fleet until just prior to its entry into Culebra Bay. In fact, it would have passed around the northern end of the scouting line if Commander Blue Fleet had not taken last minute action to prevent it. H e detached the six northern destroyers to search along the coast and one of them made contact with the Black Fleet a few hours before it entered Culebra Bay. T h e Blue Aircraft were divided into two groups of eight planes each. One group, tended by the W R I G H T , operated from Bahia H o n d a and the other group, tended by the SANDPIPER and T E A L (which were

Admiral Hilary P. Jones, USN Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet

really minesweepers), operated from the Gulf of Nicoya. Their mission was to find the Black Fleet. They had no orders to

attack. T h e pilots and crews were given special instructions in identifying the pseudo carriers N E W YORK and O K L A -

HOMA. They scouted seaward and sighted plenty of naval ships but were unable to make effective reports because identification between Blue and Black ships was impossible. T h e N E W YORK and O K L A -

HOMA were reported as battleships because that was what they looked like from the air.

As the Black Fleet approached Culebra Bay, the OKLAHOMA was ordered to launch

her observation plane to scout the Bay for Blue ships but, with a wind exceeding 20 knots, the conditions were considered too dangerous to attempt catapulting. Later the wind subsided and the plane was launched 18 miles outside the entrance. It arrived safely and landed on the calm water of the bay, but made no reportâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the radio operator was unable to work the radio. Commander Blue later reported that the OKLAHOMA had been bombed by a

"constructive" aircraft before entering the bay but, as the plane was imaginary, the OKLAHOMA did not know this until the problem ended. T h e Blue destroyer COGHLAN captured a Black submarine because it could not submerge, but sent it into Culebra Bay, which u n k n o w n to the COGHLAN was the Black main base. T h e Blue submarine 0-4 claimed several torpedo hits on the Black battleships at close range, so close in fact that she narrowly escaped ramming by the CALIFORNIA. H o w ever, she had been sighted and surrounded by six Black destroyers long before reaching the vicinity of the batdeships. Whether

16 or not she had been "constructively" sunk before the attack caused heated arguments.

T h e Black pseudo-carriers reached Culebra Bay safely and launched their nonexistent bombers to attack the Panama Canal. T h e rest of the Black Fleet that was still operative also arrived, but getting there was not half the fun. Mechanical breakdowns were frequent, forcing ships to drop behind, in spite of the slow fleet speed of 10 or 11 knots. T h e destroyer tender ALTAIR could not maintain enough speed to keep up, and left the formation with permission to go into Salina Cruz, Mexico.

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layed in getting underway because her anchor chain would not go through the hawsepipe, it was so thickly encrusted with barnacles. She was certainly not accustomed to being underway. Several battleships had electric steering gear trouble which caused their rudders to suddenly go hard overâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;-very disconcerting to the affected ships as well as others in the vicinity.

Ten of the Black destroyers had casualties, with two having to go into Salina Cruz (one under tow by a minesweeper) for fresh water and repairs. Three others had to be refueled at Culebra Bay in order to reach Panama. There was one collision, involving the STODDERT and FARQUHAR, fortu-

nately causing only minor damage. T h e Blue destroyer SHARKEY "salted u p " and had to be towed back to Panama by the OSBORNE. T h e old O-type submarines performed amazingly well when the conditions under which they operated are considered. They had only two officers who, in

addition to watchstanding, had to do the navigating, coding and decoding the flood of messages, write the reports and do all the things which fall to the lot of officers.

T w o radiomen stood continuous watches while underway. T h e ventilation of the old subs was very deficient, and temperatures inside the boats rarely dropped below 100 degrees, even when running on the surface.

Living conditions aboard ship in 1923 would seem appalling to the sailors of today, with their air conditioning, ice cream, frozen foods, Beautyrest mattresses, movies, U S O shows and what not. Many of the ships had wooden furniture and blowtorching the bunk springs to kill the bedbugs was regular routine. Nevertheless, as

Charley Lyman so well expresssed it, there was no better job in the world than to be a Lieutenant (jg) in the U. S. Navy.

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Fleet Problem One ended when the Black Fleet anchored in Culebra Bay. It had lasted only two days. All ships then proceeded to Panama for repairs and recreation. T o many who read this, it will seem like a disastrous shambles, but it was not.

It marked a big, but perhaps faltering, step toward the Navy which performed so magnificently in World War II. It proved that coordinated fleet training must be added to individual ship proficiency. Destroyers found a place in fleet action, and were not merely big submarine chasers. T h e need for aircraft carriers was evident, and the hulls of two battle cruisers scheduled for scrapping were converted into the SARATOGA and LEXINGTON. T h e C o m m a n d e r in

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Hanky Panky At S e a Rear Admiral D . V. Gallery, U S N (Ret.)

Some twenty years after Fleet Problem ONE, the irrepressible "Dan" Gallery cooked up another attac\ on the Panama Canal- â&#x20AC;˘as usual, with unusual tactics.

In December 1943 I was task group commander of two jeep carriers, the GUADALCANAL and the MISSION BAY, that left

San Diego bound for Norfolk. Each had an air group of twelve T B M Turkeys and eight Wildcat fighters aboard. As evidence of how little we thought of the Japanese submarine threat, we had only two destroyer escorts.

T h e day after we left San Diego I got a despatch from the Commanding General in the Canal Zone asking me if I would put on a mock air attack on the canal when we got close enough, to test out his radar and fighter defenses. I replied affirmative. I then went into a huddle with my air group commander to decide how we would do this.

W e cooked up a plan to pull a Statue of Liberty play on the defenders. W e would put all our fighters on the MISSION BAY and all the Turkeys on the GUADALCANAL.

The day before we reached the launching point for an attack on the canal we would split upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the MISSION BAY continuing straight in for the canal, the GUADALCANAL doubling back to the Gulf of Salinas in Costa Rica. Next day the MISSION BAY would launch her fighters, which would climb to 25,000 feet before starting in for the Canal, hoping that the defenders would spot them by radar and would send all their fighters out to intercept. Meantime the GUADALCANAL would launch the bombers in the Gulf of Salinas on the Pacific side. They would fly about fifty miles across Costa Rica and attack the canal from the Atlantic side. If this worked out as we hoped, we would deliver our bombing attack unopposed.

We reshuffled our air groups, putting all the fighters on MISSION BAY and all the Turkeys on GUADALCANAL.

T w o days before our scheduled arrival in Balboa the far flung scouting line of the Canal picked us up. A long range reconnaissance plane got on us about 500 miles west of the Canal. W e were headed south at the time.

This shadower flying back and forth over us was an unwelcome development.

W e didn't want him to inform the Canal defenses as to what we were doing.

An hour after sunset we split up, the MISSION BAY heading east for the Canal, the GUADALCANAL continuing south, although Salinas Bay where we wanted to launch was north of us. W e hoped the shadower would stay with MISSION BAY. But he didn't. H e stayed with us.

This complicated things because if he saw and reported that we were heading for Salinas it might tip off the defenders that we planned to hop over the isthmus and attack from the Atlantic side. So our problem was to go north but to make our shadower think we were going south. This took a bit of hanky panky. But we were able to arrange it.

We noted that our shadower was flying a big clover leaf pattern over us. H e would fly right over us and then continue for about ten minutes before turning around and flying over us again, obviously using his radar to guide him back to us.

H e thus passed over us three times each hour, but was out of eye shot of us most of the time.

There was a fairly good moon that night and the water was bright phosphorescent.

Looking down on a C V E from the air you see a rectangular flight deck and the bow and stern look alike. T h e only way you can tell whether she is headed north or south is from the bow wave at one end and the wake coming off the other. In the phosphorescent water these two tell tale markers were quite conspicuous.

Shortly after the shadower passed over us we reversed course from south to north.

Twenty minutes later as he was about to pass over us again, we backed full speed.

This put the bow wave at the south end, which was the stern, and made the wake come off the north end at the bow. As seen from the air we were still going south.

Shortly after he passed over us we went ahead full and continued for the next twenty minutes when he passed over us again and we repeated the procedure.

We couldn't actually reverse course to confuse our shadow because if we had w e

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'The impossible can only be overborne by the unprecedented"

would have left a tell tale phosphorescent " S " shaped wake behind us showing what we were doing. But our backing down tactic took him in completely.

I knew that if I were shadowing a ship which I thought was running south at about twenty knots I would not attempt to lay down all my circlings on the chart to plot my position by dead reckoning. I would mark the spot on my chart where I found the ship and then, as long as she seemed to hold her course and speed, I would move her twenty miles south each hour. I made the conversative assumption that Air Force pilots are no smarter than Navy pilots and that this was what our shadower would do. This is exactly what he did do.

From eight p.m. to four a.m. he moved us twenty miles further south each hour whereas we actually moved about ten miles to the north. By four a.m., when he had to return to base, his navigation was off by about 240 miles. But he confidently radioed our "position" to his relief. His relief hasn't found us yet. I imagine our shadower was sort of surprised and bewildered when he made his landfall on the way home.

At sunrise we launched our Turkeys; they flew across the isthmus of Costa Rica, and staying low, attacked the Canal coming in from the Atlantic side. T h e MISSION BAY had launched her fighters about half an hour earlier, the Canal radars had spotted them, and all the fighters in the Zone came swarming out to knock them down. O u r attack from the Atlantic was unopposed. Our Statue of Liberty play went for a touchdown.

The GUADALCANAL then headed for Panama and we were picked up by another reconnaissance plane that afternoon, which shadowed us all night. Next morning the Canal defenders sent out a squadron of B-17's to polish off this pesky little craft which had outwitted them the day before.

There were some thunderstorms along our course and we were able to duck into an angry-looking one when our radars detected the oncoming B-17's. After we got

USS GUADALCANAL ( C V E - 6 0 ) in the Adantic,

General Sir Ian Hamilton

1944

into it I sent for my aerological officer, Lt. Riggs, and said to him, "Riggs, for the next couple of hours you are the skipper of this ship. I want you to maneuver so as to remain right smack in the middle of this storm."

Riggs did a masterful job and kept us right in the squall.

W h e n the Army bombers arrived the shadower advised them we had just gone ino the squall but would probably come out the other side in about ten minutes. So the bombers began circling the squall.

They circled for the next hour and a half.

They made several attempts to penetrate it in formation but found it a little too rich for their blood. They back off and resumed circling.

This generated a lot of conversation between planes on the radioâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on which we listened in. Finally we heard the squadron commander talking to his number two and saying, "Let's get this damned thing over with. W e will break off one at a time, make an instrument approach on this guy, and then go home."

It looked like the jig was up. Except that by now we knew the call signs of the squadron commander, his base in the Zone, and their radio phone procedure. So, using his base frequency and call sign, we called

the squadron commander and told him, "Exercise cancelled. Return to base."

T h e squadron commander missed this transmission. But somebody always gets the word to knock off a tedious exercise. One of his other planes picked it up and retransmitted it to him, thus making it seem all the more authentic. T h e squadron commander rogered for the message, called off his troops, and they flew away home.

Next day I attended a critique of the exercise in General Britt's headquarters in Panama. T o this I brought a tape recording of the chatter on the air while the bombers were circling the rain squall, and also our transmission to them about "exercise completed."

At the end of the critique General Britt thanked the Navy for our cooperation and then informed the Army bomber squadron commander he wanted to see him in his office. I beat it right back to the ship and stayed there the rest of the time we were in Panama. I wasn't about to risk meeting any of our Air Force friends ashore!

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De Commissioning Of De Haircraft Carrier "Tenroh" (All is beckwards on dis wessel)

On wan morning of September Twenty-six he's by de number In de year when all de Germans Fight beside he's brodder Roosians Wid the Hitos and de Belgians Wid de Danish and de Polish Fight like hell against de Henglish For to spen de Henglish Channel.

Den de Roosian he gets mixed op Fights like hell against de German While Benito and he's Hitos Beat de breast and shake de finger Halso break some running records— In dis year wid all de truuble On de continent of Uurope Came dis morning in September T o de ship-yard on de river Where de James joins op wid Norfolk W a n big handsome Haircraft Carrier Finished op wid all her trial runs Wid de board of hexperts on her From de Deestrict on Columbia For de Chief of Hoperations All de Bureau hexperts halso (Which in sailer talk is meaning Just some guys from out de town of)— All dees peepul wid der notebooks Dey have come to watch de trial run Of dis great big Haircraft Carrier Wid de beckward name of T E N R O H .

N o w de trial run he's feenish And de ship ees by de ship-yard Wid de tugs all blowin whistles And de day shift in de ship-yard All lined op to give de hand-clap, Wid de wurkers and de loafers > Wid de loafers and de wurkers All lined op to give de flag-wave T o dis great big Haircraft Carrier.

For she's feenish all her trial run And de hexperts dey are hanxious T o go beck on to de Deestrict Wid de wife and children waiing— Halso high-balls at de golf club.

F r o m de topmast flies de broomstick Which some hancient hold Dutch Hedmiral Used to tell de home town peopul Dat de seas she's swept of Brittish, An since dos days it is meaning

In de lenguage of de sailor Dat de ship is best performing Dat de target she is punctured Dat de hengines are de bestess In de whole damn U.S. Navy Halso—dat de Hedmiral's bowels Gave a work dis morning proper.

Den de pilot on de bridge works Giffs a yell out to de deck force— "Pass a head line to de dock gang, Get de stern line out wid promptness.

Giff a poosh wid all de tug boats Rig de gongways, rig de life lines Dobble op wid all de hawsers."

Said de Hedmiral from de Deestrict W h o is represent de Navy To de Keptain of de wessel As dey gather by de gengway "Keptain, you have damn fine wessel In dis great big Haircraft Carrier Werry pleased wid all de hengines All de boilers and de gengways, Wid d" hanchors and de capstans Wid de steering gear and rodders, Wid de cabins and de pentries Wid de bonks and coiled spring metress Wid de turbin gears and showers— Halso—wid de floshing system.

You have here one damn fine wessel Send a signal at dis instant To de Chief of Hoperations Dat dis ship is satisfactory As one great big Haircraft Carrier."

So de Hedmiral he pass homeward While de Keptain to de Hex-O Say dees wurds wid smiling feature "Now de pressure he will ease op Gives de crew a forty-eighter Wid de officers splice de main brace In de evening by de Yacht Club.

Write de borders for de party Wid de ship placed in commission Everyting is hunky-dory, Everyting is hotsy-totsy."

Gave a chuckle den de yeoman Speak de horderly to de Hex-O Speak dees wurds wid anxious feature, "Pleese, Sir! Can I have some leave, Sir.'"

So-o-o de Hex-O write de border An appoint all de committee For to print de inwitations Wid de liddle fency letters R.S.V.P. in de corner— For to make hall de harrangements Wid a liddle tea and cookie So de guests will all be heppy When dey come aboard dis wessel— Gives a liddle ceremony Wid de flags and hall de moosic Wid a ruffle and a flourish Wid a flourish and a ruffle And de speeches by de Hedmirals Den pass on down to de wardroom For a little light collation Which in sailor talk is meaning Fency chow wid all de fixins Wid a liddle honk of salade Wid a liddle piece of baked ham And one liddle fork to cut him Halso dis same fork to heat wid While you're standing by de wardroom Which is werry, werry crowded.

So-o-o de Hex-O write de borders And de yeoman cut de stencil And de borders he is publeesh And de Keptain take bees copy An he wisit wid de Hedmiral Of de Navy Yard in Portsmouth For de contrac she is reading Dat de ship will be deliver T o dis werry self same Hedmiral For commissioning at Portsmouth.

Cough the Hedmiral four, three, two time, T o de Keptain speak dees wurds den: "Keptain dis is peachy border An to me she is de berries," Which in sailor talk is meaning Everyting by me's agribble.

So de Keptain pass on homeward T o de ship-yard by de river Den he call de Hex-O promptly And he speak dees wurds wid pleasure "Everyting by him's agribble Everyting is Ipso Facto."

Gave a laff " H a , H a ! " de yeoman Said de horderly to de Hex-O "Pleese, Sir, leave. Sir, can I get it.''"

21 All is tranquil at de ship-yard An de Keptain in his office Sit beside de window watching All de wurkers and de loafers Wid de rivets and de hammers And de cranes wid liddle hengines Travel beck and forth like mices Playing in and out de cheese box While de Hex-O in his office Give de leave slips de once-over— Dis wan like to see his m a m m a Who is coming from de country— Wid de benk I have some business Of de most important nature— Grandma died four weeks come Sunday An I must harrange de funeral— Pleese, de wife's a liddle pregnant An de children got no Keeper— Business wid de benk in Norfolk Halso business wid a blondie— When de telephone is jingle An de yeoman take de message "Who is dis.'' De Hedmiral esking For a pow-wow wid de Keptain!

An de contrac she is changing To commission now at Norfolk Wid de Deestrict Hedmiral taking Charge of hall de ceremony.''"

Stop de presses, stop de printer, Ring de bozzer, call de Bos'n, Call de mail clerk, call de Doctor, Call somebuddy wid a promptness.

Have de Hex-O change de border To commission now at Norfolk, Change de liddle inwitations Wid de fency liddle letters Change de programs, change de memos— Get dis business all adjusted.

Gave a snicker den de yeoman An de horderly to de Hex-O "Please, Sir! H o w about some leave. Sir.?"

All is peaceful at de ship-yard For de Hex-O change de border An de Keptain at ees window Is look out opon de wurkers Is look out opon de dry-dock Where a Brittish ship is resting— Watching all de Hinglish sailors Wid dere funny liddle panties Funny legs wid all de hair on An de funny looking knee caps Running op and down de ladders.

Running out and in de dry-dock— Wid dere funny liddle rompers But no sand piles for to play in.

When de telephone is ringing And de yeoman make de hanswer— " W h o is dis.'' De Hedmiral speaking An de party from de Deestrict On Columbia by de White House

USS HORNET ( C V - 8 ) during trials

Is delay until one-thirty and Can't make de ceremony.''"

Stop de presses, stop de mailman.

Ring de bozzer, ring de call bell.

Call de Cheplain, call de Hex-O, Change de border, cut de stencil, Call de printer, call somebuddy— Get dis change fixed op wid promptness.

Change de luncheon to a tea-fight Wid a liddle cup of coffee Wid a liddle honk of salade Wid a liddle paper napkin Halso hor-dourves on de table.

Gave a laugh " H e , H e ! " de yeoman Speak de horderly to de Hex-O "Could I get a liddle leave. Sir.?"

Well-1 de Hex-O change de border An de yeoman cut de stencil An de ship is den commission Wid a ruffle an a flourish Wid a flourish an a ruffle Wid a liddle bit of piping Wid a liddle bit of moosic An de flag she's proudly waving On dis great big Haircraft Carrier An de guests pass to de wardroom For a liddle slice of baked hem An a liddle honk of salade— Everyting is hoky-doky Everyting is peaches creamy.

So o-o de guests pass down de gengway An dis business is all feenish An de Keptain he is heppy Dat bees ship is now commission An de Hex-O, he is passing T o hees cabin wid a feeling Dat a liddle tiny caulk-off Is de ting he is most needing

When de horderly approach heem In a most respectful manner An dees wurds he speak wid feeling, "Please, Sir! How's about some leave. Sir.?"

Said de Hex-O to de horderly Wid a patience most conwincing "Youngster, come a liddle closer So dees wurds you will not miss it I have most important message For you personal and private: W h e n dis ship is all provisioned From de storeroom on de dock side When de bacon and de coffee W h e n de flour and all de honions W h e n de beans and de potatoes Hall de beefsteks an tomatoes Halso—hall de rolls of paper Which go down de floshing system Are stacked op in hall de storerooms.

Den de ship will back out gently And steam op dis liddle river T o de Navy Yard in Portsmouth For to get de hemmunition Which de big guns need for shooting.

And de wurkmen from de yard force Fix op hall de bells and bozzers So de Hedmiral call de Keptain And de Keptain call de Hex-O An de Hex-O call de horderly When de toilet she is plog op— When dis business hall is feenish An de ship ess hall completed Maybe den for leave you ask it And I grant it halso maybe."

Ed. Note—This gem tvas sent in by Cdr. Eugene E. Wilson, USNR (Ret.) '08, to whom ive express than\s for sharing it with all Shipmate's readers.

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Instant Poverty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Or Financial Security Commander James A. Dickey, (SC) U S N

To the Classes of 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, whose cooperation not only made this article possible but also provided the basic data for much more effective financial counseling to midshipmen.

J. A. Dic\ey Do you or your wife remember the financial questionnaire you received about a year ago.' Have you ever wondered what the results were, how it was used and what type of response the Academy received from it.'' This article is a letter of thanks because of the fantastic effort so many people put into the questionnaire. Your comments advising the midshipmen on their financial future were outstanding.

T h e personal approach and the personal experiences which you related were impressive to all who have analyzed the results.

The introduction has to convey my personal " T H A N K Y O U " since over 7 3 % of each of your classmates returned a questionnaire. T h a t was fantastic!

There were, of course, some humorous sidelights to this questionnaire. W e received one comment which really blasted the Financial Advisor. It went something like this, "Commander, you really put out some bum dope when we were there. You told us that on an Ensign's pay we would have a rough time if we got married, bought a car, and purchased other things which we wanted. You painted a very grim financial picture that was completely untrue. My wife and I have found that we live very well and have experienced none of the problems you predicted!" T h e above comments had to be sanitized a bit since the individual who wrote them was a bit stronger with some of his words. I was quite concerned on reading these comments so I looked at the center of the questionnaire where this individual had listed all of his monthly expenses. An adding machine showed that his expenses were approximately 1280.00 more per month than he

was making! H o w could this be? T u r n i n g to the last page where the question was asked if his wife was working, it showed that she was bringing home $800.00 a month! Isn't it amazing that he was not experiencing financial problems.''.''.'' Obviously, some of the questionnaires required a little rework to get them within the realm of reality.

For the most part the time and effort each of you, and in many cases your wives, put into these questionnaires emphasizes the fact that you are sympathetic to the financial trauma that many newly commissioned officers will be facing upon graduation. Each of you did a remarkable job in relating your good and bad personal experiences for their benefit. Hopefully future Ensigns and 2nd Lieutenants will avoid some of the mistakes that all of us have made in the early years of our career and married life.

As in all questionnaires we inadvertently omitted certain questions which should have been included. One of the subjects was the expenses incurred by single and married officers on permanent change of station orders. Lt.(jg) George A. Wildridge, Jr. '69, fortunately noted this omission and provided such a detailed and well written summary of transfer expenses that it was reprinted and distributed to the graduating class. George, thank you very much! Your comments have been a real eye-opener to all who have read them.

T h e fact that George Wildridge is singled out should not in any way imply that I have forgotten the other people who worked so hard on the comment section.

I want to thank each of you and especially the wives who went to so much effort in providing a woman's viewpoint. Undoubtedly the male chauvinist mind may not have thought of such things as a comment written by one of the wives. She recommended establishing credit as soon as possible at a new duty station. She went on to describe the problems faced by a woman in establishing credit when her husband was not available to sign the little cards, papers and official documents that are

always required. She stated that it was difficult enough to establish a good credit rating, but a woman alone could find it nearly impossible! T h i n k about that for a minute, gentlemen. H o w many of you have left on cruise, leaving your wife with a do-it-herself kit for all the family finances .i* Many of you recommended that the Academy start a course on finances for the junior officer and to include the fiancees to the maximum extent possible. T o give you some idea of what we now provide at the Academy we have instituted an expanded financial program which includes an academic course utilizing the book "Officers Manual of Personal Finances and Insurance." In addition to the academic side of the house, the Financial Advisor provides all first classmen with evening lectures by company. Last year the girl friends and fiancees were invited to a financial lecture during the spring Army weekend. Probably the term "lecture" is a misnomer, for the meetings are actually informal forums where all are encouraged to ask questions.

On this occasion eight of the junior officers stationed at the Academy and their wives volunteered to attend on a Saturday morning to answer questions from fiancees. This financial forum will be held again this year, with the first classmen scheduling the most opportune time so that the majority of their fiancees would be able to attend.

During these meetings some of the most impressive advice made available to the midshipmen and their fiancees will be the stacks of questionnaires which you have prepared. They are unedited and convey your own personal experiences and thoughts on good financial management.

Be assured that your guidance and recommendations will be greatly appreciated by those about to graduate.

As I stated before, we had to make slight modifications in some of the questionnaires. One of the things we noted was that the men of the house had filled out some of the monthly expense portions and eventually sent the questionnaire to their wives to complete the form. You should see the changes in the monthly cost of food and

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"Of course I know what you're driving at - you want pie for supper." associated household expenses which were obviously made by the wives! In all cases they increased the amounts shown for food, laundry and related items. Would you believe that many of the husbands said a family of two were eating on $35 to $45 a month! After seeing these changes, we had a large sampling of the questionnaires reviewed by some Navy wives. They were all of the opinion that the husbands were really not quite aware of what it costs to feed a family of two, three or four. Having recently had to do some grocery shopping and been appalled at the cost of food, I wonder how many husbands have been on a shopping trip lately ? Gals, if they haven't been to the grocery store, send them on a shopping trip and maybe you will have fewer complaints about the cost of food.

T h e response continually recommended that you budget and plan all of your spending. Almost 100% of those responding warned against getting carried away with uncontrolled spending, leaving nothing for savings. T h e responses were split approximately 50-50 between those who managed their money on a very strict budget schedule and those who used a budget as a matter of record-keeping to indicate where, correctly or incorrectly, they spent their money. T h e latter used their budget to compensate for any over-expenditures such as impulse buying or overuse of credit cards.

About 9 5 % recommended starting a savings program as soon as possible. Many recommended 10% of their pay be put into savings. For those who can't make the 10% figure, saving something every month, no matter how small an amount, is strongly recommended.

Returning to the comment written by the gentleman who ignored his wife's salary, the great majority of the responses emphasized that you should not count on the wife earning an income. As you may

recall when you were a midshipman, you probably planned on an added income from a working wife. Your subsequent comments regarding job availability were most realistic and in many cases painted a rather bleak picture. Even though the wife may have all of the skills which would qualify her for a job, duty stations such as Bainbridge, Pensacola, Quantico, Long Beach, Norfolk and Newport are areas where very few jobs were available. Many people recommended that, if you were fortunate enough to find a job for your wife, you use her income solely for savings. This permits starting a substantial savings or investment program with the extra money and, by using the wife's income for savings, you do not have to adjust to a lower standard of living when she stops working.

T h e subject of cars was prominent. Approximately 80% of the officers responding mentioned making a mistake in the type car which was purchased while at the Academy. While one or two mentioned buying a sports car and selling it after a couple of years for a minimal loss, most found that they kept their car one or two years, sold it and took a beating. Some of the reasons for getting rid of the car were the high gas and maintenance costs. Then to compound the problem, many had to let the car sit on the pier while on deployment.

W h e n it came time to sell the car, most were amazed to learn how much their fourwheel chariot had depreciated in such a short period of time. As one individual commented when recommending against the purchase of a small car, "I would recommend buying a family-size sedan if getting married. Just try stuffing a pregnant wife into a Corvette and driving across country. . . . N O W A Y ! " In looking back on their first automobile purchases, many of the officers and wives commented that while they got a favorable loan while at the Academy, they also found that repaying this loan month after month became a real burden, especially when the high operating costs and repair bills began mounting up.

Numerous comments were made of the cost advantages of the Commissary and Exchange facilities. Many stated that they were consistently saving 2 0 % to 3 0 % on their purchases and noted that while not all items were available, they recommended utilizing the Commissary and Exchange facilities to the maximum extent possible.

It was also gratifying to note that many comments were written advising and warning the midshipmen not to violate their privileges at either the Exchange or Commissary facilities by buying for unauthorized persons.

T h e newly commissioned officer, either single or married, is faced with many decisions early in his career which can affect him for months and years to come. You repeatedly mentioned the high-pressure door-to-door salesmen who, in their most convincing manner, can give you many reasons why you cannot exist without their product or will try to convince you that you will not be a well-rounded, educated person without their newest set of encyclopedias. Have you ever heard the pitch, "Friends, with this volume of books you have before you another four-year college education! With the children coming along (even though you may not have any) you would not want to deprive them of the knowledge which these books containâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; now would you.''" Comments such as these appeared in many of the returned questionnaires submitted by individuals who had been at training commands where the doorto-door salesman called both day and night.

Many individuals who obviously were taken in by such sales tactics recommended that you avoid door-to-door salesmen! Definitely take a day or longer to think about your purchase and determine if you really need the item. They also recommended comparative shopping. After you have had a period of time to think about the product, ask yourself if the item is really needed or if you are being convinced that you need it by an articulate, enthusiastic, and very persuasive salesman. Remember, retired or off-duty military personnel do not have the right to come into your home to sell a product and cannot legally use their I D card or military rank to gain entry into your home or BOQ room.

Many states have laws which govern home solicitation. Some of these laws provide the buyer the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement. T h e cancellation must, of necessity, be in a written form; however, in many states the seller is required to provide the buyer a written statement that he does have the right to cancel the sale under certain circumstances. For each of you who may contemplate purchasing something from a door-to-door salesman, check with the local state laws to see if you do have the option of cancellation. It can save you many financial headaches in the future.

Another area of finance which was not explored in the questionnaire, but to which many comments were directed, was the financial difficulties involved with mobile homes. Mobile homes have obviously been a point of considerable financial problems with many people. Some of your classmates included four to five typewritten

25 JUNIOR MARRIED OFFICER AVERAGE M O N T H L Y BUDGET Quantico Little Creek Norfolk

Charleston

Pensacola '.Bainbridge

School

Phone, Rent, Utilities Food Mess Bill Life Insurance Loan Repayment Laundry and Dry Cleaning Gas Car Insurance Car Maintenance Clothing Savings Entertainment Miscellaneous Personal Property Insurance Left Over

$175.21 80.00 13.78 11.21 85.00 15.00 31.71 16.78 10.07 14.28 44.28 21.78 13.92 4.28 24.28

$200.00 80.00 30.00 16.00 78.00 15.00 25.00 18.00 5.00 25.00 0.00 10.00 30.00 3.00 0.00

$169.80 80.00 30.55 15.55 58.33 15.00 19.44 15.55 7.11 7.77 27.77 12.22 16.11 5.44 33.33

$169.80 $214.60 $159.09 $152.51 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 5.27 4.66 9.00 28.40 13.36 16.40 18.60 15.80 69.13 76.06 96.00 74.60 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 18.50 27.00 22.00 17.00 16.40 19.53 23.80 18.60 10.50 8.66 11.80 13.00 16.81 9.80 24.00 14.00 56.13 54.66 20.00 96.00.?.?

14.00 25.00 20.66 20.00 39.80 27.50 36.13 16.00 2.18 2.53 3.00 2.00 35.45 10.33 20.00 37.00

Total Married Ensign Take Home Pay Unaccounted for Funds

$561.56 634.00 $ 72.44

$535.00 634.00 $ 99.00

$513.97 634.00 $120.03

$635.00 634.00 ($ 1.00)

$593.80 634.00 $ 40.20

$540.51 634.00 $ 93.49

$543.74 634.00 $ 90.26

San Diego

Newport Long Beach

$178.70 80.00 32.52 16.63 68.10 15.00 21.73 18.89 11.36 11.05 44.73 21.52 20.68 2.31 28.57

$190.20 80.00 29.88 17.11 68.33 15.00 15.77 12.22 5.66 12.22 33.33 14.44 10.00 2.11 27.88

$204.90 80.00 29.16 17.50 67.33 15.00 18.33 19.83 7.00 20.83 62.50 30.00 15.00 7.83 58.33

$571.79 634.00 $ 62.21

$534.15 $653.54 634.00 634.00 $ 99.85 ($ 18.54)

A comparison of some of the costs of living at various initial duty stations

pages on the few cost advantages and the many disadvantages of owning mobile homes. In the majority of cases, the individuals recommended that you avoid buying a mobile home in a military community where the prices are generally inflated. O n e gentleman did his research very well. H e ultimately purchased a mobile home at a location away from his military duty station at a cost of approximately $2,300 below the local market.

The comments indicated that areas around training commands have an abundance of mobile home salesmen, some good, some bad and some awful! Quite a few people commented on the lavish cocktail parties which were thrown and the rude awakening the next morning, when it was found they had signed a sales contract and were now the proud owners of a new mobile home! Others commented on such deceptive gimmicks as large signs outside the main gate of your new duty station which reads something like this, " O F F BASE H O U S I N G " or "MILITARY H O U S I N G . " H o w dismayed they were to discover upon entering this " O F F BASE H O U S I N G O F F I C E " that it was a mobile home sales office and had no contact with the Navy or any official housing referral office.

So often, people who purchased mobile homes discovered that the government did not pay nearly enough to move their home.

In many instances the salesmen had convinced them that his mobile home was of

such size that they would have no problem moving it through the various states to their new duty stations. Sadder but wiser, they later found out that the mobile home was too wide to qualify for moving through certain states and required a move sometimes 500 to 800 miles out of the way in order for them to get to their new duty station. Of all of the questionnaires received which contained comments regarding the purchase of mobile homes we found only two individuals who were happy with their purchase and felt that they were financially ahead by purchasing a mobile home rather than renting or buying a permanent dwelling. Others might have been had they bought in areas away from their baseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as one did.

Lengthy comments were submitted by those people who rented houses or apartments concerning the military termination clause or lack thereof in their leases. Many discovered too late that they had signed a very stringent rental agreement. Most of the individuals who commented on this aspect of renting either had not read their rental agreement or were in such a hurry to get into housing that they signed it without realizing the legal implications.

My advice to all who are in this situation is that, if there is any doubt or any question about even the smallest detail of a lease, the base legal officer or housing referral office should be contacted for an interpretation and opinion of the lease.

Remember that if your lease does not

contain a "transfer" or "military" clause, you do not have the right to break that lease when you are transferred. Such clauses can be obtained from any base legal officer for insertion into your lease.

While there were numerous recommendations regarding renting and buying, the general consensus recommended that whenever possible an Ensign or Lt.(jg) should utilize base housing when available, even though it may not be as nice as some of the local housing. After accumulating some of the basic requirements for the house, many people recommended an unfurnished apartment and gave cost comparisons between renting a furnished and unfurnished apartment.

Due to the many duty stations from which questionnaires were received, there was no distinct pattern in the recommendations regarding buying or renting. T h e comments appeared to reflect each individual's personal financial preference, which in many cases was dictated by the housing sales and rental market at his particular duty station.

In reviewing our computerized summary of the amounts each of you spent for your monthly necessities such as rent, utilities and the like, we had to assume that the miscellaneous portion of these figures was in the majority of cases a large portion of the monthly pay. Based upon the officer's rank, longevity status and family size we subtracted these expenses from his net income and found an average of $100.00

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This large sum of unaccounted money may provide some insight into spending habits which the majority of you are experiencing.

While preparing this article I was fortunate, or unfortunate as the case may be, to receive various comments from past graduates. These gentlemen must remain unnamed; however, I would like to relate some of their comments. T h e first, and in some cases the only thing, that they noticed was the line showing what a married Ensign from the class of 1971 takes home at the end of each month. Then their initial comment is "My —! (author's prerogative to delete words) "I only made $189.00 a month!" —or "My base pay was only $222.30 a month!"—or the ultimate comment: " T h e Ensigns of today have no complaints, they are rich!"

For the classes who have preceded the class of 1971, let's look back at your pay and some of your expenses. In 1920 an Ensign's pay at under five years longevity was $2,120.00 per year if he was stationed ashore and $2,290.00 at sea. H e also had a basic allowance for quarters of $24.00 per month // he had dependents. T h e class of 1920 also had a very unusual allowance called "heating and lighting," which was from $100 to $200 a year depending upon the location. Realizing that shore duty pay only amounted to $176.66 per month, stop and visualize some of the costs of normal living in those days.

In writing this portion of the article I have before me a copy of the Baltimore News of 23 April 1920. Milkfed veal chops were 25c a pound, good and tender cuts of steak were 25c a pound and an eight-room house, completely furnished, including all utilities rented for $45.00 within the city of Baltimore.

By interviewing people from the classes of 1919 and 1920, I also find that they only had to pay $30.00 a month for a full-time live-in maid! Fifteen years later, a family from the class of 1919 feeding two adults, two children and of course their full time live-in maid had a total food bill of $40 to $42 per month. N o w that may be a bit unrealistic in today's markets but time passes, and in 1931 bread was from 5^ to 8/ a loaf and you could purchase 15 rib lamb chops for 7 5 / in San Diego. Looking back to the era of 1931 one family purchased the most luxurious 4-door Ford sedan on the market. It was so deluxe that it even included a cigarette lighter! Their total price for this car was $795.00. Considering that gasoline cost 5 / a gallon, their operating costs were not quite what they are today.

Interviewing one lady whose husband was in the class of 1919, she recalled that restaurants charged 3 5 / for a very adequate meal and you could go all the way up to 50/ if you felt that you really wanted to go first class. Porterhouse steak in those days was selling in Annapolis for 15/ a pound.

You could buy a spool of thread for a nickel and you could mail a letter for 2 / .

In 1945 the Ensign's lot improved immensely, for his base pay jumped to $150.00 a month, he received $75.00 BAQ with dependents and had the magnificent sum of $42.00 per month as basic allowance for subsistence. Even four years later, things were comparably priced, because in 1949 you could rent a newly decorated fiveroom house in Annapolis for $75.00 a month including utilities; tires for your car cost $12.95 each and the ladies could buy wonderful cotton dresses from $3.95 all the way up to $10.95. If you decided to buy a new automobile you would have found that a Pontiac Streamliner Sedan

cost $2,100.00. You could also buy a 1936 Packard four-door sedan for $250.00 which was in excellent shape. I wonder if Midshipman R. S. Berg, now Colonel Robert Stanfield Berg, U S A F , remembers the ad that he placed in the Evening Capital on the 23rd of May 1949 attempting to sell that wonderful Packard!

On 1 April 1955, the Navy experienced a fantastic pay increase because an Ensign was then authorized $222.30 per month base pay, $47.88 for basic allowance to subsistence and $85.50 basic allowance for quarters with dependents. W h e n I graduated in 1956 a rather conservative model of a 1956 Chevrolet cost approximately $2,000.00. My wife and I were then transferred to Athens, Georgia to the Supply Corps school. I recall that we paid $65.00 per month for a one-bedroom unfurnished apartment, which included the utilities. My wife recalls that she was rather envious of the lady down the hall who was able to feed two people for $60.00 a month. I must comment that my wife could never quite get our food bill down to that point. Though some living expenses were relatively cheap when compared to today's standards I will never forget the first time that I ever had to pay 30/ a gallon for gasoline, or the shock we had in Florida when we found that our property tax had gone u p almost $3.00 a month! So when each of you reads this article, I think you will realize that the principles and the experiences have been the same for each of us. Maybe, in restrospect, we were not as bad off as we sometimes thought we were and sometimes maybe we were worse off than we realized.

As one officer responded when asked the question, " H o w much money do you have left over at the end of the month .'"^—his reply was, "Sometimes I end up with zero, other times less." ^

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A Few Inches From the Yard Midshipman Michael P. O'Sullivan '73

Ahoy there shipmates! Last night was service selection night at the Academy and there were the traditional anecdotes during the selection. Midshipmen still retain their humor when the pressure is on, especially for such an important decision as this.

The Marine Corps certainly had their share of first classmen, 145 men to be exact. This was above their number of a year ago.

Nuclear power also had more takers than any previous class.

However, there were some discouraging remarks about the night, primarily due to the lack of combatant ships.

The cutback in ships has affected the choice of surface line "jocks" and the number recruited. T h e quote often heard around here nowadays, "Surface line is never having to say you're sorry," just isn't so. A few men decided in Smoke Hall (where the service selection was being held) to go Marine Corps for lack of a better choice of ships. Perhaps if there are any detailers reading this article they may be able to alleviate the problem. If nothing can be done there will be a dwindling number of men choosing surface line. This is just some food for thought. Only 2 5 % of the class indicated an interest in surface line and I think this is due to the lack of enthusiasm engendered in the midshipmen. Certainly there are enough graduates who can write to their various class-sponsored companies. Alumni advice does not go unheeded in these hallowed halls. We still consider you as the best, and grads can do much to guide midshipmen in their service selection.

The pace is beginning to quicken as Christmas leave rolls around. Nothing has changed in that respect. T h e Plebes are still itchy-scratchy, anxiously awaiting 14 December. Youngsters are trying to decide if this will be their last Christmas leave at the Academy or with their girl friends (if they have lasted this long). Second class are trying to catch up in wires (fruit juice to some of you) and Engineering. First class have their hands so full of Brigade business that very few will have time to worry about it until they leave.

A couple of weeks ago the first class had the drawing for June Week weddings. Sixty young men have decided to wed in the first few days after graduation. T h e author had the honor of picking for his roommate and it is certainly quite an experience.

It would seem to me that the responsibility being taken on is awesome. Besides settling down with his new bride the new ensign has his service selection to worry about. But, most of the

men I've talked to seem mature enough to handle the problems and aid is given to the couples in the form of Chaplain interviews and financial lectures. T h a n k s to the alumni who have sent back budgets and comments to the Financial Officer, an evaluation of the costs of living may be made. T h e new ensign and his bride thus can effectively plan ahead and save a lot of heartache.

T h e Dahlgren Hall project is off and away. For those of you who don't know what this is, here is a brief description. In May 1972 Mr. Ross Perot '53 underwrote $175,000 for the project.

This money was to be used to complete the funding of the ice skating rink/recreation areas/restaurant complex for which Dahlgren is being renovated. However, there was one stipulation and it came in the form of a challenge to the Brigade. W e were to go out to small businesses in our home towns and solicit funds, eventually repaying the $175,000. Due to organizational problems we had a limited response during the summer which totaled only $40,000. This fall, with our organization complete and the first class in charge, we have decided on a campaign during Christmas leave. It will be similar to the summer's. So far the response has been good and the Midshipmen are enthusiastic about going out and proving they are the "salesmen" they claim to be. Mr. Perot left the Midshipmen with the ideal chance of showing the small business community of the country what this institution produces. As one commander indicated, we could go out and demonstrate our esprit de corps and represent, for instance, those classes which held the line in the Pacific in 1941-42. It is the least we can do. With this $175,000 and other donations bringing the total to the $320,000 required, it is evident that the Brigade does want the complex and is willing to go out and solicit for it.

T h e midshipmen chain of command has been changed at the Academy and another group of "stripers' now must face the problems during the winter set. Probably the most serious will be morale. The "dark ages" will soon be upon us and with it a slackening up. It will be interesting to see how the leadership problem will be solved. Our new Brigade Commander is Chuck Voith, from San Antonio, Texas, who is certainly a competent leader, and we all wish him well.

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Navy Sports Budd Thalman, Sports Information Director, Naval Academy Athletic Association

The all-time leader is Bellino, who rushed for 1,664 yards on 330 carries in the 195859-60 football seasons. Cooper's 1972 perplay average of 5.4 yards is better than any of Navy's top 10 ground gainers.

Cooper had his best single game performance of 1972 against Pittsburgh with 158 yards on 29 carries. Against Boston College, the Rochester third classman ripped off a 71-yard touchdown run, the longest run from scrimmage by a midshipman in six years.

"Cleveland had the kind of a year an athlete dreams about," Navy coach Rick Forzano said. "There isn't anything he didn't do in the rushing department. He went inside, he went outside, he scored touchdowns, he made great play after great play."

Cleveland Cooper, remember the name.

It bodes a bright future for Navy football.

Cleveland Cooper (25) on the move in his best game—158 yards against Pittsburgh

Cleveland Cooper— A Name for the Future

"Cleveland Cooper is super duper."

Those were the sentiments of two diehards who carried a sign around Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium at the Army-Navy game. The object of their affections was Navy youngster running back Cleveland Cooper of Rochester, N.Y., whose "super duper" string of 1972 football achievements included a Naval Academy single season rushing record of 1,046 yards.

Despite the fact that he did not play a full game until Navy's fifth start (Syracuse) Cooper barged into the post-season All-East, All-America pictures with six consecutive games of 100 or more yards rushing. In final major college statistics released by National Collegiate Sports Services, Cooper ranked 23rd among the nation's leading rushers with a per-game

average of 95.1. He was also one of 23 college backs to crack the 1,000-yard barrier in yards gained on the ground.

A first team All-East choice on postseason squads selected by both the Associated Press and the Eastern College Athletic Conference, Cooper was also on the AP's honorable rr>''"-';ion All-America list.

GRIDIRON, a football weekly of national circulation, had the mercurial Navy back 13th on its list of the nation's top 30 sophomore football players ranked on the basis of their 1972 performance.

The first midshipman to rush for 1,000 yards. Cooper smashed Joe Bellino's ground-gaining record of 834 yards, established in 1960—the year Bellino won the Heisman Trophy. He also set a Navy single season mark for most carries, topping Terry Murray's 1966 mark of 171 by 21 tries.

On the basis of only one season. Cooper has nailed down ninth spot on the Naval Academy's list of all-time rushing leaders.

All of the players ahead of him accumulated their statistics in two years or more.

Shooting Slump Afflicts Navy Cagers After Upset Victory Over Temple After startling Temple with an early season upset. Navy's basketball marksmen lost their shooting touch in road games at Memphis State and Louisville to arrive at the holiday break with a 4-3 record. But for field goal percentages of 31.4 at Memphis and 30.4 at Louisville, the Midshipmen might have made an even better beginning on the 1972-73 basketball season.

"With better shooting, we could have been in both the Memphis State and Louisville games," Coach Dave Smalley said.

"In each case, we had more shots and fewer turnovers but were unable to get the ball down. We certainly have better technical shooters than the present percentages reflect. Gary Carter, for instance, was a 43.9 shooter as a youngster last winter and he's down at 35.0 right now.

Bob Marshburn was a 49.2 marksman a year ago and he's at 38.6."

Despite the present slump, which Smalley feels is only a temporary malady.

Navy's basketball team shows signs of

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Wrestlers Split Four Early Dual Meets; Squash Rackets Roar Away to 9-0 Record

Bob Burns

breaking the pattern that has saddled the Midshipmen with losing or break-even cage records since 1961-62. "We are young," Smalley cautions, "but I am impressed with the response of the squad in some of these early games."

Young is certainly an apt description for the Navy cagers. There is not a first classman in the starting lineup and only one, Captain Roy (Skip) Wiegand of Louisville, Ky., on the entire roster. Smalley's pre-Christmas regulars were youngsters Mickey Hampton and Bill Montgomery at guards, third classman Bob Burns in the pivot, and two second classmen—Gary Carter and Bob Marshburn—at forwards.

Burns, the leading scorer and rebounder for the 15-2 Plebes of 1971-72, picked right up where he left off. Through seven games.

Burns also led the varsity in both categories with a per-game average of 12.8 points and 9.2 rebounds. Second in scoring was Hampton at 11.7 while Carter, the thirdleading scorer, was Burns' principal henchman on the boards.

The most dramatic moment of the young basketball season arrived on December 13th when the Midshipmen toppled the Temple Owls in Philadelphia's famed graveyard of visiting teams—the Palestra.

It was Navy's first victory in the Palestra since December of 1960 and the first win over Temple there since 1959. Up by several points at halftime, the Midshipmen squandered their advantage in the second half when Temple pulled out to as much as an eight-point lead. Near-perfect free throw shooting, particularly by youngsters Burns, Hampton, and Montgomery, enabled Navy to spring the upset. For the game, the Mids converted 28 of 33 free throws.

Rebuilding after the graduation loss of All-Americas Tom Schuler and Lloyd Keaser, the Navy wrestlers were impressive in victories over Southern Illinois and Syracuse the first two times out. The Mids handled the Salukis 23-8, dropping only the first and last bouts, and crushed the Orange 33-3.

NCAA College Division champion Cal Poly brought Navy back to earth in a 21-11 meet in which the Mustangs pulled out to an 18-2 lead after six matches. Navy victories at 167, 177, and 190 were not enough to close the gap. One night later, the wrestlers were 2,300 miles away in Seattle, Wash., but the result was equally dissatisfying. The University of Washington Huskies proved poor hosts in a 24-15 match that was up for grabs until the Washington heavyweight scored a fall.

The Midshipmen remained in Seattle to participate in Washington's 10-team Invitational Tournament and placed fourth in the field with Jeff Simons, 2nd at 190; Ross Chaffin, 3rd at 158; Lance Leonhart, 4th at 118, and Bob Hartman, 4th at 167, picking up individual medals.

Youngster Simons and Dan Muthler at 142 pounds were the only midshipmen to carry perfect dual records into the holiday break. Simons was 4-0 with one fall while Muthler was 3-0-1 and also had a pin.

The squash team roared through New England like an early season blizzard and left nine victims scattered across the landscape. In one of their most successful trips on record, the Mids breezed to seven shutouts and surrendered only three of a possible 81 points. Especially impressive was number one man Randy Fisher, who forged a perfect record and, in the process, won Art Potter's vote as an early AllAmerican candidate.

In other sports, the action was barely underway and the pace will not pick up until mid-January.

Navy Lands Two Men On All-East Lightweight Football Team Two-way performer Mike Phillips, selected as an end on offense and a back on defense, and linebacker Dave McLellan

were named as members of the 1972 Eastern Intercollegiate Lightweight Football League all-star squad as chosen by the loop's head coaches. A product of Gilbertown, Ala., Phillips is one of the rare players on record honored as both an offensive and defensive all-star. McLellan, the 150-pound captain, is a product of New Orleans, La. The following members of the Eastern runners-up were given honorable mention: Offense—end John Maitland, guard Steve Carlson, quarterback Pat McNallen, halfbacks Marty Mason and Garry Miller; Defense—end Toby McNatt, end Billie Tongate, and tackle Bill Kissel.

ND Quarterback, Michigan Tackle Are Top Picks On Navy All-Opponent Team Notre Dame sophomore quarterback Tom Clements was selected by members of the Navy football squad as the Most Outstanding Back and Player they faced during the 1972 football season.

In balloting for an All-Opponent team, the Midshipmen also selected All-America Paul Seymour, an offensive tackle, as the top opposing lineman. Seymour was one of eight Michigan players named to the Navy All-Opponent team, the best representation for any of the Midshipmen's 1972 football foes. Notre Dame was second'with seven selections.

Leading vote-getters on defense were a pair of Penn State All-Americas—end Bruce Bannon and linebacker John Skorupan—and Georgia Tech defensive back Randy Rhino, the nation's leading punt returner. Mike Townsend of Notre r3ame, the major college leader in pass interceptions, was also a member of the AllOpponent defensive secondary.

The team: OFFENSE: Wide receivers—Mel Briggs (Boston College), Jim Robinson (Georgia Tech); Tight end—Mike Creany (Notre Dame); Tackles—Paul Seymour (Michigan), John Dampeer (Notre Dame); Guards—Frank Pomarico (Notre Dame), Tom Coyle (Michigan): Center—Bill Hart (Michigan); Quarterback—Tom Clements (Notre Dame); Running Backs—Eric Penick (Notre Dame), Ed Shuttles worth (Michigan).

DEFENSE: Ends—Bruce Bannon (Penn State), Clint Spearman (Michigan); Tackles—Joe Ehrmann (Syracuse), Jeff Yeates (Boston College); Linebackers—

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John Skorupan (Penn State); Tom Kee (Michigan), Randy Logan (Michigan), Jim Musuraca (Notre Dame); Defensive Backs—Randy Rhino (Georgia Tech), Mike Townsend (Notre Dame), Dave Brown (Michigan).

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Capitol Hill Fred Lardner '22

Philosophy for 1973

"Ships don't vote and retired tanks don't write angry letters about their retired pay," said House Armed Services Committee Chairman F . Edward Hebert at the keellaying of the future USS BATON ROUGE at

Newport News, Virginia. T h a t is why, he went on to say, congressional critics of the military services will attack weapons systems and their procurement in the next Congress instead of people programs. But, he warned, because personnel costs now run about 57% of the Defense budget, the Congress will also have to take a hard look at the many proposals for increased pay and retirement benefits in relation to hardware needs. H e said, "It is customary to hear people try to justify all manner of benefits by pointing out other areas where federal expenditures were not fully justified. Morality is not like mathematics; two negatives do not make a positive. W e have got to learn to say ' N o . ' We have got to learn there are things we cannot afford. W e have got to get over the idea that dedication can be measured in dollars."

Recognizing the constantly increasing competition for dollars between domestic and military, personnel and material programs, Mr. Hebert strongly supported continued high levels of military spending as being necessary to insure that we maintain adequate force levels for national security instead of depending upon international treaties. In the same address he commented, "Strangely, we still have people today who look upon a treaty as an excuse for not spending the funds to provide the forces which alone can ensure the workings of the treaty. (They do not realize) that our awesome land and sea-based missile forces are, paradoxically, successful as long as they are unused."

Although not directly related to this subject, we must quote another of Mr. Hebert's remarks:

"I noticed that in the recent election an anesthesiologist ran for Congress. His election would have been the worst possible example of overkill. If there is one thing we have enough of, it is congressmen w h o can put an audience to sleep."

Congressional Committees T h e 93rd Congress convening in January will present many changes of major significance, assuming that it continues to follow the rule of seniority for committee chairmanships. In the House the probable new chairmen of key committees will be Ray Madden ( D . , Ind.), of Rules, Peter Rodino (D., N.J.) of Judiciary, James Haley ( D . , Fla.) of Interior, Leonor K. Sullivan ( D . , Mo.) of Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Charles Digges ( D . , Mich.) of the District of Columbia.

In the Senate, Stuart Symington of Missouri, number two on the Armed Services Committee, will replace Clinton Anderson as Chairman of the Space Committee and Howard Cannon of Nevada, also a member of Armed Services, will replace Everett Jordan as Chairman of the Rules Committee. A daisy chain results when John McClellan of Arkansas becomes Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and has to give up Government Operations; Henry Jackson of Washington was next in line but passed it up to keep his Interior Committee, so Government Operations will be chaired by Sam Ervin of North Carolina.

However, Jackson does become Chairman of the headline-making Permanent Investigating Subcommittee.

Survivor Benefits Since enactment of the recent Survivors Benefits Act, two problems have arisen through what appears to have been oversight in preparing the bill. Both hinge on

the law's statement that a retiree's widow will have deducted from her survivor benefit plan annuity an amount equal to the Social Security old age payment based upon her husband's military earnings.

Consider the military widow who wants to continue working beyond age 62, for whatever reason. Under the new law, when she turns 62 she will have deducted from her monthly D o D check an amount equal to 82.5% of her late husband's military earned Social Security benefitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even though she may collect no Social Security on her own. Congressional staff lawyers who worked on the legislation indicate that such was not the intent of the Congress but, unfortunately, the law as enacted seems clear as to that effect. " W h e n the widow or widower reaches age 62 . . . the monthly annuity shall be reduced . . .," it says, by the amount of Social Security annuity to which the survivor would be entitled as a result of the late serviceman's military earnings. T h e law says nothing about reducing the payments only after the widow actually starts collecting the Social Security checks; unfortunately D o D must carry out what it does say, and that may come as a shock to many widows in the future.

T h e second problem is that of the widow who had previously earned her own Social Security benefits. T h e law still says that her military annuity will be reduced by the amount of Social Security resulting from her husband's military earnings. Throughout the hearings and debate on the bill, everyone agreed that there would be no offset resulting from the husband's nonmilitary earnings or from the widow's own employment. Note this extract from Report No. 92-1089 of the Senate Armed Services Committee on 6 September 1972: "There is no reduction because of the Social Security benefits that may have been earned as the result of the husband's employment in his post-retirement years or any amount above the amount of survivor benefit flowing from the husband's military service that the widow may have earned in her own right in private employment. It cannot be overemphasized that the only

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Social Security payments which are taken into account in this integration of benefits are the payments to the widow based on her husband's Social Security earned as a result of active duty in military service."

And the same report also states, "In terms of real income, the widow will invariably gain at age 62, even with the integration of benefits, because the Social Security portion of her annuity is not taxable."

However, it appears that, even with a tax benefit—which certainly would not be very large—some widows can end up with a net loss, temporarily or permanently, as the law now stands. This seems to be another of those, fortunately, rare cases where the intent and the effect of the law do not coincide.

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ExcLisal Pay for Aviators Excusal pay for senior aviators in nonflying billets appears to be sliding into a status like that of retired pay recomputation, most officials want to keep it but few close to the problem feel that they can argue convincingly for it in the face of ever tighter defense budgets and mounting congressional pressure.

Congress has ordered the services to ground aviators "of the rank of colonel or the equivalent or above in non-combat assignments" by 31 May. The Senate Appropriations Committee set that date to give the services time to review the entire hazardous pay system and develop proposals for the Congress to correct "inequities" in it. That review is underway. But it is not clear whether the Congress intends for the services to ground the 0-6s and above and also make other pay reforms, or whether the intention is for the services to come up with an alternative to outright grounding if possible. Also unclear is whether the congressional intent literally is to apply the rule to all those not in fighting jobs, or whether senior officers in

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A military retiree in Delaware has forfeited over $300 in travel allowances because construction of his "home of selection" in Florida was too slow. An Air Force major retired in mid-1970 and moved from his duty station to his home of record in Wilmington, Delaware. Eleven months later he put in a claim for travel to his home-of-selection in Florida, and, as evidence of intent to establish a bona-fide residence there, sent along a copy of the purchase agreement for the house he was having built there. However, the Comptroller pointed out that the officer and his dependents were still living in Wilmington more than a year after his actual retirement, and that his entitlement to travel to a post-retirement home of selection had expired twelve months from the day he retired.

Death Gratuity?

One military widow recently called her congressman to complain that she did not receive the six months death gratuity for her husband who had died while on active duty. H e referred the complaint to the Pentagon and, soon thereafter, was informed that she had indeed not received the money—because she is accused of her husband's murder.

Recomputation just suffered a severe blow when the special House Armed Services subcommittee appointed to investigate it filed a unanimous report opposing the entire concept. The five members, headed by Samuel S. Stratton (D., N . Y . ) , stated that the military retirement system as it now stands is "the most liberal general system in existence." T h a t also casts doubt on the possibility of other moves to liberalize the retirement system in lieu of recomputation.

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other, full-time operational billets may also be exempted.

Even if both questions are resolved favorably for the senior aviators. Pentagon sources seem to be generally agreed that a substantial number of them are going to lose flight pay—at least some if not all of it, and eventually if not by this June.

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Lucky Bag of Books DUST ON THE SEA

By Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

New York, Chicago, San Francisco 1972 351 pages, §7.95

"Dust on the sea," the author explains, "is the grave of a ship—debris, an oil slick, a streak of coal dust, an accumulation of dust and trash floating in a canopy of air bubbles. It is only a temporary marlcer, but it is an indelible one to those who have seen it."

Captain Beach is a second generation naval officer and writer. Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939, he achieved distinction as a World War II submariner.

In 1960 he commanded the nuclear submarine TRITON on her submerged circumnavigation of the world in the track of Magellan. He is the author of five published books.

Dust on the Sea is a sequel to his bestselling novel Run Silent, Run Deep (1955).

It is the story of the second war patrol of the U.S.S. EEL in the Yellow Sea during the last year of World War II. Commander Richardson and his crew are the heroes; EEL is the only real heroine. Captain Blunt, the wolf pack commander embarked in EEL, gives the story its aspects of Greek tragedy. Questions of motivation and morality, chiefly in the introspection of Commander Richardson, bring in aspects of the psychological novel.

These mental excursions are probably of chief interest to other submariners. Richardson and his crew view their business more grimly, less humorously, than some of their contemporaries. Captain George Grider, USN (Ret.), and Lydel Sims in War Fish (Little, Brown & Company 1958) write of submariners' beautifully developed sense of humor as a sort of secret weapon.

Ned Beach's style is natural, fresh, and strong. He uses live words, describes vividly, gives the reader a share of his own adrenalin. He rarely explains too much. Almost all his sentences are tidy, but now and then one gets out of hand. Witness this sixty-word behemoth explaining the blowing of negative tank:

there was a clear horizon, but beyond it were the tops of an irregularly spaced group of hills, the islands on the seaward of Maikotsu Suido. To the north there was only the smooth horizon. To the south nothing except the smudge of smoke. As he watched it, the smoke disappeared.

This would be done after EEL had broken clear of the surface and was adequately tilted down by the bow, but it was important also that the tank not be blown at too deep a depth, for to do so would cause a tremendous volume of air, at a relatively high pressure, to be vented back into the .submarine.

The author handles most of his technical descriptions skillfully, works them facilely into the action so that the reader shares his excitement in the material readiness of EEL. He excels in creating word pictures of a submarine, "With planes on full rise, her propellors turning over at minimum speed.

EEL slowly swam toward the ordered depth." He gives the reader an authentic view through a periscope: Through the periscope Richardson could see a tiny smudge on the horizon. He spun the periscope completely around, looking at the surface of the sea in all directions, went around a second time searching the sky. It was a clear, beautiful day topside, virtually no clouds in the sky, sea nearly calm, visibility unlimited in all directions. EEL had been stemming the current, heading south at slow speed submerged, close in to shore. Looming two miles away to port, rocky bluffs extended right to the water's edge. To starboard

He draws a graphic picture of the conning tower during an approach: In the best submarine fire control parties, few words are spoken except those absolutely necessary. Silence reigns, broken only by the ship noises conveying their own messages, tiie background whirring of the selsyn motors in the TDC, the muted murmur from the likewise silent control room. As far as possible, hand signals take the place of verbal communication. Words take on added significance in consequence.

Dust on the Sea may well become another best-seller. As a psychological novel of the sea it may become a controversial book, but so was Moby Dic\. It takes three chapters to get EEL and Dust on the Sea under weigh, but from then on it builds up with a crescendo of readibility into a first rate sea story.

William S. Post, Jr. '30

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Sec'y, Capt. Clyde R. Robinson, USN (Ret.) 107 Scott Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 32.5 Sadly we must report the death of two of our ladies this month: Ethel Cowie Robinson, wife of Capt. Clyde R. Robinson, USN (Ret.), died in Annapolis on 4 December 1972 after a long illness. Graveside services were held on 7 December at Arlington National Cemetery.

Grace Helen Earle, widow of Capt. John B. Earle, USN (Ret.), died in McLean, Va. on 1 December 1972 after being struck by an automobile near Vinson Hall. Two sons, a daughter, and 12 grandchildren survive her.

08 Sec'y, Cdr. Allan G. Olson, USN (Ret.) El Miradero, P.O. Box 131, Bonita, CA 92002 Percent Members: 25.3 We deeply regret the long illness and death of Adm. T h o m a s C. Kinkaid, USN (Ret.). We extend our sincere sympathy to his widow, Helen.

(See details in December "Last Call" section.)

Mrs. John F. McClain, widow of our classmate, is the proud great-grandmother of Gregory Brian McClain, born to Lt. and Mrs. John F. McClain III of Amarillo, Calif. Congratulations to all!

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Sec'y and Treas., R.\dm. Frank A. Braisted, USN (Ret.), 3104 Cleveland Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 45.7 February birthday greetings go to Stanton on the 4th, McCabe on the 10th, Braisted on the 12th, and Oldendorf on the 16th.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.) 5509 Grove St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey O. Thomas 725 West Blvd., Kokomo, IN 46901 Percent Members: 33.3 Irene (Mrs. Edwin J.) Gillam will remain at her present address, The Westchester, 4000 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016. She has taken a smaller apartment since ?op's death.

The dedication ceremonies for Spruance Hall at the Naval War College on 6 and 7 Dec. are covered elsewhere in Shipmate. Charlie Moore

(RAdm. C. J.) and Anna Louise were among the honored guests, and with other members of the Staff. Charlie was Chief of Staff for Adm. Spruance for most of that famous march across the Pacific. Your reporter recalls when they were together on DDI, the BAINBRIDGE, in

1913—

Spruance as a Lt.(jg) Commanding; Charlie as an Ensign his Chief Engineer.

Our sympathy goes out to Fanny (Mrs. Ted) Sherman on the recent death of her invalid sister Linda. Although expected and prepared for, death is always sad.

Quoting Frances Underwood (Mrs. H. W.—the Judge) : "Just back from laughing my way thru Africa. Never had more fun. Was with very congenial friends. I would advise everyone to go— it's beautiful country, friendly people, good hotels and food—much to do and see. I expect to be home for at least two months—pretty good for me."

11 Sec'y, Capt. W . D . Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 38.5

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Pres., VAdm. George H. Fort, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert A. Lavender, USN (Ret.) 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 46.2 Strat Wentworth writes, "The most important event in my life lately was the birth of my fifth great-grandchild, Melinda Main Morrison."

Peggy and Bob Lavender also announce the arrival of their second great-grandchild, David Howard Betzel.

Good news about Ben Perlman came in a cordial letter from Laurice. She writes, "At 83, he is in perfect health. He is active in the Yacht Club, Power Squadron, M.O.W.W., Navy League, Retired Officers. Also he is an avid duplicate bridge player. Last spring he won the Individuals at the Nationals in Mexico City. . . . Our home is on Sarasota Bay, one block from the Gulf of Mexico. We grow grapefruit, avocados and millions of gardenias. We have a huge dock so friends can come by boat. . . . Life is full."

Jimmie Clark sends "just a few lines to tell you that Helen and I are enjoying life in La JoUa with our good weather and our many good friends. We enjoy the La Jolla Country Club and now that the Coronado bridge is completed, we can drive across the bay with little effort. As for our health—O.K. Hope to keep it that way.

Hobbies—all k'"ds. . . ."

George Fort is still in the hospital. His progress is steady but slow.

We regret to announce that Margaret Hall, widow of Rube Hall, passed away at the Naval

Hospital, Bethesda, on 8 November after suffering a severe stroke. Services were held in the St. Andrew's Chapel at the Naval Academy.

It would give pleasure to the class to have messages from our widows with information of their whereabouts and news of children, grandchildren and the greats!

When you read this copy of Shipmate, 1973 will be underway. May it be a year of health and happiness for us all.

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Pres., VAdm. Glenn B. Davis, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., MGen C. G. Helmick, USA (Ret.) 4784 Old Dominion Dr., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 45.7 The December 1913 Army-Navy class luncheon was held at the Army and Navy Club on the 6th and was attended by G l e n n Davis, Mike Donahue, Gardiner Helmick and Theb Thebaud for Navy, and T e x Davidson and Ernest D u p u y for Army. Gardiner brought as a guest, his son-in-law, Fred Settle of Denver. We were delighted to be reinforced by Theb Thebaud, who drove up from Annapolis to be with us. He is getting settled in the home that he has leased for three years at 129 Greenberry Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, and will make it his winter base. About 15 May, or when the snows disappear at Pointe au Pic, Murray Bay, Quebec, they move north for the summer, and stay until the snow flies.

Mike and Frances Donahue recendy visited their son's family in Jacksonville, Fla. George Dale writes that he is well and active, and is looking forward to getting east to our 60th reunion.

Mac Miller has devoted much of his time to the study of cosmology, and is hard at work preparing an article on the subject. He has some very interesting speculations as to the formation of the oceans and the continents in view of the current theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.

Earl Quinlan writes from the Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hi.: "I am visiting the Navy station where I once served. A Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year to all I913ers for 1973. 1 am still painting portraits."

14 Pres., RAdm. H. A. Spanagel, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. W i l l i a m K. Beard, USNR (Ret.) 199 Hanover St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D . Swain, USN (Ret.) 4130 Hurley Dr., La Mesa, CA 92041 Percent Members: 46.6 It wasn't the weather that kept any of us away from the recent Army-Navy game. More perfect weather couldn't have been desired; nor more imperfect football displayed. I think our class attendance must have hit a new low. I saw no

35 one—at least in our section. "Rosie" Rosendahl was present by proxy. His'seats, directiy in front of mine, were occupied by a young captain ( C O . of the Lakehurst Air Station) and his wife. They stated the admiral was in good health. My Dessa, an ardent football fan, was ruled out by the local medicos which was an added disappointment to me.

As for other class news which has drifted this way, it can be reported that Jeimie Bell and Russell Perry took a leisurely trip in January through the Southeast with a sojourn in Florida.

The wanderlust is also appealing to Hannah and "Pennucks" Pennoyer. They spent Christmas with her daughter in Ottawa, Canada, and then flew on to California.

It is learned that Mrs. Charlotte Cochran entertained the residents of Vinson Hall with an eggnog party on 18 December. Mrs. Cochran signed the No. 1 contract for residency in Vinson Hall.

Pending a last minute "scoop" before going to press, the foregoing is all we can contribute toward your February reading.

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chairman. Class Comm., Adm. A. D. Struble, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D . Struble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Percent Members: 63.8 A letter from Mackey Le'wis: "Greetings, Rip —hope all is well with you. First—about Heather.

Our loss is great and she can't be replaced. She was a dedicated woman. Rip, I have a beautiful rose quartz Buddha given to me by the number one pilot (Chinese) on the Yangtze when I left the PANAY. 1 would like to give it to the Alumni House in Annapolis." A later letter: "1 am delighted that my little Buddha is going to end up in Alumni House. He has been my 'Good Joss' for many years. 1 just rub his cool belly and it relaxes me. Will mail him to you in the next few days.

PANAY was commissioned in September 1928. I was her first Captain and kept her about a year.

Skippers only did about one year on the upper Yangtze as the pressure was considered too great.

I don't think I ever knew the name of the Chinese pilot. We always called him No. 1."

Mackey writes that he is still pardy paralyzed but otherwise OK. The rose Buddha has been delivered to Captain Busik at the Alumni House.

An assist from 1916 to 1925. Bill Bacon '16 has sent a 1915 Lucky Bag to the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif., where the Librarian is establishing a file of Lucky B'lg^- Harry Lyon '25 had brought the need for a 1915 copy to my attention.

The H o k e Smiths are back in their beloved Seattle after a long Balkan trip that they report as the most interesting trip of all that they have made.

HELP US HELP YOU!!!

Notify the Alumni Association immediately of your change of addresses.

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Pres., Adm. Arthur W. Radford, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. George P. Brewster, USN (Ret.), 611 West 40th St., Baltimore, MD 21211 West Coast Reporter, Capt. George F. Chapline, USNR (Ret.), 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037 Percent Members: 56.3 When Charley Berwind died on 9 Nov. after a brief illness, thousands of boys and young men all over the world lost a great friend and benefactor. For it was due to his interest in the deprived youth of .America (and later in several foreign lands) that prompted the organization of the "Big Brothers of America" in 1947 with Charley as its first President, which office he held until 1970. In spite of his many connections in business, in social and cultural activities and in heading a large industrial organization, his main love and concern was this Big Brothers movement. Starting with four small local groups, it has expanded to where now there are some 200 agencies in the United States, some 100 in Canada plus some 100 affiliates here and in foreign lands. One of the strongest of the latter exists in the Naval Academy where some 50 midshipmen are giving of their limited time to serve as Big Brothers to a like number of Little Brothers living in Annapolis. Some 100,000 youths have received the benefit of this program throughout the world who otherwise might never have known what it means to have a responsible adult guide them so that they could gain confidence in themselves and become well oriented youngsters in the community where they live. In turn many of these Little Brothers will themselves become Big Brothers in a sort of "boomerang philosophy." Probably no greater determent to juvenile delinquency and crime exists anywhere today.

All this due largely to Charley's devotion and efficient guidance throughout his presidency. Those of us who were privileged to know Charley as a friend as well as a valued classmate would never doubt but that he would be a "Big Man" in all of his endeavors. He served his country well as an officer in the Navy during the First World War. He resigned as a lieutenant in 1920 to join the large family corporation, the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. of Philadelphia. Upon reorganization of this company as the Berwind Corporation in 1962, Charley became its President and later became Board Chairman when his son, C. Graham Jr., moved up to President.

Charley is survived by his widow, Ellen, of 401 Gulph Creek Rd., Radnor, Pa.; a daughter, Margaret (Mrs. Herbert Schiffer), and three sons, C. Graham Jr., David, who is the headmaster of a day-school outside of Boston, and Emery, in the real estate business in Seattle, Wash. Thirteen grandchildren and a brother, Henry of Philadelphia, also survive.

The class of 1916 extends its sincere condolences to all of these in their great loss of this outstanding gendeman and leader of the community and the country.

As a memorial to Charles Graham Berwind the class has made a donation to his beloved "Big Brothers of America" with the hope that in a very small way it may help "further the cause so nobly advanced" by this foresighted classmate. May this cause succeed far beyond his fondest dreams.

In a Christmas letter from Mary and N e m o Awtrey they proudly note that their son-in-law.

Raymond Mariotti, husband of daughter Maryanne, has been named editor of the Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, an important newspaper of that city.

This is a special honor for Raymond who, at 31, is much younger than is normal for such a position. Our congratulations to this young man and to Maryanne, who certainly deserves some credit for his success while raising their two small daughters, Ellen and "Wisti." Classmates living in Florida or those passing through will be happy to know that they now have a Palm Beach coimection.

A letter from Bobby Walker tells of the ordeals that his lovely wife, Jo, has been subjected to by the medics of hospitals in Florida starting late in September. At the time of the writing Jo was making nice progress and expected to be able to return home soon. We all hope and pray for a speedy and complete recovery for Jo and that by now she is able to resume her normally very active life.

WEST COAST NEWS Under most unusual circumstances for Southern California, a series of tropical type downpours in this area where 10 inches of rain a year is normal, the November luncheon of 1916-17-18 was held on the 16th. Naturally many of our regulars were unable to make the flooded street "lows" or the Coronado Bridge crossing in order to join us in the Carrier Air Group Room of the Officers' Club, NAS, North Island. However, 12 did succeed in getting there in addition to four'wives: Esther Jenkins (all the way from Rancho Santa Fe), Dotty Loventhal, Marie Rodgers and Mary Bennett.

There appears to be great competition between the good volunteers who arrange the meetings and the menus at the three clubs we normally visit, so on this occasion "Ing" Kiland set a very high standard with the delightful, delectable entree he selected.

All wished to send our accolade to Bob Van Buskirk for his outstanding contribution to his community and to good music and culture. A moment of silence was observed "in Memoriam" for the late Frankie Spellman.

Present were: 1916—Root, Grassie, McGinnis, Loventhal, Jenkins, Rodgers and Chapline; 1917— Richards, Rogers, Bennett and Kiland; and 1918— Perkins. While we sure missed seeing many of our good pals we still all loved that excessive rain in this normally dry area.

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Pres., RAdm. Walter C. Calhoun, USN (Ret.) 4230 Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Sec'y, Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) 248 King George St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 47.9 Adelaide FuUinwider has left for Tempe, Ariz., to be gone until late spring. She will be at 727 Vista Del Cerro with her son and daughter-in-law.

Florida and Jake Davis '16 will be in her house (242 King George St., Crabtown) while she is away.

There is no other class news at present, I am grateful to say, because so much has been sad during 1972. May skies be sunnier in 1973. With love and good cheer from Walt and me.

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Pres., Capt. W. J. Malone, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Perry R. Taylor, USNR (Ret.) 1211 South 25th St., Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 60.2 Marion and Bill Taylor arrived at a decision last October that the maintenance of their fine old house and the care of four acres of citrus trees bordering on Lake Helen in Florida was too much for them. So they sold to a friend who had been wanting to buy the very desirable property for some time. Moreover, Marion had broken her left arm. With a delayed return from Fish Memorial Hospital in DeLand, the disposal of the home, even though a severe wrench, obviously was the provident move.

While Marion at this writing (11/25/72) is comfortable in a convalescent home in DeLand, she looks forward to keeping house again in a condominium apartment nearby. Bill has settled in the apartment and takes lunch daily with Marion in the rest home where excellent meals are available. In moving from Lake Helen, he had to dispose of many things but was able appropriately to place the remarkable collection of dolls which Marion has accumulated showing many aspects of world-wide culture. The apartment they rent in DeLand borders on a golf links and Bill has taken up golf again in a limited way. We wish them many happy days at 820 S. Hill Ave., DeLand, FL 32720.

Gerry and Red Lockhart moved to 128 Lyell Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022 on 20 December.

More news about them in a later issue.

Louise and Proc Thornton in September took a pleasant jaunt into Canada, including Banff, Lake Louise, Montreal and Quebec. While in Vancouver they ran into two local residents, Eileen and Sam Jenkins '15, whom they had not seen for more than 30 years. It was a joyous time for all four.

Classmates and wives on the Coast are reminded that the 16-17-18 Valentine Party will be held 15 February at 1200, North Island Officers' Club.

Good news came to us in December from Dink Stover. With therapy and marvelous care by his Caroline he has almost entirely recovered from the slight impairment of speech resulting from a stroke. He is walking and driving without handicap.

Now and then friends inquire about your cub reporter's health. He replies, "I am still walking."

A bit of doggerel came to us from a California classmate which explains a response of this kind.

It is quoted for the amusement any of us youngsters can get from it.

There's nothing whatever the matter with me I'm just as healthy as I can be.

I have arthritis in both my knees And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze.

My pulse is weak and my blood is thin But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.

I think my liver is out of whack And a terrible pain is in my back.

My hearing's poor, my sight is dim.

Most all my organs are out of trim.

My doctor says my days are few 'Cause every day brings something new.

The way I stagger is sure a crime— I'm likely to drop at any time.

I jump like mad at the fall of a p i n But I'm awfully well, for the shape I'm in.

My teeth will eventually have to come out And my diet I hate to think about.

I'm overweight and I can't get thin My appetite's such that it's sure to win But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.

Arch supporters I have for my feet Or 1 wouldn't be able to walk up the street.

Sleep is denied me night after night And every morning I'm such a sight.

My memory's failing, my head's in a spin.

And I'm practically living on aspirin— But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.

The moral is, as this tale I unfold That you and me—we are just growing old And it's better to say, "I'm fine," with a grin Than to let them know of the shape we're in.

BIRTHDAYS IN FEBRUARY As we go to print we send best wishes to Sam Hurt, 7th; Levvy Leventeen, Mac M c D o w e l l and Jack Phillips, 28th. John Crecca's birthday falls on 5 March.

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Pres., VAdm. George C. Dyer, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, VAdm. W m . M. Callaghan, USN (Ret.) 1110 Randolph Rd., McLean, VA 22101 Percent Members: 60.2 If these notes of late appear to be overly lugubrious in content it is because Father Time is slowly catching up with us and like leaves in autumn we are gradually drying up and being separated from the stem of life.

Regrettably two more deaths which occurred in late fall have to be reported. Seth Warner's widow, Ruth, died in late October. Son Paul so informed G e o r g e D y e r following her death and burial. Commenting additionally Paul said his mother "had suffered a fatal heart attack and had died with absolutely no pain; it was just as if she had gone to sleep."

On 3 December our Harold M. "Beauty" Martin (Admiral USN Ret.) died at the Naval Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The report of Beauty's death was followed too closely by the church and burial services held in Memphis for the class to participate even with a floral tribute to his memory. In lieu thereof a contribution in memory of Beauty has been made to the Navy Relief Society.

Our sympathy to Gene and Beauty's son who survive. Adaline and George Dyer, who had seen and dined with Beauty and Gene a few times in recent years while passing through Memphis, were aware of his declining health and that despite his desire to attend the 55th reunion in May he expressed the probable inability to do so.

Two recent changes of address: K. D. Muir has moved to 2430 Village Dr., Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 and Marion Griffiths (Mrs. C. A.) is now located at 7450 Olivetas Ave., La Jolla, CA 92037.

Marion reports that her new address is a Presbyterian Retirement Home called the "White Sands."

Continues Marion, "The surroundings are lovely, so are the people. Excellent food and no responsibility. Just what I had hoped for."

On 13 November George Dyer presented to the 19th Company Library an autographed copy of Joy Ofstie's book. Lady in the Navy. Through Joy's kindness and thoughtfulness the 19th Company Library was also presented on the same day with the three volumes produced by Ralph Ofstie when he headed the Analysis Group of the Strategic Bombing Survey. That study conducted in the Pacific following the Japanese surrender involved the interrogation of many, many Japanese naval officers and tremendous numbers of

Japanese naval records. The resulting report comprised three volumes: The Campaign in the Pacific and Volumes 1 and II of the Interrogation of fapanese Officials. Ralph had inscribed and given to Joy three hard-bound copies of the study. Joy felt that a more appropriate place for them at this time was the library in which they are now located.

Miles D u V a l has received vrard that his book on the Panama Canal, From Cadiz to Cathay, has inspired Spanish publishers to reproduce the translated work in their own country.

20 Chairman, Exec. Comm., Capt. Donald R. Osborn, Jr., USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. W m . A. P. Martin, USN (Ret.) 2 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 58 Eve Browder writes to thank the class for the "beautiful flowers" for Max's funeral at which, by the way, T i l g h m a n Bunch showed up with his sister Laura, an old friend of Eve's.

Tilghman's address is Shawnee Nursing Home, Winchester, Va. A card of appreciation was received from the family of Mr. George Butt Cunningham for our note of sympathy.

Fourteen of us were present for our class luncheon on 24 November: C. C. Anderson, Osborn, Collins, Tusler, Fred Cunningham, Hague, Crowe, Mansfield, Holsinger, Christmas, Martin, Ed Wilson, Clyde Smith and Hepburn. Three of us from Annapolis, R e d Hepburn, Ed W i l s o n and Martin. It was W e s Hague's first appearance since his illness several months ago and it was good to see him.

A. B. Kerr responded to the picture of Erik Anderson and four unknowns in the last Shipmate acknowledging that he was one of them, as several of the class guessed. He writes: "It was a surprise to see my picture in the Nov. '72 Shipmate, along with Swede Anderson and three others. I was sorry to learn of his death. This group was proceeding via government transportation from Charleston, S.C., to New London in the old collier ARETHDSA. That vessel encountered heavy seas off Hatteras, and was having a rough time of it. About 0400 one morning her only propeller broke off. The reciprocating engine, having no load, started racing badly, and the pounding of the pistons made it seem as though the old ship was shaking to pieces. That brought everyone on board out of their bunks and on deck in short order. The engineers were able to get the engine shut down. Everything quieted down on board, the ship fell off into the trough of the sea, and rolled quite easily for a day or two. Finally a tug came out and towed the ship into Hampton Roads. I think the picture was taken there. The names of those in the group arc listed—Bunav despatch orders 6403-1215 of 3 Feb. 1922, a copy of which is enclosed, which you may send on to Anderson's son if you wish.

"In the front row from the left are: Bamberger, Radowicz and Anderson; rear row: Kerr and Dobson. Bamberger, Radowicz, Dobson and Walling (not in picture) were temporary officers commissioned in WWI. Bamberger later received a permanent commission and was on duty at Mare Island in 1940.

"Belle and I are enjoying good health and are comfortably settled here in Fountain Valley, a new city of 50,000 lying between Santa Ana and

37 Huntington Beach. We rarely see any of the class here, and I don't know of any others living in Orange County which is now the second most populous in the state. However we do enjoy your class notes in Shipmate. Please remember us to the Bassetts and all the others back there. Cordially yours, A. B. Kerr."

Many thanks, Abie!

The Korns spent Christmas with their daughter Brenda and her family in Dakar, Senegal. After their visit they spent a week or more in Spain before returning to Annapolis. Their other charming daughter, Martha (Mrs. Williams), visited her sister in Dakar after Christmas.

On 5 Dec. I received a card from Julie Boit (RAdm. J. M. Boit, USNR Ret.), 229 Main St., Amherst, MA 01002: "1 get very distressed when I pick up Shipmate and read nothing but sad news of the loss or illness of classmates. I suppose it is getting to be about that time but we don't need an avalanche. Unfortunately, I have to announce the loss of my own wife, Sibyl, who died in Northampton, Mass., on 29 Oct. of a failing heart.

"However, as we move into the period of Advent and the joys and charity of Christmas, also practicality, I enclose a contribution to the Class Fund. With best wishes to you and others in the Class, very sincerely, Julie Boit."

1 phoned him of our sincere sympathy and of our thanks for his generous donation—S200. He told me that Johnny LongstafiF and Vi, also lived in ,'\mherst and that they had been present at Sibyl's funeral.

Several of us and our wives foregathered at the Heinemans' to see the Army game on TV and to partake of Emily's delicious food. Among us were the Osborns from out of town.

News of the W h e l c h e l family gathered from friends: Billick has got his sweet ptotatoes out of the ground and has finished with them for this year. His daughter Louise has moved to the Washington area so all three daughters are within reach. Billick and Peg (Marion to her oldest friends) don't go to parties anymore. There are too many of them. They had no family for Christmas.

Ros Daggett has compiled an alphabetical list of our deceased classmates as of 1 Dec. '72.

Don Osborn and I have copies if anyone inquires.

Class graduated—461; total reported deaths— 247; no. unaccounted for—11; percentage dead: assuming these 11 living—53.6 percent; assuming these 11 dead—55.9 percent.

Let us hope for a happier 1973.

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Pres., Mr. Homer O. Elmers Sec'y, RAdm. W i l l i a m B. Fletcher, USN (Ret.) 1866 Lindamoor Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 58.1 The Washington-Annapolis group held their monthly luncheon at the Army and Navy Town Club on Wednesday, 22 November. Since this was the day before Thanksgiving we had a surprisingly good turnout. Attending were the following: L. A. Brown, Homer Elmers, Eleanor and Cat Brown, Polly and Fred Boone, Heber Brumbaugh, Dan Gallery, Ed FuUinwider, Gerry and Bill Fletcher, Kitty and Os Colclough, Mary C. and Legs Leggett, Kathryn and George Russell, Jim Dudley, Tom Kelly, Peggy and Mac McCollum and Dolly Fitzgerald.

Cliff Kelsh reports a change of address from R. D. Box 113, Worton, Md., to The Wailana, Apt. 1709, 1860 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96815, effective 1 February 1973.

Dr. and Mrs. Carl Walder Arrendell (Charlotte) and Dr. Marilyn Crawford entertained at the Golden Hills Country Club in Ocala, Fla., on 22 December in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Lurline and Cliff Crawford. Congratulations to Cliff and his lovely bride of 50 years.

Margaret and D o n Giles have just returned from a pleasure trip to Honolulu and the Islands.

The flight was made from Arianta where they spent Thanksgiving with relatives and friends and returned there. En route to Adanta they stopped overnight at Fort Bragg and had Gertrude Huske of Fayetteville, N.C., for dinner at the Club.

Seated at the next table were Virginia and Bob Hickey who were touring our East Coast on the way to Florida. Naturally a long and interesting conversation about '21ers East and West ensued.

The following is quoted from a recent issue of the Anne Arundel Times: "The brick and shingle Jonas Green House on Green St., Annapolis, joindy with the Sanda House on Prince George St., the oldest home in Annapolis, is having extensive repairs made to its chimney and other parts of the exterior by owners Adm. Charles 'Cat' Brown and his wife Eleanor Green Brown. The Green house was built in 1680 by Col. Hutchin who willed it to his grandson, John Rider. The house was owned by several people including Dr. Charles Carroll before it was acquired by Jonas Green, provincial printer. Now after seven generations it remains in the Green family. Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late Judge Nicholas Harwood Green and Frances Burns Green. Mrs. Green's family owned much of Eastport. The house was long occupied

by Cdr. J. T. Bowers and his wife Evelyn Green Bowers and by T. Kent Green, brother of Evelyn, who gave famous parties in the house and entertained many notables there. After their deaths the home was inherited by Mrs. Brown. The house was rented to the paid professional in the office of Historic Annapolis, Robert Kerr, but since he left Annapolis the house, a low-lying Dutch Colonial type with four chimneys, has remained empty. The house is also known as 'The Sign of the Bible.' There are open fireplaces and Holy Cross doors in every room and also an ancient gun closet."

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA November arrived quietiy enough. Early in the month Evie Guthrie and Peg Bonney joined hands as co-hostesses to entertain their many friends and neighbors at a most enjoyable cocktail and buffet in the Treasure Room of the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club.

Thanksgiving was celebrated by families and individuals independently as suited their convenience.

The class luncheon was held at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on 28 November. Some 21 members of the class attended. Those present were: John Ames, AB Carlisle, Nick Coulter, Red Craig, R. K. Davis, Eddie Duncan, Doc Harris, Lew Johns, Bob Lewis, Norman McKee, Wayne McDowell, Johnny McQueen, Jon Madden, Slats Moore, Jim Reisinger, Charley Roland, Piggy Schwien, Frank Talbot, Tommy Thomas, George Van Deurs and Charley Woodson. Wives and widows of classmates as usual gathered at a separate table in the main dining room. At the conclusion of the luncheon a new slate of officers

were voted into office. George V a n Deurs will take over from Johnny McQueen as Chairman, Charley W o o d s o n relieved John A m e s as Secretary, and Charley R o l a n d will take over as Scribe and will write the Bay Area copy for Shipmate. So the month ended pleasandy.

SAN DIEGO AREA The San Diego chapter of the class held their regular monthly luncheon at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Tuesday, 21 November. Present were: Terry Acuff, Ralph Butterfield, Jesse Carter, George Cohan, Syd Dodds, Tom Esling, Hod Gorry, Judge Hailey, Bud Hall, Bascom Jones, Bris McHugh, Logan McKee, Ivan Miller, Tim O'Brien, Gordy Parks, Charles Perude, Stogi Roberts, Sabe Sabin, Leo Stafford and Rex Tallman. Some of the items of interest brought up were: Mary and Stogi Roberts' recent automobile trip to and return from the East Coast; Sydney Dodds' recent trip to New Orleans and his visit with Virginia and T o m Lewis while there; and a trip of two months by freighter around South America planned by Marion and T o m Esling with Mary and Bud Hall in early December.

22 Pres., Capt. A. R. Sanborn, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. J. L. Pratt, USN (Ret.) 4000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 44 The response to the balloting for the re-election of the class officers has been remarkable. Two hundred and ninety-three returned the ballots mailed to all for whom we have verified addresses (328). None of the returned cards objected to the action of the nominating committee so it looks as if we are stuck with the previous incumbents for another five years. Hal Baker and D o n Johnston were the election tellers. There is interesting news about Hal who has just become Vice President of the newly formed U.S. Strategic Instiwte, a non-partisan privately financed organization, which will publish quarterly journals— outlets for contemporary military, naval, and other writers, students of world politics and situations affecting both world politics and current history.

General Eaker is the President. Dr. Metcalf, formerly with M.I.T., is Chairman. The board is composed of well known figures such as our Libs Libby, General Krulak, General Bruce Holloway and General T. E. Lane. And (incidentally) there has been widespread response to our offer to send copies of Libs' commentary on the current situation in Africa which we referred to in a previous issue.

While thinking of our distinguished writers we should mention that Alan McCracken has again broken into print with a letter published in the Washington Post on "Husbands Lib." It is rather long for complete inclusion in this column but, again, we will be happy to send copies upon request. Written in serio-humorous vein it is excellent, particularly in view of legislation now pending which would "stricdy forbid discrimination of any kind based on sex. Some perverted and far out enthusiasts even visualize that this means that separate rest rooms must be abolished."

And to borrow from Alan's train of thought there is a "red herring" which we've heard dragged effectively across the conversational board when the subject of female midshipmen comes up: namely, the time honored custom of plebes warming

38 up the seats for the upper-classmen on those cold mornings when the wind whisdes down the corridors of Bancroft Hall; to say nothing of intramural wresding.

Lydia and Leland Whitgrove have moved to 3747-29 Viata Campana South, Oceanside, CA 92054 Tel. 757-2237. Mail address P. O. Box 366, San Luis Rey, CA 92068. Mrs. "Teddy" Zinn has a new address, too: 690 South Alton Way, Denver 80231. Tel.: 341-4658.

The amount of correspondence stimulated by the reunion is remarkable and rewarding—and brings welcome news in so many cases such as K i p Alvord's letter from Green Valley, Ariz., with thanks to the class for the reunion favors. Kip was in poor health and couldn't get to Crabtown at the time but things are on the up-grade now.

He writes a fine letter.

A meeting of the Class Executive Committee was held on 12 December just prior to the class luncheon at the Army-Navy Club in Washington.

There were two principal topics: certain changes in the by-laws which will be circulated in due time; and the financial plight of Vinson Hall. The latter was ably covered indeed in Arleigh Burke's article, "Mayday in November," in the November issue of Shipmate. Should you not have seen the article you may have received a re-print by this time because there is a move on foot to raise a contribution, as a class of '22 project, to aid the urgent needs of this institution in "taking care of our own" to give it the same degree of success attained by our Navy Mutual Aid Society, and the Navy Relief Society which have saved so many of our own people from disaster.

Vic Ellis has changed address to 27301-B Capote De Paseo, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675.

A recent note from Henry Shenier tells of the passing of his beloved wife Margaret after a long illness. We are sure that we express the feeling of the whole class in extending our deep sympathy.

A recent note from Chief Mee: "For the benefit of those who could not attend the 50th I can truly say, and Sue will back me up, that it was the grandest occasion in which I have ever been privileged to participate. So perfect that we have already set our sights on the 55th!"

Excerpt from a note from Abe Stacey: "We are building a new home, trying to see the Midshipmen play a few football games, and I'm searching out athletic prospects. Otherwise, steaming as before."

A letter from Midshipman 4th Class Timothy A. Pennekamp (addressed to Milt Jackson): "Dear Sir, I am pleased that I have been selected as the 1972 Class of 1922 Memorial Honor Scholar. I am very honored in receiving this award. I am very proud of being a Midshipman and upon graduation hope to become a Naval Aviator. I feel the Navy offers many great opportunities that I could not receive any place else in the Country.

"I hope 1 can live up to the high standards of a Midshipman and as the Class of 1922 Honor Scholar. Sincerely, Timothy A. Pennekamp, 4 / C . " A note from V o l n e y Chase: "We sold the old winery in Woodside after 23 years of occupancy and bought a smaller place on Walnut Creek nearer our two children and my duck club." We have an almost irresistible urge to make a goodnatured crack about the foregoing combination of reasons but will not do so lest it be misunderstood by those not addicted to the sport. Volney's new address is 494 La Vista Rd., Walnut Creek, CA 94598, which we are glad to have.

We sadly report the receipt of a note from

Elva Smith saying that Jack died on 16 Oct. Jack's obituary will be found in the "Last Call" section of this issue together with those of Charlie Ashley and Bill Kinsolving. Charlie's death was reported previously but we have not had a complete obituary until now. Rupe Lowe sent us the article about Bill, which Milt Jackson, knowing that Bill was a friend of Rupe's, had cut from the Philadelphia paper. Rupe also wrote that he sure hated to miss Annapolis in September, and we know he did. His wife Billie had to go to the hospital for some surgery at that time. Billie is doing well, we are happy to say.

The December class luncheon was attended by most of the regulars and particularly enlivened by the appearance of Strib Snodgrass, back after another of his journeys to the middle east in connection with the "black gold" which lies beneath those sands. Strib is the petroleum advisor to the Ruler of Oman, his Majesty Sultan Quaboos bin Said. One of the young Sultan's great-grandfathers was the second potentate to recognize the newly-formed United States of America some 200 years ago, and Oman is one of the dwindling few kingdoms in that important area still oriented our way.

The Miami paper reported that Vin Gallagher promoted an Army-Navy game party for about 150 at the Bath Club. It has also been reported that the Navy enjoyed the first half more than the Army, then—Wow!

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Pres., Adm. Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.) Class Reporter: Capt. Valentine L. Pottle, USN (Ret.), 660 Americana Drive, Apt. 47 Annapolis, MD 21403 Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow, USN (Ret.), 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 46.7 Entreaties from the committee for the 50th: "Please return your reservation sheets to Morris Smellow without delay whether you are able to attend the reunion or not. Your cooperation will materially aid our last minute planning if we receive a definite yes or no from all hands."

On 8 November the regular monthly luncheon meeting was held at N.M.C. Bethesda. Present: (30) Burke, Coe, Cook, Cutting, Dennison, Dussault, Farrar, Haas, Holderness, Heubl, Johannesen, Johnson, Lewis, Lindsay, McDowell, Mclsaac, Mendenhall, Murdaugh, Owsley, Potrie, Smellow, Sprung, Stephens, Strauss, Tucker, Van Dusen, Wadbrook, Walton, Withington, Wood.

We were happy to welcome Randy Owsley en route with Alice to St. Petersburg for the winter.

Mr. Harry Hayman of the Retired Officers Association, whose familiarity with the fine print contained in Public Law 92-425, wound up the meeting by parrying all questions thrown at him by those present. Our full appreciation for his helpful comments. Now that all absentee ballots have been counted we anticipate an early return to Washington of our Treasurer Brick Roberts who successfully kept the New Hampshire election from going the way of Massachusetts without a Watergate caper.

To continue the delightful news from Karl Hensel in the previous issue: "An All-American tackle. University of Iowa, gave the bride away, and my son was best man. Wynne (Winifred) is Olive's first cousin, and they had known each other from childhood; while I had known Wynne

since the early '30's. We bought our Ft. Myer home from her and her physician husband in the late '50's. She thought she had made the final move when she completed a lovely home on Grindstone Mountain last year in the Ozarks. It is in the center of an Episcopal domain of 3,000 acres at Hillspeak near Eureka Springs, Ark. We plan to summer there, and spend the rest of the time here, where she knows and loves every fruit tree on the Hensel ranch."

Cupid continued to score further bullseyes. Mrs. Rosamond Smith and D o n Kelsey announced their marriage on Saturday, 18 November 1972, at First Parish in Milton, Mass. We have no further background but their address is reported as 50 Green Street, Milton, MA 02186. Hearty congratulations to both families and a choice of a votre sante; salut y pesetas; chin-chin; and all that.

Jenks Longfello^f checked in with the Hensels (they were roommates) along the Caloosahatchee for brunch, with Frank Lamson-Scribner adding his enthusiasm and inimitable "bray" to the festive occasion. Frank also stopped in at Crabtown about the middle of November when he reported in to your scribe—still chuckling.

Army Armknecht's typewriter was not quite clear as to whether he bought or was presented with a $250.00 oil painting by the Poetry Society of Texas banquet in Dallas for a poem he wrote during WWII on a plane bound Brisbane to Pearl Harbor. In any event. Army has been asked by our class president to mrn out a poem for the 50th—and he would appreciate nostalgic help from classmates recalling Things-To-Rcmember, which will evidenriy be the theme of his efforts.

He does not indicate whether blank verse is acceptable or not.

Savvy Northcutt encloses a photograph of the group that met at Treasure Island on 12 October.

Their identification is contained in the previous issue. D u k e Williams has reportedly been subjected to cobalt treatment five days a week to be completed in six weeks, and feels that this will take care of his problem. We are "squeezing."

Savvy also reports that he, himself, has surgery coming up again (in January) for a persistent hernia. He had a bi-lingual hernia last July, the incision for which crossed a groin aneurysm incision where the tissues were still too weak to take the operation in July. We submit that everything will be successful this time, and suggest that a canvas patch, plenty of beeswax and sail makers twine, and a palm and needle are what the surgeons should have used in the first instance.

A welcome note from Stan Leith strengthens our conviction that many classmates are engaged in newsworthy retirement activities of more than passing interest. It appears that Stan "lives it up" on a two-acre ranch in La Mesa, Cal., with two houses, two ponies (critters), two dogs, and, at last report, two children. The main crop is avocados, diversified at the suggestion of an Internal Revenue Inspector to include macademia nuts, pecans, cheromoyas, persimmons etc., resulting in less frequent (hopefully) inspections and reviews

by IRS. When not auditing accounts, Stan acts as field hand and stable boy. The most gratifying and worthwhile facets of his full retirement, however, lay in the capable hands of his lady, Billie Leith, who organized and is the Director and Principal Instructor of the Rainbow Pony Club of the FcK)thills (an affiliate of the National Pony Club for youngsters in the age bracket 7-17 years).

After seven years heading this organization, she started the first Western chapter of "Horsemanship for the Handicapped" which to date has pro-

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Treasure Island '23ers duced astoundingly good results in the area of rehabilitation therapy. In unexpected recognition of her aid to others less fortunate, she was recently cited by the California Legislative Assembly—Rules Committee—in an impressive official resolution commending the efforts of her San Diego chapter and herself.

Although our comments are of necessity lowkey, the San Diego group, with great expectations, arranged for an A-N game/color TV/brunch at the NAS, North Island. In Philadelphia Marvin Kingsley spotted Charlie Nager, Red Stevens, Steamboat Fulton and David Hensel and wife at the game.

We regret to report the death of Vic Tate at Virginia Beach, Va., on 17 November of a heart attack. Vic had been active in the field of breeding quarter-horses according to Joe Briggs. He was laid to rest in the family plot in Lakin, Kansas. Our condolences to Marion and her son.

Rainy Day passed away in Richmond, Va. on 7 December. Our deepest sympathy to Alice, his son, and daughters.

The deaths of two additional former classmates have also been reported: Scott B. Clifford at Indianapolis, Ind. on 12/29/71 and Capt. Lewis H. B. Bacon, (MC) USNR (Ret.) in Pottsville, Pa. on 28 May 1972.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of Capt. Homer Ambrose, USN (Ret.). He died on 15 December. He served as corresponding secretary last year. To his widow, Louise, and other members of the family we send sincere sympathy.

24 Pres., RAdm. G. R. Hartwig, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.) 22 Macopin Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Asst., Mr. Robert A. Keyer Box 7234, Richmond, VA 23221 Percent Members: 50.1 We now have the report of our Committee on Election of Officers in our Class Association for the next three years: President, G. Roy Hartwig; Vice President, H o w a r d L. Collins; SecretaryTreasurer, Paul W . Siegrist; Directors, Clarence E. Ekstrom and Sherman E. Burroughs. Our by-laws do not provide for the election of the Assistant Secretary, but Robert A. Keyer has been re-appointed to that post, and we are glad he agrees to continue to serve.

The Committee on Elections consisted of R. E. Wilson (Chairman), Maurice M. Bradley and Eugene C. Rook; and we are sure that All Hands are grateful to them for their service. They report that a total of 251 ballots were cast.

On 23 October 1972 there occurred the formal dedication of the Commander Lawrence McPeake Expressway overpass in Milton, Mass., erected in memory of our classmate who was lost in enemy action 1 March 1942 while serving as Executive Officer of USS PECOS. The overpass is on Squantum Street in Milton. This brings us memories of Spike, whose widow Gertrude and their three daughters participated in the ceremonies. Spike was the first Milton, Mass. casualty of WWII. Our Washington group did not have a December meeting, but the November luncheon at Blackie's was enjoyed by Rollo Wilson, Stan Williams, Sinclair, Petersen, Nesser, Lewis, Kalisch, Hartwig, Dyer and Craig.

That 9 November class party held by our San Diego-Coronado group at the C O . Mess, U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, brought out a high attendance, and included some special features. We read with interest of the group organization out there, in the San Diego Evening Tribune. Bess and Willie Hurst were hosts, and one of those attending writes that "they put on the most beautiful class party . . . it was like the 'old days.'

The food was not only served beautifully, but was delicious, too!" Attending were Aleathea Anderson, the Baileys, Herb Becker, Bellerbys, Beattys, Camerons, Deutermann, Dickies, Leila Dunn, Edgars, Ekstroms, Jan Fish, Oftie Gregor, Hardies, Hudnalls, Hursts, Eric Lankenau, Reads, Jessie Rutt, Shultzes, Tiemroths, Townsends, Count Wolowsky and Betty Young. We are told the February dinner will be hosted by Fern and Eric Lankenau.

Our Philadelphia group moved out to Bala Cynwyd, "Atop the Barely," for their 14 November dinner. A most pleasant gathering included the Buxtons, Callaghans, Art Fleming, Betty Gainage, Fred Ilsemann, Lazells, Eph McLeans, Rodes, Stotts, Turneys, Wallers and Welsfords.

And all of the above listed classmates attended the 29 November Philadelphia luncheon, along with Grant Williams.

G e n e Rook, our Northern Neck of Virginia reporter, lets us know everything goes well in his area of "rich retardeds." When the Replogles came down for a week, the Rooks entertained at a luncheon at the Country Club; the guests included six USNA people. The Rooks report attending a K-T party at Stratford Hall hosted by the Dukes, who were expected to have Christmas dinner with the Rookses. Yes, Gene portrays the "good life" on the Northern Neck.

When did you last see LeRoi Blaylock? Well, he's back in his native Utah, and sends us news: "I was remarried a few months ago to Mrs. Margaret Cremond, of Cheyenne, Wyo., widow of an Air Force Lt. Col." LeRoi keeps busy with property, but is tapering off his radio activities; keeping in touch thru the Navy League and a Navy captain's luncheon group.

Jack Engeman reports: "I've been working on the sound color film strips published by Bowman.

Our patriotic series has done well, and now that patriotism has ceased to be a dirty word, they should do much better."

We regret to have to report the loss of two more classmates, whose obituaries appear in the "Last Call" section. A l W a l s h chose a successful career with American Telephone after graduation, but returned for WWII duty. He and Ed Cunningham were a "New England Combination" at the Academy. Your reporter became better acquainted with Red w.hen living in the same town, and commuting together; and was impressed with Red's practical talents: he could build, fix and install any kind of equipment, and was even talented in fine needlework. Savvy Chadwick left us in 1922 with poor eyesight, but served the Navy in WWII, and kept in touch. He lived near Lloyd Thomas, who informed us of Savvy's passing.

It is sad also to have to report the passing on of Mrs. Virginia Minnigerode Hunt, widow of A l a n T. Hunt, on 27 October 1972, only a few weeks after Al's demise.

Poncho Davis in the news: Yes, out in Escondido, Cal., Poncho has been named to the committee planning the 200th anniversary of the U.S. out there. Well, Poncho should contribute a lot, considering his experience as Curator of the Dearborn Museum.

W e n d e l l Kraft cites reminders of changing times—does not expect a "Sir" any more from son Fred '52, who is selected for four stripes in the Navy; while Capt. R. E. Wilson Jr. '49 is commanding USS JouETT in the Vietnam area.

Replogle surrounded by Rook, Hartwig, Pleasants '22, Kreiser, and Reinkin '23

40 Another hole-in-one! A n d y Lovejoy reports: "On November 11, 1958, playing with Capt. Carl Peterson (1927) and two other EDO's I 'aced' the third hole at the Richmond Country Club."

Harriet and Lloyd T h o m a s returned from a trip to Italy just in time for the Chadwick memorial service. And "the first of the year" they headed back to the Beach Club at Naples, Fla.—^as they have been doing most of the past 12 years.

We learn now why the R o l l o Wilsons missed homecoming. They drove in late September to Colorado for 10 days with daughter Nancy Rule and family; then on to Houston, where they participated in the Propeller Club Convention. As a Past President, Rollo was presented with a pair of mounted long horns—"which we could hardly get in the car."

The Breretons let us know they are back in Haiti after summering at their new condominium on Long Island Sound. But not for long; they are turning their Haiti home over to friends in February and March, for a quick trip to the Orient: Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taiwan—and as Ag noted they'd be half-way around the world, why not keep on going? So they plan going on thru Northern India, then to Kenya, and stops at Paris and London before returning to Haiti in April.

Whitey Richards' report was delayed reaching us, coming via the Election Committee ballot.

They spent a week last April in Hawaii, and were at Cape May in mid-August. Then followed Whitey's operation—but we saw him at homecoming, and he did not even mention the operation! How's that!

"Things are about the same with me; am still living on my 'yacht,' " reports Joe Darlington.

But he also plans leaving his island base and going to the Honduras mainland.

Helen (Mrs. T. C.) Ritchie has sold her Virginia home, "Sal Si Pudes"; spent the holidays in New England, and will setde in Coronado, Ca. to be near son Sherwood. Address: 110 Alder St., Coronado, CA 92II8.

From Easley Cameron in December: "We have just had nine exciting and fun days. Our daughter flew out from Alexandria to help us celebrate Cowboy's birthday and Thanksgiving (Count Wolowsky's birthday was on the 23rd). We had our three children home, and the twin granddaughters; it was wonderful—but today we are exhausted!"

The States are too cold for the Kanakanuis.

Bill writes: "West Virginia is a beautiful country in summer, weather delightful; but winter is for the snowbirds. We are departing for the Islands.

Contemplate summer here, and winter Hawaii."

Clinton Sayres reports from Falmouth: "We have sold our Ridgefield, Conn., house and will move up there about Election Day." Address: 21 Salt Works Way, Saconesset Hills, Falmouth, MA 02540.

Last line from concerned Charlie Beatty: "We may celebrate our 200th anniversary as a free nation—and we may not, the way things are going!"

5 July 1926—USS WEST VIRGINIA—S. T .

McAdam, D. L. Day, Edwards '24, Munroe, B. D. Kelley, C. H. B. Morrison and T. Burrowes

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Pres., RAdm. R. E. Cronin, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.) 3055 Foxhall Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 43.7 Since his retirement as an executive of Connecticut Light and Power Bob (Red Eye) Coleman and Kitty continue to be active in civic affairs in Waterbury and surroundings, one project being junior college. When last heard from, they were heading for Florida for a four-month stay—to Orlando to visit two sons and their families, and for several stops at East Coast places where they hoped to contact some '25ers. Red Eye is a past president of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce.

As chairman of the Vocational Service Committee of the Rotary, he recendy sponsored a career night.

Martha and Shane King visited the Colemans in September. Red Eye and Kitty see Ellie Gellhorn and Mady Gibson frequendy. The latter has just returned from a trip to Mongolia, Siberia and Rumania. Red Eye keeps in touch with USNA roommate Ivan Zitzewitz, as well as Shane.

In his recent letter to the unremarried widows of 1925, Joe Stryker, unofficially called "Vice President in charge of all 1925 Unremarried Chicks," reported as follows: "Many of your letters indicate that you wish you could do something for others of our group or for others less fortunate than you are. One letter said, 'What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for others.?' Some of you have found a way to do this by making contributions to Navy Relief and to Vinson Hall. Vinson Hall can use help as it has hit the snags of inflation and increased costs that every new enterprise has experienced. I only pass this information on as a report of what has happened. It was not my idea to solicit help when I sent you the data on it, but the idea came to

some of you, as it did to me, and I thank you who contributed through me and do so now to any others who contributed directly. We are well on our way towards a five, repeat five-fig\ire contribution." Most of you have seen Arleigh Burke's report on Vinson Hall in the November 1972 Shipmate and know that it needs help. Arleigh stated that if all officers, active and retired, would contribute one dollar for each year of active service, the needed funds would be raised. Your class officers suggest that if all members of our class would take a $25 voting membership for just one year in the organization that runs Vinson Hall, that amount, combined with what the "Chicks" have donated (nearly $8000), would put 1925 way over the top and we could say that we had done our part. Life membership is $500 if you are really flush. If you do want to help in this worthy cause, please make out a check to the Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard Residence Foundation (NMCGRF) and mail it to Joe Stryker, 3108 Cameron Mills Rd., Alexandria, VA 22302, and he will forward it in the name of our class. As a group, this project can be more important to us right now at our status of life than any of the hundreds of other requests for contributions that we receive, because if it were to fail, what would happen to those who need it.' And remember, it is tax free. The apartment you save may some day be your own, or your widow's. Some of us already have joined or have otherwise supported this venture; if you have we suggest you drop Joe a post card so that he may get an idea of the percentage participation of the class.

Vic Long has written one of his interesting and newsy letters of happenings in Southern California. He writes: "We don't have any news of world-shattering impact out here in California, but I'll throw in a few items for Shipmate. Tripping southward to Coronado from the Bay Area in November were Minerva Ludewig, pleasuring Virginia and Vic with a week's visit in between her

41 more extensive travels which seem to lure her on a continuing basis, and Julie and Walt Mayer, drawn by the recent move of Walt's brother Jack to nearby Rancho Bernardo. All seemed blooming with health and good spirits.

"Carol and John Melgaard moved to a new home farther up their hillside overlooking the blue Pacific. New address: 31094 Flying Cloud Dr., South Laguna, CA 92677. In the process, John apparendy overtaxed his back with the result that he soon found himself in surgery for disc trouble.

All went well and he has probably been able to resume his beloved golf activities as of this writing (early December). The moral here might be: At our age, don't move!

"Doris and Cam Briggs, looking youthful and radiant, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in November with a gourmet bash, the like of which we dream about but seldom get to attend. . . . Frank Timberlake had an eventful fall season—an operation for a new hip joint (so that his golf pleasure would not be impaired) and retirement (finally) from chocolate business where he slaved (?) for some 45 years."

During January Dotty and Johnny Johns and Kay and Kent Loomis spent a very happy vacation with plenty of sun and swimming in San Juan, P.R. The Loomises came home after two weeks, but the Johnses stayed on.

In recent issues of this magazine we have reported on Biddy and Bull W r i g h t from info that we have purloined from other sources, but now we have received that "once-in-a-blue-moon" letter from them. When we do get one it is worth the wait, and well worth reprinting. Bull writes: "I was looking over some old copies of Shipmate and it occurred to me that 1 should, for the sake of the record, bring you up to date on the Wrights.

"Biddy and I are both fine, healthy, and as free from aches and pains as people in their 70's are supposed to be. I still mow the yard, poke around the flower beds, hunt quail occasionally, fish a bit, and talk a lot, but mainly do what Bid tells me to . . . which is plenty. As you may know, we both had bouts with cancer . . . but we both whipped it, and now have to be checked only once a year. I got kicked in the face by a horse, and now have a skull plate . . . but many people thought I should have had one years before. Biddy is always engaged in a multiplicity of projects like cross-stitching, painting, gardening, ceramics, etc. besides nagging me. We stay pretty close to home most of the time . . . go on a bird hunt to a west Texas ranch for a couple of days every January, but we are generally in radar range of Aransas Pass. Nancy (the younger) and her family live here in A.P., and Betty and her family now live in Corpus Christi, so we see both daughters, both sons-in-law, and all six grandchildren almost daily. Incidentally, we are now great-grandparents.

"Once in a while old shipmates drop in for a visit, even down here in this distant corner . . . the Red Days, Count Thompsons, Donk Donahos '27, Bob Knapps '22, Jack Williams '24, and Hazel Spiller (she now lives in Virginia Beach), and it is always most pleasant to welcome them.

The latchstring is always out, and there is always a cold one or two on the ice, a beaker of Mr. Dickel's joy juice handy, and lots of water in the creek. We realize we are in a rut . . . but it is a comfortable rut and we have no desire to change a thing. A while back, a neighbor passing by saw me working in the yard and asked, 'Well, have you got it just about like you want it now?'

I told him, 'No, and I hope I never do.'

"The last time Biddy was in Washington she

tried to call Kay [Loomis] but got no answer. We saw later in Shipmate that you two were abroad at the time. I assure you that any time either of us is up there, we shall endeavor to establish sight and sound contact.

"I am enclosing a little article that appeared two or three months ago in the Sunday Supplement. [Editor's note: We briefed this in a recent Shipmate.] It might interest you to know that I am sueing the publishers. Why? Well, just look at that picture. You know I am lots prettier than that!!!" Biddy, in her P.S. inviting us to come down, said, "We'd love to see you and have some long sessions of catching up—the three of us should be able to put Bull in a corner, gag him, and talk to our heart's content. If possible, he talks more than ever as he gets older—ithat's the one form of exercise that he hasn't given up. Betty has, unknown to him, put his conversations on tape.

Someday soon she is going to play them to him and let him see how he talks."

Johnny Lambrecht's widow, Betty, has presented the Naval Academy Museum with a beautiful pair of rare silver-crafted candelabra in memory of Johnny, who had procured these candelabra at an auction of the estate of the late Edward B. McLean, the famous Washington newspaper publisher. The Victorian-design candlesticks are heavily ornamented in a nautical motif. The base sections, made to resemble formations of coral, are decorated with sea shells and small marine animals. Atop the bases are maidens riding fiercelooking fish. The four arms of each candelabra are winged sea-serpents supporting bobeches crafted to appear like splashes of water. Betty sent us a picture of the presentation on 2 October in which she is turning over the candelabra to Capt.

Bo Foster '47, Deputy for Operations at the Academy.

Betty Lambrecht presents the candelabrum to Capt. Foster

Incidentally, Betty Lambrecht has moved from near Harrisburg, Pa. to Florida where her address is 700 Melrose Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. She would be pleased to see or hear from anyone, particularly if they are passing by.

Some months ago we reported that George Gellhorn's widow, Eleanor, was living in Florida. We have a new address for her in Connecticut where she has moved to be near her daughter. The address is Heritage Village 3418, Southbury, CT 06488.

We have learned belatedly and with deep regret of the death of our cla-ssmate, Paul Kendall, on 28 October 1972. He is survived by his widow, Mildred, who lives at 50 Humphrey St., San Antonio, TX 78209.

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Pres., RAdm. Kenneth Craig, USN (Ret.) 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 Percent Members: 48.5 T e d A y l w a r d wrote in November that he and Jane had just returned to the Philadelphia area from a short vacation on the East Coast of Florida, Pompano Beach area. They weren't too impressed; too windy and too many tankers pumping bilges just off shore. They haven't tried the West Coast yet, which they will much prefer. Ted is the Commander-General of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Louise and Kenny Craig sailed in November for Sydney, Australia on board a freighter with only two passenger cabins. They were hoping that the other couple played bridge! They expect to stay at least a couple of months in Australia, the main purpose being to get acquainted with their new grandson, Geoffrey Craig, Cinny's child.

Joe Callahan is in his third term as a Coronado City Councilman, and Martha keeps busy as DAR National Vice Chairman of their Veteran Patients Committee.

Carolyn and Chester Kunz reported on a marvelous, five-week trip to Spain and Portugal, almost a year ago, and another 8,000-mile trip in seven weeks from Philadelphia to Ogden, Utah. Chester also spent three weeks in California in the early fall, taking in the TROA convention and visiting their son, Chester Jr., a newly selected Navy commander at the PG School in Monterey.

He saw the T o d d Singletons in Monterey.

The Kunzes were fortunate in getting Space Available air travel from Maguire AFB to Terrejon, Spain and return; Chester's comment being that it is wonderful (Space-A) provided you have time, and lots of it, patience, flexibility and a sense of humor. '26ers are getting pretty well acquainted with Spain and Portugal but for those of us who are still looking forward to such a jaunt, Chester's account will be interesting. "After a week in Madrid and Toledo, with local tours, we rented a Spanish-made Seat and had exceedingly good fortune in finding cancellations during Easter Week, when no reservations could be had ahead of time.

"We saw Easter processions in Avila, Segovia, and Salamanca, all most impressive; the one at Avila starting at midnight, the beginning of Maundy Thursday, where all wore black robes, most masked, and many with bells, drums or dragging great wooden crosses.

"The Roman aqueduct in Segovia was not only beautiful, with the background of snow capped mountains, but a marvel of engineering for those days. Our climb of the steep, winding stairs of the Alcazar was rewarded with the most unusual views, some of which convinced us that Walt Disney was there, prior to creating his fairy casdes.

"We stayed at the Paradore Henrique II, an ancient palace within the walled city of Ciudad Rodrigo, before going into Portugal where our first night was spent in Obidos, another walled city, where we experienced the hospitality of a Portuguese home.

"Lisbon was delightful but much as expected; our favorite spot being Sintra with the Royal Palace, the restored Moorish palace of Pena, and the Botanical Gardens of Monsaratte. Que Luz

42 Palace nearby was also beautiful and unusual.

From there to historic Cape Saint Vincent, with its lighthouse, a couple of nights in the Algarve and then back to Spain by ferry. A few busy hours in Seville and a drive on a most modern freeway took us to a much needed rest at our Naval Base at Rota. Cadiz has litde resemblance to the Cadiz we saw in 1923 on our Midshipman Cruise.

"Tariffa, La Linea (across the fence from Gibraltar), Malaga and Antequera are all well worth a return visit. Then four days in Granada where we stayed within the walls of the Alhambra which was so charming we wanted to stay much longer, before returning to Madrid via a quick look at Cordoba and also the casrie of Jean (now a Paradore).

"Our final three days were spent in Burgos, the birthplace of El Cid. The Cathedral there was most fascinating with its beautiful blending of several types and periods of architecture.

"We found the people of both Spain and Portugal to be most charming, friendly and with a sincere desire to be helpful. The Paradores (Pousadas in Portugal) are government owned and operated accommodations, moderately priced with excellent service. Frequently they are in historic castles."

The Jack Fradds are still happy and healthy, based in Port St. Lucie when they aren't traveling by boat or by car to visit some of their children, two of them now being located in the Washington area.

The class luncheons continue in Washington but, as might be expected, time is taking its toll and the numbers approximate 15 rather than the 26 that was the median figure for a number of >ears. The November luncheon was again at the Officers' Club in Cameron Station. Attendees: Aitken, Bierer, Cavanagh, Cochran, Fravel, Greenacre, Grenfell, Katz, Lovett, McKee, Nelson, Strain, Sylvester, Ford Taylor and Vangeli.

The Jimmie Leepers gathered in a few classmates on 2 December, ostensibly for the ArmyNavy game though several of us suspected it was to exhibit their new boat which Jimmie modestly said was just a fishing boat. The unhappy TV audience in that lovely house in St. Petersburg included the McQuillens, McKillips, Greenwalds and the Smedbergs. The Paul Dudleys couldn't get up from their new home a bit further south. Perhaps it was because the weather was so beautiful that day and Pablo wanted to try out a new boat which the Leepers say is a "honey"! It is amazing how many of these old sailors still go for boats!

Bill Smedberg happily wrned over the Presidency of the Retired Officers Association on 14 November, in Washington to Army General Barksdale Hamlett, USA (Ret.). He is now really retired!

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Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert M. Barnes, USN (Ret.) 2800 Quebec St., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. W m . D. Irvin, USN (Ret.) 3011 Foxhall Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 48.7 The middle of the winter is something like the Doldrums—nothing but calms, light variable winds and no news.

The Executive Committee met at the ArmyNavy Club, Washington, D . C , on 7 December,

1972 under the chairmanship of the Executive Vice President. In keeping with the particulars proposed at the class meeting on 11 November 1972 by the Class President and approved by the class, the Executive Committee voted to fill out the full class slate of officers and it announces the following class members in the offices listed below: Class President, RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton Executive Vice President and Chairman, Executive Committee, Adm. C. D . Griffin Members, Executive Committee V.Adm. C. L. Melson LGen. A. Shapley RAdm. R. S. Quackenbush RAdm. W m . L. Irvin Capt. R. M. Barnes Secretary and Historian, RAdm. W m . D. Irvin Treasurer, Capt. R. M. Barnes Geographical Representative and/or Regional Group President where organized San Diego Area, RAdm. Frank Turner Los Angeles Area, RAdm. E. H. Eckelmeyer San Francisco Area, RAdm. H. J. Armstrong, Jr. Seatde Area, Cdr. T. C. Fauntz

Tidewater Virginia Area, RAdm. B. N . W e v Gulf Florida Area, RAdm. M. P. Russillo North Florida Area, Capt. T. C. Greene South Florida Area, Cdr. E. C. P o w e l l New England Area, RAdm. J. F. Hines, Jr. N.Y., Pa., NJ Area, RAdm. G. K. Eraser The new class of 1927 Directory—October 1972 —was delivered to all those attending the 45th reunion. As of 10 December 1972, copies of the Directory had been mailed to everyone listed in the Directory for whom we hold an address— grads, non-grads and widows. If you have not received your copy by this date, please notify the Secretary and a copy will be mailed to you—we still have 25 copies left. If after you examine the Directory you note errors, please send a note or a postcard to the Secretary. We are planning to issue errata sheets after the first of the year. And don't forget to send us those anecdotes. We plan to publish a new Beacon for our 50th.

Phyllis and Lucius Chappell have purchased a new home in Carmel Valley. At home after the first of the year—25450 Telarama Way, Carmel, CA 93921.

USS ARKANSAS, youngster cruise, summer 1924 at Gibraltar: Walter Price, Emmett Sullivan, Bill Bowen, Brooke Schumm, Perry Sanson and Don Griffin

The 1927 crew: Bob Symes (manager), Eddy, Anderson, Freeman, Hoerner, Born, Bagdanovitch, McClure, Lindell, Bob Butier (coach), and Seabring (coxswain)

43 George Sullivan finally retired on 31 January 1973 after teaching for the last ten years. Welcome to the "Every Day Is Sunday Club."

Someone dropped in at the Shipmate office and left some pictures to be published—we don't know who the donor was—but they will be returned to me after publication. Whoever you are, let me know and I'll return them to you after return from the printers. See them below.

And Larry Freeman sends me a picture of the great 1927 crew. They beat everybody in the East that year but lost to California at Poughkeepsie.

All big boys and litde Sammy.

Two old Aces from WWII, Creed Burlingame and D o n k D o n a h o , got together in Mt. Pleasant, S.C, to analyze submarine operations as the former reinstructed the latter while Louise and Donk stopped over while en route south to Florida in their land cruiser.

Paul Drouilhet says the way to do it is in the grand style. From the 45th reunion they continued on east to Rome, Egypt, Israel, London, then back to Boston to see their son and daughter and finally home to Geary, Okla. How's that for travelling!

For a fine sail Bob Foley, Percy Gwinn, Bill Kern and John Bays

And finally news from Heinie Armstrong and Northern California: "We enjoyed meeting Polly and Frank Corbin in the PX at T.I. Oregon definitely agrees with them.

"We're ever so sorry to relate that Isobel and Howie Adams depart from air-conditioned San Francisco for their home in Palm Springs on 3 January 1973. Howie has finally retired from his executive position in Far East Lines. Slowly but surely he is recovering from a bug that hangs on in his throat. Their new address will be 157 Desert Lakes Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262.

"Betty and Heinie Armstrong just completed a really great tour of Southern California and Mexico, particularly Yucatan. Parking their car at the Tijuana airport they took off via Mexico Air for Mexico City. A visit to the Anthropological Museum of Mexico City proved to be an excellent 'kickoff' for the visit. Side trips to Tula, Cucrnavaca and Taxco were most enjoyable. The four-day visit to Merida, Yucatan, proved to be the high point of the tour. Visits to Chichenitza and Uxmal brought them face to face with a most wonderful assemblage of the historical ruins.

"They next journeyed via a three-hour bus ride Two WWII submarine aces get together again— Donaho and Burlingame

to San Miguel De AUende (near Guadalajara), where they visited sister-in-law, Joie Barr, and Don Bill and Jane Specht. The Spechts are well dug in with the extensive U.S. colony of that educational center. Bill appears to be the 'Alcalde' of a group of apartments into which the Spechts and U. S. compatriots have bought in.

"After a month of living out of suitcases, the Armstrongs arrived back in Oakland—to realize that they were tired and glad to be home."

28 Pres., VAdm. Harry E. Sears, USN (Ret.) Eastern Corr., RAdm. P. R. Anderson, USN (Ret.), 4354 Lorcom La., Arlington, VA 22207 Western Corr.: RAdm. W . A. Cockell, USN (Ret.), 3222 Browning St. San Diego, CA 92106 Percent Members: 52.4 As reported earlier, Bert and J o h n Kent kicked off the '72 football season with a most enjoyable cocktail buffet. Mary Tyler and John Urquhart put the finishing touches on the season by hosting classmates in their lovely home with an elegant lunch and viewing of the Army-Navy game. TV's were set up in two rooms, one for the guys, the other for the gals. Seems there are a few dedicated fans among the gsls, since four or five of them gathered with the guys, as they said, "so we could avoid the loud chatter and see the game"! The ample and delicious food and beverages were enjoyed by: Binneys, Jameses, Searses, Stanleys, Bierers, Archers, Bowerses, Collinses, Pedens, Morrises, Jerry Gerin, Bob Watts, Pat Strange and Kay Quinn, plus your CS and Hattie. It was great fun! All except the score!

The November Alumni Association (and '28

Aviation indoctrination: Jim Averill, E. R. Johnson, Gardner Grout, John Tracy, Dick Downer, Alvin Robinson, Charles Beasley and Ernie Sabol.

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44 class) luncheon was attended by: Urquhart, Peden, Binney, Sears, Watts, Stanley, Gerin, Finnegan, Rittenhouse, your CS, and Carusi with two guests, one of whom was Ex U.S. Senator Murphy of California. LtGen. Buse, USMC (Ret.), member of the Olympic Committee, gave us a most interesting account of the just past Olympic Games, in all its aspects, some very rewarding and some not so. At that time, there were still some awards in contention involving some of our most accomplished athletes.

After the Navy-Pitt football game in Crabtown, Jerry and Cedric Hornby, Helen and Harry Sears, Callie and Owsley Stanley, and their guests Florence and Frank Stoutenbourgh, Hattie and I gathered at Ginny and Jimmy James for libations and small chow to celebrate the victory. Hornby brought down the house with the following story of their last night in London: Taking the underground (subway to you) from their hotel to the theater, Ced's wallet was heisted by a trio of well-dressed pros, as he entered the car. Arriving at the theater, he discovered the loss and reported it to police. A handsome young Bobby promptly arrived at their hotel for them to register the complaint. He told them he had been victimized by pros, who were at that very moment exchanging the wallet and its contents among the small operators in the flea markets in Portobello Road. He said they might stop there in the morning and recover them, and, in fact, with their American names, it would not be too difficult to find them. Whereupon the Bobby asked Ced what was his name. When Ced replied, "Cedric Cornwall Hornby," the Bobby responded, "Oh, sir, that will surely make it a bit more difficult!" Unfortunately, they had to depart next morning and couldn't visit the flea market! It was a great celebration; Jimmy had to play host to one set of keys, two men's coats, and one hat that had been left behind when the celebrants departed.

None of which, I'm happy to state, belonged to your CS or his spouse!

A few more responses to Jimmy James from classmates about the 45th: From Johnny W o o d ward: sends his best to all and their regrets.

They'll be off on a cruise at that time.

From D a n Wagner: Undecided at the present time due to health conditions. Madeline had periods of hospitalization in November, December and January, and is scheduled for a new "pacemaker" in April. Will attend if health conditions permit.

From T o m Jones: Cannot make it."My general physical condition is such that I don't believe I'd enjoy it even if I came. Walking any distance becomes a heavy burden for me and one can't get around USNA, etc., without a bit of walking."

Swede Norgaard has volunteered to give Tom a report of the doings. Tommy and D a v e M c D o n a l d had lunch with Tish and Tom and indicated they would attend.

From Ellice Simmons for Tommy: "Does not plan to attend. Tom did dictate one anecdote which Vince (Treanor) has. Perhaps I can coax him to think of another. Sorry, he seldom leaves the house and then only with three of us to help him. He is, however, very alert and most interested in all classmates and their doings. We've appreciated each visit of those who have been in Charleston."

From Gloria and Acey Burrows: "The Lord willing we hope to see you at the 45th. Acey completes his law at the University of Arizona on Dec. 20th. Then he will start preparing for the Bar. He had some surgery in the summer but

came through fine. As for me, I'd like to trade in two legs for new ones! I am thankful tho that we are here out of the ice and snow. Acey is at school or he'd add a note. Fondly, Gloria."

Here's a note from Bucky Lee: "Dear Harry: New address as above. (1410 Von Phister, Key West, FL 33040.) We moved out of our old but restored Conch houseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;too large for two, too much trouble, not enough land, etc.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;to present abode last year and are now happily ensconced in what is probably the ugliest house in the village.

A squat, concrete block structure with bilious paint job. But it is just right for us and we are glad to be here.

"We did sell our place in Georgetown. Couid never figure just which place was headquarters, D.C. or Fla., and it seemed that whatever we wanted was always at the other house. Now that we have come down to one place, we have two of everything.

"We are not, however, giving up Washington.

Guess we spent too many years there to leave forever. Plan to get off the local rock for a few months every year and rent something up there.

This will probably be in the summer time when even the D.C. heat is not as persistent as in low Fla. So please keep me in mind if any '28 doings are in the cards.

"Fishing not too good here. Maybe we are getting to be too crowded and reefs are fished out.

The old timers have all sorts of reasons. As an eternal optimist, I think they just don't want to bite right now and that the fishing is going to come back.

"Hope all goes well with you. Regards to all.

If you get around Annapolis, ask them where they send my Shipmate. Very best. Bucky."

Harry checked and found that Shipmate has Bucky's new address and that he'll be getting his copy there.

And a note from Bill Schoech: "Our new address, and a Merry Christmas too! We're up to our armpits in packing boxes, but here. Please hand this to Petey for his records; I've misplaced his address. Kindest regards to Washington '2 Sets.

Will get on with San Diego gang soon. Bill."

Bill's new address: 1720 David Dr., Escondido, CA 02026, Tel. 714-747-4470.

Thanks for the note. Bill. And the sooner you get the San Diego '28ers off their you-know-whats and on the ball, the better we'll like it here!

Our '28 widowers keep falling to the female wile! Just received the following announcement; "Mrs. Vertie Stanley Banks and Mr. Luke Edward White announce their marriage on Friday, the twentieth of October nineteen hundred and seventy-two at home, 2323 Middlecoff Court, Titusville, Florida." Heart)' congratulations, Vertie and Luke, and .see you at the 45th!

Rit Rittenhouse has been rehospitalized in Bethesda for further tests and possible surgery.

At this writing, he doesn't feel he'll submit to surgery except in extremis, parriy because of his generally poor condition and the fact that Vi needs his companionship. Vi is confined to the Mar Sal nursing home locally. Rit hopes they both may be admitted to Vinson Hall, where they'll find many old shpimates and friends. We wish them the best!

That's all for now, you-all! Just think; only three months, or less, till we'll most of us be together in Crabtown for our 45th! See you there!

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Pres., RAdm. Gus Johansen, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. C. B. Laning, USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church, VA 22041 West Coast Sec'y, RAdm. Robert N. S. Clark, USN (Ret.), 29303 Stonecrest Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 Percent Members: 47.6 The cups of the '29 Washington lunch and Executive Committee runneth over at the December lunch. Two new (surprise) setders in the Washington area joined us without warning. Bill Kabler and Jerry O'Donnell were greeted with cheers and assigned the seats of honor, nearest the bar, at the Bethesda Officers' Club. Bill explained that he just decided one day at the Westinghouse plant in Pittsburgh that he would quit planning nuclear drives and go back to sail.

He quickly retired, ordered an ocean-going ketch built to specs on Long Island, and Pat moved them into 700 Americana Dr., Apt. 42, Annapolis.

While the ketch nears commissioning, they will renew friendships, perhaps take sailing lessons, and take on responsibilities of the Executive Committee. Jerry has taken his second retirement, this time from Supe of the State of New York Maritime College. Ruth and he have setded down in their old home at 4705 Merrivale Rd., Chevy Chase, MD 20015. They claim no certain plans as yet but hope to get some travel. Jerry and Bill were introduced to the class problems: I. Getting one wife and two widows to head our widows committee. 2. Conveying our annual check to the 29th Company Wardroom. 3. Producing the 1974 issue of Muster Notes. 4. Co-ed lunch in Vinson Hall in February.

Jack Dalton was unanimously elected to the Board of Directors of the Judge Advocates Association, whose object is to aid and help in every way the Military Judge Advocates. Jack has a new law firm of Dalton, Matthews and Smiley. Bob Smiley, the newest member, is of the class of 1956, a naval aviator, who has just resigned from the aviation unit of the Civil Section of the Department of Justice.

After the famine of news by mail we have one good, good letter this month. Canon Zimmerman writes: "We have a new address, permanent we hope. We call our home 'Tlateen' (Arabic for 30); for it is the 30th house we have occupied in our 40 years of marriage which we celebrated in New York. Ruby is the anniversary gem (see Proverbs 31:10-31, AV please).

"The reason for being in New York was that JDZ was invested as an Associate Officer (Brother) in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, on 5 November in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. In the academic year 1971-72 we were at Union Theological Seminary, New York, where JDZ was a Visiting Scholar. We lived in Van Dusen Hall near Grant's Tomb on Riverside Drive. That is now the historic place where, in January, LHZ was blown across the street by a freak wind. Result: two broken arms. JDZ's housekeeping and culinary qualifications improved for the next few months!

"June found us in London; JDZ worked in Lambeth Palace Library, still on Anglicans in the Middle East. This precluded travel in England, but we did enjoy London as always, and saw many British friends and American visitors. For you in Britain, we shall return! We went and came in QUEEN ELIZABETH II; JDZ acted as

45 ship's chaplain.

"On arrival in USA, we came to Newport to look at the house; then set off to visit relatives and other friends in the Midwest. Back to Newport and moved in with two beds and two borrowed chairs. The furniture and silver which had 'mysteriously disappeared' from the warehouse is still missing. However, furniture which belonged to JDZ's mother and which was stored in Ohio, arrived. We have been setding in ever since.

David was with us for the Columbus Day weekend to help unpack and to celebrate his birthday.

After several years of work, David reported that the President, during Fire Prevention Week, signed a Congressional bill allowing him to have one of the oldest buildings in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) for a National Firefighting Museum. Its restoration and development will be his major project.

"Our house is owned and was refurbished by the Newport Restoration Foundation. It dates from the early I700's, and has been beautifully restored. All of its colonial charm is present including four fireplaces—and—a completely modern kitchen. We look forward to some comfortable years. Come and see us. Lillian and John."

Bus Denbo, having been appointed by Pres.

Gus Johansen to see if your Sec.-Treas. was still honest under the burden of the Class Fortune, checked the accounts in December. While he examined the books (phew), your Sec. wove his way around the Bus' basement winery, where Bus had a 60-gallon batch under ferment. We tasted four earlier vintages and determined that '69 was a very good year. Don't remember how the books came out.

In October, on a downpouring day, a joyful event took place in the Chapel at the Navy Communication Annex in Washington. Bing Mitchell and Louise Stanley were married. The lovely bride is the sister-in-law of Owsley Stanley '28. The chaplain was none other than Jim Donoher '49, who resigned in 1963 to take holy orders and return to the Navy. The seriousness of the ceremony was lightened by pertinent quotations from the Bible concerning multiplying the loaves, turning water into wine, and refuge from the surrounding deluge in the Ark. Bing and Louise left for a long honeymoon in Bermuda, a sojourn in Portsmouth, N. H., where Bing closed out his business and disposed of his house. In December they settled in Washington. And Bing has given up those smouldering cigar butts.

While Bing was abandoning New Hampshire, Red Morse was coming aboard. This sudden move from suburban Chicago was so starding— who goes north when retirement offers sunny siestas!—that your sec. sent a questionnaire to Red. The reply is so full and so good that we cannot fairly abridge it for this month's limited space. It will be published next month, if Red has survived a New England winter. Meanwhile, his address is 6 B Grove Ct., Exeter, N.H.

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Pres., RAdm. Wreford G. Chappie, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y., RAdm. M. H. Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 53.9 We are sorry to report that Marie Dorsey died in Jacksonville of cancer on 20 November. Jack

and Marie lived at 2467 Sedgewick PI., Jacksonville, FL 32217. By a strange coincidence Carlos Charneco died in the same Naval Hospital three days later of a heart attack. Margo's address is Continental Palace, 2199 Astor St., Orange Park, FL 32073. The class extends deepest sympathy to Jack and Margo. We have also learned, belatedly, of the deaths of two classmates—Julius Smith on 22 May and Henry Pope (some will remember him as Pizzutiello) on 2 July 1972.

Julius lived and practiced law in Valdosta, Ga. Henry devoted his efforts to real estate development in the vicinity of Del Ray Beach, Fla. Obituaries were published for these two under "Last Call" in the November Shipmate.

Dick Hunt and D a v e W h e l c h e l attended the meeting of the Aztecs in Mexico in October. In this context Aztecs were not members of a lost civilization, not a professional football team, not a group of paleontologists, but a military society founded in 1847 stemming from the Mexican War. If you are interested in the Aztecs contact Dave or Dick.

On 25 November Patty and Bill Snead's daughter, Patricia Lani, was married in the Navy Chapel in Washington, D. C , to Maj. Jefferson Davis Gibson, AUS. The reception immediately following the wedding was at the Madeira School in Greenway, Va., overlooking the Potomac River just below Great Falls.

George Kosco, the Phileas Fogg of '30, en route from Dar Es Salaam, reports he had a great time in East Africa after spending coronation day in Ethiopia. He saw Bobbie (Shaffer) Wheeler in Nairobi, managed a three-day safari and visited several parks sighting 75 elephants, 150 giraffes and many other animals.

The November alumni luncheon at the Army and Navy Club was attended by Ailes, Horn, Nelson, Simons, T e d Stevens and G l e n Williams. The speaker, who was an authority on how the Olympics are run, gave us a most interesting talk on the international political aspects of managing the Olympics.

In response to a request for information on retirement life in Mexico, Mike Block came up with the following excellent write-up: "First, you will hear the many, many conflicting stories about Mexico, and all to a certain extent true. Mexico is a large country, with many climates, and many different types of indigenous people. Consequently, anything I say is based solely on the conditions in a very small section on Lake Chapala, south of Guadalajara, but even the 30-mile difference between Chapala and Guadalajara results in as much as 8 or 10 degrees in temperature. One of the first things that everyone asks is 'Why do you like Mexico?' Primarily, I like it because I have been spoiled with my help, my messboys and service in the Navy. The most important factor is that I can afford efficient, happy people working for me in the shape of a maid seven days a week, and a five-day-a-week handyman. Secondly, it is less expensive—or possibly a better way of saying it is that you can live 'higher on the hog' than you can for the same price in the U. S. Thirdly, the retired community in which I live is composed of hundreds of extremely nice people of varying nationalities. They have many and varied interests, and you can become as involved in interesting affairs as you desire, yet there is no pressure put on you.

"To answer the question of what I do with my time, 1 can only say that you will do just what you do in the U.S., but with more people immediately available to do it with.

"Our climate is year-round resort area type of thing, and we have tourists flocking in all year round, from Canada and the Northern states in the winter, and from Florida, Texas, California and other states in the summer. We never have frost or freezing, consequently we are surrounded with beautiful flowers and vegetation of all types throughout the year. We average a low humidity and temperature high in the 80's and low in the 50's.

"I could go on about other aspects, economic, political, etc., but since you asked me to keep it short, I'll leave those alone.

"A good question is, what are the disadvantages? Obviously, there are some. Things imported from the U.S. are more expensive. Scotch is considerably higher, although Bourbon, ordered from the distillery is excellent and cheaper. Gin, vodka and rum are about $8 a gallon, so things compensate. In a tourist status you must return to the border within six months, and Mexican law says that you are only allowed six months a year in Mexico as a tourist. 1 have never known anyone to have any great problem about re-entering lifter six months, but this is always a possibility. It is possible to obtain a 'rentista Immigrante' status, which eliminates this particular problem, and has no bearing at all on U.S. citizenship.

"This is the skimpiest of reporting, and I will be glad to answer questions from classmates who, either directly or through you, would like to know more.

"We of course welcome a visit to our area from any of our classmates and other Navy friends. As a final note I would like again to thank the Ailes for their very gracious party at homecoming, and say how much we enjoyed meeting old friends again."

Ann Peterson came east to spend Thanksgiving with Mell, Jr. and family in Norfolk. Only a short time before, Ann and her sister had a five-week tour of the Balkans. Among other things they saw three operas, an operetta, the symphony in Bucharest, a ballet, several programs of folk dancing and folk music. Ann says they did not get up to see the painted monaster_y churches in Moldavia, so she plans to do that next time.

Jo and Dutch Wilson's new address is 1408 Crystal Parkway, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451. N i c k Lucker also has a new address: White Sails, Lord's Hill, Stonington, CT 06378.

The Washington area classmates gathered at the Naval Hospital Commissioned Officers' Mess in Bethesda the evening of 8 December to enjoy old friends and excellent fare in pleasant surroundings.

Fish Salmon was our "host" for the evening.

Present were: Vola and Rolla Adams, Agnes and Jack Agnew, Peg and Red Ailes, Margaret Brook, St. Clair and Bob Craighill, Helen and Tim Dorner, Kay and Bill Gentner, Vaughan and Wallie Greene, Peg Hanson, Harriet Hartman, Louise and Jack Jones, Marion Lord, Jean and Towser Miller, Lil and Bill Nelson, Marion and Fish Salmon, Bettie and Red Sharp, Louise and Buff Simons, Patty and Bill Snead, Ev and Ted Stevens, Lillian and Waddy Wadsworth, Dave Whelchel and Vera and Glen Williams. It was evident that the pouring rain outside was in no way dampening the conviviality within.

Flash: Just before publication we learned that RAdm. Parke H. Brady, USN (Ret.), died in Palm Beach, Fla., on 2 January. Details will appear in the March issue.

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Pres., RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. John Crumpacker, USN (Ret.) 1000 Twinbrook Pkwy., Rockville, MD 20851 Percent Members: 54.5 R a y m o n d H. "Benny" Bass retired on 30 September 1972 from Bendix Electrodynamics in North Hollywood, Cal., where he has been for nearly 13 years, to accept a position in the Advanced Concepts Division, Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA 92132. Benny and Margie plan to move from Glendale to San Diego when the logistics can be arranged.

We regret to inform all of her friends that Ena Aldrich, former wife of Charlie (Vic) Aldrich, died at the Coronado Hospital, Sunday, 12 November, after an illness of several months.

From Earl Gallaher: "1 am not one of those who has not written before, but here goes anyway.

Following our 'Swinging Tour' to London, which you have already reported, the Gallahers have been busy little bees. Caro with her legislative work for the Military Wives, Inc. and Earl as her researcher and poor excuse for secretary. In August we decided on a break and gave each other a trip on the Cunard Adventurer for our anniversary.

We left Norfolk on the 19th, went first to San Juan, then to St. Thomas (where we missed seeing Whitey Robertson because the shopping was too good for Caro) and we returned to Norfolk on the 26th. It was really a fun trip and the best anniversary we have ever had. On 1 November, Caro appeared on the Panorama T.V. program with two other military wives. Just before the end of the program she managed to get in a plug for her M.W.A. On 8 November, we took off by car for Sun City, Fla. While there, we made an offer on a furnished two-bedroom two-bath house and, maybe to our sorrow, the offer was accepted. We close on 10 December and the house has already been rented through April. We will probably go down in May for a month or so. On the way home we made our second visit to Lankford Villa, at Jensen Beach, mainly to see if the Polynesian food at the Outrigger Club was as good as on our first trip. It was and we highly recommend it. Now that we are home Caro is getting primed to carry the RECOMP fight into the 93rd Congress."

Caro and Earl Gallaher with Capt. Peter Jackson, Master of the Cunard ADVENTURER Joe Thornton reports: "Our deer season has just finished and we have two does in the freezer.

We leave for Naples, Florida on 22 December where we have rented a house for the winter. En route we are stopping for a deer and wild turkey hunt on the Boykin Estate just north of Mobile.

We hope to see Jack and Mildred Wulff while in the sunny southland. We don't see many classmates in this rugged area. Best to all, Joe."

Minutes of the Washington group, N.A. Class of 1931, meeting at lunch at COM Ft. McNair on Thursday, 16 November 1972: There being sixteen members present a quorum was declared for transaction of class business. The following Items of general interest were discussed and acted upon. 1. It was unanimously decided to hold a reunion at the Naval Academy in celebration of our 45th anniversary. Johnny Webster, who chaired the committee so effectively for our 40th, was asked to do it again and agreed. Details as they develop will be reported in Shipmate. 2. Our Memorial Fund now owns a $10,000 Washington Gas Light Co. 8 % percent bond and has a balance of $1,599.34 in a savings and loan account. It was moved, seconded and passed to donate $1,000.00 to the Naval Academy Foundation in February 1973 as our 1972 scholarship contribution. This is the purpose of the fund, you will all remember: to provide one scholarship of $1,000.00 per year for a young man judged by the Naval Academy Foundation to be superior naval officer material but in need of a year's prep schooling and unable to afford it. Further, it was decided to make a 1973 scholarship contribution and to supplement the Memorial Fund ready cash, if necessary, with a small donation from the class general treasury. 3. Marge and A l Reed volunteered to serve as the Christmas Party Decorating Committee. John Crumpacker, Secretary.

32 Pres., Capt. J. D. Lamade, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. G. E. Pierce, USN (Ret.) 5416 Lambeth Rd., Bethesda, MD 20014 Percent Members: 48.8 HERE AND THERE WITH '32 It is our sad duty to report the death of Frances Coxe, beloved wife of our classmate Alexander B. Coxe, Jr. Alex and Francis attended the 40th class reunion. Frances died shortly after their return to Chapel Hill, N. C The December luncheon meeting of the Washington Chapter had its usual good turnout of 22 classmates. We had the pleasure of enjoying A l Croghan's company. Al has it made as he can attend both '32 and '33 parties.

The following letter has just been received from Harry Reiter: "Re Shipmate notice, hasten to advise, contrary to Dick Matter's report, that Dorothy and I did not move to Stuart, Florida, but to Cocoa Beach as listed in our latest directory.

"Dorothy and I made a 14,000-mile trip by car this summer taking three months. From here to West Coast via Chicago, Denver and Las Vegas.

Up the coast to Seatde and then across Canada from Vancouver to Montreal. Highly recommend Lake Louise, Banff and Jasper for scenic beauty.

That area beats my old state of Colorado for scenery. We were at homecoming before coming back to the Sunshine State. Forgot to mention seeing Al Ovrom, Paul Pfingstag and other classmates on the trip. Talked to several by phone: Red Greene, Joe Jaap, Paul Emrick and, in person, Al Bowser."

We still have to keep pushing Alumni Association support. Keep working on your classmates.

POW's never have a nice day

33 Chrmn., Mr. Turner A. Duncan Box 90, Rt. # 1 , Arnold, MD 21012 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. D a l e Mayberry, USN (Ret.) 270 Providence Rd., Rt. # 5 , Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 51.5 News of classmates in the San Diego-Coronado area as provided by Eddie Fredericks includes the following: The monthly class luncheon was held on 10 November at the Admiral Kidd Officers' Club with the following in attendance: Jeb Stuart, Marty Gibbons, Hank Rumble, Dave Lambert, Ed Miller, Al Pelling, Jack Coye, Pickles Heinz, Freddy Bruning, Hank Monroe and "LC" Conwell.

Pickles Heinz continues to do a great job as President of the Coronado chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. At the last meeting there was a fine turnout to hear a most interesting presentation by VAdm. James F. Calvert, Commander First Fleet, and former Superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Ernie and Hank R u m b l e recendy returned from a very pleasant trip to Australia where they visited their son and his family. Young Rumble has been in business in Australia for a number of years.

While on the subject of traveling classmates, please note the accompanying photo showing (1 to r) Rosalie and Jimmy Dietz and Ernie and Ed Grimm, taken aboard a Rhine river steamer. Ed's note forwarding the photo follows: "It (the photo) was taken in September of last year when the Dietzs and Grimms were mutually surprised to find themselves together on a four-day boat voyage between Rotterdam, Holland and Basel, Switzerland. Jimmy and I had not seen each other for over 20 years and we had a splendid voyage.

Imagine two admirals with such 'Irish' names meeting in the country of their ancestry! Ernie and I spent 24 days in Europe touring as well as visiting former 6th Fleet friends in Cannes, Geneva and Barcelona. You know I had figured that this was the first 24 consecutive days of vacation I ever enjoyed since I had been in the Naval Academy."

The Dietzes and the Grimms

A welcome note from Jimmy Dietz also mentioned the fun that he and Rosalie had with the Grimms. Following the river voyage the Dietzes drove thru Italy, then thru Provence to Paris.

Still on the subject of traveling classmatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Esther and Charlie Travis returned to Annapolis recendy following extensive travels in Italy. They reported having had a wonderful time.

The Washington group of the class has again provided evidence of being alive and well. This time it was the class of 1933 USMA and USNA annual pre- A-N game luncheon held at the Gun Factory Officers' Club on 28 November. Navy was host this year and Smoke Strean did a beautiful job of making all the arrangements. The

47 usual bet on the game was made (one buck per person) and sadly, as you all know by now, we must report that their class treasury was enriched by $41.00. They are great guys, but how lucky can they get! Hopefully next year will be different. Representing Navy '3i were Barnum, Blick, Blouin, Bowen, Dawson, Derickson, Tad Duncan, King. Lane, MacDonald, Mayberry, McMullen, George Miller, Ogden, Oren, Rakow, Shifley, Thompson, Travis, Strean, and Sublette. .'\rmy '33 was represented by: Bodeau, Douglas, Downing, Gee, Hurlbut, Kaiser, King, Lincoln, Otto, Parker, Polk, Pope, Quinn, Sentcr, Starbird, Summerfelt, Wallace, Walters and White.

One nice thing about having the 40th reunion in the offing, is that your secretary hears from classmates that have not reported in for much too long. For example, here is a note from Hal Crist enclosed with his reservation card: "Having retired on physical disability early June 1960, and having taught math on high school and college level for ten years, I am now on full retirement, operating my 'farm'—two acres. Just invested in a couple of goats to help me with the lawn, leaves, etc. Have had an addition built to the house . . . I am finishing off the inside—have progressed so far with panelling (insulation also) and now in prcx:ess of furring the ceiling. Have been busy putting barbed wire tops on my fences when weather permits—have over a hundred boxwoods in the process of lining my circular drive.

"Have had several bouts in the hospital since retirement—nothing serious, just incapacitating.

"Joe Costello lives across the Roads (Hampton) and we get together occasionally. We maintain a small supply of 'cough medicine' at all times so any classmates (local contingent included) who feel the need of refreshments—do stop by. We are four miles from Virginia Beach Civic Center on way to Great Bridge—give us a call and I'll put the flag out." Hal's address is Rt. 2, Box 2369, Virginia Beach, VA 23456.

From time to time between now and May, we plan to publish the names of those who have sent in their reservation cards for the 40th reunion.

We do so with the thought (and the hope) that some who are still undecided will say to themselves—"Gee, it would be nice to see some of those characters again—I'll get my reservation card

in right away." As noted in the last issue of Shipmate, the 50 rooms that we were able to get at the Hilton have all been reserved, but we obtained another 50 rooms at Holiday Inn. As of the date this is written (10 December) about 35 of these rooms are still available. Of course, we will try to get more if this isn't enough. The sooner we know how many more we will need, the easier it will be to get them. Here is the list of those signed up so far: F. R. Arnold, Ballard, Barclay, Barker, Barnes, Barnum, Susan Bellinger, Bethea, Bierer, Blatchford, Blouin, Bobo, H. G. Bowen, M. B. Brown, Caldwell, Camera, C M. Campbell, Crist, Daisy Christie, Clementson, G. S. Coleman, Curtze, R. M. Davenport, D. W. Davis, Dietz, Drescher, Driver, T. A. Duncan, Ellis, Enright, Fox, Franklin, Fredericks, Garnett, Mary Grady, Harby, Hudson, Jahncke, Kauffman, Klopp, Lacey, Laird, Leon, W. R. MacDonald, Macintosh, D. L. Martineau, Mayberry, McMullen, Meyer, C C Morgan, Mott, Neville, O'Brien, Ogden, Poor, Rakow, Reedy, Richards, Riddell, Robbins, Dora Lee Rowe, Rumble, Schade, Searcy, Shelby, Shellabarger, K. B. Smith, Snider, Sowerwine, P. C Staley, Stanley, Stewart, Strean, Strozier. Styles, Sublette, Taylor, Travis, Tucker, Tyree, J. E. Walsh, R. D. White, Winston, G. R. Wright. Total head count as of this writing—159.

What will the final count be? Only you can tell us. Let us know soon!

34 Pres., Capt. H. D. Fuller, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR (Ret.), 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403 Percent Members: 55.2 Evelyn and Red Price have packed up and moved. Their new spread is P. O. Box 323, Ingram, TX 78025 and they send the following: "After 15 years as an engineer with Western Electric, I re-retired last ,^pril and we are back in our beautiful Texas Hill Country. We built our new home on the bank of a clear bass-filled spring-fed stream and don't even have to mow the lawn—the deer come in at night and nibble it down for me. Daughter Vinnie is a career business woman in New York with an investment brok-

erage firm and son Steve is a 1st Lt. Ln the Signal Corps in Japan. Don't know of any from '34 nearby, but Buddy Shelburne '35 lives out of nearby Kerrville."

Mr. and Mrs. James G u y Ernest announced the marriage of their daughter Carol Wyn to Allan Rutherford, Ensign, U. S. Navy, on 2 December, at St. John's Chapel, Monterey, Calif.

Included here is a photo of the Naval Academy Preparatory Class, 1928-29, U.S.N. Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va. Here is the identification: instructors (bottom row, sitting, 1-r): E. E. Robichau, CTM, Ens. J. L. Rhodes, Jr. '26, Lt. H. E. McCarthy '21, Cdr. Phillip Seymour '08 (OinC), Capt. H. E. Lackey '99 (CO, USNTS), Lt. W. G. Eaton '21, Lt. J. L. Thompson '21, Lt.(jg) W. S. Parr '23, Ens. M. W. Clark (SC) '26, F. Jerome, CBM. The class (bottom row sitting): E. C. Long '33, O. W. Fusch, J. E. McGoff '34, S. R. Mathes '33, N. B. Broyles '34 (USMA '35), R. E. Hastings '34, T. H. Brittan '33, F. E. Tucker, R. O. Bowen '33, J. T. Stevens, H. F. Mears, D. H. Foley; second row standing: D. W. Rentzel, E. F. Metzger '33, H. C Maynard '33, J. L. Phillips, Jr. '33, R. S. Fisher '33, E. C. Best '33, E. M. Davenport 'ii, J. N. Osterlund, R. H. Hayden '33, R. B. Coleman '33, C O. Loeser, F. J. Peterson '33, G. M. Morrow "33, F. E. Stevens '33, J. V. La Rochelle, G. D. Gregor '33, L. Lee, Jr. '33, F. A. Happel '33, J. D. Ferguson '33, A. R. Gallaher '33, W. H. Meers '33, R. P. Pihl '3i, E. E. Seagroves '33.

Third row standing—M. J. Chumbley, G. A. Monti, E. E. Lord '33, C L. Bennett '33, B. H. Meyer '33, J. N. Ogle '33, J. H. Campbell '33, R. S. Camera '33, J. W. Geist '34, J. C McGoughran •ii, D. R. McMullen '33, C. L. Foley '34, R. P. Harbold, Jr. '34, H. V. Witherspoon, P. D. Duke '33, F. E. Rich '33, J. C Morgan '33, T. E. Norris '33, A. E. Krapf '34, J. R. Ogden '33, B. E. Geary, C L. Moore '33; fourth row standing—W. H. Heydt, F. H. Longshore '33, H. E. Beton, I. L. Powell '33, C Christie, E. B. Crowder '33, W. A. Coffey '33, F. H. Brownrigg '33, G. T. McCutchan '33, J. M. Steinbeck '33, L. B. Graham '33, W. R. Laughon '33, E. J. WilUamson, N. C McCirmick '33, J. V. Grady, E. R. Nelson '33, J. 1. Rustin. Holding NAPC banner—H. C. Rowe '33 and L. K. Droom '33.

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Pres., Capt. Jefferson D. Parker, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. L. M. Detweiler, (SC) USN (Ret.), 6650 Van Winkle Dr., Falls Church, VA 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W. H. Packard, USN (Ret.) 5600 Yorktown Blvd., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 50.2 Rather sparse news this month. Even only one change of address. Bea and Bill T h o m p s o n have sold their mansion at the West Point of St. Simons Is., Ga. and moved to 555 C Ave., Coronado, CA 92118, effective mid-Jan. '73. Any Christmas cards sent to their previous address should have reached them before they headed west.

Speaking of Christmas cards, the first one received this year was from Marjorie and Flash Flachsenhar from their fourth Christmas in the Philippines. They comment that they wish more old friends would come out that way. (Their next home leave back Stateside will not be until Aug. '74.) Flash reports that Elsie and Pete Boyle came through Manila at Christmas time '71 en route Baguio; and Jane and Pat Finnigan were there in Nov. '72 to visit their son who is with USAID. Marjorie and Flash also anticipated seeing Pargy Pargas' widov/, Lita, during the holidays.

They missed the Manila Flood as they were on home leave from mid-June to mid-Aug., but on their return they "flew over appalling inundation into the aftermath of inconveniences: brown-outs until submerged power plants dried out, impossible roads—mildew and all varieties of moisture bugs and problems seven floors high but not dry, yet comparatively lucky if considerably leaky."

Other news in his card—son Jay is a Marine Surveyor in San Diego, and Willis is a Theatre Technician in Santa Barbara.

Clippings from Honolulu papers on Kay and N o e l Gayler, following his reporting as C I N C PAC, supply some items of information that haven't appeared previously in Shipmate: CINCPAC quarters, now occupied by Kay and Noel, were built 60 years ago under the supervision of Noel's father, a CEC officer; relative to their children, their daughter Caroline is married to a physician and is living in Greensboro, N . C ; Deborah is married to a civil engineer and lives in Paris, France; Anne is a commercial artist in New York; son, Alexander, a student at VPI, is also a ski instructor at Steamboat Springs, Colo., where the Gaylers' ski chalet is under construction; Christopher is a student at Univ. of Hawaii.

Gus Scott found the picture shown herewith of '35ers when they had hair. Names are estimated to be (1 to r) front row: George Good*, Lou Ayers, Vince Sweeney, Gus Scott, Bob Ward, Tom Gillmer, Johnny (Doc) Murdock; middle row: Omar Spain*, Freddie Brooks, Red Kilroy, Leroy Tayler, Spike Ewald, Fitz Fitzpatrick*; back row: Eddie Robertson*, Mark Hattan, Art Ely*, Hemp Hemphill. (*Deceased) Does anyone have similar Youngster year (or any other year) pictures to share? Please send same to your Corr.

Sec'y. They will be returned, as desired.

With Army hosting, the annual joint USMA/ USNA '35 pre-Army/Navy game "special evening social" was celebrated on 25 Nov. at the Sumner, Md. home of Col. and Mrs. (Joe and Nanie) Anderson. In spite of a cold damp night outside, a good turnout enjoyed the warmth generated by the renewal of old friendships inside. Conflicting Thanksgiving weekend plans kept several from

participating who would otherwise have been present. The Navy contingent included: Phyllis and Rod Badger, Margaret Brandt (Jack was in Bethesda for a routine check on his pacemaker).

Poppy and Clag Claggett (and their guests. Reed and Betsey Fawell), Ida Mary and Lou Detweiler (he handled the paperwork and collected the tab), Fran and Gabby Gabbert, Bob Kelly (a recent inductee into the exalted status of grandfather), Dorothy and Meek Mecklenburg (they visited Denver and down to Colorado Springs for the Navy-Air Force game), Margaret and Wy Packard (and their son. Bob, home from U. of Va. for Thanksgiving), Penny and Bud Paret, Louise and Jeff Parker, Battaille and Reggie Power, Alice and Gus Scott, and Paul Bright's widow, Miriam, with her husband, Ernest Schreider '39. This was the Andersons' second tour as host and hostess for this annual event, having made their spacious home available also in 1970. Again the Navy '35ers say thanks to Joe and Nanie for another evening of gracious hospitality.

And from Warren Armstrong a ready-made item with which to conclude: "Had a small Army-Navy game get-together at my place in La Jolla: Lew and Thura Schock and Harvey Walseth dropped by from their La Jolla homes, and Bill Wideman came over from San Diego (Ginger was back in South Carolina). We didn't have much to cheer about while losing the second half of the game, but enjoyed ourselves with some libations and home-made chili. It was sort of a meeting of the Buddha, Banker, Broker and Beachcomber."

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Pres., RAdm. J. E. Rice, USN Sec'y., Capt. W . M. Hanger, USN (Ret.) 4720 Sedgwick St., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W m . A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale, VA 22003 Percent Members: 48.1 Not much news this month, but here goes with what we have after we say a happy Valentine's Day to all you wonderful gals.

We can't report on the joint husbands and wives luncheon on 13 December because of our deadline for February, but I'm sure we had a good turnout—as we always do when the wives are present. We'll report on this next month.

We had a good turnout for all the home games at Annapolis, and we are sure the winning score was due to the '36 cheering section, to say nothing about the coaching given by such persons as Guess who? See text.

N o r m Gillett and Ede Ellis. The Pitt game brought forth to cheer: Bradleys, Coddingtons, Dabneys, Enders, Ellises, Gilletts, Grays, Myers, Riewe as usual with his five stars and peanuts, Schlechts and Stimsons. All were cheering to the end and yelling "BEAT ARMY!" Our hat is off to Jim Gray who wrote the editor of the Washington Post and responded to Jack Anderson's article regarding VIP privileges in the Pentagon. If there was anyone who didn't know the score, it was Anderson. Did you see Parade? If you did, you probably noticed that in the picture of the so-called plush leather chaired VIP dining room there was only one military individual; the rest were all civilians. On the other hand if you looked closely at the so-called enlisted sandwich line, the person in the foreground was a one-star general. We don't know where Jack got his information, but in all the times your reporter was privileged to dine in this VIP Room, it cost him more than a buck for the same food available in the Executive Dining Room or the cafeteria—all of which used the same kitchen—for less. So our grateful thanks to you, Jim, for trying to put Jack Anderson right.

Randy Meade resigned from the U. of Delaware, effective 1 January 1973 after having served as that School's Vice President for Business and Finance since 1966. In announcing the resignation. President Trabant said: "Mr. Meade has been Vice President for Business and Finance during a period of rapid expansion. Under his leadership the University has expanded its physical plant, installed a new computer system, and revised and improved its financial reporting system and chart of accounts. All of these developments will enable the University in its transition from a medium size to large University. We are indebted to Mr. Meade for his contributions and service to the University during these past six years."

Current address changes received are as follows: "Scrappy" Crawford: Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. European Command, APO 09128. Bob Odening: 1424 Via Cataluna, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90275; Phone: (213) 375-6266. Syd Sherby: 7309 Wellcrest Dr., Dallas, TX 75230; Phone: (214) 361-0094. Their next move may be to Spain.

No news from you all; so that's it for now.

1972-73 REGISTER available NOW!

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37 Sec'y-Treas., LCdr. J. P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.) 2118 Bancroft PI., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. W e s l e y Steesy, USN (Ret.) 9127 Sligo Pkwy., Silver Spring, MD 20901 Percent Members: 44.6 Memories of our 35th linger on with the occasional arrival of a dope-sheet distributed at our Boat House shindig. Here's hoping they keep arriving to provide CS with continuing material for this column. So, let's select a few at random.

Proud we are of our Ralph Cousins, who, on 31 October, relieved Adm. Charles Duncan as NATO's Supreme .allied Commander Atlantic, and Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic. The COC ceremonies took place at NATO Headquarters, Norfolk, with SecDef Melvin Laird a principal guest speaker. Also in attendance were SecNav John Warner, CNO Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, and a host of civilian and military dignitaries of the N.\TO nations. Ralph, we all salute you, knowing you will turn in another of your fine performances.

Jane and Bob Tate (880 Parkes Run Lane, Villanova, PA 19085) report: "Life goes pleasandy along on about the same course and speed, not much new to report. Jane and I play a lot of golf, travel some, and spend some time each winter in our apartment at Sarasota Harbour East, Fla. I'll probably retire in about 5 years—don't know what I'll do then—maybe saw up gin botdes like Henry Sipple." At the 35th Bob was a standout with the darkest hair of the class (only he and his hairdresser know for sure). He also told me of some regular back trouble which had him in traction and threatened his attendance, but he escaped the rack long enough (1) to walk down the marriage aisle with his only daughter, and (2) to attend our 35th.

George Rouzee (31416 Century Blvd. S.W., Auburn, WA 98002) reports he's doing his best to keep the lights burning in Seatde as a Project Manager for Boeing. One of the few of us who can boast a youngster still in grade school, George and Connie list four older children, one of whom has aspirations to be USNA '82 (he's a boy). Also a couple of grandchildren. He adds: "Relatively stable the past 5 years but, just so we wouldn't forget how to move, we lived two years in Virginia when I was in the Boeing Washington, DC office. It turned out to be a wonderful opportunity to catch up with many classmates. Our principal hobby is sailing, now that our homemade trimaran has been successfully launched."

PR at Texaco NYC has sent us a press release announcing the election of John I. Mingay as President and Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Canada. Until now he has been a Senior Vice President and Director of Texaco, Inc. Nice going, John, and we know we can call you personally if our heating fuel runs low this winter.

Our uniformed mates dwindled to eight on 20 July when Fred Schneider hung up his three stars and moved into a well-deserved retirement.

Fred's last tour was as COMSERVPAC at Pearl. At the COC Fred was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for "outstanding duty."

CS has no specifics on his current whereabouts, but has heard that he and Marian have been in and around us here at Capital City. Schnitzel Schneider, wherever you are, please report in!

Unseen by virtually all of us since those Golden '30's, Edna and Jimmie Carnes finally surfaced

at our 35th, still looking capable of a fuU-gainerwith-a-tuck. From 2 Nappa Lane, Westport, CT 06880, he shares this summary: "1 left Arthur G. McKee & Co. about three years ago to work for Westinghouse in the nuclear power plant divisions in Pittsburgh. They got out of the turnkey plant building game and I was transferred to Power Systems International in New York. My job as 'advisor' on construction finally became too frustrating, as I have always been in the direct line of command of same, so on 1 August this year I came to EBASCO as Construction Manager. Am still in the nuclear power plant business, with conventional plants thrown in for spice." Jim also lists three children, two grandchildren, plus seven step-grandchildren.

H u Reece, come on now, let's hear some specifics on you! I'll even do my best to read your handwriting (better yet, you write for him, Lois) if you'll let us know right where in Brazil you are. Oh, we've heard you're a consultant to the Brazilian Government on shipyard construction, but tell us some personals—your flying, your timetable, your goals—and so much more that we Shipmate readers enjoy.

One of the several who journeyed the distance to our 35th was Rivers Morrell (23652 Vista del Sol, South Laguna, Calif.) who shared this info: "In business for myself as a Developer and Builder Speculator of apartments and residential in Southern California. Iris, a painter of seascapes, and 1 live on the coast overlooking the Pacific. I play handball and golf for recreation.

Two children, no GCs." An even longer distance traveller to No. 35 was Frank Rydeen (1350 Ala Moana #2308, Honolulu, HI 96816), retired, and the very last of our singles ("happily"), who adds: "Stationed at Pearl on retirement. Loved the Islands and decided to stay here. Bought a condominium and never regretted it. Site is ideal, good view and convenient to all shopping and recreation. Completely retired after 1 found there were no enjoyable (for me) no-strain jobs. I am enjoying life to the utmost, but have enjoyed nothing more than our 35th anniversary. Hope that any classmates who visit Paradise will contact me so that I can share the 'aloha' which I enjoy so much. PS: Please, God and the weather willing, you can list me as someone who has made up his mind to be there in 1977."

What a nice note on which to close. Why don't so many more of us second the motion as we THINK FORTY!!! "Train in and secure!"

38 Pres., Col. John A. Saxten, Jr., USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN (Ret.) 3900 Watson PI., Apt. 7B, Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 46.7

off to a roaring start with a beautiful cocktail party in their lovely Alexandria home. Jean makes the best chili con casa and always has a tempting buffet table. Many area classmates are still on the go. Jean and OUie Bagby spent Thanksgiving in Sarasota, Fla., in the W a l t Smalls' condominium.

Marie and Jack Mansfield headed for Whispering Pines for the Thanksgiving holidays as guests of the Burnsides '42. While there they saw the Cowards, Reinharts and Paces '37. Ila and N a t e Sonenshein went to the west coast to spend Christmas with daughter Pia. Peggy and H u g h Robinson have just returned from a vacation in Spain. Young Ted Ferriter returned home from Europe in time to find his draft call notice. John got busy and now Ted is a member of the Naval Reserve and will take flight training early in the year. Ted is happy and Julie and John are happy to have another Ferriter in the Navy. Good luck, Ted, and congratulations all around.

Jean and Red Coward came up from Whispering Pines to attend a meeting at the Academy and spent the weekend with Marie and Bill Spears. Jean and Grant Heston hosted a lovely dinner party for them on Friday night. Saturday we all went to see Navy beat Pitt and tailgate in the parking lot. Those seen at the game were the Hartigans, Hestons, Muriel Wells, Boykins, Fleps, Raymers, Giffens, Cowards, ."^pears, Blandins, Al Churches, Muses, Dick Churches, Stevens, Nelsons, Washingtons, Smalls, Art Johnsons, Andrews, Connie Jackson, Mclntires and Alexanders. Marie and Bill Spears hosted a fabulous a la Pearl Mesta dinner party Saturday night taking all the guests to Chez Andre's in Alexandria after cocktails in their lovely home. It was a real fun weekend and I understand the Cowards are planning a trip to Mexico.

Olive and Irwin Fike announced the wedding of daughter Virginia Lee to Richard L. Sayers on 16 December in the War Memorial Chapel of VPI in Blacksburg, Va. Congratulations to the proud parents and much happiness to the young couple. Ann Church passes along some news of the Rynds in Honolulu. Kim and Bob have opened "The Kitchen at Kilohana Square," 1018 Kapahulu Ave., with another partner. Good luck in this new venture, Kim and Bob, and we'll all drop by the next time we're in Honolulu. Ruth and Gid Boyd flew east for Thanksgiving and a visit with Ruth's mother, Mrs. Hawks, who is now 94 years young.

Our monthly luncheon was postponed until after Thanksgiving and a goodly crowd of 30 hearty souls were able to attend: Hank Jackson, Unk Alford, Andrews, Arthur, Berthrong, Heston, Ingham, Art Johnson, Jones, Harry Mason, Mclntire, Jake Bland, Small, Don Brown, Dick Church, Homer Conrad, Raymer, Hugh Robinson, Ferriter, Hansen, Spears, Trickey, Tucker, Melvin, Long and yours truly. The .\nnapolis contingent was represented by Ela, Fike and Giffen.

NATHAN T O P U F F POST I regret to report the death of Nate Post on 10 November in Santa Barbara, Cal., where he had lived since retiring from the Marine Corps. He was buried in nearby Calvary Cemetery and the class was represented at the services by Ham Houck. The class sent flowers and a note of sympathy to Irene and the family. Nate, a Marine Aviator, retired as a full colonel and died of a heart attack.

John Ferriter proposed that we establish a committee to get all classmates to become life members of the class fund during our 35th reunion year (1973). John even volunteered to be on the committee which is a first for our democratic organization. The proposal was well received and Chairman Agee Melvin said the committee would take action and include it in the newsletter planned to announce our plans for homecoming.

In case you read it here first, send your $65 to D o n Brown at 6413 Lyric Lane, Falls Church, VA 22044.

WASHINGTON AREA NEWS Jean and Art Johnson got the winter season

H u g h Robinson gave us a good rundown on the new Survivors Benefit Plan. He said it was

50 definitely a good plan because the government contribution of 40 percent makes it cheaper than any other actuary plan you could find. However, he said it really boils down to an individual decision, taking into account one's own finances, circumstances and present estate planning. He pointed out that the amount for military Social Security that would be deducted from wife's allotment runs about $131 for us and he got this figure from a BUPERS expert. The minimum amount of $300 which costs only $7.50 per month looks attractive until you consider the Social Security deduction and then it looks very questionable. We have until 1 September 1973 to decide and there could be some changes in the law by that time. Good luck in your decisions and we'll let you know of any pearls of wisdom we get from the great white fathers.

NEW ADDRESSES Robert K. Irvine: 8809 NE 2nd PL, Bellevue, WA 98004. John Bartol: 2727 Miradero Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Edward L. Anderson: Route 1, 107C, Van Alstyne, TX 75095. Fred W .

Muir: 390 San Antonio Ave., Unit 6, San Diego, CA 92106.

In reporting their new address the Muirs send the following: "Yes, we moved! That's our big news of the year. After 12 years in the old homestead, we suddenly made the big decision in March to buy a condominium. Of course, we bought before we sold, which turned out to be a rather hectic experience for the next four months. However, we finally moved in July. We're in a homey 16-unit complex in an ideal location—100 feet from the beach on San Diego Bay directly across from the tip of Shelter Island—with a gorgeous view of what to us has become the crossroads of the Pacific. We really enjoy the never ending close-up scene of hundreds of sailboats, yachts, merchant ships, and of course, our Navy passing back and forth. Fred thinks that no garden, building, or pool maintenance chores are quite an advantage, too. No, we haven't gone to the condominium sales business yet. Fred still keeps regular hours with old Convair Aerospace and Ruth keeps busy watching the sailboats over her morning coffee before heading for her ladies golf and bridge activities. Our son Bob made 1st Lieut, and a regular commission in the Marine Corps, and is stationed at Camp Pendleton. They bought a home in Oceanside and live only about 50 miles from us, so we see quite a bit of Bob, Saundra, and our two grandsons. Navy Lieut. Doug Muir was ordered to duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington in July. He and Debbie have an apartment in Alexandria, Va., so they're close to Debbie's family in Annapolis."

Mike Michael sent an early Christmas card to say: "Lila and I are pushing our cards a bit inasmuch as we are leaving Colorado Springs for Southern Cal. for a Christmas reunion with our children and their families in San Diego. Hope to see as many classmates as I can while there.

Will also see John Bartol in Santa Barbara when we go up to visit my mother. I helped Vance Gordon some on arranging families and midshipmen get together after the Navy/AF game—and what a game it was. Had a cocktail party the day after the game and it was great being able to tell the AF colonels to fix their own drinks.

After leaving San Diego, hope to pick up our Airstream in Tucson and go to Guadalajara returning here in mid-March."

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Pres., Capt. C R. Chandler, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt F. P. Anderson, USN (Ret.) 2725 N. Wakefield St., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 41 It is with regret that I report the death of Ralph F. Locke on 28 November 1972 in the Phila. Naval Hosp. after a long illness. Services and interment were at the Arlington National Cemetery on 1 December. Classmates from the Wash. D. C area served as honorary pallbearers.

Flowers were contributed in the name of the class of '39, which hereby extends its heartfelt sympathy to his wife, Gertrude, and the rest of his family for this sad loss.

Barbara and Elmo Waring are now back in the States after almost two years of traveling and working throughout Western Europe, according to a most interesting letter I received recently from Elmo. As some of you may remember, in the July/August '71 column I reported that they had visited friends here in Wash., D.C. in April '71 en route to Europe to do research in criminal rehabilitation procedures and techniques. At the time, Elmo had just received his MA at U. of Fla. in Rehabilitation Counseling. I wish I had room here to include his entire letter in which he so astutely described their fascinating, delightful and educational journeys through 13 European countries, ending with an ll-month sojourn in England. To cjuote Elmo —"Our objective being to acquaint ourselves with the philosophy and treatment methods and techniques used in prisons and correctional institutions in the various countries vis-a-vis the social deviant in their respective communities." It wasn't all work, however. Sightseeing was the order of the day and, of course, Elmo found it most difficult to pass by any golf course that happened to be in the vicinity of his route, including St. Andrews! In fact, he arranged his visit to the U. of Edinburgh to coincide with the British Open! The final day of this event found the Warings at the 17th green when Lee Trevino chipped in for his par which proved to be most decisive in his big win. Elmo stated that their mission was most successful and, after a luxurious voyage home in the plush QEII (they went over in a German freighter from Montreal!), he now gives as their address: 238 Glen Summer Rd., Pasadena, CA 91105. How long they plan to stay there and where they might end up was not known at the time of the letter. Elmo is tackling a most challenging task, i.e., to improve the administration and rehabilitation techniques of our correctional institutions while, at the same time, striving to keep his golf clubs activated.

Regarding the Waring clan, there are now six grandchildren. The youngest son, Craig, is in Columbia, Mo., studying to be a veterinarian.

Daughter, Melissa, is in Lemoore, Cal., where her husband (Lt. Chris Anderson) is flying A-7's.

Bob Laycock, Field Underwriter for Home Life Ins. Co., Wash. D.C. (almost 25 yrs. there), recenriy sent the following to Shipmate office: "It is with deep regret that I write to advise you of the death of my mother, Mildred Cole Laycock, at Derry, N. H. on 15 October 1972, after a short illness. Mother was the widow of Capt. John N. Laycock, (CEC) USN (Ret.) '14. Mother will best be remembered by the class of '14 as the Color Girl of Dad's color company. She was buried next to Dad in Salem, N.H." Our sincere sympathy goes to Bob and his family.

Congratulations to D o c Abbot for being called back to active service to fill an interesting new billet as Director of Educational Development on the Staff of VAdm. M. W. Cagle, Chief of Naval Training. He reported to Pensacola for this assignment on 15 November (see photo). He will be responsible for four major educational programs: the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, the Junior NROTC, the Navy's Officer Indoctrination and Graduate Education program, and a new project called "Navy Campus for Achievement" designed to allow every Navy man the chance to earn a baccalaureate degree during his 20-year Navy career. In connection with responsibility for the Junior NROTC program. Doc will also be the Navy's contact point for other youth organizations such as Boy Scouts, Sea Explorers, Sea Cadets, etc. This challenging job of managing the Navy's entire education spectrum should certainly keep him out of mischief for awhile! It is great to see Doc continue his Naval career, after having retired last July as Inspector General, Adantic Fleet. As most of you know. Doc belongs to a true Navy family with many, many years of Naval .service. His father (J. L. Sr.) graduated from the Naval Academy in 1912. Doc's two sons also are Academy grads; Lloyd (J. L. Ill) in 1965, and Steve in 1966, both also naval aviators.

His brother, the Rev. R. T. Abbot of Birmingham, is a Cdr., USNR and his sister, Helen, is a LCdr.(W), USNR(Ret.). Undoubtedly, Doc and Marge will move into quarters on the Air Station in Pensacola (Zip code 32508). Marge is recovering from major surgery and you will all be pleased to know that the prognosis is good.

Chris Cagle and Doc Abbot

Our monthly Washington luncheon at Ft. Myer on 7 December hit a new low in attendance—18!

However, our spirits and conviviality as usual were of the highest order. We were glad to welcome Murray Frazee back after an absence of several months. Down from his successful law practice in Gettysburg, Murray allowed as how he just has to get to the big city once in awhile and, certainly, there's no better occasion than our monthly carousal. N e d Beach, who serves as staff director of the GOP policy committee in the U.S. Senate, came through superbly as our principal speaker with an Eric Sevareid-type analysis of the recent elections. Then, triggered by the act of autographing a copy of his new book for his favorite investment broker, Mike Perna, he gave us a run-down on the latest of his literary efforts.

Dust on the Sea. (See December issue of Shipmate.) This sequel to his 1955 success. Run Silent, Run Deep, is also about the life of WWII submariners, about how they faced death and also inflicted it. The tide refers to the final grave marker of a sunken sub, the coal dust, oil slick, and floating debris that slowly disappear, leaving

51 no trace of either the ship or the crew. In the new book, according to Ned, the sub commander.

Rich Richardson, relives in his mind his deliberate elimination of "Bungo Pete," the Japanese ship commander, as had been so vividly depicted in Run Silent, Run Deep. Rich gradually comes to the conclusion that "Bungo Pete" was not necessarily evil but that he was a man with motives, hopes, fears, and dreams not unlike his own. Ned reported that initial sales are doing real well.

Watch for it at your neighborhood bookstore. Ned has three children: Ingrid, 19, a sophomore at Tufts; Hubert, 23, a Harvard senior and budding anthropologist; Edward, 24, taking his Ph.D. in philosophy at Northwestern.

Gus N o r w o o d (Smeja) has made a 4000-mile move from Alaska to join the headquarters staff of the Atomic Energy Commission at Germantown, Md. as Industrial Liaison Officer in connection with the rapidly growing nuclear electric power program. His annual Christmas letter reports on the exciting activities of his wife Jean and five children, and another award, the Alumni Merit Award of Elmhurst College. The Norwoods reside at 19000 Regions Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20706.

FLIP CLIPS: Congratulations to Vince dePoix for having been awarded the DSM for his recent tour as Cmdr., 2nd Fleet; also congratulations to Rhythm Moore on the arrival of his seventh grandchild, Andrew, courtesy of Janet; O. B. Johnson, assoc. professor at U. of W. Fla. (Pensacola) visited the Wash, area on 9/10 November, attending a So. Economic Assoc, convention at the Wash. Hilton.

Since quite a few less than one-half (41 percent) of the class receive Shipmate, and hence read this column, it behooves those of us who do to recruit classmates as new members of the Alumni Association. By increasing our class participation in the Association, we will be able to disseminate class news more easily and to keep everyone's address current. This will become more and more important as our 35th and 39th reunions draw nearer.

40 Pres., RAdm. John Chase, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 701 S. 23rd St., Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 32.5 WASHINGTON REPORT Last year, on the second Tuesday of November, USNA '40 and USM.A '40 joined forces again at Fort Myer, Va. for lunch and a bit of football wagering—to the detriment of the long-suffering Annapolis men. Even your secretary ventured a few bob on the A / N fiasco scheduled for 2 December. You all (sob!) know what happened.

This was the lineup from West Point: Mike Ahmajan, Eleanor and Dick .-^bbcy, Aleen and John Burfening, .'\nne and Frank Colacicco, Bobbe and Kerm Dyke, Rick Ferrill, Al Gillem, Helen and Roily Gleszer, Vy and Len Haseman, Jean and Bert Lane, BidwcU Moore, Virginia and Pod Podufaly, Lys and Tom Scott, Helene and Jack Wright, the Caspers and Leekys. From the Banks of the Severn: Dick Brown, Mary and Bill Carpenter, John Chase, Jack Clair, Mary Anne and Phil Eckcrt, Jo and Stan Ellison (Stan fully recovered from his operations and pneumonia attack), Jo and Art Esch, Emily and Horace Figuers, Loretta and Ted Hechler, Virginia and

Ted Hill, Charlotte and Gene Lamiman. Sis and John Refo, Mary and Ed Sledge, Ted Rodgers (down from Castine, Me.), Bee and Bob Wann and Dee and Early Winters.

Following the inspection of USNA's 4th Co. Wardroom by John Jackson and Bill Dobie, NA '40's check for two years' maintenance ($200) was dispatched to 4th Co. Commander, Mid'n. John Cory, by our own S. Klaus, treasurer Ray Schneider. By return mail Mr. Cory responded: ". . . Our wardroom has long been in need of various minor repairs, and I assure you that these funds will be more than sufficient in rectifying the situation. . . . we would like to express our sincere gratitude . . ." Our thanks to J. J. and Bill for taking time from a busy homecoming weekend to make an overdue inspection/visit; and to Mid'n. Cory for keeping up the 4 th Co. wardroom.

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS Betty and Harvey Seim are back in Brussels after a long vacation through the States. We shall have news from Europe again!! This (sadly, much condensed) arrived from Harv early in November: ". . . Betty and I just got back from London where we had the great pleasure of seeing Chris and Mike Hanley . . . at 13 Albert Hall Mansions.

Mike . . . is in business for himself now as a consultant on international finance and investment . . . Chris is busy dealing in antiques. They were expecting to see Saralee and Ike Peters later this month (Nov. '72) as they passed through London on their return from a European trip. Incidentally, Mike said that Al Skinner had returned to the U.S. Also said he ran into Marsh Hamill now and then, but wasn't aware that Vic Schrager had been shown (in our '40 roster) with a London address, and couldn't recall having seen him.

On Sunday, 4 February, at 1130 services were conducted in the Post Chapel at Fort Myer to dedicate the final six service and military chaplains' windows. This marked completion of the drive started two years ago when Fritz Freund returned from Vietnam and began research for a relevant class memorial—which grew to embrace all the services and West Point (Shipmate, March 1971). Don't forget to visit your windows when you return to Annapolis or the District!

"Betty and I were in London for another one of the fabulous meetings of the Nuclear Planning Group. . . . On the evening before the meeting there was a very pleasant reception at the Admiralty hosted by Admiral Sir Hill-Norton, the British Chief of Defense Staff. . . . Since it was a stag affair, peace was maintained in our household by scheduling a late dinner with wives at Stone's Chop House. While we were busy meeting at Lancaster House the following day, Betty was touring West Wycombe and lunching at the Manor House, Bledlow, the home of Lord and Lady Carrington (he is the British Defense Minister). In the evening everyone embarked at Westminster Pier for a boat trip up the Thames to Greenwich Palace for a formal dinner in the Painted Hall of the Royal Naval College. A fitting climax for the evening was the ceremony of beating retreat, performed by the massed Royal Marines Bands of the Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command and the Flag Officer, Naval Air Command.

Speaking of returning . . . how do you grade this one for the coincidence department? Back in WWII, while Bob Pauli was doing his DD bit off Okinawa dodging ^amj^azw, etc., daughter Wendy was born back home. Now, 28 springs later, Wendy Squiers (married to a USAF Capt.) has made her home with two of Bob's grandchildren on the shores of Buckner Bay, Okinawa . . . while Bob is back in Annapolis fighting off the high school kids he allegedly teaches.

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE On the East Coast: Andy Anderson, COMSER FORLANT, who has never forgotten what it's like to keep the Shipmate column going and the class records viable, sends a current roster of others now residents of Virginia's Tidewater area: Beers, Benbow, Fly, MacGregor, Mack, Michaelis COM NAVAIRLANT, Morton, Nicholson, Mulderrig, Roark, Sullivan, Varland and G. G. Williams.

Many thanks, Andy.

On the Gulf Coast: Yvonne and Bob Kalen just can't stay away. Yvonne writes: "Just as we were becoming securely anchored in California, even to the extent that Bob was president of the Navy League Council of Marina Del Rey, Litton moved us back to the Gulf Coast. This is where the action is as far as ship-building goes. On a clear day, and there are many, you can actually see a LHA on the horizon. Terry McGillicuddy recendy reported in to the Destroyer Project Office at Litton to replace Tom Gurley who opted to stay in California. Our new address: 229 N. Berwyn, Mobile, AL 36608."

And Somewhere Out West: Our records show a P. O. box in Albuquerque, N.M., for A l Cook, but a recent letter from Al to Harvey Seim gives the real scoop on his whereabouts lately, ". . . we won't be in Idaho Falls until about the latter part of August (1972). While we are legal residents of Idaho, vote and pay taxes there, actually we spend practically all of our time on the road in a four-wheel drive plus travel trailer combination. We are presently on the Oregon Coast, a truly beautiful and most enjoyable place to visit.

We have been doing this almost full time since . . . 1970."

"Haven't had the chance to see Ruth and Bill Caspari recently, but talked to Bill on the phone.

He tells me that the European office of Sanders, which he heads, will be moving from Brussels to Frankfurt, Germany in the near future (January 1973 at the latest). Also, during our Western trip (in the States), I talked to Buck Buchanan on the phone in Salt Lake City. He is a resident doctor at Holy Cross Hospital in SLC and lives in Sandy, a suburb just south of the city (the address given in the '40 roster). . . ."

Harv was also thoughtful enough to enclose a new address for Florence, widow of W. Jones Hughes: 22 Dale Rd., Huntington, L.I., NY 1^43.

THE SECRETARY'S CORNER Besides being the month of presidents Washington and Lincoln, February brings us Valentine's Day; a time for remembering the ladies who have stuck with us through all these years. Now is the time to break out a bit of the sweet stuff and posies and present them with a bit of Browning: "How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways . . ." * • * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0!! * • •

Don't forget our POW/MIAs!

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Chairman, Capt. Jay Houghton, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. V i a o r Delano, USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda, MD 20034 Percent Members: 36.8 The change in the day of the monthly class luncheon to the last Thursday in each month resulted in substantially increased attendance at its inauguration on the last Thursday in November.

The following 24 classmates attended: Anderson, Benham, Delano, Doherty, Elliott, Engle, Foster, Gaddis, Hadler, Heavey, Houghton, Jackson, Jamison, Klingaman, Macri, McReynolds, Messer, H. Z. Miller, Shutt, Svendsen, Thro, Vail, Werth and Zirkle.

A highlight of the luncheon was a short talk to those present by Gus Macri on some of the considerations involved in the new Survivors Benefit Plan. In short, it largely amounts to the needs and circumstances of each individual and, fortunately, there is still time left in which to weigh one's decision.

Jay H o u g h t o n , our new Washington chairman, gave us the good news that Hubbard Hall is reserved for our class' 35th reunion in the fall of 1976! Jay cautioned us, too, that there is always a chance of our being "bumped" by a more senior class but in the meantime we can all hope for the best. With this major event in the offing, it's probably a good idea for Washington area classmates to be present whenever possible at future Thursday luncheons so you can volunteer to help in the planningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in person!

Jay also encouraged classmates to visit the 2nd Company Wardroom at the Academy which our class sponsors. You will be welcome guests.

Jack Hadler passed on the good word that he still had a small supply of 1941 string bow ties which are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the exceptionally modest price of $2 each. He had some takers right after his announcement so if you are interested get word and $2 to Jack, pronto.

Cliff Lenz passed on some written word of his family's activities. In the year since Cliff and June's store. The Bayberry Tree, was hit by a devastating fire and sustained about 70 percent loss, they have reopened in what Cliff terms "lighter, brighter and gayer surroundings." Their daughter, Robin Hellwig, presented Cliff and June with a grandson, Morgan, and they have exchanged visits. Cliff Jr. is news and sports director for a leading Seatde radio station. He is also assistant organist for the University Congregational Cathedral. His musical ability must have had its origin on the maternal side.

Next time you make one of your shopping expeditions. Cliff and June, put Washington on your schedule so we can see what Coronado life has done to you!

42 Pres., Capt. P. S. Smith, USN Sec'y, R. S. Day, CLU P.O. Box 6042 Shirlington Station, Arlington, VA 22206 Percent Members: 42.4 The Christmas gala was just that. As advertised, it was a multi-class celebration which we hope to be able to perpetuate now that we have solved the logistics. Pete Smith headed up the effort, ably

assisted by John Doherty '41, Leigh Winters '40, and Ken Hanst MA '42. Harry Allendorfer got the music and entertainment shipshape, and Bob and R e Childers handled the door prizes, while Jack Hill put it all together at Ft. Myer. Wives, in every case, were equally involved.

While this deadline may preclude some accuracy as to attendees, it looks like the following attended: ('42) Days, Jim Conger, Jack Hdls, Kurta, Griffith, Switzer, Robison, Montgomery, Maddex, Charlie Smith, Opp, Herndon, Marocchi, Duncan, Curtis, Patterson, Sue Tabor, Underwood, Moeller, Betzel, Carter, Kelley, Small, Sullivan, Britner, Flynn, Houser, Lowe, Glick, Alexander, Nash, Ehreke, Pete Smith, Halvorsen, Childers, Allendorfer, and Scroggie Wiley; ('41) Doherty, Engle, Sanger, Rogers, Hayler, Foster, Svendson, and Buell; ('40) Barton, Bowell, Chase, Figuers, Greenbacker, Healey, Hill, Lamiman, Longino, Montgomery, Muhlenfeld, Pauli, Refo, Scott, Sledge, Taylor, Wann, Winters and Dobie; (MA '42) Offley, Cockrell, Mizell, Harrell, Westenhoff, Clagett, Bringham, Hunter, Hanst, Ryan, Sheffey, Patricia Gates, and Bolton. Invited guests swelled the numbers, so it was a hilarious and happy group.

Clara Lee, my better half, is working at the American University Health Clinic. Any classmates or friends whose sons or daughters are at AU might let us know. With the large number of students coming and going, it would be a matter of chance to locate them otherwise.

Peg and Buzz Betzel are temporarily settled in their old home in Alexandria, while their daughter, Barbara, is married and a Navy nurse serving at Bethesda. Buzz gave us a lively rundown on politics in Chile at our November luncheon. Jeanne and Scroggie W i l e y have again forsaken their California existence to settle in Virginia. Scroggie left Stanford Research in November to take over a position with Research Analysis Corp. in McLean, Va. They were set to drive east after the holidays, so his attendance at the class dance was a bit up in the air.

S^fabbo Rawson was home for the holidays from his work with Venture Stores in St. Louis.

When we saw Moe Murch and his St. Louis contingent at the Army-Navy game, thought surely he would have recruited Swabbo and Pat, but perhaps next year will turn the trick. For those watching on TV, Moe was responsible for the St. Louis sign at the half.

Chief Tofalo and Peggy are now settled in Whitesboro, N.Y., and he is enjoying his lif." as a banker. Jim Callender checked in from Gainesville, Fla., where he is in the final throes of his Ph.D. in Educational Administration (Higher Education) with a minor in Political Science with a June deadline. Son, Jeff, has an NROTC scholarship at The Citadel, while older son. Jay, has finished a tour with the Marines and now is at East Carolina University. Jim also works parttime as a Research Associate under a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant, and is fearful of becoming a professional student.

D o u g Powell's Christmas letter brings up to date on his new family; he and Edie Moore eloped to Palm Springs on 20 May, then took a belated honeymoon in October at the Club Mediterranean on Moorea, just 12 miles from Tahiti. Problems with the French authorities and responsibilities at home negated attempts to make it a more permanent arrangement, so they now contemplate similar junkets to Club Med facilities in Africa and the Caribbean.

Joyce and Bill Simmons are back from Alaska

and resettled in Virginia Beach. Their new address is 13117 Quimby Rd., Virginia Beach 23452. It proved to be a 16,700-mile drive-â&#x20AC;&#x201D;7,500 of which were over Alaska's two roads. The trip included driving across the northern U.S. to Seatde and thence to Bill's old home in Valdy; a two-month visit in Anchorage with side trips to Circle City, Nome and Kotzebue; salmon fishing and the procurement of a fine moose rack; and return via Prince Rupert, down thru California, and across the southern U.S. Bill is not working, but wants to resume as class agent with an additional assist for Handy Cruser and Bill Kigerl in establishing a Tidewater Alumni chapter. Both Bill and Handy reported the sudden death of Bill's 22-year-old son, Don, suddenly at home on 28 October. Don had served in Vietnam, so this was a particular shock to all, and the class extends its sympathy to Bill and Noni and the family.

Ruth and Joe T u l l y are resting at 916 Ivy Lane, San Antonio 78209. Mary and Bob Froude sent a lovely card from Teheran prior to leaving on a round-the-world junket which would reunite them with daughter, Pat, and son, Robby, in Arlington for Christmas. Bev and Jerry Clarke are at 501 St. Johns Rd., Delafield, WI 53018, where Jerry is Commandant of Cadets at St. John's Military Academy. A town of 3,000 just 26 miles west of Milwaukee, there are no traffic problems.

Delafield is in the lake country and a real change from Texas, but they are loving it.

Clara Lee and I spent a splendid Army-Navy weekend with Isobel and Griff Scarborough.

Kurt, Julie and Nan were with us, while Ellen stayed hoine to work and keep track of our animals. The latter was necessitated by the fact that the Scarboroughs have an exceptionally large orange and white tiger cat named Yum-Yum. He has got to be one of the larger of his types around and keeps their boys, Tim and Fin, stepping.

43 Pres., Capt. Robert Adrian, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, III, (SC) USN (Ret.), 647 Kaimalino St., Kailua, HI 96734 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Frederic Hansen, USN (Ret.) 5677 Rayburn Ave., Alexandria, VA 22311 Percent Members: 42.1 The Christmas party at Arlington Hall on 8 December drew 60 people and was a fine party.

There was a direct conflict with the Navy Relief Ball; thus, the slighdy lower attendance. Thanks go to: John Gano, D a v e Holmes, Vito Vitucci, N e l s o n W o o d w a r d and Dick Phelps.

The Busiks and Doyels came up from Annapolis.

The Beavers have moved back to their home in McLean. Bob retired 1 November and is working in the home construction industry.

Dick Phelps has been more or less commuting between here and the West Coast in connection with his job for the last several months. He recently ran into Dick Law in Coronado. The report is that Dick is thoroughly renovating his house on "A" Avenue and is really enjoying retirement.

The Phelps are active, as usual, only litde Joe is still at home and he competed on the 70 lb. football team as defensive left end and offensive right tackle.

John G a n o has class crest tie tacs at $2.50 and ladies class crest pins at $2.50. These are gold filled from Bailey, Banks & Biddle. If interested.

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While we are hacking wares, Dick Phelps reports that he has 25-Year Books for $15 and 30-Year supplements for $9, or | 2 0 a package, postage paid. For this bargain get in touch with Dick at 2312 Hunter Mill Rd., Vienna, VA 22180.

Our monthly luncheon is still held at 11:30 the fourth Tuesday of the month. Presently we are a floating crap game with no permanent location.

The November luncheon was at Arlington Hall Officers' Mess, attendance was modest at best but Bill N e w l a n was in from Arcadia, Cal., on business for Aerojet. Marjorie Ann and John Weeks left in mid-December for two months' visit to the Clearwater, Fla., area. Recendy John has had time for geese hunting and as of November's luncheon he had bagged 13 geese and three ducks hunting in the St. Michael's area of the Eastern Shore.

44 Pres., RAdm. Ray Burk Sec'y, Mr. Dale V. Ness 6520 Walters Woods Dr., Falls Church, VA 22044 Annapolis Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. W i l l i a m C. Gibson Nav E, 36 Williams Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 36.5 Deanne, the daughter of Capt. D e a n A. Horn, USN (Ret.), and wife, was married to Douglas McClintock last June at the Chapel at the Portsmouth, N. H., Naval Shipyard. Deanne is a graduate of Brown University. Her husband graduated from Georgia Tech and entered Columbia University's Law School last fall. Dean has been XO of the Sea Grant Project at MIT since September 1970. The general purpose of that program is "to develop marine resources for national, economic, and social benefits, and to educate and to train people who can carry forward this development." MIT's involvement in the program has been lengthy and extensive. There are now 138 graduates enrolled in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Other departments include civil engineering, earth and planetary sciences, meteorology, nutrition and food sciences, and electrical engineering.

N o r m Stanford retired from the Marine Corps in 1966 after returning from Vietnam and immediately returned to SE Asia with Stanford Research Institute. After two years with SRI in Indochina he retired across Weems Creek from Hoot Gibson and began teaching English. At present he is on the faculties of Anne Arundel Community College and Severn School. In both locations he teaches English as a foreign language, which is appropriate as all of us in administrative or command positions can testify. Mike, Severn '71, played freshman football for Duke and made the Dean's list at the end of his freshman year. He summered at Parris Island as a recruit Private, USMC. Pete, Severn '75, is a starting football and lacrosse player in Severn's Lower School and a first honors student. Janet, Severn '74, is also a first honors student, a gifted musician, and the only good-looking Stanford (except Nancy).

'44ers are invited anytime to the Stanfords.

Joe Jennings is steering a proper course off the west bank of Weems Creek—as he always did when he was coxswain of the Navy crew. He recendy gave the oath of office to his son Donald who entered the Navy R.O.C. program. Joe is a

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Pres., Capt. Sam Rorex, Jr. Sec'y, Mr. J. C Barron 1569 Eton Way, Crofton, MD 21113 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. G. F. Rester 1723 Fernham Ct., Crofton, MD 21113 Percent Members: 37.5

Joe Jennings swears in son Donald prominent aerospace engineer and has been a project manager in NAVAIRSYSCOM (formerly BuAer) for many years.

Over in Naples, Italy, several '44ers were together in the fall for the change of command ceremony at the Naval Hospital there. Pictured at the ceremony are (left to right) Bob Awtrey, entrepreneur; Russ Blalack, CO, NAF; T o m Walsh, CO, NAV S U P P A C T ; Agnes Walsh; Jerry Miller '42, COMSIXTHFLEET; Ann Ainsworth; and Herb Ainsworth, ACOS for Logistics, AFSOUTH. Hank Cutler, who is also in that area, could not attend.

Welcome Chicago "Anchor" Chapter. W a l t Rose reports that in a rousing keel-laying ceremony at Lynn and John Loveday's quarters at Great Lakes, the new chapter was formed. Sam Gorsline won the fiercely contested election for President—he claimed^to have more influence with '45 National Headquarters in Washington. Dick McCool assumed secretarysbip, and Walt Rose photographer. Good shot of the group, Walt.

Walker "Anchorman" Bennett and new bride Rosline were named "Most Look Alivers" of the month, and Walker permitted the use of the title "Anchor Chapter." In attendance at the charter meeting were: Betty and Bill Brown, Ann and Sam Gorsline, Evelyn and Frank Kleber, Lynn and John Loveday, Marie and Bob McCarthy, Elaine and Dick McCool, Betty and Walt Rose, Irene and Fran Sheahan, and Rosline and Walker Bennett. Other area members not able to make

Change of Command ceremony at the Naples Naval Hospital.

The Healds and the Barbours organized a '44 Christmas reunion in the Austrian Tyrol. We are anxious to hear reports, you guys!

W . G. Sherwood is an official with Ocean Search, Inc., a subsidiary of Aluminum Co. of America, in Pittsburgh, Pa. That company owns and operates .\lcoa SEAPROBE, an advanced deepocean search and recovery vessel.

Vance Cox's wife, Evelyn, sent a photograph which was taken at a Thanksgiving family reunion at their home in Fairfax, Va. Included were Rosemary and Gordon Duncan and their son Michael, class of 1971, and his wife, Gena Cox Duncan. Gordon is now with Western Electric in Burlington, N.C. Vance is Assistant DCNO. Michael is attached to the USS FINBACK out of Norfolk. That is really a '44 family!

The Gordon Duncans, Michael Duncans, and the Coxes

the historic first meeting: Kay and Phaon Derr, Marcella and Cliff Linker, Margaret and Ron Martin, Mary Jeann and Grady Zilligen, Louise and Ralph Eder, Ginny and Jim Wheeler, and Pat and Jim O'Brien. The Chicago Chapter says that any '45ers within hailing distance are requested to report in. Instant meetings can be arranged for anyone just passing through. Contact Sam Gorsline at Greak Lakes on 689-2748.

About the time this is published, our 1973 annual sweetheart luncheon will be held, 13 Feb. (Tuesday), at Ft. Myer Officers' Club. We always get a good turnout, and reservations are suggested for this one. If you are going to be in town, call Sam Rorex.

Our November luncheon featured a presentation on Vinson Hall—the Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard retirement residence, which could use some financial support. At the Ft. Myer O Club luncheon 14 November were: Guy Best, Stu Bowcock, Red Colgrove, Wiley Conover, Ozzie Dale, Hub Davidson, Ski Dzikowski, Bert Findley, Chuck Gardner, Ed Hastings, Bob Hayes, Fred Kelly, Ralph Lipfert, Steve McClintic, Bill McGarry, Bob Merrick, Pete Perkins, Forrest Petersen, Don Poe, Chuck Priest, Sam Rorex, Tom Utegaard, Tut Vale, Tip Watson, Dutch Schultz, Jack Barron, Jack Wilhelm, Ed White, Chan Swallow, and Jerry Rester.

Have you sent your check for 12 dollars for the Thirty Years After book to Karl Munninger.

The checks are rolling in, and it promises to be

54 tell you I have a better appreciation for the situation he faces daily. To top it all off, my conference fell right at the time of a monthly class luncheon and I don't think anyone believes that it just happened that way but, believe me, if I had that kind of power it wouldn't be going to waste!

After the luncheon Clete Kennelly was kind enough to drive me down to Annapolis for a quick visit to Alumni House and then back to my departing plane for the West Coast. Chuck Grojean had the watch in the National Military Command Center on the day of the luncheon so we had lunch together the day before and he gave me a guided tour of the place. I was impressed and felt much better that night, knowing that one of my friends and classmates can actually pick up the phone and give a you-know-whatkinda-call to the Secretary of Defense. Although Chuck has now moved over into OpNav to be the Deputy Director of the Politico Military Policy Division he leaves Fred Koch behind to take care of the phone calls and other important items of business that you and I probably don't even dream goes on daily. By the way. Chuck and Joanie live at 1313 MacBeth, McLean, VA 22101.

'45 Chicago Anchor Chapter the best 30-year book any class has published.

Checks payable to '45 Book should be sent to Karl at 1 Webster St., Albany, NY 12208.

Several checks have been received by the USNA Foundation Class of '45 Honor Scholarship Fund in memory of John Wise.

Gene Fallon is now with the USN & USMC Judiciary Activity at the Washington Navy Yard.

Gene Silliman heads up the NAVAIR Weapons Systems Analysis Office, also in the Navy Yard.

Buck Dietzen is now Deep Submergence Systems Program Coordinator in OPNAV, Pentagon, Washington. Joe Bonds is Chief of Staff, Military Sealift Command Pacific, headquartered at Naval Supply Center, Oakland.

Alf Bergeson is with the State Department in Washington. He and Bobbie live in suburban Bethesda, Maryland. Gordon H o p w o o d is Chief, Navy Advisory Group, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand. Jack Riley is Commanding Officer, Naval Amphibious School, Coronado.

How about dropping me a line with all the latest news?

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Pres., Capt. G. W. Ellis, USN Sec'y, Mr. C W. Kennedy 7911 Sleaford PI., Bethesda, MD 20014 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 4885 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Apt. 504 San Diego, CA 92117 Percent Members: 42.4 By this time you probably realize that I completely skipped the January issue owing, in part, to an uncompromising schedule which was entirely of my own doing. Note that our address has changed again. Since we spend part of each week in Long Beach and part in San Diego, a house became too much of a problem and now we are apartment and BOQ dwellers! My office is actually located in the Naval Reserve Center, Terminal Island but 1 have ships homeported both in San Diego and Long Beach.

Incidentally, I'm just getting around to including the picture taken of the '46 representation at

my change of command. I'm sure you'll recognize George Ferch, Lew Millsaps, Stan Zipser, Bill Dakos and Si Simons. D a n Heagy fled the scene before we could muster the photographer!

The license plate and Continental Mark IV belong to Stan Zipser. If you see this coming at you on the freeway give it a wide berth!

I should know better than to ever get behind with this column as there is no way I can hope to catch up so I'll just dive in and get as much in this column as I can.

"Daisy" and friends A note just arrived from Chris Christensen sending more current addresses which he had received along with money from classmates. He says: "I believe this is the end of it. In all, 399 classmates joined the drive and netted our treasury $3,056.50. Next week I will turn this over to George Absher, the incoming Treasurer." Not bad, unless you take into consideration the size of our class and then you realize that things haven't changed too much!

While I was in D.C. in mid-October attending a Naval Reserve conference I had an unusual opportunity to see several classmates due primarily to the wonderful hospitality of Dorrie and "Buzz" Pearson who, incidentally, are now living at 1114 Wimbledon Dr., McLean, VA 22101. Dorrie gave me a fair sampling of what's in her celebrated cookbook (now in the third or fourth printing, I can't remember which). If you don't have one handy I know Dorrie will be glad to remedy the situation and I can tell you the price is right! I also had a chance to see "Buzz" in action as the BuPers officer detailer and I can

Although I chided them for failure to keep me informed, I was delighted to find Dellie and A l B o w e n back in D.C. after a tour in Newport where Al commanded HARRY E . YARNELL. Al is

now the Deputy in Op-32, which, among other things, manages the Reserve Program of which DesRon 27 is a part. Dellie and Al live at 6917 Southridge Dr., McLean, VA 22101. Also ran across Paul Hartley at the class luncheon since Paul, as many of you know, is an unofficial running mate of the class of '46. I couldn't begin to remember all the people who attended the class luncheon but I can tell you that they were indeed stalwarts since it was pouring a rather cold, hard rain that day and it wasn't a very good day to be going anywhere in Washington.

Jean and Harry Cohan live at 105 Hampton Blvd., Massapequa, NY 11758. Harry is President of the H. Cohan Contracting Corp. on Long Island. Dorothy and I had dinner recently with Rachele and Bill Dakos who, for the past 15 years, at least, have been living at 19315 Rosita St., Tarzana, CA 91356. Rachele's experiences as a high school teacher are every bit as interesting as Bill's manufacturing of small electrical motors for all sorts of things which require them. On our way home to Long Beach we stopped at the first available Texaco station to have a headlight replaced (Bill pointed out this deficiency when we got in our car) and were waited on by classmate Bob Swanson who recognized me almost before I recognized him. Realizing all the places we could have stopped and then to stop in a service station where the only person there was a classmate gave me a funny feeling. I told Dorothy that if it started to rain suddenly I intended to ask directions to the Ark!!

"Baldy" Dale gives his current address as 750 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017 and states his business affiliation as "Aluminum Assn." I'll have to find out more about that since I worked two years for Reynolds Metals Co. while I was out of the Navy in '54-'56.

Phil Doherty still gives his address as 1445 Lombardy Rd., Pasadena, CA 91109 so we'll have to look up Anne and Phil one of these days while we're up that way. Phd works for Cresap, McCormick and Paget, management consultants.

"J'g-Jig" Dougherty gives his current address as 125 Wildwood Dr., Prescott, AZ 86301 where he is a Professor at Prescott College. Bill Eaton

.55 registers a change of address—14 Cove Rd., River Hills, Clover, SC 29710.

Joan and M a x Eckhart live at 19076 Oriente Dr., Yorba Linda, CA 92686. Max works in the Autonetics Div. of North American Rockwell. Following his retirement from the Navy, Bill Francy checks in from 7900 Baymeadows Circle, East, Apt. 20, Jacksonville, FL 32216. Bill works for Offshore Power Systems, which he says is a joint venture of Westinghouse and Tenneco.

Current address for Mary and Bill Fuller is 4250 Heatherwood Lane, Memphis, TN 38117, where Bill is employed as an executive pilot. Lody and Jerry Gibson have moved from the Bay area to 2072 Truesdell Lane, Carlsbad, CA 92008. Jerry is Manager of a Marine Corps research and development project at Camp Del Mar near Camp Pendleton.

Phyllis and Ed G o l o w a y currendy reside at 6008 Beechtree Dr., Alexandria, VA 22310. Ed works for the Dept. of State. Ronnie Glendinning gives his current address as c/o FEC Box F 140, APO San Francisco 96401. He says he works for ITT-FEC and your guess is as good as mine.

The Zip number says he is on Canton Island and, in case you have to look it up too, that's in the South Pacific.

"Doc" Gaebler wants us to know that his address is still 3306 Coventry Ct., Joliet, IL 60435.

After waiting almost a year for an answer to my letter my patience finally paid off and I just heard from Johnny Hale, Willow, Alaska 99688.

It probably took Johnny that long to recover from the riotous three weeks of his visit with us in Omaha! I haven't fully recovered yet! Johnny says he is having a lot of fun doing small time real estate development, "living in a state of semi-retirement—not ever wearing a tie or jacket and letting myself relax and enjoy life in a leisurely way." He has what appears to be an outstanding opportunity to double your money in Alaska land development in the Mantanuska Valley and if that appeals to you at all I suggest you write Johnny at the address I gave above for additional details.

"Hilsy" Hilsabeck states that his address is still 637 Lakeside Dr., Hinsdale, IL 60521 where he is a history teacher in the Hinsdale Township High School.

And speaking of Illinois—congratulations to Dan Walker for walking his way right into the Illinois Governorship. Now I'm waiting for Pablo Stueve to get a cabinet post so we can star them in the class of '46 version of The Governor and P.J.!!

Almost forgot to include the picture taken aboard USS VULCAN when D o n Roulstone presented the batde efficiency and engineering "E's" to Wick Harlan, VULCAN CO—the first in VULCAN'S 31 years of commissioned service. Don is Commander, Service Squadron Four.

"Daisy"

47 Pres., Capt. C. E. Donaldson, 111, USN Sec'y, Capt. C. Turner Joy, Jr., USNR 1555 Siesta Dr., Los Altos, CA 94022 Percent Members: 41.2 LEST WE FORGET OUR POW'S Capt. James B. Stockdale, USN Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, USN WASHINGTON AREA NEWS Of prime concern must be the question of late mailing of the ballots. The fault is two-fold. We did not get our material to the Alumni House until the end of October and they were unavoidably delayed in getting the ballots printed and mailed. In order to conserve postage, we opted for third class mail which is not the fastest. I received my own ballot on 30 Nov. As of this writing a few ballots are still arriving in each mail and, to those of you who have asked, we will not count the ballots until three successive mail deliveries with no receipts.

We received a very nice letter from Midshipman McHale, the 7th Company Wardroom Officer, expressing the sincere gratitude of the 7th for our gift of $100 for wardroom maintenance and upkeep. The lads have repeatedly stated that they feel theirs is one of the best of the wardrooms in Bancroft. Note that all hands, including drags, are invited to visit the 7th Co. Wardroom during next homecoming.

Frank Thurtell writes from Omaha where is CINCLANT Liaison Officer to CINCSAC. He and his

Fran joined Jim Gardner at the Navy-Air Force game in Colorado Springs to form a class cheering section. All those passing through Omaha are welcome at the Thurtells.

We have heard from both Sybil Stockdale and Jane Denton who expressed their appreciation that the Yearbook/25 was dedicated to their husbands —our POW classmates, .^s Sybil stated it, " . . . I feel sure that you know what it means to me, and will mean to Jim, to have the book dedicated to him and Jerry. Someday soon they, too, will be able to renew old friendships through the book and in person." May it soon be so.

Carolyn Hill (Mrs. James M.) has asked that we print a letter she just wrote and I am only too happy to oblige. "Dear Friends, Many months too late it is, but I want each of you to know how much your sympathy and concern for us has meant. John Prehn's fine letter representing you came so soon after Jim left us. And the children and I deeply appreciate your honor of his life and work on the SeaBee Memorial in his name. And I have received your warm friendship at reunion both years which smoothed my way. Thank you for all of it. It does comfort! Sincerely, Carolyn Hdl." Just tonight I wrote a note to N . G. "Dusty" Rodes who is now in business school in San Diego, having retired in July 1972. You recall that Dusty lost his Lois to cancer last spring. When I think of Dusty and Carolyn, and Sue Brittain and Jean Sitz, and all the others of our class who have been separated from their loved ones, it makes me realize how important it is that we continue to grow together as a close-knit family, including the distaff side.

Well, this is my last input to Shipmate in an official capacity. These five years that I have been honored to serve as your President have passed unbelievably fast. I speak for the other three of

our incumbent officers when 1 say that we couldn't have had better support from all of you. I know it will continue for the new slate. Meanwhile, RELIEVE THE WATCH! Regards from Washington, "Jeep."

From Archie Bradley came the welcomed news that he has fully recovered from his heart attack and is working full time—but not on the "stress" jobs. He reports that Jimmy Carter and Admiral Mack hosted a brunch before the Georgia Tech game at the Governor's mansion. Our class was well represented by Evan Mathis, Nat Land, Jim Hatch, Bob Scott, Joe Gibson, Buddy Becker and Bo Coppedge. John Snyder missed the pregame affair but was present at a reception following the game. Arch also reported that Jim Hatch is now living in Arianta, 4770 Tall Pine Dr., 30327. Following his retirement he accepted the position as the Director of Finance for the Adanta Housing Authority. N a t Land is in the real estate business and is residing at 81 Mt. Param Rd., N.W., 30327. Bob Collier also lives in Adanta where home is at 3717 Peachtree Rd., Apt. # 3 , 30319. Many thanks for the information, Archie, and glad that you are back terrorizing the natives once again. And here's hoping next year will find the Navy knocking off Georgia Tech.

Time marches on and so has the five years since I relieved Jack Stevens as your secretary—years that were filled with many pleasant memories, particularly those moments when so many of you would send in or pass on in the halls of the Pentagon, Crystal City, Main Navy or at classmates' homes the information that makes this column possible. My deepest thanks to all of you for your support not only with our class news but with the coundess hours you spent in correspondence on Yearbook 25 and our never to be forgotten 25th reunion. Your help will not be forgotten and I'm sure you will carry on with our new secretary —a post card will do but keep in touch.

48 Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, VA 22302 Percent Members: 32 On 14 November, the Washington branch of the class held a fair and democratic election to determine who the officers might be for the coming year. It was a hard-fought contest as you can well imagine, but, curiously it mrned out to be something of a landslide. Gene Kelly came out on top as president, with D a v e Carruth as Veep. Rounding out the slate was Cliff Morgan as secretary and Bob Ghormley as treasurer. The amusing thing about it is that Gene and Bob were both there to defend themselves and won anyway. The election, of course, was held in conjunction with the usual bi-monthly luncheon at O'Donnell's. The outgoing pres and veep, Baylor Lansden and Bob Chew, selected a luncheon when there were only 14 present to hold the election. That's still better than three years ago when the new slate was unanimously railroaded in with only six diners present. You can see who the public-spirited ones are when you read the list of attendees: Ben Reams, Don Giles, Bob Neely, Ed Cummings, Bill Sallada, Bob Chew, Bob Ghormley, Baylor Lansden, Hal Deeley, George Ball, Gene Kelly, Joe Jochum, Jim Ahem, and Sumner Moore.

The other night D u d l e y Holstein held a 20th company '48-B reunion at his Silver Spring digs.

Audrey and A l Conord and Betty and Bill Brendle came over from Annapolis. Al is still at

56 USNA as the brains of the Computer Center, while Bill remains Mr. Coca Cola. Boots and Jim Crosby arrived all the way from Gaithersburg where Jim works for IBM, while Sumner Moore beat his way northward across town leaving Jane in Alexandria sitting with a sick 11-year-old.

Sheila Holstein's magnificent cooking and the unparalleled company made for a fine evening.

The only classmate I have talked to who was present at the recent debacle in Philadelphia is Mat Matthew, who had obtained 50-yardline tickets from an older graduate friend, just so he could see what it was like. In his comments to me about the game, he extolled the weather.

The class of '48 has been asked by the Alumni Association if we would help in the USNA Company Wardroom Sponsorship Program. The class of '28 has been sponsoring the 28th Company Wardroom; however, they are now asking for help from a younger, larger, and possibly more vigorous class. Since they haven't yet organized a 48th Company in spite of Max Morris' Commandantship, I think this offers an excellent opportunity for us to provide the USNA with some of '48's greatness firsthand. I am gathering more info on this now and you will hear more of it later.

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Pres., Mr. John E. Benoit Sec'y, Col. Eugene O. Speckart, USMC P.O. Box 2741, Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 32.9 .GENERAL John Jepson sent in a report on the current crew of "good guys" in London and included a few little side comments on "inspection" trips to places like Naples and the Med. He, Pooley W o o d , Bud Ince, and Otto Krueger seem to have things pretty well in hand in the London complex. John is with the Naval Weather Service Facility. The other three are on the staff of C I N C USNAVEUR; Pooley and his sport coats in the Plans Group, Bud in the Security Group, and Otto as Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. As near as I can tell most of the group is dedicated to surveillance over some of the more enjoyable parts of southern Europe. John recendy visited Nancy and Mike McCreight in Naples. Mike has the USS CASCADE. Bud made a swing through the Med and was properly impressed upon seeing Chuck Y o u n g b l a d e sitting in the big chair on the bridge of the FDR. Pooley was in the Med during November and found time to visit with Jim Linder who has taken over as CO of the USS FORRESTAL. I wonder if these good guys have had time to see what London looks like.

WASHINGTON AREA The turnout for the November luncheon was quite respectable. Those taking advantage of the excellent company were Hammer, Lynch, Bauman, Magee, Reigert, Ray Miller, Klemm, McElroy, Zettel, Woodard, Gunning, Ringwood, Jack Buder, Counts, Albers, John F. Barrow, Benoit, Grabowsky, and myself. All of us were properly impressed with the honor of being present for Fred Grabowsky's annual appearance and Bob McElroy's semi-annual attendance. As usual Fred was in good vocal shape and we all enjoyed observing one of those rare occasions when someone out-talked both Jack Butler and Jack

Benoit.

We were al! happy to see Jack Magee who recently arrived in the Washington area and is in OP-434.

Don't know if the appearance of McElroy and Grabowsky at the luncheon had anything to do with it or not but there was quite an exodus from the Washington area during the last month or so. Dick A g n e w departed for Europe, Bill Anderson moved to SPCC Mechanicsburg, Pa., Tiger Bailey retired and headed for Mexico, and T o m Blake left for Texas. Hope to have more precise addresses by next month.

A last reminder, the Dark Ages party will be on 24 February.

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Pres., Capt. D. G. Fraasa, USN Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W . L. Jensen, USN 2507 N. Vernon Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Membeirs: 39 For the Christmas season, the wives outdid the husbands in their luncheon turnout. Both gatherings were spirited ones, however. For the ladies at the 14th Street Marriott we had Margy Schultz, Dorothy Jensen, Jo Minnis, Elaine Roth, Joyce Sattler, Fran Powell, Mary Coughlin (with her mother), Sharon Simons, Emily Doak, Velura Highberg, Pat Carr, Mary Lasley, Bev Fraasa, and Kathy Young. At the Pentagon luncheon were Jim Kennedy, Corky Angleman, Don Jarrell, Bill DeMers, Ted Speaker, Howard Portnoy, Wayne Jensen, Larry Stapp, and Tom Ross. All at both luncheons observed that they were not about to move anywhere—the status quo was to be observed for the foreseeable future. Both groups evidenced considerable interest in Navy Times articles on the new approach to personnel management or the operational-technical-managerial system. D o n Jarrell observed that it was about time we started getting some use of our educations.

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Pres., Capt. W. W. DeGroot, III, (CEC) USN Sec'y, Cdr. Bruce L. Meader, USN 5609 South 5th St., Arlington, VA 22204 Percent Members: 38.8 Featured speaker at the December monthly luncheon in Washington was author, lecturer and U.S. editor of fane's Fighting Ships, Norman Polmar. Mr. Polmar gave a chilling yet factual presentation on the strength and capabilities of the Soviet Navy. A gathering of about 50 classmates heard this important talk, thanks to A l Burkhalter who made the arrangements for Mr. Polmar to appear.

On 2 December, Bruce Meader, Jay W o o d bury, Bill Marin, and Jay Dewing—all accompanied by their ladies—met at the Sam Joneses to witness the Army-Navy debacle. Claire DcGroot represented Ward, who went to Philly to suffer in person. After a joyful first half and an "I-wonder-why-he-called-that" seminar at halftime, we watched the second half in stunned disbelief. I can only agree with Army coach Tom Cahill who declared afterward that Navy was the better team. We blew it.

The accompanying photo shows Bill, Sam, Jay and Jay (Bruce was behind the camera), holding up Meader's plebe year "Beat Army" door poster.

Our old true song!

Unfortunately, it didn't work.

A great letter from Lee Bolt in San Diego provided welcome news from that area, and the bulk of this month's column. Lee tells of dining with Lou Ann and Jack Cromwell, being a fellow student with Jack Hofmockle, and being on the same staff with John Redfield. Lee's duties are so diverse as to make the head swim— he's with the Systems Analysis Group at Convair and on the COMCRUDESPAC staff, and all the time studying for his Master's at USC. The Cromwells are in Hawaii where Jack is Force Ops Officer for COMSERVPAC.

Lee also reports seeing D a n Jones who lives in Woodland Hills, north of Los Angeles, and Frank Urban, Chuck Strode and A n d y Kremm, all of whom live in San Diego.

At this writing, plans for the winter formal are still indefinite. However, it is definite that we will have one, that it will be bigger and better than any before, and that there will be a new twist to it. At the monthly luncheon, the membership present voted to go the lavish route and hang the expense. If you have heard nothing by the time you read this, give me a call at (703) 671-6268.

Vic Benjovsky has been appointed Chairman of the 25-Year Book committee. Any suggestions you may have for this huge undertaking should be addressed to Ben at 610 Kensington Ave., Severna Park, MD 21146. With the whole-hearted support of everyone, this project can be a great success.

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Pres., Cdr. N. F. Stein, USN Sec'y, Capt. W . G. Fisher, Jr., USN Office of the Commandant USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 36.5 The dark ages are almost behind us. In another few weeks spring will be here and before we know it the class of '73 will graduate and we will be in our 21st year.

1 understand from those who attended the November class luncheon at the Washington Navy Yard Club that a good time was had by all. LtCol. Fred Grabowski, USMC (Ret.), class of '49, gave an interesting talk on disability retirements.

Thirty-eight classmates attended.

Congratulations to Jim Streett who was promoted to colonel back in November. Jim is currendy chief of the engineering division at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. .Also congratulations are due to Ernie Schultz, John Haren, and Roger Johnson who made the recent Air Force colonels selection list.

Well done to Bill Ott who was recenriy elected Senior Vice President by the Board of Directors of the Electronic Associates, Inc., West Long

57 Beach, N.J. EAI specializes in high technology areas. The company, through its subsidiaries, is also engaged in the design, development and manufacture of process control instrumentation, precision plastic components for electronic applications, education system and aircraft flight simulators.

A heavy rainfall failed to dampen the highlight of the Christmas season which was the class party held Friday evening, 15 December at the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. The party was sponsored by classmate John Sheehan who is one of the seven Governors of the Federal Reserve Board. After a most interesting briefing on the Federal Reserve System given in the Board Room, a champagne party followed with delicious hors d'oeuvres of shrimp, king crab and other delicacies. Classmates attending with their wives were Dick Denfield, Ced Wallace, Hal Lewis, Ron Campbell, Jerry Zacharias, Biscut Wev, Bill Hippie, Jim Keane, Howard Oder, Jack Sheehan, Lou McMillan, Charlie Pollak, Ned King, Jerry Helland, Dick Fleeson, Red Stein, Dick Laulor, Gene Fitts, Leigh Ebbert, George Lester, Bill Laux, Toxey Califf, Pete Maloney, and Hall Collins.

Thank you, John.

Until next issue. Let me know what you and yours are doing.

Bill.

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Pres., Cdr. S. D. Frost, USN Sec'y, John W . Davison, Jr. 158 Edwards Ferry Rd., Lcesburg, VA 22075 Percent Members: 30.4 Over 100 classmates and their wives gathered at the Cameron Station O Club for the second annual class mess night. After cocktails, the ancient ritual was observed with D a v e Frost presiding and Bill Albers as Mr. Vice. Dancing after dinner took the place of games, and extended into the night. This bodes well to continue to be an annual affair, so anyone planning to be in the area during future Decembers should plan to make a place for it in his calendar.

The class luncheons have been well attended lately, with a lot of new faces showing up. In all but exceptional cases, they are at the Ft. McNair Club on first Tuesdays at noon . . . we usually start to gather a little before that. So if you can't reach Bill Albers ahead of time, come on down anyway.

Ed Alves, who retired as a Marine LCdr. a year or so ago and went into the chicken processing trade down on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, has given that up and is now back in Washington in civil service . . . I did not get his actual job.

At Fuchu Air Station, Japan, Bob Smoak was gonged with a Bronze Star for meritorious service as director of and organization in the 6003rd Support Squadron at Tan Son Nhut .AB, Vietnam.

Bob is now chief of manpower and organization for Fifth Air Force, part of PACAF. He holds a Master's degree in industrial engineering from Arizona State, and is a LCol. Larry Laird, also a LCol., received the Meritorious Service Medal at Los Angeles AFS for outstanding performance in the directorate of operational requirements and development plans, DCS for research and development, HQAF. He is now assistant director of the requirements and analysis office. Space and Missile Systems Organization in L.A.

Pete Conrad suggests that the way to get someone to write is to choose some names at random and generate a few lies. Then the subsequent reclama will give me some genuine dope to publish.

Plans are moving ahead for the 20 year Lucky Bag supplement. We would appreciate everyone's help in finding classmates, and especially their widows, to make this as complete as possible. We probably will not be able to complete it in time for homecoming itself (hardly more than six months away as you read this!) but would like to get it out as soon as we can, doing a good job.

Start planning now for the 20th . . . the program is moving ahead, and it should be a great one.

Happy New Year to all; see you next month, even if 1 do have to make it up.

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Pres., Maj. Clyde D. Dean, USMC Sec'y, Cdr. R. M. Olsen, USN OSD/ARPA R and D Center APO San Francisco, CA 96346 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. John E. W e l l s 810 Monroe St., Apt. T-3, Annapolis, MD 21403 Percent Members: 27.5 The disappointment of the Army game is behind us, and by the time this is printed, the holly and misdetoe season will also have flown.

A belated Merry Merry and a Happy Three. Make one of your resolutions to write at least one short note for the Shipmate column this year. We even publish letters from wives!

Joe Anderson sent the accompanying photo and writes: "The enclosed photo was taken on 20 Oct. '72 in my cabin on board USS HUNLEY on the occasion of the presence of four classmates in the area.

can use this letter to help fill the numerous blanks in the class of '54 column in Shipmate. To update you, after my tour as CO of VA-94 at Lemoore, I moved to the staff of CARDIV 7 until June '72.

Since I'm Polish, the Navy apparently thought I should be retrained, so I'm now a student at the War College in D.C. Paul Skarlatos and Jerry McCarthy are also here in class.

"Since Marge and I arrived, we've made our first trip ever to homecoming and saw a lot of people we knew, and saw also some new faces I had never met in four years at the Academy. It's somehow significant to report that most of our classmates are losing their hair and putting on weight. Fortunately, I haven't changed at all.

"The number of our classmates in the Washington area is incredible! I'll try to make it a personal project to keep a list of who's here, where they work, and where they live."

And Ski concludes: "For some reason, our class has been traditionally deficient in writing to Shipmate and keeping the dope passed. I sincerely hope that everyone who reads these words will sit down nowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and write!"

I say. Amen! And that word brethren, brings me to a plea for new brimstone. Does any of our number who subsequently turned to the Cloth realize that one aspect of homecoming is the Chapel participation by USNA alumni ordained?

Well, neither did I, but it says so in the Revised Academy Version of the Book. And when the Chaplain asked me for a list, so he could send an invite, I could but evoke a phrase not really suitable for publication. Anyhow, I'm pleading for such a list. I might even send it in for publication for filler on those rare occasions when we haven't anything to appear under our class heading.

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Pres., Cdr. Otto A. Zipf, USN Sec'y, LCol. A. J. Chiota, USAF 7708 Jaffrey Rd., Oxon Hill, MD 20022 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. J. J. Kronzer, USN Management Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 25.8

'54ers in the USS HUNLEY

"HUNLEY is currenriy homeported in Guam where I relieved as Exec. George Henson is CO Gold, HENRY CLAY; Hal Glovier has the training for SUBRON 15 (Guam also); Dick Thompson is with Ron Thunman on CINCPACFLT Nuclear Power Examining Board; and Bob Montross commands CLAY'S Blue Crew.

"I finally got out of Washington after three and one-half years with the NavOrd peoples. The family couldn't come to Guam and I'm hungry for company. Anyone passing through this tropical paradise, be sure to call."

Ken Burns has assumed command of the 20th Combat Support Group at Upper Heyford RAF Station, England.

And for a final tidbit. Ski Kowalskey wants to make a few hundred enemies as he writes in a name signed in ink letter: "Finally got off the dime, and hope that you

It is with sincere regret that we must take note of the passing of Marvin L. Solomon, who passed away in early November. Marv was always a staunch supporter of all class activities in the Washington, D.C. area and we will all miss him.

Our condolences are extended to his widow. Dee, who requests that any contemplated acts of remembrance be expressed as donations to: The American Cancer Society, Maryland Division, 6525 Belcrest Rd., Hyattsville, Md. Maj. Irvin M. Small, USAF, is presenriy a Space Systems Officer with the 12th Missile Warning Squadron at Thule AB, Greenland. Irvin's unit recently earned the Chennault Memorial Trophy presented annually to the most outstanding unit in the Aerospace Defense Command's Fourteenth Aerospace Force.

Paul L. Abernathy, Jr., has been named Assistant Manager of Aluminum Company of America's New York district sales office. Paul, who has been with Alcoa since 1959, had been in Washington as Manager of Government Market Development.

The following was received from W a l t Christmas who writes from Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA 94135: "As with many others in the Fifteen Years Later

58 Lucky Bag, my entry has been overtaken by several big events. In spring 1971, I left the Naval Ship Engineering Center for San Francisco's Supervisor of Shipbuilding office where I later took charge. The following 11 September, Judith Ellen Sowell and 1 were married in Baltimore's Church of the Redeemer. Exacdy 364 days later we became parents of a lovely girl, Ann Brooke. (We resisted the temptation of naming her Merry.)

"My present SUPSHIP Twelve assignment has been my most rewarding to date. Our work consists principally of repairs to locally homeported SERVPAC ships. Two recent customers have been Guy Grafius as C O . USS MAUNA KEA and Kiefaber as C O .

Tom

USS HALEAKALA. SUPSHIP

Twelve is looking for more classmates as customersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we aim to satisfy."

The Navy Captain line selection list in September contained several names from '55, and our heartiest congratulations go out to all of them.

They certainly rate these just rewards of earned early selection. Those singled out for this recognition are John Ailes, Powell Carter, Doug McCrimmon. Hank Mustin, Ted Parker, Ed Peebles, Harry Schradcr, and Don Shelton.

The class homecoming dinner-dance affair was held at Andrews Air Force Base Officers' Club again, this year on Saturday evening after the football game. Attendance was good, and everybody enjoyed a nice sit-down dinner after the usual social cocktail preliminaries. Following dinner, we enjoyed dancing to a very versatile combo of Navy musicians who are members of the Navy Band. Those who attended were the John Andersons, Biegels, Chiotas, Copemans, Ace Davises, DeGroffs, Gardners, Gerhans, Grahams, Guilles, Hintons, Kolarases, Lavallees, George Martins, Sam McClure, Morgans, Newells, Ted Parkers, Wilbur Petersons, David Reynolds, John Snyders, Jim Stevens, Streits, John Sullivans, Hugh Webster, Gordon Wilsons, and Zipfs.

T o m Mclssac wrote recenriy, saying that he assumed command of USS VESOLE in Charleston, S.C. He relieved D a n Dennison, who is headed up to OSD in Washington, D.C. With the departure of Tom Mclssac from Admiral Kidd's staff in NAVMAT, the local Washington, D.C-Annapolis chapter elected Bob Hinton to the office of chapter vice president.

Bob is handling NROTC matters in the Office of Director, Naval Education and Training. Chuck Gray has again managed to succeed himself as treasurer of the chapter.

Dick Morgan again went out of his way to host the traditional Washington, D.C. area ArmyNavy game annual TV luncheon affair for the class at the NAVCOMMSTA. Attendance was good, which is usual for Dick's affairs, and fun was had by all, especially the two couples from the West Point class of 1955 who attended, considering the outcome of the game.

Otto Zipf has just joined the Office of Naval Research after a one-year tour with the Board of Inspection and Survey. D e n n y Sullivan has finally broken himself loose from INSURV, after four years, and is with the Chief of Naval Material. Bruce N e w e l l has just arrived in the Washington, D.C. area after a tour as CO of a destroyer in Jacksonville. Bruce is with the Navy Recruiting Command.

At a recent Naval Symposium on Underwater Acoustics held in New London, several classmates were noted in attendance. Bruce Gilchrist, now head of the Advanced Sonar Concepts Division (NavShips 902), moderated one afternoon session for the presentation of technical papers. D o n

Linehan attended from OPTEVFOR in Norfolk.

He is living in Newport News. Coming east from the Naval Undersea Center in San Diego was Ned Floyd. Ned is very active in the local Naval Reserve program in the San Diego area. He says that he occasionally sees D a n Butterfield at social functions since Dan is attached to NUC now.

Joe Bennett has been with ONR as a Scientific Officer in the area of ocean technology since he left the Navy four years ago. He is located at the Maury Center for Ocean Science, just adjacent to the Navy Research Lab. The following letter was received from Joe Armstrong: "In January 1972 I changed jobs from General Electric Aerospace Division to The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York. I am a Vice President and Group Project Manager in the Systems Development Division. We develop the new computer software systems for the operating departments of the Bank. This is quite a change in environment from the aerospace industry but it has a lot of interesting challenges and future prospects.

"Joyce and I and our two children, Kimberly (9) and Scott (3), moved to Glen Gary Dr., Mendham, N.J., the beginning of July. We are really enjoying our new home even though we spend most of our time working on it.

"I see Bob Stuckey frequently since he is stationed at First Marine District Headquarters in Garden City, Long Island. Bob is planning on getting married in the near future to Sue Stevenson. John and Georgina Torrella live near Bob and we see them occasionally. John is working for ESSO International and is going on an African safari (business trip) which includes Uganda and Tanzania. Bill and Joan Booream live in Flemington, N.J., and we plan a trip to the Army game this year. Bill was my roommate the first two years before he decided that Rutgers had a better civil engineering course. He now builds some of the best roads in New Jersey. I saw Jack Begley and Gus Cosby at an Alumni luncheon in New York City."

Fred Tolleson, now attached to USEUSOM (J-3) in Europe sends his regards to all. Our class representative in Madrid, Spain, is Steve Lowe.

Steve is OICC for NavFac in Spain. He invites anyone passing his way to give him a call. His office phone is 248-9700, and at home 464-2629.

Lois and Scott Baird are enjoying their present tour in San Juan where Scott is the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair for COM TEN. They proved to be very helpful to Marion and Otto Zipf, plus three children, who flew to Puerto Rico, arriving at Ramey Air Force Base as space available passengers for a short leave period in November. Scott provided the most essential ground transportation from Ramey to San Juan by making the six-hour round trip so that these five travelers and their luggage could get to the Navy Lodge in San Juan. He was helpful in making the reservations at the Navy Lodge, in spite of the fact that they all arrived five days earlier than expected. Scott has gone so far out on the limb to offer his services to any classmate who might be planning a trip to San Juan.

Anyone arriving in the Washington, D.C. area for duty, or just passing through, is invited to contact either T o n y Chiota at Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, or Otto Zipf at ONR. Let's get more letters from all of you out there.

We all want to hear from you.

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Ch. Exec. Com, Cdr. Gene McPardand, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Schmidt, USN Box 1926, Annapolis, MD 21404 Percent Members: 25.6 After a dearth of mail for a couple of months we have received several letters.

Chip Donsinger writes: "In June my family and I crossed the country westward by train. Our three-day ride was very comfortable and enjoyable. We landed in Kailua, Hawaii (531 Kaimake Loop, 96734) for the coming school year. There we have seen a lot of my USNA roommate, Al Andrade and his family. Al is on the staff of COMSUBPAC. After a month's leave 1 flew on to Guam to become Repair Officer in FBM Submarine Tender HUNLEY, F P O , San Francisco, 96601. I arrived to find SARGO alongside with Mike McBride in command. I have also seen Dick Jensen here. Dick is O-in-C of Naval Shore Electronics Engineering Activity, Guam. HUNLEY will be in Guam until mid-winter, at which time we will head for conversion at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Beryle and our three sons will join me there in June."

Next we heard from Buck Buchanan, "Christina (wife) and I are currendy living in Cambridge, Mass. while I study at M.I.T. under a State Department Fellowship. More specifically, my fellowship is to the Sloan School of Management and will last until June of next year. After roughly nine years in different posts in Latin America I suppose somebody decided that it was time to teach me something about what I was doing. As 50U may or may not know, my work has been with the Agency for International Development in the administration of loan programs in a variety of countries.

"Now that we are back, I hope I will be able to see friends again and we certainly welcome the chance to visit with classmates who may be in the Cambridge area."

The following was received from Pete Bennett: "Aloha to everyone from sunny Hawaii.

Thought I would write a short note with high hopes that all the rest of the Class of '56 would follow suit. Am presently in the Plans Division of CINCPACFLT and expect to be here until summer of '74. George Biles will be departing shordy after five months of TAD in my division using his mining expertise. Bill Leslie is in the Intelligence Division, Mai McDonald is the duty CEC type, and Frank Murray has been the ADP expert on this staff. See many of our classmates as they come to this White Place on the Hill for briefings â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Howie Burdick, Tom Langley, Rog Betts and Dick Tarbuck were the latest. . . . Warmest aloha to all of '56 and I hope this note kicks off ones from others. Us guys on the 'Far East Station' like to hear what's going on back in football land."

A hearty and sincere congratulations to Stan Catola from all his classmates. Stan was relieved as Commanding Officer, USS ANDREW JACKSON (Blue) in ceremonies at Charleston, S.C. on 28 October 1972. He was presented the Legion of Merit for his two and one-half years in command and is shown being decorated by RAdm. A. J. Whitrie, Jr., COMSUBFLOT Six. Stan's next duty assignment is as Commanding Officer, USS HARRY L . STIMSON (Gold). Stan, Helen and family are living at 1238 Dearsly Ct., Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

59 equipment, etc. These funds are carefully controlled by the Custodian, Midshipmen Welfare Fund. Older classes have carried the ball since the program's inception in 1965. The class of '18, which sponsors the 18th Company, has asked for a relief and Capt. Busik felt the class of '58 might give favorable consideration to relieving them.

Monetarily, this would require a one-dollar-a-year contribution from each member of the class association. You will be asked to vote on this proposal in the Association Newsletter to be mailed this month (February).

Short Notes: R o g B o x has relieved as CO VF-114. B o b Francis is at Air War College, Maxwell, AFB. T o m Lynch is at AFROTC, University of Virginia. Dick Bryant is at P.O. Box 67, Wake Island, 46798. Had a tough Army game as you all well know. Things are gloomy at Navy now as we enter the dark ages.

Keep your cards and letters coming. Have a fulfilling and prosperous New Year.

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Pres., Cdr. H. M. S. Gimber, USN Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. D a v e Collins, USN P.O. Box 7539, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Percent Members: 29.8 LEST WE FORGET Cdr. John D . Burns, USN, POW 4 Oct. 1966 Maj. Herbert Doby, USAF, MIA 4 Feb. 1967 Cdr. Richard D . Hartman, USN, POW 18 July 1967 Cdr. Leo G. Hyatt, USN, POW 13 Aug. 1967 Cdr. John D . Peace, USN, MIA 31 Dec. 1967 Maj. Robert M. Brown, USAF, MIA 9 Nov. 1972 Past readers of this column will note, unhappily, that Bob Brown's name has been added to the list of POW/MIA's. Although the war in SE Asia appears to wind down when measured by numbers of U.S. personnel in the combat zone, the level of commitment of those involved is nothing less than total.

WASHINGTON AREA Homecoming '72 for '57 was again at the Bay Ridge Inn, and in line with recent tradition was well staged and well attended. To D a v e Mabry and Dave Cooper as well as Dick Toner goes the major credit for the success of our 15th year reunion. George Anderson and D a l e Hollabaugh shared farthest-distance-travelled honors. A hearty WELCOME ABOARD was signalled to the recent brides (one each) of Hank Converse and John Stewart.

AROUND THE WORLD Jim Cox becomes CO, USS AGERHOLN

attended submarine school, then the submarine SiRAGo, followed by PG school. He returned to SIRAGO, then to RUNNER; staff COMSUBLANT, from

which he was ordered to SALMON. Harry is currendy in the Washington area with Naval Ships System Command.

As a matter of record, and of some interest, are the contributions of the class to the USNA Alumni Association during the 1971-1972 campaign. 78 members contributed a total of $1100.

Total contributions were $122,934 from 4859 donors.

Your new corresponding secretary is Cdr. D a v e Collins, who will start with the March column.

Although I dreaded having to meet deadlines I have otherwise enjoyed my two plus years—sometimes reporting, sometimes pontificating. Good luck, Dave.

Received a letter from the Administrative Officer, Strategic Analysis Support Group, located at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Enclosed was an article from the APL Newsletter which announced the promotion of Ralph Buck to the rank of full member of the Society of the Sigma Xi, an honorary society devoted to the encouragement of original investigation in pure and applied science. Ralph will soon be reporting as XO, HSL-30 at NAS Lakehurst. Congratulations, Ralph! (I believe the accompanying photo is of Ralph but it sure bears a strong resemblance to Errol Flynn.)

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Pres., Cdr. John Poindexter, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Ernest C. Luders, USN Aerospace Engineering Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402 Percent Members: 30.3 APOLOGY

The monthly class luncheons—second Tuesday of each month at the Boiling O Club—were resumed in the fall after a summer hiatus. Continued good attendance is indicative of the popularity of this event.

Class elections are currendy in progress. Due to the news lead time associated with this column results can not be reported until next month.

Shipmate is one of the few means we have available to communicate by and I realize it has been particularly disheartening to receive the last three issues with total blanks in this column. There is really no excuse, therefore I can only apologize and assure you that in the future I shall endeavor to do as fine a job as Bob Harshberger did during the past three years.

WEST COAST ACTIVITIES The San Diego area held a WELCOME ABOARD for newcomers on 20 October and an Army-Navy game brunch on 2 December. That bit of updating was provided by Dale Hollabaugh.

On 13 October at Long Beach, Cdr. James P. Cox relieved as Commanding Officer, USS AGERHOLM. Jim's experience since graduation qualifies him well for destroyer command; he served in three other "tin cans" in his career—EVERSOLE, O'BRIEN, and GURKE. Jim's other duties include PG school, staff CINCPACFLT, BuPers, Naval War College (both as student and staff), and Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Congratulations to both Jim and his wife, Valerie.

LOCAL NEWS The Washington chapter of our class association is an active and growing organization. They hold their monthly luncheon at the Fort McNair Officers' Club on the last Thursday of each month from 1130 until 1300. All classmates living in or visiting the Washington area are invited to attend.

For reservations call Paul Polski at 202-692-3375 or Autovon 222-3375.

Cdr. Harry M. Y o c k e y was relieved as CO, USS SALMON in ceremonies on 22 September at San Diego. (The following resume of Harry's career is only as accurate as my fallible memory.)

Harry served aboard the destroyer SAUFLEY;

In spite of the lengthy interval since Bob's last column in the Sept.-Oct. issue, the mail box hasn't yielded a great deal of material. Grab a pen right now and drop me a line, if for no other reason than to update our mailing list which quickly becomes obsolete in our nomadic profession.

COMPANY WARDROOM SPONSORSHIP I received a letter from Capt. W. S. Busik, USN (Ret.), Executive Director of the Alumni Association, soliciting our participation in the Company Wardroom Sponsorship Program. The Company Wardroom is essentially a TV lounge and coffee mess for the midshipmen's relaxation. Sponsorship funds are used to purchase books, magazines, professional periodicals, paintings, plaques, rugs, drapes, coffee pots, furniture, TV sets, stereo

Cdr. R. V. Buck From Babcock and Wilcox comes news of N o r m Elliott's assignment as manager of nuclear training in the B&W Nuclear Power Generation Division. In this position Norm will be responsible for overall operation of the division's nuclear training organization, including the pressurized water reactor simulator. Prior to embarking on his civilian career in 1969, Norm served aboard USS VALLEY FORGE, STURGEON, and NATHANAEL

GREENE. He received a BSEE degree from USNPGS in 1963 and also attended the Nuclear Power Course and the Polaris Navigation School.

Norm is married to the former Marilyn Kirk.

They have a daughter Kellie, 8, and a son. Kirk, 7, and reside at 3505 Willow Lawn Dr., Lynchburg, Va. From the west coast comes news of John R. Davis who has been appointed Director of Marketing Planning of American Micro-Systems, Inc., located in Santa Clara, Calif. After leaving the Nuclear submarine Navy John earned a Master's degree in business at Stanford University. He and his wife Ellen and two sons live in Palo Alto, Calif.

60 SHORT SNORTS T e d Cheney's company envelopes are colorful; in bright red letters they proclaim that "Happiness is a Cheney Wecolator" . . . what's a "Wecolator" Ted? Here at USNA, D a v e T h o m p s o n and Ken Mitchell are teaching "wires." (That's what they call EE nowadays, "skinny" is archaic.) T o m Sinnott is Sixth Company Officer, Bing Bassett is in Navigation, Jim Corder is a GS-99 (or something) at NSRDL across the river, and A l Rachap sells Pontiacs out in town.

SPRING FLING There will he a Spring Fling in the Washington area . . . more info in the February Newsletter.

Keep those cards and letters coming!

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Chmn. Exec. Com., Cdr. Edward B. Baker, USN Sec'y, LCdr. Martin J. Finerty, Jr., USN P.O. Box 1692, Annapolis, MD 21404 Percent Members: 28.3 HERE AND THERE A few months back, a friendly barb was thrust in the direction of our classmates who reside in the sunshine state of Florida in an effort to elicit news for the column. Jack Her has responded from his home in Boca Raton, and assured us that the barb was noted and provided some information for publication. Jack left the active Navy in July 1969 and is now the proprietor of a small garden center in Boynton Beach. He is still a member of the naval air reserve at NASJAX in the same unit as Grover Erickson. Jerry Varni is another Florida resident that Jack encounters occasionally; and, as one might expect, the Officers' Club is usually the place of encounter. All classmates have a standing invitation to visit Jack, his roses, shrubs, and beard at Nich's Garden Center on Federal Highway whenever passing through the area.

Carl Albrecht was recenriy relieved as CO, USS BROOKE, homeported in San Diego. He is now a student at the Naval War College in Newport. Jim D u n n is now on the staff of COM 15 and resides in Panama, CZ. MISSING PERSONS This month share your Shipmate with one of the following classmates for whom the class and Alumni Association have no valid address: R. L. Jaseph, R. W. Johnson, P. F. Keefe, and D .

H. Lacagina; also provide updated address to the class secretary.

RISE AND SHINE WITH '59!

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Pres., Mr. Henry A. Lawinsky Sec'y, "Chico" Chavez 619 W. 37th St., Austin, TX 78705 Percent Members: 32.6

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Pres., Mr. James Traa Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Kenneth G. Craig, USN VA-115, FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Percent Membrs: 28.4

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Pres., LCdr. John Hewitt, USN Sec'y, LCdr. H o w a r d Pinskey, (SC) USNR-R W. R. Grace, Clarksville, MD 21029 Percent Members: 32.7 Lest we forgetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bradley Gene Cuthbert Edward Anthony Davis Paul Edward Galanti Lucius Lamar Heiskell David Wesley Hoffman Charles Richard Lee John Michael McGrath In addition to these brave classmates word has been received that Clarence Tolbert is now listed as Missing in Action. Smokey, one of the most decorated pilots of the Vietnam war, was shot down for the second time in four months.

He was rescued in July after being hit and was returned to duty. He was attached to an attack squadron aboard USS MIDWAY and has been listed as missing since the first week in November.

Let us hope and pray that Smokey and all of the other POW/MIA's are alive and healthy and will be returned home to their loved ones now.

Our old friend A l Gezelman is back in Germany again after his third year in Vietnam. The family is living in Frankfurt, on the Rhein-Main Airport, the principal entry port for Europe. They are thoroughly enjoying Europe and invite any '62ers passing through to contact them.

Bob Kennelly and family have just setded in the San Francisco Bay area. Bob is assistant air operations officer aboard USS KITTY HAWK. The ship will be in Hunters Point until next summer.

The Kennedys just left Corpus Christi, where Bob was LSO and admin officer for VT-31. During last summer he was OinC of the T-34 detachment which provided flight indoctrination for over 1100 NROTC midshipmen. (Ah, memories of the summer of '60.)

BITS AND PIECES Marty Seelig is in the real estate development business in Seatde, Wash. John Knubez has affiliated with my naval reserve unit after leaving active duty recenriy. He is still working on the staff of the National Security Council. Joe O'Brien and Roger Kisiel are working harder than ever in their expanding franchise food business here in Maryland.

At a recent party 1 saw Ed Rector, who is a lawyer with the Civil Aeronautics Board, and George Marienthal, an executive with the Environmental Protection Agency.

That's it for this month's column. These cold winter nights afford an excellent opportunity to write out a quick note to your correspondent. I have people who are waiting to hear from you.

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Pres., Lt. Joe Bustamente, USN Sec'y, Mr. Eli Dabich, 543 Manor Rd. Severna Park, Md. 21146 Percent Members: 28.2 I received a nice long letter from Jim D e Francia. Jim, Dottie and their four children (two girls and two boys) are still living in sunny South America (Caracas, Venezuela). Jim left active

duty in June of '70. On a business trip to the States last May, he met Max Ricketts in New York and they went to Philadelphia to see M i k e Smith and his wife. Mike is an LCdr. in the Supply Corps and was working in computers at ASO. He had just left PG school at Monterey where he got his Master's in computer sciences.

Jim continued with Max to his parents' home near Washington, with a quick stop-over at USNA, where Jim noticed a lot of changes after not having been back in five years. They stopped at the Alumni House and had a long chat with Executive Director Bdl Busik and they've been doing their best to encourage classmates to join the Association. Max is back in the Philippines, where he is wheeling and dealing in Manila, and writes that he will probably be stateside again next summer.

In July, Joe Strasser came through as a member of the War College Lecture Team that was making a lecture tour of Latin American Naval War Colleges. Joe's wife Barbara arrived in Caracas a couple of days ahead of Joe, and as this was the last country on the tour, they stayed for about ten days. Joe had just finished the junior course at the Naval War College and was heading for duty as XO of the MYERCORD, a new DE out

of San Diego. Barbara was setting up house for the next few months in New Jersey, and moved to California with all the kids when Joe returned from deployment in late January. Dick Wytenbach had been at School with Joe and Joe reports that he was also doing great and probably going to an XO spot as well.

In August Jim put in a couple of weeks active duty (LCdr. in Reserves) with the Naval Attache in Caracas. The occasion was the visit of the Operation Unitas vessels, and Jim ran into T o n y W o m b l e as OPS Officer of the flagship, USS FARRAGUT. Tony had recently reported aboard after a tour at USNA and was looking forward to the cruise around South America. In late October, Jim did some reserve duty again with the Naval Attache in Lima. After finishing duty in Lima, Dottie joined Jim and they visited Cuzco and Machu Pichu, the famous lost city of the Incas. Then on to Buenos Aires for a week, following that they spent a week in Brazil, split between Sao Paulo and Rio. After returning from their travels, they found W i n Orgera and wife Sally waiting for them.

Win is flying for Western Airlines and was using his discount opportunities to see some more of the world. The Orgeras have three girls and are presenriy living in Fountain Valley, Cal. Win is very enthusiastic about flying and Western. They had also seen Jimmie Stewart in Miami on the way down. He was flying too, with National, I believe.

Buzz Barlow left the Navy in June and is now with the FBI and got his first assignment in Oklahoma City. He and Sissy have two girls. Jim also saw Ron Testa and wife Julie in Lima. Ron was the OinC of the Air Det participating in the Unitas Ops, and Julie had come down from Jacksonville for the Peru visit. They have a little girl, four months old. T o m Yanessa is an Army officer now, and is stationed in Colorado. Tom switched his uniform after a tour with the Army Ducks a couple of years ago. Jim and Dottie are looking forward to homecoming next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the big No. 10. Now that is what I call a newsy letter. Thanks, Jim, for taking the time and effort to keep us informed.

Jeff Niss is currently employed with the investment banking firm of Smith, Barney & Co. in

61 N.Y. as a financial analyst in their corporate planning department. Jeff, Mary and daughter are living in the Tuckahoe, N.Y., area.

George Leever just finished a tour in VAL-4 flying the OV-IOA in close air support. The squadron was decommissioned in April. While there, he received a D E C George left the Navy but is in the reserves although not tied up with any squadron right now. They are presently living in South Haven, Mich., but not sure where they will finally setde, it depends on whom he goes to work for.

Living in Idaho Falls, Id., are Dottie and W i l l i a m Hughes. Sounds like the skiing, hunting, fishing and golf in that part of the country are hard to beat. Bill is stationed at the Nuclear Power Training Unit with a job called "senior Evaluation Officer" and will probably be there till next July when he hopes to go to the Armed Forces Staff College.

Bill hasn't seen any classmates out here in the wilderness lately, but did get a letter from Jim Carter. Jim has started his fourth year at PG school in September. Bill talked to Lionel Banda on the phone. Lionel is working for Babcock and Wilcox in Connecticut and apparendy enjoying his job. Last they heard from N e d Walsh, he's learning the department store business in Mississippi. That's all the news from Bill but then the pony express only goes through there once a month. Bill and Dottie are looking forward to the tenth reunion.

Lawrence Polonis is currenriy assigned to the Exercise & Analysis Directorate, 23rd NORAD Region, Duluth, Minn. Larry spent three plus years in Southeast Asia, more than half of his commissioned service has l>een out in those parts.

By way of strange coincidence, Larry and family moved into government quarters in Duluth which were vacated a few days earlier by Bruce G u n k l e and family. He went off to Ent AFB and Colorado Springs this past fall.

Bill Marshall left in June for a 12-month tour at Iwakuni, Japan as an analyst for OA and Research. Being a Capt. in the USMC, it is an unaccompanied tour so Bill's wife and three children remain. They are residing in Alexandria, Va. Charles Fries is living in Schaumburg, 111. and is U. S. Marketing manager for the E. B. Eddy Co., a major Canadian pulp and paper manufacturer. Chuck is a life member of USNA Alumni Assoc, and enlisted flight engineer with VR-5I Det., Glenview, and has run into many friends from '62 and '63 on his tour of active duty.

He is also Chairman of the Board of the Des Plaines, III., Jaycees. Chuck is also looking forward to homecoming '73.

Thanks again to those who wrote, let us hear from YOU!

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Pres., Lt. Thomas J. Swartz, USN Sec'y, Lt. James S. Baumstark, USN USS TULLIBEE (SSN-597), FPO NY 09501 Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Grant Fulkerson, USN Weapons and Systems Eng. Dept.

USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 31.8 The mail continues to trickle in at a very slow pace. Wanted to take this opportunity to mention the upcoming class picnic. The picnic will be held 5 May someplace in the Annapolis area. If possible, please let me know if you are planning to attend so we can make some advance preparations.

Received a letter from Susie and Charles

Durepo. Charles left the Navy in June 1969 and is presenriy working as a salesman for R. A. Mueller and Associates. Charles, Susie and their three children Debbie Ann (6), Kimmie Sue (5), and Doug William (3) are living in Louisville, Ky. In addition to a busy work schedule Charles has been active in the local alumni chapter and alsff in the Academy's Blue and Gold Program. He and Susie invite any classmates in the area to give them a call at (502)-426-1466.

Jeff Jeffries has recenriy joined the Carolina Power & Light Co. as a senior engineer in the Raleigh, N. C office. After leaving the Marine Corps Jeff received his M.S. and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Penn State University. Jeff and his wife Judith and their son David James II will be residing in the Raleigh area.

The Navy has recenriy lost another '64 graduate to Eastern Airlines. Jim Campbell left the Navy in December and began flying for Eastern around the first of the year. Jim, who is still a bachelor, will be homebased in Miami.

W i l l i a m H. Baker was recenriy awarded a Navy Commendation Medal for his work in developing a personnel escape system for helicopter gunships. Bill did this work while stationed at the Naval Weapons Lab, Dahlgren, Va. '64 was well represented at the Army-Navy game. Spirits were somewhat dampened by the outcome of the game, but we managed to have a lively if somewhat small party after the game.

Some of those attending were Marsh and Marty Block, Pam and Bob Buttram, Betty and Bob Orlosky, Kathy and Joe Stewart, Ellie and Al Weigel, Jayne and Bob Donaldson, Diane and Al Gotriieb, Mike Ballard, Sandy Coward, Mary George and John Kipp, Debby and Jay Green, Linda and Don Gibbons, Tony Garcia, Ann and Grant Fulkerson, Francie and Tony Lemke, and Jan and Paul Frankovitch. I believe there were several others present, but I was unable to get any other names.

Mike Ballard is now attending the Naval War College in Newport. Mike is due to leave Newport in June '73. Prior to this tour Mike was the CO of an MSO in Charleston.

Marsha and Marty Block are living in New York, but will soon be moving to the Houston area. Marty will be starting a new job there around the first of February. The Blocks have a relatively new addition to their family, a daughter Jennifer Rebecca was born 27 June 1972.

Bob Donaldson spent his entire Navy career in the Norfolk area and liked it enough to stay on after he left the Navy. Bob is working as a salesman for IBM in and around the Norfolk area.

Bob and Jayne also have a new addition to their family, a son Steven was born 23 June 1972.

Debby and Jay Green and their two children Kimberly (5) and Christopher (3) are living in Alexandria, Va. Jay is in the CEC and is stationed at the Navy Nuclear Power Unit at Fort Belvoir, Va. Ellie and A l W e i g e l and their two sons Mike (5) and Steve (2) are living in Douglaston, N.Y. Al is part owner of Stoll Packing Corp., a large meat packing firm in New York City.

Marian and Alan Smith and their daughter Maren (3) are living in Burke, Va. Alan is out of the Navy and working for the Central Intelligence Agency. ."Another classmate at the Naval War C>llege is James Spence. James and his wife Kim and their two sons Jay and Hite are living in Middletown, R.l. Prior to moving to the Newport area James was stationed at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Md.

Alfred (Bill) Tate is also living in the New England area. Bill, his wife Susan, and their daughter Winifred Louise (2) are living in Belmont, Mass. Bill left the Navy in 1969 and in May 1972 he received his Master's degree from the Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Bill is now attending the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard and he is a candidate for a Ph.D. in the field of religion.

One of the few Air Force types in our class is Gayle Kelly. Gayle is now stationed at SAC Headquarters at Offutt AFB, Neb. Prior to moving there, Gayle and his wife Star were living at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.

Bruce Kastel is the NFO Training Officer for Training Air Wing Six at NAS Pensacola. Bruce, his wife Sandy, and their .children Stacey (6) and David (4) were living in the Pensacola area, but since 1 received their letter they may have moved since Bruce was expecting orders in December.

Laura and Henry Jurgens and their two children David (6) and Deanna (3) live in Pleasant Hill, Calif., a suburb of San Francisco. After leaving the Navy in '69, Henry worked as a stockbroker and is now working for the Union Bank in San Francisco.

Shirley and Matt Hutmaker and their children Wendy (7) and Chris (2) are living in Charleston, S.C. Matt is stationed at the FBM Training Center in Charleston.

Continuing our efforts to update our class roster I am again listing a group of people for whom we have no current address. E. H. Koster, D. O. Lacey, R. H. Lark, D. C Lavery, E. G. Lohman, D. L. Lutton, D. C Lyndon, R. J. Mahan, J. T. Mahoney, L. A. Mauney, R. B. McCleary, E. V. Mella, M. G. Mitchell, Jr., R. J. Moser, G. D. Moulton, A. W. Nelson, III, J. E. Nicklo, J. A. Nuernberger, C A. Pacheco, P. J. Reardon, S. D. Richards.

Remember the column is about you and for you, but without any information it is impossible to have any type of column that you can enjoy, so keep the letters coming!

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Pres., Lt. Pat Donelly, (CEC) USN Secy, Lt. Richard P. Genet, USN USS LiPAN (ATF-85) FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Percent Members: 25.8 It gives me great pleasure to announce the new slate of class officers who will serve for the next five years: President—Sam Dutrow, Vice President—Dave Anderson, Treasurer—Bob Champoux, and Secretary—Rick Brush.

A '65 get-together was held recenriy in San Diego, hosted by Craig Clark. Those attending included Betty and Bruce Liska, Jerry Sullivan, Rick Adams, "Duke" Snyder, and George Roletter. Roger Staubach called during the get-together but was unable to attend.

Received a letter from Chuck M a w h i n n e y who is teaching at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. Chuck received his degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1967 and his MBA degree requirements from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970. Chuck's family is with him; he now has two children, Peggy Lou (6) and Charly (4). In Chuck's words, "anyone traveling through west Africa is more than welcome to drop in for a few days' stay. Just drop a line or cable to me at the Institute."

62 It has been a pleasure serving as your class Secretary. 1 have enjoyed writing your column and communicating with many of you privately. On behalf of the outgoing officers I should like to wish our "slate" the best of luck for the next five-year term.

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Pres., Capt. Robert L. Spooner, USMC Sec'y, Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Jr. 3920 Ingraham St. 11-313, San Diego, CA 92109 Percent Members: 24.5 I received a letter from Bruce Dudley who is operating out of Saigon at the moment as Aide to COMNAVFORV. Bruce arrived in-country last June with Frank Bryant trailing by about a week.

Both went to the Fleet Command Advisory Group, and Bruce was assigned initially as senior advisor to a Vietnamese PGM out of Nam Can. Joe Felty is also assigned to a unit there. Frank got a PGM out of Da Nang and then as LSIL out of Dong Tam. Joe is also in Nam Can now having returned from R and R in December. G i g D o n nelly is stationed as the ACTOVRAD officer at An Thoi on the Western Coast.

Pierce Johnson had Bruce's billet until a few months ago when he headed home for Postgraduate School at Monterey. D o u g May and his wife Colleen are in Annapolis and doing fine. Word is that Rufus Taylor is also back there but no report on his billet. I think he was last seen checking into the possibilities of advisor to WRNV, Bancroft Hall! Also on the East coast are Arden and Bob Spooner. Bob is back at Quantico in an instructor's billet. They left Clay Spikes and his wife Nunna back at Monterey earlier last fall.

Clay says that Nunna is beating him in tennis, but golf is still his game. She'll probably clean him in that next year!

Word came in that Joe Felty left Nam in December and joined the '66 contingent at Monterey. We've had quite a few classmates go through the programs there in the past three years, and if someone there has the urge to write, we could use an update on who is still up there in pursuit of higher forms of education!

T o m Letter reported to Eastern Airlines pilot school in Miami last summer and should be due to get out on the line pretty soon.

I guess I jinxed us by adding the Beat Army to the November column, so for winter sports weekend we'll just say Go Navy! That's about all for this time, keep the letters coming and that means everyone

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Pres., Lt. Dave Materna, USN Sec'y, 1/Lt. E. H. Mills, USMC U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93940 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Charles H. Jeffries, II, (CEC) USN Code 403, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, PA 19112 Percent Members: 27.6

WHAT'S YOUR NEW ADDRESS.?

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Pres., Lt. Dennis C Blair, USN Sec'y, Lt. R. Mitchell Brown, III 20 Georgia Ave., North Kingston, Rl 02852 Percent Members: 32.3 Congratulations, class—we have reached the all-time low for news since graduation—two letters in two months, none for last month's column. Oh well, can't win all the time, and there are some newsworthy items to report. In early December A l Costlow effected a rescue of four Deep Freeze scientists from an ice floe after they had been lost and drifting for five days in the Ross Sea. Al piloted the VXE-6 helicopter which airlifted the one U.S. and three New Zealand scientists back to McMurdo Station. They were in relatively good shape, although suffering somewhat from exposure. Good show, Al, and a "well done" to VXE-6! Al and Maureen live in Narragansett, R.I. Jack Ludwig and Mike Lagow returned the first week in December from the SARATOGA-half of HS-7, and were warmly greeted by wives Linda and Martha. Jack and Linda have two sons, James and Jeffrey, and he was recenriy selected for Test Pilot School. Mike and Martha have a son, Mike Jr., and are expecting a new arrival in early April.

Rumor has it that some intrepid helo pdot staged a daring raid over the Hudson bluffs on an anti-Army Psyops mission to discourage goatnapping. Wonder who that could have been. . . .

Evidenriy it was insufficient, judging from the results of the 2 December fracas. Back to the drawing board.

We recently received a note from Warren Spaeth in VP-24. He and Cheryl have a new baby boy, Warren Theodore III! That is number two for them—their daughter Julie is three years old.

Also they have orders to the PG school. In other news from Pax River-based VP-24, N e d Miltko is on his way to Southern Illinois University as an ROTC instructor and Jim Rather is going to VP-30 as an instructor. Warren also breached a subject of which I was unaware. He recenriy journeyed to good ol' USNA to buy Navy decals at the Mid Store and get some books from the bookstore to brush up for PG school. Evidently it is now policy that only officers attached to the Academy can purchase items at either of the stores. It burned him, and it does me. I solicit comment from any other classmates, as well as details of this decision. The bookstore is a good source of professional material, and as far as the Mid Store goes, I still feel that USNA is our school, and if we are called upon to support it, we should expect reciprocity from the school. It is not an exchange, but there are some items available only there, and alumni should enjoy those privileges, just the same as alumni at other schools may use their stores.

I received a nice long letter from Susan and Hughie Kilmartin recenriy, along with the enclosed picture. Hugh and T o m H o u g h t o n are engineers aboard BAINBRIDGE in WestPac until February-April or so, but Hughie made it home just two days before new daughter, Elizabeth, arrived 6 August. Out in the Far East D a v e Spooner's wife Marie has been following TRUXTUN, shuttling between Japan and Subic Bay. Dave is MPA. Marie gave him quite a surprise this summer when she met the ship at Subic aboard the Pilot's boat! That's what 1 call initiative! TRUXTUN may have been extended until

Hugh, Susan and Elizabeth Kilmartin February, and J. T. Lyons was hoping to make it back for his wedding in late December. We hope he did!

Bill Matthew's wife, Gaile, is also following the MIDWAY while it is deployed in WestPac. Jean and G e o r g e Gardiner also had a son this summer and they are now at the Nuclear Prototype in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Kilmartins have orders there, too, and expect to arrive 14 February. Judy and Bill Nierman are now at USNA where he is instructing in chemistry. Marcia and Carl Gaines are attached to a staff in San Diego and also enjoy the shore duty.

Susan's twin, Sally, reports that she and hubby, Ed Madden, plan to tour Europe during his current deployment with INTREPID. Both Ed and Mike Cahill are flying S-2's for VS-27.

That's all for this month, but please write when the spirit moves you (or perhaps give the "spirit" a litde shove, if need be).

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Pres., Lt. William H. Newton, III, USN Sec'y, Lt. (jg) M. E. Rachmiel, USN Flag Lieutenant, ComCruDesFlot 3 FPO San Francisco, CA 96610 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. W . B. W o o d , Jr., USN Rt. 4, Box 4600-58, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Percent Members: 30.6 Here we are two months into the new year already, and approaching four years since graduation. Time sure flies when you're having fun! I have come across several good sources of info recently, and I'd like to share the news with you.

Andy Scott kept up his fine correspondence record this month with a long letter and a list of addresses. When he wrote, he and Margie had just received an announcement of the birth of Sandy and R o n Gumbert's new baby boy, Jonathan Matthew, who was born on 2 November. Scottie promptly posed the question of whether Sandy and Ron had chosen the middle name in honor of a favorite past class officer of ours . . . the one with the crooked hat. The Scotts also recently heard from Joan and T o m McQueen.

Tom is supply officer in the nuclear sub tender L. Y. SPEAR in Norfolk, and claims the distinction of being the only sub-type supply officer with destroyer experience who is qualified to land a plane aboard an aircraft carrier. I sure would like to hear the story on that!

Maurice McNeil saw the list of HSL-30 guys in an earlier issue, and he dropped me a line to add more names to the roster. Mike Saraniero is in HSL-30 Det 6 aboard USS BOWEN in the

63 Med. Bob Bay lis, O w e n McLean, Walt Cummins, Chuck Carroll and Jim Kirby are holding down the fort in Lakehurst, and Maurice is in Det 2 aboard STANDLEY, also in the Med. Both STANDLEY and BOWEN were due home in December. HSL-30, including the various detachments, now claims ten classmates. Maurice and Anne recenriy became proud parents of their second child, Karyn Alysia, who was born last 8 September.

Congratulations also go to Vicki and Dick Rhoades upon the birth of their son Aaron. Dick is currenriy flying A6E's with VA-65.

Reading from a pile of address cards I received this month, I see that Honey and Deck Harrell are in Newport, where Deck is at Blackshoe U. They have a daughter, Gwynne Andrea, born 17 Feb. '70. Paula and Kent Covey are in Pensacola, where Kent is a helo instructor. Their son, Michael Kent, celebrated his first birthday on 25 Oct. '72. Rick Dempsey is in grad school at Stanford University. He and Tina have a daughter, Sheana Lynne, born on II March '72. Kathy and Steve Linder are in Tustin, Cal., and Steve flys A-4's with VMA-214 at El Toro. Neighbors of the Linders are Kathy and Jim Hanneman.

Jim is a Fantum driver in VMFA-3I4. Rick Bush is an advanced jet instructor flying TA-4's with VT-22 in KingsviUe. In response to the floods of requests that have been coming in since last issue, 1 was finally able to take Harry Hicks away from his busy schedule long enough to pick his class directory-like brain. Immediately after his return from Da Nang, which I mentioned in the last issue, Harry took off for two weeks of leave in the States. I grabbed him on one of his first nights back, and even with those two traumatic experiences fresh in his mind, he was able to sit down and ratrie off the whereabouts of 44 classmates, only a few of whom had been mentioned in previous articles. Since Harry is a west coast A-7 driver, the majority of the guys he has seen are also in Lemoore. These include Hugh Batten, Ken Cech, Dave Daggett, Hank Davison, Jerry Gallagher, Mike Johannsen, Nile Kraft, Ed Lyons, Mike C Morgan, Chuck Smith, Rusty Thatcher, Archie Turner, J. R. Hutchison, and Phil Hazelrig. Phil was married in March '72, and his wife's name is Susan. J. R. and his wife, Susie, had a baby girl born in August of '72.

P-3 types also made Harry's list. Keith Arneson is a P-3 pilot at Barber's Point. D u d l e y Chase, Paul Johnston and G u y Higgins are all T A C C O ' S there. T o m Sauntry is an Orion Driver at Moffett, and Rick W o l f a TACCO in Jax. The list went on to include such notorious characters as Greg Brubeck, Bruce Davey, and Denny Burton, all instructors in KingsviUe; Joe Boudreaux, an E2 NFO aboard AMERICA; Pete Chalfant, Legal Officer at NAS El Centro; Mike Clark, an A-3 pilot with VQ-1 in WestPac; Dan Coleman flying helos in VC-I at Barbers; Bob Cunliffe just finishing up as a student pilot in Beeville; Tom Etter in the USS TECUMSEH out of Charleston; Bob Frangione, an instructor in VT-1; Tony Fortino, RATCC Officer at Beeville; Dean Harris, flying H-53's with HM-12 in WestPac; Ken Hawkins, who received a medical discharge and plans to go back to school in Louisiana; John Hilburn, an instructor in VT-4; and Mike Hough flying F-4's with VMFA-122 at Kaneohe.

Hold on to your hats . . . there is more! Neil Mathison is a surface Nuke type aboard ENTERPRISE; Dewey Meteer a surface jock aboard KYES; John Pell, a recruiter in D.C. headed for the A-7 rag in Jax; and Rick Wrobel is in a DD out of

Newport. Anyone who wants to find anyone from now on, just write to the Harry Hicks Bureau of Missing Persons, c/o VA-56, USS MIDWAY! Harry, incidentally, was married this past summer. He and his wife. Gale, were married 7 June in Manila. Gale is a stewardess for United, and an absolutely gorgeous one from the pictures Harry has on his wall.

Time to close for another month. My address card box is beginning to fill up, but not fast enough. You all please be sure to send me your addresses, and while you are at it, why not add a short letter? Anyone needing USNA '69 decals may write to me . . . they are 10^ to anyone enclosing news for Shipmate. How's that for a bribe, folks? Best of luck to everyone!

Woody

70 Pres., Lt. (jg) Jeff Schott, USN Secy, Ens. Fred Hall, USN 5384 Coachway Dr. Norfolk, VA 23502 Percent Members: 44.6 Karen and Dennis Losh proudly announced that Brian Dennis Losh, weighing 7 lbs. and 3 ozs., arrived at Barber's Point, Hi. on 19 October. Dennis didn't see his first boy until the end of November when he returned from a deployment, but the Losh family is now together.

Donna and N e i l Midkiff are living in the New London area while Neil is stationed aboard the JACK. Donna wrote with news of the nuclear power Navy and her letter is reprinted here: "In the Charleston area are: Linda and Tom Howard, Ginny and Rich Pollock, Carol and Jim Suhr and their two sons, Jimmy and Douglas, Linda and Bob Healy and their brand new little girl, Kathleen Lyn, Judy and Jeb Kingseed, Dorothy and Charlie Bachtell, Chris and Tim Teichert and their daughter Tisha Kay, Valerie and Mike Wade, Stella and Paul Borer, Jan and Frank Peacock, and Debbie and Rick Heaton. All the men with the exception of Tim Reichert are stationed aboard FBMs while Tim is aboard the BATFISH. Also in Charleston are Carl and Kriss Wells and their daughter Julie. Carl is aboard the TRU.MPETFISH, a diesel submarine.

"In the Norfolk area are Beverly and Bill Bacon, Chris and Pat Milano and their son and Chris and Mark Flaherty, Mark just reporting to the CALIFORNIA.

"Nancy and Trip Beattie are stationed out in Vallejo, Calif, and expecting a baby in December.

Also in that area are Jean and Jack Olson and their daughter Lorrie and Claire and Rich Ruscyk and son Richie. Rich is stationed aboard the E N TERPRISE. Pat Lawless is in an attack out of San Diego.

"The New London area hosts quite a few people: Linda and Dennis Napior, Barb and Rich Westcott, Dodie and 'Doc' Breen, Ruth and Gary Gradisnik and son Scott, Donna and Neil Midkiff, Janet and Bob Prince, Mary Jane and Steve Floyd and son Michael, Jennifer and Clyde Ihrig and new baby, Melissa Lyn, and Stephanie and Steve Eraser. Janet and Bill Stockho will be in the JACK, same as Neil Midkiff.

"Sherry and Charlie Reigner are headed for Hawaii and Al Hutchins is already out there.

"Other news from fourth company is: Terry Martin and Harold Wallace are still in Beeville, Tex., trying to get their wings and orders. Patti and 'Buzzard' Hinchliffe are temporarily living

in the San Francisco area and in November will be heading for Hawaii. George Galdorisi is stationed in Pensacola, alternating playing tennis and flying. Laurie and Scott McCord are out in Hawaii also and rumor has it that Brenda and Dave Armstrong are out there, too. Barb and Brad White and Kathy and Dave Friedan and son are in the Norfolk area. Last word we had was that Jean and Charlie Hickman were living in Newport, R.L My apologies to other fourth company members for not knowing your whereabouts."

Diane and Jon Jensen are enjoying living in Rhode Island and have been gathering news in the Quonset Point area. Jon. is flying SH-3 helos for HS-7. Joe Reid is also in the squadron and he and his wife, Diane, live close to the Jensens.

Diane and Jon were in Philly with Linda and Guy Lathan for the Army-Navy game. Guy is stationed aboard the SSN WHALE which is drydocked in New London.

Kathy and Bill K a m p are in the Quonset area and Bill is attached to VS-22. Late in October Bill returned from a two-month NATO cruise aboard INTREPID and 30 days later he left on a 6-month Med cruise. Kay and Dan Milner and Rita and D o n Patterson are attached to HS-II which is making the same cruise schedule.

Jon also ran into Chet Short in Peppered, Mass., while participating in a sky-diving relative work get-together. Chet recenriy finished nuclear power school and is stationed in Hawaii.

Steve Bannat is stationed in the TRIPPE and has recently returned from an around-the-world cruise which began on 5 June. Mike Odell was aboard TRIPPE for a while as a member of the COMDESRON 20 staff, but has since reported to Destroyer school. The BASILONE was assigned to the Mid East Force with TRIPPE and has D a v e Faucher aboard as Supply Officer and Fred Clements as Ops Officer.

Steve is expected to leave TRIPPE in January, but had no idea as to what his new orders would be.

Jeff Schott was best man at P. J. Falten's wedding in Annapolis on 2 September. Ed Fahy and Ron Stribling also attended the wedding.

P. J. is now flying A-7's out of Jacksonville.

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Pres., Ens. Michael E. McCuddin, USN Sec'y, Ens. Theodore A. Hermeling, Jr., USN 151 Su.-fway, Apt. 45, Monterey, CA 93940 Percent Members: 32.8

72 Pres., 2/Lt. Joe Glover, USMC Sec'y, 2/Lt. Frank Gibson, USMC Spirit of '72 608 Rome, Bossier City, LA 71040 Percent Members: 60 Word from all over this month, some good and, unfortunately, some very bad. From Quantico it reads like a weather report: it's cold, it's very wet, it's cold, it's muddy, it's cold, it's snowy, it's cold, it's cold, cold, cold. Meanwhile W a l t Wallmark in the JUNEAU reports a heavy concentration of '72ers frequenting the Subic Bay O Club: Lou Terhar (RACINE), Dave Litchenburg (SuRiBACHi), Dave Gilchrist, Tel Manvel, Chuck Neihart (INFLICT), investing money in the onearmed bandits, Nick Pantelides, Greg Papin, Cole

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According to Rick Mclver his shipmate in the KING, Larry Kester, is finally picking up a litrie intelligence, as intelligence officer, that is. "Life in the fleet is much the same as at USNA, Mickey Mouse and discipline, but a little different," writes Rick. One of the major problems he sees appears to be "a communication gap a mile wide." How does this compare with your experiences?

News from the grad school in Monterey—fourday school weeks make for long weekends. Toby Tobiason, Rich Brilla and Mike Franklin seem to be the center of NPS social life, hosting weekend parties at their snake ranch in Carmel.

Kevin Ferguson and D a v e Brown spend their after-hours playing on the school basketball team.

Bob Spahr did his thing on the NPS soccer team.

D a l e Baugh contributes his time coaching at a local high school, varsity football and now J.V. basketball. The boys organized a team to compete in the city football league. In typical Navy fashion they compded a 1-7 record. Oh well, there's always next season. According to Kevin, the names may sound famdiar but the faces aren't. Longer hair and mustaches make recognition difficult.

However, at one extreme Steve Logue maintains the old standard while, at the other end, George Voelker still needs official reminders to visit the barber. Kevin also mentions wedding bells for John T i m o n y and Mike Franklin. Congratulations!

I also received a letter from Lew Murphy, ex-Salty Sam. To be blunt. Salty, you need con-

siderable work on your spelling, your grammar, and especially your scribble-writing. But don't get discouraged. Lew, this humble column appreciates and accepts all contributions. Lew writes from Long Beach where his squadron currently resides and includes John Peck, Fred Kull, Biff Leonard and Rick Beatty. While in Olongapo he ran into Steve Soroka, D a n Caldwell, T e d Sullivan and N e d Bagley, all raising hell and wishing they were back in the States.

Congratulations to George Kindel who married Debbie Mason in the USNA Chapel on 17 December. Congratulations to Debbie, too!

From Quantico comes news of graduation followed by weddings. The first USNA '72 batch departed Quantico in late January. A total list of duty stations and occupational specialty choices would be too lengthy for this column, but individual queries can be answered. " B " Company graduates in February followed by " C " Company in March. With little or no disagreement from the boys in green, can it be safely said that these graduations are as anxiously and eagerly antcipated as that big one this past June? Steve Tindall sends out his greetings to the class of '72: "Having a tremendous time, wish you all were here to share in the fun." Generous of you, Steve, very generous. Gerry Mees, a graduate of a prestigious eastern college other than USNA, has been enjoying his six-month stint at Quantico in the company of such notables as Mike Wheeler, Paul D o n o h u e , Scottie Stevens, John Mooney and T o m McClowry. Much impressed with USNA

grads' devotion to having a good time, Gerry has applied for honorary membership in our fraternal organization. Welcome to the gang, Gerry!

Matrimonially, John Gaumer and Laura "Tiger" Thornhill will exchange vows on 24 February in Pensacola; honeymooning in Greece.

T o m McClowry will wed Sissy Holland on 3 March in Chicago. Tom and Sissy plan a honeymoon in Rome. If you are in the area on either of those dates, stop in; your presence will be warmly welcomed. Congratulations to all!

Miscellaneously, Jake Wechsel Berger should drop a word to Kevin Ferguson and Lew Murphy; both misspelled his name in their letters.

Eva and R o n N e w l a n can be found in Norfolk awaiting the completion of their town house. Bill Glass and the HEWES returned to Newport 22 December after circling the globe. Jim Ellis is carrying a 3.4 grade average at Nuke School.

What's wrong, Jim, aren't you studying? Dennie Crane is rumored to now be engaged. Perry Dempsey smashed up his car hot-rodding through Long Beach.

Bad news saved for last. Quite sadly I find it my duty to announce the death of 2/Lt. Scott Moss, formerly of Tenth Company. At the time of his death on 8 December, Scott was a member of " C " Company at Quantico. Picture and article will be in next month's Shipmate.

In closing, special thanks to Walt, Lew, Rick and Kevin for their letters. Keep them coming.

Also, if you didn't send a card with your current address, please do so.

Chapter News AKRON-CANTON Mr. E. L. Coen 1053 Rotch Ave., N.E. Massillon, OH 44646

ALBUQUERQUE Mr. Manuel P. Sanchez 1805 Lafayette Dr., N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87106

ANNAPOLIS Cdr. L. A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 710 Americana Dr. Annapolis, MD 21403

ATLANTA Capt. Roger Carlquist, USN CO, NAS, Marietta, GA 30060 The largest group of alumni and their wives ever assembled in Atlanta gathered at the Georgia Governor's Mansion prior to the Georgia TechNavy game. The event was hosted joindy by Governor Jimmy Carter '47 and Mrs. Carter and VAdm. W. P. Mack '37 and Mrs. Mack. The President of the Alumni Association, Adm. G. W. Anderson '27, and Mrs. Anderson were present.

The main purpose was to acquaint Georgia alumni with the objectives of the Naval Academy Memorial Fund. It also offered a fine opportunity for

everyone to make a special informal tour of the Mansion prior to proceeding to the large basement room where a buffet brunch was served to the 319 alumni and wives from the classes of '19 through '72. Governor Carter made a very short and very interesting welcoming speech, noting the irony of his negative vote as a state senator when the Governor's Mansion project was being considered in the Georgia legislature a few years ago.

The Superintendent then gave a status report on the Naval Academy and the need for the planned projects.

The following was reported by Capt. Bill Busik, Executive Director, USNA Alumni Association, also in attendance: This was one of the largest area gatherings of Naval Academy alumni witnessed by your Executive Director and we are most grateful to Gov. and Mrs. Carter for their warm and gracious hospitality. Gov. Carter's remarks to the assembled group after brunch were in tribute to our great institution. By his modest references to his own experiences, both in the Navy and in civilian positions of responsibility, he filled the group with pride as they realized that here is their fellow alumnus as well as the Governor of Georgia.

BOSTON Mr. G. Gilbert Tallau The Faulkner Hospital 1153 Centre St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Noon—2nd Tuesday Charlestown O' Club

BREMERTON LCdr. Warren A. Chase, USN (Ret.) 553 Juniper Bremerton, WA 98310

BUFFALO Mr. W i l l i a m Ciesla 81 Hilton Dr. Kenmore, NY 14217

CARACAS Maj. A n g e l o Fernandez, USMC USNAVSEC, USMILGP c/o U. S. Embassy APO, New York 09893 1230—1st Thursday Club 200

BALTIMORE

CHARLESTON, S. C.

Mr. Delano J. Fitzgerald 115 Tunbridge Rd. Baltimore, MD 21212

Lt. C. G. Mendenhall, III, USN 21 Archdale St. Charleston, SC 29401

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CHICAGO

DETROIT

Mr. James W . G i l l m a n Box 13—Union League Club 65 W. Jackson St. Chicago, IL 60604 1900—1st Friday Naval Armory

RAdm. L. J. Jacobi, USNR (Ret.) 729 Fisher Rd. Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

A marvelous meeting schedule is in the works for next year with meeting locations planned throughout the area. Newcomers to the Chicago district should contact Jim Gillman, Sec'y, 2361117, for details. Enclosed photo shows a group of our most senior members enjoying the outing held this summer at Gordon Buchanan's '22 lovely home. In photo (I to r) Dick Penny '24, Gordon Buchanan '22, Ray Sullivan '22, and Frank Maichle '20.

CINCINNATI Mr. Robert E. Reid 102 Burns Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45215

CLEVELAND Mr. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. 16401 Marquis Ave. Cleveland, OH 44111

COLORADO Mr. Ernest B. Granville 5245 E. Iliff Ave. Denver, CO 80222

EUROPEAN Mr. Jacques-P. Haumont, 2835 Galeries Stephanie, 79 Avenue Louise Brussels 1000, Belgium Although the goat got mauled, this year's gathering of the USNAAA European chapter in Brussels successfully united (?) a goodly group of USN, USA, and USAF types who cheered as the spirit moved them on 2 December at the establishment of host Jacques Haumont. The AFN broadcast of the Army-Navy Game was not always ungarbled, but it may have been due in part to the refreshments, which could also have been responsible for the unclarity of the following list of rooters attending, taken from the registration book: Ellen and Larry Tread well ( N ) , Don and Ruth Weihs (A), Dave Holdsworth (A), Richard G., Biddy and Wini Hoffman (A), Beth and Ed Behm ( N ) , Adele Lombard (Army husband in Turkey), WCET (?) May, T. Smith, John and Ann Raster ( N ) , Jerry and May Stahl ( N ) , Jim and Marsha Beierschmitt (A), Paul Barnes (JCS), Harv and Betty Seim ( N ) , Stu and Dorothy Sammis ( N ) , Gay and Al Holsapfel (N), Ernie Barrett (N), Jean and Faulkner Heard (Texas), Barbara and Bill Chandler ( N ) , Hank and Nancy Barbour ( N ) , Marcy and Mizette Dupre (N), Joe and Pat Heald ( N ) , Dave and Ayako Steuart (N), Meg and Dan Carter (A), Jacques Haumont and Nadine (N), Art Casella (A), Gene and Sue Goudie ( N ) , and maybe some more who forgot to register.

Wini Hoffman (Mrs. H. T. Hoffman) represented proudly, and justifiably so, we think, the class of 1919, USMA.

FLORIDA SPACE COAST Cdr. J. I. Hightower, (SC) USN (Ret.) 1010 N. Fiske Blvd.

Apt. 23 Cocoa, FL 32922 1200—3rd Saturday Varies

COLUMBIA Contact: RAdm. W m . L. Anderson, USN (Ret.) Rt. l,Box 44C Chapin, SC 29036 Inactive

COLUMBUS Mr. L. D e k e Lang 358 W. Cassady Ave. Columbus, OH 43209

CONNECTICUT Lt. Jay N o e l W h i n n g , USN Curiosity Lane Essex, CT 06426 Quarterly Varies in different parts of the state

CORONADO Mr. W i l l i a m H. Krumrei 5561 Fontaine St. San Diego, CA 92120 1800—2nd Tuesday North Island O Club

and 26 Navy rooters enjoyed a delicious lunch.

Members in attendance were: John and Ldyan Carlson '38, Rick and Mary Lou Childress '54, Capt. E. G. and Bebe Buck '51, Russ Jeter '34, Elton and Vera Knapp '38, Wdliam and Dottie Ullrich '44, William and Sheila Ward '35, Ed and Ruth Schock '40, Charlie and Dottie Steel '54, R. D. and Mary Ann Waugh '48, and Joe and Marcia Pauli '58.

JACKSONVILLE Mr. Richard K. Gaines, Jr. P.O. Box 21, Ortega Station Jacksonville, FL 32210 1st Thursday, Sept.-June At the October meeting of the Jacksonville chapter, RAdm. John Finneran gave a very fine talk on the latest changes, improvement, and future trends in the Navy Department. We were also fortunate to have a look at some films of the "near-miss" seamanship so prevalent a whUe back in the Mediterranean. Many thanks to Adm. Finneran for an interesting talk.

Over 60 members and wives turned out for a first-hand report by Capt. Bill Busik, Executive Director of the USNA Alumni Association, at the November meeting. We were told about the many programs in progress at the Academy and of the new activities planned for the Alumni Association itself. Capt. Busik mentioned the class agent approach intended to reach as many graduates as possible. It is proving most successful.

The Executive Director also mentioned current trends in Academy football. To this was added the fact that on 17 November 1973, Jacksonville will host the Navy-Georgia Tech game. Plans are now being formulated for the Jacksonville chapter's activities and accommodations to assist alumni from all over the country.

We wish to thank Capt. Busik and his wife for coming to Jacksonville and hope that they will return whenever they can. We look forward to seeing them again.

KANSAS CITY LCdr. John Owen, USNR-R 821 W. 54 th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64112

HOUSTON Lt. R. A. Kutch, USN 5707 Creekbend Houston, TX 77035 First Friday—11:30 Houston Club

KITTYHAWK Mr. J. W. Gallagher 294 Cherry Dr. Centerville, OH 45459 Monthly, days vary O Club, Wright-Patterson

HUNTSVILLE

The featured speaker for the November luncheon was from the narcotics division of the Dayton Police Department. His enlightening talk provided the chapter with an insight into local efforts to combat the drug problem.

The Kittyhawk chapter hosted the 9th Annual Army-Navy game TV party on 2 December. As usual the WPAFB Officers' Club was decorated in football motif and 10 to 12 large color TV's were provided to watch the game. It was the next best thing to being at the game. Over 200 fans turned out for this year's party.

The enclosed photograph is of a billboard adjacent to the main gate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The Kittyhawk Alumni chapter posted the sign for the benefit of the local West Pointers.

Cdr. Russell Croft, USN (Ret.) 8008 Allison Dr., S.E. Huntsville, AL 35802

INDIANAPOLIS Mr. Joseph F. Pauli 6860 Chaucer Ct. Indianapolis, IN 46220 The final meeting of the 1972 season for the Indianapolis chapter was held on 2 December at the Heslar Naval Armory Mess. The chapter hosted the West Point Society at the annual ArmyNavy game, utilizing four color TV sets donated by a local merchant. At the gathering, 11 Army

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The Kittyhawk billboard!

LOS ANGELES LCdr. Jerry Peterson, USN 3854 Mayfield Ave. LaCrescenta, CA 91214 1900—3rd Wednesday Allen Center, LB Naval Station

LOUISVILLE Mr. Willis H. Fisher 230 Kenwood Hdl Rd. Louisvdle, KY 40214

LYNCHBURG Mr. Robert E. Schmidt 229 Chesterfield Rd. Lynchburg, VA 24503

MILWAUKEE LCdr. T . C. Cheney, Jr., USNR-R 988 Chesterton Ct. Oconomowoc, WI 53066

NEW ORLEANS LCdr. L. I. Cole, USNR OINC, NWSED, NAS New Orleans, LA 70140

NEWPORT Capt. P. C. Staley, USN (Ret.) 2 Kane Ave. Middletown, RI 02840 1830—last Tuesday, Sept.-June OClub The Newport chapter held its 26 September meeting at the Officers' Club, Naval Station, Newport, R.I. Present were W. T. Alford '39, Capt.

R. E. Baker, MC, G. H. Bowdey '07, T. A. Brown '35, Capt. G. Bogart, Capt. C W. Bunting, J. E. Dougherty '35, W. M. Foster '30, Capt. R. S. Guy, R. R. Hartung '20, H. B. Heneberger '25, E. B. Henry '39, W. S. Howell '33, LCdr. P. Y. Johnson, J. T. Lay '31, Capt. R. H. Maynard '30, H. H. Mcllhenny '27, J. C Cyers '32, H. R. Nylund '39, G. E. O'Brien '57, Capt. N. C Porter, F. L. Robbins '23, Capt. C C Roberts, Capt. H. F. Rommel, P. C Staley '33, Cdr. W. C Thayer, Capt. J. L. Thompson, USCG, J. H. Wellings '25, J. C Wylie, Jr. '32. Guests were R. W. Bates '15, L. E. Fish '66, Clr. Laske, J. E. Hadley '43 and J. F. Stader '51.

A moment of silence was observed during the meeing in memory of Adm. H. Kent Hewitt, RAdm. Randall Dees, RAdm. O. C Laird and Capt. John Rankin, all of whom died since our last meeting.

RAdm. Ralph S. Wentworth, Jr., USN '44, Com

CruDesFlot Two, gave the chapter a presentation with slides on "ASW Command and Control Problems." He stated that budgetary restraints were a significant problem to contend with in the ASW world today. However, this is a fact of life in all services and all programs. Priorities are more important than ever in today's budgetary world. In his opinion, the multi-purpose platforms are the best submarine hunter, i.e., destroyers, air and submarines. And a fully equipped destroyer with modern sensors and a manned helo is a very important part of the team. All ships would be operationally better off with a tactical data system since some of our older equipment and systems simply cannot keep up with the ASW problem in a timely fashion for command and control purposes. With regard to the unmanned helo, control problems finally contributed to its demise. Manned helos, on the other hand, are proving every day to be highly effective and certainly contribute much to extending the destroyers' weapon range out to match the greariy improved sonar ranges available in the newer sensors.

enlists in the Armed Forces or wants to enter a college or ROTC program after high school.

Captain Hayes emphasized the importance of this program if we are to have volunteer Armed Forces, and asked us all to make a strong effort to interest our local high schools and school committees in the program to insure its rapid growth.

At the 29 November meeting were: W. T. Alford '39, Capt. R. E. Baker, (MC) USN (Ret.), Capt. G. Bogart, USN (Ret.), T. A. Brown '35, G. H. Bowdey '07, Capt. C W. Bunting, USN (Ret.), M. O. Carlson '16, J. P. Carney '21, C O. Cook, Jr. '31, M. J. Drury '25, LGen. W. P. Ennis, USA (Ret.), W. M. Foster '30, Capt. R. S. Guy, USN (Ret.), Capt. H. F. Rommel, USN (Ret.), E. B. Henry '39, Maj. A. H. Bechtel, Cdr. P. Y. Johnson, USNR (Ret.), Rufus King '08, R. H. Maynard '30, H. Nylund '39, Capt. N. C Porter, USN (Ret.), F. L. Robbins '23, Capt. C. C Roberts, USN (Ret.), Col. M. C Shattuck, USA (Ret.), W. C Thayer '47, Scott Umstead '15, J. H. Wellings '25, C McR. Winslow '24, John Winslow, J. C Wylie, Jr. '32.

During the question and answer period, RAdm. Wentworth stated that the single screw ships of the 1040 and 1052 classes assigned to him have already proven to be highly capable ships. Naturally, if money were no restraint, he would still prefer the twin screw with the numerous back up combinations. However, the facts of life will not permit the multi-purpose type approach.

The 31 October meeting had W. T. Alford '39, Capt. R. E. Baker, (MC) USN (Ret.), G. H. Bowdey '07, T. A. Brown '35, Capt. C W. Bunting, USN (Ret.), W. M. Foster '30, R. R. Hay '31, E. B. Henry, Jr. '39, LCdr. P. Y. Johnson, USN (Ret.), R. H. Maynard '30, H. R. Nylund '39, Col. M. C Shattuck, USA (Ret.), P. C Staley '33, J. H. Wellings '25, J. C Wylie '32, C. McR. Winslow '24, Capt. J. J. Diehl, USMC (Ret.).

Capt. E. F. Hayes, USN '40, who recenriy took over the job of Head of the Junior Naval ROTC Unit at the Tiverton High School in Tiverton, R.I., gave us a most enthusiastic ouriine of the JNROTC Program. The Army and the Air Force have had Junior ROTC Units for a number of years but in 1965 the Department of Defense put its stamp of approval on the Program, and, as a result, NJROTC were established by the Navy Department in 1966. There are now 170 NJROTC Units in high schools around the country and it is hoped that this number will steadily increase.

Capt. Hayes could not say enough about BUPERS support of this program. The course material is excellent and a periodic newsletter keeps the material up to date. The Units must be staffed by retired officer and enlisted personnel who are approved by the Bureau. Once approved, the men are hired by the school as civilians. The school must agree to pay the difference between the retired pay and that of an active duty officer or enlisted man of the same rank. One-half of the amount paid by the school is refunded to the school by BuPers. This makes a very attractive incentive for the school because the net outlay by the school is considerably less than the cost of civilian teachers.

The chapter officers were elected for next year at this meeting. There will be no change: President —Cdr. W. C Thayer '47, Vice President—RAdm. J. H. Wellings '25, Secretary—Capt. P. C Staley '33, Treasurer—Capt. E. B. Henry, Jr. '39.

After dinner the movie "Only the Strong" was shown with much favorable comment. This is a film released by The Institute for American Strategy which shows in blunt terms the reasons that the Armed Forces of the United States must be maintained in a strong position and indicates the growing trend towards weakness in these forces.

The subjects taught do not concern bombs and guns but deal with history, navigation, theory of flight, etc. The courses are now open for both boys and girls and have proved most popular in almost every school that has a Junior Naval ROTC Unit.

A graduate of this course is not compelled to follow a naval career, but a certificate of graduation counts for a great deal if the boy or girl

NEW YORK Mr. John R. Antonicelli 83 Overlook Ave. Eastchester, NY 10707 Noon—3rd Tuesday NYU Club/Williams Club

NORTH TEXAS Mr. Frank A. Liberate 3311 Woodford Dr. Arlington, TX 76013 1130—4di Thursday City Club

OKLAHOMA CITY RAdm. Lewis E. Coley, USN (Ret.) 4212 N. Harvey Parkway Oklahoma City, OK 73118

ORLANDO LCdr. Joel W . Febel, USN (Ret.) 2537 Shrewsbury Rd. Orlando, FL 32803 1130—2nd Friday, Sept.-June NTC O Club

PENINSULA VAdm. Chester C. Smith, USN (Ret.) 357 Yerba Buena Ave. Los Altos, CA 94022

PENSACOLA Cdr. H. J. McRoberts, USN (Ret.) 2371 Bayou Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32503

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PHILADELPHIA Lt. John P. Santucci, USNR 112 Haines Mdl Rd. Delran, NJ 08075 1930—3rd Thursday O Club, Phil. Naval Base

PITTSBURGH Mr. David P. Shapland 764 Vanderbilt Dr. Monroeville, PA 15146 Noon—1st Friday The Pub, Monroeville The Pittsburgh chapter hosted the Army-Navy game party. Navy was well represented by 14 couples vs. Army's eight couples; and although Army won the game. Navy won the party.

The schedule of activities planned for next year are as follows: 10 Feb.—Valentine dinner-dance, 30 Mar.—evening dinner meeting, mid-May— evening dinner meeting (tentative), 14 July— alumni family picnic, 8 Sept.—alumni square dance, 27 Oct.—Navy-Pitt, football game and 1 Dec.—Army-Navy game party with USMA alumni (Beat Army-Drive For One).

RICHMOND RAdm. R. J. Foley, USN (Ret.) 12 Dahlgren Rd. Lower Tuckahoe, Richmond, VA 23233 1200—2nd Monday

ROCHESTER Mr. Melvin H. Long NROTC Unit River Campus Station Rochester, NY 14637

SACRAMENTO Capt. J. C. Burrill, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymore Way Sacramento, CA 95822 On Wednesday, 29 Nov. 1972, a small but lively group of alumni and wives gathered at the

Woodlake Inn for a social hour, steak dinner, and then dancing in the Jumping Frog Lounge (remember Mark Twain's story?) of the Woodlake Inn. The music of George Liberace was great and we all seemed to enjoy it. In fact, the Naval Academy group practically took over the dance floor!

Horace and Alice Corbett of the class of '19 were among those dancing. Others were Ken and Helen Sanger '35, Jack and Carlotta Burrill '38, Mel and Mrs. Warner '41, Bob and Grace Knox '42 (newlyweds). Mo and Carolyn Slater '42, Dick and Agnes Stockwell '46, Jim and Linda Silldorf '58, Ron and Barbara Rodridguez '59, Dick Bishop '62 and Miss Laurie Carter.

ST. LOUIS LCdr. Robert F. Diebel, Jr., USN 8658 Old Towne Rd. St. Louis, MO 63132 Quarterly Varies

ST. PETERSBURG R.Adm. M. P. Russillo, USN (Ret.) 16016 4th St. E. St. Petersburg, FL 33708

SAN FRANCISCO Mr. Charles W . Butler 360 Marion Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941 1815—1st Wednesday Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club

SANTA BARBARA Capt. H. H. Kait, USN (Ret.) 877 La Mdpita Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105

SEATTLE Capt. John R. Middleton, Jr., USN (Ret.) 1637 77th Ave., N.E. Bellevue, WA 98004 1830—1st Wednesday, Sept.-June COM Sand Pt.—Pier 91 Alternate months O Club

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA Cdr. E. C. Powell, USNR (Ret.) 11345 S.W. 108th Ct. Kendall Branch, Miami, FL 33156 Last Saturday—Noon Airliner Motel

WASHINGTON, D. C. Capt. R. J. Badger, USN (Ret.) 926 S. 26th St. Arlington, VA 22202 Noon—3rd Wed., Sept.-May Army-Navy Club The December meeting was held in the ArmyNavy Town Club on 20 December. 1928 had the most members present with the oldest class being 1912 and the junior class 1961.

We were enthralled with the remarks of the speaker, Governor John E. Sheehan '52, of the Federal Reserve Board. We were delighted with his stories but primarily with his discussion of our economic system and its faults. He pointed out the differences between the United States and Japan in recent years and verified that our major problem was a lack of productivity which was caused primarily by a lack of management leadership. He traced our development throughout the years from 1776 to the present day and then forecast what might happen by the year 2000 unless we do something about present trends. He pointed out that the only thing that we lack was the wdl to do what was needed and there was no limit if we would exercise our will and exert the proper leadership.

This was a stirring address that was greeted with enthusiastic response and a standing ovation by all those in attendance.

WILMINGTON Mr. Russell S. Davis, Jr. Box 27 D, R.D. # 2 Hockessin, DE 19707

WINSTON-SALEM Mr. John G. Palmer 4220 Witherow Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Pittsburgh Army-Navy party—kneeling: Mary Petro, Stan ('58) and Budney, Jim Phelan '60, Bill Richardson '41, Sue and Tom Clark '66, Anita Loutsenhizer, Dave Hull '66, Dawn Shapland, Barbara and Joe Epstein '62; Standing: Anne Richardson, Bill Petro '57, C. R. Ray ('52) and Eleanor Coble, Marianne Phelan, Carol and Tom Anderson '60, John McCabe '63, Dave Shapland '66, Tom ('63) and Micki Sollars, Carl ('62) and Lynne Fink, Bernie ('64) and Joyle Maguire, and Diane McCabe.

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Last Call AMBROSE, HOMER '23 (CAPT USN RET), 15 December 1972, Bethesda, MD B R A D Y , PARKE H O W L E ' 3 0 (RADM USN RET), 2 January 1973, Palm Beach, FL CHADWICK, WALTER BARNEY '24 (LCDR USNR RET), 8 November 1972, Wolfeboro, N H CHARNECO, CARLOS M A R I O ' 3 0 (CAPT SC USN RET), 23 November 1972, Jacksonville, FL D A Y , D W I G H T H A R V E Y '23 (RADM USN RET), 7 December 1972, Richmond, VA ECCLESTON, WILBER J A Y N E S 07, 3 December 1972, Washington, DC H E N I F I N , LISLE '18 (CDR USN RET), 30 November 1972, Kingman, AZ H E W I T T , GEORGE BILLINGS '33 (LT USNR RET), 29 February 1972, Palo Alto, CA K E N D A L L , P A U L G R E E N '25 (COL USA RET), 28 October 1972, Ft. Sam Houston, TX K I N S O L V I N G , WILLIAM CAREY, JR. '22, 18 November 1972, Bryn Mawr, PA KNICKERBOCKER, LOUIS L O D A '27, 25 December 1970, Santa Monica, CA KOONCE, ALLEN CLARK '27 (COL USMC RET), 16 October 1972, Dayton, OH LOCKE, R A L P H FREDERIC '39 (CAPT USN RET), 28 November 1972, Phdadelphia, PA M A R T I N , H A R O L D M O N T G O M E R Y 19 (ADM USN RET), 3 December 1972, Memphis, T N MOHLE, R O B E R T P I E R P O N T ' 1 1 (LCDR USN RET), 17 October 1972, San Bernardino, CA MOSS, S C O T T FRANCIS '72 ( 2 / L T USMC), 8 December 1972, Woodbridge, VA POST, N A T H A N TODLIFF '38 (COL USMC RET), 10 November 1972, Santa Barbara, CA R O B B I N S , T H O M A S HINCKLEY ' 2 0 (RADM USN RET), U December 1972, Stonington, CT SALOMON, M A R V I N LEROY '55 (LTJG USN RET), 10 November 1972, Washington, DC S H A P I R O , ISRAEL D A V I D '26 (CDR USNR RET), 10 May 1972, Manhattan, NY SMITH, J O H N A L E X A N D E R '22 (CDR USN RET), 16 October 1972, Baton Rouge, LA T A T E , V I C T O R B O Y L A N D '23 (CAPT USN RET), 17 November 1972, Virginia Beach, VA W A L D S C H M I D T , T H E O D O R E M A X 17 (RADM USN RET). 10 Aprd 1972, Media, PA W A L S H , ALBERT JOSEPH '24 (CDR USNR RET), 20 November 1972, Wakefield, RI WELLS, FORREST H A M P T O N ' 2 1 (LCDR USN RET), 19 November 1972, Triangle, VA Y O U N G , P A U L F L O Y D '54 (LT USNR RET), 5 May 1972, Lancaster, OH

WILBER J A Y N E S ECCLESTON '07 Mr. Wilber Jaynes Eccleston died at his home in Washington, D.C. on 3 December after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Joseph Gawler's Sons Funeral Home. Interment was private.

The Baltimore native entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1907. He resigned in 1906

and went to work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. The next year he joined the South Baltimore Steel & Foundry Co. From 1908 to 1910 he worked again with the B&O Radroad Co. In 1910 Mr. Eccleston began to work in the U.S. Patent Office. He received his Bachelor of Law degree and Master of Patent Law degree from Georgetown University in 1913. The next year he was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. During WWI he served in the Army. He completed the Coast Artillery Officers' Training School in 1918. In WWII he was a patent advisor in the office of the quartermaster general.

In 1918 Mr. Eccleston was the First Assistant Examiner in the U. S. Patent office. He later began practicing as a patent attorney, which he did for many years in Washington.

He is survived by his widow, Anne, 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008; and a sister, Bessie L. Eccleston of Wheaton, Md. W A R D WILLIAM W A D D E L L 0 9 Capt. Ward William Waddell, USN (Ret.), died 14 September 1972 in San Diego, Cal. Funeral services were held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church there; burial followed in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The Indiana native was a 1909 graduate of the Naval Academy. Capt. Waddell's sea duty included tours in the USS CALIFORNIA, USS COLORADO, USS MANCHURIA, USS NEBRASKA, USS WYOMING, USS NEVADA and CO, USS MULLANY. His shore

assignments included recruiting duty at Omaha, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He retired 30 June 1937.

In 1940 he was recalled to active duty and assigned to the 11th Naval District as Personnel Officer and later Operations Officer Offshore Patrol. Two years later he was assigned Convoy Commodore, Canal Zone and Caribbean. In September 1944 he returned to the 11th Naval District. He was eventually hospitalized there and retired in 1946.

After retirement he was a real estate broker.

Capt. Waddell is survived by his widow, Lucille, 1432 Montecito Way, San Diego, CA 92103; two sons. Ward W. Jr. and George, both of San Diego; five grandchildren; and a brother.

J O H N EMMIT SLOAN '10 Maj.Gen. John Emmit Sloan, USA (Ret.), died 15 October in Asheville, N . C , and was interred in Arlington. Who on that graduation day in 1910 would have thought that eight years later one of their members would be one of the youngest Army colonels in WWI, would command the last horse artillery regiment in the Army, and would train and fight the first all selective service division to go overseas and enter combat in WWII? However, there was an indication of this versatdity of Gen. Sloan in the 1910 Lucky Bag: "Is a hard worker and knows more about the ship than any other on it after having been aboard but a day."

A native of Greenville, S.C, he transferred to the Army Coast Artillery after graduation and served in Panama during the construction of the canal. Returning just prior to WWI, he quickly perceived the nature of that conflict and transferred to the field artillery "to ride to the sound

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of the guns." He rose quickly from lieutenant to colonel and at the end of the war commanded the 30th Field Artdlery Regiment of the 10th Infantry Division.

Between wars. Gen Sloan served at a number of stations in the U.S. and Hawaii, commanding the 76th Field Artillery Regiment, the last horse artillery regiment, at Monterey, Cal., just prior to WWII. His concentration during this period was in the academic area graduating from the Army Schools through the Army War College and serving on the faculties of the Field Artillery School, the Command and General Staff College, Texas A&M, and Oregon State.

World War II gave him the opportunity for which he had long and diligently prepared. He took the 88th Infantry Division, which he had organized and trained, into North Africa in 1943 and into combat in Italy in January 1944. This division, the first all draftee division to go overseas and the first to enter combat, fought from Cassino to the Brenner Pass including in its laurels the capture of Rome. Unfortunately, he was invalided out with a serious illness when the division reached the Arno River south of Florence, but the division, nicknamed the "Blue Devils" by Axis Sally, bore his imprint to the Brenner, capturing in the latter days of the war all the major German headquarters in Italy—Wehrmacht, Luftwaft, and SS. For his achievements and those of his division, he received many decorations including the Croix de Guerre with Bronze Palm by General de Gaulle and the Distinguished Service Medal

by General Marshall. In 1946, Gen. Sloan retired to Weaverville, N . C , contenting himself with "five acres and independence" and many civic activities.

One of his classmates wrote, "Tod had a great career. He would have made a fine Admiral. Why did he leave the Navy?" This must go unanswered. Certainly he did not leave USNA even now, as the USNA crest is emblazoned on his monument in Arlington—"You change your service, not your school." For this reason, his son-inlaw USMA '41, and namesake grandson, USMA '71, will never again mind losing so much to Navy knowing how happy a Navy win will make him.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Horace M. ("Chick") Brown, 132 Fox Chase Rd., W., Asheville, NC 28804; two grandchddren; and one great-grandchild.

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Robert Pierpont Mohle ' I I ROBERT P I E R P O N T MOHLE 11 LCdr. Robert Pierpont Mohle, USN (Ret.), died in San Bernardino, Cal. on 17 October 1972.

Funeral services were held at the Ralph Wm. Allen Funeral Home. He was buried in the Rialto Park Cemetery.

Born in Streator, 111., he was a 1911 graduate of the Naval Academy. He served at sea in the USS NEW JERSEY, USS MONTANA, USS GEORGIA, USS MACHIAS and the USS TERRY. He retired in

1920 for physical disability. During WWII he served as a member of the General Court Martial in Miami.

Cdr. Mohle served as a Judge of Justice Courts in San Bernardino, Cal. from 1954 to 1971. He previously served as a member of the Rialto City Council from 1934 to 1936 and again from 1938 to 1942.

He was a 50-year member of the American Legion and a charter member of the Rialto Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his widow, Hilda, 219 N. Date St., Rialto, CA 92376; a son, Robert Henry Mohle of Villa Park, Cal.; and four grandchddren.

GEORGE B U T T C U N N I N G H A M '20 Capt. George Butt Cunningham, USNR (Ret.), died 15 October in Birmingham, Ala. Born in Augusta, Ga., he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1919 with the class of 1920.

He resigned from the Navy in 1927. During that time he spent three years with the U.S. Naval Forces in Turkish waters and one year in European waters. He was also CO of the USS SYLPH. Capt. Cunningham worked as a civilian in engineering and sales engineering in Birmingham, .^la. He was also in command of a Naval Reserve Division there. In 1930 he moved to New York City where he was associated with the Combustion Engineering Co., Inc. He later returned to Birmingham with that firm's branch office there.

He was on active duty during WWII. He was

Naval Academy class of 1920. He served at sea until August 1925 when he returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor. After a year in the USS UTAH he reported for flight training and was designated Naval Aviator in December 1928.

Adm. Robbins served with Scouting Squadron 5-S in the USS CONCORD and then as XO Scouting Squadron 6-S in the USS CINCINNATI from July 1929 until January 1931. He was Assistant Ops Officer at NAS, Anacostia until May 1932 when he was assigned Aide to Chief BuAer. In October 1933 he became CO, USS SANDPIPER. In August 1935 he joined Scouting Squadron 4-B in the USS LANGLEY. The next year he reported for instruction at the Naval War College.

He remained on the staff until May 1939. He then became navigator of the USS LEXINGTON. In November 1940 he was assigned aviation officer on the staff of Commander Scouting Force.

Adm. Robbins became Liaison Officer between the Office of the CNO and the Commanding General Army .Air Force Command in December 1941.

From March 1942 to January 1943 he was Aviation Plans Officer at Headquarters CINCUSFLEET. For the next five months he was Chief of Staff and Aide to COMFAIR, Quonset Point. Duty on the staff of the Army and Navy Staff College followed.

In November 1944 he began temporary duty in the USS ESSEX and participated in the South China Sea-Formosa Campaign. Adm. Robbins assumed command of the USS LEXINGTON in January 1945. For meritorious service in that command he was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V." He served in the Office of the DCNO for Air from November 1945 to Aprd 1946 when he transferred to the Office of the CNO. That September he was assigned to the Office of SECNAV. He became COMCARDIV 17 in February 1948. From October 1949 to April 1952 he was a member of the Joint Strategic Survey Committee, JCS. Adm. Robbins became CO.MCARDIV TWO in .\pril 1952. In August 1953 he reported as Chief of Staff, Naval War College, was acting President from November 1953 to May 1954, and became President in August 1956. He became President of the Navy Discharge Review Board at BuPers in August 1957. He retired 30 May 1962.

Surviving are his widow, Barbara, 2 Cannon Square, Stonington, CT 06378; a daughter, Mrs. R. W. Armstrong of Bethesda, Md.; and two grandchildren.

FORREST H A M P T O N WELLS '21 LCdr. Forrest Hampton Wells, USN (Ret.), died of a heart attack at his home in Triangle, Va. on 19 November 1972. In accordance with his wishes, no services were held and his body was donated to the Anatomical Division at the Medical in command of the USS GENERAL W . C LANGCollege of Virginia in Richmond.

FiTT and held administrative and engineering Born in Booneville, Md., he graduated from positions at the Naval Boiler Laboratory. Among the Naval Academy with the class of 1921. He was his WWII awards was a Letter of Commendation. the youngest ensign sent to the China Station in He returned to the Combustion Engineering Comthe fleet of 1922. He spent seven years in China. pany in 1945.

During 1928-29 he served at the Charleston Naval Capt. Cunningham was a member of the MiliBase. He retired for health reasons in 1935. tary Naval Club of New York City, the German Club of Birmingham, and the American Society In WWII Cdr. Wells was recalled to active of Mechanical Engineers. duty. He served as small boats officer at San Pedro.

He earned a Master's degree in education from the He is survived by his widow. Peg, 2250 HighCollege of William and Mary in 1952. He taught land Ave., Birmingham, AL 32505. in Virginia public schools until 1967. He develT H O M A S H I N C K L E Y R O B B I N S , JR. '20 oped his own curriculum of reading based on the phonetic .sounds of words to be taught.

RAdm. Thomas Hinckley Robbins, Jr., USN Cdr. Wells was known as an authority on (Ret.), died 11 December 1972 in New London, Chinese junks. While serving in China he studied Conn. junks and collected many of the 50 junk models Born in Paris, France, he was a member of the

Forrest Hampton Wells '21 he owned. Some of these were displayed at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He advised the Smithsonian on its Chinese junk models and contributed to a model ship publication.

He also had articles appearing in the Atlantic Monthly (in which he wrote an eye-witness account of the civil war in China in 1924), Naval Institute Proceedings and China fournal. Some were printed abroad. He also had articles published on goats since he raised them on a farm for a number of years.

Surviving are ihs widow, Jean, 18504 Tralee Ln., Triangle, VA 22172; four daughters, Mrs. W. C. Robins, Jr. of West Point, Va., Mrs. R. M. Stiles of Ann Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Elizabeth J. Rodriguez of Waco, Tex., and Mrs. D. R. Mears of Springfield, Mo.; a son, S/Sgt. George Thomas Wells, stationed at Andrews AFB; and seven grandchildren.

CHARLES LINSEY ASHLEY '22 Cdr. Charles Linsey Ashley, USNR (Ret.), died 13 September 1972 in Dunedin, Fla. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

The Fort Wayne, Ind. native was a 1922 graduate of the Naval Academy. He joined the USS CALIFORNIA upon graduation. That batrieship was awarded the Batde Efficiency Trophy, Gunnery Trophy and Engineering Red "E." He was commended for his assistance in winning those awards.

He resigned from the Navy in 1926 and joined Armour and Company as Industrial Engineer in their Chicago plant. He eventually was general manager of plants at Fargo, N.D., Peoria, 111., and St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. Cdr. Ashley was recalled to active duty during WWII. He served first at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. While there he received a Letter of Commendation for his assistance in building the pilot model for the Oak Ridge Atomic Plant. He was next Naval Attache to the Union of South Africa. He was involved in a plane crash in Algiers and received a spinal injury which eventually resulted in his retirement. His last assignment was CO of the Advanced Amphibious Base at Falmouth, Cornwall, England. He retired for physical disability on 1 April 1946.

Surviving are his widow, Lucdle, 261 Aberdeen St., Dunedin, FL 33528; two sons, Capt. Linsey S. Ashley, USN '46 of McLean, Va. and LCdr. Roger T. Ashley, USN of Virginia Beach; three grandchildren; one great-grandchdd; a sister; and a brother, LCdr. Courtland Lee Ashley, USN (Ret.), also class of 1946.

70 W I L L I A M C A R E Y K I N S O L V I N G , JR. '22 Mr. Wdliam Carey Kinsolving, Jr. died at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa. on 18 November 1972.

Funeral services were held at St. Matthew's Methodist Church in Houston, Tex. Burial was in the Veteran's Cemetery in Houston.

A native of Corsicana, Tex., he entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1922. He left the Academy and entered Cornell University from which he received his degree in electrical engineering in 1923. He then joined the Sun Oil Co. as an oil field hand. He worked his way up to president of that company.

During WWII he served as assistant director of transportation of the Petroleum Administration for war. In that capacity he was a prominent figure in the planning and construction of the 1,450-mile "Big Inch" pipeline from Texas to Philadelphia and New York. Later, as a colonel in the Army's Corps of Engineers, for his role in the construction of the 1,500-mile China-Burma-India pipeline over "The H u m p " in the Himalayas, he was awarded the Legion of Merit by the Army and the Order of Yun Hui by the Chinese government.

Mr. Kinsolving was a member of the American Petroleum Institute, the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, the Transportation Association of America and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines.

He was considered one of the nation's foremost authorities on pipeline construction and administration.

Surviving are his widow, Mary, 700 Woodleave Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; a son, William C III; a daughter, Mrs. Keith Perry; and five grandchildren.

J O H N A L E X A N D E R SMITH '22 Cdr. John Alexander Smith, USN (Ret.), died at his home in Baton Rouge, La., on 16 October 1972. After services at the Welsh Funeral Home, he was buried in Greenoaks Memorial Park.

He was a native of Wdkinson County, Miss. A 1922 graduate of the Naval Academy, he retired for physical disability in February 1929. He was recalled to active duty at the outbreak of WWII. He served as Assistant District Communications Officer at New Orleans. In February 1943 he joined the staff of Chief, Naval Air Operational Training, NAS, Jacksonville, Fla. He returned to the retired list in September 1946.

Cdr. Smith spent a year at Louisiana A and M doing graduate work. He worked with his father in the timber and catrie business for a while before having major ulcer surgery in 1954.

Among his survivors is his widow, Elva, 3090 Charlotte Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70814; a stepson, Bobbie T. Chapin of Starkville, Miss.; and three grandchildren.

ALBERT JOSEPH W A L S H '24 Cdr. Albert J. Walsh, USNR (Ret.), died at Wakefield, R.L, on 20 November 1972 following a short illness. Funeral services were held at Wakefield on 24 November, with interment at St. Anne's Cemetery, near there.

He was born in Massachusetts and graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1924.

He returned to civilian life at graduation and began a career with American Telephone and Telegraph Company which continued until his retirement in 1967. His field was mainly in long distance telephone traffic, serving successively in the areas of Providence, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit and New York, where he was a District Traffic Supervisor. He was commissioned in the Naval

Reserve, and served in WWII at various training bases of PHIBTRALANT, as Personnel Officer ADCOMPHIBPAC, and as Aide to the Commandant.

Survivors include his widow, Elizabeth, Old Post Road, Wakefield, RI 02879; three sons, Albert J. Jr., Richard A., and Robert M.; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Beth Hall; and eight grandchildren.

P A U L G R E E N K E N D A L L '25 Col. Paul Green Kendall, USA (Ret.), died of leukemia in the Ft. Sam Houston Hospital, Texas, on 28 October.

A native of Cobden, 111., he entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1925. He left the Academy in 1923 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. He served on the Mexican border for five years. From 1930 to 1933 he was under instruction at the Cavalry School in Fort Rdey, Kan. During the period 1933 to 1937 Col. Kendall was Troop Commander of the 11th Cavalry. He was also captain of the polo team and the U. S. Army Pacific Coast Horse Show Team. From 1940 to 1942 he was Instructor of Horsemanship and then Instructor of Special Horsemanship at Cavalry School. He was then assigned as CO, Remount Depot, Fort Robinson, Neb. Col. Kendall transferred as CO, Fort Davis, Canal Zone, in 1945. For the next three years he served as Technical Advisor on Cavalry and Coach to the Peruvian Olympic Equestrian Team in Lima. In 1949 he went as the military attache to Copenhagen, Denmark. From 1950 to 1952 he served as Chief of the Army Mission to Great Britain, after which he reported to Headquarters, Commandant, Washington, D.C. He retired for physical disability in 1953.

In his civilian life he was a stock farmer in Warrenton, Va. for many years.

Among his survivors is his widow, Mddred, 150 Humphrey St., San Antonio, TX 78209.

ALLEN CLARK K O O N C E '27 Col. Allen Clark Koonce, USMC (Ret.), died in Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, on 16 October 1972. He was buried in South Charleston, Ohio.

The Ohio native was a 1927 graduate of the Naval Academy. After serving in Nicaragua he began flight training at Pensacola in 1930. The next year he was assigned to Quantico. From 1931 to 1933 he served in the USS LEXINGTON. After duty with Air West Coast he returned to Pensacola for two years. Another four years at Quantico preceded an assignment at BuAer. In 1941 he was ordered as Officer-in-Charge of the Cadet Regiment at Jacksonville. Two years later he became CO, MAG 43 at El Centro, Cal. Later in 1943 Col. Koonce was put in command of the South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command, an interservice command which landed supplies and flew out wounded from the many island battlefields of WWII. Under his command on Green Island was one Lt. Richard M. Nixon, USN, and later Capt. Joseph McCarthy, USMC. The SCAT was awarded the Navy Unit Citation

by Adm. Chester M. Nimitz. Col. Koonce was awarded three Distinguished Flying Crosses and nine air medals.

In 1945 he took command of MAG 35 at El Centro. The next year he went as a student to the Naval War College. He then commanded air groups at Barber's Point and El Toro, Cal. At the start of the Korean War he flew the first Marine unit into the War theatre and then served as Chief

of Staff for the Marine Air Corps on the staff of Gen. Matthew Ridgeway. He had duty with other MAG's before retiring in Miami on 30 June 1957.

Among his survivors are his widow, Margaret, P.O. Box 187, Lebanon, OH 45036; two sons, John Peter Koonce '54 of Claremont, Cal. and David M. Koonce '55 of Hingham, Mass.; and two brothers, Capt. Henry T. Koonce, USN (Ret.) '27 of Rosemont, Pa. and Samuel D. Koonce of Ridgewood, N. J. CHARLES L E I G H T O N MOORE, JR. '33 Capt. Charles Leighton Mcx)re, USN (Ret.), died at his home in Milledgeville, Ga. on 8 September 1972. Funeral services were held in the First United Methodist Church there.

The Milledgeville native was a 1933 graduate of the Naval Academy. He served at sea untd October 1936 when he began flight training. From February 1938 to October 1940 he was attached to VF-6 in the USS ENTERPRISE. He then returned to NAS, Pensacola as an instructor.

From November 1941 to April 1943 he was Training Officer at NAS, Miami, Fla. He then took command of VF-4I in the USS RANGER and from February to December 1944 was Commander Air Group 51 in the USS SAN JACINTO. For service in that command he received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star in lieu of a second DFC and the Air Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.

In January 1945 he reported as Training Officer, NAS, Daytona Beach, Fla. and six months later took over as XO. He was ordered to the USS FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT in February 1947.

Two

years later he transferred as Flag Secretary on the staff of Commander Air Force. From January to June 1952 he was a student at the Armed Forces Staff College.

After duty as Plans Officer on the staff of Chief of Naval Air Training in Pensacola, Capt. Moore became CO of Barin Field, Foley, Ala. In June 1954 he transferred as CO, Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Adantic, NAS, Norfolk.

From January to December 1956 he was CO, USS CAPE ESPERANCE. From January 1957 to June 1959 he was in command of NATTC, Jacksonville, after which he took command of NAS, Barber's Point.

He became Chief of Staff and Aide to C O M N A B , 6th Naval District in June 1961. On 1 October 1962 he retired from active duty.

Capt. Moore is survived by his widow, Mary, 1649 Stonemeadow Rd., Mdledgevdle, GA 31061; two sons, LCdr. Charles L. Moore III, USN '64 of Vallejo, Cal. and Clyde B. Moore, a student at Georgia Tech; a daughter, Mary M. Moore of College Park, Ga.; two sisters; and a brother.

R A L P H FREDERIC LOCKE '39 Capt. Ralph Frederic Locke, USN (Ret.), died 28 November 1972 in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held 1 December at the Ft. Myer Chapel followed by interment in the Arlington National Cemetery.

He was born in Paulsboro, N.J., graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1939, and started his commissioned active service in the Navy in October 1940. After almost two years in patrol craft, he transferred to the lighter-than-air program and was designated Naval Aviator (LTA) in October 1942. Following several tours of duty in airship squadrons and stations and two years as Gunnery Officer in USS ANTIETAM, he switched to heavier-than-air in 1952 with transition training at Pensacola and Corpus Christi.

71 From 1954 to 1966, his principal assignments included: XO, NAS, Lakehurst, NJ; CO, Airship Squadron 3; duty at the Naval War College, student and staff member; and CO NROTC at Oregon State Univ. From 1966 to 1970, Capt.

Locke served on the staff of the Industrial War College as Director of the Correspondence School.

Upon his retirement in 1970, he was awarded the Legion of Merit for distinguished service and an award from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for outstanding accomplishment in helping to achieve a better understanding of the American way of life.

He is survived by his widow, Gertrude, 206 E. St. Louis Ave., Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260; a son, John F. of Flemington, N.J.; three daughters, Mrs. Nancy Reagan of Newport, R.L, Sheila Feher of Santa Anna, Cal., and Cynthia Locke of Wddwood Crest; and one granddaughter.

LOUIS T O B I N R A N S O M , JR. '50 LCol. Louis Tobin Ransom, Jr., USAF (Ret.), died of cancer in the USAF Medical Center, Scott AFB, 111., on 28 September.

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The Detroit native was a 1950 graduate of the Naval Academy. He was commissioned in the Air Force (Ground) and went to Electronics School at Biloxi, Miss. He next served at the Air Force depot in England. Whde there he passed the flight physical and was assigned to flight training, which he completed in the United States in 1955. He piloted B-29's and B-47's.

In 1964 Col. Ransom earned an MBA degree from the U. of Connecticut. He was later assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance "Hurricane Hunters" Squadron at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico.

He flew the WC-130 Hercules and WB-47 Stratojets. He was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments during the 1968 hurricane season.

The next year, still at Ramey, he participated in a first-of-a-kind, two-nation scientific projectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX). That three-month program studied tropical circulations, radiation balance, ocean circulation and internal waves.

In September 1969 Col. Ransom became chief of the avionics division. Military Airlift Command Operations Requirements, Scott AFB, 111. On

12 September 1970 he was retired for physical disability.

Surviving are his widow, Mary, 804 Jamestown Rd., O'Fallon, IL 62269; four sons, Wdliam, Louis T. Ill, John and Gerald, all of the home; two daughters, Ann and Helen, also of the home; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis T. Ransom of Silver Spring, Md. H E N R Y N I C H O L A S PILGER '70 1/Lt. Henry Nicholas Pilger, USMC, died of injuries from a helicopter crash on Grytoga Island, Troms County, Norway, on 23 September. He was the co-pdot.

Born in San Diego, he was a 1970 graduate of the Naval Academy. He completed the Basic Course at Quantico and went to Pensacola for flight training. At the time of his death he was attached to Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Det "S." Lt. Pilger is survived by his widow, Deborah, 31 Silversmith Rd., Unionvdle, CT 06085; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Pilger of Syracuse, N.Y.

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ARE THERE ANY"EASrSOLUTIONS TO OUR NATIONS ENERGY NEEDS? If you have been reading the papers, you must know— the United States will be facing shortages of various kinds of energy.

We're caught between a rising demand for energy and a steady decrease in readily available supplies. In what we call the "lower 48" states, oil reserves have gone down for several years in a row. Yet the American public uses more than 650,000,000 gallons a day of petroleum products. And with more people using more oil each year, our nation's demand will be even greater in the future.

Is there an easy way out of this energy "squeeze"? We know of no easy way. Let's examine some of the suggested solutions and see.

1.WHY CAN'T WE JUST USE LESS ENERGY? We should conserve all the energy we can, by using it more efficiently, by not wasting it. That would help a lot. But not nearly enough. Are we really ready to give up certain things that have become vital to our standard of living?

America runs on energy. Our cars and trains and planes and ships. The power plants that provide our electricity. The furnaces that heat our homes. The machines that do our work—that raise our food, that make our clothes, that build our buildings.

And the biggest source of this energy is petroleum—oil and natural gas together providing more than three-quarters of the energy we now use.

If we lower our use of petroleum, we're going to lower our standard of living.

A plentiful supply of energy at a reasonable cost has made us the great country we are. There

should be no deliberate policy of arbitrarily restricting the use of energy.

2.WHYCANTWEJUSTCET ALLTHEOILWENEED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES? One way to prevent possible shortages is to import oil from abroad. And we're doing so— almost 5 million barrels a day of crude oil and refined products.

This works out to about onefourth of our total needs.

But—with our growing needs— by 1985 we will have to import more than half of all our oil, unless we act now.

To become overly dependent on foreign oil could endanger our nation's security. If we don't have adequate supplies of energy available for our homes, factories, and industry, we will be unable to compete with other nations of the worid.

Then, too—and this is a most serious problem—if we bring in more than half our oil from abroad, the adverse effect on our balance of payments would be as much as 25 billion dollars a year— a crushing level.

Moreover, if foreign supplies are cut off, we won't be able just to turn on a faucet and get all the oil we need. It takes time to find oil and drill for it and bring it to market. Often as long as 4 to 7 years, or even more.

3 . S 0 L E r S DEVELOP OUR DOMESTIC SOURCES. Why not indeed? We should.

There's a lot of oil left in the United States. If we use it wisely, if we supplement but not supplant it with foreign supplies, and if we develop the new technology needed for other sources of energy, it will last us a long time.

Under our offshore waters especially, government experts

believe, are billions of barrels of oil—probably more oil than the United States has consumed in its entire history—and a lot of gas, too. ^ So what's been keeping us from tapping these sources to solve our shortages?

In part, costs. Offshore oil is almost always expensive oil. In part, government action. The U.S. Government has not made prospective offshore acreage readily available for exploratory drilling.

In part, environmental worries.

Some reasonable. Some not.

There have been problems.

We admit it. But problems demand solutions, and the solutions, developed and improved over many years, are at hand.

In the past 25 years, more than 14,000 wells have been drilled off our shores— and only one, off Santa Barbara, California, produced a blowout that caused serious pollution to the shoreline.

And the pollution that resulted was only temporary. The oil spill was so well cleaned up that, today, the Santa Barbara beaches —and marine life—show no signs of permanent damage.

There's one more factor that's holding things up—and that's money. In exploratory drilling, only about 1 in 60 wells pays off commercially. Yet, the economic incentives, such as percentage depletion, which are so necessary in theriskysearch for oil, have been decreased in recent years instead of being increased. As a result, there's not only an "energy gap" but a "capital gap."

When you consider the alternatives, it would seem that the best way to solve the energy' 'squeeze'' is to develop more of our own domestic reserves.

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