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OCTOBER, 1953

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CONTENTS Franklin Buchanan

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Williaim Chauvenet

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T h e Navy on Capitol Hill

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B u r e a u of N a v a l P e r s o n n e l

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T h e U n i t e d States N a v a l A c a d e m y

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T h e Bulletin Board

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N a v y Athletics

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B y - L a w s of U . S . N . A . A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n

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COVER—Lieut. Franklin Buchanan, USN, age 26. From a portrait by Rembrandt Peale now in the possession of Buchanan's great granddaughter, Mrs. Hildreth Meiere of New York.

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3 August 1953 In an earlier letter, it was my pleasure to extend to each alumnus and his family a cordial invitation to visit the Naval Academy on Friday, Oaober 2, which has been designated as Alumni Day. The program of past years has been so successful that we shall repeat it this year: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 1000-1800—Registration at the Alumni House.

1205-Brigade formation for noon meal.

1215-Luncheon in Mess Hall with Brigade of Midshipmen for alumni who are fathers of midshipmen.

1300-1600—Yard Patrol Craft (YP) tours of the Naval Academy waterfront from Santee Pier.

Open House in Bancroft Hall, all Academic Departments, the Chapel, Museum, and USS REINA MERCEDES, with special guided tours commencing on the hour and at quarter-hour intervals during this period at the following places: Ward Hall—Department of Ordnance and Gunnery Luce Hall—Department of Seamanship and Navigation Isherwood Hall—Department of Marine Engineering.

1645-Dress Parade on Worden Field.

1830-Reception in Dahlgren Hall (informal).

2000-InformaI Dinner in Mess Hall for alumni and their ladies.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 0900-1100—Open House as on Friday.

1400-Football Game in Thompson Stadium—Navy vs. Dartmouth.

The USS WALDRON (DD-699), USS CUTLASS (SS-478) and USS LSMR 520 will be berthed at Santee Pier during the period 2-4 Oaober, and will hold normal visiting hours.

The combined cost of the Alumni Day reception and dinner will be $2.50 per person. Accommodations will be available in the Visiting Teams Dormitory, Bancroft Hall, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights for those alumni who are unaccompanied by ladies. The charge for this accommodation will be 50 cents per night. For those who desire it, the Alumni Association will provide a box lunch Saturday, Oaober 3, at $1.50 per lunch. N o other charges will be levied in connection with the Alumni Weekend program or its administration.

Applications for tickets for the combined reception and dinner, for housing in the Visiting Teams Dormitory, and for box lunches should be made on cards which will be distributed by the Naval Academy Alumni Association. A card will be mailed to each member of the Association and those who are not members may obtain them either by writing to the Headquarters of the National Association here in Annapolis, or by communicating with the secretaries of their class or local chapter who will be furnished with a supply of application cards. Visiting alumni should use the same card to request overnight accommodations for themselves and their families; the Annapolis Chapter of the Alumni Association has volunteered (Continued on page 21)

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FyiKllI BIICHilllN The Academys First Superintendent

by Capt. J. M. Ellicott, USN (Ret.), '83* insignia of their rank, the midshipmen wore a gold lace diamond on their collars.

As it would be several months before the JAVA would be ready for sea, Buchanan got leave to make a trip to the West Indies in a merchant vessel; "to get sea legs," as he called it. Upon his return he was reassigned to the JAVA, then commanded by Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of Lake Erie.

In those days the midshipmen lived in At that time, Baltimore was one of the the "gun room," a section of the berthdeck chief commercial and shipbuilding centers just forward of the wardroom, heated in of the new nation. The launching, and the cold weather by a red hot shot in a sand going and coming of the ships were the bucket. They, of course, slept in hammocks. chief incidents of young Buchanan's early At sea they subsisted on "soup'n bully," boyhood. His vision was later turned fur- "salt horse," "lob scouse," hard tack, and ther seaward by the victories of our war- a dram of rum twice a day, but Buchanan ships during the War of 1812. The sacking had no taste for "grog" and abhorred of Washington by the British, the bom- drunkenness. bardment of Fort McHenry, and the writAs he was already a deep water sailor, ing of the Star Spangled Banner crystal- Buchanan escaped much of the rough hazlized young Buchanan's determination to ing of those days. Fortunately he lost nothenter the Navy. At the age of fourteen he ing by quitting his Baltimore schooling to Courtesy Confederate Museum, Richmond, Va. obtained a midshipman's warrant and was go to sea. Perry, who was deeply interested ordered to the frigate JAVA, newly com- in the academic education of his midship- ADMIRAL BUCHANAN CSN . . . pleted and fitting out in Baltimore. men, turned his forward cabin into a at the time he was recovering from schoolroom and took with him two profi- wounds after the Battle of Mobile Bay. Buchanan was a robust youth of medium cient professors as schoolteachers. It would height, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, brown seem probable that Buchanan got his orihair and a classic aquiline nose. He looked ginal idea of a permanent naval school at examination and passed with ease, but the unusually handsome in his uniform consist- that time. examination lasted eight weeks and iming of a blue coat, with stiff collar and The JAVA cruised in the Mediterranean, planted in him the germ which fructified brass buttons, white trousers and jack boots, and a plain cocked hat when in full dress, engaged in making peace treaties with the in the foundation of the Naval School.

Midshipmen who passed these examinabut for fatigue a short jacket and cap. For Barbary States and in visits of goodwill to its leading ports, at which Perry made spe- tions became "passed midshipmen" and a cial efforts to induce his midshipmen to go star was added inside the diamond on their ashore and to learn the histories of the collars. Those who failed were carried over to the following year or dismissed as obinhabitants.

On returning home in the JAVA, a short viously unfit. assignment to the Atlantic coast survey At this time, piracy had become rampant followed. He was then ordered to the in the Caribbean. A squadron of lightFRANKLIN, flagship of the Mediterranean draught, small vessels was made up for its Squadron, which was commanded by an- suppression under Commo. David Porter other 1812 hero, Commo. Charles Stewart. and Buchanan was given a command in it.

Two years of contacts with crowned heads This duty took the vessels frequently into and other notable personages followed and swampy channels infested with yellow fever. helped broaden Buchanan's background. He Deaths were so numerous that the work returned to the United States in the was discontinued, but not before Buchanan FRANKLIN and found himself with no prob- had gained valuable experience in amphibiable assignment for some time. Impatient ous operations. over this inactivity, he asked for a year's Buchanan was promoted to Lieutenant on leave to make a cruise to the East Indies as second officer in a merchantman. In her, January 12, .1825. That entitled him to wear he made a long, uneventful voyage around one epaulette on the left shoulder of his the Cape of Good Hope. He spent four full dress uniform. months in China and returned home much The Buchanan family and the Rembrandt improved in ship handling and with first- Peale family were closely associated in Balhand knowledge of Asiatic people. timore. It was at about this time that RemDuring his absence, a system of annual brandt Peale, an American artist who had examinations for midshipmen had been es- painted portraits of Washington, selected tablished. These were long and drawn out, Buchanan for a portrait which is now in each candidate being examined separately. the possession of a great-granddaughter.

Buchanan presented himself for the second Peak's daughter, who was also an artist, CAPTAIN BUCHANAN, USN . . . in later painted a portrait of Buchanan's wife and also one of this writer's grandmother, 1859-1861 when he was Commandant of * See author's note, page 48. those three women being close companions. the Washington Navy Yard.

In 1723 Dr. George Buchanan, a physician, came to America from Scotland and settled in Baltimore. H e became a successful practitioner among leading Maryland families, married a Baltimore girl, and built a handsome residence.

One of his sons became a brigadier general in the Revolutionary Army. On September 17, 1800, a grandson of the latter was born and was named Franklin after Benjamin Franklin.

S H I P M A T E

Buchanan was then allowed to take command of a gun-vessel which had been built for Brazil and to deliver her in Rio. Upon his return, he was ordered to the CONSTELLATION as third lieutenant and once again found himself in the Mediterranean.

During a hurricane off Port Mahon, a man fell overboard while Buchanan was officer-of-the-deck. He immediately called out _ "man the lifeboat" but an old boatswain's mate shook his head and said: "No, Mr. Buchanan. It isn't fitten fer to lower."

Buchanan turned over the deck to his junior officer, sprang into the lifeboat and cried out: "Who will go with me?"

There were volunteers aplenty. The boat Was successfully launched and, although almost swamped in the terrific seas, reached the drovraing man and rescued him.

The CONSTELLATION cruise was largely a sight-seeing one for both officers and men. For the latter, shore liberties among hospitable foreigners developed much drunkenness which was intolerable to Buchanan. His extremely severe discipline in connection with it brought upon him a postcruise incident which barely escaped being serious. When detached upon arrival at Norfolk, he decided to visit his mother and sisters in Philadelphia by taking a water route via Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and the connecting canal. A group of sailors being transferred to Philadelphia by the same route declared in a Norfolk tavern that if he went by that route at the same time they did they would "get him."

Officers who heard the threat warned him not to go that way but he brushed off the warning.

On the first day out, an angry group of sailors invaded the cabin but Buchanan held the inebriates at bay with his cane until the captain came and ejected them. In the evening they surged upon him on deck loudly cursing him. He calmly stood his ground

until they were dispersed. On the canal boat between the bays, they again threatened him, this time with knives. The canalboat captain with his crew put the ringleaders ashore but Buchanan interceded and had them brought back.

Next day the steamboat for Philadelphia collided with a small sloop in a storm in Delaware Bay, throwing its captain and his daughter into the bay, whereupon Buchanan called out, "Come on CONSTELLATIONS I" and jumped into a boat. Memories of his heroic rescue of one of their shipmates in the hurricane off Port Mahon must have flooded upon them for they quickly manned the boat with him and effected a rescue. Immediately afterward one of the sailors came to him and said "the gang" wanted to see him on the forward deck. He went forward prepared for "a bloody bear off" as Admiral Luce would have put it, but instead received a unanimous apology from them for their conduct on the trip.

This experience seems to have taught Buchanan a lesson. As executive officer of the DELAWARE on his next cruise, again in Europe, nothing has come down to us indicating over-severe discipline.

On February 19, 1825, Buchanan was married to Miss Anne Catherine Lloyd, daughter of a Maryland governor and niece of Francis Scott Key, at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Annapolis. The newlyweds then resided for four years in a purchased residence on the site of the present Herndon Monument in the Naval Academy grounds. Then the call of the sea got Buchanan again and he obtained orders to the CONSTITUTION bound for the Pacific where he was to become flag lieutenant to Commodore Claxton. In her he rounded Cape Horn, against incessant head-winds and current which kept the ship in sight of the Cape for two weeks.

For some unexplained reason Buchanan did not get along with Commodore Claxton and in Callao the latter eased him out of his flag lieutenant job "on account of fail-

ing health" and sent him back to the United States as a passenger in the FALMOUTH. He was given leave upon arrival at New York and joined his family in Annapolis until he was promoted to commander. In April, 1842, he was appointed second in command of the newly completed steam frigate MISSISSIPPI. She was to be the show boat of the Navy but on her trial trip to Key West proved to have insufficient engine power and was laid up.

About that time Mrs. Buchanan inherited through the Lloyds a fine old country home near Easton, Md., named The Rest and Buchanan joined her there to await further orders.

For a number of years he and other leading Navy officers had advocated a naval school patterned after the military school at West Point but had obtained little _ encouragement from the successive administrations and no congressional support. The prevailing idea was that midshipmen should be educated afloat.

At last, in 1845, a new Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft, considered the plan seriously and after discussions with its proponents decided that the school could be established without waiting for congressional action. At Buchanan's suggestion, old Fort Severn at Annapolis was obtained from the Army. Buchanan contributed his own adjacent tract. The annual Midshipman Examining Board was called upon for its views and voted unanimous approval.

Bancroft then appointed Buchanan president of a board to prepare details of organization and upon its report appointed him Superintendent of the Naval School.

The features of Buchanan's charter, very slightly modified by Bancroft, are still retained in the present Naval Academy organization. It was the crowning achievement of Buchanan's career in our Navy.

The School was formally opened October 10, 1845, by the Superintendent reading in full to the midshipmen and the professors the articles of incorporation and delivering a short but spirited address.

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When the Mexican W a r came, Buchanan was soon called upon for service afloat.

Vera Cruz had been quickly taken by Commodore Connor and the army and the Mexican Gulf coast blockaded. There were only two remaining ports of entry, Tuxpan and Tampico. They were located on shallow rivers some distance from the coast and Connor considered blockade sufficient.

Hot heads at home charged him with dilatoriness and he was relieved by Commo.

M. C. Perry who immediately asked for Buchanan, knowing of his experience in shallow, narrow waters when pirate-chasing. Both towns were taken with but few casualties. Buchanan captured three small cannon which he presented to the Naval School.

After the war he spent almost a year at The Rest with only occasional minor duties on courts and boards. One of the latter was convened to revise the charter of the Naval School and to change its name to the "U. S. Naval Academy." It seems that in all matters connected with the Academy, Buchanan's views were regarded as indispensable.

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Just a month after Lincoln's inauguration Buchanan's daughter, Nannie, was married at the Washington Navy Yard to Lt. Julius Ernest Meiere of the Marine Corps. The Buchanans held the wedding reception in their quarters. It was the last and most brilliant social event in Washington preceding the Civil War. Incidentally, it also symbolized the close union between the Navy and Marine Corps and was attended

by President Lincoln and members of his cabinet, all branches of the armed services, members of congress and foreign diplomats and their families. Brilliant and gay as the occasion was, there was an undercurrent of deep anxiety among those present. Seven states had seceded from the Union but Virginia and Maryland as yet had not. Washington lay between them and there were hopes that some compromise could be effected which would bring the others back.

There was a slight contra temps during the reception which was quickly mended.

When the President was about to shake hands with Nannie's fourteen-year-old sister, she put her hands behind her and drew away. Lincoln smiled and said: "Are you a little rebel?"

By the peace treaty with Mexico, the She watched him closely and becoming United States acquired a Pacific coast from which to trade with Asiatic countries. convinced that he was not an ogre but a Against such trade Japan shut her doors very kindly man went forward and offered and remained in isolation. So an East In- him her hand which the President pressed dia squadron was organized in January warmly.

1852, under Commodore Perry, to make Nine days after the Buchanan-Meiere a goodwill visit to that hermit nation and to persuade its rulers to open their ports wedding, South Carolina fired upon Fort to world commerce. Buchanan was ordered Sumter, a Union-held fortress in Charlesto command of the steam-frigate SUSQUE- ton Harbor. The Civil W a r was on. Five days later Virginia seceded and Maryland HANNAH, a unit of that squadron. seemed certain to follow. A Massachusetts The details of Perry's famous and suc- Militia unit passing through Baltimore had cessful expedition are too fully written to been mobbed and .Maryland, My Maryland need repetition. Incidentally, Buchanan was was being sung in Baltimore taverns to the first American officer to land (with a tremendous applause. The governor of the goodwill detachment) on the shores of state himself favored secession and the Japan. When he returned home he had had legislature seemed about to vote for it. more sea-service as a commander than any Buchanan had now reached the brink of other officer and was, in consequence, kept on waiting orders with a few brief shore a precipice. As a Union officer he would assignments until May 26, 1859, when hav- have to fight against his state, his family, ing been promoted to captain, he was or- and his friends. There appeared to be but dered to command the Washington Navy one alternative. As he was then over sixtyYard, then the leading yard of this country. one years of age, he could resign his com-

mission without discredit and go home to share disaster with his family.

He took his resignation in person to Secretary Welles and told him his predicament.

Mr. Welles seemed to show some understanding sympathy and said he would hold the resignation up for a while, so Buchanan returned to duty.

Inspired by the same motive. Lieutenant Meiere tendered his resignation with the same understanding. It has been said that if Maryland had seceded he contemplated studying medicine..

Then, by a narrow margin, Maryland voted to remain in the Union. Buchanan was elated and hurried back to Mr. Welles to withdraw his resignation but was met with a curt, cold statement that he had been dismissed. Enveloped in tragedy, he returned to the Navy Yard, bade his command a heart-breaking farewell and went home to his family, a shattered man.

Lieutenant Meiere was summarily dismissed at the same time. Filled with indignation and youthful impulsiveness, he joined the Confederacy, was commissioned a lieutenant in the Marine Corps and assigned to duty with the Army.

For three months of almost unbearable inactivity, Buchanan brooded bitterly over the Administration's ingratitude for his forty-odd years of strenuous and often hazardous service. The members of his family, as indicated by the conduct of his teen-age daughter at the Meiere wedding reception, were Southern sympathizers.

This must have had its effect upon him in his distress and confusion. Finally he reached a decision. He crossed the Chesapeake into Virginia and offered his services to the Confederacy which commissioned him a captain.

There being no suitable ships available, Buchanan was given a position similar to that of Chief of Naval Operations.

Meantime, however, the Confederates had captured the Norfolk Navy Yard and found the steam-frigate MERRIMAC sunk but not destroyed. She was quickly raised, stripped to her berth deck, converted into an ironclad ram and renamed the VIRGINIA. S H I P M A T E

Biichanan was then given command as flag officer of the James River Flotilla with the \iRGiNiA as his flagship.

There is no need to describe in detail the Battle of Hampton Roads which followed.

The \'iRGiNiA came out shortly before noon on the first day and destroyed the CON-

dift'erently. On finding the MONITOR invulnerable to gunfire, he would have bypassed her hoping to draw her into deep water where he could have rammed her and, failing in that, he would have gone on down to destroy the remaining Union vessels in the lower Roads.

The first day's battle spread terror in ramming and proved herself immune to Washington. The President and cabinet their gunfire and the heavy gunfire from went into a huddle expecting the iron shore batteries. As the remaining Union monster to ascend the Potomac, annihilate vessels were in the lower Roads and could the Potomac Flotilla, and devastate the not be reached before nightfall, the V I R - capital. This writer has a vivid recollection GiNi.\ retired to the mouth of the Elizabeth of a night when he was carried half-awake River and anchored for the night. Bucha- in his aunt's arms back and forth on the nan intended to renew the engagement in upper piazza of his home while the rest of the morning. He then climbed to the top the family gazed through glasses toward of the \''IRGINIA'S casemate to view the the Potomac. Years later when he recalled situation. While doing so, a small arms the incident and asked what it had been all bullet from a shore sniper pierced his thigh about, he was told they had been watching and inflicted an acutely painful wound for the VIRGINIA to pass up the river. which paralyzed his lower leg and foot. He Richmond was jubilant. Buchanan was begged to remain on board for the next commissioned four-star admiral, the first day's action but his doctor insisted upon and, I believe,a the one in the Conimmediate hospitalization ashore. Buchanan federate States Navy.only During his slow reconsented reluctantly. covery from his wound, the Union forces The command passed to the VIRGINIA'S retook Norfolk necessitating his removal to executive, Lt. Catesby Jones, who took the Richmond and the burning of the VIRGINIA VIRGINIA down next day to complete the to prevent her from falling into Federal destruction of the remaining Federal ves- hands. sels. She was intercepted by the newly After the fall of New Orleans, Mobile arrived AIONITOR. An indecisive four-hour became the only Gulf outlet for Confedbattle followed, the MONITOR maneuvering in shallow water where she could not be erate cotton and its defense became parareached for ramming. The VIRGINIA broke mount. The channel into the bay was off the engagement and returned to Norfolk. flanked by two forts and implanted with torpedoes, but a naval flotilla was needed Buchanan is said to have remarked after- to destroy enemy vessels which might filter ward that had he fought the second day's through if an enemy fleet should attempt battle he probably would have fought it to enter. Buchanan was sent to organize

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such a flotilla. Under his direction the construction of several ironclad vessels was begun at Selma on the Alabama River. By August 1864, he was able to commission one formidable ironclad ram, the TENNESSEE, and three small gunboats, the MORGAN, the GAINES and the SELMA.

In the meantime, he had found his sonin-law, Lieutenant Meiere, in charge of a detachment of Confederate Marines in Fort Morgan.

On the morning of August 5, 1864, a lookout on the TENNESSEE sang out, "They're coming," and Farragut's fleet was' seen approaching in column through the entrance. Three monitors were leading and gunboats were lashed to the off-sides of the larger ships. Buchanan deployed his little squadron in line-abreast across the entering column. He hoped that the guns of Fort Morgan and the torpedoes would sink or disable many of Farragut's ships and leave but a few to enter Mobile Bay. Only one monitor was sunk and all the rest, although frequently hulled, got through casting loose their gunboats to engage Buchanan's force. The latter sent his gunboats to seek shelter in shallow water at the head of the bay. They were overtaken

by Farragut's faster and more numerous ones. The GAINES was beached, the SELMA

surrendered but the MORGAN escaped. Buchanan now attempted to ram each of Farragut's ships as they passed but could only deliver glancing blows. When all had passed him he hove to under Fort Morgan's guns while the enemy fleet continued up the bay and anchored. He then gave the surprising (Continued on next page)

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WILLIAM CHAUVENET The Academic Board's First President

by Robert Murch, '42 William Chauvenet was born in 1820 near Millford, Permsylvania, and graduated with honors from Yale University at the age of twenty. When he was appointed Professor of Mathematics in the U. S. Navy, he was assigned to the Na\'y Asylum School in Philadelphia where midshipmen of that time were tutored. There, upon his own initiative, Chauvenet reorganized and improved the course of instruction.

It was he, together with Franklin Buchanan and a few others, who made persistent efforts to influence the Navy Department in establishing a separate institution for the education of midshipmen, emphasizing the importance of a scientific curriculum.

This far-seeing group of zealots found a vidlling listener in George Bancroft, then Secretary of the Navy and a Harvard graduate. Through this fortuitous meeting of inspired minds, the Naval School at Annapolis vvas established in 1845. At the time of its founding, Chauvenet was professor of mathematics and astronomy and was appointed the first President of the Academic Board.

In 1851, the original two-year course was increased to four, largely because Chauvenet appeared before Congress and insisted on it.

At the same time, he recommended postgraduate work, pointing out that such study could be carried on in his department's astronomical observatory. By 1853, his achievements for the Academy were so well recognized that a separate department was established for him so that he could concentrate on navigation and astronomy.

During his years at the Academy, Chauvenet was the most prominent member of the academic staff. The Academy began to derive national reputation from his great ability, not only in his own subjects— astronomy, navigation, and surveying—but also because of his enthusiasm for all related subjects in the education of a naval officer.

In 1855, he was offered the professorship of mathematics at Yale. He declined, not wishing to relinquish his work with the midshipmen. Later, William Chauvenet became chancellor at Washington College. He hesitated a long time before accepting this

position. While there he gained added repute until his death in 1870.

In his long period of service, William Chauvenet has been revered by alumni of the Academy as a gentleman, a true friend, and a scholar of great intellect. He is remembered for his treatises and books on mathematics and practical astronomy.

To commemorate his worthy life, a bronze plaque has been placed at the entrance to Memorial Hall at the Academy. On October 27, 1940, on the campus of Washington University, a plaque was dedicated in his honor. Governor Lloyd Clark of Missouri, himself a graduate of the Academy out of the Class of 1908, proclaimed that day "Chauvenet Day," and Capt. Mark Bowman, USN, represented the Navy at the dedication of the plaque.

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CHAUVENET PLAQUE . . . in arcade of Ridgley Library, Washington University, where Chauvenet was chancellor from 1859 to 1869.

FRANKLIN BUCHANAN order, which Dewey gave thirty-four years later at Manila Bay, "Go to breakfast."

After a half-hour respite, he again ordered the TENNESSEE under way and headed up the bay.

"Are you going to attack the whole enemy fleet single-handed," asked the fleet surgeon, Doctor Conrad.

"I am," said the admiral, and then to his captain, Lt. J. D. Johnston: "Follow them up, Johnston. . . . We can't let them off that way."

The TENNESSEE then ploughed into the Federal fleet, which had weighed anchor when she was seen approaching. A melee followed in which ramming was attempted

by both sides. The TENNESSEE, however, was too clumsy in maneuvering to inflict decisive blows and the Federal ships overcrowded each other in their efforts. Then the monitors joined in with a terrific gunfire which destroyed the TENNESSEE'S steering gear and displaced her engines through vibration until she lay a helpless hulk.

At this juncture, Doctor Conrad got word that the admiral was wounded and found him crumpled up in a corner of the casemate with a shattered leg. There was no one available to help. The admiral put his arms around the doctor's neck and was carried piggyback down to the operating table, the wounded leg dangling loosely.

Lieutenant Johnston came to him then

and urged surrender and got a reluctant consent.

Johnston then climbed to the top of the • casemate and hauled down the flag, but the enemy seemed to think it had been shot away and continued firing. Johnston then improvised a white flag and hoisted it.

The Battle of Mobile Bay was over.

Farragut's later comment was: "The Battle of Mobile Bay was one of the hardest earned victories of my life and the most desperate battle I ever fought."

After a thorough examination that evening. Doctor Conrad told Buchanan he feared his leg would have to be amputated.

"Do what you think best with it," he replied. "It's your leg now."

All the wounded on both sides were transferred next day in the METACOMET to the hospital at Pensacola. Doctor Conrad was permitted to accompany Buchanan.

Between him and the Federal fleet surgeon, the leg was saved.

After three months of convalescence, Buchanan was transferred as a prisoner of war to Fort Lafayette in New York where his family was permitted to visit him. On March 4, 1865, in an exchange of prisoners commemorating Lincoln's second inauguration he was released and went at once to Richmond where he was assigned to the defense of the city of Mobile. When that city was captured in May, he again became a prisoner of war, this time in Fortress Monroe within sight of his Hampton Roads battle. This imprisonment was brief. It ended with the close of the war when, at last, he returned home.

The Rest had been burned during his absence and was being rebuilt. This proved to be a blessing in disguise. It gave him plenty of active work superintending the rebuilding of the house and the rehabilitation of the war-neglected grounds.

A year later, the State of Maryland recalling, no doubt, the fact that Buchanan had established the Naval Academy, appointed him President of the Maryland Agricultural College—now the University of Maryland. It was in a sad state of wartime neglect jmd greatly in debt. In one year Buchanan had restored its curriculum, put its neglected fields under cultivation, increased the number of students from six to eighty and made it financially solvent.

Then, he found it necessary to dismiss two of its professors, one for drunkenness and the other for tmgovemable temper and abuse of a student. The latter had influence enough to get reinstated. Whereupon Buchanan resigned and accepted a position as an official of a Mobile insurance company.

Upon reaching the age of seventy, he was persuaded by his family to discontinue strenuous activities and to return home to The Rest. There, he gathered around him many old friends and relatives and entertained with oldtime Southern hospitality.

He occupied himself in the supervision of the cultivation of the fertile land of his plantation. Through careless exposure, he contracted pneumonia and died on May 14, 1874. He was buried with a religious ceremony but without military honors.

And, today, the remains of Franklin Buchanan, a man of unexcelled bravery, an officer who gave forty-five years of distinguished service to our Navy, and one of the founders of a most potent and outstanding institution of our national defense, rest inconspicuously marked in the Lloyd family cemetery located near Wye House on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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THE u n OH Goiuioi tJiiil

by Fred Lardner, '22

Wider

Navy A-Bomb Role

Gen. Omar N. Bradley, until recently Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and now retired, says that the effects of new weapons are so important they are beginning to alter the present division of functions between the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Navy, he says, is designed for a wider role in strategic bombing.

In an article entitled, "A Soldier's Farewell," published in the August 22 and 29 editions of the Saturday Evening Post, General Bradley said: "Until now, we have been almost completely dependent on the Air Force to carry out strategic bombing. Now it is possible for jet planes to streak from the decks of carriers with atomic bombs and hit some of the most vital targets within the communist orbit.

"The main responsibility must of course remain with the Strategic Air Command, but carriers offer certain supplementary advantages which we must not neglect.

"One of the enemy's first major efforts, in case of war, might be to destroy our retaliatory power by knocking out the air bases from which our atomic planes can take off. The location of most of these bases is well known. Carriers are also vulnerable, but their location, as they range the seas, is hard to keep track of. They can be here today and 800 miles away tomorrow. The knowledge that planes from such carriers can join in the atomic attack must be a powerful additional deterrent to any totalitarian leaders who are thinking of starting a world war."

General Bradley makes it sound though this idea originated with him.

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"Navy men feel that their air power cannot be tied down to preplanned strategic targets at the risk of failing their primary navy mission—keeping the sea lanes open.

But in my opinion the primary mission of the big carriers is shifting toward strategic air attack."

Radford's Viewpoint

In his first press conference since he took office as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Arthur W. Radford said he favors continuing the present roles and missions of the armed services, with the Air Force retaining primary responsibility for strategic bombing deep in enemy territory.

However, Admiral Radford added that the Navy has foreseen for several years the use of aircraft carriers in strategic O C T O B E R ,

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bombing, and that agreements between the Air Force and the Navy are flexible enough to assure this.

This bears out what the first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, now deceased, said after the August, 1948, meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

"Both from the language of the agreement and exchange of oral views between those who carry responsibilities in their respective services, I am convinced that at the top command levels there is a clear understanding of the exclusive role of the Air Force in the field of strategic air warfare, and conversely the intent of the Air Force not merely to permit but to seek all the help it can get from Naval air in the use of air power, either strategically or tactically." " N e w Look" at Defense

Admiral Radford's first job as JCS Chairman will be to supervise the "new look" at defense proposed by Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson. This study will be underv/ay when you read this, since that part of it as force levels and manpower needs, which must be tied to the 1955 fiscal year budget, must be completed this fall.

However, the new study will be continuing._ Admiral Radford said he felt that any basic changes in warfare, such as might be brought about by guided missiles and other new weapons now being planned and tested, will be three or four years in coming.

Admiral Radford said that the continental air defense must be reviewed to determine where it may need strengthening.

Regarding continental air defense. General Bradley in his Post articles said that it is important to work out an air defense of the North American continent, but he opposed starting with a radar fence across the northern rim of the continent. This might lead, he pointed out, to many false alarms, perhaps stimulated by the enemy who could fly fleets of airplanes across the screen and then return immediately. False alarms might lead to cries of "wolf," General Bradley said.

Secretary of Defense Wilson has stated that the new study of defense will not be limited by economic considerations.

General Bradley's statement regarding the probable role of naval aviation in strategic bombing should do much to lessen irresponsible attacks on the program of building the new large aircraft carriers, and make certain that the program will proceed unhampered.

Wider Navy A-Bomb Role Radford's Viewpoint "New Look" at Defense Defense Procurement Revised To Modernize Defense Accounting Less Politics in New JCS Civil Commission for Defense Atlantic Naval-Air Games USS Hornet Ready for Jets Navy to End Segregation Habitability Means Efficiency Recommended Reading Holden to Rear Admiral Service Attractiveness

Defense Procurement Revised

Secretary of Defense Wilson has approved a directive giving Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles S. Thomas authority to make more efficient and less expensive all military procurement, production, distribution and storage.

This is the first official order issued to a new Assistant Secretary of Defense. Since six new Assistant Secretaries have been named, more orders will follow.

Mr. Thomas, who only recently was transferred to the Defense Department from his first job in this Administration, that of Undersecretary of the Navy, will deal with matters of high policy and will leave actual operations to the three armed services.

The authority given Mr. Thomas is much the same as that given the recently abolished Munitions Board. The Administration and Congress decided that this Board did not properly utilize its authority.

However, Mr. Thomas' authority is broader, and he will review periodically the inventories and needs of the supplies and equipment required by the services. He may regroup, combine or dissolve existing interservice agencies dealing with procurement, production and distribution, and may formulate policies to eliminate duplication and waste. \ To Modernize Defense Accounting

Secretary of Defense Wilson has named a committee of twelve business men and Government officials to review and modernize the finance accounting of the Defense Department and the armed services.

The committee will have as its objective the working out of a more effective, simplified, standardized, and modernized system which will make it possible for managers and commanders to exercise sound financial management and expense control.

The committee, designated the Advisory Committee on Fiscal Organization and' Procedures, held its first meeting on August 18. It will cooperate with Congressional committees and the various Federal agencies concerned with fiscal management.

"Indicative of the problems confronting the committee," Secretary Wilson said, "are the need for integrating planning and financing in the budget process; the paralleling of management and command lines and fiscal lines; the need for uniformity in fiscal and reporting systems both for budget purposes and expense accounting; the desirability of common concepts in accounting for property by the number of items and on a money-value basis; and the need for

fiscal information which, in form, timeliness, or interpretation, meets the requirements of managers and military commanders."

The committee is headed by Charles P. Cooper, former \'ice President and Director of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and President of the Presbjiierian Hospital, New York City.

pledged himself to preserve the democratic institutions of .America and to "maintain the integrity of the military profession."

General Ridgway said this means presenting "honest, objective professional views up to the point of decision by civilian authority, and then completely loyal execution of that decision."

Civil Commission f o r Defense

Less Politics in N e w JCS

Da^ad Lawrence, newspaper columnist and publisher of U. S. News and IVorld Report, said in his August 16 syndicated column that the Nation can expect less politics from the new Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"UFnder the Truman Administration the military chiefs were tools of politics," Lawrence said. "They couldn't say publicly what they thought without fear of reprisal -—as happened to Admiral Denfield, Chief of Naval Operations. What they said in the open was usually dictated, therefore, by political considerations. Speeches delivered by some of them were often made to fit in as replies to political attacks on the Administration. Though such motivation was always 4)fficially denied, the record shows an oft-repeated coincidence of military pronouncement that suited the political whims of President Truman or the pro-British point of view of Secretary of State Acheson.

At its seventh annual convention held in Washington in mid-August, the Air Force Association urged creation of a permanent, independent commission of leading civilians, free of pressure from both the military and civilian branches of government, to establish national defense strategy.

In a policy statement, the Association declared that the new Joint Chiefs of Staff were not capable of real objectivity in considering the Nation's defense needs.

The proposed commission, the Association said, "should have full access to the findings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but in no way should be bound by those findings. It should have full access to scientific testimony. It should be non-partisan and its directive should be broad in scope."

The convention was admittedly concerned over the reduction in the proposed Air Force appropriation for fiscal year 1954 and protested wh^t it termed setbacks to "When General Bradley, just a few- the concept of air power. weeks after the dismissal of General MacThe Association's policy statement called Arthur, couldn't remember who in the for, in part: W'hite House telephoned him to summon 1. An official government decision to use the Joint Chiefs to consider the future status of MacArthur, almost everyone was the full force of air-atomic power against surprised at his poor memory. But when aggressors in any future Korean-type Comit was discovered that the Joint Chiefs— munist war; our supreme military authority—had not 2. An objective estimate by the Defense initiated or recommended the MacArthur Department of the cost versus the effectiveouster to the President and only had con- ness of the programmed forces of the Army curred when the word was relayed to them and Navy in the era of hydrogen bombs;

by General Bradley as to what the Presi3. Elimination of the "meat-a,xe apdent wanted, people on Capitol Hill, including nhe late Senator Taft, were cha- proach" to budgets in the name of economy. grined."

The Association said that military leaders should not be required to act as ecoGeneral Bradley's judgment on global nomists and civilian leaders should not try strategy, Lawrence said, has been subject to be strategists. to public criticism by many prominent Gen. George C. Kenney, U S A F (Ret.), military men. of Scarsdale, N. Y., was elected President "When he told a House committee in of the Air Force Association, succeeding the autumn of 1949 that America could dis- Arthur F. Kelly of Los Angeles, who was pense with large aircraft carriers and named Chairman of the Board. Julian B. openly disparaged the concept of amphibi- Rosenthal of New York was named Secreous warfare on a large scale, he didn't real- tary and Samuel B. Hecht of Washington ize that within eight months one of the and Baltimore, Treasurer. largest amphibious operations in American history would be carried out on the peninAtlantic N a v a l - A i r Games sula of Korea or that, without aircraft carriers, the fighter planes of the United Nine nations of the North Atlantic States Air Force could never have been Treaty Organization, with some 300 mentransported to Korea in time to meet the of-war, 1,000 airplanes, and several huncrises of the early days of the war. dred thousand men will participate in "E.x"Every military commander knows that ercise Mariner," training maneuvers in the kind of war waged in Korea under the sea-air attacks extending from Iceland to Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Truman Admin- Gibraltar over the North Atlantic. istration was not the kind of war that The maneuvers will begin September 15 should have been fought. But the military and end October 5. They will be under chiefs never said so for fear of being sum- three joint Atlantic Alliance commands. marily dsimissed, as was General Mac- Most of the participating ships will be Arthur." under the command of .\dmiral Lynde D. Mr. Lawrence says the military should McCormick, USN, Supreme .Allied Combe obedient to a civilian decision, but mander, -Atlantic, whose headquarters are "shouldn't adulterate its thinking on mili- at Norfolk. General Alfred Al. Gruenther, tary questions to suit the political purposes Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and of the Administration or to appease allies the Channel Command, based on Portswho transmit their views to our State De- mouth, England, commanded by two English Admirals, constitute the other compartment." mands.

The philosophy of the new Joint Chiefs Largest participating vessels are the U S S of Staff is different, Lawrence maintains.

It was expressed by General Ridgway, BENNINGTON and the USS W A S P , carriers, Chief of Staff of the Army, when he and the USS IOWA, battleship; the H M S 8

EAGLE, new British carrier, and the British battleship VANGUARD.

In one phase of the maneuvers, hea\-y ships and carriers will protect a convoy traveling the North Atlantic toward Great Britain. An island off the coast of Iceland will be bombarded, with live ammunition, and airplanes will attack objectives in Iceland and Great Britain.

Another convoy will travel the more Southern route to Gibraltar, and will be subject to air and submarine attack.

In this, the second exercise of its kind, convoy protection, including anti-submarine and anti-raider operations and protection against air attack, will be emphasized.

Mediterranean maneuvers wall follow those in the Atlantic.

USS Hornet

R e a d y f o r Jets

Just 178 years ago, the first naval war vessel bearing the name of HORNET, a sloop armed with ten nine-pound cannons, joined the American Navy.

On September 11 the Worid W a r II USS HORNET, enlarged and strengthened to accommodate tiie latest-type jet planes, was recommissioned.

The August 24 New York HeraldTribune carries an interesting storj' of this big reconversion job, which required 27 months and 2,400 to 4,500 workmen of all types.

"Originally commissioned in 1943 and inactivated in September, 1946," the HeraldTribune said, "the HORNET will be unveiled next month at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, as a 1953 model which will cost the taxpayers one-third the price of a new carrier."

According to Cdr. J. R. Newland, superintendent of the reconversion job, "she's the latest thing in carriers now."

"The Lord only knows how long she will stay that way," the Herald-Tribune quotes him as saying. "They keep coming up with new planes. They make the planes bigger and faster and hea\-ier. Well, all we can do is try to keep up with them."

There had been seven vessels named HORNET in the U. S. Navy before this latest one was built.

"The seventh HORNET," the newspaper said, "carried the twin-engined bombers of Jimmy Doolittle and ,his flyers to within 800 miles of the coast of Japan on April 18, 1942, for the daring raid on Tokyo. .At the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942, she was hit and damaged and deliberately sunk to prevent her falling into enemy hands."

The current HORNET will have her shakedown cruise off Guantanamo, Cuba, about the first of next year.

The reconversion job appears a remarkable feat of naval engineering. The ship was widened four feet on each side, which meant removal of almost all of both sides of the ship. The island was made smaller to lessen the danger of interference, and an entirely new electronics system was installed. The fuel oil system was torn down and modernized and drastic changes were made in the magazine.

"The only thing which remains practically untouched," Captain Newland is quoted as saying, "is the main propulsion plant."

This current HORNET had quite a World War II record of her own, with 688 Japanese planes shot down, 742 planes destroyed S H I P M A T E

on the ground, one cruiser sunk, one carrier sunk, 10 destroyers sunk, and 42 cargo ships sunk.

Capt. Milton A. Nation, her skipper, has had plenty of carrier and aviation experience. He was on the ENTERPRISE at Pearl Harbor; took part in the invasion of North Africa and southern France; and was Chief of Staff of a fast carrier task force in the Pacific. Recently he cornmanded the carrier MINDORO in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and was Director of Aviation Training in Washington.

N a v y t o End S e g r e g a t i o n

Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson has requested "complete elimination of racial segregation among civilian employees at 43 Naval shore stations in the South."

The Navy had been following local custom on racial matters at its shore stations, and this new move, a reversal of former practice, is nevertheless in line with President Eisenhower's request for the end of segregation at all Federal installations.

The Navy has stated that a recent survey indicates that segregation recently has existed in only about half its Southern stations. The new, order is aimed particularly, it is beheved, at the Norfolk, Va., Naval Base, with 13,000 civilian employees, and the Charleston, South Carolina, base, with 8,000. There is no segregation of men in uniform at any of these installations.

H a b i t a b i l i t y M e a n s Efficiency

The first concrete result of a two-year scientific study of living accommodations on Navy ships, which is expected to result in greater efficiency, is the newly renovated destroyer U S S MEREDITH (DD-890), which recently returned to Norfolk, Va., after a shakedown cruise.

The MEREDITH now boasts material changes which, reports indicate, are a delight to the crew. The old-type bunks have been replaced with modernistic three-tiered beds with sponge rubber mattresses, and the gray bulkheads have been repainted a soft white with a bit of sea-green. There are new lockers spacious enough to permit a man to stow his clothing without wrinkling, fluorescent lighting, recreation tables, and, in the crew's mess, tables for four with chairs (and backs on the chairs). .No longer will the crew of this vessel have to eat at the usual long mess table.

The MEREDITH now has 30 less enlisted men and four less officers. This reduction in force was accomplished by teaching men to do two jobs instead of one.

This "habitability" study of Navy ships was conceived late in 1950, when top commanders began expressing concern over the increasing amount of new equipment being placed aboard in the wake of technological advances. With the new equipment came more men to operate it. Ships became overcrowded, and reduced efficiency resulted.

Adm. William M. Fechteler, then Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, recommended a study which was approved by the Chief of Naval Operations, the late Adm. Forrest Sherman. Some 200 ships were surveyed regarding spaces, lockers, toilet facilities; data on temperatures, ventilation, odors, noises, illumination, etc., was obtained. Some 7,000 officers and men were interviewed.

Deficiencies of one kind or another were found on almost every ship, the Navy said.

As a result of the survey, made by the Navy's Operational Development Force, these recommendations were made: O C T O B E R ,

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1. .Abandon the "all-purpose" ship philosophy and substitute "semi-specialized" ship; 2. Establish what equipment is necessary for the assigned mission and remove the rest; 3. Establish new personnel requirements consistent with the new mission ; 4. Make certain that habitability is a major factor in the ship's characteristics.

The MEREDITH will take her place in the fleet alongside ships which have not been reconditioned in this manner.

The cost of making the MEREDITH'S changes was $400,000. But the personnel cost of the ship will be reduced by about $140,000 annually.

This may be a primary solution to the problem of increasing the attractiveness of naval service.

Recommended R e a d i n g

The KipUnger Washington Letter, August 15, page 4. It is suggested that you borrow from one of your friends this copy of the Kiplingcr Washington Letter and read the interesting item about the recent article in Life magazine on Roger Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense. Kiplinger does not permit the quotation of any of his material, but the essence of the item is to the effect that the story about Kyes is part of a propaganda attack inspired by the Air Lobby and in retaliation for cuts in air funds, and that in addition to the Life magazine article on Kyes another magazine with national circulation is preparing a blast at another high Pentagon official who allegedly participated in the cutback of funds for additional planes. Kiplinger reports that both Secretary Wilson and Deputy Secretary Kyes, despite some initial errors, are doing good jobs.

"The Threat of the Pressure Mine," by Donald Robinson, September Reader's Digest: The headline explains the article.

Mr. Robinson discusses the pressure mine almost as though it was a threat as great as the atomic bomb.

"Russia Threatens Our Sea Power," by George Fielding Elliot, September 4 Collier's: This is another article about Russian mines and their threat to the United States. It indicates that we are now fully alive to this threat, and that some of the best young men in the Navy are specializing in mines.

H o l d e n to

Rear

Admiral

Capt. Edward C. Holden, Jr., USNR, widely recognized maritime authority with 35 years in the Naval Reserve, has been made a Rear Admiral. Admiral Holden, a Director of the Navy League, New York Council, is a combat veteran of two World Wars and survivor of the torpedoing and sinking of the USS COVINGTON in World War I. In World War II, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for heroism at Okinawa. He commanded the attack transport USS STARLIGHT and participated in several major amphibious assaults and landings in the Pacific. Near the close of the war, he commissioned and commanded the transport, USS

ADMIRAL W .

S.

SIMS.

A lawyer by profession, Admiral Holden has been connected with maritime activities all his life. He was particularly active in development of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve as an arm of the U. S. Navy.

Messages of congratulation to Admiral Holden were Received from Secretary of the Navy Anderson; Adm. Robert C. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations, and other ranking Naval officers.

Service Attractiveness

The problem of increasing the attractiveness of military careers is getting public attention. Newspaper and magazine editors and columnists are commenting on it. All the comment is not favorable, but generally the public is becoming" aware that there is such a problem.

Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently said the fact that careers in the Armed Services are losing their appeal is the "most essential problem" the Nation faces. Criticism of the military has resulted, he said, in a "national attitude" somewhat unfavorable to uniformed people.

Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations, deplored the "whittling away" of service benefits. He said he would seek to impress upon Congress and the public that lessening of benefits has lowered morale and has turned many prospective officers from the services.

Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson, in a talk before the National Commanders of the American Legion, said: "One who enters the military service as a career gives up a number of things. He cannot quit on his own terms. He cannot bargain individually or collectively with his employer. He cannot choose his own residence or actively engage in politics.

"He must have the knowledge that his country will play square with him. His real guarantee for his standard of living and the security of his family rest upon the integrity of the terms of the agreement under which he entered the service."

The Defense Department is now considering various ways of improving the attractiveness of Armed Service careers.

Next year Congress probably will be asked to enact legislation to increase military pay, provide a survivor benefit plan for active duty officers, smooth officer promotion, credit cadet-midshipman service as active duty, etc.

Currently there appears to be a definite campaign to curtail the services of commissary stores. In the 1954 Defense Department appropriations bill, Congress included a provision which was meant to eliminate certain commissary stores in metropolitan areas by January 1, 1954. However, Congress literally "passed the buck" on this subject to the Defense Department. This department has established criteria to determine what stores, if indeed any, should be eliminated.

The primary test for continuance of commissaries appears to be one of price. This test, while historical, may not prove favorable to the services in some locations. The question is whether or not commissary stores can undersell modern chain stores by as much as 15 percent on a store-wide basis.

As for post exchange stores, there is no immediate danger to them. In fact, a House Armed Services subcommittee recently issued a report taking to task various retail groups which have criticized the operations of post exchange stores. The subcommittee described as "loose and reckless" various charges that such stores compete unfairly with retail stores.

"Commissaries and exchange stores are almost a part of the income of Navy men," observed Assistant Secretary of the Navy Raymond H. Fogler. "In the commercial world, when a person accepts a job, he thinks not only of the weekly salary, but also of the various benefits, among them the different kinds of insurance and pensions."

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Vice Admiral

i^ititit^^^itit

James L. Holloway, Jr., USN Survivors' Benefits Program Progresses

Service in Princeton, N . J., by November 21, 1953.

The program is open to male citizens of the United States between the ages 17 and 21, and quotas have been assigned to each Persian, German, Swedish, Italian, Spanish state and territory on the basis of its high and Portuguese, 1st Monday in January school population.

Those who are successful in passing the and July; Russian and French, 1st Monday each quarter. aptitude test will be interviewed and given physical examinations. Then, if they are found in all respects qualified, their names Annual NROTC Examinations will be submitted to state and territorial Scheduled f o r December 12 selection committees composed of prominent The eighth nation-wide competitive ex- citizens and naval officers for final selection.

It is important and urgent to note that amination for the college training program, If accepted by the college of their choice, those members (who have already com- the Naval Reserve Officers' Training the candidates will be appointed Midshippleted 18 years' service for pay purposes, Corps, has been scheduled for December 12, men USNR, and will have their tuition, and members already retired) now eligible 1953. This date is final and examinations books and normal fees paid for by the Gov"to elect" imder the program and who will not be given at any other time regard- ernment. In addition, they will receive pay contemplate participation should make their less of circumstances. at the rate of $600.00 a year for the fourelection pursuant to the regulations as early Applications for examinations are avail- year period and will be provided the rein the prescribed 180-day period following able high school seniors or graduates quired uniforms.

1 November 1953 as possible. Until this withintothe age requirements. The applicaA student may, if he so desires, accept election is made, a member is not in the may be obtained at high schools, col- employment not conflicting with his program and his beneficiaries could not tions leges, and Navy Recruiting Stations NROTC and academic activities. Such emreceive benefits under the program. throughout the country. Completed appli- ployment may in some cases be desirable in Eligible members on active duty will be cations must reach the Educational Testing order to defray the expenses of quarters. notified of the issuance of the regulations through their commands. Retired members will be supplied with the regulations and election forms by individual letter mailed direct to them.

Proposed regulations governing the Survivors' Benefits Program (authorized by the "Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953," Public Law 239—83rd Congress) have been completed and are under review by the Secretary of Defense.

The prescribed Board of Actuaries has not met and formulated actuarial tables because its membership has not yet been completed.

It is expected that these tables and final regulations will be completed and promulgated prior to the prescribed effective date of the Act which is 1 November 1953.

Chief of Naval

Personnel

Applications f o r Language School

Applications are invited from eligible officers of the Regular Navy anad Naval Reserve on active duty for language courses at the U. S. Naval School, NaVal Intelligence, Washington, D. C. In addition to a brief summary in the language studied, which includes the political, economical, sociological and geographical factors of the area where the language is spoken, the student is provided a practical command of the written and spoken language.

Six hours of daily classroom'instruction with four hours of daily preparation outside the classroom and a high degree of concentration and language-learning ability are required of each student.

Those eligible are ensigns and above, who have not attained the age of 30 years and have completed a minimum of 2J^ years' college or the equivalent. Applications must be accompanied by a language qualification form, NavPers 584 (New 8-53), and submitted via official channels to the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Attn: Pers-C122). Naval Reserve officers must agree to serve on active duty for at least one year for each six months of instruction HIGH LINE ADMIRAL . . . R. Adm. R. E. Blick, Commander Carrier Division Three and alternate Commander Task Force 77, prepares to transfer by high line received. from his flagship, the USS PRINCETON (CVA-37), to anotiier . ship steaming Classes will convene as follows: Chinese, alongside. Dubbed the "High Line Admiral" of the Orient. Admiral Blick has visited Turkish, 1st Monday in January; Arabic, at least 15 ships since last May, most of them by high line.

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DENTAL CORPS Temporary Rear Admiral Herman P. Riebe Ralph W. Malone Captain John H. Paul Kenneth L. Urban Permanent

Robert S. Collins

Commander Melvin R. Leonard

Lieutenant Commander Joseph P. McConnell, Jr. Henry J. Sancier Lieutenant Henry T. Mumme, Jr. George E. Sandquist MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS Permanent Temporary Commander Richard T. Holway Joseph J. Glawson Lieutenant Commander Henry H. Laramore Harold G. Edrington Lieutenant Ned B. Curtis Samuel E. Argaud N U R S E CORPS Temporary Commander Clyde B. Pennington Bertha R. Evans Lieutenant Commander Ruth A. Erickson Ruth J. Mitchell Lieutenant Ethel M. Weik Mary E. Howard Permanent

Navy Day Date Set UNLOADING AT INCHON . . . Under watchful eyes. Communist prisoners of wjir unload from a Navy LST at Inchon, Korea, before being taken to Panmunjom for repatriation in Operation Big Switch. subsistence, and for necessary clothing, since the uniforms supplied may be worn only on cruises, during drill periods, or while engaged in other naval activities.

Between each academic year, summer cruises of from six to eight weeks are taken in various ships of the fleet to provide practical shipboard training.

After commissioning, N R O T C graduates serve on active duty for three years before applying for retention as career officers.

149 Line C o m m a n d e r s Selected

One hundred forty-nine line commanders of the Regular Navy and Naval Reserve have been recommended for promotion to captain. Of that number 112 are unrestricted line officers including five Reserve officers, 37 are restricted line officers including 12 aviation engineering duty officers, 14 engineering duty officers and 11 special duty officers. The board convened August 11, 1953.

All promotions are expected to be effected by July 1, 1954. It is anticipated that about 15 promotions will be made as soon is the officers qualify and dates of rank will be July 1, 1953.

Junior Unrestricted Officers in P e r m a n e n t a n d T e m p o r a r y G r a d e s f o r August

The following are the junior unrestricted officers in permanent and temporary grades, U. S. Navy, who have been commissioned in, or have become due for promotion to, the grades indicated: LINE Permanent

Temporary Rear Admiral Irving T. Dvike Chester C. Smith Captain Leon S. Kintberger Edwin E. Lord, III Commander John A. Mullen Thomas H. Stetson Lientenant Commander John W. Sedwick Thomas M. Lemon, Jr. Lieutenant Walter S. Delany, Jr. Carey P. McMurray O C T O B E R ,

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MEDICAL CORPS Temporary Rear Admiral Charles F. Behrens French R. Moore Captain Robert F. Carmody Joseph M. Hanner Permanent

Commander Scott Whitehouse Gale G. Clark Lientenant Commander James R. McShane Burton Willard Lieutenant Donald R. Mundie John S. Cook, Jr. SUPPLY

CORPS Temporary Rear Admiral Frederic W. Hesser Charles G. DeKay Permanent

Captain Charles M. Boundy Richard S. Klunk Commander Roland Rieve Charles A. Kasdorf, Jr. Lientenant Commander Wellington H. Lewis David B. Keers, Jr. John W. Holmes

Lieutenant Stephen W. Plarr

CHAPLAIN CORPS Permanent Temporary Rear Admiral Edward B. Harp, Jr. Edward B. Harp, Jr. Captain Alvo O. Martin Harris W. Howe Commander Aln R. Reed Emmett T. Michaels Lieutenant Commander Loren M. Lindquist Myron C. Insko Lientenant Peter H. Brewerton Alia W. Robertson CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS Permanent Temporary Rear Admiral John R. Perry John R. Perry Captain Ralph N. Ernest William C. G. Church Commander Frederick A. F. Cooke Samuel C. Gill. Jr. Lientenant Commander Alexander P. Zechella Wayne J. Christensen Lieutenant Ralph B. Grahl, Jr. Charles C. Heid, Jr.

The Navy League has set Tuesday, October 27, as the day on which Navy Day will be celebrated. Plans are underway to make it an outstanding civilian observance.

It is imperative that the Navy be kept in the minds of the public and Navy Day is one of the ways that this can be done.

CNO's Initial Public Statement On the occasion of his assumption of his new job as Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Robert B. Carney issued to the press the following all-too-true statement.

"We live in an age of fabulous scientific progress, but science has invented no substitute for morale and fighting spirit which are still necessary for victory in battle; nor is there any substitute for dedicated and highly competent officer leadership. These qualities of dedication and competence are the foundation of the character demanded by the American people in their military leaders.

"When I entered the Service 41 years ago, competition for appointments was keen and the vast majority of young officers enthusiastically looked forward to a long and full military career. They were not highly paid but they received other compensatory benefits and in a modest way they enjoyed a good and respected position.

"Today, there is far less competition for appointments and all too many fine young officers leave the Service for civilian life— a trend which should be of profound concern to the American people. The reasons are known and can be documented; bit by bit the incentives which would attract and hold good men have been whittled away, and until and unless they are restored the United States will suffer because the input of high-caliber young men cannot be maintained.

"I have picked this one point to emphasize because the human element is the most important factor in the combat effectiveness of military forces. This is not just the Navy's problem; it is the problem of all of the Armed Forces and in the last analysis is the problem of the American people."

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Mf<iL mwm Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, '16 Superintendent

Symposium on Higher Education

ARGENTINE, U. S. MIDSHIPMEN SWAP GIFTS . . . Midshipman John Dover (left) of the Argentine Navy and Midshipman John H. Cochrane, Fourth Class Regimental Commander at the Academy, shake hands after presenting each other's institutions with mementoes of the August 26 visit made to Annapolis by 140 midshipmen and 20 officers from the Argentine Navy training ship A. R. A. BAHIA THETIS. The Argentines presented a brochure and pennants of their training ship and received a large aerial photograph of the U. S. Naval Academy from their American counterparts. During their visit, the Argentines were luncheon guests of the midshipmen.

V. ADM. HOLLOWAY VISITS ANNAPOLIS . . . Chief of the BuPers and former Superintendent of the Academy (left) inspeas facilities at the Naval Station during a recent informal visit. Other members of the party are, left to right: Capt. Benjamin P. Field, USN, Commanding Officer of the Naval Station, Cdr. Ernest A. Ham, ChC, USN, Naval Station Chaplain and Capt. H. G. Corey, USN, Chief of Staff of the Severn River Naval Command.

A symposium to discuss problems in the field of higher education, including a series of lectures by five prominent American educators and panel discussions by civilian and military faculty members of the Academy, was held at the Naval Academy, August 31-September 4.

Each evening's lecture was discussed first by a panel, and afterwards by members of the audience. Moderator for the entire program was Dr. Francis J. Brown, Staff Associate of the American Council on Education.

The first session on Monday, August 31, was opened with remarks by V. Adm. C. Turner Joy, Superintendent of the Academy. Dr. Ernest V. Hollis, Chief of College Administration, Office of Education, discussed "What the College Should Expect of the High School Graduate." Senior member of the panel was Capt. F. J. Foley, USN, Head of the Academy Department of Mathematics.

On Tuesday, September 1, Dr. Francis J. Brown spoke on "Current Trends in Higher Education." Senior member of the panel was Capt. D. J. MacDonald, USN, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages.

Wednesday's lecturer was Professor James E. Russell, Teachers College, Columbia University, who spoke on "The Art of Teaching." Senior panelist was Capt. J. F. Davidson, Head of the Department of English, History and Government.

"The Teaching of Scientific-Engineering Subjects" was the topic of Thursday's speaker. Dr. S. C. Hollister, Dean of the College of Engineering, Cornell University.

Capt. C. E. Trescott, USN, Head of tiie Department of Marine Engineering, was the senior panel member.

The final lecture of the series was presented by R. Adm. Luis de Florez, USNR, a consulting engineer. He discussed "Synthetic Training." Senior panel member for Friday's discussion was Capt. W. T. Jenkins, USN, Head of the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery.

Yugoslav Navy Officers Tour Naval Academy

NAVAL ACADEMY HOLDS FATHER-SON LUNCHEON . . . F a t h e r s of plebe midshipmen, including a Navy Rear Admiral, join their sons in the Academy's Midshipman Mess for a special luncheon which was part of the "open house" aaivities conduaed for parents, relatives and friends of the plebes, August 21-24.

Some 2,400 visitors were guests of their midshipmen sons. Included in the parents' program were tours of the Academy and a question-and-answer forum with high ranking Academy officers.

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R. Adm. B. Pecotic, Vice Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav Navy, and Cdr. A. Jericevic, of the Operations Division, Yugoslav Navy, made a brief informal and unofficial visit to the Naval Academy on August 29.

They were greeted by Capt. Donald MacDonald, USN, then visited briefly with V. Adm. C. Turner Joy, USN, in his office.

The group inspected the Academy Chapel, the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery and made a motor tour of the Academy grounds.

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THE

BULLETIN BOARD

by Oretha Swartz

It's big doings over in Washington, D. C , the night of Friday, 23 October, when the Navy Ball is held in the Sail Loft at the Naval Gun Factory. Plans are full steam ahead for this event, one of the highlights of the Washington social season.

The theme for the ball is "Far Away Places" and on hand will be guests from all branches of the services, the government, diplomatic corps and official Washington.

Mrs. Charles S. Thomas, wife of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supplies and Logistics, is general chairman of the affair, and Mrs. Murrey L. Royar, wife of Rear Admiral Royar, USN, is vice chairman. The ball is sponsored by the District Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society, of which R. Adm. Tom B. Hill is president, having succeeded R. Adm. George H. Fort who retired from the Navy on 31 August.

Members of the Ball committee include Mrs. Winfred Dana, Mrs. William S. Fellers, Mrs. W. P. T. Hill, Mrs. George A. Holderness, Mrs. Lemont Pugh, Mrs. Harvey Humphreys, Mrs. I. N. Tripi, Mrs. James Short, Cdr. Kenneth White, Lt. Kathleen Clardy, W A V E , and Mrs. Earle D. Chesney.

Mrs. M. VanMetre, wife of Captain Van Metre, commanding officer of the Navy Receiving Station at Anacostia, is chairman of the enlisted men's ball which will be held in the Sail Loft on Saturday, 24 October.

While Washington is busy with its plans, another gala Navy Ball is scheduled on the same nightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Friday, 23 Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in Phila-

delphia, with the Warwick Hotel the setting.

This event will take place the night before the Navy-Penn game, which will make for a double-barreled weekend. Proceeds from the ball will go to the recreational fund of the United Service Club, which for more than 34 years has been a "home away from home" for men in all branches of the service.

R. Adm. John H. Brown, Jr., commandant of the Fourth Naval District, is chairman of the honorary committee, that includes V. Adm. H. W. Hill, U S N (Ret.), V. Adm. J. L. Kauffman, U S N (Ret.), R. Adm. Lucien M. Grant, R. Adm. Ralph J. Arnold, R. Adm. Peter W. Haas, Jr., and Brig. Gen. Ion M. Bethel, USMC. Lt. Cdr. Robert G. Wilder is general chairman of the affair, and assisting are Lt. Cdr. J. Robert Wilheim, president of the Philadelphia Navy Chapter R O A ; and Mrs. Edward J. MacMullen, executive chairman.

Music for the evening will be furnished

by Tony Desmond and his orchestra, from the hours of 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.Here in Annapolis, Alumni Day is underway, with alumni coming from near and far to take part in the busy weekend of class reunions, luncheons and dinners, and the football game between Navy and Dartmouth on Saturday, 3 October, in Thompson Stadium. The Classes of 1913, 1933, 1938 and 1944 are all holding reunions.

Capt. Charles E. Trescott, head of the Department of Marine Engineering, is chairman of Alumni Day, and members of

WASHINGTON NAVY RELIEF BALL . . . Mrs. Charles S. Thomas, wife of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supplies and Logistics, Ball Chairman, at right, and Mrs. Harvey Humphreys, wife of Lieutenant Commander Humphreys, SC, Decorations Chairman. the planning committee are Capt. Howard G. Corey, Capt. W. T. Jenkins, Capt. Donald J. MacDonald, Capt. R. N. Ernest, (CEC) USN, Capt. E. S. Miller, and Cdr. K. E. Meneke, Cdr. O. G. Sexton, Cdr. B. C. Jarvis, Cdr. I. J. Davenport and Cdr. E. M. Brown, (SC) USN. And Lt. Cdr. I. C. Kidd, Jr., Lt. Cdr. E. M. Barton, Jr., Lt. Cdr. W. J. Ellis and Lt. R. S. Wentworth, Jr. Houseguests of Capt. Howard G. Corey, Chief of Staff and Administrative Aide, and Mrs. Corey are Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Davis, Capt. and Mrs. William B. Moore, Capt. and Mrs. James Howard, all of Arlington, Va., and Cdr. and Mrs. John Brandt of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.

The Coreys are entertaining at a supper party in their quarters following the game, for their guests and a number of friends.

NAVY RELIEF BALL, WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Members of the Decorations Committee at work in the Sail Loft: (1. to r.)

Mrs. Donald Gaw, wife of Lieutenant Commander Gaw; Mrs. J. A. Guidera, wife of Lieutenant Guidera, SC; Mrs. Theodore Ascherfeld, wife of Captain Ascherfeld; Mrs. Jesse Westerman, wife of Captain Westerman, DC; and Mrs. Clyde S. Stroud, wife of Commander Stroud, MC. OCTOBER,

1953

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Mrs. Francis C. Denebrink sponsored the Members of the Class of 1907, who are observing their "50th year since plebe year," launching of the S/T ORION STAR by the are meeting at the home of R. Adm. Bryson Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, with Bruce, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Bruce of some 500 guests from Washington, PhilaPines-on-the-Severn, following the game. delphia, New York and Baltimore on hand Annapolis hosts include Capt. E. D. Almy, for the occasion.

U S N ( R e t ) , of Holly Point; Capt. Clyde Rear Admiral Denebrink attended the R. Robinson, U S N ( R e t ) , of Wardour; luncheon after the ORION STAR had been Capt. Harold V. McKittrick, U S N (Ret.), baptized with the traditional champagne. of Acton Place; and Admiral Giffin and Mr. John Macy Williams, general manager Capt. F. Frellsen, U S N (Ret.), of War- of Bethlehem shipping interests in Baltidour, and their wives. more, was toastmaster, with his wife actMrs. Charles C. Slayton, widow of Cap- ing as hostess for the occasion held at the tain Slayton, USN, and Mrs. W. Taylor Sheraton-Belvedere.

An eight-ton "electric brain" with the Smith, widow of Captain Smith, U S N , are also living in Annapolis. Both officers were largest known memory unit in the world has been installed in the Navy Building on of the Class of '07.

Constitution Ave., Washington, D. C. Houseguests of the Bruces are Capt.

The giant computer, first 'of its kind, can David S. H. Howard, U S N (Ret.), and multiply or divide large sums twenty times Mrs. Howard of New Hartford, N. Y. faster than the blink of the human eye. It Vice Adm. Robert C. Giffen, U S N will be set to work on complicated mathe(Ret.), and Mrs. Giffen of Mas-Que Farm, matical operations required in jet-age rewill be leaving later on this month for Coronado, Calif., where they will visit their son-in-law and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. S. S. Miller, and family.

Captain Miller is in command of the U S S PANANG. The Giffens will leave for their winter home in the Virgin Islands sometime before Christmas.

ON THE RECORD

Vice President Richard M. Nixon is taking two of the Navy's correspondence courses that will help to qualify him for a promotion in the Naval Reserve. Mr. Nixon served for three and a half years on active duty during World W a r II and emerged as a lieutenant commander. He has been advised by the Chief of Naval Operations that he is eligible for promotion to threestripe commander.

The Vice President was given until 1 July 1954 to qualify "professionally" for the promotion. His courses are in naval intelligence and international law, that involve regular assignments, the submission of answer sheets and the full correspondence course routine.

Pentagon officials said that the completion of these assignments will qualify him professionally for his promotion, and that he must also pass a physical examination.

Mr. Nixon entered the Naval Reserve in 1942 as a lieutenant ( j g ) . He took an onthe-spot indoctrination course at a Navy school at Quonset Point, R. I. Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, wartime chief of staff to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, ended a five-day visit in Newport, R. I., that was termed a "rest and relaxation" stay.

The 78-year-old naval officer was the guest of R. Adm. Joseph H. Wellings, naval base commander, who was sworn into his present rank in May by Admiral Leahy, under whom he served as aide in 1937-38.

The Admiral arrived from Washington, D. C , by plane, first landing at Quonset Naval Air Station. There he was a guest at the Reading Room and toured the Ocean Drive.

L t Cdr. George H. Whisler, Jr., USN, who flew a round-trip from Norfolk, Va., to San Diego, Calif., in one day, was presented a letter of commendation from V. Adm. John J. Ballentine, Commander Air Force U. S. Atlantic Fleet, by Cdr. R. R. Humes, commanding officer of Air Transport Squadron 31.

The officer ferried a Grumman Cougar Jet from Norfolk to San Diego and flew a Douglas Skynight Jet on the return trip to Norfolk; time, 11.2 hours. He is a member of the Class of 1942.

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The skipper is Cdr. T. W. H. Connor of Honolulu, T. H., formerly CinCPac flag secretary to Adm. Arthur W. Radford.

Newport, R. I.

Capt. John B. Rooney, Naval Station commanding officer, headed the naval committee that welcomed the H M S SUPERB, the British cruiser that visited Newport from 15-21 September. R. Adm. Joseph H. Wellings, Naval Base commander, was host at a reception.

Serving on the committee were Capt.

John L. Enyart, commanding the Naval Hospital; Capt. Francis L. Robbins, commanding the Underwater Ordnance Station; Capt. Onnie P. Lattu, Supply Depot commander; Capt. Charles M. E. Hoffman, who heads the Fleet Training Group; Capt.

William S. Howell of the W a r College staff; Lt. Cdr. Harry K. Griffin, Jr., of the DesLant staff; Lt. Robert H. Barker, DesLant flag secretary, and Lt. Forrest O. Barr, aide to Admiral Wellings.

Lt. William Ragsdale, U S N ( R e t ) , was Mayor Dean J. Lewis' liaison committee chairman. The Fleet Reserve Association held an open house, and a dance on 18 September was among the highlights of the social activities.

Two Canadian warships arrived in Narragansett Bay on 28 August for a three-day visit. HMCS QUEBEC, a cruiser, berthed in Newport, while the MAGNIFICENT, an aircraft carrier, based at Quonset Naval Air Station.

R. Adm. Joseph H. Wellings was the principal speaker at graduation exercises for 39 officer students from the W A V E indoctrination unit, in the lounge of the women officers' quarters at the Naval Station. A drill and review parade were held on Lawrence Field.

Earlier, the W A V E students took a daylong voyage aboard three Destroyer Force ships, skippered by Cdr. Conrad H. Carlson, U S S BROWNSON; Cdr. Elwood C. Mc-

Coy, U S S McGowAN, and Cdr. Albert P. Scott, U S S T H E SULLIVANS.

Kelleher

Studio

MISS DIXEY ANNE ANDREWS, whose engagement to Dr. Richard Bembry Smith, Jr. was announced by her parents, Capt.

Richard Stottko Andrews, USN, and Mrs. Andrews of Wilmington, N. C. and Burlingame, Calif. search and supply problems involved in today's billion-dollar plane budget.

The "brain" was manufactured by the Computer Research Corp. of Hawthorne, Calif, and is installed in the " W " wing of the Main Navy Building. It can compute in one day periodic aircraft supply need totals that now take a month to compute.

A major feature of the machine is its high-speed printer, which prints 600 lines the width of four newspaper columns in one minute.

Large crowds turned out for the Navy Relief Carnival held in San Diego, Calif., recently, with proceeds going to the Navy Relief_ Society. From this fund, emergency care is provided for Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their dependents.

The Navy's brand-new "destroyer leader," the U S S MITSCHER, which recently joined the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force with headquarters at Melville, is called "the Rolls-Royce among the nation's warships."

R. Adm. Ira H. Nunn, the Navy's judgeadvocate general, addressed 331 officers and enlisted men at graduation exercises of the Naval Justice School, held at the Naval Station's Family Theatre.

Admiral Nunn was introduced by Capt.

William L. Eagleton, .new commanding officer of the school.

Ferdinand Eberstadt, New York investment banker and government adviser, addressed Naval W a r College students on the evolution of this country's national security organization.

The speaker was introduced by V. Adm. Richard L. Conolly, the college president Admiral Conolly presented a silver cigarette box and a desk marker to Col. Feodor O. Schmidt, USA, who has concluded a 37-year Army career, nine of them as Army adviser to five Naval War College presidents.

The gifts were presented by staff officers at the college.

R. Adm. Thomas Hinckley Robbins, Jr., new chief of staff, welcomed the "nonNavy" students of the college's incoming class, on behalf of Admiral Conolly. The group consists of Army, Air Force and Coast Guard students.

The enrollment of the new class is about 240, the same as in 1952. About 20 per cent are from services other than the Navy.

A precedent has been set at the college, with students not required to wear uniforms during classes this year.

SHIPMATE

A recent order announced that students will normally wear civilian clothing during their attendance at the college, except for special occasions and ceremonies such as graduation. Aviators may wear uniforms on days they are scheduled to fly.

Members of the Conanicut Yacht Club board of trustees for the '53 season include R. Adm. Ralph C. Alexander, U S N (Ret.), Capt. William F. Amsden, U S N (Ret.), and Capt. William D. Brereton, U S N (Ret.). Captain Amsden was chairman of the house committee.

Captaine-Commandant Rene G. G. G. Bruyere, in command of Belgium's Navy Supply Depot, and Lt. Jan F. M. A. Geyskens paid an official visit to the Newport Naval Supply Depot, with Capt Onnie P .

Lattu, depot commanding officer, and Cdr. Roy C. Voils, executive officer, the hosts.

The Belgians toured the depot for a week, learning the U. S. Navy's methods of supplying ships afloat.

luncheon chairman; Mrs. R. P. Minnier, Navy relief chairman; Mrs. B. F. Emge, entertainment; Mrs. F. W. Davenport, telephone service, and Mrs. R. F. Malloney, publicity.

Fall fashions were viewed by Whiting Field Officers' Wives Club members at their monthly luncheon in the Officers' Club, Class Wives Meet with 150 attending. Whiting wives who The Class of 1934 Wives Club met at a served as models were Mrs. Harrison coffee in the home of Mrs. Keith E. Taylor Leach, Mrs. J. R. Winton, Mrs. T. Price, of Seaview Ave. Hostesses were Mrs. Mrs. B. Dennison, Mrs. O. Worley, Mrs. Clyde J. Van Arsdall and Mrs. James C. N. Mason, Mrs. S. Baddley, Mrs. J. GlasBentley, who assisted Mrs. Taylor. cow, with Mrs. J. L. Swinson at the piano.

Mrs. Paul Masterton, whose husband, Gray Ladies Captain*Masterton, U S N , took command A new course for Gray Ladies started of the Field recently, was among those aton 10 September, and new volunteers are tending. The Mastertons have been in Italy asked to contact Mrs. James H. Mills con- the past two years. Hostesses for the day cerning future work and classes. Both serv- were Mrs. G. Menz, Mrs. T. Cobb and Mrs. ice and civilian workers are urged to enroll. D. Fischer.

CNATra Wives Coffee

Wives of officers on CNATra staff enjoyed a morning coffee at the Mustin Beach Officers' Club, with Mrs. D. D. Chapman, Jr., and Mrs. William J. Davis, Jr., hostesses.

Washington, D. C. Officers' Wives C/ub

Armed Forces Hostess

Association

Wives of Army, Navy, Air Force officers make up membership in the Armed Forces Hostess Association that has Room l-B-877 at the Pentagon. Under the leadership of Mrs. Edward H. Underhill, whose husband.

Brigadier General Underhill, U S A F , has returned recently from the F a r East, incoming service families are welcomed by the group.

At least three hostesses are on daily duty Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., giving information to officers and their famihes who wish to learn about the churches, schools, stores and public transportation of their new community, as well as information concerning baby sitters, temporary housing facilities, camps, and public and private schools from coast to coast.

Monterey Wives luncheon

A "welcome aboard" theme was carried out in honor of Mrs. James Walker, whose husband recently took command of the U S S MONTEREY, at a luncheon held at the

Mustin Beach Club on 19 August.

Wives of officers of the ship attended, with reservations taken by Mrs. J. S. Whelchel. Hostesses were Mrs. Whelchel, Mrs. W. Axcell and Mrs. J. C. Smith.

Gray Ladies

Registration for September Gray Ladies classes was held 26-28 August in the Red Cross office. Brent Building in Pensacola, Fla., for women between the ages of 21-55.

Mrs. O. W. Chenault, chairman, said that Eric Hugo classes will be held at the Baptist Hospital MISS CAROLYN LOU COOKE, whose and the Naval Hospital, with Mrs. J. Earl engagement to Mr. John W . Howell, 3d, Johnson, chairman of the Baptist Hospital has been announced by her parents, R. group; Mrs. Theodore Lachman, vice Adm. W. R. Cooke, USN (Ret.) and Mrs. chairman; Mrs. H. J. Brow, service groups Cooke of Waverly Place, Scheneaady, chairman, and a representative from the Naval Hospital in charge.

N . Y. Gray Lady duties cover many fields of service including receptionists, visiting, recAlgiers, La. reation, library, arts and crafts, assisting with bloodmobile operations, and many Naval Officers' Wives Club community projects.

Members of the Naval Officers' Wives Club of the Naval Station at Algiers met Annapolis, M d . for luncheon at the club, with a business Naval Academy Garden Club meeting following.

Mrs. J. K. T. Purcell of Baltimore preMr. Leo C. Zinzer, head of the dramatic a program of dried flower arrangedepartment of Loyola University, gave a sented on velvet at the first meeting of the reading of Robert E. Sherwood's three- ments club this season, in the Officers' Club. Mrs. act play. The Road to Rome.

Howard G. Corey presided.

Pensacola, Fla. Fashion

Show

A fashion show highlighted the fall season for the Officers' Wives Club, when suits, cocktail frocks and evening gowns were shown at the 16 September affair held at the Mustin Beach Club.

Philadelphia Miss Ann Loweth of New York was commentator.

She has served as commentaOfficers' Wives Club tor for the Damon Runyon show at MadiMrs. C. A. Keller, newly elected presi- son Square Garden and has narrated shows dent of the Johnsville Naval Air Develop- at White Sulphur Springs and other places. ment Center Officers' Wives Club, enter- She brought several copies of coronation tained at a coffee in quarters "C," when gowns for display. plans for the year were discussed.

Mrs. George Leach, a former model and Officers and board members attending teacher in John Robert Powers' school, were Mrs. C. J. Pfingstag, honorary presi- trained the models for two months. In 1948 dent; Mrs. F. J. Voorhies, secretary; Mrs. she represented Detroit in the Miss AmerT. J. Whitlow, treasurer; Mrs. J. A. Davis, ica contest.

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Newport, R. I.

NAVY WIVES

Mrs. Robert B. Anderson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. Robert B. Carney, wife of the new chief of Naval Operations, were guests of honor at the first fall luncheon of the Navy Supply Corps Officers' Wives Club, on Tuesday, 8 September.

Mrs. Murrey L. Royar, president, received the guests, assisted by Mrs. Walter W. Honaker, vice president, and Mrs. Albert F. Ryan, Jr., executive chairman. A fashion show featuring autumn accessories highlighted the affair, held in the ArmyNa^'v Country Club.

Other officers for the season are Mrs. I. F. Haddock, recording secretary; Mrs. W. B. Fletcher, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. L. Lovig, Jr., treasurer.

Committee chairmen are Mrs. Lamar Lee, Jr., membership; Mrs. F. L. Lawrance, publicity; Mrs. S. W . Hesser, constitution and by-laws; Mrs. W . T. MacKinnon, welcoming, and Mrs. F. L. Haerlin. Navy relief sewing project.

Mrs. J. E. Whitley was in charge of ticket sales. Mrs. Reginald V. Berry was general chairman of the show.

Hostesses during the afternoon, and the tea hour, were Mrs. Fred W . Walton, Mrs. Benjamin P. Field, Mrs. Paul T. Coil and Mrs. Charles W. Smalzel.

All wives of officers on active duty in the Severn River Naval Command are invited to become members. Charter members and past presidents and honorary past presidents are also eligible for membership.

San Diego, Calif.

Tea, Art Exhibition

Miss Elsie Kimberly was hostess at a tea in her home in Bonita Valley, on 13 September, when paintings and porcelains that she brought back from a recent trip to Japan were displayed.

Presiding at the punch bowls and tea tables were Mrs. Leon Bonnet and Mrs. 15

A. Ellis Baron of Bonita; Mrs. Marcus Miller and Mrs. Thomas B. Robertson of San Diego; Mrs. B. C. Allen of La Jolla; Mrs. R. C. Ragland and Mrs. Donald Hamilton, of Coronado.

Assisting were Mrs. Francis X. Miller of Imperial Beach; Miss Elsie Donaldson and Mrs. A. Ellis Barron, Jr., of La Jolla; Mrs. Scofield of Bonita and Mrs. Robert Tyson of Chula Vista.

Oriental treasures which Miss Kimberly has as family heirlooms were also viewed in the house and in the studio by the 500 guests. The ceiling of the studio is covered with a 34-foot batik, that was gtven by the King of Samoa to her father, Adm. Lewis Ashfield Kimberly, Class of 1852, when he commanded the Pacific Fleet at the time the United States mediated the sovereignty of Samoa. , Among recent pieces acquired were paintings by Utamaro and by Motonobu, a 15th century master, also some Chien Lung porcelains and several pieces for use in the tea ceremony by the contemporary "earthenware maker" Inouye Ryosai, who was a prize winner at the International Exposition held in Paris.

N A V Y JUNIORS Junior

Jango

The annual membership tea for prospective members of Junior Jango, Washington, D. C , was held Saturday afternoon, 19 September, at the home of Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Orval C. Cook of Boiling Field. Mrs. George C. Lindsay, board adviser to the group, was in charge of arrangements.

Daughters of officers of the armed services between the ages of 14 and 18 are eligible for membership in Jango. Members are trained to take part in nurses' aide work at Doctors Hospital or canteen work at the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmens Club, as well as many other community activities.

T. O . P., Annapolis

Chapter

And her brother, Don, who is a sophomore at Cornell University. Don and David and Peter Moonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sons of the late Rear Admiral Moon, USNâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have been councillors for the summer at Camp Briar Hill in Virginia.

Now a freshman at Princeton University is Robert Giffen Miller, son of Capt. S. S. Miller, USN, and Mrs. Miller, of Coronado, Calif, who was visiting his grandparents in Annapolis before going to the university.

They are V. Adm. and Mrs. Robert C. Giffen of Mas-Que Farm. Mrs. Miller is the former Miss Mary Giffen.

Last spring, Robert received the Richard L. Perry memorial scholarship to Princeton upon graduation from St. George's School, when he was the only student graduating "with distinction" in the class of 25.

Miss Barbara Hazen, 'daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hazen of Joyce Lane near Annapolis, is attending Goucher College in Baltimore. Hood College at

Miss Azalea Adelaide McDowell, daughter of Capt. P. E. McDowell, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. McDowell, of Gore, Va., is attending Connecticut College for Women at New London, Conn. She returned from a summer's tour of Europe shortly before leaving for college.

Miss Sandra McCain, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. John S. McCain, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., is a sophomore at Pembroke College.

Miss Sally Loring Shook, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. L. O. Shook of Arlington, Va., is attending St. Mary's Seminary and Junior College in Maryland.

Miss Judy Lane, daughter of Mrs. Metcalfe-Lane of Annapolis, has returned to Randolph Macon College for her sophomore year. Also at Randolph Macon is Sue Edwards, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. F. A. Edwards of Wild Rose Shores, Md. Midn. Charles Allen Buchanan, Jr., is a third classman at the Naval Academy, and his brother, John Goodwin Buchanan, is a sophomore at Landon School at Bethesda, Md. They are sons of Capt and Mrs. Charles A. Buchanan of Porter Road.

Miss Carolyn Trescott, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. C. E. Trescott of Porter Road, is a senior at George Washington UniverMISS BLAIR DYKERS, daughter of R. sity, while her brother, Tony, is a sophoAdm. Thomas M. Dykers, USN (Ret.), and more at Lehigh University.

Mrs. Dykers of Encino, Calif., bride-elea Back at Washington and Lee is Keith of Mr. Allison Bryan Clubley of Chats- Belch, son of Capt. Keith Roger Belch, worth, Calif.

USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Belch of Annapolis.

Seven new members of Tau Omicron Phi, service sorority, were initiated last month at Alumni House, with Miss Pat Hill presiding.

They are Miss Henrietta Carter, daughter of Lt. Col. William M. Carter, USA (Ret.), and Mrs. Carter of Severna Park, Md.; Miss Mary Gale Buchanan, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Charles Allen Buchanan of Porter Road; Miss Jo Demarest Rubins, Frederick, Md., has Linda Wood, daughter daughter of R. Adm. Joseph R. Rubins, of Capt. and Mrs. Lester O. Wood, of U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Rubins of Annap- Annapolis. olis ; Miss Michelle Foley, daughter of Michael Jasperson, son of R. Adm. and Capt. and Mrs. Francis J. Foley of Porter Mrs. Robert E. Jasperson of Ferry Farms, Road. is attending the University of Virginia, And Miss Midge Corbin, daughter of and Nancy Brindupke, daughter of Capt.

Capt. and Mrs. Clifford T. Corbin of An- and Mrs. John F. Davidson of Porter Road, napolis ; Miss Meta Holmes, daughter of is a freshman at Duke University at DurMrs. Merrill S. Holmes, Annapolis, and ham, N. C. Miss Betsy Podlich, daughter of Mr. and The University of Maryland has enrolled Mrs. William Podlich of Rovmd Bay, Md. Hillary Rowe, son of Capt. and Mrs. Hillary C. Rowe, now in Brussels, Belgium.

College Trek Nancy Jalbert, daughter of R. Adm. and Among the Annapolis Navy Juniors off Mrs. H. H. Jalbert, is a freshman at Washto college are Mary Gale Buchanan, Mi- ington College at Chestertown, Md. chelle Foley and Jo Rubins, who are atAlso at the University of Maryland is tending Mary Washington College of the Carol Roberts, daughter of Cdr. and Mrs. University of Virginia at Fredericksburg; T. C. Roberts of Annapolis. Barbara Meta Holmes, who has returned to Towson Bandy, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. J. I. State Teachers College in Maryland; Bandy, is among the group at Mary WashMidge Corbin, who is at Hannah More ington College. near Baltimore; Meredith Moon, daughter Over in Alexandria, Va., Ludlow of Mrs. Don Pardee Moon, who has returned to the Richmond Professional In- Clark, son of Capt. and Mrs. Thurston B. stitute of William and Mary College in Clark of San Diego, Calif, is attending Episcopal High School.

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And from Newport, R. I., is Gordon Bellis, son of Capt. and Mrs. Louis J. Bellis, who has a scholarship for premedical training at Yale University.

Miss Keen Harrill, daughter of R. Adm. and Mrs. William Keen Harrill of San Diego, Calif., is attending The Bishop's School in La Jolla this year, and Priscilla Raborn, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. W. F. Raborn, of San Diego, is a senior at Southern Methodist University at Dallas, Tex. Miss Connie O'Connell, daughter of Capt and Mrs. T. P. O'Connell, is a freshman at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., this fall, and Virginia Zimmerman, daughter of Capt John D. Zimmerman, (ChC) USN, senior chaplain at the Naval Academy, and Mrs. Zimmerman, is back at Pembroke College of Brown University. Her brother, John David, is attending Severn School at Severna Park, Md.

Visits

Father

Midn. Barrick F. Tibbits flew to Stockholm, Sweden, where he visited his father, Capt. Frank P. Tibbits, naval attache for air. The trip was made following his return from the midshipmen practice cruise and preceding the opening of the Naval Academy.

BETROTHED

R. Adm. W. R. Cooke, U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Cook of Waverly Place, Schenectady, N. Y., announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Carolyn Lou Cooke, to Mr. John W. Howell, 3d, son of Mrs. Stone Howell of Schenectady and Mr. J. W. Howell of Washington, D. C. Miss Cooke is a junior at Ursinus College, and formerly attended Escola Americana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the granddaughter of the late Col. Willis Uline, USA, and Mrs. W. R. Cooke of School Lane House, Philadelphia.

Mr. Howell served with the U. S. Army in the Pacific theater during World War II. He is the grandson of the late Mrs. S H I P M A T E

J. W. Howell of Newark, N. J., and Mrs. C. W. Stone of Schenectady. He is presently taking the Manufacturing Training Course at the General Electric Company at Lynn, Mass.

Dr. Smith attended Emory University in Atlanta and was graduated from the Northwestern University Dental School.

He served as a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy during World War II, with duty at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan.

Capt. John D. Zimmerman, (ChC) U S N , and Mrs. Zimmerman of Annapolis, Md., announce the engagement of their daughter.

Miss Virginia Hunter Zimmerman, to the Rev. Peter Chase of Newport, R. I. Miss Zimmerman attended Queen's College in London, and is now attending Pembroke College of Brown University at Providence, R. I. Her father recently was stationed in Newport, and is now Chaplain, U. S. Naval Academy.

The wedding will take place 30 December at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington. The couple will be at home in Hawkinsville.

The Rev. Chase was graduated from Deerfield Academy of Brown University, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in 1951 and now is curate of Trinity Church at Newport.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reif of New York City announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Maria Henrietta Reif, to The bride-elect attended Holton Arrns Ens. Gerald Duncan Sylvester, USN, son School and the Sorbonne in Paris. She is of Mrs. Lillian W. Sylvester of Baltimore a member of the Washington Junior and Cdr. Harold MacTavish Sylvester, League.

U S N ( R e t ) , of Washington, D. C. Mr. Barrett is a graduate of Princeton Miss Reif was graduated from George University. He is now a foreign service School, Pennsylvania, and attended Bar- officer with the Department of State. nard College. Ensign Sylvester was graduated from St. Paul's School in Baltimore Mrs. Charles Clarke McDonald of Pensacola, Fla., announces the engagement, and approaching marriage, of her daughter.

Miss Ann Miller McDonald, to Mr. John Taylor Bibb, son of Mrs. Frank S. Bickford and the late Mr. Carlisle Hurst Bibb, also of Pensacola.

Miss McDonald is the daughter of the late Captain McDonald, USN. She attended Ashley Hall in Charleston, S. C , the Immaculate Convent in Washington, D. C , and Florida State University. She is a member of the Spinsters and the DAR. Mr. Bibb served two years in the U. S. Air Force. He is a graduate of Springhill College and is now an engineer with a construction company at Pensacola.

Capt. Hugh Roberts Nieman, U S N , and Mrs. Nieman of London. England, announce the engagement of their daughter.

Miss Patricia Nieman, to Cadet Joseph D. Macklin of the Military Academy at West Point. He is the son of Capt. C. F. Macklin, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Macklin of Coronado, Calif.

Miss Nieman is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Nieman of Beaver, Pa. Her father is on the staff of V. Adm. Jerauld Wright, USN, commander in chief of U. S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, with headquarters in London.

Mrs. Francis Baylies Dean of Fairfield, Conn., has announced the engagement of her daughter. Miss Marilisse Dean, to Lt. George Sargent Grove, U S N , son of Mrs. Ludwig King of New Canaan, Conn., and the late Lt. Cdr. George Wilson Grove, USNR, of New York and Cornwall, Conn.

Miss Dean, daughter of the late Mr. Dean, was graduated from Wellesley College and attended Finch Junior College.

She is a member of the Junior League of Bridgeport, and has been with Vogue magazine.

Lieutenant Grove is a member of the Class of 1947. He is presently serving on the staff of the Naval School at Newport, R. I. The wedding will take place in the near future.

Capt Richard Stottko Andrews, USN, and Mrs. Andrews of Wilmington, N. C , and Burlingame, Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dixey Anne Andrews, to Dr. Richard Bembry Smith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bembry Smith of Hawkinsville, Ga. Miss Andrews attended Colegio Northlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was graduated from Salem Academy in North Carolina. She also attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and Mills College, California. She was the 1952 Camellia Queen of Norfolk.

Captain Andrews is District Intelligence Officer of the Twelfth Naval District, San Francisco. Miss Andrews is the granddaughter of the late Mr. Lindsay Russell of Wilmington and New York City, internationally known lawyer and foreign relations expert, and Mrs. Russell of Washington, D. C. OCTOBER,

1953

Mrs. Littlefield MacArthur of Washington, D. C , announces the engagement, and approaching marriage, of her daughter.

Miss Beatrice A. MacArthur, to Mr. Robert South Barrett, 4th, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tupper Barrett of Alexandria, Va., and Paris.

Miss MacArthur, whose father is Mr. Bowman McCalla MacArthur of Washington, is the granddaughter of Mrs. Arthur MacArthur, also of Washington, and of the late Captain MacArthur, U S N . Her maternal grandparents are Mrs. William Lord Littlefield, and the late Captain Littlefield, USN.

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MISS VIRGINIA HUNTER ZIMMERMAN, daughter of Capt. John D. Zimmerman, (ChC) USN, and Mrs. Zimmerman of Annapolis, Md. whose engagement has been announced to the Rev. Peter Chase of Newport, R. I. before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1952.

The wedding will take place in December.

Mrs. Alexander C. H. Loud of Morristown, N. J., and Sausalito, Calif., has announced the engagement of her daughter.

Miss Jeanne Alexandra Loud, to Mr. Frederick C. Thomas, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Thomas of Troth's Fortune, Easton, Md. Miss Loud is the daughter of the late Mr. Loud and granddaughter of Capt. Archibald D. Turnbull, USN, Class of 1907, and Mrs. Turnbull, of Washington, D. C , and Provincetown, Mass. She attended Radcliffe College and the Sorbonne in Paris.

Mr. Thomas is a graduate of Harvard College. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps and has studied in Cairo, Egypt, on a Fulbright scholarship.

Col. Morris L. Shively, USMC (Ret.), and Mrs. Shively of Spring Valley, Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter.

Miss Leanne Shively, to Lt. (jg) Charles Darlington Strode, USN, son of Mrs. Olin R. Fisher of Westchester, Pa., and Mr. Herbert W. Strode of Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Scarlett of Guilford, Md., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Barbara Jane Scarlett, to Lt. (jg) Milton Nicholas Allen, son Miss Shively will be a senior this fall at of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Demetrius Allen San Diego State College, where she is of Key Biscayne, Fla. president of Gamma Delta chapter of Chi Miss Scarlett was graduated from Bryn Omega sorority. She is also a member of Mawr School and Vassar College. She is Cap and Gown, the Student Council, and a member of the Junior League of Balti- of Tau Omicron Phi. more.

Lieutenant Strode was graduated from Lieutenant Allen attended Severn School the Naval Academy, Class of 1951. The and Princeton University before entering wedding will take place next June. . the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1949.

R. Adm. Thomas M. Dykers, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Dykers of Encino, Calif.,

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aimounce the engagement and approaching Saturday, 29 August, Miss Janice Elizabeth marriage of their daughter. Miss Blair Dy- Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert kers, and Mr. Allison Bryan Cluble}-, son Talmage Cook of Prospect Park, Pa., and of Mr. Robert S. Clubley and the late Mrs. Lt. Thomas Markham Searles, jr., U S N , son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Searles of Clubley, of Chatsworth, Calif.

Alden Park, Pa., in the Olivet Presbyterian Miss Dykers attended Punahou in Hono- Church, the Rev. Kenneth Stewart officiatlulu and the University of California at ing at 2 p.m. Lieutenant Searles is a memLos Angeles. Mr. Clubley was graduated ber of the Class of 1944. from Rutgers Universitj% where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Sunday, 16 August, Miss Jeanne Celeste Shea, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Shea of Indio, Calif, and Lt. (jg) Robert Col. and Mrs. W. L. Tydings of Pasadena, Ray Jefferson, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. and the late Mr. Reginald Dj'kers of New Ray L. Jefferson of Reno, Nev., in St. Orleans, La. Joseph's Cathedral. The bride attended the The wedding will take place in October. University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.

Lieutenant Jefferson is a member of the WEDDING BELLS Class of 1950.

Saturday, 19 Sept., Miss Anne Selden James, daughter of V. Adm. Jules James, Priday, 14 August, Miss Anna McCay U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. James of Washing- Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marton, D. C , and Mr. John Bosley Yellott, shall Page of Austin, Tex., and Mr. Edson of Mr. and Mrs. Kinloch Nelson Yellott of Cockeysville, Md., in St. James Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. The bride attended Stuart Hall and was graduated from Bryn Mawr School and Holton Arms Junior College. Mr. Yellott was graduated from Yale University.

Friday, 4 Sept., Miss Joanne Fitzwilliam, daughter of Capt. Albert Eisner Fitzwilliam, U S N , and Mrs. Fitzwilliam of Sasebo, Japan, and Ens. Richard John Laulor, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Francis Laulor of Phoenixville, Pa., in St. Andrew-'s Chapel of the Naval Academy, Chaplain M. E. Brenneman officiating at 4 p.m. The brid^ attended Hood College, the University of Minnesota and Boston University. Ensign Laulor, Class of 1952, was five-striper in '52. Home, New London, Conn., while Ensign Laulor attends submarine school.

Saturday, 29 August, Miss Patricia Virginia Damron, daughter of Mrs. James Damron and the late Judge Damron of Huntington, W. Va., and Lt. David Duncan Joy, U S A , son of V. Adm. and Mrs. Charles Turner Joy of Annapolis, in Christ Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Md. Chaplain Luther D. Miller, former Chief of Army Chaplains, officiated at 4:30 p.m. The bride attended Westhampton College and was graduated from Sweet Briar College.

She is a member of the Junior League of Huntington. Admiral Joy, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, was his son's best man. Lieutenant Joy is a graduate of the â&#x20AC;˘ Military Academy, Class of 1950. Home, Seattle, Wash.

Saturday, 29 August, Miss Alice Mott Hazlett, daughter of Capt. Edward E. Hazlett, Jr., U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Hazlett, of Chapel Hill, N. C , and Ens. Jonas Warren Kessing, USNR, son of Commo. Oliver O. Kessing, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Kessing of Coronado. Calif, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Durham. Both Ensign and Mrs. Kessing are graduates of the University of North Carolina. Ensign Kessing is serving on the U S S CHARLES J. BADGER based at Newport, R. I.

Saturday, 29 August, Miss Charlotte Augusta Ewald, daughter of Mrs. W. Clement Claude and the late Capt. John B. Ewald, USN, and Ens. William Beall Miles, USN, son of R. Adm. and Mrs. Milton E. Miles of Chevy Chase, Md., in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy, Chaplain Vincent J. Lonergan officiating at 4 p.m.

The bride is a member of Tau Omicron Phi service sorority. Ensign Miles, a member of the Class of 1952, is stationed at Glenview, 111.

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Saturday, 8 August, Miss Joan Vernon Pefley, daughter of Col. Alfred Reed Pefley, USMC, and Mrs. Pefley, of Norfolk, Va., and Ens. Edmund Battelle Taylor, Jr., USN, son of R. Adm. E. B. Taylor, U S N , and Mrs. Taylor of Newport, R. I., in the Chapel-in-the-Woods. Norfolk Naval Air Station, with Chaplain John Edward Johnson and the Rev. Charles Walter Caman, Jr., of Long Island, officiating at 4:30 p.m.

The bride was graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu and Holton Arms Junior College. She is the granddaughter of the late Capt. John David Robnett, U S N , and Mrs. Robnett of Washington, D. C. Ensign Taylor is a member of the Class of 1953. Home, Norfolk.

Saturday, 8 August, Miss Anne Freeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edmund Freeman of Corona del Mar, Calif., and Mr. Harold H. Tiemroth, Jr., son of Capt H. H. Tiemroth, U S N , and Mrs. Tiemroth of San Francisco, in the Corona del Mar Community Church. The bridegroom's grandfather, Lt. Col. Charles F . Graeser, assisted by the Rev. Paul Babbitt, officiated. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tiemroth attended San Diego State College, with the bridegroom now attending the Temple University dental school.

Saturday, 8 August, Miss Audrey Watts McTigue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold McTigue of Lawrence, L. I., and Mr. Peter McKinney Morris, son of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Morris, of Lynbrook, L. I., and the late Lieutenant Commander Morris, U S N , at Trinity Church, Hewlett, L. I. The Rev. Dr. Walden Pell, 2d, of S t Andrew's School officiated. The bride attended the Chapin School, the Lawrence School and Garrison Forest School, and was graduated from Miss Hewitt's Classes in New York. Mr. ^Morris is a graduate of Lenox School. Home, Virginia Beach.

Saturday, 8 August, Miss Mary Patricia Manning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Planning of Baltimore, and Ens. Daniel Joseph Kershaw, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Kershaw of Johnson City, N. Y., at the Blessed Sacrament Bradford Bachrach Catholic Church, with the Rev. Austin L. MRS. DAVID DUNCAN JOY, the Healy officiating. Ensign Kershaw is a former Miss Patricia Virginia Damron, member of the Class of 1952. daughter of Mrs. James Damron and the Saturday, 8 August, Miss Anita Paul late Judge Damron of Huntington, W . Va. James, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lieutenant Joy, USA, is the son of V. Adm. Charles Turner Joy, Superintendent McCutchen James of Columbia, S. C. and L t (jg) John Paul Cavanaugh, USN, of the Naval Academy, and Mrs. Joy. son of Mrs. F. Paul Cavanaugh of Concord, N. H., and the late Mr. Cavanaugh, in the Trinity Episcopal Church at Cowart Stitt Fleming, son of Mrs. Warren lumbia. The Rev. C. FitzSimmons Allison Lawson Stephenson of Washington, D. C , officiated. Lieutenant Cavanaugh is a memand the late Capt. Robert Walton Fleming, ber of the Class of 1950.

USN, in the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Austin. The bride attended Ran- Friday, 7 August, Miss Mimi Clark, daughdolph Macon Women's College and is now ter of Associate Justice of the Supreme attending George Washington University. Court Tom C. Clark and Mrs. Clark of Mr. Fleming attended the University of Washington, D. C , and Dallas, Tex., and North Carolina and the University of Ens. Thomas Richard Gronlund, USN, son Texas. He is the grandson of the late R. of Mrs. A. E. Gronlund of Iron Mountain, Adm. Edward R. Stitt, one-time Surgeon Mich., and the late Mr. Gronlund. The General of the Navy, and is now attending Rev. E. A. Roach officiated. The bride the George Washington University school was graduated from Holton Arms School of medicine. and attended Wellesley College. Ensign Wednesday, 12 August, Mrs. Doris Cohl- Gronlund is a member of the Class of meyer Nettles, daughter of Mrs. Edmond 1952. Home, Pensacola, Fla. B. Hunze of East St. Louis, 111., and the late Dr. J. W. Cohlmeyer, and Lt. Jack Birth of Daughter Collins Stuart, USN, son of Mrs. Jack D. From Norfolk, Va., comes word of the Stuart, Texarkana, Tex., and the late Mr. birth of a daughter to Lt. and Mrs. John Stuart, in the Church of the Redeemer at Asserson 2nd, on 8 August in Biloxi, Miss. Lieutenant Stuart is a mem- the Naval Fletcher, Hospital at Portsmouth. ber of the Class of 1944. Home, Patuxent River, Md., while Lieutenant Stuart is atThe baby has been named Melissa Dawn. tached to the flight test division of the Her father, a naval aviator, was a memNaval Air Test Center. ber of the U. S. Olympic wrestling team S H I P M A T E

at Helsinki, Finland. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Paul Williams Fletcher, and the late Commander Fletcher, USN, of Warren, R. I. Birthday

years. He now is on duty at Fort Meade, Md. Also with Admiral and Mrs. Hill were their daughter, Mrs. John Morgan Redfield, and infant son, John Morgan Redfield, Jr., now of Norfolk. . . .

R. Adm. and Mrs. Murrey L. Royar, Capt. and Mrs. Earle D. Chesney. Lt. Cdr. and Mrs. Harvey Humphrey, of Washington, and R. Adm. and Mrs. A. A. Antrim of Mechanicsburg, Pa., spent a weekend at Townsend-Savoy Camp on Ottar Valley Run, at Thurmont, Md., recently.

The officers attended the annual stag Alfalfa Club party given by Mr. Floyd Akers at Whirlpool Lodge on Little Hunting Creek.

Party

Mrs. John B. Pearson gave a birthday party for her young grandson, Val Schaeffer, 3d, who was three years old on 20 August. The party was held in the garden of the North Island quarters of Rear Admiral" and Mrs. Pearson in California.

The previous week, Mrs. Pearson entertained at a birthday party for her daughter, Mrs. Val Schaeffer, Jr., wife of Lieutenant Schaeffer, U S N .

Swimming

Party

Becky Dobbins, teen-age daughter of Cdr. and Mrs. Earl G. Dobbins, entertained a group of her Coronado High School friends at a pool party at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, North Island.

The party for 50 guests was in farewell to Lindon Bailey who left with her parents, Cdr. William T. Bailey, USNR, and Mrs. Bailey, for the Midwest.

Birth ot Son

Lt. (jg) and Mrs. John Morgan Redfield aimounce the birth of a son, John Morgan Redfield, Jr., on 14 August at the Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Md. The baby is the grandson of R. Adm. and Mrs. Tom B. Hill of Washington, D. C , with whom Mrs. Redfield is staying until the first of October when she will join her husband in Norfolk.

The baby is also the grandson of Mrs. William C. France of Annapolis. Lieutenant Redfield is attached to the U S S N E W PORT N E W S .

EAST COAST G O I N G S O N W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Lemuel C Shepherd were at home on Thursday, 10 September, for the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Robert B. Carney, and Mrs. Carney, from the hours of 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

A dress parade preceded the "at home."

Guests of high military and government position attended the affair, held in the commandant's house. Marine B a r r a c k s . . . .

Japanese Crown Prince Akihito paid a three-day visit to Washington, arriving on 8 September from San Francisco. On the 10th he made an official tour of the Naval Academy.

On 17 September the young Prince was feted in New York at a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Japanese Ambassador Eikichi Araki were among the special guests at the dinner, arranged by the Japan Society, of which John D. Rockefeller is president.

Both camps are a few miles from Shangri La, that has been renamed Camp David after President Eisenhower's grandson....

R. Adm. and Mrs. Cari F. Espe, R. Adm. and Mrs. Milton E. Miles, Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Rodimon, Cdr. and Mrs. Paul Schratz and Cdr. and Mrs. Victor Mauldin were among the many guests at the reception given for Capt. R. Parga, Philippine Tooley-Myron Studios assistant chief of staff, by the Philippine MRS. ROBERT H. LAIGHTON, the for- Armed Forces Attache and Mrs. Albert mer Miss Mary Louise Curry of Rock Hill, in their Chevy Chase, Md., home. . . .

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and children, John and Martha, recently of Coronado, Calif.

Admiral Ekstrom formerly was in command of Carrier Division 17. . . .

Capt. John F. Walsh, new Inspector General of the Potomac River Naval Command, and daughters, Susan and Joan, are now established here. Mrs. Walsh recently arrived from a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cole on the West Coast.

The Walshes have been in Pearl Harbor for the past two years. Captain Walsh succeeds Capt. George Welker who has retired from the service and now is on a farm near Clarksburg, Md. . .

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong of Silyer Spring were hosts at a dinner party at Normandy Farm in honor of her parents. . -Colestock, . . USN, and . -Mrs. Capt.

Edward Colestock, who have arrived from Palo Alto, Calif., and are at home in Bethesda.

He is assigned to the War College. . . .

R. Adm. George H. Fort, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Fort, were honored by officers of the Potomac Naval Command, and their wives, at a farewell reception in the Officers' Club of the Naval Gun Factory.

In the receiving line with them were R. Adm. Tom B. Hill, superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory, and Mrs. Hill.

The Forts are now at home at Edmunds St., N.W., near Observatory Circle. With them is their daughter, Miss Betty Carter Fort. . . .

Adm. and Mrs. Leland P. Lovette, Capt. and Mrs. William L. Eagleton and Lt. and Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson were among the guests at the wedding of Miss Joanne Fitzwilliam and Ens. Richard John Laulor that took place in Annapolis on Friday, 4 September. . . .

President Eisenhower met Prince Akihito in Chicago. Also on his schedule were stops in Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, and Jackson Hole, W y o . . . .

Guests in September of R. Adm. and Foreign visitors are continuing to arrive almost daily, with Queen Frederika of Mrs. Tom B. Hill in their quarters at the Greece planning an official visit in October, Naval Gun Factory have been their sonin-law and daughter, Lt. and Mrs. Wilwith her husband. King P a u l . . . . liam T. Smith, and children, Sharon and Now in Alexandria, Va., where they Mark, who flew in from Germany. have a house at Old Dominion Boulevard, Lieutenant Smith, USA. has been staare R. Adm. Clarence Ekstrom, new Assistant Chief of Aeronautics, Mrs. Ekstromtioned near Germany for the past three O C T O B E R ,

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V. Adm. and Mrs. C. Turner Joy entertained in the Superintendent's house of the Naval Academy at a family luncheon in honor of Miss Patricia V. Damron, preceding her wedding to Lieutenant Joy, USA. Among those attending was Mrs. James Damron, mother of the bride, from Huntington, W. Va. A number of out-of-town guests attended the wedding of Miss Damron and Lieutenant Joy on Saturday, 29 August, in Georgetown, including Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Henshaw, Jr., Mrs. Margaret Rucker Shannon, from Huntington; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph MacDonald Damron, brother and sister-inlaw of the bride, from Winchester, Va.; Miss Marion Brennan, West Point, N. Y.; Miss Marjorie Nevens, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. William Francis Rowe, Richmond, Va. And V. Adm. and Mrs. Felix Johnson, Leonardtown, Md; Lt. and Mrs. Arthur Blair, Glen Burnie, Md., as well as several guests from Annapolis. . . .

Mrs. Harry A. Baldridge has returned to her Wardour home after a six-week visit in New England states. After staying several days at Eaglesmere, Pa., where she saw Capt. and Mrs. Wade DeWeese of Annapolis, who have a summer cottage there, she went on to New York City where she was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Smith Allgood.

She was a guest of her brother and sisterin-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jewett Holt Smith, at their home at Sayville, Long Island, and from there went across the Sound for a two-week stay at Jamestown.

Upon returning home, she had as dinner guests Capt. Ralph Needham, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Needham of Honolulu, who are on a three-month visit in the States. The Needhams will return home the middle of October, after sailing from Baltimore the end of September.

During their stay, Captain and Mrs. Needham toured Canada and the New England states. . . .

Now squared away in quarters at the Naval Academy are-Cdr. and Mrs. Isaac Campbell Kidd, Jr., and their children.

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MRS. EDMUND BATTELLE TAYLOR, JR., the former Miss Joan Vernon Pefley, daughter of Col. Alfred Reed Pefley, USMQ and Mrs. Pefley, of Norfolk, Va. Ensign Taylor is the son of R. Adm. E. B. Taylor, USN, and Mrs. Taylor, of Newport, R. I.

Miss Marilyn Stark of Freemond, Neb., Now in Norfolk, Va.. are Lt. Col. Fergus C. Groves. USAF, who has been in the is teaching in the Warrington Junior High Department of Physical Education at the School. Her brother. Ens. Art Stark, USN, Naval -Academy, Mrs. Groves and children. is in flight training. . . .

Fergus Coleman Groves, 2d, Mary Ann and Bonnie. Colonel Groves is attending the P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a .

Armed Forces Staff College. Fergus, 2d, R. Adm. John H. Brown, Jr., enteris attending the University of Louisville tained at the Commissioned Officers' Mess ;Mrs. Ross F. Collins has returned to her Naval Base, in honor of 140 midshipmen home at Cornhill St. after a six-week visit from the Argentine ship, BAHITA THETIS. in the W e s t In Idaho Falls. Idaho, she which was in Philadelphia for nine days visited her daughter, Jane, and from there as part of an international good-will tour. went on to Sun \'alley and Salt Lake City.

Daughters of naval officers stationed in Enroute home, she visited a sister, Mrs. the area attended. The Argentine AmbassaCharles Lambert, in Kansas City, Mo. dor, Hipolito John Paz, and Mrs. Paz were Captain Collins' son, Capt Ross L. Col- ranking guests, also Alberto John Frash. hns, USAR, Mrs. Collins and son, Ross, the Argentine naval attache from Wash2nd, have returned to Athens, Greece, after ington, D. C, \". Adm. Walter A. Von Rentzell, and members of the .Argentine a visit in the States. . . . naval commission from New York, and Miss Edith I. Noble has returned to her the captain of the ship, Capt. R. Ricardo home at Carmel. Conn., after a visit with J. D. B. BogHano. . . . her brother and sister-in-law, R. Adm. A cocktail party was given by Capt Carl Kenneth H. Noble, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. J. Pfingstag. commanding officer of the Noble, near Crownsville.

Naval Air Development Center at JohnsThe Nobles' daughter. Miss Mary Hill ville, and Mrs. Pfingstag, for officers of the Noble, has been a frequent weekend visitor command and their wives. at home, coming over from ^^'ashington, The party was held in Quarters -A of D. C. the Center.

Recently, Admiral and Mrs. Noble entertained at a supper in their home in honor of Mrs. C. Rodney Layton of Gainesville, N e w p o r t , R. I. Fla.. and Mrs. Philip J. Mank of Coral R. Adm. Charles Lee Andrews, Jr., Gables, who were guests of Mrs. Morgan U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Andrews enterH. Baldwin of Waterbury. . . . tained at dinner in their home, "Landfall," Lt. (jg) Richard N. Crawford, USN, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Rowas a two-week guest of his parents, Cdr. berts of W'ashington, D. C. A. D. A. Crawford, U S N R ( R e t ) , and The Roberts, who are son-in-law and Mrs. Crawford, of Hanover St. He has daughter of Coimtess Laszlo Szechenyi, rejoined his ship, the U S S PITTSBURGH, spent August at the Muenchinger Redwood at Norfolk. . . . cottage. . . .

Officers from the Naval Engineering ExNow in Quarters 1, Fort Adams, are R. periment Station, and their wives, met for Adm. Thomas Hinckley Robbins, Jr., chief cocktails and a buffet supper at Alumni of staff at the Naval War College, and House.

Mrs. Robbins who is the former Miss BarMrs. Carl A. Peterson and Mrs. William bara Little of Boston. With them is their L. Newton were in charge of arrange- daughter, Barbara. ments. . . .

Admiral Robbins recently was comLt. Gen. Levin H. Campbell. USA mander of Carrier Division 2, succeeding ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Campbell have returned to their Duke of Gloucester St. home after vacationing at the Burlingame Country Club at Burlingame, Calif. . . .

w-ith Mrs. Kidd coming to Annapolis last month after visiting her parents in Atlanta.

Ga. Commander Kidd, the son of Mrs. I. C. Kidd of Annapolis, and the late Rear Admiral Kidd, USN. has relieved Cdr. Gerald W. Rahill as aide and flag lieutenant to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Commander Rahill is commanding officer of the U S S BUCK, based at San Diego.

Preceding their departure for the West Coast, Cdr. and Mrs. Rahill were entertained at a number of parties, among them a staff party given by Lt. Ralph S. Wentworth, Jr., aide and flag secretary, and Mrs. Wentworth, in their quarters.

Guests included V. Adm. and Mrs. C. Turner Joy, Capt. and Mrs. Howard G. Corey, Capt and Mrs. Charles Brooks, Jr., and Commander Kidd. . . .

Mr. and Mrs. Ward Morehouse of New York and Register, Ga.. were recent weekA "hail and farewell" party was given end guests of Mrs. Louis Marcel LeHardy for Capt Thomas L. Becknell, Jr., who is of Duke of Gloucester St. Mr. Morehouse now on duty at Mechanicsburg, Pa., and is author of "Broadway After Dark," that Capt. J. F. Tenney, his relief as staff supply appears in New York newspapers, and Mrs. officer for the Severn River Naval Com- Morehouse is on Time magazine. . . . mand and Naval Academy. The party was held in the Officers' Club with officers of Cdr. Curtis F. Vossler, Mrs. Vossler the Supply Corps, and their wives, attend- and children, Stan and Caroline, are now ing. . . . in academy quarters, coming to Annapolis Staff members of the Naval Institute from the West Coast. Commander \'ossler sailed aboard the VAMARIE to the Balti- is in the e.xecutive department. more Light and back, with about 30 makBefore settling down they visited Mrs. ing the cruise up the Chesapeake Bay. A Vossler's parents. Col. George A. Moore, picnic lunch was served.

US.A ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Moore, at their summer cottage at Brandon, Vt. The Among those attending were Prof. H. W. Moores' home is in Washington, D. C.. ..

Werner, senior assistant editor of the Naval Institute Proceedings; Cdr. Joseph K. Pensacola, Fla. Taussig, Jr., secretary-treasurer of the InThe Naval Academy Club of 1952, and stitute and editor of its Proceedings, and Cdr. Roy deS. Horn, managing editor, and their wives, met for cocktails at the Mustin Beach Officers' Club from 5 to 7 p.m. their wives. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hazen entertained at a supper and swimming party for Cdr. Thomas Saunders, who was on the staff at the Pentagon, Mrs. Saunders and two children, recently of Alexandria, Va. Commander Saunders has reported to San Diego for duty. . . .

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Naval officers formerly attached to V F 64 held a reunion at the Mustin Beach Club with Lt. Charles Cantrell in charge of arrangements. . . .

-Adm. and Mrs. A. K. Doyle have arrived here from Puerto Rico to visit with friends and relatives. . . .

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MRS. RICHARD JOHN LAULOR, the former Miss Joanne Fitzwilliam, daughter of Capt. Albert Eisner Fitzwilliam, USN, Commander Fleet Aaivities, Sasebo, Japan, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam.

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R. Adm. Wallace M. Beakley, now on foreign duty. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Leslie M. Slack are in their home "Dolphin Gates" on Coggeshall Ave., with Captain Slack attending the War College. . . .

Cdr. and Mrs. John E. Pond, after an absence of several years, are at "The Stables" on Phelps Rd. Commander Pond is also attending the War College. . . .

Capt. William D. Thomas. U S N ( R e t ) , of New York, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of "The Orchard." . . .

Commo. and Mrs. George H. Bowdey have had as guests Cdr. and Mrs. John M. Gore and three children, recently of Califomia, now stationed in Philadelphia. . . .

Capt. John L. Enyart, (MC) USN, and Mrs. Enyart have had with them their son and daughter-in-law, Lt. and Mrs. John W. Enyart of Washington, D. C. Captain Enyart is in command of the Naval Hospital, and his son is on duty at the Naval Intelligence School in Washington. . . .

Miss Marjory Lyman has arrived from Califomia for a visit with her parents, Capt and Mrs. Charles H. Lyman at the Naval Station. . . .

Capt and Mrs. David S. Edward have arrived from Virginia Beach and have taken a house at Merton Road. . . .

WEST COAST G O I N G S O N San D i e g o , Calif.

R. Adm. George C. Dyer, commander.

Training Command. Pacific Fleet, and Mrs. Dyer gave a reception on 11 September in honor of officers of the ships of the French and Italian navies in training here.

The reception was held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Admiral Kidd Officers' Mess.

Among the guests were officers from the Philippines, the Republic of Korea. China and Thailand, also in training under Admiral Dyer's command.

Also attending were flag and general officers in the area, principal officers in the Training Command, the consular corps, and their ladies. . . .

R. .Adm. Lament Fugh, (MC) USN, surgeon-general of the Navy and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Was'nington, D. C , made a tour of the llth Naval District medical and dental facilities the latter part of August.

Also on the tour were Capt. Winnie Gibson, (NC) USN, director of Navy Nurse Corps and Lt. Cdr. Roy T. Brooks, (MC) USN, the admiral's executive assistant.

Admiral Pugh and Captain Gibson were guests of honor at a cocktail party hosted by doctors, dentists, nurses and the Medical Service Corps in the area during their visit.

Capt I. B. Polak, (MC) USN, senior medical officer at the Marine Recruit Depot, was in charge of arrangements. Some 400 attended the fete, held at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, North Island.

Admiral Pugh, R. Adm. Robert M. Gillett, l l t h Naval District medical officer, Mrs. Gillett and Captain Gibson were in the receiving line. . . .

Capt J. G. Howell, USN, and Mrs. Howell were honored at a cocktail party at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, North Island, preceding his departure for new O C T O B E R

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duty on the staff of the commander. Seventh Fleet, in the Far East.

Mrs. Howell and daughters, Jeanne, Suzanne and Beth, will remain in Coronado while he is away.

Capt. H. L. Ray has relieved Captain Howell as chief of staff to commander.

Carrier Division 15, commanded by R. Adm. H. D. Felt. . . .

Adm. and Mrs. Louis Hunte were among the guests at the buffet supper given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Ramsey in their home at Hidden Valley, preceding the 1953 Jewel Ball held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Leonard F. Freiburghouse and daughter, Joan, are now at Norfolk, Va., where the officer is in command of Escort Destroyer Squadron 4.

Enroute east, they stopped in New Orleans for a visit, also in Washington, D. C , where they were with their daughter, Elizabeth Anne. . . .

Lt. Cdr. and Mrs. Charles B. Momsen, Jr., and children, Charlotte Anne and Helen, left in mid-September by car for New London, Conn., where the officer h a s ' been ordered to duty at the Submarine Base.

En route they visited the officers' grandmother in Minnesota, and in Boston they will visit his father, R. Adm. Charles B. Momsen, commandant. First Naval District, and Mrs. Momsen. . . .

Adm. and Mrs. Frederick C. Sherman have returned from a European tour, including the coronation.

While in London, they attended an athome given by U. S. Ambassador Winthrop Aldrich and Mrs. Aldrich.

Before sailing from New York, the Shermans were entertained by former Coronadans V. Adm. and Mrs. Lawrence T. DuBose and V. Adm. and Mrs. Arthur Struble.

Admiral Struble is the Navy's United Nations representative. He was host to the Shermans, and took them on a tour of the building. . . .

Capt. James Richard Barry, U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Barry entertained in their transbay home, continuing their series of supper parties.

Also in Coronado are their daughter.

Mrs. W. M. Stevens and children, Dick and Bettina, while Commander Stevens, operations officer on the U S S KEARSARGE, is overseas. . . .

Commo. Cortland C. Baughman, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Baughman entertained at their annual patio party^ on 12 September from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in their Coronado home. . . .

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Cup won by her with the greatest number of slams last season.

HONOLULU, T. H.

Service personnel turned out at the reception I given by Lt. Gen. John W. O'Daniel, USA, and Mrs. O'Daniel, in honor of the United Nations Far East commander, Gen. Mark W. Clark, USA, and Mrs. Clark, when they were enroute from Korea to Washington, D. C , recently.

The affair was held in the O'Daniels' quarters on Palm Circle, Fort Shatter, Hawaii, from 5 :30 to 7 p.m., after which they entertained the guests at dinner before their departure for San Francisco.

Among the ranking naval officers attending were R. Adm. and Mrs. Stuart S. Murray, R. Adm. and Mrs. George W. Bauernschmidt, R. Adm. and Mrs. W. K. Phillips, R. Adm. and Mrs. Aaron P. Storrs, and R. Adm. and Mrs. L. W. Perkins.. . . .

Lt. Carvel Hall Blair, USN, Mrs. Blair and children, Julia, Dennis and Sidney, recently arrived in Hawaii where Lieutenant Blair is executive officer of the submarine USS

WAHOO.

Lieutenant Blair is the son of Capt. R. H. Blair, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Blair of Cobham, Va., and Mrs. Blair is the daughter of R. Adm. Walter Ansel, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Ansel of St. Margaret's, Md. He recently completed three years at the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif.

EDITORIAL (Continued from page 1) to assist in obtaining the requested accommodations.

Judging from past weekends, attendance at the Alumni Day events on O a o b e r 2 will reach 2,500 persons. Our planning of all arrangements will be greatly facilitated by an early knowledge of the number who plan to attend and it will be greatly appreciated if your applications are filed early.

It is expeaed that the demand for tickets to the Navy-Dartmouth football game on Oaober 3 will approach a sellout in the days before the game. It is important, therefore, to file applications for tickets in the usual manner with the Naval Academy Athletic Association at an early date, and these must be received by Friday, September 11, 1953. Application cards were distributed on July 15.

In previous years a few classes have held organized reunions during Alumni Weekend, and the Naval Academy has been pleased to make suitable acknowledgement of these assemblies on Alumni Day. To assist in our planning, class representatives are requested to mail copies of their class reunion programs at an early date to the Chairman of Alumni Weekend:

Capt. J. M. Ellicott, U S N (Ret.), and his daughter, Mrs. R. S. Kingsbury, entertained the Mare Island Service Bridge Club on its opening meeting of the season .at the Officers' Mess Tuesday evening, Capt. C. E. Trescott, USN September 1, with five tables of rubber Head of Dept. of Marine Engineering contract The winners were Mrs. KingsU. S. Naval Academy bury, score 3740, Cdr. J. R. McKean tied Annapolis, Md. with Lt. Edward Pace, USNRI, 2380 and Mrs. Pace, 2230.

The personnel of this command join R. Adm. (MC) and Mrs. Charles Flower me in extending to all alumni a sincere welcome, and we hope that a large numenrolled as members.

Guests were Cdr. (MC) and Mrs. Craig ber can be on hand to share the pleasure McKee and Mrs. L. B. Hussey and Mr. of the occasion.

C. T. Joy W. D. Meiling of Vallejo.

Vice Admiral, U. S. Navy Before play Captain Ellicott presented Superintendent Mrs. Pace with the Ellicott Slam Contract 21

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Navy Rated Too High Says Erdelatz "Because of the return to the one-platoon sj'stem. Coach Eddie Erdelatz has decided to provide his Navy team w-ith a simpler offense this fall.

"Our attack will be very limited and we will not have very many plays," said Erdelatz. "But what we will have we should be able to work."

"I think we will have a nice attack," he added.

The Na\-y gridders are concentrating on the T formation behind a split line.

Navy football followers will find familiar faces in the line this season, but a group of strangers will assume most of the backfield obligations. With the exception of the ends, the Navy forewall will closely resemble last year's lineup which ranked No. 2 in rushing defense and sixth in total defense among major college elevens.

It's an entirely different situation in the backfield where halfback Phil Monahan, of Burlingame, Calif., is the lone candidate with offensive experience. Add the names of linebacker Joe Gattuso and John Weaver, one of the nation's outstanding defensive halfbacks in '52, and you have the full complement of three letter-winners returning.

All told, the Academy mentor has 15 lettermen back from last year's outfit which

registered Navy's best record since 1945 with six wins, two losses and a tie in nine contests.

All-American guard, Steve Eisenhauer, and Center Dick Olson, the captain-elect for '53, top the line prospects. Other returning lettermen up front are Ends Jack Anderson, John Riester and Jim Byrom; 'Tackles Don Fullam, Al Kozischek, Jim Leach, Jack Perkins and Hugh Webster, and Guards Alex Aronis and John House.

Although pre-season prognostications rate his Aliddies with the best in Eastern football this season, Eddie Erdelatz is "willing to settle right now" for the 7 and 2 record most of the. experts predict for him in '53.

"We lost 24 men from last year's squad including 19 lettermen. Monahan is the only returning offensive regular in the backfield. We only have 15 letter-winners back from '52. Under the new rule even these men may not help us much because now everyone must go both ways. Seven wins and two losses ? I'll take it right now and save all the trouble and worry of going through the season," Erdelatz says.

"I'm afraid they are rating us a bit too high," the Navy mentor said, but he refrained from making his own predictions on the nine-game schedule which includes William & Mary, Dartmouth, Cornell, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, Duke, Columbia and Army.

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^ahe Brown, '14, Honored R. Adm. John (Babe) Brown, Jr., USN, Commandant of the Fourth Naval District, and one of the Naval Academy's all-time great football players, will be honored during halftime at the Navy-Dartmouth game at Annapolis, 3 October 1953.

Admiral Brown was the third Navy player to be selected on the All-America teams of Walter Camp. He was named in 1913.

A guard. Admiral Brown, achieved two of his greatest feats against Army. In 1912, he kicked two field goals in the last five minutes to beat the Cadets, 6-0. The next year he booted three for Navy's only scores again, only to lose 22-9.

Three years ago when a Navy committee picked an all-time Academy team. Brown received 109 of a possible 110 votes.

While a Midshipman, he played four years on the football varsity and also won varsity "N" letters in track and crew.

Admiral Brown served in Navy submarines during both world wars. In the second, he was awarded the Legion of Merit while commanding Squadron 4 and the Distinguished Service ^ledal as commander of the Pacific submarine training fleet.

All other living Ail-Americans will be invited to attend the "Hall of Fame" game

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WATCH THESE THREE . . . Navy's football fortunes for 1953 rest heavily on the sturdy shoulders of the three Midshipmen piaured above. They are (left to right) All-American Guard Steve Eisenhauer, Center Dick Olson, caotain of the '53 Navy team, and Halfback Phil Monahan, the only returning regular in the Academy backfield froin last season.

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which also will be homecoming for the By-Laws of the United States Naval Academy alumni.

One of them will be playing in the game, Alumni Association, Inc., a Maryland Corporation Steve Eisenhauer who also is a gxiard.

The Navy-Dartmouth game is one of 16 election of their respective successors. No I—MEMBERSHIP throughout the nation this season listed as 1. Any person who has been sworn in as person shall be eligible to serve more than "Hall of Fame Award Games." At each a Cadet or Midshipman for the full and two successive terms of one year each in game a former player elected to football's regular course prescribed by the Academic any one of said offices.

Hall of Fame will be the guest of honor.

Board for his class at the Naval Academy 2. The President shall preside at the The gridiron Hall of Fame is to be shall be eligible for regular membership in meetings of the Association and of the erected at Rutgers University in New this Association, except while serving as a Board. In the event of death, disability, Bmnswick, N . J., where the first game Midshipman, U S N . resignation or absence of the President, and in the United States was played in 1869. 2. Individuals who have rendered out- in the event that any vacancy created Rutgers beat Princeton in the inaugural. standing and conspicuous service to the na- thereby has not been filled, the Vice PresiSo far, 32 players and 22 coaches have val service, not to exceed twenty (20) in dent or, in the absence of availability of all been elected to the hall. number, shall be eligible for honorary mem- Vice Presidents, the Trustee designated by Navy's Ail-Americans a r e : bership, upon the recommendation of the the Board, shall possess and exercise all of the powers of the President.

Bill Dague, end, 1907; Jack Dalton, full- Board. back, 1911; John H . Brown, Jr., guard, 3. The President shall, with the Execu3. An eligible person may become a regu1913; Wolcott Roberts, halfback, 1918; lar member by payment of dues and fees tive Director, sign all written contracts in Lyman Perry, guard, 1918; Wendell Tay- prescribed by the Board. No dues or fees behalf of the Association. lor, end, 1922; Frank Wickhorst, tackle, shall attach to an honorary membership.

4. There shall be three Vice Presidents, 1926; Tom Hamilton, halfback, 1926; Ed chosen one each from the Eastern Area, II—MANAGEMENT Burke, guard, 1928; Buzz Borries, halfback, Central Area, and Western Area. Said 1934; Don Whitmire, tackle, 1943 and 1. The business, property and funds of areas are defined respectively as follows: 1944; George Brown, guard, 1943; Bob the Association shall be managed and con(a) The Eastern Area shall comprise Jenkins, halfback, 1944; Ben Chase, guard, trolled by a Board of Trustees, herein 1944; Dick Duden, end, 1945; Dick Scott, sometimes referred to as the Board, which the following: the states of Maine, New center, 1945 and 1947 and Eisenhauer, Board shall consist of the President, the Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Conguard, 1952.

Vice Presidents, the Trustees of the Asso- necticut, Rhode Island, New York, New ciation, and the past President during the Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, year following completion of his services as Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the Ticket Information President.

District of Columbia.

2.

The Board, in its discretion, may apTickets for Navy football games may be (b) The Central Area shall comprise the purchased by letter, enclosing check or point from among its members an Execu- following: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michimoney order covering price of tickets plus tive Committee, which committee shall ex- gan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alathirty-five cents for insurance, handling ercise such powers and authority as the bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and mailing. Ticket application forms, if Board may delegate. The President shall Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, act as Chairman of said Executive Comdesired, will be mailed upon request.

South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklamittee. homa and Texas.

Address mail t o : 3. The Board, in its discretion, may apNaval Academy Athletic Association (c) The Western Area shall comprise point such other committee or committees U. S. Naval Academy the following : New Mexico, Arizona, Coloto perform such functions as the Board Annapolis, Md. rado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, may designate.

Nevada, California, Washington, Oregon, Make all checks payable to Naval Acad4. The Board may fill any interim va- Alaska and Hawaii. emy Athletic Association and not to an cancies that may occur in the offices of 5. There shall be an Executive Director individual.

President, Vice President, Treasurer, E x ecutive Director, or Trustee (except one elected from among the regular members 1953 T I C K E T P R I C E S (incl. tax) representing a local association, in which of the Association by the Board. The term Date Game Place Ticliets case the vacancy is filled by the association of office of the Executive Director shall be Oct. concerned) but in so doing shall fill any determined by the Board in its discretion 3 Dartmouth Annapolis $3.60 such vacancy or vacancies only from among and may be for any period not to exceed (Homecoming Day) qualified regular members in good standing three full years. This limitation is on the 10 Cornell Baltimore $3.60 & $2.50 of the Association. Any officer or trustee so duration of any one term but there is no 17 Princeton Princeton $4.00 selected shall hold office for the unexpired limitation upon the number of terms or 24 Pennsylvania Phila. $3.90 term of the office for which he has been so successive terms a member of the Associa31 Notre Dame South Bend $4.80 selected by the Board and until the election tion may serve as Executive Director. of his successor.

6. Compensation of the Executive DirecNov. Baltimore $3.60 & $2.50 7 Duke 5. The election of a trustee, during the tor shall be fixed by the Board.

New York $3.60 14 Columbia unexpired term of his trusteeship, to a post 7. The Executive Director shall have Phila. $6.00 18 Army of officer in the Association, shall not and charge of the routine management of the may not operate, during the unexpired term Association, subject to the Board, and shall of said trusteeship, except insofar as local conduct the correspondence and keep the Inside Baseball trustees are concerned, to vacate said trus- records of the Association. He shall give Several years ago, the teams of the bat- teeship, but any person so holding an office notice of, and attend, all meetings of the tleships WISCONSIN and O H I O were fight- and a trusteeship simultaneously shall be Association and shall keep the minutes ing it out for the Asiatic league champion- entitled to one vote only on each matter thereof. His duties shall include the prepaship at Chefoo, China. Scattered through coming before the Board that is the subject ration of and submission to the Board of a proposed budget for each fiscal year, the the two teams were several ex-pros and of a vote. limiting of expenditures to the budget as former Naval Academy players with the Ill—OFFICERS quality of ball played high-class. The fact 1. The President and three Vice Presi- approved by the Board, the supervision of that the Whiskey had beaten the O H Ten dents shall be regular members of the As- all employees of the Association, and the for the Gunnery Trophy had not promoted sociation elected by the membership at execution of the orders of and duties preany love between the two teams. large. Their respective terms of office shall scribed by the Board, the Executive Committee, and the President.

Ensign Josh Weaver, recent captain of commence at the conclusion of the spring 8. In addition to his other duties the the Naval Academy team, was a keenly in- meeting of the year in which elected and terested spectator in the stands. Directly shall continue for one year and until the Executive Director shall perform the duties of Treasurer when said latter office is behind him were two Chinese men richly vacant. dressed in silks and satins.

9. The Board may, in its discretion, elect Soon, Weaver became conscious that one interpreter that he seemed to know baseball a Treasurer or leave said office vacant. In Chinaman was explaining to the other quite well.

The Chinaman answered smilingly, "Yes, the event the Board elects a Treasurer he practically every play of inside baseball— "hit and run," "squeeze play," etc., all in young officer. I played for four years on shall be chosen from among the regular perfect English. the Yale varsity. My name is Sun Yat- members of the Association and shall serve for a term determined by the Board, but When Weaver's curiosity got the best of sen." no one term shall exceed three full years. him, he turned and politely remarked to the F. V. M C N A I R , '03 OCTOBER,

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This limitation is on the duration of any one term but there is no limitation upon the number of terms or successive terms a member of the Association may serve as Treasurer.

10. Compensation of the Treasurer shall be fixed by the Board.

11. The Treasurer shall collect all fees, dues and other funds of the Association and shall invest or deposit these funds as directed by the Board. He shall have custody of all funds of the Association and shall make disbursements as authorized by the Executive Director and approved by the Board. He shall keep the accounts of the Association and report thereon at each meeting of the Board. His accounts shall be audited each year as of 30 June, and at such other times as may be required by the Board.

IV—TRUSTEES

1. The twenty-five Trustees of the Board shall be regular members of the Association and shall include: twelve Trustees-atlarge, elected by the membership for terms of three years each; twelve Trustees, elected by Local Associations for terms of one year each; and one Trustee, elected by the Board on the nomination of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy for a term of one year.

2. No Trustee shall be eligible to serve longer than six successive years.

3. The term of office of a regularly elected Trustee shall commence at the conclusion of the spring meeting.

V—MEETINGS

1. The President shall call a Spring Meeting of the Board, at a date between 15 May and 15 June of each year, and a Fall Meeting of the Board in October of each year.

2. Special meetings of the Association or Board may be called by the President or by a majority of the Board as deemed necessary.

VI—NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

1. In October of each year the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of seven members, representing as equably as possible the Eastern, Central, and Western Areas. Two members shall be Trustees-atlarge. The remainder shall be regular members of the Association, not more than one of whom may be a Trustee from a local Association. It shall be the duty of the Nominating Committee to submit to the Board of Trustees, not later than December 10, a slate of candidates for the offices of President, Vice President and Trusteesat-large, sufficient in number to fill all prospective vacancies. The nominations shall be published in the January issue of the official publication of the Association.

Nominations by petition may be submitted to the Board of Trustees not later than February 15. A petition for a nomination to any office must be signed by at least fifty members.

2. The election of officers shall be held by letter ballot on which the names of the candidates for each office shall be arranged alphabetically, without notation as to the method of nomination. All ballots to be counted must be received at the headquarters of the Association in Annapolis prior to noon of May 15 or the first business day thereafter. Voting shall be carried out in the manner provided in Article VII. 3. Vacancies on the Board of Trusteesat-large, created by expiration of terms of office, shall be filled from among the candidates nominated and voted upon, in the order of votes received; the candidate re(Continued on page 49) 24

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The New Register A new edition of the Register of Alumni will be off the press in N o vember and will be mailed by the printers to all of those w h o have ordered copies in advance of publication.

This is the 1953 edition and, as is the case w i t h all editions over the past several years, is published late in the year in order to have the included data accurate as of 1 July when so many changes occur.

In this edition we are listing the addresses of those alumni on the active list of the Armed Forces w h o are members of the Alumni Association. All addresses which are recorded in the Register are the best available as of 1 July and some are even more recent as the book goes to the printers in sections commencing in July.

Our office staflF is too small to cope with the task of culling from the files of BuPers and keeping u p to date addresses which are available there but which w e d o not have, since our alumni n o w constitute a relatively small percentage of the officer personnel, active and retired, of the Naval Establishment, and the w o r k of segregation is beyond our capacity at present.

As it is, two members of our office staff spent t w o weeks in BuPers working on promotions, resignations, deaths and retirements among our alumni and on awards and decorations received by them. W e do not list campaign medals in the Register as campaign medals are not decorations or awards. W e do not have access to any list of decorations awarded by foreign countries but will record such decorations if specifically requested.

T h e addresses and other data on the 6600 members of the Alumni Association are correct, having been taken directly from our records. W e solicit your cooperation in drawing to our attention omissions and inaccuracies in this publication.

Sufficient copies of the 1953 edition of the Register are being printed to take care of the prospective demand, but in order to insure the receipt of your copy of the book, order N O W . T h e price is $1.50 to members of the Association and subscribers to Shipmate, $2.00 to all others.

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OFFICERS To serve until after the Spring meeting 1954 President— V. ADM. G. F . HUSSEY, JR., USN (Ret), '16... .Norwalk, Conn.

Vice-President (Eastern AreOj)— V. ADM. E . L . COCHRANE, USN (Ret), '14 Cambridge, Mass.

Vice-President (Central Area) HOWARD V. CLARK, '21

Detroit, Mich.

Vice-President (Western Area)— R. ADM. K . J. CHRISTOPH, USN (Ret), '2Q....San Diego, CaHf. Executive Director—R. ADM. C. E . CONEY, USN (Ret), '19

TRUSTEES Te serve until after the Spring meeting 1954 R. ADM. ROBERT HENDERSON,

USN

(Ret.), '02 (Los Angeles) R. ADM. A. H. VAN KEUREN,

USN

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(Ret.), '08 (Washington) R. ADM. H . C. TRAIN, USN (Ret),

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ADM. L . E . DENFELD, USN (Ret),'12 THOMAS M . SEARLES, '13 (Phila.)

CAgT. L. F. BROWN, USNR, '16 (Annapolis) V. ADM. G. F . HUSSEY, JR.,

(Ret), '16

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A. CRAWFORD, USNR (Ret), '20 CAPT. J. T. TALBERT, USN (Ret), '20 (San Diego) CDR. A . D .

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(Ret.), '25 (Chicago) ROYCE N . FLIPPIN, '26 (New York) CDR. J. A . MH-BURN, USNR, '27 (Philadelphia) CDR. E . A . TEAGUE, USNR, '29 (Los Angeles) CAPT. H . G. COREY, USN '30 (Naval

Academy) J. J. MCGUIRE, '45 (Baltimore) To serve until after the Spring meeting 1955 V. ADM. W . S. ANDERSON, USN (Ret.), '03 V. ADM. H . E . OVERESCH, USN,

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CDR. S. G. LAMB, USN (Ret), '19 CAPT. J. G. SPANGLER, USN,

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To serve until after the Spring meeting 1956 V. ADM. W . W . SMITH, USN (Ret), '09 W. C. JORDAN, '22 A. E. TARANTINO, '35 CDR. C. S. WALLINE, USN,

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(Ret.), '03 (Washington) GLENN O . CARTER, 'OS V. ADM. J. F . SHAFROTH,

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WkaiX the 2>ofie DQQS On September 4th, J. M. E L L I C O T T ( C A P T USN R E T ) celebrated his 94th birthday at Qtrs. 177, Mare Island, Calif.

DQEIE] W. T. S A U N D E R S requests his address be changed to Longchamp Apts., Apt. A-4, Macon Ave., Asheville, N. C.

H E L P WANTED—Male or female. Anyone unerringly familiar with surnames, first names, middle initials, ranks, service designations, duty status, and class years of 30,000 individuals who matriculated at the Naval Academy (also first names, maiden names, and nicknames of their wives, plus names of their progeny) to proofread SHIPMATE copy. Approximately 5,000 names to be checked each issue. Only those who can produce evidence of never having made an error need apply.

DQEIQ Sec'y, Mr. Albert H. MacCarthy, Carvel Hall, Annapolis, Md.

John Tottenham, III, the grandson of our classmate DR. J O H N T O T T E N HAM, is now a sturdy member of the new Plebe Class of 1957 who has already shown promise of outstanding proficiency in boxing and other athletics.

And I am glad to report our Class files now have a copy of an interesting letter from Boyd to Joe Powell in which Davy reports his gradual mastery of a long time asthmatic affliction and suggests that many human afflictions can be remedied by constant reading of Mary Baker Eddy's, "Science and Health," the same as it has helped him during late years. I was glad to note he is very active in church and community work and enjoys the companionship of two or more dogs in his household and, as my remaining years are dedicated to animal welfare work here in Anne Arundel County, I hope we may find it gives us a bond of mutual interest for discussion of the problems that arise in the care, handling and use of animal life in our communities.

Here, according to replies to repeated requests of your Secretary, is the overall picture of the class "family tree." We have a total of 248 progeny of the Class of 1897 which lists the following: sons 48; daughters 40; grandsons 87; granddaughters 57 ; great grandsons 10; great granddaughters 6.

What prophet is there that will jeopardize his reputation by suggesting the grand total number of this strain by 1957 when we ask for another accounting? It is regretted that the above data covers but 46 members out of an original class of 93, but, with all the difficulty in securing the above record, it would seem unwise to try to cover those deceased during earlier years.

NOTICE Shipmate's New Deadline Class secretaries and contributors to "What's the Dope" are advised that all copy for Shipmate must be received at the editorial office on the seventh day of each month preceding date of issue, i.e., copy for November issue must be at Alumni House not later than October 7.

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Sec'y, R. Adm. Henry Williams, U S N (Ret.), 1714 "Que" St., N.W., Washington 9, D . C.

The Grim Reaper has taken heavy toll of the few remaining members of '98 and it becomes the sad duty of its Class Secretary to write for Shipmate some of the thoughts and reminiscences of his old friends brought to mind by news of death.

In the '98 Lucky Bag, like others of that period, the class roster listing names and accomplishments of each member contained a quotation indicative of his characteristics.

It is of course of great interest to look back on these and, in doing so, one cannot help being astonished by the correct appraisal of classmates as evidenced by later careers and accomplishments.

GEORGE C. ("COOK") S W E E T died at his home in Miami on 6 August after a long illness. For some years he had been quite helpless^-bed-ridden—and unable to speak, though mentally alert. He was retired in 1915 as a lieutenant commander for physical disability, but was employed on active duty during both World Wars.

He was a pioneer in Naval Aviation and also in Naval Communications, particularly in radio. He was instrumental in setting up the Radio Corporation of America to handle radio communications in this country, combatting the English monopoly. He was instrumental in establishing transatlantic radio communication for the Navy and in its introduction for use on naval vessels.

His motto in the '98 Class Lucky Bag foretold his later success and accomplishments : "He owned a voice as soothing as the wash of the sea, and stores of experience as vast as the sea itself."

He was Cadet "one-striper" in first class year and a member of the June Ball Committee. He came from upper New York State, typical of the old patroon families of that section, and only in recent years sold his old home and took up residence in Miami.

The death of H E R M A N ("JAKE") ELSON, previously noted in Shipmate, occurred some months ago. He had resigned his commission in the Navy in 1902 and had become a consulting engineer, was quite successful and achieved prominence in the community. A member of the local Naval Reserve, he kept up his interest in

the Navy and served on active duty in war time. He was Engineer Cadet "threestriper" his first class year. His motto in the '98 Class Lucky Bag foretold his activities and success in later life: "And gladly would he lerne and gladly teche" . . . Chaucer.

He was Business Editor of the '98 Lucky Bag which he handled with great success despite the fact that the class graduated on 2 April. All members had left Annapolis before its publication and all were on active duty afloat during the War with Spain.

nSGlB Sec'y, Capt. R. H. Johnston, (SC) USN-Ret., 2118 Bancroft Place, N.W., Washington 8, D . C.

The surviving members of the Class of 1902 greatly regret the passing of classmate W. W. S M I T H in Los Angeles on August 13, 1953, caused by a heart attack after an illness of several days. R. Adm. Robert Henderson and Cdr. George P. Brown represented the Class of 1902, accompanied by a "Shipmate" of the Class of 1901, Capt.

Benyaurd B. Wygant, U S N (Ret.). The funeral services were conducted at Santa Monica with interment later at Arlington National Cemetery. The popular and highly esteemed "Willie" resigned in 1914 when he joined the Federal Shipbuilding Corporation, until his recent retirement from the high position of Chief Engineer. Mr. Smith and his wife recently purchased a permanent home in West Los Angeles, where Mrs. Smith will continue to reside at 11355 Farlin St. The class will remember with affection its popular and highly esteemed classmate, with special gratefulness to him as the designer of the class ring, and for his many artistic sketches in the class Lucky Bag for 1902.

Sec'y, R. Adm. A. H. Van Kenren, USN-Ret. 2823 29th St., N.W., Washington 8, D . C.

The class mourns the sudden death of CAPT. W I L B U R R. VAN A U K E N at his summer home at Fairfield, N. ,Y., on August 15th. "Van," as he was known throughout the Navy, had a distinguished career, especially in ordnance and gunnery, though associated with aviation for a number of years. He did an outstanding job in World War II in recruiting young engineers for the Reserve, to serve as ordnance men ashore and afloat The 50th Reunion of the Class at the Army and Navy Club in Washington owed much to Van's diligence in making all arrangements for the dinner, as he had done on several occasions in years gone by.

REMEMBER! to keep us posted on your change of address. Shipmate can follow you all over the world—but even Shipmate is not clairvoyant. You must notify us of your change—a 2-penny postcard will do it and it takes usually a month for the change to be effected.

And while you're about it, give us some hint as to your assignment or a note about your red-headed baby boy, or a chance meeting with a long lost classmate or former shipmate. If you've struck oil in Afghanistan, or taken a short trip around lower Tasmania, or just had the baby's tonsils out let us know—anything that will be of interest to classmates reading about VOU in "What's the Dope."

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Entering the Naval Academy in September, 1899, under the administration of Adm. F. V. McNair, Van was the son of a wellknown lawyer and life insurance executive of Utica, New York, who was later known in state politics.

Starting as a "Plebe," Van made himself beloved by his classmates for his dry humor and for his unbounded enthusiasm and curiosity on any and all subjects, which he invariably got to the bottom of to his satisfaction.

Some "wag" nicknamed him "Venus" because of his slightly bowed legs and the nickname stuck through life.

Much of his active career was spent in gunnery and ordnance work and as Gunnery Officer of the U S S RHODE ISLAND he

stood that ship No. One among sixteen battleships and won the gunnery trophy.

He commanded a division of destroyers in postwar days in the Mediterranean. He later commanded the OKLAHOMA and as Commanding Officer of the AROOSTOOK

helped plan the first but ill-fated flight from San Francisco to Hawaii in 1925 under command of his classmate, John Rodgers.

Van led the efforts resulting in the rescue of the downed pilots nine days after they crashed in the Pacific.

After some forty years of active service he was named as a Trustee of the Navy Mutual Aid Association and was a member of the Army and Navy Club and the Chevy Chase Country Club, as well as various service clubs.

He will be missed for his enthusiasm and his devotion to the class.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to Pauline Van Auken and family.

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of his sudden death from a heart attack at his home in Carmel, Calif., on August 29, 1953.

surprise could not have been devised by the appreciative donors.

REUBEN N. P E R L E Y ' S (COL USA)

It is with sincere and deep regret we announce the death of Miss Mary Delia Mercier, niece of J O E BROSHEK, at Santa Ana, Calif, on August 22, 1953. Mary managed Joe's home for him for a number of years and was beloved by all who knew her and enjoyed the hospitality of Joe's home in Santa Ana.

son, junior, is skipper of the U S S MERE-

TOGO STALEY reports a delightful visit with H E R B and Loene STOER at Rye Beach, N. H., during which the C U T T S , W A L T E R S M I T H S , H. F. D. DAVIS and S T E W A R T S joined them for a local reunion and completed arrangements regarding the Alumni Homecoming.

For the period October 1 to 6, the Cutts, Smiths, Stoers and Staleys have secured joint quarters at 243 Prince George St., Annapolis, and Togo reports they are looking forward to seeing classmates and old friends.

nE]B§] Sec'y, R. Adm. H. C. Train, USN (Ret.), 81 Market St., Annapolis, Md.

B E N J A M I N J. T I L L E Y advises that his address has been changed to POBox 8053 (Ocean View Dr.), Norfolk 3, Va. J O H N A S H L E Y and his wife are in Europe for a one-year stay, making their headquarters in Spain.

DITH, hailed by newspapers as the Navy's experiment in "habitability." The end result of better habitability is to enable individuals aboard ship to do more than one job, it was said. Commander Perley is continuing a task actually started by Noah!

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Sec'y. Capt. Joseph T. Dreisonstok, USN (Ret.), 5431 39th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.

In the August 21st issue of Collier's there was an article, "Midget Subs: The Navy's New Sneak Punch," which was written by CHARLES A. LOCKWOOD JR (VADM U S N R E T ) .

A change of address from W I L L I A M S. HOGG is 4424 Highland Dr., Carlsbad, Calif.

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Corresponding Sec'y, Mr. P. D. Sleeper, 3339 Investment Bldg., Washington 5, D. C.

We regret to report the death of BENJ A M I N H. LINGO (CDR U S N R E T ) on 24 May in Washington. His widow, Mrs. Marie T. Lingo, lives at 1731 Lanier PL, N.W., Washington, D. C.

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TRACEY McCAULEY is still living in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sec'y, Capt. W. A. Heard, USN, 3622 Prospect Ave., N.W., Washington. D. C.

Sec'y, R. Adm. Charles J . Moore, USN (Ret.), 5509 Grove- St., Chevy Chase IS, Md.

S C R A P P Y K E S S I N G ' S son, Jonas Warren ( E N S U S N R ) , was married to "Swede" Hazlett's daughter, Alice Mott, on August 29th in Durham, N. C. Both the bride and groom are recent graduates of the University of North Carolina and will be at home after the 7th of September at Newport, R. I., where Ensign Kessing

A note from T H O M A S MORAN advises that he has been spending several in Newport at 7 Red Cross Ter- will report to the U S S CHARLES J. BADGER. A new address has been received for months race, Newport, R. I., and that early in NoARCHIBALD G. S T I R L I N G (CDR vember he will return to 2443 Kalorama BABE BROWN is to be specially honUSN R E T ) . H e is now living at 8 Red- Rd., N.W., Washington 8, D. C. ored by the Football Hall of Fame during cross Terrace, Newport, R. I. the Dartmouth-Navy game Homecoming Weekend. See Athletic Section for details.

Information has lately been received of die death of H E R B E R T J. F R E N C H (LCDR U S N R E T ) at his home town of Sec'y, Capt. Alfred G. Zimmerman, USN (Ret.).

Pateros, Wash., on May 13, 1950.

2908 Forty-fifth St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Sec'y. R. Adm. Morton L. Ring (SC), USN, W. A. H A L L advises that his new perRm. 2008, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. Marge and BILLY H I C K S announce manent address is RD No. 2, Carlisle, Pa. the marriage of their son Edward (Eddie) E D W A R D E. H A Z L E T T J R ( C A P T Harold Hicks, Jr., to Geraldine Charlotte U S N R E T ) and Mrs. Hazlett announce Wahler of Elkins Park, Pa., on 31 Au- the marriage of their daughter, Alice Mott, gust 1953. to Ens. Jonas Warren Kessing, USNR, son Sec'y, Capt. R. F . Frelben, USN (Bet.), of Commo. Oliver O. Kessing, U S N D W I G H T and Amy C H A N D L E R took (Ret.), and Mrs. Kessing. The ceremony 5 Sherwood Rd., Wardonr, Annapolis, Md. a six weeks' auto trip to the West Coast was performed on August 29th at the L A W R E N C E H. A U S T I N advises that to see their thirteenth grandchild—Anne he has moved from Larchmont to Miami Raymond Chandler—daughter of Cdr. Church of the Immaculate Conception in Beach where he is living at 8827 Carlyle Charles R. and Anne Chandler. They saw Durham, N. C , and was followed by a reception at the Carolina Inn at Chapel Ave., Miami Beach, Fla. GEORGE and Annabel McMILLAN, the Hill.

P H I L BAKERS, the SCOTT McWe have just received word of the death of W I L L I A M C H E R N E Y in October CAUGHEYS and H O W A R D KINGMANS. Returning via Northwestern Can1952 at his home near Chicago. ada, they enjoyed the scenery of the CanaP. E. D. NAGLE writes that he is mov- dian Rockies and our own Mt. Rushmore Sec.-Treas., Capt. E. S. Earnhardt, USN (Ret.), ing from New York and his permanent Memorial in South Dakota.

4326 Woodberry St., University Park, Md. address now is 1860 Catalina, Laguna S. G. M A Y F I E L D writes that he has E L O I S E E N G L I S H recently returned Beach, Calif. from a three months' Mediterranean visit recently moved to Sonora, Texas. to her son-in-law, Cdr. Thomas D. Davies SAMUEL J. M I L L I K E N has written and family. She has kept in close touch with us a note saying that he has recently moved the personnel of the U S S ENGLISH ever from the Canal Zone and is now making his Sec'y, Col. D. C. Cordiner, USA (Ret.). since the destroyer was launched on Feb- home at Apt. 601, Germantown Manor, U. S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C. ruary 26, 1944. Shortly after Eloise's re- Greene and Hortter Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Classmates, and the many other friends turn, she was presented, in the name of the J O H N W I L K E S (VADM U S N R E T ) of CHAS. A. H A R R I S (LCDR U S N ship, with a portrait of BOB done by Luigi R E T ) , affectionately known since Naval Cuocolo in Naples, from a photograph she reports that he is living at 70" Tyler Ave., Academy days as "Sig," will regret to hear had given years ago. A more delightful Groton, Conn.

Sec'y, Capt. L. M. Atkins, USN (Ret.), 39 Franklin St.. Annapolis, Md.

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Sec'y. v . Adm. Earle W. Mills, U S N (Ret.), Apt. 2A, 1 Beekman Place, New York 22, N . T .

Orders Issued W I L L I A M K. P H I L L I P S (RADM C o m F i r s t Fleet.

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EARL E. S T O N E (RADM U S N ) gives as his duty address, Commander, Training Command, U. S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego 47, Calif.

tember 1953 at the Army-Navy Club, Farragut Square and Eye St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Those present were: CONEY, CREIGHTON, DUVAL, FINK, HOLLOWAY, H U G H E S , KINCAID, KING, PELZMAN, S C H O E F FEL, VON HEIMBURG, W I L L E N BUCHER and W I S E N B A K E R .

OEIBQ Sec'y, Capt. D. R. Osbom, Jr., U S N (Ret.).

3427 Porter St., N.W.. Washington 16, D . C.

DEIQE] Secy., R. Adm. Carl K. F i n k , U S N (Ret.).

4401 Chesapeake St., N . W . , Washington 16, D. C. T r e a s u r e r , Cdr. Louis B . P e l z m a n , U S N R .

2010 Fenwick St., N . E . , W a s h i n g t o n 2, D. C.

Orders Issued H E R B E R T G. H O P W O O D (RADM U S N ) to C / S CinC Pacific Fleet.

M A U R I C E E . C U R T S (RADM U S N ) to ComCruDesPacific.

H U G H E. H A V E N (RADM U S N ) to IG BuShips HQ a t T r e a s u r e Island.

P A U L B . N I B E C K E R (RADM U S N ) to AsstChBuShips for FIdActys, Navy D e p a r t m e n t .

Word has just been received that R U S SELL B. BENSON is living at 3605 Van Ness St., N.W., Washington, D. C. On 29 July, Loren Louise Twining was M A R S H A L L R. GREER (VADM born.

She is the daughter of Lt. USN R E T ) has just recently retired and (USMCR) David S. and Shiriey Carter is making his home now at 8 Louden Lane, "Twining and the granddaughter of Commo.

Wardour, Annapolis, Md. J A M E S B. CARTER and Mrs. Carter C. B. H U N T has notified us that his and of Maj. Gen.. (USMC) and Mrs. M. B. address is now 200 North Grand Ave., Twining, '23. The Carters are living at 855 Hugo Reid Dr., Arcadia, Calif.

Pasadena 3, Calif.

A note from MAURICE H. S T E I N B. T. T A L B O T T is now associated with gives his new mailing address as POBox the brokerage firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co., 10 East 45th St., New York 17, N. Y., 133, Shenandoah, Va. R. Adm. J O H N R. REDMAN has been ordered to Headquarters Western Sea Frontier, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.

Buses to Football Games The following note was received from For the convenience of our alumni "JO J O " .ANDERSON: "I am now residand their friends, buses will be run ing at the Parklane Apts., Apt. 510, 5701 again this year to the Navy-Cornell Jackson Street, Houston, Texas. I am still game in Baltimore on October 10 and working for Grove Regulator Company. I the Navy-Duke game in Baltimore on don't expect to go back to Washington to November 7. live.

"I have attended the last two monthly Round-trip tickets will be $2.00 and meetings of the U S N A Alumni Asso. here MUST be picked up and paid for at in Houston. The only other member of our Alumni House by the Tuesday precedclass that I have seen is JIMMY SYKES. ing the game. Make checks payable to My family is spread all over the country.

USNA Alumni Association.

One daughter, married, lives in Pasadena, Calif. Another daughter, married to Cdr. J. T. ("Tex") O'Neill, '39, lives in Jacksonville, Fla. One son is a senior at Uni- specializing in the over-all planning of versity of Virginia." long-range investment programs.

The Washington group of the Class of THUMBNAIL SKETCHES 1919 held its monthly luncheon on 2 SepHARLEY F R A N O S

GEORGE BANCROFT'S GRANDDAUGHTER . . . Mrs. Suzanne Bancroft Carroll (left) of Carrolton, England, discussing in her Villa Himalya at Menton, France, with V. Adm. John H. Cassady arrangements to present valuable tapestries to the Naval Academy. Mrs. Carroll is the granddaughter of George Bancroft who was Secretary of the Navy under President Polk and who authorized the establishment of the Naval Academy in 184. The tapestries are now in the Naval Academy Museum.

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COPE, REAR ADM.,

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Harley Francis Cope, married Marjorie "Skipper" Irish, of San Antonio, Texas, in 1924. Two children: Harley, Jr., and Nancy FitzGerald. Harley, Jr., is a Chief Aviation Photographers Mate, USN. Nancy is married to Lt. (jg) Raymond W. Bean, USNA '49.

Harley retired in 1949. He has had four books published since then, namely. Battle Submerged, Command at Sea (revised).

Naval Officers Manual, and The Petty Officer's Guide. Harley said that Tlie Petty Officer's Guide, although only a few months old, is already a best seller.

Harley and Skipper live in Washington.

Harley works part time in the National office of the VFW, and the rest of the time as Washington representative of an Architectural and Engineering firm.

ALLEN HOBBS, CAPTAIN, RETIRED

Allen Hobbs married Fayette Louise Purcell in 1927. They have three children: Charles A., 25, Yale, '50, who entered the Air Force following graduation and is now on duty in Wiesbaden, Germany; Helen, 22, a senior at University of Pennsylvania, Class of '54, and majoring in Occupational Therapy; Allen, Jr., 21, a first classman at the Naval Academy, (Ilass of '54.

Headquarters for the Hobbs' clan has been 3631 Upton S t , N.W., Washington, D. C. since 1940. Allen retired in June, 1949, but remained on active duty as Hydrographer until 20 February, 1953, when he was "re-retired" for physical reasons.

HARRIS C . ALLER, CAPTAIN, U S N R

Harris and Florence Aller, living at Alden Park Manor, Germantown, Philadelphia. One son, Harris, Jr., now on active duty with the Navy.

Harris resigned as Lieutenant in '27, joined the telephone company and has been doing engineering work for them since then, except during the last war when he was in active duty as a Naval Reserve officer. He finished up as a Captain, USNR. His main hobby continues to be "collecting" in general, but especially antique silver, coins and stamps. But he seems to be proudest of his navy mementoes and photographs of the last war.

Harris will be glad to see any of the old gang when in Philadelphia. Call him on T E 9-2222 at home, or the Telephone Co., Main Office, Ext. 3319.

The Washington, Baltimore, Annapolis group of the class held their August luncheon as usual the last Friday of the month at the Army-Navy Club. Those present were: Beck, Bolster, Crawford, Christmas, Copa, Crowe, Hobbs, Holsinger, Hitchcock, Korns, Lyon,- Mansfield, Mead, Mullinix, Nibecker, Osborn, Pearson, Sexton, Clyde Smith, Wachtler.

The response to the idea of our 35th reunion has been most enthusiastic. About two-thirds of the class have turned in their address cards and comments to the Secretary. "All those who have not done so (please) lay forward and do so."

The Class Committee appointed Paul Heineman to be chairman of a group of the willing hands in Annapolis who will perfect the details of the reunion next May. The dates have now definitely been set for the weekend of May 7-9, 1954â&#x20AC;&#x201D;arrivals and beginnings Friday the 7th, big get-together Saturday, and tapering off and departures Sunday. It ought to be a grand, enjoyable time for all. There is much visiting to be done among us after 35 years.

DEIBD Sec'y, R. Adm. T. J. Kelly. U S N (Ret.).

Room 510, Shoreham Bldg., Washington 6, D . C. Orders Issued W A L T E R G. S C H I N D L E R (RADM U S N ) to AsstCNO (Readiness) NavDept.

J O S E P H F . B O L G E R (RADM U S N ) to B u P e r s .

C H A R L E S R. B R O W N (RADM U S N ) to DepD i r J o i n t Strategic P l a n s Gronp, J o i n t Staff, Ofc, J C S , W a s h i n g t o n .

R A L P H E . M c S H A N E (RADM U S N ) t o ONM, Navy D e p a r t m e n t .

TOM B . H I L L (RADM U S N ) to C o m P R N C , add duty Supt N G F , W a s h i n g t o n .

R. Adm. W. G. S C H I N D L E R has recently been assigned to Office of CNO, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. A L F R E D M. GRANUM writes that he is now living at 1211 Sigma Chi Rd., N.E., Albuquerque, N. M. Also living in Albuquerque is JOEL N E W S O M whose address there is 912 Vassar Dr., S.E. We have recently received word that ROBERT H. CAREY is living at 7 Montvale Rd., Worcester, Mass.

J O H N W. B E L L writes that he has moved to 601 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, Calif R. Adm. W A L T E R E. MOORE is in command of Task Force 90 in the Far East SHIPMATE

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A S K T H E M A N W H O FLIES O N E A B O U T STARFIRE P E R F O R M A N C E The most authoritative reports about any airplane come from the field - from men who fly it day after day—and, in the case of the Starfire, night after night in all kinds of weather.

Pilots report that they like the Starfire and like to fly it. They find it very easy to fly and rock-steady under actual instrument conditions. No other interceptor can get into the air quicker, and none can climb faster. None hsis finer automatic equipment.

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which has used its cargo and attack transports to transport Communist prisoners who wanted to go home from Cheju Do and Kojo Do to the Korean ports of Pusan and Inchon.

A letter from W Y C K O F F W E S T OA'ER advises that he has recently moved his law offices to 4062 Wilshire Blvd. at Norton, Los Angeles 5, Calif.

Sec'y, Gerald A. Staeey. 802 Grand View Drive, Alexandria, Va. Orders Issued ADELBERT V. WALLIS (CAPT USN) to ComSubGru 1. FlaGrn. BERNARD E. MANSEAU (RADM USN) to Dep and Asst ChBnShips.

JOHN P. WHITNEY (RADM USN) to CarDiv Five. Pacific.

HERBERT G. CHANDLER (CAPT USNR) to 3ND, temporary.

B A T E S H . J O H N S T O N writes that he has moved to 213 Bonita Ave., Piedmont II, Calif.

We have received word that J O H N Y. D A N N E N B E R G was retired in June 1952 and is now living at 12422 Frieda PI., Garden Grove, Calif.

R. Adm. F R A N K T. W A T K I N S advises that he has been transferred to Deputy CNO (Admin.), Room 4E474, Pentagon Building, Washington 25, D. C. A letter from H A R T K A I T ( C A P T U S N ) advises that he is now Navy Liaison Officer, U. S. Army Field Forces, Fort Monroe, Va. He says he relieved Captain Scoggins who retired on 30 June and is finding his duty most interesting and enjoyable. Through one porthole he sees the Army installation and through an opposite one he can view the Fleet as it plies through Hampton Roads. As the Navy representative on the Peninsula he extends an invitation to classmates and others who pass through going to and from the Norfolk area.

A new address for J A M E S H. DOAK is 99 Bailey Rd*., Rocky Hill, Conn.

W. R. CARTER requests his address be changed to 2857 S.W. Champlain Dr., Portiand 1, Ore. The secretary writes: There is all kinds of news this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;good and bad. Our remark about Ron Ran being the only '22 junior in the new Plebe Class brought comments "You ought to know better." We only write here the news that we get, not that which we suspect. Anyhow, Bruce Bennington is a Plebe (older brother Tom is a Second Classman) and not to be outdone by the Rau twins, both McManes twins, Kenmore and Spencer are Plebes.

Looks as if Lillian Rau is our Long Island reporter. Along with the happy note about the marriage of daughter Audrey to Mr. Frank A. Colwell on 22 August, Lil advised that Ernie Williams is critically ill and that Roy FoUett has just returned from the hospital where he had a disc removed from his back. A note to these fellows from classmates would be most welcome.

Newspaper clippings galore this trip: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zotti announce the engagement of their daughter, Lt. (jg) Vylma Zotti, USNR, to L t Col. Milton D. Weeks, USA. The wedding will take place in Washington in November.

On July 11, a grandson was presented to Al Malstrom by daughter Joan, now the wife of Lt. E. A. Robbins, USMC. Patrick Allen and parents now live in Cambridge, Md. 30

Al's other daughter, w-ife of Ens. Charles Guerney, USN, is now living at Great Lakes and has alerted her parents to expect another grandchild in the near future.

Mr. and !Mrs. John W. Guider have announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr. Arthur Wilson Milam.

On 29 August, Ensign William B. Miles, USN, son of R. Adm. and Mrs. Milton E. Miles, was married to Miss Charlotte Ewald, daughter of the late Capt. John B. Ewald, USN, and Mrs. W. Clement Claude.

Among the nine Marine general officers selected on 26 August for permanent promotion to major general were Maj. Gen. Clayton C. Jerome now Commander of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, and Brig. Gen. James P. Riseley, Commander of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force in Hawaii.

At the association's annual banquet held last month in Houston, William J. Elliott of El Paso was elected a director of the Texas Association of Real Estate Boards for a three year term.

Norman "Pete" Pedersen writes from Salem, Ohio, that he will be unable to attend Homecoming because of a broken ankle suffered in Biloxi, Miss., last March.

"Pete" reports that among others he saw the Lionel Jules Jeanmards, Sam Chase and Art Clarkson. Here's hoping the ankle heals completely in time for the ArmyNavy game, Pete.

Finally a word from Al Fisher in Natick, Mass. Oldest daughter, Florence, graduated magna cum laude from Colby College on 15 June. On 26 June she was married to L t Robert Hooper, U S A F , of Skowhegan, Maine, also a Colby grad. Class of 1952.

Al adds that Warren Haycock has been placed on the Naval Reserve Honorably Retired List as a Rear Admiral; and Charlie Hooper is Inspector General for the First Naval District.

R. Adm. W. P. McCARTY writes tiiat he retired 1 July and is now residing at 125 Westello Blvd., Pocatello, Idaho.

J. B. W I L K I N S O N has moved to 5616 Sugar Hill Dr., Houston 19, Tex. R. Adm. CHARLES F. COE advises that his address has been changed to Paris Rep. U. S. CINCEUR, "APO 230, c/o Postmaster, N. Y. A class luncheon was held by the Washington Chapter of the Class of 1923 on 27 -August at the Army-Navy Country Club.

Present were: Parr, Leavitt, Mclsaac, Shoup, Zern, Dussault, Dana, Holderness, and Mullins. The next luncheon will be held 23 September just prior to Alumni Homecoming on 3 October. With Dana returning to the inactive list and to North Carolina, Merle Huebl, Liberty 5-6700, extension 66419, is taking over as class secretary. Please contact him whenever you are in Washington.

Word has just been received of the death of E D W A R D S. MANBY on May 23, 1949. Red had been ill for many years. His widow resided at 1332 42nd St., Sacramento 16, Calif.

Sec'y, Mr. Paul W. Siegrist, c/o Standard & Poor's, 345 Hudson St., New York 14, N. T. Orders Issued WILLIAM G. FISHER (CAPT USN) to ResForPolicyBd, OSD, Washington.

AUDLEY L. WARBURTON (CAPT USN) to command USS PRAIRIE. DALE HARRIS (RADM USN) to ChNavAirBasicTra. NAS, Pensacola.

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Sec'y. Capt. Clande H. Bennett, Jr., USN (Ret.), 732 Spring Lane, Philadelphia 28, Pa. Orders Issued ROLAND N. SMOOT (RADM USN) to CruDivPac. HENRY W. DUSINBERRE (CDR USN) to 5th Naval District.

HOMER AMBROSE (CAPT USN) to command USS WHITLEY. JOHN M. WILL (RADM USN) to PhibGroup 2, Pacific.

RAYMOND D. L E W I S requests that his address be changed to 1135 21st St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C. R. Adm. W. T. R A S S I E U R has moved to 5720 Lindenhurst Ave., Los Angeles 36, Calif.

Commo. W. H. H A M I L T O N gives his new mailing address as Box 4801, Warrington Dr., Pensacola, Fla. LEON N. BLAIR writes that he is now at the University of Illinois where his address is Office of General Engineering Drawing Dept, Undergraduate Division, University of Illinois, Naval Pier, Chicago 11, 111.

J O S E P H B. R E N N (RADM U S N R E T ) informs us that he was retired this summer and is now making his home at 101 Santa Ana Ave., Long Beach 3, Calif.

H O M E R B. H U D S O N gives his address as 5832 Cariyle St., Cheveriy, Md. J O H N A. MORROW corrects his address to POBox 245, Colonial Beach, Va.

DETROIT CHAPTER MEETING . . .

(1. to r.) Howie Clark, '21; R. Adm. Dan Gallery, '21; and Paul Richmond, '42.

W I L L I A M S. DOMER gives his present address as Sandoz, Inc., 2 Dupont Circle, Washington 6, D. C. F R A N C I S H. GARDNER has been transferred from the U. S. Embassy in Ottawa to the Naval Station in New Orleans. His address there is Qtrs. E., U. S. Naval Station, New Orleans, La. Capt. J. W. F O W L E R reports that his current address is Qtrs. "C," Stockton Annex, NSC, Oakland, Rough and Ready Island, Stockton, Calif.

T H O M A S C. RAGAN has been transferred to Commander Cruiser Division One, F P O San Francisco.

A new duty address for G. C. T O W N E R is Commander, U. S. Naval Base, Key West, Fla. F R A N K H. BALL corrects his address to 431 Dillingham Blvd., Naval Base, Norfolk, Va. It does not seem long since we were all interested in having, or learning who had, the oldest children. We were interested in the first sons and daughters of classmates, SHIPMATE

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first son to enter the Naval Academy, first to graduate, first daughter married, first grandchild, etc. Now there is a new "accent on youth." That classmate who has the youngest child is now most in the news, and since this distinction is one that is always subject to change—for a few years, at least—we think it would be exciting news to carry in Shipmate the name of the youngest child and his parents. Do any of our readers think we should donate a silver spoon or a cup to the prevailing "baby"? Shipmate has not announced that it will award prizes in this connection, but Shipmate wants to know of each child born henceforth whose father is from the Class of 1924; and perhaps the class officers will provide a prize or award!

We had thought that Sue Jordan Herrington (born October 2, 1951) was still the youngest child of 1924, but her father, SQUIRREL H E R R I N G T O N , now reports that the B R O W N I E T E M P L E S have the youngest, bom in April, 1953. Is that right, BrowTiie? .And are there any others that are younger ?

All this comes under the head of "vital statistics." It's a poor father w-ho won't inform our class secretary of his children born this year and henceforth—and it would be an unusual father who would not like to boast of his 1953 or subsequent offspring.

So, All Hands please cooperate and keep the secretary informed, so he may in turn notify your Shipmate correspondent. Who claims the youngest baby today? Who has the youngest as of this month? Pictures?

Oh, yes, we can use pictures of child and parents. Please help keep us informed!

The August get-together of the-1924 San Diego group was held at the home of GLEN N E W M A N in Calaro Gardens, La Mesa. Cocktails were followed by a buffet dinner on the sun-deck, and a right good time was enjoyed by Don and Lloyd McLean, Count and Ethel Wolowsky and Miss Alice W^olowsky, Frank and Lucy Deam, Dutch and Eric Shultz, Abie and Esther Dickie, Willie and Bess Hurst, Jack and Nell Opie, and Pete and Leila Dunn. The Jimmy Pahls were unable to get down from their Naval .Ammunition Depot station.

Let's all remember this group as being around San Diego when we come that way I

vate agency. The current Sylvester enthusiasm is for making the 1954 Cruise a real business index because so many more of our classmates are going to be in business after next year. Have you any ideas for your class president which bear on the 1954 publication? Can you work on it, too?

And are you keeping in mind that this Cruise is building up to a BIG 30-year R E U N I O N at Annapolis next May? Details will follow on these events.

BILL COCHRAN and SWEDE M I C H E L E T are continuing another year on the staff of the Army War College at Carlisle, Pa. During the summer they went with the W. C. group on a trip to inspect atomic developments in New Mexico, where they found BILL DAVIS (RADM U S N ) on the scene.

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Sec'y, Capt. Wallace S. Newton. U S N (Ret.), 2817 Cathedral Ave., N.W..

Washington 8, D. C. Orders Issued R I C H A R D K. G A I N E S ( C A P T U S N ) to MilStaff Committee of U N , New York.

C A M E R O N BRIGGS ( C A P T U S N ) to ComN A B S . 14th Naval District.

C H A R L E S H. A N D E R S O N J R ( C A P T U S N ) t o U S N a v M b r , MilAgency S t a n d a r d i z a t i o n , London.

GEORGE W . B A I N S ( C A P T U S N ) to Dist Legal Officer, 6th N a v a l District.

J A M E S H . C A R R I N G T O N ( C A P T U S N ) to Asst C / S P e r s , 6th N a v a l District.

F R E D E R I C K P . W I L L I A M S ( C A P T U S N ) to C / S Com E i g h t .

W I L L I A M H. T R U E S D E L L ( C A P T U S N ) t o CO FlcSonar School. Key West.

D O N A L D C. V A R I A N ( C A P T U S N ) to B u P e r s .

H U N T E R WOOD J R ( C A P T U S N ) to l l t h Naval District.

F R E M O N T B . EGGERS ( C A P T U S N ) to I n s Mat, Bridgeport, Conn.

C A R L E T O N C. H O F F N E R ( C A P T U S N ) t o ONM, W a s h i n g t o n .

W I L L I S H. P I C K T O N ( C A P T U S N ) to ChNavSect. MAAG, Bangkok. Thailand.

L E W I S W A L L A C E ( C A P T USN) t o P r e s . GCM, Sth N D .

R E D F I E L D MASON ( C A P T U S N ) t o ComMSTS, L a n t A r e a , Brooklyn.

CHARLES M. RYAN ( C A P T U S N ) has been detached from the Postgraduate School in Monterey and assigned to the U. S. Naval Station at Green Cove Springs, Fla., where he is living in Quarters "H." P A U L B. TUZO, JR. gives his new R E D S Y L V E S T E R was in New York during the summer as he began a long duty address as OP 55, Navy Dept., Washvacation, and reminded us that he was not ington, D. C. connected with a governmental, but a priHORACE G. T R A I N E R has moved to 4569 W. 214th St., Fairview Park, Ohio.

Capt. .A. H. GRAUBART is now on duty with OCA-HICOG, Box 105, A P O 80, PM New York.

L. J. GERRY reports that he is living on Harris Rd. in Bedford Hills, N. J. F. F. SIM.A is at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk 11, Va. CLINTON H. SIGEL gives his current address as c/o American Embassy (MAAG), Lange Voorhout 10, The Hague, Netherlands.

CLIFFORD L. M c A U L I F F E has moved to 1440 17th St., San Pedro, Calif.

We have just received word that J. G. H U G H E S , JR., is living at 30 Overiook Rd., Caldwell, N. J. HAROLD D. H A R R I S (BRIGEN USMC R E T ) gives his mailing address as Box 387, Brandon, Fla. Capt. T. C. T H O M A S sends the followng news item of interest to '25-ers: ".A sizeable group of 25-ers were present Sue Jordan Herrington and her mother. at an NROTC Seminar at Northwestern 32

University (Evanston) at the end of July.

The following class members attended: Bern Bond (Michigan) ; Jeanne Clark (Ohio State) ; Duke Drury (Villanova) ; Bill Gallery (Nebraska); Swede Larson; Mac MacKinnon (USC) ; Tom Thomas (Idaho) ; Tom Tonseth (Dartmouth).

"All are Professors of Naval Science except Swede Larson who headed the group from BuPers. As Director of Training he has been running the NROTC show for the last year. We were pleased to hear that with his new rank of RADM he will stay on in the same billet. Al Jarrell, another P N S (Rice), was unable to attend the seminar due to special duties in connection with the tragic aircraft accident in Florida which killed 42 N R O T C Midshipmen."

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Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, U S N , 3410 ISth St., North, Arlington I. Va. Orders Issued P A U L L . D U D L E Y ( C A P T U S N ) t o OpNav. WILLIAM R. HOLLINGSWORTH (CAPT U S N ) to Staff CinC A t l a n t i c .

F R A N K O B E I R N E ( C A P T U S N ) to Continental USDefPlnBur, Washington.

C A R R O L L B . J O N E S ( C A P T U S N ) to C / S C o m F a i r Alameda.

J O S E P H L . B I R D ( C A P T U S N ) to SupShip.

Quincy. Mass.

R A L P H S. C L A R K ( C A P T U S N ) t o CO N a v S t a . Kwajalein.

D A N I E L B . M I L L E R ( C A P T U S N ) to comm a n d USS V U L C A N .

P H I L L I P S. MORGAN J R ( C A P T U S N ) to CO. N O P . SO. Charleston.

S E T H A. S H E P A R D ( C A P T U S N ) t o CO, NavCompMachLab. St. Paul.

P A U L D. S T R O O P ( C A P T U S N ) to SenNavMemberWynsSvstemsETalGrn, OSD. DANIEL J. SWEENEY ( C A P T U S N ) to ChStaffOff, ComNavBase, Los Angeles, Long Beach.

R A N S O N F U L L I N W r o E R ( C A P T USN) to NavHosp, Bethesda, t r e a t m e n t .

Capt M A R S H A L L B. GURNEY is the commanding officer of the U S S BOXER in the Far East.

H. D. SCRYMGEOUR requests his address be changed to 1532 Stonewood Rd., Baltimore 12, Md. In August J O S E P H B. S T E F A N A C vvas transferred to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif. He is living in Quarters "B." F I E L D E R A. J O N E S writes that his address is 3 Middle Ridge Lane, North, Rolling Hills, Calif.

J O H N L. W O O D B U R Y gives as his current address Qtrs. H-8-A, NNB, 474 Pocahontas Ave.^ Norfolk 11, Va. W. R. H O L L I N G S W O R T H has been transferred to Hdqtrs. CinCLant Fleet, U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Va.

RE.ME.UBER! to keep us posted on your change of address. Shipmate can follow you all over the world—but even Shipmate is not clairvoyant. You must notify us of your change—a 2-penny postcard will do it and it takes usually a month for the change to be effected.

-And while you're about it, give us some hint as to your assignment or a note about your red-headed baby boy, or a chance meeting with a long lost classmate or former shipmate. If you've struck oil in Afghanistan, or taken a short trip around lower Tasmania, or just had the baby's tonsils out let us know—anything that will be of interest to classmates reading about VOU in "IVIiat's the Dope."

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J O H N S. E. YOUNG (COL USMC) is now living at 100 Webb Ave., Ocean Grove, N. J.

Sec'y, R. Adm. John W. Bays, U S N (Ret.), Cnlver S u m m e r Naval School, Culver, Ind. Orders Issned H E R B E R T D . R I L E Y ( C A P T U S N ) to C / S ComCarDiv 2.

R O B E R T H . S P E C K ( C A P T U S N ) to ComT r a n s D i v 24.

W I L L I A M H. A S H F O R D ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS MIDWAY. J O H N C. A T K E S O N ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS N E W J E R S E Y .

F R I T Z GLIEM ( C A P T U S N ) t o C o m T r a n s Div 14.

P A U L F . J O H N S T O N ( C A P T U S N ) to CO, NAD, E a r l e .

D O N A L D H . J O H N S O N (CDR U S N ) to AirLant.

J A C K M A G I N N I S ( C A P T U S N ) to N a v Hosp, Bethesda, t r e a t m e n t .

T H O M A S B . N E B L E T T ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS KEARSARGE. J O S E P H P . C A R E Y ( C A P T U S N ) to M S T S , Washington.

R O B E R T J . F O L E Y ( C A P T U S N ) to O p N a v .

C H A R L E S L . M E L S O N ( C A P T U S N ) to C / S ComBatCruLant.

Capt. A. H. TAYLOR is the commanding officer of the U S S QUINCY which arrived in the Far East just before the Panmunjom truce was signed.

Two members of the class met in the Far East when Capt W I L L A R D SAUNDERS relinquished his command of Destroyer Squadron 30 to Capt. J A M E S R. McCORMICK. Saunders is reporting for duty with the Fourth Naval District in Philadelphia.

W I L L I A M E. F E R R A L L has been detached from duty as Head of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering at the Academy and has reported for duty as Commander, Destroyer Division 21.

H O W A R D CALDWELL is in command of the U S S CORAL SEA (CVA-43), F P O New York.

H E N R Y PAIGE (COL USMC) gives as his new address MOQ 2104, Camp Lejeune, N. C. E. B. M c K I N N E Y is Commander of Destroyer Squadron Sixteen in the Far East.

TIMOTHY D O N O H U E (RADM U S N R E T ) is now living with his son, Lt. Col. J. P. Donohue, at Qtrs. 232, West Point, N. Y. H. D. H A N S E N (COL USMC) advises that his current duty address is HqCo, HqBn, 3d Mar. Div., F M F , F P O San Francisco.

Capt. G. W. ANDERSON, JR. has been

C H A R L E S M. H E B E R T O N moved the middle of August from Florida to California. He is now living at 474 " H " Ave., Coronado, Calif.

Cdr. ALVIN ROBINSON is on duty with the 3rd Naval Dist. Hdqtrs., 90 Church St., in New York and he is living at 650 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn 26, N. Y. L. L. KNICKERBOCKER writes to say that he is living at 2107 Ashland Ave., Santa Monica, Calif.

J A M E S A. P R I C H A R D is now on duty with ComDesRon 11, F P O San Francisco.

H I L F O R T C. O W E N moved this summer to 312 Bungalow Park Ave., Tampa 9, Fla. We regret to report the death of JULIAN DAVID GREER (CAPT USN) on 28 January in a plane crash enroute to Whidbey Island near Seattle, Wash. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eleanor J. Greer, and two daughters, Barbara Ann and Sally Eleanor, who live at 266 N. Main St., London, Ohio, and by his mother, Mrs. Alice W. Greer of 403 Elni St., Marion, Kan. O. H. DODSON is on duty at Little Creek with Landing Ship Flotilla "Two and is residing at 162 Lembla St., Norfolk, Va. PAUL M I N E S writes that he has returned from Geneva, Switzerland, and is working with the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D. C. K. A. K N O W L E S ( C A P T U S N R E T ) writes that he has moved to 2831 Beechwood Circle, Arlington 7, Va.

Sec'y, Capt. R. K. James, U S N , 2629 S. Hayes St., A r l i n g t o n , V a .

Orders Issued THOMAS A. A H R O O N ( C A P T U S N ) to comm a n d U S S L E Y T E (CVA-32).

E A R L E C. H A W K ( C A P T U S N ) to C / S LogOff & EngOff, ChNavGru, J A M M A T . A n k a r a .

R O B E R T J . A R C H E R ( C A P T U S N ) to ComCortDesRon 6.

J O H N L . C O L L I S ( C A P T U S N ) to ComDesRon 5.

M I C H A E L F . D . F L A H E R T Y ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS W I S C O N S I N .

R O B E R T O. S T R A N G E ( C A P T U S N ) to ComDesRon 8.

J O H N C. A L D E R M A N ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS HANCOCK.

ROBERT T. S. K E I T H gives his new address as "Dolphin Gates," Coggeshall Ave., Newport, R. I. GEORGE COLLINS writes that he has moved from Cleveland and is now living at 5305 Kirkside Dr., Chevy Chase, Md. Capt MICHAEL P. BAGDANOVICH is now Commander Fleet Air Wing Fourteen, U. S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.

detached as CO of the U S S FRANKLIN D .

ROOSEVELT and is now on duty in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Room 2E868, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. D. F. W I L L I A M S O N ' S new address is Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, Tex. We have recently received word that R I C H A R D H. ZAHM is living at 11347 Montana Ave., Los Angeles 49, Calif.

Capt. B. N. W E V is now Commander Transport Division 21, F P O New York.

E R N E S T J. SABOL writes that he is living at 764 Nome Ave., Akron 20, Ohio.

G. A. MOORE is living at Qtrs. 4, Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. W. E. K A I T N E R gives his new duty address as Fleet Activities, Navy No. 3923, F P O San Francisco.

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DEIBE] President, C a p t . C. E . Trescott, U S N , D e p a r t m e n t of Marine E n g i n e e r i n g , U S N A , Annapolis, Md. Orders Issued J O H N W . D A V I S O N ( C A P T U S N ) to B u A e r .

A L B E R T F . W H I T E ( C A P T U S N ) t o command USS THOMAS J E F F E R S O N .

FRANK P . MITCHELL J R (CAPT USN) to P r e s . GCM, 1st N D .

H. L. RAY has been transferred to Staff ComCarDiv 15, F P O San Francisco.

W I L L I A M G. W A L T E R M I R E has moved to 1872 Chestnut Rd., Seven Hills 9, Ohio.

A new duty address for EARL A. J U N G H A N S is CNO (OP-3222), Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. H. S. P E R S O N S is currently on the Staff, Commander Amphibious Group 4, F P O New York.

After an informal gathering of four of the class of '29, recently, C. T. F I T Z GERALD was presented the Legion of Merit by R. Adm. F. T. W A R D , JR., Commander Hunter-Killer Force, Atlantic Fleet. Fitzgerald is now the Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations of the Hunter-Killer Staff located in Norfolk, Va. Present at the gathering were fellow classmates, A. S. HILL, P. A. W A L K E R , A. H. HOOD, and from the Class of '28, J. A. Scott.

Sec'y, R. Adm. Charlea Brook. U S N (Ret.), 4108 Chesterbrook Rd., Falls Chnrch. V a .

Orders Issued E D W A R D N . L I T T L E (CDR U S N ) t o N a v S t a Subig Bay. E D W I N O. W A G N E R ( C A P T U S N ) t o ComH a t W i n g 1.

K E N N E T H M. G E N T R Y ( C A P T U S N ) to C / S ComPhibTraLant.

E L V I N H A H N ( C A P T U S N ) t o A r m e d ForStaffCol, Norfolk.

J A M E S H . N E W S O M E ( C A P T U S N ) to Staff, ComEastSeaFront.

W I L L I A M Y. A L L E N J R ( C A P T U S N ) t o OpNav.

MARVIN T. GIBSON has returned from Brazil and gives his address now as Room 430, 135 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.

DANA B. CUSHING advises that his current address is Chastelleux Manor, Newport, R. I. HAROLD M. H E I S E R requests his address be changed to 1705 No. Harrison S t , Arlington, Va. GEORGE M. H O L L E Y gives his new duty address as U. S. Naval Base, Navy No. 115, F P O New York.

J O S E P H A. H A R T M A N has moved to 8502 48th Ave., College Park, Md.

nElBD Corr. Sec'y. Capt. F. B. T. Myhre. U S N (Ret.), 1511 K St., N.W., Washington S. D. C.

From 1. to r.: Capt. A. S. Hill, Capt A. H. Hood, Capt. P. A. Walker, R. Adm. F. T. Ward, Jr., Capt. C. T. Fitzgerald, and Capt. J. A. Scott.

Orders Issned GEORGE E . P E C K H A M ( C A P T U S N ) to command U S S M E N I F E E (APA-202).

H A R L A N T. J O H N S O N ( C A P T U S N ) t o CO N A A S Chincoteague.

LOWELL W. WILLIAMS (CAPT USN) to BuPers.

GEORGE K. W I L L I A M S ( C A P T U S N ) to command USS MATHEWS. J A Y S. A N D E R S O N ( C A P T U S N ) to CO, N A S , N. Y., Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.

W I L L I A M W . F I T T S (CAPT U S N ) t o ComFleTraGroup, W e s t P a c .

R O B E R T R. S A M P S O N ( C A P T U S N ) to CO, NOP, Pocatello.

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In a recent conversation with some men responsible for marine boiler maintenance the question was asked, "What is your biggest maintenance headache?" It was soon evident that superheaters were high on the list.

"Horizontal superheater elements are great slag collectors," said one, "and they're tough to clean." "Yeah," chimed in another, "but replacing supports is a real job—and those alloy castings cost plenty."

T h e C-E Vertical Superheater is the best answer to that situation. J u s t look at the illustration and you'll see why— 1 . T h e vertical, parallel arrangement of the superheater tubes not only eliminates horizontal, slag-collecting surfaces, but provides clear paths in the tube lanes for effective soot blower action.

2 . With the superheater elements supported from below — b y the headers—the bulky, alloy supports required by horizontal superheaters are eliminated.

3 . Transverse headers, out of t h e high temperature zone, are easy to protect and maintain. N o complex access doors are necessary.

Casing design is simplified—leakage minimized.

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4 . Ample space within the superheater assures easy access for inspection and the occasional cleaning that may be required.

Obviously, this all adds u p to a big step forward in superheater design.

Manual cleaning is reduced to a minimum. T h e "support maintenance headache" is eliminated.

For further information, get in touch with the C-E Marine Department.

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NOTICE Shipmate's New Deadline Class secretaries and contributors to "What's the Dope" are advised that all copy for Shipmate must be received at the editorial office on the seventh day of each month preceding date of issue, i.e., copy for November issue must be at Alumni House not later than October 7.

THEODORE A. TORGENSON (CAPT U S N ) to command USS SKAGIT. LESTER O. WOOD (CAPT U S N ) to Ch of Budget and Finance, Staff, SacLant.

FRANK C. ACKER (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. MARVIN J. J E N S E N (CAPT U S N ) to command USS AUCILLA.

GEORGE M. G R E E N E and Robert J. Shaw, '44, are now members of the technical staff of the Hughes Research and Development Laboratories, Culver City, Calif.

J O S E P H F. T E N N E Y ( C A P T SC U S N ) has reported for duty at the Academy and is living at 43 Upshur Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md. J. D. BLACK writes that he is on board the

USS

CURRITUCK

( A V - 7 ) , FPO

New

York.

C H A R L E S O. COOK, JR., has moved to 2813 35th St., N.W., Washington 7, D. C. A new address for W I L L I A M H J O H N S E N is 40 Upshur Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md. Capt. N E L S O N M. H E A D has recently been assigned to the USS TIMBALIER (AVP-54), F P O New York.

J O H N A. W H I T E (COL USMC) is now on duty at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.

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Sec'y, Capt. S. M. Archer. U S N .

Naval Operations (OP-31SB). Room 4D, 625 Pentagon, Navy Dept., Washington, D . C. Orders Issued JOHN M. GRIDER (CAPT U S N ) to ComNavFac, Yokosuka.

CHARLES M. LYONS JR (CAPT U S N ) to command USS WACCAMAW. HARMON T. UTTER (CAPT U S N ) to CO, NAS, Anacostia, Washington, D. C. JOHN H. MORSE JR (CAPT U S N ) to Ofc of AirDepSHAPE. WILLIAM H. RAYMOND (CAPT U S N ) to command USS LOGAN. GEORGE R. WILSON (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. DONALD C. BEARD (CAPT U S N ) to Dir. ONR, Branch Ofc, Boston.

WILLIAM J. CATLETT JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO, CruitTraCom, NTC, Bainbridge.

WALLACE H. WESTON (CAPT U S N ) to Naval Hospital, Oakland, treatment.

DILLON R. McMULLEN (CAPT U S N ) to ComRonMin 6.

EARL T. H Y D E M A N has been transferred from Newport to Norfolk where he is residing at 8639 Devin St., Norfolk, Va. ROLAND H. DALE has reported for duty at the Academy and is living at 9 Porter Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md. A L B E R T S. MAJOR JR ( C A P T U S N ) is 'Commanding Officer, NAAS, Saufley Field, Pensacola, Fla. Capt W. J. D I M I T R I J E V I C has relinquished his command of the USS MONTAGUE and is now a member of Staff, CinCLant, Norfolk, Va. T H O M A S J. COLLEY (COL USMC) has been transferred to Quantico. His address there is Qtrs. 334, Marine Corps School, Quantico, Va. 36

W I L L I A M R. M I L L E R reports that he is now on duty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N. H. W. P. H O L L O W A Y ' S mailing address is POBox 1101, Austin, Tex. RICHARD S. CRAIGHILL advises that his new address is 12 Kay St., Newport, R. I. J O H N S. L E W I S reported to the Dept. of S&N the middle of August and is living at 4 Porter Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md.

Sec'y, Capt. Everett J. Foster, U S N , Naval Operations (Op. 341C), Room 4C. 523 Pentagon Bldg., Washington 25. D. C. Orders Issued HENRY S. MONROE (CAPT U S N ) to BuOrd. WILLIAM H. SUBLETTE (CAPT U S N ) to NavMarCorResTraCen, San Antonio.

WILLIAM W. R. MacDONALD (CAPT U S N ) to Dep and Exec Off of Def Annual Review Team, Paris.

ALBERT C. INGELS (CAPT U S N ) to Staff, ComPhibPac. EDWIN E. LORD III (CAPT U S N ) to P N S , NROTCU, Stanford University.

EDWARD W. ABBOT (CAPT U S N ) to FldComArmdForSpecWPNSProj, Albuquerque.

JAMES H. CAMPBELL (CAPT U S N ) to command USS DIPHADA. ERIQUE D. HASKINS (CAPT U S N ) to command USS VIRGO. ALLAN A. OVROM (CAPT U S N ) to OpsPlans, Staff, ComTraPac.

J O H N M. B. H O W A R D is a Captain in the Merchant Marine. His home address is Cove Neck Road, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. T H O M A S H. MORTON gives his home address as Bateman Farm, Commonwealth Ave., Newport, R. I. A new address for E V E R E T T E. SEAGROVES is 6328 N. 22nd St., Arlington, Va. WILLIAM A. OVERTON is now living in Norfolk at 1538 W. 50th St., Norfolk 8, Va. A note from RAY F. L E V E R E N Z ' wife tells that they are living at 34 Alta St., Apt. C, Arcadia, Calif.

Capt. MORGAN SLAYTON has reported to the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk 11, Va. CHARLES E. ROBERTSON has been detached from the Postgraduate School in Monterey and is on duty with AirTransRon 6, Westover AFB, Mass.

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Close, U S N , 1228 Allan Ave., Falls Church, Va. Orders Issued CHARLES R. STEPHAN (CAPT U S N ) to Staff ComOpDevLant.

HAROLD D. FULLER (CAPT U S N ) to SeNavOff Joint LandforBd Marine Barracks, Camp Lejeune.

HOWARD E. DAY JR (CAPT U S N ) to ComLSDiv 12.

LEWIS C. COXE (CAPT CEC U S N ) to Naval Academy.

JAMES E. HALLIGAN JR (CAPT U S N ) to Asst C/S for Log, ComCruDesPac. ROBERT J. OVROM (CAPT USN) to C/S ComDesFlot 1.

RUSSELL B. A L L E N (CAPT USN) to command USS MONONGAHELA. ALBERT L. GEBELIN (CAPT U S N ) to C/S ComCruDiv 3.

P A U L L. JOACHIM (CAPT U S N ) to ComDesDiv 602.

CARL W. ROONEY (CDR U S N ) to FAIR Alameda, temporary.

E U G E N E W. DAVIS writes that he is now residing at 4919 Brandywine St., N.W., Washington 16, D. C.

W. W. STARK JR (CDR U S N R E T ) reports that he is residing at 1002 Maroby St., Houston, Tex. A R D E N PACKARD requests his address be changed to 1523 Kenneth Rd., Glendale 1, Calif.

W I L L I A M R. C R U T C H E R advises that he is serving on board the U S S HOLLISTER (DD-788), F P O San Francisco, and has been there since he left Alexandria the summer of 1952.

Sec'y, Cdr. J. M. Lyle (SC), U S N , Bnrean of Supplies and Accounts, Room 2050, Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Washington 25, D . C. Orders Issued WILLIAM R. B A R N E S (CDR U S N ) to NavPhibTraU, NavPhiBase, Little Creek.

ROBERT C. WING (CDR U S N ) to OFC of SupInsMat with GenPetCorp, Los Angeles.

ELMER D. ANDERSON (LCDR U S N ) to N A S , Anacostia, Washington. D. C. WARREN W. ARMSTRONG (CDR U S N ) to OSD, Washington.

A L A N N . NIBBS (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 322.

W I L L I A M E. P A R K E R writes that he was released from active duty during the present emergency on January 31 and is now City Engineer for the City of Seattle.

His mailing address is Rt. 1, Box 326, Winslow, Wash.

E. P. P E N N E B A K E R J R (COL USMC) gives his home address as 600 "A" Ave., Coronado, Calif.

RONALD K. IRVING has been transferred to ComPhibLant Staff (N33), US Naval Base, Norfolk 11, Va. M. R. P E P P A R D JR (LTJG U S N R E T ) writes that he is now living at 7 Middleridge Lane, South, Rolling Hills, Calif.

LOUIS M. D E T W E I L E R has recently been transferred to the U S N Advanced Base Supply Depot, Davisville, R. I. C. L. H A R R I S , JR., is living at 103-B Admiral Luce St., The Anchorage, Middletown, R. I. PAGE K N I G H T sent in the follovdng news item of doings of the class in the San Diego-L. A. area: "A group of '35 classmates and their wives gathered at Erdmann Beach, NAS, San Diego, on the evening of Saturday, 22 August. Mexican food was served. A couple even tried grunnion hunting under the full moon. This was the second such gathering of San Diego-L. A. based classmates in five months. It is working out to be mighty pleasant. The other one was held at the Officers' Club at NAS, San Diego, on 28 March. We had a group of from 40-50 each time with the following being present at the latest one: the Jack Stevenses, Bill Jacksons, George Hutchinsons, Bob Mandelkorns, Fred Bakutises, George Cairneses, Wy Packards, Bill

Buses to Football Games For the convenience of our alumni and their friends, buses will be run again this year to the Navy-Cornell game in Baltimore on October 10 and the Navy-Duke game in Baltimore on November 7.

Round-trip tickets will be $2.00 and M U S T be picked up and paid for at Alumni House by the Tuesday preceding the game. Make checks payable to U S N A Alumni Association.

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Sampsons, J o h n H a c k s , Charies Lyndons, F r e d Stiesbergs, H i g g l e H i g g e n b o t h a m s , Roy Dolls, E d Schutts, K e n Sangers, P a g e K n i g h t s , W o o d i e W o o d , Sib W a r d , Bill Wallis, M r s . D a v i d N a s h , M r s . M i k e Gardner, M r s . George Lee, M r s . T o r y Talerico, M r s . J o e W e s s o n . " W e hope to do this periodically and would appreciate having those in the S a n Diego-L. A . a r e a interested in participating contact us. K n i g h t is E x e c . Officer of the U . S. N A S , S a n Diego 35, Calif."

occasion of a '36 "reunion" at the N a v a l Communication Station, Guam, on the night of 22 A u g u s t . P r e s e n t were the W a l t Boyds ( p l a n k o w n e r of 8 m o n t h s ) , the Del Quackenbushes (only 4 months on the i s l a n d ) , and newcomers in the form of the Chuck Phillipses and the Dick Teals. T h e y represent respectively the ComNavMarianas staff, the N a v C o m S t a , the N a v a l Supply Depot, and Fleet Air.

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Corresponding Sec'y. Cdr. Robert H. Wescott, USNR, 37 Whitcomb Ave., Hingham, Mass.

See'y. Cdr. Richard R. Pratt, USN. Box 70, FPO 214, New York, N. T. Orders Issned RICHARD L. "FOWLER (CDR USN) to NELM. HOYT D. MANN (CDR USN) to AirPac, temp.

JOHN C. PRESTON (CDR USN) to Staff, CinC South.

CLINTON McKELLAR (CDR USN) to USS DES MOINES. EDWARD E. HOFFMAN (CDR USN) to ALUSNA Montevideo.

J. T . R E E D gives his new duty address as B o x 49, N a v y 100, F P O N e w Y o r k .

R A L P H W . A R N D T has moved to 36 Sierra Vista Dr., Monterey, Calif.

R I C H A R D A . T E E L has been detached from the A r m e d F o r c e s Staff College and assigned to Staff C o m F a i r G u a m , N a v y N o .

943, F P O S a n Francisco.

HARRISON BRENT JR (COL U S M C ) is now at the N a v a l W a r College, Newport, R. I. A spaghetti dinner and dance was t h e

Orders Issued CHARLES A. BURCH (CDR USN) to command USS COWELL. HENRY F. BURFEIND (CDR USN) to OpNav. FRANKLIN D. BUCKLEY (CDR USN) to MSTS, Washington.

LEWIS D. TAMNY (CDR USN) to USS ANTIETAM. Cdr. W A L T E R H . K E E N , JR., writes that he is on duty at W r i g h t - P a t t e r s o n A F B and is living at 5372 Mitchell Dr., D a y t o n 3, Ohio.

H E N R Y F . B U R F E I N D has reported to the office of C N O ( 0 P - 0 5 A ) , N a v y Dept., P e n t a g o n , W a s h i n g t o n 25, D . C. C H A R L E S S. M I N T E R , JR., has reported to the Dept. of Physical T r a i n i n g at the Academy and is living at 48 Rodgers Rd., U S N A , Annapolis, Md. WASHINGTON

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T h e class luncheon was the 14th of A u gust, which incidentally is the latest in the

month it can fall. T h e r e were j u s t twice fourteen of the class present.

J O E G E R A T H appeared for the first time, having returned from U S M C aviation in K o r e a . D o r o t h y and J o e have two children, G a r y and Sharon. T O M M c ADAMS, FIL GILKESON, JACK WADLEIGH, BILL PORTER, REX W H E E L E R (expects to leave before m a n y moons), W A L T S T E N C I L , T O M C U N N I N G H A M , S T U M P Y B A K E R were some of the regulars present.

B O B H A L E was there. H e is now a partner of Booz, Allen and H a m i l t o n , a large management consultant firm with headquarters in Chicago and offices in such places as N e w Y o r k and D . C. Bob was in W a s h i n g t o n in a consultant capacity for one of the government agencies. Bob lives just outside of Chicago at 37 P a r k Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, 111., with his wife and four children, 1 boy and 3 girls.

BERNARD BIERI, RED HESSELL, ED PAGE, GUY ANDERSON, J O H N JOHNSTON, STRETCH K E L L Y , BONES SAVAGE, SQUIRE PRIDMORE, GENE R A N K I N , CURT K E L L E Y helped to add t o the roster of those present.

W h i l e we have been c a r r y i n g A C E B A R T O N on the list he turned up for his first luncheon. A c e came from S H A P E in P a r i s after a two-year stretch of duty there. H i s present address is 6815 30th Rd., N o r t h , Arlington, V a .

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lie on Wednesday evening at the A&N Country Club), H U B I E REECE, R A L P H K I S S I N G E R and DAV D R E S S E N D O R F E R complete those present except for a new arrival and one visitor.

E. C. F I N N E Y has reported for duty at BuPers having come from 25 months' duty as C. O. of the U S S H. R. DICKSON

(DD-

708). The DICKSON has recently returned from a Mediterranean cruise of some months' duration. Ed and Madeline are resident at 18 North Granada St., Arlington Forest, Va. They have two sons, Raymond and Edwin C , Jr. The visitor was L. "DAV" TAMNY, in Washington on T A D to BuPers on the selection board reserve (jg) to Lt. His present duty is Executive Officer U S S ANTIETAM. Dav is keeping pace with LOU R U P P and GENE RANKIN, he has five children also.

E D W A R D D. M A T T S O N writes that he has moved to Apt. 318, 3981 Menlo Ave., Los Angeles 37, Calif.

Cdr. J A M E S C. B I D W E L L and family are living at 108 Alabama Ave., Ingleside, Norfolk 2, Va. . J O H N C. S P E N C E R requests his address be changed to 931 Rockbridge Ave., Apt. 250 Norfolk 8, Va. J O H N M. GORE is on duty at the U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Philadelphia, Pa. S H O R E BREEZES

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Correspondence Sec'y, Cdr. Bob Mallek, U S N , BnShips, Code 506c, N a v y Dept., W a s h i n g t o n 25, D . C .

Orders Issned R O B E R T A. M A L L E K (CDR U S N ) t o office of A s s t l n d M a n , Seattle.

W A L L A C E A. U T L E Y (CDR U S N ) t o O p N a v .

J A C K J . H I N M A N I I (CDR U S N ) t o A i r P a c .

K A R L H. S T E F A N (CDR U S N ) t o CO NaTechT r a u N a M a t C e n , Philadelphia.

R O B E R T E . H U D D L E S T O N (CDR U S N ) t o BuAer.

R O B E R T D. Q U I N N has reported to Staff ComNavFe, F P O San Francisco.

A L B E R T W. N E W H A L L writes that he is on board the U S S ESSEX (CVA-9), F P O San Francisco.

JACK A. H O L M E S ' new duty address is CNO (OP-304), Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. A letter from F . W. P E N N O Y E R tells that he is still in command of the destroyer UHLMANN (DD-687) at San Diego. He returned from his second Korean tour last spring and expects to deploy again to the Far East sometime this fall. His wife and children are living at 412 Ninth St., Coronado, Calif He also says he has seen SCOTTY GOODFELLOW, who is now

With the continued record-breaking heat in the Washington area, I heartily agree with BILL R U H E who says he's as frustrated as the aborigine with a new boomerang who can't throw the old one away.

The class will have a momentary relief tomorrow (5 September) in the coolin' refreshin' atmosphere of the old Naval School, however. There's another of those See'y, Lt. Col. John Saxten, USMC, fine picnics coming off at the Experiment G-3 Division Headquarters, Marine Corps, Station, chaperoned by H E R M SPECWashington 25, D . C. TOR, BEN JARVIS, JACK M A T H E W S Orders Issued and J I M COLEMAN. Swimming, food, J O H N F . B A U E R (CDR U S N ) t o SubComdrinks, contests and games are scheduled N E L M H r d S u p p A c t Naples.

F R A N K D . W H A L E N (CDR U S N ) t o com- and from early indications at least a hun- in command of the U S S FRANK KNOX m a n d U S S CORRY. dred are expected including at least a (DDR-742).

L E O R. S C H W A B E (CDR U S N ) t o command thousand small fry. I could probably bruise C. A L L E N S K I N N E R is associated USS P O L A R I S . an editor's date line and get a report on the with the Power Specialty Company with picnic into this issue but it's too hot to offices at 6234 Peeler St., Dallas, Tex. He Cdr. A. R. J O S E P H S O N gives his new correct mailing address as Box 1489, U. S. is making his home at 4407 Middleton Rd., Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Dallas 29, Tex. Calif.

J O H N H. C A L D W E L L gives his duty Buses to Football Games address as OinC Mats Detachment, Navy J O H N R. M A C L A C H L A N has moved For the convenience of our alumni No. 943, F P O San Francisco. to 245 East Main St., Rockaway, N. J. and their friends, buses will be run MILLARD C. SNYDER is on duty E. M. WESTBROOK, JR., writes that again this year to the Navy-Cornell with the N S D Clearfield, Ogden, Utah. he is Assistant U. S. Naval Attache, game in Baltimore on October 10 and A L B E R T H. H U N K E R writes that he American Consulate, Singapore, B. C. C. the Navy-Duke game in Baltimore on has moved to 311 North Warwick Ave., November 7.

E D W I N L. P I E R C E writes that his Baltimore 23, Md. Round-trip tickets will be $2.00 and new duty address is Headquarters, Allied J A M E S C. COCHRAN requests his MUST be picked up and paid for at Air Forces, Southern Europe, Box 109, mailing address be changed to 4219 Alton Alumni House by the Tuesday precedF P O New York.

Place, N.W., Washington 16, D. C. ing the game. Make checks payable to U S N A Alumni Association.

ROBERT D. K I R K P A T R I C K JR (CDR U S N R ) has moved to 246 Oak Grove, Atherton, Calif.

Cdr. W . J . Ruhe, U S N , new address for J A M E S J. COYLE B u P e r s . Navy D e p a r t m e n t , Room 3733. work that hard these days. Maybe it'll be is A 116 E. Thomson Ave., Springfield, DelaA r l i n g t o n A n n e x . W a s h i n g t o n 25. D. C. cooler writing for the November issue. ware County, Pa. Orders Issned The wives' luncheons in the Washington E. N E I L ROGERS gives his address D A V I S CONE (CDR U S N ) t o CO MSTSOfc/ area commenced again on 16 September. as One North 6th St., Richmond, Va. NCSO P u s a n .

They are held every third Wednesday and G I L B E R T R . S H A C K L E T T E (CDR U S N ) t o from all reports are extremely enjoyable.

ONM NavDept.

J O H N F . Q U I N N (CDR U S N ) t o SURASDev- Although those twin responsibilities, houseDetLant. hold chores and children, usually hold the ROY E . B R E E N J R (CDR U S N ) t o U S S SAI- attendance down, those able to attend inSec'y, Lt. Cdr. Charles W . Styer, Jr., U S N , PAN. 3903 Jocelyn St., N.W., Washington, D . C. R O B E R T S O N C. D A I L E Y (CDR U S N ) t o F a i r - variably enjoy the occasions very much.

W i n g 3.

Orders Issued I'll start the ball rolling to increase the R O B E R T J . S L A G L E (CDR U S N ) t o N A S , attendance. For anybody who can get me V I N C E N T U . M U I R H E A D (CDR U S N ) t o B a r r Norfolk, V a .

Bell A i r Corp, F o r t W o r t h .

DAVID G. B R I C E (CDR U S N ) t o N A T O a n d the afternoon off, will gladly act as baby J O H N C. D O H E R T Y (CDR U S N ) t o CarDiv 18.

EuRegional Organizations, P a r i s . sitter for the occasion, free of charge.

P E R C Y A. L I L L Y J R (CDR U S N ) t o MilStaff Committee of U N . N e w York.

Plans for the Homecoming are proceed- P A U L H . B A C K U S (CDR U S N ) t o AsstA L U S N A London.

J O H N A. F R I D E L gives his duty ad- ing briskly. I'm sure I need not elaborate A R E N C E C. W R I G H T (CDR U S N ) t o Boston dress as Tactical Air Control Group, One, on the detailsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;since they are published C LNaval Shipyard.

NAS, San Diego, Calif. widely through the magâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with one excep- C H A R L E S D. F O N V I E L L E (CDR U S N ) t o NAS, Corpus Christi. tion. The combined Class of '38-'39 party GEORGE N E T T S reports he is living will be held after the game and if you're F R A N K H. P R I C E J R (CDR U S N ) t o N G F , Washington. at 3743 Ingalls Ave., Alexandria, Va. anywhere near_ Annapolis you'll know the F R A N K G. E D W A R D S (CDR U S N ) t o CO F i t 154.

J A M E S N. W I L L I S , I H , is now on time and location. I only ask for a good J ORon H N C. B A N G E R T (CDR U S N ) t o P a n A m P e t , duty at the U. S. Naval Supply Depot, turnout and only guarantee a fine climax to New York, i n s t r u c t i o n . an unforgettable weekend.

R O B E R T H . M A T H E W J R (CDR U S N ) t o Newport, R. I. Orders in the mill are few this month. P AAUi rLP aAc .. T I C K L E (LCDR U S N ) t o O p N a v .

F. A. B A R D S H A R has reported on FRED CLARKE completes his command board the U S S LEYTE ( C V - 3 2 ) , F P O New tour in the BOYD and is enroute Pasadena York.

Lt. Col. F E L I X A. DAVIS gives his as BuOrd representative at Southern Cal. D E A C O N address as 507 Harrington, Houston 9, Tex. P A U L A. HOLMBERG has been de- (Congratulations, Fred.) tached from BuAer and is on the West CONE is losing himself even deeper in the W. J. ROGERS J R (LCDR U S N Coast, living at 566 " B " Ave., Coronado, Far East as he proceeds from MSTS Wes- R E T ) resides at 1011 Duke Dr., Bucknell Pac to Port Director, Pusan.

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F R A N K O. L E I G H T O N requests his address be changed to 18 Robin Hill Rd., Warwick, R. I. E D W I N A. T U C K E R has moved to 2509 N. McKinley St., Ariington, Va. P L E A S E. G R E E N L E E , JR., advises that his correct duty address is VX-1, NAS, Key West, Fla. W I L L I A M W. J O N E S is on duty wiMi Staff, ComCarDiv 5, F P O San Francisco.

F. C. W Y S E , JR., has been transferred to TUSNG-JAMMAT, A P O 206-A, c/o Postmaster, New York.

J O H N A. CAMERA has reported for duty at the Academy and is living in Apt. F-5, USNA, Annapolis, Md. Another recent arrival for duty in the Dept of E E is H E N R Y J. CONGER who lives in Apt. G-3, USNA. C H A R L E S A. P E T R I X reports a new home address, 1510 Archer Rd., New York 62, N. Y. T H O M A S V. H E N N E S S E Y has reported for duty at the Engineering Experiment Station where he is occupjing Qtrs. I.

Sec'y, Lt, Cdr. Garrison Brown, U S N , Box 6042. Shirlington Station, Arlington, V a .

Orders Issned CHARLES B. BISHOP (LCDR U S N ) to command U S S BAYA (AGSS-318).

CORLISS W. ADAMS (LCDR U S N ) to AirPac. DALE C. REED (LCDR U S N ) to U S S EVERGLADES. ERNEST HOEFER JR (LCDR U S N ) to NavSecMAAG, Rome, Italy.

J A M E S B. ALLEN writes diat he has moved from Califomia and is now living at 24 Norwalk Ave., Rowayton, Conn.

CRAWFORD D. W I N N E R has moved to 18 Kempsen St., Newport, R. I. JOHN E. W I L L I A M S (LTCOL USMC) advises that his current address is 3405 Park Blvd., San Diego 3, Calif.

H A R O L D E. RICE has been detached from the War College in Newport and is now on duty with the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station in Newport.

A new duty address for J U S T I N O'NEIL is BuAer, Room 2W96, Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. While on duty in Washington, he is living at 3213 John Marshall, Arlington, Va. H. BARTON W I L L I A : M S writes that he is now living at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th S t , New York 16, N. Y. E D W A R D F. GALLAGHER is on duty with the Armament Test, NATC, Patuxent River, Md. J O H N G. D R E W II has reported to the Executive Dept. and CHARLES H. L I E B H A U S E R to the Dept. of M E at the Academy. Liebhauser is living in Apt. G-4, USNA, Annapolis, Md. H O W A R D L. STONE, JR., requests his address be changed to 3743 Upton St., N.W., Washington 16, D. C.

See'y, Owen F. Keeler, Jr., 3509 Martha Cnstis Dr., Alexandria, Va. Orders Issned WILLIAM B. KIRKLAND (LCDR U S N ) to N A S Quonset Point.

PHILIP B. TALIAFERRO (LCDR U S N ) to NROTCU Rice Institute, Houston.

ROBERT M. DAMPIER (LCDR U S N ) to CoMinDiv 83.

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JOHN H. BEHL (LCDR U S N ) to U S S MANSFIELD. CLEMENT E. O'BRIEN (LCDR U S N ) to staff ComAirCanLant, Dartmouth.

HORACE J. WOODWARD (LCDR U S N ) to Second Fleet.

JOHN C. HAYNIE (LCDR U S N ) to CO FlagAdminU, ComFair. Alameda.

EDWIN N. HITCHCOCK JR (LCDR U S N ) to FitRon 91.

RICHARDSON P H E L P S JR (LCDR U S N ) to USS D U X B U R Y BAY. JOSEPH A. LOVINGTON (LCDR U S N ) to U . of Calif Radiation Lab. Livermore.

JOHN J. WANNAMAKER (LCDR U S N ) to TraLant.

HOPE STRONG JR (LCDR U S N ) to ArmedForcesSpec W P N S Proj, Washington.

ROBERT H. BEAVER requests his mailing address be changed to 724 Forrest Ave., Jenkintown, Pa. BRIAN AIcCAULEY has reported on board the U S S

FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT

(CVA-42), F P O New York.

L E S L I E R. H E S E L T O N , JR., has changed his address to V P 22, F P O San Francisco.

MELVIN R. E T H E R I D G E and Mrs. Etheridge have a little daughter, Margaret Ann, who was born on ^March 21st at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. She has an older brother, Melvin, Jr., who is five.

Their home is 9512 Cape View Ave., Norfolk, \^a., and Mel is on duty with ComAirLant.

W. W. S T E V E N S (LCDR U S N R E T ) has moved to 154 Duncan Ave., Oak Hill, W. Va. D. S. S T E R R E T T (LCDR U S N ) gives his duty address as Navy 116, F P O New York.

F R A N K W. H O L L O W E L L , JR., gives his mailing address as RFD 3, Wild Rose Shores, Md. R O B E R T O. M I N K has been detached from the Academy and has reported to the Naval War College for duty under instruction. His home address in Newport is 8 Armadale Rd.

See'y. Lt. Gene Goudie. U S N , y F - 8 2 , Carrier Air -Group 8 c/o FPO, New York City

DAVID H. BAGLEY has been detached from duty with the Academy and reported to the Naval War College in Newport.

H A R R Y E. SIMS writes that he is living on Fountain St., Clinton, N. Y. H. L. G R O S S K O P F give his current address as Qtrs. 36-3, Rodd Field, Corpus Christi, Tex. P E T E R CIPRIANO has moved to 44 Oakridge Rd., West Orange, N. J. A new address for R. T. CARR is 948 "G" Ave., Coronado, Calif.

setts Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C , and that he is looking forward to the Reunion during Homecoming Weekend.

R O B E R T J. S H A W and George M. Green ('31) are now members of the technical staff of the Hughes Research and Development Laboratories, Culver City, Calif.

"On July 18th three Academy roommates in the class had an unexpected get-together in Pensacola, Fla., the first time they had all been together since graduation. The gathering included all wives and childretL Lts. H. C. HOGAN, J. O. S H E R M A N and J. F. DRISCOLL. Each was in die process of moving cross country to new duties as follows: Driscoll: from Naval Photographic School to VC-61; Sherman: from NAAS Saufley Field to VR-S; Hogan: from VF-61 to Naval War College. All three are naval aviators and jet pilots. The fourth roommate, C. S. ELY, was not present."

Sec'y, A. L. Buck, Box 6086, Shirlington Station, Arlington 6, Va.

ARNOLD p . S O R E N S O N writes that he has moved to 1352 East Colter, Phoenix, Ariz.

W I L L I A M R. R E E K I E has changed his address to Cheney Ave., Peterborough, N.H. J O H N C. COLE'S new address is Fayetteville, Ga. A L B E R T C. L E W I S gives his address as 11362 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles 64, Calif.

C H A R L E S P R I E S T , JR., has been transferred to P N S , Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. F R A N K H. MARKLE, JR., writes that he has moved to 4 Locust Drive, Northfield, N. J. A new address for F O R W O O D C. W I S E R , JR.. is 8 Wilde Ave., Apt. 9, Drexel Hill, Pa. Q. R. SCHULZ has reported on board the

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W I L L I A M D. C O U N T S advises that his new address is 4118 Torino PL, JacJcsonville, Fla. We have received word that K E I T H W. B E X T E N has moved to 32 Providence Rd., Morton, Pa. F R A N K W. E W A L D has reported to NATC, N A S , Patu-xent River, Md. A note from R. B. W I L L I A M S tells of a recent move to 532 Pratt St., Norfolk, Va. A L F R E D C. B E S S E T T E requests his mailing address be changed to 126 Seabury St., New Bedford, Mass.

T H O M A S F. U T E G A A R D has recently moved to 125 Vernon Ave., Newport, R. I. H. D. M U R P H R E E is now living at 1302 Elm View Ave., Norfolk 3, Va.

M. M. CASEY. JR., has been transferred to Staff, ComCarDiv Five, F P O San Francisco.

F R A N K K. D U E R S T advises he has moved to 1961 Mar Vista, Altadena, Calif.

R U P E R T MILLER ( L T U S N ) has reported for duty at the Armament Test Div., NATC, Patuxent River, Md. N E W S LETTER H E N R Y A. E I M S T A D gives his new It was a quiet month in Washington from duty station as SwuLant 34-4, NAS, Noryour secretary's viewpoint, especially since folk 11, Va. he Vi'as on vacation. During that time the T H O M A S R. R H E E S has been de- regular monthly meeting was held at the tached from the Postgraduate School and Gun Factory. Unfortunately a list of those assigned to NROTC Unit, Univ. of Michi- attending is not available. gan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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officers for the Association. Regretfully, and only after intense canvassing of Annapolis and Patuxent groups, the party has been cancelled. The Washington chapter wanted a good turnout from out of town for this election and get-together, but now such business can be taken care of at the limcheons.

In spite of the bad news above, another party is being planned. Congratulations to Annapolis ! The '45 group there are already planning the cocktail party to follow the Homecoming Game with Dartmouth, Saturday, 3 October, in the ballroom of the Alumni House. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $1.75-2.00. If you are planning to attend, please drop a quick postcard to Duffy Anson, Qtrs. L-2, U. S. N. A., Annapolis, in order that they may have some idea of attendance. Either Duffy or Marth .A.nn Mize will be glad to answer any questions—Duffy's chairman of the committee and Marth Ann is president of the local wives.

The two parties last year, Friday night and Saturday after the game, were really 4.0. Accept my personal recommendations to attend those affairs.

The Association received a note of thanks from Alice Everhart, widow of O. C. Everhart, for the floral arrangement sent to his funeral. Alice's address is 2 Beacon Hill Road, Baltimore 7, Md. Membership in the Association is still growing, and the number is now over 400 paid-up classmates. Every week a steady number seem to trickle in. If you're one of those who have forgotten to send your $1.00 in, or have mislaid the address, how's to drop a check or bill in an envelope addressed as shown at the head of the column? If you have time, write a note concerning your activities, and the addresses of those persons you find who haven't received the last class letter and constitution. We'll be glad to mail all the dope.

PERSONAL ITEMS

The following letter was received this month and is printed below: "The night of July 10th found a gathering of the clan at Dottie and Rog Mullins' residence in Levittown, L. I. Although this was a lawn party for NA alumni in general it was well attended by '45ers. The Mullins however were the only ones still on active duty. Joan and Don Logie are residing at 84 Knoll Lane, Levittown. Don now draws his pay checks from the New York Telephone Co. where he must keep peace in an office of 70-80 giris. What some guys won't do to get a telephone! Bill and Biddy Rand have located at 59 Old Farm Road, Levittown. Bill is lending his support and capabilities to the Fairchild Engine Division near here. And last (again?) is Walker Bennett and his wife Evie who have settled at 11 Red Maple Dr., Levittown. Walker claims the distinction of being the first of the class to be released, and is now keeping things spinning at Sperry Gyro. Any members in the Long Island area interested in future affairs call LE 9-4442 for info."

After a letter like that, you Mullins are elected Levittown correspondent for the Class of '45 I Keep us posted I Our New Orleans correspondent reported in also. R. M. McCool claims that only he, as PIO, Sth ND, New Orleans, and Milt Seller, owner of the St. Regis restaurant, represent the class in New Orleans.

If anyone needs any publicity, or perhaps a handout, consult the above gentlemen when passing through. Dick reports two 42

boys and a girl and resides at 1541-B Westbrook Dr., New Orleans.

W. F. J. Riordan dropped us a line.

Bill now lives at 4604 Crown Ave., La Canada, Calif., where he works for Lockheed. Until a few months ago. Bill worked with Westinghouse jet engine division, but had to answer the call to sunny Califomia.

He reports three boys and wife, Priscilla.

Ed Conklin, who has entered the ministry, announces that his address after 15 October will be the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Fairmont Ave. and Southern Parkway, Louisville, Ky. Our very best wishes to you in your new work, Ed. From the American Embassy in Rangoon, Alf Bergesen writes that he'll be in Washington in October. His address there will be 3301 36th St., N.W. (We'll be glad to have you with us, Alf, and be sure to make the luncheons—N.G.F. at noon the first Tuesday of every month.)

C. R. Linker gives his address as 4935 Altgeld St., Chicago 39, 111. Link is plant engineer for Mid-States Gummed Paper Co.. a subsidiary of Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing. A lot of missing addresses were also included.

Our Brazilian correspondent and G. E. salesman, Dick Tenney, contributed his dollar and a report on the midshipman cruise task force arrival this summer in Rio. The latter sounded suspiciously like a "real gone" party—Lando Zeck, Bob Lauer, Bob Hale, Bob Kavanaugh, and Tom McMenamin. Dick says he's had enough of Brazil and is heading home around 1 November.

Headquarters from that date on will be 2406 West Chestnut, Yakima, Washington.

The Teimey family consists of Doug and Karen, 3 years and 2 months respectively.

Our thanks to Jerry Lee (formerly '45) who wrote and supplied several missing addresses.

Speaking of addresses, can anyone supply the latest whereabouts of the following: SPERRY, S T E U T E V I L L E , DOOLIN, HALL, J. J., SOBEL, ERKENBACK, ELLENBERGER, KUHNMUENCH, HOLSCLAW, STRAND, DOBSON, FINNEGAN, SUMMERS, BE CK STEAD, H A R D I N G , HOFFER, KRAUSHAAR, KRECEK, L Y O N S , T.

H.,

MACGUIRE,

MCDOWELL,

PAUL, C H R I S T O F E R S O N , B E X T E N , and P O W E L L , C. B. See you after the Dartmouth game.

DEIEIQ Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Charles V. Wilhoit. Jr., U S N , USS RANDOLPH (CVA-15) FPO New York, N. Y.

The dope continues to be plentiful even though some of it has been a bit late arriving due to the current zig-zag plan in effect on the RANDOLPH. Shipmate subscriptions continue to come in and at last count was 545. I know that many classmates read this column who do not subscribe to Shipmate.

It will make my job considerably easier if you will subscribe NOW. Also, if you have overlooked your subscription renewal you will probably miss the next issue.

At my request Ben Martin compiled the following report on the Class of 1946 Foundation. Thirty-nine classmates have contributed, which will put into the Fund about $11,725 after twenty years. There is much scuttlebutt passed along about the Foundation most of which is not based on fact. Why not consult a person who has contributed and ask him why he did.

Realize that with a class as large as ours the individual amount contributed is unimportant. Contributors to date are:

Louis V. Aronson, Malcolm B. Arthur, James H. Blaes, Llewellyn D. Bowen, Jack E. Bucknum, George A. Caldwell, Jr., Henry A. Cesari, C. G. Orr Dutton, Robert N. Finley, Richard E. Fuller, Charles H. Guy, Jr., John H. Hale, John E. Hart, Montford T. Johnson, Jr., Robert Looker, John E. Lynch, Jr., Thomas J. McCook, ilalcolm W. MacDonald, John Macy, Jr. Benjamin S. Martin, John E. Murdock, Jr., Douglas J. Nankervis, Justin Popa, Joseph B. Quigley, Jackson R. Robinson, Walter E. Saunders, Joseph S. Sinclair, William R. Smith, III, Lawrence E. Stahl, Carl F. Turk, Frank H. Taylor, III, Walter W. Vander Wolk, Jr., Richard A. Vaill, Daniel Walker, Roy B. Weaver, Albion W. Walton, Jr., Charles V. Wilhoit, Jr., Joseph R. Winslow, Jr., Robert H. Yerbury.

ANNAPOLIS

NEWS

11 August 1953—Forty-Six Wives met for bridge at the officers' mess. Hostesses were Barbara Lilly and Eileen Zyvoloski. There were six tables of bridge and dessert was served. Several guests were in attendance as well as recent arrivals, Mrs. I. R. White, Mrs. Henry Ortland, Jr., and Mrs. J. J. Herzog, Jr. Prizes were awarded "Lani" Robinson and "Libby" Williams.

MONTEREY

NEWS

New in the Area—Jack and Ann Lindsey are living at 108 Brownell Circle in La Mesa Village. Jack is studying Ordnance.

The Lindsey children are Peter and Suzan.

Albert and Jinny Kelly are at 1067 Paloma S t , Monterey. They have two children: Mark, six years old, and Shaun who is four months. Al is in the department of Aeronautical Armaments.

Friday, August 28, 1953—The members of '46 got together for the first time since the beginning of the new school year at a strictly Westem Dinner-Dance in the Carmel Valley. Cocktails were served at "The Bucket" then the party continued at "Rancho Carmelo" for a superb dinner.

Hostesses to thank for the good time were Ellen Ahearn, Rita Bailey, and Jody Cronander.

The following attended: Jo and Ellen Ahearn, Tom and Adrienne Auger, Jack and Rita Bailey, Larry and Mary Baldwin, Jim and Phyl Bellah, Ted and Mary Bly, Jim and Marge Cartmell, Jim and Jody Cronander, (Jeorge and Barbara Dickey, Dick and Eleanor Dunning, John and Carrie Erickson, Nels and Marge Gunderson, Fred and Rosemary Haselton, Joe Holden, Bill Henningsen and drag Lila Kern, Leroy and Sally Jackson, Al and Jinny Kelly, Andy and Carol Lemeshewsky, Jack and Ann Lindsey, Bill and June Simpson, Jo and Nonnie Skoog, Larry Stahl and drag Betty Mankin, Dick Richardson and drag Louise Harber, John and Stu Tiemey, Pat and Mickey Woolums.

FIRST C O M P A N Y

J U S T I N P O P A , 96 Boulevard Maurice Barres, Neuilly Sur Seine (Seine) France.

At last report "Joe" was working for Combustion Engineering.

C. \ ' . W I L H O I T , JR., USN, 2703 Kimball Terrace, Norfolk 12, Va. "I will be in Gtmo until late November on the R . \ N DOLPH 'Shake-down/Shook-up' Cruise but Dorothy will welcome visitors and/or phone calls.

"Had a brief encounter with Willie Whalen at Norfolk just before the R A N DOLPH sailed on 31 August Willie was down on two weeks' TAD from Brooklyn (yet) and says he expects orders in February."

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J. E. H A R T , U S N , 8233 Edwin Drive, Oakdale Farms, Norfolk, Va. W. M. W E B B , USNR, will be RAD from WRANGELL (AE-12) 20 October 1953.

After that his address will be 5117 Evelyn Byrd Road, Richmond, Va. H E N R Y E. W I L S O N , U S N , 2000 South 27th St., Arlington, Va.

SCHOOL

DIRECTORY

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J O H N L. TAYLOR, U S N , can be reached via his permanent address, 20 El Caminito, Vallejo, Calif., until firmly entrenched in some plush "air dale" billet in San Diego. Jack and Do were to leave Annapolis 1 September.

W. C. STACK, 1908 Meeks Ave., Superior, Wisconsin.

J. B. QUIGLEY, U S N R , Vau.xcleuse, Seminary P . O., Alexandria, Va. FOURTH

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D. P. D A K O S , U S N , Staff Com Phib Group 2 in M T . OLYMPUS. Norfolk address is 8053 Calvin Court.

R. E. D O W N E N , USMC, expects to return from Korea to Camp Lejeune, N. C. in September. Their recent addition was named David Kimzey.

D. A. H E B E R L I N G , U S N , now on duty with the Staff, Fleet Air Wing 5 in Norfolk. Lives at 1143 E. Balview Ave. D. R. J O H N S O N , U S N . After lo! these many years gives up his seat on the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce for duty at Kwajalein. Ruth and young Curtis will live in Pearl for a year while Doc goes rock-happy. Address will be Navy 824, F P O San Francisco.

T. Q. J O H N S T O N is an Episcopal Minister in Vaiden, Miss. "Radar" is married and has a son and a daughter.

R. G. LIEBEL, USNR, was married on 1 August to Dorothy Johnston of West Warwick, R. I. JACK LOPER, U S N , has finally secured quarters at Argentia, and Mary, Doug and Elaine have joined him there.

Address is Na\'y 103, F P O N. Y. H. E. LYON, U S N , has exchanged duty on the WAHOO for Staff ComSubPac in Pearl.

D. F . B. J A M E S O N , Munich Military Post, Population Studies Unit, A P O 407-A, PM New York.

W. M. RIGGS, U S N , has command of LST-542 at Little Creek. Address is 474-B Painter St., Norfolk.

L. W. S M I T H , III, is employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Orlando, Florida. Address is 2300 Princeton Court, Orlando. Fourth son, Dan, was born in Pearl, 6 January before Bill was RAD from M C COY REYNOLDS (DE-440).

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K. I. McKAY, JR., 3818 Corona St., Tampa 9, Fla. R. J. GORTON, U S N , has sailed for WestPac in command of LSMR-404.

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formerly a director and producer at NBC, is now devoting all his time to acting. He's opening up-state (New York?) opposite Eva Gabor in an original "Strike a Match."

Dody and Betty left 29 August for a threeweek vacation tour of France, Switzerland and Italy where Dody will also visit television and film operations while in Rome.

Dody plans to pick up a new V-8 Siata roadster in Geneva which he will enter in sports car competition on return. He is director of public relations for W J A R - T V in Providence, R. I. SEVENTH

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DAVID M. WALKER, 4742 Matsonia Drive, Honolulu, T. H. This is a permanent address for Dave and Betty and I SIXTH COMPANY understand they have the welcome mat out B E R T M. A T K I N S O N , U S N , has re- for classmates passing through Pearl. Dave ported to SwuPac for duty and lives at is RAD from BESUGO (SS-321) (Peari 711 H Ave., Coronado, Calif. boat) and is again Insurance Agent for W. E. CAMPBELL, 1017 Chamberiain, American Factors, Ltd. Corpus Christi, Tex. W. N. H I G H S M I T H , U S N , BOQ, DR. J. D. H E A T H , 1759 Linden St., NAS Hutchinson, Kans.

Des Plaines, 111.

Once again I have the unpleasant duty DODY SINCLAIR sends a clipping from 18 August issue of Radio Daily re- of reporting the death of a classmate and vealing that DOUG RODGERS, who was friend. H O W I E M A T H E R lost his life O C T O B E R ,

on 19 August in an N3N "Yellow Peril" crash at the Naval Academy. It is believed that he was demonstrating a stall to the midshipman observer (who got out), went into an unintentional spin with insufficient altitude to recover. H O W I E is survived by his wife MARY M A R T H A (whose name is familiar to readers of this column) and Tommy, age six. A memorial Service was held in the Naval Academy Chapel attended by all classmates on duty there and burial was in Trenton, N. J. Frank Lavelle, H O W I E ' S Academy roommate, escorted the body to Trenton.

W. T. M E L I S is working for Westinghouse in Phoenix, Arizona. Address 511 W. Willetta.

N. P. C H O K A S , U S N , U S S JEFFERS

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E A R L E S. G R E E N W O O D , Apt. 25-A, Spring Terrace, Red Bank, N. J. J O H N W. K E N N E D Y , JR., 4012 Hubert Ave., Los Angeles 8, Calif.

Born: To Bob and Evelyn Dise, Patricia Ann, on_ 28 July 1953 at Naval Hospital, Annapolis. Seven pounds, fifteen and onehalf ounces.

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P. F. PLUMMER, U S N , Headquarters SacLant, Naval Base, Norfolk 11, Va. ELEVENTH COMPANY

R. O. CLARK, USN, POBox 264, Kewanna, Indiana.

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S. L. F I S K E , U S N , 2 Austin Ave., Hanover, N. H. A. M. H A Y E S , JR., U S N , has been assigned to Department of Electrical Engineering, U S N A .

W. F. T I E M A N N , JR., U S N , 1350 S. Columbus St., Arlington 4, Va. BAXTER H . M U R P H R E E , 7228 Minter Place, Takoma Park, Md. Murph is Special Agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America with office in the Washington Building, ISth St. and New York Ave., N W , Washington 5, D. C. THIRTEENTH COMPANY

P. S. DOWLING, USN, is Operations Officer and Navigator in POMODON ( S S 486).

R. G. P H I L L I P S , USN, will leave Albuquerque soon and report to U S S YARNALL.

T. F. CARROLL, U S N , 25 Rosewood Drive, San Francisco, Calif.

C. T. W E S T C O T T , USMC, 2028 40th St., NE, Canton 5, Ohio. Expects orders from U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Training Center, Canton, in October. Chuck and Carol have three boys and a girl.

Born: To Roy and Alice Weaver, first son, Richard Allen, at Fort Ord Army hospital, Calif., on 27 June 1953. Six potmds one-half ounce.

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H. B. ROBERTSON, JR., U S N , 920 Manor Rd., Apt. 102, Alexandria, Va. Robbie has reported to the MIDWAY in Norfolk 43

Naval Shipyard, and I assume is not moving the family do\\Ti. R. W. MYERS, U S N , is operations officer on U S S Mu-RRAY (DDE-576).

B o m : To Evie and Bill Crosbj% first son, William Harvey, Jr., on 14 July 1953, eight pounds and one ounce. Thej' have a girl. Kathleen, age five. Bill has reported to WRIGHT (C\"L-49) which is currendy in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

FR.-\NCIS K. S T O N E has moved from Corpus Christi to 1235 Diamond St., San Diego 9. Calif.

W I L L I A M L. H A R R I S , JR., gives his home address as 12 Baxter Place, Monterey. Calif.

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classmates. I have to read '48-B's column to find out whaf members of '4S-A are doing. Either very few of us subscribe to our alumni magazine or else none of us care if the others know what we are doing.

I am as guilty as anyone for this is the first time I have written. I've had reason, too, for Betty and I were blessed with an addion board die L'SS BENNINGTON (CVAtion, John Steven, born 29 April this year.

20), F P O New York.

To get back to the basic problem we C. L. vox S C H R . \ D E R has reported to have two choices. We can either write in the Academy and is residing in the BOQ. individualh', which we don't seem to do, FIFTEENTH COMPANY W A Y N E R. L I P P E R T wrote that after or we can follow '-t6's excellent plan of _ A L B E R T O J I M E N E Z , Peruvian Na\T, completing his second tour in Korea on an having area secretaries. If the latter plan 5 Fenald Drive, Suite 12, Cambridge 38, AM tj-pe minesweeper he was released is chosen, I offer my services to cover Mass. from active duty in August and has entered either the Pensacola area or anj- other duty J O H N G. CURRY was RAD from Stanford Business School for a two-year station I'm on.

WRANGELL (AE-12) recently and is back course. While there, he will be living at I have managed to keep up with some working for Minneapolis-Hone>-Avell Regu- Stanford \'illage, Stanford, Calif. members of Able through personal correlator Companj'. Living in Minneapolis.

BRYAN B. BROWN, JR., gives his spondence and for those interested here new address as 42 Quarterdeck Way, it is: Nan and Fred Baughman are in SIXTEENTH COMPANY Pacific Grove, Calif Hutchinson. Kans. They are now three, "JEB" BRYANT and A R T }^IORROW A third child. William Ingram, was born also, since their daughter Lynne Ann was have been ordered to SwuPac from Sandia on 23 July to J O H N L. P R E H N , JR., and born in Hawaii in August 1952. Haven't Base, Albuquerque.

Mrs. Prehn at the Army \ \ ' a r College heard from Hal Deeley recently but he was J O H N G. CARL. U S N , Box 148, Cald- Hospital, Carlisle, Pa. The baby was wel- married last year and he and Salb' should well, Texas, enroute new "study-station." comed at 503 5th St., New Cumberland, be on shore dutv. Sam Newman is here in J. A. L E E . JR., USN, commands LSMR Pa., by Janice, 4, and John L., I l l , 2 years the BOQ at Mamside. S. T. (Sarn) Smith, old. John is at the Naval Supply Depot Jr. and Caroline and their two children are 525 in San Diego. at last reports still in Kej' \\'est. John and J. T. SMALL, (SC) U S N . Naval Ord- in Mechanicsburg', Pa. BOYCE H . GRIER has recently moved Ruth Chelgren and their five children (four nance Supply Office, ^fecllanicsburg, Pa. girls and a boy) have set up housekeeping B o m : To Perk and Jean Perkins, first to 846 D Ave., Coronado, Calif. in Long Beach. He is aboard the BREMERT H O M A S J. BURGOYNE is now mak- TON. The last time we heard from Gordon son William Scott, on 12 August 1953 at Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. They have ing his home at 128 Leidig Circle, La Mesa Hogg he and Ro and their two children \'illage, ^Monterey, Calif. a daughter CiTithia Lee, four years old. were still at the Intelligence School in F R . \ N C I S J. READDY'S correct ad- \\"ashington. That about covers all my SEVENTEENTH COMPANY dress is Box No. 1814, U S N Postgraduate present information.

GAIL H . GILLIAM, U S N , NROTC School, Monterey, Calif.

If the present Able subscribers to SliipUnit, University of Pennsylvania, PhilaBRUCE R. H O E F E R and Mrs. Hoefer mate are interested let's get hot and have delphia 4. announce the birth of ^Mathilde Conway F. H . R A D L O F F , U S N , U S S STATEN Farrell Hoefer on 28 July. The babv is at some volunteer area secretaries to assist Leon. W e could follow '48-B's plan and ISLAND (AGB-5), F P O New York. home with her parents at 251 N. Thomas, send all such collected material direct to Apt. 4, Arlington, \^a.

Shipmate for processing. At any rate let's EIGHTEENTH COMPANY J O H N W. CRANE, JR., has advised us get hot on it, I for one am tired of seeing L. G. CUTCHALL, U S N , 1210 Presithat he is currently making his home at 2 three or four names under '4S-A. dent St., Annapolis, Md. ^Maryland Ave., Apt. 25. Annapolis. Md. D.wE CARRUTH R. G. R ' E R S O N , U S N , Qtrs. 367-B BRENDAN P. W H I T E requests his 516 Frisco Rd. Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipaddress be changed to 1041 Nottoway St., Edgewater Sub. Div. yard.

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Pensacola, Fla. D. T. L E I G H T O N , USN, 3350 Gunston Rd., Alexandria, Va. NINETEENTH COMPANY

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Sec'y. 2nd Lt. Leon C. Bramlett, USMC. 538 W. Second St., Clarksdale, Miss.

Sec'y, L t . ( j g ) R. W . Bates, U S N , F. D. EBLE, ( S C ) U S N , Code P 54, 900 N . Wayne St., Arlington 1, V a .

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. B. A. BENSON gives his address as L . \ U R E N S DORSEY has reported on W. R. P F E F F E R K O R N , USN, VP-7, Nav}' Purchasing Office, 111 E. 16th S t , board the U S S NORFOLK ( E D L - 1 ) , F P O New York.

San Francisco, Calif. Bill is a former LTA New York, N. Y. and completed H T A in March '53. They W. S. CLARK, JR., writes that his new A son, John Craig, was born on Julv 6 have three children; seven, five and two. to J O H N C. F R Y and Mrs. Fry at the assignment is Staff, ComSubDiv 82, Box U. S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 71, USN, Sub Base, New London, Conn.

TWENTIETH COMPANY The Frys are at home now at 20-4 \'alley Word has been received from B. C. L. W. A D K I N S , USN, GMTU No. 5, Rd., Drexel Hill, Pa. TAYLOR that he is serving on board the NAMTC, P t Mugu, Calif.

WILLIAM K. Y A T E S gives his ad- U S S RATON ( S S R - 2 7 0 ) , F P O New York.

S. S. RATHBURN, 5316 N. Christiana dress as 39 Miner St., Groton, Conn.

W I L L I A M R. H I N T Z ' S new assignAve., Chicago, 111. Slade is working as ment is on board tlie U S S NORTHAMPTON C. P. EKAS, JR., is at the Postgrad sales engineer for Johns-Manville. This (ECLC-1), F P O New York. address was reported by !Mike Hermann School in Monterey. His bo.x number On August 1, H O W A R D S. CROSBY there is 1276. who says he talked to Pat in February was married to Miss Phyllis B. McCarthy while passing through Chicago. At that A note from RICHARD_ E. MOR-\N m the Little Harbor Chapel at Portsmouth, time Pat and Mike were considering a advises that he is living at 51 Sjixony Rd., N. H . After a wedding trip to Maine and move to the West Coast. Don't know Framingham, Mass.

Canada, the couple are residing in Key whether they moved or not.

W A L T E R GRECHANIK, who is on \\'est, Fla., where Crosbv is assigned to the duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Ac- U S S PICUDA. counts in Washington, wrote that he would C. E. H A T H A W A Y has moved to 434 be away during most of September on Stages Dr., Corpus Christi, Texas.

T.\D, but hoped to get back in time to IDC Sec'y, H r . Joseph P . Flanagan, Jr..

A new address for W I L L I A M T. present for the Homecoming activities.

Stanton Conrt, Apt. B-2, 6615 Spragne St., C H I P M A N . JR., is 93 Maine Rd., Key Philadelphia 19, P a .

SAMUEL S. P E N N O C K I I I requests West, Fla. R A L P H H. CARNAHAN advises that his address be changed to 6301 Holly Lane D. R. H A : M L I N is attending the Posthe is now living at 804 Dreams Landing, Apt. D, Baltimore 12, Md. graduate School in Monterey. His mailing Annapolis, Md. Since reading the latest issue of Ship- address there is Bo.x No. 1394.

L U T H E R B. SISSON has reported on mate I am slightly puckered. Now don't DONALD D. FOULDS has reported board the U S S HARDER (SS-568), F P O get me wrong, I'm not unhappy with on board the U S S W A S P (C\'A-18) and Shipmate or the class secretary but at my has relieved as Electronics Officer.

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Here we go again . . .

I see in the September issue of Shipmate that Harry Belflower is living in Anacostia.

'Taint so . . . their new address is 5009 70th St., Hyattsville, Md. In addition to their daughter, whose birth was also announced in the September issue, they have a son, Robert Alan, who is now three and a half years old. This information came to me in a letter from Betty Belflower.

Dorothy and Tommy Wilson have sent their new address which is 1332 Campbell Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. They say they have a fine place, with fishing facilities right in their own front yard.

I also have a letter from Sally Treadwell, that's Airs. Kenneth M. Treadwell, reporting on the party held on 8 August at the PG School at Monterey. However it was completely covered by another letter printed in the September issue so I shall not go into that. I would like to note here, however, that it seems that I am getting more information from the wives than from the old grads. Is this setting a trend? I hope so, I would rather hear from them anyhow.

Other news in Sally's letter included an announcement of the birth of a baby girl in July to Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Charlie Mertz. The little girl's name . . . Victoria.

I knew I'd get a rise out of Ernie Gray.

He writes from Monterey where he is attending PG school in Ordnance. His address. Box 1366, U. S. Naval P. G. School, Monterey, Calif.

We had quite a turn-out at the Alumni House in Annapolis on 15 August. Twenty members of 48-B showed, and most of them with wives. Bob Huntington and I were the only bachelors. Bob's address appeared here last month and mine is at the head of the column.

The rest of the party, in no particular order, was as follows : Ruth and Bob Melhorn, now living at 6617- Powhatan St., Eastpines, Md., reported in with information about three little Melhorns : Christine who is three, R. E., Jr., who is one and a half, and the baby, Rebecca, all of seven months. Bob is an instrument training instructor at N A S Anacostia.

Pauline' and Ed Sutter drove over from 511 Timber Lane, Falls Church, Va. Ed is on duty at BuOrd. They have a daughter, Victoria, who is four months old.

Catherine and Fred Croy, whose address appeared last month, also attended. They have two boys, both red heads.

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Marjorie and Phil Rogers are living in .A.nnapolis, RFD 1, Three Mile Oak, to be exact. Phil is on duty at the Naval Academy in the Marine Engineering Department.

Celesta and Herk True are still in Annapolis. He is in the Juice Department.

They live at 938 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis. Their daughter, Mellanie, is two years old now.

Mildred and Bob Tobin were with us.

They live at 5312 Baltimore Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. Besides his regular duties with the Marine Corps, Captain Tobin is also attending Georgetown University Law School at night, and is doing very well, I understand. Their daughter, Leslie Carol, was born on 24 March of this year.

Beverly and Pete Moureau told me they have a family of eleven dogs, all thoroughbreds. If you know someone who wants a dog write to them at 403 Yorktown Rd., Lexington Park, Md. Pete is a test pilot with the Service Test Division, NAS, Patu.xent River.

Libby and Bill Fisher are also in Annapolis. He is in the Marine Engineering Department. They live in Epping Forest, Annapolis, and have a dog named Judge.

Bill says he is going to enjoy being a steam prof.

Gloria and Phil Bolger drove up from Patuxent, where he is on duty in the Armament Test Division, NATC, NAS, Patiixent River. They have a boy and a girl, Michael, four, and Mary, three.

Helen and Gordie Engel also joined us from Pax River. Gordie has just begun the Test Pilot Training course there. They have a son, Reed, who is nearly two now.

Vivian and Red Carroll, also from Pax River, were present. They have two daughters, Pattie, who is three and a half, and Vamarie who is one. Before I go any further, I should stop and express the thanks of all those who attended the party to Gordie Engle and Red Carroll, who really thought this shindig up, and who put out the memo. They did a fine job, as all those who made the party will agree.

Evelyn and George (Snipe) Hoffman were there. He is on duty at the Naval Academy in the Public Works Department.

They live at 17 Badger Rd., Annapolis.

Dick Shimshak dropped in but unfortunately his wife Elizabeth Anne couldn't make it. Dick is with the Phys. Ed. Department and they live at 1304 Dreams Landing, Annapolis. There are three junior

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members of the Shimshak team, Stephen vvho is three, Ann coming up fast with two years, and Thomas who has been at it for a year now.

Jane and Harvey Humphrey attended.

He is still on duty as the Assistant Midshipman's Mess Officer. They live at 901 Dreams Landing and have a three-year-old daughter, Linda Joyce.

Liz and Dick Scott also came up from Patu.xent River where Dick is with VP-24.

They live at 515 Franklin Rd., Lexington Park, Md. Bob Buechler and his wife get the prize.

They came all the way from Norfolk to be with us. Bob is the skipper of the LST 980. They live at 209 Birmingham Ave., Norfolk, and have a three-and-one-halfyear-old son, Chris.

Carol and Paul Martenson are living at 620 Yarmouth Rd., Baltimore 4, Md., Paul commutes to Washington where he is working for the Reynolds Metal Company.

Chuck Lane, who is' an Instrument Training Instructor, NAS, Anacostia, drove down from Washington where he lives at 228 Arapahoe Drive, Washington 21, D. C. The highlight of the evening was when John DeGoede walked in with a dazed expression to announce that he had just become a father . . . within the last couple of hours. So we had a double celebration.

It was a boy and had happened such a short time before that John did not even have time to load up on cigars. Needless to say we did not have the pleasure of meeting Mrs. DeGoede at the cocktail party. John is going to be a Juice Prof at the Naval Academy for a few years now. They live at 56 Badger Rd., Annapolis.

Well . . . that's about it for tonight. Just one more little item. Those of you who are reading this in someone else's Shipmate, drop your address and five dollars to Shipmate, Alumni House, Annapolis, Md., to insure your getting it every month. Let me hear from you!

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W I L L I A M C. S T U T T is now on duty with CincNelm, Staff, Box 5, F P O New York.

J. C. BAJUS has reported to the PG School where his mailing address is Box 1044.

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F R A N K L I N G. J A N S E N writes that he has moved to 340 Cevera Drive, Dunedin Isles, Dunedin, Fla. J. D. B U T L E R requests his maiHng address be changed to SwuPac, U S N A S , San Diego, Calif.

COLEMAN T. BROWN, TR., has been detached from the U S S PORTER (DD-800).

His current address is 1178 Josselyn Canyon Rd., Monterey, Calif.

R O B E R T K. R I P L E Y advises that his home address is 415 Alayflower A p t , Virginia Beach, Va. H A R R Y J. D O N A H U E moved the first of September to 4757 Chevy Chase Dr., A p t 304, The Shirley, Chevy Chase, Md. L t (jg) M. W . EGERTON, JR., is attending GOOS, U. S. Naval Receiving Sta., Washington, D. C. We regret to report the death of L E LAND R. S T E G E M E R T E N in a plane crash enroute to Whidbey Island, Wash., on 28 January 1953. He is survived by his mother and his brother, Col. W. W . Stegemerten, USMC, Staff CominChief, PacFlt, Box 7, F P O , San Francisco, and his father, Mr. Gustav J. Stegemerten of 818 Lorrimer Ave., East McKeesport, Pa. R. F . D'AMBRA is attending the Chemical Corps School at Fort McClellan, Ala. H. R. MOON requests his address be changed to 925 Carmen, Chicago, 111.

R I C H A R D J. P E T E R S O N corrects his address to VF-141, N A S , Miramar, San Diego 45, Calif.

R O B E R T F . SMITH, JR., writes that his address has changed to 372 Auwinala S t , Lanikai, Hawaii.

E. R. McDONALD, JR., gives his address as 3001 Jackson St., Shreveport 22, La. R. C. EBEL'S current address is 186 New River Drive, Jacksonville, N . C. L t (jg) W . VALENCIA reports that his address is Box 4435, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

T H O M A S J. W A L T E R S writes that his home address is 215 Warren St., Watertown, Mass.

T. J. HAMMER, JR., gives his mailing address as 6503-A Military Highway, Lakeland Apts., Norfolk, Va. C H E S T E R L E E D I T T O has been transferred to VC-3, N A S , Moffett Field, Calif.

ALLAN F . BACON has reported on

ALEX GROSVENOR requests his mailing address be changed to VF-24, F P O San Francisco.

A M B R O S E P . McCOY, JR., gives his address as U S S MELVIN (DD-680), U. S. Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S. C. J. S. BURNS ( L T U S A F ) writes that he is living at 2940 W . San Miguel Dr., Phoenix, Ariz.

F. A. E D W A R D S , JR., has reported on board die U S S CORPORAL (SS-346), F P O New York.

L. H . KESSLER, JR., advises that he has been transferred to the U S S SKAGIT (AKA-105), F P O San Francisco.

L t (jg) REGINALD C. R O W L E Y and Mrs. Rowley are proud to aimounce the birth of Joaime Marie on July 25th at Provo, Utah. Young Miss Rowley is now at home with her parents at 262 "A" Ave., address to U S S SEA DOG ( S S - 4 0 1 ) , F P O Coronado, Calif., where they are living New York. while her Daddy is attached to VC-6, NAS, San Diego.

N. R. T H O M has moved to 5041 Attleboro Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. See'y, L t . ( j g ) A . L. Stepp, U S N .

106 Homoja, N A S , Miramar, Calif.

CLAUDE E. J E F F R I E S has recentiy J O S E P H V. McLERNAN ( I S T L T moved to 1412 Edgewood Dr., Elizabeth ' USMC) gives his duty address as " B " City, N . C. Co., 1st Bn., 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division F M F , F P O San Francisco.

ALBERT E. D R E W is living at the Georgian Terrace Hotel in Atlanta, Ga. N o Secretary DONALD B. L E V I S E E writes that he M A R S H A L L J. TREADO ( I S T L T USMC) reports a change of address to is now residing at 2228 Larch, Alhambra, Box 162, Michigamme, Mich.

Calif.

J A M E S R. W I L K I N S sent in the folThe correct address for F R E D E R I C K lowing news item: "I am now stationed C. GAMBKE is R F D 4, Box 475-B, at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture ChamberlajTie Farms, Richmond, \ ' a . for a three-year PG course. E D S T E L L . \ S. A. CASALE gives his new address is also in my class here and F R A N K P E R R Y is a j'ear ahead of us. I am li\ang as 519 Forest St., Wilmette, 111. at 34 Poplar Place, Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y., RAYAIOND W . REIG has been transand my wife Betsy and I are anxious to ferred to Harlingen A F B , Tex. His box show off our two-year-old Susan to any number there is 651. friends in the vi<anity."

R I C H A R D DALLA MURA reports PAUL G. McMAHON (ISTLT USMC) has been transferred to N A S , that he is serving aboard the U S S SALERNO BAY (CVE-110), Boston Naval Shipyard, Barin Field, Foley, Ala. Boston, Mass.

J. W H A R V E Y gives his new address J O H N M. R E D F I E L D has recently as 4362 Edgemont St., Philadelphia 37, Pa. been detached from the U S S LEONARD F .

Eileen Crafts, wife of C. E. C R . \ F T S MASON and assigned to the U S S P I T T S JR ( L T U S A F ) wrote that she and nine- BURGH (CA-72), F P O New York. month-old Kathleen were going to fly to J O H N H . L E D E R L E ' S correct duty Wiesbaden, (^rmany, to join her husband.

Their address now is ACS/Installations, address is 2nd Radio Relay Sq., Det. 6, Hq. USAFE, A P O 633, P M New York. A P O 970, P M San Francisco.

M E L V I N B E R N G . \ R D has reported on board the U S S CAVALLA (SSK-244), U. S. Submarine Base, New London, Conn.

DOUGLAS B. G U T H E writes that he is attending M. I. T. where his address is U. S. N. A. Admin Unit, M. I. T., Cambridge, Mass.

H A L M. MORGAN has moved to 577-E North Broadway, Columbus, Ohio.

L t (jg) W . J. F R E D E R I C K S writes that his new address is 18 Tremont St., Irvington, N . J. C. E. SWECKER, JR., gives his new duty assignment as P W Dept, Navy 138, F P O New York.

DALLAS D. J O H N S O N is now living at 2010 Fendall St., S.E., Washington 20, D. C. L t (jg) R. BOYKIN, JR., corrects his

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J A M E S C. W I L C O X gives his new adNORRIS J. H A N K S ( I S T L T U S A F ) is attached to the 49th Fighter Interceptor dress as U. S. Naval School (Electronics Material), Treasure Island, San Francisco, board the U S S NORTHAMPTON ( E C L C - 1 ) , Squadron, Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine.

F P O New York.

J O H N H. SPILLER, JR., gives his new Calif.

We have just received word of the death Lt. (jg) LUCIEN C A P O N E has been duty address as U S S HALFBEAK ( S S - 3 5 2 ) , on 30 October 1952 of W I L L I A M R. transferred to the U S S STRICKLAND ( D E R - F P O New York.

333), F P O New York.

J O H N H . BRICK corrects his address P H I L L I P S . He was killed in action in the Korean Area. H e is survived by his to R I C H A R D A. MERGL gives his new Fla.VA-105, N A S , Cecil Field, Jacksonville, mother, Mrs. Fenton Phillips of 2110 Keduty address as VF-112, U S S KEARSARGE coughtan Court, Apt. 92-A, Hampton, Va. CORNELL C. ANGLEMAN has moved (CVA-33), F P O San Francisco.

E D W A R D W . CARTER, I I I , advises to 131 Sigsbee Rd., Key West, Fla. RAYMOND L. MILLER has been orthat his mailing address is 310-B Dare ROY D. SNYDER, JR., writes that his dered to the Postgraduate School in MonteCircle, Norfolk 13, Va. correct address is PatRon Eight ( V P - 8 ) , rey.

F P O New York.

P A U L M. M A X W E L L has been transL t (jg) R. M. GHORMLEY requests ferred to the U S S TRATHEN (DD-530), J A M E S W. K I N N E A R advises that he his address be changed to Library Lane, is aide to the Commandant, Ninth Naval F P O New York.

Gales Ferry, Conn.

District, and he is living in Qtrs. "N," R O B E R T L. ALLSMAN gives his A new duty address for A. H . M I K L E S Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. home address as 408 N . 10th S t , Fairview, is U S S RUNNER ( S S - 4 7 6 ) , F P O New L. W . S M I T H is now assigned to VA- Okla.

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125, NAS, Miramar, San Diego 45, Calif.

The following item was sent in by J O H N D. M A C K E N Z I E has reported J O S E P H J. GAROFALO, J R . : "Regret J. O. K I R K B R I D E , JR., advises that he is now serving on board the U S S JUBI- on board the U S S BANG (SS-385), F P O to report the death of 1st Lt. R A L P H R. New York.

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in a B-29 crash on 10 July 1953 near SavJuinah, Ga. He was stationed at Hunter Air Force Base, Ga., and was co-pilot of the B-29 when it crashed. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, who is residing at 3403 University Place, Baltimore, Md." R O B E R T F . D U N N writes: "I have just finished up at the school of AllWeather Flight and now go to Cabaniss for AD training. My new address is BOQ, Cabaniss Field, (Zorpus Christi, Tex." GEORGE K. DERBY has been ordered to the U S S ALLEN M . SUMNER (DD-692),

REMEMBER! to keep us posted on your change of address. Shipmate can follow you all over the world—but even Shipmate is not clairvoyant. You must notify us of your change—a 2-penny postcard will do it and it takes usually a month for the change to be effected.

And while you're about it, give us some hini as to your assignment or a note about your red-headed baby boy, or a chance meeting with a long lost classmate or former shipmate. If you've struck oil in Afghanistan, or taken a short trip around lower Tasmania, or just had the baby's tonsils out, let us know—anything that will be of interest to classmates reading about YOU in "What's the Dope."

F P O New York.

1st L t \ y i N D S O R R. S M I T H reports the following change of address: BOQ, NAS, Pensacola, Fla. H O W A R D E. RUGGLES requests his address be changed to 621 Carla Way, La Jolla, Calif.

S. T. M A R T I N , JR., has been assigned he has recently reported on board the U S S to Fighter Squadron 22, U S S L . \ K ECLAMAGORE ( S S - 3 4 3 ) , F P O New York.

CHAMPLAIN (CVA-39), F P O San FranA new address for A R T H U R T. cisco.

W A R D is 201-B, S. Court Rd., Chesapeake L t (jg) S. F . H I G H L E Y M A N has Gardens, Aberdeen, Md. moved to 2127 Illion S t , San Diego 10, Calif.

C H A R L E S D. LARSON corrects his address to VF-121, N A S Miramar, San Diego 45, Calif.

DAVID R. J A M E S has changed his address to 10130 Coimselman Rd., Bethesda 14, Md. JAMES A. L A T H A M (ISTLT U S A F ) gives the following new address: Student Officers Section, POBox 626, Perrin AFB, Tex. A L F R E D D. H O L L A N D advises that

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W I L L I A M B. KELLY gives his new mailing address as Box 962, Gary A F B , San Marcos, Tex. J. B. W I L K I N S O N , JR., writes that he has been detached from the U S S PITTSBURGH, and is now living at the BOQ,

NAS, Pensacola, Fla. R I C H A R D K. SAXER and Mrs. Saxer announce the birth of their first child, Jane

Lynette, on 30 July 1953 at the Sandia Base Hospital, Albuquerque, N . M. T H O M A S M. DYKERS writes that his new address is Box 7, U S N Sub Base, New London, Conn.

N O R M A N F. S T E I N advises that he is serving on board the U S S CALVERT ( A P A -

32), F P O San Francisco.

A new mailing address for ALLYN BRESS is Box 7, U. S. Submarine Base, New London, Conn.

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L E E M. H O L M E S (2NDLT USMC) gives the following address: A Co., 1st Bn., 1st Marines, 1st Mar. Div. F M F , F P O San Francisco.

J O H N S. DEGNAN (2NDLT U S A F ) writes that his address is OMY Box 588, Patrick AFB, Cocoa, Fla. R O B E R T X. McKEE reports his new address as Bldg. 600, BOQ, U S N A S , Pensacola, Fla. J E R O M E W. G O T T E S M A N (2NDLT U S A F ) is on duty at Walker AFB. His address there is Box 208U, 812 Operations Squadron, Walker AFB, Roswell, N. M.

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LETTER FROM M I K E GREELEY

Sec'y, 2nd Lt. Gerald E. Weinstein. USAF, 1522 Tijeras Ave., N.E.. Apt. 10, Albnqnerqae, N. Mex. Treas., Ens. C. S. Walker, USN, USS Renshaw (DDE-449), FPO San Francisco,

W I L L I A M H A Y E S PURDUM was married on June 10th in East Brady, Pa., to Miss Elizabeth M. Frantz. They spent the summer in Annapolis while Bill was on duty at the Academy and in September went to Bath, Maine, to join the U S S JOHN S . MCCAIN ( D L - 3 ) .

Ens. J O H N F . W E L L I N G S and Mrs. Wellings, are now in Pensacola after a summer in AnnapoHs. Mrs. Wellings, before her marriage in Bellevue, Pa., on June 12th, was ^Niiss Joan S. Fors>-the.

After spending the summer at the Academy, BOB S K E R R E T T has reported to the U S S TIMMERMAN (EDD-828), New

London, Conn.

At least two of the class have reported from home bases in San Angelo, Tex. GEORGE MILLER is living at 223 North Harrison St., and J O H N RUSSELL is at home at 503 S. Jefferson St. SANFORD N. LEVEY has reported on board tiie U S S FREMONT (APA-44), F P O New York.

W I L L I A M C. B E N T L E Y gives his mailing address as 11 E. Palmer Ave., Collingswood, N. J. W I L L I A M A. P L U M M E R advises that he has been reassigned. His address now is U S A F I T , MCLI, Box 3006, WrightPatterson A F B , Ohio.

R O B E R T S. BICKNELL (2NDLT U S A F ) is now living at 7201-A Village Way, Houston 17, Tex. D W I G H T S P E N C E R has sent in the following change of address: 1830 Robin Rd., North Augusta, S. C. RICHARD A. W H I T C O M B has been transferred to the U S S ANTIETAM ( C V A -

36), F P O New York.

W. C. H A L L requests his address be changed to 25 Salisbury S t , Dracut, Mass.

KIMBROUGH S. B A S S E T T (2NDLT U S A F ) is on duty at Hondo AFB, Hondo, Tex. BUCK SIMPSON writes that he and Mrs. Simpson are living at 804 Wolfe St., Fredericksburg, Va. J A M E S C. F L A H E R T Y has moved to 1410 Comal St., Pasadena, Tex. H. W. ADAMS gives his mailing address as Box 21, Marana Air Base, Tucson, Ariz.

Both ROBERT R. M . \ N U E L and H E N R Y A. BEIDERBECKE have reported to Ellington AFB in Texas. Mail addressed to Box 443 will reach Manuel and Beiderbecke's is 438.

Hd. Sq. 801st A. B. Gr., Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio, is the new duty address for DONALD B. H E N T E . .•\fter several changes of address, D A \ T D W. H O W E L L finally settled on the following as the best place for mail to reach him: Hq. S. B. A. M. A., AMC, Norton AFB, San Bernardino, Calif.

W I L L I A M J. QUIRK gives his maiHng address as Box 1344, 3401st Student Sqn. ( O ) , Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Miss.

Mail will reach F R A N K A. CAMSTRA, JR., if addressed to Box 55, 3300th Pilot Training Sq. ( C P ) , Graham Air Base, Marianna, Fla. Also at Graham is RICHARD A. N E I N , whose box number is 12.

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"Dear Jerry: "After moving three times in two weeks, we have finally settled at 4340 Louisiana St., San Diego 4, Calif. Don Upshaw and his wife live next to us at 434Q]/2 Louisiana St. "Coming here to San Diego was almost like old home week. There are so many of '53 here that j'ou can't go any place without running into someone j'ou know. There are several people who said they would keep in touch with us through Shipmate so will you please list our new address in it. Thank you. / s / Sincerely, Mike." j p H N T. B U R K H A R D T writes that he is now employed by the U. S. Steel Corporation in South Chicago. He is a member of their management training program and likes it very much. Good luck to J'OU, Jack.

Ens. M. L. H I L L E R and Mrs. Hiller are living in Norfolk, where their address is U3y2 Sedefield Drive, Norfolk 13, \ ' a .

GRIPES FLOTSAM AND JETSAM R e p e a t . There's O n e o n Every S h i p —

Perhaps the confines of the locale would engender such heterodoxy in the personnel responsible for the format of the magazine, but even the undergraduate reader can immediately attribute such undignified treatment (italicizing misspelled words in J. F. L.'s letter, August Shipmate) as the offspring of a certain singular type of smug capriciousness—rather than the mature editorialism to whose paucity "J. F. L." correctly alluded.

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Shipmate readers are alumni. You are publishing what interests them. Let the Institute keep on taking care of their professional interests. . . . Many alumni are BUCHANAN decidedly interested in your society notes AUTHOR'S XOTE—Some time ago I and what's happened to the daughters and read that West Point had unveiled with the granddaughters of good old Joe Gish. much ceremony a portrait of Robert E. Lee, So keep it up . . . I'll keep on sending you a former Superintendent of tlie Military my five dollars.

Academy. I then wrote to Harry Hill askE. E. '14 ing if there was any portrait of Franlilin Southwest Harbor, Me. BucJianan in any Naval Academy memorial Iiall. He replied that there icas only a • We are going to Europe for several small on.e in the Superintendent's office. months. Will you kindly discontinue sendI discussed the matter n-itlt Nai'al Acad- ing Shipmate until further notice. It is emy graduates attached to or passing thoroughly enjoyed and we shall miss it. through this yard and found that they Iiad However, we expect to contact some old only a vague and inaccurate knowledge of Navy friends on the Continent who will Buchanan. The prevailing impression being keep us in touch. tliat he willfuUx joined the Confederacy T. A. P. '21 and fought the '.MERRIMAC against the West Palm Beach, Fla. .MONITOR, neither of n'hich was true.

As I am a Marylander and my family li'as in close contact zvith Buchanan's de- • You are doing a grand job. I enjoy scendants there, I got in touch with them each issue. all. I studied the official record of his serC. Q. W., Jr., '11 vice career in our Navy. Through corre- Orlando, Fla. spondence zi'ith the Confederate memorial organizations, especially in Richmond, I also got the story of his career in the Con- • You did a nice job . . . a number of my old classmates read the article and have federate A^avy. written to me as a result.

On this information, I prepared this M. C. C. '15 article. When it n'as nearly finished, I ob- North Hollywood, Calif. tained Professor Leu-is' biography of Buchanan from the Pratt Library in Baltimore. It helped me considerably in check- • Shipmate has been arriving regularly ing my facts. All N^aval Academy alumni and is as enjoj'able as ever. should read Lcicis' book but I have not W. E. B. '52 San Diego, Calif. found any ivho have.

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(Continued from page 24) 5. Any member of the Association (1) whose connection with the Naval, Military, ceiving the largest vote being elected to of annual dues. Dues and fees, including or other government service of the United the first vacancy, the candidate receiving annual dues for membership, may be deter- States is terminated under conditions other the next largest vote being elected to the mined by the Board. than honorable or (2) who is convicted in second vacancy, and so forth, until all of 2. Regular members may become life a court of law for an infamous offense, is said vacancies are filled. A tie vote shall be members by the payment of not less than automatically dropped from membership in decided by lot drawn by a member desig- $100 in such manner as may be prescribed the Association and the Executive Direcnated by the Board. by the Board; sums realized from such life tor shall so indicate on the records of 4. The following rules shall apply for the membership payments to be segregated, se- membership. nominations and election of the twelve curity invested at the Board's direction, IX Trustees to be selected annually by local and only the income therefrom used by the This Association shall not, at any time Association from year to year, provided, associations.

Each local association shall be requested however, that upon termination of a life nor for any purpose, attempt to influence by the Executive Director to inform the member's membership by death or as set legislation by any means and it shall be Alumni Association of its total member- forth in sections 4 and/or 5 hereof, the the duty of the Board at all times to assure ship, in good standing in both its own and amount paid by him for said life member- strict compliance with this Article IX. the National Association, as of 31 Decem- ship may be released from the Hfe memberX—AMENDMENTS ber of each year. One Trustee shall be as- ship fund and used for general purposes.

These By-Laws may be amended, altered signed to each of the twelve local associa3. The Board is authorized to accept con- or repealed by the vote of two-thirds of tions reporting the largest number of mem- tributions, donations and bequests to the the whole membership of the Board at any bers of the National Association.

Association from appropriate sources. Mon- regular or special meeting thereof or by The Executive Director shall notify the ies so received shall be placed in such fund two-thirds of the votes cast by the regular local associations, prior to 1 March, of or funds as prescribed by the Board. members of this Association in good standtheir allocations of Trustees for the year 4. Any member may resign from the ing who must have been notified as procommencing at the conclusion of the spring Association by delivering or mailing his vided in Article VII-2,4. meeting, and request them to notify the Alumni Association of the names of Trustees who have been elected. In the event States with Moore-McCormack's American that a local association fails to notify the Scantic Line. For his activities in this .\lumni Association, prior to 15 May, of the field he was decorated by the Polish Govnames of Trustees elected in accordance ernment. He was awarded the Naval Orwith the above allocation, the Board shall der of Merit by the Brazilian Navy, also fill the remainder thus created. No person twice decorated with the Order of the shall be eligible to represent any local asSouthern Cross by the Brazilian Governsociation as a Trustee on the Board of the ment in recognition of his efforts in the Alumni Association unless he is a regular development of trade between the United member in good standing of both his own States and Brazil. local and the National Alumni Association.

5. The plan will operate to cause the As a Naval Reservist, Bob was ordered election of four Trustees-at-large each year to active duty in World War II on June for terms of three years and the election of 15, 1942, as SpeciaLAssistant to the Chief twelve Trustees, representing local associaof Naval Transportation Service. He was tions, each year for terms of one year. ordered on various assignments in the war areas, including Honolulu, to serve with VII—VOTING Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Calhoun in 1. Every regular member in good standorganizing various task forces, and in Loning shall be entitled to one vote for the don on the S H A E F staff under General President, his own area Vice President and Eisenhower as Navy Representative in the the Trustees-at-large and shall be sent by Normandy invasion. He was made Shipmail a ballot for the annual election or ping Control Officer for Flag France, with upon any proposition submitted to the memheadquarters successively in Cherbourg, bership. Tellers or other personnel hanHavre, and Antwerp. dling such ballots upon their receipt shall He has been national president of the not divulge their individual contents, except Fabian Bachrach Propeller Club of the United States and as required by the business of the Association.

COMMO. ROBERT C. LEE, '10 . . . Vice frequently has served as spokesman of 2. The Board may submit to a vote of Chairman of the Board of the Moore- American shipping before non-shipping groups. Boh Lee is recognized as a keen the full membership such propositions as it McCormack Lines. student of American maritime affairs, and may desire, and must submit within a reaan outstanding proponent of the principle sonable time any propositions proposed to that the strength of the United States both the Board by a member in writing and commercially in peacetime and in national having the signed endorsement of fifty Bob Lee, Class o f 1 0 , defense depends to a major degree upon other members, unless three-fourths of the the maintenance of an adequate merchant Board present at the regular meeting next N o w a Shipping Tycoon marine. following the receipt of said petition shall Commodore Robert C. Lee, U S N R deem such action undesirable.

He now lives in New York City and ( R e t ) , vice chairman of the Board of 3. Any proposition submitted to the mem- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., was born operates a farm at Far Hills, New Jersey. bers of the Association for vote, except for in Nebraska in 1888, and was graduated the election of officers, shall be declared from the Naval Academy in 1910. He carried if a majority of the members of the served throughout World War I, first on Association actually voting vote in the af- the U S S ARIZONA, then on destroyer duty W a n t e d : A d m i r a l Luce firmative. in the Bay of Biscay and finally as Naval Biographical M a t e r i a l 4. In submitting a proposition to the Port Officer at Nantes, France. He resigned members of the Association for vote, the from the Navy in 1920 to join the MooreCapt. John D. Hayes, USN, is working Board shall state the date by which the McCormack organization, but joined the on a biography of Admiral Luce. He would votes must be received at the AnnapoHs Naval Reserve and the New York Naval appreciate any help in locating source rnaoffice of the Association in order to be Militia. terial, especially that having to do with counted. This date shall be not less than Admiral Luce's early Hfe and also corAs an executive of Moore-McCormack he respondence on naval matters which he had three months after the date that the propobecame a specialist in international ship- with his contemporaries, Admiral Taylor, sition was placed in the mail. ping, particularly in Scandinavia, Poland Goodrich, Sampson, Chadwick and others.

V I I I — M E M B E R S H I P , DUES AND and Russia. He made three or four trips CONTRIBUTIONS Captain Hayes' address is Industrial Colabroad and to the East Coast of South 1. Persons eligible for regular member- America each year. He opened the Polish lege of the Armed Forces, Washington 25, ship may become members by the payment port of Gdynia to trade with the United D. C.

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AKRON President, Mr. Clifford J. Collins, "24, 816 Orlando Ave., Akron 20, Ohio.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Joseph W. McGrath, Jr., '47, 423 Wooster Rd., N., Barberton, Ohio.

ANNAPOLIS President, Cdr. Jesse B. Gay, Jr., USN, '35, 50 Rodgers Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md. Secretary, L t F. T. King, USN, '46, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USNA, Annapolis, Md.

ATLANTA President, Mr. Clarence M. Head, '20, 303 Forrest Blvd., Decatur, Ga. Secretary, Phillip G. Stokes, '28. 875 Woodley Dr., N.W., Atlanta, Ga.

BALTIMORE President John Davis, '24, R F D 4, Annapolis, Md. Secretary, William S. Graham, '46, 122 Dumbarton Rd., Baltimore 12, Md.

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President, Cdr. Donald H. Johnson, USNR, '27, 932 ISth St., Wilmette, 111.

Secretary, Mr. W. T. Cluverius, 10837 S. California Ave., Chicago 43, 111.

President, Mr. John W. McCrea, 16801 Grand River, Detroit 27, Mich.

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Treasurer, Mr. John Twachtman, '22, R. R. No. 3, Box 72, Loveland, Ohio.

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7466 N. Shore Rd., Norfolk. Va. Secretary-Treasurer, Lt. Cdr. E. R. Blair, Jr., USN, '42, Fleet Atiiletic Officer, Service Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Va.

CLEVELAND President, Mr. Herbert Ackerman, '41, 228 The Arcade, Cleveland 14, Ohio.

Vice President, Mr. Robert J. McGinness, 10949 Lorain Ave., Qeveland 11, Ohio.

Treasurer, Mr. William Feahr, '39, 1068 Hanna Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

Secretary, Mr. George W. Collins, 3347 Braemar Rd., Shaker Heights 20, Ohio.

COLORADO President, C. J. McWhinnie, '22, 650 Bellaire St, Denver, Colo.

Vice President, H. R. Brannon, '32, 745 Fourteenth St., Boulder, Colo.

Secretary-Treasurer, H. O. Caperton, '32, 1142 Humboldt St., Denver, Colo.

CONNECT/CUT President, Mr. Mark L. Sperry, Jr., 'IS, Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. Middletuck Farm, Middlebury, Conn.

Leon Hamrick, '22, Steiner-Rouse and Co., Vice-President, Mr. William B. Pape, Brown Marx Bldg., 2008 First Avenue, '22, 428 Farmington Ave., Waterbury, North, Birmingham, Ala. Conn.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. J. Walter HesBOSTON President, Harold R. Keller, '11, 37 Shef- sel, '33, 59 Pierpont S t , Waterbury, Conn. field Rd., Newtonville, Mass.

Vice President, Marcus G. Steele, '31, DETROIT 403 Lebanon St, Melrose, Mass.

President, L t Cdr. Paul Richmond, '42, Secretary, Malcolm B. Flanders, '28, 149 USNR, 1614 Newcastle, Grosse Pointe Longwood Ave., Brookline, Mass.

Woods 30, Mich.

BIRMINGHAM

HOUSTON President, Capt. T. J. Thomhill, 1644 Banks St, Houston, Texas.

Secretary-Treasurer, M. I. Kearns, I8S8 Norfolk, Houston 6, Texas.

INDIANAPOLIS Chairman Welcoming Committee. Cdr. G. E. Marcus, Jr., USN, '35, U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant Secretary, Mr. Robert McMurray, '2;L 725 E. 57th S t , Indianapolis 20, Ind.

KANSAS CITY President, Mr. Richard G. Brown, '47, Marsh Steel Corp., 101 E. 9th St., Nortl* Kansas City, Mo. Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Grant Renne, Jr., '42, Grant Renne & Sons' Inc., 1619 E. 17th S t , Terr., Kansas City, Mo.

LOS ANGELES President, Cdr. Max I. Black, U S N (Ret.), '21, 3090 Lake Hollywood D r , Hollywood 28, Calif.

Secretary, Lt. Cdr. A. J. Wanamaker, Jr., U S N (Ret.), '41, 3270 Laurice Ave, Altadena, Calif.

LOUISVILLE Mr. Churchill Humphrey, '07, 4095 Massier Ave., Louisville 7, Ky. (Continued on next page)

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AKRON: Dinner meetings held on the last Thursday of each month.

ANNAPOLIS: Meetings held the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00 P.M. at Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. ATLANTA: Meetings are held on the first Sanday of each month at the Ojmmisaioned Officers' Mess of the Nayal Air Station, Atlanta, at 1930.

BALTIMORE: Meetings held on the third Thursday of each month at the Hotel Stafford, Baltimore, Md., at 7:00 P.M. BIRMINGHAM: No information regarding meetings.

BOSTON: Luncheon meetings held first Wednesday of each month, 12:30 P.M. at the Boston Yacht Qub, 5 Rowes Wharf, Boston.

CHICAGO: Regular monthly dinner meetings held on 1st Fri. at 6:30 PM at Naval Armory, Randolph St. CINCINNATI: Regular monthly dinner meetmgs at 6:30 P.M. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Army-Navy Club.

CLEVELAND: Meetings held at 12:00 noon at the Hickory Grill, 929 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, on the third Wednesday of each month.

COLORADO: Meetings held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The time varies as it ia sometimes a luncheon meeting and other times a dinner meeting.

CONNECTICUT: Chapter meetings are held quarterly at prearranged places around the State. Members are notified by mail 2 weeks prior to the meeting.

DETROIT: Meetings held quarterly at the Naval Armory.

HAMPTON ROADS: Meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month eicept for the mouths of July and August.

HOUSTON: Luncheons held on the first Tuesday of each month at the Ben Milan Hotel.

INDIANAPOLIS: Meetings held on the third Monday of each month at 12:15 P.M at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

KANSAS CITY: Regular luncheon meetings are held at the University Club at 12:15 P.M. on the second Tuesday of each month.

LOS ANCSELES: Dinner meetings held first Wednesday of each month, 6:30 P.M.i at locations selected by entertainment committee.

LOUISVILLE: No information regarding meetings.

MIAMI: Regular luncheon meeting held on the last Friday of each month at 12.15 on 3rd floor, Walgreens, 200 East Flagler St., Miami. Dinner dances held as announced.

Touring Alumni alwaj-s welcome. Contact secretary.

MILWAUKEE: Meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Cudworth Post, 1766 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wise, at 6:30 P.M. NEWPORT: Meetings usually held at 6:30 P.M. on the last Tuesday of each month at the (Commissioned Officers' Mess, V. S. Naval Training SUtion, Newport, R. I. NEW YORK: Luncheon meetings on the third Tuesday of each month save for March, July and August, at 12:30 P.M., Maritime Roomâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;21st Floor, The Lawyer's Club, llSBroadway, N.Y. PHILADELPHIA: Dinner meetings are usually held on the second Friday of each month at the Officers' Mess, Naval Base.

PITTSBURGH: Regular monthly meetingsof the Chapter are held on the evening of the third Friday of each month excep t July and August, in the Sheraton Hotel; Pittsburgh, Pa. RICHMOND: Quarterly dinner meetings held on the second Friday in Febroary; May, August and November.

ROCHESTER: Regular Luncheon 2nd Tuesday at Chamber of Commerce. Meetings of p.S.M.A. and U.S.N.A. graduates are held at Rochester, N. Y. Graduates in the vicinity communicate by phone with The Secretary.

SAN DIEGO: Regular dinner meeting held one each quarter in Coronado or San Diego. Members are notified by mail.

SAN FRANCISCO: Dinner meetings held at the Commissioned Officers'Club, Treasure Island, at 6:30 P.M. on the first Wednesday of each month.

SCHENECTADY: No information regarding meetings.

SEATTLE: .Meetings held on the first Monday of each month at 6:00 P.M., B.O.Q., Naval Station, Pier 91, Seattle, Wash.

ST .LOUIS: Meets every two months. Contact the President or Secretary if not on mailmg list.

TAMPA: No information regarding meetings.

TWIN CITIES AREA: Meetings held once a month at NAS Minneapolis Commissioned Officers' Mess. Members notified by Secretary.

WASHINGTON, D. C : Monthly luncheons held the third Thursday month, S HinI the PM ATE 12:30 P.M., Army and Navy Club, Farragut Square & Eye St., N.W., Washington 6.

MIAMI President, R. Adm. Thomas E. Boyce, USN ( R e t ) , '23, 3910 Loquat Ave., Miami 33, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. W. S. Ginn, USN ( R e t ) , '23, 4121 La Playa Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla.

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MILWAUKEE

DETROIT

President, James H. Wheeler, Jr., '45, 4132-A North Urkin St., Milwaukee 11, Wis. Secretary-Treasurer, Edward F. Pionkowski. '40, S33S N. Shoreland Ave., Milwaukee 11. Wis.

The Midshipmen's Fresh Water Cruise on Wednesday, August 19, the first of its kind sponsored by the combined efforts of the Detroit Alumni, the Annapolis Dads' Club, and the Detroit Power Squadron, was a huge success. It is planned that another like it, still better and bigger, will be held next summer.

Forty-two people turned out to honor the six local Midshipmen who were able to attend, and the Power Squadron, under the command of Cdr. Stuart Paltz and the direction of Past Commander Gerald Rouston, generously provided six beautiful yachts (one for each Midshipman) on which to do the cruising.

The six-boat flotilla shoved off from Brodhead Naval Armory at 1000 sharp on one of the most delightful days of the summer, making its way up the Detroit River and across Lake St. Clair, a twohour trip, to the Idle Hour Hotel for lunch. .'\fternoon activities included a swimming party to Gull Island and a sightseeing cruise through Bassett Channel. Back at Idle Hour again, a delicious steak and chicken dinner was enjoyed by the whole gang, while plans to repeat again next year were begun.

Flagship for the day was Bill Sullwold's "Jus-Mi-Bill" with Capt. and Mrs. Leon Jacobi, '21, aboard. Also on the flagship were Cdr. Stuart Paltz, Mr. and Mrs. John McCrae, and their Midshipman son, John, '56.

The other boats participating were Bill McKinnon's "Gilbarco," Pete Broedell's "Fran-Pete," Bill Miller's "La Ti Da,"

NEWPORT President, V. Adm. S. A. Taffinder, USN, Ret, 20 Seaview Ave., Newport, R. I. Secretary, Capt. J. T. G. Stapler, USN, Ret, 86 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, R. I.

NEW YORK President, Cdr. Royce N. Flippin, USNR, '26, Smith, Barney & Company, 14 Wall St.. New York 5, N. Y. Secretary, Lt. Cdr. Arthur A. Denton, (ISNR. '32, 27 Sylvan Ct, W. IsHp, N. Y.

PHILADELPHIA President, V. Adm. James L. Kauffman, USN ( R e t ) , '08, 250 S. I8tii St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. Secretary, Mr. Arthur Fleming, Jr., '2S, 4248 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

PITTSBURGH President, Capt. Morgan C. Barrett, USN (Ret.), '21, 494 Second S t , Beaver, Pa. Secretary, Mr. Richard H. Miller, '22, Apt. 56, King Edward Aimex, 225 Melwood St, Pittsburgh, Pa.

RICHMOND President: Capt. W. C. Wickham, USN, Ret, '09, R F D 2, Ashland, Va. Secretary-Treasurer: E. Neil Rogers, '40. Lane & Rogers, Attorneys, 1 North 6th St.. Richmond 19. Va. Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. E. Neil Rogers, '40, 303 Stmset Drive, Westham, Richmond, Va. ROCHESTER President, Mr. T. G. Cox, Jr.. '20, 1596 Creek St., Rochester 10, N. Y. Secretary, George E. Lawrence, '39, 6?

Park Lane, Rochester 10, N. Y.

SAN DIEGO President, Capt. Joseph T. Talbert, U S N (Ret.), '20, 506 First S t , Coronado, Calif.

Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. Hal C. Jones, USN (Ret.), '21, 4205 Del Mar, San Diego 7, Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO President, Mr. J. R. Riordan, 14 Sierra Vista PL, Danville, Calif Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. F. J. Behounek, '44, 2115 Roosevelt Ave., Berkeley 3, Calif.

iCHENECTADY President, Capt. J. S. Evans, U S N ( R e t ) , '07, 742 De Camp Ave., Schenectady 3, N. Y. Secretary, Mr. D. L. Wyckoff, '44, 112 Dartmouth S t , Schenectady, N. Y.

SEATTLE President, Cdr. Robert A. O'Neill, USNR, '38, 19037 37th Ave., N.E., Seattle 55, Wash.

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Secretary, Cdr. John W. Brady, USNR, '24, 1104 Federal Ave., Seattle 2, Wash.

ST. LOUIS President, Lt. Cdr. Robert W. Murch, USNR, '42, c/o Murch-Jarvis Construction Co., 718 Locust St., St. Louis 1, Mo. Secretary, Robert F. Deibel, Jr., '39, c/o Dixie Mills, 10th and Walnut Sts., East St. Louis, 111.

TAMPA President R. Adm. Edward L. Beck, '25, U S N ( R e t ) , Palm Oaks, RFD 2, Palmetto, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer, Ens. L. C. Hernandez, USN, '48-B, Columbia Restaurant, Ybor City, Tampa, Fla.

TWIN CITIES AREA President, Mr. Sumner T. Scott, '20, Fairmont, Minn.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Ted L. Hasbrouck, [23, R. F. D. 265, White Bear Lake, Minn. *

WASHINGTON,

D. C.

President, R. Adm. A. H. Van Keuren, '03, U S N (Ret.), 2823 29th St., N.W., Washington 8, D. C. Secretary, Mr. Arthur Tarantino, '3S, 8506 Rosewood Drive, Bethesda, Md. Treasurer, A. L. Mathers, '31, Dunn Loring, Va.

Russ and Chauncey Daryaw's "Florence D.," and Vern Ball's "Ballerina III." The Midshipmen attending were: David Miller, '54; and Roger Williams, Sam Koutas, Hal Dolenga, Brian Walker, and John McCrae, all of '56.

On September 9th the Alumni met with the Notre Dame Alumni of Detroit in a "Friendly Foes" evening football rally at which Howie Clark, '21, and John Quirk, '43, extolled the prowess of Navy's '53 eleven in a general round-table discussion with Detroit's sportswriters and "Moose" Kraus, Athletic Director of Notre Dame.

Plans are underway to have a special car attached to the Notre Dame Football Train for all Navy Alumni and friends who wish to take advantage of it in going down to the Navy-Notre Dame game at South Bend, October 31st.

The Spring Meeting of the Chapter, held last March 31st, was one of the finest (and best attended) that has been held in some years. As principal speaker the colorful R. .A.dm. Dan Gallery '21, now stationed at Glenn View, Illinois, as nationwide head of the Naval Air Reserve Training Program, told sea stories as only he can tell them, and showed his motion picture of the capture of the German U-505 which he planned and executed in 1945.

Our calendar of events coming up includes the regular Fall Meeting in October, the Army-Navy Game Football Party, and the annual Christmas Leave Dinner-Dance with the Midshipmen and their drags.

If any members are not already on the Chapter's regular mailing list, please get in touch with Paul Richmond, '42, President, at his address given above. Attention is called to the fact that Win Williams, '46, our elected Secretary-Treasurer, has moved to Chicago to take a new position with his firm, and consequently can no longer act as Secretary. The vacancy will be filled at the next election of officers to be held in November.

All members owe a warm vote of thanks to Win for his hard work, generous effort, and all-around excellent job as SecretaryTreasurer for four terms of office.

HOUSTON Twenty-eight members of our local association were present at our September 1 Luncheon Meeting. That is approximately fifty percent of known eligibles in this area.

With us were Adm. S. M. Robinson, '03; Frank C. Huntoon, '15; J. B. Sykes, '19; H. H. Anderson, '19; Cari Lamb, '19; E. H. McMenemy, '20; A. D. Blackledge.

'20; Neill D. Brantly, '20; C. A. Whitford, '21; W. S. Thomson, '22; J. B. Wilkinson, '22; A. L. Leman, '24; R. E. Playter, '24; M. I. Kearns, '24; A. E. Jarrell, '25; R. M. Hamilton, '25; A. B. Wallace, '25; W. E. Ford, '29; W. A. Illing, '30; T. J. Thornhill, '30; W. L. Blatchford, '33; R. A. Turrentine, '34; Paul C. Cook, '34; Earl M. Weaver, '35; T. M. Brannom, '45 ; E. R. Godwin, '46; D. R. H. Mahoney, '47; M. E. Collmer II, '52.

Allen Blackledge presented a complete plan for a swell party at which we all will have the wherewithal to cheer Al Jarrell on his selection to Rear Admiral, wish him well in his new command, and welcome his relief Capt. Wm. Y. Allen, '30.

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making our Navy strong, efficient and at- giving special emphasis to the Berliner tractive to the rising younger generation. who, in Mr. Miller's opinion, is the rnost AUGUST MEETING: Our speaker, Mr. The charm and graciousness of Mrs. politically developed German. Mr. Miller WilHam J. Coughlin, West Coast Editor of Kimball added greatly to the enjoyment of stated that outside Berlin and other large McGraw-Hill Publishing Company's Avia- all who attended. Among those introduced cities political spirit is hardly existent. Option Week, a graduate of Stanford Univer- as active in Navy affairs in this area were position to Communism, he felt, must come sity, a P-38 pilot in World W a r II, was Mr. W. A. C. Roethke, President of the from these cities. Mr. Miller stated that with the United Press for five years and Navy League of Southern California; Mr. the Eisenhower food plan for Eastern Gerawarded a Fellowship at Stanford to study Cruchley, President of the Navy League of many was a master stroke since it left the Far Eastern affairs for one year. Mr. Long Beach; Mr. Douglas Campbell, Sec- Communists with no satisfactory "out." In Coughlin spent two and a half years in the retary-Treasurer of Long Beach Chamber conjunction with his address Mr. Miller Pacific, was United Press Bureau Chief in of Commerce and Secretary of Navy presented an Allied propaganda film and San Francisco for one year and in Mexico League of Long Beach; Mr. Frank Gard a Russian propaganda record. The usual City for U. P. for eight months. He joined Jameson, President of the Navy League of question period followed.

Aviation Week Magazine as West Coast Los Angeles; Gene Rice, Secretary of the There were 40 members and their guests Editor in 1952, went to Korea as war cor- Navy League of Santa Monica; Adm. H. present including M. S. Davis '03, A. B. respondent in late 1952 and returned to the F. Kingman, Ret.; Capt. R. M. MacKinnon Court '05, E. D. Washburn '06, J. M. U. S. A. in May of this year. During the and Capt. N. A. Draim.

Schelling '07, P. W. Northcroft '09, R. C. six months in Korea Mr. Coughlin underMr. Jameson read excerpts from a letter Ryan '10, E. L. Patch '11, C. D. Edgar '12, took a special mission for the Department John Falge '12, R. G. Payne '12, H. W. of Defense to coordinate, improve, and ex- from the Honorable Charles S. Thomas, Pillsbury '13, T. D. Ruddock '14, Ned MarAssistant Secretary for Defense, which conpedite official news service of the U. S. A. F. bourg '17, C. P. Woodson '21, W . C. JorHe also prepared a complete training pro- firmed the arrangement to speak to a com- dan '22, H. F. MacComsey '22, Frank bined meeting of Navy League and Alumni gram for Jet pilots to operate in Korea.

Falge '24, J. T. Warren '24, D. D. Wight Those attending the July meeting were members, wives and guests at luncheon at '24, C. W. Butler '25, J. M. Smith '25, well rewarded with the off-the-record re- noon on Navy Day, October 27, 1953. Mr. Frank Corbin '27, E. T. Goyette '27, E. P. marks of Mr. Coughlin and plied our Jameson announced that the Biltmore Bowl Burton '28, Frank L. Robinson '30, Fred speaker with many questions for a lengthy at the Biltmore Hotel had been engaged, Lincoln '36, F. J. Behounek '44, J. R. Riorperiod following his very well delivered, announcement and reservation cards were dan '44, R. E. Dix '45, P. N. Hewett '47, being printed and would be available within fact-filled, and interesting speech. a few days. He asked full cooperation of Ken Moll '50, Alan P. Cline and R. C. Ryan, Jr., guests of R. C. Ryan; G. W. NEXT MEETING : The next meeting will all members in making an outstanding sucMurray and E. F. Marbourg, Jr., guests of be on October 7th at the Pasadena Athletic cess of this affair.

Ned Marbourg; R. Adm. Dalton Davis, Club, 425 E. Green St., corner of Paso Commander Black announced that the Robles and Green Streets, Pasadena. Di- next meeting of the Alumni will be at guest of John Falge; Don Doyle, guest of rectors please come at 5:30. Our speaker the Pasadena Athletic Club on Wednesday, Fred Lincoln; Cleigh Miller, guest of C. W. Butler; and C. O. Bruce, guest of C. P. will be announced later.

October 7, at 6:30 p. m., preceded by a Woodson.

Board meeting.

He asked all Alumni memARMED FORCES DAY : Plans are proceeding to advance the November Meeting to bers to attend the luncheon meeting of OcTuesday, October 27th—Armed Forces tober 27.

Day—when our speaker will be the HonOver 140 attended and many took the orable Charles S. Thomas, Assistant Secre- occasion to express their appreciation of tary for Defense. Details of time and place the pleasure afforded them by this occasion will be given later. and their hopes that future activities would WILLIAM REYNOLDS AUSTIN give added impetus to the movement to (LT U S N ) '46 killed in a plane crash at A combined dinner meeting of the Los benefit our Navy. sea July 23, 1953.

Angeles Alumni and Navy League of RALPH RUSSELL BAURICHTER Southern California, wives and guests, was ( I S T L T U S A F ) '51 killed in crash of a held at Allen Center, Terminal Island NEWPORT B-29 near Savannah, Ga., July 10, 1953.

Naval Base at 6:30 P . M. on Wednesday, September 2nd, 1953, for the purpose of The forty-seventh meeting of the ChapW I L L I A M C H E R N E Y '07 died at his welcoming and honoring Ex-Secretary of ter was held on Tuesday, 18 August, 1953, home near Chicago in October 1952. the Navy—now Vice President of the Navy at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S HERBERT JUSTICE FRENCH League of the United States, Vice Presi- Naval Station, Newport, R. I. (LCDR USNR R E T ) '06 died at his home dent of General Tire and Rubber Company, Those present for the Chapter clambake in Pateros, Wash., May 13, 1950.

Akron, Ohio; President of Aerojet Genwith their families and friends were: B B J U L I A N DAVID GREER ( C A P T eral Corporation of Azusa, Calif, The McCormick, '92; L. F. Welch, '06; J. T. G U S N ) '27 killed in plane crash enroute to Honorable Dan A. Kimball.

Stapler, '06; L. W. McKeehan, '07; M. L Whidbey Island, Wash., near East Seattle, Cdr. Max I. Black, '21, President of the Hersey, '09; C. D. Peirce, '10; G. Morgan, January 28, 1953.

Los Angeles Chapter of the USNA Alumni '16; R. R. Hartung, '20; G. K. Hodgkiss, CHARLES ARNO H A R R I S (LCDR Association presided and as toastmaster '23; J. H. Wellings, '25; F. O. Leighton, USN R E T ) '08 died suddenly at his home '41. introduced Mr. Kimball who addressed in Carmel, Calif., on 29 August 1953. those present on the role of the Navy BENJAMIN HARRISON LINGO League in supporting the Navy, Naval (CDR U S N R E T ) '13 died in WashingReserve, Armed Services, Defense Depart- SAN FRANCISCO ton, D. C , May 24, 1953. ment, our Commander-in-Chief and his adThe regular monthly meeting of the San ministration in the gigantic task of improv- Francisco branch was held on 5 August E D W A R D S T E P H E N S MANBY, JR., ing in every way possible our national 1953, at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, '23 died in Sacramento, Calif., 23 May 1949. defense.

HOWARD ANDREW MATHER (LT Treasure Island. Joe Riordan, '44, presided!

U S N ) '46 died as a result of a plane crash Mr. Kimball indicated the fundamental Following the regular dinner a short necessity of success of this important en- business meeting was held during which in Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island Audeavor as the first step toward world peace Ned Marbourg, acting for the members, gust 19, 1953. and in the well chosen words outlined a presented to the 1952-53 officers of the San W I L L I A M RICHARDSON PHILpractical plan for members of the Navy Francisco branch plaques in recognition of L I P S (2NDLT USMC) '51 killed in acLeague to follow, in building an enthusias- their service to the organization. Receiving tion in Korean area October 30, 1952. tic, vigorous and large membership. Also, plaques were Gene Burton, '28, Joe RiorMr. Kimball suggested a workable means dan, '44, and Frank Behounek, '44. Ned W I L L I A M W A L K E R S M I T H '02 died of coordinating action of Navy League continued with the floor and reported on in Los Angeles, Calif, August 13, 1953.

L E L A N D R I C H A R D STEGEMERmembers to negate the harmful effects of his'tnp to the meeting of the National Asindividual congressmen, who though a mi- sociation. After reporting on the business T E N (LTJG U S N ) '49 killed in plane nority, have done much not only to block of the national meeting he gave a very crash enroute to Whidbey Island, Wash., near East Seattie, January 28, 1953. progress but also to injure morale in the interesting travelogue of his trip.

Navy.

GEORGE COOK S W E E T (CDR USN President Joe Riordan presented the R E T ) '98 died in Miami, Fla., August 6, As Vice President of the Navy League, guest speaker of the evening, S. Paul Mil- 1953.

Mr. Kimball said that he would continue ler of the State Department Foreign ServW I L B U R RICE V A N A U K E N to devote himself to the welfare of the ice. Mr. Miller's topic was "East Germany, ( C A P T U S N R E T ) '03 died suddenly at Navy and invited the membership to dedi- a Background to Its Problems." He de- his summer home at Fairfield, N. Y., Aucate themselves to the noble purpose of veloped the German personality historically gust 15, 1953.

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