1973-September Shipmate

September; 1973

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1. You know you use more gasoline when you drive at high speed. But do you know how much more? For example, about how much more gasoline do you use at 60 mph than at 50 mph?

D A. 2% D B. 5% D C. 10%

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4 . Jackrabbit starts eat up a lot more gasoline than slow and-easy ones. But do you have any idea how many miles per gallon jackrabbit starts can cost you on the average?

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•7 2 . You waste gasoline if your tires are improperly inflated. But do you know which causes poorer mileage, overinflated tires or underinflated tires?

D A. Overinflated D B. Underinflated

5* If you have a standard shift, you can save gasoline by getting into high as quickly as possible. How much more gasoline do you think you use if you race along in 2nd rather than shifting into high gear?

D A . Up to 30% DB. Up to 45% DC. Up to 60%

3 * The kind of oil you use can affect engine performance, too. Do you know under what conditions it pays to use a premium motor oil like Havoline Super Premium? n A. High-speed driving D B. Hot-weather driving n C. Stop-and-go driving

6* A car that's not properly tuned-up is simply not using gasoline efficiently. About how much gasoline do you think it wastes?

D A . Up to 4% n B. Up to 8% DC. Up to 12%

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Shipmate Volume 36, Number 8

Executive Director W. S. BUSIK, '43 Captain, U. S. Navy (Retired)

September, 1973

Features Nominating Committee Precept Homecoming Schedule

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Assistant to the Executive Director RICHARD A. TEEL, 3 6 Captain, U. S. Navy (Retired)

A Most Unusual Alumnus by foseph F. Paull '58 15

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

Shipyards and Seapower

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Down to the Sea in Slips

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Executive Secretary BARRIE DUREE

Editorial Assistant SUSAN STONE

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Fond Remembrances of Naval Service

by Oscar Levin 18

Summer Cruising in the Abacos

by Capt. Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.) Alumni Tour News 31 Team Teaching with USNA Alumni

by Asst. Prof. Karel Montor, Ph.D.

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Wired for Sound

by RAdm. D. V. Gallery, USN (Ret.)

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Departments Contributors PAUL R. SCHRATZ FRED LARDNER BUDD THALMAN R. LEE CULVER

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28 June 1973 T o : Mr. David B. Benham '41 Subject: Nominating Committee, U.S.N.A. Alumni Association 1972-73 1. In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article VI of the By-Laws of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, a Nominating Committee consisting of myself as Chairman and the following members is hereby appointed: Central Mr. David B. Benham '41, Chairman, Oklahoma City, O K (Vice President, Central) Mr. Owen F . Keeler, Jr. '43, Crosse Pointe Farms, MI (Local Trustee, Detroit)

West VAdm. P. D. Stroop, U S N (Ret.) '26, San Diego, CA ( Trustee-at-Large ) Maj. James Stanton Keck, USAFR '54, Bellevue, W A East RAdm. J. L. V^adleigh, U S N (Ret.) '37, Annapolis, M D LCdr. W . W . Vaughan, U S N '64, Bureau of Naval Personnel (Trustee-at-Large) Lt. James W . Moore, U S N R '54, Neptune Beach, F L 2. T h e Nominating Committee, in accordance with the By-Laws, shall submit to the Board of Trustees, not later than 10 December 1973 a slate of candidates for the election to take place in the Spring of 1974, for the following offices: President (to serve until the Spring meeting 1975) Eastern Area Vice President (two-year term) Western Area Vice President (two-year term) Four Trustees-at-Large (three-year terms) T h e Executive Director will handle the actual transmission of the report of the Nominating Committee to the Board of Trustees and the publication of the slate in the earliest possible issue of Shipmate, as required by the By-Laws.

3. A resolution of 29 May 1959, passed by the Board of Trustees, reads as follows: "The President, in appointing the Nominating Committee, shall point out the requirements for the ensuing year with a view to obtaining equitable distribution of the Trustees among the various categoriesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^:lasses, geographical areas, active duty, retired officers, civilians, etc."

4. In accordance with this resolution, I wish to point out to the Nominating Committee that the membership of the Association is almost equally divided between (1) active duty officers, and (2) those resigned or retired. Of the present 12 Trusteesat-Large six are on active duty and six are in the retiredresigned group. In the latter group three reside in the Eastern Area, one in the Central Area and two in the Western Area. Of the four Trustees-at-Large serving through the Spring meeting of 1974 two reside in the Eastern Area, one in the Central Area and one in the Western Area.

5. T h e membership of the current Board of Trustees contains: 7 in the twenties year group 7 8 6 3

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thirties year group forties year group fifties year group sixties year group

0 in the seventies year group In other words, only 9 of the 31 members represent classes which have been graduated in the past 23 years. Local Trustees whose terms will expire are unknown since their election will be entirely a matter of local decision. Please note, however, that Local Trustees have in the past been elected from earlier classes.

Currently there are 3 in the '20's, 3 in the '30's, 3 in the '40's and 3 in the '50's. Of the current Board, the President '27 is continuing to serve through the Spring meeting '74, the terms of the Eastern Area Vice President '38, and the Western Area Vice President '34 and four Trustees-at-Large, one each in '33, '34, '41 and '65, will expire at the same time.

6. In submitting its slate of nominees, the Nominating Committee should give due weight to the desirability of including outstanding candidates from the younger classes. In addition to considering the nomination of outstanding candidates from the younger classes, the Nominating Committee should weigh the desirability of including a proper balance of nationally distinguished alumni on the Board in order that the Board's prestige and influence will continue.

7. I further point out that it is particularly necessary to nominate only those who are members of the National Naval Academy Alumni Association and tvho are willing to serve. It is a most important consideration to determine if one's prospective duties, jobs, or professions during their tenure of office will permit them actually to devote a reasonable amount of service in the organization, including reasonable expectancy of attendance

at the Spring and Fall meetings of the Board of Trustees normally held at Alumni House in Annapolis.

A GIFT SUGGESTION

8. While the number of nominees is at the discretion of the Nominating Committee, you are informed it has been the consensus of the Board of Trustees that no more than two candidates for each vacancy should be nominated by the Nominating Committee. It has been customary to limit the nominees for President and Vice Presidents to one for each position. You will note that the By-Laws provide for nomination by petition.

The ballot also provides for write-in votes.

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Contributors' Biographies JOSEPH F. PAULL Joe Paull '58 grew up in Wheeling, W.Va. but is now a resident of Indianapolis, where he is an investment counselor with Merrill Lynch and President of the USNA Alumni Association chapter. He served four years at sea after graduation, and then resigned and earned an MBA degree at Michigan State in 1964. In the following three years he was in engineering sales with Borg-Warner and Cummins Engine Co. before moving to Merrill Lynch.

OSCAR LEVIN Currentiy working in the Social Security Administration of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Mr. Levin was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and spent his boyhood there before moving to New York City. His formal education consists of high school plus the completion of a number of adult education courses at City College in New York and Queen's College in Flushing, Long Island, not to mention his unforgettable four years in the Navy.

C A P T A I N G R A Y S O N MERRILL, U S N (RET.) Grayson Merrill '34, an aviator, had a distinguished naval career in drones and guided missiles before retiring in 1957 to become General Manager of Fairchild Astrionics, then Vice President of Electronics HarrisIntertype and, in 1964, President of PRD Electronics, producers of electronic test equipment and systems. Four years ago he retired from active participation to cruise the Caribbean in his Newporter ketch, from where he does occasional consulting and writingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including a new book.

Managing a Defense Company for Growth and Profit.

A S S I S T A N T PROFESSOR KAREL M O N T O R Karel Montor is Chairman of the Academy's Educational Resources Policy Committee, a veteran of WW II and Korea, and a former executive with ITT. He majored in psychology at Illinois, helds an MBA degree from Fairleigh Dickinson and a Ph.D. from Maryland. He has lectured widely and written numerous articles, holds two patents and a congressional citation, and his recent development of a brain wave "attention level analyzer" (see "All Hands") has received national and international attention.

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 activities. 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 articles, 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 Captain USN (Ret.) 'i9 and retired 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, ending his long tour 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 "Fred 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

R I C H A R D LEE CULVER Midshipman Culver '74, First Regimental Commander for the first set of academic year 1973-74, is from Saugus, California. He majors in Ocean Engineering and is a Trident Scholar. He is a member of the Brigade boxing team and of the Academy Sailing Squadron, is a scuba diver and skier, and expects to qualify as a parachute jumper this summer. At present he plans for a Marine Corps commission following graduation.

Paul Schratz '39

T o w a r d A Better U n d e r s t a n d i n g Most of us become professional conference goers over the years. Few such experiences merit more than casual attention, but occasionally a combination of time, circumstances, people and location makes a noteworthy contribution. Such an event occurred last June at Wingspread, the idyllic Frank Lloyd Wright designed conference center of the Johnson Foundation near Racine, Wisconsin. T h e subject was " T h e Year of Europe: T h e Transition in European-American Relations." Half the participants were Europeans, half Americans; notably, the three Naval Academy alumni exceeded those from any other institution. Partly for this reason we are sharing the experience with our readers, but primarily because the conference and its future merit comment as well.

A first in America, this particular Wingspread meeting had its origin a quarter century ago in postwar Britain. Appalled at the destruction and waste of the flower of youth in two World Wars, the British embarked upon a program of indoctrinating future European leaders in the principles of democratic government. Experimenting first with German war prisoners then in Britain, soon all of Western Europe, Scandinavia, and, for the last decade, Americans, Canadians and Japanese were invited. Meetings are held ten times a year in a magnificent T u d o r mansion in Sussex.

These "Wilton P a r k " conferences, named for the original meeting place in Oxford, cover a wide variety of Atlantic Community issues ranging from defense to drugs, armanents to urban decay. T h o u g h run by the Foreign Office, complete academic freedom prevails.

Given the general intellectual climate of the Western world, the success of the Wilton Park idea is based on somewhat heretical ideas. First, the conferences are generalist. In a world where technology has made man increasingly specialized, a distinct need emerges for the broader view by a mix of professions, nationalities, cultures and, importantly, of age groups. Participants are future leaders at mid-career; the goal, through them, is opinion influencing.

These men and women find most valuable

the cross-fertilization of ideas and cultures in so<alled "T-shaped" discussions stimulating both breadth of vision and depth of specialist knowledge. Second, discussions are free and uninhibited. Participants may express a national or professional point of view but the mix of professions and age groups insures a sharp dialogue and no cows are sacred. Third, discussions are privileged and unrecorded, even at the sacrifice of a priceless archive of public opinion.

Stimulated by the British experience, a group of American "Old Boy" Wiltonians auspiciously inaugurated the American equivalent at Wingspread. Eight nations were represented, and in the generalist tradition, a multitude of professions.

Of three dozen conferees, four were parliamentarians in U.S. or European Congresses, nine were businessmen, several came from research institutes, foundations and the media, five were academicians, and five represented the world's oldest profession, diplomacy. (After all, it required some diplomacy to make the second oldest profession possible.) T h e three Naval Academy graduates were themselves a mark of diversity. One was John Pustay '49, youngest brigadier in the Air Force; another, your editor, Captain Roy Smith, and the third, an academician, myself.

Commander Birger Dalan, Royal Norwegian Navy, a student at the Naval War College, effectively represented the views of a country both small and involved.

With a mix of individuals and professions encouraged to speak both freely and irreverently, comments by all emphasized enthusiastically the value of the experience and the stimulus of new ideas and attitudes. Europeans expressed considerable skepticism that their political integration is remotely near, some that it is even possible. They feel that Americans do not realize that prior to 1945 there was no challenge to Europe as a whole from the outside; from the thirteenth century the threat was to one nation or another, never collective. There is no collective memory of a politically united Europe, no sense of tradition from which the reality of a

European superstate may emerge. A commonality of interest has developed, and there is no longer a possibility of war among the members; these alone are changes of monumental importance. But balance of power theorists now in vogue, visualizing Europe as a political entity, are grossly oversimplifying.

Americans respond that since Europe is not an entity, diplomacy must be practiced bilaterally. T h e President must deal separately with a Heath, a Brandt or a Pompidou, and suspicion naturally arises that one nation is being played against another with the goal of pulling Europe apart.

Europeans note that no U.S. President since John Kennedy has had a favorable image in Europe; they express great sensitivity to the lack of consideration or consultation by their powerful ally even on issues directly involving European security: The ABM, the Cuba crisis, the Moscow and Peking visits.

Defense issues prompted vigorous debate with serious questions on the U.S. troop issue and doubts about U.S. strategy.

In an era of summitry and long term trade agreements with the Soviet Union, they ask, is it realistic to believe that a U.S. president would actually push the nuclear button subjecting the world to a holocaust.?

If so, can he really believe that the Soviet Union will present a clear and unambiguous challenge to trigger the so-called "instant response".? H o w can U.S. strategists speak of tactical nuclear war in Europe when no nuclear weapon can be considered tactical.? It is whispered in N A T O that tactical nuclear war is war on somebody else's territory, yet how, in fact, can one visualize any other kind of war in Europe?

T h e Wilton Park conference in America will continue at least through 1975.

Readers who may be interested in participating may wish to write care of Shipmate for further details. Seeking only to broaden the common understanding of policy by Europeans and Americans, individuals are chosen on the basis of a very simple ground rule of democratic governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that one man can make a difference and every man should try.

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The Mail Boat Honoraria and Awards

Re: letter of John A. White '31, April 1973

bership dues in order to carry on its work ""d to support the Naval Academy, but rest assured that those funds are used wisely—and only as approved by the Board of Trustees.

Shipmate:

Graduation Invocation

I too am concerned with the Alumni Association's decision to make cash awards of $1,000 as honorariums. This past year I received a solicitation from a classmate, apparenriy at the request of the association, for a contribution. The solicitation indicated to me that in order to carry on many very worthy projects the association was in need of additional financial support. I responded with a check. Now I find that the association feels in a position to award $1,000 honorariums.

I have just completed work on a doctorate at the Georgia Institute of Technology. During the last few years I have been able to listen to a number of lectures given by men recognized as experts in their fields. In no case did their honorariums exceed $150. I fail to see why the Alumni Association should feel $1,000 honorariums to be necessary.

Gordon W . Callander, Jr. '61

Colonel White's letter referred only to the proposed cash award of $1,000 to a Distinguished Alumnus, protesting its adoption. The word "honorarium" appeared in Admiral Anderson's reply, referring to one actual and two proposed cash awards of $1,000 each, in a broad rather than literal usage. These were awards for outstanding service to Navy and Nation, over a period of time to recipients chosen by a selection process; not payment in lieu of professional fees, as in the honorarium paid to a lecturer. The Association itself makes no such honorarium payments.

The three $1,000 awards were authorized in principle by the Board of Trustees in October 1971 (Shipmate, fan. '72); one to an Outstanding Midshipman of the graduating class, one to a Distinguished Alumnus, and one to a representative of the media. The first Outstanding Midshipman Award was made in June Week "f 1972 ("Shipmate, ftdy-August '72) and the second last fune ("Shipmate, July-August '73). The other two have never been made.

The Distinguished Alumnus Award was approved by the Board for 1973 implementation in October 1972 ("Shipmate, Dec. '72) but the Selection Committee found its task impossible and recommended that this award be dropped. The Board did so in May 1973 ("Shipmate, July-August '73). The Media Award was discussed at Board Meetings between October 1971 and May 1973, when it was tabled. Because it never had been approved for implementation, it was not reported in Shipmate.

We hope this answers your question and eases your mind. You are quite right that your Association does need financial support beyond mem-

Shipmate: The invocation given by the Padre on graduation day was marvelous. Maybe it could be printed some place in Shipmate.

Arleigh Burke '23 Here is the invocation as delivered by Chaplain John J. O'Connor, USN,-on 6 June 1973.

Let us pray.

Almighty God, what we ask for each one of these graduates is that the oath of service that he takes today in your name sear itself into his mind, his memory, his heart. Let the solemn words of that oath set his heart on fire with love of country, our flag, our ideals—with love for his family, his shipmates, his men.

Remind him that few officers are ever tempted to betray this oath by an act of formal treason, but that many could be tempted to betray it by lowering the standards of the naval profession, giving less than their best to their country, pursuing their own ambitions to the detriment of others, failing their families and friends who trust them, or the men and women entrusted to their care.

Far from ever yielding to such temptations, may every one of these graduates be able to say at every moment, with justifiable pride, that his life, in thought and word and action is the very ideal we have a right to expect of the professional officer.

Finally, may those classmates who have died, already been awarded their diplomas by You for distinguished service during their short lives on earth, and already been commissioned to serve joyfully in Your eternal kingdom, where batdes no longer rage. AMEN.

our first trip up the river I spent my time dodging escaping steam and hot water leaks. One of the wonders of river life was the Chinese pilot who sat on a high stool on the bridge all day long (we anchored at night) and guided the ship safely through the evershifting channel by observing the color of the water, the speed of the current, etc., no charts necessary or practical.

The HELENA, one of the oldest ships in the navy, was the largest gunboat on the river (we even carried a marine guard of two officers and fifty men) so consequently we were unable to go through the gorges up river from Hankow, as did the smaller gunboats. We patrolled the stretch of river from Shanghai to Hankow stopping for short periods at various river towns; Nanking, Kukiang, Wuhu, and Chinkiang. The natives along the river could always tell that we were headed their way for the ship had a tremendously high smoke stack that could be seen before we even rounded a bend in the river and the Chinese merchants would be waiting and ready for us when we dropped anchor.

Hankow was a delightful place to stay with its marvelous international club where all the foreigners gathered each afternoon—French, German, English, American, Italian, etc., a truly international gathering.

Finally after months of this pleasant and interesting duty the blow fell—a dispatch from the CinC Asiatic "U.S.S. HELENA proceed Shanghai, coal ship and then sail for Hong Kong and Canton to join the South China Patrol." No one in his right mind would order the HELENA on this long ocean voyage in her condition of unseaworthiness, but we made it after nearly going to the bottom in a storm off Foochow at which time all hands not on watch put on their life jackets and clung to the nearest stancheon ready to hit the water if the old top heavy shop turned turtie.

None of us aboard the HELENA liked our new base at Canton, but luckily for me I soon received orders detaching me from the HELENA and ordering me to destroyer duty in Manila.

Sydney S. Bunting '21

Experiences Recalled

Shipmate: I have just finished reading the extremely interesting and amusing article "Last Days of the U.S.S. QuiRos" by LCdr. Henry M. Kieffer, USN (Ret.). I enjoyed every word of it for it reminded me of my hectic but interesting and unusual duty on the Yangtze patrol gunboat USS HELENA in 1929

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Upon arriving in Shanghai aboard the PRESIDENT McKiNLEY I received orders from the CinC Asiatic to report as chief engineer to the HELENA. For two days I tried to locate my new ship and finally found her in a Chinese shipyard across the Whang-Po from Shanghai. She was a mess with her machinery scattered all over the yard, supposedly repaired and ready to be put back in the ship. This was completed 10 days later, but on

Shipmate: During the mid-fifties, in the pre-missile era, the contribution of the Sixth Fleet, operating m the Mediterranean, to the atomic strike capability of the United States was very important indeed.

Many military people, writers, and observers of military affairs, however, expressed doubt that the Sixth Fleet strikes could ever be launched from what tho.se critics termed the extremely vulnerable aircraft carriers. Then and now it was contended that the carriers would have been sunk by initial Russian strikes, as certainly being among the prime targets of any surprise attack upon the United States or NATO. On the other hand, it might be recalled that during that era, at all times on each Sixth Fleet aircraft carrier one section of atomic strike aircraft was continually at the ready

to launch stage on the catapults. The pilots of these planes were briefed up to the minute, flight dressed, and at least one member of the plane crew was always physically in the aircraft; other members of these plane crews were in the nearest ready room on instantaneous notice to dash to their aircraft.

The picturesque commander of the Sixth Fleet in those days. Vice Admiral, later Admiral Charles R. ("Cat") Brown, held a special philosophy as to the feasibility of his accomplishing the launch of his strike missions in the event they should be required, and of the possible survival of his Fleet, prime target though it might be. That philosophy is still worth considering today.

In the first place, he explained, at no time were all of the carriers permitted to be in port simultaneously, and with rare exceptions one of the two or three carriers of the Sixth Fleet was continually on the move about the Mediterranean, often at high speeds, a difficult target indeed. Though in event of failure of all early warning of an impending attack, the in-port carrier or carriers might be destroyed by an initial surprise attack, the possibility of its running mate or mates at sea being simultaneously destroyed seemed hardly likely.

"Then if I survive (the Admiral was using the personalized form for his Fleet which he loved), for five minutes, I'll get the ready strike off at least. If I survive fifteen minutes, the follow-up strike will be airborne. If we last another hour, the complete strike from the carriers at sea will likely be on the way.

"Now, the picture begins to change, for the punishment we expect to mete out in return for the surprise strike we have taken will by any standards be terrific in the area of the Russian air bases we have pin-pointed along the iron curtain, where our targets lie. To say the least, we will create confusion on their side. We feel we will be able to meet the incoming second wave strikes of the Russians with our own fighters, and our boys' score in our continual fighter intercept exercises has not been too bad.

"If I survive three hours, we become the offensive, and we may last a day. If I last a day, maybe we will last three as the mutual support from our bases in the United States and far afield from our local operations begins to take a toll in the heartland of Russia. If we last three—oh, well, you take it from there!"

Brown Taylor '34

Shipmate: Paul Schratz' column, "The Saga of Lady be Good," in the April issue of Shipmate was interesting and timely.

My wife Betty and I have taken to the love of "backpacking" through the many beautiful areas of California. Last September we backpacked 90 miles along the John Muir trail in the High Sierras ending at the top of Mt. Whitney (14,496 feet). About two weeks ago we hiked across Death Valley from Augerberry Point (about 6,800 feet elevation) on the Valley's west side to Furnace Creek Inn on the Eastern slope. This trip, because of the extreme unexpected difficulties in coming down the steep slopes from Augerberry Point, took us one day longer than the two planned for the trip. It was all we could do to hike the last 12 miles in the 116° heat with the 8 cups of water we had left. Never have I ever experienced such thirst.

After our experience of crossing Death Valley I will never understand how those unfortunate men of the "Lady Be Good" were ever able to

survive 65 to 92 miles of desert walking on one half a canteen of water. It is beyond my imagination and belief. Needless to say, I now consider turning the handle on a water faucet and watching clear water run out as one of the wonders of the world.

Grant H. Rogers '39

Shipmate: Recently, I received the enclosed letter from Mrs. Douglas Horton—the former Mildred McAfee, first Director of the WAVES. I hope you will agree that the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of her letter are worthy of dissemination.

Mrs. Horton wrote to thank me for an official photograph taken of her at Fourth Naval District Headquarters, Philadelphia, on 15 August, 1942, during her first visit to the District. Others in the picture were Rear Admiral Adolphus E. Watson ('99), Commandant of the District, and Miss Disert, the first woman officer in the 4th ND. I found the picture while sorting my memorabilia.

Immediately after their call upon Admiral Watson I was introduced to the ladies by Commander Thomas A. Gaylord ('20) in whose office I was waiting my turn to call upon the Commandant. Miss McAfee was on leave of absence as President of Wellesley College. My wife is a 1931 graduate of Wellesley and as I was the Prospective Commanding Officer I invited Miss McAfee and her party to the commissioning that afternoon of USS BUTLER (DD-637). They could not do this but as Miss McAfee had not visited any ship in her new capacity she prevailed upon her escort to adjust the schedule with the result that they visited BUTLER for a few minutes after the call upon Admiral Watson.

Mrs. Horton is a most gracious person and I shall always treasure the few minutes I spent in her company.

Mitchell D. Matthews '27

We do agree and reprint these sections of Mrs. Horton's letter herewith: The picture makes me wonder if the Navy had some kind of miracle camera. Could I ever have been so YOUNG and so thin.' My companion on the first get-acquainted trip to the Fourth Naval District was Margaret Disert who had been Dean of Women at Wilson College and became the first woman officer in the District. With the help of Mrs. Gates and Miss Disert we had fine recruits from that District, helped as they were by broadminded Navy men who believed the Navy could survive with women enlisted and commissioned.

Since the picture shows that I was not yet in uniform I can definitely say that I enjoyed my visit to your ship more than to any other I boarded during the War. I never learned exactiy where I was supposed to salute and on one embarrassing occasion I approached a ship docked somewhere or other and I arrived at the wrong side—no gangway!

It was good of the regular Navy to forgive our many social errors, especially those of us who were never officially indoctrinated. You gave us a great experience for which thousands of WAVES will be forever grateful.

I had a delightful visit at Wellesley during the alumnae reunion and hope that sometime I will get back when '31 returns with its husbands. I'd like to thank you in person for your reminder of a delightful episode when I visited the BUTLER, a truly "gallant ship."

Commentary

Shipmate: In your June '73 issue you have a short piece in "All Hands" announcing the 72-knot speed record set by one of the Navy's two 100-ton Surface Effect Ships. This speed record was set, in fact, by the Bell Aerospace Corporation's SESlOOB, but the accompanying picture was one of the SES-IOOA. I would like to take this opportunity to amplify your report and to present you with the enclosed photograph of the real record holder.

SES-IOOB

Robert F. Hartman III '69 Prospective First Officer SES-IOOB

Shipmate: On page 9 of the June Shipmate is an article concerning the Board of Visitors, at whose meeting I was elected Chairman.

Actually, I am from the Class of '46. Our class, as you may remember, graduated in 1945, on a three-year basis during the War. I know in filling out forms it does become confusing as to whether to put down the year you graduated or the class you were in.

J. S. Sinclair '46

Shipmate: An excellent issue of Shipmate (June '73). I must protest, however, an evident misprint in General Foster's letter to Captain Burke USN. Surely the U.S. Military Academy does not teach its students and graduates to disregard Mr. Webster's spelling of such words as "depredations." Of course, I always knew from their antics on the football field, 1910-11-12, that the Kaydets didn't know much—but, "DEPRADATIONS".' My goodness!

"Pinky" Powers '14

Shipmate: After reading and re-reading "The Mail Boat" (Shipmate, June '73), I feel that Captain Alexander, with a littie less of the hair shirt and a few more years of close personal day-to-day experience "working" the wide spectrum of humans we call "minorities," could probably develop a better understanding of the difficulties and problems involved.

Alcorn G . Beckman '31 A

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All Hands The Alumni Association Contributes

O n 15 June Captain Busik, the Executive Director, presented the Association's check for 110,000 to Vice Admiral Mack, the Superintendent, as the first installment on a $25,000 pledge toward the Naval Academy Memorial F u n d . T h e balance will be paid by $5,000 installments each in FY '74, '75 and '76. As previously reported in Shipmate, Admiral Mack stated earlier that these gifts will be used for furnishings and some finishing touches in the renovated Dahlgren Hall.

In addition to the Memorial Fund contribution, the Association's FY '74 budget includes other financial support for the Academy: an under-write of up to $4,000 for the N A Foreign Affairs Conference, $1,000 for the Outstanding Midshipman Award, $600 for dedication ceremonies of the Nimitz Library and $400 for Blue and Gold luncheon briefings at Alumni House.

This budget also includes a total of $7,400 to provide computer services to classes and chapters within the Alumni Association.

All of these funds are derived from our annual giving campaign, not from dues.

Midshipman Summer Training

39 first classmen were selected for summer training with the navies of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, N e w Zealand, Norway, Turkey, Uruguay and the United Kingdom. An equal number of midshipmen from those countries spent the summer training in U.S. ships.

162 served in submarines of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, with 44 in Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines, while 24 received shipboard nuclear power training in USS LONG

BEACH, BAINBRIDGE and TRUXTUN. T h e

re-

maining 420 alternated a month of duty with the Plebe indoctrination detail at the Academy and the remainder of the summer in the 6th Fleet.

Second Classmen rotated around a schedule of two weeks professional training at the Academy, two weeks of Damage Control at Philadelphia or Norfolk, one week of aviation indoctrination at Pensacola, one week with the Marines at Quantico, one week of submarine indoctrination at N e w London and a week with the Destroyer Force at Newport. T h e new

Youngsters were divided about equally between Naval Academy Training Squadrons of the 3rd Fleet in West Coast and Hawaiian waters and the 2nd Fleet cruising in Northern Europe. This is a welcome return to the old concept of the Midshipmen's Practice Squadron.

Voluntary programs for additional training during leave periods included some 25 midshipmen enrolled in language studies in Germany, Brazil and Mexico, and about 60 who took airborne parachute training at Fort Benning, Ga.

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New Commandant of Midshipmen

Captain Donald K. Forbes USN '50 relieved Rear Admiral Max K. Morris as Commandant of Midshipmen on 1 August 1973, coming here from command of NAS Quonset Point, R.I. Captain Forbes enlisted in the Navy in July 1944 and was appointed to the Academy in 1946. He completed flight training in May 1952 and served in aviation billets until 1955, when he went to the Postgraduate School for a BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering. In 1958 he added an MS degree from the University of Michigan and later attended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College. Subsequent aviation billets, including two squadron commands, provided numerous deployments to the Seventh and one to the Sixth Fleets prior to attending the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1971-72.

Admiral Morris has been Commandant since July 1971. His new assignment is in the Office of Naval Operations.

Good luck and smooth sailing to both.

Selective Service Registration

Shipmate wishes to remind its readers that, even though there now is no draft, young men are still required to register with Selective Service at the time of their 18th birthday. It is true that Presidential authority to induct men into the services

expired on 1 July 1973 and we now rely on voluntary enlistments to meet our military manpower requirements, but one very important point has been overloo\ed in most reporting on the end of the draft.

The Military Selective Service Act remains in force, and it states that all young men have a continuing legal obligation to register with Selective Service at age 18, within 30 days either side of their birthday.

Those not registering within that period are, in fact, in violation of the law and could be subject to prosecution. In addition to registration, the law requires that young men must notify their local Selective Service Board or Registrar of any change of address and they must carry their registration cards with them until their eligibility expiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;usually at age 26. The obvious and sensible intent of the law is to maintain a known manpower pool against the possibility that a national emergency requires Congress to resume the draft.

The Selective Service System is reorganizing to its reduced requirements, with a reduction from 2,700 to 925 local board sites. However, volunteer registrars and advisors are being appointed in most communities throughout the country so that individual registration should now be more convenient than before.

Naval Reserve Summer Cruises

Six Naval Reserve Force destroyers spent the summer on opposite sides of the world in the largest summer training cruise program in Naval Reserve history. Nearly 2,500 Reservists had shipboard training in two week increments during these extensive cruises.

From the West Coast USS MCKEAN, SOUTHERLAND, CARPENTER, a n d W i L T S I E

formed a Naval Reserve Task Group that traveled over 13,000 miles before returning home in August, making port calls at Adak, Yokosuka, Sasebo, Taiwan, Guam, Midway and Pearl Harbor. From the East

Special Award to Shipmate

We are pleased and somewhat proud to report that Shipmate has received a special award from the Time-Life Foundation for outstanding, overall improvement in an alumni magazine over the past year. The award is "special" in that it was in addition to those of the regular awards program. The announcement was made at the annual convention of the American Alumni Council in Vancouver, B.C. last July.

Memorial Gifts, 1973

During the past year the Alumni Association has received donations in memory of VAdm. John McN. Taylor '26, Mr. Robert C. Zastrow (father of "Zug" Zastrow '52), Lt. Charles C. Parish '64, Mrs. G. S. James, Jr. (wife of "Buck" James '32), Cdr. George F. Yoran, Jr. '50, Mr. George F. Freeman '31, Mr. Joseph W. Rinschler '40, Lt.(jg) Marvin L. Salomon '55, Cdr. John C. Waldron '24, Capt. John P. Wise '45, Capt. Nelson W. Pickering '08, Miss Claudia Johnson (aunt of RAdm. J. J. LeBourgeois, USN '45), Capt. Raleigh C. Williams '09, Capt. Frank A. Wickhorst '27, LCdr. John Boyer '61, Capt. Rickard W. Shannon '50, LCdr. Alexander J. Palenscar III '63, LGen. Alan Shapley '27, Cdr. E. B. Taylor, Jr. '53, Mr. Cecil R. Bryant '24, LCdr. William B. Jupp '13, Cdr. Leon W. Westcott '42 and Capt. John S. Davis, USAF '63.

These donations, gratefully received, have been put to appropriate uses, either as specified by the donors or in support of the Academy's Recreational Facilities Program for the Brigade of Midshipmen.

Coast, USS PERRY and HOLDER cruised in

A New Speed Record

the Mediterranean, visiting Malaga, Barcelona, Palma and Naples. In all cases the ships were manned by about 165 active duty personnel, augmented by successive groups of Reservists flown out from the States for two weeks of training duty.

This is the third year for summer Reserve cruises in the Mediterranean but the first west of Hawaii.

A new eastbound trans-Pacific record has been set by SS SEA-LAND COMMERCE, which completed the 4,208 miles from Yokohama to Race Rocks, British Columbia, in five days and nine hours. Her average speed for the run was 32.62 knotsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a far cry from the freighters of W W II.

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Daydream Alarm

Navy scientists have developed a "daydream warning" machine designed to sound off if a person hooked up to it isn't concentrating enough on the job he is doing. Professor Karel Montor, of the Naval Academy where the machine was developed, says that the Navy has no intention of using such machines to see whether Annapolis midshipmen are daydreaming during studies. Rather, the machine offers promise for keeping airplane pilots, radar and sonar operators and long-distance truck drivers on the alert.

Brain-wave research, with academy midshipmen as participants, led to the development of the "attention-level analyzer." This machine can be set for the level of concentration an individual should be using, plus "an allowable daydreaming factor." When the individual exceeds the allowable daydreaming factor, he will be alerted by a tone. According to Professor Montor, it is possible that the future could see mass production of the "daydream-warning" machine for use in automobiles. H e indicated the cost would probably run $50-$75 apiece.

A New AGOR T h e Navy's newest Oceanographic Research Vessel GYRE ( A G O R - 2 1 ) was christened on 9 June at Halter Marine Services in N e w Orleans by Mrs. John Duhe, daughter of the Hon. F . Edward Hebert.

A sister ship, MOANA WAVE, was christened later in the month.

GYRE is the first of a new class of small, ocean-going platforms designed to handle portable, van-loaded oceanographic research equipment and will be operated by Texas A&M University under an agreement with the Office of Naval Research.

She is a modification of the supply and

Oldest Living Alumnus Shipmate regretfully announces the death of Rear Admiral Henry Williams U S N CRet.) '98 on 6 July 1973, just a month before his 96th birthday. His successor as our oldest living alumnus is Admiral James O. Richardson U S N (Ret.) '02.

utility boats used in the offshore oil industry. Powered by two 800 H P diesels, she is 174' in length, has a 36' beam, is equipped with variable pitch propellers and tunnel-type bow thrusters, and has accommodations for 10 crewmen and 11 scientists.

Oops!

T h e July-August Shipmate reported the annual presentation of $400 in savings bonds by the Class of 1951 to the Plebe Class as shown in this picture. Unfortunately, the identification of those in the picture was missing from the printed account.

inventions. One highly successful enterprise was Dupont's marketing of Teflon first developed by N R L .

Fleet Fuel Conversion

T h e Navy has passed the half-way point in conversion of its modern boiler-powered fleet from N S F O (black oil) to the cleanerburning distillate fuel ( N D ) . Approximately 180 of the 330 ships slated for conversion are now burning N D . Officials at the Naval Ship Systems Command say the Navy's conversion to a distillate fuel represents significant improvement in overall fleet material readiness.

T h e cleaner fuel has eliminated many maintenance chores associated with burning the old N S F O , has reduced the necessity for blowing tubes from once per watch to once per week and has tripled the interval for inspecting firesides, extending it from 600 to 1,800 hours.

Information Wanted

Shown are the Class Presidents, Capt.

Ward deGroot '51 (Center, front) and Mid. Morgan Pearsall '76 (Center, rear) with other classmates.

New Aircraft Coating Developed An experimental coating under development for Navy aircraft may, if economically feasible, provide a permanently-waxed appearance for automobiles of the future.

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory here are working on an easily-cleaned, highly-resistant coating designed for aircraft which has the ability to shed water like a freshly-waxed surface. T h e coating has already been formulated in several colors.

In a related move, the Navy has joined with the Commerce Department in a pilot project to interest the civilian business community in Navy inventions with good commercial potential. Interested businessmen are provided with technical background information to help them decide whether they should seriously consider use of Navy

Cdr. Roy O. Stratton SC U S N (Ret.), author of Saco—The Rice Paddy Navy, is writing a new book about the late VAdm. Milton E. ("Mary") Miles U S N '22 to be entided That What-The-Hell Pennant.

Cdr. Stratton is "seeking information about his professional and social activities, his traits, habits, initiative, humor, resourcefulness, strengths and weaknesses." Anecdotes and other items of interest from his Naval Academy days and his subsequent career will be greatly appreciated. Cdr. Stratton's address is 237 Main Road, P.O. Box 386, North Falmouth, Mass. 02556.

Dominos, Anyone?

LCdr. John S. McCain III '58, a recently repatriated prisoner of war, told Dr. Henry A. Kissinger that two N o r t h Vietnamese generals w h o visited him in his prison cell had boasted to him that North Vietnam would conquer South Vietnam, Laos, and then Cambodia—then Thailand—and then Malaysia. W h o savs that the "domino theory" has been discredited }

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Flying Low

Continuing Economies

After completing a $3 million modernization program, the U.S. Navy's oldest hydrofoil, USS HIGH POINT ( P C H - 1 ) , tries out her sea legs on Puget Sound in Washington State. The Boeing-built craft is 116 feet (35,3 m) long, 31 feet (9,4 m) in the beam, displaces 117 tons (118,9 MT), and travels faster than 40 knots when foilborne.

A blow to operational efficiency is the 50% cut in steaming time for much of the Atlantic Fleet—down to 17 days of operations per quarter from the previous 35, which is itself a reduction from not many years before—effected for the last six months of FY 1973 in order to conserve funds. Although that order does not apply to the 6th Fleet, its ships are only at sea for 35-40 days per quarter. Hopefully, this situation will ease with the reduction in requirements for S.E. Asia but, even so, it will take some time to restore full combat readiness to the Atlantic Fleet.

Another economy, with less resulting problems, is a reorganization of fleet support staffs that will disestablish or merge some 60 staffs with a net saving of 4,000 billets. This stems from an original and sound suggestion by the Senate Armed Services Committee that the large reduction in operating forces should be matched by a similar reduction in supporting headquarters and staffs. Some major headquarters have already had reductions in staff billets and others will follow in both operational and administrative commands.

AFR&B Trying to Refund $248,000

The Armed Forces Relief & Benefit Association is holding a total of $248,000 in current and previous year dividends payable to active and retired officer members.

As with Shipmate, this results from lack of notification of change of addresses. Officers who are members of AFR&B and who have not received dividend checks should write or call the Association headquarters at 1156 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005. Telephone is (202) 659-5140.

Merger of the two ASW Forces with the 1st and 2nd Fleets and elimination of submarine division commands have already been accomplished. Squadron commands will generally be retained but other division commands and the cruiser-destroyer flotillas will be eliminated or replaced by "Group" commands so that there will be only one intermediate staff between the unit and its type commander. Perhaps this will even reduce paper work down the line.

Tf.T • ENGINEERS • CONSTRUCTORS • MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

ENGINEERS Incorporated 50 Park PI., Newark, N. J./{201) 624-1234 Philip H. Fitz-Gerald '25, RAdm. USN (Ret.) Peter A. Cipriano, P.E.—'44 Joseph F. Fossella—'63

Homecoming Schedule 12-14 October 1973

FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER

SATURDAY, 13 OCTOBER

1000-1800

Registration at Alumni House

1205

Brigade noon formation

0900-1000 A.M.

1215

Luncheon in the Wardroom (Mess Hall) for Alumni who are fathers or legal guardians of midshipmen. Your midshipman must ma\e arrangements for this in Bancroft Hall.

P.M.

Plebe Football-University of Virginia

1300-1515

Patrol craft tours of Naval Academy waterfront (half-hour tour, departing on the hour from Santee Pier West). No children under 12.

1500

Alumni vs. Midshipmen Squash Tournament, Field House.

Dress Parade on Worden Field.

Brigade evening formation.

Pep Rally, Tecumseh Court. *Reception in Dahlgren Hall. *Dinner in the Wardroom, seating by classes.

1545 1715 1800 1900-2030 2030-2200

*For Alumni and their ladies. Reservations required 2130-0030 2130-0100

Dance, Dahlgren Hall. Informal, no tickets required (beverages available).

Open Tap Room at Alumni House.

In addition to the foregoing, alumni and their guests are invited for informal visits to those buildings and Departments of the Naval Academy which normally are open on Friday afternoon. Places of special interest this year include the YPOR (Oceanographic exhibit at Santee Pier East) and the new Nimitz Library.

MAJOR REUNIONS 20th Anniversary—1953—13 October, KT and supper, The Elks Club, Annapolis 10th Anniversary—1963—13 October, Dinner Dance, Sheraton Lanham Hotel, DC

1000-1200 1015-1115 1135 1230 1400

Half-time 1700-0100 1700 2000

Class Meetings as scheduled.

Varsity Soccer-Air Force Academy Plebe Soccer-Girard College Plebe Cross Country—Toms River High School Visits to Company Wardrooms by sponsoring classes.

Alumni Assembly, Mahan Hall.

Brigade noon formation.

March-off for football game. Enter Stadium 1305.

Navy vs. Syracuse football. Please request football tic\ets direct from Athletic Association—NOT the Alumni Association. Price per tic\et $6.00 plus $.50 handling charge per order.

Crowning of Homecoming Queen.

Open Tap Room at Alumni House.

Class reunions and parties as scheduled.

Popular Music Concert, Field House.

SUNDAY, 14 OCTOBER 0830 0900 1000-1245 1100 1200-1245 1245 1400-1700

Catholic Mass in Main Chapel.

Protestant Holy Communion in St. Andrew's Chapel.

Visits to Company Wardrooms by sponsoring classes.

Divine Service in Main Chapel.

Visits to midshipmen's rooms by alumni.

Brigade noon formation.

Sailing.

Boats of the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron will again be available to alumni and their guests.

Assignment of boats to be on a first come, first allocated basis. Weather permitting, a maximum of 200 guests will be accommodated. Sailing parties assemble at Sailing Center at 1:45 p.m. Please note the following USNA Regulations: No children under 12 years; each participant must be able to sivim 100 yards; alcoholic beverages may not be ta\en aboard; soft rubber-soled shoes required. ^

Don't forget to let the Association know of changes in address, in advance if possible, so that you don't miss out on Shipmate. Magazines are not forwarded unless you so instruct the Post Office.

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A Most Unusual Alutnnus William Nelson 1846; LCdr. USN, MGen. U.S. Volunteers Joseph F. Paull '58

larity as his strongest suit. In fact, during the Mexican War he drew the ire of Commodore Matthew Perry by his know-it-all attitude. Later it is said that when Secretary of Navy Toucey tried to transfer him to the Pacific Squadron he tore up the papers before Toucey's face. Doubtless very few men disdaining service with the Pacific Squadron would have expressed their displeasure in quite so abrupt a manner. But Nelson, during the height of his career while a Union general, showed himself to be so capable and efficient that perhaps these same virtues helped balance against the unsavory mannerisms of his earlier naval career. In fact, later we will see that Nelson was so capable on the battlefield that the New YorI{^ Times would compare him with General W. T. Sherman, certainly one of the most capable generals in the history of the U.S. Army.

Murder!

One of the strangest incidents of the War Between the States occurred on September 29, 1862 at the Gait House hotel in Louisville, Ky., when Brigadier General Jefferson Davis (a most improbable name for a Union General) shot and killed his companion in arms Major General William "Bull" Nelson, twelfth graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy. The incident was made even stranger by the fact that Davis was never tried for Nelson's murder, even though it was witnessed by a host of persons including the Governor of Indiana.

Nelson's death, to say the least, was unusual, but then. Nelson was a very extraordinary individualâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one of the type that often precipitates as well as participates in atypical events.

Nelson The Man "The very largest naval officer I have seen in company," wrote William H. Russell, a correspondent of the London Times after having met him at dinner.

This was no mean exaggeration, for physically Nelson was six feet four inches and weighed some three hundred pounds. Yet, for all his bulk, he was infected with tireless energy and, when he took a stance on a subject, he was sharply outspoken. This tall Kentuckian seems to have had a photographic memory, for he could repeat page after page of his favorite authors and could speak several languages.

Admiral Edward Simpson remembered that the "Gas House" shown in early drawings of the Naval Academy obtained its name from "the rather inflated tendency of one of its occupants," Nelson.

Henry Villiard, a war correspondent, described him as having Jupiter's head on a Herculean figure and as he rode among the cringing stragglers at the battle of

Major-Gencral William Nelson, Class of 1846

Shiloh "raising himself in his stirrups, his stentorian voice thundering against the bluffs, he had seemed like a legendary figure from a Grand Opera." In short. Nelson left an indelible impression on the minds of those he met.

As members of Nelson's profession resigned their commissions and went south, he spoke coarsely and fiercely against them.

Again Russell remembers the egotistical and outspoken lieutenant as he vented his pro-Union sentiments against the then embryonic South. "Sumter and Pickens are to be reinforced (this was in March 1861), Charleston is to be reduced to order, and all traitors hanged, or he will know the reason why, and, says he, I have some weight in this country." It is easily deducted that one so forceful and quick to express his opinions could not also count popu-

The Struggle for Kentucky In the early stages of the American Civil War, Nelson was to play several major roles of inestimable service to the nation.

The first of these concerned the struggle to maintain Kentucky in the Union.

Kentucky was a crucial area for the Union, so crucial that Lincoln had remarked, "To lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game." Lincoln's reasoning was thus expressed, "Kentucky gone, we cannot hold Missouri, nor, as I think, Maryland. These all against us, and the job in our hands is too large for us.

We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of the capital." In short, Lincoln had declared that the fate of the nation rested on Kentucky. Bruce Catton in The Centennial History of the Civil War shows that Lincoln humorously summed up the situation by remarking "while he hoped to have God on his side, he had to have

16 Kentucky." In further commenting upon Kentucky, Catton states " T h e danger was greater for the Federals. If the Ohio River should be the northern boundary of the Confederacy, Confederate independence was all but assured."

Initially Kentucky tried to hide behind a veil of neutrality. However, anyone with a basic knowledge of geography could see that neutrality was either just a poor disguise for future intentions or just plain procrastination. Kentucky constituted an invasion corridor for either Southern or Northern armies, and her people consequently would be involved whether they wanted to or not. From the Alleghenies clear to the Mississippi River, contact by Federal and Confederate armies could be accomplished only by marching through Kentucky.

T h e question at hand was how to win Kentucky. Most circumspect Union men felt that Kentucky would have to be handled by kid gloves and that even a hint of force might drive the state into the Confederate camp. Governor Magoffin was slowly equipping secessionists in the state militia, even though the state legislature appeared to be predominantly Union. A way had to be found to put guns in the hands of Union men. Nelson was to find it.

During the Spring of 1861 Lieutenant Nelson visited his home state of Kentucky and observed the Southern sympathizers holding most of the state's guns. Nelson was not the type of individual to sit idly by. H e immediately got involved. His actions are best described by Robert Bowe in Lincoln and the Tools of War as follows: "As soon as he returned to Washington, he called on Lincoln to warn him that arms must be given to the Union men of Kentucky. Lincoln assented heartily, and then, pointing out the risks involved, asked expectantly where he could find the man for the job. 'Cast your eyes,' said the fierce lieutenant, 'on a little man of my size.'

T h a t was all Lincoln needed, he began at once to discuss the details of Nelson's mission."

Lincoln gave Nelson 5,000 muskets and verbal instructions for staunch Union leader Joshua Speed of Louisville. Nelson contacted Speed and subsequently the arms began to filter to key positions throughout Kentucky. Later, Lincoln gave Nelson 5,000 more muskets and the U.S. Navy presented him with 300 Sharps breech-loading rifles and a Dahlgren howitzer. Thus, through Nelson's efforts, pro-Union homeguard units were armed to counterbalance the state's militia. Nelson's next task was to help set up Camp Dick Robinson as a

depot for training Union troops, located about 100 miles north of the Tennessee border, deep in Kentucky. Nelson participated in these events, of course, while Kentucky was declaring itself neutral, and his efforts at this time greatly helped tip the scales toward Union advantage. Nelson had recognized one of the key crises of the Civil War and had acted accordingly to influence it. His services at this juncture were invaluable to the Union.

With the establishment of Camp Dick Robinson, Nelson was put in charge and was commissioned a Brigadier-General. H e then commenced turning raw recruits into soldiers. Once again he proved his worth, for it was an almost impossible task to discipline the western soldiers. Nelson, though he was absolutely hated for his "quarterdeck discipline," was able to handle the western recruits and to organize Camp Dick Robinson into one of the main training centers for the Union armies of the West. Later Camp Dick Robinson was named Camp Nelson in his honor.

N e l s o n at W a r T h e initial war of words in Kentucky soon moved to more serious phases. T h e Confederacy boldly invaded Southern Kentucky, setting up a defense line throughout the state near the Tennessee border. Part of the Confederate rationale for movement of units into Kentucky was the overt training and equipping of Union forces on her soil. Naturally this referred to the Union capers of which Nelson was so much a part—the supply of guns to Union militia and Camp Dick Robinson.

Unlike their Union counterparts in the Eastern theater, who were routed at the First Battle of Bull Run and then went into recluse. Union forces in the West took the bold initiative and rapidly struck the Confederacy several devastating blows.

Foremost of these was General Grant's capture of Fort Donelson which, though it was in Tennessee, constituted the Southern anchor and key bulwark of the Confederate defense line in Kentucky. W i t h Donelson in hand, the Union forces controlled a strategic highway into the western Confederate heartland. Donelson controlled the Tennessee River, which gave Union forces —via the U.S. Navy—access into northern Mississippi and Alabama.

Grant's army slowly moved south via the Tennessee until its forward units were camped within about two days marching distance of Corinth, Mississippi. Here Grant waited to be reinforced by another Union Army hurrying forward from Eastern Tennessee. T h e van division of this

army was commanded by none other than General William "Bull" Nelson.

Grant's plan was obvious; merge the two Union armies in Southern Tennessee, and then go forward to strike Southern forces which had concentrated at Corinth. Unfortunately, the Confederates had had their fill of running and, since it was obvious that Grant was going to strike them at Corinth, why not do the unexpected and strike him first.? Confederate forces moved forward and, in the early dawn of April 5, 1862, Grant's forward units were completely surprised. T h e bloody battle of Shiloh commenced. Throughout the day the Confederate Army slowly drove back Union forces until by dusk it appeared that victory was in the making. A determined effort was made by the Southerners to cut off the Union Army from the Tennessee River. This doubtless would insure success for Southern arms and it would mean a defeat of tragic consequences for Union operations in the West. However, at this critical time, by a forced march.

Nelson arrived on the scene and his forward brigade crossed the Tennessee to reinforce the Union line.

T h e scene of war before Nelson was a dreadful one. T h e wounded on the river bank had been trampled by fugitives and sailors had dragged large cables over them.

They were so covered with mud and dried blood that they were completely black.

Great masses of skulkers and stragglers were sitting around campfires making coffee, remaining completely oblivious to the desperate attempts of officers to rally them. One officer exclaimed that it looked like Bull Run all over again. This scene caused Nelson to react vigorously.

Nelson's actions are best described by Emmet Crozier in Yankee Reporters: "Fall in, boys!" he shouted. "Fall in and follow me!" From one group to another he rode with his hoarse appeal. "Men will you listen? Get your rifles and fall in! Come, follow the old flag!" But no one listened, none fell in to form a line. None cheered. Nelson called them all miserable cowards and struck at the nearest with the flat of his sword. Cursing as only old navy men can, he rode back where General Buell was watching. "They ought to be lined up and shot," he said.

Rows of wounded, lying close packed along the bank, were watching Nelson's fresh regiments march ashore. Some raised themselves on their elbows, crying and feebly hurrahing as the Army of the Ohio vanguard began to climb the road to join the batde weary Army of the Tennessee. Touched by this welcome from the wounded. Nelson's men turned on the skulkers under the bluffs crying out, "Cowards! Crybabies! Why don't you get up and fight.?"

"You'll see!" the stragglers yelled back, "You'll catch it. Just wait 'till you get up there; they'll cut you to pieces!"

17 However, this was not so. Nelson's timely arrival with fresh troops was sufficient to halt the already battle weary Confederate Army, providing the turning point which later led to victory. A Union disaster at Shiloh was narrowly averted, and many feel that Nelson was largely responsible for the rescue.

Confederate General Beauregard, Commander of Confederate forces at Shiloh, leaves no question in our minds as to how and why he feels the Federal forces were saved, as he justified his retreat from the field the following day.

"My depleted and exhausted forces were now facing at least 20,000 fresh troops in addition to Lew Wallace's command, in addition also to Jacob Ammend's brigade of Nelson's division, whose timely crossing the day before had saved the Federals from annihilation (emphasis added."

However, it should be noted that many historians feel that Grant's army could have held the line against the weary Confederates, and that Nelson's force only provided a clincher. This has been debated for over a century but, be that as it may, the fact that Nelson arrived at the scene at such a critical moment reflects an amazing propensity to be in the right place at the right time. In Kentucky had he not also placed himself at the pulse of one of the key Union problems of that time and acted to solve it.? These two instances taken in the flood of events at that time were two of the most critical of that era, and Nelson lent tremendous force to rectify both in favor of the Union.

Defense of Eastern K e n t u c k y While Grant's Army entered Northern Mississippi, the Confederates sent elements of their Army into Southern Alabama, and then suddenly north into Eastern Kentucky. It was in essence an "end around play" which caught the Yankees unprepared. This move left Louisville and Eastern Kentucky open to a Southern invasion.

Nelson was sent back into Eastern Kentucky and given command of the area.

Until a Federal Army could be moved into position to challenge the Confederates he was supposed to organize a defense with any available forces. Forces available, unfortunately, consisted of only militia and green troops. At this juncture the New Yor\ Times reported: "It is reported that General Nelson takes General Boyle's place. . . . General Nelson has abundance of vim and dash, but may not be without faults of manner and conduct, which, especially in his new position, he might do well to guard against. Like General W. T. Sherman, Nelson is in his element on the batde-field, and

if there is to be heavy fighting in Kentucky, is just the man to pitch in and wipe out the foe."

Little did the editor of the Times realize how true his warning concerning conduct and manner would apply. In fact, these traits would presently be responsible for Nelson's death.

Nelson busied himself in Lexington trying to organize its defense. A few miles south near Richmond, Kentucky, a veteran force under Confederate General Kirby Smith approached the green troops Nelson had rushed there. Smith's veterans attacked the Union troops and Nelson's subordinate Generals Manson and Cruft could not hold their positions. Nelson arrived at the scene to find the green Union troops in full retreat. Shelby Foote in The Civil War; A Narrative, best describes the scene: With assistance of Manson and Cruft he got what was left of his army into line of the edge of town, pardy under cover of rock walls and tombstones of a cemetery. Once the rallied men were in position, he walked up and down the firing line, exposing his huge bulk to enemy marksmen and talking all the while to encourage his nervous recruits. "If they can't hit me they can't hit anything!" he roared as he strode back and forth amid the twittering bullets.

In this he was mistaken, for he received two flesh wounds. His troops stood about three rounds and then fled, leaving only Nelson and his staff alone to face the enemy. Nelson subsequently made his escape and headed for Louisville to try to organize its defense, for he was trying to buy time until the veteran Federal Army of the Ohio, which was hurrying forward from Grant, could arrive.

Nelson's Death In Louisville, Union General Jefferson Davis, on leave from Missouri, offered his services to Nelson. T h e combination of Nelson's overbearingness and Davis's touchiness resulted in a clash. Nelson ordered Davis out of his Department. Later Davis returned with Indiana Governor Morton, who blamed Nelson for the defeat of Indiana troops at Richmond. W h e n Davis asked for an apology for Nelson's previous rudeness.

Nelson called Davis an "insolent puppy."

Davis then threw a wadded up calling card in Nelson's face whereupon Nelson laid the backside of his huge arm across Davis's face. Nelson asked Morton if he had come to insult him. W h e n Morton answered in the negative Nelson turned and climbed the staircase toward General Buell's room.

Davis, smarting under Nelson's blow, exclaimed to a bystander, "Did you hear that

damned insolent scoundrel insult me, sir?

I suppose he don't know me, sir. I'll teach him a lesson, sir." Davis moved up the staircase after Nelson. Before Nelson could enter Buell's room Davis called out for him to stop. At a range of eight feet he shot the big man fatally in the chest.

Davis was indicted by a Louisville grand jury but released on bail. Later the charges were dropped. Davis was one of Morton's favorite generals and the last thing Lincoln wanted to do was incite Morton, since he was one of the most active governors backing the Union army. Consequently, the military never got around to filing charges against Davis.

Evidently the memory of the encounter haunted Davis throughout the rest of the War. Emmet Crozier in Yankee Reporters states, "It would be necessary for him to explain it many times. In the campaign around Atlanta the following year, whenever a new general came down from the North, Davis lead the conversation to the Louisville tragedy and would tell how the impatient Nelson had slapped his face and called him puppy. 'What else could I do, I gave him a chance to apologize!' In the long campaign to Atlanta, around the campfire at night, on the march with Sherman to the sea, the brooding officerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; now a Major Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;eased the hurt conscience by telling again and again the grievous indignity which forced him to kill a companion in arms."

Although Davis was one of Sherman's best corps commanders, he was never promoted above Colonel in the regular Army.

"Not being hung is sufficient reward" was Lincoln's reason.

Nelson's death was forgotten in the catastrophic events of war. Neither Grant nor Sherman cared to recall one who had outshown the former at Shiloh and the latter in Kentucky before they became the famous soldiers we know today.

General William B. Hazen, West Point 1855, didn't forget. He, like Davis, became a trusted subordinate of Sherman, and in 1885 he wrote: "I always felt the country never understood the loss it sustained in Nelson's death and that it little appreciated his real value and character."

We'll never know Nelson's full impact on history. Did Nelson save Grant at Shiloh.? H a d Grant been defeated at Shiloh, he doubtless would never have become Commander-in-Chief of the Union Armies. Could Lee have then been defeated .? These are interesting questions, but that is all they will ever remainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;interesting questions concerning an interesting man. .^

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Fond Remembrances of Naval Service Oscar Levin

Having reached middle age and with hair almost entirely gray, my thoughts often wander back over the years to recall my former Naval Service during the years 1931-35. My fondest remembrances are those of the Midshipmen's practice cruise in the summer of 1934.

As a young seaman stationed aboard the USS ARKANSAS, I was delighted to learn that our beloved "Arkie" and her sister ship WYOMING had been selected to make a training cruise. W e were scheduled to take the Naval Academy Midshipmen on a summer practice cruise which called for visits to the ports of Plymouth, England; Villefranche, France; Naples, Italy and Gibraltar. In an era when travel was not as prevalent as it is today, I looked forward to visiting the continent of Europe for the first time and seeing some of the historical sights of the Old World.

Though a good many years have elapsed since that period of my life, many highlights of the cruise are still alive and fresh in my mind.

The Midshipmen were a group of fine young men destined to be the Navy's fusure officers. 1 took pleasure and pride in helping to familiarize them with life aboard a battleship; in showing them how to tie the various knots, how to heave a line with a monkey fist attached when coming alongside, and the art of taking soundings with a leadline to measure the depth of water and relay it vocally to the bridgeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sounding off in a loud clear voice, "a deep nine'" or "no bottom at seventeen."

There was Field Day every Friday and my shipmates and I worked together with some of the officer trainees to teach them the shipboard tasks of scrubbing down wooden decks with sand, washing paintwork and shining brightwork. W e pointed out that while these chores were not very exciting, they were necessary in keeping a vessel shipshape and ready to with-

stand Saturday's Captain's Inspection, especially when he looked for dust or dirt with his white gloves.

W e also spent many hours drilling and training at the 12" turret guns, preparing for the firing of Short Range and Long Range Battle Practices. Much of this was hard work, but it was not boring and the midshipmen seemed to enjoy those drills as being worth their while as young officers.

As a sports lover and avid football fan, I was impressed to learn that Midshipmen Cutter and Lambert, two linemen on the Naval Academy football team of 1934, were on board. Also aboard the "Arkie" was Hamilton (Spike) Webb, Boxing Coach at the Academy and Head Coach of the United States Olympic boxing teams of that period. I can recall meeting Spike and remember his firm handshake and friendly manner as we were introduced. He helped to organize a Smoker during the cruise, consisting of a series of boxing bouts. I took part by engaging in one of the matches with one of the ship's Marines.

The Ship's Band gave concerts almost daily while at sea, and what a great feeling and sense of pride it gave us to hear them play Anchor's A weigh and Navy Blue and Gold.

The ports we visited during the Cruise were eye catching, colorful and exciting.

The first was Plymouth, where I relaxed ashore drinking Guiness in one of its pubs with several of my shipmates. In strolling through Plymouth and observing some of its buildings and landmarks, it seemed to me that this was the American scene as it appeared during the 1890s and around the turn of the Century.

Our next visit held one of the most picturesque sights that I have ever seen. Entering the harbor of the French Riviera on the clear, blue waters of the Mediterranean, visible to the eye was a magnificent beach and towns nearby with houses

painted in different bright colors. In the background, the Alps could be seen rising skyward with quaint Chateaus scattered here and there amidst the green foliage.

Shore leave in Villefranche was indeed enjoyable, with the neighboring towns of Nice and Monte Carlo close at hand. Swimming in the clean waters of the Mediterranean immediately became one of our favorite pastimes.

Our next port was Naples, and this visit was highlighted with numerous exciting experiences. There were the Italian boatmen who rowed out to the ship's side as we anchored and exchanged greetings in their native tongue with some of our ship's company who were of Italian descent.

I recall the Inspection tour made by Crown Prince Humberto of Italy as we stood at attention in ranks. H e presented a dignified appearance in his neat uniform, standing over 6 ft. in height, as he walked alongside Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis, the Commander of the Scouting Force Training Squadron. H e later remarked to Admiral Ellis that he wished the men of the Italian Navy looked as fine as our crewmen.

There were Cook's Tours to historical sights of interest that were taken advantage of by many of the ship's company.

T h e list consisted of a visit to Pompeii, the city of anicent times that was buried by masses of lava from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. There was also a trip that took in the sights of the Eternal City of Rome.

Though I did make the trip to Pompeii, I have always regretted not making the one to Rome. It was there that the group held a meeting with Benito Mussolini, the Italian Fascist Leader and Prime Minister at that time.

Our departure from Naples found us heading towards the British Stronghold of Gibraltar and the last leg of our cruise.

Viewing the massive rock as we entered

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USS ARKANSAS on midshipman's cruise Courtesy Naval Institute

the harbor was an awe inspiring sight. T h e formation rises about 1400 feet above the water and covers an area of about two square miles.

Admiral Ellis decided to have the crews of the ARKANSAS and W Y O M I N G march in

parade in the town. Donning leggings and belts, and carrying Springfield rifles of 1903 vintage, we paraded through the streets of Gibraltar. I can recall a remark made by several of the townspeople who were watching as we passed by in ranks.

"Here come the bloomin' Yanks," they remarked, and that phrase has remained fixed in my mind through the years.

Of course they were thinking of and referring to the doughboys in the American Expeditionary Force in World W a r I, and also the vital role that the United States Navy played in that war, including an anti-submarine force based in Gibraltar.

We departed from Gibraltar one evening heading for home and the good old United States. As we got under way all hands were on deck. Led by Captain Coffey and Executive Officer Waddell we all joined in singing Auld Lang Syne. O u r return trip across the Atlantic was much quicker than the initial one, which had involved about 15 days, because of the extensive training and maneuvering at sea on the first crossing.

We arrived back in the Chesapeake Bay area on a sunny afternoon with the task of making the necessary preparations for the midshipmen to disembark and return to Annapolis.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was aboard the Presidential Yacht, which was

cruising in .the Bay upon our arrival. H e had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy during World War I and spent many of his leisure hours on the water. W i t h advance notice, we prepared for this rendezvous with the President by donning our dress white uniforms and manning the rail. As the barge carrying the Chief Executive came alongside, he yelled to the Midshipmen " H o w did you enjoy the Cruise?"

They responded with a "great" and proceeded to give him the Navy yell. T h e

The Rock of Gibraltar. 1934

President was disabled at the time from the crippling effects of polio and one of our Chief Boatswain's Mates had rigged a boatswains chair attached to the ship's crane in anticipation of his coming aboard.

However, he declined the offer and after chatting briefly with Admiral Ellis and Captain Coffey he departed with a warm smile and friendly wave. T h e Midshipmen proceeded to disembark shortly afterward, and the Cruise was ended.

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Sun shipbuilding & Drydock Company, June 1967 Courtesy of U.S. Naval Institute

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Shipyards And Seapow^er From an address by The Hon. William P. Clements, Jr. Deputy Secretary of Defense

A recent article in the magazine, Seapower, clearly addressed the relationship between shipbuilding and seapower . . . . . . "if ships are the instruments of America's use of the oceans, then U.S. Shipyards are the well springs of its seapower because only a nation capable of building and repairing its own warships and merchantmen can hope to exercise power at sea."

Implicit in this statement is the need to preserve and maintain our naval strength on the high seas, and equally to preserve and maintain a strong national shipbuilding capability, both naval and private. Recognition of this fact is particularly important now because we are reducing the size of the Department of Defense. But as we move from a wartime to a peacetime economy and reorient our national priorities from defense expenditures to h u m a n resources expenditures, great care must be taken to ensure that essential seapower requirements are maintained.

Many pressures exist to reduce still further the cost and size of defense forces. For example, the opening of diplomatic relations with the Peoples' Republic of China; proposals for reductions in our troop levels in Europe; our success with the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreements with the Soviet Union, and the increasing ability of our N A T O allies to undertake a greater share of their own defenseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all of these elements have contributed to pressures to reduce our Defense posture in the belief that war is increasingly remote. W e should not, however, be under any illusion that a generation of peace has already arrived. It must be noted that the U.S.S.R. has achieved parity with us in the field of nuclear inter-continental arms, and China, meanwhile, is strengthening its conventional forces and emerging as a major nuclear power in its region. China's nuclear reach will soon extend to all of the Soviet Union, and before the end of this decade, it may reach much of the Continental United States as well.

For these reasons, I believe that it is imperative that we maintain a strong defense posture not only to ensure a viable deterrent, but also to maintain the capability to defend our interests should deterrence fail.

In terms of seapower, a strong naval force and merchant marine to maintain freedom of the seas are ever more important. One good example of this requirement is the emerging energy crisis. Most of you are aware that our petroleum requirements will probably double by 1985. There appears to be no way we can domestically produce the volume necessary to meet these oil and gas requirements. It is anticipated that we will be importing at least half of our requirements by 1985.

One doesn't have to be a geo-political scholar to understand this means that our relations with the nations of the Persian/ Arabian Gulf are now crucial, and concurrently that America's ability to ensure free passage of our oil tankers is equally vital.

Approximately 7 0 % of the free world's petroleum reserves are in the areas surrounding the Persian/Arabian Gulf. At current rates of increased usage and exploitation of other resources, by 1985, about 2 5 % or more of our petroleum could originate in the Middle East. Already, over 90/o of Japan's petroleum and 6 0 % of Europe's come from this area.

For ourselves and our allies it is essential that we maintain the current good relations we enjoy with Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the newly formed Trucial State Federation, which includes the emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. But good relations, alone, are not sufficient to ensure that our interests will be protected.

In the relatively short time that I have served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, I have come to recognize that strengthening our shipbuilding capability and seapower resources is going to be a very complex and challenging task. Many problems exist for which, together, we must find

solutions. For our part, we are faced with the need to maintain and modernize our fleet with fewer dollars available and at a time when shipbuilding costs are increasing rapidly. Our need to rebuild the fleet and to control costs is likely to be the dominant factor in shaping naval shipbuilding for the foreseeable future.

T o R e b u i l d t h e Fleet U.S. involvement in the long costly war in Vietnam is in fact being brought to a close, despite difficulties in execution of the peace agreements. Yet the end of fighting will also mean that we can turn and give greater attention to the need for retiring support vessels and ships of war which are over age and increasingly inefficient. Since 1968, the Navy has retired more than 300 ships of all types, which carries with it some good news and some bad news for the shipbuilding industry.

First, the good news: T h e scrapping of our older and obsolescent ships has achieved considerable savings which are being made available for use in building new and modern ships. Funds allocated to shipbuilding and outfitting have risen from $1.5B in 1968, to $3.0B in 1972, to $3.2 billion in 1973, and we have requested nearly $4.0 billion for 1974. This has been a steady growth toward a $5.0 billion level needed for a well ordered replacement rate.

This increase in the numbers of ships we are procuring has helped to invigorate the shipbuilding industry, particularly when taken in conjunction with the rapidly growing national merchant marine program, and has done so at a demand rate which has provided for orderly growth.

Over the past several years the percentage of this nation's commerce carried in American ships has dwindled to about 5 % , and resulted in a national program to construct some 300 new merchant ships over a tenyear period. At present, more than 75 merchant ships are under construction or conversion in private yards, including large

22 liquified natural gas ( L N G ) carriers and tankers up to the 365,000-ton category.

On the bad news side of the ledger for shipbuilders is that the reduction of more than 300 ships from the fleet has resulted in a decrease in the amount of repair, overhaul, alteration, and conversion work available for both private and naval shipyards.

This is especially apparent in small and medium sized private shipyards not involved in nuclear powered ship programs.

With fewer ships in the active fleet, and less ship repair available, the Department of Defense recognizes that many shipyards are seeking work. However, the division of work between private and naval shipyards on new construction, conversion, overhaul, alteration, and repair is a complex issue involving not only economic considerations but also strategic requirements for naval shipyards and the physical capabilities of individual yards.

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In order to meet the strategic requirement to maintain naval shipyards ready to meet the need of the fleet at reasonably efficient operating levels, our naval yards are apportioned the type of available work for which they are best suited, consisting primarily of the conversion, overhaul, alteration and repair of complex combatant ships. Only a relatively few private yards are capable of working on these ship types and most of these yards are heavily engaged in new construction projects. Conversely, the overhaul and repair of less complex ships such as the amphibious and auxiliary types are, as a general rule, awarded to private yards. Unfortunately, for the smaller shipyards many of the 300 plus ships retired from the active fleet were of this type.

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One of the arguments made by private industry to have a greater portion of shipbuilding work allocated is that several recent studies have shown that costs are higher in naval shipyards. T h a t is true.

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ance naval shipyard work forces to changes in workloads due to the government's more inflexible personnel policies in raising or lowering the work force. Also, the low workload levels being experienced by the naval shipyards caused by the 300 ship decrease in fleet size has resulted in underutilization of physical capacity, and thus, higher costs.

T h e higher cost differentials for naval shipyards are, in effect, the insurance premium that the Government pays to have a strategically located shipyard with an assured capability of giving immediate industrial support to naval ships. Still, the Department of Defense and the Navy recognize not only responsibility to keep this premium at a minimum, but also to support and strengthen our private shipyards as co-equal partners in developing and maintaining the nation's seapower.

Toward this end, several measures have been taken: First, from FY 1968 on, all new construction work has been awarded to private shipyards. This has been done most reluctantly, as it would be beneficial to build new ships in naval yards in order to retain necessary skills and to provide a surge capability in national emergencies. But the additional cost involved would almost certainly mean that we would have to compensate by giving up something else we urgently need. W e intend to retain the option to build ships in Navy yards, but the question of when we will do so remains open.

Second, in most of those years 1968-1973, over 5 0 % of all conversion work (dollar value) has been awarded to private yards.

Third, recognizing that our naval shipyards have excess capacity due to retirements of older ships, a decision has been made to close down two shipyards by June 1974â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Boston Naval Shipyard on the east coast, and the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard on the west coast. T h e work assigned these yards will be redistributed largely among the remaining 8 Navy yards.

This action is taken to better absorb the fixed costs of operating these 8 Navy yards bringing them closer into line with costs at private yards, and thereby reducing the insurance premium we pay to maintain a national naval shipyard capability.

Fourth, the Department of Defense and Navy intends to continue to award as much repair, overhaul, alteration, and conversion work to private industry as is consistent with strategic and other considerations, even though the Congress no longer requires that 35 percent of conversion, repair and alteration work be assigned to private yards.

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Costs Another area mentioned earlier as closely related to the effort to rebuild the fleet is the increasing cost of new construction.

Unfortunately, the fleet force reduction, by itself, was simply not sufficient to allow the Department of Defense to modernize our fleet within foreseeable fiscal constraints.

Total defense outlays in constant (FY 1974) dollars amounted to $87.8 billion in FY 1964 and are estimated at $79.0 billion FY 1974—a reduction of $8.8 billion—the lowest level of expenditure since fiscal year 1951. This is but to say that the Department has limited dollars to spend on fleet modernization, and that some choices must be made.

One of the choices made which has had an impact upon shipbuilding is something called the "hi-lo mix"—which is a combination of (1) a small number of ships of high individual capability, and thus high cost, capable of meeting the most severe threats; and (2) many less capable, but still effective ships which we can afford in sufficient numbers to meet our world wide commitments. From this mix the Navy can form task groups that combine both numbers and high capability in optimum degree.

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pete for such contracts. Examples of this would be the construction of a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, nuclear powered submarine, or nuclear powered frigates. On the "lo" side of the mix, the less capable ships are built to a standardized design to achieve low cost of operation and maintenance as well as acquisition. This means that potential shipbuilders must have the capability for handling large multi-ship procurements. T h e Patrol Frigate and Patrol Hydrofoils, and Sea Control Ship are good examples of new construction programs on the "lo" side of our planned fleet modernization program.

Costs, then, have a very direct impact upon our decision making. Where the costs for particular systems are too high or it appears that we can't meet cost ceiling, we must fall back to other affordable options.

Both we in the Department of Defense and the members of industry must become better managers in our control of costs and in designing to specific costs. This means that the shipbuilding industry must stay healthy by modernizing its facilities and continually seeking increases in productivity, as we too must do in our naval shipyards.

In addition, the shipbuilding, conversion, and repair business has been the source of ever increasing claims sums. T h e claims have soared from approximately $88 million in 1967 to a high of $1.2 billion in 1971 and continue today in excess of $1 billion. T h e Department of Defense has shared in the responsibility for these claims

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and is taking actions to eliminate obvious causes for revising its acquisition philosophy and procedures; but can—or will— industry take appropriate actions overall and within individual companies to establish procedures and means for eliminating claims?

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Doivn to the Sea in Slips With an apology to Paul Schratz

If there's doubt in any mind that ladies are a part of today's surface fleet, one had but to look at the bridge watch team of USS WAINWRIGHT ( D L G - 2 8 ) d u r i n g a recent

Mediterranean refueling. Perfume, long hair, abnormally high-pitched and sometimes unique commands to the helmsman, refueling teams and telephone talkers were the order of the day when W A I N W R I G H T

conducted operations off the coast of Spain.

On a routine transit from Malaga to Rota several wives of the ship's company were treated to a day underway, including a refueling from USS DETROIT ( A O E - 4 ) ,

observing flight operations from USS INTREPID ( C V S - 1 1 ) and a passage through

the Straits of Gibraltar.

Accompanying their husbands were the Mrs. Philip F . Shullo, Lewis J. Bevilacqua, Roger A. Wills, Joseph B. Griffen a n d Thomas A. Lombardi. T h e ladies had been

following W A I N W R I G H T through her Med

deployment, but it was their first chance to hitch a ride underway.

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refueling, when bridge and refueling stations were literally taken over by the pretty visitors. Displaying a sound knowledge of shiphandling, rules of the road and soundpowered telephone procedures, the ladies brought WAINWRIGHT smartly alongsideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the complete amazement and disbelief of the crew of DETROIT. Observing the fledgling ship handlers from the "lookout" station on the bridge wing was W A I N WRICHT'S Commanding Officer, Captain W . D . Robertson, Jr. '48, who demonstrated his complete confidence in the women drivers by having a haircut while alongside.

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Mrs. Lewis J. Bevilacqua, wife of WAINWRIGHT'S Missile Officer, mans the ship-to-ship telephone circuit Capt. Robertson receives the finishing touches on a haircut while alongside DETROIT irom ship's serviceman William J. Hayes of Dayton, Ohio

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Summer Cruising In The Abacos Captain Grayson Merrill, U S N (Ret.)

O.K. shipmate, you're deep in your armchair, it's raining outside and you're reading this article in the hopes you'll escape from your miserable environment for a few minutes. Your correspondent, sir, is a retired alumnus enjoying an after-dinner drink in the cockpit of his Newporter ketch. MISTRESS. A mid-July quarter moon is in the cloud-speckled sky and we are moored to a sturdy dock at Treasure Cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas.

A houseboat looms out of the darkness, its searchlight seeking out a vacant slip.

Excited voices tell us that help in handling lines on the dock would be welcome, so I take station and clear my mind of minor alcoholic obfuscations. As the boat approaches, a figure appears on the bow with coiled line ready to throw. My eyes focus better as the dock light illumines my communicant. Oh, happy day—Oh, shame on you, Grandpa^—what have we here but a gorgeous bikini-clad, topless blond about to fling her dockline to me. T h e situation does not permit seeking counsel from my wife so I draw upon some inner strength, receive her line and tie it to a cleat with studied nonchalance. " H i , " says she, charmingly unconscious of her 39-inch adornments. " H i , " says I, cravenly allowing my gaze to wander off target while vowing to get this story for the benefit of you, my reader.

It seems that two bachelor businessmen from Florida have a habit of renting a houseboat from Treasure Cay Marina for an occasional weekend. Naturally their young lady traveling companions tend to be beautiful and uninhibited and naturally too, their comings and goings are of great interest to less glamorous folk. This houseboat has taken its place with the other boats of importance in the legendry of the Abacos. It is called the "Bunny Boat" and enjoys status with the mailboat from Nassau and the "Strip" boat which carries passengers between Green Turtle Cay and the airstrip at Treasure Cay International (sic) Airport.

N o w , if the Bunny Boat won't move you to charter and cruise in the Abacos next summer let me tell you of some other attractions.

A look at the chart (next page) shows a protected cruising ground stretching roughly from Hopetown northwestward 50 miles to Allan's Pensacola Cays. A string of reefs and cays gives protection from the seas of the Atlantic so that comfortable cruising can be had even when small craft warnings are flying in Nassau. As in the Exumas the water is shallow, generally no deeper than 14 feet, and often crowds a five-foot draft in the approaches to the deserted cays and marinas you'll want to visit. But it is also clear and depths can be judged by color of the bottom while you navigate.

It came as a surprise to this northerner but I have since proven to myself that summer is the best time to cruise the Bahamas. Florida boating people follow this precept and enjoy many advantages. T h e kids are out of school and can come along, marinas and harbors are uncrowded and dockage rates are lower, winter northers are forgotten as are the frustrating days in port which they enforce.

Yes, it gets hot—up to 90°F. in port— but why not anchor out, put up an awning and let mother nature's air-conditioner, the southeast tradewind, cool you off during a swim and evening cocktail? I've yet to pass an uncomfortable night in such circumstances. Incidentally, however, local thunderstorms with heavy rain and shortlived winds around 30 knots occur often enough to dictate two anchors down.

What about hurricanes.'' T h e season for them starts in late June, builds to a peak around August-September and fades out in October. T h e principal fact to appreciate about hurricanes is that their destructive center hits a given cay only once every dozen or so years. Abaco was hit hard by Betsy in 1965 but had not experienced anything like it since 1947 and 1930 before that. However, a threat valid enough to

warrant precautions occurs once or twice each season. A good transistor radio will assure you of one to two days notice, ample time to join the natives in one of the creeks fringed by mangrove or casuarina trees to be found in Hopetown, Treasure Cay, Green Turtle Cay or the Hurricane Hole at Allan's Pensacola Cays. A gaggle of anchors and lines out to the tree and mangrove roots should see you through anything. If you drag, it will be into a sandbank with only minor damage, so relax and enjoy tracking the storm by radio in company with the other worry-warts!

Charter Cruising Vacations In order to get a picture of charter cruising in the Abacos let's accompany Charlie X from Peapod, Ohio, who shares with his wife and four kids little or no cruising experience. Summer is his best choice for a vacation for business reasons and because the children are out of school. Fascinated by the Bahamas, he wisely spends several winter evenings poring over the latest Yachtsman's Guide to the Bahamas (Tropic Isle Publishers, P.O. Box 613, Coral Gables, Florida, $2.50). From this he arranges a bareboat charter of a 34-foot Nauta-line houseboat from Treasure Cay Marina ($500 per week) for cruising in the protected waters bounded by Green Turtle Cay to the north and Hopetown to the south. After choosing the best of several daily airline connections from south Florida or Nassau, Charlie and family arrive at the Treasure Cay Airport about 4:15 P.M. on a July Friday and take a taxi down to the marina.

T h e marina manager makes them welcome and checks them out on how to live in and operate a houseboat. Since the nearby grocery store will not be open for provisioning until morning they decide to have dinner at the Treasure Cay Inn after a swim off its beautiful beach and in its large fresh-water pool. After bedding down the children Mrs. X mused, "If

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cruising doesn't work out to our liking I could be happy spending a few days here.

Did you notice that 18-hole golf course.?"

N o t wishing to admit this possibility, Charlie kept m u m , but he wondered how four active kids ranging from 8 to 16 years would accommodate to houseboat living. H e never had occasion to give this a second thought.

Next morning provisions were put aboard, fishing tackle and snorkeling equipment made ready, charts and Citizen's Band radio checked, and Charlie proudly departed Treasure Cay bound for Hopetown. Despite its cumbersome appearance the houseboat handled easily and was not made the least uncomfortable by twofoot seas bustling along in front of the southeast tradewinds. Off Man of War Cay Charlie was led by a flight of wheeling and diving birds to a sea churning with fish.

One of three hearty strikes on a trolled lure yielded a forty-pound Allison tuna to his eldest son—but only after twenty minutes of arm-wrenching battle. Here was fresh meat to feed the family for several days—and for free!

On approaching Hopetown Charlie found the water shallowing and passed close to Parrot Cays as instructed by the Yachtsman's Guide. In the lee of Elbow Cay the water became calm, and Charlie decided to ease in close to some rocks and coral reefs for snorkeling. Down anchor and out swimming ladder! Mom, Pop and four eager young Ohioans paddle about gazing down at bright-colored fish obviously designed by mother nature in a lighter moment. One variety has a dark slash where his mouth ought to be—but it curves up and says "isn't this a happy place to be.?" Charlie thought so until he wandered to one side and suddenly found himself eye-balling a large barracuda. Remembering from his reading that barracudas are more curious than ferocious, Charlie backpedaled—his buck-toothed friend following discreetly. With mixed emotions he gathered up his brood, returned to the houseboat and engined to an anchorage in the loveliest of Abaco harbors—Hopetown.

Have you ever been bone-tired, gasping mentally for a drink but with four supercharged youngsters under your feet? This was Charlie's frame of mind as the sun set gloriously in a diadem of frothy white clouds, and its rays sparkled around the glass windows of Hopetown's candystriped lighthouse. "What's that funny little boat on the roof?" queried Mrs. X. "That, my dear, is a ticket to peace and quiet," mumbled Charlie, as he called out his sons to lower the dinghy.

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Off went the children to the swimming pool at Hopetown Harbor Lodge and its beach beyond. Plump into shaded deck chairs went Charlie and his wife for a few drinks and an hour or two of privacy. Slap of gentle waves against the hull, whispering breeze in the rigging, no telephone, no TV—can they be faulted for turning briefly just to each other? . . . .

Realizing that March Harbour is more a supply base for the Abacos than it is a yacht haven, Charlie decided to press on to Man of W a r Cay for his next overnight stop. The all-white settlement here is almost totally involved in boat building under the leadership of the Albury family.

Sailing dinghys and motor sailers of lovely Bahamian lines were being handcrafted from native woods as the X family watched. While Charlie and his wife walked across the cay to loaf on a gossamer-sand ocean beach his children got acquainted with the native teenagers and indulged in hot-rodding a la Man of War; that is, careening up and down the harbor in fast runabouts, with or without water skiers.

On every cruise there is one port with which the crew falls in love. For the X family this was Green Turtle Cay. Coming in from Abaco Sound on Tuesday they passed N e w Plymouth settlement, named

by Tories immigrating from Plymouth, Massachusetts during the Revolution.

Thence they proceeded to a dock at the Other Shore Club and a welcome by its owner Skip Wright. "If you want to give the cook a night off why not join us at the clubhouse for dinner? O.K., we'll see you for cocktails at seven. Meanwhile our saltwater pool is available."

The next day Charlie and family toured the setlement, impressed with its cleanliness and friendly people. Following Skip's suggestion he sent the kids back to the Club for a swim while he and his wife

stopped at the Blue Bee Bar to sample the drinks of the remarkable negro proprietress "Miss Emily." If nobility can be passed on from African tribal origins, Mrs. Emily Cooper is a princess. Tall, cheerful and articulate, she commands respect from all who visit her. By her husband who "drownded three years ago a 'shark-fishin' " she had eleven children, of whom six are living. It was pleasant indeed to sip Miss Emily's gin and tonics while she told stories of the island.

Next day, leaving the houseboat at the dock, Charlie used one of Skip's fast outboards to run up to the Green Turtle Club on nearby White Sound. Here the family swam in the Club's large fresh water pool and got acquainted with Roger and Sue Phillips, the young, industrious and charming British couple who manage the operation. Later they crossed the sound to Bluff House where they enjoyed a splendid dinner and, from a table perched atop a 100-foot cliff, watched the sun set gloriously behind Abaco Island.

Charlie's last cruising day was a lesson in the fallibility of things mechanical and the efficiency of the Abaco's logistic system.

Pressing the houseboat's starting button produced only a h u m m i n g noise from the engine compartment. Using his Citizen's Band radio, Charlie called back to Treasure Cay Marina and described his trouble. A

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charters listed in Yachting magazine. You can charter a Morgan 34 out of Hopetown and undertake a much more ambitious cruise than did Charlie. You can range up to Powell or Allan's Pensacola Cays to anchor in deserted but beautiful coves, and you'll have reaching 15 knot tradewinds all the way. You may run into President Nixon at Grand Cay near Walker's Cay but you'll have to decide whether the extra 45 miles and the beat back to Hopetown is worth it. Or bring your own boat and enjoy it even more.

The whole point is, of course, that the Abacos provide something for everyone: protected waters, warm but stable summer weather, bare-boat or skippered charters, fancy hotels and marinas if you want them and lonely harbors if you don't, good air service, an effective safety surveillance system and friendly, hospitable people.

Plan now to come on down next summer. Don't just sit there and stifle! ^J/

jammed starter motor drive requiring special tools and parts was the diagnosis.

Within an hour a mechanic arrived by runabout and soon had everything fixed.

Heading home for Treasure Cay, Charlie took the boat close by Don't Rock, a mushroom-shaped oddity, which seems to mark a favorite lurking ground for porpoises. In the distance a pair of these friendly creatures rhythmically surfaced for air and decided to join up for the fun of it. To the great delight of the children they took station under the boat's bow, swimming effortlessly and occasionally rolling and

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By evening Charlie was back in Treasure Cay with plenty of time to enjoy dinner at the Inn and get ready for his return flight in the morning. On the way home the six members of the family agreed that they had just had their best one-week vacation yet, and at the bargain price of $600 plus air fares.

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Alumni Tour News Brochures of the Alumni Association trip to Hawaii November 22-29 and the Caribbean Cruise January 5-16 were mailed this summer and both trips have received an enthusiastic response. If you are planning to go and have not yet booked, do so now to insure your reservations.

Accommodations in Hawaii will be at Waikiki's newest hotel, the beautiful, deluxe Sheraton Waikiki, located directly on the beach and adjacent to the famous Royal Hawaiian. A cruise around Pearl Harbor is included in the program, and optional excursions will be offered to the "Big Island" of Hawaii and the "Garden Isle" of Kauai. T h e remaining days are at leisure to give tour members ample time to renew old friendships with residents of Hawaii and to enjoy "Polynesian Paralysis" lazing in the Hawaiian sun.

The second annual alumni Caribbean cruise will sail from Baltimore January 5 for eleven days of nautical fun. T h e ship is Holland America Line's SS VEENDAM, formerly the SS ARGENTINA of Moore

McCormack Line. T h e VEENDAM will visit San Juan, Barbados, Guadeloupe and St. Thomas before returning to Baltimore on January 16. Prices range from $415 to $825 per person, depending on stateroom location.

Anyone who has not received brochures on these tours may obtain them from Matterhorn Travel Service, 1923 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401. Telephone (301) 268-7822.

The next European trip will be to Greece, present home of our Sixth Fleet.

The program will include Athens and a cruise of the Greek Islands and Dardanelles from April 29 to May 11, 1974. Further details will be announced later this fall.

That beach at Waikiki

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A Pictorial History of Sea Monsters and Other Dangerous Marine Life

By James B. Sweeney, Crown Publishers 419 Park Ave. S., New York, 1973 314 pages, 372 illustrations, $9.95

T h e title describes the book. And with most "coffee table" books going at $15 or $30 and up, this opus is a real bargain.

W e don't say "coffee table" in disparagement. For though a paragraph here and there reads like it was copied verbatim from a reference work, Jim Sweeney's book is fascinating.

H e has a wide field, and he covers it thoroughly, in text and in pictures. And what pictures! (It's those, plus the attractive format, type and binding, that led to our "coffee table" label.)

Sweeney is a former public affairs officer of the Naval Oceanographic Office (and writer of many sea stories). As such he starts with a knowledge of where he can get good art and data to piece out his own background. Photos, new and historic; old, old prints, and many of his own good drawings spice virtually every page.

Part one is given over to sea monsters.

Do they exist? Sweeney details dozens and dozens of reports of sightings, and then sums u p the possibilities of what really was—or wasn't—seen.

T h e n he turns to other (definitely real) dangerous marine life not only describing the creatures themselves but giving many accounts of encounters with them: Killers—sharks, rays, sawfish, groupers and barracuda, etc.

Dangerous through size—whales, walrus, and the like. Of giant clams, Sweeney says not one death has been authenticated. T h a t doesn't mean they might not have occurred, for there's little chance that any man trapped in a giant clam shell would return to tell about it. But it takes a few seconds for the clams to close those valves so one who did step or put a hand inside has a chance to get away.

Stingers and shockers—sea snakes, cone shells, corals, jelly fish, even catfish.

And, finally, those who are dangerous only if eaten—and among these even some who are dangerous only because of pollution.

Sweeney indeed covers the waterfront (pun intended) and the ocean depths as well, and covers them well.

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Your Dynamic World of Business

By Joseph A. Kriz '43 and Curtis J. Duggan McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1973 322 pages, illustrated, |9.95 This book is a new and refreshing approach in assisting young people to relate to our complex business world. T h e authors, both of Diablo Valley College in California, feel that the student is better able to see the significance of his own role in a business system when looking from his own standpoint. Hence, their point of departure is the individual and his own interactions with business in meeting his personal needs and desires.

T h e index is a glossary, making for easy cross reference. It lists graphic symbols as well as terms, which together provide concise definitions. Brief glossaries at the chapter headings alert the reader in advance to

significant terms coming u p ; then, for further clarification, the text headings facilitate initial orientation as well as later review.

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Then, with the source for the market in mind, the reader is guided through the sometimes mystifying areas of finance.

T h a t visit seemed to this reviewer to explain the subject in an amazingly easy manner. T h e final visit reviews all the factors in the business environment that influence the market, production and finance. Of particular note is the realm of one's own personal business and a discussion of the effect of the individual's business decisions on his own life.

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Team Teaching With USNA Alumni Assistant Professor Karel Montor, Ph.D.

During the spring semester 1973, a cooperative team teaching approach was successfully developed by the writer in conjunction with close to 100 Academy Alumni, as part of the Advanced Studies in Management course taken by First Classmen.

Essentially the program consisted of telephoning various Academy graduates both in and out of the service, over a hands free phone in the class room, with the alumnus providing the class with a real world management problem to solve.

After detailing the background and problem the phone connection was broken and a class discussion ensued, which was in turn followed by a call back by two of the midshipmen who discussed the class solution with the Alumnus at the other end —as well as listening to his feedback on their ideas and providing further thoughts of his own.

The range of subject matter was extremely wide, including discussions in the areas of national and world monetary crises, expanding sales of a small business, approaches to estate and stock planning, supporting the operating forces of the Navy, how to compete in the market place with a competitive, large manufacturer, managing a mixed civilian/military work force, what to do when you realize you can produce a product for 1/10 of the price you had been, how to market a product that is so tremendous no one will really believe it can work, installation and testing of building security systems, organizing local insurance and real estate offices, managing a far flung consulting firm, getting into the LNG business, dealing with white collar crime, filling the aviator pipe line, when to change to a new weapons system, how to keep subcontractors from a surprise overrun, and an approach to reorganizing a large organization.

In addition to many, many other areas which dealt with all phases of civilian, military, and government problems we were fortunate to have several of the alumni come to class and do their thing in person. They came from as far away as New Jersey—just to talk to classes of midshipmen—and they dealt with various matters, including mining minerals outside the 12-mile limit, handling shipboard racial problems, dealing wth campus disturbances, an understandable approach to operations analysis, the detailing process, how a management consultant goes about his business, how to get civilians to be as productive as their military counterparts, operation of incentive and cost control functions in an organization, planning the Navy's answer to the threat in the 1980's, and procurement without tremendous overruns.

In addition to the phone calls and class visits, quite a few of the alumni also sent in handouts that further illustrated the points they were making and/or provided additional background material for the midshipmen. The account has only partially touched on the variety of topics covered. While it was all very interesting to the midshipmen, it was fascinating to their instructor to learn so much and to see how wide are the areas of Academy alumni concern. The course will be taught again, using this same technique, in the spring of 1974 and alumni are invited to sit in when they are in the area.

As for the results of the program I am pleased to report that our recommendations did not stop American industry, nor involve us in another war. In fact, based on the feedback from the men at the other end, the combined class solution did result in a useful approach about 85% of the time. For the 15% whose problems we did not solve—there was no management consulting charge.

I think it safe to say that all who participated at both ends derived a great deal of psychic income from the experience, and the men who graduated in the class of '73 felt they had been better trained as a result of the in-class educative approach to real world problems. Without the Alumni the course would have been nothing.

Thank you, one and all.

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Capitol Hill Fred Lardner '22

The CNO Talks Back Over the years various newspapermen have wondered at the Navy's practice of having its witnesses before Congressional committees "sir" Members of Congress and act as polite as academy plebes toward first classmen.

T h e practice was recently broken when Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations, replied to an attack on the Navy by Representative Benjamin S. Rosenthal, Dem.-Lib. of N e w York, concerning the homeporting of a carrier task force in the Athens area of Greece. Rosenthal bases his argument on a study made by the General Accounting Office, a department formed by Congress. T h e G A O claims the Navy is spending too much money for this project and that Navy people assigned to Greece are living high.

"Admiral," Rosenthal said, "let me say that I am appalled by the Navy's whole performance before this committee. " T h e testimony of the Navy last year is now revealed by the General Accounting Office and my own conclusions on that report to have been a calculated pattern to render disservice both to the State Department and this subcommittee."

Rosenthal went on like this for some time, and it was apparent that Admiral Zumwalt was not going to take this line of talk lying down.

"I find your statement appalling," Zumwalt said heatedly after Rosenthal had finished. "It is disgraceful to the Navy, as are your references to me personally."

W i t h the help of naval officers attending the hearing with him, Zumwalt, who had not previously seen Rosenthal's statement, began to attack it. H e worked in several times that truism about "a layman making judgment on naval matters and reaching the wrong conclusions." In answer to claims that the Navy's plans for living are not austere, Zumwalt said: "Our people are not living in plush surroundings. They're not living nearly as well as you, Mr. Chairman."

Rep. John H . Buchanan, Jr. (R.-Ala.), noted that the session was being covered

by N B C television (as part of a Navy documentary), and asked Admiral Zumwalt if he had even thought of going on stage.

Recognizing Buchanan as a friend of the Navy, Zumwalt said he was replying to an attack on him, and that Rosenthal's statement was not based on fact.

Buchanan said he had come to the hearing to learn if the Navy had made a wise choice in homeporting a carrier task force in Greece, in the face of charges by the General Accounting Office that the Navy had done a poor job of planning and that costs were exceeding estimates.

"I think you've made an impressive case that you've made a good military decision," Buchanan said. "You've convinced me."

T h e G A O report said that the Navy hoped to use existing facilities in the Athens area. Instead, it said, the carrier will be separated from the destroyers, new facilities will have to be built. Air crews will have to fly 150 miles to Crete for operational training.

million from various strategic weapons programs initiated by the Pentagon after the United States-Russian agreements on weapons last year.

Senator Thomas J. Mclntyre (D.-N.H.) said that the subcommittee decided that many of the programs advocated by the military were redundant or marginal, and not needed as bargaining power in negotiations with the Russians.

T h e subcommittee is reported as divided over the administration's basic strategic philosophy, that in the wake of the limitations agreements the United States must press for expensive weapons programs to maintain a technological lead as well as top bargaining pressure on Russia to accept new agreements.

That argument was used in 1972, committee members said, and this year they are more skeptical about it.

Pass-Over Discharges In Court Less Procurement Money Signs point to a reduction, perhaps a sharp one, in the total amount of money allocated for research and development in the 1974 Defense Department appropriations bill. The Senate Armed Services subcommittee on Research and Development has cut $1.2 billion from the departmental allocation of $8.5 billion for missiles and other hardware.

House committee action has resulted in lesser reductions. After the Armed Services Committees get through with this money bill, the House and the Senate Appropriations Committees take a crack at it, and usually do more damage.

The Senate subcommittee took $405 million in research funds from the allocation to the Trident missile-launching submarine. It slashed funds for the strategic cruise missile to be launched by the Trident submarine, for the development of a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile by the Air Force, and for advanced missile defense systems by the Army. It cut $500

It appears that the Supreme Court may be called on to decide whether or not a twice-passed over Regular can be separated from the service. Because of current court cases and decisions, the Navy has halted for an indefinite period all pass-over cases.

Recently the Supreme Court refused to alter a lower court's ruling that women officers, twice passed over, have no grounds to remain in the service because treatment for men and women differs.

In late June a three-judge Federal court ruled that the Navy cannot discharge Lt. Robert C. Ballard for being twice passed over because Navy rules on the matter differ between men and women.

On June 29 a Federal judge issued a temporary restraining order forbidding the Navy from discharging any of five lieutenants who filed a suit in behalf of officers twice passed over.

Lt. Ballard claims that female officers are guaranteed at least 13 years of service until they can be forced out, if they are not on a promotion list, while male officers are forced out after two pass-overs for promotion regardless of length of service.

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Recomputation Hearings Possible

In the old days, for some years after 1958 when recomputation was ended, it was the House that favored recomputation.

The House passed such a bill, but gradually members of the House Armed Services Committee said, if someone wanted a bill passed, "Try it on the Senate first."

Today the situation is reversed. T h e Senate favors such a bill, having passed one last year by a vote of 82 to 4. W h a t the House favors is not known, for recomputation is opposed by leaders of the House Armed Services Committee, and you have to get by these leaders in order to get to the floor of the House, where House sentiment can be determined.

Senator Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, says he plans to introduce another recomputation bill this year, a one-time recomputation bill like the one which passed the Senate last year. T h e Nixon Administration still favors recomputation, a bill similar to that of Senate Hartke, with a first year's cost of $360 million. Hartke plans to introduce his bill separately or as an amendment to the Defense Department procurement bill.

House Committee Acts

The House Armed Services Committee voted 38 to 1 to reduce allocations in the fiscal 1974 Defense Department procurement bill for financing ship construction and conversion. There was a net reduction of $113.5 million for ship construction and conversion. Biggest single reduction was $229.8 million for conversion of Polaris to Poseidon missile submarines. Antiaircraft missile frigates suffered a reduction of $20 million, leaving $73.7 million for this purpose.

The amount to cover ship cost increases, $174 million, was reduced by $22.7 million.

However, the fund to purchase hardware and finance personnel, $21.4 billion, was reduced only $625.4 million.

T h e personnel force level would be the lowest since 1950, with Army having 791,627 men; Navy, 565,912; Marine Corps, 196,363; and Air Force, 665,963.

T h e number of officers in each service authorized to participate in full-time graduate educational service was 10 percent.

Extend GI Benefits Deadline

A review of GI educational benefits and an extension of GI benefits deadline will be undertaken this year, according to Representative Henry Helstoski (D.-N.J.), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

T h e eight-year deadline for utilizing benefits under the current GI bill expires June 1, 1974. T h e committee has before it numerous bills on the subject, some of which point out that veterans who left the service prior to June 1, 1966, might want to take advantage of these benefits. Some of these bills insist that the deadline be removed entirely.

T h e World W a r II GI bill permitted direct tuition payments to schools as well as monthly allowances to veteran benefits.

The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs believes that this feature should be part of the current GI bill.

T h e House committee plans to study all features of GI bill benefits and how they are being utilized before considering higher GI bill allowances.

Space Available Flying

A House Appropriations subcommittee has recommended changes in the space available flying program which may mean that users of this service will have to pay at least half the cost of this service.

If these recommendations become law.

the number of space available flights would be limited to two a year for active duty personnel, retired personnel, and their dependents. Students being educated in foreign countries or wanting to join their families abroad would be limited to one round trip a year.

T h e committee report states that all space-available passengers and their dependents, and especially senior officers, should be required to pay a fee which would cover at least the costs associated with the handling and processing of such travel.

"OSD and Air Force officials disagree for the following reasons: ( a ) this is viewed as an entitlement in the eyes of active duty and retired military members; (b) the space is surplus and otherwise would not be used; and (c) the lack of guarantee that space-available transportation will be provided does not lend itself to a reimbursable operation."

One proposal is to charge each passenger, as a minimum, 50 percent of the established D O D tariff rate for the channels

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Civil Service Annuity

Bills have been introduced in Congress which would authorize military service performed after December 1956 to be included in the total period of service on which civil service retirement benefits are payable, even though the members are or officially would be entitled to Social Security benefits.

These bills become necessary because the Comptroller General has ruled that a retiree's eligibility for Federal service annuity is based in part on his military service, and he cannot later withdraw his waiver of military retired pay and have such pay reinstated even though the civil service annuity is reduced when he becomes 62 and is eligible for Social Security benefits. Representatives Wilbur D. Mills (D.-Ark.) and Thaddeus J. Dulski (D.N.Y.) have introduced H.R. 1821 and H.R. 5031 to correct this situation <|>

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Wired For S o u n d Rear Admiral D . V. Gallery, U S N (Ret.)

"What satisfaction in this world, what pleasure can equal that of vanquishing and triumphing over one's enemy? None, without doubt!"

Cervantes, Don Quixote Back in 1950 Navy beat Army 14 to 2.

Army was the National Champion that year and came to Philadelphia unbeaten.

All Navy was supposed to do was to show up on time, put on a nice parade before the game, and then take their licking and go home. Navy's win was the biggest upset in sports history since the David-Goliath fight.

I wrote a story for the Saturday Evening Post about how we did this. According to the story all the Navy helmets had miniature radio receivers in them and the Navy coach ran the team from the bench with a walky talky. This was pure fiction, made up out of whole cloth. But it was a good yarn.

The story came out in the issue of the Post that hit the news stands the day before the next Army-Navy game. W h e n the team captains met in mid field to toss the coin before the game the Army captain demanded that he be allowed to inspect the Navy captain's helmet!

Five years later I was on duty as CNARESTRA in Glenview near Chicago

and became acquainted with Papa Bear, George Halas, owner and coach of the Chicago Bears. George was a very active coach and used to run up and down the side lines during a game yelling directions to his quarterback and giving the officials hell.

T h a t year George announced that he was through coaching and that from now on he would watch the game from the stands. Nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;really believed this.

A few days after he made this announcement George happened to read my story of the Army-Navy game in an old issue of the SEP. H e immediately called me up and said, "Is that radio gag practical? Can you really do t h a t ? " I assured him it could be done quite easily.

George said, "Well, I want to do it with the Bears."

Next day George and I had a meeting with Paul Galvin, head of Motorola, and a group of his experts. W e explained the pitch to them and said we wanted the Bears' helmets equipped with miniature radios that would stand the shock of tackling in a pro football game.

Galvin said, "Okay. Technically it's no problem. But," he added, "there are certain things you should consider."

"First of all," he said, "you'll have to take out a license with the F C C for a broadcasting station and get them to assign you a frequency."

"Okay," said George. "I'll take care of that."

"Second," said Galvin, "the opposition can tune in a receiver, listen in on your transmissions, and hear what plays you are calling." " N o problem," said George. "We'll code our transmissions."

"Third," said Galvin, "the opposition could set up a small transmitter and jam your transmissions. It would be illegal but they could do it."

"Hell, the opposition is always trying to pull illegal stuff on the Bears," said George.

"We'll get around that."

"Finally," said Paul, "there are a lot of garage doors around Chicago which are operated by a radio signal from the owner's car. T h e only frequency F C C can assign you is very close to the one on which these doors operate. So if you get excited during a close game and use a little too much power you will be slamming garage doors up and down all over the north side of Chicago."

George said, "Okay. I'll be careful about that."

So the Bears were wired for sound and played three games that year with George running the team by radio from the stands.

Then word leaked out and two other teams did the same thing.

Then the football rules committee got into the act, made radio helmets illegal, and put a stop to it. h^f

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Navy Sports Budd T h a l m a n

Farewell To Shipmate

This column will be my last for Shipmate as Sports Information Director at the Naval Academy. For those who haven't heard, I have accepted a new position as Vice President in Charge of Public Relations for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League.

As one might expect after 11 years in the same job, the decision to leave Annapolis was indeed a difficult one. A decade of Navy athletes and Naval officers, who have passed through Crabtown or introduced themselves at such distant points as Austin, Tex.; Atlanta, Ga.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Colorado Springs, Colo., will, I hope, always be friends. For me, it was always a pleasure to work for and with Navy people.

It is my firm conviction that the athletic program at the Academy deserves, better yet, demands, your enthusiastic support. In eleven years, I watched Navy teams enjoy the sweetest of victories and the most bitter of defeats. I never saw a player give less than his absolute best, even if it was not good enough. I never became disappointed or disenchanted with the vital role athletics play in developing a complete midshipman.

For the Thalman family, the time was right for both the challenge and the opportunity that the Buffalo Bills made available.

I look forward to professional football with the same enthusiasm that accompanied me to Annapolis in 1962.

I will always appreciate the support of our Alumni and hope they will continue to extend it to Captain Bo Coppedge, Coach George Welsh, Rip Miller, and the many other excellent people in the Navy athletic family. Their hard work and dedication are just about to pay the dividends we've all been awaiting.

Beat Army (and the Miami Dolphins)!

Budd Thalman

Start Navy's Grid Alphabet With The Letter " W " In Navy's 1973 football alphabet, the " W " overshadows even the ever-popular team of " X " and " O . " You don't start Welsh or winner without one.

Welsh has been a synonym for winning as far back as those halcyon days at Coaldale, Pa., High School. New Navy coach George Welsh won at Coaldale, at Wyoming Seminary, at Navy, and at Penn State. A long association has created, in George Welsh, a special affection for success.

It comes from confidence, which Welsh has and hopes to transmit to his football team. It comes from talent, which Welsh had as a player, has as a coach, and believes exists on the 1973 Navy squad. It comes from hard work and determination, which Welsh has never spurned and will insist upon in his players.

Success breeds Sugar Bowls, and National rankings, and Lambert Trophies— the booty of winners.

What can George Welsh do about winning at Navy, where the recent record is littered with the abhorrent "L"—a brand to be shunned, not sought?

"I'm not making any predictions," Welsh offers, "but I feel we can have a winning season right away, in 1973."

From Navy's 4-7 club of a year ago, Welsh inherits 20 lettermen, better than half of them offensive players. Eight starters return on offense and two on defense from the teams that opened against Army in the 1972 finale.

Graduation pared 20 lettermen from the roster, including such dependable defensive talent as tackles Mike O'Shaughnessy and Glen Nardi; ends Wes Bergazzi and Bob Willard; linebackers Mike Behrent, Jim Garban, and Chuck Voith, and cornerbacks T o m Broderick, Gary Rhoads, and Pat Virtue.

Cleveland Cooper

Charlie Miletich

By way of compensation, the principal weapons are back from the most explosive Navy offense of all time—a high octane unit that broke records for total yards (3,894), total plays (823), rushing plays (537), and total first downs (218).

39 To dot his "I" formation, Welsh has Cleveland Cooper, 181 pounds of excitement, who gained 1,046 yards on 192 carries as a sophomore. Cooper is the first midshipman ever to accumulate 1,000 rushing yards in a single season. The best total previously was 834 by Joe Bellino in 1960—the year Bellino won the Heisman Trophy.

"I am very impressed with Cleveland Cooper," the new Navy coach says candidly. "There aren't many backs I've been around, and I've been around some good ones, that are able to do some of the things Cooper can."

There is some doubt about the tailback ranks behind Cooper. Ed Gilmore, who saw scant service as a punt and kickoff returner last fall, and Plebe promotee Roy Jones entered impressive bids for the number two tailback position during spring ball but the question is whether either would "be consistent enough to step in if something would happen to Cooper."

To soften the loss of Andy Pease and Larry Carello, last year's top two fullbacks, Welsh moved highly-touted Bob Jackson, a 6-foot-4, 225-pounder who spent most of last season recovering from injuries, from quarterback.

Welsh, a quarterback during his playing days, likes what he sees at his old position.

"I have no doubts that we can win with either Fred Stuvek or Al Glenny," the Navy coach states flatly. "Both have a good feel for the game, know what they want, and throw the football well." For a starter this fall, Welsh did not profess, on the basis of spring practice, "a strong preference" for either Glenny or Stuvek, both of whom have had that job in previous seasons.

To go with experienced quarterbacking, Navy has a bounty of seasoned pass receivers including first classmen Bert Calland and Larry Van Loan, who, in Welsh's words, "must match any pair of receivers in the nation."

With size, mobility, and experience, Welsh looks for a solid performance from Navy's offensive line this fall. The starters, from tackle to tackle, average a hefty 241 pounds and four of the five have two previous varsity letters. "This should be a good offensive line," Welsh notes. "Individually, they had a productive spring, improving a little bit along the way. There's some size, good technique, and we ought to be able to block people."

Both of last year's regulars, Steve Ogden and Gary Nowak, have graduated, leaving some uncertainty at tight end. During the spring, Welsh moved Bill Smyth, a line-

backer in 1971-72, from defense to offense.

Smyth played tight end as a Plebe and, Welsh felt, "took a little time getting back in the groove but made the transition very well."

Welsh will have to build his Navy defense almost from the ground up. The only Army game starters back are linebacker Charlie Miletich, the 1973 team captain, and safety Charlie Robinson. Several of the other defensive lettermen—linebacker Dan Driscoll, end Tim Harden, linebacker David Higginbotham, and tackle Darius Karalis—have held down starting jobs previously and all have significant game experience.

"Defense definitely has to be considered

a question mark," Welsh points out. "Our success, particularly in the early games of the season, is going to hinge on whether we're going to be good enough defensively.

If we go into a game thinking we have to score three or four or more touchdowns to win, we're going to have problems.

"I was encouraged," Welsh continued, "during spring practice because we showed marked improvement in our defensive line and linebacking play in the last couple of weeks. Hopefully now that a lot of the terminology, the keys, and the assignments are no longer entirely new, we'll be ahead of the game this fall."

Navy will probably open with letterman Harden and Dayton Warfle, up from the

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jayvee squad, at ends but a five-way fight is raging for the starting berths at defensive tackle. The principals are letterman Karalis; Rod Garfield and George Markulis, a pair of converted offensive players, and youngsters Dave Papak and Bob Caulk.

"Spring injuries to Miletich, Higginbotham, and Driscoll made it difficult to evaluate our linebacking," Welsh said.

"We have some young people inside, Andy Bushak and Rich Ellerson in particular, who have some ability and we hope will learn quickly enough that we can use them early."

Welsh feels comfortable about Navy's prospects in the defensive secondary. "Unless I'm completely wrong," the coach states, "I feel our pass defense should be in good shape. There will be young people back there but I am impressed with their overall athletic ability. If our new men continue to improve, we're going to have people who can run, are tough, and will provide us with some depth."

Navy's number one deep back is safety Charlie Robinson, who has played over 600 minutes the past two years. Robinson has also swiped eight passes and, with five interceptions in 1973, would become the all-time Navy leader in that category.

A key to 1973, Welsh sums up, is confidence. "There's no way to be successful or win without confidence. It's especially important in the type of competition we're part of here. To have real confidence, I think you need some victories. If we're going to be a good football team this fall, and I believe we will be, it will be important to our mental attitude to win some of those tough games early in the year."

Lafayette's Tom Bates Named New Sports Information Director Thomas F. Bates, a member of the athletic staff at Lafayette College since 1967, was named Sports Information Director on July 10th.

A native of Meadville, Pa., Bates, 35, has a total of 15 years experience in sports information. Prior to his appointment at Lafayette, Bates was SID at Gannon College in Erie, Pa., for six years. He was a student assistant in the publicity office at Notre Dame for three years as an undergraduate.

After graduating from Notre Dame cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1960, Bates worked for two

years as an accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa., before going to Gannon as Director of Public and Sports Information.

In six years at Lafayette, Bates has twice won awards for editorial excellence in football programs from the College Sports Information Directors of America. Bates is President of the Middle Atlantic Conference Sports Information Directors Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the College Sports Information Directors of America and the National College Baseball Writers Association.

Assistant Lee Lawrence Promoted To Head Swimming Coach

Lee Lawrence

Springfield College graduate Lee Lawrence of Ridley Park, Pa., assistant swimming coach for seasons, has been named to succeed John Higgins as the Midshipmen's new head coach. As skipper of the Navy Plebe-Jayvee teams from 1967-73, Lawrence compiled a record of 29 victories in 38 dual meets. His first two Plebe teams were undefeated (10-0 and 8-0) and Lawrencecoached squads reeled off 19 straight victories before suffering a loss.

Swimming skipper at the State University of New York, College of Education at Genesee, for the two years preceding his appointment as a Navy assistant in 1967, Lawrence, 35, attended Staunton Military Academy where he made the All-America Prep School swimming team two consecutive seasons in the 200-yard freestyle. He also swam freestyle in two letter-winning seasons at Springfield College.

Lawrence began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Springfield before landing the head job at Genesee. In two seasons there, his teams win 14, lost 14, and tied one. A lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, Lawrence had three years of active service and participated in the Naval blockade of Cuba.

Potpourri of Navy Athletic News

For the second consecutive year, the Navy Football Handbook has been selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America as "Best in the Nation."

The 132-page brochure competed with more than 120 similar publications submitted by football-playing universities from coast-to-coast. In addition to "Best in the Nation," the Navy handbook was also voted best in District 2 of the NCAA for the fourth time in 11 years. * * # Navy outfielder Steve Ogden of Abilene, Tex., was named recently to the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League all-star team chosen in an annual poll of the league's coaches. Ogden, who graduated and was commissioned an Ensign on June 6th, finished the 1973 season with a .263 batting average. He tied for the team leadership in runs scored (13) but led the Midshipmen in almost every other offensive department including hits (21), extra base hits (9) and runs batted in (17).

Despite a disappointing 1973 average, Ogden wound up his Academy baseball career with an excellent three-season percentage of .308. Ogden won three letters as a tight end for the Navy football team and currently ranks fifth on the Academy's list of all-time leading pass receivers. * * * The man responsible for Hofstra's 10-9 upset of Navy, midfielder Phil Marino, has been honored by the members of the Midshipmen's 1973 lacrosse team as the "most outstanding opposing player" they faced this past spring. Marino will receive the Richard H. Seth Memorial Trophy, first presented in 1956. The award was established in memory of the late Richard H. Seth, Ail-American goalie at Navy (194849) who died in an aircraft accident.

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Jacksonville Alumni To Fete for Georgia Tech Game The Jacksonville Chapter of the Alumni Association will sponsor a pre-game buffet and social hour when Navy plays Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl on November 17, 1973, in Jacksonville, Florida. The social hour and buffet will commence at 1600 at the Naval Air Station Officers Club. The charge for a full buffet, game round trip bus ride and setups on the bus is $8.00 per person. A cash bar with O Club drink prices will be available. All Alumni and Regular and Reserve Navy and Marine Corps Officers and their wives and guests are invited.

Blocks of rooms have been reserved in the Holiday Inn and the 8-Day Inn both in Orange Park, Florida 32073, which is just two miles south of the Naval Air Sta-

tion. The rates are $17 and $19 in the Holiday Inn and $8 and $11 in the 8-Day Inn. Out-of-towners should make their own reservations.

Tickets for the game at $7.00 each including tax can be obtained from the Naval Academy Athletic Association or by writing to "Georgia Tech-Navy," P.O. Box 214, Jacksonville, Florida 32201.

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Class News DEADLINE: For November—10 September; for December—10 October.

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Mattie Milton Neal, widow of Admiral George F. N e a l , celebrated her 90th birthday at the North Island Officers' Club, Coronado, at a party given by her daughters, Lindsay Treadwell and Harriet Neal. About 75 devoted friends and relatives enjoyed a sumptuous buffet. The table was decorated with eastern lilacs and tulips. We all wish we could be as interesting, alert and charming when we are her age as Mattie is.

It is with great regret that I report the death of Elizabeth C. Parker, beloved wife of Ralph C. Parker, on 20 June.

08 Sec'y, Cdr. Allan G. Olson, USN (Ret.) El Miradero, P.O. Box 131, Bonita, CA 92002 Percent Members: 63.0

05 Lulie and Ray Furlong gave a very delightful class dinner on 27 May at the Chevy Chase Club to celebrate Ray's 92 nd birthday. Their guests were Louise and Royal Ingersoll, Edna and Louie Davis and Jane and Jim Gawne. All enjoyed themselves immensely, toasted their hosts, complimented Ray on his youthful appearance and wished him many happy returns.

Royal IngersoU's 90th birthday on 20 June was observed by his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Nagle of Washington, D . C , who gave him and Louise a beautiful dinner party at the Kennedy Warren. Thirty-six friends attended.

Regrettably, only one representative of '05 was present, Jim and Jane Gawne. Ray Furlong was in the hospital temporarily and Louie Davis with Edna has left for Jamestown, R.L, for the summer. Guests included many of the musical group in Washington, Arthur and Alice Nagle being accomplished concert musicians themselves.

The large dinner table was beautifully decorated with silver bowls and spring flowers. The dinner and liquid refreshment both before and during the dinner were excellent. Many toasts to Royal were given commenting on his youthful appearance and wishing him and Louise many more years of health and happiness. The principal toast was given byhis son-in-law, Arthur Nagle, who spoke of some of the high points of his distinguished career and mentioned his many decorations including the Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honor, Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire, Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, and Grand Cross in the Order of Naval Merit of Brazil. In speaking for Royal's legion of friends, Mr. Nagle mentioned that his toast was being offered with as much admiration as affection.

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Sec'y, Capt. Clyde R. Robinson, USN (Ret.) 107 Scott Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 69.5

and prior send directly to Shipmate

With sincere regret we report that our esteemed classmate, RAdm. Henry G e o r g e Taylor, USN (Ret.), passed away in San Francisco, Cal., on 19 May and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on 24 May. Classmates extend their deepest condolences to his survivors.

A letter from Eugene E. Wilson from 31 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105 is a reminder that a summary of his "Space Exploration" (a pictorial history of aviation) has never appeared in Shipmate as I promised, although Mr. Wilson tactfully does not mention it in his letter. The report is really too long to adequately summarize for our class notes, but very interesting, and I'm sure Mr. Wilson would send a mimeographed copy to anyone requesting it. The report is now the property of the Lincoln Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y. Ed. Note—A "pictorial history" is also too long for Shipmate, but other material by "Gene" Wilson is now being prepared for publication.

The letter does mention that a large collection of historic documents, assembled by the class of '08 fund of the USNA Alumni Association, is now deposited in the new Nimitz Library at the Academy.

Frank Rockwell (VAdm., USN, Ret.) and "Gene" Wilson were roommates at the Academy in 1904-'05—plebe year. Rockwell went out for crew while Wilson shot on the rifle team with D a n D e n n y , " C h i n k " Lee, and "Tubby" Waller. In 1922 the rifle team shot the International Free Rifle course at Milan, Italy and won the championship. Tubby was captain of the team.

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Sec'y and Treas., RAdm. Frank A. Braisted, USN (Ret.), 3104 Cleveland Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 61.0 I regret to report the death of our classmate Capt. H u g h V. McCabe, USN (Ret.) on 18 May at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. Hugh broke his hip early in April and ensuing complications resulted in his death. Graveside services were held in the Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia.

Hugh was a veteran of both world wars. After his distinguished career as a Naval officer, he taught mechanical engineering at Catholic University.

Among his survivors is his son, Hugh V. McCabe, and a daughter, Virginia M. Hawkins, both of Washington. (See "Last Call" for details.)

I also regret to report the death of Ann Anthony Farrell, wife of Professor W i l l i a m E. Farrell, at her home, 16 Franklin St., Annapolis, Md., on 15 June after a long illness. Burial services were held in Greensboro, Md., on 18 June. Friends who desire may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society. During the many years of their married life, Ann gave loving care and attention to her invalid husband who survives her and is glad to see old friends.

I have learned that Skuts (Mary Grofton) and Bob Piatt were royally entertained by friends on Saturday, 16 June, at the Army-Navy Club on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.

Bob plays golf regularly with good results, but has yet to equal John Ashley's hole-in-one reported several years ago.

Members of the classes of '09 and '46 will be interested in the Atomic Energy Commission's Distinguished Service Award given to David Trent Leighton in colorful ceremonies on 18 May. Prior to this, Mr. Leighton's son, Frank Thompson Leighton, age 16, attended the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Diego where he was awarded first prize ii; Mathematics and Computers as well as prizes and trips by the Army and Navy. These two distinguished gentlemen arc the son and grandson of RAdm. Frank T h o m p s o n Leighton and his wife Elizabeth Roby Ohler Leighton.

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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. T h o m a s 725 West Blvd., Kokomo, IN 46901 Percent Members: 72.6 The phone on a recent Sunday afternoon brought a cheerful "Hello" from Fanny Sherman; greetings from her to 1910ers and associates, and generally good news of those living near her.

A former neighbor of your reporter, and now a neighbor of Sid (Capt. H o w a r d B.) Berry, brings a friendly salute to all from him.

Peg (Mrs. T o m ) N i c h o l s o n is off for a visit to Hawaii where she proposes to check with members of the families of Sam King and Chink (Howard) Lewis.

Edith, widow of our classmate BGen. Russell A. Osmun, has recently traveled to Wellesley to attend a class reunion of her class of 1910.

There were 23 classmates present. She had a wonderful time! Edith is still living at 5305 Albemarle St., Washington, D.C. 20016, surrounded by descendants of three generations and with a most congenial companion housekeeper.

She is very contented and health is good.

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11 Sec'y, Capt. W . D . Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 81.3

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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: 80.0 We were glad to receive a nice letter from Mary Payne, widow of our Stitchy Payne. Mary writes: "I have felt lost since Raymond's death in 1965. I have traveled so much that I have lost track of a great many of our friends. I was sorry to read in Shipmate of Margaret Weems' illness.

I was in Vinson Hall for six months and did not care for it, so returned here. I am thinking of going around the world in the fall. I rely on Shipmate for the news of the class, so don't stop it. 1 am kept busy painting and have joined several classes. Colonel Payne developed into quite an artist before he died. I hear from Mary Bischoff occasionally. She is living in El Paso, Tex. Bisch died several years ago. Lou DeLany entertained me while at Vinson Hall. I have not heard from her lately. 1 wrote to Rey Denfeld after Loui's death, but have not heard from her. That is all I know about the class. Best wishes, Mary Graham Payne, Forrest Towers, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

The ashes of A n d y Bennett were interred in Arlington with graveside services on 8 June. His widow, two daughters, a son-in-law and grandson were present. I attended the services. Edythe Fort had the misfortune of breaking her arm. She carries on with the same gallantry as always.

Dorothy and Josh Venter spent a few days in the area. In Annapolis they had a visit with Strat Wentworth and Elizabeth Teneyke. While in Washington they visited George Fort in his nursing home. They gave a delightful dinner party at the Army-Navy Club. The DeLanys, Zeiglers, Edythe and Betty Fort and the Lavenders were included.

Lou and Walter DeLany have returned from a Spring Adventure Tour in the SS JUNCSHOLM, having had a wonderful time aboard and ashore.

Dorothy Sanborn arrived from her home in Huron, S. Dak., to spend part of the season at the Glorrietta Bay Hotel, the lovely old Spreckles home in Coronado. Harriet Hamilton gave a luncheon for her at the North Island Officers' Club. Among the

NOTICE The new percentages of membership by classes have been computed on a revised basis. For classes 50 years and more out of the Academy, alumni for whom we have no recent data cannot now be considered as potential members and the percentage is therefore based on members against the known eligibles. For later classes, where there is still a possibility of locating the unknowns or identifying them as dead, both the known and unknown alumni, less the deceased, are considered as potential members.

guests were Elize Griffen, Frances Sowell and Lois Ragland, Steve Robinson's sister-in-law. Frances is lucky in having her daughter, granddaughter and new great grandson all living here. Helen Crutchfield comes down often from Laguna Hills. Miriam and Andy Anderson are in residence at the Mar Salle. 2131 O St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Capt. Walter S. DeLany, Jr., USN (Ret.), has been awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Texas.

He has accepted a position created for him by the State of South Carolina with the title of Director of Industrial Training. The class offers congratulations to one of our juniors.

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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: 80.0 The July 1913 combined Army-Navy luncheon was attended by G l e n n Davis, Fred Dillingham and Gardiner Helmick for Navy, re-enforced by Mile Schuyler of '07; with Tex Davidson and Ernest Dupuy for Army. The small attendance was offset by the liveliness of the discussions and anecdotes. We would like to have reenforcements, so please remember—the first Wednesday of each month, at the Army and Navy Club at 17th and I Streets, Washington, at noon.

You will be a welcome guest!

Fred Dillingham has recendy moved from his longtime home in Brooklyn to the 911 Highland House West, 4450 South Park St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015.

Lloyd Gray reports that Edie is making a slow recovery from her broken hip, but they hope that she will be able to attend the 60th Reunion. They have the added incentive of having a son and his family living in the Washington area.

The Gardiner Helmicks flew to Hawaii in July to visit his brother and sister, and to visit some of the outer islands, which are more accessible than they were in the early Thirties, when they were stationed there.

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Pres., RAdm. H. A. Spanagel, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. William K. Beard, USNR (Ret.) 252 King George Street Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D . Swain, USN (Ret.) 4130 Hurley Dr., La Mesa, CA 92041 Percent Members 81.3 This month we are giving you the sad news first. Marion Redman, widow of our late classmate, Joe Redman, died on 29 June. She was buried on 3 July in Arlington National Cemetery.

It is our understanding that her next of kin is Dr. C. R. Rowe, 755 Margate St., Statesville, N.C., to whom our class extends its sympathy.

After our arduous move to King George Street, our spirits were revived by a delightful visit from Jennie Belle and Russell Perry who entertained us at lunch and brought us up-to-date with some highlights of their interesting trip to Hawaii. They look well, keep active and appear to be enjoying life.

In consultations with "Dutch" Spanagel and class desire, so far as the latter is known, it is decided that the 60th reunion will be held in Annapolis during the week-end of May 17, 1974.

Headquarters will be at the Annapolis Hilton Inn. The Inn's management will set aside a block of rooms to be applied for individually. We will advise date of deadline later. The following named classmates and their wives, as indicated, have announced they plan to attend: Luker, Wills (2), Royces (2), Perrys (2), Mittendorf, Hale, Bayley, Ruddocks (2), EUsbergs (2), Palmers (2), Spanagels (2), Beards (2). Four others, namely, Wiltsies, Swain, Pennoyers and Baker, have shown their interest but doubt their ability, healthwise, to attend. We hope they can make it.

The highlight of the reunion will be the class dinner at the Hilton Inn on Friday at 6:30. Saturday will be available for visiting the Academy and the Yard, attending athletic events, visiting the 14th Co. Wardroom where, under the proposed plans of hospitality, you may be offered a cocktail. Regardless of the hospitality of the 14th Co., all are invited to my house for late afternoon cocktails. Dessa and I wish to give you a warm welcome. We are across the street from the Alumni House and only a few blocks from the Officers' Club. Please make our house a rendezvous where we can spin a yarn or two.

In accordance with past custom class widows are cordially invited to be our guests at the class dinner. We hope many of you will join us. We are not sure of your present addresses so we will resort to using our column in Shipmate to extend our invitation. Please notify the Secretary if you will honor us with your presence.

N e d Ellsberg writes interestingly from his summer home in Maine—to wit . . . '"Respecting 1914's proposed 60th reunion in 1974, it seems to us, in our present state of wellbeing, that Lucy and I should be happy to attend.

As regards the time, a spring reunion, say in the latter half of May, would most easily suit our ability to be present. We earnesdy hope it can be arranged.

"In other areas of interest: our focus now is on our first great-grandchild, Nicholas Cooke Ellsberg Pollard, eight months old, and already able to wind his great-grandparents round his pudgy little fingers. This situation aroused a curiosity in my mind. Is there any data in the class archives as to how many great-grandchildren 19 Hers are blessed with, and how many among them are boys and potential candidates for the Academy?

And so—to old '14 once more!"

It is possible that D o n Royce's recent statistical study of class data might furnish the answer to Ned's query.

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Adm. A. D. Struble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Sec'y-Treas., LGen. P. A. del Valle, USMC (Ret.) 41 Cornhill St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 89.0 A letter from Dorothy Cooper: "Dear Rip: I want to express our appreciation for the letters of sympathy from Merian's classmates, and the beautiful class flowers. They were the only ones within St. Alban's Church at Merian's memorial service—the church we attended so many years. I want you to have a copy of the service.

"We were fortunate that all the family could be together at this time. Mary is living in San Diego Dick had emergency leave from Thailand and

44 was with his father several weeks before he died, which was a great consolation to Merian and me.

He has now returned to Thailand as a combat flight leader, F4s—his third tour of duty. And Theresa came from England (where she is living with our one and only grandson) for her father's memorial service. I am enclosing a copy of it.

"As he requested, Merian was buried at sea by the Navy he loved, on 16 May, with a religious and military service for him from the USS MAHAN.

"Life could not dim nor imprison his wonderful adventurous loving indomitable free spirit, nor can death. As he remarked to me in his last illness, 'Death will be a new adventure.' He wanted no mourning. Gratefully, Dorothy."

A letter from Stanley Maher: "The recent arrival of Shipmate reminded me to report our latest change of address: D309 Gulph Mills Village Apts., 649 South Henderson Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406. Before we moved from Saffern I got a lot of kidding about the 'King of Prussia' address. Those people never knew that such an address existed in the United States.

Apparently many Prussians and other Germans setded in this area before the American Revolution.

"Last July I joined that well known society, the Octogenarians. It has been a terrific eighty years in all respects for all who lived through it. It seems to me that it is time to calm down and take a breather."

A letter from Doris Burnett: "Maybe the remaining class members woiild like to know where some of the widows are.

There are six of us at Vinson Hall: Lillian McCormick, Marie Rhea, Jane Walker, Laura Graf, Doris Burnett and Rose Luck. I think Rose is going back to southern California but at this writing she is still here. Of course we know that Helen Mahoney is living in Bethesda and Kay Hicks at the Retirement Residence 'White Sands' in La Jolla, Cal. Where are some of the others.' Hope this gets to you in time for the next Shipmate."

The Marshalls and the Strubles were guests of Marie Rhea recendy at Vinson Hall for dinner.

After dinner we all adjourned to Doris Burnett's apartment. The gals seem to enjoy life there.

A letter from George Grove, Commander Destroyer Squadron Thirteen: "We are returning from a normal six-month deployment to the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet. USS THEODORE E . CHANDLER is in company as she was on our way out last winter. She returns to Long Beach to join the Navy Reserve Force in better shape than when she left. Still a fine ship worthy of her name. This leaves only Lynde McCormick as your class representative in the active Fleet.

"As you know, the THEODORE E . CHANDLER is a

FRAM I and as we FRAM I sailors say, 'When you're out of FRAM I's you're out of destroyers!'

However, I embarked on one of our new 1040 class Destroyer Escorts and though she rolls a lot, I must say she's quite comfortable.

"I will be relieved in July and report to London for duty as Commander Naval Activities, United Kingdom in late August."

Pret Marshall shares a letter for Skeeter Wotherspoon (Skeeter had heard from Fritzi and Jim S h o e m a k e r that all was well with the new '15 newly weds): "From all this we gotta thinking about Washington, Yuhal, the Granats, and Strubles, great ole 1915ers all. Whatta nice time we had that winter together. 'Taint no friends like ole friends.

"At the inoment spring is busting out all over and the flowers are really beautiful. At least were that until the darling Easter bunnies ate them right down to the ground. Tulip bulbs seem extra delicious and are nipped right off the minute they appear. Want any rabbits for breeding purposes?

We got 'em.

"At the moment we are all busier than cats on a tin roof with Easter guests—a daughter, her husband, a granddaughter, and a great grandson!"

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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. ChapUne, USNR (Ret.), 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037 Percent Members: 83.7 Visiting his homeland from Germany, Bill Schott spent a few days in Washington and was welcome there as a ray of sunshine in the otherwise gloomy atmosphere of our Capital City—due to conditions other than the weather. While there he got together with many of his old friends and was well entertained. The Carneys and the Steeles played a big part in this. Jim and Erma Steele had a large luncheon party at the ArmyNavy Club for their son, VAdm. George Steele, and his family who were leaving town so George could assume command of the Seventh Fleet.

Bill's presence at this event added much to the gayety as it always does—still looks much too young for his years, and more important, still thinks and acts young. We are always glad to have you back with us, Bill, even if for only a short time, and even if we did not get to see you in person. We did receive a cheerful phone call from him in which he relayed a message from Tony Ziroli in the form of a letter Bill received from him before leaving Germany dated 12 June. This letter told how the Zirolis were finally settled in Siena after much hard work and confusion in packing and shipping most of the accumulation of more than 20 years of living in their apartment in Rome. Already they felt happier and more carefree in their new location than they had been for a long time. Although they had been in Siena for only a few days when Tony wrote Bill—already Rome seemed far away and a dream to them and the change of scenery "seemed like the beginning of a new life and a new horizon" for them. We all wish Consuelo and Tony continued happiness and health for many years to come in their new home.

Emily and Red Keady visited the Zirolis in Rome a few days before they moved and had two happy evenings together. Tony reported that Red "looked rosier and finer than ever" and that Emily was fine too. The Zirolis hope to visit the Keadys in Ireland sometime this fall. If so, that should have the makings of more good international relations!

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of two of our most distinguished classmates and one of our loveliest widows.

Capt. Laurance F. Safford died on 15 May at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Memorial services were held in Washington on 22 May with burial in Oakhill Cemetery in Georgetown where he and his talented artist wife, Ruth, have lived for many years. At these services a floral wreath of Blue and Gold colors from the "Class of 1916— USNA" expressed in a way our feeling of sym-

pathy for his family and our regret for the loss to all of us of a fine officer and friend.

Noted for his work in cryptography, Sappho had that rare kind of gift of mind that enabled him to decipher the most intricate secret codes of the enemy, as well as to devise our own methods of secret communications that stood-up under the most vigorous attempts of the enemy to break them. For his work in his field before and during WWII he received the coveted Legion of Merit citation.

Our own Raddy Radford, when Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described Sappho as, "a genius who shunned publicity and had a passion for anonymity." These traits, plus the nature of his work, resulted in his being less acclaimed publicly than many other heroes of the late war who were no more deserving of that tide than was he. His only known survivor is his wife, Ruth.

VAdm. Gerald F. Bogan died 8 June in a hospital in Chula Vista, Cal., after an apparent heart attack at his home in La Jolla. His ashes were inurned and deposited in El Camino Memorial Park in simple and private services as was his wish. In Jerry's memory, the class has made a donation to the "Class of 1916 Honor Scholarship Fund-Naval Academy Foundation." Survivors include his wife, Katherine; a step-son Harold Fisher of San Diego; two sisters and a brother.

Jerry was one of our early pioneers in Naval aviation and he distinguished himself in that field, especially during WWII, as the many honors he received attest. Please see "Last Call" for more details of the careers of these classmates. The class extends its sincere sympathy to the widows and other members of the families in their great loss which we also share.

On 26 May at the Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Fla., her childhood and late "life home", Ferdie, the lovely widow of our late RAdm. Samuel Ginder, passed away after a long illness.

With her at the time was their only child, Samuel, Jr., '51, and her four sisters, including Agnes Combs, the widow of VAdm. T. S. Combs '20, who will be remembered by many of our class.

Ferdie and Sam were married in Pensacola in 1922 while Sam was a Squadron Commander at the Flight School of the Naval Aviation Training Center. Upon Sam's retirement in 1951 they established a lovely home in Tallahassee. Sammy died in 1959 at St. Albans Naval Hospital in New York and was buried in Arlington. Memorial services were held for Ferdie in Tallahassee on 28 May with burial alongside Sammy on 30 May with Mick Carney and Grace among those present for the service there. The class sent an appropriate wreath to the graveside service as an expression of our sympathy to the family and in memory of both Sammy and Ferdie.

A gracious note was received from Sammy Jr., now an executive of the IBM Corp., stationed in Washington, and living at 4004 Rickover Rd., Silver Spring, Md. He wished in this way to relay his thanks, and that of his two children, to the class for the flowers and expressions of sympathy in their great loss. In his words: "Her death in Tallahassee brought great sorrow to her family and many friends. She leaves us all with warm fond memories. We shall miss her."

The question often is asked, "How many of us in the class are still around?" This is fairly easy to answer so far as the graduates go. It is not so easy concerning the non-grads. As of 1 July there are 62 known to be living of the graduates. Two others are presumed to be alive but we know nothing of their whereabouts nor hear from them

45 or of them. Those two are Alexander and Rhudy. If anyone can enlighten us on these, we will be thankful. Of the non-grads, we know nothing of late years, about most of their locations or their conditions. Only three of these are known (or believed) to be living, i.e., Cowley, C. F. Roberts and Van Buskirk. We still welcome information of any others.

WEST COAST NEWS In the Carrier Aircraft Group Room at the Officers' Club, North Island Naval Air Station on Thursday, 17 May, a very excellent lunch, arranged by Ing Kiland, was enjoyed by: 1916 —Emerson, Jenkins, Grassie, Terhune, Chapline, Walter Webb, McGinnis, Loventhal, Rodgers and Root; 1917—Bennett, Kiland, Wainwright and Rogers; 1918—Nichols, Curtis, and a guest, Ike Bennett's son-in-law Bob Gorton '46, who is always a most welcome addition to our group. Six wives enjoyed their gathering and lunch in the Main Dining Room overlooking the Pacific. All regret that Eleanor and Merrill Comstock are quitting Coronado and moving to Laguna Hill, but we hope the 70 miles distance will not prevent Merrill from frequently joining us at our monthly gatherings. For many years Merrill has been the Treasurer of our joint classes luncheon fund and has been particularly efficient in connection with handling the finances for our special events such as our Annual Valentine Party—no minor task. What a terrific job he has always cheerfully done for us.

Murial and Lil Herndon were in Las Vegas where they enjoyed a gay and most active sojourn with old friends. A letter from Julian W h e e l e r brought news from Menlo Park. All is fine there with him and Doanda.

The June luncheon was held on Thursday the 14th in the Solarium Room of the Officers' Club, Marine Corps Recruit Depot. D o n Curtis made the excellent arrangements for this party and selected the delicious braised entre of a most delightful repast which was spiritedly enjoyed by: 1916—Loventhal, Herndon, Rodgers, Chapline, Emerson, Root and McGinnis; 1917—Comstock, Kiland, Bennett and Richards; 1918—Curtis, Nichols and Ed Price, the latter coming all the way from Pasadena to help the Nichols celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Ed was the one who introduced this fine couple to one another so very many years ago.

Bert Rodgers moderated this lunch and asked for a minute of standing silence in memory of our recendy departed classmates, VAdm. Gerald F. Bogan and Capt. Laurence F. Safford.

Dolly Loventhal, Judy Sauer and Marie Rodgers enjoyed their chatful lunch in the new Main Dining Room at the Club.

The October luncheon will be on the 16th at the Admiral Kidd Club, Naval Training Center.

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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: 78.0 A nice letter from D e n n y saying how much Frances and he had enjoyed our 55th and sent regards to the class. It was especially happy to have the class for after Chapel. Unfortunately his letter has been mislaid or it would be quoted.

It is with great regret that the death of Ruth

Austin is reported. She died of a heart attack at her residence in Washington, on 11 June. Len is in a nursing home and the only fun he had was from Ruth's constant attention and devotion. We are so sorry. We all loved Ruth. Burial was in Arlington.

W u Duncan's new wife writes from Pensacola that they have moved into a house from Wu's apartment in San Carlos—that delightful hotel. We congratulate the newlyweds. We are all fond of Wu—or am I telling you?

W a l t Calhoun has moved to 4920 Sentinel Drive, Sumner, Md. Very much pleased to be out of a house and into an apartment.

Received the following from Homer Wallin: "Greetings from Betty and me to you and Bernadine. One of our inost popular classmates is Gale Poindexter of Spokane. He intended to attend the the 55th reunion, but his doctor wouldn't let him go. Now he is living in a Retirement Home in Spokane. His address is: Rockwood Manor, 2903 E. 25th St., Spokane, WA 92204, and I am sure that he would be pleased to receive a letter or card from a '17er.

"I always see him when I go to Spokane, because he and I are the only classmates in the State of Washington. Last week we were there in connection with a visit to our daughter of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and had the pleasure of Gale's company for lunch. Of course we talked of old times and of the present Annapolis. The gathering at the Stones in 1972 was not left out. Now we are looking forward to our 60th.

"Like you I am taking it kind of easy and trying to save energy for 1977. In July Jack Jenkins came to Seattle for a month to visit his two sisters, and he and I had a few games of cribbage. Aside from that he is a delightful fellow and I always look forward to our get-togethers.

"Again, with best wishes for your health and happiness, and Bernadine's too, in which Betty joins me. Sincerely, Homer."

Our Elsie Skylestead and her sister Alice Day (Rainy Day's '23 widow) dropped by 248 in late May following Chapel. We hashed over things and setded matters to our satisfaction and they motored back to Washington.

Today, 9 July, 1400 plebes are being sworn in.

It was happening gradually to 131 of '17 sixty years ago. It's been a long trail from that gone

time.

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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: 88.0 With the exception of those well acquainted with Admiral Hill, the idea of a plastic ear is really new. Sometime in March, Buddy Wieber lost his left ear because of cancer. The hospital in Pensacola arranged for him to obtain a plastic replacement at Bethesda.

Genevieve and he drove up arriving about 9 May and the next day took up residence in the hospital lodge, from where Buddy could easily become an out-patient. Dentists (prosthodontists) do cosmetic surgery including making and affixing plastic ears. And Buddy told us that they really worked at it, giving him every consideration and doing an excellent job. On 19 May, Buddy departed with a handsome new ear plus a spare.

Evidendy the dentists created the ear with the same skill and perfection that they use with dentures. In this case, the tinting of the replacement as

well as its configuration had to be done with great skill.

We noted with satisfaction that the years have been most kind to Genevieve, who was a Pensacola girl before Buddy poured it on. And of course she still is, as Warrington is a suburb where she can enjoy her admitted hobby, gardening. Buddy appeared in better health than most of us, although command of the ESSEX through that carrier's famous record of knocking our 66 Jap planes from the sky, destroying 166 more on the ground and contributing materially to the sinking of the batdeship, MUSASHI, obviously had put a strain on the legs of our famous and beloved classmate.

They bother him a litde at this time. Their address is 21 Manor Dr., Warrington, FL 32507.

At eleven hours on 13 June at a private graveside service in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Charleston, S.C, our respected classmate Stanley D . Jupp (Como., USN, Ret.) was laid to rest. The service was attended by his widow, Betty, two sons and a daughter.

Stan died at 0200, 11 June, at the Naval Hospital from a combination of pneumonia and a cerebral accident. He was ill for about a month following minor surgery.

His successful career bringing him flag rank, 25 Oct. 1943, was highlighted by duty in New Zealand." The Lucky Bag speaks of Stan's readiness to do more than his share of work. This quality certainly stayed with him through life. In the early forties, he commanded the Naval Operating Base in New Zealand and represented the Commander of the South Pacific. Through his capable leadership in the planning and utilization of material and personnel, he contributed materially to the successful prosecution of the war in that area. His wholehearted devotion to his job and his diplomatic conduct of relationships with our allies served to foster a friendly and sincere spirit of cooperation between New Zealand and our forces.

We cannot refrain from observing that the young men sitting under Stan certainly were better citizens because of his ideals and kind attitude. Those fortunate juniors would thus be able better to boost the spirit and the image of the United States.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to Betty and to Stan's two .sons and daughter, Mrs. Moore.

Address Betty at 22 Elliott St., Charleston, SC 29401.

In response to our birthday greetings, Jerry Wright gave us the following: "I regret to report that on June 4th I accomplished without casualty the transition from the era of youth and enthusiasm to that of age and experience. The event passed quietly until the Alibi Club, which classmates recall was the kickoff place for 50th and 55th reunions, staged a surprise birthday party and presented me with a beautiful nude, well padded in the classic style of 1877. She hangs in the Club House where all can see her at our 60th."

Vince Murphy spent a week or so in Bethesda with what he calls the usual "old men's difficulties." He's back home and getting around as usual.

D o n Curtis has sent word in May that Cess and he are proceeding along very nicely with things pretty well under control, although the weeds are pretty high because of unusual winter rains. They had a fair avocado crop this year which is just about harvested. The macadamia crop was very disappointing, but the trees have a very good bloom on them now for the coming crop. Don

46 sent greetings to the class.

Barnay Kennedy is recovering from a broken hip. The Navy doctors assure him of adequate recovery although slow. He moves safely with a walker and attends church now and then. Address him at 4000 Cathedral Ave., DC 20016.

The class luncheon of 6 June was one of the best attended in recent years. Present: Dobyns, Duvall, Mitten, Rogers, Smith, Taylor and Wright.

When we became grieved by the death of another great lady of our class, we begged her husband, Edwin Price, to write a suitable eulogy for your column. The substance of his piece follows: Annice Woodard Price had entered HuntingtonMemorial Hospital for a physical checkup prior tb sailing with Ed on an extended cruise to the Scandinavian countries. She had a severe stroke and passed away quietly on Mother's Day, 13 May. She was born in Watertown, Wis., in 1896 and attended Beloit College, a Woodard family tradition. There she was a founder member of the Alpha Mu chapter of the Delta Gamma Fraternity.

She was graduated from Milwaukee-Downer College (now part of Lawrence University), receiving a baccalaureate degree in music. She was an accomplished musician and a sponsor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Symphony.

Annice and Ed met in 1920 when he was with the old Pacific Fleet. They were married on 29 June 1921 with a military service. This has been a memory dear to both of them because the same minister united them who had married her parents in Watertown, Wis. also on a June 29th. At the 1921 wedding all the 1918 wardroom officers of the MISSISSIPPI were present and all were then unmarriedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Irish Brady, George Cuddihy, Mac Bledsoe, D o n Loomis and Ezra Kendall. Ed's best man was the junior doctor, an old school friend (Lt. Joseph Peluso), now a well known surgeon in Los Angeles who remarked to Ed at the funeral servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"Annice looks as beautiful as the day you were married."

Annice loved the Navy with its gay and exciting life and had many service friends who will miss her. As a secret hobby she wrote poetry and Ed has just uncovered many of these beautiful poems about nature and life. We are privileged to report one of three which have come into our hands. It reminds Ed of her happy and carefree days.

"Carefree silvery aspen trees Shimmering gently in the light.

You're like happy dancers feet Twinkling through the night.

Would you be off for lands unknown With your hearts so free and gay.

If you were like the dancers and not bound to earth this way?"

The Prices had one son Woodard L. who attended Pomona College and who became a very successful writer-producer of television commercial advertising before he died in 1961. Annice is survived by her sister Vivian G. Woodard of Beverly Hills, Cal. We are sure that classmates and clo.se friends of Annice realize the stunning grief and sadness which has befallen Ed resulting from the sudden and unexpected death of his precious wife. Edwin, words cannot express the sympathy of the members of 1918 for your overwhelming loss. We think of you warmly and grievingly. Our hearts go out to you.

Vic Barringer in June 1973 reported information which, we believe, is of interest to classmates. We quote him verbatim:

"The year has been kind to me since my stroke in the Fine Arts Museum of Denver, Colorado, 26 May 1972. I seem to have regained fully the use of voice, and the right arm and leg. Since my contact with old and dear friends is minimal there are few opportunities to test or to be tested but my thirst is reasonable, and my desire for food a litde greedier. My athletic endeavors are zero except daily walks, but litde maintenance jobs at home, and emergency ones for an almost blind neighbor next door, serve."

T o m m y Tomlinson wrote about his return from Audiencia Bay, Mexico, to Oak Harbor, Wa., starting 20 March and arriving 26 May. Last fall five other Navy couples made the run from at or near Oak Harbor to the same area in Mexico, but on the return Tommy had to make the long trip without other trailer pals.

Mabel and he headed for the east coast and spent nearly three weeks sight-seeing and experiencing some difficult mountain roads with their 31-foot trailer before arriving in Vera Cruz. They did reach Corpus Christi by 23 April for the Golden Eagles reunion; however. Tommy arrived there with an infected foot, which was treated satisfactorily by the Naval Hospital.

From Corpus they drove to San Antonio, calling on the Gibbs, who incidentally were thinking of moving to Coronado, then to Memphis to visit his son, Larry, and family. They visited his old country hide-out near Springdale, Ark., before setting their course for Seatde and Oak Harbor.

Tommy sent best wishes to "All hands."

Francis Barlow tells us he has definitely retired from the law, has closed his office and doesn't intend further to keep younger and less experienced attorneys from really learning the business.

He recalls with nostalgia the party his former roommate, Jerry Wright, gave the class at the Alibi Club in May '72. Francis sends regards and best wishes to classmates.

In the September 1972 issue of Shipmate, mention was made that the Lyman Ward Military Academy, Camp Hill, Ala., had been selected for ROTC honors of the Junior Officers Training Corps Unit. At the time recommendation by the Third Army to the Continental Army for selection as an Honor Unit with Distinction was made.

Red Baldwin, who has been Trustee of that Academy for over 30 years, has informed us that the school has now been rated Honor School with Distinction by the Army Chief of Staff.

BIRTHDAYS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Inasmuch as septuagenarians are glad to have birthdays, we send greetings and every good wish to the following: Savvy Malone, 9/5; Leslie Blank and Roy Gallemore, 9/8; Jake Jacobs, 9/11; Riley Dodge, 9/16; Henry Hutchins, 9/17; Tim Withers, 9/27; Eddie Wunch, 9/28; W. O. Bailey, 10/2; Elmer Duvall, 10/10; Bert Rogers, 10/14; Tommy Dobyns, 10/16; Henry McCown, 10/18; Bill Domer, 10/19; Ed Price, 10/24; Bill Hartt, 10/26; Sam Haight, 10/27; and Bob Mitten, 10/30.

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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: 89.0 If any of you may wonder why the July-August issue of Shipmate carried so much on the 55th

Reunion covered in more detail by the Special Report previously mailed to "All Hands," the explanation is that the former had to be submitted just a few days after the Reunion and before George Dyer decided on a more comprehensive special edition. In the wake of the reunion and its retelling George and Adaline Dyer have been the recipients of numerous notes and letters containing well deserved thanks and appreciation for their efforts and time toward making the event the success it was. Typical excerpts from correspondence: "You people do the most amazing job which as far as I know has no comparison in any college anywhere!! Thanks a million from a big admirer," Sallye Lamb . . . "Please pass along to our class my gratitude for all the delightful things you did for us widows at our 55th. I've thanked George Dyer in person but want all of you to know how much your many kindnesses were appreciated," Miriam Bryant . . "You made every last detail about the 1919 Reunion great fun, you and Eleanor Ansel. I don't know what we'd do if you two weren't in Annapolis 'to perk everything' up," Isabel deKay. From those who couldn't come regretful notes were typified by the following: "Since my wife is ill we were unable to make the 55th but have enjoyed reading the highlights of the event," T o n y Pitre . . .

"We are so sorry not to be with you but our thoughts will be. Fond good wishes to each and every one, classmates, wives and widows from Dorothy and T o m m y Atkins." . . . "I did not feel up to the effort of the trip but hope to see as many of the class as possible before the next celebration in '78. We hope that some of 1919 will be coming through St. Louis in the immediate future.

This is an invitation to stop over, Fergie and Mary Frances." . . . "I was most unhappy at not being able to attend the 55th but my condition would not permit it. However, am still alive and kicking even though somewhat feebly. Best regards. Matt Gardner."

The annual treasurer's report indicated some twenty-nine classmates behind in their dues.

George Dyer's personal notes to the delinquents have produced an almost fifty percent recovery rate as this went to press. The euphoria attending the Reunion had hardly receded when tragedies brought the sadness that inevitably accompanies our lives. Florence Griggs, who with John had seemed so well at the Reunion, died suddenly at home on 26 May. Burial services were conducted on 29 May at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Virginia Beach. Our deepest sympathy to John and the family who have already acknowledged with appreciation the floral tribute and condolences of the class at the time of Florence's death.

Two other members of the class family have also been claimed by death. From a delayed report received through the Alumni Association it has been learned that our former classmate, T o m Bailliere, died in Baltimore on 30 March. And on 1 July Giles Short, RAdm., USN (Ret.), died suddenly at his home in Laguna Hills, Cal. The telegraphed news from "Shorty's" wife to Carl Fink gave no details of burial arrangements and so are presumed to have been made locally. The class extends deepest sympathy to both families.

The President's dinner for the returned POWs was the occasion for Marcia and Malcolm Schoeflfel to accompany son Peter to Washington and to visit their two daughters in the area. It was also an occasion for many of us to get together with Marcia and Red for long delayed meetings of old friends.

Despite the close screening which three of us did in going over the printer's proof copy of the

47 new Class Directory, the printer's fingers must have slipped in several places in setting up the filial type. For those of you who have received the new Directory by mail no corrections are necessary. They have been entered in red ink prior to mailing. For those who picked up their copy when registered for the Reunion please enter the following corrections: Russ Ihrig's proper address number is 6245 and not 6425; Frank Troost's address number is 4395 and not 4935; Campbell Carmine's zip code was omitted and is 94610.

Should any other errors be detected please let me know. There are several extra copies of the Directory available for those who may have lost or mislaid the one initially acquired. First come first served on those!! Incidentally if any one knows the present addresses of Mrs. W. W. Pace and Mrs. W. P. Martin please send them on. The ones in the Directory are the best we had at press time, but have apparently been changed since the death of their husbands.

In recent correspondence from Lee Mills she expresses the wish that a few of the classmates in the Washington-Annapolis area would pay a visit to Shorty who has been in the University Nursing Home at 901 Areola Ave., Wheaton, Md., for the past five years. Paralysis followed a stroke which occurred during an illness extending over a period of seventeen years. Because of restrictions on her own travels following an operation Lee can only journey down from Pennsylvania about once a month to see Shorty.

To the class: "It is with regret and saaness that I report the death on July 8th at the Bethesda Naval Hospital of Bill Callaghan's dear wife, Martha. She will be greatly missed by Bill's friends and classmates who had the pleasure of knowing her. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery on 11 July. I am sure the class joins me in expressing our most sincere condolences to Bill and the family—Tom Wynkoop."

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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: 79.0 To begin with sad news, we lost two classmates since our last report; L. Y . Mason died_at home on 19 May in Walnut Creek, Cal. His ashes were scattered over the ocean on 2 June, northwest of San Francisco Bay. A retired rear admiral, he had been awarded the Legion of Merit for combat operations in the Sicilian invasion. His last command was the CALIFORNIA, which he brought back from WestPac to Philadelphia.

Bill Onley's funeral was held 11 June in Smyrna, Del., where he was buried. No classmates, unfortunately, were present.

We send deep sympathy to Mary Katherine Mason and Alma Onley. Bill had been in a nursing home for more than a year. Mary Katherine Mason sends her thanks to the class for our messages of sympathy.

Mrs. Onley writes: "My children and I deeply appreciate the beautiful flowers you sent for Bill —and since our 54th wedding anniversary was the day before he passed away your flowers gave special meaning. We were married on June 6, 1919, in Annapolis. The class of '20 will always remain of sincere interest especially to me through Shipmate: Sincerely, Alma G. Onley."

D i x i e Ketcham's wife died peacefully in her sleep early 14 May, the day after Mother's Day, which she enjoyed with Dixie, hearing from the children and grandchildren. "We had 47 years together for which I am everlastingly thankful. I wanted to tell you so you could put the sad news in Shipmate to inform our classmates and families who knew Sally."

On May 24 Leslie, Ernie Litch's widow, died in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. On 29 May she was buried at Arlington after a service at Ft. Myer Chapel which was conducted by a Catholic priest who was a friend of the family from Ft. Wayne.

Their son, Ernie III, was present. Carter Anderson, Jim Crowe and Ford Taylor, class of '26, were among the pallbearers. Clyde Smith also was present. Ernie Ill's address is 1608 Reckewieg Dr., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Donations may be made in her memory to St. Mary's Catholic Church's Christian Service, 430 E. Jefferson St., Ft. Wayne, Ind. We had nineteen classmates at our 25 May luncheon at the A & N Club: Anderson, Christmas Collins, Crowe, Cunningham, Curts, Daggett, Goggins, Haff, Heineman, Holsinger, Korns, Mansfild, Martin, Osborn, Page, Pearson Plaskitt and Tusler. It was Germany Curts' farewell appearance as he changes his address to the West Coast.

A note from Jimmy Carter dated 21 May from 10247 Pinehurst Dr., Sun City, AZ 83851 about his biography: "Give my regards to Don Osborn and all other members of our class thereabouts. Thelma and I fully expect to see you at our 55th next year." Ditto from us to you, Jimmy and Thelma.

A l Bergesen writes that his new area code is 804, the other digits, 435-1488, are unchanged.

He and Virginia are still at their home in White Stone, VA 22578.

"Harry" Markell writes on 6 May, "Recently Sybil and 1 spent a few days at Vero Beach over on the East Coast, and drove up the coast to Satellite Beach where Henry Nicholas lives. I'd been out of touch with Henry since our good-byes for Marine Corps duty about 53 years ago. Nick is not well and is attended by a nurse and his lovely wife Bettye. He seemed eager to learn about a number of classmates and this is my cue to suggest that he would like to hear. His address is: Major H. T. Nicholas, USMC (Ret.), 166 Sea Park Blvd., Satellite Beach, FL 32937.

While at Vero, ran into Eddie Brashears and his wife. He spends six months there and six months in Chicago. Enjoyed a number of visits with the Haffs at Sarasota. Herewith a snapshot of Haffs-Markells.

Roy Graham writes on 18 June and encloses a generous check for S25. He and Peg had made reservations at the Hilton for our 55th. "Spent two weeks in hospital in Feb., then two weeks to

Bermuda, sick leave and fun! Then! a busted appendix on 29 April interrupted my watching the 'Nick's' basketball game. Over four weeks again in hospital, okay now."

We hope you stay that way, Roy. Benny Decker writes "Please put Edwina and me down for the '74 reunion. We are looking forward to it and wish reservations when they become available. Will send deposit when requested.

Saw Marjorie Dougherty Van at Cy Perkins '17 birthday party and recalled fond memories of Pinky Dougherty. She is as attractive as ever, happy and charming. Lives in Coronado."

On 4 June Elmer Stokes wrote from Coronado requesting the list of our departed classmates, now only in pencilled form. I believe the list should be printed and available to those interested in time for our 55th.

Here, 23 June, our Henry Chalkey (Chalk): I have been intending to write to tell you how many memories Bob Melling's article in February Shipmate brought back. Especially remember when we took the SHARKEY with squadron commander, Capt. William Lord Litdefield, in tow. Just as we sighted Balboa, the SHARKEY ran up a signal, 'Cast off towline and form column.' I was, as you may know, the OSBORN'S Engineering Officer.

Red Moreau certainly had it tough. Thought the enclo.sed might be of use. Regards to all hands.

Chalk." (The enclosed was a check for f 100!)

Many thanks. Chalk!

On 29 June we had a surprisingly large turnout for our Annapolis luncheon at the Officers' Club.

Our August luncheon will also be there. The table had to be lengthened several times—first 18, then 20, 22, 24! Those attending: Bassett, Beck, Christmas, Crowe, Cunningham, Daggett, Greer, Haff, Heineman, Korns, Hepburn, C V. Lee, Martin, Miller, Osborn, Page, Patterson, Pearson, Plaskitt, Robbie Robinson, Clyde Smith, Swanson and Tusler. Ted Haff brought Mr. M. P. Chitterbug, USMA 1920, as a guest.

Wc were all delighted to see Robbie Robinson —his first appearance with us in many years. On a motion by Red Hepburn, it was voted that our class widows would be our guests at our 55th.

D o n Osborn had good progress to report on Wes Hague's condition. Wes has regained his speech and, as of 10 July, is nearly ready to use walkers. Vergie Korns reported on preliminary plans for our 55th. Initial mailings will go out before these lines appear in print.

The same day, 29 June, 1920's wives and widows, not to be outdone, appeared in almost equal numbers for lunch at Alumni House. Mesdames: Beck, Christmas, Crowe, Daggett, Gearing, Greer, Haff, Heineman, Hepburn, Korns, Lee, Lyon, Martin, Miller, Osborn, Patterson, Plaskitt, Sickel, Skinner, Stoddert, Taylor, Wooldridge, and Marion's sister Florence Fitzgerald.

It was a pleasure to learn from an old shipmate, F. I. Entwisde '21, that his wife Mrs. Marion Lane Ingram Entwistle, Bill Ingram's widow, will receive for Bill the official announcement of his election to the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame. This notification will presumably be presented at the Stadium before the Homecoming game.

Marie Dupre was in Annapolis briefly on 28 June, when she visited Dopie's grave. She came up chiefly to arrange for the sale of her property in Washington. I regret not seeing her, but had the pleasure of a phone conversation. Her hostess reports that she was in good health and spirits.

Lt. Lloyd Harrison, Jr., USN '65, son of our star classmate, was married on 1 July to Miss

48 Judith Ann Greene in the Sunrise Circle Amphitheatre at Flagstaff Summit Park, in Boulder, Col., where he is attached to the NROTC Unit . at the University of Colorado. Best wishes from all of us.

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Pres., Mr. Homer O. Eimers Sec'y, RAdm. William B. Fletcher, USN (Ret.) 1866 Lindamoor Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 78.5 It is with deepest regrets that we must report the death of RAdm. Oral R. Swigart, USN (Ret.), suddenly, in Paris, France, on 21 June.

Services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel at 1030, Monday, 2 July with interment following in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Pallbearers were RAdm. C F. Erck, RAdm. J. D. Beard, RAdm. D. T. Giles, Capt. Joel Newsome, Cdr. Horace deRivera and Mr. A. D. Condon. Others from the class attending the services were RAdm. J. R. Barbaro, RAdm. W. F. Fitzgerald and RAdm. W. V. Hamilton. Adm. Swigart is survived by his widow Margaret Williams Swigart, one son. Col. Oral R. Swigart, Jr., USMC, and seven grandchildren to all of whom the class extends deepest sympathy. One other son, Capt. Robert Williams Swigart, USMC, was killed in action in Vietnam in July of 1967.

It is also with deep regret that we report belatedly the death of Mr. J. Stanley Harrison on 15 April in Hurlock, Md. We extend deepest sympathy to his daughter. Miss Patricia Harrison.

Margaret and D o n Giles returned in mid-June from an auto trip to our Rocky Mountain National Parks and Monuments. While en route they had an opportunity to telephone the Al Granums in Albuquerque and spend a delightful weekend with the Lloyd Lafots in Boise. Shortiy after their return to Maryland, they spent a few days with the Zimmerlis in lovely upstate New York, where, between many hands of bridge, they made strawberry jam from the Zimmerlis' huge strawberry patch on their beautiful farm.

Recendy in connection with the Alumni Association Fund Drive, Howard Hubbell was assigned some names. Among them were three onetime members of the class and the contributory response was heartening. One was Arthur Sheldon Thomas, who dropped his first name some years ago. Sheldon Thomas was in the 2nd Battalion, roomed with Alan P. Davis who was also from Rochester. During Plebe summer they also roomed with Stu Purves and Erwin.

Sheldon had two stripes and resigned some months before graduation in 1920. He got into the export business and then went into the the U.S. Foreign Service, serving in many posts around the world until his retirement. He moved to St. Louis where his wife had some connections.

Sheldon soon got interested in many activities that led him for the next ten years or so to be a History Professor at the oldest and best girls private school in St. Louis—Mary Institute.

After his second retirement there, he keeps busy with the Red Cross and other civic activities. He, as well as other of our classmates who did not graduate, still has a respect and loyalty to the Naval Academy as proven by support of the N.A.A.A. Howard Hubbell also reports that Sheldon is tall, somewhat slimmer than when he rowed on one of the crews, looks a little like General DeGaulle, and is a cultured and knowledgeable gentieman.

Fred Boone reports that the class has gone over the top in our project to establish a scholarship for the Naval Academy Foundation. WELL DONE, classmates.

The May luncheon of the class was held at the Army-Navy Club on 23 May. Present were Jane and L. A. Brown, Homer Eimers, Gerry and Bill Fletcher, Eleanor and Cat Brown, Polly and Fred Boone, Dolly Fitzgerald, Wop Barbaro, Ed Fullenwider, Heber Brumbaugh, George Russell, Vera and Harold Houser and Dan Gallery.

The June luncheon was on the 27th at the Alumni House in Annapolis. Attending were: Marjorie and Dolly Fitzgerald, Doris and Van Hamilton, Eleanor and Cat Brown, Raye and Dick Dickins, Alec Alexander, Mary C and Legs Leggett, Mary and Buddy Braun, Polly and Fred Boone, Gerry and Bill Fletcher, Carol and Ed Fullenwider, Vera and Harold Houser, Don Giles, Evelyn and Red Condon, Bert and Sherwood Smith, Dee deRivera, Lucile Kelley and Faye WiUkie.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NEWS The regular '21 bi-monthly class luncheon was held on Tuesday, 29 May in the Patio Room of the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island. There were 22 members in attendance: Ames, Carlisle, Craig, R. K. Davis, Divoll, Duncan '23, Doc Harris, Howard, Kirby-Smith, McDowell, McKee, McQueen (USMC), Madden, Slats Moore, Reisinger, Roland, Schwien, Talbot, Myron Thomas, Van Deurs and Woodson. Convening at the same hour in the main dining room were eight of the wives.

Phil Nichols and Ruth had recently returned from a real estate seminar in Miami, followed by a conference in Chicago after which they flew to Hamilton, Bermuda where they spent Easter with Ruth's daughter, Barbara, and her family. The Nichols do get around. Ruth is Secretary of the San Mateo County Real Estate Board and Phil is also interested in real estate.

Vera and Jim Harris held a delightful cocktail party in the garden of their home in San Mateo on Saturday, 2 June. An outdoor party in the northern part of California can be a nervewracking experience for a hostess and she has to be prepared to accommodate her guests indoors in the event of rain, high wind or cold. Fortunately, Vera had chosen a lucky day which, although slighdy windy and cool, was sunny. Jim's workshop intrigued the men who enjoyed viewing one of Jim's man-made emeralds through a microscope. Vera isn't holding her breath for Jim to produce the family jewels at the rate of growth required to form an emerald. She was lovely in a white wool caftan—a Christmas gift from her grandchildren—which served nicely for her indooroutdoor sallies. Their son-in-law, Capt. John Vinn, (SC) USN (Ret.), made a handsome and efficient bartender. They were also assisted by their two charming daughters, Mrs. John Vinn and Mrs. Mary Ann Wills.

The annual '21 no-host class dinner party was held on Friday, 15 June in the Treasure Room on Treasure Island with George Van Deurs as chairman of the committee. About 37 classmates, wives, widows and friends were present for the occasion with John Madden in charge of arrangements. John is a sort of "Arranger-in-ChargeEmeritus" having had the job for eight years in succession. Present were the Carlisles, R. K. Davi.ses, Divolls, McQueens, McKees, KirbySmiths, Jim Harrises, Evie Guthrie and McDowells came from the Peninsula. San Franciscans

present were the Slats Moores, Rolands, Maddens and the Lew Johns (Bunty pretty with orchids as she and Lew received congratulations on their 20th wedding anniversary). Also attending were the Duncans, who brought their houseguest, Mrs. Wilhelmina (Billie) Miles of Washington, D.C, who is the widow of the late VAdm. M. E. (Mary) Miles, USN '22, Lee Davis, who had just returned from the Treasure Island Charter Tour to Vienna, and Anna Thayer. Bob Lewis came from Belvedere as did the Van Deurs who also brought a houseguest, Mrs. Galley McChesney of Guadalajara, Mex. They entertained Kay Calvert, widow of RAdm. Allen P. Calvert '24, and Mr. Martin Kurtz as well. The Woodsons came from East Bay but were minus their usual passenger, Dodie Miller, wife of our late classmate, "Scup" Miller.

Dodie was touring Europe with her granddaughter, Susan Petersen, who had just completed two years of schooling in New Zealand.

Our newly acquired group member, Wayne M c D o w e l l , proved to be the most prolific story teller of the evening followed by Lew Johns and A.B. Carlisle. At George Van Deurs' request, Johnnie McQueen did some reminiscing about the role of the U.S. Marine Corps in the engagement on Guadalcanal in WWII. John Madden was given a vote of thanks for arranging the cocktails and dinner, and for a delightful and nostalgic evening. Unless he is extremely nimble, John will probably be drafted again.

John Harris and his lovely Irene were missed at the party. They were away celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at the Kahala Hilton in Honolulu. John said before departing that they were "going to sit on our balcony overlooking the broad, blue Pacific and I'm going to toast my sweetheart with champagne." Who says romance is dead?

Also observing the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary with a sentimental cruise were Ann and Joe Connolly who were passengers on a Canadian ship in the Inland Passage of Alaska. In fact, golden wedding anniversary cards are becoming as appropriate in the family greeting card box as are birthday and get-well cards. One robust classmate was heard to remark at the prospect of his golden wedding anniversary, "Had I known that I was to live so long, I would have taken better care of myself."

A few other members were absent and on the Binnacle List. Hopefully, none too seriously or painfully.

On 9 June, Kay and Slats Moore were among the guests aboard the USS CARPENTER, a 2200-ton Navy destroyer, for a courtesy cruise at sea from Treasure Island to Monterey Bay. The trip had been arranged for the local group of the National Defense Transportation Association of which Slats is an honorary officer. He represented the Navy with the organization while on active duty in Washington.

A Coast Guard cutter removed the passengers from the destroyer while it was rolling in the high sea swells of Monterey Bay. They dined with the T o m Murrells in Monterey that evening and next day returned to San Francisco by bus with the Association group.

Bess and Piggie Schwien and Susie and Eddie Duncan held their annual joint cocktail party in the Casa de la Vista on Treasure Island on Sunday, 17 June. They had a sunny, warm day and entertained classmates, service and civilian friends and relatives. The flowers were lovely, as Bess has a green thumb and Susie is adept at

49 flower arrangements. The usual buffet of finger food was delicious. Many guests were surprised to find Piggie number one in the receiving line, as he had fallen from the first rung of his garden ladder and dislocated his shoulder on the morning of 15 June, thus missing the '21 class dinner on that date. However, along with his regrets, he sent word that, "I will be present at the Casa on Sunday if I have to come in my bathrobe." He looked a bit shaken and slighdy like a candidate for a Purple Heart with his shoulder and taped arm in a sling just as he had emerged from the hospital emergency room. A dangling, empty sleeve made him a direct ad for a decoration.

Thus arrayed he was rewarded with sympathy and kisses from the girls. Our Piggie has been a landlubber for so long that he needs a refresher course in ladder climbing technique. The Schwiens were sad that Bess's grandson, who is a "Legal Eagle" at Treasure, had received orders to Washington and would soon be leaving with his family.

Eddie and Susie planned to leave within a few days after the party for a transcontinental trek to Virginia and Kentucky where Eddie has many relatives and family friends.

SAN DIEGO AREA The monthly luncheon of the San Diego Group was held on 22 May at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Attending were: Paul Abernethy, Ralph Butterfield, Abie Cook, Duncan Curry, Sydney Dodds, Tom Esling, Hod Gorry, Judge Hailey, Bud Hall, Logan McKee, Ivan Miller, Stogi Roberts, Eppie Schell, Leo Stafford, Rex Tallman, Ray Tarbuck, and Herb Tellman. After the luncheon, Abie Cook announced that the next golf tournament would be held at Camp Pendleton on 28 June. Ray Tarbuck furnished details of Sabe Sabin's recent appearance on radio broadcast. The San Diego chapter of USNA '22 would be invited to attend our next luncheon, 26 June, and the golf tournament on the 28th.

The group met again for luncheon at the Recruit Depot on 26 June. Present were the following: Abernethy, Butterfield, Abie Cook, Dodds, Esling, Gorry, Hailey, Hickey, Jones, McHugh, McKee, Miller, Parks, Perdue, Roberts, Sabin, Don Smith, Tarbuck, Tellman and Wray. The following members of '22 also attended: Libs Libby, Emerson Murphy, Dale Quarton, Miller Redfield, George Watson, Fish Whaley, Leland Whitgrove and Milo Williams. The group was also honored to have Ruth and Bris McHugh's son Mike (USNA '68) with them. The group welcomed Don Smith back from his home in Mexico. A synopsis of Adm. Stroop's (NA '26) report to the Coronado chapter of the last Board of Directors meeting of the Alumni Association was presented and discussed.

The golf tournament on 28 June was supervised

by Abie Cook. Participants from '20, '21 and '22 included Cook, Carter, Gorry, Grannis, Hickey, Juvenal, McKee, Parks, Pollock, Redfield, Tellman, Watson and Wray. First prize went to Miller Redfield with a net score of 71, second to Larry Grannis and Bob Hickey with net scores of 74, and fourth prize to Logan McKee with a net of 75.

From Pasadena, Raleigh Hales reports that his son, R. Stanton Hales, Jr., has been appointed Associate Dean of Pomona College effective 1 July 1973. Congratulations to Dr. Hales, who is an assistant professor of mathematics at the college from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1964.

-A. card from N e m o Gaines post marked Oslo:

"Betty and I are enjoying a wonderful 44-day cruise to the North Cape, including 14 ports with Leningrad, etc. Return to Florida on 25 July. Hope to get to farm in Virginia in September or October and hope to attend class luncheon. Where and when? Sincerely, Nemo."

22 Pres., Capt. A. R. Sanborn, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. D . H. Johnston, USN (Ret.) 3928 N. 36th St. Arlington, VA 22207 Columnist, RAdm. J. L. Pratt, USN (Ret.) 4000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 72.3 It pays to advertise. We carried an item in a recent issue about Ralph Earle's search for the travel guide formerly published for military personnel. Ralph soon received three letters advising that the guide is now published by "Military Travel Guide," P.O. Box 9654, Washington, D.C. 20016. Price $1.25 per copy (third class); |2.00 per copy (air mail). The book lists and locates the facilities available to us at more than 250 major military installations, coast to coast, and 1800 hotels and motels which give military rates.

Ralph sent us a copy. It is a well prepared booklet even containing the telephone numbers of medical facilities, package stores, hunting and fishing arrangements, police, nursery facilities—whatever we old wayfarers may need, including veterinarian service!

Herb Berger has sent some very interesting material about the project of relocating the New York memorial to Admiral Dewey (an obscure street sign—which was about to be replaced by the name of an obscure New York political figure). A suitable memorial is now in prominent location on the Battery on what is now called "Dewey Promenade" in the vicinity where the Admiral anchored his Squadron in 1899 and marched his men in triumphal procession up to Washington Square, and beyond, to the plaudits of the largest crowd of people ever to assemble in New York at that time. The success is primarily due to Herb's excellent political and organizational work. A handsome commemorative monument now is in a proper place and dedicated by Adm. Tom Moorer on 3 May of this year. We hope that Herb will write a full article about it for Shipmate so that all hands can read the story.

D a l e Quarton writes that the class luncheons at the Admiral Kidd Club are following the pleasant pattern of some of the other class groups in that the distaff members either attend or gather nearby. Lib Folmer, bless her heart, was there at the May luncheon with the San Diego group, one of her last visits with the class before she passed away in June. Lib had been in La Jolla visiting her sister at the time of the luncheon, after which she returned to Hawaii. Carl Espe wrote about Lib, and included was the fact that his Bobbie was in Bethesda after a heart attack and we are so happy to hear that she is expected home soon (before you read this).

While writing about "Dockings and Undockings" we can report that Frank Watkins is home after a flare-up of sorts and, according to Frank Akers, is over the episode as is Peg, who now walks two miles a day, which (according to source) is "more than I can do unless I have either a trout rod or a golf club in my hand."

Frank and Bayliss drove to Summit, N.J., to participate in the festivities for Betty and H o w a r d Orem's Golden Anniversary. Let's take this opportunity to extend congratulations to them and to a heck of a lot of others who have or are about to celebrate, including Nan and Harry Pierce in Haddonfield. Incidentally, Harry's talent in the field of graphic art is gaining considerable recognition as is Nan's success in organizing bazaars and the like for their church.

Henri Smith-Hutton was the guest speaker at the June second meeting of the San Francisco chapter of the Alumni Association; his subject, "Pre-War Japan." We believe the event will be covered in the Alumni Chapter News in Shipmate so will not report more except to say that from every account it was a most interesting talk. Henri and Jane were sill in Japan when war broke and were not exchanged until the summer of '42. As he says, "I certainly didn't have many real duties after the war started." Note: The best seller Summer of '42 has no relationship.

With deep regret we report that A l Toney is no longer with us. This is a great blow to his host of friends throughout the service. More will be found in "Last Call." Orrie Baker's will also be there. Orrie came back into the service to do his part in WWII and then returned to the civilian life, which he began at the time of graduation from the Academy.

The Strib Snodgrasses held a soiree on June 30th at their lovely home "Belgrave" in Leesburg, Va., to honor Ambassador Sayed Caisal al Said and Mr. Salem Mache of Oman—a fine party attended by many classmates and other distinguished people from the Washington scene. A welcome respite from Watergate.

This column has been written on the hottest day in recent history on the normally cool coast of Maine, 9 July. The thermometer went to a hundred in the shade and we went into the ocean where the ice water of the Labrador current quickly reversed things. I don't know which was worse. Don't believe I'll take another dip soon.

23 Pres., Adm. Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.) Class Reporter: Capt. Valentine L. Pottle, USN (Ret.), 660 Americana Drive, Apt. 47 Annapolis, MD 21403 Sec'y, VAdm. C. F. Coe, USN (Ret.) 2210 Belle Haven Rd. Alexandria, VA 22307 Percent Members: 73.5 According to Trap Trapnell, one of the most skilled and intrepid test pilots the Navy ever had, the conventional yachtsman and all sailormen have a common occupational disease of drawing a complete blank when something different is tested and proved an outstanding success. The year 1966 found Trap's golf game all but completely deteriorated. Being the proud owner of two successive, conventional yawls of the 40' ocean racing type, he had noted with considerable interest how well they had sailed under the jib and mizzen alone—and how easily managed they were under all conditions, including tho.se offered by the treacherous Long Island Sound.

Now to the confusion. Trap decided that his next boat would be an aluminum ketch without a mainsail, and strictiy a single-hander for extended ocean cruising. No electric winches or other exotic features requiring constant attention to

50 housekeeping details were anticipated. Thus was conceived and born the DIOMEDEA EXULANS (after

Linnaeus—1735)—the Great Wandering Albatross of the Southern Oceans. The name she was christened was intended to confuse all Northern Hemisphere birdwatchers because of the rig, which is completely confusing itself. She is an aluminum ketch without mailsail, strictiy a single-hander for ocean cruising, being 50'xl4' and easily managed

by Trap alone. He swears he will never have another conventional rig. In 1971 he was not in too good shape physically and decided to shift base from Long Island to San Diego. Not feeling quite up to some 5,000 miles of coasting alone, Cdr. Charles F. Fisher '34 volunteered to sail her from New York to San Diego—which he did with great ease, success and distinction. She is now based in Glorietta Bay (Coronado Yacht Club).

See photograph.

the Veteran's Administration rehabilitating and training disabled Veterans for jobs in civil life. He is president of the Utah Retired Teachers Association. Our sincere wishes for many more productive happy years together.

t?i/ty ^oLUn "Z/citi

1973

Earl Maeser's 50th Wedding Anniversary

DIOMEDEA EXULANS in Long Island Sound

On 23 June, Earl Maeser and his lovely lady celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Salt Lake City. They both kept rather quiet about the grand affair during the Reunion. It may be recalled that Earl resigned as an Ensign in December 1925 after a running start in the Utah National Guard (1916); USN enlisted service (1918); and then USNA. His service in civilian jobs ran the gamut as an undercover agent for the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 1925 in Florida, involved in the criminal investigation of such sterling characters as "Baby Face" Nelson and "Red" Italiano. Also involved in working with him at that time was Mr. Elwood Quesada, later to be better known as LGen. Quesada, USAF. Earl again decided that the nomadic life Uncle Sam offered did notfitin with his plans and in 1927 selected the relative security of an educator— becoming a principal of several high schools in Idaho with a master's degree in education administration from Utah State. In 1939, as a tune-up to his return to USN, he became chief of aircraft engine operation instructors at Johnson Field, Goldsboro, N . C , for 15,000 Air Force personnel and cadets. Then WWII and command of ACORN II in Guadacanal; a sea plane base in the South Pacific; organizing a unit for the first landings in the Philippines; and again the relative security of

Your scribe is firmly of the opinion that it is far better not to wait for the obituary columns to sketch the interesting accomplishments (glossed over of necessity) of an occasional classmate, but to give a thumbnail "histoire" which will surface prematurely and lead, hopefully, to a closer knit class of 1923. One more point. It is also indicated that a call, a visit, a letter once in a while to a physically handicapped classmate, or to a widow, calls for very little sacrifice of time and effort when contrasted with the therapeutic result of such action. The more fortunate healthy classmates also appreciate the bombshell effect of an unexpected letter once in a while.

Caddie Lee Thach has joined the throng of Old China Hands who want so desperately to return for a visit, and has signed up with a friend for a trip in 1974. It is sort of an "iffy" proposition— very expensive and no clearance. She expects to be a grandmother in October, commenting that she is far too old to be one. She missed the reunion because of a long-planned trip to the Canadian Rockies, Vancouver and Victoria.

Shortiy after the 50th, Looey Brendel suffered a stroke—not too severe from all reports—and is now home helping about the house, cheerful, smiling. He recognizes people but cannot call them by name, and his memory has been affected somewhat as well as his speech. The prognosis of his medico is for a complete, if slow, recovery. We all send our best wishes with a hearty "salud" and know that complete recovery is just a matter of a short time.

We are very happy to acknowledge Jo Ageton's enthusiastic letter of appreciation for the courtesies received during the 50th and to state that a recent trip was made to Boulder, Colorado, to inspect a new squirming granddaughter. Edna and Sam

Fuqua were guests of Daytona's Speedways for the races held 1-5 July. Mary Dana has sold her home in Clearwater, Fla., and is now a resident of Vinson Hall; and after an extended European cruise, is now at home, 6251 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, VA 22101. Winnie and Jim Cutting returned from a 10-day motor trip to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island where the lobsters are not plentiful and are expensive.

A press release of 18 June announces that Pierre Bernard, our prestigious banker and Chairman, Annapolis Banking & Trust and ViceChairman of Mercantile Bank Shares, Baltimore, has been appointed director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch. Pierre insists that this is positively the last assignment he will accept. Fritz Price assumed his patriotic duty on 4 July and addressed a large audience in Cape Coral on the subject of what USNA grads have done for the nation^a timely subject in many ways. Fred W a l t o n entered Bethesda for major surgery as part of his 4 July celebration, and they booted him home some eight days later to spend the weekend he missed. Good work, Fred.

Karl Hensel leaves Ft. Myers, Fla., on 9 July to count rattlesnakes in the Ozarks, returning home by 1 November.

We regret to announce the death of Bob Cook at USNH, Annapolis the afternoon of 5 July after a short illness. Bob retired for medical reasons in 1931 but returned to active duty during WWII. Upon his assumption of civil life again he became an outstanding bridge player, a well known educator, and as always a quiet, gentle, dignified friend. Our deep sympathy goes out to Sybil; a sister, two daughters and their six grandchildren.

Memorial services were held in St. Andrew's Chapel. Interment was private at All Saints Episcopal Church, Birdsville, Md. Dick Cutts passed away on 14 July at the USNH Bethesda. He and Donna had planned for months to attend the 50th but his heart acted up just before the celebration. Released from the hospital toward the end of May, he returned to Dondoric Farm only to be readmitted within a few days time. He sank rapidly, possibly no longer able to combat the collective effect of drastic surgery done some 12 years before. Our deepest sympathy is extended to Donna, his sister, and daughter Donita.

Masquerader's Vaudeville Show 1923—^The Last Tango—as played by Billy Pearce and Tom Congdon

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24 Pres., RAdm. Howard L. Collins, 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: 52.0 Our 50-year reunion will be held at Annapolis 17-19 May, 1974. By this rime all classmates should have received a letter from W h i t e y Richards, chairman, giving some details and letting you know of a block of rooms reserved for our class in the Annapolis Statler Hilton Inn. See you there!

In accordance with the provisions of our ByLaws, our President, H o w a r d L. Collins, has appointed W. Lester (Whitey) Richards as VicePresident of our Association. Whitey was then designated to make our presentation of the Class of 1924 Award at June Week graduation exercises.

The Award goes to the graduating Midshipman having the highest average in an Ocean Engineering major. The winner is Midshipman (now Ensign) Michael Marion Harris. Our Award this year was an Argus Casino single lens Reflex Camera.

The 1974 50-year Cruise is also in the making,

by Bert Kalisch and his Staff: Bullis, Duvall, Keyer, Stan Williams. If you have received your Cruise forms, they should be returned by this timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and if you have not received the Cruise forms, write Bert immediately and get aboard!

Gloria and Bill Bailey hosted the 21 May quarterly dinner of our Coronado-San Diego group, and all present enjoyed an outstanding evening; vacation plans were discussed, reports from absentees were received, and the 50-year reunion was discussed. We hear that 15 couples are now sure of attending Reunion. With the Baileys were Jackie Anderson, the Burroughs, Easley Cameron, Lucy Deam, Babe Handly, Bill Deutermann, Leila Dunn, Carrolls, Ekstroms, Jan Fish, Hardies, Dottie Short, Heddings, Lankenaus, Tiemroths, Helen Townsend, Betty Young, Beatty, Beckers and Gamets. Absentees included the Lillards (in Missouri), Loomises in New Zealand, Wolowskys in Midwest; and the Hursts (temporarily grounded, but always glad to have callers between 5 and 6:30 p.m.). We are told that a day-time affair is planned for the August meeting.

Our Washington May luncheon was held on Tommy Dyer's birthday, the 26th, with the 50year reunion the main topic of discussion by Berliner, Bullis, Collins, Craig, Dyer, Kalisch, Nesser, Petersen, Rawlins, Robinson, Sinclair and Wilson. It appears likely that the stag lunch meetings of this group will continue at Blackie's House of Beef, with the co-ed meetings at Bethesda.

And our Philadelphia group concluded its fourth year of meetings in June with nine present. It was agreed to continue these meetings in the fall, with the following regular attendants: Buxton, Callaghan, Fleming, Ilsemann, Lazell, Rode, Turney, Waller, G. A. Williams and Witmer. A fall dinner with ladies included is also planned.

During the Navy League Annual Convention in Washington in April, the League's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, was presented to Winifred Quick Collins (Mrs. H. L.), a National Director, for her outstanding service to the League.

With regret wc have to report the loss of

another classmate, Pat Creehan, whose obituary appears in the "Last Call" of this issue. We remember Pat cheerily, as identified with Midshipman athletics, and particularly as captain of the Soccer Team. We learn that Ash Evans and Frank MacDonald attended services for Pat at Palo Alto, and the Arlington interment rites were attended by Bell, Bradley, Collins, Craig, Dyer and Kalisch.

We regret also to learn of the June death in Atlanta of Claude R. Gaines, who left our class early. And our sincere sympathy also goes to Charlie Beatty in the passing on of his wife, Ruth, in June.

It appears that Ed W o o d y a r d traversed most of the States in that "Spring Drive" he made from Connecticut down to Florida, with a visit enroute with the Shanklins at Virginia Beach.

Ed then turned westward to Texas, thru Mexico and Arizona to Coronado (contacts with Burroughs, Shultzes, Tiemroths, Lillards and Hursts, Willie hale and hearty!). Then on to San Francisco to see the Bob Campbells, Holbrooks, Bertholds. Wheelers, Richters, Farrells, Kay Calvert and Red Williams. Ed's "slow return" to the East was via Yosemite, Sequoia, Death Valley, Las Vegas, Salt Lake, the Colorado Rockies, Denver, and then back East across the Great Plains.

The Farrells came East in May, and we summarize some of Joe's news: "Our gang helped Berthold celebrate his birthday: his wife Ann had a surprise dinner party. . . . New faces in the area are Bobby and Jack Holbrook, who have bought a second home at Rossmoor. They gave a dinner party for the Campbells (good to see Bob with all engines running again!) and Ed Woodyard. . . . We plan to see the Mathews in Denver, enroute East."

When have you seen Ed Auerbach? We find he is helping Bob Keyer get all the dope on iron works (of all things!) existing in Alabama in the Civil War. (Bob, let us see your thesis!)

Yes, N o b l e is doing all right on that Church Rectory project, with |1,650 the latest figure on contributions. And Noble is involved otherwise in the Church: helping in the selection of a new Minister, and attending various conferences. He is also a great help in getting news as our Seneca Lake reporter.

Savy Crampton had to postpone that trip to Europe because of an eye hemorrhage; but "my sight is improving steadily, and I can now drive again, and I may still make it to Europe in the fall." And from the Boston Globe we learn that Savy's son Lewis has been appointed Commissioner of Community Affairs in the State of Massachusetts.

Good news from Jack Kennaday: "Jeanette just called me urgendy to see the first customer at our humming-bird feeder that we just put out this morning!"

The Raoul Wallers are again on a great trip.

In June they set off on a 28,000-mile tour which took them first to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean; then to East Africa (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Highlands, Nairobi, Johannesburg), a safari across Southwest Africa into Rhodesia; then a flight across the Atiantic to Rio for a week before returning home. This followed a swing through our Southland in May, where they visited with the D a l e Harrisses, Goldthwaites and Bill Davises.

June also found the Kalisches on another motor trip to Iowa, visiting relatives. In a stopover at Washington, Pa., they visited briefly with the Jud Wileys. Doris and Joe Cabanillas made

a May tour of England, and Joe says "after many years, I got to see Land's End from the landlubber side." The Ralph Millses in June were in Tokyo on a Pacific Cruise via Anchorage, and were bound for Taiwan. Mig and Blackie Burchett don't leave the mainland, but in late May reported "enjoying our semi-annual Tahoe vacationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and of course we hope to make our fortune!" Rene and Sam Morrow^ in June were outiining a trip to England and Scotland, extended also to France and Spain. And in July the Ev Burroughses were up in New Hampshire with the Lloyd Thomases, mainly for a golf meet.

Writes A d o l p h Oswald: "Unless Nixon sends the Presidential plane for us, I doubt we will be at the class reunion in 1974, much as we would be pleased to see everyone."

From Herb Bearce: "My wife is working for the Red Cross on a volunteer basis, and I am a Director of Dallas Chapter of the Navy League, and a Counsellor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants. We are in the best of health, ride horse-back every Sunday."

Long-time no word on Eddie Hunter, who now reports: "We live very quiedy here, but go to San Francisco about twice a month. My wife Mary is a native daughter, and she goes to town more often. We have 15 acres which we bought 20 years ago, and used as a weekend place until I retired. There are many chores to keep me busy, but we have retained an apartment in San Francisco, in case our health makes living in the country difficult. We are 14 miles from Santa Rosa."

Ofty Gregor's report: "I don't know where the years have gone; it seems as though they just sneaked up on me. Since retirement I taught at a girls' school for seven years, and taught at S.D. Military Academy one year. Am living in a condominium now."

While setting up this column your Reporter had a telephone call from William (Hank) Birmingham out there in Coronado, requesting information on and forms for our 1974 Cruise. It has been a long time since we had any news of Hank, and we may have more details from that letter he's writing.

Joe Fines reminisces: "Two years ago I spent a week on the Triangle X Ranch, with Bob and Louise Bertschy. They have some 15,000 acres right at the foot of the snow-capped Grand Tetons.

Miles and miles of the Snake River flow thru the ranch. The first fish I caught was a 3 !4 -pounder.

But it is disconcerting to try to concentrate on the fish when you hear .something alongside of you, and turn your head and see 20 feet away the head of a big bull moose sticking out of the bushes. Joe Daniel has been up to the Triangle X several times. . . . Since 1954 we have spent about two months each summer in Boulder, so I can fill the Doctor's prescription to get in at least two months of trout fishing each year. . . . I just wish I could find time to take up golf again."

Skipper Warburton again endorses the idea of a Middy-Cruise breakfast at Reunion: white works (stencilled jumpers), old mess tables, canned milk, beans, etc. Skipper also endorses the idea of a permanent self-perpetuating group of seven to nine to run the affairs of our class organization, to become effective after the current term of officers.

Among the ailing, we learn late of an operation undergone by Louie Allen. In June Hunter Robinson was in Bethesda for back treatment, while wife Jean has recovered from an illness.

Angus Sinclair was reported hospitalized in June with a broken hip.

52 You'll find a lot of new addresses in the new Cruise. Now we learn that the new Rube Benton address is 3520 Menendez Dr., Pensacola, FL 32503. The Hank Duvall address is 2305 Windsor Rd., Alexandria, VA 22307. The Ken Hyatts are now at 20 North Kings Highway, St. Louis, MO 63108. And the Bill Kanakanuis are again establishing residence in Beckley, W. Va. Let Felix H o w l a n d supply the last line: "I grow more placid with the passing years."

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Pres., RAdm. Schuyler N. Pyne, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. R. E. Cronin, USN (Ret.) 5506 Christy Dr. Washington, D.C. 20016 Percent Members: 46.6 Sixty-six classmates, wives and widows gathered on 7 June at Jane and Schuyler Pyne's home in Annapolis for the annual Washington-Annapolis group "picnic." By default, as there was no June luncheon meeting in Washington, this was also the annual meeting of the class as required by our by-laws. There being no objection, the election of class officers for the year 1973-1974 was held and the following class officers were elected by a vast majority of those casting ballots: President, Schuyler Pyne; Vice President, Herb Rice; Secretary, Kent Loomis; Treasurer, Ken Hurd; and Executive Committee, Wally N e w t o n . Our secretary had sent out ballots receiving the usual percentage return, only this time we did get, as requested in the May Shipmate, a few home-made ballots from distant places, but each in support of our announced slate.

The party was great, Annapolis July temperatures notwithstanding. But the Pyne house is airconditioned, allowing those who got overheated to retreat indoors if desired. Drinks of all kinds were followed by a rice-and-curry supper topped off by Anne Tonseth's better-than-ever magnificent fruit salad. For the benefit of "old China hands" Bill Veeder contributed some Bombay duck, and for those who like it hot, Henry Ford supplied a large jar of super-hot chutney right from India.

Washington-Annapolis classmates attending with wives were Toon Benson, Cash, Cronin, Eller, Ford, Hoffner, Hurd, Woolsey Johnson, Kent Loomis, McFarlane, Naquin, Wally Newton, O'Keefe, Pcfley, Pyne, J. M. Robinson, Shahan, Slaven, Stryker, Tonseth and Veeder. A. B. Leggett and Frank Karns, being widowers, came alone. Out-of-towners with wives were Blackwell from Norfolk; Mowatt, all the way from Claremont, Cal.; Sigel from New Rochelle, N. Y. (Chuck's adventures in Afghanistan are discussed elsewhere in this column); Turuez and Lou Kleech from the Philadelphia area; and Ed Walker from Glen Rock, N.J. Charlie Silsbee blew in alone from Chicago and brought us some photos and other data for future Shipmates and the Golden Quiver. It was especially good to greet all these classmates and to see A l Pefley and Bob McFarlane both of whom have been quite ill but are now stepping out again. Al was at the May luncheon and we discuss Bob's recovery elsewhere in these notes.

Among our most special attendees as guests of the class were Louise Clark, Barbara Delany, Evelyn Gingras, Betty Lambrecht (here from Florida), Erma Hubbard, Ruth Reamy and Lydia Varian. We always welcome these grand people aboard.

Vic Long sends in word of a big 48th reunion

of the Southern Californian Chapter of the Class of '25, on 16 May. It was a post mortem on the 45th and a prevue of the 50th. Ruby and Bob Clark hosted this delightful affair in their lovely home in Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, exhibiting great bravery above and beyond the call of duty in inviting all classmates in the area. The response was terrific, with a bulging attendance of fiftytwo. Copious pre-prandial refreshments enlivened the alteary chatter level, followed by a delicious catered brunch. Then Bob, who is a camera buff of no mean talent, showed his sound film of the 45th at Annapolis (he has a specially built theatre room in his house—really first class). He also did quite a bit of new filming, which he will no doubt compose into a feature film for viewing at the 50th. Other camera fans, Marion and Phil Creasor, were also busy snapping their shutters.

The arrival and departure of the San Diego contingent in a huge chartered bus, arranged by Cam Briggs in his own inimitable style, were duly recorded for posterity.

Attendees, with wives were, Bevo Bond, Henry Brian, Cam Briggs, Jack Champlin, Jeane Clark, Phil Creasor, Hap Gill (an easterner, vi-siting their daughter in San Clemente), Larry Haugen, Nappy Kivette (special guest from far north—Sacramento area), Vic Long, Ran MacKinnon, Cliff McAuliffe, John Melgaard, John Murphy, Savvy Sides, Harralson Smith, Bill Standley, Heine Stolz, Tom Thomas, Charlie Weeks, Marvin West, Hunter Wood, Benny Wright. Singles were Jimmy Dowden, George Purmont, Ham Stone and Dundas Tucker.

A rousing vote of thanks to Ruby and Bob for conceiving and executing this very special day.

H a m Stone reports that he has retired from teaching at University of California at San Diego.

We have also received a newsletter of the Southeast Florida Chapter of the Alumni Association. For their March meeting at Palm Beach, they closed with the statement, "The Class of '25 takes top honors again in attendance." '25ers attending were Hourihan and wife, Mitchell and wife, Hull and wife. Porter and wife, Eggers and wife, Parks and wife, Gibbs and wife, and Graubart and wife. The runners-up classes were '20 and '26, each including six with wives.

It was with great pleasure and relief that we ran into Pat and Bob McFarlane at a dinner party on 15 June at the Army and Navy Club.

Bob said that it was his first night out on a social occasion. He has staged a remarkable recovery from his stroke, and while he is still a litde unsteady on his pins until he has had a complete recovery of his sense of balance, nothing has impaired his talking. In fact every time we ran into him he was buttonholing someone to attend a special meeting of the membership of the Club, where he hoped to "throw the rascals out."

Hap Lyon, who is very active in the Fine Arts and Historical Club of Monterey, reports that he has completed the assembly of the uniform of a Marine Major of 1846. It is in order to honor Maj. Zeilen, who was senior Marine Officer with Gen. Kearny and Como. Sloat and Como. Stockton on the Coast at that time. He's worked up a talk about how the Armed Services contributed to acquiring California for the United States, and is getting invitations to give it before several civic groups, etc. All this is to offset the intellectuals thereabouts, who lose no opportunity to denigrate the military because of our involvement in Vietnam. His response has been excellent. He is now on an intensive research to find the real causes of the involvement.

Jug Bay is also working for the military. I quote: "Morgan Powell and I are pulling our weight for '25 in Santa Barbara. Since there are 75-80 Navy in the area—more than the Army has!

Yesterday I reviewed the Army Junior Cadets of Santa Barbara and St. Marcus High Schools, and had the privilege of presenting an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy to a cadet from Santa Barbara High School. Incidentally, we have five appointments to the Service Academies this year; one to West Point, one to the Air Force, one to our Alma Mater and two to the Coast Guard Academy. Also, there was a MOWW Scholarship to a Cadet and a Navy League one to another. Not bad for this small community."

In addition to his other jobs, he is up to his eyebrow helping Ruth promulgate her booklet, "Before It's Too Late—It Can Happen Here." We mentioned this in a previous Shipmate. If you are interested write to Jug directiy.

It is with deep regret that we have learned of the death on 8 June of Mrs. Jean Taylor Chitwood, widow of our classmate John Chitwood.

She died in Community Hospital, where she had resided for so long, and was buried in Monterey City Cemetery. Both of them were very active in civic affairs. John, of course, was mayor of Carmel for several years, and she was active in many phases of community life. She was a former president of the American Legion Auxiliary, and a member of the Commodore Sloat Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her father, Peter Taylor, was a charter member of the Carmel City Council, winning election in 1916, the year Carmel was incorporated as a city.

Bet and D o c Mowatt came east via the Canadian Pacific and attended the July party in Annapolis. For those of you who have not made it, this trip on a beautiful train is heartily recommended.

We made it a couple of years ago and enjoyed every minute of it.

It was sad to read of the passing of Col. Robert W. Muth, USAF (USNA '51), the son of our late classmate, Ed Muth. He died at home in Fairfax, Va., of a heart attack on 27 May. He was stationed at USAF Headquarters in the Pentagon at the time. He is survived by his wife, Paula; two daughters. Donna and Nancy; two sons, George W. and Edward W.; a brother, Edward B.; and his mother, Mrs. Edward B. (Adelia) Muth, of Annapolis.

It was good to hear from Jug Adams, from whom we haven't heard in quite a while. In a letter to Joe Stryker, he enclosed a handsome donation to Carl Vinson Hall, and brought us up-to-date on the story of his doings. In 1968 he and Mary moved to Winter Park, Fla. He says he hasn't done a thing since, except mowing the lawn and doing a litde gardening. Their daughter, Mary Alice, with her two lovely children, lives in Winter Park—her husband is with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. R. L., Jr., is now a four-striper and is in Norfolk on the Staff of Commander Second Fleet. They don't get around much anymore; arthritis (not disabling) prevents her from driving a car. Jug has his ups and downs—had pneumonia twice last year and had to have a polyp removed from his vocal cord last August. He is about back to battery now.

After being out of touch with him, we contacted our old shipmate. Country Moore, who retired in 1936. He is living the life of a country gentieman of the Eastern Shore of Maryland near Pocomoke City. He had to take time out to find his hearing aid and says that he has emphysema but is otherwise fine.

53 After quite a long silence D a v e Goldenson has written us a nice newsy letter. He says his protracted silence was the result of a lengthy traumatic period in his family. For seven years Roslyn's mother was confined to her apartment, which had been transformed into a hospital suite.

The past year had turned into frequent vigils, which ended in her death some weeks ago. It is understandable how these grim rugged years constricted their activities, both social and travel. Now they are trying to resume their normal lives.

Dave is still active in a stock exchange investment firm, M. B. Dick & Co. Eleven years ago he was snatched from complete retirement by the family of the founder of the firm, who had died.

He finds the securities business fascinating and exciting, and because his partners are young, just being with them keeps him so—even pushing seventy. His son Joseph is still in Tucson, Ariz., where he established "Goldenson's Sleepworld," which sells everything for the boudoir (with a few exceptions). He has given Dave three grandchildren.

Reither and Howlett, we think. Any help you have will be appreciated by the secretary in behalf of T o m m y Burrowes, publisher of Golden Quiver Charlie Butler sent news from San Francisco.

The Max Baileys are enjoying their lodge in the High Sierras, which they use for skiing in season.

The children and grandchildren are avid skiers.

Max and Gladys had a most enjoyable trip through Spain in April. Margaret and H a p Lyon drove up from Carmel for the May meeting of the S. F. chapter of the Alumni Ass'n. Also present were Marge and Jack Charlson, and Louise and Red Day. Max said that the four couples sat together at luncheon, and had a nice reunion.

A card from H o o k W i l s o n tells us that he and Helen have just returned from a Pacific cruise on the TS HAMBURG. They were gone about four months. Visited Jim Dancy '24, and Tex Anders '27, while in Cal. Their trip included many South Pacific islands, and was highlighted by stops in Tahiti, Bali, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several ports in Japan. Hook says the ship was the best. One of their fellow passengers was the captain of a German Raider of WWII and Hook had a delightful time listening to his stories of his war cruises.

Paul Crosley checks in with a note from New Jersey. A pesky kidney stone has limited his activity somewhat for the past several months, and his recreational hobbies have become sailing and bird watching, the latter of which he finds to be a fascinating Sunday activity, especially after a couple of martinis. He is still dabbling in real estate part time. Since a fall a few months ago, Madeleine has had a problem with her rib-cartilage area. Paul is hopeful, that before long they'll both be back to battery, and able to carry out some of their travelling plans.

Somewhere, sometime. First Class CruiseCB Gill, Goldenson, Fenno and "you tell us who."

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With this letter, Dave sent in two photos taken on our first class cruise, which are shown adjacent to this item. We would like to complete identification of them for the Quiver '50. In the shipboard picture Dave identifies (left to right) Cec Gill, Goldenson, Fenno and ?. It is in the "F, G & H " squad. We would suggest someone whose name would bring him into that squad. In the train picture, we seem to identify Butch Parker leaning out the window with Dick Elliott just behind him. In the group of five first classmen we see

Chuck Sigel has brought us up to date: "We are all in excellent health and back in our home after three exciting and enjoyable years in Afghanistan, where I was employed as a management consultant with a New York engineering firm.

During those years it was my good fortune to develop a close friendship with a very powerful tribal chief, through whom I enjoyed many thrilling hunting expeditions into tribal country where outsiders (even Afghans) seldom, if ever, get to visit. It was quite an experience to re-visit many of these little tribal villages and be warmly greeted as a friend by these fierce tribesmen right out of Kipling. A litde over a year ago, I got homesick for my tribal friends and returned to Afghanistan for a three-month stay, all of which time I lived among the desert nomads in several different caravans—large and small, rich and poor. Because of my introduction as a member of the Chief's tribe and family, I was always accepted in each caravan as a member of the family. It was a fascinating experience with these people who live exacdy as they have for centuries. The experience was unusual enough that the Explorer's Club invited me to give a public lecture with slides, and then asked me to repeat it a month later to members only. Then followed an invitation to lecture to the Asia Society, the Society of American Geographers, a medical group, etc., all of which gave me a chance to relive the experience. Last year we enjoyed a perfectly marvelous trip to Maine with Ruth and Monty Eggers, and these two professionals gave me some expert fly-casting instruction, so even I caught a number of beautiful land-locked salmon. Returning from a recent hurry-up trip to Florida we stopped to phone Rebec and George Bains in Jacksonville, and ended

up spending the night and attending an alumni dinner at the air station. 1 was very proud to be the guest of the distinguished president of the chapter, George Baines. Accidentally ran into Bill Marshall at the yacht club in New York and had a short visit with him." .\\\ hands are probably aware that Navy is playing Georgia Tech on 17 November in Jacksonville, Fla. The Alumni Association of Jacksonville is holding a social hour and buffet before the game that evening. G e o r g e Bains sent us information about this, but in his letter to us he said that he and Rebec hoped to make this a regional class reunion, and enclosed a letter that he was sending to all of our classmates in "Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida." In the letter he says, "As you can see from the enclosure we hope to entertain any or all of the '25 classmates who may be here on the evening of the game." He only asks that those who will be coming give him advance information of their coming for planning purposes.

He also regrets they have no room for overnight guests, since Flo and D a v e H u l l will be their house guests for that night, but in the Alumni Association announcement which he enclosed in his letter, he gives the following motel rates in Orange Park, FL 32073: Holiday Inn, | 1 6 single and $19 double; and 8-Day Inn, $8 single, $11 double. They also plan to arrange a class luncheon on Saturday at a suitable place as soon as they can determine the number of classmates, wives and widows who will be there for the occasion.

26 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: 49.7 Following the sad news of the deaths of Charlie Boyle, N e l s N e l s o n , and Esther Tobelman, announced in the July-August Shipmate, comes a belated report of the death in September 1972 of Earl Stevens Caldwell, from Winona Caldwell who lives at 225 Detroit St., #272, Concord, CA 94520.

Luther K. Reynolds also reports, "Although six months have passed, I would appreciate a short notice of Dorothy C Reynolds' death on 28 Oct. 1972." Although writing from 1 University Place, New York City 10003, "Brute" says that he may find himself with a paddle on one shoulder and a fishing rod on the other, heading toward Colorado in the near future. The class extends deep sympathy to Winona Caldwell and Brute on their loss.

On 11 May Capt. Douglas V. Gladding, USN (Ret.), died in the Chelsea Naval Hospital, Boston, after a four-week illness. Doug and Martha had been back at their Annisquam home, from Florida, less than a week when he became ill. His ashes were scattered on the waters he loved so well to sail. He loved the sea and cruising. In addition to Martha, who is still living at 47 River Rd., Annisquam, MA 01930, Doug is survived by his daughter, Barbara Ritchie; three grandchildren; and his sister, Jeannette Hambly. The class extends deep sympathy to Martha and their daughter.

And then, on 19 May, VAdm. John M c N a y Taylor, USN (Ret.), was suddenly stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage, and died on the 22nd in San Francisco.

54 The departure from us of any classmate is always sad, but the loss of Jack Taylor hit the CS like a ton of bricks. Not only had he seemed so vigorous and willing to help the rest of us at every opportunity, but the CS had just had a long letter from him, written four days before his cerebral hemorrhage, telling, among other things, of the 15 September '26 luncheon at Moffett Field, and the planned "co-ed" dinner at Alameda on 6 November, to both of which "all '26 who come this way on those dates are more than welcome," in his words. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, 29 May. The class extends deepest sympathy to Amelia. (See "Last Call" July-August for details.)

Jack had made a New Year's Resolution this year to be of more help to the CS with the Shipmate column, and had more than carried out that resolve. The CS hopes that some classmate in the Bay Area will volunteer to keep classmate news flowing to the '26 column, as Jack did.

Jack reported that the 3 May stag luncheon at the Tower Club on Yerba Buena Island was one of the most successful events they have had, with seventeen being present. However, from several comments, the stairs seem to increase with the years. According to Art Rule, "We should invite the younger classes to help us up the stairs." John Ellison's comment, "We think Jack Taylor adds ten steps to each flight of stairs once a year to separate the men from the old men." The others present, besides Ellison, Rule and Jack McN. Taylor, were: Cecil, Crombe, Frederick, French, Jenkins, Johnston, Kimbell, Kobey, Langley, Lowther, Watson, Webster, Wolverton, and Zemlicka.

The May, Washington '26 luncheon group met at Cameron Station with an admixture of wives and widows, the total being, appropriately, exactly 26! They were: Aitken, Thelma Agnew, Brady, Buchanan, Dixie Corbin, Grayce and Hank Fravel, Harriet Gano, Francine and Rudy Greenacre, Grenfell, Rosemary and Jack Greenslade, Dorothy and Jim Lane, Ruth and Ben Lovett, Marge Lyman, Ruth and Jim Morrison, McKee, Stiegler, Strain, Sylvester, and Katrina and Mario Vangeli. The next Washington meeting will be at noon, 24 September, at Cameron Station, Va. A picture taken at a meeting of the Southern California "Brunch" Group last February shows thirty-six '26ers. wives and widows, including a good shot of Esther Tobelman, perhaps her last before her death in Coronado. Reading from left to right, standing: Perrill, Linaweaver, Stout, Helen and Dinty Sullivan, CB Jones, Esther Stroop, Kack and (hiding) Chas. Buchanan, Mort Flem-

ing, Estey Jones, Esther Tobelman, Jessee Young, Augusta Young, Fielder and Helen Jones, Skipper Asserson, Carroll, Callahan, Dorothy Carroll, Kathryn and Charlie Whiting, Blinn, Kirby Baker, Leslie, Vicki and John Foster, Virginia Perrill, Virginia's mother (Mrs. Lewis), and Boileau. Sitting: Lovell, with white beard, Stroop, Isabelle Fleming, Marusia Asserson, Martha Callahan, Eleanor Lovell, and Kibby Linaweaver.

Jack Greenslade reports latest contributions received for Class Fund from Bierer, Wyckoff, Singleton, Morrison and Aitkens, before leaving with Rosemary for six weeks in Scandinavia with two weeks in the Royal Viking Sky. Mannie Sellers, long unheard from, writes that they have contracted to buy a place on Siesta Key, off Sarasota, in Florida. Because he has not yet fully retired from the Department of Justice in Washington, they do not plan on living in Florida for the time being, but hope to go down from time to time. (The next time you come to Florida by auto, stop in at "Secure," which is only threetenths of a mile from north-south highway 19-98: CS.) Another welcome new contributor to this column is Ed Leonard, from 1431 Biltmore Dr., Charlotte, NC 28207. Ed reports that he has spent 39 years, except for the war years, in the manufacture of packaging materials. He joined Lassiter Corporation in 1960 when it was a two million in sales business, expanded in the next ten years to fifteen million, merged with the Riegel Paper Corporation and continued to expand and grow until there were fourteen plants manufacturing packaging materials and flexible industrial laminations (some of which have been used in the Apollo capsule and space program). As vice president for the packaging division, Ed continued until January 1972 when his packaging division was spun off as a separate corporation, now known as the "Rexham Corp" with sales of eighty-three million for the first year of operations. He had passed the mandatory retirement age of 65 and several years of advisory and consulting capacity thereafter. He is now relaxing in excellent health, enjoying with Jeannette the proximity of their two daughters in Charlotte, one of whom has twin grandchildren.

An accompanying picture shows Red Ransom '26, and his son, Cdr. Jay Ransom '56, who is the CO of the nuclear submarine, PARGO (SSN-650), having commanded the Navy Nuclear Power School at Mare Island on his previous duty. Jay entered the Naval Academy while Charlie Buchanan was Commandant and graduated while S m e d b e r g was Superintendent. Red writes that he is looking forward with great expectation to 1976

Red Ransom '26 and son, Jay '56

in hopes of being around to attend "not only the 50 years after reunion of USNA '26 but, hopefully, a couple of weeks thereafter to witness the swearing in as a Plebe of our first-born grandson."

In a very round-about way of answering a note from Ben Katz, Red wants me to relay to Ben in this sneaky manner his agreement in the change of football coaches at the Academy and his hope that this will signal a resurgence in Navy football fortunes. Like Bunny Benjamin, Red notes with sorrow the drop-off in '26 attendance at the Army game, which he still attends religiously as an opportunity of renewing old friendships.

This is as good a spot as any to announce that the Smedbergs went to Annapolis on 6 June for the thrill of witnessing the graduation of their oldest grandson, Robert Stark Adams, Jr. '73, whose father was USNA '43. We believe Bobby is 1926's first Academy graduate grandson. Ens. Adams reported to his ship, USS HAMNER ( D D ) in San Francisco, where she will be cruising reserves.

H o p Parish finally crashed through with a letter which the CS has been trying to pry out of him for a long time. He explained that he had been waiting until he could send a definite report on their son. Pokey, whose status had been undetermined for five years following his being shot down over Vietnam. As most of us know, now, the Navy Department finally announced on 6 April that he was presumed killed in action, which ended five years of anxiety, worry and hope for the Parish family. Our deep sympathy goes to both Parish families. Hop and Allen retired in Lexington, Virginia, when he retired from his second career, at VMI, by which rime they had begun to feel like Lexingtonians. Of course, the fact that

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Chick Evenson writes that he and Maud sold their house in Belvedere, Cal., over a year ago because they wanted to find some land—some space —and build a house while still active enough to do it. They found 174 acres in Bennett Valley, southeast cf Santa Rosa and had planned on starting their house in September '73, when the rains came. They were apparently worse than ever before in Weather Bureau history! They couldn't even build a road into the property for seven months of floods. (And here we in Florida have been crying for rain for several years!) They finally got the work started and were hoping to move into their new house in July, where their address will be 6809 Bennett Valley Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Chick's charm must have gotten even to the telephone company, their phone number being 528-2626! They hope to run some catde, grow grapes, and make wine. Chick says, "So the Minnesota farm boy, one-time Navy fly boy, is now trying to become an ancient cowboy.

All classmates will be welcome and I promise to serve them some other than my own vintage—at least until the third glass."

Pete Wyckoflf is making progress from his low health ebb a year ago. He still has problems stemming, he says, from having only half a heart. But he has managed a four-day trip to Dealth Valley with his sister, and a longer trip with Cecil Gill '25, up to the Bay area, where he got together with some other '26ers and sent the CS a splendid picture of four seemingly hale and hearty distinguished citizens, Paul Watson, Pete, T e d Frederick and H u g h Webster, which should appear in the next Shipmate, this one being already a litde too long. When Pete flew back to Burbank he had a bit of a problem with the airplane security people until he convinced them that his necessary oxygen bottle was not a bomb.

Kenny Craig has finally returned to correspondence range. He and Louise went to Annapolis in May and watched Navy come from behind to beat Army at lacrosse. They had been at Whispering Pines for the Tarheels Seniors tournament.

Kenny says his golf is better, but erratic, as a 77 and a 94 on consecutive rounds indicate. (I reveal these scores merely to alert all up-coming participants in the 50-years-after, 1926 Seniors tournament what to expect! CS) SHORT SPLICES Edie and Bill Pryor had a visit with Anna and Val Havard in Baltimore and then went to USNA "to see handsome, young Pat Stroop wed his beauteous bride in the Academy chapel on 12 May, PD and Ester were there too, naturally."

Karl Biederman quit teaching a year ago and now gets some exercise playing golf with Lee Woodbury (who beats him, he reports).

Ruth and Jim Morrison were visiting Peggy and H a m H o w e in Winston-Salem this spring when they read an article in the local paper about Ralph Moureau. He is a jogging enthusiast who is good enough to place second in the three-mile run. More about that in the next Shipmate. (Imagine being able to run 3 miles! CS) Harry Johnston sent in two reports; one bad

'27 at Bayridge Inn 19 May 1973

concerning our loss of Jack Taylor, and one good.

On 22 June he reports Edna Anstett and Doir C. "Deacon" Johnson were married in Las Vegas, Nevada. They will reside at 1900 Rexford Dr., # 8 , Las Vegas, Nevada 89105.

Bob Mead, a young 68, says he is still working for his engineering firm in New York, having been re-elected Treasurer at the last annual meeting. Bob says he has solved the Alumni Assn. annual dues problem by becoming a life member.

(That's well worth looking into, as it is very reasonable at our ages. CS) Charlie Crombe is still actively engaged in labor relations, the Employer's Council of Monterey County, and finds the golf course at the PG School "a 'bonanza' to us old crocks."

Paul Watson says he is looking forward to the spirit of '26 taking over in 1976—200 years after for most Americans, but a special 50 for us.

27 Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. W m . D . Irvin, USN (Ret.) 3011 Foxhall Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 53.0 This is the first issue of the new academic year, that of the Class of 1974. Written in the heat of July, we hope you have sent in your dues for the Alumni Association (the year begins on 1 July— $12.00 for a year's subscription and dues, $125.00 for a life membership and $2.00 for a widow's subscription). We are working hard this year to push our class membership percentage from 48.7 to well above 50. If you haven't sent in your check, please do it now!

The Washington/Annapolis Group had a very successful co-ed luncheon at the Bay Ridge Inn in Annapolis on 19 May. Present were: Frances and Carl Steiner, Eleanor and Ray Mitchell, Lonnie Rubins, Louise and Donk Donaho, Marge and Gordon Caswell, Peg and Herb Zitzewitz, Polly and Sleepy Myers, Elizabeth and Bill Leahy, Ruth and Bev Bristor, Ruth and Phil Ross, Emma and Frank Bruner, Gypsy and Charlie Melson, Mary and Sinbad Addison, Rebecca and Joe McClaughry, Rena and Josh Cooper, Ellen and Herb Eckberg, Fritz Habecker, Isabel and Rollo Pryce, Tom Cobb King, Ruth Tarrant, Brook Schumm, Alice and Tim Donohue, Sue and Pat Henry, Margaret Sperry (Sue's sister), Olive and Gamby Giambattista, Rita and Blinn Van Mater, Betty Zahm, Gene and Lorrie Shook, Louise and Bob Foley, Vera and Wayne Loud, Ruth and Joe Maher, Virginia Milburn, Ruth Overfelt, Mimi and Joe Hazen, Mary Miller, Don Griffin, Bert and Bob Quackenbush, Betty and Bob Barnes, Barbara and Parker Fairlamb and Carolyn and Bill Irvin. Helen and Pete Ferrall having come east from Seatde to visit their daughter and son-in-law in Carlisle Barracks brought with them, Joan and Don Shaw. Seventy attendees—an excellent turnout.

Our Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Executive Committee announced the schedule of luncheons and other get-togethers for the new year as follows: class luncheons to be held at the Commissioned Officers Mess (Open) at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. All scheduled for 11:45 A.M.: Thursday, 27 September 1973, stag; Friday, 16 November 1973, co-ed; Thursday, 24 January 1974, stag; Thursday, 28 March 1974, stag; and Saturday, 25 May 1974, co-ed (at a location in Annapolis to be announced at later date).

R o l l o Pryce, who is a trustee of Vinson Hall, gave an excellent report on the Residence Foundation and made a strong plea for support of it on the part of our class for this highly deserving enterprise. He asked all willing to help to get in touch with Vinson Hall and give generously.

Bill Irvin gave the group a report on the Directory, the fact that an errata sheet would be published for it in July. He added that, thru the very large and generous contribution made by Helen Cressy, the Directory is completely paid for and a satisfactory reserve has been set up to extend business in this area.

Bob Quackenbush got to work on a photograph which is to be found elsewhere in this column.

Gill Richardson reports from San Diego: "Nadine and Robby Robinson chased off to El Salvador and Guatemala on 1 May for a ten-day vacation. They must have been having fun and confusion because I received a card from Robbie depicting him hanging on to a cable car in Caracas some 2,409 miles away from El Salvador.

Man, that's living!!"

For three weeks or so Mary Jane and Jimmy H o g g were in Coronado visiting their son, Cdr. James R. Hogg, USN, commanding ENGLAND (DLG-22). The Hoggs make the trek to Coronado almost an annual affair, coming out from their home in Indiana. They were able to attend the April luncheon of our San Diego area. Great to see them.

Did you know that Harry Hummer, while employed with General Dynamics-Convair between 1961-65 as a flight test engineer, was one of the group of sixteen which tested and approved for flight the first vehicle ever to land on the moon?

This was the combination Adas-Centaur-Surveyor.

The latter, after landing on the moon, sent back to earth the information necessary to make the subsequent moon landings possible. Its performance of all missions was a cold 4.0.

Old Lucky Bags Available RAdm. Bosquet N. Wev, USN (Ret.) '27 has a collection of 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927 Lucky Bags which he will gladly ship to anyone who will pay the shipping charges. His address, until November, is 7729 Dunfield Place, Norfolk, VA 23505.

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'27 at Norfolk Naval Station 16 December 1954

Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical's Ole Sharp, and Pat left for Hawaii in mid-May for a holiday and, of course, a visit to their old stamping grounds of considerable numbers of years duration.

The Rand Corporation's Larry Freeman and Phil, too, went to the Islands for a big chunk of golf and sunshine.

Our last regular luncheon for the fiscal year was held on 30 May at the Miramar Officers' Club. Our June affair was a cocktail party on the 26th. Our next luncheon will not be until Tuesday, 25 September.

Mike Russillo passed thru town the other day and stopped long enough to pass on the following regarding the St. Pete, Fla., folks: "Bill Davies has undergone two serious operations on a disintegrating hip—in the hospital for over a month. With his determination and pluck, they say he will be back out on the golf course in time with the same old competitive spirit. He was most appreciative of the '27 flowers sent to him.

"Joe Boulware has now gone into his second retirement and has taken a condominium in Redington Beach, not far from the Russillos.

"Emily and T e d Moore went up to Lexington, Va., for their 50th high school graduation reunion.

In those days, Ted was the president of the class but Emily stood first in the class.

"Bill Pepper stopped by in St. Pete in his yacht. Following that the Peppers and the Russillos went off on a cruise to the Crystal River.

"Mildred and Gene Kaitner have been happy having their daughter, Tricia K. Dye, visit them while on a change of duty move from Guam to Charleston.

"Mary and Phil T a g u e doing fine. The St. Pete Class of '27 has adopted Elvira and Jimmy Leeper '26. Welcome aboard.

"Ethel and Clif Wickman have been having a rough time with ill health but they managed to get away to Atlanta for a visit with their daughter."

Old soldiers and sailors may just go away but an old politician never says goodbye. He just couldn't leave the scene. Mike Russillo has now been elected a town commissioner of Redington, Florida!

We're pleased to note that George Kittrell Eraser, the son of Frances and George Eraser, received his MBA from Rutgers on 31 May. Our Washington/Annapolis group lost a member to San Diego's gain. Lois and Bert Klakring have settled into 1720 Avenida Mundo, Apt. 508, Bldg. lA, Coronado, CA 92118. Shordy after their arrival in the area, Bert was hard hit by the Hanoi Heaves, losing 9 pounds in 4 !4 days. He's got it licked now and is doing nicely. His last visit to the

area was 44 years ago. He now finds San Diego amazing.

Both Pete Ferrall and Ted Fauntz wrote to tell me that the Seatde group got together for lunch at the Pier 91 COM to celebrate the 46th anniversary of '27. Present were: Spike Dudley, Pete Ferrall, Ted Fauntz, Bill Graybill, Harry Horney, Red Johnson, Henry Marshall, Jim Pritchard and Norm Walker. Pete Ferrall reported that when he stepped on the starter of his nineyear-old Impala after a 30-day rest while he was in the east, the battery kicked her right off. Amazing the way he stores up that juice!

Bisquit W e v sent me a picture of a class party in Norfolk back in 1954 which you will see at the end of this column. It was at the COM at the Naval Station, Norfolk, on 16 December 1954.

The men are 1 to r: Murphy, Chamberlain, Burch, Durski, Zern, Sullivan, Habacker, Melson, Doyle Donaho, Gregg, Sutherland, Atkeson, Ricketts, Wev, Caldwell and Zondarak. The gals: the Misses Murphy, Chamberlain, Zern, Sutheland, Durski, Melson, Sullivan, Donaho, Gregg, Atkeson, Ricketts, Wev, Caldwell and Zondarak.

Bisquit said: "Because all except one classmate in this group were on duty at this time I thought it might be timely to publish it again. I think Wendell Ricketts was the only one retired at the time. At least three of the group have passed on, perhaps more.

"The Zondaraks have moved to Southern California. Zondo said it was some place called Mira Mesa, but I don't know where it is. They sold their home here, bought a new one out there and moved about the 1st of June. (Zondo—wherever you are, send us your address. We have lost touch!)

"Bob Dixon has had some more ticker trouble but he is recuperating nicely at the moment in Virginia Beach.

"Emmy Lu Burch scooted off to Paris for a few weeks with Suzy Hull, leaving Bill back home to take care of the children, homework, etc.

"As you know, the Wevs are moving to Florida about the 1st of November. We are building a condominium home at the Del-Ray Dunes Golf and Country Club, Del-Ray Beach, Fla. We've sold our Co-op here and are waiting for our new home to be finished.

"Pierce Chilton has been elected President of the Hermitage Foundation in Norfolk, which has to do with the preserving of the Hermitage home here.

"The gas shortage may cramp Stick Sutherland's travel plans for this summer. He and Dottie were making a USA tour, plus a side trip to Banff and Lake Louise. Don't know how they are making out."

Bill Royal and Jake Sheaflfer each sent me notice of the passing of C. K. Hewins who died at his home in Augusta, Maine, on 23 May. Knolt resigned from our class to return to his home and take over the business of the Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Homes, established by his great grandfather in 1822 and run continuously since then.

In a previous note I wrote about the marriage of Sam Pickering and Gladys McNerney. T o m Green write to tell me that Mrs. McNerney had four sons, three graduates of West Point and a fourth, Cdr. James Lawrence McNerney, USNA '57. How's that for a service family?

Heinie Armstrong sent the following from San Francisco: The second gathering of the Northern Clan of California, class of 1927, was held at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Friday, 15 June 1973. 24 stalwarts gathered promptly at 1130 for the Attimde Adjustment Period, with Chow Down at 1215.

The group consisted of Peg Winters, who had Karen and Eddie Eckelmeyer in tow. Eddie is presently the President of the LA Clan. Then we had: Ree and Pat Patterson, Helene and Gene Lugibihl, Caroline and Marty Lawrence, Mildred and Don Hilton, Lillian and Hank Henry, Ella and Coach Gullett, Helen and Howie Dyson, Tiny and Count DeKay, Arnie Cassady, Al Carter, Rosie Boyd, Betty and Heinie Armstrong.

The Tov/n Hall session included an excellent run-down letter from "Old Reliable," Gill Richardson, who recounted the doings of the San Diego clan. Eddie Eckelmeyer then recounted the doings and status of the LA Clan—they are really spread out down there! It was wonderful to see the "Ecks" after too-long-no-see.

The Town Hall session then shifted to the local clan members. Marty Lawrence reported that they spent three weeks in Africa and Europe. They encountered Pug Truslow in Lausanne, Switzerland, the latter on a Rotary Club trip. Pug was behaving! Marty spent some time in Vermont, trying to get the date of his appointment to the USNA straightened out. 1923? Why now? He could find only one oldtimer, a probate judge, who would acknowledge knowing Marty. The Henrys' date for a freighter trip in the Med is all firmed up.

The Hiltons are off to Tulsa, Okla. this fall to attend the wedding of their oldest grandson. The Gulletts are proving that they are real dog-lovers as they are showing their miniature Schnauzer in various shows in the area. The Pattersons have just returned from a week at Montego Bay, Jamaica, thence to Missouri where we smoked them out by phone. The Dysons had to cancel their trip to Greece on account of Howie's trip to Oak Knoll with diverticulitis. The trip is now back on the

57 track, with Howie all OK again. The DeKays promised to bring back a supply of smoked trout, when they return from their fishing trip to Canada.

Sage Marty Lawrence says that he has found out that you should retire completely—if you want to be kept busy. And sage Heinie says that if you don't want to be stuck with various and self accumulating jobs, better not let your friends sign you up for membership in their pet organizations.

Among the absentees, the Fords have just returned from their trip to Europe. Charley Beasley is still head of the Better Business Bureau down on the SF Penninsula. Laura McDaniel took quite a fall while out in her garden. Nothing broken but she reports that she is not able to sit down with any comfort. G e n e McDaniel is making good progress in his long battle with emphysema.

Barbara Wickhorst, in response to a plea for help, has agreed to part time work with the Park Commission of Oakland, after which she will be off to open her cabin at Tahoe. The McKinstrys were not able to attend due to the fact that they were being entertained at their 39th Anniversary. Ernie Blake is having trouble with his circulation system —necessitating tests at Lettermen—and less thought on his golf game.

Clan Chief Heinie advised the members the Clan should have a Vice Chief, in as much as the Chief had attained the age of 70—hence a very senior citizen—on Flag Day, 14 June. Very alert.

Tiny DeKay leveled a rapid one at Count and nominated him for the job. In the confusion that followed, there were 23 "seconds," a move that the nominations be closed and a vote which resulted in 23 yea's and 1 nay (Count's), so now we have a new Vice.

The Clan voted to have the next meeting at T.I. on Sunday, 16 Sept. 1973. Kts at 1730 with dinner at 1830. See you all there! "Foreigners" are most welcome—let us know.

John Clark is most concerned about the fact his grandson, Johnny Clark, entered the Naval Academy as a plebe on 9 July with a hell of a handicap. It's a 4, in golf.

Miles Hubbard has been elected a member of the Executive Committee filling the vacancy left

by Alan Shapley, deceased. Welcome aboard! Simultaneously he became a life member of the Alumni Assn. Why not join us? It's a great state to be in.

The travelling Giambattistas have been at it again. They have recently returned from a threemonth trek around the world, visiting son, Thom, in Santa Barbara; son, Frank, in Mexico City and son, Mike, in Dublin. They got back in rime to have a great 40th wedding anniversary over the weekend of 7 July at their home on Lake Barcroft.

Three sons, three daughters-in-law, one daughter, one son-in-law and 10 grandchildren. Olive and Frank say it was the greatest rime ever. Our hearty congratulations!

Oscar D o d s o n claims to be either the last or pretty close to the last of our class still gainfully employed; however, September will mark his retirement as Director of the World Heritage Museum of the University of Illinois. Polly and Oscar plan to conrinue trips to study the strange money used in remote areas. They do plan to conrinue their residence in Champaign-Urbana and urge all who travel that way to stop in.

We're ever so happy to report that Sue (Patrick) Henry had a session with the cardiac medicos in Bethesda recendy but is back home now and doing very nicely.

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: 58.2 The long anticipated date, Friday, 11 May, marked the opening of the BLC's 45th reunion in Annapolis. The fresh breezes in the early part of the day (which ruled out opening the patio of the Alumni House for our first social event) subsided.

The remainder of the weekend was marked by the absolutely most perfect weather imaginable.

Jimmy James and Heeby Jones, our Reunion Committee, stood watch-and-watch at the Alumni House, greeting and registering classmates, wives and widows as they arrived to begin the festivities.

They also passed out schedules of events and those very special souvenirs. And what souvenirs!

The distaff side of other classes look with envy at the beautiful pins our gals are wearing. And guys, don't try those mugs for jiggers! Much too large!

After checking in at the Hilton and Maryland Inns, visiting with arriving classmates and swapping yarns, all hands converged on the Alumni House to begin the festivities with a cocktail buffet from 6 to 8 p.m. Afterwards, many convivial groups continued the fun at local restaurants and their hotel rooms.

At 9 a.m. Saturday morning, your class officers and the Reunion Committee called on the Superintendent in his office, where we received a hearty welcome, his thanks for the class support, and a rundown on current activities and situations at the Academy. At 10:30 the guys and gals met in beautiful new Chauvenet Hall for the class business meeting, a first for a meeting with the distaff side present. Our Pres., Harry Sears, opened the meeting using a gavel produced by Luke White. Luke reported that this gavel was a gift (?) from the Commodore Hotel in New York when the first class reunion was held in 1933, and that the gavel had been in his possession ever since. Our Pres. welcomed all classmates, wives and widows, and noted with sorrow those who might have been present but were not, and those who have gone beyond. He acknowledged and expressed heartfelt thanks of us all for all the hard work and devotion of Jimmy James and Heeby Jones for having made this, the 45th Reunion, the best and most memorable one of all. G e o r g e King and A l M o m m were especially thanked and commended for their dedicated efforts in producing the Addendum to the Fifth Twenty-cighter, and the same to the invincible Vince Treanor for his excellent book of anecdotes. Old Tales Retold. Vince has since copyrighted the book to protect the class' interest.

The Treasurer reported that there was $600.00 in the Class Fund, in an interest bearing account with Government Services Savings and Loan, Inc., Bethesda, Md., under the watchful eye of our Pres., who is Chairman of the Board of that establishment! As of this writing, the account has been sweetened by return of excess funds from the Reunion Committee—$671.12; and $204.82 from George King, excess of cost for the Addendum and Old Tales Retold. Attention was called to the fact that the only regular source of income to the Class Fund is the interest on savings. After some discussion, the Chair and Floor agreed that

as the need for additional funds arose, the Treasurer would solicit donations from the class.

Our Pres. reported that the Class of 1928 Memorial Scholarship Fund had attained $17,282.00 toward our goal of $20,000.00, and urged that contributions continue to completion soon, so that class efforts could be directed to building up the Naval Academy Memorial Fund, for the immediate benefit of the Midshipmen, their families and drags.

The Nominating Committee for Class Officers was called upon to report their slate. It was entered in nomination, seconded and voted unanimously for the term October, 1974-76. The new officers are: Petey Anderson, President; Al Momm, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer; and Doc Ballance, Western Vice President and Secretary.

They will take office during Homecoming 1974.

The Pres. then reported the dates for the 50th reunion: 19 through 21 May, 1978, in Annapolis.

A block of rooms has already been reserved at the Hilton. He appointed Al Momm as chairman of the 50th reunion committee. Al accepted with his usual enthusiasm. With the adoption of the motto "Keep Nifty For Fifty," the meeting adjourned.

All hands then proceeded to the steps of the Naval Academy Chapel for a class picture and then gathered in the O'CIub next door for the class luncheon. Our guest of honor was "Old Doc Snyder" who eased the cuts and bruises of all of us in our Middy days. Doc, in his mid-90s, still has a keen mind and a twinkle in his eyes. With D i z Daisley and your CS, both former cheer leaders and neither able to recall Doc's special cheer, we settled for a 4-N for Doc. Jimmy Beirer, too late unfortunately, recalled the cheer. It goes: "Iodine, iodine, epsom salts and pills. We've got a doctor but we don't pay bills!"

After the luncheon, many attended the ArmyNavy Lacrosse game and/or Baseball game, both of which, happily, were Navy victories. The 7:00 p.m. dinner dance at the Fleet Reserve Club was truly a most happy affair, with gals in long dresses and guys in tuxes. Good libations, good food, excellent companions and good music made for a delightful evening, which was highlighted by the dancing of Mary Tyler and John Urquhart. But maybe we're all getting a bit old—the affair, scheduled from seven to midnight, saw the halls emptied by a wee bit after 11! I'm told, however, that certain stalwarts continued the festivities into the wee hours in many hotel rooms.

The Class assembled on Sunday in a reserved section of the Naval Academy Chapel for the morning service at 10:45. The Chapel was decorated by flowers given in memory of departed classmates by '28 and '33, the latter celebrating their 40th Reunion. The sad results of the Supreme Court's decision that mandatory attendance at chapel was unconstitutional was starkly evidenced by the many empty pews, and, except for a few of the faithful and the Middy Choir, the lack of the Brigade of Midshipmen. RAdm. Francis L. Garrett, CHC, USN, preached a most appropriate and interesting sermon. Immediately following, a Memorial Service for departed classmates was conducted by a Protestant and a Catholic Chaplain, who were most ably assisted by A l M o m m , Red Ennis and Ed Dexter. All hands then gathered on the patio of the Hilton Inn for a "despedida brunch" which featured a half-price bar serving sours and B-Marys. The hotel management failed to provide facilities for collecting for the drinks, which led to some difficulty, and ended in his closing the bar by removing the "makings" and the bartendress shordy before the buffet was

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set up. The impending doom was quickly dispelled when our intrepid and inventive Pres., Harry Sears, John Urquhart, Kay Leary, your CS and others restocked the bar from their private stock, "and the band played on!" Resultâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a gayer mood prevailed, and what seemed an oncoming damper made it a more memorable event. A bounteous buffet was enjoyed by all and the festivities were concluded and alohas were said on gay and sentimental notes, thus ending the BLC's 45th reunion, the best ever!

Your CS has received many communications from classmates and widows who were not able to attend the 45th, but space does not permit their inclusion in toto in this issue. So to all those who were not with us we say, "You were sorely missed and hope you'll be with us for our 50th."

The class of 1928 had a total of 336 entering the Academy in 1924. Of these 173 graduated with '28, and 9 with '29 and '30, making a total of 182. During the 4 years we lost 17 to '29 and 2 to '30. 9 of the 17 failed to graduate with '29, and 1 with '30. '28 lost 13 members during WWII. Of the original 336, 220 are living and 116 have passed on. We have 183 with good addresses and 37 with addresses unknown. We have addresses for 63 widows. The class produced one Admiral, five Vice Admirals, forty-seven Rear Admirals, three Major Generals, USMC, four Brigadier Generals, USMC, thirty-eight Captains, eight Commanders, four Lieutenant Colonels, USMC, thirteen Lieutenant Commanders, two Majors, USMC, six Lieutenants, twelve Lieutenants (jg), ten Ensigns and one

Second Lieutenant, all graduates. Non-grads are two Captains, one Colonel, USMC. Grads in USNR or USMCR are five Captains/Colonels, seven Commanders/Lieutenant Colonels, one Lieutenant Commander, two Lieutenants/Captains. Non grads in USNR or USMCR are four Captains/Colonels, five Commanders/Lieutenant Colonels, seven Lieutenant Commanders/Majors, one Captain, USA, one Lieutenant (jg), and two Ensigns/Second Lieutenants.

Thirty '28ers passed away since our 40th Reunion in 1968, the latest being G l e n w o o d F. Baker, on 28 April. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his widow, Leia, and family, 317 Evans St., Jonesville, MI 49250.

Rit Rittenhouse, while a patient at Bethesda Naval Hospital, suffered a fall and broken hip, and is presently recuperating there. Hope you who were fortunate enough to attend the '73 Nutmegger gathering at Dottie and Vince Treanor's in Andover, Mass., which took place 24 and 25 August, 1973, carried on the festive spirit generated by our 45th Reunion!

Naval History Highlights 5 September 1956 William F. Durand '80 Oldest living U S N A graduate (now deceased) received his diploma after a delay of 76 years.

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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. T. W . Davison, USN (Ret.) 520 Crestwood Dr. Paradise, CA 95969 Percent Members: 52.0 At the end of the 1973 school year, Bill Galbraith dropped his books and retired as professor of math at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va. We believe that Gracious is still teaching.

President Kelley of the college is quoted: "Adm. Galbraith has not only earned the respect of his colleagues on the faculty of this institution, but he has likewise encouraged great numbers of students through his enthusiastic teaching in the classroom. He and his wife. Gracious, have become respected members of this academic community as well as the community at large. We wish them well in their retirement, but also look forward to our continued relationship with them as friends and neighbors."

Anybody been back to sea lately as a deckhand?

Your Sec'y shipped as mate of a luxury yacht being ferried north in June. Came up the Intracoastal waterway, stopping each night at marina gatherings of other hired crews bringing the arks of dissipation of the rich to the northern spas. Got

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6 June celebration at the A-N Town Club in Washington. Louise Mitchell, Jack Galbraith, Bing, Ann Johansen and Jack Daltan

paid for it, too, and sneaked Micky aboard for part way. Got paid for it, too.

You-all might consider one of the wonderful low-cost high-life overseas tours of the Alumni Association. Ask the Osbornes, Mitchells, Bushes, Welshes and Humphreys, who joined one to Spain and Portugal this Spring. On return two of them discussed their tour enthusiastically in the Sec'y's office. They agreed that the curriculum was indeed pleasant, particularly the nighdy gatherings after each day's studies, when everyone "drew sips" and recited over the CTs. The high point was a visit and dinner at the home of the Vissers in Madrid.

Changes of Stations: Phoebe and Chet Ely have gone "back to the scene of the original crime in Trenton, N.J." What crime, Chet? And what do you mean by original ? The address is 900 Bellevue Ave., Zip 08618. Pittsburgh is now vacant of '29ers. Russ Hart lasted one year after Bill Kabler left, but retired in July to 1700 Diana Blvd., Merritt Island, FL 32952.

A letter from Joey Ray says that Ruthy continues to improve after her narrow escape from two strokes in February. She is home, gives Joey hell for "smoking, drinking and other dirty habits."

Says he is a bad risk. They are building a swimming pool for more fun.

A sad note came from Saint in July, from Palo Alto. He writes, "Just returned from the funeral service for Ann Denham, Sam's lovely wife. The graveside services in Los Gatos Memorial Park, conducted by a Navy chaplain, were beautiful and serene. Sam's brothers Richard and William and their wives attended. Beverly and I, Mary and Ben Coe and Gardner Giles were the local Navy friends present."

Sam Denham supported by Saint A. and

Dicky D.

Otto Kuhn passed through Washington in July and owned up to being the mystery author of the desperate ecological note in the USS DIXIE'S wartime bulletin, pleading with the frontline crew to limit to "one up, one down and one to burnish."

This was generally copied throughout the Western Pacific destroyers. Otto brought his delightful stepdaughter Sally and his bilingual granddaughter who won us all. Sally, who is married to a prominent Spanish symphony conductor, gave recent good news of the life of the Vissers and Closes in Madrid.

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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: 52.4 On 31 May 1973, the members of the class of '30 Executive Committee were the guests of G e n e Sands (class Vice President) at a delightful luncheon at the Fort Myer Commissioned Officers Mess.

Present were: D o n Weller (Executive Vice President), T e d Stevens (member), Peter Horn (Executive Treasurer) and Buff Simons (Executive Secretary). It was quickly decided that the Washington group of '30 would have a cocktail party shortly before Christmas '73, and have a class luncheon early in May '74 in Annapolis.

The question of a 45th class reunion was brought up and it was tentatively decided to contact the Southern California group and see if they would like to host the reunion somewhere in the southwestern area.

The question of a 45th Yearbook was brought up and was quiedy laid to rest. Some simple arrangement of updating the 40th Yearbook may be considered. Suggestions would be welcome.

It was decided to look into better ways of reminding classmates about class dues, without at the same time raising costs exorbitandy.

Gene Sands complimented those members of the class, especially the members of the previous class committee, who had arranged the very successful class luncheon at Alumni House in Annapolis on 6 May. It was at this luncheon that Bob Craighill, then Executive Vice President, presented the 8 volume set of The Log, covering the period 1926 to 1930, to the 30th Company Wardroom.

Sunday, 6 May, was the day of the co-ed class luncheon in Alumni Hou.se, Annapolis. From all reports it was enjoyed by all who attended. Even the weather cooperated, but just too late to move

lunch into the garden. Attending were: Agnes and Jack Agnew, from Dover, Delaware; Peg and Red Ailes; Stan and Lois Alexander, from Weston, Mass.; Margaret Brook; St. Clair and Bob Craighill; Jane and Ed Colestock, from Maryland's Eastern Shore; Billie Dodge; Helen and Tim Dorner; Harriet Hartman; Dick Hunt; Ann and Jenks Jenkins, from Radnor, Pa.; Bertha and Andy Jackson; Louise and Jack Jones, from Fredericksburg, Va.; Bernie and George Kosco and George's sister, from Harrisburg, Pa.; Marion Lord; Chief and Charlotte Masterson; Mac and Helen McCullough; Towser and Jean Miller; Obie and Jan O'Beirne, from Norfolk, Va.; Frances and Allan Roby, from Crittenden, Va.; May and Gene Sands; Patty and Bill Snead; Ev and Ted Stevens; Anne and Oscar Strackbein; Anne and Eddie Wagner; Herm and EUy Wakefield; Jane and Fred Weiss; Fran and Don Weller; and Vera and Glen Williams. Guests of the class were Capt. and Mrs. Busik, LCdr. and Mrs. Lockhart, Midn. Tally B. Fox and Barbara Brennan, Midn. Harry Siegel and his drag Jamie, Midn. C. B. Knutson and Lois Peale, and Midn. Ray Lincoln, son of our Abe Lincoln.

Ed Brumby reports on the happenings of 1930 SW area: "We had a dinner party at the Admiral Kidd Club at the Naval Training Station on Saturday, May 26. It was attended by 40 people and

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Two well known '30 characters (who wish to remain anonymous) enjoying the envigorating salt sea air and looking for trouble?

all appeared to enjoy the event and getting acquainted with the classmates who live in the remote areas such as Sun City in Arizona. Attendance was as follows: Else and Fred Bradman; Betty and John Kinert, with their guest Marian Woodward; Stuart and Jack Moreno; Helen and Bert Mott, from Costa Mesa; Harry Verhoy, with his guest Kay Hindrelet; Dot and Bob DeGraff; Jane and George Heap; Joan and Frank Sloat; Estelle Fuetsch and her guests Dorothy and Hunter Wood; Mary and Moon Chappie; Betty and Bill Sanders; Frances and Roy Wolverton and their guests Gwen and Fred Silva; Ralphia and Ed Brumby; Ethel and John Dimmick, from Sun City; Nova and Mush Dornin; Louise and Blackie Lynch; Evelyn and Harvey Burden; Jo and Mary Gluntz, also from Sun City. Some of the regulars were on vacation and involved in traveling and they were missed but we hope they will be able to make it the next time. The gasoline situation has made it a little questionable as to whether to carry out plans to travel by car. In my own case we are going to travel by plane to and from our destination. We are all in pretty good health, although Blackie Lynch has angina.

60 and having the party on the second floor was a strain on him."

The Washington, D.C. group held their regular luncheon get together at Fort Myer on 5 June.

Various items of business, both class and local, were discussed and voted on. D o n Weller, the duly elected Executive Vice-President for 1973-74, skillfully guided the meeting through the usual rocks and shoals. Present were: Carlton Adams, Red Ailes, Bob Craighill, Tim Dorner, Peter Horn, Jack Jones, Chief Masterson, Mac McCullough, Towser Miller, Bill Nelson, Bill Post from Annapolis, Fish Salmon, Gene Sands, Buff Simons, Bill Snead, Ted Stevens, Waddy Wadsworth, Eddie Wagner, Elly Wakefield, Fred Weiss, Don Weller, Dave Whelchel and Glen Williams. A good turnout and an interesting meeting.

The Washington group now has a firm date for their Christmas cocktail party and it is not too early to get the calendars marked. Wednesday, 12 December is the day and it is hoped that many from out-of-town will be able to attend. The party will be held at the Bethesda Naval Hospital Officers' Club. If you can make it, but are not on the Washington group mailing list, contact Buff Simons, whose address is at the head of this column.

We enjoyed reading a letter from George Seay describing his situation in Goshen, Va. "The class notes in Shipmate get better and more informative with each issue. As everyone will agree the fine picture of the 'handsome' Idaho Ensigns presented by Bill Doyle did much to enhance the May issue. Naturally, I am ignoring the 'Youngster Cruisers' portrayed on the same page. Congratulations on a hard job— well done.

"I thought that some in the class might be interested in the facts that 1 was honored at a parade at V.M.I.; presented a very flattering resolution by the Board of Visitors 'regretting' my retirement and thanking me for my 13 years of service as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering; and finally, was given a nice plaque by the V.M.I, faculty in connection with my 'enforced' retirement at age 65.

"Subsequently, and before the effective date of retirement (at graduation) on 20 May, one of the younger men in our Department quit for a job where the 'grass seemed greener' at University of Mississippi. As a result, I have been 'un-retired' for another year to fill in until another member completes his Ph.D. requirements at U.Va. "Some have advised, somewhat correctly, that I shall earn little more than my travel expenses from Goshen to Lexington (22 miles) when consideration is given to potential social security and retirement (V.M.I.) receipts and continued payments thereto, as well as income tax differentials.

Nevertheless, the compensation and benefits derived from continued association with the young cadets in teaching Statics, Dynamics and Thermo cannot be measured in terms of financial values.

They keep me feeling young in meeting the challenge to keep ahead of them.

"One of the main objections to continued work is that it does restrict our attendance at class meetings and parties in the D.C. area. We shall, however, try to do better henceforth.

"We hope to have a large Navy turnout for the Navy-V.M.I. game in Lexington, 15 September.

It promises to be a colorful event and a close game if V.M.I.'s prospects pan out. We shall arrange something in the form of post-game entertainment."

Once again we must record the departure of a

classmate. Cdr. Walter C. Moses, (SC) USN (Ret.), died in the Philadelphia Regional Medical Center on 21 June of cancer of the lung. Burial was in Arlington with full military honors. The class extends sympathy to Julia, who lives at 518 Greenhill Rd., Willow Grove, PA 19090.

Mary K. Hines was in Washington during June for a few days helping her son and daughter-inlaw get settled.

Gif Scull writes that he and Kate sold their house in Locust Valley, N. Y. last February and bought a new one at 223 Midland Dr., Midland Valley, Graniteville, S.C. 29829. "For the uninitiated," says Gif, "Graniteville is next door to Aiken and about 40 miles west of Columbia and 10 miles east of Augusta." He goes on to say, "We have discovered we are on the north-south flyway and will be happy to see anyone enroute from north to south or vice versa and give them a demonstration of southern hospitality, northern style."

A note from Harmon Briner says: "Betty and I just completed a four week trip visiting our sons enroute to Brownsville, Tex. It was very educational but I was glad to get back home."

Agnes and Jack A g n e w are spending the summer in Spain and Portugal, with a side trip to some of the islands.

Denys Knoll, in a letter dated 30 April, writes that he and Audrey had been busy traveling. Two years ago they spent a month in the Far East and last fall visited Ireland, Scotiand and England for a month. He goes on to say, "While on business in Santa Barbara in February I had a pleasant evening with Laura and Ray Conner. They are in good health and Ray is doing very well selling real estate. On our way to Florida in March we had a nice visit and class party at the new home of Marguerite and Aubrey Bourgeois. Also there were Annabelle and Toughy Barrett, Edg and Daisy Edgerton, Athalie and Angel Granham and Margaret and Charlie Mauro. The Bourgeoises now live at 2 Genoa Court, Otranto Estates, Charleston Heights, S.C. 29405."

On a post card dated 5 May, Oscar Browne writes, "People from the Pacific Northwest also travel. Alice and I are enjoying Spain, have been in London and will fly home via Copenhagen."

Peter Horn, Executive Treasurer, reports the status of the Class of '30 Fund as of 31 May, 1973 to be as follows: Net worth 31 May 1972— $2,932.32; Income from Dues 1972-73— $1,105.00; Expenditures 1972-73—$688.86; and Net worth 31 May, 1973—$3,348.46.

If more detail is desired contact Peter Horn at 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008.

One of our classmates remarked the other day that '30 had no members living in Hawaii.

Class and Alumni records show that G a m e r Clark, Steve Corey and Pike Douglass live in Honolulu.

Mike Sanchez had surgery in Bethesda Naval Hospital in late April. The operation was successful, we hear, and Mike is back in Spain as good as new.

Arrangements have been made to have a '30 co-ed class luncheon in Alumni House, Annapolis on Sunday, 5 May, 1974. There will be major athletic events at the Academy on the day before the luncheon.

Vera and Glen Williams visited Vera's home in Indianapolis during the week of the Indy 500.

However, according to rumor, they didn't get to the races, which is probably just as well.

In June Marie Rutter came from Coronado to

visit friends and family in the Washington area.

About the same time Lucy Stevens came from Seattle to visit the McCulloughs in Arlington, Va. and attend to some family business.

Horatio A. Lincoln, Jr., is a brand new youngster at the Naval Academy and just happens to be a member of the 30th Company.

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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: 58.5 Vera and I were in San Francisco in June.

While there, my former aide, Jackson Shultz, now retired and a vice president of the Wells Fargo bank, and his wife Rhoda had Hersh '35, and Helen Goldberg and Fanny and Dick Andrews in for cocktails. Dick gave me the following news for all of you: Mary Stuart and Bill Aubrey, daughter and son-in-law of Frances and Craig Veasey, honored the Veaseys on 11 March with a delightful lunch in honor of the Veaseys' 40th Anniversary.

Present were Fanny and Dick Andrews, Betty and Ransom Pierce, and EUie and Willy Williamson out of '31. Unable to come were Marge and Lou Bellis. Lou unfortunately was at that time undergoing surgery at Letterman Army General Hospital, Presidio, San Francisco. Lou underwent further surgery this past month (intestinal) and has just been released to home for recuperation. Dick Andrews talked to Marge and she says Lou is coming along fine but was very weak (June report). Dick visited him at Letterman and, considering the extent of the surgery, thought he looked very well. His spirits were admirable.

In a recent Shipmate Scotty MacDonald wrote of a lunch in Ashland, Oregon with the Horace Meyers and Bob Kings and Fanny Andrews who was up in that country showing their Rhodesian Ridgeback. To keep the record current I can report that Nomusa, the Andrews Rhodesian Ridgeback, won her Championship on 15 April at the Sacramento Kennel Club show.

They plan to show her in Specialty Shows at Beverly Hills and Santa Barbara this coming month.

Dick and Fanny had just returned (about 10 June) from a two weeks trip to Germany, Switzerland and Austria made with a whole plane load of friends. The trip was sponsored by the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club at Treasure Island.

At the same time. Vera and I were on the Alumni Association's trip to Mallorca and Madrid. Carol Moore, Zelda Castree and Betty and Bill Lefavour were there, too. It was a wonderful jaunt and all 170 of us got back home safe and sound. While in Madrid we tried to get the Riveros (he's the ambassador, you'll all remember) over to join the group one evening but Rivitts was out of town.

Kay and George Forde were on an extended trip as were Ruth and Paul Schoeni. Both couples stopped in at Madrid for cocktails with us and the whole wonderful group. We missed Frances and Ray Hunter in Madrid by several days.

Here's a report from Joe Flynn: "A few months ago, in your Shipmate column, you suggested that statistics on classmates who are still employed might be of some interest. To make

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Impromptu at Sanibel Island

a legitimate claim, I should have responded at the time. I have been teaching Physics to freshmen and sophomores at Villanova University since 1959. Last January, during school vacation, Renee and I were in Florida, and we bought a house in Winter Park (at 1421 Highland Road).

Came back here to finish out the school year, but will become members of the Florida leisure class about the first of July. So, while as of this writing I'm still employed, it won't be long. Sincerely, Joe" Mike Pescatillo retired from the First National City Bank in New York last December and has set up his own investment management company at 14 Wall St. Mike and Edith recendy visited one of their twin daughters, Cenita, wife of Jim Linquist '70, in Norfolk and while there had a chat with Audrey and Jimmy D e m p s e y .

This was before Jimmy's recent illness on which today, 2 July, I have only a hear-say report.

ing from major surgery. The Youngs also stopped by with the Deacon Yanceys.

Late April Peggy and Jack Fitzgerald received an invitation from LCdr. W. B. Garrett, CO USS GRENADIER (SS-525), to attend the decommissioning ceremonies of this submarine and its transfer to Venezuela. T-Day was 15 May, Key West, Fl. In 1944, while Jack was listed MIA following the loss of USS GRENADIER (SS-210), of which he was CO, the Honorable Frank Knox, Sec Nav, invited Peggy to sponsor the new Submarine GRENADIER (SS-525), then under construction at the Boston Naval Shipyard. Christening and Commissioning however did not take place until 10 February 1951 when on a cold day in Boston, Peggy broke the traditional bottie of champagne on GRENADIER'S bow. Quite a contrast to the temperature of Key West where Jack was once Exec, of the Naval Station.

Seldom does a sponsor witness the decommissioning of her ship, let alone its transfer, rechristening and recommissioning in a foreign navy, all in the same day. It was a great honor for Peggy. Following decommissioning of GRENADIER her ensign was lowered and the crew and officers ceremoniously departed via the after gangway.

Immediately thereafter officers and crew of the Venezuelan Navy marched aboard. GRENADIER became ARV PICUA ( S - 1 3 ) .

Marge and Bill Hale's new address is 206 Emerald Dr., N. Indian Harbor Beach, FL 32939.

Bill has retired, like Joe Flynn, from his second career which was teaching European History at Brevard Community College.

The Hagbergs, Oscar and Doris, the Daniels, Bud and Dodo, the Torgersons, Ted and Gus, Burt Fabian, Virginia Webster, Rudy and Johnny all celebrated an impromptu class reunion at Sanibel Island as you see them below, last February.

Here's the news from Tidewater, Virginia from the best reporter we have, Carol Moore. "After thirteen long years the class had a get together— a dinner-dance at the Officers' Club, Amphibious Base at Litde Creek. Those attending were Bernie and Bunny Brunelli, Frances and Joe Foley, Mayo and Mike Wood, Lalla and Charlie Kirkpatrick, Adele and Barney McMahon, Muriel and Les Wood, Sitter and Jerry South, Betty and Jesse Motes, Audrey and Jimmy Dempsey, AH and Bob Cadrow and Carol Moore. We were fortunate, also, in having Ellie and Willie Williamson in town so they could join in the merry making. It was such fun everyone decided we shouldn't wait another thirteen years and the late fall would be a good time for another gathering of the class.

If any members of the class living outside the Tidewater area—North Carolina or northern Virginia—would like to be notified, let Carol Moore know and she will be glad to send all the information. Also, the wives of '31 are going to have a "no-host" luncheon on the third Thursday of every month and an invitation is extended to all the gals. If you are in town and would like to join us, please notify Carol Moore so she can make reservations."

When Fred Wieseman was their house guest Bunny and Bernie Brunelli had a delightful cocktail party for him. The '31ers attending were: Frances and Joe Foley, Muriel and Les Wood, Adele and Barney McMahon, Mayo and Mike Wood, Betty and Jesse Motes, Audrey and Jimmy Dempsey, Lib Brooks, Mary Toth and Carol Moore.

Lucy and Hy Massey hosted a cocktail party in the lovely garden of their home just before they left for a month in Spain but Lalla and Charlie Kirkpatrick weren't so fortunate since rain kept their guests indoors for their party— but the hospitality and good cheer couldn't have been warmer.

It is with deep sadness that Gene and Jim Davis wish their friends to know of the death of Gene's mother, Mrs. David H. Kincheloe in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C. on 10 April 1973.

32 Pres., Capt. J. D. Lamade, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. G. E. Pierce, USN (Ret.) 5416 Lambeth Rd., Bethesda, MD 20014 Percent Members: 50.5

Weilers and Youngs at Del ray Beach

This picture shows you how well and happy Rana and Jim Weiler and the Y o u n g s , Andy and Pauline, looked while they spent a few days during the spring at Delray Beach in Florida. In spite of how robust he looks Andy was recover-

Thorntons and their USNA license plate

HERE AND THERE WITH '32

Georgette and Joe Thornton who are pictured above with their USNA license plate from Maine have decided to leave Quossac, Maine even though the summers are lovely up there, and have bought a house in Severna Park, Maryland, near Jane and Mike O'Connor. Their new address will be 8 Windward Dr., Fairwinds, Severna Park, MD 21403, after 15 September.

It is our sad duty to report the death of Jack Lewis on 28 June in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, Cal. after a long illness.

Jack had had a profound stroke last year from which he was slowly recovering. Jack was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on 2 July. Rosamond lives at 3462 Edison St., San Mateo, CA 94403.

We also regret to inform you of the death of Ruth Hodgkins, beloved wife of over forty years of T e d Hodgkins. Ruth suffered a stroke in

62 the summer of 1971 from which she was recovering after a marvelously delicate operation to restore circulation by surgeons at the Maine Medical Center in Pordand. The two years with Ted that this operation gave them were used in extensive travel and doing all those things which might have been postponed to a later date.

On a happier note, we have just heard that Bull Dreany's son Harry has recendy become the father of Harry Hayes Dreany who is the spitting image of his grandfather.

A note from Frank Acker tells us that Horace P. (Joe) Bush retired last year from the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, and is living in Ballylickey, County Cork, Ireland.

He and Patricia apparently love the slow pace of life and will probably stay there forever.

A note from Paul Harrington tells us that he is still in the construction business with Dee's brother. Despite the long hours he still manages to play golf twice a week, and play bridge occasionally with Fran and Joe Jaap.

A note from Hal Knoertzer tells us that he sold his big house and yard and has moved into a mobile home in Bothell, Washington. He says that cutring down on a life-time accumulation, particularly after 17 years in the same house, is a great deal of work. He states that anyone contemplating such a move should cut down on pack rat tendencies early. Hal expects to spend his time fishing, hunting and working his way back up to duffer status on the golf course. He reports that he has two each of '29, '30 and '31 Lucky Bags in mint condition that are available to any takers.

John Lietwiler has just retired from his second career as a French teacher in the Montgomery County, Maryland, school system, and reports that he will be able to make all of the class luncheons from now on.

On the 20th of June Louise and Modoc Sunderland, with a crew of two young men, departed Baltimore, Maryland headed for Baltimore, Ireland on Modoc's sail boat that he built himself. Knowing Modoc's ability to fall into places and come out smelling like attar of roses, the Annapolis contingent is not worried about him. As you will remember a few years ago he sailed across the Adanric in the other direction.

As you know, the class By-Laws require an election this Fall for new class officers. A nominating committee has been appointed by the class president. Jack Lamade, and it is currently meeting. We hope to get the ballots out in September so that the new officers can assume their responsibilities on January 1, 1974.

In the picture below Mary Howe is easy to recognize as she is still as pretty as ever. Can that chap behind the face fuzz really be our own

Nemo?

33 Pres., VAdm. B. M. Strean, USN (Ret.) 5038 North 30th St., Arlington, VA 22207 Acting Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.) 270 Providence Rd., Rt. 5, Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 56.7 Most of the correspondence received during this reporting period has been addressed to members of the reunion committee. About forty classmates, wives, and widows wrote, all expressing the same theme—they had a grand time at the reunion and are looking forward to the 45th. In this connection, seventy-five rooms have been reserved for the second weekend in May, 1978. Members of the committee are all most grateful for the very kind expressions of appreciation for their efforts, received from so many classmates.

By far the most unusual note was from Burt Brown, who waxed poetic in his reaction to the reunion: THIRTY-THREE'S FORTIETH Our fortieth reunion was as great as its intent— Mustered over two hundred for our big event.

To commence fesrivities, the weather was fair As classmates poured in from everywhere.

While Don Harby took passage from Hawaii's shore, Charlie Robbins hailed from afar off Singapore.

The class converged on Crabtown—and widows too— Found new faces to meet, old friendships to renew.

At the boat house on the evening of the first day With bodies well-nourished, warm greetings held sway; Handshakes were firm, and from what I could glean, Most all were in great shape—and minds were keen.

At the class meeting a new constitution was accepted.

The slate of the nominating committee duly elected.

First, Superintendent Mack, then Tom Moorer spoke.

And Smoke Strean took on the class president's "yoke."

In lacrosse with Army we came from behind to win; Shordy it was time for the dinner-dance to begin.

It was great fun—good fellowship, food and cheer— Highlighted by a ladies' favor—an inscribed lavaliere.

The spirit of the evening was pervasive congeniality; And many on the dance floor showed amazing vitality.

At St. Andrew's Chapel into choir loft overflowed.

Emerging for the class picture—as our best smiles showed.

TAD and his planning crew deserve much credit— I'd like to be recorded as among those who've said it.

Though thirty-three's fortieth has come and gone.

Many, many pleasant memories will linger on.

We had planned to publish the reunion financial report in this issue but, after all major bills had been paid, it was found that sufficient funds remained to provide all those who attended with a gratis copy of the group photo taken after chapel on 11 May. The bills for the photos, mailers and postage are not in at this writing so we will have to defer the financial report until next month. We do know that the project is solvent by a hair—receipts exceeded expenditures by less than one f>er cent.

Eddie Fredericks and Maudie returned to the West Coast from the reunion via the SS PRESIDENT LINCOLN where they had seventeen days of fair weather sailing and complete relaxation. They arrived just in rime to attend the San Diego 40th reunion party held on 1 June at the Coronado Amphibious Base. His report of the event follows: "About 90 people came—we had classmates from as far north as San Francisco and Charlie and Sheila Duncan from Leesburg, Va. Tom and Pauline South were with us, with Tom in his wheelchair but in high spirits. Ross Linson from Oakland, who is heading an October Reunion at Treasure Island in San Francisco, passed the word on that gathering. (See note below.)

"With Joe Williams as Honorary Chairman, the Committee, Hank and Karen Monroe, Pickles and Dee Heinz, Al and Margaret Felling did a wonderful job on everything for the evening at the club.

The table settings were beautiful and the menu was terrific. An early highlight of the evening during the cocktail hour was a treat to the Hawaiian dancing of the ever beautiful and vivacious Libby Fortune, accompanied by the slighdy less vivacious Willie, who did pretty well too.

There was a golf game in the morning for the golfers, and sailing for those who wished to sail, through the courtesy of Dave Lambert and Jack Coye. Hank Monroe was our MC with Pickles Heinz and Herbie Schwab participating in the program. Joe Williams led us in a toast to the class and Charlie Duncan had a few fine remarks about the unusual accomplishments of the class over its span of time. A photo was taken which I will forward as soon as I receive a copy." (Note—photo not received in time for this issue.)

A later welcome letter from Eddie Fredericks contained the following: "The monthly class luncheon was held at the Admiral Kidd Club on the second Friday in June. Attendees were: Bird, Rumble, Felling, Price, Shook and Fredericks. Dick Bird continues to be busy organizing 'Fiesta Cruises' out of San Diego. The former ferry AvALON is currently in the local shipyard being modified for the new service. Dick is now looking for retired naval officers who may be able to qualify for command of this coastal cruise ship when operations commence. The 'most honored' member of the class in these parts is Joe Williams.

As retirement from active service approaches, Joe is being honored on many occasions for the outstanding job he has done as Commandant and as a member of the Southern California Community.

The respect and admiration of the community for Joe was recendy exemplified by a Testimonial Luncheon honoring him—sponsored by the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, the Rotary Club, The Exchange Club, The Kiwanis Club, The Naval Reserve, The Navy League of the U.S., the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and the World Affairs Council. In June Joe received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the first in San

63 Diego. It was presented by John K. Sloan, President of the Western Region of the Boy Scouts of America. Joe has been an Eagle Scout since 1929 and now is one of a select group of 50 persons nationwide who have received the award since it was established in 1969."

Draper Kauffman's long and distinguished career on active duty came to a close at a Change of Command and Retirement ceremony on 26 May at Ross Field, Great Lakes, 111. We understand that Draper and Peggy left almost immediately on a round-the-world cruise, something they have been wanting to do for a long, long time. We sincerely hope that Draper (more likely Peggy) will take time to give us an account of their experiences.

When Joe Williams follows Draper into retirement within a month or so, your secretary's records indicate that the class will still have three members on active duty—Tom Moorer, Chairman JCS, Jack Bulkeley, Inspector General of the Navy, and George Miller who serves in a liaison capacity with the Maritime Commission.

Sadly, your secretary must report that Ed Shelby died of cancer on 19 June. No details are available at this writing. All classmates will join in extending deepest sympathy to Ed's family. We understand Ed's widow, "Bug," will continue to reside at 3351 Spanish Trails, Apt. 112B, Delray Beach, FL 33444.

Dick Kibbe's host of friends will be distressed to learn that he suffered a badly fractured pelvis when he fell through an open hatch in the attic of his garage to the concrete floor below. His injuries required about six weeks hospitalization at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Hopefully he will be out of the hospital and completely back to battery by the time you read this. Dick's address is Box 204, Milton Mills, NH 03852.

On a happier note, we have learned from Murray Hanson that his wife Margo is now out of the hospital after a prolonged illness. Murray and Margo have left Alaska and now reside in a new home at the following address: Kiahuna Beach House, # 2 0 , Poipu Beach, RR 1, Koloa, Kauai, HI 96756.

The provisions of the new class constitution adopted at the 40th reunion provide that the class president v/ill appoint a three-member executive council to assist him in conducting the routine affairs of the class. In accord with this provision.

Smoke Strean has appointed Hal B o w e n , Willie Rakow, and Charlie Travis to act in this capacity.

At this writing, 9 July, our newly elected class secretary and treasurer, D i l l o n McMullen, is back in Bethesda Naval Hospital undergoing further tests. He has recovered nicely from a spinal disc operation, but may face further surgery to correct an aneurism of the aorta. We all join in wishing Mac and Mary all the best, and in the sincere hope that Mac's health problems wdl be completely corrected in short order. Mac's address is 8828 Burning Tree Rd., Bethesda, MD 20034. In the meantime all correspondence concerning the Shipmate column should be addressed to the acting secretary whose address is listed at the top of this column.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 40TH REUNION: As noted in Eddie Fredericks' report above, Ross Linson is in charge of planning this event, which is scheduled for 27 October 1973.

Classmates interested in attending this celebration should write to Capt. Ross Linson, USN (SC) (Ret.), 339 Broadway, No. I l l , Alameda, CA 94501.'

Monthly luncheons of the Washington group of the class have been suspended until fall. The final luncheon of the current season was held at the Army-Navy Club on 13 June. The following classmates attended the very pleasant get-together: Blick, Bill Davis, Charlie Duncan, Erck, King, MacDonald, Masterton, McMullen, George Miller, Mott, Ogden, Oren, Rakow, Slayton, Strean, Sublette, Thompson and Travis.

CLASS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Elliott Loughlin advises that as a result of contributions received at the 40th reunion, our Class Scholarship Fund is only about $1800 short of the $20,000 goal. All those interested in helping to complete this very worthwhile project are requested to send their checks to Elliott, made payable to U.S. Naval Academy Foundation. The address is RAdm. Elliott Loughlin, USN (Ret.), U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, 48 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401.

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: 57.0 Dottie Chandler is becoming a much appreciated regular contributor to this column. Her latest: "I'm usually the 'few lines at Christmas' type; but a trip to Sun City, Arizona, and a reunion with the B. R. Van Buskirks has boosted me to the letter writing stage in May. It was not just the reunion after many years; but the tremendous enthusiasm and hospitable reception that Louise and Van extended to me and my traveling companion, Kay Carson, an Army widow. They absolutely showered us with goodness and kindness. We were wined and dined and driven around Arizona to see the marvels that nature so generously bestowed upon that state. When I wrote Van, they responded with a fantastic three-page letter. Van spoke of Louise's limitations due to her stroke several months ago, but she was just radiant and looked wonderful. Van made our visit seem quite special.

He says he is off the beaten path and classmates cross either northern or southern Arizona, not diagonally across the state which permits them to catch Phoenix or Sun City. I am hoping this note will alert 1934 classmates to the joys they are missing. A short stop and a friendly hello would make their travels so very worthwhile. I could go on for pages telling you nice things about the Van Buskirks—enough said, they are wonderful! I hope this letter finds you both well and happy and I sincerely hope I will see you before the end of '73.

A fond hello to all the Annapolis contingent and much love to each of you."

Ruth and D o u g Fuller announce the marriage of their daughter Laurie to Mr. Anton Bates of England at Christ Church, Alexandria, Va., on 12 May. A picture from the wedding has classmates Les Stone, Bill Crutcher and Bill McCormick, with Jane Small (Mrs. Walter and Lolla McCormick's sister).

Another report from the faithful Larry Becht, now President of the Coronado Navy League Council: "Just a brief word from the Coronado/ San Diego area. Everything is on a pretty level keel here with nothing particularly exciting going on—like you now have in the Washington area!

Tex Cassidy and his lovely wife were passing through and we caught them at a beautiful dinner at Dick Shepard's. Dick and Jane were perfect hosts. Occasionally we run into Frank Upham, Tommy South, Tommy DuBois, Butch Robbins, Leo Flynn, Marshall White, Jack Phelps, Nels Johnson, Gorm Merrick, etc. I've played a litde golf with Frank Johnson, Red Baumberger and Jack Arnold. Frank and Red have new homes in the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club area and Jack is building a 'dream' house in the Rancho Santa Fe community. Jack and Muriel hope to have their new home completed by the end of August— and it is going to be a beauty. It is good to have Kay and Red Baumberger back—very nice people.

I see Amy and Brute Krulak occasionally at Navy League affairs. Brute, as usual, is busy with a whole multitude of civic and private business jobs —and doing great on all of them. Brute still has time to get in some golf and he is tough at the game, too. Speaking of Navy League, our Coronado Navy League Council was one of seven rated Outstanding last year out of some 360 worldwide councds. Here's a little advance word, a number of us in this area are planning to celebrate our 40th class reunion again in Las Vegas—probably in early June of 1974 (somewhat like we did for the 35th). This time, however, we are merely going to designate one of the major Vegas hotels as a central clearance point. We will probably have a welcoming cocktail party, a class dinner, a golf tourney and a ladies' luncheon. Most of these details will be settled after we know how many are coming. There will be more specific news later in Shipmate, but anyone that has a constructive suggestion re this particular item can get it to me at 1527 1st St., Apt. W207, Coronado, CA 92118. We would appreciate any ideas that any interested classmates may have. We were sorry to hear of the death of Max Blackford. He was on our local mailing list but somehow or other he never seemed to be able to make any of our class get-togethers. Max was a fine gent—we will miss him. Well, that's about it. Butch. Those of us who are still 'active' and have our good health just keep thanking the Good Lord for our blessings— one of which is having so many nice classmates living in the area. The class of '34 is really one of the best!"

John W i l e y reports his marriage to Maria Angelica Segovia, in Asuncion, Paraguay, on 3 July.

Bill Peeler checks in with the following: "Enclosed is an Army PR picture which you may use in the '34 column of Shipmate. Our visit to our son in the far north was a most happy occasion.

Randy is a soldier's soldier, you might add a sailor's solder who missed the Naval Academy because of very poor eyesight. His next duty request and first choice is West Point. If this transpires it will add another incentive for us to travel East and visit you and Annapolis and the rest of '34 at our fortieth reunion. My thanks to

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Bill Peeler pins Oak Leaves on son

you for all the hard work you have done and are doing for all of '34, it is great to see the results of the Alumni Fund drive. Congratulations!"

Great news from Dave Miller "Thank you, Roy, for the article in the May Shipmate. Well, my misfortune was followed by some good fortune.

I was lucky to find Jane Stimson (Lewis) who I dragged to hops at the N. A. Jane lost her husband several years ago and was living in Good Hart, Michigan, which is about 15 miles north of Harbor Springs, and about as far north as you can go in the lower peninsula. We were married up there June 2nd and came over here (Hawaii) on our honeymoon stopping over one night in San Francisco. Spent five days on Kauai at Hanalei Bay, a beautiful spot. Then came over here (Honolulu) Sunday. Will have dinner with Gordon Chung-Hoon tomorrow night and will head home Thursday. I plan on retiring September 1st and Jane and I will live in Good Hart where we will add on to her house that overlooks Lake Michigan, where they have the most beautiful sunsets, so you will have to come visit us sometime, I hope, and have a look at that part of the country. Probably won't get your way until 1974."

On Saturday, 13 June, RAdm. Clyde J. Van Arsdall, Jr., USN, was relieved as Com 12 and ComNavBaseSanFran by RAdm. William S. Guest, USN '35. Understood that Polly and Clyde may retire in the East.

A brief note from classmate "Bevo" Bond, who was one of our most elusive, but has now said he plans to train-in and secure, and we all wish him a rapid recovery: "I am sorry to not have shown hide nor hair for these many months at any of the '34 reunions, but I have been very much out of circulation. I fell ill in New Delhi last year and have been slowly convalescing ever since. I am going to retire at the end of this month (June) and will move to Rhode Island. I have some land there and will build a house. So I won't be coming to the outing on 30 June and much regret it. Having lost around 60 pounds is at least one fringe benefit of getting ill, but on the other side of the ledger, I am taking it very easy for the moment. All the best and may our paths cross again."

On Saturday, 30 June, a joint '32-'34-'35 picnic was sponsored by '34 at Eleanor and W e n d e l l Bailey's plantation in Piscataway, Md. The attendance was very encouragingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;10 '32, 23 '34 and 6 '35 for a total of 76 people. The same affair was scrubbed by "Agnes" last year and earlier weather during the week this year was not

encouraging. However, this Saturday broke clear and warm, ideal for a picnic. Notable among the '34 attendees were Eleanor and Ernie Cooper and Mary and A l Moore from the Eastern Shore of Maryland; also Betty and D o n Irvine from Lancaster County and Tubbie and Red Bruchez from King George County of Virginia. All hands had a wonderful time and extend to Eleanor and Wendell a most sincereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"Thank you so very much!"

Classmates will regret to hear of the sudden passing of our classmates Francis R. O'Brien on 12 May 1972 ("Obie" left the Naval Academy second class year, but always indicated an interest in class affairs and the Alumni Association) and Harry H. Greer, Jr., on 26 May 1973. Barbara Greer extends her heartfelt "Thank you" to those classmates who joined the Greer family at Arlington for a graveside ceremony to bid farewell to Harry, and to all the classmates for a beautiful bouquet of golden flowers.

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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: 53.2 It is my sad duty to announce that Jack Gerwick died from a heart attack on 7 June 1973 at Niantic, Ct. (See obituary section for additional details.) The class extends its sincere sympathy to his wife, Carolyn, and family.

On 23 June '73, the distinction of being the newest bridegroom in '35 shifted from Gus Hendricks to Eddie Bridewell when the latter was married in Forest Hills, N.Y. to Mrs. Edward F. Biblin, Jr., widow of a former prominent New York City attorney. Mae, or Maisie as she prefers it, has attended numerous '35 functions with Eddie and is looking forward to enjoying many more. They honeymooned around the Mediterranean and now make their home at 110-11 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11375. Unless someone is not talking, our previous newest bridegroom of distinction was Gus Hendricks who on 22 Dec. '72 was married to Virginia Lopez of Akron, Oh. Gus continues to teach Math at Jacksonville Univ., and his mailing address remains P.O. Box 8399, Jacksonville, FL 32211. Welcome aboard to our newest '35ettes, Maisie and Virginia.

Cy Austin in a 15 April letter to Jeff Parker says he's back to part time work at Northrop following a mild heart attack. He said Myers Keithly, Bill Jackson and Bertram Herold were in constant touch and took good care of him during his down time. He reported that Helen and Bill Jackson were about to depart for Europe to see a new grandson.

Jeff also received a 10 April letter from Slade Cutter advising that Jane and N e d Dougherty with their daughter, her husband and 5-week-old son stopped by to see them in Tucson, Az. Slim Barham also reports that Ned sent him a note from Las Vegas, but it didn't get to him until Ned was safely out of town. Slim also said that in spite of all the rain and high water this past spring, he got his cotton, peanuts and soybeans up to a good stand, and he is looking forward to seeing some classmates in New Orleans for the Navy-Tulane game, 10 Nov. A 23 May letter from John Bottoms in Spain

reported that he and Ruth spent 6 months in Nice, France, before shifting to Costa del Sol, Spain. He advises that each area has its advantages as a permanent place to live. "There is more to do in France, and it is better situated for visiting other places; but in Spain prices are lower, and there are U.S. military base facilities available."

Speaking of Spain, your Corr. Sec'y and spouse took advantage of the Alumni Assoc, tour to Mallorca and Madrid, 2-11 May. We were delighted to find '35ers Dorothy and Sternsheets Steinmetz, and Sam Loomis's widow, Jean, among those present at first muster. One of the enjoyable aspects of this tour was in finding so many old friends whom we hadn't seen in many years and were happily and unexpectedly able to spend several days with them, recalling old memories and making new ones. We tried to contact J. J. Jordy who lives in Madrid, but had no luck.

We did cross paths in Madrid with Dottie and Henry Eppes who were on a one-month auto tour through Iberia on their own.

George Hutchinson reports a new job and home address. He is still a civil employee of the Army (U.S., of course) but now at TRADOC HQS, Ft. Monroe, Va. instead of at Ft. Belvoir.

Their new address: 514 Kingston Hall Ct., Hampton, VA 23363. In early May, he and Monica took a run down to their ultimate retirement locale in N.C. While there they had dinner with Marion and Brooke Jennings in Wilmington at the Cape Fear Country Club. Brooke, who keeps the USS NORTH CAROLINA ship-shape, says it's ready for sea. George says it looks beautiful and is well worth stopping to see.

Bill Guest on 30 June took over command of the Twelfth Naval District from Clyde Van Arsdall '34. He will also continue his assignment as Commander of the Military Sealift Command, Pacific.

Bub Ward brought to a close his 3-year tour in sunny San Juan as ComCaribSeaFron when he retired on 1 Aug. He and Lib are building a house in Rancho Santa Fe, Ca., on a lot they have owned for several years, located about !4 mile from the Club House on the golf course. They hope to be moved in and settled by Christmas if there is not too much slippage in their occupancy date. Until the P.O. adds more mail boxes, their address is: General Delivery, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.

Vertie and T o m Brown write from Portsmouth, R.L, that Jim Baird was in Newport, 23-26 April, escorring his Lake Bluff, 111., NJROTC unit to see the Officer Candidate School.

N e d Dougherty was back from his trip west in rime to say hello to Jim in Newport. Tom has his lobster-catching license and as of May anticipated a few "monsters" fresh from the sea this summer to go with the vegetables fresh from his garden.

'35ers in Chattanooga

65 A letter of 1 June from Lamont Johnston enclosed this picture of him with Bob Cushman on the occasion of Bob's visit to Chattanooga to review the Armed Forces Day parade. Lamont is a patent lawyer in Chattanooga.

Connie Karaberis, Pres. of the San Diego Kiwanis Club, passed through Washington, D.C. (1 day) the end of June en route home from attending and participating in an international Kiwanis Club meeting in Montreal. An item previously received on Connie: according to the front page of the San Diego Union of 2 May, he was paid a tribute at a San Diego Kiwanis luncheon on 1 May by Capt. James Stockdale '47, former NVN POW, for having spoken out on the POW issue.

A letter of 15 June from Jack Martin '34 reported a visit to Lisbon where he had the pleasure of spending an afternoon and evening with Marge and G e n e Fluckey in their very interesting and attractive "quinta." He says that it is located in the hills of the Sintra region about 20 miles northwest of Lisbon. They have several acres about a half mile from the local town with a main house and guest house on a hill and several small native dwellings at the bottom of the hill. They have spent the past year completely renovating and modernizing the main house. On the main floor is a large stone patio with submarine dolphins at the entrance. Jack reports the view from the house as fantastic. On a clear day one can see the ocean and the resort town, Estoril, about 6 miles away. Gene's next project is to add another guest house and a swimming pool.

Billie and Harvey Walseth's son, Harvey, Jr., was married 5 May at Newport Beach, Ca. to Miss Dionne Zeimer of Santa Ana. Son, George, a doctor in Solano Beach, was best man. Harvey, Jr., received his bachelor degree in marketing in 1966 at California State Univ. after which he served 2 years in the Navy. The newlyweds have set up their home in the Los Angeles area.

Blish Schumann, an old friend of many '35ers back during Academy days, is now working for the Smithsonian Institution arranging foreign study tours. She has been in the travel business for many years, but she says this new job has a lot of new and interesting aspects and she is very enthusiastic about it.

Some address changes in addition to those mentioned above, received during the past 2 months: Eli Reich in May shifted back to their home at 3606 Fulton St., N.W., Washington, DC 20007, giving up quarters at Anacostia; W a l l y Boud in Jan. left Beachwood, N.J., and moved to 1234 Nile Dr., Apt. 43, Corpus Christi, TX 78412; Ralph P o w e l l moved a couple of blocks within his previous zip code to 3326 S. Wakefield St., Arlington, VA 22206. Eli continues as Dep'y Ass't SecDef for Production Engineering U Material Acquisition. Wally retired from his job with the N. J. State Navigation Bureau and now is a consultant on harbor and beach erosion control.

Ralph continues as part owner and Director of Sales at Star Realty, Inc. in Falls Church, Va. Some later address changes: Pete Petrovic has set up his retirement home at 3021 Rocky Point Rd., Bremerton, WA 98310; and Warren Armstrong makes another local move to 5777 Bellevue Ave., La Jolla, CA 92037.

36 Pres., Capt. Frank Law, 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: 50.7 Well, we can't complain about anything this issue because our constant pleas have been answered and for a change plenty of news has come pouring in during May and June, particularly from the West Coast. So with thanks to you all and no folderol, here it is.

First, before we forget it—will the classmate in Virginia Beach who sent us the blank—I do mean BLANK—"Just to keep in touch" card please identify himself. We appreciate the prompt notice of a change of address or telephone number, but we would like to know how to keep in touch, and with whom. We assume it was someone reporting on the recent change of Area Code for Norfolk and the southern part of Virginia, but please— WHO? A wedding announcement from Jean Moreau tells of his marriage to Madeleine Phaneuf Jolley on 7 April 1973 in Washington. They were to be at home after 1 May at Mayfair Towers, Apt. 1105, 5375 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22304.

Congratulations and our very best to Madeleine and Jean for many years of happiness together.

A note from the R a y T h o m p s o n s back in March says Ray is still a Building Manager for the State of California Buildings in the LA area, but that he is looking forward to retiring again in about 4 years at which time the Thompsons plan to head for San Diego and play golf, travel, and mosdy "goof off." It was good to hear from Alice and Ray after all these long years since they left the Fairfax area. Keep the news coming, and good luck on your plans for the future.

From Jack Turner also came family news in March: "Our younger son Blair and wife Vicki left the Navy last Fall and are now living in Gainesville, Fla., where Blair is working on his Ph.D. Older son, John, Jr., and his family are still prospering in Roanoke, Va. Helen and I had a lovely cruise of the coast of Norway and the Baltic last summer on a cruise ship for a month. Accommodations, food and 'working hours' somewhat different from that on a First Class cruise, but the Liberty ports, aside from the many breath-taking fjords, were interesting, fun, and cool! All together we visited Copenhagen, Bergen, Oslo, Leningrad, Helsinki, Stockholm, Visby and some smaller ports. It really was COOL!" Back in April came news from "Wink" H e y w o o d : "Caroline and I are completing our 10th year at Gaston College where she is Director of the Learning Laboratory and I am Director of Lincoln Center, the Lincoln County extension of the College. We have sabbaticals together during the summer quarter and plan to spend it investigating programmed instruction in England and also touring the Continent. Last May we toured Nags Head and the Outer Banks and share your enthusiasm. I won't be happy unril I've spent 6 months or more cruising Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds under sail. However, Caroline won't hear of my buying another boat until she's had her trip abroad. Our very best to all the Gang up North."

The May luncheon at Vinson Hall brought out a small but cheerful group: Ellis, Fowler, Gillette,

Gray, Hanger, Law, Oseth, Ryder and Woodville.

Frank Law was unanimously elected class President to take over from Joe Rice upon the latter's retirement on 1 July and departure from the area.

We will all miss Joe who has done an outstanding job of keeping the class together during these many past years, and to him we all say, "Well Done!" To Frank we say congratulations, and best wishes in solving all the '36 "problems." News bits brought forth that Julio Asera was back in the States, living in New York City and in the business of importing wines.

At the luncheon. N o r m Gillette announced that his daughter Terry would be married to Seiior Geronimo Escadero on 25 August at the Fort Myer Chapel. The Groom is Director of a Steel Plant in Bilbao, Spain, where the newlyweds will reside after their honeymoon. Norm also announced that he had reserved the entire Maryland Inn for the 40th Reunion at Homecoming 1976.

So all of you, get ready now! Make your plans early and get your reservations set up with Norm as far in advance as possible. Yours truly has already asked for Room 401 again—it's a large room, and it makes a great place for getting together. For those who don't know it, Maryland Inn has been completely re-modeled and is now a designated Historic Landmark of the State of Maryland. So don't miss coming!

Just before the luncheon, Fred Chenault confirmed his retirement with the following note to our secretary: "Got my dates crossed this month and I'll be on the plane while you all are lunching. This will probably be my last trip East on business since I am retiring on 10 June and moving to: 3902-29 Vista Campana N., Oceanside, CA 92054. Katie and I have owned the condominium in an adult community for a year and a half. We like it, so we're moving down. Our best to all."

From Jimmy Rutter came the following: "Because of my job I can't organize class luncheons as I did when with the Chamber of Commerce.

However, I have been active with the local Council of the Navy League; in fact I'm the incoming president and will be formally installed on 16 May at Allen Center COM, Long Beach. That will keep me busy. I accepted this task in spite of my being on the State-wide promotional list and might have to move; so I wait. The Rutters are attending their first convention this month. We're going to the 1st Annual Convention of Les Amis du Vin in San Francisco . . . (later). We had a most interesting and exciting time in the Bay City. We stayed at the St. Francis Hotel and tasted (drank and studied) 73 different wines and champagnes. The final evening was one of those 'Le Grand Diner's' starting with Moet et Chandon Brut with hors d'oeuvres followed by mousse de sole and Freemark Abbey "Jo" Reisling 1970 and Chassagne Montrachet La Romance 1969 to say nothing about the sorbet au moet chandon champagnes, boned leg of lamb maison with Chateus La Cabanne 1967, limestone and watercress salad with Julienne of raw mushrooms, etc. It was great and we enjoyed every minute of it. Family news?

Our first grandchild, a son born to our eldest, Pat, after 9 years of marriage, last December 29 was a big event. Smart fellow: scheduled for January, he heard about IRS and came in December.

Our son, Jim III, closed out all ries with banks, credit, etc., and took off for Alaska. He has many FAA licenses both for work and flying and will probably slay up there as his new home state.

Our youngest, Lucy, just announced that she is going to marry a Long Beach boy, Tom Herman.

66 The wedding is to be 25 August at All Saints Episcopal Church in Long Beach where Ruth and I were married in 1938 and which is now our Parish. Our regards to all."

Mary Julia and RAdm. J. A. Brown, USN (Ret.), in Rome with the Pope, February 1973

Last issue we reported the marriage of "Moose" Brown to Mary Julia Greene of Portsmouth, Va., and reported that on their honeymoon trip to Europe they were received by the Pope.

Here's the proof: the accompanying photograph.

Says "Moose": "From Rome we flew to Paris where we saw the Louvre, Notre Dame, etc., as well as the Lido, Casino de Paris, and Place Pigalle. Our flight home in Air France was a special treat, and we arrived home happy, a bit tired, but ready to settle down to a new life. We have a lovely house here in Portsmouth and hope any of our classmates travelling this way will get in touch with us. We like to play golf and enjoy seeing old friends. Regards."

RAdm. John M. Alford, USN (Ret.), presenting the 1936 Award to A. A. Samuel Jones Locklear II, USN at Bainbridge ceremonies

On 25 May John Alford travelled up to Bainbridge, Md., to present the 1936 class award to the Naval Academy Prep School Student chosen for his contribution to morale and leadership while at the school. In presenting the gold watch award, John told Samuel Jones Locklear, III, USN: "Your diligent and enthusiastic devotion to all areas of the Naval Academy Preparatory School

program has been a source of inspiration to members of your class. You have, therefore, been chosen as the recipient of the 1936 class award.

You should be proud of your performance which led to this selection. We are proud of you and are confident that you have in full measure the qualities which will make you a fine midshipman and a successful career naval officer." Unfortunately, rain caused the ceremonies to be held indoors, but the day was a success as can be attested to by the picture of John making the presentation to our young protege as he wishes him success in his Naval Academy career.

Fred Lincoln is apparendy still going strong.

We received our annual Pocket Appointment Calendar from him indicating he is still at it in the insurance business. Out thanks, Fred, for the calendar.

June 13 was the scene of another husband-wives luncheon at Vinson Hall, the last to be attended

by Claudianna and Joe Rice before they take off for South Carolina. They were the honored guests of the occasion, and as a parting gift were presented with an engraved silver bowl from the Class by Frank Law. Following this, and goaded on by those present, your reporter sang a ditty to Claudiana and Joe: Carolina Moon I'm coming.

Coming with my Wife and Model A. Carolina Moon we're coming, Hope that house is ready, as they say.

How I'm hoping tonight, she'll go.

Go to the right window.

Scatter her light, say we're all right, please do.

Carolina Moon keep shining.

Shining on the house that's built for two.

Present to wish them well as they join the retired ranks were: Dorth and Hank Arnold; Blanche and Jack Baumeister; Dorothy and Paul Bjarneson; Pat and Dick Bradley; Ede and Bill Ellis; Parker Folsom; Gordy Fowler; Jim Gray (Helena, unfortunately, was in the hospital for tests); Will Hanger (he had both Harriett and Nancy in the hospital at the same time); Rosa and Frank Law; Margaret and John Oseth; Kathleen and Jack Ryder; Ann and Dick Teel; and Joe Woodville.

Ginny Stark came through with news from the San Diego area. In April, Med Fowler and a neighbor friend at Coronado Shores gave a double party—two in one evening—at the Roeder Pavillion at which all classmates and many others in the area were present. On 4 June we all helped the Bill Parhams celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. Then on 10 June, Mac and A l Fleming gave .1 beautiful party honoring Mary Dora Sexton and John English who were out west to see Griff Jr. graduate from Stanford and get his MBA degree. Among those present were: Margie Holmshaw, Med Fowler, the Samuels, Jim McCauley (Polly not able to attend because of illness), the Coppolas (recendy arrived in Coronado), the Holcombes (they're off to London in August), the Parhams, the Richardsons, the Humes, the Coles, the Galatians, the Jack Blitches, George Winne, the Robersons, Dick Pratt (Ann back East at the time), the Ed Hoffmans, the Merkers, and Mrs. Gray, who is Mac Fleming's and Jim Gray's mother who was made an honorary Member of the Class in Newport 20 years ago. Margie Holmshaw hosted the Bob Sleights on 22 June during their annual visit to San Diego.

Thanks, Ginny, for all the news. It do help stop the moaning.

A card from the D o n Willmans in London at Brown's Hotel told of their returning for another

one of their fabulous tours of England. Our Don got himself a Burberry while there. How about that?

Feature articles in the Annandale Globe and Gaithersburg Gazette tell of the success Martha Manning—Martha, Tom and Smokey's daughter —is having as a singer-actress-comedienne superb. Martha is presently starring in "Plaza Suite" produced by the Montgomery Players.

That's it for now.

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Sec'y-Treas., LCdr. J. P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.) 2118 Bancroft PI., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Wesley Steesy, USN (Ret.) 9127 Sligo Pkwy., Silver Spring, MD 20901 Percent Members: 47.0 Hello, mates. Here's trusting your weather is more comfortable as you read this than is mine as I write this in early July. It's one of those Washington "flame-thrower days," like we were praying for last January. Could it be that we just notice the extremes a little more each year? Let us be thankful that so many of our class are still here to notice the weather and all the realities of life.

So we swing into a bit of pleasant nostalgia with this very moving note from Bob Tate: "8 June 1973. Dear Wes: The above date triggers some memories, so may I reminisce a bit? 8 June 1933—forty years ago today—the class of 1937 was born. It was a day just like today, a hot, sunny June day. Some of us spent the previous night at Cirvel Hall. Wyman Howard and I had breakfast together in the nice, bright dining room that used to be just over the ballroom where we had our Sunday afternoon Tea Fights. Neither of us had eggs, since we were worried about passing the physical later in the morning—a group of us standing under the flag that Commo. Perry flew at the Battle of Lake Erie, swearing to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic—forty years ago today—Bud Hall, Jim Cruze, Frank Shamer were there—I can't remember the others, it's too long ago, but I guess there were about 50 of us that first day, 8 June, 1933—forty years ago today. The bonds that were forged that day have lasted a lifetime. They say that reminiscing is for old men. Well? Best personal regards, Wes. Sincerely, Bob." Thanks ever so much.

Bob, for putting in writing some thoughts that surely many of us have been having about "forty years ago." Certainly we all do recall those very fine days of Plebe Summer and the wonderful years which followed and so many details of them.

Certainly we all do consider ourselves privileged to have attended our Academy, and to have so many fine classmates. Your letter. Bob, speaks for all of us and says, "We're proud of our Class— Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven!"

One thing we recall of our Annapolis experience was that June 1937 "Presentation of Awards" parade, when Jack Obermeyer all but wore a path in the parade ground, advancing to and retreating from the point of presentarion. (No, it was only a rumor that he opened a sextant-binoculars-watch shop shortly thereafter.) Now we'd have to journey to 27 LaForge Rd., Darien, CT 06820 to find Jack and Joan. He's now a daily commuter to NYC where he works for Texaco, Inc., as Manager, Construction & Technical Development Division, Marine Dept. Jack further reports: "We completed four lovely years in Yokosuka, Japan, in September, 1967. The duty at the

67 Ship Repair Facility was delightful, and our appreciarion of the people and the land of Japan was the highest. Then we had another delightful trans-Pacific crossing on the same ship and in the same staterooms as we had used for our trip to Japan in 1963. Duty at the Naval Ship Systems Command as Coordinator of Shipbuilding followed until rerirement in June 1968. I immediately joined Texaco, Inc. in the Marine Department. Still building shipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but big onesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all over the world (England, Holland, Sweden, Spain and Japan). I am continuing my Boy Scout activities, as always, on National Council, Regional Executive Board and Fairfield County Council."

Speaking of Scouting, it was J o h n D . Reese who told us at luncheon a few months back: "I was a boy scout until I was 15 years old, then I became a girl scout."

Here's a shortie from Roberto Farrington, 9230 Park Lane, Oxon Hill, MD 20022: "We live at Fort Washington, Md., across the Potomac from Mt. Vernon. The location is far enough from the city to be a rerirement home with boaring, swimming, golf, and close enough to commute.

We both work in Washington, Helen at Dept. of Labor where she is Public Liaison Officer for OSHA, and Bob at his financial counseling firm (IFS). We are active in clubs, organizations and community affairs, we write, dabble in anriques, travel some, and enjoy our many friends and associates."

I train in and secure with the short fact that sons of W a l t Stencil, Curt Kelly, and Jack Reed were graduated from USNA this past June.

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Pres., Col. John A. Saxten, Jr., USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. J o h n A . Bogley, USN (Ret.) Highview Rd., Tracy's Landing, MD 20869 Percent Members: 50.0 John Ferriter substituted for Jack Bogley in the June issue, as did Hank Jackson in the JulyAugust issue. This month's substitute is Snowden Arthur.

WASHINGTON NEWS Barbara Anne Adair, beloved wife of Jamie Adair, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, June 6th, following her death in Portsmouth Naval Hospital. We join with Jamie in his deep sorrow for the passing of his lovely Anne.

H u g h Elwood retired in the rank of Lieutenant General from the Marine Corps in June. Washington area classmates and their wives were invited to attend the retirement ceremony on June 28th at the Marine Barracks in Washington. When interviewed by this reporter late in May, Hugh declared that he has no plans for seeking employment. He is, in fact, a retirer without a strategy for starting another career.

LUNCHEON AND PICNIC Twenty-seven classmates showed up in May for the last luncheon before the summer vacations, held at Ft. Myer. Those attending were: Alford, Andrews, Arthur, Bagby, Bidwell, Bland, Bogley, Al Church, Dick Church, Dwyer, Elwood, Hartigan, Heston, Jackson, Jones, Luby, Mann, Mansfield, McEntire, Raymer, Spears, Giffen, Robinson, Tucker, Jakel, Hanson, and Waters.

The annual June picnic was hosted again by Kay and Chet O w e n at their beautiful home in

McLean, Va. An unusually large number of intrepid swimmers (led by Emi Lou Melvin) abandoned their drinks and snacks for a few laps in the swimming pool. Among those attending were the following couples: Jones, Luby, McDowell, Andrews, Church, Raymer, Heston, Conrad, Tucker, Melvin, Muse, Spears, Giffen, Smale, KG Robinson, Hugh Robinson, Ferriter, Mason, Alexander, Art Johnson, Fike, Trickey, Jackson, Bagby, Owen, Dubois, Ela, Boykin, Fleps, Jakel, Rindskopf, Bogley and Arthur.

CALIFORNIA AND THE ORIENT A wedding invitation from the Charlie Akers announced the marriage in July, in Long Beach, California, of their daughter Becki to David Ryugo. Best wishes to the lucky couple!

Phil Beshany wrote Jack Bogley the following letter, dated 16 April: "I am writing this letter en route to Taipei, Republic of China, from Manila, Republic of the Philippines, having just completed a most pleasant and interesting trip to the Philippines with Gigi.

While there. Com. Ruiz, the Flag Officer in Command, Philippine Navy, had a dinner party for us to which he invited most thoughtfully our classmate, Marcello Castillo, who, as you know, is now retired as a Colonel from the Philippine Army. We had a great visit and discussed our wonderful 25th class reunion ten years ago which as you remember he attended. I urged him to come back to another milestone reunion such as our 40th since he cannot come back this year to our 35th. He is now teaching at a college in the Manila area. I was interested to learn that his nickname is "Middle," which was his cover name during the Philippine underground movement in World War II. To all of his close friends I can say that he looks great and is vigorous and happy. He is held in very high regard in both the Army and the Navy where he served with distinction.

"Gigi and I are thoroughly enjoying our first tour of duty in the Orient. There is no shortage of challenge in today's circumstances and we admire the courage and understanding of the wonderful people we are privileged to associate with.

It is a completely different kind of duty for me but in every sense of the word, I think it is the tops.

"Although we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves, we do long for our good friends in the class of '38 back in Washington and we look forward to our eventual reunion with great happiness. Please send our best to all in the class of '38 in the D.C. area."

39 Pres., Capt. C R. Chandler, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt F. P. Anderson, USN (Ret.) 2725 N. Wakefield St., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 44.8 We had two new faces at the Washington luncheon on 6 June. Val Valentine surprised the group by dropping in all the way from Lancaster, Cal., where he has been living ever since resigning his commission in July 1953. He looked great.

Apparently the clear, dry air at the edge of the Mojave Desert has agreed with him. As most of you know, Val has the challenging job of publishing the Lancaster Daily Ledger-Gazette covering a large area which includes the northern portion of LA county. He told us that it is really a family affair with his wife, Betty, actually writing one of the five editorials each week. Val, incidentally, is one of our lawyers, having acquired his

LL.B. in 1948 from Georgetown. The other newcomer to the luncheon was another lawyer. Bill Snyder, from Bedford, Pa., where he is a member of the law firm. Van Horn & Snyder. It was good to see him after many years. Bill retired for physical reasons in 1947 and earned his LL.B. from Dickinson in 1951. He told us that he has enjoyed being a country lawyer but that, of his four boys, only the youngest, now 13, has shown any interest in the Navy! N e d Beach returned after missing last month's luncheon and, again, gave us some most enlightening observations on the Washington political scene. To those of you who do not attend regularly, please join us on the first Wed. of each month at the Ft. Myer O Club.

SAN DIEGO AREA As reported by Hap Jolly, thirty-four of the group celebrated a "Spring Fling" on 28 April 1973 at the lovely home of Madeline and Ken Barker. The lights of San Diego formed an impressive backdrop for the house sitting high on the hills overlooking Pacific Beach and the coast to the south. At the front entrance was an impressive display of orchids in full bloom. This lush opulence was further manifested with many more plants in bloom just off the dining room. They had a good turnout despite a conflict in dates with that sacrosanct Coronado Garden Show. The usual group was there plus the Jim and Dick Millers and, in a final fillip to the evening, Johnny Weatherwax broke out his uke; he and Nellie Laird led the group in a songfest of old perennials, aided and abetted by some dances of the Islands by Kathy Bemis and Rosemary Weatherwax. Although Toni and Bob Green were out from Washington for a PT reunion, previous commitments prevented their attending. All in all, it was reported as a most enjoyable evening, thanks to their gracious hosts, the Barkers.

BAY AREA Reports have come in on a 34th reunion on 2 June in the form of a pool and pot-luck picnic affair at the very beautiful home of Betty and John Guerry in Alamo, co-chaired by Margaret and Blackie Blackburn and Ginny and Bob Lawrence. Those attending with spouse: Blackburn, Eddy, Guerry, Harris, Lawrence, Parks (with the young bride he took unto himself two years ago!), Palus, Scott, Seymour, Thompson, Wolf, and Dolan (up from S. Calif.). Also present were Sorry Simpson, Bob Paige's widow (Kip), Bob Gurnee's widow (Marion) and her twin sister, Billie Plemons (widow of Curly '41), and Johnny Parks' son ('71) and date. (Johnny has another son in class of '63). Observations: John D o l a n looked great, very tan, 10 lbs. lighter and boasted a lower handicap; Chris and George Scott made a marvelous grand entrance wearing matching dress and shirt (red and white gingham) which in turn matched their red Jaguar convertible! Everybody's thanks to the Guerrys for their charming hospitality!

Congratulations to Bob Smith for being the new Coordinator, No. Carolina Civil Defense Agency, Area "D," with headquarters at Asheboro and a coverage of eighteen counties. This should keep his life interesting. He and Mary Sue have now lived in NC for the last six years and still enjoy everything about it, especially the climate and the people. They live at 114B Westgate Circle, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 with Charlie Dancy the only '39er nearby.

More news from Betty and Mark Lowe in

68 Norman, Okla. First, Mark III has resigned from CG and is now a Test Engineer for Nuclear Subs with the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. He and wife, Kendra, are expecting a baby in late November! Then, on 8 December big Mark will escort daughter, Mimi, down the aisle to become the bride of Mr. Chris Hilliard of Dallas, a law partner in the Preston Carter Co. Exciting times coming up for the Lowes! Get those tranquilizers out, Mark!

FLIP CLIPS

Sledge, Tad Stanwick, Tom Taylor, Bob White and Early Winters made the scene.

Proud local parents Vi and Bob Quinn made the cross-country trek to Coronado, Cal., for the wedding at Christ Episcopal Church of daughter Lt. Kathleen Anne Quinn, USN, to LCdr. Theodore Karl Krohne, USN, NA '63. After a honeymoon trip through Mexico in Ted's plane the couple settled in Coronado—where both are attached to Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 41, NAS, North Island. Kay's sister, Pat Quinn Owen, was up from Charlotte, N . C , as Matron-of-Honor.

Joe Roper has sent in a new address, 1748 Farmington Ct., Crofton, MD 21113. Recent retirees from active duty are T o m Walker (1 June) and Danny Weitzenfeld (1 July). Jig Ramage is our new ComCaribSeaFrontier in San Juan (what a tough assignment). Henrietta and Paul Schratz are living at No. 4 Kent Rd., Wardour, in Annapolis until they complete the building of their new home nearby on a two-acre wooded lot overlooking the Severn (Paul has left U. of Mo. and will now devote more time, as he says, to being a wordsmith). Congratulations to John Gore's wife, Emily, for earning her Master's degree in Library Sciences at Catholic Univ. Edith and Larry Lovig's oldest son, Larry III USNA '64, is doing real fine in the Navy as a LCdr. and the new Ops. Off, in the SSN SEAHORSE. Carolyn

and Bill Ruhe's son. Bill, Jr., graduated from Law School last June.

Football season is here again and we have an exciting new coach and an excellent team! Let's all show our support here in the Washington/Annapolis area by attending the three home games at Annapolis. They should be great ones. Come early and join our tailgate parties in west parking (watch for the "39" signs). 1 hope to see you there.

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Pres., RAdm. John Chase, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 701 S. 23rd St., Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 36.0

LCdr. and Mrs. Karl Krohne, USN '63; Vi and Bob Quinn, proud parents of the Bride

An item from the Alexandria, Va., Gazette of 20 June 1973: "Patricia Jo Wagenhals, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Wagenhals of Larpin Lane (Alexandria), was awarded a B.A. with a major in drama and speech. She was also named to the dean's list . . ." Some credit must go to Stan, who has set a good academic example as a math prof for the past several years.

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE

A new business address for Bob Triplett, President, Robert S. Triplett Associates: P.O. Box 2561, Eads Station, Arlington, VA 22202. Bob has formed this group to fight approximately a half billion dollars per annum government waste in the computer area. Bob is well-qualified as a computer scientist to do the job. Lots of luck!

It's been three years since Ed Muhlenfeld turned over the writing job to your present incumbent. Thanks to Ed's beautifully organized files and rosters, and to your letters ever since—this column has been a downhill sleigh-ride . . . piece of cake . . . many thanks—and keep up the good work!

WASHINGTON REPORT There were two luncheon meetings held by the 2nd-Tuesday-of-the-Month Club during this reporting period; both at Fort Myer, Va. On 22 May (4th Tuesday??) a joint husbands-and-wives of '40 group gathered at the O Club, approximately 40 strong and including the Bartons, Chases, Eckerts, Ellisons, Eschs, Oz Grays, Hechlers, Ted Hills, Howells, Lamimans, Longinos, John Montgomerys, Muhlenfelds, Newboulds, Quinns, John Refo, Schneiders, Tad Stanwick, Bob Triplett and Jack Wright.

Back on the 2nd-Tuesday schedule, 12 June 1973, your Washington contingent gathered at the Ft. Myer O Club again to receive the season's final briefing by Ed Sledge on the annual (1st two weeks of July) Castine Caper up at Ted Rodgers' Maine Maritime Academy. Mel Abrahams, Ace Barton, Jack Bowell, Bill Carpenter, John Chase, Jack Clair, Tab Collins, Vince Healey, Ted Hechler. Jack Longino, Ray Schneider, Bill Scott, Ed

The Washington welcome mat is out for Father Dick Heath who is in the process of taking up new duties at 487 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20017. A note from Dick, and a recent article in the Washington Post, brought the good news. From the Post: "The trustees of the Washington Theological Consortium have chosen Father Heath, a Dominican, as director, to succeed Lloyd E. Sheneman, who recently was appointed director of theological education for the Lutheran Church in America. Father Heath graduated from the Naval Academy in 1940. He received a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum University in Rome, and did post-doctoral research at Harvard. Before coming to Washington, he established the graduate program in religious education at La Salle College in Philadelphia, and was chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at Providence College in Providence, R.I. He is the first Catholic to serve as director of the Washington Theological Consortium, which is made up of the three Catholic and four Protestant seminaries located in the Washington area . . ." In his letter Dick reported " . . . I will be seeing John Hatchet Wright, who is now working in the same area, nearly every day. Save a place for me at the first (make that the second, Dick) Tuesday luncheon."

Rev. Richard "Dick" Heath

From 4109 Hermitage Point, Virginia Beach, Va., Bill B e n b o w reports that he and Marcia have joined the "Grand Order of Grandparents."

Chin up, Bill—it was bound to happen. . . .

Daughter Susan announced the arrival of Kathryn Tindall Kroupa in Rochester, N.Y., 21 May 1973; son Bill (with an assist from wife, Beverly) is predicting a Christmas arrival. Bill goes on to say: ". . . We have a good contingent of '40 here.

Bill Fly lives next door (4117 Hermitage Point) and, although most of the others live at somewhat further distances, we see most of them at the '39-'40 parties which occur about quarterly. In fact the next one is tomorrow night (9 June) at the quarters of our very fine District Commandant, Roy Anderson. Give our best regards to all our Washingtonians when you see them."

Down in Sanford, Florida, Johnny Williams is still getting his daily swim under the balmy southern sun (their season extends from February to November!!), and invites all who pass through to drop in and see his collection of great retirement homes at Sanford Realty on South French Street. Johnny makes it sound like a wonderful place to retire—and would John lie??

Never.

Out in also sunny California Pat Clancy writes from his new homeport in the San Francisco Bay area: 461 Cavalier Ct., Los Altos, CA 94022. Betty and Pat are now basking there in the first balmy glow of retirement. Here it is in Pat's own words: ". . . We bought a charming house through a charming real estate agent by the name of Cissy Bundy. (Cliff and Cissy live just a few blocks away—as do the Larry Foxes and the Swede Carlsons). We have thoroughly enjoyed our last tour in San Diego and leave with some mixed feelings, but we have left plenty of friends whom we can visit if it gets too cold and rainy

69 up north. Grayson and Bill Boehm entertained the Goodfellows and ourselves one evening this spring in their spacious and gracious home on San Diego Bay near Ballast Point. We have also been in the nice Coronado home of Flossy and Harry Fischer and have seen the Caldwells and the Hedricks on several occasions. . . . You asked if I had any thoughts to pass on to Vince Healey with respect to the 35th reunion. I have: 'Wrotsa Ruck.' If Timothy enters the Naval Academy that year we'll try to be there. The Navy has been magnificent to me and I shall never forget it nor the many nice classmates and friends—you know where we are. . . ."

A new address for Lucy and Karl Stefan: 6300 Countryside Dr., Suite 5, Charlotte, NC 28213.

They have recently moved there from Palestine, Tex. A copy of the local Palestine Press tells us what long-time friend Karl has been up to lately.

A note from Lucy reminds us that he has joined the rarified ranks of Guiness Book of World Records for doing it. What?? Hold your hats!

Classmate Karl now holds the world single-ascent record altitude for a hot-air balloon flight—9,506 meters (31,200 feet). Stefan flew a Raven S-60 balloon June 9, 1971, at Longmont, Colorado, setting new altitude records in Sub-Classes AX-8, AX-9 and AX-10. For his achievements Karl has received recognition and awards from the National Aeronautic Association and the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. And in case any of you out there want to experience the delights of floating free and quiedy above the noise and pollution of civilization, Karl now operates a plant called "The Balloon Works," 9605 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28213. One of their prettiest models is a lovely little thing called the Firefly—available in any size from 18,000 to over 100,000 cubic feet. Most popular in the United States is the Firefly 6, a three-place 56,000-cubic-foot thermal balloon with a hand-crafted, woven wicker and leather basket and a urethane-coated, polyester fabric envelope held by stainless steel suspensioB cables. You can buy one for the price of an auto.

And have lots more fun!! Good luck to you both, Lucy and Karl, wherever you are—up there!

In a recent letter Betty and Harry Seim mention plans for a CONUS visit (from home base in Brussels) about the time this issue hits the stands— in September. Maybe we'll get Harvey to a 2ndTuesday lunch yet.

THE SECRETARY'S CORNER Now I've come to the tough part of this month's column. Four more of our classmates are gone: John H. "Jack" Boyum, Alois John "Al" Burda, Jr., George W . Montgomery and Sydney S. Smith, Jr. A letter from Jackie Boyum, via Bob Ne^fcomb, conveys her message to the class following Jack's death in Tripler Hospital, Hawaii: "Jack's ashes were scattered over Hawaiian waters from a helicopter on June 7th. The memorial service was delivered by Jack's favorite minister at the Makawao Union Church, Maui, on the 8th. Many friends and relatives attended. The flowers were beautiful, especially a huge wreath of solid pink carnations interlaced with sprays of orchids which had been sent by the class of '40. The Wailuku florist had been a high school classmate of Jack's, so there had been a lot of love involved in making it. Please express my heartfelt thanks to the class for their prayers, letters and flowers. I am overwhelmed by their kindness and thoughtfulness."

Snuffy Smith gave us word of George Montgomery's death: "On 19 May George was struck by

heart failure while on a visit with Jean at their summer home in Wiscasset, Maine. He was cremated and his ashes cast on the Maine waters near Wiscasset. After thirty-seven years of close friendship from the Fourth Batt through the blitz at Pearl as shipmates and roommates in the WEST VIRGINIA, and our continued fellowship with George and Jean here in our mutual town of Los Gatos, Cal.—now a void has been created. He was my dearest friend and I shall always miss his devoted and loyal friendship. Jean is carrying on well and will continue to reside at their home in Los Gatos, CA 95030 at 262 East Main St." Ajax Hiller called with the sad news of Al Burda's sudden death from Adeline and Al's home on Bay Drive, Turkey Point, Edgewater, MD 21037 on the morning of Sunday, 8 July. Lt. Al Burda III, USN '68, was at his dad's home helping his mother to make the necessary arrangements.

The Alumni Secretary informed us of Sydney Smith's passing on 17 May. We have written to his last known address at 2652 Lake Shore Dr., Orlando, FL 32803, but would appreciate further information from the class.

Johnny Williams forwards a good suggestion from Sanford, Fla.: ". . . that the next class list include the wives' names . . ." John, we'll see if we can do that—and list the widows, too. All help from out there will be appreciated.

ATTENTION HOMECOMING GAME FANS! A cordial invitation from Loretta and T e d Hechler; 228 Lookout Lane, Annapolis—"The Hechlers will have OPEN HOUSE on a BYOL basis after the Homecoming game with Syracuse on October 13th. And it will be our pleasure! . . ." *

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41 Chairman, Capt. Jay Houghton, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Betiiesda, MD 20034 Percent Members: 41.0 The final luncheon of the 1972-73 season was held at the Army and Navy Club downtown and the following classmates attended: Anderson, Baughan, Burley, Delano, Doherty, Engle, Foster, Hayler, Houghton with son, Tom, Heavey, Jackson, Jones, Messer, Nelson, Shutt, Svendsen, Taussig, Thomson, Whitaker and Zirkle.

Jay H o u g h t o n announced the results of the election for the executive committee as follows: Chairman, James C Houghton; Vice Chairman, Thomas C Buell; Secretary, Joseph C Zirkle; Treasurer, Jacques B. Hadler; Committeeman, John C Doherty.

After the luncheon. Bill H e a v e y gave us an interesting rundown on his activities as the new president of the Army and Navy Club. Joe Taussig is on the Board of Governors of the Club and, along with Bill, is working hard toward its healthy growth and development despite the problems brought on by Metro, etc.

Sarajane and Dick Foster were among those who took the May Alumni Association trip to Spain and Dick spoke most highly of it. He has promised some pictures for a future issue of Shipmate. Other '41ers on the trip were the Blounts, Herrings and Tuckers. Lois and T o m Burley had planned to go but could not make it.

Jay Houghton brought his son, Tom, to the luncheon. Tom is the Assistant Propulsion Officer of the nuclear frigate BAINBRIDGE.

A n d y Anderson went on the Navy retired list on 1 June, but, happily, he and Marguerite plan to remain in the Washington area.

Sally and Jack Messer have moved to Virginia Beach where their new address is: 138 Pinewood Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23451. Jack says their house is right alongside the 6th hole of the Princess Anne Country Club golf course.

He says that it is well protected by a thick hedge of azaleas and, hopefully, slicers will not break too many windows. What an optimist!

Some months ago, it was reported that Emily and Lou Davis had moved back to the U. S. from Hong Kong. Their new address is: Box 140, Decatur, IL 62525. That is a long, long way from Repulse Bay, isn't it, Lou? In June Jack Bennett passed through Washington and Annapolis on what he said was business, but he sure looked healthy for a man on a business trip. Jack is the Director, Department of Navigation and Ocean Development for the State of California. His offices are in Sacramento.

The September class luncheon will be back at Blackie's House of Beef, 22nd and M Streets in Washington. The time is 1130 on Thursday, 27 September. The Annapolis homecoming this year is on 13 October.

Didn't you get some good pictures this past summer? I bet you just forgot to mail me a copy, didn't 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: 45.3 Football IS in the air—officially! As I write this the Redskins have just started their two-a-day workouts. As you read this. Navy will be ready for its opener with VMI. Some of the Washington group hope to "tailgate" for that occasion as well as take in some of the historic spots in Lexington.

Frank Andrews put together his usual fine fiesta at Annapolis for Father's Day. We located at a slighdy different spot and got a litde extra kick from knowing that we were frolicking in the same spot we had groveled during Plebe Summer on the "load and lock" routine. Makes a lot better picnic area! Attending along with Frank and family, were the Days, Wallaces, Wileys, Kurtz, Duncans, Rices, Sullivans, Berrys, Betzels, Rawsons, Willis, PS Smiths, Smalls, MacKowns, Kings and Childers.

Brisk for a mid-June day, but exhilarating as always. Nice note from Ginny and Gus Ehreke who had fled the weather for the Bahamas and some relaxation after Gus had recovered from surgery in January.

Mary Helen and Jack Hill have moved down to North Carolina and Bill Kurtz has taken over as host of the Washington luncheons. We have signed up for the second Wednesday each month thru 1974, plus our April cocktail party and a dinnerdance on December 7th, 1974. This mirrors our 1973 schedule and we have enjoyed having classmates and friends from out of town make these get-togethers. In July, Art Warner was in from Grumann's spread on Long Island and attended.

Phil Cole, who retired on 1 July, also turned up after a ten-year absence. Phil is house and job hunring and depending on results will settie in the Washington area.

70 Bob Froude and Mary are visiting with daughter, Pat, while Bob undergoes some physical workups at Bethesda following surgery at Oak Knoll in early June. They expect to head back to Teheran and his Westinghouse responsibilities late this summer.

Alden Whitney dropped me a nice note from behind the "corn silk curtain" to update his record. John Neff had dropped in on them in the summer of '72, but otherwise they are a bit isolated from classmates. He did stress that Culver now has a fine summer program for boys from age 8 and girls from age 13, with the hope that class grandchildren might like a taste of the traditional Culver summer—and enjoy the fun that goes with the tradition. Peter B., their youngest, was awarded a national NROTC scholarship and will continue as a sophomore at the University of Mississippi this fall.

Bill Simmons has taken up the cudgel in Norfolk after a year of "retirement" and he and Joyce are laying on a series of social gatherings and luncheons. They have located Pat and Fred Robertson and added them to the list, although Fred had been teaching at Granby High for years, apparently unknown to anyone until the Alumni Association computer blew his cover. Doris and Frank D u n h a m are up to their ears running a marina and gas station, as well as an overnight rest stop for boaters at Coinjock, NC, on the Inland Waterway. Ace Mullen is teaching at Norfolk Catholic High. D o u g Plate grows younger in his job as Deputy CinCLantFlt. Chick Martin is in the Masters Bridge tournament circle and doing well. Bill Kigerl is regional president of the Reserve Officers Association.

The Washington Evening Star carried a short blurb citing Dr. W i l l i a m E. Heronemus, University of Massachusetts civil engineering professor's renewal of his call for a "barrage" of huge floating windmills off the New England coasts to produce electricity to extract hydrogen from ocean water. The gas shipped ashore would then be combined with oxygen to produce electricity competitive with nuclear power and pollution-free.

Caught the picture of Richmond, N.Y., Borough President Robert T. Connor and Adm. Moorer in the Navy Times. They were on hand to dedicate a new monument to the late Adm. George Dewey. Bob is a Capt., USNR, and a long time political figure in New York City. Bob Murch sent along a clipping on son Roger's graduation from the Academy and assignment to the Pacific Fleet. Knowing the Murch enthusiasm for the Academy and Navy football games, we expect to continue to see them at all the big games.

Anne and Bill U n d e r w o o d have sold their house in Springfield, Va., and moved into their new home at Arrowhead Cove on Lake Nan in Orlando, Fla. Bill resigned his position at Westinghouse where he had been employed for the past eight years and is looking forward to a relaxed life of fishing and travelling. They plan to spend about eight months of the year in Florida and the remainder at Duffwood, a summer home on Lake Dalrymple near Anne's home at Orillia, Ontario. On their leisurely trip south they spent a night with Laura and Jack Kennedy in Savannah for a joyous reunion. The Underwoods have the welcome mat out for any classmates passing close to 7701 Broken Arrow Trail, Orlando, or, RR # 1 , Seabright, Ontario.

Joe Tully has retired deep in the heart of Army country in San Antonio, where he was born and srill has many relatives. He didn't mention working, but has been busy slipping over

the border to Mexico, checking Floria (which he feels is getring a bit crowded) and Monterey, Cal. Joe also hits the Alumni Association meerings in Dallas, there being none in San Antonio where more than 50 alumni live.

Max Munk is working on the 30-Year Book!

He has been understandably disheartened by the response. 196 have made some contriburion of bios, pix or cash, but not necessarily all three.

Money from the 112 contributors is in a savings account, so we are gaining a bit there over rime.

Hank Grant will handle the printing and Ed Gallagher the administration. The Alumni Associarion has provided a new address printout and Max will make a last try to round up a few more contributions. He promises no new deadlines, but hopefully some who read this will complete their input and give him enough material to get rolling.

Our oldest daughter, Julie, was married on June 2nd and is now living in Oxnard, Cal., so we are beginning to catch up with the rest of the class. Have a son and two daughters to go and are by no means out of the woods. Pat and Art Rawson gave their daughter, Catherine, in marriage on May 20th, so are down to one. The picnic turned up a Wiley and a Childers' grandchild (each), so there are many ways to count 30!

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, Capt. Robert B. Greenwood, USN 1400 S. Joyce St., C-1610 Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 46.1 Fenton Smith got off a newsy letter from the San Diego area reporting that he and Peggy were preparing to spend a sabbatical year in Australia observing elementary and secondary schools from Sept. '73 to July '74. In the process of clearing decks on this side of the Pacific, they presided over the marriage of their daughter Melody to a Madrileno (Spaniard) Sr. Jesus Soriano. Six unnamed classmates at the receprion belted out a champagne version of "Navy Blue and Gold" for the enjoyment of the celebrants. After the wedding the Smiths junketed off to Seatde to visit son Steve and the launching of his self-built 42' ketch. Did it float?

Fenton also mentioned the sad news that Muriel and Cappy Caporaso's daughter Daphne died on 19 June after a prolonged illness. The Caporasos make their home at 1126 San Anselmo Ave., Millbrae, CA 94030.

Word was also given that the Smiths, Nichols, Heseltons, Laws and Quirks made the scene for the Los Angeles '43 annual bash. Peg and Bob Selmer came down from Alameda. The group was happy to have Ginny Conwell join the party and renew acquaintances. Her address is Mrs. R. E. M. Conwell, 8132 Primrose Ln., Downey, CA 92040. As a footnote, "Fox-Fox" added that they enjoyed a "splash down recovery" (whatever that is) with Dutch and Ed Brega at their Long Beach home.

A trim and sun-tanned Rod Denehy, who retired back in '63, was in town in June and told of his current activities. On really-retired status, he and Joyce split their time between Florida and the hills of North Carolina. His regular address at 675 Gulf View Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33515 will

forward the mail. He says that there is always a chance they'll be cruising the Keys in his 48' Hatteras, but if at home the latchstring is always out to thirsty classmates. The bar is open.

After spending several post-rerirement months getring settled down in the Pt. Loma home. Bob Russell has taken advantage of that real-estate license he worked on while DD Sq. commanding by joining Century 21 Real Estate in San Diego to handle residential sales. He can't be working too hard because their calendar included a May visit to Dubrovnik, Yugoslovia. Bob didn't promise cut-rate real estate services to classmates, but he did offer to be helpful.

Doris and Bud Carter had a flying visit to their old stomping grounds in Hawaii and had the pleasure of an evening on Ford Island with Cathy and Barney Rapp. From what we hear from rime to time, the Rapps have probably taken the year's prize for seeing the most classmates in the shortest time. Maybe Barney will drop a note to the column and let us know all the news.

Other post-retiree notes mentioned that W i l l Shor will be with Bechtel on the W. Coast.

It is always with much regret that the column records the passing of a shipmate. Jim Griswold died on 8 April in Redlands, Cal. Letters may be sent to Mrs. J. A. Griswold, 636 Mariposa Dr., Redlands, CA 92373.

44 Pres., RAdm. Ray Burk Sec'y, Mr. D a l e 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: 40.5 Paul Crutchfield announces plans for our BIG 30th at Naval Academy O Club, Annapolis, on 13 October after the game. Special favors and the cost of this function require ASAP a deposit from attendees in the amount of $10 to $30, Cdr. Paul W. Crutchfield, 528 Hevitree Ln., Chartwell, Severna Park, MD 21146. There are only 60 rooms reserved at the Holiday Inn, Annapolis, MD 21401, c/o Mr. Herman E. Schieke, Jr., Innkeeper.

Daily rates 12-13 October at $19 and $21 double and $15 single plus 9 percent tax.

The Thirtieth Reunion in Williamsburg in May was an unqualified success. Our thanks to Boyd Gustafson and Jack Christman for organizing and executing the reunion. Williamsburg is a delightful place. The golf and tennis facilities exceeded the talents but not the enthusiasm of our participants. The ease of getting together and socializing was great. We are particularly indebted to Jane and Boyd for hosting the dinner dance at Yorktown and to Margie and Randy King for the reception at their quarters at Portsmouth. The attendance exceeded our expectations and really made the event. Let's do the same in October in Annapolis.

With so many people it is impossible to catch up with everyone. However, I was able to cover a fair number. The attendees follow with comments on those I had a chance to talk to.

Lyn and R o j o Adamson: Rojo is still in Washington and is DCNO (Surface Warfare) with three stars. Anne and Bill Alexander—Bill is retired and devotes a lot of his spare time to sailing. Ginnie and Jim Aldrich—Jim has just retired from a Pentagon job. Emmie and D e l

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Fran Colmery, Katty Christman, Fay Hills and Kathy Carson Ames—Del has his own photo supply business in Baltimore. Fran and Breezy Bohan, Ginny and Jim Bartman, Arlene and Harry Benoit, and Millie and Pete Boyd.

Libby and George Bennett—George is retired and works in nuclear ships at Newport News Ship and Drydock Company. Marge and Charlie Becker—Charlie is Vice Commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command. Ramona Burk—Ray was on a trip and regretfully could not make the reunion. Donna and Bill Budd—Bill is a civilian working in Naval Air Systems Command. Ginny and Dick Bowe—Dick still has his own Marine business in nearby Maryland. Audrey and Joe Buescher. Lolly and Jack Bailey—Jack runs his own printing business outside of Chicago but also plays a litde golf. He showed up the rest of us hackers by winning low gross in our tournament.

Lois and Blackie Blackburn—Blackie is about to or has retired from CIA. Betty Ann and Bill Behrens—Bill is assigned to the Commerce Department but may retire from his three-star job this summer.

Katty and Jack Christman—Jack is Vice Commander, Naval Ordnance Systems Command.

Ray and Peter Cowdrey. Fran and Ben Colmery—Ben is a civilian in NASC. Evelyn and Vance Cox—^Vance is Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, CinCLantFleet. Capt. and Mrs. A. P. Carpenter. Dottie and Bill Chapman—Bill is with GM in Washington. Mary and Bob Coogan—Bob has recently moved up to Assistant DCNO (Air Warfare).

Mary and Paul Crutchfield—Paul is handling the October reunion in Annapolis. Trudy and Bob Cook—Bob works as an engineer at APL/ Johns Hopkins. Dawn and T o m Carlin—Tom is General Manager of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Norm Campbell—Norm is with TRW Systems in Redondo Beach, Cal. Kay and Vince Cassani.

Kathy and Kit Carson. Mr. and Mrs. John Driscoll. Helen and H o w a r d D a w s o n . Alexis and Steve Delamater. Barb and D u k e Eldridge —Duke is in administration at the University of Virginia. Lill and Bill Etter. Marie and Dick Fedon—Dick has his own construction company in State College, Pennsylvania.

Tennis anyone?

Audrey and Bill Fonts—Bill runs a barge company on the Mississippi. Mary and Ralph Frame —Ralph is back in Washington. Jane and Boyd Gustafson—Boyd has just retired and is living in the Yorktown area. Sybil and Bob Gibson.

Peggy and Hank Gorman—Hank works for Honeywell and sells a litde real estate on the side.

Fran and Bill Gibson—Bill works as a civilian at the engineering station in Annapolis. Helen and Jack Godfrey. Eleanor and Jay Howell—Jay has retired from his station at the Naval Ship Engineering Center. Vinnie and Lorin Hay. Ann and Jake Heimark—Jake is still practicing medicine in Mankato, Minnesota. K. K. and Mac Holt—Think Mac still teaches at Northern Virginia Community College. Mary and Stan Henderson. Fay and Stet Hills—Stet is with Honeywell in Massachusetts. Edi and Jack Hilburn.

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hoke—Lynn has just retired, but I do not know his plans. Elaine and Walt Honour—Walt is with the city government in Jacksonville. Beaver Horton. He is in great shape and showed it with an extended tennis match.

Anne and Pinky Joslin—Pinky is with Pratt and Whitney in Palm Beach. Joyce and Joe Jennings—Joe is a civilian in NASC. Russ King—Russ is an attorney in Santa Paula. Margie and Randy King—Randy has just moved to a new assignment in the Naval Ship Systems Command where he is Assistant Commander for Research and Technology. Ginnie and Bill KnuU— Bill retired and sells insurance in the Washington area. Fran and Jim Klay—Jim has a manufacturer's rep business in Utica, New York. Marguerite and Jack Keller—Jack is with Exxon in Washington and handles Congressional relations.

Ann and N i c k Karangelen—Nick is in the shipbuilding business in Baltimore. Algy and Stoney Kohn. Marie and Al Lemleiii—Al runs Grumman's commercial airplane plant in Savannah, Georgia. Jan and Alan Lee. Joan and James Lowery. Janice and Bob Lewellan. Betty and Bob Loomis—Bob is with the CIA in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. E. N . Lanciano. Marty and Jim Landon—Jim is on corporate staff at the Bank of A.merica in San Francisco.

Sara and Bob Long—Bob is Commander Submarines Atlantic. Scotty and Mac McElroy—Mac is with McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. Betty and Charlie Miller—Charlie works for Westinghouse at Friendship, Maryland. Ann and George Montgomery—George is back in where else but Wazoo City, Mississippi. Betty and D o u g Munnikhuysen. Ann and Jim Miller. Bette and Fred Miller—Fred has finished his Naval career at Key West. Kay and Ed Napier—Ed has also just retired from NOL—White Oak. Babe and D a l e Ness—Yours truly is still a Washington rep for Hughes Aircraft.

Berenice and Bob Newell—Bob manages the Rheem plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Alice and George Prestwich—George is VP Marketing for the RCA Defense Group. Ruth and Bill Payne— Bill just retired from his last assignment in NASC. Gin and Joe Patterson—Joe is retired in Williamsburg and has just gotten his MBA. Betsy and Scott Palmer. Carrie and T o m Rhees—Tom is retiring this fall from NASC. Kay and A. C. Russillo. Lois and Fritz Rau. Didn't even have time to talk to Fred who is from my hometown in North Dakota. Maurine and D a n Rienstra— Dan is with the government in Washington.

Hester and Jack Stockton.

Sherry and Gene Sullivan. Frances and Bill Stanard—Bill is in real estate in Norfolk. Nancy and T e d Snyder—Ted heads legislative affairs for the Navy. Carol and Bill Sherwood—Bill is in his favorite business—oceanography—in Rockville, Maryland. Pat and Ken Smith. Fritzie and Gerry Schlierf. Sally and Sandy Sandquist— Sandy is an attorney in Chicago. Pat and Fred Schnurr —Fred is with 3M in Ohio and nearing retirement which is hard to believe. Betty and

Ed Taylor.

Mary and John Trautmann—John is a broker in Alexandria, Virginia. Spike Turner, one of last Marines to retire, now living in beautiful Colorado. He says he is a ski bum. T o m Thomiades now wth McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. Ann and Phil Thalhamer. Mitzi and Jim VanPelt—Jim is retired and teaching at the University in Norfolk. Mary and Jack Wohler—Jack has just retired and is living in Virginia Beach.

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Pres., RAdm. Don Poe, USN Sec'y, Capt. Dutch Schulz 5100 26th St., N. Arlington, VA 22207 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. T. H. Polk, USN 3325 R St., N.W., Washington, D . C 20007 Percent Members: 43.0

Charlie and Betty Miller

Betty and Bill Wootton—Bill teaches in Claremont, California.

Norma and Paul Watson—Paul is also a recent Marine retiree at Quantico. Gordon Willis still in his own business at Roanoke. Melissa and W i n d y Whidden—Windy retired earlier this year and is on the corporate staff of the Northrup Washington Office. Joe Whitley came up from Raleigh where he had made his home for years.

Rosalee and Bob Young—Bob runs the General Cable Corporation plant in Waterdown, Ontario.

Dcannie and D a v e Zachary—Dave is an attorney at the AEC facility in Oak Ridge. Lois and Zeke Zellmer—Zeke with the CIA is presently on assignment with the Navy in Washington.

J. J. Cryan recently retired and has been appointed marketing manager for the Maryland division of the Chelsea Title and Guaranty Company.

Ralph "Snuffy" Jackson writes from Ithaca, New York. He recently retired from being CO of the NROTC Unit at Cornell. He has accepted a position at the University as Executive Officer of the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research.

Recently had the great pleasure of helping the Stanfords commission their swimming pool high on the North Bank of Weems Creek. This architectural achievement was designed, built, terraced and landscaped by Norm and Nancy. While swimming in the lighted, artistic pool, we had a commanding view, between drinks, of Weems Creek and all the natural beauty of the area. Sure beats rowing and sailing—and the hospitality was tremendous, as always.

Ray Burk, president of the Washington chapter, announces that the regular luncheons on the first Thursday of every month will continue to be held at the same location, Washington Navy Yard O Club. The 13th Company wardroom needs contributions, c/o Charles L. Miller.

Plans for the 30th reunion: Reservations for rooms should be sent to: Mr. H. Schieke, Holiday Inn, P.O. Box 1767, Annapolis, MD 21401. A check for $20 should be included. Paul requests that those attending send him a check for $30 for the Saturday night party for the favors, surprises and other festivities to Paul Crutchfield, 528 Hevitree Lane, Severn.''. Park, MD 21146. Telephones: (301) 987-1514 or (703) 525-2335.

As Jerry Rester indicated in his last column as corresponding secretary, the new slate of officers for the Class Association had been nominated. I can now report that the following slate was in fact approved at the class luncheon at Fort Myer on 12 June: President, D o n Poe; Vice President, Jack Barron; Secretary, Dutch Schulz; and Treasurer, Ski Dzikowski.

The rumor that T o m Polk would be the new corresponding secretary was, alas, only too true.

And just how this came about I am not entirely sure, except that in the happy euphoria of a threemartini luncheon at Ft. Myer, it seems I volunteered for the job. At least Sam Rorex says I did and Sam has a habit of remembering those things.

In any event the new slate of officers stands ready and willing to serve and would express its collective thanks to Sam Rorex and his outgoing officers who have indeed served us well over the past year.

One litde note of sadness: Paul Burdett's wife Zita died in Annapolis, Md., on 7 June 1973.

I am sure all my classmates join me in an expression of condolence. The class sent flowers and we have received a warm note of acknowledgement from the Burdett Family.

The last edition of Shipmate reported a '45 picnic and beach party in the Norfolk area hosted by the Blairs and Rawlings. This gathering was held at Frank and Fran Rawlings' beach house at Sandbridge, and the accompanying photograph will show you the participants. I spot Carvel in the foreground, but judge that Frank must have been the photographer. Carvel, incidentally, reports he has his MS in Physical Oceanography and is going for the Ph.D. at Old Dominion University—

perennial schoolboy. Thad Taylor has written in to advise that D o n Brooks was married to Mary Lou Drake on April 27 of this year at Ft. Myer Chapel. Robin Brooks was flower girl for her new mother and David Brooks is reported to have observed the ceremony with all due solemnity.

Thad represented '45 at the wedding and may we all wish Don and Mary Lou many years of happiness. Many classmates and wives met Mary Lou at homecoming last fall and we welcome her back to the Look-Alivers.

D o n Poe reports on the Alumni Association trip to Palma de Mallorca and Madrid in May. In his words "we did the whole thing—sightseeing over the island of Mallorca, Madrid, Toledo, Escorial; shopping and eating with time out for siestas. In Madrid we also saw Pete and Nellie Snyder (Deputy MAAG Spain) and Dowd Jamesson who is in business in Madrid. As to be expected, '45 led all the rest in numbers on the trip." The photograph was taken at Casa Botin in old Madrid.

Speaking of trips, we have another one coming up as part of our 30 years after celebration. This one is being staged or planned by "Doc" Prothro (and did you know that there are some people around who call him "Randy") ? This will be a Caribbean flight to Puerto Rico for 4 days somewhere between Feb. and May '74. If the details seem a little fuzzy to you it's because they are.

"Doc" may have them a litde clearer in his own mind but my deadline for this first effort as corresponding secretary doesn't leave me time to verify anything. I alert you, however, to a charter flight junket of '45ers to the Caribbean next spring, and the details will come into focus in due time.

Again I would remind all hands that the deadline for submissions of your biographical data and color photo for the "Thirty Years After" Book is September 1973. Karl Munninger will gratefully accept all submissions. Since many of the class (too many) don't take Shipmate, a little word-of-mouth advertising might assist in fuller participation. Come to think of it, in looking at my "Twenty Years After" Book, I wonder if anyone has contacted Sidney Angelo (p. 250) ?

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'45ers at "Casa Botin" on the Alumni Association trip to Spain

That's it for this issue. Give 'ole Tom a break and report the news from the four corners. I would like to tell it like it is, but, as Jack Anderson has said, if people don't talk to you, you have to tell it like it isn't. Did he say that?

He can't say that!

LOOK ALIVE!

46 Pres., Capt. A. M. Brown, USN Sec'y, Mr. C W. Kennelly 7911 Sleaford PL, Bediesda, MD 20014 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 4885 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Apt. 504 San Diego, CA 92117 Percent Members: 45.3 Well, it has been a full six months since I temporarily suspended my column-writing activities, hoping I'd find a way to improve my schedule of activities. It got worse, so I figure I might just as well return to the old grind! To those of you who noticed the missing column and inquired about my health I want to thank both of you for your interest. I'll try to pick up the pieces but right now my files are in a shambles. One nice think that has happened since I've "been away" is that six more classmates were picked to be Rear Admirals: Tom Faulders, Tom Westfall, Bob McKenzie, Paul Boyd, Hank Glindeman and Chuck Williams. That makes an even two dozen!

Dale B o w e n has orders from the Joint Staff, Commander U. S. Forces, Japan to the Staff of Commander, Naval Forces, Japan.

Paul Boyd has orders to be Deputy Director of the Joint Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Baldy" D a l e responded to my note in the February column: "I have been with the Aluminum Association since 1969, as Director of Environmental Services, and have the responsibility for all air and water pollution problems, plus litter and solid waste activities for the industry. I finally retired from the Naval Reserve early in 1972, having reached Capt. some years before. I had been unable to conrinue my acrive participation in the Reserves because of the press of civil responsibilities and so I decided that I may as well rerire. My last Naval Reserves job was that of Naval Advisor to Governor Lester Maddox in the State of Georgia â&#x20AC;&#x201D;rather an interesring assignment. I do occasionally see some of our classmates in New York, among whom are Doug Rodgers and Stu White.

The three of us got together for breakfast with Wally Schirra and enjoyed a morning of 'sea' stories."

T e d Dibble and Jan Osterli were married 2 Dec. '72 in Oxnard, Cal., and went to South America on their honeymoon.

Jack D e v l i n has changed jobs from Deputy Director, San Diego Branch, Western Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command to Public Works Officer, NAS, North Island.

W i l s Engel has orders from Naval Ship Systems Command Headquarters to OpNav, both in D.C. George Ellis retired from the Navy on 1 March '73 and is now affiliated with Crowell Real Estate in Arlington, Va. Bill Glaser has been appointed Manager, Thyristors and Recrifiers, at RCA Solid State Division, Somerville, NJ. In his new position. Bill will direct all engineering, marketing and manufacturing activities for RCA's line of silicon-controlled recrifiers, triacs and diacs. Bill joined RCA in 1961 and prior to that he was a district sales manager for Texas Instruments. Bill, Marie and four children live at 28 Overlook Drive, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922.

Hank Glindeman has been relieved as CO, USS RANGER and reported to his first flag billet. I know I'm raking a chance on being correct, but the last I heard it was Chief, Fleet Coordinating Group, Nakhon Phanon. No one can be sure about any orders nowadays!

Chuck Griffiths goes from Commandant, Fifteenth Naval District to be Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Enlisted Personnel Control.

Gene Gralla wrote in March from Wilmington, Delaware: "Just a short note to advise that Bev and I will shortly be on the move again. I have been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President for the Columbia Gas System Distribution Companies with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Anyone passing through can reach me at the Columbia Gas offices at 99 North Front Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; telephone 228-5611. . . . Have recendy seen Joe and Eileen Small while on vacation in Puerto Rico, at which time we ran into Jim and Maryann Di Santo '47. In touch with Russ and Gail Davis here in Wilmington from time to time."

Read recendy where Princess Anne visited USS LASALLE, flagship of RAdm. Bob Hanks, Commander, Middle East Force. Andy Jones has moved back to Houston, Tex., with Humble Oil Co. "Doc" Johnson has moved from the Staff, Commander, Amphibious Force, Atlantic, Norfolk, to the Field Command, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM. Marilyn and "Free" Jones became grandparents in a double ceremony on 22 February 1973. Their daughter, Diane, gave birth to twin daughters on that date. Marilyn wants to know if that's a '46 first. Challenge, anyone?

Marilyn says: "We love Staunton, Va., and Mary Baldwin College." D o n Iselin is now the Vice Commander, Naval Faciliries Engineering Command, D.C. Clete Kennelly sent along the following letter received from Jack Kearns, who retired from the Navy on 30 August '72. "We have no plans to go away from the farm. 'Redwood' is the remainder of the old (1754) family property. We have about 215 acres left with a rather substantial old house.

Jane and the children have been here since 1958 and none of us has any desire to move. The offers from the giants of industry have not been calculated to make us change our minds. I will not go back to Washington and their operations in Virginia have no openings for a man of my 'education and background.' In the meantime I am working with the local Republican Committee and particularly for Congressman Robinson, talks to various community groups, and last week an appointment to the Tax Board. If I fail to make a few enemies in the first, I should make up for it in the last. Janet (17) will finish high school this year and go on to Radford in '73. Virginia (14) is a freshman and not leaving for a while. Clifford (10) is in school this morning and I hope it lasts the day. When I look at that boy I don't see how anybody ever considered me a wild man.

Maybe next year I can sell the pony and get him a tractor. In any case they are all fine and enjoy country life."

Bob Ledbetter has "re-retired" (he continued on active duty with the Operations Study Group following his initial retirement in '71) and lives at 1543 Cedar Lane, Norfolk, VA 23507.

Have received the following note from D w i g h t Lane in Wellington, New Zealand: "After two and a half years in New Zealand as Defense and Naval Attache here, with additional duties as Naval Attache to Western Samoa and to Fiji, I am leaving next month for retirement on the 1st of August 1973. Since we have relatives, including our children, scattered up and down the West Coast from the Mexican border to the Canadian, I shall be confining my job-hunting to that part of the country. Until further notice my address will be 70 Park Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94595.

D a v e Leighton is one of seven AEC employees selected to receive the Atomic Energy Commission's Distinguished Service Award, the Commission's highest honor for an employee. Dave, who was also awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 1970, was cited for his outstanding contributions to the conversion of the U. S. Navy's first-line surface striking forces to nuclear propulsion. Dave serves as a principal advisor to the Director of AEC's Division of Naval Reactors on nuclear surface warships, nuclear submarines and civilian nuclear power fields. His Navy assignment includes the position of Program Manager for Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion, Nuclear Power Directorate, Naval Ship Systems Command. He is credited with "astute understanding and handling of policy issues, outstanding leadership qualities and highly effective management abilities" in a large number of sensitive assignments in the past 17 years.

Jack Lowell is now serving as Chief of the Naval Section, U. S. Military Group, Argentina.

He had been on duty in OpNav, D . C , since '71.

A. p. MacDonald retired on 1 Jan. '73 in D. C , where he was assigned to the Logistics Section of the Joint Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The latest address he gave was c/o Capt. Martin Miller, USN (Ret.), 9225 192 Place, S.W., Edmonds, WA 98020.

74 Friends of Cornelia Monthan will be saddened to learn of her death on 23 May 1973 in Tucson.

Services and interment were in Tucson on 26 May. George and two daughters, Christina and Leslie, live at 4215 Camino Arco, Tucson, AZ 85718.

Their oldest daughter, Margaret, is married and lives in Yuma.

Frances and Bob Mott have remrned from Vietnam and are living at 1111 Adams Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80904.

The Board of Directors of Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc., recently elected N e l s o n J. McDermott, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Hitchiner is one of the leading manufacturers of investment castings with plants in Milford and Nashua, New Hampshire, O'Fallon, Missouri, and Wallingford, Conn. Prior to joining Hitchiner, Nelson was Manager of General Electric's Large Jet Engine Manufacturing Operations in Ohio, Massachusetts, and New Mexico and for the past five years held the position of Executive Vice President. The McDermotts live at 9 Orchard Lane, Lynnfield, Mass.

Marilyn Jones sent along the address of G l e n n N o b m a n n , which is c/o Channel Lumber Co., 100 W. Cutting Blvd., Richmond, Cal., and advises that you won't be able to reach Lois at that address I Had a long conversation with Dick Vardy on the phone some time ago. He retired in July '71 and works for Value Engineering in D.C. Dick and Ginny live at 6809 Murray Lane, Annandale, VA 22003. We also had a nice visit with their oldest son, Jim, who had just graduated from college and was out enjoying the California sun and surf and not very seriously looking for a job.

Dick said that Harmon P e n n y , who was also working for Value Engineering in their D.C. office, has moved to their San Diego office, located at 105 W. 36th St., Suite E, National City, CA 92050.

Harmon lives at 2850 Willow Glen Road, El Cajon, CA 92020. Joe Russel has been relieved as Commander, Submarine Flotilla One in San Diego and taken up new duties as Chief, National Strategic Target List Division, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska.

Speaking from experience, I don't envy anyone going from San Diego to Omaha!

D o d y Sinclair was recendy elected Chairman of the Naval Academy Board of Visitors, replacing former Chairman H. Ross Perot. We saw Dody recently in Los Angeles and I'm pleased to report that Dody hasn't changed a bit! He was also elected a Vice President of the NBC Affiliate Board of Directors at a recent meeting of NBC Affiliates held in Los Angeles.

D a n Walker, Governor of the State of Illinois, recently visited the Naval Academy and was presented a suitably inscribed photograph of the window to the room where Dan and D o n Iselin lived. I'm sure Dan brought a few winces from the authorities by revealing that he had used that window as an escape hatch. All the same, I'll bet that didn't reveal any new secrets to the Midshipmen! That's all, "Daisy."

47 Pres., RAdm. S. J. Evans (SC) USN 8437 Toll House Rd., Annandale, VA 22003 Sec'y, Capt. J. L. Moss, USN (Ret.) 21 Alpine Dr., Ladiam, NY 12110 Percent Members: 45.2 The mailbag brought very few letters these past two months but the available news runs the full gamut from a happy celebration for the return of two prodigal sons to the sadness and solemnity of full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

Capt. William F. Regan died after a massive heart attack suffered in his home in Jacksonville on 11 June, while serving as a Destroyer Squadron Commander Eight, after an outstanding career as a Naval Officer. His classmates and friends will miss him. Bonnie plans to stay in Florida where daughter Gail will attend college. The Regans' seventeen-year-old twin sons, Jeffrey and Eric, are in high school.

At the other extreme of the emotional spectrum was the happiest occasion for the class in years as '47 had a welcome back party for Jim Stockdale and Jerry Denton. Jack Stevens provided the excellent photographs and also the following write-up of the occasion.

Everything was coming up roses Tuesday evening, 22 May, as 152 classmates, wives, and guests gathered in Robbie Brady's back yard to honor Sybil and Jim Stockdale and Jane and Jerry Denton. The visitors were in Washington in connection with President Nixon's gala dinner honoring the POWs and graciously were able to squeeze in a few hours to renew acquaintances with classmates. The whole affair fell neatly into place as the weather cooperated, the food and beverages

were plentiful and classmates came in droves from far and wide to make it truly a grand evening.

Robbie Brady in the role of host introduced the honorees and both Jim and Jerry made brief but inspirational talks. Jim made it all seem worthwhile as he publicly paid tribute to his Naval Academy training, our plebe year together and particularly the '47 classmate camaraderie that provided such a steadfast support for both Jim and Jerry. There were quite a few moist eyes as Jerry echoed the sentiments (through jaws swollen as a result of intensive dental work) and also thanked the class for the 25th yearbook dedication. Memotable evenings like this one don't just happen and special thanks must go to the Bradys who took the big gamble of turning their home and yard over to our wild group and to Robbie in particular who conceived the entire affair and pushed it to its successful conclusion. It's impossible to list all the attendees but the accompanying happy pictures give you a feel for the fun that was had by those lucky enough to be there.

George Grove has relinquished his tide as Mayor of Alongapo and returned to San Diego, completing his fifth deployment to Vietnam this last one as ComDesRon 13. George reports seeing several classmates during the deployment including Bill N i v i s o n (ComDesRon 17), Bill St. George (CCD Flot. 11), Bill Russell (StaffCom 7th Fit), Fred Bromley ( C O . AO107) and also Vicky and Haley Rogers in Yokosuka where Haley is ComNav for Japan. Recent bachelor George has orders to be CO Naval Activities, U.K., in London, and mentioned something about Christine Keeler, but I don't know of any classmate by that name. Many thanks for the newsy letter, George.

Bruce Oliver reports on the change of Command at ESO Great Lakes at which Bruce Smith relinquished command and simultaneously put on

'47ers Stu Evans, Jim and Sybil Stockdale, Robbie Brady and Jane and Jerry Denton

HOMECOMING '73â&#x20AC;&#x201D;OCTOBER 13 There will be a tailgate party at Dick Hall's trailer in the Stadium parking lot at 11:30 before the game. After the game there will be a party at Crofton Country Club, Crofton, Md. Cocktails will be at 1900, buffet dinner at 2000, and dancing at 2100. The cost will be $20 per couple. For information please write Stu Savage, 6445 Eppard St., Falls Church, VA 22042 or call him at (703) 533-7726.

'47ers at the party honoring POWs

'47ers Mary Bell, B. B. Brown, Tom Bell and Lil Cummings

75 the two star shoulder boards. Cal and Bruce Smith are en route to Washington where Bruce will be at NavShip. The Smiths' new address is 1504 Mintwood Drive, McLean, Va. 22101. If that address sounds familiar, it should. Bruce and Cal bought the house from Caroline and A n d y Dowd. The Dowds are headed for Long Island where Andy will be General Manager, Technology, Photocircuit Division, KoUmorgen Corp. Andy and Caroline will live at 48 Idle Day Drive, Center Port, N.Y. A recent arrival in Washington is Bill Harris, who has reported to OpNav from his former job as Chief of Staff at the Naval War College. At press rime, Jean and the family were still in Newport and did not have a Washington address.

Bill Nivison also has orders to the Washington area as Deputy Director, Naval Communicarions Command from his Destroyer Squadron Commander job.

From the sports pages, hope you noticed that Art Oiler is on the Princeton crew now competing in Henhy, England. Art graduated from Princeton in June and is the son of Doris and Bill

Oiler.

Stan Gary, CO of the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, hosted a class family picnic at the Indian Head O Club on Sunday, 24 June. More than 60 people attended and all reports indicate it was a real success.

A few months back there was a picture of Anne and Dave Ansel's daughter Eleanor raising her right hand to become an Ensign, USN. On 7 July, Eleanor raised her left hand to receive a ring and become the wife of Lt.(jg) Robert Eric Elster at a beautiful ceremony at the Naval Academy Chapel.

Jim Stockdale has asked that the following be passed along to the class via Shipmate: "Among the many attributes of our education at Crabtown, it was, in my opinion, the best possible preparation for the kind of prolonged ordeal Jerry Denton and I underwent in Hanoi. Probably in no other environment are the 'hard but fair' lessons of plebe year, the fields of scrimmage, and the 'sink or swim' academic system so directly applied. As Jerry and I tapped out our orders from our solitary cells during the early tough years (and each of us spent over four years so confined and thus stood in the upper one percent in that jcourse), it was comforting to know that we could count on the whole-hearted support of that liberal sprinkling of junior classes that was in our midst. May that feeling of USNA mutual trust and confidence never change.

"Since coming home, my bedside reader has been our 25-Year Book. What a pleasure it has been to re-enter this world and become aware of the overall class profile at middle age—a profile of productive citizenship and achievement.

"Few events since my return have been so inwardly moving as the affectionate reception we received in Washington by that great crowd of classmates and wives on 22 May. For that, Syb and I sincerely thank all in attendance, particularly our class president, Stu Evans, and especially our host and hostess, Robbie and Pat Brady. My replies to the many welcome letters should be in the mail soon."

Jerry D e n t o n sent in the following letter: "Please relay via Shipmate my deepest gratitude for the spirit and labor which Jeep Donaldson, you, the Yearbook Committee, the Saturday Working Parties, the Founders and Plankowners and the whole class of '47 devoted to the Silver Blue and Gold Edition. Being included with Jim Stocksdale in those to whom the edition was dedicated is an

honor to be cherished forever by us and our families.

"I wish Jim and I could have shaken the hands of all of out classmates at Robbie Brady's party in May which we enjoyed so thoroughly. Especially I'd like to thank face-to-face each man who worked on the Silver Anniversary Edition.

"Our class has given me a deeper appreciation for what the word classmate really means, and I'll be looking forward to news of you all in my future copies of Shipmate. I'm awed by the fabulous worldly attainments and successes of many whom I read about in the 25th Edition. But as Jim said at Robbie's, 'the race is not always to the swift,' and as Kipling tells us, both triumph and despair are but imposters. Each man in our class, living and gone before, is related closely in the Brotherhood of Man from the quality contribution invested in our souls at Bancroft through mutual experiences which bind us in devotion to God, Country, Service, and Class. This devotion and brotherhood is what really counts.

"Thank you all for your prayers and actions which sustained us and brought us home in honor.

Please continue to pray for me and mine as I shall continue, as I did daily in Hanoi, to pray for you and yours."

And so our class, as a group, continues to have the full range of human experiences: the joys of reunion, professional success, promotion, weddings; the despair of death, the unhappiness of separation and divorce, and the disruptions of moving home and family. So it is that those who survive become more of a band of brothers with each passing year.

That is all for now, I had better get the column in the mail before it gets lost in the bottom of a packing box when those packers come tomorrow.

Note that both Stu and I have new addresses.

Please write.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, VA 22302 Percent Members: 35.7 We hope that by this reading everyone has his plans finalized for coming to Homecoming, Friday and Saturday, 12 and 13 October. As mentioned before, the class 25th superdo is Saturday nite at the Boathouse. For those who will be able to get to Alexandria on Sunday, Carolyn and George Ball will have their new swimming pool open, BYOL and BYOB, that's all you need—St. Stephens Road.

I have some letters this month. For openers here's my old ex-wife, W i l l i e Ayers, from Coronado: "Since I have resubscribed to Shipmate in order to reap the benefits of your monthly tidings.

'48 gathering at the Harveys'

I find that I have been volunteered as the class agent for '48 here in the San Diego area. My, but time flies. I am writing this from the faculty lounge where I am completing my second year of teaching math in the Sweetwater Union High School District. If you remember your S.D. geography, it encompasses National City, Chula Vista, and Imperial Beach. My school is only 1 Vi years old, and is located on what is called Otaz Mesa— nothing but brown hills five years ago. It's a 20minute drive down the Strand from Coronado with all the traffic going the other way.

"Our oldest, Steve, graduated from Navy in '71 and went Supply because of his eyes. However he made sub school and is presently S.O. in NARWAHL (SSN-671) out of New London. He made JG early and on his last deployment qualified for his line dolphins and we're quite proud of him. He married last November and he and Tricia live in Gales Ferry. Our daughter, Johnne, graduated from Wesley College in '71 and flew for a while as a stewardess for Delta out of Adanta. After a year the glamour wore off and she returned to San Diego. She is working for a travel agency here until next December when she is getting married to Jeff Bingham, ex-'69, who graduated from Washington U. After the wedding they will live in the Far East, Hong Kong or Tokyo. Our youngest. Shelly, is a freshman at Coronado High, and the main point of interest in her life is her thoroughbred, which we keep stabled at NAS Imperial Beach."

Our man at USNA, Max Morris, is to be relieved by Don Forbes '50 as Commandant very soon. Max is headed back to Washington and a billet with CNO, so he will not be in charge of room when we descend in October for the big celebrations. However, we hope he will be there to answer for all his hard work.

Helen and Dick Sprince report that they are grandparents of one Matthew Scott Poteet, born at Fort Bragg on April 21. Unusual in that the other set of grandparents are, of course, Kitty and Pete Poteet.

Old faithful former Shipmate columnist, Dick Hoffman, Cdr. Oceanographic System Pacific, sends a note and pics from Honolulu: "Thanks to Don and Debbie Harvey I have a litde item for you. Ever since I came to Pearl, Mary Lou and I have talked about getting members of the class together for a social evening. Whenever we ran into anyone from the class the subject came up and all seemed to be in favor. The only problem was that none of us ever got around to doing it.

Don and Debbie, however, took the bull by the horns and hosted a most pleasant gathering. All known members of the class in Hawaii attended except Angus and Mavis McDonald who had an unbreakable prior commitment and Mike Ames with babysitter problems!! (Dick's pics are good.

76 I hope one or more can be printed.) Dick also reports that John Bilderback recendy assumed command of SERVRON 5— in addition to CO KAWISHIWI—and, shortly after the Harveys' party, Congrats were in order on Don's selection to flag rank.

Speaking of admiral selectees. Bob Geigef has been frocked in Washington as Manager Navy Space Programs in the Naval Electronics Command. Geigers' daughter Barbara was married in June to Donald Toohill, son of Capt. and Mrs. Don Toohill, *47.

Now here's some news. Old longtime DC Areatype Willie Lee is packing it all up and heading back to the old hometown, Greenville, N . C , where he is going to be the Headmaster of the Carl B. Pace Academy, a prep school covering all grades, 1-12. He and Edwina in addition to revolutionizing Tar-Heel education are building a home in Greenville, and should be installed by the end of July. Daughter Edwina, Jr., is at UNC nearby, and in June, daughter Nelle was married to Mr. Larry Wade Hayes in a lovely outdoor ceremony presided over by Bill's brother, and held at Keith O'Keefe's wife Natalie's mother's beautiful farm in Fairfax, Va. Several days later old WW Lee was seen at George Ball's pool opening sporting a salt and pepper wig, most becoming, which caused all hands to watch him most closely to see whether he would flip it or not.

From Paul Riley, 6490 SW 112th St., Miami, FL 33156: "1972 was a fairly eventful one for the Rileys (even including shaving off my beard).

Evelyn and I welcomed it on vacation at the Sheraton-Miami, and ended it just after having checked in for duty with Eastern Airlines in Miami, a fine group of people. In between, we nominally resided in Houston. Had no luck locating Hawaii-based classmates, except for correspondence with Tom Hayward, who had just left.

In early June, the family visited TRANSPO '72 at Dulles Airport, during which time we were house guests of ever hospitable Bettye and Ty Dedman.

"As you know, I made the reunion (stag), and plan to do so again this year (drag). On the way home last fall, I stopped in Arlington to chide ex-PG mate, Bill Sallada, for non attendance.

Likewise in Richmond with ex-roommate, Jim Ruehrmund. He and Elsie graciously provided lodging despite no notice (a bad bachelor habit I still exhibit). Further south, I located one of our plebes, Dave Webb '50, in Biloxi. Then over to New Orleans for a visit with Don and Anne Harlan of '49 and ex-'48. My next trip was from Houston to Miami via Atlanta. In Atlanta I called on Roger and Amante Carlquist at their NAS quarters. Roger advised that Jess Holshouser had retired to the Ft. Lauderdale area, but so far I've only spoken to Betty Jo by phone. However, I have seen a fair amount of Chuck Schneeman (also at Eastern) and of Gerry and Beverly Moore, who are practically natives here in Miami.

"The new job is entided Manager, Special Projects—Engine Overhaul. So far, I've mainly been concerned with a large alteration project on the mighty Rolls-Royce RB 211 engine, which powers Eastern's L-1011 fleet. The job has other interesting facets and, by coincidence, was once held by Chuck, who has recently become Director, Base Maintenance for Eastern. Evelyn and I hope to attend the Georgia Tech game in Jax this November and will look for '48ers there."

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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: 35.5 Bill W y n n e sends us a report from the clean-up detail in Haiphong harbor. He, Ed Briggs, and Wes Lindsey were busy with Operation End Sweep when the photographer caught up with them aboard the USS N E W ORLEANS. John C. Barrow and the USS ORISKANY were also in the area at the time. Bill reports seeing Andy N e l s o n , Joe Ekelund, and Chip Higgins in Vietnam and Bill Bodager at Takhle Air Force Base in Thailand. Bill is the Officer in Charge of Construction at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Bangkok and gets involved in construction in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Diego Garcia. Anyone passing through Bangkok is invited to give him a call at the OICC office.

Fred Buckingham has joined Aerojet-General in Tacoma, Washington. He is manager of ship design in the Surface Effect Ships Division and is involved in the design and development of advanced seagoing and amphibious high speed air cushioned vessels.

Bill Armstrong was elected Vice President of the Navy Supply Corps Alumni Association at the association's annual meeting in Washington last May. Bill v/ill serve a one-year term as vice president followed by one-year term as president.

A l Balch retired last June and has moved to Dallas where he is in the industrial land development business. Ralph Ghormley has taken over as the Commander, Naval Base, Gitmo. Randy Y o u n g is now CO of the Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown. T o m Nerazek has been appointed Director of the Atomic Energy Commission's Division of Reactor Research and Development in Richland, Washington.

In view of T o m Parsons' scheduled departure from the Washington area this fall an election was held in June to determine his successor as a member of the Executive Committee. Mort N e e l y was a unanimous choice for the job. Our thanks to Tom for an outstanding job during his tenure.

One last reminder, if you are planning to attend homecoming on October 13 and haven't made your arrangements yet, get in touch with Jack Benoit for information on the festivities. Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Annapolis Hilton Inn and must be received by the Hilton no later than September 21.

WASHINGTON AREA The occasion of Mort Neely's election to the Executive Committee was his return to the Washington area. Mort arrived during June and is in OpNav 601. T o m Parsons moves to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C. Pete Swanson has departed OpNav and is now the Commanding Officer of the Naval Command Systems Support Activity (NavCoSSAct) at the Washington Navy Yard. Henry Hoppe, who retired earlier this year, has been recalled to active duty and assigned to the Navy Appellate Review Activity at the Washington Navy Yard.

The luncheon turnouts have been quite good of late. After much pestering by T o m Gunning, Orlando W a l l managed to make the May gathering which was his first appearance in some time.

Chuck H o w e and N e a l Clements were in town

Wes Lindsey, Bill Wynne and Ed Briggs

and also were present. These four were joined by Barrow, Magee, Grabowsky, Bauman, Sanders, Klein, Ringwood, Bruce Brown, Beckwith, Albers, Hammer, Benoit, and Wamsley.

The June luncheon was attended by Swanson, Barrow, Juncker, Magee, Albers, Wentworth, Ringwood, Gunning, Bruce Brown, Bartholomew, Wallace, Neely, Hoppe, Dotson, Bauman, Myers, Hammer, Benoit, and myself. This was the first time in many months that Bill W e n t w o r t h and Ray Wallace were able to attend. It was good to see them and we hope they can keep it up.

June marked the last time Bill Myers will be with us for a while. He is off to San Diego to take over as ComCruDesGru Three.

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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 Members: 42.2 The June luncheon in the Pentagon almost passed unnoticed by those in the Washington area; however, the continued interest evidenced by the mail makes it appropriate to list the attendees— Corky Angleman (son Alan enters USNA, Class of '77), Jim Kennedy, John Brick, John Henderson, Don Jarrell, Wayne Jensen, and Ward Lasley.

Ward always forgets the luncheon date and comes late, but even when he remembers an hour late, he still shows! Others in the area take note.

Betsy and Phil Ryan were in Washington on 1 June on a direct trip from San Diego to San Francisco to his new command of HANCOCK. D o n Jarrell departed the Pentagon on 18 June for an assignment as the Deputy Commander at NOL, White Oak, Md. Don and Vi will be in quarters at: 10701 Green Acres Dr., Silver Spring, Md. W a y n e Jensen left BuPers on 30 June, commissioned Helicopter Sea Control Wing One in Lakehurst, N.J., and immediately moved to Norfolk where the Wing will be homeported. He is living in the BOQ at Breezy Point while looking for housing, therefore all letters may still be addressed to the Arlington address listed in the heading above. Cliff Church, D a n D u n h a m and Ray Barber are all on AirLant Staff. Ray's situation is similar to Wayne's in that his family is still in Philadelphia awaiting housing in Norfolk.

Shades of Plebe summer—you still get all the milk you want in the wardroom.

R i p Van Kleeck was in town the middle of June from the NATO Staff in Belgium and announced that he was back on a short leave to see # 1 son graduate from Princeton and to commission him in the Army. George Shick, CO of WORDEN in Yokosuka is en route to ACQS CinC USNavEur. He was delighted to learn that the

77 Navy will let him nave some leave stateside before the new assignment. George Jessen is moving from CO Nav Air Rework Fac, Pensacola to project manager of the S3 in AirSysCom. Dick Fox checks in to announce that he will have orders soon to be our Attache to Spain. He and Shirley are eagerly anticipating the assignment.

John Brick writes that he recently received his Master's degree in education from American University and that he is anticipating an assignment with the Chief of Naval Training. Walter Clarke sends word from ComNav Glenview that the loss of 0-6 aviation pay was the final straw and his present intentions tend towards retirement. Benita and John Farrell are enroute from Sigonella to Hawaii and wish to send Aloha to all their friends.

Dick Powell has finished the Harvard Management Senior course and will report soon as CO AUSTIN.

John Holmes writes from 12521 Foster Rd., Los Alamitos, CA 90720. John retired in March of 1971 and got into the ship piloting business in Southern California. He now has his unlimited Master's license and Pilot's license for Los Angeles and Long Beach. His largest job to date has been 125,000 DWT. John admits it is more of a challenge than a Yippie Boat and in fact the most fun he has ever had from a job. Pearl and John have three children with the oldest at the California Maritime Academy. They see Alice and Mort Richardson regularly. Mort lives in Palos Verdes and is the Executive Secretary of the World Dredging Association.

Avon Products has announced the appointment of Dean French as General Manager of the Com pany's Sales and Distribution Center in Rye, New York. Dean has been with Avon since 1970.

He and wife, Geri, have two daughters and call Greenwich, Conn., home. John M c N a b n e y writes from Munroe Falls, Ohio. John departed active duty in 1962 and joined the company with the blue and gold house flag—the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. John and Lydia liked the Akron area so much that they have been there ever since. However, John acknowledges that he just can't turn down the company's latest offer and so they are moving to Luxembourg where John will assume the duties of Director of Automotive Engineering, Europe.

Bill Farnsworth has forwarded three years of class dues to J o h n Brick—another hint to all

concerned. Bill is the manager of Raytheon Company's Planning and Public Relations Division (Equipment) and he and Jean live at 64 Yarmouth Rd., Wellesley Hills, MA 01778. Their oldest is a freshman at Brown. He passes that Gerry and Skip Orem visited them from Akron, Ohio, where Skip works for Babcock and Wilcox. Skip has just finished Advanced Management School at Northeastern University. It was Bill's sad duty to inform me that Gordon Prince had died while scuba-diving off Falmouth. Gordon had left the Navy in 1962 and had been with Raytheon Co. since that time. His wife, Joan, three sons and two daughters make their home in Wayland, Ma. George Bottom has relieved as the Commander of the Senior Reserve Post in the 12 th Naval District. George is with the Marine Division of Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Sunnyvale, Calif.

George entered the Reserves in 1955 and resides with wife and five children in Santa Clara, Cal. George B o w e n sends dues and reports his latest address as 2624 Whiteleigh Dr., Adanta, GA 30345. Betty and Bill Whittle have been up to the Maryland University Hospital in Baltimore from Macon where Bill underwent a long series of tests. It was finally diagnosed as MS and Bill acknowledged that while he wasn't exactly delighted, he was nevertheless pleased to be informed that they now knew the problem. I was up to Baltimore to see Bill and would like to report that I think he looks very good. You know that we all wish you the very speediest recovery.

Bill.

George Bottom

D e k e Forbes was relieved as the Commandant of Midshipmen at USNA. Coming down from the CO of NAS Quonset, we sincerely hope more base closures are not in the offing, Deke! Deke and Roz are very much pleased with the assignment— let's all see them at homecoming—how many extra bedrooms are there in the quarters?

Just one final anecdote to the previously reported flag promotion of John Coughlin. After John was frocked for his present assignment in JCS he returned home late at night on the first day to find daughter Kelly (age 4) waiting up for him to

announce, "I don't mind your getting home late— I am just glad you are an 'ANIMAL.' " As all can see, the incoming correspondence is growing. Please continue writing so that all in the class may be kept informed.

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Pres., Capt. W. W. DeGroot, BI, (CEC) USN Sec'y, Cdr. Bruce I. Meader, USN (Ret.) 5609 South 5th St., Arlington, VA 22204 Percent Members: 41.8 Over the span of the last 22 years, the "Dark Ages" have shifted 180 degrees. It seems they now come in July, which is another way of saying that class activity has been slim this summer.

Maybe it's the Washington smog. In any event, the summer lethargy is such that for the first time in a long time we didn't even have a monthly luncheon in July. However, that is being remedied and in a big way. Jack Hamilton is arranging a "come for lunch and bring your golf clubs" luncheon at the Springfield country club in September.

Homecoming this year will be the biggest '51 event since the fabulous Twentieth Reunion.

The date is 13 October, the attraction is the Navy-Syracuse football game, and the site for our festivities will be the Bay Ridge Inn. By now you should have received the Association of the Class of '51 annual report and all the dope on Homecoming; however, if you have not, send $9.00 per person ($18.00 per couple) to V . C. Benjovsky at 610 Kensington Avenue, Severna Park, MD 21146 now, and then make it a point to be there. Make your check payable to "The Ass'n. of the Class of '51, USNA, Inc." We're going to have a sumptuous feast and our own band, so wear your stretch pants and dancing shoes.

Three enviable sets of orders were executed this summer: Kin McKee to Naples, Italy; Ward DeGroot to Gulfport, Mississippi; and Robin McGlohn to CO NROTC Northwestern University. Seen back in the Washington area are Grafton McFadden and Brad Granum.

Those returning to Washington will find no dearth of financiers, brokers, and life underwriters amongst their classmates. In the life insurance business are Jack Hamilton (New York Life) and Art Ward (General Services Life); the broker/investment corps includes Ashby Reardon, Harry Gamber, George Yeager, Pete Hilgartner and W . J. Bill Thompson.

See you at Homecoming!

On 17 July, John Tillson wrote from Alumni House that following three years on Malta and in Naples he had retired and was headed for San Diego where he will join other submariners at Dolphin Realty. (Those old sewer-pipe sailors recently did a great job of selling Bruce Meader's house.) John returns to his house at 4055 John Street, San Diego, CA 92106. He writes, "We all (Presh, Scott, 17; John, 16; and Dana, 11) are enjoying revisiting Annapolis—particularly my prospective Mids—plus visiting with Presh's mother, Mrs. Scott Lamb ('19). . . .

"Must admit it's great to be back in the land of the big PX where the land is clean and beautiful, the cars large and roomy, and the natives all friendly. To one and all—do look us up in San Diego. Our door will always be open."

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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: 39.7 The summer months at the Naval Academy are coming to an end with the Brigade reforming on 5 September. The class of 1977 has had a good summer and is "eagerly" awaiting the return of the upper classes.

A recent note from the Air Force reports LCol. Les Hewitt is now Director of Intelligence with the 26th Air Division at Luke AFB, Arizona. Les' wife Loretta is also an officer (Capt.) in the Air Force.

Biscuit W e v writes: "Sorry Petey and I missed the party—we were out of town. We retired last summer (1972), am happily employed with Lulejian & Assoc., Inc., an analytical systems planning firm and we're living at 2344 S. Pierce St., Arlington, VA 22202. By the way, we live not more than five minutes from Washington National Airport and frequendy hear from short and long term layovers. It's no strain to hop over and pick them up. If anyone is breezing through and needs aid and comfort, please feel free to give us a buzz (521-5961).

"My two roomies are in town—Bob Curran and Jim Snyder. I'm trying to break them loose for a luncheon/party, but it's tough. Also, I see T o m Keefe every few months. Tom's XO Polaris Missile Facility, Pacific—that's in the Seattle area.

Tom was widowed several years ago and is now engaged to a lovely gal from the Seattle area.

They'll be married sometime this year, pending completion of a house which Tom is having built.

"I'm really looking forward to this year's football season under George Welsh. Hope to see all of you guys out there supporting our club this year."

From the USMC class of 1952: Recently selected for Col., USMC: Hans G. Edebohls, Ray G. Kummerow, Paul K. German, Evan L. Parker, Dan C Alexander, Harold L. Blanton, Wendell P. Morgenthaler. Personnel changes '73: Thomas L. Griffin, State Dept. to Hqs. Marine Corps; Paul K. German, Naval War College to NavAirSysCom; and Charles W .

Henry, Jr., Air War College to WestPac. Still on Active Duty—22.

A nice note from Jim Severs indicates after twenty years' association with Air Force helicopters, he has transferred to the Bell Aerospace Company, New Orleans Operations, where he hopes to spend twenty years in surface effect ships. His new vocation should put him in touch with old Navy friends. Jim hopes that anyone who passes through New Orleans will give him a call via Slidell, La. information.

Red Stein asks that each of us read and consider the following: "Dear Classmates, "In anticipation of our annual class dinnerdance and business meeting scheduled for 25 May, and in order to provide all of you with some thoughts on class activity, I thought you would all be interested in the following information: "I've had some lengthy discussions with Jack Sheehan, who has honored us all by his appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, and Doane Kiechel, who continues to enhance his business reputation at Booze-Allen, concerning a seminar

for classmates who have decided to pursue a second career. Both Jack and Doane have been advising classmates for a long rime on these matters.

Jack suggested that we make a formal presentation available to interested parties who have made a decision to retire. Both Jack and Doane have offered to arrange for knowledgeable people to speak to the group.

"The seminar is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, 8 September, 0830-1600, at a motel conference room, probably the Twin Bridges Marriott Motel. There will be a charge to defray the costs incurred, i.e., room, coffee, lunch, etc. We anticipate no charge by any of the speakers. I'll be looking for some help in making the motel arrangements and publicity. Volunteers?

"Our class constiturion has been in need of revision for some rime, and some legal questions on liability and taxation were raised by some classmates. A lawyer has now reviewed our charter and rendered a response to the above questions. I will also receive, in the near future, recommended changes to our constiwtion which will take advantage of our past experience, and will enhance our ability to function smoothly and more effectively.

It is my intention to appoint a committee for the purpose of preparing a revised constitution and to submit it to the class for approval by the end of 1973. This will permit a revised organization to take charge of the class when my five-year term as your president expires next May. Volunteers?

"I have been somewhat disappointed at the lack of responsiveness on the part of many classmates to assist and participate in class functions or to accept class office on an annual basis. I appreciate fully the demands on your time. All of us are busy and most of us are on the job 12 hours a day, civilian or military. Many are quick to criticize if our organized functions don't quite measure up to expectations, but some of these same individuals are reluctant to assume any class responsibilities. We need people who are willing to make the effort and take the time. There has been a noticeable decline of interest since our 20th reunion celebration, which perhaps is natural, but I would like your support in reversing the trend.

"I also think it's time to resurrect some of Doane Kiechel's well-developed ideas presented a few years ago, but not subsequently implemented.

For instance: consultant advice on our financial status and investments (hopefully by qualified classmates); extension of the formal class organization into other geographic areas (this will be included in new constitution discussions); improved method of maintaining a current class locator; selection of a chairman and organization to arrange for our 25th reunion; and a self-help program for classmates—the second career seminar is a step in this direction.

"All of these ideas beg attention, consideration and some action. I'd certainly like to hear your suggestions on these proposals.

"There are a lot of loose ends hanging which require a concerted effort on your part to ensure we have a 'going' class organization. I very much want your help to make the next 12 months an action year for '52. Red" In closing, let me remind you that our class luncheons are held on the third Thursday of the odd months at the Navy Yard Officers' Club from 1130-1300. The luncheons include guest speakers on topics of interest. All stationed or living in the Washington area or passing through are invited.

See you at the home football games: Penn State —22 Sept., Syracuse (Homecoming)—13 Oct. and Air Force—20 Oct. Beat Army.

Bill

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Pres., Cdr. C O. Anderson, USN Sec'y, Mr. R o n Gurnsey 7400 Colshire Dr. McLean, VA 22101 Percent Members: 33.6

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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 55 Sheridan Rd., Arnold, MD 21012 Percent Members: 29.9 WASHINGTON AREA NEWS On 14 March we had a grand gathering of the Capitol area contingent of '54. 108 stalwarts welcomed Guest of Honor, Jim Bell, ex-POW. Jim, looking better than some of his chubbier, balding, and greying classmates, poignantly expressed his delight to be back (echoed by several standing ovations). He said that at one time or another over the years of incarceration, he roomed with our other classmate ex-POWs Pete Schoeffel, Ed Martin, and N e d Shuman. Jim avowed that the classmate throngs were strong and upholding. Ed came back with Jim. At the time of the luncheon, Pete and Ned were on the good guys list and, of course, are back now. Welcome home, classmates!!! Welcome home to all our POWs! There being so many classmates in the area, and this luncheon being such a success, future '54 luncheons have been set up for the second Wednesday of every month. So please join the

Jim Bell with welcoming classmates

Jim Bell, "It's great to be back."

79 Fitz W o o d r o w starter-kit at Cinders Steak House, 1500 S. Joyce St. (in River House Apt. complex), Arlington (near Pentagon) on the 2nd Wednesday of every month! No-host bar opens 1130. No reservations needed. Lunch at 1215.

(For our Air Force friends the big hand is on the 12 . . . etc.)

The editor precludes printing the luncheon 108 attendees, but it was great visiting with "long time no sees." Luncheon attendees did include newly selected AF "Bird" Colonels Conny Seagroves and John Brasher, as well as B.G. selectee, John Pustay. Congratularions to all! Conny announced a planned '54 gathering at the Bethesda O Club on 11 Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;details to be promulgated courtesy of Pete Vogelberger via the mailing list. (If you're not on the D.C. area list, please call B o b Sheehan, OX 4-2862.) Also in the planning mill is a July repeat of last year's very successful fatherson day at USNA. On 11 April the second session of the '54 stalwarts met at the Cinders. A good turnout included some new faces who were unable to make the previous luncheon, including B o Collins, Mike McCaffree, and D o n Walsh. It was another great get-together made all the nicer by Jim Bell's attendance once again. Chuck Rose made it from Crabtown. Hope to see all D . C / A n napolis area folks at the next 2nd Wednesday monthly luncheon. Keep those cards and letters coming in, folks!!

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at NAS Lemoore getting ready for his Air Wing on MIDWAY in November '73. Ken Jurgenson is on ComFleet Air Lemoore Staff at Lemoore, Cal." Martha (Mrs. John) Boardman writes from 3015 Washington Ave., Pascagoula, MS 39567: "I'm writing for John, as it will be 5 years before he gets around to it! The Shipmate has just come, and I note the request about relatives of deceased classmates. I can supply info about Bob Rodecker, who, as you may recall, was John's closest friend at the Naval Academy. Bob's parents are Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Rodecker: 2602 Buehler, St. Joseph, MO 64506. We had the pleasure of visiting them last summer. Our family invested in a 24' Winnebago last June, and our first trip was thru Ark. and Mo., places none of us had ever been, and one of our stops was to see Bob's folks. It was amazing, when we got together and had such a glorious two days, to realize that we had met them only once, at graduation, and that had been 17 years before. We felt very close to them thru Bob, who often visited in my parents' home in Virginia.

"I am enclosing a recent shot of our family. We are in front of our 'dream home' built 5 years ago on an acre lot here in Pascagoula. We are about 4 mi. off highway 90, so no excuse if anyone comes by. We love it here, and John enjoys his work as Director, Nuclear Material Support at Ingalls, division of Litton Industries. He has been here since July '69 when he got out of the service.

It's fun now as we begin seeing more and more classmates who are with their ships at the yard."

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: 27.7 A reminder that homecoming game against Syracuse U. is scheduled for 13 October this year.

The class will have the annual homecoming dinner-dance at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday night after the game. Tentarive plans are to have a sit-down buffet at 2030 hours with dancing to begin at 2200 until 0100. Pay as you go bar will be available. Announcements will be sent out to locals in early September. Out-of-towners can contact me at 7708 Jaffrey Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20022; telephone number is 301-248-9013. Suggestions on how we can make this a memorable affair are most welcome.

The class is holding monthly luncheons for all in D.C. area on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Cinders Steak House, 1500 S. Joyce St., Ariington. Bar opens at 1130 ($1.00 per drink) with lunch at 1215 at $3.25 per (including tip). A system has been established to call people as a reminder and a "yes" via phone is considered a firm commitment. A check for $3.25 may also be sent to: Cdr. C. M. Plumly, 4503 Sonata Ct., Fairfax, VA 22030. If you haven't been called or desire more information on this call Bob Hinton at OX 2-4923.

H o w i e Alexander has written to advise of some recent locations of classmates: "Rolf Shepard is here at NWC (China Lake) with me. He's the Head of Personnel. Buddy Parker left VX-5 about a year ago for service on the USS ROOSEVELT. He's in line for a squadron soon, I believe. W. K. (Dusty) Rhodes is on the Third Fleet Staff. Was at Coronado but I believe is in Hawaii now. Doug MacCrimmon has his Air Wing. Saw Bret Streit

The John Boardmans Marion and Otto Zipf submit the following: "We took a space available trip to Spain in May for about 2 weeks. Flew from Dover to Torrejon to Rota, all compliments of the Air Force, and returned. There was a slight delay of four days while waiting in Torrejon for a broken C5A that didn't want to return to CONUS. Appears that this is SOP for those monsters, but the travel on them is first class.

"While in Madrid, stopped in to see Shirley and Steve Lowe. Steve is AOICC, Spain, and his office is centrally located right on the Plaza de Espaiia.

We had a very enjoyable evening, with drinks at their apartment and then dinner in town.

"In Rota we bumped into Hood Powell, who arrived there in the summer of 1971 as XO of F W C They moved into the quarters that we vacated, and have been told that their normal threeyear tour has been extended to four. Sounds like a rotten break?!

"Lena and Stan Kuplinski are still in Rota, where Stan is OIC of the NavSecGru. We didn't get to see them, but understand that Stan is moving this summer, and probably to another overseas job a litde further east.

"On our return trip we met George Tsantes as

he was passing through Torrejon on emergency leave. George is CO of one of the destroyers recendy moved to a new homeport in Greece. He was heading home to the west coast to see his ailing father."

Gordon Bedford's present address is OinC, U. S. Navy Purchasing Dept., Box 20, FPO San Francisco 96659 and he writes: "I am still in Hong Kong, but expect to retire from here on 1 August, having completed twenty-one years service at that time. We will go from here to the Fiji Islands, where I will be Managing Director of a newly-formed company called Galleon Cove Ltd. The firm is oriented towards the tourist/leisure market, and we will be involved with land development and import/export. I expect that this will be a challenging and interesting second career.

While I do not have a new address as yet, you can reach me through J. H. Mair Ltd., Terry Walk, Suva, Fiji Islands."

Some news from Geoff Gardner who writes from Computer Sciences Corp., 1701 N. Fort Myer Dr., Arlington, VA 22209: "This is just a short note to let you know that I recendy accepted a new position with Computer Sciences Corporation.

I am Director of Public Systems Program Development, responsible for marketing CSC to the Civil/Health/Law/Social Services sectors of federal and state governments. I'm delighted with this new opportunity and thought I'd pass the word along. As you know, CSC is the world's largest supplier of computer software and related technology. My new boss is Frank Ostronic, class '53, so the Naval Academy is receiving solid representation in another leading computer company.

Susie and our little Cindy are doing just fine and it's hard to believe that Cindy will mark her first year on 15 June."

Edward B. "EB" McHale was recently presented the Meritorious Service Medal for his service as Air Warfare Readiness and Capabilities Officer on the Staff of CINCPACFLT. The citation accompanying the award read in part: "Lieutenant Commander McHale was direcdy responsible for the timely introduction of electro-optical weapons and numerous other advanced aviation weapons systems into the fleet inventory. Through his consistendy outstanding performance, superior professional knowledge and meticulous attention to operational detail, he made many valuable contributions to the successful accomplishment of the naval air mission in Southeast Asia and within the Pacific Fleet."

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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: 29.1 Another issue of Shipmate and, thanks to John Henry, a bit of news. John writes: On 5 June there was a lively gathering of the Tidewater area '56ers. John and Varena Henry and Karl and Shirley Peterson rounded up a group of 33 for a candlelight dinner in the SACLant Mess.

For many, it was the first time for such an event, ro it was an overwhelming decision to try to have a get-together every 3-4 months. Jim Cannon and Dale McClure were "unanimously" volunteered for the task of planning the fall "bash," but since that night Joyce and Jim Sikes have volunteered the use of their lovely country estate out in the Great Bridge-Chesapeake area for a pot-luck or cook out at that time.

80 Classmates and their wives in attendance were, besides Henrys and Petersons, Forsters, Michaels, Flatleys, Fostes, Sikes, Booths, Betts, Gaylors, Alexanders, Cannons, Kelsors, McClures, Moziers, Greens and Al Newbury, whose wife was busy selling real estate and couldn't make it. Al is at SACLant.

During the evening everyone was asked to jot down something for Shipmate as there has been a lack of '56 news for a long time.

Landess and Frank Kelso have four children.

Frank has command of BLUEFISH ( S S N - 6 7 5 ) and

lives in Va. Beach.

Alice and Jim Cannon—^Jim left Command of MuLLiNix (DD-944) and is now at CinCLant Fit staff, living at Va. Beach.

Alletta and D a l e McClure at ComOpTEvFor with the MK 48 torpedo program fighting off Jack Anderson columns. Living in Va. Beach with two St. Bernards and four Siamese cats.

Betty and Jerry Green were disappointed because everyone failed to take off their clothes at the appointed hour—2100. Come see us in Ghant, Norfolk.

Larina and H o o t Foste are alive and well.

Pete Booth was just relieved of Command VF-U and is on his way to OP-60. Pete and Carolyn have two daughters and presendy live in Va. Beach.

Jim Flatley was just relieved as Commander of VF-31 and is en route to staff of ComNav AirLant at Norfolk. Presently Vic and Nancy are living in Va. Beach.

D a n Michaels and wife Effie have two boys and have been in Va. Beach since 1967. Dan is in Command of VF-103 homeported at Oceana.

Sally and Roger Betts live in their "home"— a 45' Columbia sailboat, while Roger is Commander of "Plymouth Rock."

Barbara and B u d Alexander arrived in Norfolk in July 1971 after 27 months in Command of COBBLER ( S S - 3 4 4 ) in New London. Bud is

FBM Ops planning officer on CinCLant staff.

Joyce and Jim Sikes now live in the city of Chesapeake, Va., on the road to Triple-R-Ranch.

All classmates are cordially invited to drop in to the "Oasis in the desert."

Jean and A l Gaylor said it was a good party, "Let's have more of these." Al is on the SACLant staff also.

Varena and John Henry live in Va. Beach with two children, a boy and girl. John is an Ops Analyst on SACLant staff, and expects to be here several more years.

Someone at the party saw Jay Maston over Memorial Day break. He has AEOLUS ( A R C - 3 )

and has just completed post overhaul REFTRA. Lives in Portsmouth, N.H. Jim Flatley said, "The best company I've been with in 17 years and 4 days. I just can't figure out why all these other guys have hair." Hear hear! I Jack Fellowes was unable to attend because of an 8th grade graduation in his family, but we hope they can attend the next party.

Other '56ers in the area who couldn't make the reunion because of being at sea or some other litde thing were Carrigans, Donovans, Gluse, Hulls, Sullivans, Ellis, Van Metres, Dyers, Butts, Jaegers and Burts.

It sounds like the Norfolk group had a great time reliving old times. This might be an idea for other areas where many classmates are located.

A new year is starting here at the Academy.

On 9 July about 1430 plebes took the oath of office. We feel the class of '77 (does that make

you feel a litde older?) has great potential and contains one of the best group of athletes ever to come to Navy.

Once again a reminder of our home football schedule. Three great games: Penn State, Air Force and Syracuse. Plan now to back the Big Blue and George Welsh. Get your tickets early, as we expect sellout crowds for the Penn State and Air Force games. NAAA has the tickets.

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Pres., Maj. Fritz Warren, USMC Sec, Mr. Frank Barnes 7705 Falstaff Rd., McLean, VA 22107 Corr. Sec, Cdr. D . M. Collins, USN P.O. Box 7539, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Percent Members: 33.3 Welcome back from summer. Hope all of you had a good, restful change-of-pace. Here in Washington, D . C , we took July and August off: no class activities. But now that September is here again, I'd like to remind everyone that our class luncheons are on the second Tuesday of each month Sept.-June, 1100-1300, at the Officers' Club, Boiling AFB. Homecoming is 13 October. Everyone come and plan to attend the '57 Dinner Party at the Bay Ridge Inn. You'll each get a notice by mail with all particulars.

As you know, between 4 Oct. '66 and 6 Nov. '72 six of cur classmates went down in combat in SEA. John Burns (18th Co.) and Leo Hyatt (1st Co.) have been repatriated. Welcome home John and Leo. We're proud of your service and glad to have you home again. We are also proud of the service of Herb D o b y (19th Co.), Dick Hartman (6th Co.), John Peace (19th Co.) and Bob Brown (20th Co.) who are still listed as POW/MIA. We pray that they are returned home soon. John Burns is tentatively slated for orders to VF-126, NAS Miramar. Leo Hyatt is slated for orders to VA-45, Cecil Field.

FROM HERE AND THERE Barbara and Fritz Warren and family have departed .D.C for duty in Djakarta, Indonesia.

Fritz, you still owe me an article.

B o b Strange (18th Co.) is CO of USS JONAS

INGRAM out of Mayport, Fla. Bill Romoser (4th Co.) tells me that Bob is somewhere in the Middle East. On 26 June Bob's ship rescued 54 survivors from the Indian merchant ship SS SAUDIA while on patrol in the Arabian Sea. In May Bob met Bill Peerenboom (3rd Co.), CO of USS NOA, in Mombasa, Kenya. Understand that Bob is getting up a "bash" after the Navy-Georgia Tech game. If you plan to attend let Bob know at 556 Osborne Ave., NavSta, Mayport, FL 32228 (Tel.: 246-2025).

Jack Cook (11th Co.) plans to resign and enter Yale Medical School this fall. Because Jack and I were wives for four years and because I know how dearly Jack loved the service, this news is received with mixed emotions. Our best wishes go with you, Jack, Di and family.

C. James Hattings (2nd Co.) has been appointed marketing manager of fastening tools for Stanley Tools division of The Stanley Works. Jim was previously with United Aircraft Corp.

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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: 33.9 The Executive Committee of the Class Association met on 26 June at the home of A l Barbero.

Some of the more newsworthy items discussed were as follows: Nominations for class president received in response to the February Newsletter were reviewed. John Poindexter, Paul Polski and A l Carretta led the long list of persons nominated by a significant margin. Their names will appear on a ballot to be included with the Homecoming Newsletter (which you should have received last month). The resolution concerning sponsorship of the Eighteenth Company Wardroom was passed by a vote of 198 to 60. Accordingly the secretary was directed to communicate with the Alumni Association indicating our support for a period of five years in an amount not to exceed $400.00 per year.

Al Barbero announced the forthcoming transfer of two members of the Executive Committee from the Washington area, Gary Roberts and Ralph Buck. John Rohrbaugh and George Jenkins were nominated to fill these vacancies for the remainder of the term which expires on 1 Oct. 1973.

The chairman (Al Barbero) will appoint a nominating committee and an election will be held at the Washington Chapter Class Luncheon in September. All members in the Washington area are encouraged to attend. The luncheons are held on thea last Thursday of each month at the Ft. McNair Officers' Club. Contact Jack Pierce for reservations (202-297-7897). The subject of establishing life memberships in the Class Association was discussed. Your comments on this idea are invited. Those of you who attended the last Homecoming are aware of the poor condition of our class banner (the one traditionally displayed on the water tower). Accordingly, T o m Sinnott and Paul Polski were commissioned to procure a new banner for our Fifteenth Anniversary.

WASHINGTON CHAPTER MEETING The June monthly luncheon was highlighted by election of officers for the forthcoming year. Jack Pierce was elected to succeed Paul Polski as chapter president and Bruce W i l c o x was elected Treasurer.

HOMECOMING Plans for our Fifteenth Anniversary Homecoming are actively being made by the Homecoming Committee (John Rohrbaugh and George Jenkins).

As mentioned earlier, a newsletter was mailed in early August to all those for whom we have current addresses. Your prompt response will make it much easier for the committee to finalize their plans.

DIRECTORY As this is being written (July) we are carefully reviewing and updating our mailing list and hope to have a new directory in the mail with the Homecoming Newsletter on 1 Aug. Failing this, we will have it in the mail shordy thereafter.

MAIL BAG I received the following biographical sketch from D e n n y Taft: "As I told you when I saw

81 you at the Naval Test Pilot School recendy, I have been planning to write during my career at least one letter for our class column in Shipmate. By die time this gets into print we'll have celebrated our 15th anniversary since graduation from USNA. Sylvia and I are also celebrating our 15 th wedding anniversary this June. Congratulations to all you other classmates who are celebrating similar anniversaries.

"After flight training I served about 4 years in a Patrol Squadron based in California. One year of study at Monterey preceded a 26-month tour of postgraduate study in England, all of which led to an M.Sc in Aero Engineering. For the next three years I was home-ported at Whidbey Island, Washington, flying the A-3. Two deployments to Southeast Asia in the carriers CORAL SEA and HANCOCK served to broaden my travel experiences.

I have been at the Naval Air Test Center as a test pilot for the past 3 years. Sandwiched in with all the moves, we added to our family two daughters in California, two sons in London and our last litde daughter here in Maryland. I've had a lot of highlights during my Navy career, but one of the biggest occurred last year when I was the first Navy pilot to fly the new S-3A, during the Navy's first evaluation of this airplane.

"In nearly every country I've been in or at whatever dut)' station I've been posted, I have managed to meet former USNA classmates, too many to completely list here. During Easter of 1969 I was on my way back to the States, with a short stopover at NAS Atsugi, Japan. There, in a nearly empty BOQ lounge, I met Tony Miller, USMC, for the first time. He's now stationed at NATC, Pax River too. Similarly, I ran into Mike Moran, USAF, in the USAF Columbia Club Hotel in London back in 1967. In June of 1969 I made a short, fast flight to Midway Island to pick up some newsfilm of a conference President Nixon held there. Lo and behold, I exchanged greetings with a busy Chuck Larson, USN, who accompanied the President on that trip. Last Christmas I had a telephone call from one of my old roommates, Ron Randall, wishing me Merry Christmas at two o'clock in the morning. I now have his phone number and I'm giving him fair warning that one of these days this summer the old 'plebe wake-up detail' will be calling bright and early with a 'Good morning, Mary Sunshine.'

"Last fall I tried on the Midshipman Dinner Dress Blue coat for the first time in nearly 15 years. I managed to button the first six buttons, starting at the neck. Afer struggling for about 15 minutes with the rest of the coat's buttons I had to agree wih Sylvia, 'Yes, I have put on a few pounds since graduation.' My children were watching, laughing and wondering how I ever did fit into that coat. To them I replied, "I was a very thin Midshipman.' Just a matter of communication. On the subject of communication, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the letters our classmates have sent into Shipmate over the past 15 years. Well, Ernie, time to close for now. Hope you are enjoying your tour at USNA and that it's easier the second time around. I'll probably see you at one of the football games in Annapolis this fall. Keep in touch."

Gerry B e l l o w s recendy accepted a position with the city of Boulder, Colorado, as finance director. After leaving the Navy in 1967 Gerry attended the Harvard Business School when he received his MB.A. Following graduation from Harvard he spent one year with Kaiser Engineers and three years with the City of Oakland, California most recendy as Assistant to the Director

of Public Works. Gerry is a member of the American Society of Public Administrators and the Society of Governmental Accountants. He, his wife Rusty, and children Niki and Christopher reside at 780 Yale Rd., Boulder, CO 80303.

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Chmn. Exec. Com., Cdr. Edward B. Baker, USN Sec'y, LCdr. Martin J. Fiaerty, Jr., USN P.O. Box 1692, Annapolis, MD 21404 Percent Members: 31.2 HERE AND THERE The Washington area class luncheon schedule has been modified to meet on a quarterly vice monthly basis as has been attempted over the past several years. The gathering for this quarter was held on 2 July 1973 with nineteen classmates in attendance. New faces in the group included Mike Stevens and Bill Palmer, both Lieutenant Colonel's in the USAF. Bob W i l e y was missing having been recently detached from OpNav and en route to his destroyer command. Jim W i l s o n completed his XO tour in June and will be arriving in the Washington area in mid-July joining the Trident Program in NavShips. Carl Albrecht is scheduled to arrive at the Naval Academy this summer to join the group of approximately five classmates already serving at USNA. D o n Cromer recendy received the Meritorious Service Medal for his outstanding performance as Chief of the Communications Branch, Space and Missile Systems Organization, Los Angeles Air Force Station, Cal. Don holds an MS degree in electronic engineering from the University of Denver and also graduated from the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He now serves as an electronic engineer with research development at Headquarters, USAF. About one year ago it was reported that J. G. Richards Roddey was appointed Director of area banking in the International Division of the North Carolina National Bank. He has now been named North American Area executive for the bank.

-Anyone needing a loan should keep Dick in mind.

W i l l i a m E. Richardson, wife, and six chddren are in the process of moving to Charleston, S.C, where Bill is XO of the USS FRANCIS SCOTTKEYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gold. The Richardsons just purchased a new Naval Academy Woman's Club cookbook, so anyone in the area might look forward to some unique culinary treats in the future.

Don't foiget Homecoming is only a month away. Have you made your reservations yet?

RISE AND SHINE WITH '59!

60 Pres., Mr. Henry A. Lawinski Sec'y, "Chico" Chavez 619 W. 37th St., Austin, TX 78705 Acting Sec'y, W i l l i a m Dimsdale 1316 Hawkins Lane Annapolis, Maryland Percent Members: 35.8 A l H o l d e n has been elected a senior economist and head of the International Economic Section in the Economics Division of Bankers Trust Co. of New York. Al joined that company in 1970 after earning his Ph.D. from Syracuse in 1968. Al is presently living in Brooklyn with his wife Lorianne.

I received a note sent to Chico by J o h n Rodgers with a color photo of D e n n y Moore enjoying a can of beer while cooking a steak on John's charcoal grill. The photo is too dark to print but the letter is printed here in its entirety.

"Sorry that the enclosed photo of Denny Moore is so poor, I didn't have enough light. Denny spent most of the day (May 13, 1973) with the Rodgers family. He was very relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed himself. Denny said he needed to slow down because trying to make up for lost time (7 years 3 months) was starting to wear him out. By the way, Denny is in excellent physical condition (taking all things into consideration) and his mental attitude and well being are outstandingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's just amazing! Our class can really be proud to have him a member." I think John says it as well as it can be said.

Ken Batchellor, D o n D e l u d e and I all work together at the Naval Weapons Engineering Support Activity, Washington Navy Yard, Wash., D.C. We are in the DOD phone book so give us a call.

Al Holden

HOMECOMING NEWS This year's Homecoming Committee, consisting of D o n Delude, Bill Townsend, and Hank Phillips, has informed us that in addition to an innovative Rent-a-Truck tailgate party preceding the game, arrangements have been made with Paul's Restaurant across the South River on Riva Rd., for a cocktail/buffet dinner party. Mixed drinks will start at 85^ on a pay-as-you-go basis.

The main courses for the buffet will include roast beef, lasagne, ham and broiled seafood. Cost for the full dinner, tips included, will be $6.00.

Responding to a number of requests that we had last year, this plan will enable those who can come only for a drink to do so, as well as allow those who want to make arrangements for a great meal to join us for dinner. A dance band will be available later in the evening.

A detailed flyer is being mailed to classmates for further edification of homecoming activities. If any additional information or clarification is needed, please feel free to call or drop a line to either Don, Bill or Hank. See you at homecoming!

82 Joe saw Mark Dittrich in Vermont in 1970.

Mark had resigned from the Air Force and was working for IBM in Winaaski. D a n H o u t o n was in destroyers for several years and got into riverboat action in Vietnam. He subsequendy left the Navy and attended Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston. He married Kathleen Kilgore of Washington in 1970 and they now have a daughter. Dan is active in community affairs and politics in the Boston area, having unsuccessfully bid for John McCormack's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dan is now selling insurance in the Boston area.

Charlie Stackhouse cuts cake with Bob Shupe MCing

'61ers together at USNPGS

61 Pres., Mr. James Traa Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. K e n n e t h G . Craig, USN 389-C Ricketts Rd., Monterey, CA 93940 Percent Members: 31.8 It is with deep regret that we report the passing away of J o h n E d w a r d Boyer. (See July-August "Last Call.")

Maj. J e r r y Bennett, an Air Force PAO release informs us, is an intelligence officer with the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon, AFB, N.M. Jerry recently participated in a large training exercise at Ft. Hood, Tex. Jerry has completed 39 months of combat duty in Vietnam and holds the aeronautical rating of senior pilot.

J o h n F r e n c h relates that work for a large civilian firm is much like the Navy in the respect of transfers. After leaving the Nuclear Navy in June '67, the Frenchs moved to Vienna, Va. where John worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In July '69 John took a position with Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems in Pittsburgh, Pa. The position was that of Manager, Operator Licensing, responsible for all final training and licensing of Westinghouse customer personnel on their own nuclear power plants. In addition he was responsible for the Westinghouse nuclear training facilities at Waltz Mill, Pa., and Saxton, Pa. During this time Judy was supervising the construction of their new home in Pittsburgh.

In Jan. '72 John was promoted and transferred as Manager, Westinghouse Nuclear Training Center, Zion, III. The job is a satisfying and challenging one. The center has its own nuclear reactor exclusively for training and is located near two 1100 MWe Zion Nuclear Units. The heart of the center is a nuclear plant simulator which simulates the operation of the Zion I nuclear plant in its entirety.

Judy, Jennifer and Matthew are all fine and enjoying their new living area, Zion, 111. Jenny is in the 2nd grade and loves school and Matt is a terror and developing into a great baseball player.

Classmates in the area are encouraged to drop John a note or phone. The Frenchs' address is 401 Holdridge Ave., Winthrop Harbor, IL 60096.

F r a n k K i r k completed his batde with the books at the College of Command and Staff, Naval War College recently. He kindly enclosed a list of classmate graduates of that school and their new duty stations.

Tom Anderson, Supply Officer, MCAS Beaufort, S.C; R. T. Davis, Naval War College (stash) then on to XO/CO VA-12 (Jun. '74) Cecil Field, Fla.; Frank Kirk, XO USS ANCHORAGE (LSD 36) San Diego; J. J. Kulesz, Student, German War College, Hamburg, Germany; Jim Luper, XO VP-1, Barber's Point, Ha.; John Quarterman, Test Pdot (stash 18 mos ) NATC Patuxent, Md. then XO/CO HS-3 (May '75) Athens, Greece; Kent Riffey, XO MCB 62, Gulfport, Miss.; Bob Ross, BuPers, Wash.; Gary Seneff, War Gaming Center, Naval War College, Newport; Wayne Smith, XO USS SPIEGEL GROVE (LSD 32) Norfolk. Thanks,

Frank, for the information!

B o b W . Smith is enjoying life in Orlando, Fla., as a real estate/commercial lawyer. As a former roommate of John Boyer, he would appreciate any information concerning John's demise.

N o r m P i g e o n is headed for the War College at Newport. He completed a tour as CO of Ocean Unit Five. Norm and Dick Stengel (DDS) would like to put together a busload of '61ers and friends to Boston for the BC Game on 6 Oct. Contact Norm or Dick in the Newport area for details and a mighty fine time.

J o e Benedict is now a LCdr. in the Navy for the second time. That's correct, the second time, this time as a LCdr. Medical Corps. Joe assisted in getting a program changed to allow active duty officers to remain in the Navy while attending medical school. Joe attended the Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine from '61-12 (including one year of pre-med studies) and graduated being demoted to Lt., MC. He then completed his internship at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Joe, recendy promoted back to LCdr.. is beginning his residency in Pathology at Bethesda. An old desire satisfied by many years of hard work and effortâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;congratulations. Doc!

Joe, in 1965, married one of Dan Houton's sisters, Catherine, and they have two sons. The Benedicts enjoyed their life in Vermont and now are about five minutes from Bethesda. Joe would enjoy hearing from classmates in the DC area.

Phone 301-949-6484 (home) and 295-1603 (hospital). The Benedicts live at 9910 Thornwood Rd., Kensington, MD 20795.

Joe has heard from D o n C o u l l a h a n , who is in his 3rd year of medical school at Vanderbilt, Tenn.

Get it done with '61.

62 Pres., LCdr. John Hewitt, USN Sec'y, LCdr. H o w a r d Pinskey, (SC) USNR-R Captain's Enterprises 2521 Riva Rd. Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 36.1 The Brigade is back, George Welsh is in command on the football field and the class of '62 is making final plans for our Homecoming '73 party.

This gala, in honor of our returned POW classmates, will be held at the Ramada Inn in Lanham, Maryland, on Saturday evening, 13 October, after we beat Syracuse. A flyer has been sent out to the class outiining details of the weekend. If you have not received one, please contact me at my above address.

From the insurance world comes news that Ray Sisk has been appointed assistant secretary, bond department, at Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. He received his Master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1969 and joined Connecticut General that same year as an analyst. He was advanced to senior analyst two years later.

Ray is the executive officer of the Naval Reserve Submarine Division 3-11, New London. Active in community affairs, he has recently been elected to a 6-year term of the East Granby Board of Finance, and has served as external vice president of the local Jaycees this past year.

83 The Sisk family has four children and lives at 91 Old Country Rd., Granby, Conn.

The sunny shores of Miami provide the setting for Daves Jones and family. After acquiring an MBA degree in Pennsylvania, Dave joined the Weyerhaeuser Company in Seatde. They purchased a new subsidiary in the real estate community and Dave is now Vice President of planning and development.

Another of our Air Force classmates has recently been promoted to Major. Bill Chavanne is oiu- man and is now comptroller for Headquarters, Southern Communications Area at Oklahoma City Air Force Station. Bill holds an MS degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

While on AcDuTra recendy in San Francisco I was regally entertained by Steve Chadwick and his lovely wife Maureen. After his second tour in Vietnam, Steve was "relaxing" by attending the Transportation Management School. He has orders to be the Executive Officer of the destroyer OWENS homeported in Mayport, Fla. The family has just moved to Jacksonville and Steve has three schools to attend before assuming his duties around early December.

They have been in Durham two years where Dick has been in Duke's Surgical Residency. He is going to spend a year in cancer immunology laboratory next year and then finish the 5 or 6 years of his residency. Marlene and Dick were expecting their first baby in May. Best of luck to you, Dick.

George Huber of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been named Acting Director of Research for Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania. In his new position, George will be responsible for the administration, planning, and direction of the corporation's research and reimbursement development activities. George joined the Western Pennsylvania firm in 1971 as Research Associate and became Assistant Director of Research in March, 1973.

George attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a master of science degree in industrial engineering, and the University of Southern California, where he received a master of aerospace operations management degree.

George is a member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, Hospital Management Systems Society, Operations Research Society of America, and Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers. George, his wife Marylyn and their son are living in Pittsburgh.

BITS AND PIECES

Carl K o l o n is with First National City Bank and working on Wall Street as a Product Manager of bank services. Dick Omohundro and Carl had lunch together in New York. Dick is now in Boston as the President of a Mutual Fund (closedend bond fund). Carl and Barbara are looking forward to the entire Homecoming weekend.

Now a little news to bring you up to date on the Driskells. After Grad. and Supply School, Fran and Dave were married. Dave was assigned to a LPA in Norfolk and then to NAS Cecil Field for two years. In '68 Dave went to Vietnam where he was the supply officer for a joint command in Da Nang. After Vietnam it was Rota, Spain, for three and a half years. Now Dave is attending PG School at the University of Kansas where he is studying for an MS in petroleum management.

T o m D a d e received his MBA from Penn State in June. Cole Lindell will not be able to attend homecoming since he has received orders to the joint staff at Hq., US European Command Stuttgart, Germany. Jerry Huss is going to try and make it back from Fleet Air Wing 10 at Moffett for homecoming; however, as of 30 June FAW 10 was disestablished and now Jerry is a part of ComPatWingSPac. Jerry occasionally sees Carl Bohle who is in VP-9. T o m Monaghan was promoted to the position of Engineering Manager at the R. T. French Co., Souderton, Pennsylvania plant.

Dick Luker is flying for Western Airlines in San Francisco and serving in the Reserves at the Alameda Naval Air Station.

Don "Sarge" Miller is stationed at Marine Headquarters in Washington while Mike Tansey is on duty at the Pentagon.

Steve D o d d has recently reported into the Washington area as the Naval Aide to President Nixon.

Wayne Hickman is with the Raytheon Service Corp. in Rockville, Md., and John Baehr has been elected mayor of the city of Spartansburg, S.C. As of this writing (mid July) we are still awaiting word of our four classmates listed as MIA. Brad Cuthbert, Lamar Heiskel, Charles Lee and Smokey Tolbert are still missing and they need our prayers.

Please pass the word about our Homecoming '73 and we all look forward to seeing you there.

63 Pres., Mr. Thomas E. Bowman, III Sec'y, Mr. Eli Dabich, 543 Manor Rd. Severna Park, Md. 21146 Percent Members: 36.3 Our sincere sympathy goes out to Sheila and Dave Reif on the loss of their son, Paul, age 3, last November. Paul died after an eight-month siege with cancer. We are so sorry to learn of this tragic loss. Dave sold his business and is now in training for the job of account executive for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith. He will be assigned to the Tulsa office upon his return from NYC in October. Dave ran into Mark Griffiths in the offices of Martin Marietta in Orlando. He was there, as was Dave, seeking business for their respective companies. Mark is an account managerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Forgings for Alcoaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and is now living in Adanta, Georgia. Dave was working for Dorsett Electronics at the time. Dave and Sheila are planning on coming to Homecoming.

Richard Gregory left the Navy in '67 after two years in the J. STRAUSS ( D D G - 1 6 ) and

two

years in the GRIDLEY ( D L G - 2 1 ) . He and his wife,

Marlene, moved to Indianapolis where Dick graduated from Indiana U. School of Medicine in 1971.

HOMECOMING NEWS The response to the mailing for the 10-year reunion has been great. As of 12 July we had 54 classmates who had made firm commitments for the homecoming package. Many other classmates from the local area have made reservations for dinner. Please return the forms with your checks so we can firm up our plans. We anticipate about 300 people at the Saturday night class party. It will be a weekend to remember. The following list are classmates who are staying at the hotel. Let's joint them and have a ball!

Mike Krause, Bill Brinkley, Tom Sollars, Ray Kutch, C B. Cole, Charles O'Leary, Ted Del Gaizo, Jim Newberry, Mike Colston, Glenn Martinsen. Bob Polich, Ed Walsh, John Donegan, John Conroy, Joe Clancy, Ron Tcrwilliger, Art Weidner, Jim Hand. Bob Lyons, George Emery, Bruce Allitt, Dave Reif, and Charles Gosnell.

Also Gay Hopkins, Gary Thomas, Dennis Meredith, Gary Baldwin, Ron Machens, Ted Healy, Richard Rogers, Mike McQuown, Tom Reemelin, Don Lachata, Scott Wilson, Terry Abell, John Boley, Bob Niss, Richard Kell, Stuart Setde, Ron Reihel, John McClure, Bill Hughes, Win Orgera, Jim DeFrancia, Bob Price, Ken Metviner, Dick Omohundro, Dave Puckctt, Chris Munger, Bob Hecht, Dave Driskell, Olen Thompson, Bernie Kelley and Pete Vreeland.

64 Pres., Lt. Thomas J. Swartz, USN Sec'y, LCdr. James S. Baumstark, USN USS G. P. LiscoMB (SSN-685), FPO NY 09501 Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Grant Fulkerson, USN Weapons and Systems Eng. Dept.

USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 34.8 Jerry Hogan's wife, Melissa, wrote that Jerry is still MIA in North Vietnam. Let us continue to remember all our MIAs and their families in our thoughts and prayers.

Another sad note was received from Mary Holian. She doesn't think Shipmate was notified of her husband's death, Jim Holian, in June '71.

Jim died of cancer. He is survived by his widow, Mary, twin daughters, age four, and 3 stepchildren.

Although our expression of sympathy is very belated it is nevertheless sincere.

The initial response to the Newsletter information sheet was good, but has since slacked off. If you didn't receive a questionnaire or have misplaced it, please contact me so the directory can be as complete as possible.

It was so nice to hear from Ted Triebel. Ted said after his release he returned home to an enlarged family. He was greeted by his wife, Carolyn, children, Gretchen and Toby, and a new son, Jacob, 5 mos. and seven new puppies. Ted will be attending University of Washington for his Master's degree. Welcome home, Ted! Judy and Morris Kemple, Morry and Laurie Ann are enjoying his PG Tour at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. Morry wrote that the educational opportunities are excellent and it's also a great spot from which to travel. Paris, the Riviera, Munich and the Alps are al! easily reached. They have learned to ski and are looking forward to more travel and skiing before returning to the states in August of '74. The Kemples would love to see anyone from '64 in the area.

Tony Taylor writes that he was working at ComOpTevFor in Norfolk with another classmate Mike Pemberton prior to Tony's resigning from the Navy. Mike is still living in Virginia Beach.

Tony, Gritta and son Roger are now living in Arlington, Va., where Tony is now a test and evaluation engineer with Northrop Services, Inc., direcdy supporting Trident Program at NavShips.

He was surprised to find another classmate B o b Roberts, also an engineer, on the Trident program. Tony also saw Dick Shapack recently.

Dick is a submarine supply type on duty in the area.

Jack Zimmerman is entering second year Law School at University of Texas. He is on excess leave program with the Marine Corps. Ilene and Jack have two children, Terri and David.

Bobbi and A l e x Krekich recendy made some close friendships with members of our sister service. Alex was one of four Navy students attending the U.S. Army Command & General Staff

84 College, Leavenworth, Kansas. Maintaining the old "Beat Army" spirit paid off when Alex graduated with honors (top 5 % of the class). In October he will return to sea duty as XO of the USS JOHN KING (DD6-3), homeported in Norfolk.

Michael Foley resides in Spring (Houston), Texas with his wife, Carolyn and children Jennifer and John Paul. Mike is with Delta Airlines. He sent news along of several classmates. Brian Y o u n g is a Delta co-pilot living in Pompano Beach, Fla. Brian is presently on two weeks active duty in a P-3 in Europe. His wife Judy is joining him in many European capitals. Mike reports having partied recently with Bill Lifsey, who is working for Frito-Lay in management training program, Karl Vogeler, who is in charge of the computer department for Republic National Bank in Dallas, and Dick Briner, a Delta co-pilot.

Mike Foley is starting law school next month and three years from now hopes to provide competition to Barry Beck, a Houston lawyer with Fulbright, Crooker and Jaworski. Barry and Mary have two children, Keith and Alexis.

Nancy and Stuart Johnson live in WinstonSalem, N.C. Stuart left the Navy in June '69 and joined Burroughs as an account manager. He was promoted to district sales manager for EDP equipment in Oct. '71. The Johnsons have two children, Kelly and Robbie.

Bill Baker resigned from active duty July '72.

He received a Master's in public administration from University of Oklahoma in June '72. He's now in civil service at Dahlgren, Va., at the NavWeapLab. Other civilians employed there are Bill Moscrip, Ed Christina and Gary Carle.

LCdr. Lou Poole, an EDO, recendy checked aboard. Bill and Peg Baker have two children, David and Laura.

Jo and Bob Joyce, Eric and Kevin are new residents of Annapolis. Bob is relieving Gary Kellner in the Candidate Guidance Office.

Marjorie Ann and Mario Gerhardt are living at 6337 Eldridge Blvd., Bedford Heights, OH 44146. Mario is a teacher and soccer coach in Chagrin Falls High School. Mario would like to hear from David Flentie.

Erek Jenstad sends word that he was married last year to Maria Angela Nobrega, a former World Airways stewardess. He is working for Ampex Corp. in Redwood City, Cal. Marcus Calhoun wrote from Columbus, Ga., with an update on his status. Marc left the Navy in June '69 and entered law school at the University of Ga., in Athens. While in school he served as notes editor of the "Ga. Law Review."

During one "moot court" competition he found himself arguing against Paul Caldwell who represented Duke Law School. Marc is now a partner in the law firm of Martin, Kilpatrick and Davidson, P . C He and Fran have two children, Linda and Laurie. Marc included news of Patricia and Bob Dendy. Bob is out of the Navy and is a rising executive with a cardboard container company, headquartered in Adanta, Ga., Marc reports that Phil Lank is taking full advantage of his background in "steam" and "skinny" as a branch manager with the Johnson Service Co., in Albany, Ga. Don't forget to send along the information for the class directory. It was nice having some letters this month to pass news along to you. '64's Shipmate column can only be as good as you make it!

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Pres., LCdr. Samuel R. Dutrow, Jr., USN Sec'y, Lt. Frederick J. Brush, Jr., USN 7436 Bovet Way San Diego, CA 92122 Percent Members: 28.5 The excitement of football season is with us once again and our Blue and Gold is about to embark upon another challenging and, hopefully, highly successful season. Far more exciting, however, is the tremendous response I am receiving from classmates all over the globe. Gary Blaize writes that he and N e i l Duarte will be most happy to assist any classmates interested in attending the Navy-Tulane game in New Orleans. Gary's address is 1247 Aberdeen St., Baton Rouge, LA 70808. Gary recendy graduated from LSU Law School and Neil is an engineer with the Shell Oil Company.

Sam Dutrow wrote a letter of appreciation for all those who supported him in the recent election and he is deeply honored with the office of class president. .After graduating from sub school, Sam spent I'/z years on the USS IREX ( S S - 4 6 2 ) , then on to Stanford University in March 60 where he distinguished himself not only with an MS in Computer Science, but also a new bride, the former Mary Falh of Pasadena, Cal. Sam's next tour found him in Charleston, S.C, for three years where he was a ship superintendent on various SS's, Asst. Ship Management Officer for SSBN 598 Class overhauls and finally, senior ship superintendent for the SSBN 600 Class overhaul. Sam is presendy in Washington at the submarine type desk. Mary and Sam have two children, Jennifer Lynn (Oct. '70) and David Michael (June '72).

The family is presendy residing at 2899 Cedar Crest Ct., Woodbridge, VA 22191.

Received a letter packed full of news and written joindy by Carl Spangler and Suzanne and Ed Kristensen from Monterey, Cal. Sue and Ed Leichensher have two girls and live in D.C. as do Gail and Bill Hancock who have one son.

Caren and Bill Frigge are in Norfolk where Bill is XO of die USS MONTGOMERY ( D E - 1 0 8 2 ) . Pete

O'Connor is also in Norfolk at the Staff College.

Herby Williams is doubling as a polar bear while finishing out his overseas tour in Keflavik, Iceland. John Johnson is flying for Southern Airlines out of Adanta, and Mike Reilly is flying for Delta Airlines out of New Orleans.

Noonie and Dick Glover and their two children are living in Winston-Salem, N . C , where Nick is working for the Reynolds Tobacco Co. Caroline and Jim McPike and their three children are living in Acton, 111. Pat and Larry Eggert are living in Lancaster, Ohio. Sally and Roger W o o d h u l l and their four children are stationed in Philadelphia where Kay and Gary Krebs and their daughter, Kristen, are also living. Mike (Tweedy) Jaccard is stationed in Hawaii. Harry Shackelford was recendy married and is stationed at Quonset, R.L, as CAG LSO. John D e T h o m a s is in the HANCOCK and T o m

Crowder is flying with VT-29 in Corpus.

Diana and Ralph Lobdell are now living at 1606 Lake Ave., Wdmette, IL 60091, where Ralph has joined the staff of the First Chicago Corp., the parent company of the First National Bank of Chicago. Ralph received his MBA from Stanford in June '72. They have two children, Craig, and Brannon Rilner born 28 March '73.

Jeanne and D o y l e Borchers fired me the news

that they are in Point Mugu with Jim Coleman and Jack Hawver putting the F-14 through its paces as part of the Board of Inspectiori and Flight Test Program. Thus far, Doyle gives the Tomcat a 4.0 rating, claiming it to be a phenomenal machine. Carter Refo is doing great things for the A-7 community as an ordnance branch test pilot and Jim W a g n e r is pursuing the P-3 Orion oriented weapons system projects. The Borchers have two children, John and Wendy, who really keep them hopping. For those classmates passing through Point Mugu, Jeanne and Doyle extend an open invitation to stop by for a tall cool one. Their guest room is always open.

Their address is 88 Calle La Fiesta, Camarillo, CA 93010.

News from the Air Force comes from Joey and N i c k Paldino that Janice and John Summa, USMC (Ret.), are now living in Anaheim, Cal. Kay and Jette Browne returned to CONUS last January from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where Jette received his Ph.D. He is now on a DD stationed on the West Coast. I checked both Long Beach and San Diego for their telephone listing but no luck. Phyllis and Bob Hennessy are stationed in Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., where Bob is flying B-52's. The Paldings are living in Orlando where Nick is an MBA student at Florida Tech. They have two sons, Brian and Chris. Joey and Nick extend an open invite thru June '74 to stop by for bed and board or a beer or two on your way to Disney World, since they live only a half hour away and one hour from Cape Kennedy or en route to Jacksonville for the Navy-Georgia Tech game on 17 Nov. I was caught by total surprise as I crawled out from under my oil and grease spattered car to spot D a v e Gillespie jogging up the driveway. Dave and his wife Anne are living nearby at 4715 Gather St., San Diego. Dave reports that Nancy and Steve Szabo are living in Iowa City where Steve is coaching football at the University of Iowa. They have a daughter, Christine. Sharon and Pat Graham and their three daughters, Stephanie, Jennifer, and Meredith, were living in Palatine, 111., but moved to Raleigh, N . C , last month. Jan and T e d Krause and their two children are living in L.A. Ted is working with the CPA firm of Author Anderson.

Dick Genet, CO of the USS LIPAN ( A T F - 8 5 ) ,

writes from Hong Kong that prices have skyrocketed, but otherwise it's a fantastic city. He has seen Carolynne and Bob Wahlfeld and their two children Toby and William in Hong Kong where Bob is the Far East Sales Rep for Caterpillar Company.

Lastly, I am in receipt of a few press releases.

Jim Foley has been named as Asst. V.P. in the Admin. Division of Bankers Trust New York Corp. Jim received his MBA from NYU in '71. He resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. Len Hartshorn has joined the Trane Company's Commercial Air Conditioning Division sales office Ln Newark, N.J. D o n Hallwachs and Jim Tucker received their Master's in Aeronautical Engineering on 22 June and Phil Elder received the Admiral William Adgar Moffett Award for being the outstanding student Ln Aero Engineering. The following classmates are presently in PG School studying various curricula: Toy and Dave Anderson; Mary Ann and Barry Birch; Sheri and Paul Bloch; Vicki and Mike Concannon; Barbara and Andy Fahy; Paula and Joe Faltisco; Bob Finley; Pam and Tom Forbes; Judy and Hugh Gillogly; Diana and Paul Girard; Linda and Mike Goodwin; Callie and Rene Gonzales; Diana and Don Hallwachs; Sandy and Lee Her-

85 man; Cathy and Dan Hill; Sharon and Douglas Katz; Lei and Leon King; Sam and Ed Kristensen; George Mager; Carol and Ed Moninger; Marilyn and Ray Moore; Randy Myers; Diane and Bill Newlon; Gordon Nichols; Julie and Bob Norman; Connie and Don Rhodes; Kathy and David Robinson; Mary Bruce and Paul Robinson; Liz and Les Sadler; Diane and Pete Scardigno; Lynda and Denny Shuman; Carl Spangler; Peggy and Brian Uber; Gay and David Vigrass; and Bunny and Frank Wilson.

In closing, I read advance orders in Navy Times that Bob Bushong will be going to the Naval War College in Newport. The fantastic response for this article was certainly appreciated. Please keep up the great work (write soon!) and take care till next month.

66 Pres., Capt. Robert L. Spooner, USMC Sec'y, Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Jr. 3920 Ingraham St. 11-313, San Diego, CA 92109 Percent Members: 27.9 I received a news release from Sea Pines Company, Hilton Head Island, S.C, announcing that Dick Michaux has joined their company as assistant to the treasurer. Dick received his Master's in Business Administration from the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was president of the business school student body. Dick and Jenny have a four-year-old son. Rick. Congratulations from the class, Dick!

Wedding bells finally rang for bachelor Richard Aubrey as he was married to the former Miss Susan Williams of McLean, Va., at the North Island Chapel, San Diego, Cal. The bride is a graduate of the Nursing Class of 1967 at Univ. of Virginia and is presently a Lieutenant in the Navy Nurse Corps, Naval Hospital, San Diego.

Dick is in the Naval Reserve at Miramar NAS, while attending Western State University School of Law, San Diego.

I am sorry to relate that classmate Jim Pender is still reported as MIA after being shot down while on an F-4 mission north of Haiphong last August, 1972. Jim had graduated from Monterey where he received his Master's in Computer Systems Management. At the time of his accident, Jim was serving in VF-114 in the USS KITTY HAWK.

Jim's wife, Ellen, and two children are living at 11096 Red Cedar Dr., San Diego, CA 92131. I'm sure that Jim's family would like to hear from his friends, or see anyone in the area. Let's not let the MIA's be forgotten!

Lt. Christian W . Brix, Jr., received his degree in Aeronautical Engineering at graduation ceremonies June 22, 1973, at Postgraduate School, Monterey, Cal. T o m Rorick dropped us a line from Portland, Ore., where he is living at 3411 S.W. 13th St. 97201. Tom left the Navy after five years in Nuclear Power to attend medical school on the excess leave program. Tom will be rejoining the active list when he graduates in '76. Tom would like to hear from B o b Emery and B o b Johnstone.

Bill Caiazza checked in with us from Durham, New Hampshire, where he is living while flying for Delta Airiines out of Boston, Mass. Other classmates flying out of Boston are George Becker and Bill "Mouse" V o r w a l d . Anyone in Boston can stop in on Bill at Frost Drive, Durham.

It must be a big town. Bill!

Kathy and Carl Kauffmann are up in Monterey at PG School. Quite a few of our classmates departed in June after receiving their degrees.

Carl is headed to Guam for duty as CO aboard USS MARATHON, P G - 1 9 . Bill reports that B o b Branco recendy received the Meritorious Service Medal for his tour of duty as CO in the USS MoALE, ATF-106. Congrats! Bob! Katie and Buzz Johnson are the proud parents of Janna Michelle, born last 23 Feb. My thanks to Kathy and Carl Kauffman for a list of classmates and addresses at Monterey which we'll print next issue.

N i l e Vail wrote in from Mineral Wells, Tex., where he is part owner and Vice Pres. for Engineering of Antenna Products Co. Nile says they build everything from steel farm gates to instrument landing systems and H F antenna systems (that's for high frequency for those of you that missed that lecture in Sampson Hall!). Nile and Marsha are living in Mineral Wells and can be reached at P.O. Box 520, 76067. Anyone in the area can reach them at (512) 451-1958 as they would like to hear from anyone in the class.

That's about all for this time. Anyone attending Homecoming should attend the party following the game. See you there!

the Marine Reserves. Mike Langston is flying AU8A's at Beaufort, S.C. John Matus is with IBM in Los Angeles.

Rufus Artman is at El Toro along with N o r m Hopke, who is flying C-130's widi VMGR-352.

Joe Barker is teaching at USNA in the Naval Science Dept. R. B. Hall is attending Medical School in the Norfolk area. At Monterey are John Aunchmann, Bob Weeks and Gary Hodak.

Eastern Airlines has quite a contingent of our classmates employed. Bob McFarland wrote to report the home base of each. D o n Waid—Washington, Dennis Faulds—Chicago, D a v e Perkins—Miami, Bob McFarland—^Atlanta, Jerry Wills—Miami, and Bill Dukiet—New York.

Bob and Jerry were in VP-9, together with Bill Stedfield, Bill Frawley, and Mike Kelly. Bill Frawley is at pilot school. Bill Stedfield is out of the Navy, and Mike is at PG School. Bob is flying P-3's with the reserves at Willow Grove. He has visited with John Cotton, who is a Nuclear Engineer with Philadelphia Electric. Bob and John will be at homecoming and are planning a reunion of the "Weems Creek Club."

Delta Airlines is represented by D o u g Matthews, Bill Olsen, Jack Vance, and Gary

67 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: 32.0 Recent letters indicate a rising interest in Shipmate and in this column in particular. The responses are gratifying and encouraging. Keep it up!

Marianne and Mark Keating have departed from Penn State with a BS and MBA respectively.

They are headed for New York and employment with Goldman, Sacks Investment Bankers. Mark sends the following news. Jim McKinney finished test pilot school and now is working on the F-14 program. Bob Hughes is at Miramar having returned from the Tonkin Gulf, where he downed two MIG-2rs. Recendy complering MBA's are Sam Wicks at Harvard and D a v e Fox and Scott Ryan from UVA. Joe Gatlin is with SubShips in Seatde and is working with Boeing on hydrofoils.

Jack Goldschmidt is a civilian at Penn State following his tour as a NROTC instructor on campus.

Jack is pursuing a MBA program. John Slough is seeking his MBA from Memphis State. John Hudson is with Connecricut Mutual in Norfolk.

Dick Meade is on a reserve destroyer in Philadelphia and John Atkins is in Bremerton, Washington, with the Supply Corps.

JoAnn and Ken Ptack sent a picture of themselves with sons Kenny and Adam, standing alongside Marguerite and D . J. Faulds, with daughter Daniell.

D.J. is flying 727's for Eastern Airlines and is based in Chicago. The Ptacks are with the First Marine Air Wing and reside at 28842 Escalona Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92675, telephone (714) 831-0338. JoAnn and Ken invite classmates to stop by and would like to hear from those of the 4th, 5th and 6th companies, especially Bill Braswell. Ken reports Ray R o l l in Chicago with

Ptacks and Faulds in California

McBride. Doug flies to San Diego and reports Buddy Good'win finishing law school, Jim Gilbert on a destroyer. Lew Madden at Imperial Beach flying helos, Harry Kluckhohn, Skip Buchanan, and Skip Meinhold at Miramar. G r e g D r e y e r is finishing his Ph.D. at Scripps Insritute. Jack W o o d is an officer detailer at BuPers. If in Adanta, stop and see Doug at 3132 N. 4 Desert Rd., East Point, Ga. Cliff Brahmstadt, D a v e Vetter, and Rick Rodgers graduated from the advanced artillery course at Fort Sill on 9 March. Each was an honor graduate and is now in Okinawa. Graduating 3 July were George Samaras and Pat Howard.

Steve Fagan called in July to report that he is now with Merrill Lynch in New York and resides at 41 Gulick Rd., in Princeton, N.J. Steve is treasurer of the New York alumni chapter and would like to hear from those from the 33rd Co., especially Pat Brown. Call Steve collect at (212) 790-1191. Steve reports Mike Quinlan also with Merrill Lynch, Dick Couch with Marine Engineering Consulring in Washington, D . C , T o m O'Connor with F-4's and expecting to leave active duty in November, Jim Perley at Harvard Business School, and Sam Snyder teaching at a local school in Annapolis while conducting a sailing school on the side. Steve asked that I mention

86 a friend of many in our class, Mike Neuchterlein, who is tops in his class at Michigan Law School.

R o n Brino received his MBA from Rutgers in May, Jeff Beinbrink is an officer detailer at BuPers, and Phil Guy is a GS-13 with NavFac in Washington. Roy Gale has finished his first year at Harvard Business School after spending over three years on the USS NARWHAL (SSN 671).

Charlene and Roy, with daughter Lori, reside in Arlington, Mass., and would like to see any classmates in the area.

News from Oklahoma finds Carl D o b s o n being promoted to Lt.(jg) for the second time.

The below picture shows Carl receiving his new marks from his wife, Georgia. Carl is in medical school and will someday return to the fleet. Can anyone top 36 months 23 days as an ensign?

Carl Dobson receiving new marks from his wife

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Pres., Lt. Dennis E. Blair, USN Sec'y, Lt. R. Mitchell Brown, III, USN 332 Lynbrooke Rd. Springfield, PA 19064 Percent Members: 35.5 Greetings, Campers, from your roving class secretary. I am presendy in Boulder, attending the NROTC Seminar here at the University of Colorado. Please note the change of address—we expect to remain there at least three years while I'm instrucring at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sandy and I are really looking forward to the tour, and any and all classmates are hereby invited to stop in when you're in the area. Perhaps we could set up a post Navy-Army game party or something—any classmates interested in such an affair, please drop me a line.

Moving into the news, we recently heard from Susan and Hughie Kilmartin up in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. When he's not busy on the site, Hugh spends much of his spare time helping Susan renovate an older home they bought (it even has a studio for Susan). Knowing her arristic talent, it will probably become a showplace in short order. They were expecring a visit from her twin, Sally, and husband Ed Madder. Ed was hoping to hear from TPS this summer. Rose and T o m H o u g h t o n spent an enjoyable visit in Hong Kong during their last WestPac cruise with BAIN-

BRIDGE. Tom has returned, as has fellow surface nuc D a v e Spooner, currently MPA aboard TRUXTUN. Dave and Marie are srill in Long Beach.

Margie and J. T. Lyons were also hoping to fit in a June visit to Kilmartins from their current duty station at Destroyer School. Cecilia and Bill Riffer are also in Saratoga Springs, and were expecting their second child this past June.

Terry and Rick Buchanan sent us some advice about living in the Philadelphia area, and they confirmed their upcoming move to Armapolis where Rick expects to serve as a Company Officer.

He was deployed to the Med with LAPON, but expected to fly back just in time to miss all the hassle of moving day—as they say, "his mama didn't raise no dumb children!" Bill Ruck dropped us a line from DC where he is still Aide/ Flag Lieutenant to NavOrdSysCom. Bill and Liz and Tim (4 yrs.) expect to remain there another year, and have seen several classmates recently. Bill visited with Leta and Clyde Climer down in Charleston, and he was looking to medical school following a summer release from active duty.

Bill W o o d m a n stopped in while he was in Washington for the Nuclear Engineer exam. Bill is aboard JAMES MADISON in Charleston. Joe Kavale breezed through in his Saab Sonnet II while moving with HSL-30 from Lakehurst to Norfolk.

Also Dick Holmes was in the office several months ago—he was then with ComCruDesPac staff. Also D a v e Owens and Jules Coles were enjoying assignments as tactics instructors at USNA. Further news from the Charleston area came from Mel Walters, who was then Flag Lt. to SubFlot Six. Mel had orders to Supply School in Athens and he expects to be in Athens with his family for about six months. Mel enjoyed line, but was looking forward to supply and hopes to see any classmates in the Athens area. Mel and Marty had Lee Moore and Mike Fletcher over for dinner in June, and learned that Lee and Carmen were planning to leave the service and attend Harvard Business School. Mike, Rosie, and son Tony had just arrived in Charleston for duty aboard the J. C CALHOUN. Mary Ann and Vic Felger are also in the area, and Mel reports Jim V o n Suskill is ComSubLant Flag Lieutenant.

Jim Hurston sent us a substantial update of Oceana area news. Jim and R o n Bauman are flying A-6's with VA-35 and preparing for a Med cruise this winter. Jim and his wife happened upon the Buchanans and Ciirt Schwartz and his wife in a Virginia Beach restaurant last spring.

Curt is in the F-4 RAG at Oceana. Dick Taylor is on A-6 RAG instructor with VA-42 in Oceana, along with D e n n y Haurahon. Chet Carroll returned to the A-7 in Jax. Kit Ruland was also heading there, prior to assignment in Lakehurst flying A-6's and A-7's. Randy Brandon is also in Oceana, as is John Patton who is flying F-4's. T o m Palkie flies F-4's from INDEPENDENCE; Jim Kern recently returned from the Med with VA-85 in the FORRESTAL. Harman Richardson flew A-7's on the ENTERPRISE, and Sam Wilson was flying A-7's aboard the KENNEDY. Sam's wife. Angle, was following the JFK around Europe at the rime. D a v e Hodgson and family were still in Cubi Pt. with VC-5, and Bernie Lascola was seen aboard a submarine on a port call to Hong Kong. Chris and Rick Ahern and son were still in Meridian, but contemplaring leaving the service in the fall.

Jim Farkas sent us a mid-year report from Mechanicsburg, Pa., where he was a procurement pork chop. Jim, Cheryl, Jamie (3 yrs.) and Julie

(3 months) were heading for Charlottesville, Va., in July where the Navy is sending him for a twoyear MBA at the University of Virginia. His address for '68ers in the area is: 38 Monterey, Four Seasons, Charlottesville, VA 29202. Jim reports Terry Atkins is the line supply type on NAUTILUS in New London. Terry, Barb, and son Scott planned to leave Nukes and the Navy for the "B" school up in Boston—he and Lee Moore will probably be classmates, along with Bill Owens this fall. Mary and Jim Fol were also contemplating civilian line, but the Navy said "NO." Last I heard they were in Philadelphia.

Moving out to the West Coast, we received a wedding announcement that John "X" Golick married the former Vicki Lynne Young in Fullerton, Cal., on 13 June. Congratulations to the new couple! A l Pittman sent in a newsy letter from the Barber's Point community. He, Apryl and Kelly are still with VP-22 and are hoping for orders next year to either PG School or back to USNA. In June his old roomie, Billy Reeves came out from San Diego, so they had a reunion get-together with Bill, D a v e Daley, Sue and Jack Rose, Linda and D a v e Robinson, and Kathy and T o m Tardy. Bill left the Navy, as did D o u g Fredland, and they are both selling real estate in Apple Valley. Dave Daley is with Seabee Pac in Oahu, and Tom and Dave Robinson are both at MCAJS Kanehoe. Tom and Kathy were recently blessed with their first child. Jack is at Barber's with VP-1.

Al recently said goodbye to two VP-22 classmates. Jack Cosgrove and Mike Gaul. Jack and Marsha were heading to Chicago for a future with the airlines, and Mike and Dede were going home and then join the '68 contingent at the Harvard Business School. Roy Lammers and Tina are in VP-4, and he is up to his old tricks coaching the flag football team there. Also in the VP community, but soon to leave the Navy, are Chris and Fred Wackowiez and Marsha and Rocky Gmeiner. Randy Wyatt is srill a bachelor and flies with VP-6. Rick Bayer stopped by on his way to Guam, and has orders to VT-31 in Corpus Chrisri. Mike D w y e r is at the PG School in the new ASW program there.

That's all the news for now, but please keep those letters coming and don't forget the new address.

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Pres., Lt. William H. Newton, III,, USN Sec'y, Lt. M. E. Rachmiel, USN 4155-DMt. AlifanPl. San Diego, CA 92111 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. W . B. W o o d , Jr., VA-115 FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Percent Members: 34.4 It's really a good feeling, sitting here looking at the stack of letters that has accumulated for this month's article. The warm weather of summer must have thawed some previously frozen writing arms—let's hope the trend continues!

Dave Spriggs wrote from Naples where he is XO in USS READY (PG-87), our second surface-tosurface missile patrol gunboat. I was really surprised to find that we have classmates as XO's already! Dave reported aboard in August of '71, and held several jobs before becoming Exec. He reports that the last time he saw A l Yudes, Al was on his way to Guam to become XO in MARATHON (PG-89). He also mentioned that Jay Hilton was second in command of a West Coast

87 M S O . Dave would really like to hear from the old 28th company gang, especially Greg Mitchell, Jim K n u b e l and Mike Rose. He also wants to know if anyone has heard from Tito Rincon down in the Venezuelan Navy. Please write to Dave in the READY, FPO New York 09501.

Terri Jarina dropped me a nice line from Jacksonville, where Pete is flying A-7's in VA-12. Pete joined the squadron a year ago, and at this writing has just departed on a Med cruise aboard INDEPENDENCE. In the "Indy" with him are Dick Rhoades, in VA-65, Addison Jones, flying helos, and T o m Verrengia, also in VA-12. Terri mentioned that B o b Mansfield reported to VA174, the East Coast A-7 rag in March. Pete and Terri have an open line to the A-5 community in Albany, Georgia, and it was thus that she reported the upcoming marriage of Jeff Flannery.

Jeff is currentiy flying Vigilantes with RVAH-U aboard the KENNEDY in the Med, but he plans on a return later this year and a wedding early in '74. N e i l Weisburg is an A-5 navigator in Albany, and was married to the former Miss Sharon Beasley in late '72. Sophie and T o m Gibbs have recendy joined the Albany community, where Tom is not only flying, but is undergoing training to qualify as an LCO. Back in Jacksonville, A l Piatt is flying P-3's in VP-24.

Some months ago, I mentioned that John Ohlinger, Frank Stenstrom and Ray U m barger are all flying CH-46's with HC-6 in Norfolk. D o u g Ayres wrote recently to mention that he, John Shinovich and D a v e N e a l e are in that squadron as well. Doug also related the news of the following classmates he has seen: Frank Jensen is flying helos with HC-3 at Imperial Beach; Bill McCauley is currently in Jacksonville mending a broken leg which has kept him off sea duty for awhile; Mark Warner is Air Transport Officer on the FDR; George Terwilliger has recently reported to VR-1 in Norfolk, where he'll be flying T-39's and DC-9's (coffee cup in hand, no doubt!); Paul Alfieri has just returned from a WestPac cruise aboard ENTERPRISE, where he is a helo driver; and finally, Kevin Connors has taken a job with a firm on Wall Street . . . don't know the firm's name.

From Oceana comes the news that Paul Ross has finished the Phantom RAG and has joined VF-74 there. Ellie and Terry Cullen are moving to Norfolk from Newport, where Terry is an Admiral's aide. Julie and John Scrapper have forsaken beautiful South Texas for the Tidewater area, where John will be going through VA-42, the Oceana A-6 RAG. Jim Barnett is currentiy working with the Security Group of CinCUSNavEur in London. He and Hilary are the proud parents of a new baby girl named Anne-Marie Elizabeth, born in May. Earlier this year, Jim took an official trip around the Med, and he collected an impressive list of classmate whereabouts. He reports that Fineta and Mike Honey are in Rota, where Mike is attached to the station Weapons Department. Mike Harbin is flying in VQ-2 there. Rich R e d is on a Med-based Amphib . . . flying helos, so the rumor goes. B o b Kokstein is on a nuke attack boat which operates somewhere within 12,000 miles of Rota. Jim also ran into a bunch of guys and their wives from the INTREPID. Brad Spahr, Jim Moffit, Lonnie Hearne, D a v e Bogosian and Jim Solberg were all flying off that particular boat, and their wives were attempting to follow them around the Med. Jim Moffit's wife was even doing it on her Bultaco! Also in the INTREPID

were Craig Lemrow and Steve Johnson. Jim will be making another "business" trip to the Med later this year, and he should have more news for us then. Thanks, Flash!

Jayne and Bob K n o w l t o n are now in Adanta, where Bob is involved in postgraduate studies at Gebrgia Tech. Bob detached from the commissioning crew of the USS AYLWIN (DE-1081) last August, along with Rich Robbins, who headed for Monterey. Also in Atlanta are Fred Puncke and T o d Creekman, both in school, and D a v e Prosser, at the recruiting office. Last February, the Knowltons were visited by Sandy and D a v e Enman, who are now enjoying their new role in CivLant. Bob has a favor to ask of any fellow car buffs. He is presendy restoring a 1947 MG TC and needs many parts. If anyone knows of a source for such parts, please write Bob at 3300 Pointe Bleu Ct., Decatur, GA 30034.

After two years as a flight instructor with VT-21 in Kingsville, Greg Brubeck left in March to join the Jacksonville A-7 community.

Just before leaving the Great State, he married the former Miss Beba Kirkham of Aransas Pass. In Greg's RAG class was his former 5th Company roommate, Jerry Granum. Living in the same apartment complex as the Brubecks are Sandra and T o m VanBrunt (A-7's), Bonita and Ed Lyons (A-7's), and John Auriemma (P-3's).

Rick Hillyer is currently Chief Engineer on board COURTNEY ( D E - 1 0 2 1 ) out of Naples. His

wife, Valerie, teaches English at the dependents' high school there. H u g h G o o d w i n has just returned from his third Med deployment with VP23. Hugh is a P-3 TACCO, and he and Abby live in Topsham, Maine.

So much for the letters. Would you believe there's quite a bit more? I have just returned from Air Wing Five's weapons deployment at Fallon, Nevada. While there I ran into two new members of the air wing. Bill McMurray and Rich Moore, both in VF-151. Each had a wealth of news for me. Bdl reported that John Pell was married on April 28th to the former Miss Becky Ziegler in Pensacola. Attending from the class besides Bill were T o m Cleverdon (T-2 instructor in Meridian), Larry Falls (Human Relations Office in D . C ) , and Lee Duckworth (helo instructor in Pensacola). While carrier quailing in Norfolk a few weeks earlier, Bill saw Fred Cumminger, who is CO of a PER there. (Our first class CO?) Other info from Bill: A l Hager is flying helos at Imperial Beach. Jim Maxwell is transitioning to a Seal Team in Coronado after spending time as a UDT type. Maurice Doctor has left Seal Team One for a job as a ROTC instructor at the U. of Kansas. Bob Conger, John Mulderig and Bill Bramley all share a house on Mission Beach, and word has it they throw some of the best parties around. Brian O'Rourke and R o n Ladd are also in the San Diego area, both on ships. Archie Turner is in VA-155 (.A-7's) aboard ORISKANY. Rich Moore added the following: Pete DeVries is at Glynco flying S-2's for the student controllers to practice on. He will soon be going to a VS squadron. Pete and his wife Barbara have a son. Garth. D a n Coleman is in a helo squadron in Hawaii. Jim Kras is in the Public Affairs Office in Chicago.

Jim Reaghard is in VAW-116 at North Island.

He and Susan have a son, Chris. Glenda and T o m Phillips have a house in Chula Vista, and Tom is flying helos aboard the CONNIE. Rick Woodruff is an instructor at HT-8 in Pensacola.

Stan Antrim has reported to USNA as an instructor. His billet, incidentally, is the first such

billet for a SEAL at Canoe U. Gail and D a v e Parsons are at NAS Albany, where Dave is station pilot. Thanks for the news, guys. Still in Air Wing Five are Harry Hicks and B o b Sanderson (VA-56), and myself (VA-115). The MIDWAY-, the air wing, and all our families will be in the process of a move to Yokosuka about the time this article hits the stands. John Bone left VA-115 in April to assume a role as a project development B/N for A-6's at Point Mugu.

This has been an unusually long article, and I hope the editors will be kind enough to fit it all in. I can't close, however, without mentioning one more item. I have just learned that our class president has been awarded Five Distinguished Flying Crosses for extraordinary performance while flying in North Vietnam with VA-52, one of our sister A-6 squadrons here at Whidbey. Those of you who are not familiar with the level of a DFC, look it up on the chart the next time you are in the Exchange. Congratulations, Bill!

Thanks to everyone for all the cards and letters.

Please keep me up to date on your addresses as you move so that I can keep the address file current. Tune in next month!

Woody

70 Pres., Lt. (jg) Jeff Schott, USN Sec'y, Lt.(jg) Fred Hall, USN 5384 Coachway Dr. Norfolk, VA 23502 Percent Members: 45.2 Scott Semko sent aloha from Okinawa where he was recendy deployed, flying P-3's for VP-6.

Scott had a lot of news and his letter opened with: "Let me start at the beginning." Scott, Boz, Jack Pohl, Buz/.y Anderson, and many more ground support units were finally relieved in the Fall of '71 after a long tour of duty with the SAC Trick Command. Scott was married to Dot Bozin in December '71. Brother-in-law Bill Bozin and Roie were married a few weeks ago on June 17th.

Bill is flying P-3's with VP-50 out of Moffett Field.

After Pensacola, Buzzy Anderson went to Meridian where he flys helos as a station pilot.

Jack Pohl also flys helos and recently returned from deployment aboard the FORRESTAL. Scott has seen D a v e Proffitt who returned from a year on Okinawa and is now living in San Diego with his wife Betsy. Dave is an instructor at MCRD. R o n Hatfield is also married and living in San Diego.

Mike Charley was seen in San Diego and he announced that he would soon be married. While stopping at Cubi Point, Scott has seen Ed Fahy, John Chandler, Paul Roeder, John Calkins, and Terry Huff. Ed is flying A-7's for VA-22 in the CORAL SEA. John Chandler and Paul are also aboard the CORAL SEA and fly E-l's for VAW-111.

John Calkins is flying helos forthe Marines off an LPH, and Terry Huff is also flying helos off the CONSTELLATION. Carl Weiscopf was in a ship which had deployed to WesPac and tied up at Cubi Point. Ed also reported that Mike D o o l i n , D o n Westerfeld and Ed Ligon are finishing the A-7 RAG at Lemoore and expecting orders this summer. Don and Marilyn are the proud parents of a baby girl. Amy. Ed and Nancy Ligon are expecting a baby shortly.

Alice and Paul Hurd are living near Moffett Field where Paul is assigned to VP-50 with Boz. Steve Songer is there with VP-40. B o b Miller and Paul HoUenback are with VP-9, also home based at Moffett. Bob and Charley just had their

second baby. Steve R o o t is flying for VP-17 and Scott saw him at Cubi Point when his squadron returned to Hawaii with VP-1. Mike Zins returned to Hawaii with VP-1. Mike Malone was also in WesPac, flying A-7's off the ENTERPRISE. T i m Ahern is aboard the ROBINSON, homeported in Long Beach and Scott says he enjoys the work. Mike Rothstein and Tim lived together for a while before Mike was stationed at Treasure Island. Tim said he would like to hear from Scott Thompson, who is with a VP outfit in Jacksonville.

Scott is now back in Barber's Point with VP-6.

Alison and Bob Tamburini are also with the squadron. Bebo Havlik is assigned to the squadron as a navigator.

Alf Roy is stationed in Pensacola at VT-1 as the Material Officer. After 2 years and 1400 hours, Alf is about ready to leave and is hoping for DC-9's at either Alameda or Norfolk. Alf says he spends most of his time directing a local surfing association or diving at Destin. Dan Kestly, N e a l N e l s o n , Terry Kipp and Beetle Bailey are also at VP-1 as instructors. Dan is now the owner of a hobie cat.

Gary Knock also wrote from Pensacola where he is mess treasurer at the COM(C), NAS Ellyson.

Lucian Acuff is the mess manager. Gary and Lucian fly Hueys at Ellyson, along with Jim Bowlin who is also stationed there. Gary and Pam had a 9 lb. baby girl, Stacy Love, on Halloween night 1972. Lucian and Marcie had Christopher on June 23, 1972. Jim and Shauna are expecting a baby soon. D a v e Pallesen and his wife Marion are also expecting a baby. Dave flys SAR out of NAS Pensacola.

Gary's ex-roommate, John Rogers, has recently received his NFO wings at Glynco. Brother-inlaw, Chris Nelson, married to Gary's sister, Sheryl, is stationed aboard a Nuclear Sub out of Charleston. Chris and Sheryl have an almost 2-year-old son. Kirk.

Dave Pallesen and Gary worked up a lengthy list of names of members of the class currently stationed in Pensacola: Dan Pike, Dow Needham, Larry Gretzinger, George Galdorisi, Ben Welch, Ernie Snowden, Dave Blank, Neal Nelson, Pete Sachon, Dale Brehm, Denny Williams, Bill Webb, Colin Berry, Brian Swah, Jeff Ball, Bob Slowik, Mike Martino, Dick Thompson, Al Beatrice, Gary

Marvin, Ed Graves, Jack Kauffmann, and Steve Cranney.

Brad Kenney wrote from Rota, Spain, just before the end of a 5-month deployment with VP-5. Brad's wife, Maureen, presented him with their second daughter late in '72. Pete Patrick is in the squadron with Brad and he plans to be married in the USNA Chapel on Sept. 8th. Brad said that he thinks Pete is the last member of 6th company to be married. Between March and August, Brad and Pete have seen a few members of the class stop by Rota, including Kevin Sharer, Phil Donohue, Tommy Flaherty, Ken Keymer, Chris Nelson, Bill Eason, Skip Thaeler, and Chet Strait. In answer to your question. Brad: I've heard that Hall D i l l o n is flying helicopters from an LPH in WesPac.

72 Pres., 2/Lt. Joe Glover, USMC Sec'y, 2/Lt. Frank Gibson, USMC Spirit of '72 608 Rome, Bossier City, LA 71010 Percent Members: 61.4 "Shipmate seems to lack word about '72's better half—the aviators—so to set the record straight, no less than 85 classmates went 'over 1' in style at Pensacola. The scene was a 5 Kegger at Pensacola Beach's finest snake ranch, a truly great establishment owned and operated by T e d Evans, G r e g g Hamelin, Larry Kraker, and Max Mills.

"Future jet aces included Larry Kraker, Ted Evans, John Peck, John Phillips, Phil Mansfield, Glenn Keith, and Sel Laughter who are buying an extra year in the Navy for a 'free' M.S. at U. of West Florida in P'cola. Other jet jocks in attendance were Bob Vesseley and wife, Herb Stockton, Mac Paul, and Bob Dengler. Down from 'scenic' Meridian, Miss, (where were George Lane, Dan Caldwell and Jim Hines?) and Randy Smith, Kevin Crook, Mike Richard, Kip Myers (ending his bachelorhood in July), Jim Salomon, and Pat and Nancy Lee in the Eagle Program at NAS Whiting, and Mike Szoka and Ted Morandi at NAS Pensacola.

"Prop men from NAS Whiting included Rick Beede, Eric Davis, Fred Kull, Dave Boy, John

Rainey (with his female aviatress) and Lollie O'Connell.

"Future 'hover-lovers,' now flying T-28's at Whiting included Max Wills, Gregg Haftielin, Don Lewis, Paul and Christy Gimer, Doug Roulstone, C R. Davis, Scott Steele, Jerry Hirsch, Tom Prince, Dave Strube, Keith Jewell, Wally Holdstein, Joe Phillips and wife, Al and Stephanie (expecting) Coleman, Chuck Petrusch and wife (also expecting) and Tim Hallihan.

"Yet to be pipelined, flying the 'teenie-weenies' at NAS Saufley, and in attendance were Fred and Cindy Spence, Rick Gallup, Gary Groefsma, Joe White, Pooh and Evelyn Carlson, Robbie Springman, Dale Quinlan, Bags Bagley, Bill Lyons, Dion Clancy, Jeff Nelson, Sully Sullivan, John Nugent, Mad-Dog Mooney, Bob Chabot, Tom Powers, Ken Wessel, Jim Applegate, Terry Schwieger, Ralph Michalske, Mark Emmert, Steve Soroka, Don White, Mark Mendillo, Dave Rappe and Frank Garrick.

"Back-seat drivers (otherwise known as NFC's) from NAS P'cola were Huds Wry, Mark Vizzier.

"New arrivals yet to strap into a plane included Rick Horstman, Dave and Claudia Miller, Dev and Liz Devin, Ken and Holly Paul, Jim and Diane Smith, Fritz Blunt (looking forward to his 14 July wedding), Raybo MacKown, Hershel Pryor, 'Greek' Pantelides (on a semi-permanent hold), A. J. Savitsky, Honda Deen and wife, Mark Pistochini and Chris Halslip.

"Randy Schultz was at the bash and is awaiting orders to Marine Air Controller School.

"It was undoubtedly the largest gathering of '72 since 7 June of last year and a great first anniversary. The Kegs were polished off in the true 'Spirit of '72' and a good time was had by all.

"From: Larry Kraker, Ted Evans, Max Mills, Gregg Hamelin, 1410 Via Deluna, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561."

So much for our fly boys. A lot of last minute mail just arrived. Thanks for the letters. Should be lots of news for the next article.

One final word—Andrea and T o m Schuler became the proud owners of one brand-spanking new baby boy on 16 June. His name is Gregg Thomas. He weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. and, according to Tom's sister Kathy, "A Beautiful Baby." Congratulations and best wishes from all.

73 Pres., Ens. Steve Ingram, USN Sec'y, Ens. John Kennedy 2253 Oran Drive Youngstown, OH 44511 Since we all are just completing our graduation leave, there has not been much news coming in.

Because no news is avadable, this time can be used to briefly explain the Class Communication System.

The articles for Shipmate are written two months ahead of time. Because of this, contributions must be received about ten weeks early in order for the secretary to include information and announcements in the proper edition of Shipmate.

Communication can be sent directly to the class secretary at the above address or indirecdy via your company representative or alternate. Hopefully each company representative and alternate has worked out a system to keep in contact with the secretary on a monthly basis.

Congratulations to all the newlyweds and good luck to all, especially those on vacation in Quantico! So long until October.

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Chapter News AKRON-CANTON

CHICAGO

COLUMBUS

Mr. E. L. Coen 1053 Rotch Ave., N.E. Massillon, OH 44646

Mr. John Vance 29 Center St. Hinsdale, IL 60521 1900—1st Friday

Mr. L. D e k e Lang 358 W. Cassady Ave. Columbus, OH 43209

ALBUQUERQUE Mr. Manuel P. Sanchez 1805 Lafayette Dr., N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87106

ANNAPOLIS Lt. Glenn W e l c h , Jr., USN H-2 Perry Circle Annapolis, MD 21402

ATLANTA Capt. Roger Carlquist, USN CO, NAS, Marietta, GA 30060

BALTIMORE Mr. Delano J. Fitzgerald 115 TunbridgeRd. Baltimore, MD 21212

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

The Great Lakes Officers' Club on 17 May 1973 was the scene of our last meeting saluting Adm. Draper L. Kauffman '33, and his lovely wife, Peggy. Adm. Kaufman is retiring after forty years of naval service. We had many of the old timers scratching their heads, but everyone had to admit that this was the first time they had ever seen Draper caught speechless. It all happened at the end of the meal when someone (Bruce Oliver '45) flipped the switch on a cassette player and the voice of Adm. Kaufman's roommate at the Naval Academy, Lewis L. Snider '33, boomed out over the room reminiscing over old times and wishing his "wife" a great retirement.

Those in attendance included: Frank and Emma Maichle '20, Charles and Rose Silsbee '25, Edward and Mary Ann McLean '35, Verner and Vivian Soballe '38, Benjamin T. Frana '40, Jack Herrick and wife '44, Walker and Evelyn Bennett '45, Robert and Marie McCarthy '45, Thomas J. McCook '46, Bruce Oliver '47, Mike and Shiriey Berngard '49, William and Lillian Brandfon '49, John and Marion Sivright '50, James Vosseller '50, Roger and Nancy Drew '51, James N. D'Orso and wife '52, Ray and Nancy Anderson '55, James and JoAnn Gillman '56, Wayne and Carol Lockwood '59, EIroy C Sandquist, Jr. and wife, and R. D. Kaulback.

Following the summer recess, our schedule through the end of the year looks like this: 14 September, Dinner-Officers' Club, Great Lakes, Illinois; 18 October, Luncheon Meeting-Union League Club, Chicago; 3 November, Bus Trip to Navy-Notre Dame Game-Meet at Naval Armory, Chicago; and 1 December, Army-Navy Game Telecast at the Drake-Oakbrook Hotel.

CINCINNATI Mr. Robert E. Reid 102 Burns Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45215

BUFFALO Mr. W i l l i a m Ciesla 81 Hilton Dr. Kenmore, NY 14217

CLEVELAND Mr. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. 16401 Marquis Ave. Cleveland, OH 44111

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

CHARLESTON, S. C. Lt. C. G. Mendenhall, III, USN 21 Archdale St. Charleston, SC 29401

COLORADO Mr. Ernest B. Granville 5245 E. Iliff Ave. Denver, CO 80222

COLUMBIA Contact: RAdm. W m . L. Anderson, USN (Ret.) Rt. l,Box 44C Chapin, SC 29036 Inactive

CONNECTICUT Cdr. H. D. Ruppel, (CEC) USNR 167 Five Fields Rd. Madison, CT 06443 Quarterly Varies in different parts of the state

DETROIT Mr. James W . Fleming Suite 1423, 1001 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48226

EUROPEAN Mr. Jacques-P. Haumont, 2835 Galeries Stephanie, 79 Avenue Louise Brussels 1000, Belgium

FLORIDA SPACE COAST LCol. Jack F. McCoUum, USMC (Ret.) 369 Dorset Dr. Cocoa Beach, FL 32391 1200—3rd Saturday Varies

HOUSTON Mr. Austin M. Seay 15102 Ridingwood Dr. Missouri City, TX 77459 First Friday—11:30 Houston Club The Houston chapter met 1 June at the Houston Club. June's Alumni of the month was Col. Bill Ford '29. Bill is a practicing patent attorney and is currently involved in an international business venture to secure a patent for a lock across an isthmus in Central America. In World War II, Col. Ford was in the Pacific Theater as a marine NGFS spotter and coordinator.

Alumni and their guests attending were: George Schneider '21, Hap Goodall '24, Mike Kearns '24, Bill Ford '29, Earl Weaver '35, Jim Boorman '38, Jim Bardett '41, John Street '44, Rod Bowman •44, Frank Clifford '45, Bud Conley '45, Cliff Berman '45, Shot Sevier '45, Larry Smith '45, and guest Mr. Otis Huston, Jerry Lee '46, and guest Mr. Paul Bowers, Al Jansen '48, Ralph VanderNaillen '51, Alfred Brooks '52, Pat Payne '52, Ned Snyder '53, and Austin Seay '63.

The Houston Chapter met on 6 July at the Houston Club. Capt. A. D. Blackledge '20, reported to the membership about his recent trip to Annapolis and about the results of the Trusee's .Annual Meeting. He expressed high praise for the work of Bill Busik and George Anderson in the National Association. As a member of

90 the National Membership Committee, Capt.

Blackledge called for the renewed efforts of the Houston Chapter to increase their National participation with regard to Shipmate subscriptions and the purchasing of Alumni Registers.

Former Chapter President, Clifford P. Bermann '45, was named July Alumni of the Month. Cliff nostalgically recalled his days as a destroyer "blackshoe" and his adventures on an exciting cruise to the South Pole. When not engaged in his business activities with Exxon as Associate Marketing Advisor, he can be found aboard his thirty-three foot sloop sailing about the Gulf of Mexico.

Alumni and their guest attending were: "Blackie" Blackledge '20, "Hap" Goodall '24, Bill Ford '29, Phil Koelsch '43, John Street '44, Cliff Bermann '45, Frank Clifford '45, Drex Martin '45, "Shot" Sevier '45, Larry Smith '45, John Kent '46, Dan Mahoney '47 and his son, Al Jansen '48, "Pat" Johnson '48 and his son, Jim Matheney '48, Ralph Vander Naillen '51, Pat Payne '52, "Rip" Taylor '53, Bill Gillespie '60, Mike Freney '61, Pete Golwas '62, Ron Pitzer '62, Frank Radik '63, Austin Seay '63, apd Mike Foley '64.

HUNTSVILLE Cdr. Russell Croft, USN (Ret.) 8008 Allison Dr., S.E. Huntsville, AL 35802

INDIANAPOLIS Mr. Joseph F. Paull 6860 Chaucer Ct. Indianapolis, IN 46220 The 18 May meeting of the Indianapolis chapter was held at the Heslar Naval Armory Mess. Members in attendance were: Guy and Beebe Buck '51, John and Lilyan Carlson '38, Rick and Mary Lou Childress '54, Bob and Joyce Johnstone '66, Elton and Vera Knapp '38, Ed and Ruth Shock '40, Bill and Dottie Ullrich '44, Bill and Sheila Ward '35, and Ron and Mary Ann Waugh '48. Guests present were Ron Waugh's mother from Toledo, Ohio and John and Lilyan Carlson's daughter and son, Chris and Gary. Gary was graduated from the USN.A this June week.

The only business conducted was the election of officers for 1973-74. Joe Paull was elected President and Bob Johnstone was elected Secretary and Treasurer.

JACKSONVILLE CapL M. O. Muncie, USN 2922 Caballero Dr., N. Jacksonville, FL 32217 1st Thursday, Sept.-June The Jacksonville chapter will sponsor pregame social hour and buffet at the O'CIub, NAS, Jacksonville on Sat., 17 Nov. before the NavyGeorgia Tech game. Social hour will start at 1600 and the buffet at 1700. Cash bar widi drinks from $.45 to $.60. Buses leave for the game at 1830. Besides USNA alumni, wives and guests, regular Reserve Navy and Marine Officers are invited.

Tickets for the game can be obtained from the USNA Athletic Association of from "GA-TECHN.AVY Game," P.O. Box 214, Jacksonville, FL 32210. Request the west stand. Blocks of

tickets may be obtained by local chapters by writing (enclose money) Capt. M. O. Muncie, 2922 Caballero Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32217.

Tickets for the game are $7. Buffet, bus and set-ups on the bus are $8 per person.

KANSAS CITY LCdr. John Owen, USNR-R 821 W. 54th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64112

KITTYHAWK Mr. J. W . Gallagher 294 Cherry Dr. Centerville, OH 45459 Monthly, days vary O Club, Wright-Patterson On 15 June the Kitty hawk Chapter had its final luncheon prior to the summer recess and it turned out to be one of the best received events in recent years. Over fifty members and guests attended. Lt. Cdr. Charles D. Stackhouse, USN '61, was our honored guest. Charlie was a POW in North Vietnam for six years. It was truly gratifying for the members of our chapter to meet and listen to Charlie. He completely captured the group's attention and hearts as he related experiences as a POW. The United States, The Navy, the Naval Academy, and the Class of '61 can be proud of Charlie Stackhouse.

Results of the elections for next year's officers were announced: President, Col. Robert A. Foster '53; Vice-President, Lt. Col. W. A. "Bo" Newsome '54; Secretary, Mr. Jim Gallagher '57; Treasurer, Maj. Fred Dietrich '62; and Reporter, Lt. Col. Wm. E. Hodge '57.

LOS ANGELES

MILWAUKEE LCdr. T. C. Cheney, Jr., USNR-R 988 Chesterton Ct. Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Another great meeting—our first at the University Club near downtown Milwaukee! Present at the June 28 meeting were: Mark Camp '46, Bill Hanson '46, John Camp '49, Bud Lockwood '50, Ted Cheney '58, and Rod Johnston '58, PLUS Walt Rose '45, who is the outgoing president of the Chicago chapter. It was great having you aboard, Walt! Now that we have established a monthly meeting place and time we hope to have more alumni from out of town "drop in!" We welcome all! Our July monthly meeting was at the University Club 26 July at noon.

We will operate on a "pay as you go" basis for now at the University Club meetings. As may be expected, there was some confusion over the bar bill and so perhaps to simplify things we could forget about the drinks! (Comments, please.) If we forget the drinks, our lunch will cost about $3.50, including the room fee. We need to know one week in advance who will be attending.

(We'll allow for some last minute cancellations or "drop-ins." If you plan to attend call The Cheney Company at 354-8510.)

Reminder! Please call Sally at 354-8510 if you can attend the monthly meeting.

NEW ORLEANS LCol. Rene S. W o g a n , USAF (Ret.) 4702 Pitt St. New Orleans, LA 70115 First Friday—1145 International House

NEWPORT

LCdr. Jerry Peterson, USN 3854 Mayfield Ave. La Crescenta, CA 91214 1900—3rd Wednesday Allen Center, LB Naval Station

Capt. P. C. Staley, USN (Ret.) 2 Kane Ave. Middletown, RI 02840 1830—last Tuesday, Sept.-June OClub

On Wednesday, 16 May, we were privileged to hear LCdr. Phil Butler '61 tell of his experiences as a POW for eight years. 119 members and guests turned out to hear Phil. From the oldest, class of '21, to the youngest, class of '72, all of us enjoyed hearing from Phil.

He stressed that his American heritage of healthy skepticism and a sense of humor kept him going all those years.

President Jim Thornton '63 presided over the meeting held at the Cockatoo Inn. Watch for our next news bulletin when we start up again in the fall.

Mr. John R. Antonicelli 83 Overlook Ave. Eastchester, NY 10707 Noon—3rd Tuesday NYU Club/Williams Club

LOUISVILLE

Mr. Frank A. Liberato 3311 Woodford Dr. Ariington, TX 76013 1130—4di Thursday City Club

Mr. Robert D . Cousins P.O. Box 21377 Louisville, KY 40221

NEW YORK

NORTH TEXAS

LYNCHBURG

OKLAHOMA CITY

Mr. W . R. Smith, HI 3750 Woodside Ave. Lynchburg, VA 24503

RAdm. Lewis E. Coley, USN (Ret.) 4212 N. Harvey Parkway Oklahoma City, OK 73118

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Appointees to the Class of '77 from the Peninsula Chapter Area

ORLANDO

PENINSULA

LCdr. T . J. Heffernan, (CEC) USN 302 Montecello Drive Altamont Springs, Fla. 32701 1130 2nd Friday, Sept.-June NTC O Club

Mr. J a m e s Brunner 11387 Lindy PI. Cupertino, CA 95014

The Greater Orlando chapter of the USNA Alumni Association met at the Naval Training Center on 8 June, 1973 for installation of officers.

Adm. Bob Rice '27, of the nominating committee, announced the names of the new slate of officers for 1973-74. They were introduced by outgoing President Bill Sims '45, as follows: President, Bill Rossel '35, 1st Vice President, Mike Sellars '34; 2nd Vice President, Joe Williams '40; SecretaryTreasurer, Tom Heffernan '62. The following trustees will hold office for the next year: Bill Sims '45, George Darfus '50, Earl Piper '27, Jim Marks '38, and Bob Rice '27.

Swede Norgaard '28 gave a report of events occurring during his visit to the Alumni Association meeting in Washington. Adm. Zumwalt was the speaker and he indicated, as we all know, that the current state of the Navy leaves much to be desired with the Middle East crisis on the upswing.

The following members, wives and guests attended this luncheon meeting: RAdm. and Mrs. Harman B. Bell '25, Capt. and Mrs. Henry E. Bernstein '26, Capt. James W. Conger '42, Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Dillard '56, Dr. William B. Fuller, DDS '39, RAdm. and Mrs. W. J. Ebert '30, LCdr. T. J. Heffernan '62, Capt. and Mrs. Richard G. Jack '35, Capt. and Mrs. George L. Kohr '29, and RAdm. R. N. Norgaard '28.

Cdr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Petrie '35, BGen. Eari S. Piper '27, Capt. and Mrs. Knight Pryor '29, Cdr. and Mrs. M. W. Powers '15, Capt. and Mrs. David S. Rau '22, RAdm. and Mrs. Herman L. Ray '29, VAdm. R. H. Rice '27, Capt. and Mrs. W. T. Rossell, Jr. '35, Capt. and Mrs. R. F. Sellars '34, Capt. Wilbur N. Sims '45, RAdm. Harry Smith '30, RAdm. and Mrs. Martin R. Stone '27, Lt. and Mrs. Horace G. Trainer '25, RAdm. and Mrs. Fred B. Warder '25, Capt. Richard D. White '33, and Mrs. John L. Reynolds. The next gettogether will be held on 14 September 1973.

The last two events of the Peninsula Chapter were held in support of Naval Academy programs.

Stag Luncheon was held on 25 April 1973 at Moffett Field Officers Club with C Turner Joy, Jr., '47, as sponsor. Approximately 50 members and guests turned out to hear Midshipman Steven Schumacher '74 speak on the Naval Academy today. Steve is an Operation Information member and he did a great job. It was very interesting to hear how life at the Academy has changed in many ways from our midshipman days, but reassuring to learn that the Academy has not yet gone co-ed.

Members in attendance included G. M. Boyd '38, J. W. Brunner '56, R. T. Burkley '60, J. P. Cartmell '46, W. P. Cogswell '22, J. J. Daly '45, A. M. Dame '45, J. A. Dare '39, J. Dare '68, R. N. Davenport '33, M. K. Eckhardt '43, R. N. Farrell '35, J. Gambrill '45, G. N. Hawley '47, C C Hoffner '53, E. W. Holloway '44, W. P. Jones '54, I. W. Kane '53, H. T. Lawrence '45, E. W. Lodsdon '34, C E. McRorie '52, H. P. Mclnrire '35, T. E. Meyer '63, G. F. Neel '38, P. S. Nelson '49, L. A. Niedfeldt '47, C W. Otto '47, D. B. O'Connell '56, B. G. Riddell '48, J. R. Rodgers '48, T. A. Ross '48, W. A. Schumann '54, F. F. Sima '53, M. H. Sneed '45, F. R. Sperberg '45, W. H. Stewart '30, T. Teshara, Honorary Member, K. B. Waide '63, and C J. Wheeler '16.

Some of the members attending are on active duty at NAS Moffett Field, including Capt. Jack Gambrill '45, Commanding Officer. It was good to see some uniforms at this event.

The most important fact to report is that the alumni brought as guests young men who are possible future midshipmen candidates. They appeared to be keenly interested in everything Steve had to say, and I am certain that they left the meeting with increased desire to attend the Academy. This is the attitude we want to instill in as many young men as possible to help in our efforts to recruit outstanding candidates.

Awards Dinner for Appointees to the Class of '77 was held on 2 June 1973 at Moffett Field Officers Club with C Turner Joy, Jr. '47, and W. P. Jones '54, as co-sponsors. Although the

mrnout of members for this event was less than expected (49, including brides) the event was a success. We accomplished our objectives of extending a welcome to the Class of '77 and having Certificates of Appointment presented to these new appointees with proper ceremony.

Members in attendance included H. S. Ainsworth '44, A. M. Dame '45, T. Frederick '26, W. H. Frombold '30, M. T. Ireland '34, W. P. Jones '54, I. W. Kane '53, C T. Joy, Jr. '47, E. A. Malcolm '41, J. F. Mullen, Jr. '28, R. L. Newman '30, L. A. Niedfeldt '47, W. L. Perkins '46, J. B. Ricketts '24, W. P. Schoeni '31, W. A. Schumann '54, F. F. Sima, Jr. '53, M. H. Snead '45, W. H. Stewart '30, W. W. Strohbehn '30, D. M. Sutheriand '59, R. A. Swensen '45, T. Teshara, Honorary Member, P. W. Watson '26, and E. A. Westbrook, Jr. '38.

Twenty-three men have been appointed from the Peninsula area to report to the Academy (see picture) on 9 July 1973. All but one, who was away on a trip, were our guests at this dinner, along with their parents. As evidence of their keen interest in this event, eleven of these new appointees skipped dinners at senior proms to attend. Furthermore, they bought dinner tickets and brought their drags to the event, after which they proceeded to their respective hops.

It was a great pleasure for all members who attended to meet these prospective midshipmen and their proud parents. The"thank you" letters from these parents indicate that this was an outstanding contribution to good community relations. Some of these people will become our best recruiters of future candidates.

RAdm. and Mrs. Herbert S. Ainsworth, USN, were also guests of the Chapter. Adm. Ainsworth gave a short talk regarding the current status of the Navy that was timely and of great interest to all of us, and I am certain that the new appointees were inspired by the Admiral's description of the role they will play in the future Navy. After his talk, Adm. Ainsworth presented the Certificates of Appointment to the appointees, assisted by Tom Teshara, West Coast Coordinator, U. S. Naval Academy Guidance.

Marty Snead '45, President, Peninsula Chapter, presented a Trident tie pin and cuff links set to each appointee. The donation of these gifts was arranged for by Turner Joy. The next two scheduled events are: 14 July, Golf and dinner at Boulder Creek Golf and Country Club and, Septemberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Stag luncheon,

92 Moffett Field; Kick-off of Recruiting Year, Tom Teshara, speaker.

PENSACOLA Cdr. H. J. McRoberts, USN (Ret.) 2371 Bayou Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32503 Noon—4th Friday Mustin Beach O Club RAdm. O. D. Waters, USN (Ret.), was welcomed to speak to the chapter on 25 May, by the new chapter President, RAdm. J. P. Monroe, USN (Ret.) RAdm. Waters had a distinguished Navy career including numerous important commands in both world war and peacetime, ashore and afloat. More than any one individual, he was responsible for carrying through a program to bring all oceanographic efforts under centralized direction. In recognition of these successful efforts RAdm. Waters was awarded one of the Navy's highest decorations, the Distinguished Service Medal.

Since his retirement RAdm. Waters has been a professor at the Florida Institute of technology. He spoke on two subjects, both of great interest to Floridians: the "Florida Institute of Technology" and "Oceanography in Florida."

PHILADELPHIA

SAN DIEGO/CORONADO

Lt. John P. Santucci, USNR 112 Haines Mill Rd. Delran, NJ 08075 1930—3rd Thursday O Club, Phil. Naval Base

Capt. D . L. Munns, USN (Ret.) 630 Balboa Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURGH Mr. David P. Shapland 764 Vanderbilt Dr. Monroeville, PA 15146 Noon—1st Friday Hospitality Motor Inn

RICHMOND RAdm. R. J. Foley, USN (Ret.) 12 Dahlgren Rd. Lower Tuckahoe, Richmond, VA 23233 1200—2nd Monday

ROCHESTER Lt. J o h n G o d e k , USNR 17 Larkspur Ln. Fairport, NY 14450

SACRAMENTO Capt. J. C. Burrill, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymore Way Sacramento, CA 95822

RAdm. Waters and RAdm. Monroe, Pensacola Chapter

RAdm. Waters oudined a very clear picture of the Florida Institute of Technology and explained much of what is involved in the study of oceanography. He closed by admonishing us to use the word "ecology" correctly saying that: "Ecology derives from two ancient Greek words meaning simply 'house' or habitat, and 'study.' So our English word ecology means the study of the effect of its environment on any living organism.

That's pretty simple, so far, but how many times have you heard someone say, 'Man—we sure gotta do something about the ecology.' Now I submit that no one is going to DO anything about 'the study of the effect of its environment, e t c ' What was meant was that we have to do something about the water quality or the air quality or the environment in general."

At a short business session before Admiral Waters' talk, the following officers were elected for the year 1973-1974: Honorary President, Adm. D. B. Duncan; President, RAdm. J. P. Monroe, USN (Ret.); Vice President, RAdm. M. H. Tutde, USN (Ret.); Secretary, Cdr. H. J. McRoberts, USN (Ret.); and Treasurer, Capt. Jim H. Durr, USMC.

The new officers of the Sacramento area chapter held two business meetings in June at which it was decided that, in lieu of a picnic, the summer meeting would be held Friday, July 20th, in Folsom, Cal., which has its downtown area restored to the elegance of gold rush days. We all greatly enjoyed a joint attendance at "The Sutter Gaslighters" melodrama, "West of Folsom," and the oleo which followed. Agnes Stockwell, wife of Dick '46, was introduced to the rest of the audience to much applause since it was her birthday. Later, our chapter was introduced and also received applause. Jim Silldorff '58 made the arrangements and came with his lovely bride Linda, and another handsome couple Tom and Candy Boutsen, Montana State grad and Air Force captain.

Others present were: Ed and Mary Lee '48, Jack and Carlotta Burrill '38, Tom and Pat Hartigan '47 and Ron and Barbara Rodriques '59.

Our next meeting is expected to be a dinner meeting, with wives, to hear a talk by Ted Robinson, the skipper of the PT boat which rescued the survivors of PT 109. As of this date it is scheduled for Saturday, 22 September.

Alumni in this area please mark calendars!

ST. LOUIS LCdr. Robert F. Diebel, Jr., USN 8658 Old Towne Rd. St. Louis, MO 63132 Quarterly Varies

ST. PETERSBURG RAdm. M . P. Russillo, USN (Ret.) 16016 4th St. E. St. Petersburg, FL 33708

Mr. James P. Vaughan 1132 Pearl Street Alameda, CA 94501 1815—1st Wednesday Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club Our annual business meeting got under way the evening of 6 June at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club with the smallest attendance of the year. It seems that there were just too many members taking off on vacations and tours plus the fact that we did not have a scheduled guest speaker. Perhaps some may have thought that it was "just a business meeting." What we lost in attendance we made up for in the good-natured banter, enthusiasm and comradeship that has been so prevalent at our meetings.

Unconsciously the Navy wives contributed much to the occasion when the Club overlooked the fact that this was scheduled as a stag meeting and, instead of providing the usual reserved tables for them in the main dining room, had set up places for them in the Treasury Room. So, we had our "lovely lovelies" with us for the Happy Hour and dinner, after which they withdrew leaving us to have our meeting.

Deac Hans in '14 represented the senior class present and Art Kealy '67, the junior. At our final meeting of the year it was a pleasure to welcome one more new member aboard, Capt. Ed (William E.) Moring, (SC) USN (Ret.), in the class of '31, who has just moved into the Bolinas area.

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of VAdm. John McN. Taylor, USN (Ret.), at Letterman Hospital on 29 May. Since his retirement. Jack has been an active member of our chapter and we will miss him. Our deepest sympathy goes to Amelia.

The principal item of business was the election of a new Executive Board for FY 1973-74. President John Dale Hodaap '39 announced the slate of nominees presented by the Nominating Committee. A motion was made, and carried, that nominations be closed and in somewhat less than five minutes we had a new lineup for 1973-74 as follows: Thomas C Reynolds, Jr. '45, President; Sam A. Pillar '47, Vice President; James P. Vaughan, Jr. '46, Secretary; Arthur P. Kealy '67, Treasurer; Emmanual T. (Frenchie) Goyette '27, Trustee; and John Dale Hodaap, Jr. '39, Past President/Trustee.

We then listened to the reports of officers, President John Dale Hodaap '39, Treasurer, Tom Allen '48, and Secretary, Chariey Buder '25. John Dale reported on the contents of a letter received from National Trustee, George Neely '22, who attended the meeting of the National Board on 30 May. Among other items we learned that Admiral George Anderson '27 had graciously consented to serve as President Pro Tem for the year just started.

The audit of Gordon Ehrman '48 showed that our finances are in satisfactory condition. Other reports revealed that we had dropped from our lists those who had not paid dues for some time and had not attended our meetings. We have more than made up for this in new members who are responsive, interested and acrive in attendance.

There was n substantial increase in the attendance

93 at our meetings and it was felt that it was a wise move to include the Navy wives during the Happy Hour at our stag meerings. Of major importance, of course, was the success in obtaining interesting speakers, a number of whom were our own Navy alumni. No small contriburion was the excellent meals provided by Peter Liepman, Manager of the FAdm. Nimitz Club. We do not know what all the plans of the new Board will be at this rime, but they most likely will include efforts to increase both our own and the National membership.

Before turning over the gavel to Vice President Elect, Sam Pillar, John Dale presented miniature Naval Academy swords to Tom Allen in recognition of his most excellent service of 5 years as Treasurer and to Charley Butler for his 3 years as Secretary. Both men were then accorded a rising vote of thanks by the members. Acting on behalf of President Elect, Tom Reynolds (who was unable to be present at the meeting), Sam Pillar received the gavel from John Dale Hodaap, and in turn presented him with a Naval Academy miniature sword in appreciation for his year as President and also in recognirion of the fact that John Dale has served in some capacity on the Executive Board for 7 out of the last 10 years, including three terms as President.

Thus we bring to conclusion the 1972-73 season and confidently look forward to our next one which begins with our dinner meeting on 5 September. May you all have a pleasant summer!

SANTA BARBARA Capt. H. H. Kait, USN (Ret.) 877 La Milpita Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105

SEATTLE LCdr. Robert H . Yerbury, USN (Ret.) 8517 S.E. 76th PI. Mercer Island, WA 98040 1830—1st Wednesday, Sept.-June COM Sand Pt.—Pier 91 Alternate months O Club The Seattle chapter ushered in the summer season with a highly successful spring dance in May. Fifty-eight members, ladies and guests contributed

to the evening's merriment. The club seemed well pleased with the bar receipts and provided a hearty repast. (We now know the definition of a featherbone steak.) Bob and Marianne Schelling are well deserving of our thanks for the arrangements and table decorations.

Bert Cassels '22 and Stan Keck '54 won the oldest and youngest alumni awards. If the award had been for the youngest in spirit, there would have been 58 contestants.

Other notable occurrences during the evening: Our hundredth member paid his dues, Frank Strohecker reminisced on the birth of the Seatde chapter, and Harry Downs '23 subbed for Oscar Browne.

Members present were: Emory '21, Cassels '22, C H. Thompson '22, J. L. Brown '23, Downs '23, Shaw '23, Towner '24, Topper '24, Strohecker '24, Sugnet '25, White '25, Dudley '27, Fauntz '27, Marshall '27, W. Thompson '28, Krick '30, Foott '30, Colley '32, McNaughton '34, Van Leunen '34, McGill '35, Middleton '35, Irvine '38, MacLachlan '38, Schelling '38, Daly '46, Yerbury '46, Keck '54.

VIRGINIA PENINSULA LCdr. William Huddleston, USN (Ret.) 14553F Old Courthouse Way Newport News, VA 23602 The Virginia Peninsula chapter of the USNA Alumni Association held the June meeting in the Officers' Club, Fort Monroe. Beef and burgundy shared honors with the speaker, Mr. George Pope, Superintendent of Schools, York County, Va., and the installation of new officers. The new officers are: President Bill Maddox '41, Vice-President Bill Roos '49, Secretary Bill Huddleston '46, Treasurer John Wells '47.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Capt. R. J. Badger, USN (Ret.) 926 S. 26th St. Ariington, VA 22202 Noon—3rd Wed., Sept.-May Army-Navy Club

WILMINGTON SOUTHEAST FLORIDA Cdr. E. C. P o w e l l , USNR (Ret.) 11345 S.W. 108th Ct. Kendall Branch, Miami, FL 33156 May's Bar-B-Q was successful and we had some new alumni and children attending. Those present were Hugh White '13, and wife, Stan Dodd, wife and children, Charles Butler '48 and wife, Turk Powell '27 and guest, Edwin Ray Phillips '17 and daughter, J. Thomas PetiUo '66 and wife and children, Thomas Himes '61, Frank Martin '59, wife and children, Daniel Condon '61, wife and children, Steve McDonald '65 and guest, William A. Fries '65 and wife and children, Robert W. Marsh '64, wife and children.

Through the effort of H. H. Caldwell and his helpers they have arranged a pre-game affair in Jacksonville. (See Jacksonville Chapter.) It is hoped some classes will get together and try a reunion at this affair. The class of '27 has nearly forty-five in Florida. Nineteen hundred and twenty-five has a large group.

Mr. Russell S. Davis, Jr. Box 27 D, R.D. # 2 Hockessin, DE 19707 Airliner Motel

WINSTON-SALEM Mr. John G. Palmer 4220 Witherow Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27106 Last Saturday—Noon

Last Call ADAMS, N O R W I C K O T H O '22, 30 July 1972, Corpus Christi, TX BAILLIERE, T H O M A S H E N R Y G A I T H E R '19 (CDR USN RET), 30 March 1973, Baltimore, MD BAKER, G L E N W O O D F L O Y D '28, 28 April 1973, Jonesville, MI BAKER, ORIE K N I G H T '22 (CDR USNR RET), 27 Mav 1973, Oklahoma City, OK B U R D A , ALOIS J O H N , JR. '40 (LCDR USN RET), 8 July 1973, Annapolis, MD COLLINS, J O H N WALLACE '43 (CDR USN RET), 30 June 1973, Bethesda, MD COOK, R O B E R T A L E X A N D E R '23 (CDR USN RET), 5 July 1973, Annapolis, MD

C U T T S , R I C H A R D MALCOLM '23 (BGEN USMC RET), 14 June 1973, Bethesda, MD D A G U E , B Y R O N SCOTT '16 (CAPT USN RET), 3 July 1973, San Francisco, CA FARRELL,' PATRICK JOSEPH '69, 13 October 1972, Starkville, MS F L Y N N , CORNELIUS WILLIAM 15 (RADM USN RET), 26 April 1973, Sandy, NJ G L A D D I N G , D O U G L A S V I C T O R '26 (CAPT USN RET), 11 May 1973, Boston, MA HEBERT, WILLIAM M O R R I S O N '47, 15 May 1973, Stockton, CA H E W I N S , CHARLES K N O W L T O N '27, 23 May 1973, Augusta, ME

H O D D I C K , FREDERICK GEORGE '11 (CDR USN RET), 9 May 1973, Honolulu, HI JUPP, S T A N L E Y D E X T E R '18 (COMO USN RET), 11 June 1973, Charieston, SC K I R T L A N D , C L A Y T O N W I L S O N '19, 10 June 1971, A.sheville, NC LEWIS, J O H N S T E P H E N '32 (RADM USN RET), 28 June 1973, Palo Alto, CA MARIK, CHARLES W E L D O N '63 (LCDR USN), 25 June 1966, North Vietnam M O R R O W , WILLIAM J O H N , JR. ' 3 1 , 14 October 1972, Philadelphia, PA O'BRIEN, JOSEPH E M M E T T '31 (LCDR USN RET), 10 November 1972, Buriingame, CA

94 O N L E Y , WILLIAM B A Y N A R D '20 (COL USMC RET), 7 June 1973, Lewes, DE ORR, H E N R Y A T W O O D '22 (CDR USN RET), 21 June 1973, Vallejo, CA PALENSCAR, A L E X A N D E R J O H N III '63 (LCDR USN), 27 March 1967, Vietnam R E G A N , WILLIAM F R A N K '47 (CAPT USN), 11 June 1973, Jacksonville, FL SHELBY, E D W A R D ELLIS '33 (CAPT USN RET), 19 June 1973, Biloxi, MS SHIELDS, W A R D T H O R N T O N '31 (CAPT USN RET), 24 June 1973, Alexandria, VA S H O R T , GILES ELZA '19 (RADM USN RET), 1 July 1973, Laguna Hills, CA S T Y N E , D W I G H T E V A N ' 3 3 , 6 June 1973, Honolulu, HI S W I G A R T , ORAL R A Y M O N D '21 (RADM USN RET), 21 June 1973, Paris, France T A Y L O R , H E N R Y GEORGE '08 (RADM USN RET), 19 May 1973, San Francisco, CA T O N E Y , ALBERT L I V I N G S T O N '22 (CAPT USN RET), 11 June 1973, Bethesda, MD WILLIAMS, H E N R Y '98 (RADM USN RET), 6 July 1973, Bethesda, MD W R I G H T , CARLETON HERBERT '12 (VADM USN RET), 27 June 1973, Claremont, CA W R I G H T , D A V I D LLOYD '48 (LCDR USN RET), 20 June 1973, Denver, CO

H E N R Y WILLIAMS '98 RAdm. Henry Williams, USN (Ret.), died 6 July of a heart ailment at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Services were held at Ft. Myer Chapel.

Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born near Hagerstown, Md., RAdm. Williams studied two years at Johns Hopkins University before entering the Naval Academy. He graduated with the class of 1898. During his naval career which spanned both world wars, he made significant contributions to Naval Construction and Engineering methods including initiating studies of paint composition for ships to prevent corrosion. He also was one of the first to employ arc welding in shipbuilding and aluminum instead of steel in furnimre in ships.

RAdm. Williams' first assignment was in Santiago, Cuba during the 1898 bombardment and blockade of the Spanish Fleet and landing of the U.S. Expeditionary Force after which he returned to Annapolis to study naval architecture and marine engineering. He later graduated from the Ecole Nationale du Geni Maritime Ln Paris.

He spent most of his career working in shipbuilding and before his retirement was head of the administrative division of the Bureau of Ships and special assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission.

For representing the Navy on the requirements committee of the War Production Board during WWII, RAdm. Williams received a letter of commendation and commendation medal.

His decorations also include the Spanish Campaign Medal, Sampson Medal with four bars for engagements in Santiago, WWI Victory Medal, American Defense Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal.

Also an avid writer, RAdm. Williams contributed a number of papers to both the Journal of the Society of Naval Engineers and the Naval Institute Proceedings.

RAdm. Williams was the oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy.

RAdm. Flynn was a native of Summerville, N.J. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1915. After graduation he served in the LOUISIANA and the MINNESOTA. During WWI

he served in the destroyer STOCKTON. He later served in the Asiatic in the ASHEVILLE, MONOCACY and GENERAL ALAVA.

Henry Wdliams '98 He is survived by his widow, Hazel, 4000 Tunlaw Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20007; a son, Capt. Henry Williams, Jr., USN (Ret.); and a stepson, Kenneth Pye. H U G H V I C T O R McCABE '09 Capt. Hugh Victor McCabe, USN (Ret.), died 18 May at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Graveside services were held in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Va. Born in Leesburg, Capt. McCabe graduated from the Naval Academy in 1909. In WWI he was a gunnery officer and engineer on a number of troop carriers that crossed the Atlantic. He was navigator of the USS LANGLEY, which was the Navy's first aircraft carrier. Despite its size, it was brought successfully up the Potomac River to the Washington Navy Yard. He was also navigator of the batdeship USS MARYLAND and commander of a destroyer division in the Pacific Fleet before his first retirement in 1937.

Being recalled to duty in 1940, he was assigned to the Navy Department's specifications board and then volunteered for sea duty when WWII broke out. He served during the war as convoy commander for 200 merchant ships sent to Europe and North Africa. Also during the war he was CO of naval bases in New Jersey and Sydney, Australia and retired in 1946.

After retirement, Capt. McCabe taught mechanical engineering at Catholic University for a number of years.

He is survived by his son, Hugh V. McCabe; a daughter, Virginia M. Hawkins; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Price, Mrs. Ruffner Paine, and Mary Norris McCabe; and four grandchildren.

FREDERICK GEORGE H O D D I C K ' U Cdr. Frederick George Hoddick, USN (Ret.), died on 9 May in Leeward Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii. Graveside services were held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Cdr. Hoddick graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911 and went to Hawaii in 1938 as assistant personnel director of the 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor, returning to that position after active duty in WWII until his retirement in 1960.

He was the founder of the Civilian Employees Association, Pearl Harbor.

Surviving is a son, Howard, P.O. Box 3199, Honolulu, HI 96813; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison and Mrs. Frederick Goldsmith; and six grandchildren.

CORNELIUS WILLIAM F L Y N N '15 RAdm. Cornelius William Flynn, USN (Ret.), died at a nursing home in Portland, Oregon on 26 April. Funeral Services were held at St. John's Church, Wemme, Oregon. Interment was in Wdlamette National Cemetery.

During WWII he served as Commander Destroyer Squadron Four, Naval Forces Southwest Pacific Area and then in the Amphibious Force of the Seventh Fleet. After WWII he served in the Twelfth Naval District until retirement in 1947.

RAdm. Flynn had been a resident of Wemme, Oregon for the past 21 years. He was a member of the Retired Officers' Association and of the St. John's Church in Wemme.

Surviving is his widow, Letha, P.O. Box 13, Wemme, OR 97067.

G E R A L D FRANCIS B O G A N '16 VAdm. Gerald Francis Bogan, USN (Ret.), died 8 June in La Jolla, Cal. VAdm. Bogan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916 and during WWI served in several capacities including Instructor of enlisted men. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, and CO of the US Naval Radio Station, Russian Island, Vladivostok, Siberia. He then returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor in Electrical Engineering and Physics.

He commanded squadrons in the carriers LANGLEY, LEXINGTON and SARATOGA and was in

command of the SARATOGA when WWII broke out.

As a task force commander in the Pacific he won two Legions of Merit and the Navy Cross.

He also earned the Distinguished Service Medal with a star.

VAdm. Bogan's last command was of the First Fleet, headquartered in San Diego.

He is survived by his widow, Katherine, 6318 Muirlands Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037; a stepson, Harold A. Fisher; two sisters; and one brother.

LAURENCE FRYE SAFFORD '16 Capt. Lawrence Frye Safford, USN (Ret.), died on 15 May at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

A native of Somerville, Mass., he was a 1916 graduate of the Naval Academy. After three years in the USS WYOMING, U S A C T SAN JACINTO and

USS USS USS R-1,

CONNER, he had submarine training in the FULTON. In October 1919 he joined the O-IO and continued submarine duty in the K-6, K-4 and S-7. He became XO, USS

FINCH, in December 1921.

Capt. Safford was assigned OinC of the newlycreated Research Desk in the Code and Signal Section, Office of Naval Communications in January 1924. There he began the study of cipher machines and established the Naval Communication-Intelligence Organization. In March 1926 he returned to sea in the USS CALIFORNIA and three months later went as XO and Navigator to the USS HULL. He again had duty in charge of the Research Desk in June 1929.

In May 1932 he was assigned fitting out duty for the USS PORTLAND. In August 1933 he

joined the USS N E W MEXICO as Gunnery Officer.

He was appointed OinC, Communications Security Section, Office of Naval Communications in May 1936. In that position he introduced into the Navy the modern cryptographic systems which operated so efficiently in WWII. Capt. Safford concentrated on the problem of high direction finders and by December 1941 had established strategically located H F / D F stations with trained crews which were

95 tracking German submarines in the Atlantic and Japanese naval vessels in the Pacific.

Capt. Safford became Assistant Director of Naval Communications for Cryptographic Research in February 1942. He continued the development and improvement of Navy cryptographic systems. He also testified before various investigations relative to the Pearl Harbor attack. For outstanding services during WWII he was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Navy Unit Commendation medal.

In January 1949 he was appointed Special Assistant to the Director of the Armed Forces Security Agency. He was retired on 30 June 1951 but remained on active duty. In January 1952 he reported as Special Assistant to the Head of the Security Branch in the Division of Naval Communications. He was relieved of active duty on 2 March 1953.

Because of secrecy requirements, Capt. Safford had been unable to apply for patents on his inventions. In 1958 the government awarded him $100,000 for at least 20 cryptographic systems he devised or helped devise.

Among his survivors is his widow, Ruth, 2821 Dumbarton Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20007.

STANLEY D E X T E R J U P P 18 Como. Stanley Dexter Jupp, USN (Ret.), died in Charleston, S.C. on 11 June. Private graveside services were held on 13 June at St. Andrew's Cemetery in Charleston.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Como. Jupp graduated in 1918 from the Naval Academy.

After graduation he served in the USS KANSAS. He then served in the USS FLUSSER and the USS ROPER after which he was assigned to the Submarine Base, New London, Conn, for instruction in submarines. He later served in the R-6 and R-8.

In the course of his rise through the commissioned grades, Como. Jupp studied at the Naval Academy Postgraduate School and spent two years at Columbia University where he earned his M.S. in Electrical Engineering.

He taught in the department of Electrical Engineering at the Naval Academy until 1936 and went on to serve in the USS CHICAGO, USS IDAHO and the GRIFFIN. He also served at the

Navy Yard, Philadelphia, in Guam and as Commandant of the Naval Operating Base, Auckland, New Zealand.

He was serving as Chief of Staff for Operations, Sixth Naval District, Charleston, before his retirement in 1949. He and his wife setded in Charleston where he taught for 12 years in a boys school.

Surviving is his widow, Elizabeth, 22 Elliott St., Charieston, SC 29401; two sons, Daniel C and William B.; and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Moore, all of Charleston.

THOMAS H E N R Y GAITHER B A I L U E R E 19 Cdr. Thomas Henry Gaither Bailliere, USNR (Ret.), died after a long illness on 30 March at his home in Baltimore, Md. His funeral service was at the Church of The Redeemer in Baltimore and his interment was in St. John's Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md. Mr. Bailliere was born in Annapolis and attended Oilman School. In 1918 he left the Naval Academy and went to Texas to participate in the Aviation Training Program there. In WWII he was Commandant of Plebes at Bainbridge Naval Station and was later attached to the staff of the Naval Base at Moorehead City, N.C. He retired in 1945.

Surviving is his widow, Marian, 6106 Bellinham Court, Baltimore, MD 21210; a son, Thomas H. G. Bailliere, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Marian Daly and Mrs. Georgiana Finney; and nine grandchildren, all of Baltimore.

ORAL R A Y M O N D S W I G A R T '21 RAdm. Oral Raymond Swigart, USN (Ret.), died on 21 June of a heart attack in Paris, France. Services were held in the main chapel of the Naval Academy with interment following in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

A native of Columbia City, Ind., he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1921. He had duty, during his career on various classes of naval vessels from batdeships to mine laying craft.

While commanding officer of the USS MELVILLE and later in command of LST Flotilla 8, he transported the first troops to Ireland and Scotland in June 1942. He also landed troops and supplies at Bora Bora and Tonga Tabu, Tonga Islands and Wellington, New Zealand. He later landed elements of the First Marine Division at Tulagi, Solomon Islands with resupply trips to the Guadacanal Zone. He also landed troops at Leyte and at Manila.

He was awarded the Legion of Merit, one star and Combat V, a Bronze Star. The European-African Middle Eastern Area ribbon with one star and the Asiatic-Pacific Area ribbon with five stars and the Phillipine Liberation medal with two stars. He also received the American Campaign Medal and the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal.

Surviving are his widow, Margaret, 6 Chase Rd., Pendennis Mt., Annapolis, MD 21401; a son.

Col. Oral R. Swigart, Jr., USMC and five grandchildren. He was also the father of Capt. Robert Williams Swigart, USMC, who was killed in action in Vietnam in July 1967.

ORIE K N I G H T B A K E R '22 Cdr. Orie Knight Baker, USNR (Ret.), died 27 May at Baptist Hospital, Oklahoma City, Okla. Services were held at St. Peter's Church in Woodward, Okla., with interment following in Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward.

Cdr. Baker was born in Farragut, Iowa and after graduating from high school decided to follow the pursuits of the illustrious namesake of his hometown. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy in 1922, he decided to resign and joined the Shell Oil Company. He remained with them may years, working throughout Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Colorado. He served in WWII as a Supply Officer and then returned to the Shell Company. When he retired in 1960 he was in charge of the tax department for eleven central and western states.

Cdr. Baker contributed valuable service to the Navy. Among his several assignments were duties in connection with officer procurement and as an Associate Professor of Naval Science at the University of California, Redlands and Berkeley.

Cdr. Baker's retirement years were spent travellingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and golfing, his greatest hobby.

He is survived by his widow, .Angela, 310 Arballo Dr., San Francisco, CA 94132; and three brothers, Dorsey D. Baker (class of '22), of Ligard, Ore., Milo W. Baker, of Pittsburg, Kan., and W. Eari Baker, of Oklahoma City, Okla.

ALBERT L I V I N G S T O N T O N E Y '22 Capt. Albert "Livingston Toney, USN (Ret.), died of Cancer at Bethesda Naval Hospital on 11 June. Funeral services were held at the Ft.

Myer Chapel. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Born in Johnston, S.C, Capt. Toney graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1922. Sea duay filled most of his first nine years after graduation except for brief tours ashore at the torpedo and submarine schools. His sea assignments were varied during those early years. He served in the ARKANSAS, the KING,

had command of two submarines and then came ashore as an instructor at the Academy. He then took command of the ELLIOTT. During WWII, Capt. Toney participated in operations around Pearl Harbor and Northern Central and Southern Pacific areas until ordered to fit out and command the LACKAWANNA, a

fleet oiler. He also handled the logistics for Commander Western Sea Frontier and later was the Commander of the Service Division Operations out of Hawaii. In 1949 he became Ass't. to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, OP 33, until his retirement in 1952.

He was a great shipmate and one of the most popular officers in the service through his ability and a fine sense of humor which carried him and his shipmates through the tough times as well as the good.

Capt. Toney was active for many years in the Little Theatre of Alexandria where he had been president of the council and a member of the board of governors for about 15 years. During several of its special productions at Gadsby's Tavern, he appeared in the role of George Washington.

He was also a prominent churchman and served as Senior Warden of Immanuel Church on the Hill contributing much to the life and welfare of that parish. He also contributed much as a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Army-Navy Club in Washington and the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.

Surviving are his widow, Eleanor, 7119 Burtonwood Dr., Alexandria, VA 22307; a son Albert L., Jr., of Boston; and two grandchildren.

R O B E R T A L E X A N D E R COOK '23 Cdr. Robert Alexander Cook, USN (Ret.), died on 5 July at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Annapolis after a short illness. A memorial service was held on 9 June in St. Andrew's Chapel, U.S. Naval Academy.

Robert Alexander Cook '23 Born in Bovina, Mississippi, he graduated from Marion Military Institute in Alabama before entering the Naval Academy. After graduating in 1923 and receiving his commission in the Navy, he did sea duty in the USS UTAH, USS OVERTON and

USS CAMDEN. He attended Torpedo School in

96 Newport, Rhode Island, and in 1930, the Post Graduate School in Annapolis.

After a medical retirement in 1931, he became Headmaster of the Navy Preparatory School in Annapolis, more commonly known as "Bobby Wentz's." Cdr. Cook was recalled to active duty in 1941 and was an instructor in the Department of English, History and Government at the Naval Academy until 1943. During that time he was co-author of a textbook of Official Naval Correspondence used by all training programs during WWII. Cdr. Cook was appointed Sub-Chief of the U.S. Naval Mission to Colombia in 1943. He was decorated with the Cruz de Boyaca, the highest honor given by the Colombian government, for outstanding service. He retired again in 1946 and became Professor of Mathematics at Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, until 1951, then instructor of Mathematics in Anne Arundel schools until 1968, and from 1968-1971 was Professor of Madiematics at Wroxeter-on-Severn School.

Cdr. Cook was a member of the Army-Navy Club in Washington (in 1973 being made a Knight of the Golden Circle after 50 years of membership) and a long time member of the Annapolitan Club.

Survivors include his widow, Sybil, 140 Monticello Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401; two daughters, Mrs. John A. Schuyler of Edgewater and Mrs. William W. Hatch of Annapolis; a sister, Mrs. W. C Maute of Jackson, Miss.; and six granddaughters.

R I C H A R D MALCOLM CUTTS, JR. '23 BGen. Richard Malcolm Cutts, Jr., USMC (Ret.), died of pulmonary complications at Bethesda Naval Hospital on 14 June. Services were held at the Ft. Myer Chapel. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery close to the graves of his parents and others of his family.

BGen. Cutts was born at the Mare Island Shipyard in California, which had originally been established by his great-grandfather. He was also a great-great-great-grandson of Francis Scott Key and related to many of the early families of Virginia and Maryland.

device used for reducing the recoil and increasing the accuracy of high velocity loads in shotguns and rifles. The device was later adapted for large scale use on automatic weapons for the military during WWII. Other inventions in the field of lubrication and ordnance are also credited to BGen. Cutts, including the development of a system for photography of projectiles in flight in 1925. In 1927 and 1928 he won the National Rifle Association Championships.

Surviving is his widow, Dorothea Lane, Dondoric Farms, The Plains, VA 22171; his daughter, Dorothea Lane II, of the home; and a sister, Alice Cutts Wainwright, of Coconut Grove, Fla. E D W A R D P A T R I C K CREEHAN '24 RAdm. Edward Patrick Creehan, USN (Ret.), died at his home in San Mateo, Cal. on 24 June, following a long illness. Funeral services were held at St. Anne's Church, Palo Alto, on 27 June, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born Ln Ohio, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from Pennsylvania, and graduated with the class of 1924. Active in sports, he was captain of the Naval Academy Soccer Team in his first class year. His Navy career included service in several destroyers, including USS TRACY, USS SIMPSON, and command of

USS

BAINBRIDGE in 1941-42. He served in USS MARYLAND, and was Engineering Officer of USS HORNET in 1943-46. Other assignments included Command of U.S. Naval Station, Manchester, Washington, and of the Amphibious Training Unit at Coronado, Cal. Honors include eight Batde Stars, Purple Heart and Silver Star.

Since retirement RAdm. Creehan had resided in San Mateo, where he is survived by his widow, Mary, 812 Foodiill Dr., San Mateo, CA 94402; two sons. Dr. E. Patrick, Jr., and Robert; and a daughter, Mrs. Mary C Murphy.

SHIPMATE regrets that this photograph was received too late for inclusion in his obituary in the July-August issue

BGen. Cutts graduated from the Naval Academy in 1923. He later served as a Marine Corps aide at the White House in the Roosevelt administration and in Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Guam and China. He commanded in 1944 the second regiment of the 2nd Marine Division at Saipan and Okinawa and retired from active duty in 1946.

His father. Col. Richard Cutts '08, and he invented and developed the Cutts Compensator, a

Douglas Victor Gladding '26

A love of the sea and cruising led Capt. Gladding to have nine pleasure boats, all named for his daughter, Barbara West Gladding. He and his family spent much of their time on the water boating to and from Florida, and to Maine.

Capt. Gladding was a member of the Cruising Club of America, a past Commodore of the Ocean Reef Yacht Club of North Key Largo, Fla., a member of the United States Power Squadron and a former member of the Harvard Faculty Club and the Boston Yacht Club, Marblehead.

Surviving is his widow, Martha, 47 River Rd., Annisquam, MA 01930; his daughter, Barbara A. Ritchie; three grandchildren; and a sister, Jeanette Hambly.

CHARLES K N O W L T O N H E W I N S '27 Mr. Charles Knowlton Hewins died after a long illness at home in Augusta, Maine, on 23 May. He was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery in Augusta.

Mr. Hewins graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927 and served two years at sea before voluntary resignation in 1929. He served aboard the USS DOBBIN and the USS pLORroA.

John McNay Taylor '26

Richard Malcolm Cutts '23

In 1950 Capt. Gladding taught military science and tactics while in command of the Naval ROTC unit at Harvard University. His last major assignment was as Inspector General, Navy, at the Panama Canal Zone in 1953.

DOUGLAS VICTOR G L A D D I N G '26 Capt. Douglas Victor Gladding, USN (Ret.), died after a short illness at the Chelsea Naval Hospital, Boston, Mass. on 11 May. He was born in Newport, R.L, and as a youth was a professional boatman. In 1926 he graduated from the Naval Academy. Shordy after graduation he entered submarine school and took command of the S-47 in the Panama Canal Zone as his first assignment in submarines. His tours before 1944 include his being aide to the commandant of the First Naval District. He went on to serve in BuPers and later was assigned to command the Tufts University naval training unit.

After his resignation he attended the Cincinnati College of Embalming and became a licensed funeral director and embalmer, operating funeral homes in Augusta and HoUowell which his greatgrandfather founded prior to 1822.

He was one of the most respected and well liked men, professionally and personally, in the community. He was a member of the Universalist Church, the Augusta Lodge AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies, the Maine Consistory, Asylum Lodge, lOOF, Capitol Grange, the Augusta Kiwanis, the Maine Funeral Director's Association and the National Funeral Director's Association.

He is survived by his widow, Margaret, 15 Flagg St., Augusta, ME 04330; a son, Charies K. Hewins; a daughter, Gail Hewins Bunch; two grandchildren, Lisa Ann Bunch and William Charles Bunch; and a sister, Beverly Hewins of Augusta.

G L E N W O O D FLOYD BAKER '28 Mr. Glenwood Floyd Baker died on 28 April in Jonesville, Mich., following a lengthy illness and was buried in Sunset View Cemetery in Jonesville.

Born in Jonesville, Mr. Baker entered the Naval Academy in 1922, but found it necessary to resign due to a leg injury. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in civil engineering, he joined the Michigan State Highway

97 Commission where he worked for 33 years as a district traffic engineer.-For his lengthy and worthy service with the Highway Division, a state park has been named after him.

W I L L I A M J O H N M O R R O W , JR. '31 Lt. (jg) William John Morrow, Jr., USN (Ret.), died in Philadelphia, Pa., on 14 October 1972.

Mr. Morrow returned to his native Philadelphia subsequent to his physical retirement in 1935. He was engaged there in the maintenance supervision of several real estate properties and later went on to work involving inspection of mechanical parts and engineering drafting.

Finding the outdoors more pleasant than the oily atmosphere of industry, he graduated into the painting and decorating business.

Lt. Morrow has no widow and no issue.

John Day Gerwick '35

J O H N S T E P H E N LEWIS '32 RAdm. John S. Lewis, USN (Ret.), died after a long illness in Palo Alto, Cal. on 28 June.

Born in Evanston, Illinois, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1932. He served in the

A native of Mount Vernon, Ohio, RAdm. Gerwick was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1935 and served in the Batdeship WEST VIR-

USS MARYLAND, USS UPSHUR and USS HOPKINS

Glenwood Floyd Baker '28

Mr. Baker was a member of the Jonesville Chapter of the Knights of Pythias, the National Institute of Traffic Engineers and the First United Methodist Church in Jonesville.

He is survived by his widow, Lela, 317 Evans St., Jonesville, MI 49250; two sons. Glen Alan, of Indianapolis, Ind. and Gene O. of Wappingers Falls, N.Y.; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Thelma) Marshall and Mrs. Marjorie Townbridge; and one brother, Lyle.

ROBERT BRUCE M c C O Y '29 Mr. Robert Bruce McCoy died of a heart attack at his home in Northville, Conn., on 23 April.

He was buried at New Milford, Conn.

The Ohio native graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1929 and immediately served three years on the battleship OKLAHOMA. There followed a series of duties in ships and stations, interrupted by a postgraduate course in applied communications. The commencement of WWII found him on the CinCPac Staff where he served unril 1945. He was then assigned to the Office of Naval Operarions until his resignation in 1950.

Until his death he resided on his small farm in Connecticut. He was unmarried and left no issue.

CHARLES MELVILLE H O W E '31 Capt. Charies Melville Howe, USN (Ret.), died on 1 April in Virginia Beach, Va. A native of Evanston, III., Capt. Howe graduated from the Naval Academy in 1931. He served in a number of ships including the USS MILWAUKEE, USS JACOB JONES and the USS IDAHO until

1938 when he attended the Postgraduate School in Annapolis.

In 1943 he received his first command in the USS CASE in the south and central Pacific. Capt.

Howe went on to command the USS STRONG and the USS DuLUTH. Between commands he served as Executive Officer of the ROTC unit at Tulane University and in 1955 served a tour as Chief of Staff CruDiv One, WestPac. Before retiring in 1960 he served as Senior Member SublnSurv, Pearl Harbor and Norfolk.

Among his survivors is his daughter Virginia, 5325 Academy Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23462.

before attending postgraduate school. At the outbreak of WWII he was assigned to the USS PORTLAND and served exclusively in the Pacific, later taking command of the USS SOLEY. After the war, he attended the Joint Chiefs of Staff College in Latimer, England, and the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk. Before his retirement, he was head of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation at the Naval AcademyRAdm. Lewis joined the staff of the Naval Reserve Association in 1957 and became its executive director three years later. In 1968 he was awarded the Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award for services to the Navy and Naval Reserve in the NRA Post.

Surviving is his widow, Rosamund, 3462 Edison St., San Mateo, CA 94403, and a sister.

H A R R Y H O L T GREER, JR. ' 3 4 Capt. Harry Holt Greer, Jr., USN (Ret.), died following a long illness at his home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on 26 May. Born in Philadelphia, Capt. Greer graduated from the Naval Academy in 1934 and later went into submarines. During his command in WWII in the USS SEAHORSE, he entered Tokyo harbor and mapped the minefields thus enabling other American submarines to enter the harbor and sink many enemy ships. For this endeavor he was awarded the Navy Cross.

The television series, "Silent Service," later used this heroic action as the basis for one of its episodes.

Capt. Greer's tours of duty brought him to Washington several times where he was commanding officer of Navy advanced technical training schools. He received a master's degree at George Washington University while on duty there.

He had also been commanding officer of the Navy Examining Center at Great Lakes, III. He moved to Poughkeepsie in 1964 after retiring from the Navy and was an educational researcher for the International Business Machines Corp. there.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, 5 Kingwood Dr., Poughkeepsie, NY 12602, and four children.

J O H N D A Y G E R W I C K '35 RAdm. John Day Gerwick, USN (Ret.), died 9 June at his home in Niantic, Conn. Funeral services were held at the Niantic Community Church.

Interment was at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

GiNL\ and the Destroyers SCHENK and MCDOUGAL

before reporting to Submarine School in 1939. His first submarine assignment was in the ARGONAUT where he was serving at the start of the war.

During the war he served in several submarines including a tour as commanding officer of GREENLING during three war patrols.

After the war RAdm. Gerwick served a tour as head of Enlisted School at Submarine School, as well as other assignments in this country and abroad.

His decorations include the silver star medal, gold star in lieu of a second silver star. Navy unit commendation, submarine combat insignia (four stars), and American Campaign, American defense service, Asiatic-Pacific campaign, WWII Victory, national defense service, Korean service and United Nations service medal.

After retiring from the Navy in 1959, he was an engineering consultant for Anderson-Nichols in Niantic. He was first selectman there from 19691971. Recendy he had been associated with the Bailey Agency of Groton as a realtor.

RAdm. Gerwick was the author of articles published in ihe periodicals American Business, fournal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Adult Leadership and Quartermaster Review.

Surviving is his widow, Carolyn, 16 Bishop Bay Rd., Niantic, CT 06357; his son, Donald, of New London, Conn.; his daughter, Mrs. John Wedell, of Canoga Park, Cal.; his mother Hazel; two brothers, LCol. James A. Gerwick, of Napa, Cal. and David J. Gerwick of Toledo; and two grandchildren.

ELBERT W I L L E T T P A T E '38 Cdr. Elbert Willett Pate, USN (Ret.), died in Yokosuka, Japan, on 15 March.

Cdr. Pate was born in Muskogee, Okla. Shortly after graduating from the Naval Academy in 1938, he attended the USNA Postgraduate School to study Aerology. After Postgraduate School he served in that field in the SoPac Theatre with the CNO until 1948 when he served at the Line School in Monterey, Cal., as an instructor in meteorology.

After leaving Monterey in 1950 Cdr. Pate served at several weather stations including Fleet Weather Facility in Yokosuka, Japan before retiring in 1960. During his career he received a Sec Nav Commendation and a SecArmy Commendation. His service medals include American Defense, American Theatre, Pacific-Asiatic (1 Star), Philippine Liberation, WWII Victory, United Nations and Korea.

98 Among his survivors are his son, John Graham Pate, 1180 Sylvan Place, Monterey, CA 93940, and his mother Peggy Graham.

JAMES A R T H U R G R I S W O L D ' 4 3 Capt. James Arthur Griswold, USNR, died in a tragic fall while hiking on 8 April in Redlands, Cal. Funeral services were held at the F. Arthur Cortner Chapel. Interment was in Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands.

James Arthur Griswold '43

Surviving are his widow, Bonnie, 13903 Shipwreck Circle, North, Jacksonville, FL 32224; his daughter, Gail; two sons, Eric and Jeffrey; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Regan of Tolland, Conn.; and a brother. Col. Joseph Regan, USAF, of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

ROBERT DINSMORE H U N T I N G T O N , JR. ' 4 8 Lt. Robert Dinsmore Huntington, Jr., USNR-R, died of cancer on 17 January in Oyster Bay, N.Y. His memorial service was held in St. John's Church in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. He is buried in Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. Born in New York City, Lt. Huntington was a 1948 graduate of the Naval Academy. He was a test pilot and a long-time sailor with a good reputation as a navigator. He was associated with the Farmer's Trust Company of N.Y.C and the Oyster Bay sailmaking firm of Torrey, Huntington and Shaw, Inc. At the time of his death, he was Vice President of Trident Managers, Manhasset Insurance brokers.

He had served as a director of the New York Council of the Navy League and had worked with Congressman Wolff on the Selection Committee for the Naval and Military Academies.

In 1971 he was sent to Puchat AFB, South Vietnam, where he flew 88 combat missions. Later that year he was sent to Ton San Nhut to the Command Post. In 1972 he was sent as a temporary replacement on a crew in Guam. He was due home on 17 December but was delayed, and on 18 December was the aircraft commander of the first B-52 shot down over Hanoi. He was listed as Missing in Action until the last POWs were repatriated. At that time, during debriefing, it was learned that LCol. Rissi had been killed while ejecting from his plane.

Donald Louis Rissi '55 Born in Elko, Nevada, Capt. Griswold graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943. He served in the Submarine USS FINBACK and USS

MACAB upon graduation, after which he received an advanced degree from MIT. He served in the Design Office of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard and as the General Engineering Officer before his resignation in 1955. He then joined the Naval Reserve and went on to a highly successful career in the aerospace industry working for Boeing, Chrysler, Lockheed and finally TRW. Very active in golf, fishing, biking and other outdoor sports, Capt. Griswold was training for a 60-mile hike in the Grand Canyon when he fell.

Surviving are his widow, Mollie, 636 E. Mariposa Dr., Redlands, CA 92373, and his son James; three daughters, Mollie Brenner, Kathleen Chesierman, and Gayle; three grandchildren, Theodore and Nicole Brenner, and Michael Chesterman; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Griswold of Las Vegas, Nevada.

WILLIAM F R A N K R E G A N '47 Capt. William Frank Regan, USN, died 11 June in Jacksonville, Fla. Graveside services and interment were held in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Capt. Regan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1947. During his naval career he attended Postgraduate Naval Intelligence School, The Armed Forces War College, and George Washington University, where he received his M.S. in International Affairs.

He served in the ships USS DEHAVEN, USS SAN PABLO, USS GROUSE, USS MOALE, USS ROBINSON and USS TATTNALL. He was CO in both the GROUSE and TATTNALL. He was assistant

Naval Attache in Stockholm. At one time he served as aide to the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet. His last assignment was at Mayport Naval Station, Fla., commanding Destroyer Squadron 8.

His decorations include the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Legion of Merit, American Theatre, China Service, Occupation (Asia), American Defense (star), and WWII.

Surviving is his widow, Joan, 1643A Sycamore Dr., Blytheville AFB, AR 72315; his daughter.

Donna; and four sons, Patrick, Mark, Stephen and Thomas. He is also survived by his parents, Frank L. Rissi and Delia Rissi.

Robert Dinsmore Huntington, Jr. '48

Lt. Huntington's interests brought him to the post of Trustee of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Centre Island, and officer of the Leash Club of N.Y.C. He was a member of the Racket Club of Manhattan and the Fales Committee.

Lt. Huntington's active sailing career took him on frequent ocean races over the Atlantic and Long Island Sound.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, Gravel Hill Mill River Rd., Oyster Bay, NY 11771; and three daughters, Tracy, Hilary and Robin. He also leaves his father, Robert Huntington, and a sister, Mrs. Lewis C Murdock.

D O N A L D LOUIS RISSI '55 LCol. Donald Louis Rissi, USAF, was reported killed in action in North Vietnam as of 18 December 1972.

Born in St. Louis, III., he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1955. He was sent to pilot training at Mission AFB, Texas, and then to Reese AFB, Texas. In 1961 he attended Squadron Officers' School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He served as aircraft commander in several squadrons and later attended the Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB. He was sent to Misawa AFB, Japan and was an F-4 pilot until 1970.

CHARLES CARROLL PARISH '(>4 LCdr. Charles Carroll Parish, USN, was reported killed in action in North Vietnam as of 25 July 1968.

After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1964, LCdr. Parish was ordered to flight training.

This was completed 1 Vi years later at which time he was ordered to a fighter squadron attached to the carrier, AMERICA, on which he went first to the Med and then on to Vietnam, where he flew a number of missions. On 5 July 1968 his son was born. On 25 July his Phantom was shot down over North Vietnam and he was declared Missing in Action. Some months later the north Vietnamese revealed that the RO had been captured at the time of the incident and was a POW. There was no further information until the return of the POWs, early in 1973, when the Navy

Charies Carroll Parish '64

99 D e p a r t m e n t c h a n g e d his status to Killed in Action.

H e is survived by his parents, R A d m . a n d M r s .

H. O . Parish, U S N ( R e t . ) , P . O . Box 7 0 1 , Lexington, V A 2 4 4 5 0 ; a sister, Mrs. E . J. O n d r a s i k , of Rockville, M d . ; a b r o t h e r , W . C Parish, of G a i t h ersburg, M d . ; a n d his former wife. C a n d y , a n d his 5-year-old son. H u n t e r , of San Diego, Cal. PATRICK JOSEPH FARRELL '69 Mr. Patrick Joseph Farrell died as a result of an automobile accident o n 13 October at Lowndes General Hospital, C o l u m b u s , Miss. Burial and services were held at Hickory G r o v e C e m e tery, in Laurel, Miss.

A m e m b e r of the N a v a l A c a d e m y class of 1969, Mr. Farrell received an honorable discharge in 1967 and w e n t on to receive a degree in industrial engineering from Mississippi State University.

While there he was a m e m b e r of Sigma Chi Fraternity, the .American Institute of Industrial E n g i neering and the Starkville, Mississippi, C h a m b e r of Commerce.

Surviving are his w i d o w , S h a r o n , 105 N . 5th St., Apt. R, Hughesville, P A 17737, and his son, Sean Patrick; his parents, M r . a n d M r s . M . C Farrell

Laurel, Miss.; and a sister, Kathleen Farrell of Laurel, Miss.

S C O T T F R A N C I S M O S S '72 2 / L t . Scott Francis Moss, U S M C , died near W o o d b r i d g e , Va. on 9 December 1972. H e was buried in W o o d l a w n National Cemtery, E l m i r a , N . Y . , on 14 December w i t h full military honors.

T h e military escort at his funeral was 2 / L t . Jerry Morgan, USMC. Lt. Moss was a native of E l m i r a , N . Y . H e g r a d uated fourth in his 1968 class from the T h o m a s A. Edison H i g h School there. U p o n graduation from the Naval Academy in 1972 he was commissioned in the Marine Corps. At the rime of his death he was assigned to T h e Basic School, U S M C Base, Quantico, V a .

Scott Francis Moss '72

of Laurel, Miss.; four brothers, Michael Farrell of W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , Martin Farrell of Mississippi State; Dennis Farrell and Kevin Farrell, b o t h of

T h e r e has been established a Scott F. Moss Good Citizen Scholarship at his high school in care of Mr. F. M. Dooley, Principal. T h e high school is in Elmira H e i g h t s , N Y 14903.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H a r o l d F. Moss, 127 Bennett Cir. E., E l m i r a , N Y 1 4 9 0 3 ; his sister, 2 / L t . Margaret A. Moss, U S M C , Maxwell A F B , M o n t g o m e r y , Ala.; and his g r a n d m o t h e r , Mrs. W . C Moss of Miami, Fla.

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