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T H E I D E A L NAVY W E D D I N G Naval Academy Wedgwood chinaware imported from England is still available. Service plates and cups and saucers in Staffordshire blue only are obtainable at the prices quoted below. (Bread and butter plates tempo1.

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The service plates have a uniform border with twelve different center views as listed below.

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IN OLD ANNAPOLI

by Oretha Swartz In old Annapolis, there is a blending of Colonial history with the modern Blue and Gold of the U. S. Navy. Today, many retired officers live in some of the 31 houses built before 1800 that are considered among the finest survivals of Georgian architecture in any part of the country.

Several of these old houses may be visited during the second Open House Week sponsored by Historic Annapolis, Inc., an organization formed two years ago to keep a weather eye on the preservation of Colonial Annapolis—now 305 years old. The first "walking tour" was held the week of Marvland Day—25 March—and the second will be held 15-20 May. For the first time since its renovation, historic Ridout House on Duke of Gloucester Street was opened to visitors by the current owners, R. Adm. Frederick G. Richards, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Richards, who returned to Annapolis a year ago.

Mrs. Richards is a great, great, greatgranddaughter of John Ridout, secretary to Governor Horatio Sharpe, who arrived from England in 1753. The house was built by Ridout ten years later. According to Richard Pratt, author and architectural authority, "Ridout House is famous for its purity of proportions."

The house still contains many of the original furnishings, among them an unusually handsome hexagonal Queen Anne table, at which both Washington and Lafayette dined. In the drawing room, with its high ceiling and beautiful cornices, is the harpsichord made in London that was a wedding pres.ent from General Lafayette to Mary Ogle, who became the bride of John Ridout.

The house is surrounded by romance, for the story is that both Governor Sharpe and his secretary fell in love with the same girl, daughter of former Governor Samuel Ogle.

But Mary Ogle was uninfluenced by rank or title and chose the secretary. The Governor remained a bachelor, living in his mansion. White Hall at St. Margaret's, that he built for the girl he hoped to marry.

Upon return to England, Governor Sharpe deeded White Hall to John Ridout.

Three other houses, all constructed under one roof, were built in Duke of Gloucester Street by Ridout for his three children.

Today, Cdr. George B. Keester, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Keester live at Number 110; Mrs. Charles C. Slayton, widow of the late Capt. Slayton, USN, at Number 112, and Commodore Howard H. J. Benson, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Benson at Number 114. The Slayton and Benson houses are open during the tour.

Up the street a ways, toward Church Circle, is Number 179 Duke of Gloucester, the home of Lt. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, Jr., USA (Ret.), and Mrs. Campbell, who recently renovated the old brick house and walled-in garden. General Campbell is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of 1909.

The home of Mrs. William Taylor Smith, widow of the late Captain Smith, USN, is another of the lovely old Colonial homes, built in 1766. Acton House is the center of what is now called Acton Place, once the manor home on the outskirts of the city. It was built by Philip Hammond and was named for Richard Acton, who patented the land in 1651.

Historic Paca House on Prince George Street is more familiarly known as Carvel Hall. Built in 1765, it was the home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Governor of Maryland. Since 1899 it has been a hotel, enlarged by the addition of wings and altered greatly through the years.

An apartment in the old wing is occupied

by Mr. Albert H. MacCarthy, Class of 1897. That of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilton MacCarthy, will be open during the tour.

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A GEM OF GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE . . . the Hammond-Harwood House on Maryland Avenue, that was built in 1774 by Mathias Hammond for his fiance—who jilted him because she said "he thought more of the house than he did of her." Architect was William Buckland, whose portrait was painted by Charles Willson Peale.

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On narrow Cornhill Street, running between State Circle and Main Street, are a number of old houses, rising directly from the ancient brick sidewalks, that have been restored by Cdr. James M. Doyle, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Doyle. The Doyles are now at 60 Cornhill and at Number 53 in a house dating from 1720, are Capt. Ross F. Colhns, U S N (Ret.), and Airs. Collins.

R. Adm. Charles W^ Gray, U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Gray have bought the house at Number 56. On this ancient street, that was set aside in 1694 for "working people and trades people," according to the zoning law mstituted by Governor Francis Nicholson, the houses appear rather quaint and commonplace on the outside—but once inside the doors, they have a charm and elegance all their own.

Over on Charles Street is the Jonas Green House, where Mrs. Tohn Treadwell Bowers, widow of Cdr. Bowers, USN, lives m the home of her ancestors. She is a direct descendant of Jonas Green, Colonial printer, who was the publisher of the Maryland Gazette, one of the first newspapers to be printed in the New World.

The house was the first to be built of bricks in Annapolis. Unlike many of the old homes, it has a gambrel or Dutch type roof, with two enormous chimneys at each end. The house has been untouched by restoration since it is too staunchly built to need it.

history goes back to the days when Anthony Stewart, wealthy shipowner, watched the coming and going of his tall brigs from his doorway.

It is remembered that on 14 October 1774, nearly four years before the Boston Tea Party, the brig PEGGY STEWART, bearing 17 tea chests for which Mr. Stewart paid the duty, arrived in Annapolis. It had sailed from England in May, but the brig had sprung a leak on the voyage and was three months making port.

The town seethed with fury upon learning that the tax had been paid and clamored for vengeance. Accounts of what followed vary, but in the end, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, barrister for Mrs. Stewart, advised the shipowner to set out for his brig in a small boat with Major Charles Warfield—who had ordered Stewart to "burn or hang." .As history records, he fired his own ship.

Today, the old red brick structure is now the charming home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierre Bernard. Mr. Bernard, an Annapolis banker, is a member of the Class of 1923.

The course of naval history was set at Number 9 Maryland Avenue in 1845 when a committee met at the LoockermanTilton House to draw up plans for the establishment of the Naval School. At one time it was occupied by Capt. John Wilkinson, celebrated Confederate blockade runner during the Civil W^ar.

R. Adm. H. H. Jalbert, U S N R (Ret.), and Mrs. Jalbert make their home in the wing of the old brick house that was built in 1760.

The Loockerman family is steeped in Maryland tradition. In 1803 Frances Townley Chase, daughter of Judge Chase, married Richard Loockerman, a descendant of Govert Loockerman, the immigrant, reputed to be the richest merchant in New -Amsterdam when he died in 1683.

In 1811, Judge Chase purchased the Hammond House, which he presented to his son-in-law and daughter, in trust, upon his death. Here the Loockermans lived, and here, too, their daughter, Hester .Ann, and her husband, William Harwood, made their home after their marriage in 1834 and the last remaining members of their family lived there until their deaths in

Capt. P. V. H. Weems, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Weems are owners of the Bordley-Randall House, a wing of which is open during the tour. The house—a portion of which was built before 1716—was the birthplace of Stephen Bordley and John Beale Bordley, noted law^rers before the Revolution, and of Reverdy Johnson, Minister to England.

In a wing of the old Werntz House on Randall Street live R. Adm. Ross A. DierdorfT, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Dierdorff. Many years ago, the home was owned by James Iglehart, whose daughter, Anne, was the wife of Capt. James Waddell, famous Civil War commander of the SHENANDOAH, the Confederate commerce - raider in the Pacific.

Mrs. Dierdorff is a member of the Claude family that settled in Maryland before the Revolution.

Long before Naval Academy grads called Alumni House their "home away from home," the famous old house was once the residence of the Ogle family, two members of which were Governors of Maryland: Samuel Ogle before and his son, Benjamin, after the Revolution.

Ogle Hall, originally built in 1739 for Dr. William Stevenson, was often visited

by Washington, and by Lafayette on his second visit to America in 1826. It is claimed that the latter said that its ballroom was the most beautiful room he had seen in America. And the yew tree, in the garden on which the ballroom doors open, is a gift of that French general. It is said to be the largest of that species in the United States.

Mrs. John Halligan, widow of R. Adm. Halligan, USN, lives in the Jennings House at 195 Prince George Street, built about 1700. The old Forensic Club, now a double house, is occupied by Mrs. David E. Cummins, widow of Lt. Cdr. Cummins, USN, and by Mrs. Laurel Page Finley.

Of all the great Georgian houses in Annapolis, none has as far-famed history as the Peggy Stewart House on Hanover Street, that is almost directly situated behind the Naval Academy Chapel. Its

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CORNHILL STREET. . . . Governor Francis Nicholson instituted zoning laws in 1694 designatmg the block-long street for "working people and trades people."

Recently many Colonial houses on this street have been expertly restored The first house on the left is the residence of Cdr. J. M. Doyle, USN (Ret.). Two doors down is that of R. Adm. C. W. Gray, USN (Ret.).

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HISTORIC RIDOUT HOUSE . . . built in 1763 by John Ridout, secretary to Governor Horatio Sharpe, who arrived from England ten years earlier. It is one of the few Annapolis dwellings that has "never been out of the family." Now the residence of R. Adm. F. G. and Mrs. Richards.

Although most Annapolitans were in sympathy with the Southern cause in the early days of the war—Lincoln in 1861 received only three votes in Anne Arundel County and one in Annapolis—the viewpoint of the people gradually changed, but not that of William Harwood, who remained a thoroughly unreconstructed rebel all his days.

Upon leaving the Academy grounds, he stomped upon the American flag, so the story goes, and the guard at the gate "threw him out." During the war he taught school near Baltimore, and, rather than pledge the formal allegiance to the United States which was required of all railroad passengers at that time, he proudly walked the 27 miles back and forth from one city to the other twice a week.

During winter months, a wing of the Hammond-Harwood house is occupied by Capt. Hugh P. LeClair, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. LeClair, who own Holly Hill at Friendship, Md., where they spend much of their time.

Historic Holly Hill, built before 1704, has over the living room mantle an anciept map of the original 1,392 acre plot in one corner of which is an illustration of the house as it looked at that time. In the dining room is a primitive seascape painted on a panel depicting an English frigate rigged with a spritsail topmast. This type of rigging was abolished by the Admiralty in 1720.

Probably no other place has so many of the original Colonial structures still occupied and lived in than Annapolis, that was once called the "Athens of America."

The State House, oldest State capitol still in legislative use, built in 1772-1780 . . . the Old Senate Chamber where Washington resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army . . .

St. John's College, founded as King William's School in 1696 . . . Chase House, begun in 1769 by Samuel Chase, a Signer— where Francis Scott Key married Mary Tayloe Lloyd in 1802 . . . St. Anne's Church, and the silver communion service presented by King William III in 1695-96— all of this, and more, may be seen in old Annapolis.

1924, when the hyphenated name of the Hammond-Harwood House took place.

This famous house on Maryland Avenue is called the most perfect example of Georgian architecture in America—equalled only by some in England. Its doorway is the envy and despair of architects throughout the country and is the most copied.

White wooden columns flank the doorway, the entablature elaborately carved with garlands of roses over the fanlight. The architect was William Buckland, the builder of Gunston Hall in Virginia.

In 1769 Mathias Hammond (a signer of the Proclamation of the Freemen of Maryland of 26 July 1775) bought four acres of land between Prince George and King George Streets and in 1774 had erected the house.

But the building of the house, which brought him so much pleasure, turned into grief when his fiance, a pretty Philadelphia girl, jilted him because "he thought more of the house than he did of her." Hammond never married.

Contention and strife continued to stalk the beautiful house, for in 1861 William Harwood, a professor of English and Ethics at the Naval Academy from 1854'61, resigned when the Civil War was declared.

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HOLLY HILL . . . the permanent residence of Capt. Hugh P. LeClair, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. LeClair. This county home is one of the most graciously livable and authentic restorations in Anne Arundel.

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Arends Bill Dependent Medical Care Survivor Benefit Programs Tax Benefits Pay Hikes For Whom?

Review of Passovers

by Fred Lardner, '22 With only three or possibly four months remaining of the second session of the 83rd Congress, fast action will be required to enact some of the legislation necessary to improve military career service.

However, the drive to convince the Administration and Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the American people, if you want to include them in on thisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is beginning to be successful.

The status of various bills now in the Congressional hopper, or expected to be there soon, is outlined below.

A r e n d s Bill

Arends Bill, H. R. 7103, by Representative Arends (Rep., 111.), has been passed by the House. This bill provides for more realistic ceilings on the number of officers in the various grades. It would provide a "long-range basis for career planning, maintain the theory of selection, and permit a normal flow of promotion." It would "obviate any further efforts to restrict promotions through the use of limitations on appropriations acts." This bill would restore the 20-year retirement privilege. At present, voluntary retirement after 20 years of service is controlled by a provision in the Defense Department Appropriations Act for 1954, which limits such retirement to those who served in both World Wars, or who would suffer undue hardship by remaining in the service, or who can obtain special permission to retire.

This bill is certain to be enacted, and probably is more important to many officers, particularly younger officers, than some other major career improvement subjects.

Younger officers might take note of the fact that, while the 20-year retirement privilege may appeal to them, comparatively few officers elect to retire soon after 20 years of service. That is the conclusion of the House Armed Services Committee, which points out that in the four-year period preceding the Korean war only 268 Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers and only 23 Air Corps officers took advantage of it. These officers had 20 to 25 years of service.

Reasons for remaining in the service beyond 20 years include family responsibilities, desire to advance further in rank, and the need for the largest possible retirement income.

D e p e n d e n t M e d i c a l Care

By the time you read this, a bill to assure dependents of all military personnel, active and retired, adequate medical care, may be in the works. Briefly, the bill provides that such depenftents can obtain hospitalization and medical care from other than military or government facilities and doctors. Dependents would have to pay about 10 per-

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powerful and paramount, and concede that it should merely supplement other retirement and survivor benefit programs, public and private.

The survivor benefit program now in existence, authorized under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act, designed primarily for retired military officers, has an application to some active duty officers.

Latest action in this prograrn is pending Congressional approval of a bill to extend from April 30 to November 30, 1954, the deadline for decision of active duty officers on participation in the program. Officers w'ith 18 or more years of service have a full year from the date of enactment of the Survivor Benefit Programs bill to decide whether they want the proThe Arends bill and the medical care bill may be the only major service-improve- tection it offers.

The postponement of the date of decision ment bills enacted this year, and we're not became necessary when it was found that certain of the medical care bill.

However, other legislation will get a start the program is not yet generally understood this year, and included among this is a among active duty officers. Judging from program of survivor, benefits for active the comparatively small number of retired duty personnel. The . proposed bill, now officers who have elected to participate, less under consideration in the Defense Depart- than 10 percent, the plan isn't well underment, is based on a report of the Kaplan stood by them either.

Perhaps a majority of retired officers, Committee investigating government retirement programs and on other reports because they are gainfully employed or have substantial insurance or investments on the subject.

Apparently the primary and perhaps the or are otherwise secure financially, do not only protection under the terms of this bill want to participate in this program. But will be Social Security. All active duty for any retired officer whose wife may need personnel would be covered into Social more security, this program can not be Security, as of July 1, 1955, when existing beaten. You can't buy such protection elsespecial Social Security programs for the where, and no organization other than the government could ofTer it at the prices military expire. quoted.

However, there are a number of inadeT a x Benefits quacies in Social Security. For instance, Military personnel will profit by various no one receives a Social Security pension until he or she reaches age 65. If an offi- changes in pending tax bills, now law or cer died, leaving a widow but no children, certain to become law. his widow would have to wait until age Retired officers, for instance, are among 65 before getting her pension. It is only the 1,500,000 retired people, other than the widows with children under 18 who those now on ta.x-free Social Security and really profit from Social Security.

Railroad Retirement programs, who will But chances are good that some of these receive a 20 percent tax credit on income inequities will be eliminated. We believe up to $1,200. This covers retirement inthe age limit for inclusion in the pension come of interest, dividends and rents, as program will be reduced to 60. Currently well as pensions and annuities for people a widow is entitled to a lump sum pay- over 65. ment, but this payment is only three times Some 800,000 widows and widowers with the amount of the monthly benefit to the dependent children or other single close deman if he had retired. Thus, it can be pendent relatives will be allowed the tax only about $300. This isn't enough to bury benefit of splitting their income. At presa man, and the amount probably will be ent, when one parent dies, the tax rate on raised. the single head of the household is inThe question arises whether or not So- creased, an obviously unfair thing. cial Security, if applied to government Some 1,300,000 taxpayers will benefit by employees, would eventually affect their a change which allows a child to be conown retirement programs. About two years tinued as a dependent even if he earns ago, this correspondent investigated this more than $600 per year. possibility, and was then convinced that The reduction in excise taxes will be some such effect might result. However, reflected in lower prices at commissaries, Social Security is now in charge of per- post exchanges and other service stores. sons who do not think it should be all These reductions vary from 5 to 10 percent. cent of the cost, and the remainder of the bill would be paid by the Federal Government.

If the government could finance the cost of the program more reasonably through purchase of private health insurance, it will do so.

This looks like a mighty good program to us. If your dependents are not treated at a military installation, they have a choice of hospitals and doctors. They will get more care under this bill than other citizens do under any commercial or cooperative health insurance program.

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The income of armed service personnel who die while serving in a combat zone or from wounds, disease or injury incurred while so serving, is exempted from ta.x as follows: (1) any tax imposed by this subtitle shall not apply with respect to the taxable year in which falls the date of his death, or w'ith respect to any prior ta.xable year ending on or after the first day he so served in combat zone after June 24, 1950; and (b) any tax under this subtitle and under the corresponding provisions of prior revenue laws for taxable years preceding those specified in paragraph (1) which is unpaid at the date of his death (including interest, additions to the tax, and additional amounts) shall not be assessed, and, if assessed, the assessment shall be abated, and if collected shall be credited or refunded as an overpayment.

Armed service personnel are given special consideration in the application of tax resulting from sale of an old residence.

H.R." 8300, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, provides that a capital gain on sale of an old residence is based on the difference between the sales price and the cost of a new residence, provided the new residence was or is acquired or constructed within a year prior to December 31, 1953, or a year after that date. A member of the military forces is given four years after sale of an old residence to decide whether to acquire a new residence or have his entire gain from sale subject to tax. Residence as here used is the principal residence.

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HERE'S HOW YOUR PAY LAGS BEHIND This graph shows that the cost-of-living index increased 13.4 percent between October, 1949, and December, 1953; the pay of government classified employees increased 10 percent in 1951; and during this period the military received a small and inadequate pay increase, the 1952 increase of 5.7 percent for active duty personnel and 4 percent for retired personnel.

The pay of government civil service workers has been increased 12 times in the past 36 years—in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1951. During the period from 1917 to 1949, when government civilian workers enjoyed 11 pay hikes, military pay was virtually not increased except for substantial increases, approved in the early 1940s, for enlisted personnel and the lower commissioned ranks up to and including captain in the Army and lieutenant in the Navy.

It is inevitable that military pay will be increased. But—will the increase be equitable? Must the military always be tied to the coat tails of civilian workers, when pay is considered?

Whom?

Members of Congress are certain to get increases in pay, and substantial increases ment between June 30, 1942, and August 7, at that. No one should quarrel with that. 1947.

Sure, the job of Senator or Representative bill prescribes promotions, but not is being made easier, with more pay and to The a grade than that of Captain in the right to retire at a high rate of retired the Navy orhigher Colonel in the Marine Corps, income after six years of service. At the for officers whose lack of promotion may same time, it is being made more difficult have been due to administrative with increasing uncertainty of tenure and oversight, error, or injustice. Theredelay, are increases in the cost of campaigning. In an than 600 cases—609 to be exact—of ever-increasing number of States and Con- more failure to promote during the time when gressional districts, the balance of political the panel system was in operation. power, as it concerns Congressional elecFrom July 24, 1941, to August 7, 1947, tions, is becoming more even. Furthermore, people don't have the same respect for elder the selection-board procedures of the Navy members of Congress that they used to were replaced with a penal system for prohave. War veterans come along and knock motions up to the above-mentioned grades.

The bill would not result in approval of them off fairly easily. back pay or allowances.

Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson Questions a n d Answers and probably President Eisenhower are now in favor of a pay increase for military This new department, if it can be called personnel. But Congress will decide this that, will list questions directed to this issue, and at present Congress is paying correspondent and whatever answers we comparatively little attention to it. Con- are able to obtain or supply through regress is more concerned with a pay in- search. Queries are briefed. crease for civilian employees of governC^estion: Will you please comment on ment. More than 25 bills to increase the the present status of a bill to count cadetpay of civilian employees have been intro- midshipman service for pay and/or retireduced, and 130 members of Congress have ment purposes? indicated a desire to testify in favor of Answer: Lack of proper crediting of such an increase. cadet-midshipman service bothers many .A graph and an editorial by Capt. Franz West Point and Naval Academy men. In Willenbucher, U S N (Ret.), executive vice eliminating an alleged discrimination president of the Retired Officers' Associa- against non-Academy graduates, Congress tion, and published in the March-April issue enacted legislation denying to post-1916 of The Retired Officer, is presented above. graduates of the Military, Naval and Coast This editorial matter portrays better than Guard Academies any credit for pay puranything we have seen the status of mili- poses based on their Academy service. tary pay.

However, all other kinds of military service—32 different kinds, some only partR e v i e w of Passovers time, and including inactive Reserve serThe Senate has passed S. 1063, author- v-ice—have, since 1943^ been credited for izing the President to appoint a board of longevity pay purposes. Some of _ these commissioned Naval and Marine Corps service classifications are far less military officers within six months after enactment in character than Academy service. of the bill to review the records of Navy That is only part of the story. Military and Marine Corps active and retired commissioned officers who failed of advance- academy service is credited for almost anyM A Y,

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thing for which it could possibly be credited, except the career for which it should most logically be credited—that of military career officer. Academy service can be credited for longevity pay by ex-cadets and ex-midshipmen who enlist; for World War II Veterans Administration benefits; as active duty military service, for pay and retirement purposes, by Federal and State civil service workers. And that's not alL The Administration is now considering a bill authorizing the crediting of military academy service to career officers for longevity pay purposes. Such a bill has been close to final enactment before. Surely, next time it should succeed. Next time probably will be the 84th Congress.

Representative Russell V. Mack (Rep., Wash.) has introduced a bill, H.R. 8389, providing that certain service at the military service academies shall be considered active duty war-time service for the purposes of laws administered by the Veterans Administration. This refers to service at: Naval Academy and Military Academy, April 21, 1898, to July 5, 1902 (Spanish-American war service) ; Naval, Military and Coast Guard Academies, April 6, 1917, to November 12, 1918 (World War I war service) ; All academy service, December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946 (World War II war service).

Failure to credit academy service is only one of a number of inequities confronting academy-trained career officers. But it is an important one, and enactment of this bill or one like it would be of considerable value to morale.

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D a v e Hull, ' 2 5 , N o w VP Of Raytheon M f g . Co.

BY LEE SHORES

Exams are just a matter of a couple of weeks away, but even that specter fails to dim spirits raised high by the anticipation of June W'eek, graduation, and all the associated accessories. The hubbub over the first class drawing ships has subsided.

The men wuth low preference numbers have become reconciled to their tugboats out of Timbuktu.

Best-men-to-be search for copies of Emily Post to inform themselves of their duties. Second classmen eye the already delivered class ring in its strongbox depository and make plans for their last midshipman cruise. Youngsters delve into their cataloged address books to arrange dates for the parties that go along with their summer; and plebes . . . the plebes just chomp at the bit, anxious to throw off their chains.

And on the subject of the last class, one tale with a Horatio Alger ending has been circulating about the Hall. This plebe was an enthusiastic golfer and had spent his precious Saturday afternoon liberty touring the fairways. About the time he reached the final hole, he suddenly realized that he had the watch that evening and was supposed to muster all too soon. A quick comparison between watch time and time for the next boat back to the Severn southside showed him that he would have to hustle.

His position was such that the straight line he wanted to follow to the duty boat landing took him over a fence. The victim and three companions had scarcely set foot on the other side of that obstacle when they heard a siren. Seconds later the amazed quartet was looking down the barrels of the .45 caliber pistols of two businesslike Marine PFC's rigged in guard regalia.

The leathernecks wasted few words. The gist of what they had to say was that the mids were under arrest and they should quietly board the wagon for a ride to the North Severn brig. First on the agenda there was a caustic lecture by a hardboiled officer-in-charge. Then, when he had heard the duty-destined mid's tale of woe he softened a little, and, finally deciding that the watch must go on, loaded the whole bunch back on the wagon and sent them off to Bancroft Hall. The plebe made his muster none the worse for wear, but the wiser.

Business was dragging in the main office the other day, so the midshipman in charge decided to have a good joke on his classmate, the Midshipman Officer of the Watch.

He told everyone in the office to watch that august official's expression through the glass separating his office from theirs.

Then he proceeded to call on the Bancroft phones and inform his victim that he was on the Visiting Team Reception Desk and that one of the guest lacrosse players had locked himself in his locker and couldn't get out. By the time the MOOW had hung up, he was laughing out loud. He buckled on his sword and told everyone in the office the funny story, remarked something

about how stupid people were, got his messenger, and headed for the Visiting Team Dormitory. Thirty minutes later he returned with a puzzled look on his face. He had gone through every single locker in the dormitory and hadn't found a solitary imprisoned ham 'n egger.

MOOW's don't have anything to do anyway.

The mention of ham 'n eggers brings to mind a recent A-C motors lecture the skinny department cooked up for the second class. The topic was transformers, and, as we filed in, a prof said that those who were hungry should sit on the front row.

That didn't make much sense, until the lecturer whipped out a frying pan half w-ay through his spiel and illustrated his induction heating point by cooking an egg and two slices of bacon over a coil that was cool enough to hold your hand on.

The amazed first row spectators then shook around for a breakfast. The lecturer-chief even went so far as to furnish his diners with bread. First it was T V in the classroom, now breakfast. You never know what will happen next in Sampson Hall.

Spring football wound up this year with a novel twist. Next year's squad played a full scale game with a team from the graduating class that dubbed itself the old timers. The whole affair was much publicized in Washington and Baltimore, as well as throughout Bancroft Hall, and was sponsored by the members of the varsity "N" club.

The battle still rages between plebes and the upper class. One plebe challenged a first classman at his table to a blueberry pie race and, being a good sport, the latter accepted. They were given the signal to begin and the senior midshipman dove right in on all fours. The plebe sat back and watched. The firster had gobbled up the best part of his pie when he heard everyone at the table laughing. He straightened up to see eleven guys, including his opponent, getting a laugh at this expq|isc.

Round one went to the plebe. Determined to get even, the firstie came up with a new bet. tie wagered the plebe a week's desserts against carry-on until June Week that he could add the scores of his high school's football team for each game of the past season and have a larger total than the plebe could obtain by multiplying together the game totals tallied by his alma mater during the same season. The plebe hastily snatched up the bet that would earn him perpetual carry-on. He lost his week's desserts. His local favorite had failed to score in one of its games. The score was now standing at one to one. Now the first classman bet the wary plebe that that individual couldn't do half as many chin-ups as he could. The stakes were once more set at a week's desserts. The time for the big strength test arrived and the challenged naturally went first. He did one chin-up. Ah, sweet revenge.

Dave (David R.) Hull, '25, was born in Newton, N. J., in 1903, and was graduated from high school in Massachusetts in 1921.

He entered the Naval Academy that year, and served continuously in the Navy in rank of midshipman to captain, until his retirement on March 1, 1948. His duties were primarily in electronics, and he held the designation of Electronics Engineering Duty Officer.

He specialized in underwater sound and radar development, and initiated design and operational use of V H F radio-telephone equipment for fleet tactics. During World War II, Dave was assigned to BuShips as head of Electronics Design Branch. He was advanced to Deputy for Electronics and finally to Assistant Chief of Bureau for Electronics, the senior Navy position in electronics material. He was responsible for the design, procurement, installation, and maintenance of all Navy electronics equipment.

In 1943, Hull received the Navy Commendation ribbon from the then Secretary, Frank Knox. Later, he was given the Legion of Merit by former Secretary James Forrestal. Both awards w-ere made for outstanding pioneering efforts in the electronics field, resulting in the procurement and effective use of high quality radar, sonar, and other electronics equipment, which had an important influence on the outcome of the war.

Following his retirement from the Navy, Dave joined the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. In addition to his headquarters technical duties there, he held the offices of Vice President and Director of the Federal Telecommunications Laboratories, and Executive \'ice President and Director of the Capehart-Famsworth Corporation.

In May, 1950, Dave joined Rajrtheon Manufacturing Company as a vice president. He is general manager of that firm's Equipment Operations, with full responsibility for engineering, production, and sales.

In this capacity, he directs the efforts of more than 6500 employees who turn out a wide variety of unusual products.

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Navy personnel who served in combat with the Fleet Marine Forces either in World War II or the Korean conflict are eligible to wear the new Fleet Marine Force Combat Operations Insignia. The insignia, a miniature bronze replica of the U. S. Marine Corps emblem, will be worn on the appropriate campaign ribbon. Authorized engagement stars should be placed symmetrically around the insignia on the ribbon.

Ensign K i l l e d in Iceland P r o m o t e d Posthumously

NAVY'S NEW LOCKHEED XFV-1. . . .

Vertical takeoff fighter plane rests on its tail. The plane is designed to land and takeoff in this position. It is pow^ered by turbo-prop engines equipped with contrarotating propellers.

A Navy ensign, one of nine officers and enlisted men who died in the crash of a Navy patrol plane in Iceland last December, has been posthumously promoted to lieutenant, junior grade. The father of the late Ensign Sven Schiff, Karl Ludwig Schiff, a German immigrant, asked the Navy for his son's appointment so it can later be proudly shown to Schiff's son.

The boy was born about the time of the accident. The appointment is being mailed to Ensign Schiff's wife.

The late Ensign Schiff, an NROTC graduate of Pennsylvania State University, was due for promotion on December 6, 1953. The plane, of Patrol Squadron Three, was stationed at Keflavik, Iceland. It crashed December 17, before Schiff had received appointment to the higher grade.

Young Schiff was naturalized a citizen of the United States in November 1943. He was born in Berlin, Germany.

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AFTER THE ATTACK. . . . Crewmen aboard the USS Archerfish (SS-311) return a practice torpedo to the forward torpedo room after a training exercise in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The training problem was designed to test the ship's combat effectiveness.

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CONVAIR TEST PILOT . . . talks with Capt. C. W. Stirling, USN, '34, as they discuss the Navy's new vertical takeoff fighter plane.

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A selection board recently convened in the Bureau of Naval Personnel to consider about 650 applicants for the Navy's sixyear-old Reserve Officer Candidate program. Since the ROC program was established in 1949, approximately 4,600 have been enrolled.

Those considered were male enlisted Naval Reservists attending colleges throughout the nation. Upon selection, each man will receive two eight-week summer training periods between school years and upon graduation will be appointed ensign, USNR, and given immediate orders to active duty. Veterans have the option of active or inactive duty. Those selected by this year's board will be trained at Newport, R. I., this summer. Notification of results of this selection will be made formally to individuals by procurement commands.

SUBMERGED OPERATIONS. . . . Lt. Cdr. Maino Des Granges, '42, operates periscope as Lt. (jg) W. T. Chipman, '48-B, adjusts fire control instruments during a simulated attack by the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311). The sub took part in a training exercise in Guantanamo Bay, off Cuba.

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FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS . . . to the Naval Academy witness the noon meal formation. On the front row, 1. to r., are: Capt. Edwin S. Miller, USN, Executive Officer of Midshipmen; Representative John J. Riley of South Carolina; Dr. James R. Kilian, Jr., president of MIT, the newly-elected chairman of the board; Mr. Edward J. Lynett, editor and publisher of the Scranton (P*.) Times: V. Adm. C. Turner Joy, USN, Superintendent of the Academy; Mr. Walter E. Borden, president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston (Mass.), and R. Adm. Charles A. Buchanan, USN, Commandant of Midshipmen.

Superintendent's Recommendations

Board Of Visitors Inspect Academy The annual session of the Board of Visitors to .the Naval Academy held its meetings during the week of April 7. At the first meeting of the board. Dr. James R. Kilian, president of M.I.T., was elected chairman. The other members were: Senator Allen J. Ellencler, Sr., of La.; Senator Ralph E. Flanders of Vt.; Senator Henry C. Dworshak of Idaho; Senator Joseph A. Frear, Jr., of Del.; Rep. John J. Riley of S. C.; Rep. Dewey Short of Mo.; Rep. Harold A. Patten of Ariz.; Rep. DeWitt S. Hyde of Md.; Rep. Harold C. Ostertag of N. Y.; Mr. Walter E. Borden, U S N A '16, president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston; Dr. Harlan H. Hatcher, president of the University of Michigan; Mr. Edward J. Lynett, editor and publisher of the Scranton Times; Dr. Harry C. Byrd, president emeritus of the University of Maryland; and Adm. Ben Moreell, CEC, U S N (Ret.), president of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.

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Some of the recommendations made in the Superintendent of the Naval Academy's statement to the Board of Visitors included the following: Increase in midshipmen's pay.

Enlarging Bancroft Hall by the addition of two wings to accommodate 1,000 additional midshipmen.

Additional personnel in Training .\ids Section.

Increased gymnasium space, training pool and construction of field house.

Acquisition of modern airfield.

Academy Represented At Radio a n d TV Institute

GREEK MILITARY GROUP TOURS NAVAL ACADEMY. . . . Greek National Defense Minister Panyotis Kanellopoulos (extreme right) examines a photograph showing aircraft carrier crewmen battling fires caused by a bomb hit, part of the Naval Academy's damage control training display.

Senior Prof. Earl W. Thomson of the Department of Electrical Engineering represented the Naval Academy at the 24th Institute for Education by Radio and Television, held in Columbus, Ohio.

Professor Thomson, technical coordinator of the Academy's closed circuit educational television system, addressed a session of the Institute, speaking on "Television as Another Training Aid in the Classroom."

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856 first class midshipmen visited the Capitol, the Naval Observatory, the Naval Gun Factory, the Hydrographic Office and the National Geographic Society.

They lunched at the Army-Navy Country Club.

During their two-hour visit to the Hill, the midshipmen called on and left cards with their respective Senators and Representatives, and heard a number of Senators speak informally on matters affecting the -A.rmed Services.

Among those addressing the midshipmen were: Senators Leverett Saltonstall, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee ; Styles Bridges, president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and John S. Cooper of Kentucky, William F. Knowland of California, Richard B. Russell of Georgia, Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, James H. Duff of Pennsylvania, W. Stuart Symington of Missouri and Lester C. Hunt of Wyoming.

CHESS TROPHY PRESENTED TO ACADEMY. . . . V. Adm. C. Turner Joy, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, accepts a new chess trophy from R. Adm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.), who presented it on behalf of Mr. W. E. Ditmars, the donor. Mr. Ditmars, an alumnus of the Academy, is president of the Gray Manufacturing Company. The trophy, a reproduaion by Tiffany of an original by Joseph Conyers of Boston about 1700, is a permanent trophy to be presented to the winner of the annual Brigade chess tournament. The winner's name will be inscribed on the bowl. Presented at the same time to the Naval Academy Chess Club was chess set (on table), the pieces of which are all made from ball bearings or roller bearings or parts thereof. There are only four such sets in existence, one of which is owned by the King of Sweden.

Rothschild Yacht "Avanti" To Join N. A. Squadron Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson has accepted the offer of Mr. Walter Rothschild to present his auxiliary sailing yawl AVANTI to the Naval Academy. Arrangements for the actual physical presentation and acceptance of AVANTI, with her sails, rigging, spars, and gear, will be made

by Mr. Rothschild and Academy Superintendent V. Adm. Joy. A time has not been set for the ceremony, but it is expected to take place sometime this summer. The yacht is now at Glen Cove, Long Island, N. Y. Built at Bristol, R. I., in 1937, AVANTI is 55 ft. 8 in. long over all. She has a 40 ft. waterline, 12 ft. 4 in. beam and 7 ft.

8 in. draft, and carries 1,354 square feet of sail in her yawl rig, not counting the area of the light canvas spinnakers, genoa jibs, ballooners and staysails which she can set. AVANTI has been an outstanding craft among the fleet of modern fast cruising and ocean racing yachts.

1st Classmen Make Educational Tours Of Washington, D. C. The graduating class of the Naval Academy began descending on Washington, D. C , on April 2 in the first of a series of nine one-day educational tours. Nine groups, each consisting of about 95 midshipmen, visited the national capital. The M A Y ,

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Duke Ramsey, '12, Heads Aircraft Industries Asso.

Admiral DeWitt Clinton (Duke) Ramsey, U S N ( R e t ) , was born in 1888 at Whipple Barracks, Arizona, the son of Capt. Frank DeWitt Ramsey, USA, and Carlotta Ramsey, formerly of Easton, Pa. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1908 and was commissioned ensign in June, 1912. After 33 years of commissioned service, in December; 1945, he was appointed to the rank of admiral by the President of the United States. Since retiring from service in May, 1949, Duke Ramsey has served as president of the Aircraft Industries Association, an association of the aircraft manufacturers of this country.

Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, Duke served successively aboard the USS N E W JERSEY, the USS MONTANA, the USS NASHVILLE, the U S S PERKINS

and the USS TINGEY. Upon completion of duty aboard the USS TINGEY he reported for flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and became the 45th U. S. Naval Aviator. Since that time he has served continuously with aviation.

manded Training Squadron VN8D5 at the Naval Academy. He joined the USS WRIGHT as executive officer in 1932 and from 1934 to 1936 was in charge of the Aviation Section, Ships' Movements Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

He completed the senior course at the Naval War College in 1937 and reported as fleet aviation officer on the staff of Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, CinC, U. S. Fleet, and then served in a similar capacity on the staff of Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus, Commander, Battle Force. He then joined the USS SARATOGA as executive officer and after that tour reported to the Bureau of Aeronautics, as head of the Plans Division, and then became Assistant Chief of the Bureau in 1941, serving in that capacity until May, 1942, during the critical months before and just after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

During World War II, Admiral Ramsey, as Commanding Officer of the USS SARATOGA, participated in the first offensive against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands campaign. For his services in the Solomons he received the Navy Cross.

Following his detachment from command of the SARATOGA, he reported to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, was promoted to rear admiral and assigned to duty as a Task Force Commander with the SARATOGA as his flagship.

After additional service in the South Pacific, Duke was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. After that he reported as Chief of Staff to Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Commander, Fifth Fleet, Pacific. Following the capitulation of the Japanese he was ordered to duty as Deputy Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, with the rank of vice admiral. In 1946 he assumed duty as Vice Chief of Naval Operations, where he served until 1948 as admiral.

He became Commander in Chief, Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet, in January, 1948, and was appointed U. S. High Commissioner of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands by the President the following April. He served in this capacity until he was placed on the retired list.

Admiral Ramsey received the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service Medal for his services as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and was awarded a star to his Distinguished Service Medal for his service as Vice Chief of Naval Operations.

During World War I Duke Ramsey was Inspection Officer, U. S. Naval Air Stations in France. Immediately following the war he was a member of the Inter-Allied Armistice Commission and later served in London as assistant Naval Attache for Air. During the peace-time years between World War I and World War II Duke served as fleet aviation officer on the staffs of Admiral Henry B. Wilson and Admiral Hilary P. Jones. He received a refresher course at Pensacola in 1923 and remained for a time as superintendent of training and aide to the Commandant; then followed his command of Torpedo Squadron I, and subsequent duty in the USS LANGLEY as navigation officer. In July 1926 he married Juanita Gabriel Holmes of Louisville, Ky. Admiral Ramsey was fleet aviation officer on the staff of Admiral Henry A. Wiley, CinC, U. S. Fleet, and later com-

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N a v y Host To 10 East Coast Colleges in M c M i l l a n Regatta Spring yacht racing was launched by the Naval Academy in April with the running of the annual McMillan Cup Regatta. Ten East Coast colleges, including Navy, competed in the big boat classic.

The Naval Academy, which has been host school for the McMillan Cup races since 1950, sailed against crews from the following colleges: Princeton, Cornell, Syracuse, Harvard, Amherst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale, Brown and Georgetown. Each crew raced in 44foot Class " B " yawls owned by the Academy. Boat assignments were made by drawing lots.

The M.I.T. team won last year's regatta.

This year, the McMillan Cup was awarded Cornell. The order of standings was Cornell, M.I.T., Princeton and Harvard. Navy stood sixth.

process of rebuilding. He lost two men each from the defense and attack and all three midfield starters.

Goalie John Jones, the team captain and leading candidate for All-America honors, heads the list of returnees. Stan Swanson is back at defense and Moore has him teamed with John Raster and Bill Martin to give the midshipmen a formidable alignment there.

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In the midfield positions, the Navy mentor has last year's supporting trio of Si Ulcickas, Jo Brendel and Bill Hoover back intact. .4dd to this group McNally, Turner, John Horner and Jim Blanchard and Moore has the makings of another effective combine. Bill Farnsworth, who was working with the second midfield group, is sidelined indefinitely with a shoulder separation.

N a v y Crew To Be In Seven Regattas Navy's crew, riding the longest winning streak in collegiate rowing history with 20 straight, will participate in seven regattas during the 1954 season.

They opened on the Severn River, April 17, against Princeton, and will finish the '54 campaign in defense of their National Championship in the I.R.A. Regatta at Syracuse June 19.

Navy's oarsmen will make their first invasion of the West Coast this season when they travel to Newport Beach, Calif., May 29, for the Western Spring Regatta.

The Midshipmen also will be defending the Eastern sprint crown May IS in Washington.

Navy has not been defeated over the past two years. Included in their list of victories are the Olympic title at Helsinski, Finland, in 1952, two National Championships and two Eastern sprint crowns.

Showing O f M c N a l l y , Turner, Bolsters N a v y ' s Lacrosse Lineup The loss of Navy's midfield trio of Don Kniss, John Roepke and Jack Morrison posed the greatest problem to lacrosse coach Dinty Moore when drills got underway this season, but the performances of the veteran Steve McNally and secondclassman Ed Turner during recent workouts have cheered the Academy mentor somewhat. The Navy coach is in the 12

SYRACUSE RACES FOR FINISH LINE. . . . Whipped along by an 18-to-25-knot wind Syracuse's yawl nears the finish line in the first race of the McMillan Cup Regatta held at the Naval Academy.

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Navy's attack is being built around Bill Hunter, who teamed with Dick Wright and Bill Deale last season. Both Wright and Deale were graduated last June. They accounted for 34 goals between them in '53 when the Middies won eight of their 10 starts.

Other attack candidates who have been showing well are Bill Hargrave, and Percy Williams, a pair of returning lettermen; Bob Pirie, Dick !McShane and John Renard. Pirie and Renard were varsity reserves last year, while McShane is up from the plebe ten.

Potomac River Regatta To Be Held May 15 The Washington Rowing Association, of which Rear Admiral .\. H. Van Keuren is President, and \'ice Admiral George H. Fort and Arthur E. Tarantino, Secretary of the Washington Alumni Chapter, are members of the Executive Committee, is sponsoring the 9th Annual Sprint Championship Regatta of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges to be held on the Potomac River at Hains Point, Washington, D. C , on Saturday, May 15, 1954.

The following thirteen rowing colleges will participate in the event: Navy Wisconsin Permsylvania Cornell

Syracuse Columbia M.I.T. Rutgers Boston Univ.

Harvard Yale Princeton Dartmouth

Qualifying heats will start at 9 :30 a.m., and the finals will start at 4:15 p.m.

The Regatta will be the largest ever staged in America, with more competing

crews than have ever assembled before. It has been reported that the President of the United States may be included among the spectators.

Last year, the Navy crew ran away with all of the top honors. It won the Rowe cup, the Evening Star cup, and the Richard A. Glendon trophy. The trophies were awarded by the Secretary of Navy aboard the yacht SEQUOIA in the presence of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Secretary of Defense and other high government officials.

This year, either the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, Secretary of the Navy and/or the Secretary of the Interior is scheduled to award the winning trophies.

It is not possible to state at this time which one it will be. If the President is able to be in attendance at the race, it is quite probable that he vvill make the winning awards.

The success of this Regatta has been attributed to the cooperation of the alumni of the various rowing colleges and, in particular, to the Washington Chapter of the Navy .'Mumni Association and its members.

A considerable number of reserve grand stand seats are available to those who desire to attend at $1.75 apiece. Tickets are available and may be had by contacting .A.rthur Tarantino at the .A.rmy-Navy Club, Washington, D. C. The attention of all members of the Association is invited to the fact that it was through the initiation of the Washington Rowing Association and the Washington Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni .Association that the Federal Tax on all inter-collegiate athletic events, held during the normal season thereof, was removed.

VICE ADMIRAL JOY CONGRATULATES "PETE" BLAIR. . . . Midn. Peter S. Blair, 2/c, Navy's 191-pound National Collegiate wrestling champion, and Eastern Intercollegiate heavyweight champion, was undefeated in 1954. Of 16 consecutive victories, 12 were won by falls. Pete won his title at the national tournament held at Norman, Okla., 26-27 March. Midshipman Blair is the son of R. Adm. Leon Nekon "Chief" Blair, USN (Ret.), Class of 1923, and Mrs. Blair of Chicago, 111.

Admiral Blair is in the Office of General Engineering, Drawing Department, Undergraduate Division at the University of Illinois, Naval Pier.

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Richmond K. Kelly, ' 2 1 , "Admiral" of Tide Water Tanker Fleet Born near the turn of the century in Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y., Richmond K. Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;vice-president in charge of Tide Water Associated Oil Company's eastern marine operations and a member of the company's Eastern Division Operating Committee, entered the Naval Academy in 1917, interrupting a course in Liberal Arts at City College of New York, where he was later granted a B.A. degree.

With the "Class of 1921," he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1920 with a Bachelor of Science degree and an ensign's commission. Rich went to sea aboard the USS NEVADA in the U. S. Atlantic Fleet for the next 15 months and was then ordered to the Academy for a one-year course at the Postgraduate School to prepare him for further study at M. I. T., and duty in the Construction Corps.

He entered M. I. T. in 1922 and for two years concentrated on the study of naval architecture and marine engineering, and gained his Master's degree in that subject in 1924. The Navy promptly assigned him to the Brooklyn Navy Yard where he, among other duties, assisted Adm. Edward Ellsberg in the raising of the sunken USS S-51, for which he received a SecNav letter of commendation.

In 1927, Rich was assigned to the Naval Academy as instructor in naval architecture and marine engineering, a post he held for two years before resigning his commission to enter the employ of Tide Water Associated Oil Company. Starting as marine superintendent in 1929, he was elevated to marine manager the following year; to assistant vice-president and member of the Eastern Division Operating Committee, in 1944, and to vice-president in 1949.

Toward the latter part of World War II, he took a leave of absence from the company to serve in Washington, D. C , as Assistant Director of Supply and Transportation with the Petroleum Administration for War. In that capacity he worked on the operation of privately-owned oil tankers engaged in the war effort.

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LATION to patriotic organizations in Baltimore for restoration as a public memorial.

The subcommittee acted after R. Adm. Bernard E. Manseau, deputy and assistant Chief of the Bureau of Ships, said the Navy would not object to maintenance of the old frigate under supervision of the National Park Service at Fort McHenry.

The Navy will make minimum repairs to the ship so that she can be safely moved to Baltimore from Boston. The bill also provides for the complete restoration of the CONSTITUTION and donation of the USS

â&#x20AC;˘ Japanese attack was the only way to win Everybody's talking about "The Final solid public support for the war that he Secret of Pearl Harbor," that appeared believed the U. S. should fight.

Corroborative forewords are by Fleet in the 2 April issue of L'^. 5". Neivs & World Report, and has just gone on the .Admiral William F. Halsey, who at the market in book form, published by the time of Pearl Harbor was one of the three senior commanders of the Pacific Devin-Adair Company of New York. .Author is R. Adm. Robert A. Theobald, Fleet, serving under R. Adm. Husband E. U S N (Ret.), Class of 1907, of Marblehead, Kimmel, and by Admiral Kimmel who, Mass., who was in command of destroyers with Gen. Walter C. Short, was one of at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. the top U. S. commanders in Hawaii at the time of the attack.

Admiral Theobald puts the responsibility In the foreword, Admiral Halsey said: for Pearl Harbor on one man: President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The President, he . . . "I have always considered Admiral says, deliberately invited the Japanese at- Kimmel and General Short to be splendid tack, knew it was coming, and deliberately officers who were thrown to the wolves withheld this knowledge from U. S. com- as scapegoats for something over which they had no control . . . they are our outmanders in Hawaii.

This, the author says, is why Pearl standing military martyrs." .Admiral Kimmel is quoted, in part: "No Harbor was caught by surprise on Dec. 7, 1941, why 4,575 Americans were killed or hint of vital intercepts received, decoded, wounded, 18 ships sunk or damaged, 177 and delivered to responsible officials in Washington on December 6 and December airplanes lost.

President Roosevelt's purpose? To bring 7, 1941, was sent to the Navy and Army U. S. into the war against Nazi Ger- Commanders in the Hawaiian area. . . ."

The House Armed Services Subcommitmany, according to the Admiral. He says that the President was convinced that a tee approved a bill donating the CONSTEL-

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HARTFORD to the city of Mobile, Ala., on much the same basis as the CONSTELLATION. .At Norfolk, Va., the big news is that approximately $50 million has been earmarked for naval construction projects in the Tidewater area during the remainder of 1954 and early '55, with most of the money to be spent on the south side of Hampton Roads.

Capt. A. J. Fay, Fifth Naval District public works officer, spoke at a meeting at the Armed Forces Staff College when he reviewed the district's $283-million construction program, which included some $200 million spent in the Norfolk-Portsmouth area in less than four years. He discussed the plan for berthing FORRESTALtype aircraft carriers at the Naval Base in the development of the Hampton Roads area.

The Navy has approved construction of a $2,400,000 warehouse and a $200,000 transit facility at the Naval Supply Depot in Rhode Island. Recently a $4,000,000 destroyer berthing pier was approved at Coddington Cove. Although funds for the projects were available, they had been frozen pending a review of the national military construction program.

N A V Y WIVES W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. Armed

Forces Hostess Association

Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower was guest of honor at the fifth birthday luncheon and musicale given by the Armed Forces Hostess .Association in the Army-Navy Country Club.

Mrs. Harold Fravel, president, presented the guest of honor with an orchid corsage from Hawaii, a gift from Mrs. George L. Russell, wife of R. Adm. Russell, a past president of the group.

Assisting in welcoming the First Lady were Mrs. Edwin K. Wright, wife of the Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, and honorary president of the Association, and Mrs. W. L. Hunter. .Among the many guests were Mrs. Arthur W. Radford, Mrs. Nathan F. Twining, Mrs. Robert B. Carney, Mrs. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., and Mrs. J. Lawton Collins.

Mrs. Leo C. Lewis was overall chairman.

Mrs. C. B. Brooks, Jr., program chairman, was assisted by Mrs. M. D. Willis, Mrs. Gerald Wenner and Mrs. Hunter.

Staff Sergeant Thomas Redcay, USMC, former piano soloist with the Rochester, N. Y., Philharmonic Orchestra, was on the program, also Richard Baun, harmonica player, formerly with Fred Waring; Pvt. WAVE OFFICERS OF 5 N D . . . headed by Lt. Cdr. Noma R. Brice, USN, were Lloyd Lindroth, Army swing harpist, and hostesses at the Officers' Wives Luncheon Club. A truly nautical atmosphere the Air Force Strolling Strings, 12 violins an accordionist. Pvt. Donald Tucker, was evident throughout the afternoon from the first moment of being "piped and USA, was Master of Ceremonies. aboard " by the gold and blue corsages presented to each member, by the decorations, and the show in which all the WAVES participated. L. to r., seated: Mrs. F. H. Ball, A d m i r a l ' s House chairman- Mrs. T. B. Brittain, Mrs. I. N. Kiland; standing, Mrs. R. A. Allen, program Mrs. Robert B. Carney was hostess at a chairman'; Mrs. R. G. Brown, treasurer; Lt. Cdr. Noma R. Brice, USN; Mrs. J. L. tea for the 27 Navy hostesses who assisted Woodbury, publicity chairman; and Mrs. J. D. Ducat, secretary.

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in showing the Admiral's House during the 13th annual House and Embassy Tour on Saturday, 10 April.

The house was one of 10 opened during the tour, held for benefit of the Washington Home for Incurables.

Mrs. Eisenhower was in the receiving line for part of the afternoon.

Assisting Mrs. Carney at the tea were Mrs. W. F. Boone, Mrs. Samuel W. DuBois, Mrs. Ralph Alexander and Mrs. Victor C. Barringer.

Officers' Wives Club, N. Y.

In honor of Mrs. Thomas H. Binford, honorary president of the Officers' Wives Club of Fort Slocum, N. Y., members of the club entertained at a "pink and white" tea in the Officers' Club.

Mrs. Binford, wife of R. Adm. Binford, Commandant of the Armed Forces Information School at Fort Slocum, was presented with an inscribed silver tray as a farewell gift from the members in appreciation of her guidance throughout the formative years of the club.

In the receiving line with the guest of honor were Mrs. Roue L. Hogan, president of the club, and Mrs. Myron K. Barrett, chairman of the tea committee.

Pouring were Mrs. Thomas W. Munford, Mrs. James B. Kraft, Mrs. Luther W. Evans, Mrs. Henry B. Earthman, Mrs. Joseph W. Keating, Mrs. Arthur H. Ashton, Mrs. Verle D. Miller and Miss Stella Copley.

Officers' Wives C/ub, Algiers,

La.

In honor of Mrs. T. G. W. Settle, wife of Vice Admiral Settle, Commandant of the Sth Naval District, members of the Naval Officers' Wives Club entertained at a farewell tea in the Officers' Club preceding the departure of the Settles.

Admiral Settle's new duty is Commander, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, with headquarters at Coronado, Calif.

In the receiving line with Mrs. Settle were Mrs. F. H. Gardner, wife of the Commanding Officer of the Naval Station, and Mrs. O. P. Maddox, president of the club.

Mrs. H. R. Smith, accompanied by Mrs. D. W. F. Stagner, was soloist.

Pouring were Mrs. H. R. Duffie, Mrs. Frank Leamy, Mrs. J. R. Hamley, and Mrs. Jack Roudebush.

Officers' Wives Cfub, Pensacola,

fla.

The Whiting Field Officers' Wives Club held a style show at the Officers' Club, with spring and summer styles for men and women shown. Dancing and a midnight brunch followed the show.

Models were Mrs. John Beatty, Mrs. William Childs, Mrs. Phillip Davis, Mrs. S. E. Davis, Mrs. Charles Deschenes, Mrs. Don Fisher, Mrs. Joseph Gardner, Mrs. Ed Gerard, Mrs. H. J. Hoy, Mrs. A. F. Landry, Mrs. R. A. Moone, Mrs. Harold Wells, Mrs. William Wiese.

And Cdr. John Davis, Cdr. Harold Wells, Cdr. C. C. Worley, Lt. Cdr. John McGuire, Lt. James Koloc, Lt. (jg) Al Gay, Lt. (jg) James Heshian.

Mrs. Curtis Worley was in charge of the show, with Mrs. G. B. Turner commentator. Mrs. Gardner headed the dance committee. A trio. The Sophisticates, composed of Mrs. Worley, Mrs. J. P. Morelock and Mrs. James Von Bockne Burgh, sang three numbers.

Among those attending were Capt. Paul Masterton, commanding officer of the field, MAY,

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Photo by

Warren

A TEA IN ANNAPOLIS . . . held in the Colonial home of Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Levin H. Campbell, Jr., preceding the Open House Week sponsored by Historic Annapolis, Inc. Left to right are Mrs. Ross F. Collins, Mrs. Marion E. Warren, Mrs. J. Pierre Bernard, pouring; Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. David E. Cummins and Mrs. James Madison Doyle. The Campbells' home will be open during a second tour on 17 May. and Mrs. Masterton, and Cdr. Olsen, executive officer, and Mrs. Olsen.

Naval

Academy

Wives, Norfolk,

Va.

The wives of officers of the Naval Academy Class of 1927 met for luncheon in the Commissioned Officers' Club, Naval Base.

Reservations were made with Mrs. U. S. G. Sharp and Mrs. Ray Mitchell.

Luncfieon Hostess, Annapolis

Mrs. John Treadwell Bowers, widow of Cdr. Bowers, USN, was hostess at a luncheon in her home, the Jonas Green House, during the "open house" sponsored by Historic Annapolis, Inc. Guests were the hostesses who assisted during the occasion: Mrs. Nicholas H. Green, Mrs. Walter B. Tardy, Mrs. Hamilton Gale, Mrs. E. M. Jackson and Miss Maude Roberts. They all wore colonial gowns.

Also entertaining during the "open house" at luncheon was Mrs. John Halligan, widow of Admiral Halligan, USN, whose guests included Mrs. Gale, Mrs. Jackson, and Mrs. Morrow Decker, widow of the late Cdr. Decker.

Fleet Officers' Wives, Newport,

R. i.

The Fleet Officers' Wives dance held on 3 April in the Officers' Club had Mrs. Joseph H. Wellings, Mrs. Thomas H. Robbins, and Mrs. Donald C. Varian on the committee of arrangements.

Also Mrs. Seth S. Searcy, Mrs. C. D. Lanning, Mrs. Raymond Zanzot and Mrs. R. A. Theobald, Jr. War College

Wives

Over $400 was added to the Newport Red Cross fund from proceeds of the benefit luncheon and fashion show conducted by the War College Wives at the Officers' Club. Almost 400 attended.

Mrs. John Corbus furnished background music during the luncheon and show.

Sponsor Children's

Show

Fleet Officers' Wives, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Raymond Zanzot, sponsored a children's fashion show at the Viking Hotel in Newport, for benefit of the Anchorage Day Care Center and Navy Relief.

Children modeling included Karin Hemmingson, Billy Savidge, Donna Moore, Martie Brown, Gretchen Ries, Terry Foust, Barbara Powell, Mimi Abercrombie, Mary Ann Brothers, Jimmy Densford, George and Elizabeth Shamer, Bradley Paddock, Carol Ann Gaines, Jan Nisewaner, Maryann Francis, Linda Davis and Carla Fitzgerald.

Mrs. J. W. Foust and Mrs. John Powell were in charge of the fashion show, and Mrs. Carl Fitzgerald, Mrs. Lyle Armel and Mrs! Pride Brown, prizes ; Mrs. George Hawes and Mrs. L. C. Heinz, posters; Mrs. Tracy Wilder and Mrs. Hamilton Ries, puMicity; Mrs. H. A. Miller, Mrs. J. F .

Morse and Mrs. James Lyle, tables.

100-Hour Service Pins, San Diego

Twenty-six volunteer workers of the Navy Relief Society, San Diego Auxiliary, received 100-hour service pins at the bimonthly meeting held at the Naval Training Center.

Receiving pins were Mmes. Alex McDaniel, G. F. Pitts, W. R. Williams, A. C. Israel, J. W. Sands, R. S. Stoner, George W. Willcox, Frank R. Ferguson, Francis Hardacre, Russell White, J. W. Weaver, J. R. Stussy, W. A. Stevens, Fred Lawrence, W. L. Holland, William Holly, M. A. Hargrave, Wendell Naish, Michael Stepleton, J. C. Farquahar, Robert Arntz, Paul Grosnickle, L. J. Thompson, K. P. Coykendale, John B. Simpson and John Wilson.

For the fifth consecutive year. Miss Myrle James of Navy Relief Headquarters, Washington, D. C, conducted a training course held 5-30 April. The classes were in two sections, from 10 to 11 :30 a.m. and 1 :30 to 3 p.m. week days.

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The course acquainted workers with the policies, regulations, functions, and administrative procedures of the society.

San Diego is the largest auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society out of the 47 in the United States. There were eight paid workers on the staff and 350 volunteers.

Bon Voyage Luncheon Mrs. Scott E. Peck, wife of Rear Admiral Peck, U S N (Ret.), and her sister, Mrs. Talfourd J. Woolsey, were hostesses at a bon voyage luncheon honoring another sister, Mrs. E. P. Baker, who is spending several weeks abroad.

The luncheon was held in the Admiral Kidd Commissioned Officers' Club.

Wives

Luncheon

Wives of officers attached to the USS RENVILLE met for luncheon in the Admiral Kidd Officers' Club; it was the first gathering of the group.

Mrs. H. N. Larson, wife of Captain Larson, skipper of the ship, and Mrs. N. E. Fryer were hostesses.

Recently, wardroom officers of the R E N VILLE and their ladies attended a dinner dance in the Commissioned Officers' Mess, North Island.

NAVY

JUNIORS

Birth of Son

March 14 was the birthday of Emery Ellsworth Larson, 3d, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Emery E. Larson, Jr., of Frederick, Md. The infant weighed in at nine pounds, three-quarter ounces, and is the grandson of the late Col. E. E. "Swede" Larson, USMC, Class of 1922, who formerly was head football coach at the Naval Academy.

The baby's father was a member of the varsity football and lacrosse teams at Yale University.

Visits in the East

Miss Connie Rodee, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Walter F. Rodee of North Island,

California, spent three weeks on the East Coast last month, first visiting in Washington, D. C , with Lt. and Mrs. Clarke Myers.

She also visited her brother-in-law and sister, Lt. and Mrs. Robert P. Metzger, and their small son, John Stephen, in Waltham, Mass.

Birthday

Party

Mrs. Walter F. Rodee and Mrs. O. L. Beck were co-hostesses in the quarters of the former at North Island for little Betsy Knight, daughter of the Naval Air Station's executive officer, Cdr. Page Knight, and Mrs. Knight, who celebrated her seventh birthday.

Some 30 young friends were invited to a garden party, followed by movies. Assisting during the afternoon were Mrs. George A. Hatton, Mrs. J. W. Weaver and Mrs. E. G. F. Pollard.

Spring Vacation Dick Gregor, son of Capt and Mrs. George D. Gregor of Newport, R. I., entertained several friends in his family's home at Bay View Ave. while he was home on spring vacation from St. George's School.

Shipwreck

Party

Miss Pat Hollister, Miss Jane Searcy and Miss Chrisie Winters entertained their friends at a shipwreck party in the Officers' Club Bamboo Room in Newport.

Christening Gordon Spayde Prince, son of Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Gordon Agassiz Prince, was christened recently by the Rev. Frederick J. Haskin at St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Pacific Beach, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Conway Felton, Jr., of Prides Crossing, Mass., and Lt. (jg) Keith C. Spayde, Jr., USN, now stationed at Albuquerque, N. M., were godparents.

Mrs. Prince is the former Miss Joan Claire Spayde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Spayde of Owings Mills, Md. Lt. Prince is stationed aboard the submarine USS BREAM at San Diego.

Honor

Society

Miss Eleanor Daphne Addison, daughter of Capt. Edward Spencer Addison, USN, and Mrs. Addison of Norfolk, Va., has been initiated into the Valkyries honor society at the University of North Carolina.

She was one of five students so honored.

A senior, she is also president of Carr Dormitory.

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Norfolk

Zeta chapter of Tau Omicron Phi, Norfolk, was recently organized and has received its charter from the Washington chapter. Members of the organization committee, all of whom have been active members of other chapters, are Miss Suzanne Berry, Mrs. R. D. Cail, Miss Joan Freiburghouse, Mrs. T. W. Hillis, Mrs. William P. Lawrence, Mrs. Robert J. Morgan, Mrs. Lawrence J. Pad, Mrs. Joseph C. McGoughran, and Mrs. W. Calhoun Singletary.

MISS VIRGINIA GAIL DROPP, daughter of Capt. Anthony H. Dropp, USN, and Mrs. Dropp of Key West, Fla., is the bride-elect of 2nd Lt. Frank A. Camstra, USAF, Class of 1953.

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The chapter is sponsored by Mrs. John J. Ballentine, wife of Vice Admiral Ballentine, Commander Air Force, United States Atlantic Fleet, and Mrs. James H. Flatley, wife of Captain Flatley, Commanding Officer of the Norfolk Naval Air Station.

Wray Selden

MISS MEREDITH WHITTIER MOON, daughter of Mrs. Don Pardee Moon of Annapolis, Md., and the late Rear Admiral Moon, USN, is a junior at the Richmond Professional Institute of William and Mary College in Virginia. In her freshman year she was selected class sweetheart by John Powers. She was also selected sophomore class sweetheart by Walt Kelly and again this spring was chosen junior class sweetheart by Dave Garro^vay.

Officers of Zeta chapter are Mrs. W. Calhoun Singletary, president; Mrs. R. D. Cail, treasurer; Mrs. F. X. Beamer, secretary; Mrs. William P. Lawrence, pledge mistress, and Mrs. Joseph C. McGoughran, publicity chairman.

First pledges of the new chapter are the Misses Coralee Copeman, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. T. H. Copeman; May and Amelia Cresswell, daughters of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. L. B. Cresswell, U S M C ; Carol Cunningham, daughter of Lt. Cdr. and Mrs. E. F. Cunningham, Jr.; Sally Dusinberre, daughter of Cdr. and Mrs. H. W. Dusinberre; Sue Esslinger, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. G. Esslinger; Susan Gross, daughter of Col. and Mrs. G. W. Wertz, U S A ; Patricia Gregory, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. V. Gregory; Diane Hamel, daughter of Col. and Mrs. -L. S. Hamel, U S M C ; Nancy Melson, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. C. L. Melson; Margaret Overton, daughter of Cdr. and Mrs. W. A. Overton; Sonya Peterson, daughter of Lt. and Mrs. F. F. Peterson; Jo Anne Sima, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. F. F. Sima, and Kristin Westholm, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. E. Westholm.

An honorary pledge is Miss Magteld Mahieu, daughter of Capt. B. C. Mahieu, of the Royal Netherlands Navy, and Mrs. Mahieu.

The first charity project of the sorority was a cake sale at the Breezy Point Officers' Club preceding the dinner hour on Friday, 9 April. The pledges, who officiated at the cake table, were accompanied and sponsored by Capt. and Mrs. Flatley. Proceeds of the sale go to the Child Care Center at the Norfolk Naval Air Station.

S H I P M A T E

Brig. Gen, John W. Beckett, USMC (Ret.), and Mrs. Beckett of San Diego, Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sally Beckett, to Ensign Thomas J. Pike, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. .A. M. Pike of Aurora, 111.

Miss Beckett attended the University of Oregon, where she was a member of .Alpha Phi sorority, and was graduated from the University of Southern California.

She is a provisional member of the Junior League of San Diego.

Ensign Pike was graduated from the Naval -Academy, Class of 1952, and is serving in the USS

WASHBURN.

A summer wedding is planned.

In the receiving line at the "pink and white" tea given in honor of Mrs. Thomas H. Binford, wife of R. Adm. Thomas H. Binford, USN, in the Officers' Club at Fort Slocum, N. Y., are (left to right) Mrs. Roue L. Hogan, president of the Officers' Wives Club of Fort Slocum; Mrs. Thomas H. Binford, Mrs. Myron K. Barrett, chairman of the tea committee.

Mrs. Ballentine entertained the members of the sorority and the pledge class at a tea on 13 April. The tea was held at Admiral and Mrs. Ballentine's quarters at the Norfolk Naval Base.

BETROTHED

Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cranston of Washington. D. C , announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Barbara Berg Cranston, to Mr. William Griffin Granat. son of R. Adm. William Granat, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Granat, of Washington, D. C. The bride-elect attended the Annie Wright Seminary in Tacoma, Wash., and was graduated from Holton Arms School and Michigan State College, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She made her debut at a tea dance at Fort Lesley J. McNair during the Christmas season of 1950.

Mr. Granat is a member of the Naval Academy Class of 1947. He is now studying for his Master's degree at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.

A late summer wedding is planned.

Capt. Allen Hobbs, U S N ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Hobbs of Washington, D. C , have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helen Hobbs, to Cadet Charles Everett Wilson, son of Major Gen. Roscoe Charles Wilson, US.AF, and Mrs. Wilson of Montgomery, Ala. Miss Hobbs is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School and Penn Hall Junior College. She will graduate in June from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Cadet Wilson was graduated from Sidwell Friends School and attended Sullivan Preparatory School before entering the Military .Academy at West Point, where he will graduate in June. His father is Commandant of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery The wedding will take place in Washington on 10 June.

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tary Academy and Brown University before graduating from the Naval Academy, Class of 1951.

-A summer wedding is planned.

Mrs. Irene M. Pearson of Denver, Col., and Mr. William S. Pearson of Baltimore, Md., announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Marilyn Irene Pearson, to Midshipman Robert Flanders Clarke, First Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison W. Clarke of Hampton, Va. Miss Pearson attended Monticello College in Alton, 111.

The wedding will take place in June.

Capt. William Francis Raborn, Jr., USN, and Mrs. Raborn of Washington, D. C, and San Diego, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Priscilla Raborn, to Mr. Edward Earl Richardson, son of Mrs. C. C. Richardson of Perrville, Tex. Both Miss Raborn and her fiance are seniors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Tex., where she is a member of -Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

The wedding will take place 17 May in Perkins Chapel of the University.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sterling Bird of Belmont, Mass., have announced the engagement of Mrs. Bird's daughter, Miss -Adelaide Margaret Eicks, to Mr. Walker Brockton Comegys, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Comegys of Wichita Falls, Tex. Miss Eicks is the daughter of Lt. Cdr. Casper Henry Eicks, USN (Ret.), of Punta Gorda, Fla. She is a graduate of Concord Academy, and of Westhampton College of the University of Richmond.

In June she completed the Management Training Program of Radcliffe College and has been with the Harvard University News Office since then.

Capt. Burrell Clinton Allen, Jr., USN, and Mrs. .Allen of Quantico, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Germain Allen, to Capt. Francis Cromwell Gushing, Jr., USMC, son of the late Maj. Francis C. Gushing, USMC (Ret.), and Mrs. Gushing of San Diego.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of R. Adm. Burrell C. Allen, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Allen of La Jolla, Calif.

Capt. Gushing attended San Diego State College and was graduated from the University of California at Los .Angeles.

The wedding will take place 15 May in Quantico.

Mr. Comegys is a graduate of the University of Texas and will graduate in June from the Law School of Harvard.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Beverly Davison of Millbrook, N. Y., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helen Bayne Davison, to Ensign Donald Kay Harrison, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Garrett Harrison of Redding, Calif.

Miss Davison was graduated from Drew Seminary and attended Bennett Junior College. She was graduated from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing and is a staff

Mr. and Mrs. Barron Foster Black of Norfolk, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jane Barron Black, to Ensign David Clark, IV, USNR, son of R. -Adm. David Henderson Clark, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Clark of Virginia Beach, Va. Miss Black was graduated from Holton -Arms School in Washington, D. C , and is now attending Sweet Briar College. She was presented at the Norfolk German Club ball in 1952.

Ensign Clark attended Washington and Lee University, and was graduated from the University of Virginia, and from the Officers' Candidate School in Newport, R. I. He is now stationed in Washington.

The wedding will take place 18 June.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of Newport, R. I., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Carol Ann Smith, to Lt. (jg) William Walter Boyes, Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyes of Newport.

Miss Smith is a graduate of the Mary Washington College School of Design, and studied at the Beaux Arts in Paris. She is an art supervisor in Alexandria, Va. Lieutenant Boyes attended Norwich' Mili-

Howard

and Ted

Miller

MISS LUCY MARGARET SCOTT of Glendale, CaliL, will become the bride of Mr. Jack Crenshaw Joyce, son of R. Adm. Allen R. Joyce, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Joyce of Hermosa Beach, CaliL The wedding will take place 18 June in St. Mark's Church in Glendale.

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Saturday, 20 March, Miss Sylvia Ann Batts, daughter of Mrs. Pansy Batts of Norfolk, Va., and Mr. John Edward Shomier, Jr., son of Capt. John Edward Shomier, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Shomier of Norfolk, in Park Place Methodist Church. Home, Norfolk.

Miss Lund attended Mary Washington College and Mr. Wilkins attended the Saturday, 20 March, Miss Janet Elaine Naval Academy. He is with the American Stringer, daughter of Mrs. Allan Beatty Sawyers of Caldwell, N. J., and of Capt.

Telephone and Telegraph Co. Guy Warren Stringer, USN, of WashingThe wedding will take place 8 May. ton, D. C , and Mr. Rowland Hyde, son of Mrs. Thomas Hyde, IV, of Sandy WEDDING BELLS Spring, Md., in St. Luke's Episcopal Saturday, 10 April, Miss Clarice Yates Church, Montclair, N. J. The bride atPrice, daughter of Capt. Walter Harold tended Barnard College and was graduated Price, USN, and Mrs. Price of Washing- from Katharine Gibbs School. Mr. Hyde ton, D. C , and Ensign Gerald Francois is a graduate of the University of MaryLaughlin, Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. land and is now attending National UniLaughlin of West Palm Beach, Fla., in versity Law School. the Naval Academy Chapel. The bride Wednesday, 17 March, Miss Enid Lenore attended St. Margaret's School, Goucher Spangenberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. College and George Washington Univer- Harry R. Spangenberger of Little Neck, sity. Ensign Laughlin attended Admiral Long Island, N. Y., and Ensign Murray Farragut Academy and was graduated from Edward Miles, USN, son of R. Adm. the Naval Academy, Class of 1953. Home, Milton E. Miles, USN, commandant of Coronado, Calif. the Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Saturday, 3 April, Miss Shirley Seal, Zone, and Mrs. Miles, in the Navy Chapel, daughter of Mrs. Carolyn Seal of Stephens Balboa. The bride is a graduate of Cornell City, Va., and Ensign Franklin Bradford University. Ensign Miles was graduated Shakespeare, USN, son of Mrs. F. H. from St. Alban's Preparatory School and Shakespeare and the late Mr. Shakespeare Cornell. of Dover, Del., in the Naval Academy Saturday, 13 March, Miss Linda Lothrop Chapel. The bride was in training at the Kappius, daughter of Mrs. Meinolph Valen Central Dispensary and Emergency Hos- • Kappius of San Marino, Calif., formerly pital in Washington, D. C. Ensign Shakes- of Boston, and Lt. (jg) Emmett Scott peare was a member of the U. S. Olympic Hightower, USN, son of Capt. Emmett Rowing Team at Helsinki, Finland, and Dysart Hightower, USN, commander of is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune, of 1953. He is attached to the USS D E S N. C , and Mrs. Hightower, in All Souls MOINES. Home, temporarily, Richmond.

Unitarian Church, Washington, D. C. The Saturday, 3 April, Miss Elizabeth Crosby bride is the daughter of the late Prof.

Loye, daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Edwin Kappius of the Harvard Medical School Maxwell Loye of Arlington, Va., and Lt. and is an alumna of Pasadena City Col(jg) Carl August Brettschneider, USN, lege and attended George Washington Unison of Mrs. August Brettschneider of Cin- versity. Lieutenant Hightower is a gradcinnati, Ohio, and the late Mr. Brett- uate of the Naval .Academy, Class of 1951. schneider, in the Boiling Air Force Base Home, temporarily, Charleston, S. C. Chapel. The bride was graduated from George Washington University. Lieutenant Brettschneider is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of 1951. Home, New London, Conn.

Saturday, 27 March, Miss Nell Kirkland Tharpe, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tharpe of Tallahassee, Fla., and Lt. John Lange Wash, USN, son of Mrs. Lora Lange Wash of Eau Claire, Wis., in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Montclair, N. J. The bride attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College and Florida State University. Lieutenant Wash is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of 1946. Home, Annapolis, Md. Saturday, 27 March, Miss Carolyn Corwin, daughter of Capt. Alverdo Arie Corwin, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Corwin of Fairfield, Conn., and 2nd Lt. Alexander Scott Chamberlain, Jr., USAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain of Bellefonte, Ashland, Ky., in the United Congregational Church at Bridgeport. The bride is a graduate of Colby Junior College and Syracuse University and is a member of the Junior League of Bridgeport. Lieutenant Chamberlain is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, with a Master's degree from Bradford Bachrach Syracuse.

Saturday, 27 March, Miss Audrey Jerome MISS ELEANOR BROOKE STIEFEL, Garrison, daughter of Cdr. Harry Cleve- daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Valenland Garrison, U S N (Ret.), of Westport, tine Stiefel of Washington, D. C , will be Conn., and Ensign Walter Merson Phelps, married this spring to Lt. (jg) Thomas USNR, son of Mrs. Dorothy Dickey Phelps Ely McDonald, USN, Class of 1949. The of Seattle, Wash., and Mr. Walter Phelps, bride-elect is a direct descendant of GovJr., of Carmel, Calif., in Christ and Holy ernor Leonard Calvert and Governor RoTrinity Protestant Episcopal Church. The bert Brooke of Maryland and Governor bride is a graduate of Bennett Junior Col- Richard Bennett and Governor Edward Digges of Virginia. lege.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jensen Lund of Arlington, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jane Ann Lund, to Mr. Charles Warern Wilkins, Jr., son of R. Adm. and Mrs. Wilkins of Chevy Chase, Md.

B iischke's

Studio

MISS STAUNTON WEAVER, who attends Hood College in Frederick, Md., is the bride-elect of Midn. Richmond K. Kelly, Jr., First Class, son of Mr. Richmond Kenneth Kelly, Class of 1921, and Mrs. Kelly of New York. A June wedding is planned.

nurse at St. Mary's Hospital at Long Beach, Calif.

Ensign Harrison was graduated from the Naval .Academy, Class of 1953, and is stationed in the U S S HELENA.

The wedding will take place this month.

Mrs. Alma Gurley Shepardson of Norfolk, Va., has announced the engagement of her daughter. Miss Carol Elizabeth Shepardson, to Midshipman David Lawrence Henry, First Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart L. Henry of New Orleans, La. Miss Shepardson is employed with the Smith-Douglass Company.

The wedding will take place 7 June in Norfolk.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Joseph Neves of Santa Ana, Calif., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter. Miss Wanda Neves, to Ensign David Arnold Fudge, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Albert Fudge of Abilene, Tex. Ensign Fudge is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of 1953, and is now stationed in the USS FRANK E . EVANS.

The wedding will take place 30 May.

Mr. and Mrs. Glenen King Vars of Great Neck, Long Island, N. Y., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Florence Carolyn Vars, to Lt. (jg) James Alexander McQuilling, USN, son of Mrs. Thomas Alexander McQuilling of Flushing, Queens, N. Y., and the late Mr. McQuilling.

Miss Vars is a senior at Connecticut College. Lieutenant McQuilling was graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy and the Naval Academy, Class of 1949. He is serving aboard the submarine T-2, at Key West.

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Friday, 19 February, Miss Gretchen Shaidnagle, daughter of Mrs. Lucile Shaidnagle of Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. R. J. Shaidnagle of Osage Beach, Mo., and Capt.

Stanley H. Olson, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Olson of Marshaltown, Iowa, in the Naval Academy Chapel. The bride attended Kansas State College. Captain Olson was graduated from the Naval Academy, Class of 1950.

and is now in command of the U S S M I S -

SOURI. Mrs. Keith is at home in Norfolk.

Captain Caufield has relieved Captain Keith, and, with his family, makes his home at 11 Champlin St. in Newport. . . .

Three distinguished visitors addressed the W a r College students in'Newport recently, including General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Commandant of the Marine Corps, who was a guest, with Mrs. Shepherd, in the quarters of R. Adm. and Mrs. Thomas H. Robbins at Fort Adams.

-And Asst. Secretary of State Burke Elbrick of Washington, D. C , who, with Mrs. Elbrick, was -the guest of Admiral and Mrs. Robbins. Mrs. Elbrick is the daughter of V. Adm. Alfred W. Johnson, U S N (Ret.), Class of '99.

EAST COAST And Dr. William C. McGovern, formerMrs. George W. Bauernschmidt, who re- ly on the W a r College Staff, of Northwestturned recently with her husband, -Admiral ern University.

Bauernschmidt, from a two years' stay in Dr. McGovern was entertained at dinner Honolulu, spent several days with her by R. Adm. and Mrs. Henry E. Eccles, mother, Mrs. Harry T. Pearce of Monk- and at cocktails by Capt. and Mrs. R. A. ton, Md. Theobald, Jr. . . .

The Bauernschmidts are now at Ogden, Submarine officers and their ladies met Utah, where the -Admiral is in command at the Officers' Club in Newport,' recently, at the Clearfield Navy Supply Depot. . . . with Capt. William T. Kinsella, Cdr. Capt. and Mrs. Donald F . Weiss are Richard P. Nicholson and Cdr. Nelson P. now in Philadelphia, where Captain Weiss Watkins the hosts. has taken command of Destroyer Squadron Attending was Mrs. Arthur J. Lent from 20.

Bremerton, Wash., who was visiting her Before reporting in, they visited in New- son-in-law and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. port, R. I., with her brother and sister-in- Robert H. Close. Mrs. Lent was enroute law, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Sherman. to Europe. . . .

Captain Weiss had just been detached from H M S SHEFFIELD, flagship of V. Adm. duty in Pearl Harbor. . . .

C. M. Stevens, commander-in-chief of the Commodore George H. Bowdey, U S N American and West Indies Station, spent (Ret.), and Mrs. Bowdey of Newport, five days at the Naval Base at Pensacola, R. I., have been visiting in Mission Valley, Fla. The cruiser made a tour of the various ports where Royal Navy officers are Calif., and in San Francisco. . . . based and they arrived in Pensacola from The DesLant staff officers and their Houston. . . . wives met at cocktails in the Officers' Club In Washington, D. C, Admiral and Mrs. in honor of Capt. and Mrs. R. T. S. Keith Frank Jack Fletcher had as their houseand Capt. and Mrs. Cecil T. Caufield. guest at ".Araby," Mason Springs, Md., Captain Keith has been chief of staff to Mrs. Samuel Sawyer of Kansas City.

R. Adm. Charles C. Hartman, in Newport, Admiral and Mrs. James O. Richardson were hosts at a dinner at the Chevy Chase Club in honor *of Mrs. Sawyer. . . .

-Admiral and Mrs. Arthur C. Davis entertained at cocktails in honor of Mrs. Overstreet Kirk of Columbus, Ohio, who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Smith. . . .

Mrs. Louis R. de Steiguer, widow of -Admiral de Steiguer, former commander in chief of the United States Battle Fleet, entertained at a luncheon at the Sulgrave Club in honor of Admiral and Mrs. Robert B. Carney. . . .

R. Adm. M. F. Schoeffel, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, and Mrs. Schoeffel attended the cocktail party at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, National Naval Medical Center. . . .

Capt. M. A. Nation, skipper of the U S S HORNET, and Mrs. Nation entertained a. number of friends at the Town House in Georgetown. . . .

Fleet Admiral and Mrs. Chester Nimitz have been Washington visitors, when they were guests of honor at a luncheon given

by Col. Curt Schiffeler, at the Metropolitan Club.

Photo by Glogau The Norwegian Ambassador, Wilhelm MISS BARBARA BERG CRANSTON, Munthe Morgenstierne, and the Minister daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Joseph of Finland, Johan Nykopp, were among the A. Cranston of Washington, D. C , is the guests. bride-elect of Mr. William Griffin Granat, Admiral and Mrs. Nimitz arrived from son of R. Adm. William Granat, USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Granat, of Washington. their home in Berkeley, Calif., and visited M A Y ,

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MISS MARLENE JOYCE ASHBY, daughter of Mrs. Walter Byron Ashby of Exmore, Va., is the bride-elect of Midn. Paul David Stroop, Jr., First Class, son of R. Adm. Paul David Stroop, USN, and Mrs. Stroop of Arlington, Va. A June wedding will take place in the Naval Academy Chapel.

their son-in-law and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. James T. Lay at Newport News.

The Lays' twin sons, Richard Freeman and Chester Nimitz, celebrated their sixth birthday during the visit. A third son, James Thomas, is 18 months old.

Last month. Admiral and Mrs. Nimitz sailed for London, where they are visiting their son and daughter-in-law, Cdr. and Mrs. Chester Nimitz, Jr., and three daughters, Frances, Betsy and Sarah.

They expect to return to the States in August and will go on to Cape Cod, where they will visit Mrs. Nimitz' sister, Miss Elizabeth Freeman. From there they will return to the West Coast. . . .

A reception given in honor of Admiral Sadik Altinean, Commander in Chief of Turkish Naval Forces, was held at the Naval Gun Factory with R. Adm. and Mrs. Charles W. Wilkins the hosts. The guest was in Washington, D. C, for a few days.

Guests included the .Assistant Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Robert B. Anderson, the Chief of Naval Operations and Mrs. Robert B. Carney, the First Secretary of the Turkish Embassy and Mme. Mehmit Baydur.

And V. Adm. and Mrs. Mathias B. Gardner, V. Adm. and Mrs. Roscoe F . Good and V. Adm. and Mrs. James L. Holloway, Jr., among a host of others. . . .

Admiral and Mrs. Carney entertained at a black-tie dinner in Admiral Altinean's honor.

The Carneys were hosts at dinner in their quarters for General and Mrs. J. Lawton Collins, V. Adm. and Mrs. John E. Gingrich, R. Adm. and Mme. Aziz Ulusan, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Asst. Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Donald A. Quarles and Lt. Col. and Mrs. K. Atalay.

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recently from duty in Albuquerque, New Mexico. . . .

In Annapolis, Md., V. Adm. and Mrs. C. Turner joy entertained at a small dinner in honor of R. -Adm. and Mrs. Malcolm F .

Schoeffel of Washington, D. C. The Admiral, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, later addressed the first class midshipmen in Mahan Hall on the subject, "Weapons of Tomorrow's Navy." . . .

R. Adm. -A. C. J. Sabalot, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Sabalot have returned to the States after several years in Paris, and are now living in Wardour.

They are in the house of R. Adm. Arthur -A. -Ageton, U S N (Ret.), who, with his , family, is now in Washington, D. C. . . .

R. -Adm. Donald Giles, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Giles are at home at Prince Georges St. after a three-year stay in -Atlanta, Ga., where the Admiral was on duty before his retirement. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Charles Trescott entertained at dinner in their Porter Road quarters, when guests included V. -Adm. and Mrs. C. Turner Joy, R. Adm. and Mrs. Charles -A. Buchanan, Capt and Mrs. Howard G. Corey.

And Capt. and Mrs. Fred W . Walton, Capt. and Mrs. John F. Davidson, Capt. and Mrs. Walter T. Jenkins, Capt. and Mrs. Charles Brooks and Capt. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Field. . . .

R. Adm. William E. Verge, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Verge have moved from Sherwood Forest and are at 102 Bay Ave., Severna Park, Md. W^ith them for several months is their daughter, Mrs. Thomas Chapman Southerland, Jr., who flew in from the West Coast.

Ensign Southerland, USN, is now in the Far East, serving in the U S S ST. PAUL. Their oldest son, 2nd Lt. John Robert Verge, USAR, is on duty in Puerto Rico.

Cdr. and Mrs. A. D. A. Crawford have moved from College Ave. and are at 209 Hanover St. . . .

In Philadelphia, the' Navy Relief Ball was held on 9 .April in the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Naval Base, for benefit of the Pennsylvania Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society.

Cocktails, dinner and dancing were enjoyed, with music furnished by William Honney. Major Randy Kraft, USMCR, of Station WCAU-TV, was master of ceremonies, and singing star of TV, stage and screen, Eddie Roecker, was on the entertainment program.

The fund drive will end on 15 May.

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MRS. GERALD FRANCOIS LAUGHLIN, the former Miss Clarice Yates Price, is the daughter of Capt. Walter Harold Price, USN, and Mrs. Price of Washington, D. C. The 10 April wedding took place in the Naval Academy Chapel. Ensign and Mrs. Laughlin are now at home in Coronado.

Air Station. Mrs. Hobbs is the former Mary Hardy, daughter of Dr. Edward L. Hardy, former San Diego State College president, and Mrs. Hardy.

Admiral Hobbs, former commander of the -Atlantic carrier division, has relieved R. -Adm. M. E. A. Gouin. . â&#x20AC;˘. .

Officers of the Naval -Academy Class of '48 and their ladies met for cocktails in the green room of the Admiral Kidd Commissioned Officers' Club, with dinner and dancing following.

Reservations were made with Mrs. Zeb -Alford and Mrs. Robert Gormley. . . .

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The party later attended the performance of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra in Russ Auditorium.

-Admiral and !Mrs. Dyer later visited in Palm Springs. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Donald F . Weiss visited briefly in Coronado recently, after arriving from Pearl Harbor where Captain Weiss was skipper of the submarine base. . . .

The Naval Supply Depot quarters of Capt. Joseph E. Wolowsky, and Mrs. Wolowsky was the setting for the reunion of the Naval .Academy Class of '24 officers and their wives.

Cocktails and dinner were enjoyed by Captains -A. M. Hurst, Donald F. McLean, John N. Opie, -A. B. Dickie, Peter H. H. Dunn, Theodore Schultz, Col. Glen Newman, Cdr. Frank Deam and their wives and Cdr. William S. Hays, Dr. Jessie Rutt and Mrs. W. W. Harvey.

WEST COAST

Capt. William O. Floyd, chief of staff to commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific, and Mrs. Floyd entertained in honor of the new Amphibious Forces commander, V. Adm. Thomas G. W. Settle, and Mrs. Settle, recently of New Orleans.

Guests included senior officers on the Admiral's staff and their ladies, who attended between the hours of 5 and 7 in the Floyds' transbay home.

The Settles are now at home at 521 Country Club Lane, Coronado. . . .

New chief of staff and aide to V. Adm. Harold M. Martin, commander, Air Force, Pacific, is R. Adm. Ira E. Hobbs, who recently arrived from Norfolk, Va. Admiral and Mrs. Hobbs have been quartered temporarily in Quarters K, Naval

Col. and Mrs. Paul R. Davison have returned from a visit in Washington, D. C-, where they were guests of Mrs. Davison's brother-in-law and sister. Admiral and Mrs. Arthur W. Radford.

They have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. William B. Hayler of Coronado, whose husband, Lt. Hayler, USN, is in Korea.

The Davisons have been staying in the Hayler home with their granddaughter, Margaret, while Mrs. Hayler has been visiting her husband's parents, R. .Adm. and Mrs. Robert W. Hayler of Carmel.

Admiral Hayler recently retired from active duty. . . .

Mrs. J. G. Franklin, wife of Capt. Franklin, commodore of Destroyer Division 112, left Coronado the latter part of April for Mare Island where her husband's division is in for overhaul.

The Franklins expect to be at Mare Island for three months, after which the officer will have new orders. . . .

R. .Adm. Earl LeRoy Sackett, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Sackett motored from Coronado to Norfolk, Va., the middle of last month, where their 33-foot cabin cruiser, INDY (short for Independence), is anchored.

They will visit their son-in-law and daughter, Lt. Col. H. R. Barr, USMC, and Mrs. Barr and daughters. Faith Elizabeth and Kathleen Louise, in Edenton, N. C , after which they will cruise several weeks in the Norfolk area, and from there go to Canada for the summer months. They expect to be in Florida in the fall. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. John N. Opie had as dinner guests R. Adm. and Mrs. George C. Dyer, Mrs. Harry Dyer and the Dyers' daughter, Mrs. H. W. Bennett.

Mrs. Hays expects to arrive from -Alabama in June to join her husband.

The W^olowskys' daughter, Alice, has recently visited them for four weeks. She will graduate in the fall from the Catholic University School of Nursing. . . .

In Seattle. Wash., R. Adm. A. M. Bledsoe, commandant of the 13th Naval District, and Mrs. Bledsoe honored Capt. John S. Thach, commanding officer of the carPhoto by Bradford

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MRS. JOHN LANGE WASH, the former Miss Nell Kirkland Tharpe, whose wedding was an event of 27 March in Montclair, N. J. Lieutenant Walsh, USN, Class of 1946, and his bride are now in Annapolis, Md.

rier FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT, at a lunch-

eon in the commandant's quarters at Pier 91.

Weekend guests of the Bledsoes have been his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. -A. S. Bledsoe of the Flying B Ranch, at Ellensburg, and their four children.

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION KNOW YOUR MAILING STENCIL F o r e a c h of o u r m o r e t h a n 7,500 m e m b e r s , t h e r e is o n file i n o u r h e a d quarters a stencil similar t o this o n e :

MR WILLIAM F DURAND MOWHAWK HOTEL 379 WASHINGTON AVE BROOKLYN NEW YORK

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A L U M N I NEWS

Of coilrse a l l of vis r e c o g n i z e o u r n a m e , t i t l e a n d m a i l i n g address, b u t w h a t of t h e n u m b e r s i n t h e r i g h t hand column?

What information c a n b e d e r i v e d f r o m these.'

O n t h e first l i n e is t h e n u m e r a l d e s i g n a t i n g t h e class a t t h e N a v a l A c a d e m y w i t h w h i c h y o u w e r e last oflScially identified.

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B r a n c h Associations

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OFFICERS To serve until after the Spring meeting 1954

I n t h e case of g r a d u a t e s , t h e f o u r o r five d i g i t n u m e r a l i m m e d i a t e l y b e l o w is t h e A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n ' s u n c h a n g i n g serial n i m a b e r i n d i c a t i n g t h e o r d e r of y o u r g r a d u a t i o n . T h e first m a n t o g r a d u a t e w a s a s s i g n e d t h e n u m b e r 1. T h e s e q u e n c e h a s been continued w i t h t h e anchor m a n i n t h e Class of 1953 h a v i n g b e e n g i v e n t h e n u m b e r 24,237.

President— V. ADM. G . F . HUSSEY, JR., U S N (Ret.), '16... .Norwalk, Vice-President (Eastern Area)— V. ADM. K L . COCHRANE, U S N (Ret.), '14 Cambridge, Vice-President (Central Area) HOWARD V. CLARK, '21

Detroit,

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Mass.

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Vice-President (Western Area)— R. ADM. K . J. CHRISTOPH, U S N (Ret.), '20....San Diego, Calif.

Executive Director—R. ADM. C . E . CONEY, U S N (Ret.), '19

TRUSTEES T h e c o m b i n a t i o n of n u m b e r s a t t h e b o t t o m of t h e c o l u m n is a d a t e indicating t h e m o n t h in which the stencil w a s c u t . T h i s d a t e is p r i m a r i l y for o u r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d h a s n o b e a r i n g w h a t e v e r o n t h e d a t e of e x p i r a t i o n of y o u r m e m b e r s h i p .

All yearly memberships expire o n 30 J u n e , i f y o u a r e o n e of t h e five percent w h o p a y your dues in advance, a p o s t c a r d w a s s e n t y o u a t t h e t i m e of o u r m a i l i n g t h e b a l l o t s i n f o r m i n g y o u t h a t y o u r d u e s f o r 19541955 a r e p a i d i n full. U n l e s s y o u r e ceived a p o s t c a r d a t a b o u t t h e t i m e your ballot reached you, your memb e r s h i p w i l l e x p i r e o n 30 J u n e a n d dues f o r t h e n e x t y e a r a r e t h e n r e c e i v a b l e — u n l e s s y o u a r e a life m e m ber.

To serve until after the Spring meeting 1954 At Large

CAPT. L . F . BROWN, U S N R , '16

(Annapolis)

GLENN O . CARTER, '05

R. ADM. H . C . TRAIN, U S N (Ret.),

NORMAN

V. A D M . G . F . HUSSEY, JR., U S N

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(Philadelphia) R. ADM. ROBERT HENDERSON, U S N

CDR. E . A. TEAGUE, U S N R , '29 (Los

(Ret.), '02 (Los Angeles)

Angeles)

R. ADM. A. H . V A N KEUREN, U S N

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( R e t ) , '03 (Washington) ADM. J . F . SHAFROTH, ( R e t ) , '08 (Washington)

USN

J- J- MCGUIRE, '45 (Baltimore)

j ^ ^ ^ L . E . DENFELD, U S N ( R e t ) , ' 1 2 (Past President) CAPT. H . G . COREY, U S N '30 (Naval

THOMAS M . SEARLES, '13 (Phila.)

Academy) At Large

To serve until after the Spring meeting 1955 V A D M . W . S . ANDERSON, U S N

CDR. S . G . LAMB, U S N ( R e t ) , '19

( R e t ) , '03 V. A D M . H . E . OVERESCH, U S N , 'IS

CAPT. J. G. SPANGLER, U S N , '32

To serve until after the Spring meeting 1956 V ADM. W . W . S M I T H , U S N (Ret.),

A. E. TARANTINO, '35

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C JORDAN, '22

CDR. C . S . WALLINE, U S N , '40

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RAY and Helen F R E L L S E N have returned from a quick trip to the West Coast of Florida as far as Sarasota. While in that city they tried to contact Billy Braden, but he was in New York ^City making the arrangements for the "Big Show" in Madison Square Garden.

I K E and Elsie G I F F E N are due to return to Masque Farm from St. Thomas by the middle of April.

WkaH tk& ^Ofze hi this month's "DOPE," uncaptioncd photographs of class groups were taken at the annual dinner of the Naval Academv Association of New York at Hotel Roosevelt, March 19.

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It is with deep regret that we report the death of Alexander Sharp, Jr., son of V. Adm. and Mrs. A L E X A N D E R SHARP, on 16 March 1954, following an operation the preceding day. He is survived by his parents and a brother, Lt. Cdr. George H. Sharp, USN.

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Sec'y, R . A d m . H. G. Gillmor ( C O U S N ( R e t . ) , 1720 " N " St., N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n 6, D. C.

Sec'y, Capt. R . F . Frellsen, U S N ( R e t . ) , S Sherwood Rd., W a r d o n r , A n n a p o l i s , Md.

W e are sorry to report the death of Mrs. Emily Mitchell Blamer of Carmel, widow of Capt D E W I T T BLAMER, SR., on 3 March 1954 in Oak Knoll Nav. Hosp., Oakland, Calif. She is survived by her son, De ^^'itt Blamer, Jr., and two grandsons.

W I L L I A M L. BECK changes his address to The Ditty Box, RFD, Glen Mills, Pa. A new address for H E R M A N E. W E L T E is RFD 1, Springfield, Va. We regret to report the death of P R E S T O N H. McCRARY on 7 March 1954 at Lonoke, Ark. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Fletcher McCrary, four daughters, a brother, L. C. McCrary of Lonoke, and seven grandchildren.

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C a r r e l Hall, A n n a p o l i s , Md.

W^e regret to report the death of our classmate, Capt DAVID FRENCH BOYD (Ret.), on March 30 at the U. S. Army Hospital, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, after many months of protracted illness.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Boyd, of 705 Cardenas Dr., S.E., and his son, David F. Boyd, Jr., an attorney-atlaw, of 516 Fourth St., N.W., both of Albuquerque, N. M., also one brother and one sister.

He was a member of the Cincinnati chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and the U S N A Alumni Association. He served in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Mexican Campaign, and in World Wars I and II, and was retired as a Captain in 1932. Boyd was the last surviving officer of the battleship MAIXE which was blown up in Havana Harbor in 1898 and finally started the war with Spain.

On April 1, at the request of Captain Boyd, his son. Captain David F. Boyd, U S A Reserves, had his ashes spread over the waters of the Pacific from a Navy F3D jet plane. Thus has our class lost another of its intriguing and popular members.

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EMORY S. LAND'S address is Apt. 100-G at the Shefaton-Park Hotel Annex, 2660 Woodley Rd., N.W., Washington 8, D. C.

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Sec'y, Capt. L. M. Atkins. U S N (Ret.).

39 F r a n k l i n St., Annapolis, Hd.

We are sorry to report the death of J O H N F. CONNOR, who died 10 March 1954, at his home in Hamilton, Ohio. He had been seriously ill since he suffered a stroke the previous October. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington on 15 March. He is survived by two sisters in Hamilton and a brother. Col. Paul D. Connor, USA (Ret.), of San Antonio, Texas.

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We regret to report the death of Capt.

M I C H A E L J. T O R L I N S K I , USNR, on March 10, 1954. He had for some time been making a valiant fight against a heart condition, and the end came suddenly and painlessly at his home in Washington amid his family.

"Mike," or "The Count," as he was affectionately called, had a rather exceptional as well as successful professional life.

Appointed from Pennsylvania to the Naval Academy Class of 1907, he resigned in 1911, and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, practicing in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and in Washington, D. C. Yet, having joined the Naval Reserve, he took part in both World Wars, and spent fully half of his working years on duty with the Navy, largely in connection with reserve and personnel affairs. He was responsible for drafting the seven proclamations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, effecting registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.

Many officers have had some success in civil life after i naval career, but "Mike" achieved the both almost concurrently.

His knowledge of law as well as of the Navy made him not only valuable to the Department, but an always' generous source of assistance to classmates and friends.

He is survived by his widow, Njmcy Reynolds Torlinski, two daughters, Mrs. Francis E. Rundell, II, and Mrs. R. E. O'Rourke, and four grandchildren. Our deepest sympathy to his widow, Nancy, and her family.

-A. letter from "Cap" BEMIS states that his company has moved its activities from Caracas, Venezuela, to Las Morochas, Venezuela, in the midst of the fabulous Lake Maracaibo oil concessions. The company is engaged in expanding the electric power facilities for one of the larger oil companies, a 21-month job. In the meantime "Cap" is making a two-month tour of South America. His address remains: c/o The Lummus Company, 385 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. He states he expects to be with us here for the next Alumni gathering this coming September.

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Sec'y, Col. D. C. Cordiner, U S A ( R e t . ) .

4502 Ridge St., Chevy Chase, Md.

E. E. W I L S O N has moved to 22 Fernwood Rd., West Hartford, Conn.

We regret to report the death of D E N N I S E. K E M P . The following information was received from his son-in-law, John W. Keith, J r . : "I regret to inform you that Dennis E. Kemp, Class '08, died on 16 February 1954 from a heart attack. He was currently employed as an attorney for National Abstract and Title Company of Corpus Christi, Texas.

"He is survived by his widow. Vera; one daughter, Mrs. John W. Keith, Jr.; two sons, Dennis, Jr., and Joe Barry; and five grandchildren. Mrs. Kemp's address is 325 Indiana Ave., Corpus Christi, Texas."

The class meeting in executive session on 5 March at the Army and Navy Club decided to have the annual reunion at the same time as the fall reunion of the Alumni.

Present at this meeting were Kinkaid, Emmerson, Thomas, Rockwell, James, Leahy, Foy, DeSaussure, Donald, Badt and Cordiner. We suggest reservations at Carvel Hall be made now. H A R R Y BADT is a treasurer of the Colonial Investment Company in Washington, D. C. The Class of 1909 has proposed that three classes, 1908, 1909 and 1910, get together at lunch sometime this fall.

We are still hoping to get out that promised class bulletin, but JACK E A R L E who made a big promise, has failed us so far. If we don't hear soon—•! Anyhow, there were a total of 56 present at the 45th reunion. Maybe that will start Jack for his typewriter. Greer Duncan take notice.

P A T DONAVIN, still in Miami (173 S.E. 12th St.), informs u s : "To the horse races at Hialeah with Bill Brereton, who stopped by after a month with Ike Giffen in St. Thomas. W e were joined by Bob Emmet and Pug Downes.

"Hugh Knerr lives not too far away, and we see him quite often. He is a gardener, but still has his eyes on the plane of the future.

"Have had a couple of notes from Cummy Comerford.

"Naval Academy Alumni every last Friday. About 12 there last time. Was glad to see Stan Hooper and Hollis Cooley.

"During my spare time, am working with the Un-.A,merican Activities Committee of the Legion, and the Mayor's Inter-American Committee.

"Oh yes, had a card from Crackie Dague •—what a grand guy !"

JIMMY I R I S H says: "Please note the change in address: James M. Irish, Rear .A.dmiral, U S N (Ret.), Post Office Box 1467, Santa Barbara, Calif. We have sold our house and expect to travel for awhile before settling down again, but expect to keep our P.O. address in Santa Barbara.

Following your recommendation, I have subscribed to Shipmate as it seemed to be the only way of keeping informed of the class doings."

S H I P M A T E

Mrs. Gertrude B R A N D T requests the secretary "to thank the Class of 1908 for the beautiful basket of chrysanthemums sent to George's funeral, and also her thanks to the honorary pallbearers. He (George) fought a brave and gallant fight; now he rests from his struggle."

DUCKY BLANDIN writes that he has been on the sick list and away from his office since late November, but is on the mend now and hopes to be at his office for short spells shortly.

MAX D E M O T T writes that it sure was good to see so many classmates during his trip East last fall. Can't make the Reunion, this May, but hopes to again in the spring of 1955.

VIRGIL_ DIXON is evidently still in St. Augustine, Fla., as I received a check for dues from that city, but no note to indicate what he is doing or how he is getting along.

Had a fine letter from CARL D R E U T ZER, at present in Los Angeles. He said that for the past four or five years since the death of his wife, he has been living in retirement and ranging pretty well afield; for the most part spending the winters on the West Coast. Said he sold his home in the country some years ago, and now keeps a room at his Club, the Chicago Athletic Association, 12 South Michigan Ave., Chicago 3, 111., which he calls home.

He is going to try to make the Reunion.

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The snapshot is of two esteemed and elderly gentlemen who were known in the days of 1908 as "Cummy and Pat." Anyone naming them correctly and giving an amusing and complimentary story about either of them will receive postpaid their choice of a 1905, 1906 or 1907 Lucky Bag. Your secretary's address after 30 April will be 4502 Ridge St., Chevy Chase, Md.

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

The following were present at the monthly class luncheon on 16 March at the ArmyNavy Club, Washington, D. C.: Benson, Braisted, Dunn, Glennon, Keep, Manahan, McGlasson, Piatt, Sampson, Poco Smith, Stuart, Tilley and Train.

Don't forget the "45 Years After" Reunion. Stag dinner at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, D. C , on Friday, 28 May, and Army-Navy baseball game and cocktail party in Annapolis the next day.

Reservation forms were sent out with the class bulletin.

Also keep in mind the annual 1909 West Coast dinner to be held on Saturday, 5 June, at six-thirty at the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco. C H A R L I E K O E N I G is in charge, and will be at the Club all afternoon on 5 June to meet the classmates and see to their needs.

J O E L B U N K L E Y writes that he can't make the Reunion because he is to be best man at a wedding on Saturday, 29 May, in Morristown, N. J. The prospective groom was a classmate of his son, Allison, at Princeton.

After having lost track of TUBBY ALGER for many years, I have finally located him through a lead given me by Card Lindsay. Tubby now lives at 215 Montgomery Ave., Haverford, Pa. He used to work for the Woolworth Company and I got the information from that company.

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I called on J O H N D O N E L S O N in the Bethesda Naval Hospital recently. He informed me that he had moved from Fayetteville, Ark., to Texarkana, Texas, 1916 Wood St. I heard from H E N R Y F O X for the first time in many years. He is living in Milwaukee, Wis., at 3265 North 53rd St. He will try to get to the Reunion.

Had a nice letter from Helen GUNT H E R , saying how pleased she was to get the class bulletin and directory. She lives at 111 Yale Rd., Menlo Park, Calif.

F R E D D I E H U M B E R T writes from 4530 Trowbridge St., El Paso, Texas, acknowledging receipt of the class bulletin and directory and saying how much he enjoyed reading them. He reminded me that he and Ray Jones lived together first as candidates and then as plebes; hasn't seen Ray since he left the Academy. Freddie entered the Army, after graduating in 1910, and is now a retired colonel.

RAY J O N E S called me up the other day from the Naval Hospital, Bethesda.

Said he was down for a checkup, but was leaving in a few days. Ray now lives in Butler, Pa. TRACY McCAULEY arrived back in the States from a sojourn in Geneva. He plans on attending the Reunion, and will return to Geneva in June. He expects to remain in Geneva until the fall of 1955.

Wants any classmates traveling in Europe to get in touch with him at 10 Avenue des Allieres.

A daughter, Anne Perry Cooper, was born to J E B and Fay STUART's daughter at the Doctors Hospital, Washington, p . C , on 8 March 1954. The young lady is Jeb and Fay's second granddaughter.

BOB W H I T E was recently in Washington with a delegation from Bakersfield, Calif., to see Army authorities in connection with wate'r problems. He came down to Annapolis to see me, and I took him on a tour of the Academy and the city of Annapolis. He expects to be back in the East this coming September.

R U B E W A D D E L L writes that he and Lucille have only two grandchildren now, since they lost their 3>^-year-old grandson, Howard, a few months ago. He was the son of Ward, Jr. Their other two grandchildren are Peter and Robin, the children of their son, George, who lives in Palo Alto, Calif.

DICK W U E S T informs me that he has bought a hill of five acres, with a ranch type house perched on its crest. They are three miles from the village, have no near neighbors, and Dick says they are rather isolated. He says that they do have "a view," but are too busy to look. They are in an avocado belt, but do not have any, nor do they expect to become fruit growers. Dick says their effort is directed to planting flowers, shrubs and trees to make their place attractive. He is hoping to get East to the Reunion, but is not certain.

If not, he intends to attend the West Coast dinner on 5 June.

HAROLD TRAIN.

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Sec'y, R. Adm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.).

6509 Grove St., Chevy Chase IS, Md.

J A M E S A. (Frenchy) O'BRIEN's son.

Ensign Bruce O'Brien, USNR, was killed on board the USS

CHARLES S . PERRY on

March 31 when he was struck by the spindle fired from a line-throwing gun during refueling operations off the Chesapeake Capes.

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Sec'y, Capt. Alfred G. Zimmerman, USN (Ret.).

2908 Forty-Sixth St.. N.W., Washington 1«. D. C.

Major and Mrs. HAROLD E. SNOW, JR., and children, Jean Kathleen and Harold III, have returned from The Netherlands. Major Snow has been attached to the American Embassy at The Hague for the past three years. They visited on the West Coast with his parents, Cdr. and Mrs. Harold E. Snow, and Mrs. Snow's parents, the Arnold Deckmans. Major Snow is now assigned to duty in Washington, D. C. H A R R Y H I L L is completing his toup of duty as head of the U. S. Naval Home at Philadelphia and will be detached on 20 May and relieved of all active duty. He and Margaret will take up residence at 201 Prince George St., Annapolis. The Annapolis-Washington group will be glad to welcome them.

FREDDY (William F.) and A R D I S K U R F E S S have recently returned from Pasadena, Calif., where their younger son, James A., was married to Barbara Brydolf.

Lieut. John F. Kurfess, USN, acted as best man for his brother. The Kurfesses sighted A R T H U R ROOD and heard from P H I L BAKER while in Pasadena. Freddy's address is 2549 N. Terrace Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wis., and he is manager of the new Milwaukee Steel Service Plant of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. S A U N D E R S and Marjorie BULLARD are now living at 814 Bridge Rd., San Leandro, Calif., where they are convenient to the Todd Shipyards Corporation in Alameda, with which Saunders is at present connected. The new Electrical Engineering Building of the Postgraduate School in Monterey is to be named after Saunders' father. Admiral Bullard, well known to all of us. Unfortunately, Mrs. Bullard, Sr., passed away January 24th, before the memorial was decided upon.

BOBBY (Robert M., Jr.) DOYLE and his attractive wife are living at 1928 South Miami Ave., Miami, Fla., and he is connected with the First National Bank of Florida. Their daughter, Dorothy Morris Doyle, was married August 28th last to Mr. Preston Provatt.

I R I S H (Ralph C.) L A W D E R (1260 S.W. 6th St., Miami, Fla.) turns up occasionally at the local service get-togethers.

J O H N (John H.) and Caroline BIRDSALL (2425 S. Poinsettia Ave., West Palm 23

Beach, Fla.) are particularly fortunate in that all four children live in the vicinity and are active members of that progressive community. They have ten grandchildren: Clair (Mrs. Arthur Wheeler) has two children; John, Jr., has two; Betty (Airs.

Frank Valier) has four and Bob has two.

John is a realtor in Palm Beach and still enjoys active business life.

as can be located; and, of course, Ruth Howard, Doug's widow. So far, addresses of the widows of the following classmates have been located: Bill Porter, Frank Thomas, Frank Percival, Al Rooks, Barry Wilson, Green Dugger, Butch Killniaster, Bob Starkey, Ray Deming, Fish McDonald, Sherry Quarles and Tommy Slingluff. .Anyone knovkfing the whereabouts of any of the others, please let me know.

BILL (Robert B.) and Marie SIMONS are pleasantly situated in their new home at 13 Greenhill St., Charleston 21, S. C. Bill is president of the South Carolina Historical Society and vice president of the Huguenot Society. On March 29th he acted as host to the Secretary of the Navy Designate, Charles S. Thomas, on a tour of the city of Charleston. He is an authority on historical churches and events of that region and is an associate member of the unique Otranto Club. Bill also fills in his time teaching history in a local boys' school.

B U S H (Bushrod B.) and Margaret H O W . \ R D have recently purchased 14 Legare St., Charleston, S. C, in preparation for his retirement as an executive of the Standard Oil Co. of N. J. Margaret has already accomplished much in decorating and landscaping and the attractive home will soon become a showplace of Charleston.

E L L I S and Grace S T O N E are now back in the States and are staying at Brewton Inn, Charleston, S. C. Your scribe and his Susan have just completed a month's swing around the southeastern States during which we gleaned the last six items above. We stayed mostly with relatives—^always leaving before our hosts felt like the owners of a seaside cottage in Garden City Beach, S. C. There everyone has the urge to name his premises and one especially neat beach house was labelled "Relatives' Roost."

It is with great regret that we report the death of Mrs. Roger W. Paine, wife of R. Adm. ROGER W. P A I N E , U S N (Ret.), on April 7, at Annapolis, Md. And that's the story for this month, mates. Keep sending news in. You'd be surprised how many people are interested.

A. G.

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A new address for J O E D R E I S O N S T O K is The Westchester, 4000 Cathedral Ave., A p t 212A, Washington 16, D. C. C A M P B E L L D. EDGAR has moved to 2240 Hyde, San Francisco 9, Calif.

J O H N A. BYERS requests that his address be changed to 2909 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, 111.

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Corresponding Sec'y, Mr. P. D. Sleeper.

Aetna Life Insurance Co., 1511 K St.. N.W., Washington, D. C.

RAY CARSON is living at 13934 Plainview Ave., Detroit, Mich.

DAVID R. L E E gives his address as 23402 Peterson Dr., Edmonds, Wash.

A recent change of address for T. M. S E A R L E S is 3300 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia 34, Pa. C H A R L E S G. E L L I C O T T is still living in Eureka, Calif., but has moved to 1325 Allard Ave. 24

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LUNCHEON

For those remaining over Saturday (and I hope it will be all), a special room has been set aside at the Alumni House for our class luncheon. It will be a buffet lunch, preceded by cocktails, etc. The luncheon party should commence about twelve-thirty p.m. This will allow ample time to finish and get to the Navy-William and Mary football game at two-thirty. Incidentally, this is the only Navy football game to be played in Annapolis this season.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Manry, U S N (Ret.), 208 Prince George St., Annapolis, Md. Washington Rep..

Capt. W. A. Heard, U S N (Ret.), 3622 Prospect Ave., N.W., Washington, D . C.

W. A. CORN writes to us from 2643 Verona Circle, Salt Lake City 7, Utah.

C H . \ R L E S D. S W A I N has returned to the States from Honolulu and is living at 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, Calif.

Present at the banquet given by the New York chapter of the N. A. Alumni Assoc, at Hotel Roosevelt (Hendrik Hudson Room) on Friday, 19 March 1954, were: Addoms, Blades, Burrough, Black, Carey, Conolly, Cochrane, R. H. Maury, S. F. Maury, Perry, Ralston, Wills, Royce.

A L F R E D H. BALSLEY gives his address as Box 627, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. " S C H L I T Z " S T E N G E L is living at 418 Shadow Lane, Vista, Calif. They have built a home there and like it very much.

P I N K N E Y P O W E R S ' correct address is POBox 821, Imperial Beach, Calif.

S H O R T Y MACGOWAN, who was retired as a rear admiral, is residing at 2628 Laguna St., San Francisco, Calif.

FORTIETH REUNION TIME

The consensus so far seems to favor holding our Fortieth Reunion during Homecoming Weekend in September. Thursday, September 23rd, is favored as the best time to have it. This will avoid the "snafu," etc., which will be going on during Friday and Saturday.

PLACE

As to place, the Naval Academy Cdmmissioned Officers' Mess (Officers' Club, to us old timers!) seems to be the best bet. The largest of the lounges there has been reserved tentatively for the dinner and a special bar will be set up. Cocktails and other drinks will be served from 6 :30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at which time the dinner will commence.

Price for the dinner, including pre-dinner drinks, will be most reasonable. More on this at a later date. Those whose thirst has not been quenched by 8 p.m. may obtain drinks from the regular bar at the current prices.

A N D THE GIRL

Bring your own! As mentioned in the March issue of Shipmate, we are inviting to the dinner as many of our class widows

GENERAL

INFORMATION

The Alumni homecoming cocktail party and dinner on Friday is well worth attending. It is quite a gala affair. Several thousand alumni, their wives, guests, etc., gather in the Armory where the K. T. party takes place, after which everyone goes to the Midshipmen's Mess Hall for dinner. You will see graduates and their wives from the 1890's right on through to the last graduating class.

For the benefit of those who did not read the March issue of Shipmate, Carvel Hall is holding seventy-five rooms for our class until August 1st. As your requests come in, your name is sent there and confirmed. Please don't wait until it's too late!

DRESS

Dress for all affairs will be informal.

Better bring your falling-down clothes! .^^11 times indicated will be Eastern Daylight Saving.

BOB MAURY.

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Sec'y, R. Adm. Tnlley Shelley, U S N (Ret.), 80 Regent St., London W. 1, England.

Treas., Cdr. C. C. Vickery, U S N R (Ret.), 110 William St.. N e w York 38, N . Y.

LYNDE D. McCORMICK requests that his address be changed to Qtrs. B, Naval War College, Newport, R. I. The Class of 1915 held a cocktail party at the Hotel Roosevelt prior to the annual dinner of the Naval Academy Association of New York on March 19, 1954. The following classmates were there: McCormick, Struble, Gamble. Maher, S. A.; Thomas, W. D.; Wood, G. H . ; Small, McCaffrey, Powers, Easton, Bates and Vickrey.

Tully Shelley got out a class bulletin in February, and a new listing of the class mates' addresses was sent out in March.

Plans are under way for a 40th Reunion in 1955. Any classmate who has not received either the bulletin or the address list should notify Vickrey. .\fter several years of inaction, our class is finally getting together and we hope to have a very active class organization from now on.

It was nice to see you and the other people from Annapolis at our annual dinner and I look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

With best regards and many thanks for your many years of cooperation, I am, VIC. S H I P JM A T E

afar to telephone our class assembled for dinner at the Officers' Club Saturday night, 8 May, suggesting a "person to person" prepaid call to "Class 1920 Reunion" in conformity with the following schedule in so far as practicable:

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Sec.-Treas. Capt. E . S. Earnhardt. U S N (Ret.).

4326 Woodberry St., University Park, Hyattsville. Md.

L E S L I E V. J E F F E R I S writes to us from 111 Third Ave., Bradley Beach, N. J. A new duty address for J O H N H. CARSON is Chief Military Assistance, .\dvisorv Grp.. Norwav, A P O 85, PM New York.

We regret to report the death of AND R E W DE G R A F F M.A.YER at Pasadena. Calif., on 10 Alarch 1954.

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Sec'y. Capt. Ross F . Collins, U S N R (Ret.), 53 Cornhill St., A n n a p o l i s , Md.

J. L. W O O D R U F F requests that his address be changed to 2322 Secane Rd., Secane, Pa. V E R N O N F. GRANT gives his address as POBox 4473, Warrington, Pensacola, Fla. The regular monthly luncheon was held on 6 April at The A-N Club. Those attending were Ansel, Bryant, Crichton, Dierdorff, Duvall, Fink, Hicks, Jones, King, Pelzman, Read. Schildhauer, Schoeffel, Tarbutton and Willenbucher. It was decided, at this luncheon, that there were not enough classmates interested in holding the spring get-together in Rehoboth this year, so that plan has been called off. Plans will now be made for a dinner-business meeting in May or June.

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Secy., R. Adm. Carl K. Fink, U S N ( R e t . ) .

4401 Chesapeake St.. N . W . . Washington 16. D . C. T r e a s u r e r , Cdr. Loais 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 Issned R O B E R T P . B R I S C O E (VADM U S N ) to DCNO (Fleet Operations a n d R e a d i n e s s ) .

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Sec'y, C a p t . D . R . Osborn, J r . , U S N ( R e t . ) .

3427 P o r t e r St., N . W . . W a s h i n g t o n 16, D . C.

Naval Academy telephone number: Received a card from GEORGE CUN- Colonial 3-2611. Officers' Club extension: N I N G H A M asking that his address be 705.

Congratulations are in order for changed to POBox 32, Gulf Shores, .41a.

He said that he had recently seen JIM GEORGE D U S I N B E R R E at Penn State W I L S O N for the first time, since gradua- College. He has been made a Fellow of tion. Jim is living in Pensacola. They plan the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. to be in .A.nnapolis for their thirty-fifth.

M. E. B R O W D E R has moved to 2231 Bancroft Place, NW, Washington 8, D. C. -< 1 9 2 1 • J O H N E. W R I G H T is an attorney-atSec'y, R. A d m . T. J . Kelly, U S N ( R e t . ) , law, and is living at 782 E. Granville Rd., Room 510, Shoreham Bldg., W a s h i n g t o n 5, D . C. Worthington, Ohio. ' Orders Issued A. C. J. SAB.A.LOT is now living at 6 J O H N M. H O S K I N S (RADM U S N ) to ComFair, Quonset.

Kent Rd., Wardour, Annapolis, Md. E D M U N D T. W O O L R I D G E (RADM U S N ) to A. J.' W E L L I N G S changes his duty ComSecondFlt. address to the Office of Naval Material, BYRON H. H A N L O N (RADM U S N ) to Com BlocOrtFor. Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. C H A R L E S H. P E R D U E ( C A P T U S N ) to Sen Member N a v S u b l n S u r v , S a n Diego.

W. R. DOWD is now receiving his mail D E R S O N ( C A P T U S N R E T ) to Staff c/o Mrs. W. L. O'Donnell, 195 Vasquez B ENRaNv WAa N rCol, Npt. Ave., San Francisco, Calif.

MORRIS J. W E S T F A L L advises us The E L W O O D TILLSONs have bought that he has moved to 828 Buntin St., Vina home at 555 "C" Ave., Coronado, Calif., cennes, Ind. and hope to be there indefinitely.

H A R R Y G U T H E R I E writes to us from A new duty address for T H O M A S S. 401 Castilian Way, San Mateo, Calif.

COMBS is Com. Sixth Fit., F P O New Latest word from MALCOLM SELBY York. is that he has moved to 6169 E. 2nd St., W. M. M O S E S has changed his address Tucson, Ariz.

L A W R E N C E E. DIVOLL is now living to 645 N. Webster Ave., Scranton, Pa. We regret to report the death of F R E D - at 10868 Mora Dr., Los Altos, Calif.

After thirty years of playing golf, ERICK B. R O S E N B A U M on 28 February 1953. Interment was in Arlington Na- R U F U S G. T H A Y E R made his first holetional Cemetery on March 5, 1953. Mr. in-one on March 27. He sank his tee shot Rosenbaum's widow resides at 1020 19th on the 17S-yard sixth hole at Presidio club, St., NW, Washington 6, D. C. His father, using a six-iron.

Brig. Gen. Otho B. Rosenbaum, USA W. V. H A M I L T O N changes his address ( R e t ) , Class of 1894, USMA, resides at to 400 Villanova Rd., Oak Ridge, Tenn.

2115 " P " St., N W , Washington 7.

Our 35th Reunion Committee has lined •< 1922 • up a good program of events for 7, 8 and Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller F a r m , R t . No. 2, Box 146, 9 May in Annapolis. All that is needed now Mercersburg, P e n n a . is a big response from the class to make the reunion a success. The tax is $10.00 Orders Issued a person, so please get in touch with W A P EDGAR A. C R U I S E (RADM U S N ) to CarDiv Lant.

Martin promptly. We are looking for you. H U G H H . GOODWIN (RADM U S N ) to Com NavPhiL In consonance with our 35th Reunion DAVID J . S T U D A B A K E R ( C A P T U S N ) to N a v I n S u r v PacoSect. S F r a n . plans, we have asked our classmates from

GEORGE C. DYER gives his new duty address as Commandant, 11th Naval District, San Diego 30, Calif.

A new address for RAY T H U R B E R is 352 Pelhamdale Ave., Pelham, N. Y. GUS BOWMAN'S address is 2675 Turkey Foot Rd., Lakeside Park, South Fort Mitchell, Ky. On a recent visit to New York, the CONEYS exchanged greetings with the W I N C K L E R S , who were encountered on Fifth Avenue on a Saturday afternoon.

Continuing on, Y E N and Mila paid a visit to their old friend F R E D M.A.RINI, the genial owner of Coq Rouge on East S6th St. Good food and superb music kept them entertained until long after country folk should be in bed. Oh well!!

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when they checked in with Ken and Marge Ringle. Arley and Bobby Burke were there and sazaracs were the order of the day.

Then on to Florida and up the coast to visit the Louie Rienkens. The Scoggins and the Robinsons joined in for a class luncheon. Saw Artie Barnes '24 and Mildred outside of Baltimore. On to Annapolis to see anybody we could, over the Easter weekend, and then completing the loop back West.

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Sec'y, Mr. Paul W . Siegrist. c / o Standard & Poor's. 345 Hndson St..

N e w York 14, N . Y. R U T H V E N E . L I B B Y (RADM U S N ) to Combat CruLant.

W I L L I A M B . T U C K E R ( C A P T U S N ) t o CO NavSta Rodman.

Sec'y. Capt. Clande H. Bennett, Jr., U S N (Ret.), 732 Spring Lane. Philadelphia 28, Pa.

After 20 months on Guam, D. J. STUD A B A K E R has been transferred to the Board of Inspection and Survey, Pacific Coast Sect., San Francisco, Calif. He and Mrs. Studabaker are living at 7827 Eureka Ave., El Cerrito 8.

P A U L D. P A R C E L L S changes his address to 2727 Alcatraz Ave., Berkeley 5, Calif.

C H A R L E S O. GOMP, vyho was retired as a rear admiral, is now in Washington, where he is special representative of the Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Co. His home address is 2230 California St., N W .

G. A. Stacey writes that he has received new addresses for R. Adm. C. L. C. A T K E S O N , USN, 3673 Upton St., N W , Washington, D. C , and C. A. H A V A R D , POBox 874, Paso Robles, Calif.

The following is an excerpt from Stacey's letter, "In the last issue we reported the loss of P E T E H A L E . A letter was sent us by Lillian Hale giving much more detail than our account. Pete had been ill much of the time since 31 July, but had continued to work until 12 November. He had a stroke on the 13th and was in the hospital until his death, 9 January. We know now that there was a malignant growth in the brain. Mrs. Hale and her daughter, Lucinda, expect to remain in San Diego until school is out in June. After that they hope to move back to Alabama. Mrs. Hale's present address is 2477 Marilouise Way, San Diego 3, Calif."

A recent change of address for E D W A R D U. T I T U S is 1224 Harvard Terrace, Evanston, 111.

A R T H U R E. H A L L has moved to 1508 Hinman Ave., Evanston, 111.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of William C. Thieme, 20, only child of Capt. and Mrs. KARL A. T H I E M E of Landgrove, Vt. He was instantly killed in an automobile accident on 12 March 1954. He was a student at Dartmouth College.

SAMUEL H. K O S S E is living at 290 Riverside Dr., New York 25.

Emery Ellsworth Larson, III, grandson of the late Col. E. E. "Swede" LARSON, USMC, Class of '22, USNA, and son of E. E. Larson, Jr., and Mrs. Larson, was born March 14, 1954, at the Memorial Hospital, Frederick, Md. Weight 9 ^ lbs.

Another football and lacrosse prospect for 1972. "Swede" Jr. played a lot of football and lacrosse for Yale a few years back.

Mrs. Larson, formerly of Reading, Pa., graduated from Hood College in Frederick.

H U G H H. GOODWIN changes his duty address to Commander Naval Forces, Philippines, F P O San Francisco.

A new address for S H E R M A N R. CLARK is 3136 " O " St., NW, Washington 7, D. C.

J O H N W. KING requests that his address be changed to Washington Crossing, Bucks County, Pa. J. A. BRIGGS is now a rear admiral, retired, and is living at 2500 "Que" St., N W , Washington, D. C. A recent change of address for W I L LIAM D. W R I G H T , JR., is 5437 41st St., NW, Washington 15, D. C. RAYMOND D. L E W I S has moved to 3100 Connecticut Ave., NW, Apt. 418, Washington, D. C. We regret to report the death of ROBE R T EDGAR M A T T S O N of S t Paul, Minn., on 13 March 1954. He was general superintendent of transportation for the Northern Pacific Railway, and was killed in an airplane crash at Singapore while bn a round-the-world vacation trip.

ARLEIGH A. BURKE reports a change of address to ComCruDiv Six, F P O New York.

W I L L I A M BOWERS has moved to 541 San Juan, Stanford, Calif.

LOUIS M. FABIAN is living at 10650 Somma Way, Los Angeles 24, Calif.

The March luncheon meeting of the Washington chapter of the Class of 1923 had another record-breaking attendance of 31, those present being: Tucker, Sprung, Barrett, Stephens, Murdaugh, Shoup, Wright, Edwards, Fryberger, Withington, Parr, Beaumont, Pottle, Morrison, Moss, .\geton, Dussault, Roberts, "Bear" Arnold, Davidson, Curry, Murr Arnold, McLaren, Huebl, Zern, Mclsaac, Daisley, Oliver, Lewis, Bres and Burke.

In the absence of Bill Ammon, Murr Arnold presided.

It was with great pleasure that we had with us again Warren Parr, who is just out of the hospital and came on crutches.

Arleigh Burke, leaving OpNav, gave us a nice farewell talk. Among the others which we greeted were: Joe Morrison, the new president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company ; "Bear" Arnold, our new vice chief of naval material; "Brick" Roberts; Freddy Withington, new deputy chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, and Whitey McLaren.

"Art" Ageton gave a short account of his new book. The Jungle Seas.

Ray Leavitt was elected to be our new chapter secretary vice Merle Huebl, effective as of our May luncheon meeting. Merle plans to retire in Epping Forest on the Severn.

The April luncheon meeting is being held with the West Point Class of 1923 at Ft. Myer. The next luncheon meeting will be held at noon, 21 May, at the Army-Navy Country Club.

Bill and Dot McCarty, from Pocatello, Idaho, report a cruise to New Orleans,

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Orders Issned S A M U E L M. B A I L E Y ( C A P T U S N ) to Sen Member N a v S u b InsSuv, Norfolk, V a .

J O S E M. C A B A N I L L A S ( C A P T U S N ) to CofS and Aide C o m C a r i b S e a F r o n .

H O W E L L C. F I S H ( C A P T U S N ) to 11 N D .

F R E D E R I C K J . I L S E M A N N ( C A P T U S N ) to Ast for NavBase M a t t e r s , 4 N D .

ROY W . L A J E U N E S S E ( C A P T U S N ) to Com TexGru. J O H N H . M O R R I L L ( C A P T U S N ) to CofS and Aide C o m L a n t R e s F l t .

SAMUEL G. K E L L Y gives his address as CNO (Op 29B), Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. T H O M A S C. S U T H E R L A N D corrects his address to read 3114 Ninth Rd., North, Arlington 1, Va. W. B. BAILEY has been retired as rear admiral and is living at 1240 Avon St., Belmont, Calif.

A new address for T H O M A S U. SISSON is BuPers, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. The following is a letter received from W I L L I A M P. COCHRAN, J R . : "This is to report that after two years as State Dept. Adviser to the Faculty of the Army W a r College, I have been assigned as Counselor (and Deputy Chief of Mission) to the American Embassy to the Republic of China, at Taipai, Taiwan—where I will be 'at home' to Navy friends towards the end of May. My address is c/o American Embassy, A P O 63, P M San Francisco."

W A L T E R H. F R E N C H is living at 6th St. at Market, Zanesville, Ohio.

F O R R E S T CLOSE gives his address as ComSubComm Eastern Atlantic, F P O New York.

P. L. F. W E A V E R reports a change of address to Staff CinC AfMed, Navy 240, F P O New York.

Last reminder: OUR 30-YEAR R E U N I O N W I L L BE H E L D A T A N N A P OLIS MAY 21-23, 1954.

If you have sent in and made reservations, you are all set. If you have not (overlooked it, been away, or "hadn't heard"), you can and should come anyway.

The pattern of activities is similar to that of our 25th, in 1949, and a big weekend is assured. Friday, May 21, is the big day for arranged meetings, with registration at Alumni House, class meeting in the Yard and welcome by the Superintendent, guided tours, and the big reception-dinnerdance at the Officers' Club. But Saturday and Sunday will be big days, too, and will afford more time for informal visiting, less scheduled activities, athletic meets, etc.

There'll probably never be as large a group from 1924 to meet again, and at no future meeting will we have So many from the active duty list, since this is a year of large scale retirement. Rods Verge is making the arrangements, and will welcome you.

Our Directory of Manpower, published in the interests of those retiring from active duty and coming ashore to civilian activS H I P M A T E

new assignment in Formosa, where Bill will be counselor at the Embassy there.

After several years of duty in the States, Bill finds there is a lot of detail connected with making a change to a far-off station in the diplomatic service. Rube is making quite a change, too, in going from 6th N. D. to the Pacific as exec of the ESTES. He planned to visit Art Griese and Monte Berthold enroute.

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Sec'y. R. Adm. T. J. Hickey, U S N (Ret.), 4608 Chevy Chase Blvd., Chevy Chase 15, Md. Orders Issued

'25 COCKTAIL PARTY . . . preceding annual dinner of the Naval Academy Association of New York at Hotel Roosevelt on March 19. ity, was mailed out late in March. You should have a copy; it went out also to a carefully compiled list of corporations, leaders in industry, schools, bureaus, etc., under the direction of Charlie Hoffman.

Nothing of this magnitude has been carried out for the purpose by any earlier class.

Next will come the Cruise of 1924, our regular class book and directory, 1954 Reunion edition. This should be distributed by the time of the Reunion itself. The cover design will be a Gordon Kissam, and President Ed Clexton turned this compilation over to the same group who brought out the manpower directory: Duvall, Sylvester, Van Steenbergh, Abrahams, Farrell, Fisher, Hartwig, Hoffman, Lee, Martin, Neale, Teller and Turner. Perhaps this group should make a second career of publishing I Classmates in the New York area met on March 19 at the Roosevelt Hotel for a 30-year warmer-upper preceding the annual dinner of the Naval Academy Association of New York. Although several of our old-timers had to be out of the city at the time, a total of 34 made the party: Baldwin, Blanchard, Blaylock, Brydon, Carney, Cowan (father of the year from 1924), John Cullen, Day, Gallagher, Gibbons, Graesser, Snooks Hayes, Jones (from Troy), Kennaday, Lankenau, Lovejoy, Mathews, Mattucci, Mellon, Mills, Moore, Morrill, Sayres (from Syracuse), Shannon, Shively, Siegrist, Singer, Sylvester (from Washington), Walker, Walsh, Whalen, Wilkinson and Boyd Wilson. Some of our regular contingent who were not able to make this meeting were Alderman, Caples, Frank, Ganahl, Horsch, Kirkland, Miller, Rhamstine, and Tracy.

Lonnie McLaughlin got back from Florida just too late to make our New York meeting. Lonnie spent a month fishing down there. He's still very active in Rotary, and the Partridge Club.

We've located Charlie Schenck again; in Tucson, Arizona, 194 E. Pennington St. He's conducting a T V promotion, and taking care of his mother and dad. Charlie claims he's through with the city forever, likes "the sleeping nights, the weight I'm putting on, the appetite, the supine ulcer, the slow tempo of the desert cowmen and the mafiana atmosphere."

Well, the Washington group can still turn out a large gathering, and at their March luncheon meeting (on the 24th) they had 50 p r e s e t . Copies of the manpower directory were distributed, and a picture was taken of the group. There was a briefing of the Contingency Option Act which is so important in connection with retirement plans. The group consisted of Abrahams, Bachman, Bradley, Chadwick, ClexM A Y,

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ton, Craig, J. C. Daniel, Demarest, Domer, Duke, Duvall, Evans, Farrell, Fisher, Gates, Hartwig, Hatcher, Hoffman, Kalisch, Kelly, Kraft, Lamberth, Layton, Lewis, Martin, Mercer, McLeod, Montgomery, Neale, Nesser, Nichol, Potter, Ramsey, Rawlings, Roane, Robinson, Rook, Scheibeler, Sinclair, Sisson, Southerland, C. J. Stuart, Sutliff, Sylvester, Teller, Turner, Van Steenbergh, Verge, Woodyard, and Wright.

We have not had an overall report on the response received by Shipmate in the drive to increase subscriptions so as to make this column and a sustaining mailing list at Annapolis of broader import. But there was an enthusiastic note from "Houdini" Jaudon, who reports he "bought."

Houdini wrote from a western hospital where he was recovering from a "faulty pump." He has been working for Chief Topper in Alaska, MSTS, and reports that Tex Sanford is the Operations Officer for the Chief. By the way, Tex, have you (or has anyone else) ever heard anything of the whereabouts of your Bancroft Hall roommate, Dickie Simonton?

Skee Erdmann also sent in a vote of approval on continuing this column. Of course, Skee is a long way from borne, and therefore may place a higher valuation on class news; he wrote "from the end of the chain" way over in Naples, where he is affiliated with Allied Forces in Southern Europe.

When you read of Gene Rook making the March luncheon in Washington, there is evidence that he did not get lost on that "Hoosier Barony" which he commands.

Gene allows that there is nothing wrong with Indiana, and he ought to know, having been out there so long, and on the map that huge Crane Depot seems to cover a very large portion of the state.

We regret that we won't be seeing Bill Cochran (plus Marjorie) and Rube Benton at the Reunion. The Cochrans have a grand

WILFRED B. GOULETT (CAPT U S N ) to Coml BeachGru. WILLIS A. LENT (CAPT U S N ) to ComSFran Gru. CHARLES H. ANDREWS (CAPT USN) to CofS and Aide ComSubLant.

GEORGE E. FEE (CAPT U S N ) to NavHosp.

Portsmouth, Va., treatment.

WARREN W. JOHNSON (CAPT U S N ) to Nav Hosp, St Albans, LI, treatment.

WILLARD K. GOODNEY (RADM U S N ) to OpNav. WALTER B. DAVIDSON (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComNine.

SAMUEL D. SIMPSON (CAPT U S N ) to 13 N D .

CHARLES S. WEEKS (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavSta Taco.

ALAN A. L U K E requests that his address be changed to 705 Union St., Schenectady 5, N. Y. He is employed by the Reporter Company, Inc., law printers, Walton.

B. C H A S E W A N G L I N and Mrs. Wanglin announce the birth of a daughter, Valerie Ann, born 16 March 1954. Chase was married to Miss Ann Georgeson, a graduate of UCLA, on 6 April 1951. They now reside at 612 N. Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. Chase runs an insurance agency in Los Angeles.

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Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, U S N , 3410 16th St., North, Arlington 1, Va. Orders Issued GEORGE W. CAMPBELL (CAPT U S N ) to Astfor Publnfo (DistPublnfoOff), 3 N D .

GERALD D. ZERMUEHLEN (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavPhibBase, Coronado.

VALERY HAVARD JR (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide, ComPRNC. MARK W. CLAY (SC) (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. WILLIAM O. FLOYD (CAPT U S N ) to 11 ND. BURNHAM C. McCAFFREE (CAPT U S N ) The ICAF, Wash, DC. WILLIAM MILLER (CAPT U S N ) to DepCofS and DepCofS for Plans Policy and Ops, SacLant.

JOHN F. WALSH (CAPT U S N ) to Bd of Decorations and Medals, NavDept.

WALTER J. W H I P P L E (CAPT U S N ) to CO NAD Mare.

JOHN G. FOSTER (CAPT U S N ) to P N S NROTCU Univ of Wash, Seattle.

OSCAR PEDERSON (CAPT U S N ) to ComNav 4 ND. RAMOND C. ERICSON (CDR U S N ) to NavSect JUSMAG Thailand Bangkok.

EUGENE F. MAY (CAPT U S N ) to Pns NROTCU to Ala Polytechnic Ins, Auburn.

JESSE S. McCLURE (CAPT U S N ) to Pns NROTCU Iowa State Col of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, Ames.

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WILLIAM T. EASTON (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS INTREPID. ,,, ^ NICKOLAS J. FRANK JR (CAPT U S N ) to ComTransDiv I I . ^ „„ GEORGE A. S H A R P (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aid ComPhiGru 4. ^^ EDWARD C. S T E P H A N (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS POCONO. OLIVER G. KIRK (CAPT U S N ) to IG, 13 N D .

HARRY S. P E R S O N S (CAPT U S N ) to Com TransDiv 21. „ „ ,,„„ HERMAN L. RAY (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS P H I L I P P I N E SEA. DAVID J. WELSH (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS WASP. EDWARD R. H A N N O N (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavSta San Juan.

WILLIAM J. RICHTER (CAPT U S N ) to Com LandShipFlot 2.

OLIN P. T H O M A S JR. has moved to MILES H. HUBBARD (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComSixthFIt. California and is living at 671 Hawthorne WALLACE B. MECHLING (CAPT U S N ) to Pns NROTCU Univ of Okla, Ntrman.

Dr., Tiburon, Marin County.

RAYMOND J. MOORE (CAPT U S N ) to CO J. J. GREYT.^K gives his duty address NavRepairFac, SDiego. as Qtrs. B, U S N Sta., Seattle, Wash.

E D W A R D D. L I N D E L L requests that A new address for S. E. RICE is Rt. 2, his address be changed to Brooklea Farm, Vienna, Va. King St., Greenwich, Conn.

R O B E R T S. P U R V I S is living at RidWe regret to report the death of FLOYD erwood, Md. C. CAMP. P H I L N I E K U M JR gives his address J. C. MUNN changes his duty address as 261 El Nido St., Monrovia, Calif. to AirFMFPac, Marine Corps Air Sta., The regular class luncheon of the Class El Toro, Calif. of 1926 was held at the Naval Gun Factory We are sorry to report the death of on Friday, March 26, 1954, and the follow- F R E D E R I C W. H E S S E R on April 1, ing were present: Dwight Agnew, T. C. 1954, at the Naval Hosp., Bethesda, Md. Aylward, J. W. Callahan, W. G. Cooper, He is survived by his widow, the former G. G. Crissman, W. A. Dolan, P. L. Dud- .A.nnah Clark Day of Berkeley, Calif., and ley. C. H. Duerfeldt, F. F. Fountain, H. a daughter, Joann Patricia. Mrs. Hesser is A. Fravel, F. A. Graf, W. E. Gladding, residing at 3545 N. Utah St., Arlington, R. B. Goldman, E. W. Grenfell, V. Havard Va. Jr, E. Kelley, W. E. Linaweaver, C. W. McClusky J. S. McClure, J. C. S. McKillio, F. J. McQuillen, J. F. Newman, M 192 8 • W. C. E. Prins, R. S. Purvis, W. K. Sec'y, Capt. R. K. James, U S N , Romoser, J. S. Russell, H. D. Scrym2629 S. Hayes St., Arlington, Va. geour, W. R. Smedberg, P. D. Stroop, W. S. Whiteside, S. D. Willingham, J. A. Orders Issued Winfrey, T. A. Wornham, H. P. Webster, E V A N E. FICKLING (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS L. H. Frost, W. Miller, J. B. Cochran, H. MONTEREY. deB. Claiborne, E. S. Davis, B. F. Brown, WELLS THOMPSON (CAPT U S N ) to AstCofS for Log, ComNavFe. R. K. Ashton, P. M. Curran, D. C. E. CHARLES R. WATTS (CAPT U S N ) to OSD, Hamberger, U. S. Brady.

Wash, DC. HUGH R. NIEMAN (CAPT U S N ) to ComFLog Preliminary plans are being made for the WingLant/Continental. next class bulletin. Anyone having any EDWARD A. HANNEGAN (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN. suggestions, contact "Hank" Fravel, class GEORGE E. KING (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS JUNEAU. secretary.

WILLIAM F. RABORN (CAPT U S N ) to CO Please keep class secretary advised of USS BENNINGTON. your correct address.

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Orders Issued ALBERT C. PERKINS (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS TACONIC. CHARLES R. FENTON (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. FRANK P. MITCHELL JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS YOSEMITE. EARL T. SCHREIBER (CAPT USN) to OIC, NavEng, USNavPg Scol, Monterey.

WILLIAM H. WATSON JR (CAPT U S N ) to ComDesRon 34.

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ARTHUR J. BARRETT JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavResSta, NavBase, Chasn.

DOUGLAS B. BROKENSHIRE (CAPT U S N ) to Staff ComAirPac. PETER H. HORN (CAPT U S N ) to BuShips.

GEORGE F. KOSCO (CAPT U S N ) to WeaOff Joint Staff CinCAl. F R A N K T. SLOAT (CAPT U S N ) to NavWarCol Npt., Dulns.

JAMES O. VOSSELLER (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComCarDiv 17.

JOSEPH C. CLIFTON (CAPT U S N ) to CO N A S Memphis.

JOHN CORBUS (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS WRANGELL.

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HENRY M.' MARSHALL (CAPT U S N ) to 15 ND. B E N J A M I N E. MOORE JR (CAPT U S N ) to ROBERT BRODIE JR (CAPT U S N ) to ChNav Sect MAAG, Formosa, Taipei.

JOSEPH R. HAMLEY (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON. BOSQUET N. WEV (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavSta NavBase, NorVa.

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President, Capt. C. E. Trescott, U S N , Department of Marine Engineering, U S N A , Annapolis, Md.

JAMES F. B E N S O N (CAPT U S N ) to CO N O P , Forest Park. „ ^, PATRICK HENRY JR (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. ROSS R. KELLERMAN (CAPT U S N ) to OIC FleWeaCen, San Francisco, N A S Alameda.

JAMES W. BLANCHARD (CAPT U S N ) to ComSubComNelm/ComHedSupPact, Naples.

MONROE B. D U F F I L L (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. THOMAS J. F L Y N N (CAPT U S N ) to CO Nand Seal Beach. „ „ ....

ELIOT OLSEN (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComNavBase, Portsmouth.

HALLE C. A L L A N JR (CAPT U S N ) to Ast CofS SigDiv, CinCSouth.

JOE W. BOULWARE (CAPT U S N ) to ComSur AsDevDeLant.

WILLIAM P. CHILTON (CAPT U S N ) to Jt PhibD LCreek.

S Y L V I U S GAZZE (CAPT U S N ) to ComTac JA^'^K' MAGINNIS

D. F W E I S S gives his new duty address as ComDesRon 20, F P O New York.

S. L. D E N T Y is living at 709 Hillwood .A.ve., Falls Church, Va. BILL ALLEN, whose present address is 809 Eisenhower Dr., Mt. Lebanon, Pa., writes that he is now attached to the executive offices of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Pittsburgh and is director of manufacturing and equipment engineering for that corporation.

According to Section IX of the Constitution of the Class of 1929, class members are advised hereby that: a. At the Washington Area luncheon held at the Gun Factory on Thursday, 25 March, the nominating committee, consisting of Rosy Junghans, chairman, Tobie Hogle and Will Dye, put the finger on the following for the FY 1955 class executive committee officers as indicated: chairman, Les Richardson; vice chairman. Herb Hiemenz; sec.treas., Burl Bush; member, Don Filer; member, Jerry O'Donnell. b. Should any members of the class desire to nominate or vote for other persons, the nomination or vote must reach the present secretary-treasurer by 20 May in order to be valid. c. The incumbent secretary-treasurer may be reached at Room 4109, Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Washington 25, D. C , in care of Col. M. G. Brown, USMC. By this time you've received our class president's (Charley Trescott's) notice concerning '29's silver anniversary. Do make it! I'll be there—but—who am I ?

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D A N A B. GUSHING (CAPT U S N ) to ChStatF Off. ComFleTraGru. GTMO. WALTER M. FOSTER (CAPT U S N ) to Ofc of the Compt of the Navv, Navy Dept.

MERVIN HALSTEAD (CAPT U S N ) to ONM. NavDept.

JAMES H. HOWARD (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. VERNON L. LOWRANCE (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS ROCKBRIDGE. NICHOLAS LUCKER JR (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. EDMUND S. L. MARSHALL (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S GEORGE CLYMER. CHARLES B. MARTELL (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS MISSISSIPPI. CHARLES T. MACRO JR (CAPT U S N ) to ONM. NavDept.

WILLIAM T. NELSON (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS FREMONT. JOSEPH A. RUDDY' JR (CAPT U S N ) to A s t A L U S N A and A s t A L U S N A for Air, London.

ARTHLTR F. SPRING (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S RENVILLE. HARRY J. VERHOYE (CAPT U S N ) to ChNav Sect. MAAG, Rome.

WILLIAM A. BURGETT (CDR U S N ) to CO USS MERCURY. HARRY* P. BADGER (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S GILBERT I S L A N D S .

OTIS J. EARLE (C.A,PT U S N ) to OpNav. ANDREW M. JACKSON (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. WARREN H. McCAIN (CAPT U S N ) to LBeach NavShipyd.

FRANCIS S. STICH (CAPT U S N ) to CO Nav AdCom NTC. Bain.

ROYAL A. WOLVERTON (CAPT U S N ) to Ins Mat. PhilaDist. Upper Darby.

GEORGE T. M C C R E J V D Y JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavAdCom USNavPgScol, Monterey.

JAMES H. NEWSOME (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS B R I A R E U S .

ROBERT J. STROH ( C J V P T U S N ) to OpNav. ARTHUR H. ASHTON (CDR U S N ) to Ofc of Info NavDept.

WILLIAM M. D R A N E (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavSta Kodiak.

WILLIAM E. ELLIS (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComOpDevFor. FRANK I. W I N A N T JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS OKANOGAN.

HARRY J. V E R H O Y E ' S new duty address is MAAG, A P O 794, New York.

K E N N E T H M. G E N T R Y reports from Qtrs. D-46, Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Norfolk, Va. B. F. McLEOD requests that his address be changed to Commanding Officer, USNAS, Point Mugu, CaHf. SAMUEL Y E A T O N writes from 50 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. On December 19, 1953, J O S E P H C. SNYDER was married to Helen R. Bruce of W^ashington, D. C. They are living at 2848 Northampton St., N W , and would be happy to see any of their old friends. Joe has returned to the osteopathic profession and is practicing at Farragut Medical Bldg., Washington 6, D. C. We are sorry to report the death of Gladys Newsome, wife of J.A.MES H, N E W S O M E , on 15 February '54 at Coronado, Calif.

H E N R Y WYGANT's widow and sons, William Henry Wygant (age 14) and Richard Howe Wygant (age 12), are living on their Fruitvale Ranch, Valley Center, Calif., with Mrs. Wygant's father, Capt. W. B. Howe, U S N (Ret.) '06, and mother.

Henry's daughter, Marjorie Howe Wygant, was married on June 21, 1953, to Mr. Richard .^.very of Escondido, Calif., in the Community Church of Valley Center, Calif. The young couple are now attending State College in San Diego, Calif.

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Corr. Sec'y, Capt. F. B. T. Myhre, U S N (Ret.), 3732 Manor Rd., Chevy Chase, Md. Orders Issued WILMER E . GALLAHER (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. HYLAN B. LYON (CAPT U S N ) to BuOrd. HIRAM CASSEDY (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS GLYNN. CHARLES O. COOK JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S CONECUH.

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MAXIM W. FIR^H (CAPT U S N ) to NavGer. ROBERT E. GADROW (CAPT USN) to Staff ComPhibLant.

HARRY M. S. GIMBER JR (CAPT U S N ) to NavHosp, Npt, Treatment.

BYRON L. GURNETTE (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS A L S H A I N .

THOMAS W. HOGAN (CAPT U S N ) to Staff NavWarCol, Npt. JOHN N. HUGHES (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S OKANOGAN. ROBERT D. KING (CAPT U S N ) to 12 N D .

JOHN S. McCAIN JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS MONROVIA. FRANCIS A. McKEE (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. WILLIAM E. MORING (SC) (CAPT U S N ) to CO N S D , Yokosuka.

WILLIAM C. NORVELL (CAPT U S N ) to A L U S N A and A L U S N A for Air, Tokyo.

WALTER P. SCHOENI (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. WILLIAM B. SIEGLAFF (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComSubPac. ROBERT A. THEOBALD JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS R A N D A L L .

WARREN G. CORLISS (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. WILLIAM W. HOLLISTER (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S KENNETH WHITING. SIDNEY J. LAWRENCE (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS SIBONEY. CARLETON E. MOTT (CAPT U S N ) to The ICAF, Wash, DC. JOHN B. COLWELL (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S ELOKOMIN. GEORGE DEMETROPOLIS (CAPT U S N ) to AdminOff NYNavShipyd, Brooklyn.

HENRY H. HALE (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S DUXBURY. GEORGE B. MADDEN (CAPT U S N ) to Staff NavWarCol, Npt. THOMAS B. P A Y N E (CAPT U S N ) to The Joint Staff Ofc JCS. Wash, DC. CARSON HAWKINS (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S SALISBURY SOUND. ARNOLD H. HOLTZ (CAPT U S N ) to AstCofS for Admin CinCPacFlt. ROBERT E. C. JONES (CAPT U S N ) to Staff NavWarCol. Npt. MICHAEL G. O'CONNOR (CAPT U S N ) to Staff ComAirPac. R U S S E L L C. WILLIAMS (CAPT U S N ) to Staff CinCNelm.

ANDREW L. YOUNG JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO PhibOpTraElementLant.

R. P. H U N T E R notifies us that his.address is now 214 S. Blake Rd., Norfolk 5, Va. A new address for F R A N C I S W. H O Y E is Suite 203, 1701 "K" St., NW, Washington 6, D. C. J . \ M E S T. S M I T H is now living at 6 Badger Rd., Annapolis, Md.

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Sec'y, Capt. R. B. Moore, U S N , Naval Operations (OP-54B), Room 4E 416, Pentagon, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. Orders Issued LLOYD H. McALPINE (CAPT U S N ) to Nav WarCol. Npt., DnIns. HOWARD R. PRINCE (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS MULIPHEN. LEVERING SMITH (CAPT U S N ) to CO Nav OrdMissileTestFac, White Sands, Las Cruces.

MAGRUDER TUTTLE (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide CNabATra N A S , Pncla.

GEORGE S. JAMES JR (CAPT U S N ) to Com UTWGLant.

R A L P H C. JOHNSON (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS ARNEB. RICHARD S. MANDELKORN (CAPT U S N ) to BuShips.

HARRY G. MOORE (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. MALCOLM T. MUNGER (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS R A N K I N .

GEORGE W. PRESSEY (CAPT U S N ) to Ast CofS O P S / P l a n n i n g (OPS) and SecurityOff, ComHawSeaFron.

JOHN G. SPANGLER (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S TTT FAIR. DONALD I . T H O M A S (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S SEMINOLE. i O H N A. TYREE JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S BOTETOURT. „ „ ALFRED G. WARD (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. RICHARD J. LAVERY (CDR U S N ) to FlcAct Yokosuka.

LOUIS A. BRYAN (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S SANBORN. JAMES D. COLLETT (CAPT U S N ) to ChNav Sect MAAG, Viet Nam, Saigon.

RICHARD H. LAMBERT (CAPT U S N ) to InsMat, Bost-'n.

PORTER LEWIS (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS HAMUL. JOHN P. ROACH (CAPT U S N ) to ComSubGru 1 and ChStaffOff, NwLon. WILLIAM J. WIDHELM (CAPT U S N ) to CO N A S ChaseFId, Beeville.

THOMAS W. HOPKINS (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS NORTON SOUND. HENRY H. McCARLEY (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavComSta, Guam.

HARRY L. REITER JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS PAWCATUCK. GEORGE F. RICE (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S CORREGIDOR. CHARLES H. SMITH (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide/Ops ComCruDiv 6.

GEORGE O. HOBBS (CDR U S N ) to 11 N D .

CHARLES B. LANMAN (CAPT U S N ) to Staff ComHukLant.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBARDS (CAPT U S N ) to UNCMAC PlanGru. SALEM A. V A N EVERY JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO Special WpnsFac, Kirtland A F B Albuquerque.

R. B. MOORE gives his new duty address _ as CNO (Op-54), Navy Dept, Washington, D. C. .A. new address for H. R. P R I N C E is 1330 Monterey Ave., Norfolk 8, Va. H A R V E Y H. H E A D is still living at Fontana, Calif., but has changed his POBox number to 96.

J O H N M. L I E T W I L E R is now with the Navy Dept., Office of CNO (Op-20), and is living at 5907 Aberdeen Rd., Bethesda, Md. HARRY L. R E I T E R JR is stationed in the USS PAWCATUCK (AO-108), F P O

New York.

The regular monthly class luncheon held 17 March was, as planned and frequently announced, a joint affair wherein the thirtytwoers of West Point joined us. A really fine time was had by all. Old tales retold left nothing to be desired and lost nothing with the passing of the years. The lying and the bragging seems to be definitely on the upgrade and it was obvious to all that if we could have a get-together in the cool of the evening sometime wherein we do not have to go back and hold the walls of the Pentagon up when we disperse, we could hold our own with any given class or age group. We had an excellent turnout. Annapolis was not only outnumbered by the Pointers but as Sam Moncure put it, the Pointers also outranked us. More power to them. We hope they are all wearing four stars when we get together next, and that we will do soon.

Col. El Davis presided as host for the West Pointers and welcomed the Annapolis contingent in a most gracious and sincere manner. SAM MONCURE, Washington chapter chairman, responded for the Navy and Marines most cordially.

SCOTTY McIVER won the door prize, a bottle of appropriate beverage. Over fifty people of all services accepted Scotty's invitation to drop in and help dispose of it.

In fact, considerable pressure was brought to bear to prevail upon Scotty to share the wealth right then and there, but he somehow managed to weather the storm.

The following were present: (West Point) Colonels Gil Adams USA, Charlie Baer US.A., Big Bigelow USA, Wally Brucker USA, Bill Call USA, Al Clark USA, El Davis USA, Jerry Epley USA, Ward Gillette USA, Al Gerhardt USA, Jim Godwin USA, Walker Goodrich US.A., Alex Graham USA, Tom Hannah USA, OHe Hansen USA, Bob Hewitt USA, Tuffy Horner USA, Roscoe Huggins USA, Jamie Jamison USAF, Bill Kunzig USA, Ash Manhart USA, Bill Masselo Jr USA, Bill Mikkelson USA, Roy Moore USA, George Power USA, Bill Powers USA, Mike Riley USA (Ret.), Karl Scherer USA, Dave Schorr USA, Pinky Smith US.A., Johnnie Steele USA, Torg Wold USAF, Ken Zitzman, Maj. Gen. Ken Hobson USAF, Brig. Gen. Joe Kelly USAF, Brig. Gen. Sam Russell USA, and Maj. Gen. Bob TerriU U S A F .

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Ed Konrad, J. A. Thomas, W. I. Bull, Tom Warfield, Walt Asmuth, Dick Mandelkorn, John Fahy, Red Eye Thompson, Joe Jaap, Doc Wilson, Lindsey Williamson, Burl Bailey, Rip Raring, Paul Harrington, Earl Finney, Sam Moncure, Red Stoner, Floyd Schultz, Scotty Mclver, Hank Munson, Red Green, Moe Archer, Harry Reiter, Joe Lark, Bill Brown, Ted White, Joe Tshirigi, John Spangler, and Charlie Lanman.

D O N McLEOD writes that he is now working with Sears, Roebuck & Co., in Los Angeles. He is manager of the Correspondence, Adjustments, and Returns Branch. His address is 817 North Leonard .St., Montebello, Calif. He says that he has been on the binnacle list of late, ^ue to a throat operation, but that he expects to be out and about soon and enjoins one and all to give him a jingle when in L. A. He also forwarded BOB GAMBLE'S address as 509 N. Magnolia St., Whittier, Calif.

F R A N K BRUMBY wants to dispel all rumors to the effect that he is expecting to hear the patter of little feet. He says the only youngster in his house is a Kerry Blue Terrier and it doesn't patter.

MOE A R C H E R rares back on his dignity and announces that he and Margaret are grandparents again. It's Emery Ellsworth Larson, III, born in Frederick, Maryland Memorial Hospital; Sunday, 14 March. Weight, 9 ^ lbs. Both boy and mother are doing well. Moe says that the youngster is long and rangy and at this point looks as if he'd be better at lacrosse than grubbing around in the mud at center like his sire and grandsire used to do.

Watch out there, Moe, don't sign the boy up yet. After all, he may prefer boxing or horsehide heaving or something.

Everyone is most distressed to learn of LOU KIRN's stroke. As of this writing, Lou is reported to have started the long pull up. We are certainly all pulling with you, Lou.

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Sec'y, Capt. J. B . Denny. U S N .

BnPers, Rm. 3072, Arlington Annex, Navy Dept., Washington 25. D. C. Orders Issued JAMES S. DIETZ (SC) (CAPT USN) to Bn SandA. THOMAS F. CONNOLLY (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. CHARLES VV. FIELDER (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. WILLARD R. LAUGHON (CAPT U S N ) to ComSubRon 12.

CHARLES L. MOORE JR (CAPT USN) to CO FAETULant.

WILLIAM V. PRATT II (CAPT U S N ) to Nav WarCol, Npt, Dulns.

R U B E N E. WAGSTAFF (CAPT U S N ) to OIC GnnfireSupportScol, NavPhibTraU, Coronado.

STANLEY M. B A R N E S (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComCarDiv 18.

HORACE V. BIRD (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide ComDesFlot 2.

WILLIAM L. DAWSON (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. ROBERT E. GARRELS (CAPT U S N ) to Bu Ships.

LUTHER C. HEINZ (CAPT U S N ) to CO U S S MENIFEE. RICHARD L. KIBBE (CAPT U S N ) to BuOrd. DONALD O. LACEY (CAPT U S N ) to ExOff ASO. Phila.

LAMAR LEE JR (SC) (CAPT U S N ) to CO, NavOrdSupOfc, Mech.

THOMAS A. LONG (SC) (CAPT U S N ) to Sup Ofc, MareNavShipYd, Vallejo.

EDWIN E. LORD III (CAPT USN) to CO USS MOUNT KATMAI. SELBY K. SANTMYERS (CAPT U S N ) to ASW and ShippingConOff. Staff CinCLantFlt. LEWIS L. SNIDER (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. ARCHIE T. WRIGHT JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS CANISTEO. P H I L L I P K. SHERMAN (CAPT U S N ) to Com DesDiv 601.

SETH S. SEARCY (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. CLARENCE A. KELLER (CAPT USN) to CO FasRon 77.

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JOSEPH I. MANNING ( C A P T ^ S N ) to ChOrg Sect. Staff CinCSouth.

SAMUEL H. PATTIE (CAPT U S N ) to Staff ComNavPhil.

R A L P H L. SHIFLEY (CAPT U S N ) to Staff ComSixthFIt. BRUCE E. WIGGIN (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. FRANCIS J. BLOUIN (CAPT U S N ) to The Joint Staff Ofc ICS, Wash, DC. JESSE B. BURKS (CAPT U S N ) to Staff Nav WarCol, Npt. B E N N E T T M. DODSON (CAPT U S N ) to Staff CO MSTS WestPacArea.

EDWARD H. C. FREDERICKS (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide. ComFair Japan.

EDWARD F. JACKSON (CAPT U S N ) to Nav WarCol, Npt, Dulns.

ELMER C. LONG (CAPT U S N ) to NavWarCol, Npt. Dulns.

FRANCIS M. GAMBACORTA (CDR U S N ) to Staff CinCSouth.

HOWARD T. BIERER (SC) (CAPT U S N ) to 10 ND. CHARLES W. FIELDER (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavScol AUWca Flight NAS CorpC. DAVID L. MARTINEAU (CAPT U S N ) to Bu Pers.

JOHN S H A N N O N (CAPT U S N ) to Staff Com FairWingsLant.

BERNARD M. STREAN (CAPT U S N ) to CO NavScol PreFIight. NAS Pncla.

CHARLES H. KEYSER (SC) (CDR U S N ) to NavRepairFac NavSta SDiego.

REUBEN E. S T A N L E Y changes his address to Staff, CinCPacFlt (Plans), F P O San Francisco.

C H R I S T O P H E R S. BARKER J R and Mrs. Barker announce the birth of a son, Gary Cornelius, on 7 March 1954 at the U. S. Nav. Hosp., St. Albans, Long Island, N. Y. E D W A R D C. W A L S H is living at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 W. 7th St., Los .'\ngeles, Calif., and is associated with a law firm.

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.Sec'y, Capt. F. L. Pinney, Jr., U S N , 6345 Western Ave., N.W., Washington 15, D. C. Orders Issued HENRY C. 'BPICER JR (CAPT U S N ) to Nav WarCol, Npt, Dulns.

WILLIAM R. CRUTCHER (CDR U S N ) to Fie SonarScol SDiea:o.

EDGAR H. BATCHELLER (CAPT U S N ) to PortsmouthNavShipYd. JOHN B. MORLAND (CAPJ' U S N ) to Armed ForStaffCol. Norfolk. Va. JOHN C. NICHOLS (CAPT U S N ) to Staff Cine PacFlt. FRANK L. P I N N E Y JR (CAPT U S N ) to Bu Ord. P A U L S. SAVIDGE JR (CAPT U S N ) to Bu Pers.

A L L A N G. SCHNABLE (CAPT USN) to CO USS CALOOSAHATCHEE. LESLIE M. SLACK (CAPT U S N ) to ComDes Div 102.

JOHN V. SMITH (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. DOUGLAS McK. SWIFT (CAPT USN) to Staff ComDesLant.

MARVIN I. ROSENBERG (CDR U S N ) to Bloc OrtFor. CLARENCE J. WALTERS (SC) (CDR U S N ) to NavPurOfc NYk. JACOB T. B U L L E N JR (CAPT U S N ) to Op Nav. ROBERT H. CLOSE (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS FIREDRAKE. DUNCAN P. DIXON JR (CAPT U S N ) to Staff NavWarCol. Npt. JAMES D. F U L P JR (CAPT U S N ) to Staff NavWarCol. Not. HARRY H. GREER JR (CAPT U S N ) to Com LSDiv 12.

ROBERT J. HARDY (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS WACCAMAW. JOHN M. HYDE (CAPT USN) to CO USS PASSUMPSIE. WILLIAM T. KINSELLA (CAPT USN) to CO USS ORION. GEORGE W. L A U T R U P JR (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS N A N T A H A L A .

JAMES R. COMPTON (CAPT U S N ) to The Joint Staff Ofc JCS, Wash. DC. EDWARD F. DISSETTE (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. JOHN J. HYLAND (CAPT U S N ) to Staff CinCPacFlt. EDGAR S. POWELL JR (CAPT U S N ) to BuPers.

LESTER R. SCHULZ (CAPT USN) to Ast for Comm Plans, Staff CinCLantFlt. JAMES S. SHILSON (CAPT U S N ) to Staff CinCNelm.

RICHARD D. SHEPARD (CAPT U S N ) to Com DesDiv 602.

HARRY L. THOMPSON JR (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav.

ROLLIN E. WESTHOLM (CAPT U S N ) to CofS and Aide, CombatDiv 2.

MARSHALL W. WHITE (CAPT U S N ) to CO N A A S BarinFId, Foley.

COLLIN J. MACKENZIE (CAPT U S N ) to SurOpsOff Staff CinCPacFlt. JAMES E. OWERS (CAPT U S N ) to Staff CinCSouth.

GEORGE F. PITTARD (CAPT U S N ) to Com DesDiv 162.

ERNEST E. CHRISTENSEN (CAPT U S N ) to BuOrd. ROBERT R. WILLIAMS JR (CAPT U S N ) to ONR NavDept.

BEVERLY VAN B U S K I R K is now living at 1945 Dehesa Rd., El Cajon, Calif.

R I C H A R D A K E R O Y D requests that his address be changed to 3714 Divisadero St., San Francisco 23, Calif.

W. M. DICKEY is stationed at the U. S. Receiving Station, Washington 25, D. C. A Twentieth Anniversary party will be held at the Officers' Club, Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island, by the members of Thirty-four in the Newport area on 29 May 1954. Any and all members of Thirty-four who are located in New England, New York or other nearby areas are cordially invited to join up and' make it the biggest anniversary party since the memorable one in Majuro in 1944. Please contact Bud Slack at the Naval War College if you are coming so arrangements can be made, not only for food and drink, but lodging as well—within our capacity to provide it.

Responses to the questionnaire on the 20 Year Book continue to trickle in, and as of early April 320 replies were received.

Of these, 280 are in favor of the book and 245 advocate using $1000 of class funds towards defraying the cost. Despite strenuous efforts on the part of Bob Paton and his assistants located in various parts of the country, some 96 of our original membership are still unlocated. The Class Council has therefore adopted a by-law to the constitution clarifying the term "member in good standing" which will permit us to do business with a majority of the active membership for whom we have good addresses. This membership now totals 511, and since a majority of this number are in favor of the book, the committee is going ahead with plans. However, there is no use publishing a book unless it is a good one, and an absolute minimum of 320 subscriptions are needed if the book is to be worth the effort. Therefore, before spring fever takes hold—and it's already arrived in Washington—send in your biographical data and your vote to Bob Harbold, 120 Spa View Ave., Annapolis. Even if you don't want the book, we still want a biography and photos of you and your family twenty years after.

Recent orders indicate many members of the class will be reporting for duty in Washington in the next few montlis. When you are settled in the beautifully located and surprisingly inexpensive mansions your departing classmates are trying to sell you (buy direct from the owner and save an agent's feel), call Butch Robbins in BuPers and tell him your address and phone number so he can add you to the list of Washington classmates he so ably maintains.

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Sec'y, Cdr. J. S. C. Gabbert. U S N , Bureaa of Naval Personnel, Navy Dept., Washington 25. D . C. Orders Issued JOHN M. LEE (CAPT U S N ) to OpNav. ROBERT V. R. BASSETT JR (CDR U S N ) to ServPac. JAMES W. THOMSON (CDR U S N ) to BuPers JOHN J. BECKER (CDR U S N ) to 10 ND JAMES R. NORTH (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 162.

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CYRUS C. COLE (CAPT USN) to Staff Com SnbPac. HERSCHEL J. GOLDBERG (SC) (CAPT U S N ) to OIC NavPur Ofc. Wash. DC. RALPH M. METCALF (CAPT U S N ) to The Joint Staff Ofc JCS. Wash, DC. BENJAMIN E. ADAMS JR (CDR U S N ) to NavHosp SanDiego, Treatment.

DWIGHT L. MOODY (CDR USN) to ComDes Div 82.

RICHARD E. BABB (CDR U S N ) to ComPhlb ConRon 2.

WARREN J. BETTENS (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. DONALD N. CLAY (CDR U S N ) to NavWarCol, Npt. CHARLES L. HARRIS JR (SC) (CDR U S N ) to 14 ND. JOHN A. HEATH (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 72.

ROBERT B. KELLY (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 342.

ROBERT H. PRICKETT (CDR U S N ) to Ofc of Bagr WestDist LosA. STANLEY E. RUEHLOW (CDR U S N ) to Op Nav. KENNETH G. SCHACHT (CDR U S N ) to Sub Pac. FRANCIS D. WALKER JR (CDR U S N ) to CO USS B U S H N E L L .

ROBERT E. M. WARD (CDR U S N ) to Nav Aide to AstSecNav Wash, DC. THEODORE H. WINTERS JR (CDR U S N ) to CinCLantRep to the FIdRep Europe UK. MASON B. FREEMAN (CAPT U S N ) to BuOrd. JOHN R. MIDDLETON JR (CAPT U S N ) to BuOrd. JOHN P. KILROY (SC) (CDR U S N ) to 17 N D .

CHARLES H. McC.\RTHY' JR (SC) (CDR USN) to 15 N D .

ROBERT C. WING (CDR U S N ) to NavPhil.

ROY C. KLINKER (CDR U S N ) to MSTS Pac Area.

GRAFTON B. CAMPBELL (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. BEN W. SARVER (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 222.

BENJAMIN L. E. TALMAN (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. JOHN W. McCORMICK (CAPT U S N ) to SFran NavShipyd.

KENNETH L. VETH (CAPT U S N ) to CO USS MONONGAHELA. DAVID H. McCLINTOCK (CDR U S N ) to CO USS HOWARD W. GILMORE. DALE E. COCHRAN (CDR U S N ) to ServDiv 31.

SLADE D. CUTTER (CDR U S N ) to SubLant.

ARTHUR A. GIESSER (CDR U S N ) to ComTac Grn 1.

HAROLD H. L A R S E N (CDR U S N ) to CO Air DevRon 4.

JOHN S. BARLEON JR (CDR U S N ) to Joint Services StaffCol London Dulns.

EARLE G. GARDNER JR (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 112.

ALBERT H. BOWKER (CDR U S N ) to CO AirTransRon 24.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Richard R. Pratt, U S N , Box 70. Navy 214. FPO, New York, N . Y. Orders Issned A L L A N F. FLEMING (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. PARKER L. FOLSOM (CDR U S N ) to NavWar Col Npt. JEWETT O. P H I L L I P S JR (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 42.

HARRY B. STARK (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 12.

JOHN H. TURNER (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. RENFRO TURNER JR (CDR U S N ) to NavWar Col Npt. ROSS R. HIRSHFELD (CDR U S N ) to The Joint Staff Ofc JCS, Wash, DC. THOMAS S. KING JR (CDR U S N ) to Staff CinCPacFlt. JOHN K. K N A P P E R (CDR U S N ) to NavSect MAAG Belgium Brussels.

JOSEPH B. ICENHOWER (CDR U S N ) to MinLant Temp.

FITZHUGH L. PALMER JR (CDR U S N ) to Hat Wing I. JOHN M. ALFORD (CDR U S N ) to ComDesDiv 122.

ROBERT A. THATCHER (CDR U S N ) to Com InRon 7.

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Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. John P . M. Johnston, U S N (Ret.) 5439 41st St., N . W., Washington 15, D. C. Orders Issued REXFORD V. WHEELER JR (CDR U S N ) to USS WISCONSIN. ALFRED W. GARDES JR (CDR U S N ) to ComCortRon 3.

FAY E. WILSIE (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S WALDRON. A L F R E D F. GERKEN (CDR U S N ) to ComCort Ron 16.

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JOHN S. SCHMIDT (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. GEORGE C. ELLERTON JR (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. FLETCHER HALE (CDR U S N ) to NELM. RICHARD HOLDEN (CDR U S N ) to HukLant.

RICHARD P. NICHOLSON (CDR U S N ) to Nav WarCol Npt. WALTER L. PHALER (CDR U S N ) to CO USS MONSSEN. JOHN E. POND JR (CDR U S N ) to ComCort Ron 12.

FRANCIS C. R Y D E E N (CDR U S N ) to Com CortRon 10.

EDWARD D. S P R U A N C E (CDR U S N ) to CO USS WHETSTONE. WILLIAM R. S T E V E N S (CDR U S N ) to FairWg 14.

N E W E L L E. THOMAS (CDR U S N ) to NELM. F R A N K M. EDDY (CDR U S N ) to NavFE. WILLIAM B. BROWN (CDR U S N ) to Nav Marianas.

P A U L E. HARTMANN (CDR U S N ) to CarDiv 2.

JOHN R. WADLEIGH (CDR U S N ) to Com CortRon 16.

FRED E. WEXEL (CDR U S N ) to NavFE. CHARLES R. DODDS (CDR U S N ) to USS GREENWICH BAY. GEOFFREY P . NORMAN (CDR U S N ) to AirLant.

L. V. J U L I H N changes his duty address to Hdqtrs. Field Command, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. The class party at the Army Navy Country Club on 6 March was a very marked success and bouquets are due Tom Cunningham and Rex Wheeler for the arrangements. Thirty-seven of the class were present with their wives, making seventyfour in all, with cocktails, dinner, dancing and music by Meyer Davis.

Curly and Tom Adams, Gina and Guy Anderson, Libby and Ace Barton, Peggy and Bernard Bieri, Mary and Tom Cunningham were there to start the list and already there is a small bit of news to relate. By the latest issue of Shipmate we see that Tom has his orders to the USS IOWA.

Phoebe and Pinky Baer are relatively new arrivals to the Washington area and have established themselves at 315 South Jackson Street, Arlington, Va. Pinky's last duty was with ComSubDiv 63 in the Norfolk area. They have two children, a girl, Sandra, 5, and a boy, Geoffery, 7 months.

Frankie and Joe Dalton, Helma and Dave Dressendorfer, Helen and Wyman Howard, Betty and John Johnston, Kay and Jerry Joyce, Betty and Curt Kelly, Betsy and Ralph Kissinger, Betty and Charlie Lake, Ruth and Willie Mack, Truey and Charlie Meigs, Marguerite and Frank Menefee, Iris and Rivers Morrell, Bernice and Johnny Nielson, Susan and Jeff Norman, Kay and Eddie Pace, Gene and Virginia Rankin, Susie and Hank Rowe, Natalie and Henry Sipple, are more of those who came and helped to make the party the success that it was.

Mary and Archie Soucek were there.

Archie has just arrived in Washington and has been ordered to the Naval Gun Factory. This is Archie's second tour of duty in the Washington area in the last five years.

Mary Martha and Levick Street, Francesca-Ann and Walt Stencil, then Paul and Tyg Taylor. Paul and Tyg were just visiting in Washington at the time we held this festivity. Paul is on duty at Mare Island and has Quarters T. Paul and Tyg have 4 children now.

Ray and Jack Wadleigh, Edythe and Bob Ware, Jean and Red Woodard, Eleanor and Rex Wheeler and Janet and Bob Madison complete the Washington members of the party.

Mary and Charlie Minter and Dinty and Mary Kay Moore came up from Annapolis. Johnny and Gwen DeVane came from

Patuxent. Judy and George Rouzee came down from Lake Success, New York. Their home address there is 35 Salem Road, Roslyn Heights, New York.

It was a good party with class representation from Mare Island, New York, Annapolis, and Patuxent.

Capt. Joseph Hoyt joined the class luncheon on 12 March just 6 days after our successful party. Jeff Norman had invited Captain Hoyt to tell us about the Contingency Option Act of 1953 and to stand by to answer questions. Captain Hoyt gave a brief synopsis of the background of the reason for the creation of the Act and of the content of the Act and what it means to service personnel who are not Reserves. His repeated advice was to exercise your option affirmatively and that any insurance agent who advises otherwise is not reliable.

Though it was but six days later, there were 25 of the class present to hear what Capt. Hoyt had to say. Bob Ware, Eddie Pace, Bernard Bieri, Walt Stencil, Jack Wadleigh, Si Filippone, Ralph Kissinger, Dave Dressendorfer, Jim Denton, Willie Mack, Rex Wheeler, Frank Shamer, Levick Street, Tommy Pearsall, Joe Dalton, Bill Porter, Ace Barton, John Johnston, Tom Cunningham, Guy Narter, Henry Sipple, Gene Rankin, Dave Bell, and Frank Menefee.

This is just a bit more news outside of Washington. Recently, a two-week vacation was a very pleasant break in the activities of the office day. During those two weeks a visit to Charleston, S. C , was the successfully accomplished objective.

On the way down, a routing was selected to pass through Raleigh, N. C , where Frank Worth insisted on being host for a luncheon and bringing me up to date on his doings in Raleigh. Presently Frank is working with two of his brothers in a lumber and contractor supply business, which has been in the family for some years. In his spare time he is acting as building contractor for a very nice new home which he is constructing on the lot next to his present home, which is too small for his family of four children.

Frank has three other brothers in Raleigh: one a radiologist, another in insurance, and a third the manager of a large housing development which includes a restaurant and shopping center. Frank's address is 2015 St. James Rd., Raleigh,"N. C. In Charleston, S. C, living in a pleasant brick home on a corner lot are Mary Dora and Blake Moore. Blake is on duty in the Charleston Navy Yard and says he finds it very pleasant. They have three children. Blake's address is 308 Groves St., Charleston, S. C. Returning north to Washington, we stopped by in Wilson, N. C. (which, indidentally, is not far from Raleigh), to visit with Tom Nixon. Unfortunately, Tom was not at home, but we did have a very nice talk with Margaret when we called at their home, 201 Rowe St. Tom is now teaching mathematics in a high school in Wilson, N. C. For two years previously he taught in a private school in Alabama. The reason we missed seeing Tom was because he had gone to Greenville, N. C, taking Saturday morning classes in preparation for his Master's degree.

Just out of curiosity to see how many of 1937 this column was reaching, I wrote to the Alumni Association and asked how many were active subscribers to Shipmate.

"Of the living graduates of the Class of 1937, there are now a total of only 52 who are members of the National Associa31

tion, one of these being a life member."

We graduated 323, there are 51 who are no longer among us, leaving 272. Let's sprea^ the word that there is a bit of news of '37 to be found in Shipmate's "What's the Dope" section, \fhich consists of news about all the classes.

Since trying to expand this news column to include the whole of the class, I have been able to collect 121 addresses less than a year old which are now card filed. That leaves me 253 addresses to go. Please send me any info about classmates and their addresses.

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Sec'y, Lt. Col. John Saxten, USMC, G-3 Division Headquarters, Marine Corps, Washington 25. D . C. Orders Issued CHARLES O. AKERS (CDR U S N ) to U S S LOS ANGELES. LUCIEN B. M C D O N A L D

( C D R U S N ) to Com

SnbDiv 42.

NORMAN E. FRYER JR (CDR U S N ) to George Washington Univ., Wash, DC, Dulns.

HAROLD S. HAMLIN JR (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S STATEN ISLAND. JOHN R. SWEENEY (CDR U S N ) to AirLant Temp.

HERMAN K. ROCK (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. H E N R Y C. L A U E R M A N (CDR U S N ) to Com SnbDiv 52.

JOHN A . BOGLEY (CDR U S N ) to ComSnbDiv 53.

EDWIN F. WOODHEAD (CDR U S N ) to Long BeachNavShipvd.

IRWIN T. BROOKS (SC) (CDR U S N ) to N A S QuonPt. WILLIAM J. COLLUM JR (CDR U S N ) to Car Div 17.

VICTOR A. DYBDAL (CDR U S N ) to NavWar Col Npt. LEON S. E U B A N K S (CDR U S N ) to ComSnb Div 102.

JOHN B. FERRITER (CDR U S N ) to U S S NORFOLK. ROBERT C. GIFFEN JR (CDR U S N ) to U S N A Annap. .

RICHARD M. HAYES (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. FRED E; McENTIRE JR (CDR U S N ) to Staff CinCNorth.

JAMES M. PALMER (CDR U S N ) to U S S HOWARD W. GILMORE. JOHN E. WICKS JR (CDR U S N ) to U S S MANCHESTER. P H I L I P A. B E S H A N Y (CDR U S N ) to ComSnb Div 101.

GIDEON M. BOYD (CDR U S N ) to USS BALTIMORE. LEO R. J E N S E N (CDR U S N ) to AirTrans Ron 3.

MICHAEL T. TYNG (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. DANIEL A. BALL (CDR U S N ) to AirPac. CHARLES H. HOLT (CDR U S N ) to U S S I N TREPID. WILLIAM G. B L A S D E L (SC) (CDR U S N ) to SPCC Mech.

E L V I N C. OGLE (CDR U S N ) to ComCortRon 9.

DOUGLAS H. PUGH (CDR U S N ) to Ofc of JAG NavDept.

ROBERT K. R. WORTHINGTON (CDR U S N ) to U S S SPERRY. FREDERICK W. BROWN JR (CDR U S N ) to FairWingsLant.

THEODORE A. GRELL (CDR U S N ) to Armed ForStaffCol NorVa.

.A.L.AN R. J O S E P H S O N reports a change of address to Hdqtrs. MA.A.G, .A-PO 74, Bo.x S, P M San Francisco.

H U G H M. ROBINSON is stationed in the U S S

CHARLES J. BADGER

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BuPers, Navy Department. Room S73.1.

Arlington Annex, Washington 25, D. C. Orders Issued HENRY J. BRANTINGHAM (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S COLAHAN. JAMES M. HINGSON (CDR U S N ) to ComSub Div 122.

GEORGE W. FORBES JR (CDR U S N ) to SnbRon 12.

WILLIAM L. SAVIDGE (CDR U S N ) to Des Lant.

CARL F. PFEIFER (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S PRICHETT.

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I just received a very interesting letter from Doc Abbott in Pensacola. Doc, aided

by Dixie Miller, Butch Wells, Al Neal and Max Berns, organized the Pensacola branch, Class of '39, with meetings scheduled 5:15 p.m. at the Mustin Beach Club the last Friday of each month (this takes advantage of the regular 5 to 7 "happy hour"; drinks at half price) with wives optional. The first meeting was held on 26 March in the first booth on the left as you enter the bar. The mission for the organization is adopted as follows: "To keep the Washington branch squared away." Each member voted for himself; no officers were elected, and nobody was able to act as chairman. Discussion was held on the desirability of having Peek magazine do an article titled "Half Way to 30." No agreement was reached on any phase of this discussion.

Doc also reports Dick Barry was in recently in the CECIL and participated in a RICHARD s . M C E L R O Y J R ( C D R U S N ) to minor bout, as a result of which it was NavAd Sandia Base Albuquerque.

HERMAN SPECTOR (SC) (CDR U S N ) to U S S decided that the presence of a classmate in RANDOLPH. Pensacola as skipper of a plane guard EMMETT P. BONNER (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. destroyer would be treated as a special BERNARD J. GERMERSHAUSEN (CDR U S N ) to ComLSTDiv 43. circumstance, and the monthly meeting FERNALD P . ANDERSON (CDR U S N ) to Op would be rescheduled as necessary to inNav. CHARLES A. DANCY JR (CDR U S N ) to CO sure that it occurred during his tenure.

USS ISHERWOOD. Doc certifies that the foregoing is a true P A U L GANO (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S LEWIS HANCOCK. and accurate account, at least to the best of LAWRENCE R. GEIS (CDR U S N ) to NaTest his knowledge and belief; although of Cen N A S PaxRiv. GEORGE W. NETTS (SC) (CDR U S N ) to course not necessarily endorsed by the rest PhilaNavShipyd. of the members.

HAROLD W. GERMAN (CDR U S N ) to CO Thanks a lot for the note, Doc. I read USS SHADWELL. ALBERT R. BARBEE JR (CDR U S N ) to U S S it at the class luncheon here in April with INTREPID. EDWARD L. DASHIELL JR (CDR U S N ) to great enjoyment by all.

NGF Wash. DC. Fred Clarke was in town for a few days ELLIS J. FISHER (CDR U S N ) to U S S ORIS- last month on a routine business trip from KANY. JOHN E. PARKS (CDR U S N ) to NaTraCom his very fine job in Pasadena. Ray Laird NAS Pncla. and I enjoyed very much the opportunity to RONALD F. STULTZ (CDR U S N ) to CO Comp get off for lunch with him to talk over old Ron 6.

WALTER K. STOW JR (CDR U S N ) to CO and new problems. Fred reports Betty and USS GOTTEN. the boys happy and healthy.

Being rushed for time, as usual, I will R. F. OCKLEY JR requests that his address be changed to POBox 767, Villa- close with the motto of the Democratic campaign headquarters in California, "Send nova, Pa. Jimmy to Washington; the wife you save CARL J. W E S T J R has moved to 248 may be your own."

Lincoln St., Barrington, 111.

W I L L I A M H . W I L L I A M S gives his ^ 1940 • address as Rt. 1, Box 227, Linden, Calif.

Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. R. A . Mallek. U S N , J. L. ABBOTT JR's address is Bldg. 45, 2400 11th Ave., SW, Seattle 4, Wash.

Rm. 218, NAS, Pensacola, Fla. Orders Issued

HOWARD J. GREENE (CDR U S N ) to Com SubDiv 41.

EUGENE B. HENRY JR (CDR U S N ) to Mid EastFor. SIGMUND A. BOBCZYNSKI (CDR U S N ) to Staff SacLant.

BENJAMIN C. JARVIS (CDR U S N ) to Sub Ron 3.

WILBUR S. WILLS JR (CDR U S N ) to N a v F E .

PARTEE W. CROUCH JR (CDR U S N ) to PhibLant.

JOHN C. FISHER (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S CHARLES R. WARE. ERNEST L. SCHWAB JR (CDR U S N ) to Cru DesPac. PRESTON N. SHAMER (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. EGIL T. STEEN (CDR U S N ) to Seventh Fit. N A T H A N F. ASHER (CDR U S N ) to Staff CinCLantFlt. JACK W. HOUGH (CDR U S N ) to NROTCU Northwestern Univ.

RALPH F. LOCKE (CDR U S N ) to N A S Lakehurst.

JOHN R. ZULLINGER (CDR U S N ) to Des Lant.

THOMAS H. B E L L (SC) (CDR U S N ) to N S D Mech.

ALFRED J. TOULON JR (CDR U S N ) to SubRon 1.

ROBERT L. MASTIN (CDR U S N ) to AirPac.

S H O R E BREEZES

by PAUL SCHRATZ

We are still in the middle of the hassle on the class questionnaires and still fighting off the complaint that nobody received his in time. There is a lot of truth in the latter part of that statement, particularly for those overseas. It was recognized that the ones outside the continental limits would best have gone air mail, but our motives in saving unnecessary expense and postage, etc., were of the highest. Thanks to a lot of eager assistants like Art Fisher, CO YARNALL, self-appointed project officer in ^^'esPac, and a few others in other areas of the globe, we haven't done too badly. As I go to press, a total of 325 have been received, although many of these are lacking the picture or the check, or both.

I would like to take this occasion to again urge you to get the pictures in, if you haven't done so. As you know, the urgency on the pictures is not quite as high as that for the questionnaires. I would also urge you to get your checks in, but here we have a better comeback—it's simply no check, no book. We can guarantee you can't do better for your $5.00 in any similar project like this one.

WILLIAM W. B U S H JR (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. GEORGE M. HAWES (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S COMPTON. EDWARD J. FRUECHTL (CDR U S N ) to CO USS ENGLISH. MYRON ALPERT (CDR U S N ) to OIC NavPers Research FldActy Wash, DC. HAROLD G. CARLSON (CDR U S N ) to Joint US Mil Gru Madrid.

ROBERT K. K A U F M A N (CDR U S N ) to Snb Ron 8.

WILLIAM S. A N T L E J R (CDR U S N ) to Sub Lant.

WILLIAM E. WESTHOFF (CDR U S N ) to Staff CincPacFlt. EVERETT E. ROBERTS JR (CDR U S N ) to CO USS PORTERFIELD. HARVEY' O. VOGEL (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S REHOBOTH. RICHARD W. SHAFER (CDR U S N ) to Sub Ron 7.

WJLLIAM W. SOUTH (CDR U S N ) to CO Air AsRon 37.

MARKESON V A R L A N D (CDR U S N ) to OpNav. ALLEN A. BERGNER (CDR U S N ) to SubRon 6.

WILLIAM E. FLY (CDR U S N ) to FAIR J a x .

CLAUDE A. CLEFTON (SC) (CDR U S N ) t o NavSta Sanorlev Point.

B L A I N E E. EADER (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S AMMEN. LAWRENCE S. LOCKETT (CDR U S N ) to N O P Forest Park.

WILBUR G. BARTON (CDR U S N ) to CO U S S JAMES E. KYES. HARLIN M. KEISTER (CDR U S N ) to BuAer. OLLO V. WALLGREN JR (SC) (CDR U S N ) to Joint Staff USCinCEnr.

TACK J. H I N M A N I I I changes his address to Box 442, Gen. Del., NAS, Navy 14, F P O San Francisco.

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P . O . Box 284. P u r c h a s i n g A g e n t .

Westinghonse Plant, Elmira, N . Y. Orders Issued J O H N W . H I R S T (SC) (CDR U S N ) to B u SandA. R I C H A R D C. M A R Q U A R D T (CDR U S N ) to CO USS CONE. W I L L I A M G. M A T T O N J R (CDR U S N ) to CO P a t R o n 3.

J O H N C. B A N G E R T (CDR U S N ) to American Oil Co., B a l t o T e m i n s .

E A R L A . L U E H M A N (CDR U S N ) to O p N a v .

R O B E R T H A I L E Y (CDR U S N ) to D e s L a n t .

C H A R L E S W . R U S H J R (CDR U S N ) to Sub Ron 1.

ROGER H . A L L E N (CDR U S N ) to OpDevFor. R I C H A R D J . R E I D J R (CDR U S N ) to BuShips.

W I L L I A M B . R O D M A N 4 T H (CDR U S N ) to DesLant.

J O S E P H C. ZIRKLl^ J R (CDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol, N p t .

GEORGE E . E V E R L Y (CDR U S N ) t o CO U S S DACE. E U G E N E W . K R E B S B A C H (CDR U S N ) to BnPers.

WALDO W . SIMONS (CDR U S N ) to MSTS WestPacArea.

THOMAS A. T U R N E R (CDR U S N ) to Sen Member N a v S u b I n S u r v , Seattle.

EDWARD R. B L A I R J R (CDR U S N ) to Staff CinCLant F i t .

J A M E S M. W E R T H (CDR U S N ) to Staff CinC WestLantArea.

GEORGE C. W A T E R S J R (SC) (LCDR U S N ) to U S S N E W P O R T N E W S .

J O H N B . D J ^ V E N P O R T (CDR U S N ) to B u P e r s .

J O H N M. R E A D E (CDR U S N ) t o P R N C .

CLIFFORD A. LENZ gives his address as Qtrs. S-8, North Severn, Annapolis, Md. The following are some recent changes of address received at Alumni House: J. R. BURWELL, Shoreview Terrace (A-1), Point Beach Dr., Milford, Conn.

A. G. McINTYRE, U. S. Naval Attache,' Lima, Peru, Dept. of State, Washington 25, D. C. CHARLES J. MERDINGER, Public Works Officer, N A S Miramar, San Diego 45, Calif.

BURNS W^ S P O R E , 125 S. Irving St., Arlington 4, \''a.

A new address for R O B E R T D. MACKLIN is 8607 Howell Rd., Bethesda 14, Md.

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Box 6042, S h i r l i n g t o n S t a t i o n , Arlington, Va. Orders Issued EDWARD G. F I T Z - P A T R I C K (LCDR U S N ) to CO U S S B E N N E R .

ROBERT E . M O T T E R N (LCDR U S N ) to Fie WeaCen Guam.

J O H N J . R O W A N (LCDR U S N ) to U S S N E W PORT N E W S .

W A L T E R B . W O O D S O N J R (LCDR U S N ) to BuPers.

J A R E D E. C L A R K E I I I (LCDR U S N ) to N a v SnBase N e w L o n .

C H A R L E S E . S M I T H (LCDR U S N ) to J o i n t Staff CinCarib.

W A R R E N C. G R A F T O N (LCDR U S N ) to B u Ord. J U D S O N C. D O Y L E (LCDR U S N ) to CO U S S FORREST ROYAL. ROY W. F . W E R T H M U L L E R (LCDR U S N ) to CO U S S S P I N A X .

GORDON C. B U H R E R (LCDR U S N ) to OIC NavGnidedMissileU 3 N A O T S Chincotcague.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of W I L L I A M M. YEAGER in a plane crash in Newark, Calif., on 10 March 1954. His widow, Betsy, and their three children live at 1926 4th St., Bremerton, Wash.

My wife, Bev, and I "hosted" the affair. Those attending were: Emily and Del Ames, '44; Phyllis and Saul .A.uslander, '46; Dottie and Ham Baker, '46; George Bauerschmidt, '46; Phyllis and Jack Collins, '46; Gail and Russ Davis, '46; Nancy and Jack Dwyer, '46; Muriel and Bob Fargo, '48A; Ann and Gene Gralla, '45 (my cousins) ; Bob Grimsley, '48A, and Drag; Patty and A. P. Hall, '46; Winnie and Pete Haring, '46; Baba and Bill Lally, '43; Betsy and Bill Lampmann, '47; Kathleen and

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W I L L I A M P . R I S E R (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

C O L E M A N W . SIMS (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

J O H N B . STETSON (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

H E N R Y S. B A R B O U R (LCDR U S N ) to N a y WarCol N p t Duins.

R I C H A R D J . D E P R E Z (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

H E R B E R T K. M A N S H I P (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

W I L L I A M J . McVEY (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

A L V I N THOMAS (LCDR U S N ) to N a v W a r C o l N p t Duins.

MORRIS Y. C L A R K (LCDR U S N ) to B u P e r s .

GEORGE M. W R O C K L A G E (LCDR U S N ) to USS GOODRICH. A R T H U R W. G I L L I S (SC) (LCDR U S N ) to ESO GtLakes.

GEORGE P . MONTGOMERY (LCDR U S N ) t o NavWarCol N p t Duins.

THOMAS J . SOISSON (LCDR U S N ) to A i r L a n t Temp.

AFTER "JUNE WEEK" . . .

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RATES IN EFFECT AT THE

Plan to stay at the magnificent Henlopen.

Every

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dancing nightly . . . air conditioned cocktail lounge and

Orders Issned

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A L F R E D B . E L L I S (LCDR U S N ) to A i r T r a n s Ron 6.

A L L E N N . L A S A T E R (LCDR U S N ) to N a v WarCol N p t Duins.

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J O H N H. H E N N E S S Y J R writes that he has moved to 711 W. Second St., Springfield 45, Ohio.

G. S . DAVID JR's address is now Joint Maritime Warfare School, HMCS, STADACONA, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

S T A N L E Y J. COWIN J R has moved to 9 Mohegan St., Waterville, Maine.

A new address for F R E D E R I C ' T. H A N S E N J R is 911 Annandale Rd., Falls Church, Va. T O W N S E N D BROWN requests that his address be changed to 22 Maple St., Auburndale 66, Mass.

Sec'y, Owen F . Keeler, J r . , 4507 38th S t . . N . . A r l i n g t o n 7. V a .

M A Y ,

GENE GRALLA.

H O R A C E J . W O O D W A R D (LCDR U S N ) t o N a v W a r C o l N p t Duins.

R O B E R T N . A D R I A N (LCDR U S N ) to CO USS D O U G L A S A. M U N R O .

W I L L I A M K. COKER (LCDR U S N ) to N a v W a r Col N p t Duins.

W I L L I A M M. M c C U L L E Y J R (LCDR U S N ) to N a v W a r C o l N p t Duins.

J A M E S R. W A R D (LCDR U S N ) to N a B a T r a Com N A S P n c l a D u i n s .

ADAM L . W O Z N I A K J R (LCDR U S N ) to A i r P a c Temp.

W A L T E R C. B L A T T M A N N (LCDR U S N ) to N a v W a r C o l N p t Duins.

E D W A R D E . K E R R (LCDR U S N ) to N a v W a r Col N p t Duins.

R I C H A R D O. MADSON (LCDR U S N ) to A i r Lant Temp.

W I L L I A M R. R I B L E T T (LCDR U S N ) to N a v E n g & E x p e r i m e n t Sta A n n a p .

H A R V A R D C. H U B E R (LCDR U S N ) to N A S Hutch.

D A N I E L H U N T J R (LCDR U S N ) to Carnegie I n s t of Tech P G H Duins.

ORION A . T E M P L E T O N (LCDR U S N ) to Carnegie I n s t of Tech P G H Duins.

J O H N F . C A L L A H A N (CEC) (LCDR U S N ) to N O T S Inyokern China Lake.

C H A R L E S A. TAYLOR J R (LCDR U S N ) to USS BRISTOL. A L V I N W . H A L L J R (LCDR U S N ) to Staff CinCPacFlt.

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Bill Morrison, '48A ; Dotty and Roger Mullins, '45; Bobby and By Osterweil, '46; Ellie and Jerry Patton, '45; Jessie and Bill Petrach, '45; Doug Rodgers, '46, and Drag; Melissa and Windy Whidden, '44.

We took group pictures, hoping to submit them to you, but unfortunately they were ruined in the developing.

Our corresponding secretary at the present time is Mrs. Phyllis (Jack) Collins, 25 Maryland Ave., Hempstead, L. I., Tel. Hempstead 7-3344. Anyone living on or around Long Island interested in joining our group, which is purely social in nature, should contact Phyllis.

Best personal regards, and good luck civilian. I might add as an afterthought, that of the above named people attending the gathering, only six of us, Fargo, Morrison, Mullins, Patton, Whidden and myself, are on active duty.

Sincerely,

Dear Daisy, We would appreciate it if you would mention in Shipmate the fact that our social group of alumni living on or close to Long Island, New York, has grown considerably since its first meeting back in September, 1953. We meet once every month, and last month, on February 27, we met at the Commissioned.Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N. Y., for* cocktails and buffet supper.

rates until June 19th.

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W I L L I A M C. GIBSON (LCDR U S N ) to N a v S h i p R e p F a c Yokosuka.

A L V I N T. S T U B E L (LCDR U S N ) to CO U S S LERAY WILSON.

J A M E S D. M O O N E Y JR has moved to 315 E. 56th St., New York, N. Y. H A L C. C A S T L E changes his address to 518 Sampson Rd., U. S. Nav. Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va. We regret to report the death of F R I E N D C. VAN F L E E T J R in a plane crash in El Centro, Calif., on 9 March 1954.

His wife, Wanda, and their two daughters are living at 920 Girard Ave., NE, Albuquerque, N. M. W I L L I A M M. P I T C H E R is living at 141 Edwards Dr., Fayetteville, N. Y. H. ALLAN W R I G H T can be reached c/o J. P. Stevens Textiles, Williamson Bldg., Public Sq., Cleveland, Ohio.

J A M E S ROSS A L L E N JR has recently changed his address to Bayberry Lane, Westport, Conn.

The following are several of the recent changes of address received at Alumni House: H A R R Y H. L O E F F L E R JR, USNMCB 9, F P O San Francisco.

P E M B E R T O N B. WALL, R F D 176-A, North Attleboro, Mass.

DAVID S. ZACHRY, 117 Andover Circle, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

J O H N A. BALLARD JR writes from Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Camden 1, N. J.

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Correspondine Secretary. A. L. Bnck, Box 6086. Shirlington Station, Arlington 6, Va.

TOM E. SULICK requests that his address be changed to 402 San Juan St., Oak Harbor, Wash.

H O W A R D J. U R S E T T I E changes his address to 8220 Jordan St., San Diego 11, Calif.

A few of the recent changes of address received at Alumni House are: W A D E R. BASCOM, 1477 Arroyo Rd., Los Altos, Calif.

C H A N D L E R E. S W A L L O W JR, 8517 Thrasher Lane, Hewitt Farms, Norfolk 3, Va. T H O M A S H. LYONS, 1408 Putnam, Richland, Wash.

R. H. M U L L I N S has recently been transferred to London, England, and his address is FasRon 76, F P O New York.

H. T. L A W R E N C E has recently resigned his position as general manager of Spir-it, Inc., in Boston, to accept the position of special assistant to the president, the Kemper-Thomas Co., with main offices in Cincinnati, Ohio.

W E S L E Y J. McCLAREN, who is attending the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, has been named a Baker Scholar. The designation Baker Scholar is bestowed each year on the top five per cent of the second-year students in the school. Named after the first great benefactor of the Harvard Business School, it represents the highest scholastic honor given a student before his graduation.

Lieutenant McClaren will graduate in June, 1954.

The following was sent in by W A L T E R S. R O S E : "Since my resignation was accepted effective 12 February 1954, I have returned to civilian life and have settled down at 174 Blueberry Rd., Nichols, Bridgeport 10, Conn. I am presently employed at The Baird Machine Co., Stratford, Conn."

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Trudy and DOUG McINTYRE are happy to announce the birth of a daughter, Susan Diane, at the U S N H , Portsmouth, N. H., on 20 February 1954. Doug is currently executive officer of the USS CORSAIR (SS-435), based in New London, and they reside at 24 Darrow St., New London, Conn.

WASHINGTON ANNOUNCEMENTS The Washington chapter met for luncheon and election of officers for the next year on 6 April 1954. The following were reelected for another term of one year: Al Slaff, president of the local chapter and vice-president of the class association; Les Buck, secretary; Cal Cobb, treasurer. Elections for those members of the executive committee—Bucknell, Jensen, and Culbreath —who will not be in D. C. for the ne.xt year will be held at a later date.

The second of the recent series of class letters was mailed early in March. Returns thus far have been excellent. As most of you know, we have asked that three items be returned in the self-addressed enclosed envelope—(1) a ballot for president of the class association, nominees. Bob Williams, Dick McCool, and Norm Bessac; (2) a data card for individual history items in the class book and permanent file, and (3) dues for the current year which have been set at $2.00.

The Annapolis gang have started to work in earnest on plans for our tenth anniversary. It should be noted that the date has been set—the week-end of September 24-26 is it. We'll start the publicity soon, probably in the ne.xt class letter. If anyone has any suggestions, drop us a line!

The "Ten Years After" book committee has started their drudgery in the mechanics of putting a book together. If anyone has neglected to send in his data card, please drop it in the next mail. Too many blank spaces will sure make the book a disappointment—let's get hot I PERSONAL ITEMS Sometime ago it was remarked in this column that birth announcements were scarce these days 1 That remark was just plain stupid . . . as the evidence below will show.

First, in extenuation and mitigation for no class letter, in the March Shipmate, I'm proud to report the birth of my first son, after two daughters—I was still "shook" when deadline date rolled around! My sincere apologies to my "vast" audience— here's hoping it doesn't happen again I Now Bill and Jeannette Counts announce the arrival of their first daughter, Nancy Josephine, on 23 February. Nancy is the first daughter, after two previous sons— Congrats from all of us.

In the same letter from the Countses, I note that Cally and Joe Bolger had a big boy back in October, name of Joseph Fran-

cis 3rd. Sounds like the first male offspring there too. Again, congrats. .^rt Levy dropped us a short note with his dues, data card, etc. It seems he also is producing. Midge and Art announce their first, a son, Harlan David, who was born on 22 February. Wish I had all those cigars '45ers purchased in February. By the way. Art's a lawyer now, with offices at 51 Lexington Ave., Passaic, N. J.—this is a strictly unsolicited advertisement!

End of all current birth announcements.

Bob Kays reports on the Key WestHavana circuit: Mort Cooley and Ed Hastings in VX-1, Jim Bradley, recently departed on the GuAViNA bound for Philly NSY, and himself, Naval Mission to Cuba, but due to leave in July.

Bill Jenkins reports as a civilian again from 11216 N E 15th St., Bellevue, W'ashington State.

Also still in Washington State is Di(:k Tenney, resting from his arduous labors in Rio on behalf of the General Electric Co. One of these days Dick is going to have to go back to work.

Dick McCool reports a new set of orders —a year of PG in Public Relations at Boston University. Sounds real choice, Dick.

Remember Homecoming Week-end has just been announced at .A.nnapolis as being the 25th of September! Let's Dick and everyone make it this year.

Working as a design engineer with Electric Boat, Dick Neuendorffer gives us the low-down on a job with EB. Dick and Mary Helen are living at 704 Montauk .A^ve., New London, Conn.

Hank Anson has received his orders to the War College, reporting to Newport around August 1.

H. J. Ursettie recently received orders to relieve Billy Haylet as XO of the PoRTERFiELD (DD-682). Bill expects shore duty of some kind, while Ursettie takes over the CO F P O , San Fran address.

At the request of Ace Lewis, Ben Leavitt's reported address is 441 Union Street, Bangor, Maine. (Next time you're in town, Ace, maybe we can get together.)

For the best remark in last month's mail: Referring to promotion exams again, "Why does it always have to rain on my watch?" Author's name upon request.

Y O K O S U K A SAM 10 February 1954 Dear Les: -A.S you can see, my stationery is of the best quality, and I only write to my better friends on it. First, let me report another successful gathering of the clan in Yokosuka. On Friday night, 5 February, 23 of the local fought their way through piles of lumber and gravel to the New Officers' Club. It was a somewhat spur-of-themoment get-together, but nevertheless very successful. Those present were \''ince and S H I P M A T E

Liz .\nania from Staff ComFair J a p ; Mai and Catherine Fortson from Operations Dept N A S Atsugi; Benny Decker from SIPU unit N A S Atsugi; P. D. and Matthew Johnston ( P . D. is CO LST 898) ; Bill and Gwen Benson from NSD Yokosuka; Dick Bridges and Jack Kalina from SerDiv 31 Staff; Roy Davis, Bill Stephenson, Gus Staser, George Webster and Dick Rumble from the W A S P ; Bob and Evelyn Coulthard from the Staff of ComNavFe; Bob Stanton, XO of a U D T Team at Camp McGill; Bill Hoover, Gerry Johnson, Bill Doubt, and Frank Spillman from the ESSEX ; Slim Caple from the SICILY and now on his way home, and yours truly without Barbara, who was home with the flu. Also in area, but unable to attend, were Walt Godschall from a Patrol Squadron at Iwakuni; Ken Allison at NAS Atsugi (Ken is head aerologist) ; Paul Converse at A N O N A S Atsugi; Wally Lawson at N S D Yokosuka; Jim Reid in USS SICILY ; Phil Erickson on ComNavFe Staff; Tommy Johnson, a civilian from Tokyo; Bob Sherman from W A S P ; and Dick Cooke, XO of a Sub in area. Also passing through, but departed before party, was Jim Trueblood. Passed around at the party was a letter from Al Slaff to Paul Converse which presented a little added dope on promotions. Members were not advised to read it until they had been at the party for awhile, due to the not too bright picture presented. (The second letter it'as better—Editor's Note.)

I have a new job as Administrative Aide to our new Chief of Staff, R. Adm. R. F.

Hickey. Anyone passing through the area, be sure to drop up on the hill and report in. Bob Coulthard, whom I relieved, has orders to instructor duty at Naval Intelligence School in Anacostia and will depart about 3 March.

Keep up the good job and we will keep the dope rolling your way.

Sincerely, SAM. Staff, ComNavFe ( 0 1 A) FPO, San Francisco, California.

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Corresponding Secretary, C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., 403 Mountain Valley St., Apt. 5, Hot Springs, Ark.

ANNAPOLIS NEWS (Jackie Glindeman) 9 March 1954—'46 Wives joined the Wives of '44 for the monthly luncheon at the Officers' Club with Jackie Jacobs in charge. Assisting her were Jackie Glindeman, Corky Turk, Pearl Groves and '44 Wives, Mrs. J. M. Prosser, Mrs. B. B. Parks, and Mrs. J. E. McCauley. The setting was decorated in a St. Patrick's Day theme. In order to replenish the local treasury, each wife brought a "white elephant" and an auction was held after the luncheon with Jig De Mayo and Mac McCauley ('44) acting as the auctioneers, causing a near riot!

19 March 1954—'46 Wives gathered at the Officers' Club for an evening of bridge.

Jane Ledbetter was chairman of the committee, whose other members were Fran Culpepper, Bev Bumstead, Jean Herzog, and Jackie Glindeman. Attending were Jane Ledbetter, Fran Culpepper, Jane Johnson (first prize), Jackie Jacobs, Barbara Burki, Carol Gonquist, Corky Turk, Fran Weirich (third prize), Jenny Howe, Jean Ortland, Mary King (second prize), Jean Taylor, Sue Dunseath, Libby Williams and two guests, Vera Hildebrand and Lillian Hoyt.

N E W P O R T AREA N E W S (Jim Foust) 20 February 1954—Classmates in the area joined with their wives in the Naval Base Officers' Club for cocktails and dinner. Attending (see picture) were Pris and Jim Foust (Staff ComDesLant) ; Betty and Doty Sinclair ( W J A R - T V Providence) ; Elizabeth and Dick Dana (Staff ComFair Quonset) ; Mallie and John Barlow (OCS) ; Terry and Al Carneghi (Instructor at Air Control School) ; Lani and Gordon Robinson (XO RAYMOND D E 341) ; Dellie Bowen (Al unable to attend) ; Patsy and Ed Skidmore (PG at M I T ) ; Chuck Day (OCS) ; Ike and Dick Zyvoloski

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PENSACOLA NEWS (Dick Knight) 26 February 1954窶年early every classmate in the area was in attendance for cocktails and dinner at the Mustin Beach Officers' Club (see picture). Ed Kennedy, at Saufley Field, was the only one unable to attend. The evening was so successful that Tom Cross and Howie Weigle agreed to serve as a working committee to arrange another party in the very near future, as several of the stalwarts are standing by with orders ready for the spring migration.

SAN DIEGO T I D BITS (Harlie Mize) Ran into DAN BRIMM the other day at Sick Bay. He was taking a post operative exam after an operation on his spine.

I was there getting a new set of specs for my fading peepers. Dan advises me that he and his family are doing fine on his four-acre farm and they are growing all sorts of vegetables, fruits and eggs thereon.

BONIFACE expects orders soon. He is at BAR Douglas in El Segundo and has just bought a new Mercury station wagon to haul around his three children.

Had scuttlebutt that BERT A T K I N SON went to a tin can.

SPOOKY SPARGO is in the Contract Administration Section at NPOLA. ROD W I N G O is about due to leave Inyokern and hopes to get a good MAAG job in Europe (preferably Paris).

A. P. MACDONALD and his wife, Dennie, are due to be parents again. They bought a house in Torrence, Calif., at 23170 Doris Way. J E B BRYANT has gone to sea with SWUPAC. J O H N GIEDT and myself are still playing golf down in Mexico, if you want to call shooting 100 playing golf, i.e.

Marion Bryant and Betty Phillips are going to have the next wives luncheon at the Naval Station Officers' Club here in San Diego on the 6th of April.

H O N O L U L U AREA If your orders will take you to the "Paradise of the Pacific," classmates there are most anxious to help you in any way possible. Just drop a line to Lt. John T. Collins USN, Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, T. H., and he will see to it that you get all the information available concerning travel, housing, new duty station, or any other pertinent questions such as "What sort of reputation does my new exec, have?" etc.'

FIRST COMPANY

K. E. BAUMAN USN, 1217 I2th Loop, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. We deeply regret the passing of Karen ISELIN, oldest daughter of DON and Jacque, a few weeks before Christmas last.

SECOND COMPANY

W. D. STRANG JR, USNR, RFD 1, Military Highway, Gales Ferry, Ledyard, Conn.

FOURTH COMPANY

EIGHTH COMPANY

J. H. P E N N Y , 719 West College St., Lake Charles, La. Engineer for Cities Service Refining Corp.

R. D. RABE USN, N R O T C Unit, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.

N I N T H COMPANY

OSCAR L. CAREY, Riverside Drive, Salisbury, Md. FRANCIS H. CURREN JR, 127 Columbia Ave., Edgewood 5, R. I. ROBERT N. F I N L E Y U S N has changed his Shipmate address from Nav CommSta Guam to 914 Grandview Ave., South Bend 16, Ind., c/o Ward H. Crothers.

JACK G. GORDON U S N reports from the Naval Ordnance Unit, Key West, and says he is due for a sub in June.

A. A. H A F E R reports he is really not lost or strayed, but lives with wife and two children at 3 Elmwood St., Schenectady 4, N. Y. Dick Rabe says Al is in charge of the Gas Turbine Dept. at General Electric.

DICK ZYVOLOSKI U S N is now exec,

"X" and Bunnie WARD are settled in Corpus Christi at 734 Sharon Drive, where "X" will be an instructor in A T U 300 at Cabaniss Field.

Born: to DOC and Ruth J O H N S O N , second son, Dennis Mark, on 27 February 1954. To DICK and Connie K N I G H T on 1 October 1953 at Pensacola Naval Hosp., second daughter, third child, Jennifer Crittenden. To JACK and Maisee LYNCH, second son, Brian Edward, on 16 January 1954.

L E E M A R T I N says TOM M E T I S , out in Phoenix, has a new son, John, born in January.

C H A R L I E T I T T E M O R E U S N is going to ComAirPac for assignment, having been A S W instructor at Saufley Field.

FIFTH COMPANY

ELEVENTH C O M P A N Y

TOM C H I T T Y gives his address as 702 Winfree Ave., Lakeland, Fla. Says wife Scottie can always open another can of beans should anyone find himself in Lakeland around meal time.

J. R. W I N S L O W has moved to Lorton, Virginia, Box 136E. Assume Joe is still in air-conditioning work.

SIXTH COMPANY

J. M. SWANBERG USNR, U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center, Bldg. 1920, Air Base, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

of the REMEY (DD-688).

PAUL N. M I T C H E L L gives his address now as 5261 48th St., Sacramento, Calif.

W. F. SEARLE JR U S N notes on his dope sheet set in from Charleston Naval Shipyard that he is being ordered to the Industrial Dept., U. S. Naval Base, Subic Bay, P. I. Born: to JIM and Mary Alice CUMMINGS at Inyokern on 16 February, second son, third child, Arthur Howard III. Weight 7 lbs., 9 ozs..

. party at Mustin Beach Oflicers' Club, NAS, February 26, 1954. First row (1. to r.); "Connie" Knight, WilCLASS OF '46 "Mickey" ma Clements, Ruthh Altz; second row (1. to r.): Joan Muncie, Alma Tittemore, Sally Weigle, . Morse,, Emily. Carlin,, Mildred Nicely (guest of Roy Sindell); "Boots" Cross; top row (1. to r.): Boyd Muncie, Charlie Tittemore, Dick Knight, HoVie Weigle, Dan Clements, Walt Carlin, Roy Sindell, Ken Morse, Tom Cross, Roy Altz.

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D A N I E L J. C L E M E N T S ( S C ) U S N says he is leaving 12 April for duty on the Staflf of Landing Ship Flotilla One in San Diego.

E. C. K E N Y O N U S N , 403 Burleigh Ave., Norfolk, Va. Gene is an instructor at the Special Weapons School, NTC, Norfolk.

LEROY J. E. S I N D E L L U S N will leave Pensacola soon for the final phases of H T . \ training at Hutchinson, Kans.

F O U R T E E N T H COMPANY

A. W. A L B E R T (CEC) U S N R is on duty in the First N D Public Works Office in Boston and lives at 127 Parkside Ave., Braintree, Mass.

C. M. GLENN J R U S N , 452 "C" .A.ve., Coronado, Calif.

H. B. R O B E R T S O N J R U S N sent me a card telling me his orders to the MIDWAY last summer were cancelled and he has been in D. C. all the time. Robbie, Irish and son, Mark, are now on the West Coast where Robbie has orders to command L S T 1138.

FIFTEENTH

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JIM H U G U S ' card of 17 February finally caught up with me to report the birth of a second son, Dana Steven, at Newport Naval Hospital on 13 January 1954. Weight 4 lbs., 3 ozs. His new address is 161 Lawrence St., Naval Gardens Apts., Middletown, R. I. Letter from T E D M O U T O N reports his Norfolk address is 607 Burleigh Ave. As previously reported, Ted's new duty is in VS 26 at N A S Norfolk. Lynn and Ted also announce the birth of their third child, second son, on 8 January 1954.

Ted says he had dinner in Washington a few months ago with F R A N K L I N E HAN, who told him he had contacted BILL S U D D A T H and found him married and working for either G. E., Westinghouse or BuShips. Ted couldn't remember the details!!

Born: to J O H N (T.) and Ann COLLINS, first daughter, second child, at Tripler General Hospital on 19 September 1953.

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SIXTEENTH

COMPANY

HARRY C. GEE U S N recently ('53) completed Electronics Engineering PG and is on the Staff ComCortRon 14 in U S S HusE (DE-145) LantFlt. Still a bachelor.

N. M. H I L L JR USN, Hillandale Dr., New Rochelle, N. Y. L. D. KELLY J R USN, Vauxhall St. Extension, New London, Conn.

J. T. SMALL (SC) U S N forwards his dope sheet from Ordnance Supply Office, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Third child, first

daughter, was born 16 February 1954 at Mechanicsburg.

Born: to ED and Letty A T K I N S O N , second son, Dwight Shelby, on 10 March 1954, at Naval Hospital, Annapolis. Weight 6 lbs., 13 ozs.

SEVENTEENTH

COMPANY

L. E. M A R T I N U S N writes that he is prospective CO of U S S ENDURANCE ( A M -

435), now building at the Martinac Shipyard in Tacoma, Washington. Lee says they are one of the oldest wooden hull shipbuilders in the Northwest.

V. B. O T T E N U S N is serving in U S S BEATTY ( D D - 7 5 6 ) Lant Fit.

EARL E. W A L K E R MD wrote a nice letter bringing me up to date. His address was given in March column and Earl says he would like to hear from or get in contact with any classmates living or stationed around Wilmington. Earl resigned in June, '47, graduated from Emory University (Atlanta) School of Medicine in June, '52.

Interned at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond last year and since 1 July '53 has been Chief Resident, General, Practice, at the Wilmington General Hospital. Plans to go into general practice in Wilmington area after 1 July this year. Married Ruth Biles of Rising Sun, Md., in Dec, '47, and they have two girls, Patricia (3 yrs.) and Cheryl (1 y r . ) .

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COMPANY

A. I. DECKER U S N is serving in U S S FESSENDEN ( D E R - 1 4 2 )

Lant Fit.

B. A. H E E S A C K E R U S N is on duty in SWAT-5, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. Bernie says he expects to give up his bachelor status about 24 May 1954.

K. L. MORSE U S N is Aide to CNABATRA at Pensacola, but will soon go to ComAirLant F F A (probably helicopter training) and on to Jax. NINETEENTH

COMPANY

R. D. MILLOY U S N is on duty in OpNav (Op 10) and lives at 4410 42nd St., NW, Washington, D. C. I note that "Sleepy" is still a bachelor.

D. O. CONWAY is in business for himself in Mt. Dora, Florida. Doc's address is R F D 1, Box 79W.

CLASS OF '46 A T NEWPORT NAVAL BASE OFFICERS' CLUB . . . on February 20. Seated, 1. to r.: Pris Foust, Betty Sinclair, Elizabeth Dana, Mallie Barlow, Terry Carneghi, Lani Robinson, Dellie Bowen, Patsy Skidmore and Ike Zyvoloski. Standing, 1. to r.: Jim Foust, Doty Sinclair, Dick Dana, John Barlow, Al Carneghi, G. Robinson, Dick Zyvoloski, Chuck Day and Ed Skidmore.

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J. T. T H O M P S O N is still an attorney in L. A. Address: 228 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills.

TWENTIETH COMPANY

M. T. S T E V E S , 202 Geneseo, San Antonio, Texas, in the building materials business.

NGN GRADS

L. V. ALTZ J R USN, presently SIO at N A S Pensacola and an active member of our group down there. Roy is both an LTA and H T A pilot and as Dick Knight says ". . . a grand guy who is considerably closer to LCDR than the rest of '46."

T E D M O U T O N reports having had dinner in D. C. with J. F . L I N E H A N several months ago. Frank is general manager for the Massachusetts Sea Food Producers Assn. Frank and Helen have a girl and two boys.

H A R R Y W. MORRISON, 714 Harlan St., Falls City, Neb. That's .all for this time. Looking back through the annals (in this case, defined as a stack of correspondence filed in a suitcase!), I realize that this issue commences my third year at bringing you the dope.

Since there is no tax on friendships, I feel that I really have a "deal" here. That isn't to say that I haven't been driven nearly insane at times meeting the deadlines, etc., and, though I swear to do it differently each time, I always end up in an all day-all night dead heat about the last weekend before the 7th of the month.

If you are on active duty and didn't receive a copy of Wally Hankin's letter, it's because you didn't tell your last duty station where to forward your mail. I addressed in the neighborhood of 525 envelopes. (Don't forget to return those blue dope sheets.) Along the lines discussed by Wally, go back to page 8 of the November Shipmate and read what Mr. Fred Lardner has to say about y6ur right to write Congress. I will say this, that when you confine your bitching to the Wardroom, there are very few people ever listening who can do anything for you.

We're sure lonesome for Navy here (already, yet!) and will welcome with open arms any travelling classmates. If

the Portsmouth Nav. Hosp. Lieutenant Vose is stationed at the Norfolk Nav. Shipyard.

"Daisy" It is with deep regret that we report the death of H O W A R D B. D A L T O N J R on 26 March 1954. He died unexpectedly -< 1 9 4 7 â&#x20AC;˘ at the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, See'7, Mr. Joseph P. Flanagan, Jr., Md. He is survived by his widow, Nancy Stanton Conrt, Apt. B-2, 6615 Spraene St..

Sears Dalton, and two children, of 1020 Philadelphia 19, Pa. Forest Dr., Annapolis, and his parents, J O H N W. J A H A N T writes from Pen- Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Dalton, Sr., of sacola, Fla., where he is living at 325 2820 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. Edgewater IDr., Edgewater SubDiv. GEORGE W. P I T C H E R of 5312 E D W A R D C. H I L L is currently sta- Hampden Lane, Bethesda, Md., received tioned in the U S S EMBATTLE ( A M - 4 3 4 ) , his Master of Arts Degree from Harvard Univ. on March 8, 1954.

F P O San Francisco.

Books were the theme of a costume It's a boy at the home of K E N N E T H O. E K E L U N D J R and Mrs. Ekelund. His cocktail party and dinner dance held March name is Kenneth I I I , and he lives at 5001 6th at the Officers' Mess by the Annapolis area members of the Class of '47. MemCarroll Lane, Corpus Christi, Texas. bers of the party committee were Ralph DONALD D. F A R S H I N G J R has and Bets Carnahan, Herby and Gerry moved to 1136 Balboa Ave., Pacific Grove, Whyte, Hump and Eva Bryan, Rocky and Calif.; during July and August he will be Maggie Rockwood, Bob and Claire Gower, on duty at the U.S.N.P.G. School, Duluth and Bob and Charlene Hill. With shouts Ext., Duluth, Minn. of "Y'all Come!" a good crew was routed After spending the past year at M.I.T., out of hibernation and into the bar, where STAN GARY has received orders to the everyone had a gay time guessing the titles of all present.

U S S IOWA (BB-61), now in the Pacific.

After dinner, prizes were awarded to P E T E R COLOT has moved to Pensacola, Fla., and is living at 521 N. 19 Ave. .A.nne Hall ("The Scarlet Letter") for best ROBERT R. H O R N E R J R is employed lady's costume, Dick Duden ("The Hunchby The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone back of Notre Dame"), best man's; and Co. of Virginia, and is making his home in Hex and Lyn Williams ("Little Black Sambo" and the Tiger), best couple's.

Hampton at 3511 Spottswood PI. Randy Bowling was the proud ( ? ) recipA new address for DALE W. McCOR- ient of the door prize: the entrance door, MICK is 1520 N. Tejon St., Colorado a 7' x 8' replica of a book titled " '47â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Springs, Colo.

Lieutenants From Here To Eternity" WILLIAM G. GRANAT's engagement which he claimed he'd remount in his to Miss Barbara Berg Cranston has been bachelor quarters. The "Mutilators," with announced by Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Joseph John Schafer as a new member, provided A. Cranston of Washington, D. C. Bill entertainment while we all recovered from is presently attending the Wharton School a frantic round of the Bunny Hop. of Finance at U. of P. Those present and enjoying the merriE. A. SCOLES has been transferred to ment were Dan and Chris ("Mr. and Mrs. the Naval Air Station, Hutchinson, Kan- Casey Jones") Adams, Jim ("Ivanhoe") sas. and Anne ("Lucky Bag") Anderson, Carl R. P. YEATMAN and Mrs. Yeatman and Kathy ("Forever Amber") Blank, are pleased to announce the birth of Brian Randy Bowling, Tom ("The Moneyman") Edward on 10 March 1954 at the U S N H , and Jean Brenner, George and Jean ("The Pensacola, Fla. Farmer Takes a Wife") Brungot, Hump Vivian Blin recently arrived at 218 and Eva ("The Bobbsy Twins") Bryan, Greenway Dr., Portsmouth, Va., the home Ward and Ouida ("Caine Mutiny") Byof FREDERICK H. E. VOSE and Mrs. ington, Ralph ("King's Row") and Bets Vose. She was born 28 January 1954 at ("The Matador") Carnahan, Feli.x and

your course is laid through Little Rock, it's only a short detour south to Hot Springs. Y'all come!

1947 Reunion in Officers' Club on March 6, 1954.

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S H I P M A T E

LOUIS ZELEZNOCK has moved to Lirio Carr, Jim and Jean ("The Rains Came") Chapman, Ned Cook and drag, Smock, Pa. John ("Robinson Crusoe") Crane and N O R M A N K. GREEN is living at 502 drag. Bill and Connie ("Deerslayer" and Timothy Ave., Apt. A, Norfolk, Va. "Pathfinder") Donaldson, Dick and Jean R O B E R T I. CONN writes from 14 Ex("Lavender and Old Lace") Duden, Guy and Mary Ellen Ford, Bill and Tish ("The celsior Lane, Sausalito, Calif.

In connection with GEORGE J E F F Last of the Mohicans") Georgen, Bob and Claire ("The Telephone Book" and the R I E S ' heroic death when he chose to ride Operator) Gower, Bob ("Peter Rabbit") his crippled fighter plane down to a flamGrimsley and drag, Jim ("Tale of Two ing crash rather than risk its falling in Cities") and Anne Hall, Bob ("Tales of the middle of the city of Lake Charles, the South Pacific") and Charlene ("Return La., the mayor of that city wrote George's to Paradise") Hill, Bill and Nina Kent, father a letter of condolence which includRocky ("Man in the Iron Mask") and ed the following: "I can only hope that it Maggie ("Th*e Navy Wife") Rockwood, is some consolation to you in your time Chan ("The Old Man of the Sea") von of sorrow to know that Lieutenant Jeffries Schrader and drag. Herb and Gerry made a most difficult choice and that the ("Lucky Bag") Whyte, Hex and Lyn 50,000 citizens of the city of Lake Charles Williams, and Joe and Nat ("Goren's Book realize his sacrifice and are most humbly grateful." on Bridge") Wilson.

A new address for J A M E S B. SIZER III is 1337 Ocean Ave., Apt. "B," Santa -< 1948-A • Monica, Calif.

Sec'y, 2nd Lt. Leon C. Bramlett, USMC, 538 W. Second St., Clarksdale. Miss.

R. S. W I S E changes his address to 579 W. Douglas, Wichita, Kansas. .\mante and ROGER CARLQUIST and daughters, Susan and Katherine, are just getting "squared away" in their new house at 505 University Dr. Roger's duty address is 3352 F.T.S., Moody AFB, Valdosta. Ga. We are sorry to report the death of GORDON " H " F A R M E R on 6 March 1954. He was killed when the plane he was flying crashed while engaged in carrier landings. His son and widow, Rita, live at 841 Levin Ave., Mountain View, Calif.

N E W S FROM M O N T E R E Y On March 24 we gathered at the Officers' Club at the Presidio of Monterey.

First we had cocktails, and then we had a buffet of roast beef and broiled fish. After dinner we danced and had a wonderful time. The committee for the party was B. J. Moss, Mary Kay McCord, Ruby Buck, and Pat Stone, and everyone who was there will agree they did a fine job.

The flower arrangements were unusual and very festive. Those of us who are leaving PG School this year spent most of the evening discussing orders and the prospect of moving. I will send along the orders as I hear of them.

Iris and MICK ARNOLD leave for London, England, where Mick will be attached to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 76.

Sally and K E N T R E A D W E L L go to Boston, where Ken will continue his PG School at MIT. S M I T T Y and J O H N C L I T H E R O are going to Agana, Guam, and are hoping to be able to make the trip over together.

Carolyn and GEORGE BALL move to Long Beach, Calif., and George will report aboard the USS

MANCHESTER

(CL-83).

RUSS H E R R O N , who is to be married on May 1, 1954, will take his bride to Berkeley, Calif., where he will continue his PG School at the University of California.

Another group which is going to Berkeley to the U. of C. includes Gloria and Sandy Sansom, Jean and Stretch Searson, and Pat and Troy Stone.

Charlotte and BOB CHADIMA go to Newport, R. I., where Bob reports aboard the

USS

MITSCHER

(DL-2).

Libby and CAB DAVIS are very pleased to be going to Norfolk, Va., as Libby's sister and her husband also have orders there Cab is ordered to the USS ROBERT L . WILSON

(DDE-847).

Carol and BILL S M I T H go to Lehigh, Pa., where Bill will continue his studies at Lehigh University.

B. J. and GENE MOSS are ordered to Boston, Mass., where Gene will attend MIT. Ruby and BEAU BUCK will move to Los Angeles, Calif., where Beau will attend UCLA for a year.

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Betty and MAC McADAMS go to San Diego, Calif., where Mac reports to the USS

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Chick and CHUCK ARNOLD report to Charleston, S. C , where Chuck will be on the U S S

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(DM-26).

Retha and BILL N E W E L L move to Norfolk, Va., and Bill will be on the USS NEW.

We have a project underway here at the present time, and it is to see that Shipmate remains on the shelf of the Postgraduate School's library. Because of a cut in funds, all non-professional magazines are in danger of non-renewal when current subscriptions run out. Therefore, we, as a group here, felt we should take the necessary steps to see that Shipmate was always at hand for those who want to read it here at the School. Those of us that are here on duty now from the Class of 1948 have donated the money for a perpetual subscription for the School. The magazines will be bound yearly and will have inscribed on them that they vvere a gift from our class. Also, we are going to get a leather folder for the current magazine rack for the monthly issues to be placed in. You who have just been ordered to PG School will find our group is really active, and it is a wonderful place to really get to know your classmates. Any of you who have any questions about housing, etc., drop me a line.

Carolyn C. Ball 987 Paloma Road Monterey, Calif.

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Sec'y, Lt. ( i e ) K. W. Bates, U S N , 900 N . Wayne St., Arlington 1, Va.

MORRIS R E E D GRADY has recently been assigned to the USS JALLAO ( S S 368), F P O New York.

A new address for ROBERT S C H W O E F F E R M A N N is CFW, NAS Whidbey Is., Oak Harbor, Wash. ^ GUY W. RIGGS is living at 37 Kendall Dr., South Amboy, N . J. BOB MERCER gives his new address as Company B, 159 Trans. Boat Bn, Fort Eustis, Va. H A R T R. S T R I N G F E L L O W J R reports a new duty address of Staff, ComSTS West PacArea, F P O San Francisco.

T H O M A S W O O D S II (LTJG U S N R ) is now living at 912 Custer Ave., Evanston, 111.

This seems to be baby month for this column. I don't have a great deal of news, but what I have is good.

Evelyn and GEORGE H O F F M A N announced the birth of a daughter, Kathleen Evelyn, on 25 November 1953, at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md. George is on duty at the Naval Academy in the Public Works Department.

Wanda and MAC McFARLAND welcomed another Scotchman into the clan on 8 March 1954, at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He is Alan Scott, and weighed in at seven pounds and thirteen ounces.

That makes three for them, two boys and a girl. Mac expects to be detached from

terey, with luncheons and dinner dances coming off at regular intervals. Some of the '48-B wives who are active in hostessing these events are Jean Searson, Mary Kay McCord, nad B. J. Moss.

I received a fine letter from CLAY SPAULDING. He is working as District Engineer for the Torrington Company in Detroit. He, his wife, Kay, and their two young ones, Christy, who is four, and Tom, who is two-and-a-half, are living at 82 Kerby Rd., Grosse Point Farms 36, Mich.

The latch string is out for classmates in the Detroit area. He says he has heard from DAVE T H O R N H I L L , who is in the USS RANDOLPH, in Norfolk.

In looking back over the past few months of Shipmate, I find that there are many members of the class from whom we never hear. On the other hand, we do have some good months. For instance, in March we heard from, or about, 68 members of the class. That's about seventeen percent of the total. That's not bad, but many of the reports were not complete, and some were inaccurate. I have been looking for the solution to this problem, and have come up with an idea which I think might be good.

One sure way to hear from a classmate is for me to print something here that is incorrect. So this is what I propose to do.

Starting with the September issue of Shipviafe, I will print the latest dope I have on each member of the class. This will be done alphabetically, through the graduates, starting with Paul ^ble and ending with Jack Zimmerman. This will be followed by the non-graduates who have kept me informed as to their whereabouts. I will attempt to do this at the rate of seventy per month. That means we will be through in six months, or with the February 1955 issue. Then we can start with the corrections. So, if you are interested in getting a complete, alphabetical list of the class, their current location and status, renew your subscription to Shipmate, and clip the '48-B column from "What's the Dope" each month. (If you are reading someone else's copy, subscribe.)

As indicated above, there are a good many members of the class on whom I have no up-to-date information. So, if you want me to print the correct information about you, let me know what it is prior to the deadline for your particular issue.

The deadline for the first seventy. Able through Chapline, is 1 August. For the second seventy it is 1 September, and so on. Of course, this plan is contingent on my continued duty in Washington through next February, which is probable.

Well . . . that's it for this month. Let me hear from you.

Dick Bates

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Sec'y, Lt. (jg) John C. Barrow. U S N , Brandon Rd., Bay Colony, Virginia Beach, Va.

The library at Alumni House does not Include the Lucky Bag of the Class of 1949. A signed presentation copy is desired and would be appreciated.

4d

I R V I N G T. M C D O N A L D J R . Apt.

WILLIAM T. EMERY has moved to 302 Billow Dr., San Diego 14, Calif.

TOM D. L I N T O N JR is stationed in the USS

STICKELL (DD-888), F P O

San

Francisco.

CYRIL R. W H I T E resigned from the Air Force as a captain and F-86 fighter pilot

s,

527 Argyle Dr., Falls Church, Va. E. H. PILLSBURY, Admin. Off., NSD, Guam, Marianas Is., F P O San Francisco.

ROBERT S. P O T T E I G E R , Manatawny, Pa. M E R W I N SACAROB, 60 Duff St., Watertown, Mass.

G. D. F I S H E R ' S new duty is in the Supply Dept. of the U S S INTREPID ( C V A 11), and his home address is 308 Gilbert St., Sinclair Farms, Hampton, Va. J A M E S W. M A T H E N E Y gives his address as UDT, U. S. Nav. Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. The following is a letter from BILL S H A N H O U S E , "So that I don't miss any of the issues of Shipmate, please change my address to 3 Chrome Rd., Syosset, N. Y. "Suds and I would appreciate a visit by any of the '49ers passing through Long Island. We can, in fact, even offer lodging to any 'lost souls' passing through the New York area, for we have just completed building our house. It has been a long time since we have seen any of the gang, and we miss the steady flow of transients we used to have at our 'open houses' in Honolulu.

"Since leaving my position as a, senior engineer for the Office of Naval Research, I have been serving as general manager for S. S. Hunter, Inc., an engineering firm here in Syosset. This, building the house, and raising three daughters has kept me a little busy!"

S T A N L E Y S. F I N E has been transferred to the U S S H A W K (AMS-17), F P O New York.

R. P. W I L L I A M S has moved to Miami, Fla., and is living at 624 N.W. 12th Ave. E D W I N E. W I L L I A M S changes his mailing address to 4981 Santa Cruz Ave., San Diego 7, Calif.

FRANCIS M. ADAMS JR is now stationed at the Naval Proving Grounds, Dahlgren, Va. A new address for Mr. GEORGE L. SIRI JR is 427 Ryland St., Reno, Nevada.

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REDFIN ( S S R - 2 7 2 ) about the first of May,

to report to ComSubLant Stafif as electronics ofificer. Says he's looking forward to this shore duty. Can't understand why?

Denny and BOB McGIHON announced the arrival of a son, Charles Hugh, at Fort Ord Hospital on 2 March 1954. That's two for them, both boys. Denny reports that they are still going strong in Mon-

six months ago. He is attending Stanford Graduate School of Business, working on his Master's degree which he receives in a year. His address is Chi Psi Fraternity, Box 1888, Stanford, Calif.

BYRON B A R T H O L O M E W writes from 204 Clifford Ave., Alexandria, Va. RAY W A L L A C E is flying C-118's with the 30th Air Transport Squadron. He and Jane are living at 8C Dowden St., Duncan Knoll, Chicopee Falls, Mass., and are delighted to be back on the East Coast again after 4>4 years.

Some changes of address- received recently at Alumni House are: W I L L I A M G. HALL, 1453 Ridge Ave., Evanston, 111.

M. I. McCREIGHT III, 3556 Pine St., Jacksonville 5, Fla.

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Sec'y, Lt (jg) A. L. Stapp, U S N , VF-51, F P O San Francisco, Calif.

The library at Alumni House does not include the Lucky Bag of the Class of 1950. A signed presentation copy is desired and would be appreciated.

S H I P M A T E

A M B R O S E P . McCOY TR has been transferred

to the U S S

EXPLOIT ( A M -

440), F P O New York.

The following are a few of the recent changes of address received at Alumni House: J E F F E R Y W . GRIEST, Flora Dale, Adams Co., Pa. BERNARD TOHN REGENAUER, SWUPAC, N.AS, San Diego, Calif.

W I L L I A M E. SIMONS, 380 Covina St., Dayton 3, Ohio.

F R A N K L. YOUNG, Leslie House, Chapel Lane, Hempstead Nr. Holt, Norfolk, England.

A new address for P A U L G. McMAH O N is 620 Ramona .Ave., Laguna Beach, Calif.

N. R. T H O M has moved to Apt. S, Bldg. 801, NAS, Jacksonville, Fla. A new address for DARYLE E. T R I P P is 86th Bomb. Sq., Light, A P O 22, P M New York.

C H A R L E S A. OREM has moved to Stacey Cottage, York Beach, Maine.

E D W I N GREENBERG's address is 115 Archwood Ave., Annapolis, Md. Patty and CORKY A N G L E M A N are enjoying the tropical life at 131 Sigsbee Rd., Key West, Fla. Their son. Van Cornell, will be age one this April. Corky is the CO of a new type "mine hunter," the U S S MiNAH ( . A M C U - 1 4 ) .

Bob and

Pat Nirmis, of submarine fame, live around, the corner from the Anglemans, where the welcome mat is always out."

H A L V I N C E N T writes from K-3 in Froyen Chosen. He's a two-striper, flying

Panther Jets for Marine Fighter Squadron 113. Since graduation, he has acquired a wife and two leatherneck sons, and reports seeing Cliff Skinner (off the DD ANDERSON), who is also married and has a brand new boy.

W A L L Y and Peggy F L I N T are domiciled at 2550 Verna Ave., Ypsilanti, Mich., where Wally is doing PG work for the Air Force in guided missiles. Having just weathered the "Dark Ages a la Michigan U." with the aid and comfort of Peggy, daughter Christina, and son Brian, Wally is convinced that the "no more rivers" elation of four years ago was unrealistic, to say the least.

For the record, Wally did a combat tour in fighters at Kimpo, Korea, and then instructed combat tactics for a spell near Boston before the A F picked him to learn how to guide missiles in Michigan.

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Sec'y, Lt. E. P. Clark, USAF-OMR, Box 198, Patrick AFB, Fla.

L E I G H C A P S H A W is now Navigator in the U S S DEUEL ( A P A - 1 6 0 ) , F P O

New

York.

J O S E P H T. GAROFALO J R gives his address as 1st Pilotless Bomber Sqdrn., A P O 132, P M New York.

On 31 October 1953, J O H N N. GREEN was married to Miss Barbara Donath at Fallbrook, Calif. John is now stationed in the

USS

CHARLES

P.

CECIL ( D D R -

835), F P O New York.

The following are a few of the recent changes of address received at Alumni House: W I L L I A M R . DAVIES, 503 Rhode Island Ave., NE, Washington 2, D. C. R I C H A R D W . DEAN, U S S ( C V A - 1 2 ) , F P O New York.

Oakland, Calif.

San Bernardino, Calif.

U S S COBBLER (SS-344), F P O New York.

Las Vegas, Nev.

LOUIS R. SAROSDY writes that he has fully recovered from the injuries sustained in an air crash at sea on 2 October 1953. H e is now at NATTC, Memphis, for ten weeks of school in Aviation Maintenance and expects to report to ComAir Lant around the first'of June for reassignment.

Nancy, Robie and BOB I N N E S are settled down in their new home at 4022 Indian Guide Rd., Lafayette Hills, Pa. BOB R E E D has been transferred to the

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ROBERT F. D U N N changes his address to Fighter Squadron 194, NAS, Alameda, Calif.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of GEORGE L A W R E N C E GLEASON on 31 March 1954. While his plane was being parked on the deck of the U S S MIDWAY, it was struck by another

aircraft. He is survived by his widow, Grete, and two daughters of 1153 Cumberland Rd., Jacksonville, Fla., and by his parents.

TOM T R O U T is with VG-44 at N A S , Jacksonville, Fla. He and his new wife, the former Marion Cassen of Corpus Christi, Texas, are residing at 3223 Plum St., Jacksonville. F R A N K L I B E R A T O is also at Jacksonville.

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W. H. F R E N C H JR, BOQ, USNA, Annapolis, Md. RAYMOND H. H O W A R D , 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron, A P O 132, P M New York.

K E N N E T H J. SCHLAGHECK, 1st Pilotless Bomber Sqdn. ( L ) , A P O 132, PM New York.

W. H. VONIER, 3818 North 19th PI., Milwaukee, Wis. CARR C. W H I T E N E R , SCO Field Command, Box 5100, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. A new address for J A M E S M I L L E R is 1917 Henley St., Glenview, 111.

J O H N P . SULLIVAN gives his new address as MOQ H H 12, Nav. Sta., Newport, R. I. A new duty address for N. W. B U S S E is U S S L S T 664, F P O New York.

T H O M A S A. BOYCE is now Asst.

Supply & Fiscal Officer, U. S. Naval Sta., Green Cove Springs, Fla. R. L. S W A R T J R is stationed in the

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A recent change of address for J O S E P H A. F I T Z P A T R I C K is Box 7, U. S. Sub. Base, New London, Conn.

We are sorry to report the death of J O H N JAY E N T S T R A S S E R J R on 29 March 1954, in a plane crash at Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla. He is survived by his widow, Audrey, and a son, John Jay III, of 3557 Post St., Apt. 1, Jacksonville, Fla.; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Entstrasser, Sr., of 13 Spruce St., Hicksville, L. I., N. Y. RICHARD J. SEYMOUR is living at 34 South Lane, Levittown, Pa. Pettaquamscutt Terrace, Saunderstown RFD, R. I., is the home of J O H N I. BECKER. L E E CATALANO is stationed in the

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NOTICE It has come to the attention of a large number of us in '52 that we can accomplish very little as a class without organization. Since graduation, we have lacked a focal point from which we can direct class activities. W E N E E D A CLASS SECRETARY. In view of the fact that '52 is scattered far and wide, we, the undersigned, are the largest group in close contact with one another. We have taken it upon ourselves to submit to you a man we unanimously beHeve is the logical person for the job—Bill Terrell.

Bill is well known in '52. He went to the Marines after graduation. His service career ended in Korea, for he was discharged due to wounds received while fighting with the 7th Marines.

He now lives at 3267 Prospect Ave., NW, Washington, D. C , and wishes to keep in contact with all classmates. His location is ideal, being near the Academy and Alumni Association headquarters.

Rather than hold an incomplete, time-consuming general election, we feel that one outstanding, deserving person should be named for this important job.

If there are no objections. Bill Terrell will take office June 1st.

Please address all correspondence to either R. R. Pohli, 29 Roosevelt Ave., Mill Valley, Calif., or M. A. Zibilich, 5646 Canal Blvd., New Orleans 19, La. D. C. Alexander, Allison, Berry, Bixby, Blackwood, Bowen, Brady, Brooks, C. H. Brown, Buck, Carson, Denbigh, Eggert, Federico, Ford, Gooding, Hedberg, Karvala, Kovarick, W. P. MacDonald, McPherson, McAneny, McWilliam, Payne, Pohli, Riggs, Shiver, J. E. Sheehan, Sperling, Stark, Tuzo, Yamnicky, and Zibilich.

GEORGE H. BERRY J R gives his duty address as BOQ, NAS, Pensacola, Fla. W E N D E L L E. COSNER and Mrs. Cosner, the former Jane Pole, visited her parents in Annapolis recently. With them was their daughter, Susan, born 10 August 1953, in Lubbock, Texas. Jane and Wendell are now making their home at 108 Greenacre, Greenville, S. C. Here are some recent changes of address: W A R R E N R. ANDERSON, 128 High St., Lake Shipp Hgts., Winter Haven, Fla. W I N C H E L L M. CRAIG JR, The Armored School, Fort Knox, Ky. W I L L I A M A. DEATON, 6970 Security Grp., A P O 994, PM San Francisco.

J O H N P. GALLIVAN, 3575 Student Sq., Vance AFB, Okla.

R. G. HUBBARD, 7102-B River Dr., Warwick, Va. R A L P H R. H E D G E S , VP-57, NAS, Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, Wash.

BOB LANCASTER, 408 E. Jackson Ave., Warrington, Fla. L A W R E N C E LAYMAN, U S S L S T 529, F P O San Francisco.

J O H N W. O'DONNELL, A W F NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

GEORGE L. S H I L L I N G E R JR, NAS, BOQ, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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L A W R E N C E A. SKANTZE, 90th Theodore Huber, of Arlington, Va., and Bomb. Sq. ( L - N l ) , A P O 64, PM San Mrs. Hoffner, of Orlando, Fla. Francisco.

Ensign and Mrs. R U S S E L L H A R N E Y The following is a letter from GENE announce the birth of their son, Russell WEBBER: Patrick, born March 16, 1954. Displace"Please change my address to 1441 Devon ment : 8 lbs., 9% oz.! Overall dimensions Dr., Apt. 3, Corpus Christi, Texas. AL cannot be disclosed at this time! ConBROOKS, in Basic Training at Pensa- gratulations, Russ and Cathy! Could this cola, was presented with a baby boy. TOM be a future middie ? ?

P A R I S received his wings. His first assignCapt. and Mrs. Walter Harold Price ment is an East Coast VS squadron flying announce the marriage of their daughter, S2F's. JACK S H E E H A N is just finish- Clarice Yates, to Ensign GERALD ing jet training after receiving his wings. L A U G H L I N J R on Saturday, the tenth He's going to F9F-6 squadron on the East of April, at the Naval Academy Chapel.

Coast. BOB CAULK has his wings and Congratulations, Jerry and Clarice! is just finishing All Weather Flight. He Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Coville announce doesn't know yet where he will be going.

I heard that BOB BIRCH, USAF, drew the marriage of their daughter, Judith, to a two tour in Iceland after training F-94's '• Ensign P E T E R C p N R A D , on Saturday, the si-xth of March, in Arlington, Va. Loads at Valdosta, Ga." RICHARD W. COULTER is stationed of luck to you, Pete and Judy! at Marine Barracks, 8tJi and Eye Sts., Dr. and Mrs. Evans B. Wood, Daytona Washington, D. C. Beach, Fla., announce the engagement of W. J. LAUX J R gives his address as their daughter. Miss Mary Ingraham Wood, to Ensign P E T E R K R U S I . The 1422 Devon Dr., Corpus Christi, Texas.

R A L P H GROSS JR's address is U S S wedding will take place in Daytona on 5 June 1954. At present Pete is aboard the LST 1089, F P O San Francisco.

U S S BEXAR, but expects to receive orders to Pensacola sometime in May. Good luck to you and yours, Pete! You're sure to •< 1 9 5 3 • enjoy your career as pilot and husband!

Sec'y, 2nd Lt. Gerald E. Weinstein, USAF, 1522 Tijeras Ave., N . E . , Apt. 10, Ensign F R E D SIMA would like to let Albnqnerqne, N . M. all the troops in the "fighting fifth" know Treas., Ens. C. S. Walker, U S N , USS Renshaw that Mother Bachelor is about to bite the (DDE-449), FPO San Francisco dust. He plans on taking the step about The Alumni Association thanks E U - 1 November, depending, of course, on when GENE T. WARZECHA for donating an he returns from West Pac. Thi? is all autographed copy of the 1953 Lucky Bag well and good. Mother Bachelor, but who's which has been placed in the Association the lucky gal ? Or is it "top secret" ? ? ?

Library.

Fred is aboard the U S S BUCK (DD-761).

CHARLES BUTLER has joined the Lt. JOCKO CRAIG JR, USMC, peered troops in Florida, and his address is BTU- over his M-1 long enough to notify us that IS, NAAS Whiting Field, Milton. his correct mailing address is now: c/o Some changes of address received at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky. Nice to hear from you. Jocko!

Alumni House recently a r e : R. L. BRUMMAGE, BOQ, N A S , Pensacola, Fla. F R A N K A. CAMSTRA JR, 3575 Student Sq., 54-0, Vance AFB, Enid, Okla.

F R E D E R I C A. MANN, Apt. 1, 201 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, Ariz.

FRANK H. M I T C H E L L JR, H & S Co., 3rd Regt., 3rd Mar Div, F M F , F P O San Francisco.

RICHARD A. N E I N , 1883 Old Leiand Rd., Greenville, Miss.

E D W A R D B. O P P E R M A N N , 513 Spruce, Apt. 1, S. E., Albuquerque, N. M. T H E O D O R E F. SHADBURN, 2301 "E" Ct., Enid, Okla.

T H O M A S L. SULLIVAN, 1111 Surebachi PI., Tarawa Terr. I, Camp Lejeune, N. C. A new address for DAVE F I S C H E R is 627 Sunset Ave., Warrington, Fla. CLARENCE E. BRUNSON_ I I I changes his address to Box 439, Ellington AFB, Houston, Texas.

K E N N E T H B. S T A F F O R D requests his address be changed to 1213 Wilson, Warrington, Fla. New citizen: To Ensign CARLETON C. H O F F N E R JR, U S N (Class of '53) and Mrs. Hoffner (Connie Read) of Arlington, Mass., a daughter, Carol Crosby, March 24, at the U. S. Naval Hosp., Chelsea, Mass. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Earle Erickson of Arlington, Mass., and Capt. C. C. Hoffner, U S N (Class of '25), and Mrs. C. C. Hoffner, of Arlington, Va. Great-grandmothers are Mrs.

And Lt. BILL H A R R I S O N , U S . \ F , spun out of the clouds like any good "tiger" would do, in order to deliver some air mail news to us. Lt. Bill tells us that his new address is POBox 98, Vance AFB, Enid, Okla. Bill finished primary at Maiden on 6 March and arrived for multiengine basic at Vance on 16 March. Also there for the same course are Rod Rodda, Harry Farnsworth, George Knighton, Lee Harshfield, Charlie Sieber, Dick Bearman, Milt Zellmer, J. D. Baker, and Hank Davis.

Ensign GEORGE S C H M I T T reports that he is now board the U S S ESTES on duty in the Marshall Islan"ds. George informs us that there are a few of our classmates in the same area. Tom Warren is aboard the ESTES with him. Connie Olson, from the ¥ S S EPPERSON, DD-719, surprised George by a visit and informed him that he (Connie) had received orders to report to Pensacola on 2 June. George would like any other classmates in that area to contact him if they would. George received a letter informing him that Lt. John Smith, USMC, is at the following address: (First a deep breath, now—) B Co., 1st Bn. 2nd Inf. Trng. Rgt., Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. Some address, eh? George says that he has been corresponding with the better half of the Morelli-Schmitt would-be songwriting team.

Frank writes that he has spent the past four or five months in the Med. on the USS FREMONT ( A P A - 4 4 ) .

By this time

he should be back in Norfolk with the little wife. Jeannie, by the way, wrote that she was spending those months while Frank was away, with her family in Maiden, Mass. I don't think anyone in our class can ever forget the beautiful music that S H I P M A T E

Frank was able to grind out of a piano.

Smitty received his orders to Pensacola and will report there on the 27th of June.

He will be at his home address, 422 Third Ave., Dayton, Ky., during most of the month of June, and extends an invitation to any members of '53 who might be passing through the area at that time. He is rigged and ready for a good old-fashioned party at any time, so just drop by! That sure was a newsy letter, Smitty. I'm sure all the gang will enjoy your comments.

And now for some news from '53's Class Jester, S P E E D Y T H E SPERLING. Speedy writes that his latest address is: 2d Lt. Daniel P. Sperling, U S A F , 25208A. Sth Motor Transp. Sqdn., A P O 67, PM San Francisco. To quote Speedy . . .

"Life here in Korea is terrific—haircuts 25c, cameras half price, and a new language to learn. Life couldn't be better."

All Speedy has to do is run through one of his famous routines over there and we'll never be bothered by another Commie!

The following is a letter from that "racketeer" (tennis and squash, that is), Ensign GEORGE R E I T H , U S N : "Just got my copy of Shipmate today and got interested in the '53 column again.

The inspiration was sufficient to force ol' Silent (Jieorge to speak up once again after these nine fast months.

"Take a guess who we ran into at Irene's Hungaria in Tokyo last month—a great guy from '51, Billy Lawrence. He's sporting a short haircut and a few extra pounds, but otherwise hasn't changed a lot.

"But on with some information for your scoop sheet here. I have a problem of general interest to you potential aviators who may not have received orders yet. I put in for late '53, but hadn't heard by the middle of last month, so I finally wrote a letter to BuPers to see if they have forgotten about the old boy here. Hope not.

"Bill Trueblood is along with me here on the 'Mount Mac' and seems to be enjoying the life all right,- but I personally know that he'll be glad to see a certain gal on the East Coast in the not-too-distant future.

"The Officers' Club at Yokosuka is the meeting place of the Far East, I'll grant.

Among the 'One-Armers' I saw, were Bob Davidson (relaxing at that time in the lobby), Dick Seymour and Don Paolucci of the 4th Batt gang along with John Devereaux. Bi Bierer and Horace Leavitt live at the club I think. The latter has a new addition .to his face these days—looks like a fancy set of handlebars. L. P. Cuccias left the W A S P for Pensacola as of about a month ago, so he should be about there by now. Incidentally, he requested flight training for early '54!

"Where are all you bridge players? Just for general info, there is a tournament every Thursday evening, at the Yokosuka 'O' Club, for all you people who want to try your skill at 'making a few points.'

"For the members of the gang who haven't been there yet, Kobe, Japan, is a pretty good liberty town; don't miss it by staying aboard just to catch up on all those back letters. The Australians came in en masse from one of their big carriers while the 'Mount Mac' was in port. Seems like anyone who's not either Japanese or American is a foreigner these days.

"Before I give out of info here, I just wanted to inform all interested persons that 'Bachelor' Dave Govan is no longer 'eligible.' He and the Mrs. (the former Miss Norma Shea) came out to San Diego to live about eight weeks ago. The 'other M A Y,

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roommate was back there at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, last I heard from him. Say, Matson, how's it going wtih the southern belles these days? Gerry, there is one guy that would have a lot to tell, if you could persuade him to drop a line to the column.

"Along the humorous side of the Navy life, I'd like to mention how we Ensigns are situated aboard the MCKINLEY. At present, there is only one ship's company ensign who lives in a room high enough up to safely warrant the use of a porthole.

The rest of us live down below (2nd deck) in what used to be affectionately called 'The Pits,' but one of the gang from Newport found an even more appropriate name for our 'home below the waterline (nearly so)'—the 'Ensign Locker.' It really fits the bill, but it's not as bad as it sounds, all in all. The wardroom chow is good.

anyway, so many of the 'fresh air lovers' live over a coffee cup after working hours.

"I reckon I'll no longer be 'eligible' either, during the year '54 sooner or later!

Sincerely, George Reith, Jr." By the way, if anyone happens to know the whereabouts of a certain MAX W A K I T S C H , 2d Lt. USAF, please inform your secretary of same. The last we heard. Max was starting out to be a jet ace, but we haven't heard; not jet, anyway.

How 'bout it. Max? That's all for this issue. We sure would like to hear from or about those classmates whose names have not yet appeared in our column.

Gerald E. Weinstein

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u. s. I. L mm\mmmn3^ui.icA/i^,d,uucUioH4 When changes occur within the Branch Association, such as officers or time and place of meetings, please inform the editors at Alumni House.

CLEVELAND

INDIANAPOLIS

President, Mr. Herbert Ackerman, '41, 228 The Arcade, Cleveland 14, Ohio.

Secretary, Mr. (Jeorge W. Collins, 3347 Braemar Rd., Shaker Heights 20, Ohio.

Chairman Welcoming Committee, Cdr. G. E. Marcus, Jr., USN, '35, U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant.

Secretary, Mr. Robert McMurray, '22, 725 E. S7th St., Indianapolis, Ind.

COLORADO AKRON President, Mr. Clifrord J. Collins, "24, 816 Orlando Ave., Akron 20, Ohio.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Joseph W. McGrath, Jr., '47. 423 Wooster Rd., N., Barberton, Ohio.

President, Mr. H. R. Brannon, '32, 745 14th St., Boulder, Colo.

Secretary, Cdr. F. R. Matthews, USN, c/o Inspector of Naval Material, 1100 Chester Ave., Cleveland 4, Ohio.

CONNECTICUT

President, L. C. Farley, 'OS, 152 Broad St., Wethersfield, Conn.

President, Capt. Jesse B. Gay, Jr., USN, Secretary-Treasurer, R. A. Spare, '07, '35, 50 Rodgers Rd., USNA, Annapolis, 79 Everett St., Bristol, Conn.

Md. Secretary, Lt. F. T. King, USNA, '46, DETROIT Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USNA, President, Paul D. Richmond, '42, 1614 Annapolis, Md. Newcastle Rd., Grosse Pointe Woods 36, Mich.

ATLANTA Secretary-Treasurer, Wallace J. Agren, President. Capt. W. A. Brooks, U S N '46, 4362 Kensington, Detroit 24, Mich.

(Ret.), '19, 752 E. Wesley Rd., NE, Apt. DETROIT-ANNAPOLIS DADS CLUB 2, Atlanta, Ga. Secretary-Treasurer, Capt. J. O. Banks, President, Mr. John W. McCrea, 16801 USN, '25, 152 Mt. Vernon Dr., Decatur, Grand River, Detroit 27, Mich.

Ga. Secretary-Treasurer Mr. William H. Hagenmeyer, 323 E. Atwater St., Detroit 26, Mich.

BALTIMORE President, Mr. W. Beverly Bristor, '27, HAMPTON ROADS 600 Hastings Rd., Towson 4, Md. Secretary, Mr. H. B. Atwood, '27, CenPresident, Cdr. R. S. Barrett, USN, '19, tral Savings Bank Building, Baltimore, Md. 7466 N. Shore Rd., Norfolk. Va. Secretary-Treasurer, Lt. Cdr. E. R. BOSTON Blair, Jr., USN, '42, Fleet Athletic Officer, President, Harold R. Keller, '11, 37 Shef- Service Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfield Rd., Nevrtonville, Mass. folk, Va. Secretary, Malcolm B. Flanders, '28, 149 Longfwood Ave., Brookline, Mass.

HOUSTON President, Capt. Frank C. Huntoon, CHICAGO U S N R (Ret.), '15, 2431 Addison Rd., President, Cdr. Donald H. Johnson, Houston 5, Tex. USNR, '27, 932 15th S t , Wilmette, III. Secretary, Capt. E. H. McMenemy, Secretary, Mr. W. T. Cluverius, 10837 U S N (Ret.), '20, 19 Briar Hollow, Houston, Tex. S. California Ave., Chicago 43, 111.

ANNAPOLIS

KANSAS CITY President, Mr. Richard B. Brown, '47, Marsh Steel Corp., 101 E. 9th St., North Kansas City, Mo. Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Paul J. Love, '46, 5549 Canterbury Rd., Kansas City 3.

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LOS ANGELES President, Mark H. Harrington, '20, 696 E. Colorado, Pasadena 1, Calif.

Secretary, Cdr. Albert S. Fuhrman, U S N (Ret.), '37, 1725 W. Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 26, Calif.

LOUISVILLE Mr. Churchill Humphrey. '07. 4095 Ma»sier Ave., Louisville 7. Ky.

MIAMI President, R. Adm. Thomas E. Boyce, U S N (Ret.), '23, 3910 Loquat Ave., Miami 33, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. W. S. Ginn, U S N (Ret.), '23, 4121 La Playa Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla.

MILWAUKEE President, James H. Wheeler, Jr., '45, 4132-A North Larkin St., Milwaukee 11, Wis. Secretary-Treasurer, Edward F. . Pionkowski, '40, 5335 N. Shoreland Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wis.

NEWPORT President, Capt. J. W. Rankin, USN ( R e t ) , '08, 27 Everett St., Newport, R. I. Secretary, Capt. B. Anderson, U S N (Ret.), '21, 1 Gray Terrace, Newport, R.I. (Continued on next Page)

MEETINGS AKRON: Dinner meetmgs held on the last Thursday of eaeh month.

ANNAPOLIS: Meetings held the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00 P.M. at Alomni House, Annapolis, Md. ATLANTA: Meetings are held on the 6rst Sunday of each month at the Commisgioned Officers' Mess of the Naval Air Station, Atlanta, at 1930.

BALTIMORE: Meetings held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Hotel Stafford, Baltimore, Md., at 5:30 P.M. BOSTON: Luncheon meetmgs held first Wednesday of each month, 12:30 P.M. at the Boston Yacht Club, 5 Rowes Wharf, Boston.

CHICAGO: Regular monthly dinner meetmgs held on 1st Fri. at 6:30 PM at Naval Armory, Randolph St. 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 is sometimes a luncheon meeting and other times a dinner meetmg.

CONNECTICUT: Chapter meetmgs are held quarterly at prearranged places around the State. Memhers 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 months of July and August.

HOUSTON: Luncheons held on the first Tuesday of each month at the'Ben Milan Hotel.

INDIANAPOLIS: Meetmgs held on the third Monday of each month at 12:1B P.M at the Indianapohs Athletic Club.

KANSAS CITY: Regular luncheon meetings are held at the Dniversity Club at 12:15 P.M. on the second Wednesday of each month.

LOS ANGELES: Dinner meetings held first Wednesday of each month, 6:30 P.M.i at locations selected by entertainment committee. Phone A. S. Fuhrman, Dunkirk 7-2061.

LOUISVILLE: No mformation regarding meetings.

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MIAMI: Regular luncheon meeting held on the last Friday of each month at 12.15 on 3rdfioor,Walgreens, 200 East Flagler St., Miami. Dinner dances held as announced.

Touring Alumni always welcome. Contact secretary.

MILWAUKEE: Meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Cudworth Post, 1756 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 CommissioDed Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Tuning Station, 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 Room—21st Floor, The Lawyer's Club, USBroadway, N.Y. NORTH TEXAS: Quarterly; contact Fred Wiedemann, 2501 Cedar SprinES, Dallas Tex., for information.

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 February) May, August and November.

ROCHESTER: Regular Luncheon 2nd Tuesday at Chamber of Commerce. Meetings of U.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 meetings 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.

SEATTLE: Meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM.; at C.O.M. Naval Station, Pier 91, and C.O.M. Naval Air Station, Sand Point.

ST. LOUIS: Meets every two months. Contact the President or Secretary if not on mailing list.

TAMPA: No information regarding meetings.

TWIN CITIES AREA: Dinner meetings at NAS Wold-Chamberlain Airport. Secretary will notify members. Phone Frederick Bell, St. Paul, MULberry 3882 WASHINGTON, D. C : Monthly luncheoni held the tUrd Thursday in the monthi 12:30 P.M.i Army and Navy Club, Farragut Square & Eye St.) N.W.i Washington t.

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NEW YORK President, David A. Stretch, '30, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y. TT^,^?:^^*^L^'' L*- Col. Samuel S. Yeaton, USMC (Ret.), '30, 50 East 52nd St., New York 17, N. Y. NORTH TEXAS President, Stanley J. Schiller, 416 Crestwood Dr., Fort Worth, Tex. Secretary-Treasurer, Fred Wiedemann, 2501 Cedar Springs, Dallas, Te.x.

PHILADELPHIA President, Capt. James B. Donnelly, USN (Ret.), '20, Temple University, 1926 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia 22, Pa. Secretary, Mr. Arthur Fleming, Jr., '25, 4248 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. PITTSBURGH President, R. A. Hart, '29, 1225 Peermont Ave., Pittsburgh 16, Pa. Secretary, R. H. Miller, '22, 225 Melwood St., Pittsburgh 13, Pa.

RICHMOND President, Capt. W. C. Wickham, U S N (Ret.), '09, R F D 2, Ashland, Va. Secretary-Treasurer, E. Neil Rogers, '40, Lane & Rogers, Attorneys, 1 N. 6th St., Richmond 19, Va. Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. E. Neil Rogers, '40, 303 Sunset Drive, Westham, Richmond, Va. ROCHESTER President, Mr. T. G. Cox, Jr., '20, 1596 Creek St., Rochester 10, N. Y. Secretary, George E. Lawrence, '39, 62 Park Lane, Rochester 10, N . Y.

SAN DIEGO President, Capt. Joseph T. Talbert, U S N ( R e t ) , '20, 506 First St., Coronado, Calif.

Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. Hal C. Jones, USN ( R e t ) , '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.

SEATTLE President, Capt. E. D. Poole, U S N ( R e t ) , '21, 1132 Harvard Ave., North Seattle 2, Wash.

Secretary, Capt. J. J. Greytak, USN, '27, U. S. Naval Station, Pier 91, Seattle 99, Wash.

ST. LOUIS President, Louis J. Wilson, '35, 9 Oak Terrace, Webster Groves, St. Louis, Mo. Secretary, Douglas R. Aldrich, 460 Bismark Ave., Webster Groves 10, Mo.

LOCAL

ASSOCIATIONS

BALTIMORE The Baltimore branch of the Naval .\cademy held its annual monthly meeting at the Staflford Hotel on March 16. After the cocktail hour, all hands enjoyed a good dinner and were highly entertained by Capt. C. W. Thomas, USCG, author of a book entitled Ice Is Where You Find It. This book, as well as his talk, was based on his experiences with Admiral Byrd, who was in charge of Operation High Jump.

He also showed a colored film which well illustrated this important venture.

Among those present were D. J. Fitzgerald '27, Robt. B. Goldman '26, Lee Chambers '49, H. D. Scrymgeour '26, John Davis '24, A. J. Hepburn '24, R. B. Colt '24, W. S. Graham '46, Don Riley, John Waldhauser '23, M. A. Leahy '08, E. H. Cole '17, C. R. Lamdin '21, J. S. Harper '22, Henry C. Johnson '23, G. P. Brewster '16, J. J. Lavasseur '23, C. D. Warfield '29, W. B. Bristor '27, C. W. Thomas '25, Doc Purvis '26, Denby Kolb '24, Fred W. Forman and H. B. Atwood '27. t

CHICAGO On March 12 the Chicago chapter gathered in the wardroom of the Naval Armory for an enjoyable "Ladies Night."

Following dinner, Bob Hale '37 engineered a male version of the "June Taylor" chorus line, with only the lower limbs exposed. The wives were asked to select hubby from this line of bony knees.

Those present for the festivities included : the Bob Hales '37, M. A. Powells '25, Paul Bryants '24, Lewis Herringtons '24, Ed McLeans '35, Tom McCooks '46, Gordie Buchanans '25, the Babe Ruths '26, Dr. Clarence Flecshli '33, E. R. Phillips '17, the Charles McGees '25, Dave Goldensons '25, Marritt Highams '33, Jupe Cluverius '30, Burton Kleinman '48B, Tom Colemans '52, John H. P. Hugarts '21, O. James Crepeaus '44, the Dr. Joe Mallachs '26, Russ Jeter '34, and Karl Axelson '31.

CONNECTICUT The 19th meeting and dinner of the Connecticut chapter of USNAAA was held Friday evening, March 19, 1954, at the New Haven Lawn Club. The speaker was Dr. William W. Watson, chairman of the Department of Physics at Yale University, a trustee of Brookhaven National Labora-

TWIN CITIES AREA President, Mr. Sumner T. Scott, '20, Fairmont, Minn.

Secretary-Treasurer, Frederic Bell, '25, 565 Marshall Ave., St. Paul, Minn.

D. C.

President, R. Adm. A. H. Van Keuren, President, R. Adm. Edward L. Beck, '25, '03, U S N ( R e t ) , 2823 29th St., N.W., U S N ( R e t ) , Palm Oaks, R F D 2, Palm- Washington 8, D. C. Secretary, Mr. Arthur Tarantino, '35, etto, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer, Ens. L. C. Hernan- 8506 Rosewood Dr., Bethesda, Md. dez, USN, '48-B, Columbia Restaurant, Treasurer, A. L. Mathers, '31, Dunn Ybor City, Tampa, Fla. Loring, Va. M A Y ,

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COLORADO The Colorado chapter met at 1900, 24 March, at the Navarre Cafe for dinner, followed by a slide film presentation on the Naval Air Reserve Training Program.

The presentation was made by Capt. Paul Stahl, USN, CO, NAS, Denver, assisted

by Lt. Cdr. Pat Murphy, USNR, Technical Training Officer at the Air Station. Following the formal presentation, both officers answered questions on the program, emphasizing the tremendous value received from the "Weekend Warrior" program for each tax dollar spent on it. The Air Reservists' role in the Korean war was cited as a splendid example of Reserve readiness which came as a direct result of the training program.

Personnel problems and training methods were also discussed. An unanswered question was the lack of billets in some categories for returning Korean war personnel.

No regular business was conducted at the meeting. A suggestion was made that the next meeting be a dinner dance. The secretary agreed to arrange for the dance.

Present at the meeting were H. A. Berger '24, H. R. Brannon '32, H. O. Caperton '32, Pat Fellows '47, W. Krstich '47, B. P. Montagrifif '26, Capt. Paul Stahl, USN, A. G. Stiles '29, D. L. Wyckofif '44, Lt. Cdr. Pat Murphy, USNR, guest.

DETROIT

WASHINGTON, TAMPA

tory, and one of the top physicists with the Manhattan District in the development of the atomic bomb.

His subject was "Basic Facts About Atomic Power, Its Production and Application to Propulsion of Vessels." This was our largest meeting, 40' members and guests being present. Among those attending were : T. C. Hart '97, A. K. Atkins '05, L. C. Farley '05, H. Raule '05, A. A. Corwin '07, R. L. Montgomery '07, R. A. Spare '07, A. C. Ten Eyck '12, J. G. Venter '12, J. E. Mayer '15, H. G. Williams '21, O. S. Lovekin '23, J. D. Taylor '25, R. K. Linsley '26, O. K. O'Daniel '26, J. F. Hellauer '27, R. L. Cross '30, J. W. Hessel '33, C. E. Robison '33, M. H. Austin '35, R. S. Bristol '35, R. A. Smith '37, W. A. Miner '38, J. R. Burwell '41, R. W. Ramage '41, B. Meulendyke '42, G. Monsport '44, J. R. Hess '46, C. G. McPartland '47, K. A. Porter '49, J. P. Tagliente '49, and E. A. Veileux '55.

As a follow-up to our business meeting of 3 March, a meeting of the Steering Committee was held at Charlie Fisher's Restaurant on 15 March, for the purpose of setting up committees to carry out the plans and projects for the coming year.

Those in attendance were: Ed Wunch '18, Ralph Netting '19, Dan Wilkerson '20, Howie Clark '21, Frank Davis '24, Bob Stephens '38, Bud Wynkoop '41, Dick O'Brien '42, Paul Richmond '42, Phil Brugge '43, John Quirk '43, Bill Glaser '46, and Bill Moesta '47.

Dan Wilkerson was appointed as chairman of the Membership and Welcoming Committee. Howie Clark was appointed chairman of the "100% attendance meet45

ing," to be held early in June, to honor Leon Jacobi '21 on his appointment as Rear Admiral, USNR. Adm. Dick Glass, USN, was proposed as a possible speaker for this important meeting. Committees were set up for a program to recruit and aid all outstanding midshipmen candidates.

John Quirk was appointed as chairman for this committee for recruiting of athletes and Carl Tellefson was appointed as chairman of recruiting non-athletes. Bill Moesta was appointed as chairman for the summer cruise outing for midshipmen home on leave. The fine cruise outing that we had last year was engineered by Jerry Rouston of the Detroit Power Squadron; Bill Moesta will be working this year with the new commander of the Power' Squadron, Irving W. Watson. Norman Wynkoop was appointed chairman of the Christmas party for midshipmen and Frank R. Davis was appointed chairman of the committee for the election of a trustee, to the National Association board of trustees.

Wallace '25, W. A. Illing '30, T. J. Thorn- NEW YORK hill '30, L. F. Volk '31, R. A. Turrentine '34, and M. E. Collmer II '52.

One of the largest regional groups of One of our standbys, Mike Kearns, has ' Naval Academy graduates ever assembled had a recent ulcer operation and was not was in attendance at the 29th annual dinner meeting of the Naval Academy Association able to attend. of New York held on March 19 at the We were informed that Louis Yolk is Roosevelt Hotel in New York. More than to be one of the speakers at Texas' San 300 were on hand, representing classes Jacinto Day ceremonies on board the old from 1891 to 1953. Many distinguished visitors were included, as well as a numUSS TEXAS on .April 21st. ber of graduates from points distant from Tommy Thornhill showed us the medal the city. the Houston branch will present to the The dinner meeting was preceded by a outstanding ROTC Midshipman at Rice number of separate class parties in the University on his graduation. hotel. At the dinner, tables of pre-arranged A proposal to have an evening meeting sizes were provided to seat graduates by in the near future with the .A.lumni wives classes, .^mong the large class delegations present was received enthusiastically and were: 1922 with 40 members present; 1924 plans are being made for suitable arrange- with 30; 1926 with 2 1 ; 1914 with 14. The ments.

Class of 1903 had 100 per cent representation from the area—^all five members living in and around New York were present.

LOS ANGELES

Our president, Paul Richmond, has plans for a lot of worthwhile activities, for which a great deal of enthusiasm was shown at the Steering Committee meeting. It has been a long time since we had such an extensive program and we wish to keep this newly found interest.

The retiring president, Cdr. Royce N. Flippin '26, presided. Eminent graduates and guests at the speaker's table included Fleet Adm. W. F. Halsey, Jr. '04; Adm. John H. Towers '06, Adm. Lynde D. McCormick '15, V. Adm. Edward L. Cochrane '14, V. Adm. Arthur D. Struble '15, V. .A.dm. C. Turner Joy '16, R. Adm. Paulus P. Powell '13, R. .\dm. Charles E. Coney '19, R. -Adm. Roy T. Cowdrey '20, R. Adm. Charles A. Buchanan '26, R. Adm. John J. Bergen, USNR, Cdr. David A. Stretch '30, Augustus K. (Doc) Snyder, USN (Ret), H. B. Fairchild '04, and Hobart C. Ramsey '15.

The April meeting of the Los Angeles chapter was held at the Nikabob Restaurant on April 7. The speaker was Mr. Morris B. Pendleton, president of the Plomb Tool Company, vice-president of the National .\ssociation of Manufacturers, national trustee of Committee for Economic DevelIn order to publish an up-to-date direc- opment. He is an active businessman and tory of our members, as well as get your the subject of his talk, "A Manufacturer's opinions on some of our plans, we have .•\ppraisal of 1954," was very thoroughly recently sent out a questionnaire requesting developed and presented. His general beany corrections of address or business asso- lief is that the first quarter of 1954 would ciation. We have also requested that you be the lowest as compared seasonally with include the names and addresses of any past years, and that the following three alumni you know to be in the Detroit quarters would see considerable improvearea, but currently not listed on our roster. ment over the year just past. There were 31 members attending, plus 5 guests. As This questionnaire also included a bal- the list of members shows, the Class of lot for a trustee to the National Associa- 1921, having six attending, held the honors. tion. At the meeting of our Steering ComHenderson '02, Beanfield '08. Feineman mittee, Daniel C. Wilkerson '20 was nominated as the only candidate, and several '16, Harrington '20; Arkush, Black, Constrong seconding speeches, reviewing Dan's nolly, Culver, Grannis, Wellings '21; W. qualifications and experience for the job, G. Jones, Omohundro, Pierce '22; Hezlep, were made by such active members as Woods '23; J. W. Adams, Speer '24; MacHowie Clark, Frank Davis, John Quirk, Kinnon '25, Perrill '26, Teague '29; Bradand others- It was generally agreed that man, Ennis '30; G. P. Carroll, Fuhrman, no one could fill the position better or de- Holmes '37; W. B. Martin, S. N. White served it more than Dan. Note: This is '39; Quady '43, M. M. May '44, J. T. a trusteeship by virtue of the fact that our Thompson '46, and D. L. Shield '47. local Detroit chapter is one of the 12 Announcement was made by Freddie largest local chapters, with 44 members, who are members both of the National and Pierce concerning the participation of the Navy Crew in the area on May 29. InforLocal Associations. mation on this will be mailed to members The last two ballots on this questionnaire on our mailing list. were for receiving your opinions on the collection of dues for the local organization and for bringing the Annapolis Dads' Club NEWPORT into our organization as associate members.

The fifty-third meeting of the chapter At our next reporting we should have was held on Tuesday, 30 March 1954, at the outcome of the balloting on your ques- the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S. tionnaires. If there are any alumni in the Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island.

Detroit area that did not receive a copy Those present were: C. Shackford '99, of this questionnaire, we would appreciate it, if you would contact your new Secre- J. T. G. Stapler '06, A. G. Stirling '06, tary. W. J. Agren '46, 4134 Harvard Road, L. F. Welch '06, L. W. McKeehan '07, R. King '08, J. W. Rankin '08, M. L. Detroit 24, Michigan.

Hersey '10, R. E. Dees '17, W. L. Eagleton '20, B. .Anderson '21, G. K. Hodgkiss HOUSTON '23, F. L. Robbins '23, C. McR. Winslow '24, J. H. Wellings '25, R. A. Theobald, The Houston branch of the Alumni .\sso- Jr. '31, and the foUowina: honorary memciation held its regular monthly luncheon bers, Maj. Gen. Seth Williams, USMC meeting at the Ben Milam Hotel on Tues- (Ret.), and C. H. Haring. day, 6 April, and, while the attendance was Aiter dinner, the president presided at a not up to the usual number, several members who have missed meetings recently business session. The next meeting was set for Tuesday, 27 April 1954, at the Comwere present. missioner Officers' Mess.

Those present were: S. M. Robinson '03, There followed an informal talk by ProF. C. Huntoon '15, Carl J. Lamb- '19, N. D. Brantly '20, Philip Lemler '20, E. H. fessor Robert R. Albion, Gardiner ProfesMcMenemy '20, C. A. Whiteford '21, J. sor of Oceanic History at Harvard, on B. Spangler '23, R. M. Hamilton '25, A. B. "Secretary Forrestal and the Navy."

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R. Adm. Reginald R. Belknap '91 gave the invocation. Cdr. Flippin, in his welcoming speech, congratulated the Class of 1904 on its 50th anniversary, and presented to Fleet Admiral Halsey a bottle of 50year-old brandy, presumably for his and Mr. Fairchild's consumption. In responding to the presentation. Admiral Halsey told of many amusing and interesting moments in his active career, emphasizing that though he was known best as "Bull" Halsey, actually he had gone through much of his Navy life as "Little Bill," because he knew so many officers through his father.

On behalf of the Naval Academy Association of New York, the president presented to Vice Admiral Joy. Superintendent of the Naval Academy, a pledge in the amount of $1,000 as the opening gun in Admiral Joy's campaign to build a new athletic stadium at Annapolis. In accepting the contribution, the superintendent spoke of the plans for a 30,000-seat stadium and of his hopes of raising the necessary $2,000,000 to finance it.

The annual award of the New York .Association for outstanding contribution to the Naval Academy w-ent to the venerable dispenser of iodine and liniment, "Doc" Snyder. In thanking the group for the bronze plaque presented to him, "Doc" more than lived up to his advance billing with a talk which, intermingled with homespun humor, revealed his great pride not only in his 38 years of service at the .\cademy, but in the .Academy and its graduates as well. .\dmiral McCormick, whose father, a naval medical officer, was once "Doc" Snyder's boss, furnished the gathering with interesting highlights of his international experiences in his present duty as Supreme .\llied Commander, Atlantic Forces—his headquarters in Norfolk being the equivalent in rank to that of SH.A.PE in Paris.

The principal address of the evening was delivered by Vice Admiral Cochrane, World S H I P M A T E

War II Chief of BuShips, presently Dean of Engineering at MIT, and a vice president of the U. S. Naval .\cademy .Alumni -Association. Though not lacking in humor, his subject, "Seapower and Science," was primarily of a serious vein, stressing that while changes in ships and methods could be expected in the years to come, the age of electronics would in no way diminish the necessity for a strong Navy—and future naval leaders would have even greater personal responsibilities than they have today.

On behalf of the New York Association, the incoming president, Commandef Stretch, presented to Flippin, our outstanding president for the past two years, a plaque to commemorate his tour of office. In turn.

Commander Flippin called on John C. Barron '45 to receive a silver cigarette bo.x as a token of the appreciation of the New York chapter for his eight years of loyal service as secretary and assistant secretary.

The eventful evening came to a close with the report of the election of officers for the coming year: President, David A. Stretch '30; Vice President, Henry L. Parry '22; Secretary, Samuel S. Yeaton '30; and Treasurer, F. D. Overfelt '27.

Division officers who remain in office are: H. M. Jensen '06, J. K. Richards '12, R. C. Bourne '16, O. D. Colvin '21, H. C. Garrison '22, J. D. Lovejoy '24, E. B. De-xter '28, Campbell Pilcher '34, and J. A. Carroll '45.

PHILADELPHIA On March 12, 1954, the Philadelphia chapters of the Alumni Association and the Reserve Officers' Association held a joint dinner meeting honoring the Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Under Secretary of the Navy, and R. Adm. E. H. von Heimburg, Commandant of the 4th Naval District. .A total of 126 persons were present at the Commissioned Officers' Mess and enjoyed cocktails and an excellent dinner of boneless shad.

ELach chapter held a short business meeting presided over by the respective presidents. Capt J. B. Donnelly, U S N (Ret.), and Lt. Cdr. J. Robert Wilhelm. The meeting was then turned over to V. Adm. J. L. Kauflfman, who acted as master of ceremonies and introduced both speakers and the other guests at the head table.

A number of present and past commanders of local stations were on hand to welcome Rear Admiral von Heimburg to his new assignment. In addition to Vice Admiral Kauffman, these included V. -Adm. Harry Hill, R. Adm. Milo Draemel, R. Adm. -Allan Chantry, V. Adm. John H. Brown, R. -Adm. Lucien Grant and R. Adm. Peter W. Haas.

The ROA was represented at the head table by R. Adm. William L. Nelson, Brig.

Gen. Joseph R. Knowlan, Cdr. Paul B. Hartenstein, Capt. Harold Waterworth, Capt. R. S. Mclver. and Lt. Cdr. Robert G. Wilder.

Under Secretary Gates was one of the founders and first president of R O N S which later became the ROA. He has continued actively interested in the work of the association. In recognition of this, Lieutenant Commander Wilhelm presented Under Secretary Gates with an engraved scroll citing his services to the ROA and the Navy.

This is the second time that the Alumni Association and the Reserve Officers' Association have held a joint meeting. Both were very successful. It was voted unaniM A Y,

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mously to make this joint meeting an annual affair.

PITTSBURGH The regular March meeting of the Pittsburgh chapter was held Friday evening, 19 March 1954, at the Sheraton Hotel; attendance as follows: H. D. Moulton '31, A. W. Neal '30, R. A. Hart '29, Seth Gatchell '48, E. T. Barrett '38, R. H. Miller '22, G. N. Powell '31, J. D. Beard '21, C. B. Archibald '22, J. L. Wetzel '38, Capt. S. G. Nichols '26, John Logan '47, N. Dashko '44, R. B. Coleman '33, W. T. Toutant '46, J. W. Eury '47, C. H. Schnorr, Jr. '47, W. C. Allen '29, and A. P. Zechella '43.

President R. A. Hart '29 presided over a short business meeting, welcoming new members attending for th'e first t i m e John Logan '47, R. B. Coleman '33, and Seth Gatchell '48. We are happy to have these gentlemen as members and trust that they will participate actively in the affairs of the chapter. It was good to see Jason Eury '47 and Jim Wetzel '38 again, since they have missed several meetings. Admiral Joe Ludewig could not attend, due to illness; we wish Joe a speedy recovery.

Morgan Barrett was absent due to an important engagement in Beaver.

March 29 will be the 70th birthday of Cdr. C. McK. Lynch, our distinguished senior member, and an elder statesman in the Association. The chapter sends greetings and best wishes to Commander Lynch in Ponte Vedra, Florida.

Ed Barrett, program chairman for the March meeting, introduced our speaker for the evening, Seth Gatchell '48, who is associated with TV Station W Q E D . Seth Gatchell served in destroyers in the Mediterranean after graduation, after which he left the service. He returned to active duty in 1951, serving in DEs in Korean waters until 1953. After separation from the service, he spent some time with the Fred Waring organization before coming to Station W Q E D in late 1953.

Mr. Gatchell gave a most interesting and informative talk on the operation of Station W Q E D . It will be a purely educational operation as contrasted with present stations in Pittsburgh which are entirely commercial. It was interesting to learn the working details of this new concept in television programming and management.

Let's all contribute as sustaining subscribers to this splendid cultural and educational asset to our community.

The secretary read a letter dated March 10, 1954, from the National Association, addressed to all local Associations, listing the chapters qualifying to elect a trustee in the National Association. The Pittsburgh chapter has been allocated one trustee to be elected locally. The chapter unanimously elected George N. Powell '31 as the trustee from the Pittsburgh chapter for one year commencing at the conclusion of the spring meeting of the National Association in .Annapolis. Thfe matter of expenses for travel by the trustee was held open for later action.

SAN DIEGO The San Diego chapter held its second meeting of 1954—a stag dinner at the Naval Station Club—DesBase—on Friday, 19 March. Coctkails preceded a turkey dinner. The guest speaker was R. Adm. Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin, U. S. Navy, currently the Commander Amphibious Group One, Pacific Fleet. Admiral Sabin gave a very forceful and straightforward talk on

the current situation in Japan and the Far Pacific, as he had returned only a very short time ago from duty on the stafT of Gen. Mark Clark, U. S. Army, in Tokyo.

Classes represented at the dinner were from 1887 to 1946. Of the 60 alumni present, Adm. Richard H. Jackson '87, the dean of the local group, was the "elder statesman" present and J. A. Lee, Jr. '46, the junior. Captain Joseph T. Talbert '20, president of the local chapter, introduced two "out-of-town" alumni guests: Professor Charles Lewis Leiper '96, from Annapolis, and Capt. William (Bill) Kellogg '21, from St. Louis. Both these old grads are now planning on making San Diego their permanent home.

The three classes of '20, '21, and '22 had a cocktail party followed by a buffet dinner at the same club on Friday, 26 March. Alumni and their ladies present were: '20—Anderson, Curts, Sackett, Tillson, Townsend and Talbert. '21—Gray, Wray, Wheelock, Justice, Hailey, Miller, Bixby, Jones, Tarbuck, McHugh, Tallman, Eaton, Dodds, and Mclnerney. '22—Goodwin, and other guests included Capt. and Mrs. J: E. Hackett, Mrs. Charles J. Maguire and Mrs. Charles O. Glisson.

SEATTLE The regular meeting of the Seattle chapter of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association was held at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, U. S. Naval Station, Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, 7 April 1954.

The meeting was called to order by President Elwood Poole. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as written.

The secretary, Capt. J. J. Greytak, reported on the membership drive and advised that plans are underway for a new roster to be prepared in the near future.

Mr. Bert Cassels, social committee chairman, gave a report on the progress made for the Luau Dinner Dance to be held on Friday, 23 April.

Capt. J. Crumpacker gave information on the show that is to be given by the Naval Officers' Wives Club at NAS Sand Point, Seattle, on Friday, 30 April.

A letter from E. F. Marbourg '17 was read concerning his desire for support as trustee at large from the Western area.

It was brought before the members for vote and the motion was carried 34 to 3 to give support to Marbourg.

The president introduced the guest speaker, Capt. F. E ; Fielding, MC, USN. Capt Fielding gave a talk on his experiences in Moscow while on duty at the American Embassy; his talk was augmented by the showing of colored slides. The speaker was well received and a lengthy discussion period followed.

The following members attended: Greer Duncan, Ralph Hoover '08; Eric Barr '11, David R. Lee '13, Henry R. Leonard '14, Elwood Poole '21; Bert Cassels, Robert Fox '22; E. T. Collins '23; Ken Borgen Capt. J. R. Topper, Capt. A. C.Wood '24 Capt. C. B. Gill, Capt. S. D. Simpson '25 Capt. J. J. Greytak '26; Joe Danhoff, Bob Frauel, J. T. Bradshaw '27; Roy Gilbert, Capt. J. Crumpacker '31; Capt. John Van Evera, Gilbert Stevenson '32; Cdr. Howard Duff '33, Capt. J. R. Davis '34; W. E. Parker, Cdr. E. D. Vestel '35; Bob O'Neill '38, Lt. Cdr. R. A. Mallek '40, Gene Bush '41, William Jenkins '45, Lt. R. E. Buntain '47; W. Wegner, Lt. (jg) R. E. Schwoeffermann '48, guests of Parker; Mr. P. D. Sankey, Mr. D. A. Anderson, Mr. E. H. Lindstrom.

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CAPITOL HILL

as Ensign, 1948-B was promoted to LTJG. Six weeks later the Class of 1949 was also (Continuod from page 7) promoted to LTJG. Since then. Ensigns fact, it is galling to war-time academy men are promoted to LTJG after only 18 who have long since left the service. months of commissioned service.

We suspect that one of the reasons for Now, after six years _of commissioned the failure so far of such legislation is an service and three years a's LTJG, we are assumption that young men enter the ser- .confronted with another hollow victory. vice academies during war-time as a means Although 1948-B is being considered for of not going to war. This assumption or promotion to LT, other officers with only opinion probably is not held by many, but five years' commissioned service are being we heard it both in World War I and considered for promotion to L T by the World W a r II. same selection board. It seems probable This correspondent was a Plebe when that we will even share the same date of November 12, 1918, arrived (or was -Armis- rank with our juniors. tice Day November 11?). The then Plebes The Class of '48-B is being forced to caught plenty of hell from First Classmen remain on a peacetime promotion schedule who had hoped and prayed they would get while juniors and seniors alike enjoy the some active duty service. Those were the benefits of an accelerated schedule. We days . . . and nights. Brother! are the only class in seventeen years which One midnight your correspondent was has not had the promotion benefits of either dragged from bed, made to stand on his an accelerated course at the Naval Acadhead under a cold shower, taken into the emy or an accelerated promotion schedule. hall and forced to crawl a gauntlet of first If present policies continue, we will be classmen armed with brooms. Then he was unique in this distinction. taken back to his room and ordered to The policies of the Navy Department tojump into bed with his roommate. ward the Class of '48-B are a decisive facQuestion: We hear that representatives tor in forcing the resignation of a great of the Navy Department have been making many of my class. I feel that responsible speeches and holding clinics on the subject persons in the Navy Department are not of promotion of naval officers. If you were aware of the fate of '48-B. Since the tone on the job, Mr. Lardner, you would have of this letter is somewhat critical of those reported this. (These guys know usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;F.L.) senior to me, I do not feel free to write individuals in the Navy Department withWhat have you got on it?

Answer: Maybe you caught us fiat-foot- out fear of reprisal. I'm sending you this ed. But we don't hold ourselves out to information in the hope that you may be report everything of interest; even outfits able to use it to benefit my class.

Answer: As we have previously menlike the Associated Press can't cover Washington. Investigation reveals that Cdrs. tioned in this column, we're no authority Sheldon H . Kinney and Rex Wheeler of on anything much. We haven't an answer the Navy Department's Bureau of Per- to this letter, but we hope to have one sonnel have been making speeches and by the next issue. holding so-called clinics on officer promoThat no-one-knows-better-than-you stuff tion. caused us to see how our hat fitted. Come The speech as an article would run some on, nowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;hats are expensive these days.

35,000 to 40,000 words. A series of three articles on the subject, written by these experts, is being purchased by Naval USS INTREPID (CVA-11) Institute Proceedings for publication. The first article may appear in the June issue Participation in recommissioning and (note the "may"). reunion of all hands who served aboard are being planned for 18-19 June at It is possible that eventually the speech, Norfolk Navy Yard. For details, write etc., will be available in pamphlet form. to James T. Clark, USNR, 844 WashAs for our writing about it, you must ington Bldg., Washington 5, D. C. remember 'that this is really a highly complicated subject, and can be adequately discussed only by men who live with it.

Question: No one knows better than you the wrongs that continue to beset the "Let's Save the Hartford," career officer and the Naval Academy Urges Benj. F. Tilley, '09 graduate. But perhaps you are not aware of the specific injustices that have been The fine old steam frigate HARTFORD of the lot of the Class of 1948-B since 1945.

Civil W a r fame is in pathetic and pitiful In that year, 1945, the Navy Department material condition as she lies at the St. split the Class of 1948 in half academically Helena pier-side across from the Portson the basis of only one year at the Naval mouth, Va., shipyard. She is rotted near Academy. 1948-A, the upper half, con- the waterline, both sides and across the tinued on a three-year course and grad- stern. Because she is copper sheathed, she uated in 1947. 1948-B graduated in 1948, seems to be in better shape below the with the lifelong stigma of having been waterline. Her bilges have to be pumped daily as she takes in four feet, five inches the bucket half of the class. of water every twenty-four hours.

This arbitrary method used by the Navy The Department of the Navy estimates Department to split classes literally forced a stigma on half of an entire class. The that it would cost a million and a half dolDepartment of the Army, in splitting the lars to restore the U S S HARTFORD and corresponding class at the Military Acad- there is grave danger that the necessary emy in 1945, demonstrated that the split appropriation will not be forthcoming. could be made gracefully without any Both the cities of Hartford, Conn., and stigma.

Mobile, Ala., want the ship for a permanent If this were the only wrong that my historical relic, if restored, but they cannot class was forced to endure, I agree that contribute much cash. Cdr. Benjamin F. this letter would be pointless. But ever Tilley suggests that the necessary funds be since the graduation of 1948-B, we have raised by popular subscription with the been continually reminded by the Navy slogan Let's Save the Hartford. He is willDepartment that we are ugly ducklings. ing to contribute his time toward this In April of 1951, after almost three years worthy effort to restore the ship, which 48

in addition to her glorious record as Admiral Farragut's flagship is closely associated with the training of midshipmen at the Naval Academy during the first decade of this century. All those interested in the project are urged to communicate directly with Commander Tilley at P. O. Box 8053, Ocean View Station, Norfolk, Va.

KELLY, '21 (Continued from page 13) he has taken an active interest for the past 15 years. H e has always been interested in industrial safety and is currently serving as regional vice-chairman of the Marine Section of the National Safety Council.

He also holds membership in the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; India House, and the Chiselers' Club of the Port of New York.

Rich is an ardent fisherman, finding equal enjoyment in both fresh and salt water fishing, and also gains great pleasure in duck shooting and bird hunting on the Eastern Shore, in his resident state of New Jersey. Other hobbies include stamp collecting, with special interest in 19th-century United States stamps, and the study, care, and identification of wild birds.

He and Mrs. Kelly, the former Mabel Mersereau Pittinoe, of Staten Island, were married in 1927 and are the parents of three children.

CaBt CHall DAVID F R E N C H BOYD ( C A P T U S N R E T ) '97 died at Albuquerque, N. M., 30 March 1954.

FLOYD C H A R L E S CAMP ( C A P T U S N ) '27 died.

J O H N F R A N C I S CONNOR (CDR U S N R E T ) '06 died at his home in Hamilton, Ohio, 10 March 1954.

HOWARD BENJAMIN DALTON J R ( L T U S N ) '47 died at the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., 26 March 1954.

J O H N JAY ENTSTR-ASSER J R ( L T JG U S N ) '51 died in plane crash at Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla., 29 March 1954.

GORDON " H " F A R M E R ( L T U S N ) '48-A died in plane crash at sea, 6 March 1954.

GEORGE L A W R E N C E GLEASON (LTJG U S N ) '51 died in plane crash in U S S MIDWAY, 31 March 1954.

FREDERIC WILLIAM HESSER (RADM U S N ) '27 died of heart attack at U S N H , Bethesda, Md., 1 April 1954.

D E N N I S E D W I N K E M P '08 died of heart attack at Corpus Christi, Texas, 16 February 1954.

R O B E R T EDGAR M A T T S O N '23 _ died in plane crash at Singapore, 13 March 1954.

ANDREW D E G R A F F MAYER , (RADM U S N R E T ) '16 died at Pasadena, Calif., 10 March 1954.

P R E S T O N H . McCRARY '07 died at Jonesboro, Ohio, 7 March 1954.

F R E D E R I C K B U C H A N A N ROSENBAUM '20 died at Washington, D. C , 28 February 1953.

MICHAEL JOHN TORLINSKI ( C A P T U S N R R E T ) '07 died at Washington, D. C , 10 March 1954.

FRIEND CHEADLE VAN FLEET JR (LCDR U S N ) '44 died in plane crash at NAAS, El Centro, Calif., 9 March 1954.

WILLIAM MARTIN YEAGER (LCDR U S N ) '42 died in plane crash at Newark, Calif., 10 March 1954.

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